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The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday struck down the state law governing how death-penalty inmates are executed by lethal injection.
A 68-year-old California inmate on death row in San Quentin State Prison was found dead hanging in his cell, authorities said Tuesday.
A nationwide shortage of a commonly used imported drug used in capital punishment has prompted 15 states on Monday to urge the U.S. Justice Department to intervene.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law Wednesday that abolishes the death penalty, making his state the 17th in the nation to abandon capital punishment and the fifth in five years to usher in a repeal.
A North Carolina judge set aside the death sentence of a convicted killer after concluding Friday that race played a role in the case, a landmark ruling that may call into question a number of death row cases in the state.
Connecticut's governor says he will sign a bill abolishing the death penalty, making it the 17th state to abandon capital punishment.
Lawmakers in Connecticut's House of Representatives are expected to vote Wednesday on a bill that would abolish the state's death penalty, one week after the bill passed the state Senate.
The Petit family addresses the media after learning a jury sentenced Joshua Komisarjevsky to death
The Connecticut Senate on Thursday voted to repeal the death penalty, setting the stage for Connecticut to join several states that have recently abolished capital punishment.
Lawmakers in Connecticut are grappling with a bill that would do away with the death penalty and make their state the fifth in five years to abolish capital punishment.
Max Foster talks to human rights advocate, Bianca Jagger, about Amnesty International's report on capital punishment.
Only 10% of countries carried out executions last year, but those employing the death penalty are doing so at an alarming rate, a new report says.
A human rights group expressed alarm Thursday at the pace of executions in Iraq and called for Iraqi authorities to abolish the practice.
A Utah death row inmate, convicted of beating a man with a tire jack and puncturing his liver with an inserted tire iron, has requested that he be allowed to die by firing squad, officials said Thursday.
The Supreme Court gave an Alabama death row prisoner another chance Wednesday to appeal his conviction after a mailroom mistake and other circumstances initially left him unable to pursue further claims in court.
Delaware's governor commuted the death sentence Tuesday of a convicted murderer who was set to be executed later this week.
Civil rights lawyers demanded the death penalty for former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday, joining prosecutor's calls for him to be executed.
The Europe Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton demanded Friday that Iran halt the pending executions of a woman sentenced to die by stoning and a Christian pastor convicted of apostasy.
Prosecutors in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak formally requested a penalty of death by hanging for Mubarak and several of his fellow defendants Thursday, an attorney at the court said.
California's use of a three-drug combination in executing prisoners was declared invalid Friday by a Marin County judge, who ruled that a one-drug method should have been considered.
Death sentences plunged this year and the number of executions continued a steady decline as a result of "growing discomfort" felt by many Americans on the application of capital punishment.
A jury recommended Friday that Joshua Komisarjevsky receive the death penalty for his role in a deadly Connecticut home invasion in 2007.
Philadelphia prosecutors have dropped their pursuit of the death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of shooting a police officer three decades ago.
Some found it shocking when Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber granted convicted double-murderer Gary Haugen a reprieve Tuesday, setting aside Haugen's scheduled December 6 execution. Haugen, who killed another prisoner while serving a life sentence for a previous murder, had waived all appeals.
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber blocked the execution of a death row inmate on Tuesday and said no more executions will take place in the state as long as he is governor.
White teen faces possible hate crime charges in the killing of a black man captured on video. Drew Griffin reports.
Charisse Coleman has no real compassion for the man who walked into the Thrifty Liquor Store in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1995 and put three bullets in her brother, Russell.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal to get a new sentencing hearing for the killing of a Philadelphia police officer 30 years ago.
A stay of execution for a man scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday evening in Georgia has been upheld by the state's Supreme Court.
Outlined below are some key cases the Supreme Court is scheduled to tackle in its 2011-12 term, which starts Monday.
CNN's Jeffery Toobin interviews retired Justice John Paul Stevens. See the rest of the interview Friday on John King USA.
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens arrives for our conversation looking dapper in a three-piece dark suit and trademark bow tie. But do not mistake the "retired" that comes with his title as a sign the 91-year-old Stevens is slowing down.
It was inevitable that the fiery politics of the death penalty would punctuate Saturday's remembrance of Troy Anthony Davis.
In a CNN exclusive, Quianna Glover talks about her testimony before the Georgia parole board on behalf of Troy Davis.
The man who prepared hundreds of last meals for those condemned to die talks about the last requests. KSAT reports.
A white Mississippi teenager accused of murdering an African-American man in a hate crime pleaded not guilty in his arraignment Friday.
Troy Davis may be dead, but his execution Thursday in the American state of Georgia has made him the poster boy for the global movement to end the death penalty.
Amnesty International's Laura Moye said the reputation of Georgia's justice system is on the line if it executes Troy Davis.
Anneliese MacPhail reacts to news that the Supreme Court has denied a last-minute appeal to halt Troy Davis' execution.
What was a somber mood following convicted cop killer Troy Davis' execution Wednesday night turned to disgust and outrage by morning.
Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed in Texas Wednesday evening for his involvement in the infamous dragging death of a black man 13 years ago.
Troy Davis, whose case drew international attention, was put to death by lethal injection for the 1989 killing of an off-duty police officer in Savannah, Georgia, prison officials announced Wednesday night.
Troy Davis' pastor believes the 22-year old case raises serious questions about America's criminal justice system.
The high-profile execution of Troy Davis in Georgia has brought the death penalty back into the spotlight. Here are some facts on the current state of the death penalty, the clemency process and statistics in Georgia.
Anneliese MacPhail, the mother of a murdered police officer, reacts to the execution of Troy Davis.
The Georgia Parole Board rejected clemency for Troy Davis, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday.
Supporters of death-row inmate Troy Davis vowed Tuesday to continue fighting to stave off his scheduled execution, despite a decision by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to deny clemency.
The Supreme Court for the third time this year has stopped the pending capital punishment of a Texas inmate, giving lawyers for the man more time to file their appeals.
A Georgia death row inmate is in what could be the final fight for his life. Greg Black reports.
Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis is scheduled for a hearing which may be his last chance. CNN's Don Lemon reports.
Georgia's parole board convened Monday morning to hear a last-minute appeal by Troy Davis, who is set to die by lethal injection for the murder 21 years ago of a Savannah police officer.
Texas death row inmate Duane Edward Buck is granted a temporary stay of execution. CNN's Andrew Spencer reports.
The U.S. Supreme Court has delayed the scheduled execution on an inmate on death row in Texas amid questions about a psychologist who testified that blacks and Hispanics were more likely to commit future crimes.
The applause that erupted during last week's NBC/Politico debate among Republican presidential hopefuls at the mention of the executions carried out during Rick Perry's tenure as Texas's governor cut off co-moderator Brian Williams' question in midstream.
People seeking to stop the execution of a convicted cop killer deliver a massive petition bearing some 663,000 names.
Texas is set to execute four inmates over two weeks, including one who died by injection Tuesday evening and another execution scheduled in the next two days.
In a case that drew national attention because it was to be videotaped, convicted murderer Andrew Grant DeYoung was executed by lethal injection Thursday night, a corrections department spokeswoman said.
"I cannot tell you that I am an innocent man. I am not asking you to feel sorry for me, and I won't hide the truth," Mark Anthony Stroman said from Texas death row at the Polunsky Correctional Unit in Livingston. "I am a human being and made a terrible mistake out of love, grief and anger, and believe me, I am paying for it every single minute of the day."
The United States breached international law by executing a Mexican national without having granted him consular access, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday.
Humberto Leal Garcia Jr. was executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening in Texas.
Humberto Leal Garcia Jr., a Mexican national convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl in 1994, was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening in Texas.
Humberto Leal Garcia Jr., a Mexican national convicted of killing a teen, was executed by lethal injection, Thursday.
When he was arrested in Turkey in 1970, Billy Hayes was given a choice of whom to call. For a scared young man facing serious charges, it was an easy decision: The U.S. consulate in Istanbul.
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Casey Anthony, accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008, was determined competent to proceed with her capital murder trial after she was examined by three psychologists over the weekend, the judge said Monday.
Taxpayers have spent $4 billion since 1978 on California's capital punishment system -- and with only 13 executions to show for it.
Saudi Arabia must halt the death penalty, as state-sanctioned beheadings increased exponentially in the past six weeks, the London based Amnesty International said Saturday.
A final verdict has not been decided yet on the case of the Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Religious leaders called Thursday on their peers to join them in seeking clemency for a man on Georgia's death row, citing doubts about whether he is guilty.
California's San Quentin prison, famous for hosting both Johnny Cash concerts and the state's most dangerous inmates, won't be getting a new death row facility as planned.
A former Black Panther convicted nearly 30 years ago of gunning down a Philadelphia police officer was granted a new sentencing hearing Tuesday by a federal appeals court, sparking a threat by the prosecutor to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court for the second time this week has stopped a pending execution, giving lawyers for the condemned inmates more time to file their appeals.
Thirty one countries have abolished the death penalty but China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Yemen remain amongst the most frequent executioners, according to a new report from Amnesty International released Monday.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated a potent drug commonly used in lethal injections from a state correctional facility cache.
An Ohio death row inmate was executed Thursday with a new single-drug method, using a chemical commonly employed to euthanize animals but never tested on humans for such a purpose.
Illinois put an end to capital punishment Wednesday as Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the practice and commuting the sentences of his state's remaining death row inmates.
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says abolishing the state's death penalty was the most difficult decision he's ever made.
The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing a request from 13 states on how to acquire an execution drug no longer made in the United States and whether the federal government would share its supplies, a federal spokeswoman said Wednesday.
A Cuban court Tuesday commuted the sentence of the nation's only prisoner facing the death penalty, and instead sentenced him to 30 years in prison, according to the official Cubadebate website.
Executions in the United States continued to decrease in 2010, with the 46 death sentences carried out representing a 12% drop from the year before, according to a report issued Tuesday.
Oklahoma death row inmate John David Duty was executed Thursday using a drug commonly used to euthanize animals because of a nationwide shortage of the sedative normally employed in Oklahoma's lethal injections.
An Oklahoma death row inmate received a drug commonly used to euthanize animals Thursday because of a nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental, the drug usually used as the sedative in its three-drug execution cocktail.
A program on Iran's government-backed Press TV recently took a woman convicted of adultery and murder back to her home in Osku "to produce a visual account" of the death of her husband "at the crime scene."
A Pakistani court sentences a Christian woman to death on blasphemy charges. CNN's Reza Sayah reports.
An Iranian woman whose death sentence has sparked an outcry outside Iran may yet be spared, the Islamic Republic's chief human rights official said Monday, according to the state-run Press TV.
Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for the release of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy.
The investigating officer in the case of the accused Fort Hood, Texas, shooter has recommended that the military pursue the death penalty against Maj. Nidal Hasan.
Nearly 35 years after a Texas judge sentenced him to death, Ronald Chambers was found dead Monday morning on the floor of his cell.
The death penalty imposed on Mumia Abu-Jamal will be argued again in a federal appeals court Tuesday.
A woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery has not been executed, Iran's official news agency reported Wednesday, rejecting "Western media" reports that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani had been executed.
Authorities in Tehran, Iran, have given the go-ahead to execute a woman who initially was sentenced to death by stoning, according to an activist working on her behalf.
Iraqis and others react to the death sentence handed down against Tariq Aziz. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports.
Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz has been sentened to death. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom has the details.
Tariq Aziz, one of the best-known faces of the Iraqi government for more than two decades, was sentenced to death Tuesday by the Iraqi High Tribunal for his role in eliminating religious parties during Saddam Hussein's regime, court officials told CNN.
A federal judge halted the execution of convicted strangler Jeffrey Landrigan on Monday, hours before he was set to die by lethal injection.
A man convicted of capital murder in a 2007 Connecticut home invasion has attempted suicide several times since his arrest and has said he wants to receive the death penalty, a forensic psychiatrist testified Wednesday.
A man convicted of killing a mother and her two daughters during a 2007 Connecticut home invasion can be "quite likable," but has struggled with drug addiction for years, a defense attorney told jurors Monday.
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I once saw a septuple rainbow when cycling north from Luxembourg city one late afternoon in 1974. Bright sky toward the west and a very dark sky and rain toward the east. However my friend thought it was "only" a sextuple rainbow. No camera at hand.
First Quadruple Rainbow Picture
Photograph courtesy Michael Theusner, Applied Optics
Blink and you might miss them, but these two colorful smudges (center) form the second half of the first quadruple rainbow to be caught on camera, validating years of claims that such phenomena could exist, a new study says.
"[It's as if] the natives are telling you that there's this creature in the rain forest, but they only have stories," said Raymond Lee, a professor of meteorology at the U.S. Naval Academy, who recently published a study in the journal Applied Optics describing the conditions under which a tertiary rainbow should be visible.
Lee's research inspired some scientists to try to snap photos of the elusive vision, resulting in this picture, taken June 11 near Bremerhaven, Germany. "When you finally succeed in capturing it in photography, that's a thrill," Lee said.
And while "quadruple rainbow" might call to mind a stack of four arcs, only two rainbows can be caught in a single frame, because of the way light reflects and bends within raindrops.
As a ray bounces around inside a droplet, some light escapes and is split into its constituent colors, forming a rainbow. Each time the ray gets reflected, the light, and thus the rainbow, gets a bit dimmer.
When this happens three or four times, the final rays exit in the direction of the light source—the sun—and create extremely faint rainbows opposite the original two, which can be seen only while facing away from the sun.
"[There are] a couple conditions that are conducive to forming these things. Neither one of them is very enticing for photographers or casual viewers," Lee said. "You have to have ... an absolutely inky black cloud background ... and then either a uniform distribution of raindrop sizes, or it has to be absolutely pouring."
These uncomfortable conditions may explain why triple and quadruple rainbows have been so hard to find for so long, despite having been known in theory for more than a century.
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—Rachel Kaufman
Published October 7, 2011
First Triple Rainbow Picture
Diagram courtesy Michael Grossmann, Applied Optics
The first picture of a tertiary rainbow was taken in Kampfelbach, Germany, on May 15, 2011, and required heavy image processing (right) to reveal the third arc. (The other two are behind the photographer and visible only when facing away from the sun.)
"It's not a bright rainbow. It's more a very subtle change in color," study co-author Philip Laven said of tertiary rainbows. "It's very difficult [to see]—everything has got to be just right."
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Published October 7, 2011
Double Rainbow Over Alaska
Photograph by Rich Reid, National Geographic
Rainbows, including this double rainbow over Alaska, form when sunlight is refracted, or bent, inside a raindrop, reflected by the drop, and then refracted again as it exits, so that the white light is split into its component colors. A double rainbow appears when light is reflected twice. A triple rainbow would come from thrice-reflected light, and so on.
"It's counterintuitive" to most people that the triple rainbow would be near the sun, Lee said. "People have this reasonable expectation that, I see something pretty in that direction, so all the pretty things would be in that direction.
"But there's nothing weird going on here. Just as a mirror can send light in many different directions, so can raindrops."
(Pictures: "Night Shining" Clouds Getting Brighter.")
Published October 7, 2011
Colorado Colors
Photograph by Robbie George, National Geographic
Rainbows across a dramatic backdrop, such as this Colorado landscape, may look gargantuan, but they're actually the same "size" as rainbows created when light hits the spray from a garden hose, Lee said. Those garden-hose rainbows are really just small segments of full rainbow arcs that, given the right conditions, would extend as far as the ones pictured.
"But people associate the image with whatever they see on the landscape, so the ones you see against the beautiful background" are more emotionally stirring.
In other words, rainbows are visions, but only illusions. "People get very excited by seeing a bright double rainbow, and they just project onto it their own emotions," Lee said.
"Just last weekend at the grocery store," added Lee, "I saw one of the finest double rainbows it was my luck to see in 20 years."
(Related: See a new species of "rainbow glow" jellyfish.)
Published October 7, 2011
Island Arcs
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic
Seen from the sky, a double rainbow seems to touch down on reefs off the Yucatán Peninsula (map).
For years rainbows have fascinated thinkers, including 17th-century French philosopher and optics scholar René Descartes, of "I think, therefore I am" fame. Descartes, a rainbow expert, was wrong about triple rainbows, though. He proclaimed that viewers should be able to see stacks of three rainbows.
"One of the fathers of rainbow science," Lee said, "got it wrong."
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Yes, Sarah, you did. :)
I took a better picture of 4 rainbows than that. http://iwitness.weather.com/_Amazing-Quadruple-Rainbow/photo/16695095/148597.html
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Several weeks ago, 4-year-old Nadya Slocum had her foot amputated after getting hit by a school bus after school. After several weeks of recovery, Nadya has made her way back to the books and into the arms of several familiar faces.
Thursday morning was Nadya's first day back to Pre-K at Walton Elementary School. To make it to her classroom, Nadya was wheeled in a wheelchair by her uncle and her mom by her side. But, don't let the wheelchair fool you though, it's only temporary. Now equipped with a prosthetic left foot, Nadya can walk. She has a little limp, but she made it up the stairs into school and into the arms of her principal just fine.
"You can see she's a little trooper she's very very very strong," said Walton Elementary School Principal Gwen Gardner.
It was the week before Thanksgiving when Nadya stepped off her school bus and into the path of another bus. Nadya's injuries resulted in her left foot being amputated. Both bus drivers involved lost their jobs.
"Things happen and you lost your job, I hate that, but my baby lost her foot and she has to adjust to that for the rest of her life too," said Nadya's mom, Natasha Slocum.
Slocum said Nadya's physical adjustments have been difficult to accept, but she's thrilled to see her daughter getting back into the swing of things.
"Tomorrow it marks two weeks that she had her prosthetic in, she's been doing real good and she's been up walking, riding her bike and everything," said Slocum.
The little girl is full of energy, but Nadya was a bit bashful and didn't say much when we talked to her. Slocum believes her daughter has accepted the accident and she's not letting anything get in her path.
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Using Storytelling in Applied Practice with Athletes
Brian Hemmings, Private Practice/St. Mary's University College, United Kingdom
Christopher Willis, Mental Excellence, Austria
Theme: Mental training/interventions
Program ID: WKSP-15
Presentation: October 3, 2013 8:15 am - 9:30 am
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Throughout the history of humankind stories have been used to communicate knowledge and experience between people in a variety of contexts. Storytelling has also been used as a technique to bring about cognitive and behavioural change, and to facilitate problem-solving in the therapeutic, business, education and personal development settings (Owen, 2001). The purpose of this workshop will be to introduce participants to the concept of storytelling within applied sport psychology practice. Stories are seen to contain therapeutic metaphors (Burns, 2001) if an athlete can relate to the content of story and draw a parallel to their own sport, situation, or current challenge. It is also important to explore what stories athletes tell about themselves. A story is the clients creation of reality and by taking control of his/her story, the athlete must sometimes rewrite it (Loehr, 2008). The workshop will explain the use and benefits of storytelling and introduce guidelines for successful application of stories within consulting practice. A variety of stories will be presented as examples from previous typical consulting experience (e.g. the un-coachable athlete; injury – the second chance for personal growth; my way or the highway-coach). Individuals attending the workshop will be invited to deconstruct the stories' possible metaphors, as well as having an opportunity to create and share a story of their own within a small group setting. Attendees will also be given suggestions on ways of building their own bank of stories for applied practice and how to help athletes to rewrite their own stories.


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I constantly go back and forth trying to decide what exactly is the best job in sports. For a while I settled on pro golfers. Golf is not too physically demanding, golfers are always in good weather and the money is good. Then I recently realized that if you are not one of the few top players you are constantly fighting for a win and need to play every week to be sure you keep your tour card. This means being on the road for about 7 months a year and disqualified golfers from contention.
All of the recent stories about pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training opened my eyes to the true best job in sports: a starting pitcher. The major reasons I landed on how starting pitchers landed this title are laid out below.
Starting pitchers have an incredible impact on every game they play. A starting pitcher in the National League is the only player in sports that has complete control of a game. I don't know if it has ever happened, but a no hitter and a home run by a pitcher guarantees victory. A hockey goalie can put up a shut out but can't score goals, a QB can throw 5 TDs but can't play defense and even a star NBA player can have a great night but can't defend all 5 players on the other team. Of course these are extreme examples, but a starting pitcher being on or off his game has a pretty linear correlation to whether a team wins or loses.
You play once every 5 games, with very limited work needed in between. The baseball season is a grind, no doubt about it, but a starting pitcher can relax for 80% of the games. There are no worries at all, just a front row seat that most fans would pay about $1,000 for. Pitchers can totally mentally relax when on days when they are not pitching. How great would it be to have to physically show up to work five days a week but only be productive one of those day. One might say that relief pitchers also don't pitch every game, but when they wake up in the morning they don't know if they would be pitching that day and cannot totally relax.
Even if you are average at your job the money is great. Let's not even talk about stupid contracts like AJ Burnett's. You can look at guys being overpaid at any position in any sport. A better example is the pay of a thoroughly average, but reliable back end of the rotation pitcher: Bronson Arroyo. His has a 112-105 career record and an overall ERA of 4.28. He made $7.7MM in 2011. This ranks much higher than the average major leaguer. It even scores well when compared to mid-tier players in other sports. The NBA's much talked about mid-level exception, which is really designed for the NBA equivalents of Arroyo, now maxes out at $5MM. Let's also not forget that all baseball contracts are 100% guaranteed.
There is low risk for long term physical injuries. By this I am referring to how an athlete's profession impacts their quality of life after they retire. All in all, baseball players have it pretty easy in this category. Yes, pitchers run into shoulder injuries all the time, but they don't have to worry about concussions or hits that prevent them from living healthy and productive lives after they retire. If anyone questions this, simply spend an afternoon with a 50 year old former pitcher and a 50 year old former running back and see which one is getting around better.
That is the case I make for starting pitcher being the best job in sports, very happy to hear other perspectives.


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Indians DH Travis Hafner has had knee issues this season; he made a knee problem worse while running on May 23 against the Tigers.
Now, the Tribe has been forced to place Hafner on the DL. Paul Hoynes:
The Indians have placed DH Travis Hafrner on the 15-day disabled list and recalled left-hander Scott Barnes from Class AAA Columbus.
Hafner missed five games with soreness in his right knee after aggraving it on May 23 against Detroit. He hit and tried to run before Tuesday night's game against Kansas City. Manager Manny Acta said Hafner swung the bat well, but had trouble running.
Hafner missed almost half of 2011 with various injuries, and was off to a decent start this year, hitting .242/.380/.439 with six home runs and 23 RBI in 132 at-bats. The recall of Barnes gives the Indians a full complement again in their bullpen; they had been going with a six-man pen for a time. Hafner's DL move is retroactive to May 24.
The Indians stand just half a game behind the White Sox in the AL Central, but have lost four of their last five and have a -21 run differential despite being five games over .500. That probably isn't sustainable, and losing Hafner won't help.
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---- — What person, young or old, is not fascinated by the latest electronic gadgets? Such devices allow us to play games, read books and news, listen to music or send messages to friends.
They can also be extraordinary learning tools in the right hands and with proper guidance.
In Londonderry, juniors and seniors in advanced placement environmental science will be part of a pilot program to see just how useful consumer electronic devices can be in a classroom setting. The students will have their own iPads to use this school year. The goal is to bring new teaching styles and new technology into the classroom.
The pilot project, which cost about $14,300, will provide 34 students and two teachers with iPads to use this school year. The tablets must be returned at the end of the school year. But students are allowed to use them outside the classroom, provided it is related to schoolwork.
"These will be tools for education, not social devices or toys," Londonderry High teacher William Knee told reporter James Niedzinski.
That, of course is key. Apple's iPad can do just about anything its user demands. It can be used to send email or texts, communicate via social media, play music and games, surf the Internet, or take pictures and upload them to the Web.
And while it can, indeed, be used to do research for one's environmental science project, it can also be used to get into a great deal of mischief. Anyone who understands the nature of teenagers knows the futility of an order that these devices must only be used for schoolwork.
A good number of the students in Londonderry's advanced placement classes may already have their own iPads or similar devices. They may even be using them — in between bouts of social networking — to help with their homework.
These devices are part of modern life. There is no reason not to use them in a school setting — as long as they are truly used as aids to learning and not merely as fancy, new publicly subsidized toys.


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- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Release Date: Mar 5, 2013
- Summary: Control a region that delivers true multi-city scale and play a single city or up to sixteen cities at once each with different specializations. Multiplayer adds a new facet to your game as your decisions will have an effect both your city and your region and creates new ways to play by collaborating or competing to earn achievements.… Expand
- Developer: Maxis
- Genre(s): Other Strategy Games
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Positive: 26 out of 75
Mixed: 39 out of 75
Negative: 10 out of 75
Mar 4, 2013A fantastic city simulation that meets all expectations. So perfectly balanced it makes it easy to pick up and enjoy, but proves to be very difficult to master. Funny, addictive and with great options for both co-operative and competitive online play - Sim City is a clear candidate for Game of the Year.
Mar 14, 2013Controversy and technical issues aside, SimCity is deep, full of details and very accessible. No matter if you like this kind of game or not, we think it deserves a try.
Mar 6, 2013If you have a good look at it, you can see as many reasons to like this new SimCity as to hate it. The required connection offers plenty of possibilities but it is a pain in the ass to lonely mayors. The HUD is elegant and subtle but hides some curious flaws. Finition seems perfect, but several bugs will come to spoil your gaming experience. Anyway, SimCity will make you play again and again, and that's quite a good point.
Mar 17, 2013There are some lovely aspects to the game, that have been developed from the earlier experiences that so many people knew and loved. There's a great soundtrack, and the game has a polished look about it that makes you want to love it. But underneath, there is so much that's broken, that I currently wouldn't recommend the game - as I experienced it - to anyone not willing to go through the pain for a glimpse of the game they once loved.
Mar 25, 2013You soon realize that control, like your city, isn't all its built up to be. So much has been smoothed out that it doesn't always feel like you're running the show.
Apr 1, 2013There's just something disturbing in seeing a game that is part of such a storied and influential franchise sacrifice so much to rush headlong into the social sphere. Perhaps the bugs and shortcomings will be resolved in a few weeks, but until then, SimCity's hidden requirement of additional patience still applies.
Mar 8, 2013If Electronic Arts is going to make a game with the basic premise being that no city is an island, if they're going to stress the interaction among cities, if they're going to make playing alongside other people a cornerstone of the design, if they're going to force my creations into tiny boxes that cannot exist past a certain point without the help of other tiny boxes, they're going to have to do the hard work of making it actually work. And ideally, that hard work should be done before they sell people the game, not after they've been caught flat-footed for botching it so completely.
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Positive: 273 out of 2092
Mixed: 94 out of 2092
Negative: 1,725 out of 2092
Mar 7, 2013The game play is awesome and interface is much easier to use that past versions. This really is a great update to the Sim City series. Unfortunately the launch for this game has been horrible! I played the beta and it ran great. The real thing runs like crap right now... and EA should have known they'd need more servers... we paid enough for the game. … Expand
Mar 13, 2013This game is fundamentally broken on almost all levels. AI is oversimplified and a hindrance to game advancement. Online only functionality is not worth the restrictions. Players end up with a tiny generic city that becomes more and more frustrating to grow. This game is a massive disappointment, even beyond the restrictive DRM and launch issues. This will be the last EA game I will purchase, no matter what the name of the studio they assimilate. Because, that studio is only a name. None of the original Maxis seems to exist in this product. I hope this serves as a lesson to the game industry and its consumers.… Expand
May 8, 2013Its a good and fun game, but people will want it with singleplayer one, on my 16 years of gaming, this is the most crap game because of the forced online, SERIOSLY EA, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING WITH THIS? MAKING THE GAME'S SINGLEPLAYER A DLC?
Its a singleplayer game but forced online? Hell no.
Waste of money. the premium edition is even 80 bucks, this is the real waste of money.… Expand
Mar 7, 2013I "played" this game for about 2 hours. The first 15 minutes or so were spent updating the game I had just purchased the day prior. The next 15 minutes were spent appeasing Sims in the tutorial. The next hour plus was spent being denied access to a single player game because of server issues. Sim City is just about as fun as waiting in traffic in order to pay a toll, except tolls actually pay for upkeep of the road or bridge you're driving on. Paying for Sim City rewards for EA for screwing their customers.
I wish I could pirate this game just to stick it to EA, which is ironic because I hate EA mostly because of the they do to thwart pirates.… Expand
Mar 11, 2013Oh ....always on DRM is for the players benefit? Well that changes everything then.....I had no idea that not being able to play a single player game due to failing server tech is all for MY benefit.
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Doing research into writing a short story in the science fiction genre is what led me to find this site and forums. I have read a lot of helpful feedback both in book reviews and in this "Writer's Forum". I am currently posting this story on my personal website and am aware of the dangers this presents to finding a publisher later. I'm putting this up here with the hope that anyone that reads it will be entertained. I would also love to hear any feedback anyone may have about the story, my writing technique, etc. Below is my story pitch. The story can be read here: Data Ghosts
GPS coordinates from cell phones are used to cross reference huge government databases and render the information in real time to heads up displays over the heads of citizens. When someone's location is different than actually reported to the system, due to lag or deception, you get a data ghost: names and numbers floating in the empty air. What happens when Frank Crane's ghost is discovered at the scene of a double homicide?.


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The Deer Park High School athletic program, bolstered by a state wrestling championship and a third place finish in the boys state cross country meet, placed 28th for Class 2A schools in the annual Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Scholastic Cup competition.
The Stags earned 305 points during the school year.
Archbishop Murphy was the runaway winner in the Class 2A ranks with 1,605 points.
The Riverside Rams, whose best sports finish this school year was a second place finish in the girls cross country championship, placed 38th in the Class1A cup competition with 175 points.
King's won the Class 1A cup with 1,485 points.
Other division winners were Mead (4A, 1245); Mercer Island (3A, 1,775); Bear Creek (2B, 1,035); Mount Rainier Lutheran (1B, 1,025).
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Poetry Blogs
Kelli Russell Agodon — Book of Kells
Kelli Russell Agodon is a poet in the Pacific Northwest and co-editor of Crab Creek Review. Her blog, Book of Kells, is full of poetry recommendations, notes on and pictures of her favorite poets, and musings on life in poetry world.
The Best American Poetry Blog
David Lehman, editor of the Best American Poetry book series, opened this blog as a clubhouse where poets could "exchange, discuss and argue about poems and poetry" and also "about anything that fuels our passions, be it movies or sex or baseball or ballet or cocktails or finance or music, because these are, after all, the same subjects that generate poems." A large and entertaining miscellany.
Edward Byrne — One Poet's Notes
Poet, professor at Valparaiso University, and editor of the Valparaiso Poetry Review, Edward Byrne is an active blogger, posting notes and reviews of contemporary poetry and poetics books intended to complement the content published in the Review itself.
Mairead Byrne — Heaven
Mairead Byrne, Irish poet who now teaches at Rhode Island School of Design, fills her blog with song, no commentary, all poetry... heaven indeed. Her latest book is made of pieces that first appeared on her blog: The Best of (What's Left of) Heaven (Publishing Genius 2010).
Nick Carbo — Carbonator
Nick Carbo showed up here at About Poetry very early on, when we noted the publication of Returning A Borrowed Tongue, the Filipino anthology he edited in 1997. His blog is a personal diary sprinkled with poems, in which his partner Denise Duhamel often appears.
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Lorna Dee Cervantes "opens her pencil into pixels—poetry, peace y Xicanisma." Her blog is a combination diary, performance schedule and poem notebook filled with lots of "One Word Hay(na)ku Poems."
Tom Clark — Beyond the Pale
Tom Clark is both poet and poet's biographer (he has written critical biographies of Jack Kerouac, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley and Edward Dorn), and his blog is full of poems and interesting essays.
CAConrad — Poets 9for9
Conrad used this blog to post the results of his project in which 9 poets answered 9 questions by email—the questions designed to elicit responses ranging from direct to fanciful, logical to joking to poetic.
Joshua Corey — Cahiers de Corey
Josh Corey started this blog when he was a Cornell Ph.D. student—now he teaches English at Lake Forest College, and his blog wanders through Stein and Kant, Olson and Oppen, Carole Maso and Lee Ann Brown, "modernist pastoral" and "the lyrical novel."
Joseph Duemer — Sharp Sand
Joseph Duemer is a poet and Clarkson University professor of creative writing who has been blogging for a good number years now. His interests are wide-ranging, his reading notes fascinating, and he can be relied on for quick responses to the appearance of poetic issues in the news and regular posts about the contents of The American Poetry Review.
Embargo Poets
This blog published English translations of "poetry from countries currently embargoed by the US, and discussion of the poets, poems, and embargoes." It was sporadic and quit posting new items in 2007, but if you want to explore Cuban, Libyan, Iraqi or North Korean poetry, there's still lots of good reading here.
Henry Gould — HG Poetics
Gould records his thoughts about poetry, poetics, poetical history and the life of the poet, and participates in interesting conversations with other poet-bloggers in his posts at HG Poetics. If you want to read some of his actual poetry, visit Mudlark for his sonnet sequence, Island Road.
How a Poem Happens
Brian Brodeur's blog is a fascinating archive of interviews with contemporary poets about the making of poems—each poet answers questions like "How much of this poem was 'received' and how much was the result of sweat and tears?" with reference to a particular poem selected for the blog.
Intercapillary/Space began as a group blog focusing on the current British poetry scene. It described itself as "a self-editing poetry and poetics magazine with no single perspective, no single set of interests... no central editorship to impose a tone or commission particular pieces," but now it's "curated and largely edited by Edmund Hardy" and a team of four contributor/editors.
Jukka-Pekka Kervinen — Machine Language
Jukka-Pekka Kervinen's blog is a wonderful archive of his visual poetry/moving letter art/video word pieces/whatever you'd like to call them. Also visit Textual Conjectures, Kervinen's purely textual word collections, which you may or may not read as poems.
Chris Lott — Cosmopoetica
Chris Lott describes himself as "a poet, literary critic and itinerant philosopher" who teaches Web design at the University of Alaska. His lit-blog (now separated out from his more general personal site, Ruminate is an interesting assortment of notes, titled paragraph meditations like prose poems, poetics debates and letters.
Roger Pao — Asian-American Poetry
Roger Pao began his blog in December 2004 with a brief essay redefining Asian-American poetry as "poetry about Asian Americans," and then the tsunami came. He has persisted in his "none-too-lofty mission... to provide my personal take on the complex world of Asian-American poetry," and his blog—though the postings are intermittent—provides a useful entry gate into that world.
Nick Piombino — fait accompli
fait accompli is the notebook of the visible poet, whose notes evolve into short-line meditations and poems. Piombino is the author of "Slam Poetics, or, Who Is Bill Kennedy?," a poetic boxing match made of the clash between Canada's laureate and the slammers, posted here at About Poetry in March of 2003.
The Poetry Foundation — Harriet the Blog
The Poetry Foundation's Harriet blog began in 2006 as a venue in which guest poets were invited to contribute a week's postings on poems, poets, the writing life—any topic that came to mind, really. Harriet has evolved into an active group blog with a large roster of paid (!) contributors and staff writers posting weekly.
Ron Silliman's Blog
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet extraordinaire, Ron Silliman is also a most personal writer and prolific linkster, and his blog is a gathering place for fascinating discussions of contemporary poetry and poetics.
Dale Smith — Possum Ego
Dale Smith of Skanky Possum posts notes about poetry publishing, essays and reviews of poetry books, liberally sprinkled with quotes from the poems—this is an excellent browsing blog for poetry readers.
Mike Snider's Formal Blog
As Mike himself describes it, his blog consists of "Poems, mostly metrical, and rants and raves on poetry and the po-biz."
Eileen Tabios — The Blind Chatelaine's Keys
Eileen Tabios is a Filipina who "traded in a finance career for poetry" in 1996 and now lives in the wine country of Northern California. She fills her blog with journalistic musings, her own and others' poems, recommended reading and commentary on the life of the poet.


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Peace Corps service is the opportunity of a lifetime. Schedule time with a local Peace Corps representative who can answer your questions first-hand about what it's like to live, learn and work with a community overseas. Plus, you can gain tips to guide you through the application process. Please e-mail Amber Lung to schedule an appointment.
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Interested attendees are strongly encouraged to attend a local info session or view an online presentation prior to making an appointment.
Please note that Cafe Hours are intended for San Diego area residents. Residents of the Los Angeles area should contact the Los Angeles Regional Office at 310.356.1100 or firstname.lastname@example.com to schedule time with a local representative.
You can make a difference. The time is now. Take charge of your future while making a real impact as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Submit your application by May 30 to be abroad next spring.
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Deviled Eggs Extraordinaire Recipe
- 24 hard-cooked eggs, peeled
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- Cut eggs in half lengthwise. Remove yolks; set whites aside. In a small bowl, mash yolks. Add the cream cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, salt and onion powder; mix well. Stuff or pipe into egg whites. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 4 dozen.
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Halved the recipe to use up some surplus eggs. Didn't even bring them to a potluck, my husband and I ate all 24! I've never made deviled eggs before and these were perfect.
So creamy and good. Our new favorite for deviled eggs!
These are the best deviled eggs I have ever made. I have been invited to more pot luck dinners than ever before, and they always ask for my deviled eggs.
I just realized from reading other reviews that I accidentally left out the onion powder which may be why I thought they were a little bland. I'll definitely make them again, and I'll remember the onion powder this time.
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Pupils hit the right notes in marathon (From The Oxford Times)
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Pupils hit the right notes in marathon
12:00pm Tuesday 8th April 2014 in News
CHOLSEY Primary School pupils hit all the right notes in a 24-hour-long music marathon.
The music maestros held lessons and concerts to fundraise for new instruments for the school. Pupils at the Church Road school began at 2pm on Thursday and finished at 2pm the next day.
They came and went throughout the 24-hours to play and have lessons, including a 3am lesson for Tilly Bates, 10, of Long Wittenham.
She said: "I have been playing the baritone horn for nearly a year. I just love playing the really low notes."
Flautist Christopher Sims, 11, said: "I'm excited to take part."
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Touch of Paris in Atlanta -a Chauffeur and a Skyscraper View in Atlanta
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Here we go again! We have just finished renovating yet another wonderful property. This one is another one bedroom apartment, this time on the 10th floor of a classic midtown Atlanta high rise.
For the last eleven years, we have been privileged to be the owners of a similar company in Paris, France (Our Home in Paris), where we have many wonderful properties that are renovated and designed for the sophisticated business or vacationing client.
This apartment is modeled after our Parisian ventures, with wonderful oak wood floors, mahogany mirrored interior doors, Thai silk curtains, totally renovated high-end kitchen with dark, rich mahogany cabinetry and black and warm brown granite counter tops; the bathroom is finished with gorgeous beige and brown porcelains, and black and brown granite counters as well with two porcelain sinks. The bedroom has a huge Venetian carved headboard flanked by mirrored coffee tables and Italian lamps.
This large one bedroom apartment has a particularly pleasing floor plan, with separate dining room, 7 windows allowing lots of light, and two balconies with extraordinary views of the city. The designer, Rick Flinn, is an expert in historic preservation, and he is well known for his work as the former Director Of Restoration of the Atlanta Fox Theatre.
This apartment can easily accommodate as many as 5 guests:
2 in the bedroom
2 in the living room on a very comfortable new sofa bed that opens into a queen, and
1 child can enjoy the single sofa bed "lit de repos" in the dining room.
(Please see our other VRBO properties - especially 70383, as this apartment has a very similar feel and design.)
We offer a fusion of a comfortable residence, with all of the amenities of a five star hotel, including top notch housekeeping, plush linens, fully equipped kitchen, washer and dryer, and ADSL/ Wi-Fi/ fax/ copier/ scanner/ answering machine, and large flat screen TV, with full cable service including CNN/BBC amd DVD player.
There are two balconies - one faces midtown, with breathtaking views of the night-time twinkling of sky scrapers. The other takes you over the roof and treetops of the Buckhead skyline, filled with new towers dotting the horizon. And, Piedmont Park is only a half a block away, and the sunrise is magical.
The building is very well maintained, with it's own newly renovated health club, and a very friendly and professional CONCIERGE service, dry cleaners pick up and delivery options, as well as reserved, covered parking.
We also INCLUDE FREE CHAUFFEUR pick up from airport for guests staying 7 nights or more, and he will take you directly to your apartment, carrying bags all the way!. For guests staying less than one week, we will still be happy to arrange for chauffeur pickup at a very reasonable corporate rate.
Also available: CELL PHONE RENTAL and FRIG STOCKING SERVICE (both would have additional charges).
Our apartment is spotless - and we use the "WHITE RIBBON" policy - that is, all linens, hypoallergenic blankets, and robes are wrapped in a white ribbon that tells our guests: this item has been freshly laundered.
Who is the perfect client for this apartment?
1 - Visiting professionals: lawyers, professors, physicians who need a comfortable, fully equipped apartment for a prolonged stay, and who will take advantage of this premium midtown location.
2 - Visitors and tourists who would appreciate an alternative to a hotel, with much more value, amenities and space.
3 - Guests who would want one, two, three or four apartments -- close to family or colleagues, yet who would also want the privacy of separate apartments. (see VRBO 119364, 126027 and 186411 for our other apartments in the same wonderful building).
Please note: this is an elegant, small apartment, best suited for the needs of 2-5 guests. It is not ideal for a group or party experience, maximum number of visiting guests per apartment, including those renting, would be 6 persons.
No pets, no smoking please.
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Cable/Satelite TV (9Flat screen with built in DVD player, CNN and BBC and HBO)
Music Library (bedside stereo system with TWO docking stations for iphone and/or ipod.)
Stereo System
Full Kitchen (Hi end appliances, stainless steel, including toaster and blender.)
Cooking Utensils Provided
Catering Available
ice maker
Free Long distance
Broadband Internet (Hi speed Wi-Fi in apartment as well as common spaces (garden and library).
Concierge service, 24/7 in the building, AND one of us is always available on cell for any other issues or suggestions.
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$195/nt (All inclusive-Taxes, Parking, Cable, Hsekpng, Intrnt & Concierge Srvces).
No additional charges unless you dial outside of the US, or hire our chauffeur.
(For Guests Staying Seven Nights or Longer, Chauffeur from Airport is Included).
Terms: 50% Upon Reservation, Fully Refundable If Cancelled 60 Days in Advance,
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Vt. school closes over mass illnessMarch 08,2013Vt. school closes
over mass illness
BRIDPORT The Vermont Health Department is investigating conditions at a school in Bridport after about 80 of the 130 students and staff either called in or went home sick.
The illnesses were reported Wednesday at the Bridport Central School. The district has called off school for Thursday and Friday as it sanitizes the building.
The Health Department is testing samples from those who are sick.
Symptoms included diarrhea and vomiting. Infectious disease epidemiologist Bradley Tompkins said it could be the Norovirus, also known as stomach flu.
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Our Jacksonville blog, Big Cat Country, took a slightly different approach to evaluating their draft; they assigned each pick a series of five criteria, then graded them on whether they were met. And while one might want to be wary of assigning equal value to whether a 6th round pick met fan approval and whether a 1st round pick is expected to start, it at least gives the appearance of doing more than pulling a verdict out of one's posterior.
To that end, the Tyson Alualu pick--despite being called "off the reservation" at the time by Mike Mayock--holds up reasonably well:
Tyson Alualu meets 3 of the 5 criteria. One of the criteria he doesn't meet is fan approval, and that really doesn't matter all that much but in the spirit of giving a grade I count it. I think quite a few fans have let Alualu grow on them over the weekend, but the overall sentiment was that he was a reach and fans were unhappy. Alualu was considered a reach by most major media, the only one who seemed fine with the pick was NFL Networks Mike Mayock. Most people question why Jaguars General Manager Gene Smith didn't slide down the board and pick Alualu later, but there are more reports out that the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, and New England Patriots all had Alualu high on their draft boards.
As for the rest of the draft and the rest of the teams, BCC also took an interesting approach to grading everyone else. We'll not ruin the surprise here; go read for yourself.


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Our ambition is to help our students, staff, and graduates to be more entrepreneurial and to start enterprises.
We run the successful Bright Futures course and Bright Ideas competition for students. We also develop learning materials for entrepreneurship and provide advice and support to those starting new enterprises. This website and our regular newsletter provide signposting to further organisations and opportunities.
Support for innovative University-based projects is provided through Business Creation, which has access to a number of funding opportunities.
WestFocus is a collaboration between universities based in London and the Thames Valley. Initially established as part of a government-funded Knowledge Exchange project, WestFocus is now funded by the universities.


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Man jailed for catching and selling wild birds
The RSPCA has tonight welcomed a jail sentence for a man from Derbyshire who illegally caught and sold wild birds.
Russell Yates, from Tibshelf, was sent to prison for 18 weeks after admitting a string of cruelty offences. The RSPCA said the catching and selling of birds was a widespread problem, with criminals selling them undercover for profit.
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Second Baptist Church of Rutherfordton
Monday, September 01, 2014
Outreach Ministries
If we, as Christians, do not spread the good news of Christ who will?
Our mission and goal in life is to tell others about Christ.
Will you tell them?
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded of you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." -Matthew 28-19-20
Outreach Ministries
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May 16 2013
Lyman track teams win Conference Meet
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Anna Flitner takes a hand off from Phoenix Choal in the 1600 m Relay during the Conference Track meet at the Lyman Track complex Friday May 10. The Lyman girls and boys teams both won the meet. See more details on page 6 of the Lyman County Herald .
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- Reminiscing at school reunions
- New Lutheran pastor arrives in Presho.
- Lyman and Presho alumni meet this weekend
- School board welcomes new superintendent
- Celebrating Independence, Statehood Vivian style
- Wheat Growers ready to build when rail rehab is announced
- Scavenger's journey to Presho for a bargain
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Meyer Sound and Cirque du Soleil® have enjoyed a fruitful relationship since the early 1990s, and now, Meyer Sound has been chosen as official sound equipment supplier for the new Cirque du Soleil show Kooza™, which debuted in April in Montreal, Quebec.
Written and directed by former Cirque du Soleil clown David Shiner, Kooza is a return to Cirque du Soleil's origins, combining two circus traditions: acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.
Kooza's eclectic musical score blends elements of hip hop, funk, ethnic, and classical music, all powerfully presented by sound co-designers Jonathan Deans and Leon Rothenberg through an elaborate Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeaker system.
Deans, the sound designer for numerous Cirque du Soleilshows, and Rothenberg, who served as his assistant on several productions, collaborated equally on the vibrant sound design for Kooza. This is the first time Rothenberg has shared duties with Deans on a Cirque du Soleil production.
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De Viento - Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
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4/5 rDev +2.3%
07-04-2014 17:53:26 | More by ElJosharino
4/5 rDev +2.3%
05-25-2014 02:42:19 | More by md655321
2.5/5 rDev -36.1%
05-17-2014 20:36:18 | More by krl2112
District of Columbia
4/5 rDev +2.3%
03-26-2014 00:18:08 | More by yourefragile
4.5/5 rDev +15.1%
03-17-2014 20:25:05 | More by smlmeyer
4/5 rDev +2.3%
01-17-2014 19:21:17 | More by bauermj
3.75/5 rDev -4.1%
01-08-2014 18:40:52 | More by JAHMUR
3.7/5 rDev -5.4%
From: Binny's, Glen Ellyn, IL
Date: Bottled 2012-04-24
Glass: Tulip
Jolly Pumpkin's De Viento is an interesting blend of coffee, spices, and Brettanomyces influence that combine to make a slightly tart coffee beer that is appealing to the senses, particularly in this winter weather. I wouldn't pay $18 for a bottle of this again, though.
Pours a massive beige head of, at first, small, but as time elapses, medium and large-sized bubbles, eventually developing a cavernous, rocky appearance. Retention is good, the head lasting several minutes, with excellent lacing as well, thick and decorative. Body is dark brown in color, with light bringing out hues of orange and lighter brown. Carbonation not visible through the opaque body.
Aroma of slightly soured, old coffee, chili powder or cayenne and assorted other spices, with a bit of Brettanomyces mustiness. As it warms, the scent becomes a bit too acrid, somewhat bile-like and not particularly pleasant.
Overall flavor is of soured dark malt and coffee, Brettanomyces mustiness, and miscellaneous spices. Front of palate experiences soured dark malt and coffee balanced by slight sweetness and paprika or cayenne powder. Mid-palate is primarily of soured coffee with modest chocolate, slight berry esters and tartness, and mild ground cayenne/paprika, and Brettanomyces mustiness. Back of palate detects bitterness from coffee or hops, soured coffee, Brettanomyces mustiness, and mild ethanol. Aftertaste of soured coffee, miscellaneous spices, and mild bitterness.
Beer is medium-bodied, with medium carbonation, resulting in a smoothly foamy, creamy mouthfeel. Closes semi-dry, with light astringency and stickiness on the palate.
12-27-2013 02:31:53 | More by falloutsnow
4/5 rDev +2.3%
12-23-2013 04:13:37 | More by JustinMatthew
3.75/5 rDev -4.1%
12-22-2013 06:45:25 | More by bennetj17
3/5 rDev -23.3%
11-15-2013 21:32:17 | More by polishkaz
3/5 rDev -23.3%
10-31-2013 17:51:11 | More by Herky21
New York
3.46/5 rDev -11.5%
Bottle from some creepy cat lady in Iowa. Had this a couple times, but never got to sit down with it. Batch 1068/1069.
Fluted tulip. Half inch of lingering fluffy lather. Black with brown highlights.
Tangy, lightly roasted, black patent-ish, confused smell. I guess this is what they were going for.
Minerally & twangy upfront, then comes the bitter roasted coffee. That sticks around for a bit longer then I'd like. Something else hides in your throat, something unspecifically fruity.
Big, harsh carbonation. Mellow abv. Frothy, but thin. Might have been a touch fruitier completely fresh out the gate.
Second half of the bottle sloshed nicely though.
10-12-2013 04:17:26 | More by PEBKAC
4.21/5 rDev +7.7%
I picked up a bottle of Jolly Pumpkin's De Viento a couple days ago for $8 at The Made In Michigan Store in the Village at Boyne Mountain. In my effort to try more Jolly Pumpkin beers I thought I would give this one a shot, the price was right and I haven't seen any bottles of this stuff in a while so i'm Interested to give it a try, so lets see how it goes. Batch #1068/#1069, Second to last batch bottled on 4/24/12. Poured from a brown 750ml Bottle into a snifter.
A- The label looks nice, it's got that typical artsy Jolly Pumpkin look, it's a little odd, but it still looks nice. It poured a nice murky dark brown color that took on a slight ruby hue when held to the light with three fingers worth of frothy tan head that died down to a thick ring that stayed till the end and left a good amount of patchy lacing behind. This beer started to foam up a little when I opened it, but it was very slowly and not really an issue since no beer was wasted. This is a very nice looking beer, I have no complaints.
S- The aroma starts off with a medium amount of sweetness followed by an immediate coffee aroma that had a nice fresh roasted quality cup of coffee aroma to it and it's followed by a nice fruity aroma with some citrus zest aromas also coming through. Up next comes that typical Jolly Pumpkin yeast that imparts a nice funky aroma to this beer with some light oak aromas showing up in the background. This beer had a good aroma, each of the aspects seemed to be pretty well balanced and neither were too overpowering.
T- The taste seems to be very similar to the aroma and it starts off with a medium amount of sweetness with coffee being the first to show up and it still has that nice fresh good cup of coffee aspect to it that isn't too overpowering and it's followed by a fruity flavor and some citrus rind flavors that might be from some hops. Up next comes that typical Jolly Pumpkin yeast imparting a nice and not overpowering funk flavor with a slightly noticeable oak flavor in the background. On the finish there's a light spiced flavor followed by hardly any bitterness with a light sourness taking it's place. This beer tasted pretty good, the light sour and decent funkyness worked surprisingly well with the coffee flavors.
M- Pretty smooth, clean, very crisp, a little creamy, medium bodied with a higher amount of carbonation that was a little on the prickly side. The mouthfeel was pretty good and it worked well with this beer, but the carbonation was right on the verge of being too much.
Overall all I thought this was a very nice beer and still a pretty nice example of a Saison/ Farmhouse Ale even though it didn't fully fit in the style with the addition of coffee, but the coffee ended up working pretty nicely with this beer and it made for a complex and interesting Saison. This beer had pretty good drinkability, it was pretty smooth, crisp, clean, not filling and the taste did a good job at holding my attention, I wouldn't mind drinking a full bottle of this by myself, but it's also a good beer to share. What I liked the most about this beer was that is was very solid in all aspects and there was hardly anything that I would change. What I liked the least about this beer is the availability, it was brewed only once and it was fairly had to find in my area, I would love it if they brewed it again so I could see how this beer is fresh. I would for sure buy this beer again, i'm pretty sure there is still a couple bottles left where I got it from, so i'll have to grab one or two more to see how it changes over time. I would recommend this to anyone who's a Jolly Pumpkin fan or anybody interested in seeing how coffee works with a funky Saison. All in all I was pretty impressed with this beer, with hold old it was and the fact that it's a coffee Saison I was little skeptical on how this one would turn out it, but it all managed to come together very well and I really enjoyed sipping on this one and everyone I shared it with liked it also. Good Job Jolly Pumpkin, I,m really starting to appreciate the work you guys put into your beers and I like that you aren't afraid to take risks, keep up the good work guys.
10-03-2013 21:36:08 | More by StoutHunter
3.25/5 rDev -16.9%
10-02-2013 00:09:15 | More by Gonzoillini
4/5 rDev +2.3%
09-22-2013 19:50:51 | More by tommy5
4/5 rDev +2.3%
08-26-2013 21:20:09 | More by warnerry
3/5 rDev -23.3%
08-19-2013 17:17:31 | More by TNGabe
3.83/5 rDev -2%
Thanks to Kevin for splitting his bottle with me. De Veinto has to be one of the swampiest and muckiest looking beers I've seen - opaque, brown trudge. The bottle *almost* gushed upon opening, but was slow enough to catch it before any beer was lost. A stunningly enormous, beige head piles up and lasts for what seems like years; I had to wait a few minutes before I could even reach the beer. Thick, chunky lace is left all around the sides of the glass.
When a beer is described as a "dark and smokey, sour Saison with coffee", well, you really don't know what to expect. The nose is full of roasted and oily coffee beans with some lightly tart fruit that rests at its side. Mildly acidic citrus peels, oak, and lots of tannic qualities. There's a lighter spice in the background that I can't completely discern, and perhaps some leafy hoppiness. The bottle denotes a "secret Algerian spice blend"... not sure exactly what it is, but it's noticeable.
Though there was a slight promissory note of sourness based on the aroma, there's almost none present as I take the first sip, despite the self-proclaimed title of "sour saison". The taste is mostly comprised of murky, dusty coffee beans with moderately heavy roast. Zesty hops are vibrant and more out-and-about on the palate; along with a mild cola flavor and heavy carbonation, there's quite a sharp and tannic astringency that cuts across the palate like a knife.
Yeast, earthy esters, dirt, and mild smoke are among some of the other flavors that come out somewhere around mid-palate, while the finish has larger amounts of oak, faint lemon-apple sweetness (which is really the only mention of fruit in the flavor) and some more of those unknown spices. The slight fruitiness present in the finish may provide a very, very mild hint of tartness, but let's face it - this is not a sour beer, at all. And I think that's a good thing.
Heavily carbonated, probably too much, as the mouth feel is very sharp, effervescent, and only amplifies the astringency. A thin-medium bodied beer that feels even thinner than it probably should, again, due to excess carbonation. Though it's labeled a "sour saison", there isn't much sour about this beer at all. I don't know how well actual sourness would have melded with heavy coffee roast, so I don't know if the omission was a bad one. Strange brew, but pretty good nonetheless.
08-05-2013 11:17:18 | More by tectactoe
3.75/5 rDev -4.1%
07-23-2013 00:36:24 | More by SpongeRuiner
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3.25/5 rDev -16.9%
06-27-2013 11:28:48 | More by tom10101
4.25/5 rDev +8.7%
06-27-2013 04:10:52 | More by MrVonzipper
4.03/5 rDev +3.1%
A: Black with a sudsy and frothy head and fantastic lacing
S: Tart and fruity (apples, cherries); also coffee and spices subtly lingering beneath
T: Dry beginning from the wood; not nearly as tart as the aromas indicated but some fruitiness still lingers; coffee and spices finish this off nicely
F: Medium body and fairly creamy
O: An interesting, seemingly strange beer but it works and come together pretty well
06-20-2013 00:15:24 | More by dbossman
4/5 rDev +2.3%
06-06-2013 03:16:58 | More by dbc5
4.25/5 rDev +8.7%
06-01-2013 11:26:04 | More by speedvagen
De Viento from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
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State Rep. Donna Lichtenegger has filed legislation that would eliminate retirement benefits for members of the Missouri House and Senate.
Lichtenegger's bill, HB 93, would put an end to members accruing creditable service for the state retirement plan beginning January 1, 2014.Lichtenegger said her bill is the fulfillment of a promise she made to the people of Southeast Missouri."I know this bill will not be popular with many of my legislative colleagues, but then I wasn't elected to gain new friends," said Lichtenegger, R-Jackson. "With state revenue shortages continuing, we as public servants to the Missouri taxpayers should take responsibility to find ways to ease the burden."Lichtenegger pointed out that the General Assembly most recently reformed the state pension system during a special session in 2010.
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