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[This is a review of The Walking Dead season 4, episode 3. There will be SPOILERS]
After pulling drama out of a deadly illness and the subsequent horrors that come from it, The Walking Dead finds itself in a familiar predicament, in that the law of diminishing returns has set in and there seems to be less and less actual drama being pulled from the current situation.
One of the main sources of trouble this show has with regard to its narrative is that stories tend to get bogged down. Whether it's the supposed idyllic isolation of Hershel's farm in season 2, or the overly drawn out conflict between the Governor and Rick (and perhaps the overly drawn out conflict between Rick and himself) in season 3, the show's desire to maintain an atmosphere and keep the action (as it were) located in and around one particular place also tends to bring everything else around it grinding to a halt.
While we see that happening in the prison, to its credit, 'Isolation' manages to split the storylines and find a decent change of pace by clustering various characters around one another and seeing what kind of dynamic emerges from that. In that regard, the episode puts Daryl, Michonne, Tyreese and Bob on a mission that manages to supply the episode with plenty of action and splattering zombie heads, but there's not really much in the way of new story generated from yet another search for supplies that winds up intersecting with a migration of the undead. Now granted, the giant swarm of walkers is still an unnerving sight slightly more than three seasons in, but the event, as well as watching someone succumb to his emotions, just feels familiar, and doesn't really add anything compelling to the story at hand.
And speaking of hands, Rick sprains his early in the episode after the discussion into who murdered Karen and David turns violent because Tyreese is now a ticking time bomb of anger and grief. Now, it's clear that the show is trying to draw some kind of parallel between Rick's past issues with violence and instability and Tyreese's current emotional state, but what it doesn't seem to understand is that Rick's issues with instability and violence didn't lead to good storytelling; it just managed to make the character look foolish and prone to bad decisions.
So when Hershel talks to Rick about "falling off the wagon," there's a whole other level of subtext to those words, as 'Isolation' demonstrates how in order to generate some sense of conflict and suspense, The Walking Dead seems to have fallen back into the old habit of characters making unintelligent decisions unnecessarily and justifying them as being for the greater good. To that end, Rick's now faced with Carol being a murderer, but having done it because there's nothing she wouldn't do to protect the people inside the prison.
Bad decisions can sometimes generate the best kind of drama, but they usually don't come at the complete expense of the character's development and previous history. At any rate, hopefully the writers can take Carol's misguided efforts in quashing the outbreak and turn them into a compelling story in which Rick is forced to make a choice between one person and her overall worth in regard to the group's greater good.
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British recording artist Sting says President Obama could be the answer to the world's problems – the divine answer.
"In many ways, he's sent from God, because the world's a mess," he said in a new interview with the Associated Press.
The comments from The Police's lead singer, whose real name is Gordon Sumner, are just the latest in a long series of statements suggesting Obama's connection to the supernatural.
WND previously reported when an artist who planned to unveil a portrait of Obama in a Christ-like pose with a crown of thorns upon his brow canceled the event due to "overwhelming public outrage."
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan also was clear in a nearly religious adoration of Obama. As WND reported, Farrakhan declared last year that when Obama talks, "the Messiah is absolutely speaking."
Addressing a large crowd behind a podium with a Nation of Islam Saviours' Day 2008 sign, Farrakhan proclaimed, "You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."
Farrakhan pointed out that the man Nation of Islam followers refer to as "the Saviour," Fard Muhammad, had a black father and a white mother, just as Obama did.
"A black man with a white mother became a saviour to us," he said. "A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall."
WND also previously reported a website called "Is Barack Obama the Messiah?" capturing the wave of euphoria that followed the Democratic senator's remarkable rise.
The site was topped by an Obama quote strategically ripped from a Jan. 7 speech at Dartmouth College just before the New Hampshire Primary in which he told students, "A light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote" for Obama.
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Discovering Me
Last year I was having a quarter-life crisis at the age of 26. I felt lost, stuck, and in a deep rut. I felt like I needed something BIG to happen. Something that would change my whole life. So, I waited, but nothing happened. Every day that passed me by only made me feel worse. One morning I woke up and couldn't con myself to get out of the bed. At that point I said enough is enough.
Since then I have taken time to really get to know myself over the past few months. I have learned so much about who I am and what I want out of this life. As I increased my awareness of how my actions have affected my life and all those around me, I have also gotten a better understanding of how I have gotten to where I am right now. They say nothing in life is free, and success does not come without sacrifice. I was somehow convinced that was not true at all, or that I had suffered and sacrificed enough to last me a while. Thinking like that was truly a mistake. The truth is my life is my responsibility and I really don't know how I began to think otherwise.
They say a single event can awaken within us a stranger, totally unknown to us. That's just what happened to me. A serious reality check broke the slump I was in, and I have come to see so many things that I left for neglect. This forced me to make some changes. I started with myself. Taking a look into my current situation, my wants, and my needs. Really being honest with myself when it came to my strengths and weaknesses, my goals and expectations. This was really hard to do at the beginning. It's so funny how much I couldn't believe what was happening. "No, that's not me ..." "I don't do that ..." "That was just that one time ..." "I really don't think like that." But the truth is I did. I began to make excuses for my justifications and then deny it all.
I used to think of life as suffering and the only thing that keeps us going was the occasional happy moments that we cling to. No one told me life would be so hard. My parents did an amazing job of making providing for the family seem so easy. But, back to my own responsibility, when it came down to the conversations I had with myself it all started with one question. What brings me joy? Of course I made a long list and at the top of that list stood sex and vacationing, along with being my own boss and never paying taxes. All things that brought me great joy, even the thought of them, but I had to be realistic with myself.
I started with drawing a timeline. Marking down all the "major" events in my life that I feel have built me up and all of those that has caused me great pains. Again, this was not easy at all. This activity brought back so many memories and emotions. This was not a time for wallowing and weeping but a chance to really see the building blocks of my life. Keeping it real and simple, identifying the major changes and lessons learned.
Next, a clear mind and a clean slate. Exploring my own ideas of values and morals helped me to come to terms with things I had been ashamed of because of what others may think. Life is really what you make it. Your values and morals are what you were taught growing up, but it is also what you have learned along the way. Stand up for what you believe and if something works for you that may not work for others, don't worry about their opinion and approval. In turn, I then began to release the need to be loved by everyone.
It's human nature to socialize and find people to connect with. I thought I was doing a good job of making friends and building networks until this whole quarter-life crisis thing began to interrupt my entire life. I realized I had no one to talk to because no one really knew me. I solidified support systems but these people didn't know what I was going though. I have always been the shoulder for others and if I explained what I was going through, I felt like I would have to explain who I was. I just wasn't sure if they would remain a part of my network once all was revealed.
The truth is I'm a nonconformist to the core. A cisgender pansexual polyamorous individual. I believe that healthy, long-term, successful, open relationship does exist and that sexual identity is just as fluid as sexual preference and desires. If you think that's complex, wait until you hear my views on society. It all comes down to becoming comfortable in my own skin, with my own beliefs, without feeling like I have to appeal to others' ideas of identity and relationships.
This brings me to building confidence. Spending time alone to begin to build my own level of self-confidence has shed light on my fears. My fears of success, my fears of failure, and my fears of being an outcast. Once I started to remove the vices that kept me a lonely secret of a man, then I got the opportunity to have amazing conversations with the people around me who felt the same way and had no one to talk to either. On the flip side, I bumped heads with those who completely disagreed. That's fine too because it brought out great points that we both needed to hear. What's to be expected in life are dead ends. There is nothing wrong with hitting a dead end. Just turn around and set sail on a new opportunity.
Meditation also helped my recovery a great deal. This was when I took the time to really meditate, not just isolate myself in my depression. Even releasing tension in muscles I wasn't even aware of. I in turn let go of all those negative thoughts and feelings about myself and my future. Relieving myself of all those unrealistic wants that I was convinced were needs, I could finally live in the moment and be true to myself and those around me.
It feels so good to just be me, so I leave you with this quote:
"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself." -- Alan Alda
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WASHINGTON – Iran has watched as Saudi Arabia has incited Sunnis to create instability in neighboring Iraq and Riyadh has launched concerted efforts to overthrow the Iranian-backed Shi'ite Alawite regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
Now the chairman of the Iranian joint chiefs of staff, Brig. Gen. Hasan Firouzabadi, says he wants to avoid a sectarian war between Sunnis and Shi'a, but he also issued a veiled threat against Riyadh.
He accused the Saudi kingdom of using jihadists to undermine Shi'ites in the region, given increasingly unsettling events in Iraq and in Syria. Firouzbadi has spoken out given the growing concern that the rising Sunni turmoil in Iraq poses a security threat to Iran.
For some time, however, that has been the strategy of Saudi Arabia, which has decided to undertake an independent course of action from the restraint urged by the United States out of concern that Iran is spreading its influence in the Gulf Arab countries which are controlled by monarchies.
To date, the U.S. has not criticized Saudi Arabia for its support for jihadists in other countries that are attempting to arouse Sunnis in the Middle East. This is due to the close ties the U.S. has with the Saudi kingdom, long considered a key element of cohesion among the Gulf Arab countries on which the U.S. relies to maintain its security interests in the region.
And U.S. support for the Saudis continues despite the knowledge that the Saudis actively are using jihadists as proxies to enforce their own security interests.
According to Ali Akbar Velayati, who is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's top international affairs adviser, Saudi use of jihadists to press the collapse of the al-Assad regime by Saudi Arabia is considered a "red line."
"Those remarks were a message to the Saudis that the kingdom is looking at a major regional sectarian conflict if it continues to support the dozens of jihadist militias fighting the Syrian regime," according to a report in the open intelligence group Strafor.
Velayati then suggested that the best approach was for a negotiated settlement between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The response from Saudi Prince Saud al-Faisal was telling. He said that a political solution to the Syrian crisis wasn't going to happen, which Stratfor said was a signal that Riyadh wasn't interested in negotiations.
This position may be due to Riyadh seeing this being the time to push Iranian influence back now that its previous positions in Iraq and Syria are increasingly tenuous. They want to take advantage of the large blocs of Sunnis in Iraq and in Syria where Sunnis constitute some 60 percent of the population.
Sources believe Saudi use of jihadist proxies is due to the lack of enthusiasm by nationalists and other secular forces to openly fight Iran and the Shi'a who back al-Assad. The jihadists are all too eager to carry the fight against the Shi'ites in Iraq and Syria, especially given the financial and logistical backing from Riyadh.
Just as Iran has called attempts to overthrow al-Assad a "red line," sources see Iran bringing in its own insurgents to fight the Sunni jihadists. At the same time, Tehran wants to show how the Saudi kingdom is more prone to use jihadists as opposed to Sunni Turkey or Qatar, who don't necessarily agree with Riyadh's use of them.
These countries fear that Riyadh can't or doesn't control the jihadists outside the kingdom, making their own governments prone to potential jihadist attacks.
The U.S., however, equally is concerned over the use of jihadists and al-Qaida, especially in Iraq and Syria, due to the geopolitical changes that would sweep the region should they prevail.
"(Washington) will cautiously use the sectarian fault line running through the region to try to maintain a difficult balance of power," the Stratfor report said. "What this means is that a major, long-term geopolitical conflict along the northern rim of the Middle East is highly likely."


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He specialised in water colours and drawings sold as prints which, at least initially, were hand-coloured by the artist and his sisters. His subject matter was invariably military, racing or hunting / equestrian scenes (polo, pig sticking), or some combination of these.
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Owner Dan Snyder says the Washington Redskins never will change their team name and generally has been unwilling to entertain political and media pleas to the contrary. But perhaps Snyder will listen to his former players.
Hall of Fame wide receiver Art Monk believes a name change should be "seriously considered."
"(If) Native Americans feel like Redskins or the Chiefs or (another) name is offensive to them, then who are we to say to them, 'No, it's not?' " Monk said Tuesday on WTOP-FM.
Another Hall of Fame opinion: "It deserves and warrants conversation because somebody is saying, 'Hey, this offends me,'" Darrell Green commented.
The drumbeat for possibly changing the Redskins' nickname never has been louder or more consistent than this offseason. Guys like Monk and Green speaking out on the matter might genuinely change the conversation.
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State of the Union
President Obama devoted a significant portion of his 2011 State of the Union address to education. "Maintaining our leadership in research and technology is crucial to America's success," he stated. "But, if we want to win the futureif we want innovation to produce jobs in America and not overseasthen we also have to win the race to educate our kids."
Among the notable excerpts:
"That responsibility begins not in our classrooms, but in our homes and communities. It's family that first instills the love of learning in a child. Only parents can make sure the TV is turned off and homework gets done. We need to teach our kids that it's not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair. We need to teach them that success is not a function of fame or PR, but of hard work and discipline. Our schools share this responsibility."
"Race to the Top is the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a generation. For less than 1% of what we spend on education each year, it has led over 40 states to raise their standards for teaching and learning. Race to the Top should be the approach we follow this year as we replace No Child Left Behindwith a law that's more flexible and focused on what's best for our children."
"Let's remember that, after parents, the biggest impact on a child's success comes from the man or woman at the front of the classroom. In South Korea, teachers are known as 'nation builders.' Here in America, it's time we treated the people who educate our children with the same level of respect. We want to reward good teachers and stop making excuses for bad ones. And, over the next 10 years, with so many Baby Boomers retiring from classrooms, we want to prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science and technology and engineering and math."
"Because people need to be able to train for new jobs and careers in today's fast-changing economy, we're revitalizing America's community colleges."
"If we take these stepsif we raise expectations for every child and give them the best possible chance at an education, from the day they are born until the last job they takewe will reach the goal I set two years ago: by the end of the decade, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world."
"One last point. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of students excelling in our schools who are not American citizens. Some are the children of undocumented workers, who had nothing to do with the actions of their parents. They grew up as Americans and pledge allegiance to our flag, yet they live every day with the threat of deportation. Others come here from abroad to study in our colleges and universities. But, as soon as they obtain advanced degrees, we send them back home to then compete against us.... Let's stop expelling talented, responsible young people... who could be further enriching this nation."
As a symbol of the President's commitment to the STEM fields, four remarkable science students sat with First Lady Michelle Obama during the address.
Immediately after the address, senior White House officials, including Roberto Rodriguez, Special Assistant to the President for Education Policy, took questions about the issues covered in the speech live from the White House.
Then, on January 27, Secretary Duncan took questions about the education issues covered in the speech in a roundtable discussion.
In addition, in a series of conference calls that week, the Secretary discussed the importance of reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). In succession, he spoke with education funders; the national media, joined by a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators who serve on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and journalists from rural communities and education writers who cover rural schools, joined by National Rural Education Association Executive Director John Hill.
Commencement Challenge
On February 1, the White House opened the 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge. Students from public high schools across the U.S. are invited to demonstrate how their school prepares them for college and a career by submitting an application. The winning school will host President Obama as their 2011 commencement speaker. The application includes essay questions and statistical information that illustrate how schools are promoting college and career readiness while establishing a culture of student success and academic excellence. Applications must be submitted by Friday, February 25, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Following the application deadline, the White House and the Department will select six finalists. Viacom's Get Schooled Foundation will then work with these schools to create short videos that will be featuredalong with the essay questionson the White House web site. The public will have the opportunity to vote for the three schools they think best meet the President's goal. (Last year, more than 1,000 schools applied, and some 170,000 individuals weighed in on short videos and essays from the six finalists.) The President will pick a winner from among these three. Senior officials will attend the commencements of the runner-up schools.
In a video kicking-off the latest challenge, Simon Boehme, the salutatorian from last year's winning school (Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan) and current freshman at the University of Michigan, visited the White House to discuss the challenge with President Obama.
Education Dashboard
The Department has launched a web site providing convenient and transparent access to key national and state education data, highlighting the progress being made at every level of the education system and encouraging communities to engage in an informed conversation about their schools. This first version of the U.S. Education Dashboard contains a set of 16 indicators, ranging from student participation in early learning through completion of postsecondary education, as well as indicators on teachers and leaders and equity. This version also includes a section which supplies data on whether subgroups are performing sufficiently. The interface allows users to easily find information they need and view it in several different ways. For example, on a single web page, those interested are able to view indicators of the nation's performance in education, gauge their state's progress, and see how their state is performing compared to other states. The interface also allows users to download customized reports for further analysis. The Department is committed to regularly updating the Dashboard's data and to enhancing the tools on the web site. The indicators will be updated as new information becomes available, and users are encouraged to send comments (to email@example.com) so that usability and functionality can be improved.
NAEP 2009: Science Assessment
The Nation's Report Card: Science 2009 presents the achievement of fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), administered by the Department in 2009. National results for each of the three grades are based on representative samples of public and private school students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense schools. State results are reported separately for fourth- and eighth-graders from 46 states and the Department of Defense schools. Only 34% of fourth-graders, 30% of eighth-graders, and 21% of twelfth-graders nationwide performed at or above the proficient level in science. Scores were higher than the nation in 24 states/jurisdictions at fourth-grade and 25 states/jurisdictions at eighth-grade. Because of changes to the assessment, the 2009 results cannot be compared to those from previous assessment years. Yet, they provide a current snapshot of what American students know and can do in science that will serve as the basis for comparison with future assessments. The results also underline differences in students' performance based on certain demographic characteristics. Indeed, some states that scored lower than the nation overall had racial/ethnic groups that scored higher than their peers nationally. Note: The Secretary's statement on the report card is available online.)
Supporting Military Families
Recently, President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Dr. Jill Biden announced nearly 50 commitments by federal agencies responding to the President's new directive to establish a coordinated and comprehensive federal approach to supporting military families. "Strengthening Our Military Families: Meeting America's Commitment" details these commitments, grouped under four strategic priorities: (1) enhancing the well-being and psychological health of the military family; (2) ensuring excellence in military children's education and development, (3) developing career and educational opportunities for military spouses, and (4) increasing child care availability and quality throughout the Armed Forces. The Department will make supporting military families one of its supplemental priorities for discretionary grant programs. This priority, when applied, will favor grant applications that meet the unique needs of military-connected students. The Department has already made accessing and processing financial aid more tailored to military families and less prone to the financial fluctuations of Guard and Reserve personnel. And, the Department is seeking better ways to collect and report data pertaining to military-connected children. (Note: The Department's new Veterans and Military Families web site can be found here.)
Odds and Ends
On January 21, Secretary Duncan addressed business and community leaders at an event hosted by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce in Minneapolis and joined U.S. Congressman John Kline and Commissioner of Education Brenda Cassellius for a visit to Crystal Lake Elementary School in Lakeville.
On January 31, Secretary Duncan joined U.S. Congressman John Lewis and filmmaker Spike Lee for a town hall meeting and panel discussion hosted by Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he renewed his call for more African-American men to teach. (Note: The Secretary wrote his own blog entry.)
The Department has selected 150 school districtsfrom among the 245 applications it receivedto take part in the upcoming conference on labor-management collaboration February 15 and 16 in Denver. This broad cross-section of districts closely mirrors the make-up of the nation's schools. Approximately 34% are from cities, 34% are from suburbs, 8% are from towns, and 24% are from rural areas. The districts are almost evenly split, between those with less than 10,000 students and those with more than 10,000 students. Overall, 5.2 million students will be affected by the work of the districts participating.
The Department's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) has a new blog, as well as a monthly e-newsletter for superintendents and staff.
In prepared remarks at the release of Harvard University's "Pathways to Prosperity" report, the Secretary said he wanted "to suggest two takeaway messages.... First, for too long, career and technical education has been the neglected stepchild of education reform. That neglect has to stop. And second, the need to re-imagine and remake CTE is urgent. CTE has an enormous, if often overlooked impact on students, school systems, and our ability to prosper as a nation.... The mission of CTE has to change. It can no longer be about earning a diploma and landing a job after high school. The main goal of CTE 2.0 should be that students earn a postsecondary degree or an industry-recognized certification and land a job that leads to a successful career." (Note: The Secretary's speech is available online.)
Quote to Note
"Last night [in his State of the Union address], President Obama clearly signaled his commitment to education and his desire to fix No Child Left Behind. This strong interest in fixing NCLB comes from both sides of the aisle... as well as from governors of both parties and local education leaders from across the country. People realize that the current law has many flaws, from mislabeling to overreaching to lowering standards. On many issues Democrats and Republicans can share a common sense agenda."
|Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (1/26/11), on a press call with a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators
Upcoming Events
President Obama will release his Fiscal Year 2012 budget on February 14.
February is African-American History Month, and February 21 is Presidents Day. Need help planning your education activities? The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) web site offers more than 1,500 free teaching and learning resources from dozens of federal agencies, including 140 resources specifically highlighted for these events.
The Department's Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) is hosting a series of regional meetings to engage stakeholders on what makes for quality education for English Learners. A diverse assembly of stakeholders, including teachers, administrators, policymakers, researchers, students, and parents, will have the opportunity to identify areas of concern, share promising practices for classrooms and schools, and define new directions for reform and transformation in English Learner instruction. The series consists of three common dialogues, on different dates, each with a satellite site. The first meeting is February 10 and 11, in Dallas (main) and Chicago (satellite). There is no registration fee, and participants may use state and local Title I and/or Title III funds (if available) to pay for their travel and lodging.
Also, building off the first White House Summit on Community Colleges, the Department's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) is sponsoring one-day community college regional summits in Philadelphia (February 28), Houston (March 9), Indianapolis (March 23), and San Diego (April 15) and a virtual community college symposium the week of April 25, to bring together community college leaders, students, faculty, business leaders, philanthropic organizations, and other workforce development experts to discuss the role that community colleges play in efforts to increase the number of college graduates and prepare graduates to lead today's workforce.
Over the next two weeks, the Department will exhibit at the 2011 National Reading Recovery and K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference in Columbus, OH (February 5-8), the Association of Teacher Educators' Annual Meeting in Orlando (February 12-16), the National Association of Bilingual Education's Annual Conference in New Orleans (February 16-18), and the American Association of School Administrators' Annual Meeting in Denver (February 17-19). If you are attending any of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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Wow I never even finished my little 'journal's! Sorry! I'll get on that if I can! Anyways... I figured I'd update you with a little sumthin :)
Introducing.... my new rainbow hair. :3
Ack-- that is SO COOL. I love it. But is it easy to get out? I'd love to do something like that for a day or two, but wouldn't want remanants of color. You look gorgeous in rainbow.
you look amazing with all those colors, especially the pink and purple around your face.
i'm curious how long it took for you to put all that in your hair! (hair chalking diy & question/answers video post coming soon?? just an idea)
wow! you look so pretty! that's AMAZING! i'm gonna have to try it soon! i miss blogging every other day, but i guess the break is kinda needed :p i also miss commenting on your blog about crazy ideas and guest posts :D
Very cute!! I've been hearing a lot about this hair chalk stuff..I might have to try it out!
How long does it stay in??
How fun! I love the 5th, 6th, and 7th pictures from the bottom. I can't believe you can take such good pics of yourself!
WOW! That looks sooo cool! I've been wanting to try to "chalk" my hair sometime, and I'm currently looking for a good deal on soft chalks.
Oh wow that's cool!! Awesome Blog too!!
Oh wow it looks amazing!!!! I wish I had blonde hair so I could do this - i dont think it would come out on black hair would it?
How cute! It really suits you :0) Oh to be young again, lol.
It's offic. My best friend is the most gorgeous creature on this here earh.
omigosh. You have rainbow hair. And bible verses on your page. YES I will be your bestie :)) Oh and, you have BEAUTIFUL eyes, I love them.)
Lovely! I've heard so much about "chalking", but I've never tried it myself. Looks like you're a pro. So fun for summer :-)
Oh I LOOOOOOOVE it!!!!! Definitely pinning- I totally would love to try it! Maybe with my little girls? How fun would that be? Mom plus 2 & 3 yr olds showing up to church w/rainbow hair, hehehe ;)))
Can I just say, you're really pretty! Rainbow hair and all ;)
Definitely trying this today!:D


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Names: Rosenoble, Throatwort, Carpenter's Square, Scrofula Plant.
Habitat: A European and British wild plant.
Collection: The stalks and leaves are gathered during flowering betweenJune and August.
Part Used: Aerial parts.
Indications: Figwort finds most use in the treatment of skin problems. It acts in a broad way to help the body function well, bringing about a state of inner cleanliness.
It may be used for eczema, psoriasis and any skin condition where there is itching and irritation. Part of the cleansing occurs due to the purgative and diuretic actions. It may be used as a mild laxative in constipation. As a heart stimulant, Figwort should be avoided where there is any abnormally rapid heartbeat (tachycardia).
Priest & Priest tell us that it is a "gently stimulating and relaxing alterative with lower abdominal and pelvic emphasis. Deobstruent to enlarged and engorged lymph glands." They give the following specific indications: chronic skin disease, eczema and psoriasis. Mammary tumors and nodosities. Haemorrhoids.
Ellingwood considered it specific for "marked evidences of cachexia. Depraved blood from any cause; glandular disorders of achronic character,
accompanied with disease of the skin. Ulcerations, eczema, excoriations from chronic skin disease."
Combinations: It will combine well with Yellow Dock and Burdock Rootin the treatment of skin problems.
Preparations & Dosage: Infusion: pour a cup of boiling water onto l-3 teaspoonfuls of the dried leaves and let infuse for l0-l5 minutes. This should be drunk three times a day.
Tincture: take 2-4 ml of the tincture three times a day.


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|A chylomicron. T=Triglyceride C=Cholesterol. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipoprotein
The lipoprotein "limousines" vary a lot in size.
|(a) VLDL (b) chylomicrons (c) LDL (d) HDL.
From http://healthcorrelator.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/triglycerides-vldl-and-industrial.html
Apolipoproteins are the "chauffeurs" which determine to where lipoproteins transport stuff.
Apo A is found mainly on HDL, which transports fat & cholesterol from tissues to the liver.
Apo B is found mainly on LDL, which transports cholesterol from the liver to tissues.
Apo C is found on HDL when fasted, but moves to chylomicrons & VLDL when fat is eaten.
Apo D is found mainly on HDL and is is associated with an enzyme involved in lipoprotein metabolism.
Apo E is found mainly on chylomicrons & IDL and transports lipoproteins, fat-soluble vitamins, and cholesterol into the lymph system and into the blood. In the CNS, Apo E transports cholesterol to neurons. Defects in Apo E result in hyperlipidaemia , cardiovascular & neurological diseases, and is the E referred to in the title.
There's also Apo H, which is a β-glycoprotein involved in the binding of cardiolipin. It has nothing to do with the above lipoproteins.


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Because I have a stack of 50 FINISHED star blocks to go with the unfinished ones. Somehow, I don't think using them is going to be a problem!
and here's the other six that I made using the same pattern. It's pretty nifty to see how one pattern can look so different depending on color, pattern, value... it's an interesting combination to see what I end up with when I'm fnished!
Here's another one of the blocks....
And here are another six blocks; the seventh is a duplicate of one of them, so I didn't squeeze it into this set of pictures.
So what else have I been working on? I've got a new quilt in the works. See it below? You can see how I tape little fabric swatches onto each pattern so I can keep straight which fabrics go with which block. This will be a scrappy red and green quilt -- half applique and half pieced.
I really got rolling on the applique blocks over the past two months - there will be 8 applique blocks, 5 pieced blcoks, and a dozen corner/side setting triangles. Here's the only block I've finished so far.
This one is finished except for sewing down all those circles. If you look closely, you can see all the "tail threads" which I'll use to sew the circles on with.
Here is the third block; it too has a lot of tail tyhreads that I'll be using to sew down the pomegranate circles. I also have e of the gold flowers left to applique in place -- you can see here that I prepare all of my units, baste them in place, and then go back and needle-turn applique them onto the background fabric.
And this poor fifth block -- it's just covered in wooly tail threads, with all those berries based in place and ready to stitch down!
This block is not as done as it might look - you can see that the green "spikes" are sewn down on the left side flower and the lower left corner....and the circles are ready to stitch in place on the center flowers, once they are sewn in place.
These next three blocks have a lot of stitching left to do on them - this one needs berries packed onto all of those empty stems.
And this one needs a ton of berries, too -- at least these are sewn and ready to stitch down, though!
This last block has a lot of work left to do -- only one corner is basted and ready to sew - the others still have work ahead, as do all the red side flowers. Andonce the spikey leaves and flowers are in place, there are a ton of flowers that need to be finished. Sigh....
I get a lot of my sewing done by putting zip-lock bags together with berries ready to stitch... these go with me on doctor appointments, bee meetings, or just about any other trip out of the house. Note that my bags have more than needle, thread, scissors, and berries... I have my note card with a list of things to do... a magnetic "Needle Nest" to keep my needles from slipping around in the baggies and poking me, and somewhere in that bag is an extra pack of needles. You can see that I organize things so that I rarely miss a beat: I can always make a teeny bit of progress even on a very busy day!
My 13 blocks will all be set on point, requiring setting triangles to be placed along the side and corners of the quilt center. The quilt will be called Bed of Roses. Here is the on-point applique design...
and here is the first half-started setting tirangles... I think I'm really going to like how these look around the quilt's edge!
You might ask... but what is she doing for the pieced blocks? I'm making my own version of a feathered star. With some clever twisting of triangles, the star will look almost like it has a halo of traingles in its center. The paper piecing foundations are ready to go... I just need time, time, and more time. Leap Year day gives me an extra 24 hours... I suppose I should be thankful for it, but it just made me want ANOTHER extra day this year! Okay, so I lied. I want an extra day every week....
I can't show you the project I spent most of the last half of December working on, along with the first half of January... but here's a teeny tiny hint... Maybe I'll give you another little hint before the cover is pulled off the entire project; this is a quilt that will be shown in the June issue of Quiltmaker magazine!
The above hint is obviously part of a papercut block... which brings me back to Sarah's Revival, the papercut quilt I recently finished. I'm in the process of hand-quilting it and just finished quiltng the first block using 3/4" cross-hatching. Hand-quilting is SO relaxing for me - I love it!
Here's the border - I love how quilting really does make a quilt come alive! I generally buy 2-3 quilt stencils at every major quilt show I go to, so I have quite a collection of stencils to choose from when I decide which motifs I want to include in a quilt. The important thing to remember about using stencils is you do not have to use the WHOLE stencil each time you use it -- in the quilt below, the scalloped shell between the swags is part of a much larger stencil - but I only used the scallop portion of the stencil.
Remember back in November when I showed you a tulip challenge quilt? Several members of a bee I'm in decided to use a late 1800s twleve-inch red and green tulip block, and remake it however we wished. I've seen MANY combinations of enlarging, shrinking, re-coloring, etc. of this tulip vase block. For my own quilt, I enlarged the 12-inch block and turned it into a 36-inch block... and then made four of them using teal blue, red, gold and cheddar! By the time I was done, I was not a happy camper - the block was too twirpy - read: ugly - for my tastes. I decided that I needed to take the primitiveness of the block (which is what happens when you supersize them!) and lift it out of the gutter by adding a very formal, structured, elegant background of quilting. Here is the pre-quilted quilt top....
And here is the quilt, complete with 1-inch and 1/2-inch cross hatch quilting. Doesn't it make a difference in the look of the quilt?!!
Here's another view.....
And here is the whole quilt... The quilting really made a difference by adding a formal texture to an informal applique pattern. I was quite surprised at the difference and now I'm ready to start another quilting project like this! The key to quilting with a longarm (for me) is to quilt it like you would like to see it hand-quilted. Don't take shortcuts and give it a fast whirl... add what you would have added if you'd quilted it by hand!
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"How to Wear Your Cool Summer Colors… So That You Look and Feel Beautiful Everyday"
Watch the video below to learn *exactly* how to use your cool summer color wheel and style guide to create unique and amazing outfits… while shopping or staring blankly at your closet…
NOTE: I'm in the process of recording the Cool Summer video right now… so I've left the Clear Spring video here so that you can see how to use the color wheel and guide. The same concept applies but you won't see your cool summer colors in the video.
1:18 Your Clear Spring Color Wheel
1:50 Your Clear Spring Style Guide is a PDF e-book
2:33 Your Clear Spring base colors
3:00 Let's pretend your shopping!
3:38 Check to make sure the color is in your color palette
4:05 How will you wear your piece of clothing?
4:35 Create your basic
5:10 The power of your color wheel and style guide
5:37 How to discover unique color combinations
7:39 The formula of three to create an outfit
8:25 Adding a layer inspired by the colors from your color wheel
9:58 Refer back to the Triad color wheel to add a third accent color
10:44 Adding in an accessories and accents
13:40 The possibilities are endless!
From the Desk of Jen Thoden
December 23, 2015
How many times have you picked up a sweater while shopping, only to put it back because you have no idea what you would wear it with?
Or worse… you purchase the item, only to have it sit in your closet because you nothing seems to go with it. What a waste!
Imagine if you had a tool at your finger tips that will help you discover endless options to wear that beautiful sweater.
Imagine shopping with confidence because you KNOW what colors look perfect on you. Better yet… imagine being able to combine different pieces of clothes like a professional stylist… designing a stunning outfit that makes you simply GLOW.
It's easy to shop for a top in a color from your color palette… wear it with jeans and you're done! And that's OK some of the time…
But what about all those times when you want to dress BETTER than a top and jeans? How would it feel to dress everyday looking like a professional stylist pulled you together?
My name is Jen Thoden and I'm a certified personal stylist and color consultant. My passion is color and I LOVE transforming women from drab and tired… to stunning and glowing. I've seen it over and over again.
Not only do my clients look 100% better in their perfect colors… they stand different… they walk different… they feel good… they transform into a woman with confidence, style and flare.
A professionally styled outfit in your perfect colors can make all the difference in a day. You feel beautiful… you walk with more confidence… you'll love looking in the mirror… you'll smile… you will literally GLOW!
I've seen so many beautiful women get it wrong. They may we wearing the right color on top… but then they've paired it with the WRONG accessories or pants… and instead of looking great… they look frumpy and mismatched. Just a little off.
It's easy to dismiss not needing a perfectly styled outfit… but you DESERVE to look and feel beautiful everyday. It's not like it takes anymore time to add one accessory that will set you apart and have people wondering what you've done differently.
This is what inspired me to create a style guide for each seasonal color palette. Once you know your season… I want you to be able to know how to use your color palette as your secret weapon.
Once you learn how to use your style guide and combine colors like a professional stylist… you'll have the confidence to shop, dress and try new looks. You're going to have so much fun combining unique color combinations and pieces of clothing… that you'll find a dozen ways to wear just one top. It's like the door of your imagination is finally unlocked!
And that sweater you never wear… because you have nothing to wear it with… may become your favorite piece of clothing!
PLUS… you'll discover your friends and family asking you to help them with their colors. How fun is that?!
A 22-Page E-Book That *SHOWS* You Your Perfect Color Combinations In Your Cool Summer Colors… You'll Dress With Confidence and Style Everyday!
This style guide starts out with a quick introduction and your cool summer color wheel.
- See your cool summer colors in a color wheel. You can't find this anywhere… and it really shows you how your colors relate to one another. This is so powerful when combining colors!
- Discover how to wear your colors in general… every season has a rule about how to wear their color combinations. Get this wrong… and all those beautiful clothes you own won't look right.
- Learn how to use the style guide… so that you'll know how to use it when shopping or styling an outfit at home
- Receive a digital version of your color palette that you can carry around with you on your smart phone… so you can refer to your colors any time!
Discover color combinations that are your most dynamic and energized.
Discover color combinations that are unique and surprising.
Discover color combinations that most people don't know to do. These are the combos that will make people turn heads and say "Wow!"
Discover color combinations that simply make you look pulled together, elegant and stylish.
Wondering what color lipstick is perfect on you? Discover the perfect colors for your makeup… eye shadow, liner, blush and lipstick.
Here's what others have to say about my color style guides…
Thanks Jen ! Yep….the deep autumn is very "me." I love the style guide. …..so many great color combinations I would not have thought of and I'm having fun shopping my closet with new "eyes".
You are amazing and inspiring. Thank you for your insight and help.
Deep Autumn
I love all my clear spring colors, but until I used the guide I found it difficult to put the colors together. Jen's pictures of outfits using the colors helps me look in my closet and see exactly what I need or what I have and how to use it. This is the most helpful guide for using your colors I have ever seen. Also its so handy, just download on ipad or phone and carry with you shopping. LIke a personal stylist.
Clear Spring
Enjoy 'THE COOL SUMMER STYLE GUIDE' 100% RISK FREE for the next 30 days
If you don't feel the 'The Cool Summer Style Guide' will help you shop and dress with confidence… simply e-mail email@example.com and I'll gladly refund you 100%, NO QUESTIONS ASKED! The risk is on me: Let me prove to you that 'The Cool Summer Style Guide' will change how you dress and feel in your clothes.
When I created the seasonal color wheels, I got so excited because I realized that I created a tool that I personally want to use… and I do. I refer to my Light Spring Color Wheel all the time. It's the perfect visual reference to see how a particular color looks with other colors in my color palette. This has been invaluable to me. And I know your Cool Summer Color Wheel will be invaluable to you. It's going to become your best friend!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at email@example.com.
Jen Thoden
PS. Your Cool Summer Color Wheel and Color Guide will be available to you instantly via a unique download link. Your guide will be a PDF file which you may open with Adobe Acrobat Reader, iBooks or any PDF reader.


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Antiretroviral Drugs Cut Suicide Rate in Swiss AIDS Patients, a Study Finds
A recent study led by an HIV expert at the University of Bern finds suicides among Swiss AIDS patients declined by more than 50 percent following the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1996.
Dr. Olivia Keiser and her team analyzed data from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study and the Swiss National Cohort, a longitudinal study of mortality in Switzerland's general population. From 1988 to 2008, 15,275 patients were followed in the SHCS for a median duration of 4.7 years. Of these, 150 died by suicide (rate 158.4 per 100,000 person-years).
"In men, standardized mortality ratios declined from 13.7 (95 percent confidence interval [CI]=11.0-17.0) in the pre-HAART era to 3.5 (95 percent CI=2.5-4.8) in the late HAART era," the authors wrote. "In women, ratios declined from 11.6 (95 percent CI=6.4-20.9) to 5.7 (95 percent CI=3.2-10.3). In both periods, suicide rates tended to be higher in older patients, in men, in injection drug users, and in patients with advanced clinical stage of HIV illness," the researchers reported. Keiser noted 62 percent of those who killed themselves also had a mental illness.
The study's findings could prove significant in developing countries, where there is ongoing debate among wealthy donor nations about whether providing costly antiretrovirals is a better use of resources than inexpensive interventions like mosquito nets, antibiotics, and water filters. Asked whether she would expect to find similar results in African countries with high AIDS rates, Keiser said there is no way to know since little data exist on suicide in Africa.
Professor Lourens Schlebusch of the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine at the University of Natal said recent research there points to soaring suicide rates among young black South Africans in the last decade. While academic problems, incest, stress, and depression were the leading causes of suicide, Schlebusch said, people with AIDS were 36 times as likely as others to take their lives.
The study, "Suicide in HIV-Infected Individuals and the General Population in Switzerland, 1988-2008," was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry (2009; doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09050651).


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Life Loyal Sig
Life Loyal Sigs are part of a brotherhood of young and old alumni who continue to reap the benefits of Sigma Chi membership long after their college years are over. Life Loyal Sigs exemplify the prosperity, achievement, idealism and deep sense of personal responsibility that we all wish for ourselves and our families. A Life Loyal membership is the best way for members to take part in the enduring spirit and heritage of Sigma Chi.
The first Life Loyal Sig was William "Pop" Henning, DEPAUW 1890, who is most commonly known for leading the Fraternity through the difficult years of the World War I era. Since that time, more than 56,000 brothers have become Life Loyal Sigs.


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Summary: An alternate universe that most of the stories I write are grouped into. I figured this would be the easiest way to keep them filtered from the stand alone pieces and other short series I've done. There's a little bit of this and a little bit of that - don't be deceived by the warnings, most of it is fluff (or so I've been told). For the truly complete version and the chronological order, it's best to check http://phoenix.zhie.us as it sometimes takes me a while to get things updated over here.
Categories: Book-verse, Book Verse Slash, Movie-verse, Lord of the Rings Slash
Characters: None
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Erotica, Humor, Mystery, Parody, Poetry, Romance, Tragedy
Warnings: AU (alternate universe), Character Death, Graphic Sex, Slash (same sex pairing)
Challenges: None
Open: Closed
Series - P
Other Results: 37 Challenges


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The Age of Video Games has ushered in a new human shape, one devoid of the features that past civilizations, such as hunting tribes, required. The survival of today's gamer relies solely on hand-eye coordination, thereby eliminating the need to actually move. People will wonder how you achieved your next evolution body. This shirt will let them know.


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|System: Xbox 360, PS3
|Dev: NAMCO Bandai
|Pub: NAMCO Bandai
|Release: Spring 2013
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
by Angelo M D'Argenio
Anime fighting game sequels are kind of like sports games in that each new iteration tends to focus on roster updates and improved single-player modes rather than actual innovation to the gameplay system. The upcoming Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 is no exception. Fully aware that the prime demographic for this game is the rabid Naruto fan base, NAMCO Bandai has turned the fan service up to 11. Thus far, most of the new features we have seen have been features of the single-player mode made to satisfy the hardcore Naruto fan who is more looking to relive the Naruto story than to challenge others in a competitive setting. That being said, these new features are well-made, and the Naruto fanboy in me is screaming with glee.
Right off the bat, the first trailer for Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 advertises a completely overhauled graphics system. They describe it as "moving anime visuals," and they are right. The use of cel shading in this game is second to none. There are points where it's hard to differentiate between what is an anime cutscene and what is gameplay footage. Even while in motion, the game gets all of Nartuo's classic speed lines and impact effects down perfectly. We are very nearly reaching the point where converted game media will be nearly indistinguishable from the media it was adapted from. Who would have thought that it would be the Naruto franchise leading the charge? Seriously, the graphics in this game would make Square Enix blush.
Of course, graphics are only part of the game's appeal. The set pieces look astounding. For example, seeing the giant Kyuubi attack Konoha is simply brilliant, since all of the buildings crumble individually as he stomps all over them. Thousands of little ninjas and citizens are animated fighting against the Kyuubi for their lives. The flames, though drawn in Naruto's cartoony style, appear as if they are engulfing everything. This is just as badass close up as it is as a backdrop for a fated battle between the Fourth Hokage and Madara Uchiha.
To make these set pieces come alive, NAMCO Bandai has added in a whole new sort of "boss battle" into the story. In the trailer we've seen so far, the Third Hokage takes on the Nine-Tailed Fox on top of Konoha's rooftops. These sequences seem to have fighting game, platforming, and strategy elements. A good portion of the time, the Third Hokage was hopping from rooftop to rooftop, dodging the Kyuubi's blows. When he got close enough, he wailed away at it with his gigantic monkey staff while other Konoha ninja shot fire at it from afar. After a while, the Kyuubi itself would generate an explosion that would blow the Third back across the rooftops. Here, he met with other ninja to charge up a sustained fire assault. It was pretty epic seeing the one-on-one fight transition into something more akin to tactical troop combat.
The whole battle felt cinematic, even though the player will be controlling it the whole way through. In fact, the only actual cinematic portion of the battle was the quick time event that punctuated it all. However, this quick time event had you rapidly filling the shoes of some of Konoha's most powerful ninja, essentially controlling an entire army with one button prompt. This is certainly an interesting spin on the traditional QTE, with the camera focusing more on the overall scene than any individual character.


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The House of Scouting (100 DoS: Day 12)stevejb68 on February 19, 2011 in collections, Memorabilia
Once you have been a Boy Scout or Cub Scout leader for awhile you may notice something that starts to occur. Slowly and gradually, Scouting begins to take over your house. It may start with a few items in the corner of one room. Soon, that corner is filled, and a gear pile may be found in another room. Collections begin to grow and may need to be displayed. Your garage looses space because troop or pack stuff needs to be stored somewhere. Photographs and videos begin to fill your computer hard drive.
As I was trying to think of something to write about for this post of the 100 Days of Scouting, I just needed to look around the house for inspiration. In the city of Melrose, my house is the House of Scouting. There are pictures of the groups of Scouts who have gone to camp hanging on my stairway wall. Dozens of photo albums fill shelves of a bookcase. My basement rec room showcases my Scouting mugs, books, and awards earned over the years. I have a gallery of Eagle Scout photos hanging next to a 4′ x 4′ sheet of paneling that is full of activity patches. There is a large Norman Rockwell print hanging in the living, and a Scout Camp: The Movie poster, signed by the director Garrett Batty, hanging in my bedroom. The closet in the spare bedroom is full of camping gear. Twelve Norman Rockwell prints hang on my office wall. Dozens of dvd's of troop outings, shows, and courts of honor fill a cabinet.
Then there is the computer. The file of Scouting pictures contains over 33 GB of photos, and it is still growing as I scan old photos. I have over 400 GB of Scouting related videos. These include promotion and training videos by the B.S.A. along with videos and slideshows of Troop 68 activities and Scout members. I am the webmaster for the troop's website. That file contains over 10 GB of stuff.
It took thirty years for Scouting to take over my house to the extent that it has. I am glad that I have not been a Scout leader for 100 years for I would have to be living in a mansion to display everything collected over ten decades. The funny part is, when a new Boy Scout comes to the house for the first time, he is not all that interested in seeing the Scout stuff. He wants to see the Star Wars or the medieval weapons collections.
How has Scouting taken over your house or apartment?


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Dublin is a sprawling city of much culture and activities. Most of these cost money but there are things that you can do around Dublin for free.
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Mad March is full of crazy Paddy's Day parties around Dublin and Ireland . April is a more relaxed month in the City with time to chill out and prepare for Easter . Here are a few of my ideas as what to do in Dublin in April which take you slightly off the beaten…
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SALISBURY, MD - The York College Spartan baseball squad dropped a Sunday doubleheader at Salisbury University in Capital Athletic Conference action in Salisbury. The Spartans fall to 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the CAC while the Gulls improve to 3-2 overall and 3-0 in the league.
Salisbury won game one 2-1 in a tightly contested pitcher's duel while the Gulls completed the sweep with a 7-1 win in the nightcap.
In the opener, Salisbury got all the runs they needed off Spartan starter Andy Rosenzweig in the fourth inning. Devon Quaglietta led off the inning with double to right field. He came around to score when Brian Green laid down a bunt and the Spartans committed an error that also allowed Green to move to second. Green was then sacrificed over to third and scored on a sacrifice fly to center.
The Spartans loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth but were unable to plate a run as Sea Gull starter Kyle Judson got out of the jam.
York finally got on the board in the seventh as Joe Doyle led off the frame with a double to left. He scored when Rob Klinck doubled to right as the Spartans had a rally cooking. Freshman Andrew Hershey singled to left putting Spartans on the corners with one out. Drew Baldwin relieved Judson and got a ground out and a fly out to end the game and earn the save.
Judson tossed 6.1 innings, allowing one run on six hits with four strikeouts and a walk as he improves to 1-2. Baldwin recorded the final two outs of the game to notch his first save of the season.
Rosenzweig suffered the hard-luck loss despite pitching well for the Spartans. He allowed two runs on six hits in six innings of work. He struck out four as his record is leveled at 1-1.
Quaglietta led the Salisbury offense with two hits and a run scored while Green was 1-for-3 with a run scored. Doyle and Klinck paced the six-hit Spartan offense as they each recorded a double in the loss.
The Sea Gulls jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first in game two, reaching Spartan starter Tommy Moran for three runs on two hits with two walks. Salisbury pushed the lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the third on an RBI single.
York trimmed the Salisbury lead to 4-1 in the sixth on back-to-back doubles from Steve Tretter and Justin Cohen. The Sea Gulls tacked on three insurance runs on four hits in the sixth as the Spartan losing streak reached six.
Dustin Herbert earned the win for the Gulls as he allowed on run on eight hits in 6.1 innings of work. He struck out four and did not walk a batter as he improves to 1-0. Baldwin again closed out the game with a perfect .2 innings of work.
Moran suffered the loss as he allowed the three runs on two hits with his two walks and a strikeout. He falls to 0-1 with the setback.
Brad Baylis led the Salisbury offense with two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Green added two hits, a run scored and an RBI while Bill Morton added a hit and two RBI. Fred Kreiger and Bill Root each contributed two hits to the 12-hit Salisbury attack.
Tretter led the Spartans with two hits including his first double of the year while Cohen registered his third two-bagger of 2011.
The Spartans are schedule to return to action on Wednesday afternoon with a trip to Johns Hopkins University. First pitch is slated for 3:00 pm in Baltimore, Md.
Photo: Junior centerfielder Steve Tretter


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Experts in gold market support this decision, as even if amid strong dollar gold prices lose ground, its prices are more positive in other currencies' terms. Nonetheless, a vast majority warn about virtual money and the unawareness around it, and the facts that its use is limited and it bears risks and volatility.
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Patrick Schwarzenegger is dapper while attending the screening of his new flick Stuck in Love held at Sunshine Landmark on Wednesday (June 26) in New York City.
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Brian Posehn has been earning a living making people laugh for more than two decades, primarily by telling fart jokes. Recently, though, Posehn has done something he once vowed to avoid: tell jokes about being a father.
"I had talked about it on my last CD, before my son was born, just about how I never wanted to be one of those comics," Posehn says. "The old joke was, if I ever talk about how precious my kid is, I want you to punch my baby."
To deal with the conundrum of creating material about a topic he once considered hacky and worn out, Posehn decided to do what he does best: make more fart jokes.
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"There's a little disappointment every once and a while where [a fan] will go, 'Hey, man, I rolled you one but I know you don't do that anymore,'" Posehn says. "[But] there's been no backlash at all because I'm doing my thing. It's still me. I haven't really changed."
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