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FARGO – When the Fargo Shanley baseball team hits the field this spring, it will do so with a new coach.
Joel Swanson, who started the Deacons program in 1999, was informed by school administrators Monday that his coaching contract would not be renewed for the 2014 season.
According to Swanson, the reason for the nonrenewal is a complaint from a parent of one of the players in the Shanley program regarding a text message he sent to players last week regarding preparations for the upcoming season.
Swanson told The Forum that he met with Shanley activities director Randy Nelson and Dr. Michael Smith, the Superintendent of Blessed John Paul II Catholic Schools Network of Fargo on Monday to discuss the text message. In the meeting, Swanson said he was told a complaint had been issued by a parent.
"They told me the text message was considered threatening in tone and wording," Swanson said. "They went on to say that it violated Shanley's values and that my contract would not be renewed."
Nelson confirmed Wednesday that Swanson's contract was not renewed, but declined to comment on what prompted the decision, citing the matter as a personnel issue.
Swanson, who teaches alternative education at Cheney Middle School in West Fargo, coached 14 seasons with the Deacons and was coming off of a 10-12 season in which Shanley won the North Dakota Class A state championship.
Defending that championship is what prompted Swanson to send his players the text message.
Swanson provided The Forum a letter he sent Nelson and Dr. Smith in response to his dismissal, which included what he says is the transcript of the text message he sent to the players.
The text goes into great length about Swanson's expectations for the 2014 season and his displeasure with players having poor attendance at non-mandatory open gym sessions.
"We are two months into open gyms and obviously all of you are satisfied with last year's title," the message reads. "We are the team that will have a target on our backs. We are the team that everyone throws their ace against. We are the team everyone wants to beat this year. I am sick of stupid excuses to not come to open gym. … If you want to be an athlete commit to it. One hour a week is not too much to ask if you want to be an athlete.
"If you make an excuse not to come then you are telling me what kind of athlete you are. I cannot require you to come but I thought I would have a group excited to try and defend a title. Not to make excuses and not care. Some of you are not even in a sport right now, which is even more pathetic. … I will not send out another message like this, but some of you may be in for a rude awakening when the season comes and you are not in the lineup due to a younger player that puts in the time."
The Class A baseball season opens March 17, with the first contests scheduled for March 28.
Swanson has received hundreds of emails and text messages of support following the decision, which he cites as unjust due to the lack of opportunity to defend himself.
Swanson said he was afforded no challenge to the complaint nor was he allowed to meet – in a mediated setting – with the parent that issued the complaint as is standard practice in such matters.
"It seems like something is missing here," Swanson said. "If they want me to step down from my position, then fine, but it was done in an unprofessional way. I was released without ever being able to talk to this parent. I wasn't able to defend myself as far as what the content of the text message was."
In May of 2013, Minnesota passed a law preventing parent complaints as being the sole reason for a board to not renew a coaching contract in its high schools. No similar legislation exists in North Dakota.
"It is just too bad," Swanson said. "We have a large senior class this year and they are a good group of kids. We didn't have the best record in the regular season last year, but they were fun to coach. … It is tough to leave that. As a coach you want to help kids and share your knowledge, but there always is somebody who seems to think that is not good enough or they can do better."


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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Pocono Weather Causes TV Networks To Scramble
It's not just the teams and officials that have to scramble to deal with rain delays in the Sprint Cup Series. NASCAR's remaining two TV partners, ESPN and SPEED, had to make a whole lot of changes on the fly due to the wet weather.
Fans saw the NASCAR RaceDay gang run inside at Pocono when the rain was really coming down at 11AM on Sunday morning. Eventually, the trio of Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace and host John Roberts made it outside to the SPEED Stage. Wendy Venturini and Hermie Sadler both did an outstanding job of chasing down the interviews and news despite the weather. Venturini was the only TV personality all day long who told the truth about the rain.
The RaceDay gang is going to stick around and provide a one hour pre-race show on Monday at 11AM ET. ESPN will only be covering the race, so this will be the old style of RaceDay, with the show leading right up to the green flag.
The ESPN crew from the Infield Pit Studio and Tech Garage flew back to Connecticut Sunday night. Originally, the Monday one-hour version of NASCAR Now was scheduled to be the annual pit reporters show. Instead, Allen Bestwick will be hosting Rusty Wallace, Brad Daugherty and Tim Brewer in the ESPN2 studios for a live version of the show.
ESPN's four pit reporters will stay behind, dry off and get ready for a full race on Monday. Joining them will be Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree upstairs in the broadcast booth. These three got an opportunity to loosen up and tell the TV viewers some stories on Sunday afternoon. The on-air change was amazing.
The strength of the NASCAR on ESPN line-up is their experience. That is often lost in the carefully managed and scripted world of the current ESPN production philosophy. When Punch, Wallace and Brewer got some time to tell some stories it really showed what this team could be if the ESPN management loosened the reins.
Sunday night, SPEED plugged NASCAR in a Hurry and NASCAR Smarts into the timeslot normally held by the Victory Lane show. That program will air at 8PM on Monday and take the place of This Week in NASCAR. Kasey Kahne was going to be a panelist with Michael Waltrip and Steve Byrnes, no word yet on rescheduling him for a future show.
ESPN cancelled Sunday night's one hour NASCAR Now show and just extended the XGames coverage. No word yet on a Tuesday night version of NASCAR Now. Once the race is over on Monday, ESPNEWS will have coverage from the track, including the live press conferences from the media center.
It would be a mistake not to take a moment and point out the tireless work of Allen Bestwick during the almost four hours of ESPN's marathon rain delay coverage. Bestwick is an organized and deliberate TV professional who likes to come in prepared and exit without a sound. On this day, he served as the backbone for ESPN and once again let the other panelists have the spotlight.
TDP will be live blogging the pre-race show and the race beginning at 11AM. Stop by and leave us your opinion of the coverage. For those of you recording the race, program in some extra time as the threat of rain is still in the area on Monday.
We welcome your comments on the Sunday TV network scrambles. To add your opinion, just click on the comments section below. This is a family-friendly website, please keep that in mind when posting. Thanks for taking the time to stop by.
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- Dot said...
The best part of the rain coverage were the stories from Rusty, DJ, AP and JP. Yes, I said JP. He is great when story telling. Now we know why they wear fire suits on pit road. That jack story was great. I'd seen it before but I didn't know the story behind it.
I only saw the last hour of RD. Wendy is the best. She brings out the best in the drivers she interviews. They truly seem to like her.
I read that it may rain again tomorrow. Then what?
I'll cheat at work and see what's going on at TDP.
- August 2, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Lesley said...
I tried to bring in some new fans this year to Nascar..However! The rain washing out qualifying,and the Racing have led them to ask me why I would waste my time on this waste of time! I did not have answer for them!
- August 3, 2009 at 12:37 AM
- Dot said...
@ Lesley, regardless of the rain, Pocono is probably not the race to bring in new fans. Same for Michigan.
If they like road courses, WG will be good.
If you can wait, have them watch the Bristol race on the 22nd.
- August 3, 2009 at 12:54 AM
- SallyB said...
The unscripted moments with the story telling was the highlight of the day! It reminded me of the program years ago with many of the 'old timers' sitting around doing nothing but telling stories about 'back in the day'. What a shame not to take advantage of that sort of insight. It reminded me of why I became a Nascar fan so many years ago. I hope someone at Nascar thinks to record much of that to include in the HOF. It pointed up why JP's talent is being wasted in his current position, and why so many of us still respect his knowlege of the sport.
- August 3, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- red said...
@sally b: i can't agree more! it is a major source of frustration for me that there are all these great stories "out there" and no one has put them into a program for fans, new, old and especially casual!
when i've become a fan of a sport, it was partly b/c of the sport itself but also b/c of the stories around the sport, stories of the competitors. not the stories that involve lots of serious narration and pronouncement but stories of the goofiness, the humor, the behind the scenes stuff. that's what made it interesting to watch: i knew some of the backstory.
the best part of yesterday for me was the too brief segment on pit roads w/the gang. great film, great reminscences from those who were there, laugh out loud funny and interesting. it reminded me of two things:
1. dr jerry punch belongs on pit road again, where we can listen and learn from him.
2. i love our sport when it's at it's least scripted.
- August 3, 2009 at 7:17 AM
- glenc1 said...
I've been a more serious fan for about 12 years...back then, there were still active drivers who'd been there 'in the old days' who still told those stories. They're mostly gone or broadcasting now. Anyways, my favorites from this weekend were Kyle & Steve doing the ARCA race, and the old time stories from the guys. I'm at work today so I'll have to keep up via internet. I was so surprised to see NASCAR in a Hurry instead of Pinks!
- August 3, 2009 at 8:29 AM
- MRM4 said...
I don't like it that nascar.com or espn.com will not be showing the race today as many of us are "working" today.
- August 3, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- Anonymous said...
@Lesley--I hear you. Every time in the past that I've convinced someone to check it out it's RAINED!
Yes it was a nice rain delay yesterday hearing the stories of what it was like so not long ago! Hearing about some of the things that sparked changes from those who were there. I loved the one where BP I believe it was, couldn't come in for his pit stop because they were eating their ice cream!
- August 3, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- Speedcouch said...
I thought ESPN did an excellent job with the rain delay show on Sunday! They had those pre-recorded features ready to interject between driver interviews and the stories by the booth personnel. Awesome show! Without the silliness that always happens during Fox rain delay shows. ESPN is a professional network that doesn't need to stage watergun battles between their personnel or forcing the viewers to listen to the pompous ramblings of DW or Larry McReynolds. Punch, Bestwick, Wallce, Jarrett, and Petree did an outstanding job keeping me interested on Sunday and keeping the viewers informed of the status of the weather and track drying.
- August 3, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- alex said...
What is the weather situation like today? Are delays expected, or are they on schedule for the 12:15 green flag? Thanks
- August 3, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
I can't say enough about Venturini. It seems that she is trusted and respected by all in the sport. She showed once again yesterday that she has 'the touch'!
- August 3, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- nycgeoff said...
My favorite NASCAR races are the ones that happen on Monday. It seems like the announcers are more relaxed, the focus is more on the racing, the pre-taped segments have been exhausted, and the tech-segments-for-new-folks are missing.
- August 3, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Anonymous said...
Pretty sad that it takes rain to show us how great NASCAR TV can really be. Because of the fun and unexpected segments I watched nearly all of the coverage.
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One of the better smartphones around
Its got great build quality as you expect from Nokia. Ovi maps which is good. Call quality is clear. Also has good apps like 3DPhotoFree for taking 3D photos with the 8 Mpixel cam.
The screen is a fingerprint magnet, but I guess that can't be avoided.
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Picked this phone up a week ago - been looking forward to a "smart" phone that's NOT a $500 iphone or droid/htc/motorola/etc monster.
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Downtown Charlottesville and all the mountains from Browns to Lewis to the Blue Ridge as seen in an image shot from the old Monticello Hotel and then somewhat clumsily stitched together from four separate photographs.
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Confused August 23rd, 2010 | 1:45am
Decent picture, confused why Spence had to include the somewhat clumsily part. Why bad mouth something you're writing about?
Come on now
Rob Knolls August 22nd, 2010 | 7:27am
It's just about as ugly in the photo as it is in real life, but the photo itself is pretty neat!
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The eye of the beholder, I actually find it beautiful, and terrific to see the entire geography all in one photo.


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Christmas 2016: The Year of the Gifts
Because of my Vanderbilt chemo schedule, we had to cram all of the family festivities into 2 days. And while two days are not nearly long enough for holiday festivities, it was certainly better than not getting to be together at all. We did all of the important things: played games (Speak Out was hilarious and Ticket to Ride Europe was a hit), ate all the food (appetizer night on Christmas Eve is still the best), attended a Christmas Eve service, ate Whitey's ice cream, and sang Christmas carols at bedtime. Work schedules got in the way of holiday travel for Michael and Micah, which stinks because it's not the same when we're not all together. I would say we had extra hugs but no extra tears this year.
Even though our family goes light on the gifts, I call 2016 the year of the gifts because, well, they were pretty spot on. In addition to my new iPhone 7 (because my 5 died right on time for Christmas), Brian gave me blue tooth headphones (for all of my podcast listening while I clean house), awesome Born booties, and an amazing LED light to add light to my indoor photos (the best $10 ever spent). Brian and I bought iPod nano shuffles for both kids, and they are spectacularly in love. (And, let's be honest - they think they've received access to a personal mobile device, but in reality all they've gotten is music so score one for the parents here.) Camden received a set of twin daggers (don't even ask) from his Uncle Michael and Aunt Liz that brought him to tears because he was so caught off guard.
(Would it be too cheesy to say that our best gift was being together?)
Becky is both a Norwex and Lipsense dealer so we all received cleaning products (this is actually more exciting than it seems) and lipstick (Rory and Addison especially loved experimenting with the lipstick), but the best gifts were the canvases my mom painted for all the grandkids. I know how much thought she put into choosing what to paint and what verse to use for each personality. Rory is especially looking forward to hanging hers up since we're painting and redecorating her room this year.
Brian and I left early Monday morning to return to Nashville for chemo on Tuesday. The kids stayed for an extra day. Becky and the boys drove to Nashville to spend an extra day and a half with us, and that helped make the short 2 days at Christmas feel a bit better. I had to miss the official Boxing Day shopping trip, but Becky and I made a quick mall trip where I found the matching black boots to her brown pair.
These last few days of Christmas break are pretty low-key. We're finishing up the last of the Christmas cookies, not cooking, wearing pj's all day, enjoying our gifts. Next week will be the first week with a work/school schedule in addition to chemo, and I am imagining that this new reality will take some adjustment. I am so grateful for Christmas break to help ease us into it.
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The junket rules that the authorities are likely to introduce will mean a slow start for VIP (high roller) volumes at Genting Singapore, at least in the short term. The Genting gp, I understand, has always believed junket operators are the key to its VIP segment.
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my WIP's, working on to much at the same time..
The morph is from this set :
I've just got My CorelDrawX6 update, so I've started to make some texture.
So now I'm searching for some design for the dress.
One thing that I am looking for is a Orchid design, stylized but looking like handpainted silk, covering the front of the dress.
(she loves orchids)
But I know I'm looking for trouble now. Being a male designing something for a woman....:cheese:
Sylvan Posts: 2,520
Would this work on males as well?
Have been looking for this kind of thing for one of my m4 guys ^^
The worst part of this is texturing......
I have also been trying to get some morphs in the flaps of the dress.
But so far I haven't had any luck with that.
I can also see that there are some adjustments to be made in the rigging and weightmapping...
If you are thinking about the dress, have a look at : http://vietnamcharm.com/traditional-dress-ao-dai-for-vietnam-new-year-1186
The one I'm creating is modeled against a female shape, to show off the shape and curves of a female.
When shaping Genesis into a male figure, this doesn't look right... (it's to tight :cheese: )
I'm progressing slowly, with a lot of trials and errors, (in between Real Life)
Content creation for Genesis is a little bit different from M4...
but sometime in January, I might have something to release on ShareCG.....fullDress.jpg600 x 800 - 102K
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Shame it's not suited for men, but it's very beautiful!
Well done ^^
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Woah, that's a lovely dress. :-)
Well I'm piking up again, on my Genesis creations.
The Ao Dai, was rejected by "the one that has always right", so it was back to the drawing board.
The main problem with it, I think is that it looks to stiff. Have to add more wrinkles.
The Norwegian Navy uniform is nearing completion.
I haven't made any trousers to it, but the trousers from Japanese School Uniforms For Boys by Sickleyield (http://www.daz3d.com/japanese-school-uniforms-for-boys) does fit nicely. Just have to re-texture them to match.
I did also rig the uniform with Sickle Rigging and Morphing System. It is a real time saver, with those FBM's built in.new-2.jpg800 x 600 - 201K
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I'm glad it is of use to you. :-)
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That dress is so pretty. Nice work on the uniform too.
I'm having to many WIP's at the moment, so I just have to focus and finish something.
So I decided to finish this one.
I have done some test-riggings and it seems as it could work.
It's ment to be a SciFi uniform. And I'm having a mental debate about buttons...:-)
I know they might cause problems when morphing.
The main thing to finish up are the boots.
Headwear for this.. I have already made a lot... they are at ShareCG.Untitled-4.jpg628 x 739 - 144K
Got it rigged, and it seem to work ok.
The texture has some flaws. Did put in a morph in the pants, so one can have the pants in the boots.
I will also have a morph so one can remove the belt.SciFiUniform01.jpg1018 x 895 - 715K
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I love that Ao Dai dress. Is it available anywhere?
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Beautiful clothing sets! Can't believe I've been missing this thread. Well done, Varsel. Will be watching your progress and eager for tips and lessons.


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Unless someone from Intuit wants to chime in and give us current figures, there are different ways to estimate the number of businesses using QuickBooks:
In mid-2008, Intuit claimed that QuickBooks had 3.7 million users, representing 94.2% of the business accounting market.
A current Intuit webpage asserts that QuickBooks holds 85% retail market share in small business accounting software.
SCORE says there were an estimated 29.6 million small businesses in America in 2009. How many of them license their own accounting software? Who knows? The vast majority of the ones who do their books in-house, however, have got to be using QuickBooks.
It's a huge market, and there are thousands of software developers in the Intuit Developer Network who want to reach that install base. These developers can try to get their app listed in the Intuit App Center.
Those select apps have a built-in marketing connection to the user base, at least for users of the 2010 and 2011 versions of QuickBooks. The App Center — located as a button on the QuickBooks icon bar — makes those apps just one click away from the user. Selected add-on developers can also advertise on QuickbooksUsers.com.
How about users in the cloud? Intuit now claims 215,000 users of its QuickBooks Online Edition, with growth last year of 44%.
Any way you look at it, QuickBooks dominates the SMB accounting software market.


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One of my favorite ice cream memories (and I have plenty of them) is of leaving my son in the basement with his dad during a football game. Little man was in the playpen, perfectly content, but when he wanted out, his dad was in the middle of a great part of the game. Hubby walked over to the freezer and came back with an ice cream bar to occupy him...that was our son's first ice cream bar ever.
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I don't remember what I was doing, but I know I wasn't upstairs long. When I got back, I was greeted with this (see picture above). ;) It was one of those moment where you couldn't do a thing but laugh...and grab the camera. My son fell in love with ice cream that day, and he has been enamored ever since.
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When we lived in Florida, there was an ice cream truck that came by the house. Oh, how my oldest two boys would run to get me when they heard the first strains of music. Today, however, we live in Michigan and there are no ice cream trucks out here in the country. That's okay though, we've got a Walgreens...and they've got all of our ice cream buying needs covered.
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We recently purchased Klondike Bars and the decadently rich Magnum bars.
Unilever makes some of our most favorite brands of ice cream, including Magnum, Breyers, Klondike, Frutare, and Popsicle. On a recent trip to Walgreens, I let the kids pick out two flavors to bring home. We ended up with Klondike bars and Magnum Double Caramel Ice Cream Bars. I have not had the Magnum Bars, but oh my goodness... let me just say there is something about Vanilla Bean ice cream dipped in caramel and covered in Belgian Chocolate that makes you feel rich! Those ice cream bars were oh so yummy-delicious. It was our first time trying those, it will not be the last.
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but sometimes it's more fun not to (wait). ;)
The kids like the Klondike Bars...we may or may not have made it to the car before they asked (and I agreed) for them to open and eat one. Yes, we could have waited to get home, but sometimes it's more fun not to...this was one of those times. ;)
When you're craving the ice cold yumminess that can only be satisfied by ice cream, you don't have to wait for the ice cream truck; head on over instead to your local Walgreens. Your tummy...and your kids if you have any and are generous enough to take them along...will thank you. Mine thanked me...profusely. :)


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The Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA) based in Garden City is hosting a design competition for high school juniors and seniors. The scholarship awards range from $6,000 to $1,500. Students will design a piece of lab furniture or related equipment which the student(s) believe(s) would enhance the laboratory experience. Students can work individually or as a team of no more than three.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - James Shields kept the Indians off balance for six innings, Salvador Perez led a scrappy Kansas City offense and the Royals pounded Cleveland 7-1 on Monday night to open a three-game set with significant playoff implications.
Shields struck out a season-high 10 for the Royals (79-71), who moved within 2½ games of the AL's second wild-card berth. The Indians (81-69) remained a half-game back of Texas, which lost to Tampa Bay earlier in the night in a matchup of teams leading the wild-card race.
Shields (12-9) allowed only Lonnie Chisenhall's solo homer before turning the game over to his stingy bullpen. Wade Davis, Luke Hochevar and Tim Collins did the rest in a steady drizzle.
Scott Kazmir (8-9) gave up four runs in 5-plus innings for the Indians. He didn't get a whole lot of help from his offense, which racked up a season-high 17 strikeouts.


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Lecture: "Exotic Plants, Biological Invasions, and the Medieval Mediterranean as Historical Materials"
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Biography: Paolo Squatriti is Professor of History and Italian at the University of Michigan. He studied medieval European history and obtained a doctorate in that subject at the University of Virginia. He taught at several institutions in Italy, Switzerland, and the United States before reaching Ann Arbor. His research focuses on the early Middle Ages and on Italy, particularly on issues of land use, environment, and the perception of nature. His current project is the history of weeds in the Middle Ages.
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BEIJING — Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a wildlife park in a startling case that activists say hints at unsavory practices among some zoos and animal farms in China: They are overbreeding endangered animals in the hopes of making illicit profit on their carcasses.
The deaths of the tigers occurred in the past three months at the zoo in China's frigid northeast, officials and state media said Friday. Reports said the tigers starved to death, having been fed nothing but chicken bones, while a zoo manager said unspecified diseases killed the animals.
Either way, the animals had been ill-kept and ill-fed. The Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo has struggled financially, even withholding pay from staff, said a woman in charge of corporate planning for the zoo who would only give her surname, Wang. The zoo had been up for auction for some time without any bidders, she said.
"You can do the math: one tiger eats 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of beef per day and there are at least 30 of them now, and there are lions, elephants and other animals too," Wang said. "The zoo has been taking money from the staffers' salaries to feed the animals."
The food bill for the tigers ran to about $1,320 (9,000 yuan) a day — nearly half the food allowance the zoo gets from the local government to care for all the animals, Wang said.
The deaths underscore conflicting signals in China's attempts to save its dwindling number of tigers. While extensive conservation efforts are under way, animal protection groups say zoos and wildlife parks may be deliberately breeding more animals than they can afford, hoping to sell off the carcasses onto a black market where tiger parts fetch a high price for use in traditional medicines and liquor.
"We've seen cases where tiger farms have steeped the bones from their deceased tigers in liquor to sell to visitors," said Hua Ning, project director for the China branch of the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Other animal rights groups like the Washington, D.C.-based National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have documented stockpiled pelts and the sale of tiger wine at the Xiongsen Bear and Tiger Mountain village in south China's Guangxi region.
Hua said she didn't have any specific information about illicit sales of tiger parts by the Shenyang zoo but she and other activists said Chinese tiger farms in particular were breeding too aggressively.
"Some of these farms are raising the tigers precisely because they hope that there will be some relaxation of the ban on tiger parts and they can sell the parts and derivatives," Hua said.
Tiger parts are still available on the black market as well, probably sourced from farms or zoos since there are so few wild tigers left in China, she said.
Siberian tigers are one of the world's rarest species, with an estimated 300 left in the wild, 50 in China. But more than 5,000 are held captive on farms and wildlife parks across China.
Xie Yan, China director for the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, said she expects the overbreeding of captive tigers in China to come up at a meeting of signatories to CITES — the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species — that begins Saturday in Doha, Qatar.
Xie's group wants China to make animal sanctuaries use birth control to "reduce the number of tigers in captivity to make sure they are well-treated."
The goal should be to boost China's wild Siberian tiger population and restore habitats that have been destroyed by industrialization, she said.
The Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo, where the latest deaths occurred, is a long-troubled tourist spot also known as the Glacier Animal Zoo. In November 2007, three tigers killed a fourth during a fight over food. At the end of last year, two hungry tigers there were shot and killed by police after they mauled a zookeeper.
In the latest deaths, the state-run China Daily newspaper quoted Liu Xiaoqiang of the Shenyang Wild Animal Protection Station as saying that the tigers had been kept in cold, cramped metal cages and were fed nothing but chicken bones.
Zoo spokesman Wu Xi said, however, that the animals died from "various diseases" that were hard for them to endure because of this year's unusually harsh winter. He said the tigers were kept in cages indoors because of the bitter cold.
Wu wouldn't specify what diseases the animals had. He said 30 tigers now remain at the zoo but some remain at risk of illness.
"Some of the physically strong ones might survive the current difficulty, including the cold weather and the diseases," Wu said.
Wang, the zoo executive, said the bodies of the 11 tigers have been put into a storage freezer but denied plans to sell them. "China has regulations on tiger skins and bones, which are barred from going into the market," she said.
China banned the sale of tiger parts and the use of tiger parts in Chinese medicine in 1993, imposing stiff sentences on offenders, but tiger bone, penis, pelts and other parts are still sold illegally to consumers — some who believe the products increase potency or can cure ailments from convulsions to skin disease.
China's laws against poaching are tough — killing an endangered tiger can be punishable by death — but the legislation doesn't address irresponsible zoo keepers who abuse or neglect captive tigers.
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There was a popular winner of the Skipton and District Bowling League's season-opening Jeff Clark Spring Floodlight individual competition.
Peter Clark, son of the former Whinswood and Lund Park bowler who the event is named after, lifted the trophy.
The Devon bowler defeated Martyn Loftus of Crosshills 21-16 in the final at Addingham to lift a trophy which has special meaning for his family.
Once again this year the competition was well supported with 64 entries playing at four qualifying greens on Tuesday evening. Two qualifiers from each green went forward to the final on Thursday.
The qualifying rounds saw holder Richard Hargreaves go through from Crosshills along with Silsden's Barry Turnbull.
The Crosshills pair of David Scott and Loftus both qualified at Cononley, while Nigel Breadley who plays for Silsden Playing Fields qualified at Silsden BC along with Cononley's Stuart Myers.
Winner Clark qualified at Keighley where David Leeming of Settle took the last place in the final.
The quarter-final draw pitted Hargreaves against Scott and it was the latter who found his feet first, but Hargreaves soon pulled back to lead 10-8. It was all Scott from then on as he went on to win 21-11.
Clark looked to be in good form as he set up 15-6 lead against Myers, but his opponent did not fold.
Myers battled on before finally losing 21-14.
Breadley had a narrow 13-12 lead after 15 ends against Leeming before finding his mark to run out a 21-14 victory.
Turnbull and Loftus soon found the green to their liking. Turnbull forced a 14-11 lead but Loftus was not to be stopped as he turned the game round with a 21-17 win. The first semi-final saw the 2009 winner Scott up against the 2010 runner up Clark and both players set off well with some good woods, but Clark held the edge as he eased into his dream final.
He knew would have to be on top form as Loftus was producing some top bowling and saw off Breadley 21-13 in the other semi-final.
Loftus sent out the first wood of the final a nice touching bowl, but ended up two down as Clark ran the jack.
Clark went into an 8-4 lead but Loftus soon pulled back to 9-9. Clark once again went clear to lead 14-10 before Loftus fought back to 16-16.
Clark was not going to let this chance to win the trophy go and put in four good ends to take the title with a 21-16 victory.
The draw for the Yorkshire Cup for local teams: Cross Roads v Meltham at Millbridge Park, Cononley v Guiseley at Hove Edge, Broughton Road v Linthwaite C and B C at Hillcrest.
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|Social diversity has always been an integral feature of public and private life worlds. This has become even more relevant due to the spiraling globalization that connects remote people and places into a global system. In the last decades, the recognition and following politicization of differences developed in manifold ways and spheres. Activism, politics and academia alike became committed to the task of creating more equal conditions on local and global scales. However, at this point of history this commitment is being openly questioned by reactionary forces. All over the world we recognize a surge of populism and nationalism questioning the critical commitment to equal opportunities, participation and inclusion. New and known –isms (racism, ethnocentrism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism…) are deployed to draw or revive local as well as global (b)orders between nations, 'cultures', groups and individuals – between 'them' and 'us'.
In academia, the Social Sciences are especially well-equipped to critically accompany and to analyze the current two-fold dynamics: As students and scholars we are not only responsible for identifying, analyzing and evaluating the impact of such social, economic and political dynamics that foster inequality. Furthermore, our scientific expertise gained through analysis and research puts us in the responsible position to raise our voice and counter such harmful nostalgic arguments. Diversity sensitive expertise does not only in itself creates counterstrategies but also supports those (still) invested and committed in the endorsement of local and global inclusion, Human Rights, ethics, social justice, intergroup and intercultural dialogues, participation and empathetic community-building.
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Not only do I root for a team that's pitched a no-hitter in its life, but that team's current iteration more or less seems to be in first place. It's a three-way tie, and some percentage points don't work in its immediate favor, but one-third of the season is complete and the New York Mets are more of a first-place team on June 4 than we ever would have dreamed on April 5.
They've certainly been playing like one, eh?
The only Met to win a World Series game in the past quarter-century had kind things to say about them before Sunday night's demolition of the allegedly big-deal Cardinals. As part of the speech he delivered to mark his induction into the Mets Hall of Fame, John Franco compared the 2012 Mets to the 2000 Mets — said they've got spunk and guts and verve and panache…something like that.
I'm sure Franco picked 2000 as his point of reference because that was the year he pitched in his only World Series. I must admit as I listened to him from the Big Apple seats as part of the GKR extravaganza (Shake Shack served buffet-style; goody bags galore; G 'n' R themselves pressing the flesh; what a treat!), I was surprised by the comparison because, well, who compares anybody to the 2000 Mets?
That's not a slam on a team I believe forged, when all was said and done, the third-best soup-to-nuts campaign in Mets history. Yet despite Franco's assertion that the 2000 Mets were a scrappy bunch that nobody picked to win nothin', they were coming off a playoff season, had just strung together three years of 88 wins or more and were certainly not written off in advance the way the 2012 Mets were.
But what the hell? If Franco wants to remember 2000 like it was 1969, 1984 or 1997, he's earned the right, just like he earned the plaque that bears his image (which looks nothing like him, by the way). No way you could have a Mets Hall of Fame for very long without John Franco becoming one of its members. Sunday night's ceremony on his behalf was as inevitable as it was touching.
John brought enough friends and family to field a softball league, which was a reminder of his most charming qualification for the august body which I remain thrilled exists in full. He's from around here and he's one of us. That might not have cut much ice when corners were being nibbled and counts were being run and our heartbeats were in greater need of monitoring than Jon Niese's. Reconsidering Franco's 14 seasons of razor's edge relief reminded me that from 1990 to 2001 and again in 2003 and 2004, the three-word phrase I uttered most constantly during ballgames wasn't "Let's Go Mets," and it wasn't "You Gotta Believe."
It was "come on, John," and not in a particularly supportive tone of voice.
This is where I feel obligated to say something like, "Sure he drove us crazy, but in the end, he always came through." That, however, would feel like a lie. John Franco came through a lot but not always. Not close to always. No way. A ton more saves than blown saves, to be sure, but plenty of ninth innings gone to hell. Plenty. I could look up how many, but that would be as pointless as pointing to all his saves. John Franco's tenure as a save collector made me decide saves are the most overrated stat in baseball. Sometime by the late '90s, I began to equate saves to extra points in football: somebody's gonna get them eventually, but when you don't get them, hoo-boy.
If this sounds harsh on the night a guy with indisputable Met longevity and genuine Met affection was given the greatest honor the Mets have to give (and again, I'm elated the Mets have resumed giving it, for maintaining an active hall of fame is what a self-secure baseball franchise does), it's probably my dormant passive-aggressive relationship with Franco coming to the fore. All those years, amid all those saves, I didn't hate Franco, but I can't say I loved him. Thing that got to me was the Mets always seemed to be insisting we should, like there was a Department of Franco where we had to line up and get our papers stamped. John Franco got his 300th save — we're having a day for him! John Franco got his 400th save — we're having another day for him! Don't you just want to lavish John Franco with prizes and praise?
I never much did, not until it got to the subject of his localness and his loyalty and the throat-lumping story of how he wore the orange Sanitation Dept. t-shirt underneath the uniform for his dad and how he clipped the Borden or Dairylea coupons because it was the only way he could afford to come to the games from Bensonhurst when he was a kid worshipping Tug McGraw, the guy whose 45 he borrowed when 31 was bestowed on Mike Piazza.
Then I was totally into John Franco, the best darn human interest story in town: the one who deserved to make the postseason at last in 1999; the one who deserved the W next to his name in the NLDS clincher against Arizona (after not having won a game of any kind since 1997); the one who secured a strain of Santana/Baxter-style eternal immunity by striking out Barry Bonds (called, of course) at a critical juncture of the 2000 NLDS; the one who is indeed the last winning World Series pitcher we have. Incidentally, the save that night, in Game Three against the Subway Series opposition, went to Armando Benitez, who was more dominant than Franco ever was as a Met closer and ten times more flammable on average.
By the early 2000s, John Franco was lovable without being hazardous (usually). He was as New York as it got for the New York Mets when the city and the team meant more together than maybe it ever did in the baseball aftermath of 9/11. You hated John Franco giving up a grand slam to Brian Jordan, but you didn't hold it against him quite as much as you would have without benefit of the bigger picture of which he was clearly a vital part. You rooted for him to come back from Tommy John surgery. You wished he could have gone out in less ragged fashion than he did when Art Howe stashed him in the back of the bullpen for most of the second half of 2004. It was strange that Todd Zeile, he of being from everywhere, got a legitimate sendoff on the last day of his last season as a Met, but John Franco, 99.9% certain to be leaving that same day, was given a third of an inning and only half-hearted official acknowledgement that his time was up.
The Mets compensated for it Sunday night with the spiritual equivalent of a 500th or 600th or 10,000th save party. The extended Franco family was on hand. Lou Carnesecca was on hand. An array of Franco teammates from across the multiple Met eras he spanned was on hand: Doc and Darryl and Cone (who'd never come back for anything since his own 2003 comeback expired) from when Johnny arrived from Cincinnati; Jeff Innis and Bret Saberhagen from the period the Mets usually pretend didn't exist at all; Leiter and Zeile and Fonzie from when there was a team good and/or scrappy enough to hoist Johnny on its shoulders and help him to the playoffs in the same sense that he was helping it get as far as it could.
John Franco can't come out of the bullpen and torture us en route to saving us anymore, so it was all good for a special night. I was so exhilarated by his appreciation for making the Mets Hall of Fame that when I learned they were selling replicas of his Sanitation Dept. t-shirts (with FRANCO 45 on the back), I didn't hesitate to snap one up.
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Chicago really raised the bar on its brunch game in 2013. Old favorites continued to pack in the crowds, but what really changed the brunch landscape was the surfeit of non-brunch restaurants grasping the concept by the horns and going all out, challenging themselves to create their own outré brands of brunch. From corned beef Scotch eggs to chestnut pop tarts, biscuit sandwiches, breakfast burgers, and even some Sex-Mex, 2013 was an exciting time to eat brunch in Chicago. Restaurants continue to blur the brunch lines, if you will, curating thoughtful, masterful dishes that would be welcome at any time of day. Here are my top 10 favorite brunches of the year.
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Residents of Newtown have been out in front of town hall since noon on Wednesday, reading more than 3,300 names of those lost to gun violence all over the country since December 14.
They hope it will send a message to members of Congress before a crucial vote on gun control. The U.S. Senate will take up the bill on Thursday.
Newtown families also headed to Washington, where Vicki Soto's sister Jillian read outside the nation's Capitol.
"I'm here today because my sister is unable to be here, and I'm here to honor her and demand something be done. Demand we get a vote," Soto said.
It's a vote some senators have tried to stop from coming up for debate on Thursday. Yet on Wednesday night in front of Edmond Town Hall, Newtown Action Alliance tried to make sure the debate moves forward.
"We're trying to send a message that we want a vote. We want a vote now and shame on the senators for trying to filibuster this," said Monte Frank, who added that people of Newtown deserve at least a discussion on gun legislation, -including universal background checks.
"We really want to be remembered as the place not where this unspeakable tragedy occurred but from the ashes we've risen and tried to engage some meaningful change," Frank said.
Norwalk Councilwoman Anna Duleep struggled through her time at the podium, especially when reading the name of a Norwalk police officer.
"For a lot of us, our hearts broke before December 14," Duleep said. "[We need] to show that we are Newtown. Whether it's Norwalk, here physically in Newtown, or whether it's California, we all could be struck next."
Organizers said they'll be at town hall until noon Thursday to wait for a vote.
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Residents and supporters from Newtown read more than 3,300 names of gun violence victims.
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Does anyone else find it ironic that many Christians came to this country to flee religious persecution? Why is it that they now persecute the rest of us? It must be a power thing. They that hold the power make the rules, right?
I don't find it ironic at all. I find it a repeat of the past. Quite a few of the Puritans came because they were pretty much kicked out of England. The high and mighty ones were trying to make decisions for all based on their interpretation of God's love. It wasn't tolerated too well back then, either.


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Collection finding aids of Photograph Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library
Prints and Photographs Division, Maryland Historical Society
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Finding aid created by Katherine Cowan with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, August 1999
The Mottu family of Baltimore was headed by Theodore Mottu, whose birthplace was just North of Rogers Ave. between Park Heights Ave. and the Old Pimlico Road at Arlington (then Baltimore Co.). Theodore Mottu operated a lumber company at 1012-22 Pennsylvania Ave. which was later taken over by his sons, Thomas H. and Theodore Mottu, Jr. (1872-1952), being dissolved in 1930.
The Mottu family intermarried with the Chandlee family in several generations. Alexander W. Chandlee (1864-1920) married Mary A. Mottu Chandlee (1865-1938), and a Frances Chandlee married Theodore Mottu, Jr. Alexander W. Chandlee also headed a business, his in china and glassware wholesale, with quarters at the corner of Lombard and Hanover Sts. Alexander Chandlee's sons George Mottu Chandlee (b. 1887) and Theodore Mottu Chandlee (b. 1895) became president and vice-president of the firm, respectively, after Alexander's death.
Around the start of the 20th century, both families had members living within a few blocks in the Walbrook neighborhood of Baltimore.
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Gift of George M. Chandlee, Jr., 1979 (74532).
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 1 box with 18 folders containing 18 photoprints, and 12 nitrate film negatives, originating in years 1889-1909. The photographs are studio portraits and informal snapshots of Chandlee and Mottu family members and friends. One of the studio portraits is a "multigraph", wherein several views of the same person are imposed into one overall composition. There are scenes of tennis, boys eating watermelon at Walbrook, people with bicycles, and a football team at Baltimore City College in 1905. There are several shots of the 1904 Baltimore Fire, including some unusual ones of the fire in progress from Federal Hill across the harbor. There are also some photos made at Bradford's Grove, which may be in Washington Co., Md.
The nitrate negatives are not described on the inventory, so it isn't known whether they correspond to existing prints.
The photoprints are arranged according to PP catalog number. The negatives are housed in the nitrate storage area, arranged according to negative catalog number.
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1 Box
Box 1: 18 Folders (folder level list; each item contained in individual folder unless otherwise indicated.)
PP97.1 - Baltimore Fire, viewed from wharf across harbor, 1904.
PP97.2 - Baltimore Fire, ruins, 1904.
PP97.3 - Baltimore Fire, ruins, 1904.
PP97.4 - Baltimore Fire, viewed from Federal Hill, 1904.
PP97.5 - Post Office building, 1891.
PP97.6 - Johnson, Boyd & Co. (hosiery, gloves, and underware store), 1904.
PP97.7 - Mottu house at Arlington (Baltimore Co.), 1909.
PP97.8 - Alexander Walker Chandlee, ca. 1894-1901. Multiprint.
PP97.9 - George Mottu Chandlee (infant), 1889.
PP97.10 - Boys eating watermelon at Walbrook Ave., ca. 1900. Includes George Mottu Chandlee, Henry Wilson Chandlee, and Theodore Mottu. Dup/copy neg Z24.1878.
PP97.11 - Chandlee family at Bradford's Grove, group portrait, 1893. Includes George Mottu Chandlee, Alexander Walker Chandlee, Henry Wilson Chandlee, and Mary A. Mottu Chandlee.
PP97.12 - Chandlee family at Bradford's Grove, group portrait, 1894. Includes Mary A. Mottu, Alexander Walker Chandlee, and Thomas H. Motttu.
PP97.13 - School children, group portrait, 1893. Includes George Mottu Chandlee, Henry Wilson Chandlee, Nettie Wilson, and Helen Troxell.
PP97.14 - Football group at Baltimore City College, 1905. Includes George Mottu Chandlee and Henry Wilson Chandlee.
PP97.15 - Football group at Baltimore City College, 1905. Includes George Mottu Chandlee and Henry Wilson Chandlee.
* * * PP97.16 - Tennis at Bradford's Grove, 1893. Includes Alexander Walker Chandlee. (PRINT NOT FOUND - SEE MPh?)
PP97.17 - Chandlee family, group portrait of women at Bradford's Grove, 1893. Includes Mary A. Mottu Chandlee.
PP97.18 - Katherine Elizabeth Chandlee Yates and Peter Price Yates, studio portrait, ca. 1899. Subjects are on bicycles.
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A term describing an economic theory that promotes government non-intervention. Laissez-faire theory states that most government interventions make an economy less efficient and hamper growth. According to this, government ought to restrict itself to safeguarding the right to private property. In its extreme form, it is opposed to any law limiting economic activities short of theft or extortion. Laissez-faire economists are philosophically opposed to minimum wages, protectionism, antitrust laws, and most laws intended to benefit workers at the expense of employers. Proponents of laissez-faire economics argue that it benefits employers and workers alike. For example, a man may open a mechanic shop to make money for himself, but, in the process of doing so, he may hire otherwise unemployed mechanics and service otherwise broken cars, which then facilitates business for the rest of the community. If there were environmental or wage restrictions on his business, however, he might not hire as many employees and may not start the mechanic shop at all. Critics of the theory contend that its benefits are overstated and that a laissez-faire structure without regulation lends itself to the creation of bubbles, which harms both businesses and their employees. See also: Reaganomics, Invisible Hand, Keynesian economics, Marxism, Regulation.
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At least seven customized versions of the 2012 Ford Focus are making the trip to this year's SEMA show, as the automaker highlights ways that buyers can add a personal twist to the hatch and sedan models.
"Millennials, which this car is all about, want to personalize every aspect of their lives-everything from laptop covers to body art, and even cars," compact car marketing manager Mike Murphy said.
Murphy said the customized cars are examples of the uniqueness that targeted Focus buyers are looking for in so many of their purchases these days.
Ford will also display the 2011 Fiesta at SEMA.
"One of the top three purchase reasons for the vehicle is that it fits the customer's personality," Ford global car marketing manager Lew Echlin said. "It's an emotional purchase, so owners want to personalize it, with a significant percentage of them even giving their car a name."
Accompanying the Fiesta and the Focus on the show floor will be a variety of other Fords, old and new, including show vehicles from the Fiesta to the Super Duty. Ford also will unveil its new 363-inch Ford Racing stroker engine and its latest licensed restoration part for classic (1964-66) Mustang fans.


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Snapchat announced Thursday that it will be adding "disappearing" text and video chat to its features. It was likely the only thing missing from an app with ephemeral photos and messaging.
Chief executive Evan Spiegel said that the new feature wasn't meant to compete with Skype for planned conversations, but more "serendipitous" like a "fleeting encounter," according to The Verge.
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Online status is illustrated by a blue button push notification "pulsating" like a heartbeat. However, only when both are using and pressing the blue button is the video call live, so there's no "negative indicator" that a friend may not want to talk to the user. There's no "End Call" button to reject someone either. The text notification is minimal to avoid distractions.


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Anyone who thought the turning point to the Illinois basketball season would come against No. 8 Michigan State has the kind of positive attitude coach Bruce Weber wants in his locker room.
Anyone who thought the turning point to the Illinois basketball season would come against No. 8 Michigan State has the kind of positive attitude coach Bruce Weber wants in his locker room. Despite a 15-0 run late in the first half that pushed Illinois to a 20-14 lead, the Illini limped through the second half Wednesday as No. 8 Michigan State rallied for a 51-41 victory at the Breslin Center. It left the Illini in search of a significant victory that could send the season in the opposite direction. The Spartans won their fifth straight game and gave coach Tom Izzo a 53rd birthday present. Michigan State, the highest ranked team in the league, fell far below its scoring average of 75.1 points per game, but the Illini still couldn't keep pace. While Illinois controlled the tempo, the Illini offense had just the one spurt in the first half. The Spartans answered with an 11-2 run to start the second half for a 31-26 lead. If the Illini want to turn this season around, the best chance comes at home. Illinois (10-12 overall, 2-7 in the Big Ten) hosts Purdue on Saturday (2:30 p.m., Big Ten Network) before Indiana comes to Assembly Hall on Feb. 7. Illinois hasn't won back-to-back games since late December. The Illinois-Michigan State series has a history of high-level basketball, but this one was more of a battle between two offenses just trying to get jump-started. While Illinois couldn't get it in gear after halftime, one quick spurt gave Michigan State some breathing room. Michigan State (19-2, 7-1) set a school record for wins in the first 21 games to start a season. After holding Michigan State guard Drew Neitzel to 1-for-6 shooting in the first half, the Illini had trouble sticking with him in the second half. The league's preseason player of the year scored 13 of his game-high 15 points after halftime. Staggering from the gate with 1-for-12 shooting, the Illini fell behind 14-5 before a 15-0 run helped them grab a 24-20 halftime lead. The Illini were 8-for-14 during the surprising first-half surge. Freshman guard Demetri McCamey hit two 3-pointers, and Illinois silenced the crowd by grabbing a six-point lead and eventually carrying a 24-20 lead into halftime. Neitzel scored the last nine points in Michigan State's quick flurry to start the second half. The Spartans rallied in the second half on their home court for the second straight season against Illinois. A year ago, Michigan State trailed by 11 before taking a six-point decision. Illinois juggled the lineup, starting Chester Frazier to guard Neitzel and returning senior center Shaun Pruitt to the starting lineup. Frazier's defense slowed Neitzel momentarily, but Illinois never found a reliable scorer. The starting five accounted for 21 points. Reserve freshman center Mike Tisdale and reserve guard Calvin Brock led the Illini with seven points apiece. The Illini shot 30 percent from the field. Randle played with his sprained right thumb wrapped in the first half before removing the wrap in the second half. Michigan State forwards Raymar Morgan and Goran Suton scored 10 points apiece. NOTE: Illinois' game against Michigan State in Assembly Hall has been set for March 6 at 8 p.m. The game will be broadcast by ESPN or ESPN2. The Illini's game at Michigan is set for a 3 p.m. tipoff on Feb. 23 with television coverage provided by the Big Ten Network. John Supinie can be reached at email@example.com. For more coverage, read Illini Talk blog at www.sj-r.com and www.pjstar.com.


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Asian aubergine & pork hotpot
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- kcal574
- fat40g
- saturates13g
- carbs18g
- sugars15g
- fibre4g
- protein38g
- salt1.81g
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
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Sunflower oil is made from pressing sunflower seeds and extracting the oil. It's usually…
- 750g fatty pork, such as shoulder or skinless belly, cut into large chunks
One of the most versatile types of meat, pork is economical, tender if cooked correctly, and…
- 2 aubergines, cut into large chunks
Although it's technically a fruit (a berry, to be exact), the aubergine is used as a…
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Star anisestar an-eese
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- 2 onions, chopped
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- very large knob fresh root ginger, peeled and finely sliced
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and sliced
- 1 bunch coriander, leaves and stalks separated, stalks finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Thai fish sauce
- juice 1 large lime
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Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in an ovenproof sauté pan and brown the meat well (you may have to do this in batches), then scoop out of the pan. Add the rest of the oil and the aubergine, brown on all sides, scoop out and add to the pork. Tip the sugar into the pan and leave to caramelise slightly, then return the pork and aubergine to the pan with the star anise and cinnamon, then coat in the sticky caramel.
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Pop icon Madonna said she never meant to imply she supported drug use in an on-stage comment Saturday that drew criticism from DJ-producer Deadmau5.
Madonna tweeted late Monday a photo of herself wearing Minnie Mouse ears and used a thought bubble to explain what she meant in invoking a slang word for ecstasy, Molly, during a surprise appearance at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami.
"From one mouse to another. I don't support drug use and I never have," Madonna wrote. "I was referring to the song called 'Have You Seen Molly' written by my friend Cedric Gervais who I almost worked with on my last album."
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The posting came amid fallout over Madonna having asked Ultra Music Festival attendees, "how many of you in this crowd have seen Molly?" Madge has already taken flack for her club-friendly album, titled "MDNA," an allusion to the drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy.
Deadmau5 accused the 53-year-old Material Girl of glamorizing the drug, calling out the singer's comments on his Facebook and Twitter pages as "an entirely new level of idiocy."
"Such a great message for the young music lovers at Ultra. Quite the (expletive) philanthropist. But hey, at least you're hip and trendy!" Deadmau5 wrote.
It appears the Canadian artist and Madonna have now buried their feud.
After Madonna's explanation Deadmau5 wrote, "Fair enough, I was just voicing my concerns as I usually do. +1 respect for clearing it up personally," MTV News reported.
"Communication is always best," Madonna wrote back. "You should have called me first, we could have cleared it up 'privately.' ;) See you on the road."