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On the 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, Aleksander Grad, the nuclear director of Polish utility PGE, sat behind his huge desk in his likewise huge office in Warsaw.
What was he doing? Keeping two minutes of silence to remember the hundreds of thousands of people who suffered from the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe? Contemplating how his own nuclear plans could lead to a similar catastrophe? Realising that no emergency plan would protect the people around Lubiatowo and Zarnowiec or further down the road, areas where PGE wants to build Poland's first nuclear power stations?
Instead, Mr. Grad signed a letter threatening legal action against Tadeusz Pastusiak, president of "Lubiatowo Dunes", a tiny environmental tourism organisation. Grad's letter accused Pastusiak of spreading lies that would tarnish the good name of giant PGE and could lead to social unrest!
Mr. Pastusiak lives near where PGE plans to turn a unique dune landscape into a huge 3,000 MW nuclear power plant. He makes his living through environmentally friendly tourism. What has he done to upset Mr. Grad so much?
PGE wants to do some research to see if its chosen sites are suitable for two or three huge nuclear reactors, turbine halls, radioactive waste storage, transformer stations and so on.
Part of the chosen site at Lubiatowo is a protected Natura2000 area, with free-flowing sand dunes and a low-growing pine forest – a uniquely beautiful piece of nature. A month ago, I saw a lesser-spotted eagle fly up among the trees on the edge of the beach there.
PGE sent all inhabitants around the proposed sites a leaflet explaining the research. Nice and transparent, isn't it? Wrong. PGE did not mention the Natura2000 protection. Didn't mention the nuisance the research could bring to the local community. Above all, it remained completely silent about research activities that could irreversibly damage the entire dune eco-system. Dozens of 200-meter-deep holes would be drilled; roads expanded, and heavy machines would be used.
The leaflet didn't discuss what would happen if Lubiatowo were unsuitable for a nuclear power plant. What would happen with the shallow pools and the ground water when the underground was turned into an Emmentaler cheese? Where would the lesser-spotted eagle go when heavy machines are driving around in the dunes?
It is the European habit – no, it is the law – that a company investigates these issues and discusses them with all involved, including the public, through an Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed research. That's what the law says, what EU Directives say, what the Aarhus Convention on public participation says, and what common sense demands. But PGE was not prepared to do any of this – at least not according to the company's leaflet.
So, the tiny NGO "Lubiatowo Dunes" decided to give the local inhabitants a bit clearer and more complete picture. They spoofed the PGE leaflet to outline their concerns and put it on their web-page. They thought they have the right to do so in a democratic country that is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects freedom of expression and the right to hold opinions.
So you can imagine the angry picture in office of nuclear boss Grad, A lawyer was brought in to formulate a threatening letter. Completely forgotten was that it was 26 April, the 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe.
Just to put a few things straight:
Poland has been warned. Legitimate concerns will be met with bullying from PGE's Grad.
Greenpeace supports "Lubiatowo Dunes" fully! You have made a fair point and obviously PGE has something to hide.
Yech – nuclear bullies... we don't need you. There are cleaner, cheaper and more democratic alternatives to provide safe and sufficient energy to this beautiful country needs.
Jan Haverkamp is a Greenpeace expert consultant on nuclear energy and energy policy and Greenpeace's candidate for the position of director of PGE EJ.
Image: © Greenpeace / Jan Haverkamp
Jan Haverkamp is nuclear energy and energy policy specialist for Greenpeace and professional group facilitator.
His previous work as energy campaigner and developer of environmental organisations in Central Europe brought him into contact with nuclear power and energy policy in countries across the globe. He also worked for four years as Greenpeace's EU nuclear policy advisor in Brussels. He teaches 'facilitation of environmental communication processes' and 'the role of environmental NGOs in society' at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. His academic background is in biochemistry, nuclear physics, environmental sciences and social and communication psychology. He has two children and lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
(Unregistered) Hilde Lindner-Hausner
Hallo, Herr Haverkamp, vielen Dank für das Engagement und die Info. Natürlich interessiert uns das, wir haben ja auch für die Unterschr...
Hallo, Herr Haverkamp, vielen Dank für das Engagement und die Info. Natürlich interessiert uns das, wir haben ja auch für die Unterschriften gegen das polnische Atomprogramm geworben.
Es ist unfassbar, was man hier einfach so kaputtmachen will.
Und die Klage von PGE ist eine Frechheit.
Wir werden die Sache auch über unsere Homepage www.biwaanaa.de bekanntmachen, und in unserem Rahmen aktiv werden, wenn es erforderlich ist.
Vielen Dank nochmal
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BI gegen atomare Anlagen
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The question is: who paid him? Gerhard Schröder and others forcing old energy systems with pipelines and cables? AVEVA and others selling nuclear...
The question is: who paid him? Gerhard Schröder and others forcing old energy systems with pipelines and cables? AVEVA and others selling nuclear power plats with double costs like in Finnlandia?
I dont believe he is only a silly fool, living in the wordl of old business modells. Maybe he took the money of the protagonists, hoping Greenpeace will give enought resistance to avoid a realisation? MAy he could spend half of this maony to support Greenpeace? Than it is real economy in this confused world.
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Diese Rücksichtslosigkeit im Namen des Profits muß endlich aufhören ! Haben denn diese Leute keine eigenen Kinder / Enkel ? Oder ist es...
Diese Rücksichtslosigkeit im Namen des Profits muß endlich aufhören ! Haben denn diese Leute keine eigenen Kinder / Enkel ? Oder ist es ihnen egal, was mal aus deren (Über-) Leben wird ?
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On the second page PGE says: "Thanks to the work of these people after two years of scientific work we will know, if in this community are good c...
On the second page PGE says: "Thanks to the work of these people after two years of scientific work we will know, if in this community are good conditions for the construction of a safe nuclear power plant." Funny enough that PGE thinks that there is ANY place where they can safely run a nuclear power plant. The only safe place for the construction of a nuclear power plant is, where the majority makes a democratic decision just not to load nuclear fuel, like in Zwentendorf, Austria.
Lepiej być aktywny niż radioaktywny!
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Poland has huge bioenergy potential, and wind condition adequate to those in nord Germany. The flat country allows building of many wind generators, t...
Poland has huge bioenergy potential, and wind condition adequate to those in nord Germany. The flat country allows building of many wind generators, to cover big part of polish electricity consumption.
There is only renewable future for Europe.
How said Hermann Scheer: The sun energy is energy for all and need energy of all to be enforced.
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Lesson 2: Evaluate Best Practices Policies on a Scheduled Basis
You can configure scheduled evaluations of best practices policies on one or more instances of SQL Server. To configure best practices policies to run on a scheduled basis, you must import the policies into the target instance.
To deploy scheduled policies to multiple servers, you can import the policies to one instance, configure the schedules for each policy, export the scheduled policies to a folder, and then deploy the scheduled policies to target instances through Registered Servers.
The target instances must be running SQL Server 2008 or a later version. Automation requires the policies to be stored locally on the instance, which is not supported by versions of SQL Server that are earlier than SQL Server 2008.
In this lesson, you will do the following:
Import the best practices policies into an instance of SQL Server.
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So, as promised, we can get back to symmetries of graphs.
First a quick recap:
Graphs are represented as G vs es, where vs is a list of vertices and es is a list of edges, where an edge is a two-element list of vertices. For example, the cyclic graph c 5 (the pentagon - the picture on the left below):
> c 5
Using cycle notation, we can think of permutations dynamically as acting on the vertices or edges of a graph.
> 2 .^ p [[2,5],[3,4]]
> [2,3] -^ p [[2,5],[3,4]]
The "p" function constructs a permutation from a list of cycles. p [[2,5],[3,4]] is the reflection of c 5 in the vertical axis, shown in the middle below, which swaps the 2 and 5 positions, and the 3 and 4 positions. v .^ g represents the action of a permutation g on a vertex v. e -^ g represents the induced action of g on an edge e. (An edge just moves where its two endpoints move.)
We say that the reflection p [[2,5],[3,4]] is a symmetry of the graph, because the graph is the same after as it was before. On the other hand, it should be clear from the picture on the right that the permutation p [[1,2]], which swaps the 1 and 2 positions, is not a symmetry:
> [2,3] -^ p [[1,2]]
It moves the [2,3] edge to [1,3], which was not present as an edge in the original c 5.
Here's the code to test whether a permutation h is a symmetry ("automorphism") of a given graph:
(We use Data.Set for efficiency on large graphs.)
module Math.Combinatorics.GraphAuts where
import qualified Data.Set as S
isGraphAut (G vs es) h = all (`S.member` es') [e -^ h | e <- es]
where es' = S.fromList es
Next we would like code to find all symmetries/automorphisms of a graph. Here is a first attempt:
We use depth-first search to try build up a list of pairs (x,y), which will represent a permutation which takes each x to the corresponding y. Whenever we add a new pair, we check whether it is compatible with what we have so far - specifically, that whenever {x,x'} is an edge (respectively non-edge) in the graph, then so is {y,y'}, its image after being acted on by the permutation.
graphAuts1 (G vs es) = dfs [] vs vs where
dfs xys (x:xs) ys =
concat [dfs ((x,y):xys) xs (L.delete y ys) | y <- ys, isCompatible (x,y) xys]
dfs xys [] [] = [fromPairs xys]
isCompatible (x,y) xys =
and [([x',x] `S.member` es') == (L.sort [y,y'] `S.member` es') | (x',y') <- xys]
es' = S.fromList es
We will develop a far more efficient algorithm in due course, but this is sufficient for small graphs. Let's try it out:
> mapM_ print $ graphAuts1 $ c 5
First, we have the identity permutation, which leaves everything where it is. We also have five permutations like [[2,5],[3,4]], which swap two pairs of positions - these are the five reflections, in the axes joining a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite edge. That leaves four more.
[[1,2,3,4,5]] is the cycle that takes 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 5, and 5 to 1. In other words, it's a clockwise 72 degree rotation of the pentagon (except that of course graphs aren't really rigid objects in space - but you get the idea). The other three similar elements are the 144, 216 and 288 degree rotations.
That's it for now. Coming soon: a more efficient algorithm for finding graph automorphisms, and some graphs with interesting automorphism groups.


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Daghdha Dance Company
Daghdha Dance Company was formed by Teresa Leahy and Mary Nunan at the University of Limerick in 1988, and was led by artistic director Mary Nunan until 2000. Daghdha quickly established itself as a dance company with a unique artistic identity and attracted funding from the Arts Council/an Chomhairle Ealaíon. During Mary Nunan's directorship, the company toured extensively throughout Ireland and was invited to perform at international dance festivals in London, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Barcelona and Mexico City. In 2000 Yoshiko Chuma took over as artistic director. For the next three years, Yoshiko Chuma further developed Daghdha's international profile by touring theatrical dance concerts, street performances and large-scale productions throughout Europe, America and Japan. Michael Klien was appointed artistic director in July 2003. Under the stewardship of Klien, Daghdha has moved to its inspiring new premises in Limerick's city centre, where it has continued to develop and strengthen its position as a pioneer of contemporary dance in Ireland and beyond.
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- Susan of Fleurishing hosted a Bastille Day birthday party for her twins that was featured on 100 Layer Cakelet and included a golden paper garland (we'd hang it in a photo booth).
- Differently-sized (and painted) styrofoam balls make a strand of shimmery orbs. DIY from A Subtle Revelry.
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Husson came out steaming in 3-point territory, hitting 6-of-11 three pointers in the second to keep the pressure on the Rams. Sophomore Damien Santana (Brooklyn, NY/Grady) and juniors Tom Canning (Oak Beach, NY/Babylon) and Peter Lipka (Shelton, CT/Shelton) took over the scoring in the second to maintain the lead.
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Retired Massapequa English teacher and longtime West Islip Library Joseph "Joe" E. Shields, died May 10, 2010 in West Islip. He was 83. "He loved his community and he liked people so he was a member of many organizations," said his wife of 43 years, Katherine.
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He had made enough enemies to acquire a nickname, Hari Seldon mused, and not enough friends to hear what it was.
He could feel the truth of that in the murmuring energy in the crowds. Uneasily he walked from his apartment to his office across the broad squares of Streeling University. "They don't like me," he said.
Dors Vanabili matched his stride easily, studying the massed faces. "I do not sense any danger."
"Don't worry your pretty head about assassination attempts--at least, not right away."
"My, you're in a fine mood today."
"I hate this security screen. Who wouldn't?"
The Imperial Specials had farmed out in what their captain termed "an engaging perimeter" around Hati and Dors. Some carried flash-screen projectors, capable of warding off a full heavy-weapons assault. Others looked equally dangerous bare-handed.
Their scarlet-and-blue uniforms made it easy tosee where the crowd was impinging on the moving security boundary as Hari walked slowly across the main campus square. Where the crowd was thickest, the bright uniforms simply hulled their way through. The entire spectacle made him acutely uncomfortable. Specials were not noted for their diplomacy and this was, after all, a quiet place of learning. Or had been.
Dors clasped his hand in reassurance. "A First Minister can't simply walk around without--"
"I'm not First Minister!"
"The Emperor has designated you, and that's enough for this crowd."
"The High Council hasn't acted. Until they do--"
"Your friendswill assume the best," she said mildly.
"These are my friends?" Hari eyed the crowd suspiciously.
"They're smiling."
So they were. One called, "Hail the Prof Minister!"and others laughed.
"Is that my nickname now?"
"Well, it's not a bad one."
"Why do they flock so?"
"People are drawn to power."
"I'm still just a professor!"
To offset his irritation, Dors chuckled at him, a wifely reflex. "There's an ancient saying, 'These are the times that fry men's souls.'"
"You have a bit of historical wisdom for everything."
"It's one of the few perks that come with being an historian."
Someone called, "Hey, Math Minister!"
Hari said, "I don't like that name any better."
"Get used to it, You'll be called worse."
They passed by the great Streeling fountain and Hari took refuge in a moment of contemplating its high, arching waters. The splashes drowned out the crowd and he could almost imagine he was back in his simple, happy life. Then he hadto worry about psychohistory and Streeling University infighting. That snug little world had vanished, perhaps forever, the moment Cleon decided to make him a figure in Imperial politics.
The fountain was glorious, yet even it reminded him of the vastness that lay beneath such simplicities. Here the tinkling streams broke free, but their flight was momentary. Trantor's waters ran in mournful dark pipes, down dim passages scoured byancient engineers. A maze of fresh water arteriesand sewage veins twined through the eternal bowels. These bodily fluids of the planet had passed through uncountable trillions of kidneys andthroats, had washed away sins, been toasted with atmarriages and births, had carried off the blood ofmurders and the vomit of terminal agonies. Theyflowed on in their deep night, never knowing theclean vapor joy of unfettered weather, never free of man's hand.
They weretrapped. So was he.
Their party reached the Mathist Department and ascended. Dors rose through the traptube beside him, a breeze fluttering her hair amiably, the effect quite flattering. The Specials took up watchful, rigid positions outside.
Just as he had for the last week, Hari tried again with the captain. "Look, you don't really need to keep a dozen men sitting out here--"
"I'll be the judge of that, Academician sir, if you please."
Hari felt frustrated at the waste of it. He noticed ayoung Specialman eyeing Dors, whose uni-suitrevealed while still covering. Something made himsay, "Well then, I will thank you to have your men keep their eyes where they belong!"
The captain looked startled. He glared at the offending man and stomped over to reprimand him. Hari felt, a spark of satisfaction. Going in the entrance to his office, Dors said, "I'll try to dress more strictly."
"No, no, I'm just being stupid. I shouldn't let tiny things like that bother me
She smiled prettily. "Actually, I rather liked it."
"You did? Me being stupid?"
"Your being protective."
Dors had been assigned years before to watch over him, by Eto Demerzel. Hari reflected that he had gotten used to that role of hers, little noticing that it conflicted in a deep, unspoken way with her also being a woman. Dors was utterly self-reliant, but she had qualities which sometimes did not easily jibe with her duty. Being his wife, for example.
"I will have to do it more often," he said lightly.
Still, he felt a pang of guilt about making trouble for the Specialmen. Their being here was certainly not their idea; Cleon had ordered it. No doubt they would far rather be off somewhere saving theEmpire with sweat and valor.
They went through the high, arched foyer of the Mathist Department, Hari nodding to the staff. Dors went into her own office and he hurried into his suite with an air of an animal retreating into its burrow. He collapsed into his airchair, ignoring the urgent-message holo that hung a meter from his face.
A wave erased it as Yugo Amaryl came in through the connecting e-stat portal. The intrusive, bulky portal was also the fruit of Cleon's security order. The Specials had installed the shimmering weapons-nulling fields everywhere. They lent an irksome, prickly smell of ozone to the air. One more intrusion of Reality, wearing the mask of Politics.
Fate -- and a cruel Emperor's arbitrary power -- have thrust Hari Seldon into the First Ministership of the Empire against his will. As the story opens, Hari is about to leave his quiet professorship and take on the all but impossible task of administering 25 million inhabited worlds from the all-steel planet of Trantor. With the help of his beautiful bio-engineered "wife" Dors and his alien companion Yugo, Seldon is still developing the science that will transform history, never dreaming that it will ultimately pit him against future history's most awesome threat.


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Rethinking Education Governance Session I: Challenges
From the event Rethinking Education Governance on December 1, 2011 at the Capitol Hilton - http://www.edexcellence.net/events/rethinking-education-g...
Opening Remarks: Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Session I: Challenges
What governance challenges currently mire efforts to reform education? This panel will tackle the financial systems and governance structures that impede change, drawing on the examples of innovators both within and without the system whose reforms have been stifled or slowed by our curious current structures and policies. It will also explain how our present system has harmed our nation's most disadvantaged youth. Panelists include Cynthia Brown, Michelle Davis, Marguerite Roza, and Steven F. Wilson.
Moderator: Michael J. Petrilli, executive vice president, Thomas B. Fordham Institute


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Kate Gosselin: Peep My Winnie The Pooh Tattoo!
Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Kate Gosselin runs errands at the Kinko's copy center and the bank on Monday morning (May 11) in Reading, Penn.
The 34-year-old mother-of-eight wore a denim skirt, showing off her Winnie the Pooh tattoo, which is etched right above her left ankle. Kate has expressed regret over this tattoo in the past. Also, when she had her tummy tuck after giving birth to her sextuplets, a tattoo was removed along with a portion of her belly.
Her husband Jon Gosselin has a tattoo of the Korean flag on one of his shoulders.
15+ pictures inside of Kate Gosselin showing off her Winnie the Pooh tattoo…


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Middlebury has its own instance of WordPress which anybody in the Middlebury community (i.e. anybody with a Midd username and password) can use to create their own blog or contribute to an existing blog.
- Go to: http://blogs.middlebury.edu/wp-signup.php
- Log in with your Midd username and password
- Type in a name and title for your WordPress site
- Click the "Create Site" button
For full documentation, see:
Case Studies
WordPress has been used for a wide range of sites including those for blogs, courses, projects, initiatives, documentation, podcasts and online discussion.
Music Instruction at Middlebury (lesson signup)
Watching the Wire (Jason Mittell)
International Politics (James Morrison)
One Dean's View (Shirley Collado)
Curricular Innovations (Library/CTLR)
Privilege and Poverty (Interdisciplinary)


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For decades the lyrics of "Deck the Halls" have been the primary way children learned that "gay" means "happy" in addition to "homosexual." However, recently a teacher in Traverse City, Michigan got so fed up with kids her class snickering that she changed the lyric to "don we now our bright apparel."
Clearly, one shouldn't alter a classic Christmas carol just because kids can't pipe down or resist the urge to insert Batman lyrics, but this story is actually striking because of its lack of a homophobic outcome: While watching this NBC News report we kept waiting for some crotchety town clerk to declare that kids shouldn't even be singing the world "gay" because it has no place in a song about Jesus' birthday, but everyone had a sensible reaction. The school principal talked to the teacher about their anti-bullying policy and turning the incident into a teachable moment, and parents said they'll talk to their kids about what "gay" means. Congratulations Traverse City, Michigan, for being one of the few remaining bastions of reasonableness.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Image via Gerard Lazaro/Shutterstock.


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Getting started again with Project Life!
I still have November to catch up with from last year but thinking I might
do one double-page recap so I can just move forward!
Layout from Pocket Pages No11
Sweet Rose Bay Kit
Classic Cardstock: Pear Perfection
Vintage Frames No30
Little Snips Alpha: Red


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O's take care of White Sox one run at a time
BALTIMORE -- The Orioles couldn't find much offense Thursday night at Camden Yards. But with the way that Miguel Gonzalez was pitching, they didn't need much.
With a career-worst four-game losing streak on his shoulders, Gonzalez pitched seven sparkling innings to propel the Orioles to a 3-1 victory over the White Sox, an important beginning to an important homestand.View Full Game Coverage
BALTIMORE -- The Orioles couldn't find much offense Thursday night at Camden Yards. But with the way that Miguel Gonzalez was pitching, they didn't need much.
With a career-worst four-game losing streak on his shoulders, Gonzalez pitched seven sparkling innings to propel the Orioles to a 3-1 victory over the White Sox, an important beginning to an important homestand.View Full Game Coverage
"It was kind of like he was on a mission tonight," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "A little driven. I think it was a reminder to us of how good Miggy's pitched for us the last two years, and there's some good things left in there."
Gonzalez tied a career high by allowing seven earned runs over four innings last Friday night against the Yankees. He responded Thursday with one of his best outings, notching his first win since July 20.
"It was fun to be out there and be able to go a little bit deeper than in other games," Gonzalez said. "And getting that win, that was important for us."
With their first win of an eight-game homestand, the Orioles moved to within three games of the second Wild Card spot in the American League. The Indians, who were idle Thursday, are also three games back, while the Yankees, who lost to the Red Sox, are 2 1/2 back of the Rays, who lost to the Angels.
"It's not a must win, but I think it's kind of at that point," shortstop J.J. Hardy said. "Our backs are kind of against the wall and we need to win. We need to get on a streak, and this is a good start."
For some Baltimoreans, Thursday's game also marked a moment of contention between the city's two most powerful sports franchises.
The series opener with the White Sox caused too many logistical problems for the Ravens, forcing them to begin their defense of last year's Super Bowl title in Denver. Purple jerseys dotted the seats at Camden Yards, and the football game was playing on every television in the Orioles clubhouse after the game.
"I'd be supporting the Ravens, too," Showalter said. "I am tonight. I'm going back and watching the game."
For Gonzalez, however, all of that was irrelevant. His only focus was keeping the ball down in the strike zone and working his split-finger fastball. The result was four hits, one run and minimal threats from the White Sox.
Gonzalez allowed back-to-back singles in the third inning before walking catcher Bryan Anderson to load the bases with no outs. Alejandro De Aza had a chance to blow the game open for Chicago, but he rolled over a changeup and grounded into a double play. One run scored before Gordon Beckham also grounded out to end the inning.
"That was our spot," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "Gonzalez pitched well. He really pitched from behind well. We got him in that situation and he gets a double play to really get out of it."
Gonzalez didn't give up an extra-base hit and only walked one batter. While the Orioles offense could not match Gonzalez's brilliance, the bats did do enough with three swings to make it count.
Adam Jones got it started with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, when he crushed a changeup from left-hander Jose Quintana a few rows deep into the left-field seats. The solo shot was his 30th homer and 100th RBI of the season.
"Cool feat, you know?" Jones said. "You play the game for team success, but also individual success comes with that. I think it's a testament to the guys ahead of me. ... I share it with my team. I can't do it by myself."
Matt Wieters led off the second with a double, but the Orioles did not record another hit off Quintana until the fifth, when Hardy ripped a curveball to left-center for his 25th homer. With that solo home run, Hardy became just the fourth active player -- and ninth since 1901 -- to record three or more seasons of 25 or more homers as a shortstop. Alex Rodriguez (seven), Miguel Tejada (six) and Troy Tulowitzki (three) are the others.
"Like I've said 100 times, I didn't know how good he was. I've kind of run out of things to describe him," Showalter said. "It's an honor to watch him play shortstop every night. He's the most fundamentally sound shortstop I've ever had, maybe I've ever seen."
Brian Roberts tacked on an extra run later in the fifth with his fourth homer. Jim Johnson worked a perfect ninth to record his 42nd save.
While it wasn't a particularly memorable game, Thursday night's victory did have some significance for the Orioles. With only 23 games remaining, they are fighting for wins while also fighting the calendar.
"They're all significant from here on out," Showalter said. "I've said a bunch of times how this part of the year will inch along and you've really got to fight the urge to think the sky's falling or the sky's opening. It's an every day [grind]. Grind your at-bat, grind your outing, and you'll usually like the outcome if you just try to stay in the moment."
Tom Schad is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Feb. 14, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT women's track and field team recorded eight New England Division III qualifying performances and 25 personal-bests during Saturday's non-scoring Coed Invitational held at the Johnson Athletic Center.
Gwendolyn Johnson led the way, setting her second freshman record in as many weeks in the 5000. Her time of 18:56.38 moved her to No. 3 on the All-Time performance list for this distance. In winning the 200 in 27.82, co-captain Meri Silberstein qualified for her third New England Division III event. Jacqueline Greene also qualified with a victory in the 600 (1:45.15). Leanne Veldhuis notched the third win for the Engineers in the track events, taking the 400 meter dash in 1:02.03. The 4x200 relay clocked a time of 1:52.62, the fastest time by a Tech quartet since 2000.
On the field, Christine Fanchiang topped all competitors in the pole vault with a height of 9'7". Aline Thomas set personal-bests in both the shot put (34'5.25") and weight throw (40'11"). Overall, the throwing corps had its greatest success in the weight throw, with five of its six members posting personal bests.


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"We've been telling all the media, 'Please don't refer to us as FGC. We're FGCU,'" Ken Kavanagh, the school's athletic director says.
Here's one thing Florida Gulf Coast Athletic Director Ken Kavanagh does not want to see when the Eagles play Florida in Friday night's Sweet 16 round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament:
The acronym "FGC" on a TV scoreboard.
"We've been telling all the media, 'Please don't refer to us as FGC. We're FGCU,'" Kavanagh said. "When I came here four years ago, one of my goals was to build our brand as FGCU. I want us to be as known by those four letters as UCLA is."
Such name recognition is a lot closer after what FGCU has accomplished in the past week. In a phone interview from Dallas, Kavanagh called the national spotlight that has shined on the Eagles "transformational for our entire university."
Is FGCU capable of another upset, this time against the powerful Gators?
"I'm not making any predictions," said Kavanagh, 52, who came to FGCU from Bradley University in Illinois. "We can beat them. We are here to play our best."
Kavanagh also has an eye to the future, including doing all he can to retain second-year coach Andy Enfield, who is almost certain to be courted by prominent basketball programs.
"I don't know," he said about whether FGCU can keep Enfield. "We certainly hope to. Thankfully, no one has contacted him yet."
The Eagles' run in the tournament -- becoming the first No. 15 seed to advance to the Sweet 16 -- will generate more resources for the program. While some programs and coaches have shoe and apparel contracts worth millions of dollars, the Eagles are the only team left in the tournament that has to pay for its own basketball shoes.
"We have one of those buy-one, get-one-free deals," he said of FGCU's shoe contract. "I think we'll have some more opportunities going forward."


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Farmers attending this year's Mid-South Farm & Gin Show will not only be able to check out more than 400 exhibits of the latest equipment, products, and services, they'll also be offered several educational sessions with information critical to this year's decision-making, and they'll have the opportunity to interact with other farmers and their families.
"It's a three-way package — two days packed with opportunities for face-to-face discussions with key agribusiness leaders, marketing experts, researchers, and others who can provide insight into what's shaping up in agriculture this year," says Tim Price, executive vice president of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association, which sponsors the show to be held Feb. 27-28 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
And, he adds, a weekend in Memphis also offers time for family fun, good food, and things to do.
This is the 57th year for the show, co-sponsored by Delta Farm Press.
"We have more new exhibits than ever before," Price says, "with many new technologies, products, and services that can be seen in the Mid-South only at this show. There'll be literally hundreds of experts from industry, Extension, research, and other fields who will be available to talk with farmers.
"This has been one of the most difficult years ever for farmer decision-making, and we'll have a broad array of educational sessions to update growers on the market outlook for Mid-South crops, including the extremely popular marketing seminar by Richard Brock.
"We'll have an added level of educational exhibits this year to provide the latest information on biofuels research, health care, skin screening, and other areas of importance to farmers and their families."
Also, Price notes, the show is always a gathering place for farm families to meet old friends, make new acquaintances, and participate in farmer-to-farmer dialogue.
Complete information about the show, a listing of exhibitors, speaker lineups, and other details can be found in the Official Program that is packaged with this issue of Delta Farm Press.


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Hopefully all your holiday shopping is going smoothly and you have managed to find the perfect gifts for everyone on your list. Now it is time to think about those fun little gifts that can slip right into everyone's stockings! Let's face it, no one wants fruit or socks in their stockings so why not grab a sexy little bikini for the ladies? They happen to be just the right size to fit into those stockings and I am sure anyone would be so excited to get a real present in their stocking this year. Now the only question is which sexy designer swimwear style to drop into the stockings, but never worry, we have you covered on some of the best selling styles from the new 2014 collection that are sure to get you the award for best gift giver this holiday season!
The first sexy swimsuit on the bestselling list this year is the Rock The Boat Monokini. There are so many reasons why this one is a favorite and it is definitely at the top of my list this year. Chevron prints have been extremely popular, and this style has the perfect color combination for a new fun and flirty chevron style. The white and gold hardware really makes this a true luxury swimwear style and makes for a very sexy cut on the bikini bottoms. This trendy bikini is a perfect stocking stuffer for the girly girl who loves fashion and following the latest trends.
Another bestselling bikini this year is actually a bandeau swimsuit with lots of bling! The Gold Digger Bandeau Bikini is an all black swimsuit, but the gold hardware with rhinestones takes this solid bikini up a notch. Black is a safe bet when buying as a gift for someone else, because everyone looks good in a black bikini! Of course this is a great pick for the girl who likes a little glam and a unique style without being overly flashy.