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Alberta Genuine Draft - Big Rock Brewery
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Ratings: 23 | Reviews: 14 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by pootz:
Ontario (Canada)
3.03/5 rDev +26.3%
My impression of this beer may have a lot to do with the environment I tasted it in and the fact I only had one. I had one last weekend at the foot of the glacier in Cameron lake in Waterton park (a beautiful postcard of a place) after a 5 klick hike to the US side of the lake.
Sorry but I had a can and the true color may differ from my impression of it being way too pale for a draft type beer (Smoothed in cold aging process). The aroma was nearly undetectable but the taste was nice and smooth with a nice bready malt after taste. If they use some adjuncts to cheapen the process and make this a pogue-boy beer, it was not detectable and well buried in this thin-bodied beer. One of the better draft-style standard mega beers out there.
To me, it came off well for what BR had intended this brew to be....a smooth, mild-tasting draft style affordable beer for chugging on a hot day or after a work out. Workin mans draft...does Johnny Paycheck know about this Canuck beer?...He may switch from his draft Colorado cool-ade ;-)
05-26-2004 20:12:41 | More by pootz
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Newfoundland (Canada)
2.25/5 rDev -6.3%
10-01-2013 00:55:52 | More by cam477
Alberta (Canada)
2.75/5 rDev +14.6%
355ml can. Ahhh...AGD...the canned beer of choice for impromptu ski trips lo those many moons ago, pre-craft beer knowledge and hegemony, as it were.
This beer pours a clear, rather bright medium golden yellow colour, with two skinny fingers of puffy, thinly foamy, and mostly soapy dirty white head, which leaves some decently frilly lace around the glass as it recedes before my very eyes.
It smells of pale, slightly toasted cereal grains (mostly of the Corn Pops variety), a touch of stale white bread, a middling hard water minerality, weak earthy hops, and wet hay. The taste is sweet cooked rice and creamed corn, both of the weirdly familiar breakfast cereal variety, a dumbed-down barley malt, and very little else beyond a soft weedy, grassy, and slightly vegetal hop character.
The carbonation is on the low side, and mostly just weakly frothy, the body medium-light in weight, fairly smooth, and just a wee bit cloying, way below the average levels of its shelfmates. It finishes off-dry, generally clean, and a little sweet, but with no nasty surprises.
Well, you get what you pay for - this is an adequately satisfying lawnmower/camping/ski lodge beer - inoffensive, a small step up from banality, and easy enough to mindlessly chug, especially for its proscribed style. Or maybe nostalgia is interfering with my subjectivity...nah. The best of Big Rock's, um, 'value' beer segment, this much is certain.
06-16-2010 00:09:59 | More by biboergosum
Alberta (Canada)
2.6/5 rDev +8.3%
appears a pale straw colour. I know this colour. I'm in for a cheap beer. Smell is not interesting. Nothing great going on here. Taste is grainy and indiscriminant, although doesn't have any of the bizarre flaws of the other Canadian domestics (ie molson canadian and kokanee). So, it does get points for its easy-drinking nature, but with a beer that smells and tastes like this, you don't want it in your mouth too long anyways.
I work at a liquor store in Edmonton, and a lot of people order this beer in kegs because it runs about $170. Both Amber's Brewing and Alley Kat in Edmonton sell full size (59L) kegs around that price, and the beer is much, much better, and more ethical.
When you support craft breweries, they grow, and make more good beer. Positive feedback loop. When you support inexpensive beer, you support the bottom line, which lowers the aggregate "bar". Negative feedback loop. The choice is yours.
08-29-2009 01:24:56 | More by sammytag
1/5 rDev -58.3%
This was the shittiest I have ever experienced in my life. I had 1/2 a can of it and chunked because it was so fucking disgusting. I would rate it lower than 1.0 if that were an option. It can't even get me drunk because I will chunck if I even try to drink anymore. If I wanted to stay sober and vomit I would have gone to a binder restaraunt and wiped my ass by dumping water down my crack and drink the water. This is a disgrace to anything that is remotely alcoholic and no matter how cheap it is save yourself the chunk and don't buy it. People should pay you to drink this. Crap.
05-05-2012 02:18:13 | More by Trenton
Alberta (Canada)
2.1/5 rDev -12.5%
Well, this was the new low that Big Rock sunk to before they started mass-producing Jack Rabbit. It must be said that they've done well with it in competition with the Canadian macro market, the price makes it the beer of choice for many of that crowd. But does price have anything to do with the actual taste or quality of it? We'll find out...
Pours out of the can (it's cheap beer, it only comes in a can) a pale watery straw colour, a thin fizzy splash of head that disappears in a flash. The aroma contains a bit of grain and sweet corn, but is overpowered by cooked vegetables and adjuncts. On the first sip it is a decent mass-produced adjunct lager, but the mouthfeel starts to get caustic halfway through and builds momentum on the finish, a sandpaper burn down the throat. That's not very user-friendly beer drinking. The mouthfeel is fuller for a macro, but the caustic texture of the finish and aftertaste loses it some points. I could only see this as the students beer of choice due to the pricing. If you're having friends over and are supplying the beer then the affordability of this stuff will make you the hero and allow you to pay for rent as well. But the quality is still low-grade swill, and one day you will be able to afford better beer.
07-17-2004 15:26:26 | More by IronDjinn
Alberta (Canada)
2.5/5 rDev +4.2%
07-16-2012 00:47:08 | More by Alberta_Beer_Guy
Alberta (Canada)
2.63/5 rDev +9.6%
Only available in cans, pours yellowy gold color. No real head or foam stability. This is designed as a lower cost option from Big Rock to compete with other macro-type lagers. As far as that goes, it is pretty good. Slight grainy smell, easy to drink, no aftertaste, fresh and clean. Don't expect anything fancy, nothing special in the smell or taste, it isn't there and it isn't supposed to be there. Slightly higher quality beer at a lower quality price.
03-19-2005 18:44:08 | More by BigBry
Alberta (Canada)
2.78/5 rDev +15.8%
Very pale yellow colour with surprisingly thick head. Smells is grainy with a detection of cooked vegetables and corn.
Taste is very watered down, has a small hint of malt and a bit sweet but nothing very noticeable. Thin bodied with high carbonation, after taste is very smooth and malty.
Overall, this is definitely a bland beer. I wouldn't say that it's a bad beer as there is nothing rancid about it. If your looking for a cheep beer that's easy to drink it's good, but so is water.
03-06-2008 02:28:22 | More by CrazyMike
British Columbia (Canada)
2.25/5 rDev -6.3%
05-11-2012 00:15:50 | More by bumchilly25
Alberta (Canada)
1.5/5 rDev -37.5%
01-15-2012 16:56:32 | More by hockeybarbie
British Columbia (Canada)
3/5 rDev +25%
12-02-2011 21:51:14 | More by papawu76
Alberta (Canada)
4.9/5 rDev +104.2%
I dont see what this beer got such a poor review!! I guess its gotta be like Bud with 50000 commercials a day before ppl start going after it.
I was actually hoping dumba*s useless province of ON, & U.S would start selling this beer too!!
Awesome price, grrreat taste, verrry smooth!!!
06-07-2014 07:00:10 | More by m33lad
Alberta (Canada)
3/5 rDev +25%
355ml can poured into pint glass 8/10/11
A clear straw yellow with plenty of bubbles and a short lived finger of foam leaves no lace
S sweet corny malt with a little hay
T what I smell but with a little dry cereal, not much going on but nothing offensive
M pretty basic with a thin body and plenty of bubbles, fairly clean finish
O pretty basic stuff but average beer for below average price
thought this leftover can would be just awful from my memories of it being an awful beer, but I was surprised that I didn't have to choke it down.
10-08-2011 23:01:42 | More by wordemupg
British Columbia (Canada)
1/5 rDev -58.3%
11-28-2011 06:51:03 | More by EskimoDave
Alberta (Canada)
1.98/5 rDev -17.5%
If yellow could possibly be any paler...aggressive pour yielded no head what so ever and no lacing. Grainy smelling with a faint wiff of cooked veggies. Cooked veggie taste with just a hint of malt thrown in for good measure. Very thin and fizzy mouthfeel. I guess you do get what you pay for once and a while.
note: have had this on tap locally and for what ever reason it has more of a fruity apple taste (think BR traditional) that isn't close to being as obnoxious as this can was
02-20-2007 04:03:23 | More by Shadman
Alberta (Canada)
1/5 rDev -58.3%
10-30-2013 06:00:13 | More by Ianleesrivette
Alberta (Canada)
2/5 rDev -16.7%
04-05-2014 09:06:17 | More by Exeter
British Columbia (Canada)
2.2/5 rDev -8.3%
An uneventful lager style beer that doesn't live up to the Big Rock reputation.
I had this one on draught at a local Italian/Japanese fusion styled restaurant served in a 22oz mug. On delivery to the table, the head was virtually non-existent (whether that's the beer or just a slow waiter -- I'll call it a mix of the two). Head gave way to little more than a very small white collar on the mug with no lacing. A very average looking beer, light in color with a definite golden glow.
Aroma and taste were both lacklustre with both offering a little bit too much sweetness and maltiness when I would have hoped for a little more hoppiness. That's not to say there was no hop hit, just not as much as I had hoped for. Taste wise, a fairly mild, albeit boring brew that lacked any redeeming characteristics to warrant calling this good.
A below par beer from an otherwise reasonable brewery.
02-01-2003 18:49:13 | More by 49degrees
Alberta (Canada)
2.95/5 rDev +22.9%
Pours pale, limpid yellow with a spumous white head that almost instantly fades to almost nothing. Smells of grains and corn. The taste is predominantly corn and cooked veggies, alongside an undercurrent of sweetish grains. There is a gentle hop presence in the finish. Mouthfeel is thin, and highly carbonated. This beer is an OK refresher when consumed cold, after yardwork and such. If allowed to warm however, the adjuncts really tend to take over.
Notes: This is Big Rock's 2nd foray into the lager style (Kold being the 1st). This time, they've removed the Big Rock label (and their "Pure Beer" tag), and replaced it with a neckband label that reads "A G D". In fact, the only mention of Big Rock on the label is a small line printed at the bottom of the label, stating that is brewed by Big Rock breweries. Presumably they want to distance this beer from the rest of their line…and rightfully so. One wonders why a quality brewery would feel the need to add an adjunct-laden lager, to their line of fine ales. I hope this is not a sign of things to come.
05-13-2003 10:18:01 | More by lipschitz
British Columbia (Canada)
2.85/5 rDev +18.8%
Overall, for what it is, this beer isn't bad. It's a smidge better than the major competition out there - Molson Canadian and the like - as it's a bit maltier and I really appreciate the lack of preservatives.
Nothing much more to write home about after that, though. Another standard run-of-the-mill lager, and by style alone, I normally don't rank lagers very high. The price point is, I suppose, the one other decent selling feature here. Give it a try if you're looking to save - otherwise give this guy a pass.
12-07-2011 02:53:42 | More by timtwoface
Alberta (Canada)
2.58/5 rDev +7.5%
Alberta Genuine Draft is a surprisingly drinkable, macro-style lager brewed by Big Rock Brewery. It's certainly below Big Rock's usual standard, but as bargain bin beers go, AGD isn't bad.
It pours a pale yellow with a surprisingly thick head that disperses rather quickly. The aroma is very weak, maybe a bit of grass or celery.
There isn't a lot of flavour here. A hint of malt, perhaps, but the best description of AGD's flavour would probably be "inoffensive." It's not tasty, but it's not disgusting in the way that some cheap beers tend to be.
Mouth feel is thin...almost like lightly carbonated water. Very little after taste.
While I'm certainly not going to declare AGD a new favourite, it's a cheap beer that goes down fast and smooth as long as it's kept cold. It's good to drink after mowing the lawn on a really hot day, or to take on a camping trip.
06-22-2009 18:25:16 | More by asnider
British Columbia (Canada)
2.25/5 rDev -6.3%
05-30-2013 18:36:06 | More by KStark
Alberta Genuine Draft from Big Rock Brewery
65 out of 100 based on 23 ratings.


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Book your room at Rixos Downtown
Standard Double RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 1 infant)
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5-star family-friendly hotel in Antalya (Konyaalti Beach) near Antalya Archeological Museum
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This luxury hotel is located in Antalya (Konyaalti Beach), close to the beach, Antalya Museum, Antalya Archeological Museum, and Glass Pyramid Congress and Exhibition Centre. Also nearby are Konyaalti Open Air Theatre and Cam Piramit.
Hotel Features
In addition to 4 restaurants, Rixos Downtown features outdoor tennis courts. Other amenities include a full-service spa and bars/lounges.
Room Amenities
LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, sofa beds, and air conditioning.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Rixos Downtown
At your hotel
This Antalya hotel has its very own private beach. In addition to a full-service spa, Rixos Downtown features outdoor tennis courts and an outdoor pool. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include 3 bars/lounges, a beach bar, and a poolside bar. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities include a conference center and conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a children's pool, a health club, and a nightclub. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Complimentary self parking and valet parking are available on site.
Rixos Downtown has designated areas for smoking.
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Children's pool
- Poolside bar
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Health club
- Nightclub
- Coffee shop or café
- Room service (24 hours)
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Children's club
- Tennis on site
- Number of bars/lounges 3
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Beach shuttle (complimentary)
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Free Wi-Fi
- Total number of rooms - 360
- Number of floors - 8
- ATM/banking
- Multilingual staff
- Free valet parking
- Garden
- Babysitting or childcare
- Beach bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Number of restaurants - 4
- 24-hour business center
- Free self parking
- Pool sun loungers
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Indoor pool
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Wedding services
- Concierge services
- Full-service spa
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Designated smoking areas
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Conference center
- Outdoor tennis courts 2
- Number of meeting rooms - 8
- Year Built 1990
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Free self parking, Free valet parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
In your room
- Pay movies
- Furnished balcony
- Climate control
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Rainfall showerhead
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- In-room safe
- Sofa bed
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Shower only
- Pillow menu
- Sofa bed size
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Eat and drink
Kalina - Overlooking the garden, this theme restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Panoramic - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
Outdoor tennis courts and a health club are featured at the hotel. An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a steam room.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Rafting nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Sailing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Aerobics on site
- Playground on site
- Racquetball/squash on site
- Tennis on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Rixos Royal Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with Turkish bath/hammam.
- Deep tissue massage
- Steam room in spa
- Thai massage
- Reflexology
- Sauna in spa
- Manicures and pedicures
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
The fine print for Rixos Downtown
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
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POLICE found child pornography when they raided a house in Chelmsford.
A court heard on Friday how 200 indecent images of children were found on computer equipment at Anthony Welch's home on April 9 last year.
Most of the images involved children aged between six and 14 and were at the lower end of the serious scale, Chelmsford Crown Court was told.
Welch, 59, Linnet Drive, Chelmsford, admitted two charges of making indecent images of children when he appeared in court for sentence.
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Brian Urlacher has still not seen any video of the "bump that rocked J'Webb Nation" last week, and he doesn't care to.
According to him, it's over.
"Someone told me there was supposed to be a mutiny in the locker room - I didn't know we were supposed to be mad at him," Urlacher said.
The middle linebacker isn't.
"People get pissed off. It's like a fight in practice. It's practice, who cares. You guys have seen us fight in training camp. Five minutes later we're buddies again. Once it's over with, it's over with. We spend a lot of time together so you better get rid of it quick. It's going to be a long season if you don't," he said.
So, now can we move on to the rest of said, "long season?" Please?
It appears the Bears defense is all on the same page - pressure Sam Bradford. The few players who spoke Thursday (Urlacher, Briggs, Corey Wooton and Henry Melton) all praised Bradford for his 310 yard, 3 touchdown effort in the Rams win on Sunday.
He has a strong arm, gets rid of the ball fast, he's decisive and he's got a cannon when he lets it fly. All qualities the Rams hope will be an advantage Sunday. My hunch says not likely. The Bears got their butts kicked in Green Bay. I can't imagine them not responding in a big way, making it a long day for Bradford.
Rams RB Steven Jackson remains a question mark. Urlacher called him a monster - he's just so big - and he's a guy who makes St. Louis go. He's listed as day to day with a groin injury so who knows if he will play Sunday.
The Rams do have a formidable backup in Daryl Richardson who is described as fast but he's not Jackson - even at 80 percent. So that remains something to watch for moving into the weekend.
Practice Notes
Urlacher was held out of practice Thursday, part of the team's monitoring of his reps during the week. Urlacher assured us his knee is fine, feels good in fact. And that he is getting better every week and sees no reason why that won't continue.
Matt Forte continues to "progress" which is as vague as it sounds.
Though Lovie did say the team is confident if they need to call upon Michael Bush to start Sunday. Official game day injury report still to come.
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Lance Briggs sported a White Sox hat to the podium for interviews Thursday. Not just a fashion statement, but a sign of support for the South Side. He wasn't the only one. I counted five more White Sox caps hanging out in the Bears locker room. Love the solidarity from Halas Hall to the Cell.
But, later I was watching an NFL Network interview with Rams WR Danny Amendola. He was wearing a Tigers hat. He's from Texas so I have a hard time believing he's a die hard Detroit fan. I mean, maybe but I'm wondering if MLB is shipping caps around to stir up something on Sunday...hmmm...interesting.
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JU was voted as preseason A-Sun champions by the league coaches receiving nine out of a possible ten first place votes. The Dolphins were also predicted to be the A-Sun Tournament champions and advance to the NCAA Tournament. This comes as no surprise as the Dolphins return seven starters from last season's championship team.
One of the returners is the reigning A-Sun pitcher of the year, Sarah Sigrest. After setting school records in wins (27), ERA (1.10), and strikeouts (208) as a junior, naturally Sigrest was voted as preseason pitcher of the year and a unanimous all-conference selection.
Joining Sigrest on the all-conference team is junior catcher Sarah Simon. With a strong 2011 campaign under her belt in which she led the Dolphins in average (.365), triples (3), and home runs (10), Simon was voted as the A-Sun preseason player of the year and an all-conference first team selection.
The final member of the Dolphins selected to the A-Sun all-conference team is senior infielder Amanda Schmidt. She was a unanimous selection returning for her final year after a stellar junior season. Schmidt belted nine home runs and set a team record with 50 RBI while being named to the 2011 all-conference team.
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U.S. deploying troops to 35 African countries
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The United States Army will be deploying troops to nearly three dozen African nations in the coming year.
Earlier this month, DoD sources with insider knowledge told the Washington Post that U.S. troops will soon be en route to the nation of Mali in order to thwart the emerging threat of Islamic extremists, including al-Qaeda aligned insurgents. With the latest news from the Pentagon, though, Mali will be just one of many African nations hosting U.S. troops in the coming year.
According to the AP's update this week, soldiers will be sent overseas in the new year to assist only with training and equipping efforts and are not necessarily permitted to participate in military operations. Should the Pentagon ask the troops to engage in battle, however, the secretary of defense could sign off on an order that would allow as much.
"If they want them for (military) operations, the brigade is our first sourcing solution because they're prepared," Gen. David Rodriguez, the head of U.S. Army Forces Command, tells the AP. "But that has to go back to the secretary of defense to get an execute order." Additionally, the AP says that U.S. troops will head specifically to Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Niger in order to prepare for any advances from al-Qaeda linked groups.
Americans will also train and equip forces in Kenya and Somalia, reportedly, in order to stand up to al-Shabab militants. Despite the troops being deployed to more than half of the countries in Africa, though, the AP reports that Uncle Sam will try to avoid giving the impression that the United States is leaving a substantial footprint across the continent.
"The challenge we have is to always understand the system in their country," explains Rodriguez. "We're not there to show them our system; we're there to make their system work. Here is what their army looks like, and here is what we need to prepare them to do." Sources speaking with the AP say that the United States has already prepared nearly 100 different exercises and training programs to conduct with African troops during the coming year.
This story first appeared at http://rt.com/usa/news/us-deploying-troops-order-749/.
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The disco-fueled interactive dance party known as The Donkey Show, very loosely inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, puts you smack in the middle of the action in a funky lounge setting. Featuring two full bars and a dance floor, the Diane Paulus-created wonderland was inspired by Studio 54 in its heyday, when celebrities and art icons would mix and mingle with kids from Queens, and the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack would be shaking the speakers. While you and the rest of the audience drinks, dances to disco classics or just checks out the action, the motley crew of characters in this glammed-up, sex-fueled version of Shakespeare's play re-enact the hilariously chaotic tale of a magic elixir that wreaks havoc at the nightclub. But it's mostly just a cool boogie-filled bash. Learn More
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Hey, we know: If you're anywhere from northern Connecticut to Downeast Maine, the Red Sox have been the most disappointing team in baseball this season. Because they're behind the Yankees. Well behind the Yankees.
But really, the Red Sox haven't played poorly at all. They're within spitting distance of second place (which is almost as good as first place) in the Wild Card standings, and they've got the fifth-best run differential in the American League. They just need to get a little healthier and a little luckier, and they'll be fine. Ay-yeah.
No, today's list is composed of teams that have not played well, despite pre-season expectations, and in most cases aren't likely to play well, or at least not well enough ...
5. Milwaukee Brewers
The Brewers certainly weren't favored to win their division, perhaps not even to reach the postseason. But they did win 96 games last season, and while they lost star first baseman Prince Fielder to free agency over the winter, they also gained star third baseman Aramis Ramirez. And Ramirez has played well!
In fact, even without Fielder the Brewers' hitting attack has been fine; this year they rank fifth in the National League in scoring, exactly the same as last year. The real problem's been pitching/defense, as the Brewers seventh in the league in ERA last year, but rank just 12th this year. Oh, and the team's not been nearly as lucky. Last year, they outperformed their run differential by six wins, which is a lot; this year they've underperformed by two wins.
Essentially, you can chalk up the Brewers' disappointing 40-45 record to poor luck, and the poor pitching of Randy Wolf and John Axford. Really, it doesn't take much.
4. Arizona Diamondbacks
The Diamondbacks were supposed to finish last (or close to last) in 2011, and instead they won 94 games and, like the Brewers, an unexpected division title. Also like the Brewers, the Diamondbacks outperformed their run differential by six wins, which didn't bode well for their chances in 2012.
Still, the Diamondbacks brought back all of their best players, and even made a few significant additions, notably Jason Kubel (who's been excellent) and Trevor Cahill (who's been good). They also figured on getting full seasons from youngsters Paul Goldschmidt and Wade Miley, who have both been excellent. Also Aaron Hill, who's enjoying the best season of his career. So many things have gone better than expected ... and yet the Diamondbacks are worse than expected, largely because of poor clutch hitting and MVP candidate Justin Upton's poor season.
Also, the Diamondbacks -- again, just like the Brewers -- have underperformed by a couple of wins, give or take. It's actually quite striking, how similarly these teams, who of course faced off in a Division Series last fall, have fared over the last two seasons.
The D'backs are in slightly better shape than the Brewers, though, because they're only four games out of first place and there are only two teams ahead of them, with the Padres and Rockies presenting no threat at all. It's probably time for the Brewers to give up on 2012, but Arizona's not yet close to that point.
3. Miami Marlins
Train wreck.
In April, the Marlins went 8-14 and Ozzie Guillen got in Dutch with the local Cubans.
In May, the Marlins went 21-8 and Ozzie Guillen was officially made a Doctor of Thinkology.
Since then, though? The Marlins have gone 12-20 -- including a couple of six-game losing streaks -- and now sit nine games behind the first-place Nationals. And they've more than earned their 41-44 record, having been outscored by a whopping 56 runs. This is especially disappointing, as ownership celebrated the team's move into a new stadium by upping the payroll from $58 million to more than $100 million. All for a record and run differential practically identical to those of one year ago.
The biggest culprits? First baseman Gaby Sanchez, who's been sent to the minors; and high-priced closer Heath Bell, who's (finally) been demoted to a less critical role. But it's not just those guys. High-priced shortstop Jose Reyes hasn't done much, and high-priced third baseman Hanley Ramirez is doing little better than he did last year.
2. Detroit Tigers
While the Tigers weren't consensus picks to win the World Series -- though a lot of pundits did think they would do exactly that -- they were overwhelming favorites to win the American League Central. And instead they're in third place, 3½ games behind the surprising White Sox.
More to the point, the Tigers have outscored their opponents by only six runs all season, while the Sox are +63. The Tigers have gotten virtually nothing from their second basemen, their starters have been just fair beyond Justin Verlander's usual brilliance, and Jose Valverde's 2011 magic has gone where single-season magic usually goes.
1. Philadelphia Phillies
But nobody's been more disappointing than the Philadelphia Phillies, who were supposed to return to the postseason for a sixth straight October but instead are 14 games behind the first-place Nationals ... and five behind the terribly disappointing Marlins!
The Phillies do have some pretty good excuses, though. Chase Utley just started playing, Ryan Howard has played just two games, and Roy Halladay's been on the DL for a goodly stretch now; that's a lot of money on the Disabled List. Plus, nobody's really been hitting except Carlos Ruiz and Hunter Pence, and the bullpen's been a mess.
The organization is loath to give up on a season, but it really is time for exactly that. Even with Utley and Howard and Halladay, the Phillies are just too far out of the running and behind too many teams to make it six straight.
Yes, there's still plenty of time left in the season. But not enough time for anyone. Last year at the All-Star break -- if you could add a second Wild Card to the mix -- no team that ultimately qualified for the postseason was more than just a half-game out in the Wild Card standings.
Essentially, the places these teams currently occupy in the standings tell us not only how well they've played, but also how well they will play. Roughly speaking, of course. But good teams, playoff teams, usually play a lot better than this in the first half of the season.


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Forever has always existed.
In the mythology of Oceanic peoples, it's been there along with Darkness and the Sea.
The Earth came from the efforts of Old Spider, who soared over the endless sea and found a giant clam. She opened it and crawled inside, finding a snail there to share the space with her. She set the snail in the west and made it into the Moon to shed some light into the darkness. Together they raised up the top of the clam shell to make the sky, pushing it until it was wide open.
Then they pushed the bottom half of the clam shell in the other direction to make the ground. The earth was called Papa and the sky Ranga. These are the two first beings who created all the flowers, plants, trees and animals on the islands, and fish in the sea.
They celebrated all their open space by making as many beautiful creatures as they could imagine, but they still remained separated by the work of the original Old Spider. Each night, Ranga weeps for his beloved Papa earth, and this is where the morning dew comes from.
Polynesia means "many islands" and when you see these pictures, you will want to visit all of them. To make it simple, the islands sit in a triangle described by connecting Hawaii, New Zealand and Easter Island.
There are over a thousand of these islands of surfer's paradise in the central and south Pacific Ocean. It's stunning. Look at the color of the water here! And the sunset... these speak for themselves. Could you be happy in this little house? How about some reef diving inside a lagoon?
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World Organisation for Animal Health
The World Organisation for Animal Health is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide. It was created by an international agreement as the International Office of Epizootics (still known by its French acronym Office International des Epizooties – OIE) on 25 January 1924. It is recognised as a reference organisation by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and maintains permanent relations with 35 other international and regional organisations. Its headquarters are in Paris, France.
The organization was created following the rinderpest epizootic in Belgium in 1920. The disease had originated in India and concern over the spread led to an international conference in Paris in March 1921. An agreement was signed on January 25, 1924 by 28 countries.
OIE has a total of 178 members.[1]
Currently the following states are not members:
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica
- Liberia, South Sudan
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- states with limited recognition
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Timely dissemination of information is crucial to containing outbreaks. The WAHID Interface provides access to all data held within OIE's new World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS). It replaces and significantly extends the former web interface named Handistatus II System.
A comprehensive range of information is available from:
- Immediate notifications and follow-up reports submitted by Member Countries in response to exceptional disease events occurring in these countries as well as follow-up reports about these events,
- Six-monthly reports describing the OIE-listed disease situations in each country
- Annual reports providing further background information on animal health, on laboratory and vaccine production facilities.
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Getting our wardrobes ready for the new season Myleene Klass treats us to her Electra asymmetric shoes.
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The Kentucky State Police in Dry Ridge will be hosting their annual Citizens Police Academy starting on March 7 at the Maysville Community College in Cynthiana. The classes run for 11 weeks from 7:00 – 9:00 pm every Thursday evening with a graduation ceremony on May 16, 2013.
This learning opportunity will provide those in the class with an in depth look at the multiple aspects of the Kentucky State Police as well as an opportunity to interact with the Troopers that work the local communities. There is no cost to attend this academy. The activities include classroom presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.
The attached flyer provides more information about the academy. Persons interested should contact Trooper David P. Jones, Public Affairs Officer Dry Ridge Post 6. Applications are available at the Kentucky State Police Post 6 Dry Ridge or online at http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/posts/post6.htm.
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In one of the wildest games of the season, Auburn went toe-to-toe with No. 9 Texas A&M at Kyle Field and wound up victorious, 45-41. Tre Mason stretched a 5-yard run across the goal line with 1:19 left in the game, and Johnny Manziel was bottled up by the Tiger defense on the game's final set of downs.
Auburn scored three touchdowns on sustained drives in the final quarter to provide the difference as the Tigers rallied, and that defensive failure wasn't lost on Dr. Norris Comancho at Good Bull Hunting as he broke down the game's numbers:
9. First downs by Auburn in the fourth quarter. Tre Mason had 108 yards on the ground in the fourth quarter. We were outgained 227-114 in total offense in the fourth quarter. We had zero net rushing yards in the fourth quarter. I'll stop now.
Auburn's comeback came late as Manziel recovered from an apparent shoulder injury, one that kept him out for a series as he went to the locker room to receive treatment. Manziel returned to the game and was admirable even in defeat, but this is the second straight week the Aggies' Heisman QB has missed time during a game to a potentially serious injury, and that's a bad omen with roughly half the season left to play.
More troubling for the Aggie faithful, the issues that led to this loss were ones that have plagued A&M all year, and that wasn't lost on stringsays at GBH:
This loss has been weeks in the making. Every single demon we've faced this year, bad play calling, poor defense, relying too much on johnny to be johnny and for our OL to be perfect....well it all came back to bite us square in the ass. Kudos to Auburn. They played a helluva game. Their coaching staff put together a damn near perfect game plan. Hats off to Gus Malzahn. He got himself a signature win.
Many of the highlights of this reel, via College and Magnolia, come from that fateful fourth quarter. Yes, it's an exclusively Auburn-centric reel, but as they say, history is written by the victors:
Meanwhile, Chris Fuhrmeister at College and Magnolia was understandably delighted and made an optimistic but plausible extrapolation:
Auburn is back. Who knows what will happen during the rest of the year, but Auburn can win every game left on the schedule. The Tigers probably won't run the table, but after this, it's time to start dreaming.
Alabama may have something to say about that kind of talk, but hey, it's within the realm of plausibility now.
This wasn't a shellacking by Auburn, though, and it was probably one of Texas A&M's better performances of the season, especially on offense. Here's praise from Patrick Vint on the play of wide receiver Mike Evans:
Even in a losing effort, your player of the game has to be Mike Evans. The Aggies receiver caught 11 passes for a staggering 287 yards and four touchdowns. Evans averaged more than 26 yards per completion, and accounted for nearly half of the Aggies' 602 yards of total offense.
The story of the game, though, had to be Manziel suffering a shoulder injury then coming back to try (in vain) to rally his team back in the closing minutes. Manziel finished with 454 yards passing on the day (and led the team in rushing with 48 yards, even after the two sacks in the final drive) and completed his first nine passes after returning from a shoulder injury, but he couldn't finish the last drive.
Once again, Good Bull Hunting provided the tribute to its bruised and battered hero, taking a cue from "Casey at the Bat":
With the very next snap great Johnny's concentration shone;
He dodged the rushing line, took two more steps and then was gone;
To make the tackle the backer dragged him backwards down to hell
But no horsecollar was called, and yes not a single flag fell.
"Fraud!" cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered fraud;
And a scornful look from Johnny that the referee was flawed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they knew that mighty Johnny wouldn't let them down again.
Read the whole thing. It's pretty much perfect.
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Back in 1971, Dale Earnhardt was just getting started. He was years away from being a NASCAR Champion, and it would be many wins before he'd become known as the Intimidator. But with the prodding of Earnhardt's father Ralph, a North Carolina car owner named James Miller saw the potential in young Earnhardt and turned his 1956 Ford Victoria over to the unproven driver. It was only the second car Earnhardt ever raced.
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ESSEX — Harry A. "Puss" LaPine Jr., 78, of NYS Route 22, Essex, died Friday, July 26, 2013, at his home.
He was born in Essex, April 4, 1935, the son of Harry Sr., and Margreet (Lawrence) LaPine.
He grew up in Essex and graduated from Willsboro Central School in 1952. After high school he worked for Champlain Forest Industries. In 1957, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served until his honorable discharge in 1959. When he returned from the service, he began a career with NYCO in Willsboro that spanned 30 years prior to retiring. Following retirement, he worked the Essex-Willsboro transfer station in Essex.
"Puss" as he was fondly referred to, was active in the community and served as an Essex Town Assessor, a member of the Board of Assessment Review, and a member of the Essex Town Council. He was also a member of the Keeseville Elks Lodge #2072.
He was an avid sports enthusiast. He especially enjoyed watching baseball and was a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. He was also known for his artistic ability as a welder. Welding a variety of different decorative pieces.
Survivors include his loving wife of 56 years, Claire S. (Sayward) LaPine, who he married June 23, 1956, in Willsboro; son and daughter-in-law, Eric and Mary Ellen LaPine of Fairfax, Vt.; two grandchildren, Craig and Michelle LaPine, both of Fairfax, Vt.; and many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents; brother and sister-in-law, Milton Sonny and Charlotte LaPine; and sister and brother-in-law, Marion and Alfred Lee.
Calling hours will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, July 29, at the Hamilton Funeral Home, 294 Mannix Road, Peru. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30, at the Essex Community Church with Rev. John E. Hunn, Pastor, officiating. Committal prayers, military honors, and burial will follow in the Lakeview Cemetery in Willsboro.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Arrangements are in the care of the Hamilton Funeral Home, 294 Mannix Road, Peru. To light an online candle and offer condolences in the memory of Puss LaPine, please visit www.hamiltonfuneralhome.com.


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FGCU's Divers Qualify for NCAA Zone B Championship in First Attempt
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Competing in its first season of NCAA postseason eligibility, FGCU's diving team has had three divers qualify for the NCAA Zone B Championship back on Jan. 28 against FIU. Junior Maegan Butler (Orangburg, N.Y./Tappan Zee HS/FAU), sophomore Alex Valder (Tampa, Fla./Sickles HS) and freshman Cayla Collins (Largo, Fla./Osceola HS) each scored qualifying times for the NCAA Zone B Championship held on March 5-7 in Auburn, Ala. at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center.
"I am so proud of all the girls for what they have accomplished this season," said Diving coach Andrew Goe. "With such a young team it shows that the program can only get better from here. It is exciting to think about the direction of the diving team in the years to come."
FGCU's swimming and diving team is 11-2 on the season with a perfect 4-0 record in the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association.
On Jan. 28 against FIU the Eagles took care of the Panthers with a score of 198-99 as Butler, Collins and Valder finished second, third and fourth, respectively, in the 1-meter dive competition. All three of their scores qualified them for the NCAA Zone B Championship. To qualify for the 1-meter you must have a qualifying point total of 265 or better.
Butler, a mid-year transfer from FAU, is a two-time CCSA Diver of the Week and scored a career high 281.17 against FIU.
"At this point, we are all perfecting our dives and making sure we are consistent," said Butler. "Our focus is on conference but it is encouraging to be going to Zones."
Valder qualified with a 265.25 score versus FIU and was named CCSA Diver of the Week on Oct. 5.
"I learned two new dives heading into FIU and after working hard all year it was nice that it finally paid off," said Valder. "We were under pressure to qualify with only a few more chances to do so and I was really excited to make it."
Collins in her freshman campaign was also a CCSA Diver of the Week on Nov. 9 and scored a season-best 269.18 against the Panthers.
"The week leading up to the FIU meet, we worked hard on perfecting our best dives," said Collins. "The hard work paid off and Zones will be exciting to participate in."
In their first attempt at qualifying for postseason, the FGCU divers will take their talent to Auburn, Ala. next month.
The Green and Blue are looking for their fourth-straight CCSA title on Feb.16-18 in Athens, Ga.
For more information about the FGCU women's swimming and diving team visit www.FGCUAthletics.com and follow @FGCUSwimandDive on Twitter for more updates.
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Funding opportunities
Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia and Thalassemia
Funding Type:
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Funds requested:
$4 273 702
Funding Recommendations:
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Grant approved:
Public Abstract:
The most common genetic diseases worldwide affect the production of normal hemoglobins, the red blood proteins that carry oxygen to our organs. These disorders result in the diseases known as sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassemia, common in patients of African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Asian origins. In California, due to the large African American and Asian American populations these diseases have resulted health problems that have significant social and economic ramifications. Most patients with SCD require lifelong care that includes treatment of painful crises due to blockage of blood vessels, strokes at an early age, frequent infections throughout life, and kidney damage. Treatment involves management of the crises and infections as well as transfusions for strokes and severe anemia. Hydroxyurea can alleviate some symptoms and anemia in selected patients; however, the long-term effectiveness of this treatment has yet to be determined. Thalassemia comes in two major forms; alpha thalassemia, where the affected fetus usually dies in the third trimester of pregnancy or soon after birth, and beta thalassemia (beta-thal), where children are born healthy, but develop severe anemia within weeks or months, due to the lack of adult type of hemoglobin. Patients require regular monthly blood transfusions that carry with them large, toxic amounts of iron that will cause organ damage over time and therefore need to take medications throughout life to remove iron from their bodies. Both diseases impose heavy burdens on affected families and on healthcare costs. At present, the only effective cure is bone marrow or cord blood transplantation where there is a compatible donor. However, affected families usually have few children, and compatible donors are rare. This development proposal offers an alternative to conventional bone marrow transplantation. Its aims are to institute a treatment approach that converts a patients cells into induced pluripotent (iPS) cells, corrects the disease causing beta-globin mutation, differentiates the corrected iPS cells into cells that reconstitute the hematopoietic system, and returns these cells to the patient for a cure. While carrier screening or prenatal diagnosis and subsequent selective abortion of the affected fetus can control these diseases, this proposal offers cure through transplantation as an alternative to abortion. We have successfully reprogrammed cells from chorionic villus sampling (CVS) used for prenatal diagnosis between weeks 9-12 of pregnancy, into iPS cells. If SCD or beta-thal is detected by CVS or amniocentesis, cells cultured from these procedures will be converted into iPS cells, the mutation will be corrected, corrected cells will be differentiated into hematopoietic stem cells, and then transfused into the baby after birth. Since prenatal diagnosis is early in pregnancy, adequate time is available for corrective measures to be instituted.
Statement of Benefit to California:
Sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassemia (thal) are among the most common genetic diseases in the world. Of the thalassemias, patients with alpha-thal generally die in the 3rd trimester or shortly after birth, while beta-thal patients are symptomless at birth, but develop severe anemia with weeks to months due to the lack of adult hemoglobin. In California, these diseases have become important and significant health problem because of the large African and Asian American populations. Of the approximately, 500,000 new births in California every year, the rate of SCD incidence is about 1 in 6,600 births every year, while beta-thal occurs less frequently at 1 in 55,000 births. Most patients with these diseases require lifelong care that involves expensive therapies to treat the many complications that result in organ damage and severe pain. At present, the only cure is by bone marrow or cord blood transplantation. However, these families usually have a small number of children and compatible donors are difficult to find. Aside from the human cost and suffering caused by SCD and beta-thal, the economic impact to California is substantial. Treatment of SCD is about between $12,000 - $45,000/yr/patient, while the cost of treatment for a beta-thal patient is about $100,000/yr/patient. Given that SCD patients have predicted life-span of 50 yr and beta-thal patients now live to 40 yr, the economic impact of treating this cohort of patients for their lifetime by conventional means would be significant. One approach to prevent the disease has been through early detection and prenatal diagnosis. At present, the usual outcome of prenatal diagnosis is selective abortion of the affected fetus. This development project offers an alternative possibility of curing both newborn and adult patients with their own cells that have been reprogrammed, corrected and converted to cells that will regenerate their hematopoietic system. The benefit to California would be to eliminate emotional and physical suffering in patients and mitigate the economic impact that the life-long treatment has on the medical system.
Review Summary:
The project proposes to develop stem cell-based therapy for patients with sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. To this end, the applicant will reprogram somatic cells from each patient to induce pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) that will eventually be converted to hematopoietic stem cells and used to reconstitute the patient's hematopoietic system. Induced pluripotent stem cells will be derived using either non-integrating adenovirus vectors encoding key reprogramming genes or through the use of activating double-stranded RNA to transiently enhance expression of these genes. Once iPSCs have been created, the disease-causing mutations will be corrected by gene targeting, either through classical homologous recombination or oligonucleotide-based homologous replacement. Investigators will test conditions to direct the corrected cells along the hematopoietic lineage to generate multipotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). As proof of concept, these corrected, iPSC derived HSC will be tested for their capacity to both engraft and reconstitute the hematopoietic system in myeloablated, immuno-compromised mice. Sickle cell anemia and beta thalassemia are the most commonly inherited genetic diseases worldwide. Current treatment options, including HSC transplantation from HLA identical siblings, unrelated donors, and cord blood transplants, have been curative. However, transplants are associated with morbidity and occasional mortality. Development of autologous therapies for these diseases would avoid the problem of rejection. The PI has a solid publication record in homologous gene transfer technology (SFHR), and has assembled a team that includes a pioneer in hemoglobinopathies as well as experts in homologous recombination and RNAa techniques. This application has achievable goals, but reservations regarding the experimental plan, in particular the animal model, tempered enthusiasm. The applicant proposed adenovirus as a non-integrating tool for the generation of iPSC; however, low rates of integration can occur with these vectors, necessitating extensive testing of the resultant lines. Mutant globin genes will be corrected in the patient cell lines. The difficulty of achieving homologous recombination in human cells was a key concern, and if successful, this process might alter iPSC genetic stability and phenotype. An alternative proposed gene correction strategy, SFHR, avoids this process, and submitted preliminary data has demonstrated SFHR successfully introduced mutations in the beta globin gene of human HSC. The final phase of the study, the conversion of corrected iPSC into reconstituting hematopoietic stem cells, remains a formidable hurdle. The applicant is aware that introducing HoxB4 cDNA, while effective in this conversion, has been complicated by the development of HoxB4-associated leukemia; therefore a transient, endogenous HoxB4 gene activation strategy was proposed. In order for transplants to be curative, long-term reconstitution must be achieved. Transplantation into myeloablated, immunodeficient mice is the gold standard test for reconstitution. Unfortunately, the short mouse lifetime limits the demand on transplanted HSC and therefore limits the ability to predict long-term results. Reviewers felt that a more relevant clinical model may be required for clinical translation. In summary, this is a focused application addressing an unmet medical need with a good chance of success. The group has extensive expertise and they are using the current state-of-the-art techniques. However, this approach may not be adequate to overcome some substantial technical obstacles.


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BOSTON — A Boston fundraiser for congressional candidate Richard Tisei with U.S. House Speaker John Boehner gave Massachusetts Democrats an opening yesterday to tie the Wakefield Republican with the national GOP agenda.
"Clearly, Speaker Boehner is not happy with the representation the voters of the 6th District (are) getting, because John Tierney is voting against the tea party-Boehner agenda," Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman John Walsh said outside the downtown fundraiser at One Federal Street. "What is true is that he's found someone in Richard Tisei who's going to support him, because, why else would he be here?"
Stopping outside to speak with reporters before the fundraiser began, Tisei dismissed Walsh's claim that he had been "handpicked" by Boehner, and said the allegations about his agenda matching up with other Republicans is a sign of how Tierney's campaign has "imploded."
"It's just nonsense. Anybody who knows me knows I'm my own person. You know, I have a 26-year record in the Legislature. I have to be, in the entire United States, the only candidate who's in favor of gay marriage, who's pro-choice, who wouldn't sign the Norquist tax pledge being called a tea party extremist," Tisei said. "It's just laughable, and I think it says more about John Tierney's character than anything else."
Tierney was not present outside the fundraiser. Boehner, who campaigned for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Derry, N.H., on Monday, was unavailable to stop for questions en route from the fundraiser to the airport, his security detail told the State House News Service.
As the fundraiser began, Democrats had a clutch of supporters beside the doorway to One Federal Street while a slightly larger group of Tisei supporters stood on the other side of the doors.


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The Art Student annual is a sampling of the work done by students in Clark College's ART classes between Spring 2013 and Spring 2013. Last year's exhibit featured 130 art works by 73 student artists. Students can submit up to 3 pieces in any medium; painting. drawing, watercolor, photography, jewelry, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, video, and animation.
Awards will be presented at the reception on May 14 at 4:30.
We wish thank our Juror, Avantika Bawa, and the following businesses for donating the merchandise awards:
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Teenage pregancy rate 'still too high'
The leader of the Liberal Democrats in Wales, Kirsty Williams AM, says while she welcomes the drop in teenage pregnancies, the rate is "still too high".
– Kirsty Williams AM, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
Many young mothers have a positive experience of pregnancy, but the reality is that many teenage pregnancies are unplanned. Good quality sexual and relationship education in schools is incredibly important if we are to tackle this.
There is no hiding from the fact that teenage pregnancies are not evenly distributed across society. Too often young people living in poorer areas suffer from low self-esteem and believe they have a lack of life opportunities.


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Gonzaga University women's soccer sophomore Heather Johnson tallied two goals and freshman Karley Baggerly
notched her first collegiate goal to pace the Bulldogs to a 3-0 victory
over Eastern Washington University Tuesday at the Gonzaga Soccer Field.
"I felt like today was another extension of Sunday," explained Gonzaga head coach Amy Edwards of her team's second win in three days. "We are beginning to figure out who we are and becoming more consistent with it."
Johnson tallied the Bulldogs first multi-goal match since classmate Sila Tuiofea
scored two goals in GU's 2012 season opening 3-1 win over the
University of South Dakota. Johnson has now notched four goals in her
"I was very happy for Heather that she got those two goals today for
her effort," stated Edwards. "She works so incredibly hard on both sides
of the ball to create and make things happen."
The Kennewick, Wash., native scored her first goal – and the game's opening goal – in the 31st
minute. After receiving the ball nearly 30-yards from goal, she turned
to find open space in front of her. Johnson took a few dribbles and
unexpectedly blasted a shot to the upper left corner of the goal that
caught Eagles goalkeeper Nathalie Schwery flatfooted.
Baggerly added the second goal four minutes into the second half.
Her tireless work ethic paid off as she hustled to break up an
Eastern Washington pass that was played back to Schwery. Baggerly won
the ball from Schwery – who had to use her feet outside the box – and
then placed the ball in the net at 47:57.
"It was nice to see Karley get her first collegiate goal," Edwards
said. "She has been working really hard to try and get one in the back
of the net."
Johnson finished the scoring off for Gonzaga at the 52:34 mark. Freshman defender Sarah Carter
served a cross deep into the back of the box that found Johnson
waiting. She collected the ball and hit a shot to into the left
Because of the large lead, Edwards was able to rest a few players and
give many of the younger player's significant minutes in the contest.
It was crucial, as Gonzaga finishes this four matches-in-eight-days
stretch with a match at the University of Washington Friday and a home
contest against the University of Nevada Sunday.
"This is a hard stretch for us with four games in eight days,"
explained Edwards. "It was critical today to get some of the player's
time off because they played 90 minutes on Sunday. It was great to see
that the fresh legs allowed us to still be dynamic and create a lot of
opportunities for us."
In total, 22 Zag players saw action, with all but one playing 30 or
more minutes. Six of the Bulldogs 21 total scoring opportunities came
from players off the bench, including freshman Ashley Aberton who got off three shots on goal.
The Zags win improved their overall record to 3-3 on the season, while the Eagles fell to 1-6-1 on the year.
Courtesy: Gonzaga Athletics