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Brock Holt could hit in the big leagues, but if he's ever going to get there, the scrappy little Curve infielder has got to be a dirty player.
He's got to dive all over the field, hustle more than everyone else, do all the little things right and make people watching him play say, "That kid gives it everything he's got all the time."
That's the only way little guys like the 5-foot-10, 165-pound Holt get noticed.
His .315 batting average is easy to notice as it ranks sixth in the Eastern League. His 147 hits last year were easy to notice as that ranks ninth in Curve history - and with 94 already, he should blow by that number this season if he stays healthy and stays in Double-A.
Holt is back in the Eastern League All-Star Game for a second straight year and will be one of four Curve representatives in the contest tonight at Reading. Holt was the game's MVP last year as he hit an early home run.
Put Holt in the major leagues, and the left-handed hitter would probably find a way to hit .270 or better, with a good on-base percentage.
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EL All-Star Game
Where: Reading's FirstEnergy Stadium
When: 7:05 tonight
Curve representatives: SS Brock Holt, C Ramon Cabrera, RHP Brandon Cumpton, RHP Vic Black
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"He just knows how to hit," Curve manager P.J. Forbes said.
"He has barrel awareness, he's hitting over .300 against lefties (.324), which tells you that doesn't faze him when lefties are on the mound. He's got a simple approach, a very simple swing, not a lot of flaws in it."
The 24-year-old from Texas also believes he could hit for a good average in the majors.
"I think so," he said. "You've got to be confident in your ability, and right now I feel like I'm swinging the bat pretty well. I've just got to keep working, and hopefully I'll get my shot sooner or later."
There are several problems, though, with Holt ever getting an extended shot with the Pirates.
First, he doesn't excel defensively at shortstop or second base. He's got 18 errors in 79 games at short, and he lacks the range and arm strength to play there every day in the majors. The Pirates don't have room for Holt at second base because Neil Walker likely isn't going anywhere any time soon.
Second, the Bucs already have a bunch of middle infielders ahead of Holt in their system, from Josh Harrison and Jordy Mercer in the big leagues to Chase d'Arnaud, Yamaico Navarro and Anderson Hernandez in Triple-A.
Finally, Holt has very little power, with just two homers this season and 10 in 324 professional games. He does have 22 doubles and a very good .821 OPS this season, but he will never be known as much of a power threat.
Holt already should be in Triple-A based on what he's done offensively for the Curve in a season and a half, but there just hasn't been room for him at Indianapolis. We'll see if the Pirates give him a shot at Indy in the second half, and if they don't, it won't be a good sign for Holt's career in the organization.
Holt, a very polite, positive young man, understands he can't worry about anything outside of his control, although he did admit he realizes he must do everything better than everyone else around him in order to get noticed.
"It's becoming more apparent now, the higher up I get," he said. "I've just got to keep coming to the park every day ready to work and continue to improve."
Holt has a manager in Forbes who understands exactly what he's going through. Forbes, a 5-10, 160-pound infielder, was a good hitter in his own right with a .280 career average over 13 seasons in the minors, but all that got him was 17 at-bats in 12 games over two brief stints in the majors.
Forbes can relate to Holt because, well, he essentially was Holt during his career, although he hit from the right side instead of the left. The manager has had discussions with his infielder about what it will take for him to find ways to get opportunities at the higher levels.
"I've told him, 'You can't be a pretty player,'" Forbes said. "You have to be a down-and-dirty [player]. Stick your nose in there every chance you get.
"He's got to be the Mr. Consistent, dirtbag, Charlie Hustle, grind it out every single day player," Forbes added. "He's got to bring it every single day. He's got to be the best player on the field every single day, the dirtiest player on the field every single day, scratching and clawing for everything he gets. That's what guys have to do when they look like him and I."
Holt said he's been working on his bunting and stealing more bases (he has 18), which are two areas the Pirates wanted to see improvement this season. He's also going to have to become a better defensive player to reach the majors and get any kind of consistent playing time there.
Holt is a fine young man and a heck of a hitter, so he's the kind of guy you root for to get to the big leagues and have success.
It wouldn't be a surprise to see the Pirates trade Holt at some point, and that might be the best thing that could happen for his career. If he could land in an organization that doesn't have an established big league second baseman or a bunch of middle infielders waiting in the wings, then perhaps he could get a legitimate shot with the major league club.
It's just hard to see Holt ever getting that with the Pirates, no matter how well he keeps hitting for the Curve.
Cory Giger is the host of "Sports Central" from 4 to 6 p.m. daily on ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM. Reach him at 949-7031 or @CoryGiger on Twitter.


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EAST LIVERPOOL-Next to engaging the enemy in combat, probably the worst part about Vietnam was monsoon season.
Day after day of rain forced the soldier to make hard choices-between sleeping waist-deep in a flooded trench or staying out of the water and making himself an easy target for the enemy.
It's experiences like that, and some unusual coincidences, that bonded twin brothers Bill and Bob Keys even closer together after their military service was over.
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Bob Keys (left) and his twin brother, Bill, reminisce at Bill's kitchen table about their military service in Vietnam. They are looking at, among other things, their Bronze Star commendations for valor in combat. (Photo by Stephen Huba)
"He's been there and done it. We can relate usually good in that way," Bob Keys said, "especially with us both having combat experience."
"We don't talk a lot about it," Bill Keys said, "but when there's talking to be done, we're there for each other."
Even though the East Liverpool brothers don't make a big deal out of Veterans Day, which is Sunday, they have been irrevocably changed by their experiences in Vietnam.
The twins, now 56, served within a year of each other in Vietnam-Bob in the Army and Bill in the Marine Corps-and in the same area: Hill 69 and the cities of Chu Lai and Tam Ky. Bill served as a machine gunner with the 5th Marines; Bob as a tanker with the Army's 1st Cavalry Division.
After earning his third Purple Heart, Bill was sent home in October 1967. A month later, Bob got his orders, arriving in Vietnam just in time for the Tet Offensive
Even though both men, 1966 graduates of East Liverpool High School, enlisted at the same time, the U.S. military would not send brothers into war at the same time, Bob Keys said.
Bill signed up with the Marine Corps, but Bob decided on the Army because he "didn't want to end up in the infantry. ... I really wanted to get an education, so I went into navigation electronics school (at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Ga.)."
But the Army had other plans for Bob, who avoided the infantry only to end up in the armored cavalry. His platoon conducted search-and-destroy missions with tanks and ACAVs, armored personnel carriers with machine guns attached.
"Because of the monsoons, it was too wet for tanks," Bob Keys said. "They would just sink in the mud."
It was only after the brothers returned home to East Liverpool that they learned that they both had served on the same bridge-Bill in 1967 and Bob in 1968.
Bill was on guard duty on a bridge just north of Tam Ky when he suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder from a sniper. He had been reading a letter from home, his brother said.
"One year later I was pulling security on the same bridge," Bob said.
Both men earned the Bronze Star with "V" device for valor in combat-Bill for his "aggressive and determined fighting spirit" on May 14, 1967, and Bob for "exceptionally valorous actions" on Feb. 27, 1968.
Bill keeps his medals in a safe deposit box; Bob keeps his, including an Army Commendation Medal, with him. The Bronze Star case still has mold from when it got wet in Vietnam. "That thing smelled like Vietnam for a long time," he said.
Bob Keys arrived in Vietnam two weeks before the start of the Tet Offensive, a major military campaign by the forces of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. "That was my first dose of combat," he said. "We kicked their butts from top to bottom."
Even though U.S. and South Vietnamese forces ultimately beat back the offensive, news coverage of the Vietnam War in the United States was a different story, Bob Keys said. "When I got home and watched the evening news, I didn't know what war they were covering. It wasn't the war I just came from," he said. "It was so one-sided-against us."
Bob Keys went on to work for Crucible Steel in Midland, Pa., while Bill worked at Airco Welding in Newell.
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EAST LIVERPOOL - The Potters controlled the post.
The East Liverpool girls' basketball team got strong play inside as the Potters' post players combined for 36 points and 26 rebounds as well as multiple blocks in a 62-37 victory over local rival Beaver Local on Monday night at Potter Fieldhouse.
With the win, the Potters (3-2) increase their winning streak to three games. With the loss, the Beavers drop to 1-4 on the season.
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East Liverpool's Mary Davis and Allison Kennedy battle for possession Monday. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Joe Savage)
Candace Holmes recorded a double-double to lead the way for East Liverpool. Holmes scored 13 points to go along with 12 rebounds, four blocks and two steals. Also on the inside, Kiara Cowart contributed 11 points and four rebounds, Sarah Morrell tallied eight points and six rebounds and Rae Ann Holmes finished with four points and four rebounds.
"Candace Holmes stepped up tonight," first year East Liverpool coach Allan Dingey said. "All of our post players did well.
"We put an emphasis on teamwork, and we showed that tonight. If we continue to do that, we will continue to do well."
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East Liverpool 62, Beaver Local 37
BL (37): Tannar Dalhoun 0 3-4 3, Hillarie Ketchum 0 0-0 0, Haileigh Ketchum 0 0-0 0, Danna Talbott 5 1-2 12, Samantha Bishop 0 0-0 0, Courtney Ricciardi 2 0-0 4, Jade Favre 0 0-0 0, Ravenna Cianni 0 0-0 0, Allison Kennedy 0 4-4 4, Sierra wright 0 0-0 0, Bobbie Ann Theiss 0 0-0 0, Jordan Simpson 1 2-2 4. Totals: 13 10-12 37.
EL (62): Nikayla Edgell 8 3-7 20, Jamie Neville 0 1-2 1, Linsey Rose 0 0-0 0, Elise Smith 0 0-0 0, Candace Holmes 6 1-2 13, Ronnie Bailey 0 0-0 0, Caitlyn Davis 0 0-0 0 Kiara Cowart 5 1-4 11, Chelsea Possage 2 0-0 4, Rae Ann Holmes 2 0-0 4, Sarah Morrell 3 2-3 8, Mary Davis 1 0-1 3, Anna Arcuragi 0 0-0 0. Totals: 27 8-19 64.
3-Pointers: Beaver Local: 1 (Talbott); East Liverpool: 2 (Edgell, Mary Davis)
Point guard Nikayla Edgell collected a game-high 20 points to go along with four rebounds to lead the Potters in scoring. Also for East Liverpool, Chelsea Possage scored four points, Mary Davis delivered three points and Jamie Neville ended up with one point.
East Liverpool ended up outrebounding Beaver Local, 38-16.
The two teams combined to commit 51 turnovers in the game. The Beavers made 27 turnovers, while the Potters turned it over 24 times.
Beaver Local was dealt a big blow early in the game when senior Samantha Bishop went down with an injury with 5:40 left to play in the first quarter. Bishop was down on the floor for a couple of minutes before she was carried off of the floor. A couple of minutes later, Bishop was carried out of the building.
The Beavers were already without the services of fellow senior Mattie Anderson. Anderson went down with an injury in a game Dec. 3 at home against rival Wellsville.
"It is tough when you lose two quality senior leaders," second year Beaver Local coach J.R. Walker said. "We lost Mattie against Wellsville, and we lost Sam tonight.
"Until someone decides to step up and show some leadership, we are going to struggle. Right now, nobody wants to step up. We are trying to find someone to be a leader on the floor. That happens with a young team. We are being patient with them, but we are five games into the season. We have played a quarter of the season, and we need to step up, and it is time to play the game they way we are supposed to play it."
Danna Talbott and Maranda Kiddey each scored in double digits to lead the way for the Beavers. Talbott tallied a team-high 12 points, and Kiddey delivered 10 points. Kiddey led the team with five rebounds.
Also for Beaver Local, Courtney Ricciardi, Allison Kennedy and Jordan Simpson all finished with four points, and Tannar Dolhun netted three points.
The Potters raced out to a 9-0 lead before Talbott scored to put the Beavers on the scoreboard with five minutes left in the quarter. East Liverpool led 16-8 after one quarter of play.
The visitors closed to 16-12 on two baskets by Kiddey, who scored six straight points for the Beavers at that point.
"We had a hard time stopping Kiddey," Dingey said. "She was able to post up and score.
"We did do a good job on the boards."
The Potters countered the Beavers' run with a 7-2 spurt of their own to go up 23-14 on a basket by Holmes. East Liverpool led 25-17 at halftime.
"Anytime you go up against a team coached by J.R. you know it is never going to be easy," Dingey said. "Beaver Local is a well-coached team."
The Potters outscored the Beavers, 37-20, in the second half to break the game open. The Potters ripped off big runs to start the third and fourth quarters en route to the 25-point victory.
After another basket by Talbott made the score 25-19, the Potters recorded the next 14 points to build a 39-19 advantage. East Liverpool led 43-24 after three quarters of play.
"It is always good to beat a rival," Dingey said. "You have bragging rights at least until the next game."
In the fourth quarter, a 10-0 run put East Liverpool out front by a score of 53-26. The Potters led by as many as 31 points (62-31) in the stanza.
At one point in the quarter, Beaver Local had 26 points on the scoreboard while having 23 turnovers.
"It is tough when you take Mattie and Sam out," Walker said. "They are seniors. They are leaders on the floor. They have worked hard.
"With Sam being out. we had to put a freshman in. I think she did a nice job."
Beaver Local won the junior varsity game, 42-24. Jade Favre recorded a game-high 14 points to lead the way for the Beavers. Elise Smith and Linsey Rose each scored eight points to lead the way for the Potters.
East Liverpool plays Wednesday at home against Minerva, while Beaver Local plays Thursday at home against Howland.
The Beaver Local and East Liverpool boys' teams meet tonight at Potter Fieldhouse.


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Nationally, at least five children die daily as a result of child abuse. Eighty percent of these children are 4 years old or younger.
In Pennsylvania, there were 31 child fatalities resulting from child abuse in 2011, 15 of which resulted in criminal convictions. At least 13 percent of the child fatalities in Pennsylvania involved sexual abuse allegations, not including open cases.
A child advocacy center can either be connected to a hospital or stand alone and is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team consisting of the police, prosecutors, medical staff, therapists and workers from Children, Youth, and Families.
Child abuse victims are examined in one place, at one time, eliminating the need for multiple appointments and facilitating teamwork and efficiency.
Pennsylvania has 21 child advocacy centers. Central Pennsylvania has none, forcing workers to transported children several hours away to centers in Harrisburg or Pittsburgh.
A child advocacy center in central Pennsylvania could benefit the surrounding counties of Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Fulton and Huntingdon. The need here is evident because of more than 1,000 child abuse and neglect investigations conducted in this area each year.
Pennsylvania's legislative session has ended for 2012. A bill that was on the agenda would have addressed funding for the establishment of child advocacy centers across the state of Pennsylvania.
The bill would have created the Child Advocacy Center Funding Act, which would establish the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Response Account.
This account would be used to create and fund the operations of new child advocacy centers across Pennsylvania. A proposed way to fund the account would be to add a $2 fee to court costs and filing fees.
But the bill wasn't passed and now is dead.
It was proposed that a good way to fund this account would be to use a portion of the $60 million in fines that the NCAA imposed on Penn State in response to the sexual abuse scandal.
The Pennsylvania District Attorney's Association sent letters to Rodney Erickson, Penn State president, and Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, requesting that this be considered.
I have personally seen the benefits of child advocacy centers on child abuse investigations in my work and support legislative efforts to create and fund child advocacy centers.
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Sexual abuse has had central Pennsylvania in the spotlight for the past several years. It is easy to point fingers and discuss what they did wrong.
Let's use that same energy to do something that is right. If we can't protect every child from abuse and neglect, why can't we at least do something to reduce their level of trauma after the fact?
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You certainly couldn't accuse Hyundai of thinking too conventionally when it comes to the Veloster, the car with more doors on one side than the other was always a bold styling decision. Now Hyundai has brought a version with a canvas roof which slides to open either in the front or in the back. Called the C3 ("C" for convertible, "3" for the number of doors), the main differences are really pretty easy to explain, there's a hole in the roof covered with canvas and a tailgate. That's a pretty unusual combination of features for a car, but they are not without their uses. Hyundai demonstrated just how useful this setup was at the unveiling at the L.A. Auto Show by stowing a bike in the back. This would normally be a real task for a car this size, but not so for the C3.
There is a certain hauling potential here, and that might attract some buyers. But the roof can also slide in the other direction and serve as a massive sunroof, and this is likely to be the more common application. This setup is certain to be cheaper than a traditional convertible. The engine is the same as the Veloster Turbo, a 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder producing 201 horsepower.
Theere is no way to avoid mentioning it: the C3 is weird-looking. That might work for you, but it doesn't make it not weird. The front wheels are black while the back ones are teal. The mirrors are red and there are black accents all over. Then Hyundai decided to call more attention to this by choosing a matching color scheme for the bike. Hyundai is definitely trying to appeal to young people with this car, and Chris Chapman, Hyundai Design North America's chief designer, said at the debut that "The Veloster C3 Roll Top concept offers the 'no strings attached' freedom of a roll top convertible and customizable utility that fits an everyday to a play day dual lifestyle." Then going on to say "We were inspired by the proverb 'A rolling stone gathers no moss." I'm not really sure what any of that is supposed to mean exactly either, but a sliding canvas roof and tailgate aren't bad ideas, and it will be interesting to see if they make it into production.


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Resident take part in a walk in downtown Elkins on Sunday to honor the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The walk ended at the Old Brick Playhouse, where additional ceremonies took place. See additional photo on Page A7.


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Quincy Latimore was a big part of any success the Curve had the past two years, but while he's very familiar with Altoona, this week he finds himself in unusual surroundings.
Latimore is in the visitors' dugout with Akron, having been traded to the Indians organization in January for pitcher Jeanmar Gomez.
"I was surprised, shocked, like, 'Wow, I was traded," said Latimore, who got the news while playing winter ball in Australia.
Players in the lower levels of the minors rarely have to deal with being traded, but that becomes a greater possibility in Double-A and above. Latimore found that out, and he's trying to make the best impression he can with his new organization.
"I was excited about it," Latimore said of getting traded. "New opportunity, new organization, you get to make a new first impression and all that stuff."
Latimore had a key RBI double Wednesday night to help the Aeros beat the Curve, 5-4, before 2,178 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Curve committed three errors in the third inning to help Akron take a 3-1 lead, and the offense had a better night with 10 hits and four runs but couldn't catch up.
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Next stop
Today: Akron at Altoona, 10:30 a.m.
Pitchers: Curve RHP Jameson Taillon (2-2, 3.03) vs. Aeros RHP Danny Salazar (1-3, 3.57)
Record: 11-15
Covering the bases: B3
Covering the bases
LEADING OFF: 2B Jarek Cunningham had a big night Tuesday and showed better power with a solo homer and long double to the wall in center. He made an adjustment with the Curve and Pirates minor league hitting coaches right before the game, and it worked out well for him.
SAFE AT FIRST: "I narrowed my stance up and lowered my hands a little bit," Cunningham said. "My hands weren't able to work like they should. It was amazing because it was after BP and right before the game, 20 minutes before the game started. We went down in the cage, and they brought it up. I was fortunate enough that they saw it, and then to carry it in the game and for it to pay off, I loved it."
STEALING SECOND: RF Alex Dickerson, CF Mel Rojas Jr. and C Charlie Cutler also had two hits for the Curve, who had 10 on the night.
ROUNDING THIRD: Altoona's defense fell apart in the third inning. 1B Andrew Lambo dropped a pickoff throw, and later Cutler had a throwing error and Cunningham a fielding error on the same play. "We know defensively we're pretty good. We handle the ball and execute routine plays," manager Carlos Garcia said. "But tonight was one of those nights we just gave extra [outs]."
HEADING HOME: RHP Casey Sadler (3-2) took the loss, allowing five runs on nine hits in seven innings. All the runs in the third inning off him were earned despite the three errors. Akron RHP Jordan Cooper (1-0) won in relief, while RHP Bryce Stowell (2) got the save.
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Latimore led the Curve in homers (15) and RBIs (59) in 2011 while hitting .239 with a .708 OPS. He improved in all aspects of his game in 2012 and again led the team in homers (15) while finishing second in RBIs (76) and hitting .252 with a .754 OPS.
Proving he's consistent, Latimore is at .250 and leads Akron with three homers while tying for third with 12 RBIs. If he's with the Aeros all season, he's likely to be right around .250 with 15 homers and 70 RBIs. He had 100 RBIs and 19 homers for high-A Bradenton in 2010.
"Quincy showed a lot of maturation and growth in the couple years [in Altoona]," Pirates farm director Kyle Stark said Wednesday. "I think that was a constant throughout his time with us. I think that Quincy will show you big league potential in the box, and I think he worked really hard to show some big league potential defensively as well. But just the growth is the thing that stands out for me with Quincy."
Latimore showed much better plate discipline his second year with the Curve, striking out 105 times in 126 games, compared to 140 in 128 games in 2011. His OPS also went up 46 points to .754.
The trade turned out to be a good one for the Pirates as they got a major leaguer in return for Latimore. The Indians gave up on Gomez, who made the Bucs out of spring training and is 1-0 with a 3.06 ERA in six games.
"Quincy's still young, and we're still rooting for him and hope he has a good career and achieves some things," Stark said. "At the time it made a lot of sense for us, and Jeanmar's pitched well for us."
Gomez made a spot start for the Pirates on Wednesday and pitched well, but the Aeros had the game on in the clubhouse when he gave up back-to-back home runs against the Brewers.
Latimore said one of his teammates joked then, 'Ah, Jeanmar did this, they should have kept Quincy.'"
Latimore has an opportunity in a new organization to prove himself, but he's a free agent after this season, so he'll have to do that in a hurry. Players sometimes think the grass could be greener in another organization with minor league free agency, but more often than not that free agency simply starts a period of bouncing around from one organization to another the final few years of a career.
"You think about that," Latimore said. "You definitely want to do something big this year and hopefully make something happen, make them make some moves to keep you. But it's something you can't control. I just go out and play the best I can and give it my all, and hopefully it just works out.
"I'm just waiting for the opportunity and still chasing my dreams trying to get to the big leagues."
Latimore knows many players on the Curve, and even though he's wearing an opposing uniform, they want their friend to succeed in his career.
"We were real close last year, so seeing him here again, I want what's best for him, and I want him to get out of [Double-A] as quick as he can," Curve second baseman Jarek Cunningham said. "I just want him to play well. It's business on the field, but at the heart I really want what's best for him."
Game recap
Key player: Aeros 1B Chun Chen had a big two-run homer in the seventh for a 5-2 lead and scored twice.
Key play: Three Curve errors in the third inning helped Akron score three times for a 3-1 lead.
Key stat: The Curve have the best defense in the Eastern League with only 21 errors, but three came in about five minutes Wednesday.
How they scored
Bottom 2nd: Cunningham solo homer (1-0).
Top 3rd: Lowery doubled, scored on Lambo error (1-1); Ramirez walked, scored on Cutler error (1-2); Chen hit by pitch, scored on Latimore double (1-3).
Bottom 4th: Lambo doubled, scored on Dickerson double (2-3).
Top 7th: Holt singled, scored on Chen two-run homer (2-5).
Bottom 8th: Rojas doubled, scored on Curry single (3-5).
Bottom 9th: Cunningham doubled, scored on Dickerson single (4-5).


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AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, snapped a 70-race winless streak on Sunday when he took the checkered flag in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at a Phoenix International Raceway.
"We're back," Edwards said in Victory Lane. "This is going to be good."
An elated Edwards took the opportunity to give a brief inspirational speech, of sorts.
"Whatever it is you are doing out there, don't lose hope," he said. "You just keep digging and things can work out. This is awesome -- one of the coolest wins of my life."
Jimmie Johnson in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet came out ahead of Denny Hamlin in a tight battle with the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for second on the final lap.
"Very exciting finish there," Johnson said. "To come across the line like that with Denny was exciting."
Brad Keselowski finished fourth in the No. 2 Penske Racing Ford and Dale Earnhardt's No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet rounded out the top-five.
Mark Martin started on the pole in the No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota and led the way until he hit pit road while several cars opted to stay out during a caution on lap 48. After staying out, Juan Montoya in the No. 42 Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet and Greg Biffle in the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford restarted in the top-two spots.
Biffle moved into the lead on lap 57. Martin headed down pit road again for an unscheduled stop for a loose wheel a few laps later.
Montoya retook the lead from Biffle just before the yellow flag waved again on lap 65. He, along with Biffle and the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford of Ricky Stenhouse Jr., stayed out again to restart the race in the top-three spots.
Again, when the race went back to green, Biffle took the lead from Montoya.
Martin got back up front when the fourth caution of the race came out on lap 99. He stayed out while everyone else pitted. Edwards got off pit road first to restart second, but Keselowski took the position from him right after the restart.
Keselowski improved his position by taking the lead from Martin on lap 127. Keselowski held the lead until the yellow flag waved again on lap 141.
Everyone made pit stops, and Keselowski opted to take four new tires while several other drivers took only two and got off pit road ahead of him.
Edwards regained the lead from the two-tire strategy, while Johnson claimed second and Earnhardt third. The three drivers held their positions until the next caution, the sixth of the race on lap 196.
"Racing-wise, it was tough to pass all day long," Johnson said. "Track position, and strategy on pit road really seemed to be the big deal. We went four early, and it cost us a lot of track position.
"We never made that mistake the rest of the day, and stayed up front," Johnson said.
Earnhardt then got off pit road first to assume the lead, with Edwards in second. But Edwards quickly lost his spot when he was passed by both Johnson and the No. 20 Roush Fenway Racing Ford of Matt Kenseth.
Edwards made his way back to the front when he got off pit road first during the seventh caution of the race on lap 237. He kept the lead the rest of the way.
"(Crew chief) Jimmy Fennig is the man," Edwards said. "This pit crew is unbelievable. They won this race for us today."
Earnhardt restarted the race second after that caution, but lost the spot to Johnson on the restart. A few laps later, Keselowski also passed Earnhardt to take third.
The eighth caution of the race, which came out with three laps to go, sent the race into overtime, or a green-white-checker-finish, leaving several cars having to worry about fuel.
When the race restarted for two-lap sprint to the finish, the front-runners had enough fuel to get to the checkered flag.
Edwards pulled away on the final lap, as Johnson and Hamlin battled side-by-side for second.
"I didn't have much all day. (Crew chief) Darian (Grubb) and the pit crew carried us," Hamlin said. "We overachieved today, and that's what you have to do when you don't have a good car."
Finishing sixth through 10th were Clint Bowyer in the No. 15 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, Kenseth, Tony Stewart in the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet, the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton in the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
NOTES: Edwards' 70-race winless streak tied his longest career-winless streak, which was also snapped at Phoenix in 2010. ... The win at Phoenix was the 20th-career win for Edwards. ... Edwards is the only repeat winner in the last nine races at Phoenix. ... Prior to the Phoenix race, Edwards hadn't led in a Sprint Cup race since August 2012 at Bristol (Ten.) Motor Speedway. ... Hamlin's crew chief, Darian Grubb, has top-five finishes in all four races so far on Phoenix's new track configuration.


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The Testament Of Mary
By Colm Tóibín
96 pages, $23
By Michael D. Langan
This novella should more aptly be titled "Colm Tóibín's Testament Of Mary."
Creative writers do what they do, they create; and that's what Irish novelist Tóibín has done in his ugly transformation of Mary. His revisionist Mary may appeal to his naturalist sensibilities. His portrayal, however, does not comport with the vision of the woman millions have known and loved since biblical times.
Tóibín has remade Mary into a cold, grudging older woman, living alone in Ephesus long after her son Jesus has been crucified – and after she herself left the foot of the cross before Jesus died to save herself from an assassin that Tóibín invents. "I did it to save myself," Mary says.
Tóibín's Mary is glad for being fed and sheltered by those who are writing the Gospels and who are looking unsuccessfully for witness from her. She does not share what Christians hold to be true: that Jesus, her son, is the Son of God and that he sacrificed his life for humanity.
Tóibín's Mary cannot even bring herself to utter Jesus' name. Instead she calls him "my son" saying that "Maybe before I die I will say the name or manage on one of those nights to whisper it but I do not think so."
This Mary is angry with the apostles, whom she calls "misfits," men who could not look a woman in the eye; men who were seen smiling to themselves, or who had grown old while they were still young, she thinks.
How unlike her son, Tóibín's Mary thinks. He could have done anything, she reflects, been quiet even. He "… could look at a woman as though she were his equal, and he was grateful, good-mannered, intelligent."
This Mary couldn't stand the young men who came to her house seeking her son. "They were often silent at first, uneasy, needy, and the talk was too loud … even worse, when my son would insist on silence and begin to address them as though they were a crowd, his voice all false, and his tone all stilted, and I could not bear to hear him …"
Tóibín's Mary loved the Sabbath. She says "I loved watching my husband and my son walking together to the Temple, and I loved waiting behind to pray before setting out to the Temple alone, not speaking, looking at no one."
The stories of the wedding feast at Cana and the raising of Lazarus are retold. Tóibín's Mary has no interest in the wedding, but instead is interested in getting her son back home before he is arrested by authorities for being a nuisance.
About Lazarus' death, Mary feels "that no one should tamper with the fullness that is death. Death needs time and silence," she says. "The dead must be left alone with their new gift or their new freedom from affliction." But Jesus disturbs death. He causes Lazarus to rise, "unchanged by death."
Later at the Cana festivities, Mary sees that Lazarus was changing, observing, "And Lazarus, it was clear to me, was dying. If he had come back to life, it was merely to say a last farewell to it. He recognized none of us, barely appeared able to lift a glass of water to his lips …" There was something supremely alone about him, Mary thinks, as if he had tasted something or seen or heard something that had filled him with the purest pain … frightening him beyond belief.
At Cana, this Mary is unsuccessful in getting Jesus to come home and to go into hiding. She observes that at the wedding Jesus "was wearing rich clothes and he was moving as though the clothes belonged to him as a right … . His tunic was made of a material I had never seen before …"
She rose to tell Jesus that he was in great danger, but he rebuked her, saying, "Woman, what have I to do with thee?" to which Mary replies, "I am your mother." Then she heard him saying that he was the Son of God.
Tóibín's Mary remarks that Jesus' strange power "… made me love him and seek to protect him even more than I did when he had no power. It was not that I saw through it or did not believe it. It was not that I saw him still as a child … I saw something that seemed to have no history and to have come from nowhere … and I felt an abiding love for it."
As Jesus' end draws near, Marcus, seemingly a family friend, comes to Mary to tell her that a decision has been reached to deal with the situation. "He is to be crucified," he says. Marcus tells Mary to leave Jerusalem immediately as his followers will be rounded up.
"I am not one of his followers," Mary says. But among the sisters whom she visits, Martha and Mary, there is a note of hope. Mary, sister of Martha, tells Jesus' mother that the crucifixion of her son will be "the beginning of a new life for the world."
Jesus' crucifixion is described in bloody detail, upsetting even at this distance in time.
After the crucifixion and in hiding, Mary, sister of Martha, and Mary, mother of Jesus, have a joint dream, if there can be such a thing, Tóibín relates.
They both dreamt of the risen Jesus "… in which he moved his hands and then his arms … He seemed to have neither pain nor memory of what he had been through. But the marks were there on his body. We did not speak to him. We simply held him and he seemed to be alive."
Colm Tóibín takes familiar biblical stories and twists them. Tóibín's Mary "… lives in a haze of waiting, trying still not to think or remember."
For believers, Tóibín's Mary, fine writing notwithstanding, denies the "great yes" for the world that Mary accepted at the Annunciation, the woman William Wordsworth referred to as, "Our tainted nature's solitary boast."
Michael D. Langan is a former vice president of Canisius College and headmaster of Nardin Academy.


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Area chorus has openings
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BRUNSWICK, Md. - Artists and crafters throughout Frederick County and the Mid-Atlantic region are invited to submit applications for the annual Brunswick Railroad Days, Oct. 6 and 7. General and railroad/train-themed, quality, hand and/or homemade arts and crafts and demonstrations, including painting, photography, ceramics, wood-working, textiles, stained-glass, candles, jewelry and more, will be considered. This popular two day festival celebrates the railroad heritage and impact on Brunswick.
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Convenience can go both ways: online shopping vs. brick-and-mortar
Are people starting to feel differently about brick-and-mortar versus online shopping?
It seems that convenience has a way of pivoting the advantage back and forth between the two. Perhaps that's why more experts believe the Amazon.com's of the world will eventually build storefronts.
Cliff Courtney, chief strategy officer of Florida-based Zimmerman Advertising, makes a great case for why online pure-plays will open stores. Here's a link to a blog post he wrote for Advertising Age this week and an excerpt:
"The fact is, even with the rush to e-tailing and social and digital integration, the best e-commerce pure plays understand the need to offer live shopping experiences to copy the poster child for retail-destination brands — Apple and its mind-blowing $7,500-per-square-foot juggernaut of a retail experience.
"Amazon will likely open its first store in Seattle and highlight high-margin items, offer Kindle support and enable same-day delivery when you swipe your Amazon Prime app. EBay had a pop-up store in New York and London's West End last December, and other top 10 web pure-plays could soon morph into straight-up retailers. A Google Store would bring the magic of its peerless headquarters to life.
"Or how about Twitter Café — a true third-place news hub with coffee and a (sorry) tweet roll? Or the YouTube store, 4,000 square feet dedicated to helping users set up their personalized pages and manage their content."
I talked to a self-described tech nerd on Friday who was frustrated with herself for pre-ordering her new iPad for home delivery instead of going to a store to pick it up.
App designer Fiona Schlachter blocked out most of Friday to be home to receive the package. It didn't arrive by the promised time of 3 p.m. She left for an appointment. While she was out, Fed Ex left a note saying she had until 9 p.m. to pick it up at a designated location.
"We got there at 8:58 p.m. and got it. It felt like 1999," Schlachter said in an email to let me know how it turned out. "At least the line moves quickly and there is a sense of excitement at the store.:)."
Whoa. Stores are better now?
For years, I've been conditioned by online shopping snobs to understand that they will never prefer a brick-and-mortar experience to the oh-so-smarter online shopping experience.
(Personally, I really need both depending on what I'm buying and if it's Christmas.)
And besides, it's a huge subset of online shopping diehards who are responsible for making Apple stores the runaway leader in the sales-per-square-foot race.
Walmart.com opened a couple of small stores in California malls last Christmas. Amazon.com has a test under way with Dallas-based 7-Eleven, also in Seattle, to make receiving a package more convenient for people who can't be home or don't trust their doorstep.
In some merchandise categories like electronics and TVs, shoppers check out the brick-and-mortar store first before placing an order online. Last December, Amazon really called attention to the practice by asking shoppers to comparison shop for them by using its Price Check App to receive a $5 discount.
So maybe we aren't as averse to stores as some people think?
It just depends. And I really like Courtney's idea for a Twitter Cafe. I've got some great recipes for tweet rolls.


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I decided that I had several options as to how I'd approach the day, and I chose to put my game face on. I was going to tackle it at full force, no matter what the previous night's events would try to dictate.
Now, does this mean I made it out of my jammies? No. But I didn't make a Starbucks run either. I did do lots and lots of laundry and snuggled and took a fifteen minute nap that I say is better than nothing.
I opened the windows and breathed in the air. A storm was coming, I could just tell, but it wouldn't be here until night. I loved how the wind blew the grass and the clouds changed from white and fluffy to mysterious to fluffy again.
The kids played in the backyard for a long time. This was a wonderful "alone" time for me, I guess, even though I was watching them right through the screen door. They made up stories and things to do and never came in once the whole time to get a drink or a snack or a toy like usual.
I looked at my children and reminded myself that they were kinda my "work" and if I had to "go to a workplace" today I'd have showered, dressed, and made the best of my day no matter that I had no sleep and little legs and arms poking me in all directions. I felt that they- being the little lifes that I love more than my life itself- deserved better than what I would fake for some coworker at the end of the day. They deserved to have all of me and, although I didn't shower or dress up for them, I gave my all yesterday.
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So, my family is safe. I didn't have Starbucks or a real nap or a long hot bath or any real time to myself as hubby even worked late last night on top of that, too! But I am going shoe shopping today and I did make an appointment for a manicure tomorrow and I am so going out with the girls tomorrow night. And Sunday night, too. And I deserve it, thankyouverymuch.
Now, one good thing about blogging this is that I have a record of this exemplary behavior of mine. I am not so sure it's likely to be repeated.


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At 6 ft. 2 in., all scruff and biceps, Hugh Jackman looms large in the epic Australia, which he says kept him "dirty 95 percent of the time" and left people stammering, "Oh ... my ... God," according to costar Nicole Kidman, who adds, "Women's jaws drop when Hugh walks into a room."
Jackman's wife of 12 years, Deborra-Lee Furness, calls his perfect form "the Body of Doom – but I like what's inside": a romantic who sings ballads at home and makes pancakes for Oscar, 8, and Ava, 3. A hard body with a soft center – 2008's Sexiest Man Alive sat down with PEOPLE's Elizabeth Leonard and Julie Jordan to reveal most of his secrets.
You turned 40 Oct. 12 and now you're the Sexiest Man Alive. What was your wife's response?
God bless her, she said, "I could've told them that years ago!" And then she said, "Obviously, Brad wasn't available this year." And I said, "That was a joke, right?"
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Visiting artist Beili Liu presents a public lecture in conjunction with her exhibition "Beili Liu," on view at the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery from March 9 – April 11, 2014.
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"If you build it, they will come" was the famous line from the movie "Field of Dreams." During the years of effort it took to create the Elkins/Randolph County Skatepark, the saying could have been changed to, "If you build it, they will stay out of trouble."
At Thursday's Elkins City Council meeting, council members heard a funding request on behalf of the skatepark, a local facility that demonstrates just what a group that is willing to work can accomplish.
Alice Sabatino of Youth Empowered Solutions (YES) asked council to consider allocating money for improvements at the skatepark. Sabatino has been involved with the park since the beginning, helping YES become organized, receive non-profit status and raise $129,000 to build the park in what had been an empty field in Glendale Park.
Many local residents volunteered time and donated money to help make the skatepark a reality. Sabatino said YES even reached out to skateboard superstar Tony Hawk, who donated $5,000.
The skatepark opened in August 2008. Sabatino said Thursday that the park has helped local youth stay off the streets and become physically fit.
Not having a place to use their skateboards had been "criminalizing" the kids, Sabatino said, leading them to skate in public places where they got into trouble with the authorities.
"The kids told me years ago, 'Hey, if they're going to treat us like criminals, we're going to act like criminals," Sabatino said. "But since the park was built, that stopped immediately."
The skatepark draws kids in from other communities to the Elkins area, officials said Thursday, adding that the Buckhannon skatepark has closed, making the Elkins facility that much more important to youth.
Mayor Van Broughton, a longtime supporter of the skatepark, said Thursday he would refer the funding request to council's Finance Committee. Whether council decides to contribute to the improvements project or not, the skatepark is a great asset to the town, and a shining example to local kids that, if they put their minds to it, they really can make a difference.


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One of the frustrating things about standards is that so few people really follow them. Engineers, of course, like to stick to standards, and they understand the importance of explaining things in terms of standards and interfaces. "Documentation" to an engineer is descriptive—it tells you what the thing is, what standards and interfaces it conforms to, and (unfortunately), it usually relies on jargon to accomplish this. Of course, the nice thing about jargon is that it turns up pretty well on a Google search (for example, when I wanted to figure out if I was wiring my home network correctly, I got really good hits by typing: '"cat 5e" TIA 568A network "color code"'—all jargon I pulled from the diagrams that came with the tools).
"Documentation" for newbies, however is imperative—it just tells you what to do, and doesn't bother explaining. That means that instead of relying on technology standards about the thing you're actually doing, the documentation relies on platform standards. In short, it just assumes you're using Microsoft Windows, and 'what a troublesome person you are', if you aren't using it. Of course, we all pretend we're conforming to standards, but the truth is that the ISPs tell a few little lies ('384kbps dn/128kbps up'—but they only have a T1 connection!), as does the manufacturer of the modem and the firewall, and me of course, who had to quietly ignore any questions about operating system in order to evade the standard 'Oh, we don't support Linux' response.
I suppose I'd be happy enough with this situation, if the paperwork for a new service or my new embedded firewall/router included both kinds of documentation. I might be happy if service technicians actually knew what they were doing, instead of just what they should do.
Somehow, though, I always wind up having to second guess what the "real" meaning of some imperative instruction is. For example, the sticker covering the RJ45 hub ports says "RUN CD FIRST before connecting cables" (Or what? Will it blow up? Will the firmware fry itself? More plausibly, could it be that there's no documentation for using this thing without some kind of trade secret data being passed to it from a close source Windows-only application? The cynic in me churns with the feeling that I am going to be angry and disappointed in a few minutes and have to chuck this piece of junk back into the face of the person who sold it to me. Angst and disgust with the System well up within me. I'm starting to feel angry in anticipation...). Cynic that I am, I blithely assume that this advice has been given under the blind assumption that I am using a certain operating system, but on a lark, I decide to go ahead and put the CD in the drive.
My cynicism is rewarded with an
Autorun.inf file, so no surprise there. But a little poking around reveals the truth of the situation. They wanted me to put the CD in the drive so they could pop up the manual for the device, which is provided in PDF format. Oh, I see. The little white lie is that there is some kind of critical software on this disk that I must run. The truth is that LinkSys is too cheap to print the manual, so it's only available as a PDF.
There's nothing really wrong with that, but the thing that bothers me is: Why couldn't they just say that?! Would it have been so bad to just tell me the truth, "The manual's on the CD, we recommend you read it"? I know the reasoning of course. They think I'm the kind of idiot, who not only doesn't know how to use a firewall/router, but thinks he's too good to read the manual. So instead of just leveling with me, they've tried to manipulate me into thinking I have to insert the disk so as to force me to read the manual.
But of course, that doesn't really work out as planned if I'm not running Windows. As a minority operating system user, I've conditioned myself to second guess and work around the little white lies in the "documentation".
Of course, this was after I bought the router. I had to buy it, because the previous one gave up the ghost a long time ago (I'm mystified by what can go wrong with an electronic device with no moving parts, but it did somehow—it wouldn't respond on any of the usual IPs for the web interface, so it's a boat anchor now). Before that, I was stuck with a non-functioning router and an installation technician who needed to test the radio modem (this is actually a big improvement over DSL, where they just send you the kit, and you're stuck with it—even in the not-so-rare case that their equipment just doesn't work, or their network is misconfigured. That's what happened last time I went through this dance, and I spent the better part of a week talking to support representatives on two different continents—the main substance of which conversation consisted of proving to them that I was not an idiot so that they would actually bother to check the problems on their own side (as if I would torture myself by calling tech-support before fully troubleshooting my own equipment!)).
Where was I?
Oh yes, the technician wanted to try just connecting the modem to the computer directly, since my router wasn't working.
This is one point where, I realize, GNU/Linux (or my knowledge of it?) really lets me down. I am a bit of a Luddite when it comes to networking. I don't do PPPoE or DHCP, I just give my computers static IPs and configure their
/etc/hosts files accordingly. I do all of this by directly editing configuration files, so I'm reluctant to use any wizards or GUI tools to mess with my networking setup. I actually thought at the time that I didn't have any such tools, although my wife has since pointed out that KDE does include some GUIs for modifying network settings. In any case, there's no way I could rely on a technician to know how to do the job with the GUI or without it. You know he's only going to know Windows.
Unless you're employed as a network administrator, of course, you're not going to know this stuff by heart. A home networker like me, tends to only learn the details of his own system, and—given that he only messes with it once every year or two—it may be pretty hard to remember that much. Of course, I keep notes, and I have the configuration files themselves (with comments, yes!) to work from, but it's still pretty tedious, and I certainly don't want to fiddle with it if I don't have to. That's one major reason why I prefer to use an embedded router to connect—it provides a standard interface and some separation between my system and whatever the ISP is going to give me).
In the end, we've got it mostly working. I still have some weird problems I'm trying to solve, but I doubt they have anything to do with my own system.
So, why am I relating this story here? Because, this is really one of those dirty little secrets about using a free software system. You have to do it in a Windows world, with all of those little white lies, which all disappear into the woodwork if you just follow the standard assumptions—but which each have to be examined and second-guessed when you are trying to hook up with a free system. You find out which standards have been broken, and how badly, and you have to ask careful questions about the interfaces in use—or, more likely, figure out which little white lies to tell them, so that they will tell you the right little white lies, so you can, with some cleverness figure out what the truth is.
In fact, it's not unlike that logic puzzle with the 'guy who always lies' and the 'guy who always tells the truth', and you have to figure out what one question you can ask to figure out which door to open. Except, really, who wants to have to figure out logic puzzles just to get hooked up to the internet?
I think wider adoption of free systems (or indeed, any system other than the assumed platform) is held back a lot by this kind of problem. But what can you do about it? It isn't clear that it's the 'fault' of the operating system at all; it's more a problem with the culture. It's not even clear what the O/S could do to compensate for the cultural problem. But it seems to be part of the price of freedom to put up with these kinds of headaches.


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"Everyone says that it's such a blur after it happens," says Harris of becoming parents to fraternal twins Harper Grace and Gideon Scott, born Oct. 12 via surrogate. "I find myself constantly just trying to wrap my mind around it."
After almost seven years together, Harris, 37, and Burtka, 35, began the surrogacy process and were "thrilled" to discover they were having fraternal twins.
"We inserted two eggs, one with my sperm, one with David's sperm and they both took," says Harris. Holding their children in the delivery room shortly after their birth was "just absolute joy," says Burtka. "We had two babies that we made. With help."
The family just moved into a "more kid-friendly" home in the Hollywood Hills and the twins have a new nursery with an old-school Disney theme park décor. "Harper has been fussy but Gideon is the easiest baby in the world," says Burtka. "They're just now starting to recognize us and smile."
"I just love the way they smell. And we can use them as an excuse to get out of almost anything," adds Harris, jokingly. "That's cleared the calendar in a good way."
For more of Harris and Burtka's interview, including exclusive photos of their twins, pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE on newsstands Friday
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From the start, Aveeno has been focused on the intersection between science and nature. The brand began with the work of two brothers, Albert and Sidney Musher, who were curious about the benefits of natural substances for the skin. The two began to study the effects of raw cereals on the skin and together, they created a finely ground colloidal oatmeal that had the ability to calm and soothe the skin tissue without exposing it to chemicals. They named their product Aveeno after the Latin term for oat "Avena sativa" and began marketing their product. Soon, the Mayo Clinic was using Aveeno oatmeal bath as a part of clinical solutions for many skin disorders, and doctors all across the United States were recommending the product to their patients.
Today, the Aveeno skin care collection still features their original oatmeal bath, which doctors and hospitals continue to promote. The brand has also grown to include a wide range of solutions for the skin with products for women and men and formulas made especially for infants and children. Aveeno remains dedicated to using natural ingredients as the basis of their formulas. The scientific team at the brand researches plants and other natural substances to isolate what the company refers to as "Active Naturals," naturally-derived substances that provide scientifically proven benefits for the health of the skin.
Safety and efficacy are the top concern at Aveeno. A team of scientists, dermatologists, pediatricians and pharmacists evaluates all products before they are released on the market, and the brand employs strict quality control to ensure that all Aveeno products are pure and potent. The company uses environmentally responsible manufacturing processes and packaging to protect the ecosystems that provide the brand's key ingredients.
The Aveeno skin care collection includes many different solutions for the skin. Body care products like body washes, body lotions and sunscreens are among the most popular items in the collection. In addition, Aveeno offers a number of cleansers, night creams, daily moisturizers and specialized formulas for the complexion as well as a line of products for the hair and scalp. The brand is committed to making natural beauty as affordable as possible with the majority of Aveeno products priced at $25 or less. You can find all of the best Aveeno formulas at the best prices on the Internet by shopping the collection here at drugstore.com.
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The Tick is a blood sucking parasite that can be identified by its brownish color and a body that has two clearly separated sections. Ticks are also a member of the arachnid family, and have eight legs, same as their spider relatives. Ticks pose a threat to humans, as they can cause significant skin issues and transmit disease. Many ticks can be infected with multiple diseases, leading to a bitten individual being infected with more than one, and making it difficult to diagnose and treat. Ticks are commonly found in yards, kennels, and in homes, as their most common residential host is the pet dog.
Tick infestations occur in areas with warm temperatures, and high humidity. Ticks can go through the entire life cycle while living indoors, but humidity levels need to be high enough to ensure they do not dehydrate. They can reproduce rapidly into a huge problem and double in size when engorged after feeding.


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A Note on Construction of Multiple Swap Curves with and without Collateral
Masaaki Fujii
University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics
Yasufumi Shimada
Shinsei Bank, Ltd
Akihiko Takahashi
University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics
January 26, 2010
CARF Working Paper Series No. CARF-F-154
There are now available wide variety of swap products which exchange Libors with different currencies and tenors. Furthermore, the collateralization is becoming more and more popular due to the increased attention to the counter party credit risk. These developments require clear distinction among different type of Libors and the discounting rates. In this brief note, we will explain the method to construct the multiple swap curves consistently with all the relevant swaps with and without a collateral agreement.
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CHARLESTON - There will be no expansion of West Virginia's Human Rights Act or Fair Housing Act as far as the House of Delegates is concerned.
Delegate Stephen Skinner, D-Jefferson, asked that the Employment and Housing Nondiscrimination Act not be run Wednesday in the House economic development and small business committee. Skinner said he had "several reasons to believe the bill would be amended in a way that was not acceptable."
The EHNDA, or HB2856, would have made it illegal to fire or refuse housing to someone based on his or her sexual orientation.
Wednesday was the last day to run new bills in minor committees, said Delegate Doug Skaff, D-Kanawha, chairman of the economic and small business development committee and supporter of the EHNDA. Skaff said he waited until 11:15 a.m. to see if there was enough support from the committee before deciding whether to put the EHNDA on the committee.
Both Skaff's and Skinner's fears were that a close vote by the committee would have watered down the legislation.
"There would have been various amendments that would have altered the bill, taken out things, watered it down, and it would have jeopardized the original intent of the bill," Skaff said.
Skinner said potential expansions to the bill's religious exemptions were his biggest concern and would have made the bill meaningless.
"Churches are exempt, but you can't give somebody the ability to discriminate because they might have an objection to having a gay employee (due to religious beliefs)," Skinner said.
A potential change to the definition of sexual orientation would have eliminated transgender people from being covered under the bill, Skinner said.
Skaff said the bill would have lost by three votes had it been added to the committee's agenda Wednesday.
Skaff said legislators may not have supported the bill because of generational differences - younger delegates seemed to be more in support - and geography.
Skaff called the issue "sensitive" and said delegates may have felt as if they were between a rock and a hard place regarding their votes, their personal beliefs and the preferences of their constituents.
"A lot of times, people are elected to represent their constituents, and they have to do what's in the best interest of the people that put them there," Skaff said. "They have to go against their personal beliefs."
"I respect people's religious views and their own personal beliefs," Skaff said. "The last thing I wanted to do was to put people in a place to make an uncomfortable vote when I knew we didn't have the votes in the committee."
This is not the last delegates will see of the EHNDA, Skaff said. The EHNDA has been introduced into the House twice prior to the 2013 legislative session.
"We're still probably a few years away from passing this on the House," Skaff said. "As newer delegates come, I think they'll be more open and willing to vote for this legislation in years to come."
Though delegates might not feel they are ready to vote on legislation such as EHNDA, Skinner said now is the time to do so.
"This is not marriage," Skinner said. "It's about people having a roof over their head. And I have yet to hear any reason why somebody should be denied a house or should be fired from their job (for being gay)."
Skinner pointed out that, while House version of the ENHDA is done, delegates could see it cross over from the Senate.
"I would be pleasantly surprised," Skinner said. "If it did, that gives us a brand new look at it over here."
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Sylvester Jordain, Discovery of the Barmudas, 1610.
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The Tempest, R.S.C., 1998: Anthony Ward: designer: Adrian Noble: director; Robert Glenister as Caliban.
Pluto and Proserpina, after Vincenzo de'Rossi (1525-87).
The Archangel Ariel (15th Century)
The Tempest at the Faculty Glade, U.C.Berkeley, 1993: Bonnie Akimoto as Ariel.
Dr. John Dee, in 1594.
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*Margaret Webster Production: The Tempest, 1945, New York; directed by Margaret Webster.
A Wedding at the Valois Court
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Discover nature and learn more about eagles, owls and falcons at Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Runge Nature Center's Wings over Water watershed education program from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on April 18.
Staff from the World Bird Sanctuary will tell the story of these amazing birds and fly them over the audience, dramatically illustrating the importance of protecting the birds, their habitat and Missouri's water resources. The program is free and open to the public.
Runge Nature Center is located on Hwy 179 in Jefferson City approximately .5 mile north of Hwy 50. Building hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. The building is closed on Sunday and Monday. The outdoor trails are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
For more information on this or other programs, call 573-526-5544 or visit mdc.mo.gov and search "Runge."


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