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Our Science – Hazra Website
Rohan Hazra, M.D.
Selected Publications
Havens PL, Hazra R, Stephensen CB, Kiser JJ, Flynn PM, Wilson CM, Rutledge B, Bethel J, Pan CG, Woodhouse LR, Van Loan MD, Liu N, Lujan-Zilbermann J, Baker A, Kapogiannis BG, Gordon CM, Mulligan K.
Vitamin D3 supplementation increases fibroblast growth factor-23 in HIV-infected youth treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
Antivir. Ther. (Lond.). 2014. [Journal]
Hazra R, Hance LF, Monteiro JP, Ruz NP, Machado DM, Saavedra M, Motta F, Harris DR.
Insulin resistance and glucose and lipid concentrations in a cohort of perinatally HIV-infected Latin American children.
Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 32: 757-9, 2013. [Journal]
Sohn AH, Hazra R.
The changing epidemiology of the global paediatric HIV epidemic: keeping track of perinatally HIV-infected adolescents.
J Int AIDS Soc. 16: 18555, 2013. [Journal]
Hazra R, Cohen RA, Gonin R, Monteiro JP, Hofer CB, Negra MD, Ruz NP.
Lipid levels in the second year of life among HIV-infected and HIV-exposed uninfected Latin American children.
AIDS. 26: 235-40, 2012. [Journal]
Hazra R, Siberry GK, Mofenson LM.
Growing up with HIV: children, adolescents, and young adults with perinatally acquired HIV infection.
Annu. Rev. Med. 61: 169-85, 2010. [Journal]
Purdy JB, Gafni RI, Reynolds JC, Zeichner S, Hazra R.
Decreased bone mineral density with off-label use of tenofovir in children and adolescents infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
J. Pediatr. 152: 582-4, 2008. [Journal]
Harada S, Hazra R, Tamiya S, Zeichner SL, Mitsuya H.
Emergence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants containing the Q151M complex in children receiving long-term antiretroviral chemotherapy.
Antiviral Res. 75: 159-66, 2007. [Journal]
Schwartz L, Civitello L, Dunn-Pirio A, Ryschkewitsch S, Berry E, Cavert W, Kinzel N, Lawrence DM, Hazra R, Major EO.
Evidence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of nestin-positive neural progenitors in archival pediatric brain tissue.
J. Neurovirol. 13: 274-83, 2007. [Journal]
Gafni RI, Hazra R, Reynolds JC, Maldarelli F, Tullio AN, DeCarlo E, Worrell CJ, Flaherty JF, Yale K, Kearney BP, Zeichner SL.
Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and an optimized background regimen of antiretroviral agents as salvage therapy: impact on bone mineral density in HIV-infected children.
Pediatrics. 118: e711-8, 2006. [Journal]
Feeney ME, Tang Y, Pfafferott K, Roosevelt KA, Draenert R, Trocha A, Yu XG, Verrill C, Allen T, Moore C, Mallal S, Burchett S, McIntosh K, Pelton SI, St John MA, Hazra R, Klenerman P, Altfeld M, Walker BD, Goulder PJ.
HIV-1 viral escape in infancy followed by emergence of a variant-specific CTL response.
J. Immunol. 174: 7524-30, 2005. [Journal]
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Amaze is the single player hand-held maze by ThinkFun that changes as you play.
Once you set up one of the 16 different maze challenges, the fun begins. Use the attached stylus to navigate through the maze. Clear the way by pushing the red bars right or left to open gates to pass though. But watch out, sometimes the obstacles can't be moved back, creating a dead end or end less loop. Amaze features:
- 3 Levels of Difficulty
- 16 Maze Challenges
- 1 Hand-Held Maze With Stylus
Amaze is for ages: 8 to Adult and available from Puzzle Master and Amazon.com. Happy Puzzling!
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Cross country races at UCF Attack Challenge Friday
The JU men's and women's cross country teams will look to gain a little momentum Friday when its competes at the UCF Attack Challenge.
This will be the final meet for both squads run at the Atlantic Sun Championships in Fort Meyers, Fla. Oct. 27.
"It is said that you see your biggest improvement between your first and second race," JU head coach Ron Grigg said. "We had some really nice efforts last week while knocking off some rust. I expect even better results on Friday, as we search to solidify our depth in preparation for the A-Sun Championships in two weeks."
On the women's side, the Dolphins will their full squad in action led by senior Joane Pierre who broke the JU 6k program record at the FSU Invitational last week. Pierre set the new standard at 21:10.8 (2nd) to lead to a fourth-place finish.
Junior Svenja Meyer posted the third-fastest mark all-time in 21:51.8 (5th) in the meet, while senior Morgan Keel was 23rd in 23:14.8 (13th all-time).
Senior Bienna Freeman and Alicia Gard-Kaminkow and junior LaTonya Payne will each run for the first time since the FLRunners.com Invitational Sept. 28. Payne ran a time of 20:04.40 (17th) to lead the group, while Freeman was not far behind her in 20:08.90 (18th). Gard-Kaminkow ran a time of 22:18.60 (45th) to wrap the group.
On the men's side, the JU freshmen of Nick Dale, Andrew Merrill, Will Tirado, James Trebilcock and Ryan Wagner will each compete for the green and gold.
At the FSU Invitational, Dale led the Dolphins for the third straight meet by running a 28:41.6 (95th). Merrill ran a time of 29:32.4 (112), while Wagner had a 30:14.3 (125) in his first collegiate meet. Trebilcock and Tirado will each race for the first time since the FLRunners.com Invitational.


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What's your vision for Fenton?
Fenton officials will host a City of Fenton Community Visioning Forum at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Andrew G. Schmidt Middle School Cafeteria. Fenton officials said input from all elements of the community is essential for creating a Strategic Plan for the City of Fenton's Future.
They have asked what improvements would you like to see in our community? And what would you like to see the City of Fenton look like in the next 10 years?
Dinner and Child Care will be provided at the event.
But we don't have to wait until the event to start the conversation. What do you think? What businesses would you like to see in Fenton? Is moving forward with Cornerstone a good idea? What would you like to see changed?


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Yesterday, September 17, 2013, a jury recommended the death penalty for Joseph Naso, convicted in August of raping and strangling four women in Northern California in the 1970s and 1990s. Naso , also known as the Alphabet Killer for selecting victims with matching first and last initials, is a suspect in New York's Double-Initial Murders of the 1970s.
Accused serial killer Joseph Naso was convicted of four murders in Marin County Superior Court on Tuesday. It took the jury of six men and six women about 8 hours of deliberation to convict Naso, 79, of killing Roxene Roggasch, Carmen Colon, Pamela Parsons and Tracy Tafoya. The women were all victims in what have been called California's Double Initial Murders.
An elderly man suspected in multiple killings is set to go to trial on four counts of murder. Joseph Naso, 79, who is representing himself in the California courtroom, screened potential jurors Monday. According to local news station KTVU, Naso asked questions that indicated he was trying to select jurors who had not been exposed to much media coverage about his case.


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Holiday Baked Apples Recipe
These appetizing oven-baked apples from Paula Marchesi of Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania abound with fall flavor. The cored apples are filled with raisins, nuts and dried cranberries, then baked in a fragrant spiced sauce. Topped with white chocolate shavings, the apples will add a festive touch to your seasonal gatherings.
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh gingerroot
- 2-1/2 cups reduced-calorie reduced-sugar cranberry juice
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup golden raisins
- 1/3 cup slivered almonds
- 8 medium tart apples
- 1/2 ounce white baking chocolate, shaved
- In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and ginger. Stir in the cranberry juice, syrup, lemon juice and almond extract until smooth; set aside. Combine the cranberries, raisins and almonds; set aside.
- Core apples, then peel top half off each. Place in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Fill each apple with 2 tablespoons cranberry mixture. Pour the juice mixture over and around apples.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 55-65 minutes or until tender, basting occasionally. Reduce pan juices if desired. To serve, drizzle apples with pan juices and sprinkle with chocolate. Yield: 8 servings.
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Admin, sorry I did not really want to become an administrator. I was clicking around trying to get to some older postings. Hit the wrong button...
I see a lot of IT people that like SF but when we start talking about specific books or authors there is very little agreement. Movies seem to appeal more widely - perhaps because there are not as many of them.
Just wanted to add that I came to IT to try to make a living with my brain after quitting college too early. I had been knocking around at lots of odd(no really ODD) jobs for years before going back to school to get into computers because the pay was good.
I cooked in several states and types of places, drove auto parts and paint deliveries, was a file clerk, parked cars, and picked mushrooms in a cave for DOLE foods.
Mostly I read sf&f but I will read other books that come highly recommended. I was in a non-ficltion book club last year and got over a long standing prejudice against that category.
I have read and liked The Story of PI, The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, and I have a fondness for YA books.
So, what sub-genres interest you all? Anyone else into surviving and founding colonies? I love that stuff and it isn't even a category anywhere!


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Thursday, March 6th, 2014
Right before the Academy Awards, Camaroonian-born pop star and skin-lightener shill Dencia began tweeting a series of attack-mode responses to a supposed slight by Lupita Nyong'o.
Friday, January 17th, 2014
Skin lighteners in Africa have a long history – so the appearance of Whitenicious skin lightening cream isn't that surprising. What's new is that the model used in the advert (heavily photoshopped) not only has a "lighter"...


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The Trebro HarveStack is a single-operator, fully automatic turf harvester designed to save maximum time and labor! Using the field-proven AutoStack technology, the HarveStack will meet the durability and performance requirements that turf producers expect from Trebro.
The HarveStack comes complete with a John Deere four-wheel drive, 94 hp tractor and your choice of either 16 or 24 inch cutting widths. A unique floating cutting head with adjustable down pressure maximizes productivity and turf quality with a minimum of waste. Neat and stable pallets of turf are consistently produced using less labor.
- One-man operation for substantial labor savings
- Time-tested and proven Electro-Hydraulic Automatic Stacking System
- Powered by a 140 hp, 4 cylinder John Deere Power Tech engine
- Heated and air conditioned cab for operator comfort
- 90 degree rotating operator's seat for excellent visibility of harvesting and stacking functions
- Fingertip controls for on-the-go adjustment of thickness, pallet size, and roll length
- Twin 24 inch floating cutting heads with adjustable-down-pressure for improved turf quality and less waste
- Blade changing and service is quick and easy with the cutting heads in the raised position
- Articulated steering for outstanding maneuverability – even in smaller fields
- Dual Ultra-Steer allows harvesting in both directions
- High flotation tires and four-wheel drive permits harvesting in conditions where other machines can't go
- Low profile, rubber conveyor mat is easier on the turf
- Unique roll-up system is gentle on turf and produces consistent, tight rolls
- On-the-go flap adjustment keeps the rolls in a perfect position for neat, stable stacks
- Stacker head with 88 pickup spears gently transfers 10 rolls at a time to the pallet
- Neat, stable pallets of turf up to 9 layers high are consistently produced
- On-the-go automatic pallet injector with 18 pallet capacity
- On-farm training by a qualified Trebro Service Technician is provided with each new AutoStack
- Responsive after-the-sale service
- Performance Up to 3,000 square yards per hour
- Width of Cut Two 24 inch cutting heads
- Length of Cut Electronically variable up to 81 inches
- Thickness of Cut Power adjustable
- Pallet Size 48 X 48 inch single faced
- Cutting Knives 24 inch one piece with fingers
- Weight 25,600 lbs.
- Length 34 feet, 3 inches
- Width 11 feet, 11 inches
- Height 9 feet, 1 inch
- Tires 54 X 31 inch high flotation
- Horsepower 140 hp John Deere 4 cylinder Power Tech (Diesel)
- Transmission 3 speed hydrostatic
- Four-Wheel Drive Planetary wheel motors
- Differential Lock Yes
- Steering Articulated with Ultra-Steer control
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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds News: Melissa Joan Hart Had a 'Makeout Session' With the Actor
on Jun 18, 2013 10:51 AM EDT
Cover your ears, Blake Lively.
Before the Gossip Girl actress met husband Ryan Reynolds, he was trying to woo another teen star: Melissa Joan Hart.
During an interview on Chelsea Lately, Hart revealed that Reynolds gave her an expensive watch after the pair wrapped the Sabrina the Teenage Witch movie back in 1996.
Hart told guest host Ross Matthews, "He was 17 and I was, like, 19. I was like, 'You're too young for me."
The star said she didn't know how to react to the sweet gesture, so "I just grabbed him and started kissing him."
"You get a piece of jewelry like that, you gotta make out with the guy!" Hart reasoned.
The hot make-out session happened way before Reynolds met his current wife, Lively.
The Green Lantern co-stars tied the knot back in September 2012 at Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., just outside of Charleston.
The reception took place in a white tent at the plantation on Sunday evening. Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine), a good friend of the Gossip Girl star, performed three songs live, and there was also a deejay who spun tunes.
Lively and Reynolds have been in nesting mode since buying a home in Bedford, N.Y., last year. The two have stayed relatively mum about their relationship, though Lively, 25, did tell Marie Claire this past summer, "It's definitely attractive when a man can dress well."
Reynolds, 35, was previously married to Scarlett Johansson. The couple divorced in 2010 after two years of marriage.
This is the first marriage for Lively, who previously dated her Gossip Girl costar Penn Badgley.
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NEXT SEASON'S RBS Six Nations kicks off on Saturday, 1 February, with reigning champions Wales entertaining Italy at the Millennium Stadium. So here you go, dates for the diaries for the next two years… (times are UK and Ireland)
2014 RBS Six Nations fixtures
Saturday, 1 February – Wales v Italy 2.30pm; France v England 5pm
Sunday, 2 February – Ireland v Scotland 3pm
Saturday, 8 February – Ireland v Wales 2.30pm; Scotland v England 5pm
Sunday, 9 February – France v Italy 3pm
Friday, 21 February – Wales v France 8pm
Saturday 22 February – Italy v Scotland 1.30pm; England v Ireland 4pm
Saturday, 8 March – Ireland v Italy 2.30pm; Scotland v France 5pm
Sunday, 9 March – England v Wales 3pm
Saturday, 15 March – Italy v England 12.30pm; Wales v Scotland 2.45pm; France v Ireland 5pm
2015 RBS Six Nations Fixtures
Wales also begin the 2015 Six Nations on home soil, entertaining England on the evening of Friday, 6 February.
Friday, 6 February – Wales v England 8.05pm
Saturday, 7 February – Italy v Ireland 2.30pm; France v Scotland 5pm
Saturday, 14 February – England v Italy 2.30pm; Ireland v France 5pm
Sunday, 15 February – Scotland v Wales 3pm
Saturday, 28 February – Scotland v Italy 2.30pm, France v Wales 5pm
Sunday, 1 March – Ireland v England 3pm
Saturday, 14 March – Wales v Ireland 2.30pm; England v Scotland 5pm
Sunday, 15 March – Italy v France 3pm
Saturday, 21 March – Italy v Wales 12.30pm; Scotland v Ireland 2.30pm; England v France 5pm


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What It Does
At LDI2005, the judges awarded Strand Lighting the Lighting/Entertainment Product of the Year for its C21 Dimmer Rack. The system allows users to freely mix dimmers of any type — both sine wave and conventional — within a single rack. (A new quad SCR module allows SCR-only systems to achieve a density of 192 dimmers in a single rack.)
"Sine wave dimming is both old and new," says Peter Rogers, vice president of marketing for Strand. "The original resistance autotransformer dimmers were all sine wave devices because the output was an amplitude-modulated sine wave. What we have done is taken that idea and applied modern technology to create a high-density dimmer rack that allows people to have up to 96 sine wave dimmers in a rack and all of the benefits."
Rogers explains the benefits of sine wave dimming. "The first benefit is silent lamps. The second benefit is low harmonic content on your mains, which means you don't need to have oversized neutrals or K-rated transformers, both of which add significant costs to an installation. These benefits can be pretty significant, because — particularly in older cities — the ability to get power systems into a theatre that can deal with the high harmonic content is very difficult."
Another benefit and difference over SCR dimmers is the fact that sine wave dimmers are not load-sensitive. A regular SCR dimmer requires a minimum load to operate. That ranges from 40W to 60W, so that they will dim properly. Below that level, you will get flickering and potential problems. "A sine wave dimmer doesn't really care what load is connected to it," says Rogers. "It could be a 1mW LED; it could be a low-voltage track light; it could be neon or cold cathode. Basically, you can hang anything off this thing that you can hang off an old-style autotransformer. So you can dim a motor with it, or you can control a fan onstage — just a whole host of things."
The single biggest demand for these products has come actually from acousticians that are designing concert halls. "The noise floor of a concert hall — as they are designing them — has been falling over the years. It used to be NC20 [Noise Criteria]. Now, they are down around NC15," says Rogers.
There is still a price premium for sine wave dimmers in comparison to a standard module. "It is coming down, but its probably still 50% versus a high rise-time dimmer," says Rogers.
How It Came To Be
A truly quiet dimmer has been a goal for many dimmer engineers over the years. Acousticians have been demanding quieter and quieter dimmers for years, and high rise-time dimmers of 800 microseconds were not enough to satisfy their acoustical goals. "It really came to be because people were asking for quiet loads in a wide range of applications, from people doing digital audio recording on a movie soundstage to people designing concert halls," says Rogers. "In Europe, regulations — particularly over harmonic content — were driving more and more systems, especially the largest ones to go all sine wave — so, regulation in Europe and artistic demands here." Strand starting designing the sine wave product in 2000.
So why has sine wave dimming taken so long to come along? Like many technologies that the entertainment technology industry now enjoys, the costs were too high. "The IGBT [Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor] devices weren't available. Until recently, they were so expensive that they weren't viable," Rogers explains. "You need so many high-power capacity IGBTs in a sine wave dimmer — you use four for each dimmer — that it was just too expensive. The costs have come down; the ability to control them is better; and they are much more resistant to cold-filament shock. We spent a lot of time designing them to be resistant to cold filament shock because that's what blows up IGBTs — to be able to use a bump button to have the lights flash up. In early versions, these power devices would just destroy themselves. There would be a little puff of smoke out of the rack and the lamp would literally not even get to full. Now you can do rock 'n' roll."
One of the key features of the TrueSine dimmer products is the fact that they can be interchanged with regular dimmers. This is huge. "One of the things that really drives customers is the ability to mix and match — that you can unplug a sine wave dimmer and plug in a standard or vice versa. You don't need anything special in the dimmer rack. Television people will say, 'that scoop is making a whole bunch of noise.' To be able to put a sine wave in to make it quiet is a huge deal for them. The customers on a budget really like the interchangeability," Rogers notes. "We see quite a mix of installations. I'd say about half are like the Toronto Opera or Nashville Symphony where the whole hall is quiet, and they want all sine wave dimming. The other applications that we see are mixed systems where things like house lights are sine wave, but they did not want to spend the money on sine wave dimming on stage."
The first sine wave product that Strand developed was the SLD series with 48 sine wave dimmers in a rack. "That was a good first answer," says Rogers. "Then, all of the consultants came to us and said, 'Great, now do it with 96.' We took the SLD circuit design, repackaged it, and put into the C21 product, and now we have 96 dimmers in the rack."
What's Next
According to Rogers, Strand will be putting the TrueSine into rolling racks. "The first racks will ship in time for the summer movie production season. Later this year, you will see product in different packaging from us. I think that the next big hit is going to be in the small architectural wall racks, where you currently can't get a sine wave dimmer. There are lots of uses for them. It will not be a plug-in rack," he says. These racks will have bolted-in modules, similar to the Strand Environ product. Rogers continues, "We are looking to build racks that will be all sine wave or mix-and-match regular and sine wave dimmers in those cabinets as well."
"The SLD sine wave dimmers have been installed in a number of applications, and the newer C21 versions just starting the installation process. We will obviously service and support the SLD product, but the demand for the C21 has pretty much surpassed the SLD demand. We are just finishing off SLD installations because of the construction cycle."
When asked if he thinks the regulations in America will push for sine wave dimming, following Europe's lead, Rogers replies, "Ultimately yes. Yes, we will."
What End-Users Have To Say
Richard Hoyes, an associate with Fisher Dachs Associates, has specified a number of projects with Strand sine wave dimming. Currently, he has three completed projects with the dimmers for house lights that include Fairfield Community Arts Center, Fairfield, OH, with 18 dimmers; Georgetown University with 20 dimmers; and Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver with 74 dimmers. Later this year, Hoyes has two projects with the C21 sine wave product scheduled to open, including the Four Season Centre for Performing Arts in Toronto with 1,000 stage and house lighting dimmers; and Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN, with 350 stage and house lighting dimmers.
"We have four facilities up and running. They are working great," says Hoyes. "We had acousticians involved in two of the projects, and they have nothing but good things to say about the noise level." On the Fairfield project, sine wave dimmers solved a large problem. "During value engineering, they decided to use a cheaper houselight fixture; they used a PAR56 unit that makes a notoriously loud noise. With the SLD system, we could go in and easily integrate 18 sine wave houselight dimmers in the same rack with the other dimmers. This was a change at the last minute. After switching to the sine wave dimmers, the lamps were dead quiet."
Many of Hoyes specifications are for mixed sine wave and SCR dimming systems. Hoyes comments, "The ability to combine different types of dimmers into single rack is great." He does have a full sine wave system about to open in Toronto this year. "The Four Season Centre will be our first project that will be all sine wave. This is primarily an opera house, so silence was the key."
For additional information, visit www.strandlight.com.


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Guests visiting Roscoe Village for the Christmas Candlelightings on December 7th, 14th and 21st will have the opportunity to experience a truly old-fashioned Christmas. A variety of family fun activities will be offered through-out the day -- horse-drawn carriage rides, roasted chestnuts, strolling carolers, complimentary hot-mulled cider, cookies, a Christmas tour, luminaries, and visits with Santa. Activities may vary for each Christmas Candlelighting.
At candlelightings each year, visitors are provided a candle upon arrival at the ceremony and surround the main stage in the center of the village to listen to guest choirs sing carols, hear a Christmas story, and participate in the lighting of their candle. When it comes time to light the candles, the Honorary Candlelighter lights his or her candle from the main candle on stage then passes the flame through the crowd as each guest joins in the singing of "Silent Night" until everyone's candle is glowing. The candlelighting ceremonies begin at 6:00pm and are free to the public. Parking is also free.
Roscoe Village will offer "A Roscoe Christmas" tour during each Candlelighting. Christmas cards, toys, treats, "visions of sugarplums" and letter to Santa -- learn how these holiday traditions were practiced in the 1800s. Times for the tours are 12:30pm, 1:30pm and 3:00pm. Following the Christmas Candlelighting Ceremony is a special candlelit tour at 7:00pm. Reservations for the evening tour must be made in advance by calling the Roscoe Village Visitor Center at 740-622-7644 ext. 12. Many have made this wonderful event a holiday tradition. The Roscoe Christmas tour will also be offered on the Sundays following each Candlelighting at 11:00am and 2:00pm.
For more information on Christmas Candlelightings, please call 740-622-7644 or 800-877-1830 or visit www.roscoevillage.com. The Village is located at 600 North Whitewoman Street on State Routes 16 and 83 near the junction of US Route 36 in east-central Ohio.


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The Venus Factor diet program is the Fat Loss system created by renowned fitness and nutrition expert John Barban just for women. Barban has studied the physical and psychological differences between men and women and has discovered gender-specific exercise and nutritional strategies that lead to exceptional results for women. In addition, the whole system is not a one fits all program but instead is customized to each individual participant.
John has spent many years working with a wide variety of women and has been able to use his many years experience as a personal fitness instructor to devise a natural and effective weight loss program designed only for the female body type. The whole program is flexible and suitable for women with different fitness levels and weight loss requirements. In addition, you will no longer need to rely on harmful weight loss pills and other artificial supplements.
What is included in the program
The system consists of 4 core components:
- The Venus Factor PDF manual, which consists of a clear and concise easy to follow step by step guide.
- An exercise plan, consisting of a complete 12 week workout guide which can be carried out both at home or at a gym. There is also the added convenience of exercise videos that show you exactly how to perform each routine.
- A Virtual Nutritionist guide, software application which you will use to obtain your own individually tailored nutritional plan that is based on your body type, metabolism, age and weight, diet goals.
- An online community, where you gain access to the members forum and can participate in a disccuing the program and share hints and tips with other members on how to lose weight fast.
The Venus Factor is a 12 week course and the main PDF manual explains all aspects of the system in a clear and concise easy to follow step by step guide. You are provided your very own daily 40 minute exercise routines, personal meal plans and food shopping lists and recipes to help you cook your own meals.
The forum is a great resource which also gives the options to create your own blog and weight loss journey, share podcasts and get advise from other members. It can be a great motivational tool as you will no longer feel isolated and be part of a greater community of like minded people with similar goals.
Getting the program
When you visit the Venus Factor system official website, you will be able to view the John Barban free video presentation which explains exactly what is included in the program and give you have a greater understanding of how it works. After which you will be able to purchase the whole system online.
Once you have made your purchase, you will be automatically sent a confirmation email message. Please check your 'Junk' mail folder if you have not received an email to your Inbox mail folder. The email will include a receipt aand a link to the members area where you can then get the program and start using it straight away.
The Venus Factor comes highly recommended for those women who are seeking a natural and effective system that not only comes with a 60 day money back guarantee but also espouses a complete lifestyle choice of both weight loss and healthy living. You will also experience a boost in your confidence and increased energy levels.
You will not be required to carry out any strenuous exercises, consume any harmful artificial supplements or starve yourself. Instead you will follow a personalized workout and a healthy and balanced diet.
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Are you paying too much in rail fares?
VIDEO: Passenger groups joined rail unions today in a widespread protest over the soaring cost of travel. Fares are rising nearly three times faster than wages, with many commuters paying up to 50 per cent of their income to get to work. Fred and Sangeeta link to a report from John Ryall.


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If you plan to enter a graduate program, it would be wise to plan on completing that program before you enter medical school. For medical school applicants, if you did not do so previously, you should also strongly consider applying to osteopathic medical schools. For more information, see www.aacom.org.
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Kumo Sushi Bar & Grill, located at 850 E. Main Street, opened it's doors with an official ribbon cutting on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, and the unseasonably warm weather matched the beautiful environment unveiled.
Owner Irene Zheng said it's taken her just over a year to get the space open in Stamford. Kumo brings Zheng to just shy of a half-dozen restaurants she's opened, she said.
"I've been in the restaurant business my entire life," Zheng said. "All of my family is in the restaurant business. I have five restaurants serving Japanese cuisine, but this is my first in Stamford."
Zheng said the restaurant, which is buffet-style serving sushi and other traditional Japanese fare, has two party rooms capable of accommodating up to 100 guests and a bar up front. Kumo will be open until 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
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Alex Beard is facing two counts of vehicular homicide and three counts of aggravated assault.
Investigators say in August 2012 he was driving 94 miles per hour in a 40 MPH zone when his police cruiser collided with another car, killing Deloise Epps, 54, and her 13-year-old daughter, Mackala Ross. Investigators say Beard was not using a lights or siren as he responded to a call.
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"This case is being handled no differently than any other case in the system," said Alex Beard's defense attorney, Leslie Ballin.
Beard was fired six months after the car accident.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- FastSpring was presented with a Silver Stevie® Award in the Customer Service category in the 12th Annual American Business Awards in Chicago last night.
The American Business Awards are the nation's premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. More than 3,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories.
FastSpring, a leading cloud-based e-commerce and subscription management platform for online vendors of desktop software, SaaS, and downloadable games was recognized by the Stevie Awards for delivering excellent customer service. "FastSpring is committed to providing our clients and customers with a superb support experience," said Tom Tzakis, CEO at FastSpring. "We respond promptly, resolve issues quickly, and treat clients and customers with respect and personal attention."
According to Tom, "FastSpring is committed to helping businesses sell software and services online, and we have long been regarded as the e-commerce industry leader in delivering excellent customer service. We are delighted that our unique approach to customer service has been recognized by the 2014 Stevie Awards."
Stevie Award winners were selected by more than 240 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process this year.
"It's an honor for us to recognize and celebrate such an outstanding class of organizations and individuals," said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. "The judges were especially discerning this year. All of this year's Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie winners should be proud that the judges recognized their achievements and their ability to express those achievements in a way that captured the judges' hearts and imaginations."
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New tool opens door to more Olympic ministry
While most people may not be headed to Sochi, Russia, to share the Gospel during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Christians can use the games as a way to reach their community with the Gospel. Developed by church leaders across the U.S., "Engage Your Community" is a resource available for congregations around the globe that are seeking to share Jesus in their neighborhood.
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EUROPE (BP) -- Athletes from around the world will soon converge in Sochi, Russia, for the 22nd Olympic Winter Games in February 2014. Millions across the globe will gather around their television sets to watch this event. For Christians, this creates a unique opportunity to share the Gospel, not only at the games but within their own communities.
While it is important to use the Olympics as an opportunity to share the Gospel in the host city, it is important for Christians to use the event to spread the Gospel around their own communities, said Marc Ira Hooks, an IMB correspondent based in Europe and co-director of the Engage Sochi project.
The International Mission Board launched "Engage Sochi" earlier this year as an evangelism and church planting project for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Engage Sochi team prepared a resource kit called "Engage Your Community." The kit helps Christians use the Olympic Games as a way to share the Gospel regardless of their location.
"The message we have to share is so much more precious than winning a gold medal, something only a few ever get the chance to do," Hooks said. "We are talking about something that every person can have -- a personal relationship with God. And the Olympic colors help tell that story."
Hooks noted that the colors used in the Olympic rings are the same colors that Southern Baptists have used for years to share the Gospel. It contains Olympic outreach ideas, sermon outlines and small-group lessons for every age group. The kit also includes sheet music for the Engage Sochi theme song, "Where the Sea Meets the Snow," written specifically for the project by Nashville worship leader and songwriter Jeff Bourque.
"We are very excited about this project," Hooks said. "The second the torch is lit in Sochi, people from around the world will be tuned-in to what is happening in Sochi. What better way to start a conversation?
"This is not just a thing for churches in the States," Hooks added. "Churches from around the world will be using these materials to help reach the people in their communities share the message of Jesus with their friends and neighbors."
The packet is also available in Russian and will be used by Russian-language churches across Russia and Europe. In addition, churches in other countries will host special Olympic-themed services and events using these materials.
To download the "Engage Your Community" packet, visit
. An online version of the color-based evangelism presentation is currently available in English and in Russian. Other language translations and a downloadable mobile app will be added in early 2014. The online presentation can be found at
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Update,Oceans a windy mess with ultra protected S ends surfable but very average. Morning Report: Waves 3-5 ft +, Swell E @ 11 secs, Winds SE-S 16-24 knots. Decent size and consistent but gales through the night and now steady onshores has left ocean a mess. Its averaging 4ft expecting to build couple more feet but will be a struggle to find a reasonable wave today. Maybe protected S ends later if winds tend S>SSW as forecast. Keep and eye on cams and will update.
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I have this problem commonly known as an eating disorder, but I like to think of it as my filthy secret. I do not waste myself away drinking; I do not waste myself away smoking; I do not waste myself away injecting. No, I waste away my body creatively.
It is beautiful, the way I look now, skinny and lovely. It is disgusting, my mode of operation, binging and purging. I am bulimic. You would not know it, looking at me, talking to me. I eat moderately, but you are not there 24/7. You do not know my filthy secret.
I eat; oh, do I eat, just not in front of you. My family knows, they watch as I gorge myself, consuming until it aches. And then? What makes me so pretty? It is my lovely, filthy secret life inside a restroom - my hideout, my sanctuary - I puke until my throat is dry, until my stomach burns. It hurts, it hurts so much. Has it ever been worth the anguish?
It does not matter now, I cannot stop; it is my relief, my comfort. Do not take that away from me, my sanity. I know it is bad, I know it is killing me. My throat constantly burns; my teeth are cracking; my stomach cannot hold food. If I am not puking, I am eating. Whenever I am home, I spend some time eating, some time puking, some time dying from exhaustion.
Even sleep does not come much anymore. I am exhausted, but the urge, the pure need, beckons me. I cannot abandon it, I cannot leave it as everything has abandoned me. So I abandon sleep instead. Everyone loves sleep, everyone loves food. No one loves the truth.
It is pathetic, but do not tell me to quit. I cannot handle it. I do not care if I weigh 110 or 220. Just do not take this away from me. What would I be if I were not bulimic? I need to be defined, so simply, so beautifully. Do not take this away from me, not when my mind is so fragile.
Wait for a better day, a day when I am not thinking about the calories, about the effects, about weight. Wait for a better day, perhaps when my mind shuts down. Wait for a better day, but promise me that the better day will not be too late.
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The 31st year of the First State Bank Gift of Love kicked off today (Thursday). Standing before the Tree of Names of needy children provided by CAPWN and their wish list items, the bank's Marketing Director Becca Tompkins invited everyone to come to this evening's after hours event and get involved.
First State Bank, CAPWN and the Valley Christian Neighbors In Need program provided food and gifts for over 300 families last year.
The Gift of Love program also includes the collection of canned goods by local schools picked up by the National Guard, the Truck of Love December 8th from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. in the First State Bank Scottsbluff parking lot and the Coats for Kids program at the bank locations in both Scottsbluff and Gering.
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---- — The Cooperstown Art Association will host an opening reception for two new exhibits on Friday, Aug. 23.
Festivities will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. featuring music by the Stoddard Hollow String Band. Gallery A will be showcasing the 22nd annual "Made in New York: The Art of Wood" fine craft invitational show. "The Art of Wood" is entirely devoted to creations made in a variety of local and exotic woods. Featuring work by 24 talented local and regional craftspeople, this year's show will highlight an array of functional and nonfunctional work including furniture, jewelry, lighting, vessels, musical instruments, turned and carved items and sculptures that are sure to delight, according to a media release.
In Gallery B, Robert Glisson of Syracuse will be exhibiting his original oil and acrylic paintings that depict soft, atmospheric landscapes. As a landscape painter, Robert is continuously trying to express a feeling or mood in nature. He paints in plein air to best understand the land, atmosphere and spatial relationships. Work is often finished in the studio, drawn out from the experience outdoors.
"I am not so concerned with a literal copy of a site but an emotional response. My use of color is sometimes exaggerated in order to elicit this emotion. Design decisions are made about what to leave in and what to take out of the picture. In the end, I want someone to look at my paintings and take a little journey through them … and a little pleasure," Robert said in the release.
Both exhibits are sponsored by Brewery Ommegang and will run through Sept. 20. The CAA galleries are located at 22 Main St. in Cooperstown in the village building on the corner of Main and Fair streets. Special Gallery Hours for Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day Weekend will be held daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. CAA will be closed for Labor Day and Tuesdays thereafter. For more information, call 547-9777 or visit www.cooperstownart.com.


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9:00pm Tuesday 11th February 2014 in News By Michael Morrison, Hyndburn reporter
THE number of over-50s being hospitalised after taking illegal drugs has rocketed, new figures show.
Almost 110 people were taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital last year, a 96per cent increase since it opened in 2006/07.
In stark contrast, nine were taken to Burnley General, and just one was admitted to Ross-endale Hospital, information released under the Freedom of Information Act reveals.
Overall, 69 patients were found to have taken opoids – a psych-oactive chemical that resemb-les morphine and can take the form of the pain killer tramadol and heroin substitute methad-one.
More than 25 were admitted after using cannabis, 19 had taken a cocktail of illegal subs-tances, and three had ingested cocaine.
The majority were aged bet-ween 50 and 69, but two people were older than 80 last year when they were admitted.
Two people also died, bring-ing the total number of deaths since 2005/06 up to 25.
Russ McClean, of East Lanc-ashire Patient Voices group, said he was shocked and sadd-ened by the figures, which he said could be blamed on poor mental health in the area.
He said: "Had it been under- 50s, I would not have been shock- ed, but I'm flabbergasted.
"We have to remember we are still in times of depression, and Blackburn with Darwen are still in an area of deprivation.
"I'm almost certain the fear of people losing their jobs, and putt- ing food on the table and the heating on, are causing people to have mental illnesses and drug abuse problems."
Mr McClean said the figures were also putting more strain on an 'already overwhelmed' heal-th service.
The average stay in East Lanc- ashire hospitals over the past eight years was more than five days, although the figure has been on the decline since 2010/ 11. Mr McClean added: "I really believe mental illnesses do play a big part in drug misuse, and I'm really saddened by these figures."
Nobody from East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was avail-able to comment yesterday.
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Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
10:14pm Tue 11 Feb 14
happycyclist says...
10:51pm Tue 11 Feb 14
noddy57 says...
11:53pm Tue 11 Feb 14
123Jon123 says...
noddy57 wrote:Opoids? Surely Opioids happy cyclist if you dare criticise hyphens.
drugs are rife throughout society why be surprised if some users are over 50 ?
6:31am Wed 12 Feb 14
Benjamin James says...
Understand what you're displaying here LT, a picture of a drug that has never had a recorded fatality throughout time.
Make it seem like it's nice and dangerous.
8:25am Wed 12 Feb 14
AnthonyUK says...
8:42am Wed 12 Feb 14
Chris P Bacon says...
happycyclist wrote:They want to do lines.
Sort your hyphens out, FFS.
10:56am Wed 12 Feb 14
TONY WALES says...
Older people should realise that if you take drugs, they do affect your health when you are older.
Safer to get free prescription medicine from your doctor.
Look around next time you walk around town, the regular drug users are easily spotted by looking at their faces. They are the ugly ones, with a poor complexions and covered in spots.
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Video Art 'Unnamed Soundsculpture' Created with the Xbox Kinect
As Ryan proffered during its first week of release Microsoft's Xbox 360 peripheral, the Kinect, was destined to have an effect on how some story tellers would choose to tell and deliver there stories in the future and given its status as the 'fastest-selling device on record' there's an obvious audience for any compatible content you could push out to the device. However, perhaps of even more interest is the use of the Kinect as a creative tool as in Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer's Unnamed Soundsculpture:
The first step for the duo was to use three Kinects to capture the spacial and auditory data they'd work with later:
The basic idea of the project is built upon the consideration of creating a moving sculpture from the recorded motion data of a real person. For our work we asked a dancer to visualize a musical piece (Kreukeltape by Machinenfabriek) as closely as possible by movements of her body. She was recorded by three depth cameras (Kinect), in which the intersection of the images was later put together to a three-dimensional volume (3d point cloud), so we were able to use the collected data throughout the further process.
This data was exported as Krakatoa particle files which were then imported into 3ds max where after some additional rendering the 3d scene was completed, all of which you can more or less see in this making of video:
In case you're wondering, the virtual camera movement we see in Unnamed Soundsculpture isn't simply an arbitrary desire to show off the sandmanesque rendered dancer from a variety of angles. It too tapped into the Kinect data pool, specifically the sound, to drive its motion and work with the 22,000 point digital body to recreate a tangible dance performance.
With Microsoft performing a rather swift u-turn on their initial resistance to the Kinect being hacked, and in fact nowadays actively encouraging the community to push the hardware beyond its preconceived limits we're bound to see filmmakers using it in increasingly creative ways.
Have you seen other good examples of Kinect filmmaking? Is the Kinect a camera narrative filmmakers could use?
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mike on 05.31.12 @ 1:03PM
I wish It had a narrative like this. Really creative and cool idea though
mike on 05.31.12 @ 1:04PM
oops that video's audio was changed, here we go
altavistalives on 06.1.12 @ 3:42AM
Very nice.
Shame the number of comments is in direct proportion the technobabble about lens sharpness and cameras that nobody uses to any great effect.
Noel on 06.1.12 @ 7:49PM
Microsoft making a u-turn and encouraging hacking? Recognizing the virtues of openness? Astonishing.
Love that Pixies audio on the Kinect ad.
Daniel Mimura on 06.7.12 @ 6:12PM
Wow, unnamed soundscape is great. Even their rough footage looks as good as many people's finished animations.
I like some of the details like how the sand settles on the ground in the pattern of the groves of the tiles.
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7:30 p.m. — A lot of subjects hit on in the debate. The economy, the deficit, health care, gridlock in Washington were a couple. Did you like the answers from the canidates? We'll learn more from the people with debate now over, but give your opnions now in our comments section.
7:15 p.m. — Romney stumbling over saying "poorer" and then recovering with "low-income," got some laughs.
7:10 p.m. — Eric Swalwell with a smile with Obama's line — "Is Romney keeping his plans secret because they're too good?"
7:03 p.m. — Question for readers: Who do you think is winning the debate? Are you rethinking who you are going to vote for in November? Tell us in the comments section.
6:55 p.m. — Everyone seems to be listening intently to the health care debate. Nobody saying anything.
6:45 p.m. — I asked our guests if there were any Democrats here who think Romney is winning the debate, and if any Republicans here think Obama is winning the debate. Nobody raised their hands.
6:40 p.m. — Mark Meuser says he's disappointed by the moderator, Jim Lehrer.
6:39 p.m. — The "you only pick losers" statement by Romney got some "ooooooos" from the crowd.
6:35 p.m. — Al Phillips, the Republican Assembly candidate, hasn't said anything during the debate but he has put together a full page of notes.
6:32 p.m. — Another editor comment from me: Obama seems to be sharper as the debate is going on.
6:27 p.m. — Obama saying, "I like it," when Romney apologized about calling Obama's health care law "Obamacare," garnered some laughs from the group.
6:21 p.m. — "I guess there's no rules (for the debate), just suggestions." Mark Meuser, Republican state senate candidate.
6:17 p.m. — This is completely an editorial comment of mine (has nothing to do with the people here), but I think Romney is doing well.
6:12 p.m. — Romney line about "the middle class being buried" wasn't lost on many of the people at our party. (A reference to a recent Joe Biden line).
6:07 p.m. — Just about everyone chuckles at Romney's line about this not being the most romantic place for the Obama's anniversary.
6:05 p.m. — And we're off! Right before the debate, Amy Miller of the Dublin School Board says, "I'm nervous" with a laugh.
6 p.m. — Our attendees are having a little debate about the MoveOn.org...good way to get the fire started.
5:55 p.m. — People are starting to file in at the East Bay Patch debate party here in the Tri-Valley. Shelby McNamara, Danville chamber chief executive, David Behring, Danville Rotary, Al Phillips, Republican Assembly candidate and Eric Swalwell, Democratic Congressional candidate are a few of the people here.
Stick with Patch tonight as political and business leaders from the East Bay respond in real time to tonight's first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
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JOHN CURTIS - Daily Union Sports Editor
Shelbyville Daily Union
The Shelbyville Sluggers teed off with three home runs and a triple and 15 hits as they doubled-up Monticello on Friday, 12-6.
The Rams put up four 3-run rallies, as they kept spinning the revolving door at home plate, and they got started right out of the gate.
Lead-off hitter Jensen Cloe drew a walk in the 1st, followed by Kayla Brachbill's triple, 1-0. Grace Moll stepped to the plate and she clobbered a 2-run homer, 3-0. The Rams weren't done. Madison Boone singled, Brandy Smith singled and Abbie Watton reached on an error. The bases were loaded with no outs, but Monty's pitcher mercifully got out of the inning with two strikeouts and a pop-out.
Monty got two of the those runs right back in their half. Moll have up the first of her seven walks. A sacrifice fly and another walk, put two on with one out. Moll threw a strikeout, but then gave up a 2-RBI hit. She rang up the next batter, but it was just a 1-run game, 3-2 Rams.
Shelby got two men in scoring position in the 2nd, but couldn't get them in. Brachbill singled and Moll was walked with one out. Two fly balls were caught and Monty came up in the 2nd.
Moll was in charge in the 2nd, KO-ing the first two batters, then getting the third to ground out to Rachel Fox, 3rd to 1st.
Shelby broke loose again in the 3rd. Watton led off with a single and Fox followed with a single. Lindsey Eigsti sacrificed the runners over and Courtney Williams singled to drive in a run, 4-2.
With one out and a runner on 3rd, Cloe drove the ball for a sacrifice fly, scoring Fox, 5-2. Williams scored and the Rams had separation, 6-2.
Monty got two hits to start the bottom of the 3rd. Moll gave up another walk and Valentine scored on a passed ball, 6-3.
With two men on and no outs, Moll took over. She threw out the next batter from the mound, then rang up the next two.
Shelby scorched Monty with another 3-run rally in the 4th. Moll led off with a single, then Boone went yard on the first pitch, her fifth homer in a week, scoring two. Smith, the third batter of the inning with no outs, came to the plate and got every bit of a 1-0 pitch, hitting a back-to-back homer. With one out, Fox singled, but was stranded. No matter, Shelby was up 9-3.
Moll KO'd the first batter in the Monty 4th. She gave up a single and the #9 batter reached on an error. With two on and one out, Moll threw out a batter on a comebacker to the mound, then rang up the next batter.
Like an all-you-can-eat buffet, the Rams came back for more in the 5th. They launched their third 3-run rally in three innings.
Cloe led off with a single. She forced out on a fielder's choice. But, Moll singled and the Rams had two on with one out. Boone reached on an error. Brachbill scored. After a ground out, Watton singled in another run and the Rams were up 12-3.
Monty had a long way to go and a short time to get there. Moll gave up three straight walks and a couple of passed balls. After she threw a strikeout, a single drove in a run. Moll reared back and threw two more Ks to get out of the inning, still up 12-5.
Shelby went in order in the 6th and Monty looked to close the gap more. Moll rang up the first batter, then gave up a hit. A walk and a couple wild pitches scored a run. Williams then threw out a batter, 2nd to 1st. Moll hit a batter, but Smith squeezed a fly ball in center to keep Monty back, 12-6.
Shelby went in order in the 7th and Monty was down to their last at bat. Moll threw out the first batter on a comebacker. Watton made a 3-unassisted play, then Moll threw out the last batter at 1st.
The middle of the Ram order all had multiple hits. Brachbill was 2-for-5 with a triple. Moll was 3-for-4 with a home run. Boone was 2-for-4 with a home run. Smith was 2-for-4 with a home run. Watton was 2-for-4 and Fox was 2-for-4.
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Shelbyville 12, Monticello 6
Shelby 303 330 0--12-15-1
Monty 201 021 0--6-6-2
Ram stats: Cloe 1-for-3, BB, sac, run, RBI; Brachbill 2-for-5, FC, 3B, 2 runs, RBI; Moll 3-for-4, BB, HR, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Boone 2-for-5, ROE, HR, 2runs, 2 RBIs; Smith 2-for-4, HR, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Watton 2-for-4, ROE (CR Durbin run); Fox 2-for-4, run; Eigsti 0-for-3, sac; Williams 1-for-4, run, RBI. Moll 7 IP, 6 runs, 6 hits, 7 BBs, HB, 12 Ks.
Monty stats: Valentine 1-for-3, BB, 2 runs; Gulliford 2-for-3, sac, run, Hislope 0-for-0, 4 BBs, 2 runs; Gadbury 0-for-5, BB, run; Catlin 1-for-3, HBP, BB, 2 RBIs; Magsamon 0-for-4; Janis 1-for-4; Westerhof 1-for-4; Alsinga 0-for-4. Pitching (L) Catlin 3 IP, 3 ER, 10 hits, 2 BBs, 3 K.


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Cool 'autumnal' temperatures set to give way to that 'summer feeling'
The recent cool morning temperatures that have us reaching for our jackets are not a sign of the summer's end.
Wednesday 27 August 2014
15° Partly sunny Wind: WSW 16
19° A couple of showers Wind: SSW 21
13° Occasional rain and drizzle Wind: SSW 24
18° A couple of showers Wind: WSW 23
12° A shower possible Wind: W 19
19° Times of clouds and sun Wind: WNW 16
10° Partly cloudy Wind: SW 10
21° Partly sunny Wind: S 8
15° Partly cloudy Wind: SW 14
21° A chance for showers Wind: WNW 11
13° Partly to mostly cloudy Wind: ENE 8
The recent cool morning temperatures that have us reaching for our jackets are not a sign of the summer's end.
LONG summer evenings are drawing to a close as wind and rain is set to sweep across the country over the coming days.
Having enjoyed a reasonably good summer by Irish weather standards, we are now experiencing weather more typical of the autumn months, Met Éireann reports.
If you've dusted off the barbecue in anticipation of a sunny weekend, make sure you have your steaks ready for Saturday.
If your Bank Holiday plans were scuppered from the downpours last weekend, it might be wise to get the barbeque ready for over the coming days.
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