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Second-time househunters looking to make the move to a larger home are finding it increasingly difficult to secure a suitable property, according to estate agents.
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) found properties for sale in its members' branches decreased slightly in August, from 61 to 60, and this is only part of the challenge for those looking to upgrade to a larger property.
See also: House asking prices rise by 3.4% in Wales
While the problems affecting first-time buyers are well documented, estate agents across Wales are now saying existing homeowners are struggling to find deposits to a make the step into larger family homes.
A recent Lloyds TSB report found that so-called "second-steppers" now have just over £9,000 in equity on average, meaning the struggle to raise a sufficient deposit is no longer the preserve of those getting their foot on the first rung of the housing ladder.
Mark Hayward, President of the NAEA, said: "Many would-be 'second-steppers' are finding they are still hamstrung by high deposits and prohibitive lending conditions.
"Across the board, house prices are fairly flat, and this means that many owner-occupiers are unable to withdraw additional equity from their property when they decide to move."
Estate agent Michael Jones, of Michael Jones & Co in Cardiff, said that it was the stamp duty threshold that proved to be the biggest deterrent for second time buyers.
"Invariably second time buyers are looking at homes priced in the region of £200,000 to £250,000 but that step from 1% to 3% stamp duty at £250,000 can be a real issue and real blocker," he said.
"It is a fairly sizeable extra amount of tax payable and that does deter people. We are finding that those trying to sell, even at £270,000, are having buyers trying to bring prices down to £249, 950 to avoid that tax."
The NAEA said those looking to move into their second property should be aware of house price "micro-markets".
"Although there are broad national housing market trends, there is always a lot of local variation, which can help you find a bargain," said a spokesman.
He said maximising the sale value of your first home was essential.
"At a cosmetic level, applying a fresh coat of paint to rooms and lounge space can really help to spruce up the property. Clearing the approach can also give a better initial impression and boost 'kerb appeal'."
Delyth Davies, from Clee Tomkinson Francis, Carmarthen, said those looking to move into their second property should set a realistic price, based on current market conditions.
"This gives your home the best chance of being sold within a reasonable time frame," she said.
"Once a figure is agreed with your agent, this price will give you an idea of what you will have to spend on your next property. If you haven't been in the property market for some time, be sure to talk to your bank to find out how much you can borrow to further guide your property search.
In North Wales, estate agent Colin Brereton at Jones Peckover's Wrexham office said second-steppers were struggling to find large deposits.
"Unfortunately finding the equity to make the step up to a property above £200,000 has become increasingly difficult as mortgage lenders have made more difficult."
He also highlighted the issue of stamp duty with properties.
"Essentially buying a property of £250,00 will equate to at least another £7,500, which will not be part of any loan.
"Across the board, house prices are fairly flat, and there have been fewer of these kinds of properties coming onto the market over the last year or so, although the last month has seen an improvement. There is always a bit of surge in interest after the school holidays but as we head into winter things do tend to get quieter."
Next: Suggested second-stepper properties on the Welsh market
We asked estate agents to come up with suggestions for ideal properties for "second steppers" across Wales. Here's what they came up with:
:: Troed Y Allt, Carmarthen £115,000
What the agent says:
"Ideal 3 bed step up property in Carmarthenshire. Small development outside the town. Low maintenance, ideal for growing families. Well priced at £115,000.
Situated on a select residential development, 7 miles north of Carmarthen, Troed Y Allt offers 8 modern and stylish homes ranging in 2/3 bedrooms. Benfiting from LPG central heating and double glazing, the accommodation comprises in brief, entrance hall, kitchen, cloakroom, lounge, 3 bedrooms and bathroom. Externally there are gardens to the front and rear, with allocated parking and pleasant rural view."
:: St Agnes Road, Heath, Cardiff £229,950
What the agent says:
An attractive bay-fronted house in this sought-after residential area within
walking distance of the University Hospital at Heath. 2 Reception Rooms of good size. Kitchen with fitted units. Laundry/Utility Room. 3 Bedrooms. Well-appointed Bathroom. Pleasant Garden. Garage. Gas c/heating. Extensive d/glazing. Freehold.
:: Bickleywood Drive, Wrexham £167,500
What the agent says:
"This is in a semi rural area, but within a good second step price range. Modern Detached 3 Bed. Family house at head of cul de sac. Entrance hall, 2 Reception Rooms, completely refitted Kitchen, En Suite Shower Room and family Bathroom. Detached Garage. uPVC double glazed windows and Gas central heating.
:: Oakview, Bowling Bank, Isycoed £189,950
What the agent says:
"A modern 3 Bedroom Detached House in rural location backing on to open fields. Entrance Hall, Cloakroom/WC. Lounge, Dining Room, Kitchen, well appointed family Bathroom. LPG central heating. Attached single garage. Gardens to front and rear."


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The Toyota 86, along with its Subaru BRZ twin, have opened up a new market for small, back-to-basics rear-wheel drive coupés and soon those seeking driving pleasure on a budget could be faced with an American alternative.
According to Australian website carsales.com.au, the man who heads up GM's North American division, Mark Reuss, wants the company to build a compact RWD Chevrolet.
Such a model hasn't officially been given the green light, but Reuss told the Aussie publication (which is already fantasising about a possible Holden version) that it is definitely on his wish list.
If the Stateside boss gets his way, the production car will almost certainly take much of its inspiration from one of our favourite cars of last year's Detroit Motor Show - the Code 130R Concept that you see in the accompanying pictures.
With boldly flared wheel arches and an upright profile, the 130R salutes the muscular Chevrolets of yesteryear, as does its rear-wheel drive configuration.
It might need a little more tinkering under the bonnet though, the concept being powered by GM's 1.4-litre turbopetrol with a mere 110kW and 200Nm on offer. While that might be fine for the entry-level model, we imagine they'd be looking at some of GM's bigger engines to flesh out the range and Opel's new 147kW 1.6T motor would at least match the Toybaru's 2-litre boxer motor.
In our view the biggest threat to this Chevy RWD project may be the curvy front-wheel drive 140S coupé concept that was shown alongside the 130R.
Both concepts were dreamed up with the youth market in mind and it's seems they're being played against each other. GM is currently engaging with this demographic by taking the two cars to numerous motor shows, campuses and various events.
Our bet is that at least one of them will spawn a production car - but will our youthful friends take a liking to the 130R's rear-wheel drive entertainment potential or are they more interested in the interior gadgets?
See the Code 130R Concept on video:
Should GM build this? Unofficial petition in the comments section below.

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The most newsworthy feature of the home is a reported car elevator.Entering on street level, owners ride in their car up the elevator to their floor and reverse into their garage.
Better make sure not to give it too much gas and go crashing into the dining room - or off the side of the building.
A car garage makes a whole lot of sense if you're constantly being chased by paparazzi, don't feel like blowing $700 per month to pay for a parking garage in Manhattan, or don't like hauling groceries up the elevator. (Though, in a ritzy building like this, you'd probably be able to tip the doormen $10 to get them to do it.)
And on a day where you just don't want to get wet while you're on the way to a photo shoot, it's nice not to worry about going in the outdoors, even for a moment.
Other than that it's a pretty standard celebrity home: three-bedroom penthouse with 3 1/2 baths, gorgeous views of the Hudson River and 3,248 square feet. Plenty of room for daughter Sunday Rose to toddle around.


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Jeff Musial Animal Show Coming to Portland! [VIDEO]
Jeff Musial Animal Show is coming to Maine – at the South Portland High School Auditorium, Saturday, April 5th. Jeff is so much fun to watch – you've seen him on the Today Show and Jimmy Fallon. This is an event for all ages – Buy your tickets here!
Hey, it's Trent, I've been watching some really funny clips of Jeff. He is great with Jimmy Fallon – they have such an awesome repoire. I found this cool video Jeff posted that takes you behind the scenes at one of his recent appearances on Fallon. You will love this.
There are 2 shows – 11am and 2pm at the South Portland High School Auditorium, Saturday, April 5th. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $25 for VIP – which includes a seat upfront and a meet and greet with Jeff and his animals.


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Judge tosses high school music teacher's lawsuit over student paper story
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The story said that Kathy Archey was withholding student audition tapes for a state musical competition. The judge wrote that "there is not a single sentence contained in the school article which is false or known by any district defendant to be false." || Previous coverage of the case.


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Rams thinking offensive tackle, but is trade possible?
Published: April 15th, 2009 | Tags: Eugene Monroe, Jason Smith, Orlando Pace, St. Louis Rams
The Rams will look for Orlando Pace's successor in next week's NFL draft and apparently have settled on OTs Eugene Monroe of Virginia and Jason Smith of Baylor with the No. 2 overall pick, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Post-Dispatch reports that some people at Rams headquarters favor Monroe and others prefer Smith. But one NFL scout told the newspaper that neither player is in Pace's class:
- "They're good, but they're not like Orlando (Pace)," said a veteran NFC scout, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "They're not even close to Pace and (Jonathan) Ogden and those guys, where you turn on the tape and say, 'Oh my God, he looks like a Hall of Famer.' Walter Jones — he was way up there. Those guys are rare."
The Rams also need a linebacker, meaning Wake Forest's Aaron Curry could be a possibility at No. 2.
Then there's also the chance of a trade. The Rams haven't been linked to any deals, but the Eagles could be looking to move up into the top 10, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Eagles general manager Tom Heckert obviously won't play his hand in print, but he did leave open the possibility of moving up in a draft-day trade, the Inquirer reports:
- "Never say never, but I would find that highly unlikely," Heckert said.
NFL.com senior columnist Vic Carucci says that disgruntled Bills OT Jason Peters could be another possibility. The Bills are looking for a first-round pick and a second- or third-round pick in exchange for Peters. A proven player like him might be the more attractive option at this point.


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"What's up with that?" - Adoption costs & fraud
Kristen Bowman and her husband always wanted a baby.
When adoption became their only option. they looked to Facebook. "We created a page, and we met a woman out of Mississippi.," says Bowman.
After several meetings with a potential birth mother, the Bowmans were told they had been selected as the adoptive parents.
The Bowmans bought furniture to set up their nursery. They even came up with a name for the baby.
"We talked to her for a couple weeks, then we all of a sudden stopped hearing from her. So I went and did some research online and found out that she was scamming people. We were the third person in her scam," Bowman explains.The Bowmans contacted law enforcement in Alabama and Mississippi, but were told there was nothing they could do.
They now wonder why adoption fraud is not illegal.
Drew Whitmire, an adoption attorney in Birmingham says, "It actually is fraud, and it is illegal. But it's in the criminal code, it's not in the adoption code. There is a section that says if you persuade someone to part with their property 'your money' then you have committed a fraud."Whitmire has worked with adoptions for thirty five of forty two years practicing law. He says fraud does happen in adoptions. and it can be prosecuted.
Whitmire's advice to couples looking to adopt."One of the major things I would tell any of these couples is, get a local social worker. Or an attorney to get you one in the area where the 'mother' is. Get somebody in the beginning to interview the mother, see what she's like. To see what kind of person you're dealing with," explains Whitmire.{} The Bowmans say they have contacted several adoption agencies since then.
Their other concern is the high costs. "We've called different places and the prices range between the lowest is $25,000 and have gotten quotes up to $53,000," Bowman explains."I'd say it's worth the money spent to know there's a contract between you and the agency. That says, this is what we are responsible for and here are the true risks," says Anne Baldwin with Villa Hope international adoption.
Baldwin says the costs provide a variety of services and that each birth parent may have different needs.
"That's going to include the agency you're working with, your home study, social worker fees. Many of the domestic agencies help them get on insurance if they don't have any, take them to doctors visits, interview them and of course, help match the family," says Baldwin. "It's a legal process. I think that's what families sometimes don't realize is that a lot of those fees are going toward the legal part of the process," says Herbert Newell with Lifeline Children's Services.Newell says costs help buy peace of mind. "What a family wants to know is their birth mother has been cared for that she is making a wise choice and doesn't feel coerced into this. To do that, you need to go to a reputable attorney, a reputable agency, who is going to care for that birth mother," says Newell.
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Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish one stunning villa from the next on this island, but Sort de la Font is a real one off. The house was originally a traditional finca, and the sympathetic conversion has retained the rough stone walls and beamed ceiling to great effect. By contrast the interiors are modern and quirky, with the owner's stylish stamp evident throughout. The extensive gardens are idyllic: very private, immaculately cared for and with lots of lovely lawns for family games.
Rural and secluded, this house makes for a wonderful away-from-it-all break, yet the property is still within walking distance of Pollença town (25 minutes). The nearest restaurant is just over 10 minutes away on foot, and the flexible accommodation, facilities and position makes it ideal for a families or couples alike.


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Get to know the graduates: No. 15 Scott GardinerDecember 28, 2012
Web.com Tour
Scott Gardiner didn't make it into the winner's circle in 2012, but two late-season runner-ups pushed him to No. 15 on the Web.com Tour money list and earned him a PGA TOUR card. Gardiner finished in the top 10 a total of six times.
MORE: Player profile | Statistics | Season results
Key stats See where Gardiner ranked during the 2012 season on the Web.com Tour STANDARD STATS Rank Driving Distance 303 20th Driving Accuracy Percentage 66.14% 53rd Greens in Regulation Percentage 71.24% 16th Putting Average 1.756 11th Eagles (Holes per) 144 29th Birdie Average 4.19 3rd Scoring Average (Actual) 69.75 6th Sand Save Percentage 54.43% 16th Total Driving 73 7th All-Around Ranking 154 1st


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Just curious, how did you meet your SO/DH/?
Now let's hear how everyone met their SO/DH/ or F.
Craigslist. Strickly plotonic . xmas eve 4 years ago. married a year, baby -20 m0nths.
Quoting CameronsMommy23:
MySpace! Lmao
2nd grade! Every time the teacher would turn around or leave the room he would run over to my desk and try kiss me. At recess he would chase me all over the playground, and tell me that he loved me and was going to marry me. I hated it. After a while the other kids in the class told the teacher about this, she then told the principal, and he was made to write the sexual harassment clause 50 times. But that didn't stop him. He chased me thru the rest of elementary school, and high school. During the summer he would even walk 7 miles in the heat just to hang out with me, but I never gave in, I could only see him as a friend. After my marriage fell apart he called my parents house looking for me, and they gave him my number. After talking on the phone for hours every night for a week we decided to meet up, and we haven't been apart since. We've been together for 2 years and married for 2 months.


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Hi! My name is Marnie Norman. I am a Speech Language Pathologist servicing Blue Earth Area schools. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Disorders from Mankato State University in 1998. In 2002, I graduated from Minnesota State University-Mankato with a Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. I first worked in the hospital setting for 4 years, prior to coming to the schools in 2005. I thoroughly enjoy helping children communicate more effectively in the educational setting.
My husband also works for the school district as an Activities Director. We have four kids that keep us very busy. When not at work and school, we enjoy spending time together camping, watching movies, reading books, riding bike, and visiting family and friends.
|Contact: Marnie Norman, MS-CCC/SLP


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Make friends BEFORE you sail, exchange tips on what to do onboard and in the ports and maybe even organize a shore excursion with your ship mates.


text: The hunks are here! College Hunks Hauling Junk has moved from Washington, D.C., into a new national hub on W Gandy Boulevard in Tampa. Their green-and-orange signs have sprouted all over the city. The company comes equipped with a 25-year-old president, Nick Friedman, and Omar Soliman, a 24-year-old chief executive officer. As college kids, they conceived of the idea as a way to make money during summer vacation. Their business plan? You guessed it. College hunks, hauling junk. The 3-year-old company hauls away your unwanted stuff, and recycles, donates or otherwise disposes of it. The company doesn't want customers getting any funny ideas from their playful name. In announcing its arrival in Tampa, the company carefully pointed out that 'hunks' means "clean-cut, hard-working, pleasant, educated, friendly, personable, courteous." Some of the "hunks'' might be women, and some might not even be college students. They just have to adhere to the "clean-cut" persona.


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Cookie Cutters are a hot commodity in my house. We make lots and lots of Christmas cookies the weekend before Christmas and I package them up to bring to our families houses. I also like to make cookies year-round with appropriate cookie cutters and I even get creative and use them for other items, like crafts and sandwich cut-outs! The problem with cookie cutters though is that they can be expensive and hard to find particular ones. Well a website named Cheap Cookie Cuttters has such a huge selection that it would be impossible not to find at least one you love!
I received two Christmas cookie cutters and Mickey Mouse Cookie Cutter and I love them! The Christmas cutters are very thin and simple, but you do have to be careful as it is a thin metal than moves, meaning it is flexible. I am planning on using them this weekend for our Christmas Cookie-A-Thon! I have washed them already and played with them and they are going to work just fine! The Mickey Mouse cutter though is very sturdy and does not bend, I am planning on using them for Aidan's 3rd birthday party in January and probably will make some red and green Mickey cookies for Christmas!
I am super excited though to check out the other cookie cutters on the website. Cheap Cookie Cutters offers a bunch of other Disney cookie cutters, including Winnie the Pooh, Glass Slipper, Tigger, and the Little Mermaid. Not a Disney fan, no problem! There are dog cookie cutters, Cartoon (including Hello Kitty), Alphabet, Tools, and even ones of all 50 of the United States!
Overall, I just really could not believe the quality and durability as I see these cookie cutters lasting for years to come! Even though the Christmas ones are not as sturdy as the Mickey one, it takes a few seconds to bend it back to how it should be and their fine. The prices are also quite reasonable that you can't go wrong So even though it is probably too late to order some Christmas cookie cutters, definitely check out all their other designs!
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What is Assad trying to tell us?
Don't ignore the Iranian nuclear program, but bear in mind it is still in the development stage and probably years away from producing weapons that can be delivered on missiles, and start worrying more about the largest WMD stockpile in the Arab world and the thousands of ballistic missiles that are real and ready to go. And they're just a very short distance from Israel in Syria.
An increasingly desperate Bashar Assad, facing a smoldering revolution he has been unable to extinguish with his family's legendary brutality, could ultimately turn those weapons against his own people – and try to pin the blame on both internal insurgents and an unlikely coalition of external enemies, including Israel.
A pro-Syrian political analyst on Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV late last month said he had "actual information" that the Free Syrian Army, the main opposition group, has acquired chemical weapons from the Libyan arm stockpiles and "we expect them" to be used against Syrian civilians "in order to pin the blame on the Syrian army."
Al-Manar's reputation as a fact-free propaganda vehicle raises this question: What is he really telling us?
If his message has a familiar ring it may be because in the wake of the massacre of unarmed civilians an Houla (and more in the following days) Bashar Assad went on television to blame the killing – which the rest of the world, even his allies, believe had his fingerprints – on his enemies. It wasn't the first time that he has blamed the atrocities committed by his thugs, like the Shabiha, on his enemies and used it as justification for even more brutal retaliation.
That's what makes the Al-Manar broadcast so chilling. Assad has said the 15-month-old uprising is not home grown but the work of foreign interests and terrorists. Who are these forces? They're an alliance of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel, according to his government.
Who would have guessed those four countries are in cahoots? Only the sick minds of the Syrian propagandists.
In fact, said the Al Manar analyst, Taleb Ibrahim, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) is "the Saudi-Qatari-Israeli enemy militia in Turkey," where it is being trained to use WMD and Russian-made Kornet missiles "to embroil our country and army in a situation that is worse than the current massacre."
Coming from a regime that shamelessly perpetrates atrocities and blames the victims, this could be a warning that Assad is increasingly desperate and plans to escalate the conflict exponentially.
Assad could decide to use WMD against other Syrians and try to blame the FSA as an excuse to intensify his attacks on his opponents. Or he could target Israel in the hope of sparking a wider war that he hopes will unite Syrians and bring the rest of the Arab world and Turkey to his defense.
The commander of the FSA, Brigadier General Mustafa al-Sheikh, told the Arabic daily Asharq Alawsat that he expect the regime to use WMD against FSA strongholds.
In another interview, an unnamed opposition figure told Ha'aretz that the anti-Assad forces have plans to seize control of the regime's WMD depots, which are controlled by the Air Force Intelligence Directorate, in the hours following the government's collapse.
The fate of Syria's WMD stockpile has Assad's friends as well as his foes worried.
The English language Voice of Russia reports he has "six old warehouses of chemical and biological weapons" including "a whole range of poisonous and infectious substances, such as Sarin, Tabun, VX and mustard gases and anthrax spores. All these substances are not kept in warheads but in large tanks that are no problem to open."
Even if Assad decides not to employ them, he could share them with his Hizbullah allies in Lebanon and with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. They could also, in the chaos of an expanding civil war, fall into the hands of assorted opposition forces, including Al Qaida and other terrorist groups.
The Obama administration reportedly would like to send a detachment of at least 3,000 UN peacekeepers to guard the WMD, possibly with a large contingent from Russia and other Syrian allies to assure Assad's compliance.
The State Department has had discussions with Israel, Turkey and Syria's Arab neighbors about keeping the WMDs from falling into the wrong hands and the possibility of those weapons from crossing their boarders if and when the Assad regime collapses.
Any use of WMDs by Assad would be a war crime and would likely trigger an internationally sanctioned invasion of Syria, the Christian Science Monitor reported.
Syrian warnings that its opponents could use chemical weapons should not be taken merely as propaganda but as a possible insight into what Assad himself may be planning and intends to try to blame on others.


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Editor's note: The temperature gauge
is a Bill James-created statistic that measures how hot or cold hitters
are. We will spotlight Red Sox and opposing team temperatures on game
Mired in a tough stretch, the Boston Red Sox head into the final three games of the season with one of the usual suspects leading the way at the plate.
Dustin Pedroia has been the Red Sox' most consistent hitter in the second half of the season, regaining his form after a rough month of June. The second baseman posted a .307 average in the month of September and has hit safely in his last two games.
Pedroia has had success against the Yankees in 2012, going 13-for-40 (.325) with two doubles, three home runs and eight RBIs in 10 games.
The only other players coming in at or above the baseline 72 rating are Guillermo Quiroz — who has just two major-league at-bats — and Ryan Kalish, who has not registered an at-bat since Sept. 11 against these Yankees.
On the other side of the diamond, Robinson Cano has been raking of late and is leading the Yankees with a whopping 108 rating on the temperature gauge. Not only is Cano on a six-game hitting streak, but he has at least two hits in each game and has five home runs during the streak.
Veterans Eric Chavez, Nick Swisher and Ichiro Suzuki are all also on solid streaks. The trio hit a combined 13-for-37 (.351) in four games agains the Blue Jays with Chavez adding two home runs.
Here are the hitting temperatures for the Yankees and Red Sox for Monday, Oct. 1.
Red Sox
Dustin Pedroia, 75
Guillermo Quiroz, 73
Ryan Kalish, 72
Danny Valencia, 71
Pedro Ciriaco, 70
Mike Aviles, 68
Che-Hsuan Lin, 68
Scott Podsednik, 68
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 65
Cody Ross, 63
James Loney, 63
Daniel Nava, 63
Jacoby Ellsbury, 63
Ivan De Jesus, 59
Ryan Lavarnway, 57
Mauro Gomez, 56
Jose Iglesias, 51
Robinson Cano, 108
Eric Chavez, 85
Nick Swisher, 82
Ichiro Suzuki, 82
Chris Dickerson, 77
Raul Ibanez, 73
Eduardo Nunez, 73
Mark Teixeira, 72
Brett Gardner, 72
Melky Mesa, 72
Francisco Cervelli, 72
Chris Stewart, 71
Derek Jeter, 70
Andruw Jones, 68
Alex Rodriguez, 68
Casey McGehee, 67
Russell Martin, 66
Curtis Granderson, 62
Jayson Nix, 61
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Seminole swimmer Kaitlin Frehling put an end to the recruiting process by committing to Florida nearly two months before the early signing period.
Frehling, a rising senior, picked the Gators over Tennessee and Virginia. She said she made the decision after a sectional meet in Gainesville.
"I liked the program and the coaches," Frehling said. "I wanted to get the recruiting done early because I didn't want it to drag on."
A five-star recruit according to Swimming World, Frehling is the defending two-time state champion in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle.
At last year's Class 2A state meet, Frehling won the 50 free in 23.07 seconds and the 100 free in 54.47. She was fractions of a second from breaking the state record in both her signature races.
AFA hires basketball coach: Admiral Farragut hired Sylvio Brutus as the boys basketball coach, athletic director Joe Holtsclaw said. Brutus replaces Shannon Graves, who stepped down to concentrate on his duties as principal. Graves led the Blue Jackets to the region semifinals last season.
Brutus played for Admiral Farragut for four years and was a captain for three. He went on to play at Ferrum (Va.) College for four years and was captain his senior season. Brutus was the head coach for boys basketball the past six seasons at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Va., and led the school to its first conference championship this past season.
"I am extremely excited about coming back home to work and coach at Admiral Farragut Academy," Brutus said. "My goal is to teach the game of life through basketball."
PHU catcher gains notice: Palm Harbor University catcher Aaron Piotrowski recently competed at the Navy Baseball Showcase at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., where he ranked among the top senior catchers as evaluated by baseball coaches from Navy and nearly 20 other Division I and Division II colleges.
Piotrowski, a rising senior, was a part-time starter last season. At the five-day showcase, Piotrowski batted .750 and had an .833 on-base percentage. Navy baseball recruiters rated him second among 12 senior catchers at the showcase.
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Wildlife classic starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as real life game wardens Joy and George Adamson who found themselves raising three lion cubs in Kenya when their mother is killed. When two of the cubs are despatched to Rotterdam Zoo, only little Elsa is left, forcing a bond with her unlikely foster parents. However, they have to face the fact that - one day - she must return to the wild. John Barry picked up two Oscars - one for the score and one for the song Born Free belted out by Matt Munro.
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If you thought that animal weepies had had their day when Lassie retired, then pad along and have a good cry at this one, magnificently transferred to the screen from Joy Adamson's best-selling story of Elsa the lioness.
Big bonuses, apart from the lions themselves, are the clear, sunny Technicolor photography, John Barry's marvellous wide-open spaces music, and the near-miraculous way that stars Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers romp as to the manner born with the three lionesses who play Elsa at various stages of her growth - as the Adamsons rear Elsa from a cub after her mother has been killed. T
he film's a little slow in its later stages, but these do come directly after some particularly wonderful scenes of the two principals playing 'piggy in the middle' with Elsa in the sea.
Otherwise, when the music rises to a crescendo, and Elsa strikes again at the heart by being happy, or playful, or naughty, or beaten in a fight, you'll be quite lost.
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A 20-YEAR-OLD Bicester man and cannabis user hanged himself after arguing with his girlfriend, who was in his home at the time, a court heard.
The couple exchanged angry text messages in the two-storey home just before Aaron Edwards killed himself in the backyard shed, Oxfordshire Coroner's Court heard on Wednesday.
"Aaron Edwards intended to take his own life and therefore I'm to determine a verdict of suicide," said coroner Darren Salter. "This is obviously a very sad case."
Mr Edwards' girlfriend of two years, Rebecca Mitchell, said in a statement read in court she was "in shock" about his death.
She added: "I never thought Aaron would take his own life."
Ms Mitchell gave evidence she went to Mr Edwards' home, in Kingsclere Road, with their 10-month-old baby to spend the night on January 23. The court heard how the couple argued earlier that evening and again after midnight when Ms Mitchell went to bed upstairs.
Then, for about six minutes from 2.14am on January 24, they continued arguing through a series of text messages while she remained upstairs, the court was told.
At 2.20am Mr Edwards, a restaurant kitchen assistant, stopped replying. The court heard how about 25 minutes later, Ms Mitchell went outside to check on him and found him hanging in the shed.
The coroner said Mr Edwards "may have been intoxicated" by cannabis at the time of his death.
Evidence indicated he had a "high concentration" of the cannabis mind-altering ingredient THC in his blood at the time of death.
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After more than two years of negotiations, the county department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been successfully "spun-off" from the county into its own not-for-profit organization.
As of Feb. 1, it will be known as Curry Community Health.
"It feels great," said Curry Community Health CEO Jan Kaplan. "An awful lot just came together real fast. It'll feel real on February 2."
Curry Community Health became a corporation in June 2012. The completion of the spin-off came a little sooner than anticipated as the IRS fast-tracked the organization's nonprofit status application. Its approval was received Dec. 19.
Additionally, final negotiations regarding the four properties the county owned in conjunction with the human services department were debated. One of them, the Hammond House in Gold Beach, is in the last 16 years of a 30-year grant with the state, requiring the operators to provide mental health services for the duration of the grant andndash; or pay back the grant funds in their entirety.
The other buildings include the MINDS Clubhouse in Gold Beach, and buildings at 517 Railroad Street and 438 Pine Street in Brookings.
The MINDS Clubhouse will continue as a social meeting place for those clients, and the office on Railroad Street will continue to offer mental health, addictions and public health services.
The house on Pine Street might be used for housing the county's VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) intern, or for temporary housing for new county employees until they find a permanent place to live.
The county spun off the department as one of its many methods to save money during these fiscally tight times.The county is projected to be $3 million in the red when it begins its fiscal year July 1 andndash; and has no immediate solution in sight.
CurryCounty and the state's 17 other OandC counties have long been dependent on timber sales on national lands; those funds have ceased, cutting off the bulk of revenue for basic county services.
The county has in the past year spun off Animal Control to Gold Beach-based Pennies for Pooches, as well as the Home Health and Hospice department to a new nonprofit, Coastal Home Health and Hospice, July 2011. The Developmental Disabilities Services was relinquished to the state last August, which in turn contracted it with Community Living Case Management, a nonprofit in Coos and Josephine counties.
It could easily get to the point where the county only offers those services mandated by the state andndash; and even those, in a worst-case scenario, could be handed back to the state.
"There's not many departments left," Kaplan said in November. "You can't have a nonprofit sheriff's department, you can't privatize the county road department. Those are the major county departments left."
The 43 employees associated with HHS will become employees of the new organization, making it one of the fifth or sixth largest employers in the county, Kaplan said. It will continue to operate public health, addictions and mental health services at its existing locations in Gold Beach, Brookings and Port Orford.
An equal number of people with Home Health and Hospice were relocated with the formation of Coastal Home Health and Hospice.
"It's been a strategy over past couple years to preserve the services and reduce the cost of county government," Kaplan said. "We're saving a major company in the county, if you think about it."
Curry Community Health will be operated under the auspices of the seven-member volunteer board that represents private and public sector leaders, many with a background in health related fields.
The goal of the nonprofit is to maintain local control over those services within the community and preserve services to more than 3,000 residents.
Kaplan said Curry Community Health will continue to provide mental health and addictions treatment services, mental health crisis services, communicable disease control, licensing and inspection for food service and lodging facilities, school-based health services, WIC, immunizations, nurse home-visit programs for mothers and children, reproductive health services and public health emergency preparedness planning.
Additionally, he said, CCH will continue to provide tobacco, addictions and gambling prevention services and continue the development of community health awareness and improvement planning through its Healthy Communities project.
"I'm very proud of our staff who, in the midst of massive change, have continued to deliver high quality services to our communities," Kaplan said. "Their enthusiasm for launching a new organization has manifested in countless hours of hard work to make this complex transition successful."
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First let me apologize... Doing a search indicates that the answer is probably already posted, but reading through a lot of the info I was getting confused so I thought it best to ask in a new thread:
I purchased a home and am getting all of my equipment set back up to be controlled by Indigo. The one "hiccup" I'm having is figuring out the thermostat in the new place, and I think it just comes from a lack of knowledge of HVAC systems in general. I have the Venstar T1700 and the T1900, but I have not been able to decode the existing thermostat's connections to know exactly how to hook either up. This is what is currently in place:
R (connected to a red wire)
G (connected to a green wire)
O (connected to an orange wire)
Y (connected to a yellow wire)
E (connected to a white wire)
My understanding, then, is that R is the power, G controls the fan, O controls the reversing valve (?), Y controls the emergency heat (?), and white is, perhaps, common (?).
When I hooked up the T1900 according to the above idea I never received anything on the display, as though the thermostat was not receiving any power. I did not try hooking up the T1700 because it was still packed away.
My question, then, becomes more of a guide for what I should be hooking up. Does anyone have any experience with five wire systems and the corresponding setup on the Venstar units? Should I, perhaps, be adjusting the jumpers as well?
Attached is a picture of the existing wiring to the existing thermostat.


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What a great collection Sara! And I'm totally dying right now thinking of an estate sale with tons of Enids in BOXES!!! I can't stand it.
I may have a couple of the replacement jewels you need – I'll look.
September 29, 2011My Vintage 1960s Enid Collins Purse Collection
By Sara In AZ
I was inspired by Betty Crafter's recent post on her AMAZING Enid Collins purse collection. If y'all haven't seen her post on her Enid Collins purses yet you should definitely check it out!
I thought it would be fun to show you what I've found along the way, even though my collection is pretty small. I suppose I don't have many purses because I am kind of cheap-o about buying Collins Purses. The average price I paid was right around $20, but some I even found for $5.
All Collins purses usually have cute names printed on the purse associated with the design of the bag. I just love that!
*Click on any picture to enlarge it*
This first purse is called Pavan. I looked up the meaning of the word pavan and it is related to a peacock's courting movements. Well I guess that makes sense, seeing as it looks like those two birds are making the 'eyes' at each other! I think the birds are real sweet and I really like the green color.
This next Collins purse is called Carriage Trade. I think this purse is one of my favorites because every time I look at it I think of Cinderella and her carriage. So sweet!
My next Collins Purse is called Cable Car. I think this one is so cool because of the San Fransisco scene painted around the Cable Car and the Golden Gate bridge in the background. Unfortunately this purse is missing 3 stones, which drives me insane! You cannot just go down to Joann and pick up jewel stones like these either, believe me I've looked. If anyone has a pear shaped diamond/clear stone and pear shape emerald color stone along with an emerald color multi-faceted round stone, from a Collins Bag, that you do not need please let me know I will gladly buy them from you!
This Collins purse is called Les Fleurs. It is interesting when you compare it to the purse below – they are the exact same purse but this one has no strap/latch.
Here is another Collins Les Fleurs purse. This one actually came with the original box. Crazy huh! I got this one from an estate sale where this lady was crazy for Enid Collins purses. There literally must have been 100 purses there. A lot of them were still in the original boxes. I don't think this purse had ever been used.
Here is the back of the Collins Box.
This is my last Collins bag. It is a canvas bag and not a box bag. This one is also the only purse I have that does not have a name stamped on it. However, it still has the Collins stamp on the bottom and on the inside of the purse.
This last purse is NOT a Collins purse, but the Jewel Tone kit purse I showed a while back HERE. I just wanted to show how the 2 canvas bags were very similar in idea and size. I have to say that even though this is not a Collins purse, this is probably my very favorite bag that I own. I mean a poodle, come on, who doesn't LOVE a poodle bag!!!
Now, if only I could get my hands on one of those fish/seahorse Collins purses!!! 🙂
I hope y'all enjoyed seeing my Collins Purses!
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What a great collection Sara! And I'm totally dying right now thinking of an estate sale with tons of Enids in BOXES!!! I can't stand it.
Betty, you would have gone out of your mind at that estate sale! 🙂 Oh my gosh, if you do have any of those stones please let me know. I will owe you big time! Thanks so much for looking!
Saraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! I've never heard of Enid Collins bags (I must have lived under a rock all of these years). These are fantastic!
Sable – They really are the coolest bags! Be sure to check out Betty's collection and check them out on the e-Bay too!
Ruth – Thanks girl! Oh no, you had one and maybe didn't realize what you had at the time? Could it still be somewhere at your Mom's house?
How timely!
I found two wooden box bags, my first, at the thrift store a few weeks ago. They were less than $2.00, and looked like they had been plucked from a store shelf – not a mark on them.
One was an Enid Collins, I'm still not sure what the other is. The Enid Collins has lots of bright flowers. The other is darker, and has owls with a pretty twisted tortoiseshell plastic handle.
I've been looking online since for others. I'm hooked!
Deena – Lucky you!!! $2 is an amazing price to pay for these bags. There were other makers of box bags, but they usually had markings – such as Gary Gail. I believe you could also buy the wooden boxes as kits to put together yourself, kind of like my Jewel Tone Poodle purse in the last pic. Perhaps your other purse is a kit purse?
I know, once you are hooked, you ARE hooked!
My great aunt just passed away and had the poodle purse–I know nothing about it and would like to sell it- any advice you have for me would be great. Thanks Kristie
Hi Kristie – My condolences on the passing of your Great Aunt.
Please read my post where I talk all about Jewel Tone Kit Purses, as the Poodle Purse is NOT a Enid Collins bag.
The Poodle bags are popular and if they are in good shape with all of the jewels and sequins they well sell pretty well on ebay or Etsy. You could tag the Poodle bag as "Collins Style", but it was Jewel Tone/General Crafts that made the kits. I believe these kits came out in the early to mid 1960s. Hope this helps!


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By Bob Roegner, Inside Politics
Since I started writing this column, I have received several comments and questions about the topics I write about.
I thought you might be interested in hearing what other readers have to say.
Q: Whats the purpose of your column? I dont always understand what your opinion is?
A: The column is more of a commentary to share with the readers what is going on in the community or behind the scenes politically. I will occasionally write an opinion column, but thats secondary.
Q: Whats your honest opinion of Federal Ways city government?
A: I think it runs pretty well. The department directors and city manager are generally well respected and good at what they do. The council members have diverse opinions from moderate to conservative and usually debate and review an issue pretty well. Theyre not perfect, but in general do a good job.
Q: Arent you kind of hard on the Federal Way School District?
A: The administration of the district is very good and well respected inside and outside Federal Way. The school board, while well intentioned, lacks a range of philosophy and opinion. At times, this leads them to premature decisions that seem based on ideology. They are all nice people trying to do a very hard job. Sometimes I think they could better.
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A: Because everything in this region is interdependent. No political subdivision, like Federal Way, can progress without some cooperation with the others. Transportation, garbage, public safety and growth management are just some examples of inter-related public policy. So, knowing what is going on and who is getting elected in other areas can have a profound impact on Federal Way. Every Federal Way council member serves on at least one regional committee with elected officials from other cities or King County.
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Grab Bag and Final Projected Standings
Spring has a way of creeping up on you in the Midwest, and it crept up on me this year without my ever getting an article out on the PECOTA projected standings. So, rather than try and pretend that that I didn't see what happened over the first couple days of the season-I will point out that my three favorite teams (the Tigers, White Sox, and Cubs) are a collective 0-6-I'm instead going to focus things at the player level, and give you a list of 11 guys that I expect to outperform their PECOTA forecasts this year. Tomorrow, we'll do the equally fun part of this list: those guys that I expect to underachieve PECOTA.
C Ivan Rodriguez, Tigers: From their four-year deal with Rodriguez that expired this winter, the Tigers got one MVP-caliber season (2004), one year in which Rodriguez played well and helped them to reach the World Series (2006), and two years that were just okay (2005, 2007). That's not a bad return on a deal that was criticized at the time. Rodriguez was brought back this year, perhaps more because of the lack of viable alternatives than anything else, and PECOTA thinks he's pretty much done, projecting a .267/.295/.390 batting line and just 287 at-bats. I'd expect Rodriguez to provide a more dignified performance than PECOTA suggests. Truly great players-and Rodriguez is a first-ballot Hall of Famer-are great in part because of their ability to perform competently at the tail ends of their careers, reaching the big leagues early, and then still contributing to their clubs into their late 30s. That grand arc of a player's career is something that PECOTA can miss because of its focus on a player's most recent performance.
1B James Loney, Dodgers: Loney's projection isn't bad; it's a hell of a lot better than what the Dodgers might have expected to get out of Nomar Garciaparra at first base. But PECOTA is still hedging its bets a bit because of Loney's mediocre .239 EqA in 2005 in Jacksonville, a season that we can probably excuse on account of Loney's having been rushed. It's also skeptical of some of the high batting averages that Loney has posted in the minors, but his .331 BA over 375 plate appearances in the majors last year ought at least to suggest that he wasn't merely taking advantage of shoddy minor league defenses. I expect Loney to append about 15 points of batting average to PECOTA's projection, and produce something resembling his 75th percentile forecast line (.308/.375/.501).
2B Ian Kinsler, Rangers: Kinsler started last season strongly, with a .298/.385/.667 April, and ended it relatively well, with .277/.403/.446 rates in September and October. What happened in the middle wasn't so good, but Kinsler was bothered persistently by a stress fracture in his foot over the middle part of the year, and that may have altered his hitting mechanics. Whenever you have a performance arc over the course of the season that was strongly correlated with the presence of an injury, and that injury is no longer supposed to be a problem, I think you can fudge upward.
3B Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals: Well, it's certainly a little easier to make this call after his walk-off home run on Opening Night. However, so many of the peripheral indicators that I like work well for Zimmerman-he thrived in the big leagues early, he's a big, strong kid, his overall game is very well balanced, and he's always been healthy. I just don't see anything holding him back on his ascent toward true superstardom.
SS Julio Lugo, Red Sox: Lugo hit .224/.286/.315 when batting atop the order last year, but then improved to .305/.353/.483 after being demoted to the nine-hole in the latter part of the season. Now, hitting leadoff was nothing new for Lugo; the leadoff spot has accounted for the plurality of his at-bats over the course of his career. But the combination of Lugo's trying to live up to the pressure of a big new contract in a big new city and having to do it in the leadoff role when you've got Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz waiting to hit behind you... it's perhaps understandable that Lugo had some terrible slumps in the first half, and it's clear he may have been pressing. I'm not expecting an All-Star performance, nor am I expecting the Red Sox to feel particularly great about the contract they gave him, but I like his chances to beat PECOTA.
OF Pat Burrell, Phillies: There's not a left fielder on the board whom I feel wholly comfortable with. Jason Bay is my gut-feel pick, but that may be a stubborn refusal to look past his big numbers in '05 and '06 peak, and acknowledge that the general rule for guys who blossom a little late is that they tend to decline a little early; Bay sort of seems headed down the Bobby Higginson career path. So I'm going to go with the guy who has the most on the line this year, and there's nobody who has more on the line than Burrell, who is playing for a big new contract, and could either be someone's $100 million baby, or the sort of guy where a lot of teams look at the strikeouts, the poor defense, and the off-field static, and decide to take a pass.
OF Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners: The gimmie pick on this list, this year and every year. PECOTA just can't find enough good comparables for Ichiro, who in many ways bears the most similarity to guys who played before World War II, and continues to want to characterize him as a Lance Johnson-style banjo hitter. I also think that Suzuki's work ethic and disposition toward conditioning is enough to take a couple of years off his biological age. Now, I do think that when the end comes for Ichiro, it could come rather quickly, in part because he's going to lose a ton of points off his batting average once he loses his foot speed. It might well come before the end of his new contract in Seattle, but I don't expect it to come this year.
OF Nick Swisher, White Sox: Swisher is hitting out of the leadoff spot this year, another piece of evidence that the White Sox are repressed statheads at heart. The thing about hitting leadoff is that it's actually the hardest place in the lineup to draw walks. But the reason for that is because pitchers don't want to put the leadoff hitter on, so they'll be more inclined to challenge him, and that's something that could pay big dividends for Swisher, who can do nasty things to baseballs in the middle of the strike zone. PECOTA already likes Swisher pretty well, but I see 40-homer potential in the friendly confines of U.S. Cellular Field.
LHP Oliver Perez, Mets: This strikes me as another relatively easy pick, as PECOTA has him as a below-average pitcher this year absent league and park context (4.67 EqERA, versus a league average of 4.50). PECOTA is hedging a lot because Perez's performance was so poor in 2005 and 2006; his PERAs were in the sixes and sevens over that period. It's generally a fool's errand to try and outsmart PECOTA on these things, as it's generally very good at figuring out how to weight different seasons in making its forecast. But with Perez, I see a pitcher who has the stuff to match the improvement in performance; this is the classic case of whole new worlds opening up for a pitcher when he shaves a walk or two off his BB/9. There is downside here, because Perez had stretches last year where he reverted to his old, wild self, especially in the second half of the season. But there is also more upside than PECOTA is acknowledging.
RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, Red Sox: Matsuzaka was so hyped last year that people forgot that he was a rookie, still getting used to his new routine in the US, and perhaps especially the differing usage patterns over on this side of the pond. His sort of game-theoretical approach to pitching-he mixes up his pitch and location choice on different counts in ways that most US-born pitchers would never dream of-suggests someone who might benefit more from further familiarizing himself with the AL's hitters more than the other way around.
Reliever Joakim Soria, Royals: It's not like PECOTA is down on Soria, already forecasting a 3.16 ERA and 35 saves. But what Soria accomplished last year was one of the most overlooked stories of the season: a pitcher who had all of 17 innings outside of the Mexican League, none of them above A-ball, becomes one of the best relievers in his league after getting picked via the Rule 5 draft? The ability to not just survive but thrive upon making this sort of a leap speaks to a special pitcher.
Bonus #1: The Three Most Underplayed/Underreported Storylines of Baseball 2008.
Bonus #2: The PECOTA projected standings
I include these strictly for propriety's sake. They are taken unaltered from our depth charts page, but our depth charts are dynamic, and I want something static on the record. Although each team has now played a couple of games, these projections have not changed since March 28; they will change with our next depth chart update, which should be out within 24 hours.
AL East W L RS RA Yankees 97 65 881 724 Red Sox 91 71 838 745 Rays 88 74 786 718 Blue Jays 78 84 762 775 Orioles 66 96 750 882 AL Central W L RS RA Indians 91 71 834 744 Tigers 91 71 849 757 White Sox 77 85 783 815 Twins 74 88 712 780 Royals 73 89 742 826 AL West W L RS RA Angels 85 77 806 777 Athletics 80 82 731 751 Mariners 75 87 687 748 Rangers 73 89 780 867 NL EAST W L RS RA Mets 93 69 797 682 Braves 86 76 803 757 Phillies 86 76 839 792 Nationals 73 89 765 842 Marlins 71 91 761 845 NL Central W L RS RA Cubs 91 71 848 757 Brewers 88 74 832 767 Reds 80 82 773 775 Cardinals 75 87 712 764 Astros 72 90 738 820 Pirates 72 90 722 803 NL West W L RS RA D'backs 87 75 827 774 Dodgers 87 75 782 731 Rockies 82 80 880 871 Padres 78 84 689 713 Giants 68 94 635 744
Nate Silver is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Eight Mavs on all-academic team
Eight Colorado Mesa women's cross country runners were selected to the RMAC All-Academic team, released Tuesday.
Senior Kelsey Follett made the second team with a 3.77 grade point average in exercise science.
Courtney Berg, Tara Ebarb, Stacey Loutzenhiser, Callie Osborn, Mariah Schmidt, Emily Simpson and Aubrey Valdez made the honor roll.
To qualify for the Academic All-RMAC team, student-athletes must have a GPA of 3.30 or better, be a starter or key reserve and complete two consecutive semesters or three quarters at their current institution.
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Metro is No. 1 in Division II poll
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference co-leader Metro State moved up to No. 1 in the latest men's National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II top 25 poll, released Tuesday.
It is the first time since Jan. 18, 2005 that the Roadrunners (9-0, 4-0 RMAC) have been ranked No. 1 during the regular season. It is the fifth time in school history Metro State is ranked No. 1.
Colorado School of Mines (7-0, 3-0 RMAC) moved up one spot to No. 6.
The Metro State women's team (8-0, 4-0 RMAC) remained No. 3 in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 poll and Fort Lewis (6-1, 3-0 RMAC) moved up one spot to No. 6.
Colorado Mesa hosts Fort Lewis on Friday night at Browson Arena. The women's game is at 5:30 p.m. with the men's game following at 7:30 p.m.


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Little is known about the Children of the Storm—one of the most unique and potentially dangerous species the Federation has ever encountered. Non-corporeal and traveling through space in vessels apparently propelled by thought alone, the Children of the Storm at one time managed to destroy thousands of Borg ships without firing a single conventional weapon.
Now in its current mission to the Delta Quadrant, Captain Chakotay and Fleet Commander Afsarah Eden must unravel whythree Federation starships—the U.S.S. Quirinal, Planck, and Demeter—have suddenly been targeted without provocation and with extreme prejudice by the powerful Children of the Storm . . . with thousands of Starfleet lives at stake from an enemy that the Federation can only begin to comprehend. . . .
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Gisele is out at Vicki's Secret
The New York Post reports that Victoria's Secret model Gisele Bundchen is no longer flying high as lead angel for the lingerie giant. Her sister, Patricia, told Brazilian Web site Glamurana that there was a dispute over Gisele's $5-million per year contract, and talks were off. "Her demands were outrageous. She got a new lawyer who was unrealistic," a source told the paper. "Victoria's Secret doesn't care. They have five new hotter, younger girls debuting next year. And they won't have to deal with any craziness." Because we all know what stable personalities models have.


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Casual Mania was one of Foreign Media Games' strongest selling titles last year in the Benelux regions.
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Rainbow/Historical Designs
From OLPC
Rainbow has been implemented according to three designs to date.
The 0.8 series is designed as an "exec-wrapper". The "rainbow-run" wrapper receives control from the shell, performs any requested isolation steps, then hands control over to isolated program. This way, rainbow can be used from freedesktop.org .desktop launcher files, from the command-line, and from custom graphical shells like Sugar with equal ease.
The 0.7 series was designed as a privileged dbus daemon. Sugar calls into this daemon when it wants to launch activities. An advantage of having a daemon is that the daemon can cache the results of expensive computations like python module loading. The problem with the daemon is that it consumes extra memory and that its caching behavior can cause many frustrating bugs.
The first implementation of rainbow (and of olpc-update) used a containerization technology called VServer to implement extensive isolation including network and CPU usage limits. Unfortunately, these early implementations revealed fundamental race conditions in the custom vserver patches provided to OLPC and the OLPC kernel team was unwilling to support the patches. Michael Stone created a new design outline, written up in rainbow.txt which explained how Bitfrost could be approached without vserver and vserver was removed from the kernel.
Filesystem Isolation
0.7-, 0.8-series
The 0.7- and 0.8-series Rainbow designs provide authorization-based filesystem isolation by means of traditional Unix permissions. We simply make new system accounts on demand and isolate programs by confining them to accounts with limited filesystem access.
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The 0.6-series Rainbow design provided both name-based and authorization-based filesystem isolation by means of chroots, bind-mounts (including read-only bind-mounts), and per-file XID tagging.
CPU Isolation
0.7-, 0.8-series
The 0.7- and early 0.8-series Rainbows do not provide any form of CPU resource limiting.
The 0.6-series rainbows provided cpu resource limiting by means of VServer's CPU Scheduler limits.
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0.7-, 0.8-series
The 0.7- and early 0.8-series Rainbows do not provide any form of network isolation. See the P_NETWORK next steps for future plans.
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