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Tigres and Chivas were the biggest upward movers in round two of matches in the Apertura 2014, with reigning champion Leon and Pumas slipping furthest.
A late goal from Pablo Aguilar handed America a 2-1 win over Club Tijuana to see Las Aguilas move up to top spot, with Monterrey the other team on six points after two games, but not really impressing in its 1-0 win against Pachuca.
1. America (+2) -- Another win for America against a Xolos side that fought hard and caused it problems. Antonio Mohamed must take a lot of the credit for throwing forwards Raul Jimenez and Michael Arroyo on at halftime and taking the game to Tijuana, even if his side did have the rub of the green with refereeing decisions. America outshot Tijuana 19-5, enjoyed almost 60 percent of possession and found a way to win.
2. Monterrey (-1) -- Los Rayados battled in a difficult game away against Pachuca and had goalkeeper Jonathan Orozco to thank for the fact Carlos Barra's side was still level when Dorlan Pabon came up with the 90th minute winner. Los Tuzos had been the better side, but Monterrey's strength in depth was on display when the speedy Pabon came on as a late sub.
3. Tigres (+9) -- It's difficult to remember another team treating Leon with as much disdain than Tigres on Saturday night, with Hernan Burbano netting twice in the first 24 minutes against a side going for a historic third consecutive league championship. If Tigres can show that kind of performance consistently, they'll take some stopping this season, especially with Uruguay international Egidio Arevalo in this kind of form.
4. Chiapas (+3) -- The surprise package so far, Chiapas held on for a 2-1 win over Toluca on Saturday, playing the entire second half with 10 players. Jaguares may be a team that hasn't played much together, but there is a solidity about them, combined with a potent attacking threat.
5. Santos Laguna (+1) -- Two solid performances so far from Los Guerreros and four points in the bag. The 1-1 draw on Friday against Cruz Azul was hardly spectacular, but forwards Andres Renteria and Darwin Quintero are showing signs that there is life after Oribe Peralta.
6. Chivas (+9) -- The second half of Chivas' 1-0 win in Ciudad Universitaria against Pumas was the best the Guadalajara team has played in some time. Carlos Bustos switched to a 5-2-3 formation and it seemed to work. The only downside was Angel Reyna's unnecessary red card.
7. Pachuca (-3) -- Los Tuzos did most things right in their loss to Monterrey, apart from put the ball in the back of the net. It was the kind of game in which Enner Valencia made the difference in Pachuca's favor last season.
8. Atlas (+5) -- Not a vintage display from Atlas, who are still waiting for Juan Carlos Medina and Aldo Leao to get fit enough to be able to start games, but any 2-0 road win has to be put down as a positive. Enrique Esqueda scored the first from 40 yards in what was the best goal of the round of matches.
9. Pumas (-7) -- Brought down to earth with a bang after an impressive win over Queretaro in week one, Pumas seemed to lack ideas against Chivas and deservedly lost. Daniel Luduena makes the team tick and when he isn't on form, Pumas look set to struggle.
10. Puebla (-5) -- Saturday's 0-0 draw against relegation rivals Veracruz in the Estadio Cuauhtemoc was a missed opportunity. A 41-year-old by the name of Cuauhtemoc Blanco came on in the 63rd minute and revitalized Puebla, but these are games La Franja needs to be winning in its battle to stay in the Liga MX.
11. Queretaro (-1) -- It may seem slightly unfair that Gallos Blancos go down a place after defeating Leones Negros 1-0 on Sunday, but coach Ignacio Ambriz won't have been happy with what he saw. Camilo Sanvezzo's goal came from a mistake by the opposition and there was little of the cohesion that Queretaro had shown in its week one loss to Pumas.
12. Cruz Azul (+2) -- A point away to Santos Laguna has to be a positive, but La Maquina is still not at the races early on this Apertura.
13. Toluca (-5) -- Similar to Cruz Azul, Toluca has been a let down so far. Striker Pablo Velazquez hasn't clicked into gear as yet and Lucas Lobos wasn't involved against Chiapas.
14. Morelia (-3) -- The youngest starting XI of the weekend, Morelia looked green. Monarcas did play better football than Atlas for large periods, but failed to capitalize on the score-sheet. The loss of Jefferson Montero, Aldo Leão Ramírez and Hector Mancilla over the offseason would hurt any team in the Liga MX and Morelia is no exception.
15. Leon (-6) -- Although there were some sparks of life at 2-0 and then 3-1, La Fiera was a shadow of its old self against Tigres, struggling for fluidity all over the field. Manager Gustavo Matosas has a tough job ahead to get the spark back into players that have won all the plaudits and two trophies over the last year. Goalkeeper William Yarbrough, in particular, is looking down on confidence and leaked another easy goal.
16. Tijuana (-) -- Xolos put in a decent performance in the Estadio Azteca against a good America side, but the team now has zero points from two games and needs to start winning. Otherwise, Cesar Farias may start to fear for his job.
17. Veracruz (+1) -- Veracruz has yet to score a goal this season and although the away draw to Puebla was a solid result, much more is required.
18. Leones Negros (-1) -- The team's home opener was major let-down, with just over 25,000 in the stands of the 57,000-capacity Estadio Jalisco and the team putting in a performance on the field that highlighted exactly why the Guadalajara side has to be the early favorite for relegation next May. Manager Alfonso Sosa is already under pressure and has asked for more time to get his hastily put-together team functioning.
Tom Marshall covers Liga MX and the Mexican national team for ESPN FC. Twitter: @MexicoWorldCup.


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Traveling the National Road - Unit 3: Travelers and Transportation on the National Road
- Grade Level:
- Second Grade-Fourth Grade
- Subject:
- Commerce and Industry, Economics, Geography, Immigration, Transportation, Westward Expansion
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- National Standards for History: K-4 Standard 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: II, VII, VIII. Common Core: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3, 3.2, 3.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4, 3.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1.
OverviewIn "Traveling the National Road (Travelers and Transportation on the National Road)" students will learn about Conestoga wagons, stagecoaches, drovers and emigrants.
The "Traveling the National Road" teacher's guide is broken into ten units and is targeted for 3rd grade students. This is unit 3 and contains teacher background, two student readings and three activities.
Guiding Question: What kinds of vehicles were used on the National Road? What did Conestoga wagons and stagecoaches look like? What was it like to travel the National Road as you moved to a new home?
Critical Content: Stagecoaches and Conestoga wagons were the main vehicles on the National Road and both were brightly colored. People also walked along the road. Many emigrants used the National Road to move to new homes in Ohio and further west.
Student objectives: Students will…
· List three means of transportation used on the road
· Describe how the Conestoga wagon and the stagecoach operated
· Color a stagecoach or a Conestoga wagon so they look like they would have when they traveled the National Road
· Describe three travelers tools
· Describe a typical day for an emigrant
· List two hardships the emigrants encountered
The "Traveling the National Road" teacher's guide is broken into ten units and is targeted for 3rd grade students. Each unit can be completed independently. Units 1 - 6 each have teacher background, a student reading and two student activities. Unit 7 has fourteen biography cards of people associated with the National Road along with two student activities. Unit 8 has fourteen occupation cards of jobs that were associated with the National Road along with three student activities. Unit 9 discusses seven historic sites in Pennsylvania associated with the National Road. Unit 10 has other activities and an appendix. Additionally there are two posters: one is a map of the National Road and the other is a list of the historic tolls.
Check out the other units:
Unit 1: Overview of the National Road
Unit 2: Construction of the National Road
Unit 3: Travelers and Transportation on the National Road
Unit 4: Accommodation on the National Road
Unit 5: Workers Along the National Road
Unit 6: Decline and Rebirth of the National Road
Unit 10: Other Activities and Appendix
The teacher's guide is also available free on a CD or as a printed version in a three ring binder. Please email us if you would like to receive the teacher's guide in one of these formats.
Unit 3: Travelers and Transportation on the National Road. This unit is a 20 page long pdf covering the types of transportation (stagecoach, Conestoga wagon, on foot), what the vehicles looked like, and what it was like to be an emigrant moving to Ohio.
1. Download the pdf
2. Read the teacher background
3. Make copies of the student readings for each student
4. Make copies of the activities for each students
5. Teach and discuss with the students
Park Connections
This lesson relates to the Mount Washington Tavern located in the main unit of Fort Necessity National Battlefield. The tavern was a 1830s stagecoach stop along the National Road and is now a furnished museum. It tells the story of travelers, transportation and accommodations along the road. This lesson will help students prepare for the "Travelers and Workers Along the National Road" field trip.
Additional Resources
VocabularyNational Road, Conestoga wagon, stagecoach, emigrant
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The drive-in location offered a spectacular view of downtown Tulsa, but it closed in 1970 due in part to the fact that it was well away from where the city was growing. The Apache, Airview, and 11th Street drive-ins lasted into the early 1980s and the Admiral Twin is still around today.
You can see what's left of the Skyline Drive-In at 3909 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Tulsa, OK. The land itself is empty save for a cellphone tower. The old entrance road is just to the south of the trail leading to the tower and the remaining rocks and debris mark the outline of the drive-in. http://tinyurl.com/pngo3vv
Here is an aerial photo I found of the Skyline dated 1954. http://tinyurl.com/mewas5h
The street photo is way off for the Skyline Theater. It's basically located at 3909 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd on the west side of the road. It was completely torn down and is now overgrown with trees and brush.
Modern Aire was later renamed Admiral Drive-In Theatre …
There were ten drive-ins in Tulsa listed in the 1963 motion picture almanac. Eight of them are listed here, including the former Highway 66,now the 11th Street Drive-In. The two missing drive-ins are the the Modern Aire and the Sheridan.
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Elderly residents to take Rio Hondo utility to trial
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By FERNANDO DEL VALLE/Valley Morning Star
RIO HONDO - Lawyers this week will take depositions from three elderly residents who claim the Rio Hondo Water Supply Corp. cut off water to their homes because they refused to grant an easement across their land for a water pipeline, an attorney said Friday.
Carl and Janel Parker and Carolina Ruiz plan to take the company to trial in state district court on May 13 for cutting off water to their homes on FM 510, Bob Schaezler, a San Antonio attorney who represents them, said.
Meanwhile, the water company has filed a request in state district court to condemn the customers' property. The company wants the land for a pipeline that is needed to provide water service to the growing area, said J.W. Dyer, a McAllen attorney who represents the company.
The customers claim the water company cut off their water because they refused to grant 20-foot easements for the pipeline, Schaezler said. "It's extortion," Schaezler said.
But Dyer said the company had the right to cut off water to Ruiz and the Parkers. The company said the water service was shut off because the customers failed to comply with an agreement that allows this action if an easement is refused, Dyer said.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ordered the company to restore water service in the precedent-setting case, Andrea Morrow, a spokeswoman for the agency in Austin, said. "I have not heard of it before," Morrow said, referring to the company's action.
About 30 feet of land separates the customers' front doors from the proposed easement's edge, said family members who spoke for the customers. The water company refused the customers' officer of 10-foot easements, Schaezler said.
Ruiz's water was shut off for about three months last summer as the area recovered from Hurricane Dolly, said Patty Fajardo, Ruiz's granddaughter. Ruiz, who uses crutches to walk, hauled water from an irrigation canal to wash dishes, drank bottled water, and drove to her daughter's San Benito home to bathe, Fajardo said.
"She doesn't want (the water company) to have what she's worked for for so long," Fajardo said of her grandmother's refusal to grant the easement. "She worked out in the fields for years and years."
Dyer said Ruiz's home was damaged by Hurricane Dolly and she wasn't living there for months. But Fajardo said her grandmother remained in her home after the water was turned off. Dyer also said Ruiz wanted the company to pay her about $25,000 in exchange for an easement. But Fajardo denied her grandmother tried to sell the land.
Water to the Parkers' home was turned off from July 30 to 31 and Aug. 13 to 22, Linda Swartz, the couple's granddaughter, said. They used bottled water to drink and bathe, she said. The couple fears the company would cut some trees if they granted the easement, Swartz said.
But Dyer said the company would cut only one tree to install the pipeline.
TCEQ ordered the water company to restore water service to the customers.
In a Nov. 12 order, TCEQ said the company is prohibited by law from cutting off water if customers refused to grant it easements.
"I think (TCEQ) way overstepped their bounds," Dyer said of the agency's order.
A discourse on legal issues of the day from Trey Wilson, a San Antonio, Texas lawyer practicing real estate law, water law and related litigation. Trey Wilson is the principal of R L Wilson Law Firm, and may be reached at 210-223-4100. No posting or content constitutes legal advice, as none is offered here.
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Q. Have you had any other titles in
3 your role with MERS?
4 MR. DEIGHTON: Objection. The
5 documents speak for themselves.
6 Q. Well, the mortgage assignments
7 indicate that you're vice president. Have you
8 ever been secretary or any other title, when
9 you signed a document for MERS?
10 MR. DEIGHTON: I'm going to object.
11 I'm going to point to Exhibit B, the third
12 page, which states that the list of candidates
13 on the fourth page are appointed as assistant
14 secretaries and vice presidents of MERS; and
15 we're willing to stipulate that pursuant to
16 this agreement, that she would be both an
17 assistant secretary and vice president.
18 MR. MILLIGAN: Okay.
19 Q. Have you been in a role other than
20 assistant secretary or vice president for MERS?
21 A. No.
22 Q. Do you consider yourself a
23 corporate officer of MERS?
24 MR. DEIGHTON: Objection.
25 A. No.
Q. Have you ever been paid by MERS?
2 A. No.
3 Q. Have you ever received any type of
4 compensation from MERS?
5 A. No.
6 Q. Have you ever visited MERS'
7 corporate offices?
8 A. No.
9 Q. Have you ever spoken with any
10 corporate officers of MERS?
11 A. No.
12 Q. Do you know where MERS' corporate
13 offices are located?
14 A. No.
15 Q. Have you ever spoken to anyone at
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. Who have you spoken to at MERS?
19 A. I don't recall their names.
20 Q. Do you recall the last time you
21 spoke with someone from MERS?
22 A. Years.
23 Q. Years ago?
24 A. (Nodding.)
25 Q. Five years?
MR. DEIGHTON: Objection.
2 A. I don't recall.
3 Q. Do you recall who that person was?
4 A. No.
5 Q. Do you recall what the conversation
6 was about?
7 A. No.
8 Q. Do you recall how many
9 conversations you've had with people affiliated
10 with MERS?
11 A. No.
12 Q. Can you give a ballpark?
13 A. I don't know.
14 Q. A dozen?
15 MR. SANDY: Objection.
16 Q. A couple dozen?
17 A. I don't know.
18 Q. But it's been years since you've
19 talked to anyone at MERS?
20 A. Correct.
21 Q. Did you have any obligation to
22 report to anyone at MERS?
23 MR. DEIGHTON: Objection.
24 A. No.
25 Q. Did you ever report to anyone at
2 A. No.
3 Q. Did anyone at MERS direct your
4 activities?
5 MR. SANDY: Objection.
6 A. No.
7 Q. And you mentioned that years ago,
8 you had talked to someone at MERS. Would that
9 have been on a weekly basis, daily basis?
10 What's the frequency with which you would speak
11 to someone at MERS?
12 A. Random.
13 Q. And what would be the reason for
14 those discussions?
15 A. Assistance of their website
16 typically.
17 Q. Assist with their website?
18 A. Assistance for me with their
19 website.
20 Q. What type of assistance would you
21 need?
22 A. Maneuvering it. Sometimes it was
23 changed and I couldn't find what I needed to
24 find.
Q. Does anyone from MERS have an
4 office at Carlisle?
5 MR. DEIGHTON: Objection.
6 A. No.
7 Q. Are there any employees of MERS
8 that you work with?
9 MR. SANDY: Objection.
10 A. No.
Q. Is the complaint and mortgage
2 assignment department part of the foreclosure
3 department?
4 A. Yes.
5 Q. Do you know what Samantha would do,
6 what was her job duties?
7 MR. DEIGHTON: Objection. Can you
8 clean it up by limiting the period of time that
9 you're asking about?
10 Q. On or around when the mortgage
11 assignment in this case was executed.
12 A. I don't recall. She has worked in
13 many departments at the firm.
14 Q. Were you present when Samantha
15 notarized this?
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. Was Samantha present when you
18 signed the document?
19 A. Yes.
20 Q. Do you recall whether you signed
21 any other documents on November 17, 2010 in
22 front of Samantha?
23 A. I don't recall.
24 Q. Do you know who prepared this
25 particular mortgage assignment, Exhibit C?
A. No.
2 Q. Who instructed you to execute this
3 mortgage assignment?
4 A. No one.
5 Q. No specific individual instructed
6 you?
7 A. No.
8 Q. Is there a policy at Carlisle
9 related to execution of mortgage assignments?
10 MR. DEIGHTON: Objection. That
11 seeks proprietary information.
12 Instruct my client not to answer.
13 Q. Did anyone from MERS instruct you
14 to sign —
15 MR. SANDY: Objection.
16 Q. — the mortgage assignment?
17 A. No.
18 Q. When the mortgage assignment is
19 presented to you, how long does the process
20 typically take to review, sign and notarize?
21 A. Fifteen minutes.
22 Q. Just so we're clear, you do not get
23 any compensation from MERS?
24 MR. SANDY: Objection, asked and
25 answered.
A. That's correct.
2 Q. Do you recall reviewing any of the
3 loan documents related to the property that's
4 the subject of the mortgage assignment that's
5 been identified as Exhibit C?
6 A. No.
7 Q. Do you recall having reviewed the
8 mortgage that was assigned?
9 A. No.
10 Q. Do you typically review the
11 mortgage before signing the mortgage
12 assignment?
13 A. Yes
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Jessica & John were married on 03/08/08 ... if you know NASCAR well, then you can see what inspired the date of their wedding. Okay, the car numbers were "3" for Dale Earnhardt, and "8" (now "88") for Dale Earnhardt Jr.. Their wedding colors were also inspired by the Earnhardts - red, black & white.
The day started with incredibly gusty winds and torrential downpours! When I dropped Jordan off at my sister-in-laws on the way to the ceremony, I got completely soaked! I wish we took a photo of it, because it was quite a sight, LOL! Luckily my clothing was not 100% cotton, so I dried up fairly well. After the rains passed, the strong gusts of wind remained keeping things quite chilly outdoors and way too windy. However, this was another wild & fun crew and a total blast of a party to document! I knew outdoor shots would be out of the question, so we focused on indoor work and using some creative lighting. I think we captured over 18 gigs of images between me, Denise & Paul Price of PSQuared Photographic! I got some work to do, lol.
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The Engagement Guest Book
Even though this was strictly a photojournalistic wedding, I couldn't help but want to indulge myself just a tiny bit, and the couple was happy to help! I found some simple spots they could lounge in. Denise lit up the scenes with a Lowell video light to create the warm highlights & shadows
She's lookin' so Hollywood ;)
There was so much laughter going on!
And of course the "88", Dale Jr's new car number
Dad was super emotional, "he loved her first" :)
The kids were just tearing it up!
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Opinion [Justice Stevens]
Concurrence [Justice Thomas]
Dissent [Justice Breyer]
UNITED STATES v. RESSAM
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit
No. 07–455. Argued March 25, 2008—Decided May 19, 2008
After respondent gave false information on his customs form while attempting to enter the United States, a search of his car revealed explosives that he intended to detonate in this country. He was convicted of, inter alia, (1) feloniously making a false statement to a customs official in violation of 18 U. S. C. §1001, and (2) "carr[ying] an explosive during the commission of" that felony in violation of §844(h)(2). The Ninth Circuit set aside the latter conviction because it read "during" in §844(h)(2) to include a requirement that the explosive be carried "in relation to" the underlying felony.
Held: Since respondent was carrying explosives when he violated §1001, he was carrying them "during" the commission of that felony. The most natural reading of §844(h)(2) provides a sufficient basis for reversal. It is undisputed that the items in respondent's car were "explosives," and that he was "carr[ying]" those explosives when he knowingly made false statements to a customs official in violation of §1001. Dictionary definitions need not be consulted to arrive at the conclusion that he engaged in §844(h)(2)'s precise conduct. "[D]uring" denotes a temporal link. Because his carrying of explosives was contemporaneous with his §1001 violation, he carried them "during" that violation. The statute's history further supports the conclusion that Congress did not intend a relational requirement in §844(h) as presently written. Pp. 2–6
474 F. 3d 597, reversed.
Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C.J., and Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined as to Part I. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Scalia, J., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion.


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Exotic fruits are so peculiar in sight and taste that makes them very attractive to me! I like anything different and rare especially when it comes to food.
Pineapples are beautiful and delicious and always make me happy!!!
Pineapple = smile and happiness
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HESPERIA � The Sultana boys baseball team swept Victor Valley in a nonleague doubleheader on Thursday to continue its early season run and hand the Jackrabbits their seventh straight loss.
The defending Mojave River League champion Sultans took down last year's Desert Sky League champion Jackrabbits 9-7 in the first game and 15-2 in the second at Sultana High School.
Sultana junior Sam Ward homered in each game and tallied a total of five RBIs. For Victor Valley, Terrell Lacewell hit a home run and Danny Cliburn went 3-for-3 with two RBIs in Game 1.
"Offensively, we are doing really well," Sultana (8-1) coach Dave Hill said. "Our pitching and defense are always slow to get started. We always hit but pitching and defense, as these guys know, will take us as far as we go."
Although the Jackrabbits outhit the Sultans 12-10, Sultana scored efficiently to take the first game.
"That's our strength," Hill said. "We are efficient on offense and so far, that's why we've won."
Victor Valley lefty starter Justin Lopez struggled with his command in the early innings. Sultana took advantage and scored four runs on three hits and three wild pitches in the first inning.
Lopez walked five and hit two batters in 3 1-3 innings before leaving the mound.
The Jackrabbits slowly bounced back as they cut the lead to one after the top of the fourth. Witnessing the Victor Valley offense, Hill agreed it didn't look like a team with a 0-7 record.
"We made some critical mistakes in that first inning, and then after that, we settled down and we actually played better than (the Sultans) I believe, in late innings," Victor Valley coach Mark Mora said. "For some reason, every game, we give up a big inning and that's been the difference so far."
But the Sultans had another big inning in the fourth, adding three more runs. After Ryan Wolf got on base with a single, Wade Hightower followed with a walk. Then Ward, on a 1-2 count, smacked the ball to left field for a homer.
"I was just looking to advance runners," Ward said. "I was just helping out my team. Overall, it was a team effort."
The Jackrabbits rallied in the seventh. Danny Cliburn, who got on base with a walk, came home on a triple by Mario Marroquin.
Wesley Watson hit a long fly ball to center, and while Sultans outfielder Marc Tomassi reached the ball, it deflected off his glove and dropped for an error. Watson reached third base on the play, and Randy Dickinson hit a sacrifice fly to center field to make the game 9-7.
But the Sultans managed to get the next two hitters out to finish off the game.
In Game 2, Sultana pitchers Daniel Senior and Michael Ardito limited the Jackrabbits to five hits, all singles. Ward hit a two-run homer, while Kenny McMurray and Wolf both had a solo home runs.
Both teams took their respective league titles last season, but they have the task of rebuilding their squads since they lost the majority of their starters. Hill and Mora say they are in the process of testing their young teams out to prepare for league play.
"Now it's just getting guys experience and getting them used to playing at the varsity level, so when we start league, they'll have some confidence," Mora said.
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1 pound linguine (preferably De Cecco)
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 to 3 garlic cloves, finely minced
1/2 stick butter
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 to 4 ounces Parmigiano-Reggiano, finely grated
2 to 3 ounces fresh black truffles, coarsely grated, sliced, or julienned (if the truffles aren't fresh, boost them with 1 to 2 tablespoons white-truffle oil)
Escarole Salad
1 baguette, quartered lengthwise, then cut crosswise into croutons
6 tablespoons fruity extra-virgin olive oil plus extra for brushing croutons
1 garlic clove
3 to 4 heads escarole, with 1/3 of the outer green leaves removed and discarded, inner leaves separated
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup finely grated fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano
Cook the linguine al dente in a large pot of salted boiling water. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup of pasta water.
Meanwhile, heat the oil over low heat in a large sauté pan, add the garlic, and cook gently until soft but not colored. Remove from the heat, and toss with the butter to melt. Season with salt and pepper. Toss the pasta with the garlic in the sauté pan along with 1/4 cup of pasta water, then toss with the grated cheese, the black truffles and truffle oil (if using), and more pasta water if necessary.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Paint the croutons with oil and rub with garlic, place on a cookie sheet, and bake in the oven for about 10 minutes or until crisp and starting to turn golden.
Put the escarole in a salad bowl and season lightly with salt and pepper. Add the oil, and toss together until all the leaves are coated, then toss with the cheese and finally the croutons.(Published 2003)
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
More White Lies
In the latest MHA statement, Teo's ministry said it had planned to announce that Lim and Ng were investigated and suspended from duty on 25 Jan, one day after Lianhe Wanbao informed the public on 24 Jan. The MHA also said it was informed by CPIB on 20 Jan that there was "sufficient basis" to consider civil service disciplinary action for misconduct, resulting in the immediate appointment of their replacements.
Why is the MHA, Teo's ministry, still insisting that there was NO DELAY in releasing news of the CPIB probe of the allegations of misconduct against the two top men in his ministry?
The MHA, in an earlier press release, already stated for the record that both men were arrested on 14 Dec 2011 (Ng) and 4 Jan 2012 (Lim). Is the MHA saying that prior to these dates, investigative work had not yet commenced on both these black sheep? That, prior to these two dates, the Minister, namely Teo Chee Hean, was not clued in on the developments before his two top lieutenants were dragged into the police station to be handcuffed and finger printed for the arrest?
Hiding behind the "not in the position to comment as investigations are in progress" excuse, Teo said, "If I have more information , I'll be happy to provide it to my fellow Members of Parliament". That's his way of saying that lesser mortals will have to settle for scraps of flaky information from his MHA, to plaster over the truths being leaked from other sources.
Well, it looks like the MPs will have to ask the hard questions:
When was impropriety about the IT purchases first discovered;
When was suspicion first cast on the uniformed officers;
When was the female IT executive first identified and invited to assist in the investigations;
When were the collaborative pieces of evidence first assembled to pin point the targets;
When did the CPIB conclude it had "sufficient basis" to inform MHA;
When did they receive official permission to arrest Ng and Lim.
CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria interviewed PM Lee Hsien Loong at Davaos on Thursday 26 Jan, "People say the system is too closed you need more political openness." Lee's response is telling, "If only it were so simple." We can understand why. The can of worms that is being opened confirms the ugly truth - white is the new colour for the rot within.
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- Anonymous1/28/2012 10:28 AM
Like the way you phrase the last paragraph. It makes a lot of sense.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/28/2012 10:41 AM
Of course, it is not simple because it is unaccountable and transparent to the people.ReplyDelete
Tattler, save your breath to ask those questions. You will never get the answers to those questions because of Official Secret Act. The government is not accountable and transparent to its people. This will lead to mistrust of the people on this government. Wikileak is very important in this country.
- Anonymous1/28/2012 11:16 AM
When a person is found to speakReplyDelete
irresponsibly, the mistrust on
him/her will remain for a long
time if not infinitely.
And whence the same person keeps
doing his/her duty with no respect
for integrity, his/her name will
stink forever.
Thank You for doing Singaporeans
a great favour with your blogging.
Please keep writing for us.
- Anonymous1/28/2012 12:56 PM
Thanks tattler for helping me to remain sane.ReplyDelete
Every time when the super white spew some twisted truth, I search desperately for bloggers who are able to discern the white from the black.
Other wise, would have gone berserk long time ago !
Keep up yoour good work !
- Anonymous1/28/2012 1:05 PM
You don't simply arrest people without sufficient cause & proof right?ReplyDelete
The public prosecutor would advise CPIB when he thinks there is sufficient evidence and chance for a successful prosecution.
So the logical date for making an announcement would be the date of the arrest.
Date of CPIB arrests were:
19 Dec 2011 for one and 4 Jan 2012 for the other.
CPIB reports to the Prime Minister's Office.
How stupid do you think we are?
- Anonymous1/28/2012 1:12 PM
The colour of putrid pus.
- Anonymous1/28/2012 2:12 PM
Bravo, Sir Tattler, for once again distilling the truth for us!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/28/2012 2:26 PM
Parents teach their children that if they tell a lie, they would need 10 more lies to cover up the initial lie. Perhaps Teo Chee Hean has forgotten this lesson.ReplyDelete
It would have been better if TCH just admit that MHA was waiting for the debate on ministerial salary to be over before announcing
- Alan Wong1/28/2012 2:29 PM
How can an efficient, effective or transparent Govt like ours have 2 Chiefs of Departments arrested and yet manage to keep it under wraps from the public for a couple of weeks ?ReplyDelete
Looks like it was necessary to keep everyone in the dark so that they could defend their ministers' million-dollar sacrifices with greater ease without any adverse publicity.
No matter how they wants to put it now, the fact remains they must have put in every effort to delay the announcement. Only God knows why they are so fearful of not being fair to these Chiefs if they are already arrested anyway.
In the past when they arrested political dissidents like CSJ and others, were they ever fearful of not being fair to these people ?
It is reported in the media that the woman is currently working for an American multinational software company for about six months, after leaving her previous job in a Japanese multinational firm at the same time CPIB probe began. That means that CPIB had began investigation six months ago.ReplyDelete
After months of investigation, they proceeded to arrest both Lim and Ng on Jan 4 and Dec 19, which means that they must have concluded that there is enough cause to detain them. At that moment MHA should have inform the public about this instead of delaying until after the press broke the news.
- Anonymous1/28/2012 6:15 PM
Sweeping dirt under carpetReplyDelete
to conceal them comes to
But, then there is a saying
not to wash dirty linens in
So long there is action
taken against wrongdoing,
it should suffice la!
- Anonymous1/29/2012 10:08 AM
MIW like to cover things up. Hence Kuan Yew's request to pull down his house after his death. Too many well hidden secrets??ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/29/2012 1:30 PM
I just hope Singaporeans won't take these two CPIB arrests as PAP is opening up, becoming more transparent. We are still far from that.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/30/2012 12:59 PM
Opening up!? There must be tons of other ECA extramarital affairs and corruption cases going on in the civil service !ReplyDelete
Not to mention the numerous abuse of facilities in education institutes where teachers make use of school facilities for seeking sexual pleasures from students and women during office business hours.


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Describe yourself for our visitors. (ex. hobbies, favorite music, ministries)
I am a left-brained computer geek who searched through the dust and cobwebs in the other side of his brain to locate the fires of creativity.
I found only a feeble spark, and it needed a great deal of nurturing, so I searched on for a place to make it grow.
Because our seven children have all been homeschooled, we had the responsibility to teach about the wonderful world of writing.
I volunteered to write a story in order to get the process started.
Little did I know that this process would ignite that lonely spark and create a fire that even now continues to blaze.
I have been married to a lovely lady named Susie for twenty-seven years, and we have four girls and three boys.
Four of our children are now adults and out on their own, and our three youngest, all girls, live with us in western Tennessee.
When I'm not writing or promoting, I spend time with my children or I exercise through weight lifting and jogging.
I enjoy classical music, especially Beethoven, and I sometimes listen to modern music in order to find a few inspirational tunes.
I also spend time on my message forum interacting with readers.
Some of them have serious issues they're dealing with, so offering counsel and a shoulder to cry on is a major part of my writing ministry.
How do you find time to connect with God?
Most of my devotional time occurs while walking or jogging along the beautiful country lanes of rural Tennessee.
Just this morning I commented to my wife about how listening to the varied sounds of meadowlarks, quail, woodpeckers, and cardinals enhanced our prayer time, and every season has its unique way of trumpeting God's handiwork.
Those morning prayer outings put me in the right mindset for the rest of the day, and we also have devotion times with our three at-home children nearly every morning and evening.
Who are your favorite authors? Favorite books?
My favorite author is C. S. Lewis.
My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Tell us about your journey to publication.
After trying and failing to get my first novel manuscript published, I turned to writers' conferences to learn about the industry and figure out what I was lacking.
I learned a great deal.
Yet, over the next seven years, during which time I wrote a few more novels, including Raising Dragons, I amassed over two hundred rejections.
I decided to try non-fiction and wrote a proposal for The Image of a Father.
AMG Publishers liked it and gave me a contract.
Later, the editor, Dan Penwell, asked me if I had any other projects going.
I told him about Raising Dragons, and he said he would take a look at it, even though AMG had never published fiction, much less fantasy.
To my surprise and delight, they took a chance on this strange story, and we're both glad they did.
Tell us about your current book.
Beyond the Reflection's Edge is a blend of mystery, suspense, and fantasy.
Since it begins in our world and our time, it could be called contemporary, but it quickly morphs into a cross-dimensional mind bender.
It's the first of a trilogy called Echoes from the Edge and is targeted to reach thirteen to sixteen-year-old readers.
Here is a short teaser: After sixteen-year-old Nathan Shepherd's parents are murdered during a corporate investigation, he teams up with a female friend to solve the case, discovering mirrors that reflect events from the past and future, a camera that photographs people who aren't there, and a violin that echoes unseen voices.
How did you come up with ideas for this book?
After writing the first two books in the Dragons in our Midst series, I wanted to be ready for another series, so I gathered my seven children together for a brainstorming session.
They are usually brimming with great ideas, but this day they seemed a bit less creative, so we didn't come up with anything great.
Later, however, my second-born son, Josiah, came back to my office with this idea about a trunk that appeared open in a mirror's reflection, though it was closed in reality.
We traded ideas back and forth until we came up with the basic idea for the story.
List your three most recent books (if applicable).
Eye of the Oracle (Book #1 of Oracles of Fire - 2006)
Enoch's Ghost (Book #2 of Oracles of Fire - 2007)
Beyond the Reflection's Edge (Book #1 of Echoes from the Edge - May, 2008)
What's next for you?
The third book of the Oracles of Fire series, Last of the Nephilim, is scheduled to come out in July.
In October, Eternity's Edge, book two of Echoes from the Edge, will hit the shelves, joined in May of 2009 by book three, Edge of Chaos.
Book four in Oracles of Fire, The Bones of Makaidos, will also likely arrive around May of next year.
I will also write an adult fantasy series for Zondervan, two books that will arrive in 2010 and 2011.
Zondervan is also considering two other young adult proposals that will follow on the heels of Echoes from the Edge.
As you can see, I will be very busy for quite a while.
Where can visitors find you online?
I am working on a new author website, but for now the best places to find me are as follows:
Dragons in our Midst site: http://www.dragonsinourmidst.com/
Author blog: http://dragonsinourmidst.blogspot.com/
Echoes from the Edge page: http://www.echoesfromtheedge.com/
How did you choose the names for your different characters? Do they have any special meaning or significance?
Some names pop into my head based on a character's traits.
Others I select based on research of a name's meaning, often an old Hebrew or Greek name.
I like names that sound good when tripping off the tongue, and I want them to be fairly common, yet not the same name as someone I know.
How do you choose what a character looks like? Is it like an image your brain made up about the character and you decided it'd be just right for that character?
I usually don't describe a character's looks in detail.
I give the basics and allow the reader to draw in the rest.
Most of the time, as with names, a physical appearance just pops into my head.
The characteristics are sometimes associated with his or her traits, something that just "fits," but the process of how that works is often a mystery to me.
How do you come up with their different quirks?
A character's quirks come to me as I'm writing, sort of out-of-the-blue.
This is a symptom of walking on the edge-of-sanity, a place where many writers live.
While writing, it's kind of like being in a dream world where people appear out of nowhere and tell you about themselves as the dream goes on.
Sometimes completely new characters walk into a scene, a person I didn't even know existed.
As a former engineer and computer scientist, I would have never believed I could live in this kind of imaginary world, but it happened.
Do some of the other characters complain about others' quirks and that's where they sometimes come from?
The good-guy characters usually get along pretty well, but there are significant exceptions.
In the Echoes from the Edge series Nathan gets annoyed with Daryl—a movie geek—and with Kelly's father—a stereotypical jock, but Nathan is too polite to say much about their quirks.
In my two Dragons series, Ashley has a hard time with Walter's wise cracking, and she lets him know about it.
Do you make the basis for the book title and series name and the publisher then helps polish those ideas or how are the titles made up?
With the Echoes from the Edge series, Zondervan asked me for title ideas, and they made the decisions, sometimes coming up with completely new ideas.
With the Dragons series, AMG Publishers used my suggestions without changing them.
Why fantasy? How does Christianity fit into this genre?
I believe fantasy opens minds to the world of the unseen.
Good fantasy lifts up honorable ideals, like heroism, courage, faith, love, and loyalty.
It shines a positive light on good values, encouraging young readers to emulate the characters who exhibit those traits.
It gives kids heroes, when they might not have any heroes in their lives at home or at school.
Good fantasy gives kids hope that maybe, just maybe, they can be heroes, too.
There really is an unseen world, so understanding it is an important part of the maturing process in our walks of faith.
As Paul said, "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places."
How can we do battle if we can't imagine what's out there?
Elisha opened such a portal for his servant, saying, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them."
Some of Jesus' stories must have seemed like fantasy to his hearers.
Had they ever seen a camel pass through the eye of a needle?
How about a rich man and a poor man conversing in the afterlife?
Fantasy images last, and a good teacher knows that lasting stories means lasting lessons.
The hearers also remember the virtues of the heroes and the moral of the story.
I wrote an article that elaborates on this subject.
You can find it online at http://www.daviscrossing.com/fantasy.pdf/
Why did you choose a young adult audience?
I hope I don't offend any adults, because I know there are many exceptions to what I am about to say, but I find that younger readers enjoy more complex stories, and that's what I wanted to write.
It seems that younger readers relish unexpected twists and turns.
They are the ones who will let go of the lap bar on the roller coaster and raise their hands, enjoying the wild ride, while adults often keep a death grip on the bar and wonder why this stomach-flipping adventure is considered "fun."
It's also easier to create an unlikely hero out of a young protagonist.
Readers will wonder if he or she is strong or mature enough to endure the struggle and come out victorious.
Do you consider writing more of a career or a ministry?
I can't separate the two in my mind.
I am living out a career/ministry.
I spend at least ten hours a week corresponding with my readers, some through email and some on my message forum.
They ask me many questions about life, faith, and their struggles, so it's a high priority for me to take the time to provide counsel and comfort.
For me, writing is truly a combination of career and ministry.
What did you want to be when you were growing up? How did you go from there to becoming a writer?
When I was quite young, I wanted to be a professional athlete, either a baseball or a basketball player.
As I went through my teen years, I enjoyed math and science, so I pursued and obtained an engineering degree and later became a computer professional.
I became interested in writing mainly through homeschooling our children.
Teaching them how to write was an important part of the curriculum, so I decided to write a story as an example.
Every Friday night, which was our family night, my wife would read my week's writing out loud. I had so much fun creating this story, it grew into a novel.
Although it never got published, this experience ignited a passion in me to write more.
What advice do you have for anyone who would like to be a writer?
Learn the craft.
Get a good critiquing partner who is willing to tear your writing apart—in a loving way, of course. If and when you get rejections, never give up.
On my journey to publishing, I had the honor of receiving over two hundred rejections.
It's hard, but if you have a passion for writing, you can't give in to the frustrations.
If you're a fantasy writer, break free from the Tolkien and Lewis mold.
Don't try to create another middle-earth with elves and orcs.
Don't send kids to a new world through a wardrobe-like portal where a new kind of Christ-figure dwells.
Make faith a real component that fits naturally with characters of real faith.
Do you have any future plans to retire from writing to do something else? What?
I have no plans to retire from the writing profession.
It's just too much fun.
Which of your characters would you most like to be?
I would like to be like Solomon Shepherd, Nathan's father in Echoes from the Edge.
Although he is not "on screen" at all, Nathan's memories paint a vivid portrait of a father's wisdom, spirituality, and love.
With which character do you most closely identify?
I identify well with Jared Bannister in the Dragons in our Midst series.
As a former dragon, he had a lot of inner turmoil and wasn't sure how to raise a son who might have dragon traits.
As a father of seven, I know how hard it can be to rear children, so I understand Jared's conflicts.
What Biblical truth are you trying to convey to your audience in this book?
In the Echoes from the Edge series, I'm trying to portray the complete forgiveness that God offers to all who come to him in repentance and faith.
My main character, a male Christian teenager, learns that God loves a female teen, even though her past has been impure, likely far more impure than his life has been.
They both learn to accept each other and work together in spite of the apparent spiritual gulf between them.
This is a story about how redemption, through the power of holy love, changes everything.
Do you have any quirky habits or rituals that you observe while you are working on a writing project?
None that I can think of.
Yet, what is normal to me might seem quirky to others.
When we've finished this interview, what would you like your audience to remember about you?
I would like people to know that I'm just a dad who wants to write stories that will inspire readers to take hold of faith and pursue true holiness.
I believe in the power of God to transform us into warriors for his kingdom—holy and righteous in reality, not just in theory.
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Mike Mussina admits he has a sweet tooth for strikeouts.
"It's being young and greedy," the 22-year-old Rochester Red Wings pitcher said.
Mussina went into last night's start against the Toledo Mud Hens second in the Class AAA International League with 94 strikeouts. He recorded a season-high 10 in his previous start, Friday in Richmond, Va.
The strikeouts have come with strings attached. Mussina has not pitched out of the eighth inning in any of his 17 starts. The strikeouts eat up so many pitches that he has only two complete games, both seven-inning doubleheader games.