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Meanwhile in Ukraine
It's not getting much attention, but Ukraine continues to make military progress against rebel separatists. The Washington Post reports that the Ukrainian military has pushed the rebels out of a series of villages and towns in the East, and now has its sights set on Horlivka, a city of about 300,000. If it succeeds in taking Horlivka, the military will be on the doorstep of Donetsk, the separatists' power center. »
Is Barack Obama John Galt?
In her polemical novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand imagines a world in which the most productive citizens–business magnates, mostly, creators of wealth and generators of progress–go on strike. Tired of being blamed for the world's ills by parasitic liberals in the press, academia, popular culture and government, they quit. The result is chaos and disaster. John Galt is the mysterious figure who inspires the revolt of the wealth creators. On »
2014 World Cup all-stars
The World Cup ended two weeks ago, which means that it's high time for me to offer my World Cup all-star team. But first, a word about the tournament. The consensus among those who covered it is that this was the best World Cup in modern memory. I've followed every World Cup since 1978 (ten in all), but my memory of the early ones has become hazy. Certainly, though, this »
Romney 53%, Obama 44%? Don't Get Excited
Matt Drudge is promoting this CNN poll, out today, in which respondents were asked whom they would vote for if the 2012 election were re-run today. Romney beats Obama, when "leaners" are counted, 53% to 44%. And that's not all: lots of Obama's numbers are quite poor. In categories like "is a strong and decisive leader," "generally agrees with you on issues you care about" (43%/56%), and "can manage the »
IDF on the Gaza UN school: It wasn't us
The IDF has investigated its possible role in the deaths that occurred at the UN school in Gaza. The Times of Israel's Mitch Ginsburg files this update: An Israeli army inquiry into fighting at a UN facility in Beit Hanoun Thursday found that IDF mortars did not play a role in the killing of 16 people in the school courtyard, dismissing claims that the military was responsible for their deaths. »
Remy Rings a Bell
The New York Times Magazine today carries a cover story about why math is hard, and perhaps that helps explain widespread economic illiteracy. Maybe the Times should do a sequel on this very topic, except that it might expose too many of its premier columnists (not mentioning any names of course). Anyway, most economists will tell you that your attitude about the minimum wage is a test as to whether you »
John Kerry and "what everyone knows"
For decades, diplomats and pundits have been saying that "everyone" — by which they mean their fellow diplomats and pundits — knows what the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute would look like. It would look, they say, like two states with something similar to the re-1967 Israeli border and "security guarantees" for Israel. Lost on this arrogant breed is the fact that if everyone has known for so long what »
War is over! If you want it
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over") was John Lennon's 1971 Christmas single with Yoko Ono. "War is over! If you want it," went the song. Barack Obama is thinking along the same lines, and he he wants the war over. He has requested that Congress repeal the 2002 law authorizing the use of military force in Iraq. The Washington Examiner's Charles Hoskinson reports the reaction of retiring Armed Services Committee chairman »
Kerry toes the Hamas line
In the adjacent posts John and I draw on the commentary of David Horovitz and Barak Ravid on John Kerry's promotion of a ceasefire that toes the Hamas line in Gaza. Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization with which Kerry is prohibited from dealing directly under American law. Kerry's efforts nevertheless serve Hamas and betray Israel as well as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in Hamas's war on Israel. »
While Hamas celebrates
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The Week in Pictures: Same Damn Thing Edition
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Inside the IRS, part 6
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A Civil Rights Victory in the District
A federal court in the District of Columbia has held that the District's ban on carrying weapons, either openly or concealed, violates the Second Amendment. The case is Palmer v. District of Columbia. While the holding is by no means unexpected–I believe the District was the last place whose ban on carrying weapons outside the home had not yet been held unconstitutional–it is good to see freedom spreading into the »
Moving on from Libya
Walter Russell Mead headlines his commentary on the evacuation of our embassy in Libya — "As Libya implodes, 'smart diplomacy' becoming a punch line" — draws at length on the State Department travel advisory on Libya: The security situation in Libya remains unpredictable and unstable. The Libyan government has not been able to adequately build its military and police forces and improve security following the 2011 revolution. Many military-grade weapons »
When You've Lost Haaretz…
Haaretz is Israel's establishment, liberal newspaper. Scott once described it to me in shorthand as the New York Times of Israel. So the paper is a natural ally of a Democratic U.S. administration. That is what makes this article by Barak Ravid remarkable. It is titled Kerry's latest cease-fire plan: What was he thinking? It is behind a subscription wall, but the link goes to Haaretz's mobile site and should »
Hillary Was Against the Reset Before She Was For It
The Russian "reset" has always been regarded as Hillary Clinton's baby, one of her smug "smart diplomacy" initiatives. Why do we associate the reset with Hillary? Because it was Hillary who presented the famous button to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in 2009. She sure looked happy about it then: In the ensuing years, Hillary was always glad to take credit for the Russian reset. As recently as June 13 »
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Hi, when I opened Book 0, I found that all the text was a link to the E is for Erfworld kickstarter. I looked in the source and see an erroneous extra image link - <a href="erfabet_B_lettered_640.png"> without the closing tag </a>. When the text is moused over, you see it's linked to that image, but a moment later the link changes to the kickstarter link somehow.
Just wanted to let you know. Should be an easy fix, just remove the erroneous link.
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The spotlight was on Linvilla Orchards in Media last Wednesday afternoon as a production crew filmed for a new Travel Channel show called Cross Country Christmas.
The show, which will depict the best holiday events and traditions in America, won't air until next December so we have a bit of a wait but word is that there will be a viewer voting component too. Viewers will go online and vote for their favorite holiday event.
Rob Ferber, Linvilla manager, said about a month ago they were contacted by Travel Channel which was looking for places that have Christmas events and things to do and found Linvilla Orchards online.
"They were looking for unique and unusual Christmas things so that's why they found us," Ferber said.
Linvilla Orchards is widely known for its fall fun and events but it truly is a year-round operation. In its second year, the Recycled Tree Maze and Fore! the Planet Indoor Mini Golf is Linvilla's newest winter attraction.
"Everybody knows us for the fall so we're looking to expand and tell people we are year round," Ferber said. "We want people to come here all the time."
Read the full story on how the Travel Channel came to Linvilla on Media Patch here.


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Hey everyone! Just giving you guys an update. The launch of the benefit CD has been well…launched! Here's a bit of info that I posted on Facebook about the event:
"May 22, 2011,
On This day, the city of Joplin, MO was struck by an EF5 tornado, marking one of the most deadly tornadoes on record and the deadliest to hit the state of Missouri. At least 151 people have lost their lives and hundreds of homes and business have been lost. Massive amounts of destruction had carved a gaping hole through the heart of the city. The clean up efforts will be long, tiresome and expensive.
As musicians, like myself, this is our way of helping the community. This is our way to help raise the spirits and hopes. This is our way to say, Joplin has not been forgotten. Joplin will breath again and become stronger.
Thank you for helping support the efforts of the many people of Joplin and their relief efforts. A little from everyone, can add up in a big way.
This benefit CD has the help of artists from around the world. All helping to make this CD become complete and real. ALL sales of this CD will go straight to relief funds for Joplin, whether it be Red Cross or another local organization.
The Price of the CD: Pay-What-You-Want. That's right. This is a charity CD and as said before, all proceeds will be going straight to Joplin. The more you pay, the more you help out. Whether you want to pay 5 dollars or 20, it's your choice.
Thank you for the consideration to help a community in need out, and bless all of those who have family, friends and loved ones in Joplin.
For more information, contact Derek Palmer. Find him here on Facebook or you can email him here: email@example.com
Thank you all, best wishes,
Derek Palmer"
Now, to the next part. As said before, the CD is available in a pay-what-you-want model. All proceeds will go straight to charity. You can purchase it through my website (www.dp-studios.org ) or you can go straight to the digital version here: Mavaru
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Hey Derek,
I personally can appreciate this very much as I live in Missouri and know how much they could use it, however, charity stuff like this is tricky and we don't really allow it on the marketplaces for legal reasons. In addition, this could fall under self promotion though I know you have only the very best intentions. I very much admire your efforts and what you're doing to raise money for Joplin, it speaks highly of your character, and I urge you to continue to do so.
I'll leave the links and info, but we have to lock this to be fair. I hope you understand.


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The trial of a Richmond man accused of soaking his girlfriend's house in gasoline, destroying her belongings and menacing police officers with knives began Monday in Madison Circuit Court.
Wayne Irvine, 51, faces six counts in connection with an incident last year on Fairview Court:
• Attempted second-degree arson
• First-degree criminal mischief
• Two counts of menacing
• Violation of a domestic violence order
• Second-degree disorderly conduct..
The most serious charge is attempted arson, a Class C felony that carries a possible sentence of five to 10 years in prison.
In his opening statement, public advocate Brian Barker painted Irvine as an ill and troubled man making a desperate cry for help.
Irvine openly wept as Barker described how his client had begged Richmond police officers to shoot and kill him that day. Barker told the jury that Irvine suffers from diabetes and post-traumatic stress disorder.
"Was he breaking the law or just breaking down?" Barker asked.
However, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Tom Smith told the jury that Irvine was an angry, verbally abusive partner who is still responsible for his actions regardless of his possible mental instability.
Although Irvine's girlfriend, Melissa Bowling, had let him back into her home, he was still in violation of a November 2011 domestic violence order forbidding him to have contact with her, Smith pointed out.
"You're going to learn he was in a place he shouldn't have been, doing something he shouldn't have been doing," Smith said. "He got himself in a world of trouble."
Witness testimony
The first witness, RPD Officer Zachary Harris, testified about what happened at the Bowling home on April 17.
Bowling was at work in Frankfort when she called 911 and asked an officer to do a welfare check on Irvine. Harris went to the house but was unable to find anyone there, he testified.
Later that day, at 7:14 p.m., a 911 dispatcher received another call from Bowling. She said Irvine was threatening to kill her.
Harris went back to the Fairview Court home with Officer Lydia Douglas. When Douglas knocked on the door, Irvine opened it.
Harris was covering the back door when he heard Douglas yelling, and he ran to the front of the house to see Irvine holding up two knives while he stood in the door's threshold.
"He appeared to be a daze," and he was talking in unintelligible, broken sentences, Harris said. Harris drew and fired his Tazer, but Irvine managed to slam the door before both hooks made contact with his skin.
Harris said he could hear Irvine inside the home, yelling and causing a commotion. Police officers were able to talk Irvine into coming out of the home after about an hour, and when he came outside, he was covered in gasoline, Harris said.
Bowling and her daughter were not in the home during the standoff, Harris testified.
Claims adjuster Jeff Evans, who works for the company that insured Bowling's home, testified as pictures depicting the home's interior damage were shown to the jury.
Most of the home had to be repainted and the carpets replaced because gasoline that had been poured throughout the house, Evans said. Two computers, a TV, several pieces of furniture and a mattress had to be replaced because they were destroyed or soaked in gas.
In all, the insurance company paid Bowling nearly $14,000 to repair her home and replace her damaged belongings, Evans testified.
Testimony ended at 4:45 p.m. Monday and is scheduled to resume today at 9 a.m. The trial is expected to last two days, according to Logue.
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Staffers from Democratic state Senate candidate Justin Wagner's campaign made a surprise visit to incumbent Greg Ball at a Mount Kisco press conference on Friday morning, resulting in a quick argument between the two sides.
The group, including Campaign Manager Steve Napier, came with flip flops in hand as a way to paint Ball (R-Patterson) as someone who is conveniently changes position on increasing the state minimum wage. Ball, who opposes a standalone increase, denies that he has flip flopped, noting that he support an increase if it's coupled with a tax cut package for small businesses so that they can afford the hike.
Napier got into a quick confrontation with his counterpart in the Ball campaign, Jim Coleman, as he approached with the flip flops.
"Got some flip flops for you on your most recent flip flop," Napier said about Ball.
Sternly, Coleman replied, "Senator Ball does not need this. He does not need this."
Coleman then described the Wagner campaign's antics as "your little cartoon" and added they should take more seriously what Ball is doing.
The rhetoric between the two camps was tense throughout when one side mentioned the other.
"My opponent's probably jealous that he didn't come up with the ideas himself, and I get that and I understand, that's fine," Ball said during the press conference.
Talking to reporters, state senator was adament that he has not flip flopped, an allegation that Wagner's side vigorously asserts. He repeated noted that his opposition is to a standlone wage increase, but that he is in favor of one if it's coupeld with tax relief for small businesses.
"The last thing we would want would be the unintended consequence of actually laying people off on the lower end of the pay scale, which an increase in the minimum wage without helping small business owners can do," Ball said about a standalone increase.
The clash is not the first of its kind between the two campaigns. In August, Ball's campaign held an event outside of Wagner's campaign headquarters in Peekskill to claim that Wagner (D-Croton-on-Hudson) has a conflict of interest, through is law firm employer, regarding the controversial hydraulic fracturing technique for natural gas. According to various news reports from the time, Wagner's campaign retaliated, with signage placed behind Coleman as he addressed the situation.
Ball was joined by a group of supporters at the press conference, including former Mount Kisco Mayor Patricia Reilly. His package includes raising the state number from $7.25 an hour to $8.50. It also includes getting rid of taxes on manufacturers, a 20-percent corporate tax cut and repealing the MTA payroll tax. Much of the provisions in Ball's package were previously discussed last month by the lawmarker at a press conference at Mount Kisco's A&S.
In an interview after his confrontation, Napier argued that Wagner has had a similar position for months.
Asked about Wagner's campaign crashing the press conference, Ball retorted, "I wear cowboy boots myself, as you can see." He added that Wagner was "a day late and a dollar short."
The two are running for the 40th Senate District, which includes parts of northern and central Westchester County (including Mount Kisco), eastern Putnam County and two towns in southern Dutchess County.


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Elaine Pofeldt, Contributor
I cover serial entrepreneurs and their ecosystem
In the old days of entrepreneurship, you were either succeeding or failing. Your business was the next Apple, or it was a dud.
But in the past few years, thanks in part to the lean entrepreneurship movement, something's shifted in our thinking. There's more of a recognition in the media and popular imagination that businesses are constantly evolving, almost like living organisms. The startup that's limping along during its early months could evolve to become the next Facebook or LinkedIn. Now, says Leonard A. Schlesinger, president of entrepreneurial mecca Babson College and former COO of Limited Brands, "people don't fail. They pivot." If the original business concept isn't working, the entrepreneur tweaks it, until he or she gets it right—or realizes it was all wrong in the first place and tries something else.
In Just Start!, a new book Schlesinger coauthored, he looks at how serial entrepreneurs who built businesses with revenues ranging from $200 million to the billions—actually behaved when starting a business. And, contrary to the popular image of entrepreneurs as swashbucklers who routinely take crazy risks, many turned out to be pretty careful and analytical. "What surprised me, quite honestly, is the fundamental difference between the myths we structure for entrepreneurs and the reality," he says.
The first thing serial entrepreneurs do when starting a business, the authors found, is to take a small, "smart step" toward something they desire to achieve. Next, they stop and reflect on what that action accomplished. Finally, they decide if they still want to move forward, given what they have deemed to be their "acceptable loss"—or, as Schlesinger put it recently— "how excited you are about an idea against what you have in time and money." With each step they take, they go through the process again until they either bail out, shift in another direction or succeed. Of course, they act quickly. Moseying through the steps doesn't work in a fast-paced, global economy.
Schlesinger's analysis rang true when I spoke recently with Brandon Cotter, 42, a self described "chronic entrepreneur" from Dallas who's scored some nice wins. He got a crash course in what it takes to run a successful business when he started a series of them after graduating from Texas Christian University. Early in his career, he sold one startup, CreateTech, which built websites for companies like Hummer, to Broadcast.com and found himself working alongside Mark Cuban for a while. He sold another one, musicforce.com, a Christian Music Site, to Gaylord Entertainment Group. However, a follow up act, Stick Networks, a wireless operating system network, went under in early 2001, after he and his founding team raised $15 million from outside investors. "After two great successes and two exits, I was in the position of having to tell 50 investors we lost their money," he recalls.
What learned is how important it is to get an idea out there and start testing it early. While he put up the sitefor musicforce.com in a month and quickly saw that it had legs, he and his team spent two years perfecting the technology for Stick Networks and seeking patent after patent. "We ultimately ran out of money and failed before we had a chance to bring it to market," he says.
He kept on innovating and got involved in other startups. At his most recent, ZenCash, he's taken the lessons he learned at Stick Networks to heart. ZenCash is an automated collection system for receivables aimed at folks like freelancers, who often find themselves twisting in the wind when a customer pays really late, or not at all. Customers can set things up so, for instance, someone will call to remind the client about a bill every 30 days and to send it to collections at specific point, such as 120 days from when it was issued. "There's a discipline that comes from inserting a mechanical nature into your invoicing and having a contract in place," he says.
Cotter launched the site for Zen Cash in February, six months after starting up, using $500,000 of his own money and funding from friend and family. "You've got to get it in front of customers so you get real world feedback," he says.
As a freelancer myself and co-editor of a site called $200K Freelancer, aimed at helping indie professionals earn a living, I wonder how easy it will be for ZenCash to make its customers whole. I had a number of normally great clients pay me late during the worst of the recession, and I wonder what would have happened to those relationships if I had asked a third party to call them about the invoices instead of keeping it between us. Maybe it would have helped me pay my own bills faster—or perhaps it would have just annoyed them at a time when they were waiting for checks to come in from their clientele. All of them paid me in the end.
But it's for Cotter to find out what the results of ZenCash will be. Like the successful serial entrepreneurs in Schlesinger's book, he's taken the small smart step of getting his idea out there. If what he's doing is working, he's positioned to step on the gas pedal. If customers don't buy his services, he's ready to pivot, like any smart serial entrepreneur these days. "Until you get it out in front of random strangers who are willing to pay for it, you really don't know," he says.
This is very inspiring.I like Bradon's quote that says 'You have got to get it in front of customers so you get real world feedback'.One secret to a succesful business is doing something new that has never being tried before.This requires a very serious market study and the SWOT analysis as well. Thanks Elaine.
Great Article! Yes small steps and good advice from people who have been where I am at and gotten to where I want to go.
Elaine. Great article.
I'd not come across Alex Giorgio before either, but as someone who, according to his simple online test, probably counts as a type E, I'd say what he is describing is covered in other ways by other models which could help with your question. The most obvious is Myers Briggs. I think he is almost certainly describing Introvert, Intuitive, Perceivers – not sure about the TF dimension. I'm not a MBTI expert so would welcome someone trained commenting.
That would point you in the direction of some useful information for parents/children, although I think (again needs expert advice) that there are age effects on this so for young children its probably not accurate/relevant.
As a parent myself, I'd also say that there is the risk for parents of 'typing' their kids, for good and ill, and overreacting either way. I'd point you to a recent book called Mindset by Carol Dweck which suggests the best thing parents could do is stop trying to find out what type of child they have and just encourage them to develop a growth mindset. (gently :-)
On the broader topic, I'm more and more coming to the conclusion that this adaptive, evolutionary approach, which I learned as prototyping when training as a design engineer, is a useful approach to change in general, not just innovation. Linked to this and the Carol Dweck book, I'd reference Talent is Overrated, which I seem to be recommending a lot lately, with its focus on 'deliberate practice' as the thing which distinguishes success in many fields.
Thanks for sparking the discussion


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USA Racquetball has created a certification program targeted toward developing and certifying potential instructors for health clubs, fitness centers, schools and universities. The course provides essential information for conducting successful group teaching clinics. Four of the nation's premier instructors, prepare and execute this elite program. Fran Davis, Connie Martin, Tom Travers and Jim Winterton possess over 120 of years' collective experience in teaching, training, and coaching racquetball as well as in programming instructional clinics and events. The coaching element of the program follows continuing education guidelines of the United States Olympic Committee Coaching Program, and all elements of this new, innovative and exciting approach will prepare potential instructors to provide top quality professional instruction.
Course objectives include: conveying precise knowledge, skills and abilities required to teach racquetball efficiently; developing a clear comprehension and proficiency of the 10 Benchmarks of Instruction necessary to teach and train students; delivering an avenue for continuing education and advancement to assist qualified instructors in maintaining current informational skills; providing an evaluation process that facilitates consistency and quality control for instructional programs across the nation; and developing a high level of competence and confidence relative to primary instructional techniques.
The curriculum begins with a preview CD that illustrates the 10 Benchmarks of Instruction. The program features a review and application of these core principles and also a review of doubles play. Also incorporated is a skills verification test of the five modules and the 10 benchmarks. (The modules are strategy, stroke mechanics, beginner and advanced theories, physiology/nutrition and on-court instruction.) Once certified, instructors will receive continuing education via online classes and other support materials. Upon certification, each student will be assigned a mentor who will be available for monthly conference calls to address updated instructional techniques and provide advice and input.
The course will enable students to achieve one of three levels of instructor: Instructor, Professional Instructor and Master Instructor. In addition to this core offering, there will be additional courses available to focus on Coaching, Clinics and Programming. This new program is being designed to maximize the use of modern technology to provide instructional and analytical tools and support continuing education.
The site is divided into three categories--Coach Education--information that is available to the recreational player and password protected information for USAR-IP members only: On-line modules and links--these are on-line tests available to instructors to help maintain their education and certfication: Clinics and Camps- a listing of any camp or clinic hosted by any USAR-IP certfied instructor. As this new and exciting program reaches its final stage of development, look for additional information on the USA Racquetball home page, in eNewsletters and in Racquetball magazine.
What is the difference between membership and certification?
Membership provides the opportunity to be connected with the USAR-IP program and receive continually updated information. It provides access to all on-line services. Certification recognizes you as qualified to teach racquetball at a designated level. All certified instructors must be members of USAR-IP.
Why will there be a re-certification?
In order to maintain highly qualified instructors, our insurance carrier recommended that we implement a method for education to ensure instructors are kept up-to-date with the newest teaching techniques. The new program will provide continual online education classes and re-certification every three years (online or in person). The online courses are slated to begin very soon.
Here's how it works -- You go through a certification course the first time to obtain your certification which ALSO INCLUDES your membership for the 1st year. Each year thereafter you will be able to renew your membership by paying a 1 year fee of $95. If you pass your certification course and become certified your certification will be good for 3 years and at the end of the 3 year period you will need to re-certify on line or in person, your choice.
Why be certified and why maintain your certification? Can you imagine going to a yoga class or karate class and the instructor has not had any education for 10 years? That is a problem with permanent certification. If there is no ongoing education our profession loses credibility. The importance of maintaining your certification up until this point has been twofold. Cutting Edge Continuing Education and Liability. Just recently though, USAR and some major health club chains as well as the privately owned smaller health clubs are starting to work together to bring their racquetball programs at their facilities up to the SAME level as Group Exercise, Personal Training, Swimming Instructors, Basketball and Cycling. In order to be able to work at a health club in any of the above programs as an instructor or trainer the club REQUIRES that you MUST be certified in your appropriate sport or position to work at the club…no ands, ifs or bouts about it, NO EXCEPTIONS due to their insurance policies.
Racquetball is on the road to being NO DIFFERENT making this the third reason of the importance of maintaining your certification…you will be REQUIRED by the clubs to be USA-RIP certified as KEEPING that certification UP TO DATE.
ALL of this….Cutting Edge Information, Liability, On-Line Continuing Education and working with one of the Master Instructors is part of USA-RIP. Currently all three of us are charging teachers to consult on junior programs, leagues, college coaching, and teaching lessons. You will have access to us as mentors and that will be INCLUDED in your membership.
Q: Why is USA Racquetball creating a new program?
A: Those who administrate and govern a sport must continually re-evaluate and re-invent as needs dictate. USA Racquetball, as the National Governing Body under the USOC, takes its responsibility very seriously to make modern instructional methods available and utilize technology, with the desired end result being supremely qualified instructors who will take the sport into the next generation.
Q. As a USAR-IP instructor, am I covered for insurance liability while I am conducting lessons/clinics. Will the new USAR program include insurance coverage?
A. Yes, it will. insurance is provided and financed by USAR. The new program will contain all benefits and coverage.
Q. When will the details of the new instructor certification program be made available, and how much will it cost to get certified?
A. Information is available here on this website along with updates as programs are introduced.
Professional Instructor
Someone that has achieved high open level as a player. Professional level with the USA Racquetball instructor's Program or has been grandfathered in with same level achievement in any other organization and become a member of USAR‐IP. Professional instructors must participate in online educational requirements and mentoring with a Master Professional.
The Benefits include:
You MUST be a current USA Racquetball member to participate. If you are not a member of USA Racquetball you must become a USA Racquetball member to participate in this course. You may join/renew your USA Racquetball membership on the first day of the Certification Course, or join today online at Join USA Racquetball. Click the link below to join USA Racquetball.
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Dexter Episode 810
"Goodbye Miami"
Written By: Jace Richdale & Scott Reynolds
Directed By: Steve Shill
Original Airdate: 8 September 2013
In This Episode...
Vogel is desperate to make amends with Oliver / Daniel. (I'm going to call him Oliver because that is how he was introduced to us.) She wants to help Oliver, but her help is merely to put him in a really nice institution and to visit every day. Oliver doesn't appreciate this. He pins Richard's death on his mother, because she didn't give Oliver enough attention. And now he is feeling the same way about Dexter. He wants the same kind of life she "gave" to Dexter. Vogel tells Dexter later on that she doesn't want him to kill her son, and promises that she is going to "save" him. She doesn't want to be Dexter's "excuse" for killing him. Dexter pays her lip service, and Vogel is still set on getting her son committed. Oliver takes his mother to his kill room, the one in the video, and explains that this was an exact duplicate of the "treatment" room in his last hospital. When he would refuse his medication, he would be strapped down in the chair and have his meds forced down his throat - and that was the highlight of his day. He pleads with her, and the parental bond wins over logic. She agrees to help him find a way to live within society.
Dexter, of course, won't let it go. He - and Harry - don't think Dexter can start his new life without killing Oliver. One last kill for the road. Dexter breaks into Vogel's house and uses the virus that Oliver put on her computer against him: Dex can access his computer and finds the video of Oliver killing Zach Hamilton. He makes a copy and shows it to Vogel when she stops by his apartment to, once again, convince Dexter to spare her son's life. She doesn't believe that Oliver enjoys killing. After seeing the video, Vogel realizes there was no hope for Oliver, and concedes that Dexter needs to kill him. They plan to have Vogel set up a meet someplace public, then Dexter will lure him away and do his thing. She just begs Dexter to make it quick and painless.
Dexter has to break the news of his leaving to Deb, and she is not happy. But after a nice talk with Quinn, she realizes that while it may be hard for her, she needs to support her brother. So when she comes home and sees Hannah, Dexter, and Harrison enjoying family time on the patio, she feels left out - until she and Dex have a heart to heart, and she finally joins in with her new family. Hannah, for her part, smiles warmly. The next day Marshal Clayton comes by while Deb and Harrison are playing on the beach. He had been to see Batista last night, and accidentally overheard Batista looking for a new forensics tech. Clayton had been there to tell Batista that they were putting Hannah back on the "low priority" list, as it didn't seem like she was in Miami. But hearing that Dexter was now leaving, Clayton is suspicious. So when he checks in with Deb, she plays dumb, and lies through her teeth: she doesn't know anything about her brother and Hannah dating again. Hannah is both surprised and grateful.
Deb heads out to the office to quit (Elway does not take it well) and tell Batista she is officially ready to come back (he takes it very well). In the meantime, Harrison starts messing around on Deb's treadmill and won't listen to Hannah when she tells him to stop. Naturally, he trips, falls, and cracks open his chin. The bleeding won't stop and Dexter isn't answering his phone, so Hannah rushes Harrison to the emergency room. She tells the receptionist that she is Harrison's mom, but can't help but feel like the receptionist recognizes her. Either way, Harrison gets fixed up and they return home so he can proudly show off his stitches to Daddy.
But the receptionist did recognize Hannah, and called the police. Clayton shows up, but the receptionist starts to doubt herself. Clayton is frustrated until he hears the patient's name: Harrison Morgan. And the name Hannah used when she signed in? Debra Morgan.
Dexter gets a call from Vogel that night. Oliver is just down the street. Dexter is mad that she went against the plan, but she just wanted the chance to say a private goodbye to her son. Dexter rushes to her house, as Vogel pours tea for her and Oliver. She tries to explain away her shaking hands and the unexpected call due to age and attempts at becoming a good mother, but Oliver isn't buying it. "When you have seen as many people die as I have, you know when they are afraid." Dexter arrives and as he gets out of the car, his phone rings. The front light turns on in Vogel's house, and Dexter sees Oliver, holding Vogel with a knife to her throat. "She chose the wrong son," he says over the phone before slitting his mother's throat. Dexter bursts into the home and holds Vogel as she dies.
Also: Quinn finally dumps Jamie. She thinks it is because he is still in love with Deb. He insists it is not, but Jamie still holds Deb responsible. Deb sees Jamie leaving the station and says hi to her. "Go fuck yourself," Jamie grumbles. Batista fills Deb in on the breakup, and Deb takes Quinn outside to talk. He admits that Deb was part of the reason he broke up with Jamie. Clearly it wasn't working out with him and Jamie - I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did, they always seemed miserable together - but he admits that he does still have feelings for Deb. "But I don't expecting anything from you." "Why not?" Deb counters. "I still have feelings for you, stupid." She admits that she broke things off because she was scared, and they end up kissing deeply. Aww.
Dig It or Bury It?
Killing Vogel felt... formulaic. Oliver is clearly off-balance. He hasn't had the benefit of decades of careful social programming like Dexter. Or maybe he is just a different kind of psychopath. Either way, it just seemed too easy for Oliver to kill Vogel.
There were a lot of goodbyes in tonight's episode, and a few threads tied up. (Deb and Quinn mostly.) Some of the goodbyes felt a little premature, like they were getting them out of the way so that the last two episodes are gangbusters. But unlike a sitcom that is wrapping up a long run, you don't want some deeply sappy ending mucking up the final few shots of a show like Dexter.
I can't believe there are only two episodes left.
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It is interesting that Harry is pushing Dexter to kill Oliver. Previously, he had at least been the voice of caution to Dexter, not dissuading him from his kills, but encouraging him to be patient and wait until it is right - and discouraging kills if there isn't proof that the vic fits the code. But tonight, he was pressuring Dexter to kill Oliver, insisting that he would never be safe, Vogel would never be safe, if Oliver were allowed to live. The knowledge that Oliver was alive would haunt Dexter no matter where he went.
Two. Episodes. Left. A storm is brewing which leaves only a two-day window in which Dexter and his family can leave for Argentina. Two days for him to kill Oliver and keep Hannah safe from the marshal.


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Barack Obama Will Not Opt Into Public Financing System
by Jonathan Singer, Thu Jun 19, 2008 at 05:13:09 AM EDT
There will be a lot to talk about with regards to this big and extremely important decision, but I first wanted to get it up as soon as possible: Barack Obama will not be participating in the public financing program during the general election.
This is important for a number of reasons:
- 50-state campaign: Because elections are expensive and not enough American taxpayers check the box to contribute to the public financing program, presidential campaigns tend to get waged in a dozen or fewer states. These swing states get the attention not only because they are competitive on a partisan sense but also because with $75 million or even $85 million to spend over two months, there just aren't enough resources to run all around the country. So as a result of this decision, Obama will be able to compete in significantly more states, seriously contesting not only the traditional swing states but also emerging ones like Virginia, North Carolina, Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska (or at least the eastern part of it for one to two electoral votes), Montana, and others -- states that the Republicans have been able to rely on in the past but will not be allowed to take for granted this year.
- Saying No to McCain's Shenanigans: John McCain opted into the public financing program during the primaries, received a material benefit (according to an FEC complaint filed by the Democratic National Committee), then unilaterally pulled out of the program without the agreement of the FEC when he thought it would suit him. By deciding not to opt into the public financing program in the general election, Obama is saying no to the type of cynical gamesmanship of campaign finance law that McCain has undertaken during this campaign.
- Calling McCain's Bluff: McCain was hoping to tie Obama's hands behind his back by forcing him to opt into the public financing program -- while McCain would still rely heavily on the RNC to finance his efforts. What's more, with the proliferation of 527 organizations willing to say anything and everything to tar Democrats, not the least of which Obama, had Obama opted into the program he would have been hampered in efforts to rightfully defend himself from smears. But Obama didn't fall for McCain's game -- he called the bluff, forcing McCain to show that his real priority in trying to force this election into the public financing program was not reform but rather ambition to be elected President.
Those are just my initial thoughts. What think you?
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Hi, this is Barack Obama.
I have an important announcement and I wanted all of you - the people who built this movement from the bottom-up - to hear it first. We've made the decision not to participate in the public-financing system for the general election. This means we'll be forgoing more than $80 million in public funds during the final months of this election.
It's not an easy decision, and especially because I support a robust system of public financing of elections. But the public financing of presidential elections as it exists today is broken, and we face opponents who've become masters at gaming this broken system. John McCain's campaign and the Republican National Committee are fueled by contributions from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs. And we've already seen that he's not going to stop the smears and attacks from his allies running so-called 527 groups, who will spend millions and millions of dollars in unlimited donations.
From the very beginning of this campaign, I have asked my supporters to avoid that kind of unregulated activity and join us in building a new kind of politics - and you have. Instead of forcing us to rely on millions from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs, you've fueled this campaign with donations of $5, $10, $20, whatever you can afford. And because you did, we've built a grassroots movement of over 1.5 million Americans. We've won the Democratic nomination by relying on ordinary people coming together to achieve extraordinary things.
You've already changed the way campaigns are funded because you know that's the only way we can truly change how Washington works. And that's the path we will continue in this general election. I'm asking you to try to do something that's never been done before. Declare our independence from a broken system, and run the type of campaign that reflects the grassroots values that have already changed our politics and brought us this far.
If we don't stand together, the broken system we have now, a system where special interests drown out the voices of the American people will continue to erode our politics and prevent the possibility of real change. That's why we must act. The stakes are higher than ever, and people are counting on us.
Every American who is desperate for a fair economy and affordable healthcare, who wants to bring our troops back from Iraq. Who hopes for a better education and future for his or her child, these people are relying on us. You and me. This is our moment and our country is depending on us. So join me, and declare your independence from this broken system and let's build the first general election campaign that's truly funded by the American people. With this decision this campaign is in your hands in a way that no campaign has ever been before. Now is the time to act. Thank you so much.
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Katharine Elizabeth Crowder of Raleigh, died peacefully at her home, December 20, 2012. She was born in Ridgeway, NC in Warren County, June 28, 1915. Ms Crowder was the daughter of Sallie Bet Watkins and Joseph Jones Crowder. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Stephen L. Crowder (Estelle) and J. Jeff Crowder (Hildreth Parker) of Raleigh.
Known in the Raleigh community as a pioneer in fashion merchandising, Katharine Crowder was the owner of "Katharine Crowder's Intimate Shop". The shop, one of the first of its kind in the southeast, opened in Brittan's downtown Raleigh location in 1956. The shop moved in 1967 to Cameron Village. She operated that store until her retirement in 1997. Prior to owning her own store, Ms Crowder was a Divisional Merchandising manager for "Taylor's" which became Ivey-Taylor's and then Dillard's. During her years in merchandising she gave many young people their first career opportunity, encouraged them to get a college degree, and lectured at local colleges on careers in fashion. She was an advocate of women owned businesses and frequently lectured on the subject.
Throughout her life, Katharine Crowder was known as a friend by many. She loved entertaining in her home where she was noted for her entertaining style, good food and lovely fresh flower arrangements from her garden. Each summer one of her joys was gathering figs from her ancient fig tree and making fig preserves and fig pickles which she distributed among friends and family. In her early years, swimming, reading and basketball were among her hobbies.
Ms Crowder was an active member of Christ Episcopal Church, the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, Raleigh Merchant's Association, and Cameron Village Merchant's Association.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude and appreciation to the caregivers who cared for Katharine in recent years including Brenda Lyons, Pennie Currie, Donnia Melvin, Shakeema Amerson and in former years, Binelle Whitaker and Lizzie Anderson. Countless friends, who were like extended family, provided spiritual support, humor, joy and nourishment throughout Katharine's life and never wavered in their love. To all those individuals, we extend our deepest thanks.
Survivors include her niece, Jo Crowder Dermid (Joel A. Dermid, Jr.), two great nieces, Elizabeth Dermid Harmon (Daniel Thomas Harmon) and Amanda Dermid Robinson (Jimmy Ray Robinson), all of Nashville, TN. ; four great-great nephews, Joel Thomas Harmon, William Alexander Harmon, Darian Patrick Robinson and Langston Brooks Robinson all of Nashville, TN.; Cousins Carolyn C. Riddick of Raleigh, and Susan Sundberg (Dr. Richard Sundberg) of Tiberon CA., as well as many other cousins and close friends who were her extended family.
Funeral services will be held at 11am on Thursday, December 27th, 2012 at Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton St., Raleigh, N.C. The Family will receive friends immediately following the service in the parlor of the church. Katharine Crowder will be buried in Ridgeway, North Carolina. The graveside service will be at 2:30pm on Thursday December 27th, 2012 at the cemetery beside The Chapel of the Good Shepherd.
Memorial donations may be sent to "The Chapel of the Good Shepherd", PO BOX 70, Ridgeway NC 27570 or to Christ Episcopal Church, PO Box 25778, Raleigh NC 27611.
Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Saint Mary's Street Raleigh. Condolences may made through www.brownwynne.com.


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Lake County health officials are finding the number of seasonal flu cases being reported this year is substantially higher than this time last year, prompting officials to remind people to get a flu vaccine.
The health department's weekly surveillance of the flu showed there was slight increase in the number of flu cases the department's clinics reported. During the week of Dec. 2-8, 112 illnesses were reported and that number increased to 114 the following week, said Matt Knight, a nurse with the LCHD.
Lake County also monitors flu tests from area hospitals, which reported 20 positive tests during the week of Dec. 2-8, Knight said. The following week, the number went up to 38, he said. There have been a total of 43 positive flu tests since the season began in October.
The statistics have not yet been released for the week of Dec. 16-22.
While the number of cases remains relatively low, it's a dramatic increase over last year when the health department had one case reported during the same time period, Knight said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received reports from 18 states about widespread geographical influenza activity for the week of Dec. 2-8 while only eight states report activity the week before, according to statistics.
Knight monitors the flu activity in the county, region, state and nation. It helps to know and helpful in stepping up preventative measures, Knight said.
Despite the strong start to the flu season, it is hard for health experts to predict how bad it will be, said Lisa Dallmeyer, a LCHD communicable disease specialist.
"We can't predict (the severity) but certainly we can step up in terms of prevention measures," Dallmeyer said.
"People need to be practicing prevention activities," Dallmeyer said. "If they are sick, stay home, stay away from people who are ill and washing hands thoroughly. Good prevention methods keep things in control and keep (the flu) from spreading."
The best prevention is getting a flu shot, she said.
"Our message is it's never too late to get vaccinated," Knight said.
It takes about two weeks for the body to build antibodies to provide protection against the flu, Dallmeyer said.
The CDC has a link to HealthMap Vaccine Finder to help you locate places where flu shots are available.
People should be careful during holiday gatherings with family and friends to protect themselves and others from the flu, Dallmeyer said.
While getting a flu shot is the best prevention, taking everyday precautions like washing your hands, sneezing into a tissue and throwing it away help too, the CDC site states. Another tip: don't touch your mouth, eyes or nose because the flu is spread both through the air and through surfaces, Dallmeyer said.


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The image above was exposed for 90 seconds at f/11, ISO 100. I shoot most night photos at f/8, but stopped down to f/11 to give the moon a more pronounced star pattern. The exposure time was still short enough to minimize the moon movement. The lighting is a mix of street and road lighting, moonlight, and flashlight through the back window of the fire truck. Color temperature was set to 4450K for this blend of mixed lighting, and the tint was purposefully pushed towards magenta in order to mix purple and oranges in the foreground, and help give the sky the deep blue color.
Sometimes there are ways to make your image more technically correct that can ruin the feel of the image. A more neutral foreground could be achieved by pushing the white balance tint towards green, doing a separate conversion with a magenta tint for a deeper blue sky, and then blending the conversions together using a layer mask in Photoshop. I ended up really liking the what the magenta tint did to the purples and oranges in the foreground against the blue of the sky. Another post processing possibility for this image would be to reduce the hot area on the inner passenger side window by cloning from another part of the window. The small blown out area mirrors the blown out area of the moon, so I left it alone.
I used the HSL panel in Lightroom to make the following adjustments (screenshot below):
- The red hue slider adjusted to reduce the amount of orange in the reds, which helped pull some of the sodium vapor effect off the front of the fire engine.
- Orange saturation was reduced in order to counteract of the overall sodium vapor lighting. Blue saturation was increased to deepen the sky color slightly.
- Red and orange luminance were increased to brighten the front of the fire truck. Playing with the orange luminance slider also helped me assess how much of the sodium vapor light was still in effect on the truck.
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Much like the shirt exchange post-match, the scarf exchange between supporters of opposing clubs is held as a sacred tradition.
Seeing as almost all of the live soccer I take in these days comes from a press box view, the scarf exchange is one thing I haven't had the opportunity to carry out of late.
Take a trip back a few weeks ago when I set off for Philadelphia to cover the Fire's match against the Union. Sitting near (but not in) the desired exit row on my Southwest Airlines flight, I was diligently working on an article for the next day when I looked up to see one of the flight attendants wearing an apron decked out in Timbers Army patches.
I meandered through how Alaska Airlines might feel about this whole situation before asking the Southwest attendant how much of a Timbers fan he was.
Jason or "A-B" as he's know in the Southwest world was quick to tell me he was a member of Timbers Army and went to as many matches as his work schedule would allow.
I then went ahead and told him what I did for a living working with the Chicago Fire at which point he got out his phone (on airplane mode of course) and showed me a number of photos from the two side's previous encounter last May in Portland.
Speaking of the Section 8 Chicago/Timbers Army friendly alliance, he even took some photos with Fire supporters, many of which are friends of mine.
He then had to go back to his duties, serving drinks to the many passengers behind me.
Remembering that I always travel with a Fire scarf, I dug through my carry-on bag and pulled out the very famous Tetris scarf produced last season by Section 8 and as he passed through the cabin again, I stopped and gave it to him, to his great surprise.
He walked to the back of the plane and soon enough, returned with his own Timbers Army scarf, complete with many of the same patches that adorned his apron. I was completely surprised by this gesture as you could see that this scarf had been worn through many a match and held great importance.
I asked him if he was really alright with parting with such an important piece of his Timbers memories and he didn't even think twice.
And thus, soccer diplomacy occurred once again. Those Timbers Army folk (of which there will be 175 at Toyota Park Saturday night), aren't so bad.
UPDATE! The Chicago City Council voted unanimously to pass the the below resolution Tuesday morning.
The Chicago Fire today took part in hearings regarding a historic resolution regarding LGBT athletes to be introduced for passage by the Chicago City Council on Wednesday.
The Fire were represented at Tuesday's hearings by Senior Director of Communications Dan Lobring who brought to light the club's support for Robbie Rogers, participation with Equality Illinois in the 2012 Chicago LGBT Pride Parade and Section 8 Chicago's "Our Diversity, Our Strength" tifo displayed prior to a game against the Houston Dynamo on April 15, 2012.
Sponsored in tandem by Alderman Joe Moore, the City Council's Human Rights Committee and The Last Closet, should Wednesday's resolution pass, Chicago would become the second city after San Francisco to declare its backing for LGBT athletes.
The end goal of the resolution is to ultimately get commissioners of all major North American sports leagues to state publicly their support for LGBT athletes, invite them to come out and pledge to make them safe and accepted.
For more information on Wednesday's resolution, please click here.
I took two MLS virgins to the game on Saturday night at Toyota Park. Takeaways the night of: Modelo and Tyskie were a plus, Section 8 is loud, my stadium blanket is missing a button or two.
But when I asked them about the game last night, the takeaways were different. "It's like they were snakebit," one of them said.
Snakebit is probably too kind. Cubs-related words start to come to mind when you miss the chances the Fire missed in the second half before Jeff Larentowicz finally scored in the 83rd.
Andy Greunenbaum was on fire, ok, and obviously if the finishes were a wee bit more clinical the Fire could've made it a laugher, but in the moment, in the stadium, freezing, it felt like the goal would never come.
Section 8 and the rest of the fans were torn between encouraging the team and letting out some boos (and grunts and groans and other moans) of frustration. In my section, a kind of supporter dichotomy emerged throughout the second half as one fan stood to admonish Chris Rolfe after a second half miss, while a soccer team sized group of young girls cheered Rolfe on, assuring him he'd get the next one.
But Gonzalo Segares had a shot from 10 feet right at the keeper in the 49th minute and Larentowicz badly sliced the follow up, Austin Berry was robbed in the 75th, Patrick Nyarko was blocked in the 51st and 54th, and Rolfe in the 56th and 75th. The crowd was exasperated and freezing and desperate to figure out what to make of the game.
Every good passage seemed to be punished or mercilessly ignored by Greunenbaum, who was scarily springy. Every time Nyarko's hustle was rewarded with space behind the Crew or the decisive pass (which seemed like every time he was near the ball), nothing. Every time Rolfe turned his man, he booted the finish. That was what was most frustrating - it was like the game was ignoring how well the Fire were playing. It all felt sort of cruel.
And so it makes soccer-perfect sense that the goal didn't come from a measured through ball or some quick passing, nor did it come from the high pressure that harassed Columbus all game. It came on a basically ugly long throw and an industrial finish from Larentowicz.
The game ran out of ways to keep the Fire from scoring, and the team reacted - erm, celebrated - with as much an exhale, like, "Finally," as hysterical exuberance. Look at the gif above. After his goal, Larentowicz barely smiles!
But the game doesn't care. In the end my friends had witnessed a fairly good introduction to Toyota Park. The game was exciting, the Fire won the day, and maybe most important, the cheering dilemma in my section was definitively decided in favor of the encouraging girls.
Between the Lines is a weekly column from Chicago-Fire.com contributor Ben Schuman-Stoler. Follow him on Twitter @bsto.
Some of the best tweets in the lead-up to, during and after Saturday's 1-0 victory over the Columbus Crew...
Need one last look at Sunday's 3-1 win over Red Bull?
Our web guru Nick Sintich put Sunday's highlights to the music of the uber-popular song "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons.
Well done, YouTube music licensing is a great thing!
Last month we asked you to help us pick who our Quaker Bobblehead giveaway should be for our July 7 game against Sporting KC.
After two weeks of voting, it was clear that one player campaigned much harder than the rest of his teammates for the right to be immortalized on a Quaker Bobblehead.
The first 5,000 supporters into Toyota Park that day will receive one. Get your tickets here!
Its fun to win. Even better is looking back on all the tweets surrounding a win...
Didn't have the time? We did it for you! Some of the top tweets surrounding Sunday's 3-1 comeback over New York below...
Be sure to Tweet #cf97 to see your name in a future Storify gallery...
For the second straight season, the Fire and Red Bulls are going up against each other in the Designated Driver Challenge.
Two games for the price of one? Why not?
Following Sunday's first team match between the Fire and Red Bulls, the club is inviting supporters to stick around to catch the an MLS Reserve League match between the two sides.
Some things to know if you stay at Toyota Park following the first game:
- The reserve game begins 30 minutes after the end of first team game.
- Stadium re-entry will not be allowed.
- Fans that stay will be asked to move to the east side of the Toyota Park stands.
- The Stadium Club, Second Star Club and suites will close at normal times following the first game.
- As usual, alcohol sales will end at the 75th minute of the first game. There will be no sale of alcohol during the reserve match.
- Concessions behind Section 126 will remain open for the reserve game.
Don't have your tickets for Sunday? Get them here.
A nice reminder of June 29, 2012.
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