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Lewis' drive to the top
It's appropriate that the title sponsor of this week's LPGA event is a car manufacturer. That's because Stacy Lewis has shown her drive to reach the top entering the Kia Classic.
Lewis moved to No. 1 in the Rolex Women's World Rankings with her victory last week at the RR Donnelly LPGA Founders Cup, ending Yani Tseng's 109-week tenure as the world's top-ranked golfer. One year ago, entering the Kia Classic, Lewis was ranked ninth (and the third American behind Paula Creamer and Cristie Kerr). Now she becomes only the second American (Kerr was the other, in 2010) to pace women's golf.
Here are some statistics on probably the hottest golfer in the world, either man or woman:
No. 1s Over Time: The first Rolex Rankings list was released on Feb. 21, 2006, when Annika Sorenstam officially became World No. 1. Since then, just seven players (including Lewis now) have held the top spot, alternating 13 times between them. They include:
|Time at No. 1
|Annika Sorenstam
|61 weeks
|Lorena Ochoa
|158 weeks
|Ai Miyazato
|12 weeks
|Cristie Kerr
|5 weeks
|Jiyai Shin
|25 weeks
|Yani Tseng
|109 weeks
|Stacy Lewis
|1 week
Lewis in 2013: Lewis has begun the 2013 season with two wins, a tie for third and a tie for 15th. She is currently on a streak where she has led or shared the lead after six of the 16 rounds played thus far. She has also broken par in nine consecutive rounds, including four in a row at the RR Donnelley last week. The rounds of 68-65-68-64 in Phoenix included a two-stroke penalty in the third round.
Here are her scores over the first four tournaments:
|RR Donnelley
Three in a row: Stacy Lewis enters the Kia Classic looking for a third consecutive victory on the LPGA, which could be a challenge since she has never broken par (cut in 2010, T24 in 2011 and T25 in 2012) at the tournament. The LPGA record for consecutive wins is five, set by Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam. Here is how they did it:
5, Nancy Lopez, 1978 (Greater Baltimore Classic, May 12-14; Coca-Cola Classic, May 19-21; Golden Lights Championship, May 26-29; did not play Peter Jackson Classic, June 1-4; LPGA Championship, June 8-11; Bankers Trust Classic, June 16-18).
5, Annika Sorenstam, 2004-2005 (2004 Mizuno Classic, Nov. 5-7; 2004 ADT Championship, Nov. 18-21; 2005 MasterCard Classic honoring Alejo Peralta, March 4-6; 2005 Safeway International Presented by Coca-Cola, March 17-20; 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship, March 24-27).
Third course in four years
The Kia Classic moves to Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, Calif., this week, the third course in the four-year history of the tournament. The first events in 2010 and last year's tournament were held at La Costa Resort and Spa across town in Carlsbad. The 2011 tournament was held at Industry Hills Golf Club.
Aviara Hills will play 6,593 yards and to par 72 this week. If the 382-yard, par-4 18th hole looks familiar, just look at this week's PGA Tour event, the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 18th hole at Bay Hill Club is a dogleg-right par 4 with water on the right in the landing area and guarding the right and front of the green. Aviara Hills' 18th hole is very similar, only about 70 yards shorter with water predominately to the right of the green. Palmer designed both courses.
Aviara Hills also draws attention because the course winds through what appears to be a botanical garden, especially on the tight front nine. The back nine is more open, bringing the nearby Pacific Ocean winds into play. Because of strict environmental rules, Aviara Hills took nearly a decade to open before debuting in 1991.
Tseng's last win
Yani Tseng won the 2012 Kia Classic by six strokes for her third victory in the first events of the season. She also placed in the top eight in her other two starts. That was the best start to a season in her five-year LPGA career and ranks among the best over five events in the 62-year history of the LPGA. Tseng had won only twice in her first five events of each season cumulatively since 2008, her rookie campaign, entering the 2012 season.
This year, Tseng has finished second and T3 in the first two events of the season and T28 and T59 in the last two events.
Korda's consistency
Jessica Korda's final-round 66 in last week's RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup continued the 20-year-old's fast start in 2013. Korda has a streak of nine consecutive rounds of par or better and has finished T5 and T4 in her last two starts.
The Driving Distance category looks to be quite interesting this year. Second-year player Maude-Aimee Leblanc leads with a 294-yard average after missing the cut last week at the RR Donnelley. Rookie Daniela Iacobelli, the previous leader, is in second at 282.8. … Beatriz Recari has played in 56 consecutive LPGA tournaments, dating back to the 2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational. She hasn't missed a cut in 36 LPGA tournaments, going back to the September 2011 Navistar LPGA Classic.
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Natural History
May 2012
Blind shrimps
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Groundwater shrimp Niphargus aquilex
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The blind groundwater shrimp Crangonyx subterraneus.
Within the groundwater in the rocks below our feet is a hidden world where living animals can be found. It's a secret world that is difficult to study, and frequently forgotten as it is out of sight. In the UK these groundwater dwelling animals tend to be made up of crustaceans (which includes familiar animals such as crabs and lobsters), and range from tiny microscopic copepods to 'larger' shrimp like animals.
Recent survey work by Lee Knight, a freshwater ecologist, and Gareth Farr, a groundwater specialist with the Environment Agency, has found some new species to the Welsh fauna. This has included the first records for the very small amphipod Microniphargus leruthi which has now been found in a number of sites around South Wales.
Recently I joined Gareth on some fieldwork around the Bridgend area to collect some voucher specimens for the museum collections. On this particular trip we found two species not represented in the collections (and shown in the pictures). Both of these are termed 'stygobiont' animals, which means they are permanent inhabitants of underground environments. As a result they are characteristically white and eyeless as an adaptation to life underground.
So why does it matter that we learn about such animals and their environment? Understanding biodiversity is always important. Our whole way of life is underpinned by the environment through the food we eat, the water we drink, to the resources we use. In the case of these groundwater animals if the groundwater they live in gets polluted, then this affects not only these animals but us through contaminated water supplies. Thus even these small blind beasties have an important role to play in the sustainability of our environment.
My Big Day Out - Billy the Seal
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Loaded in the van and ready for the journey down to Exmouth
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It was great to be near the sea again after so many years
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Having a chat with my co-star the Common Dolphin
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I'm ready for my close up now Mr Demille
Well, I thought things had looked up when I was put on display in the Clore Discovery Gallery. After so many years of just seeing the inside of museum stores it was great to be able to see visitors again!
Then came news that the BBC were to film me for a piece in their series called Coast, and, even better they wanted to film me on Exmouth beach - a day out - wow! Easy for me to say but this meant quite a bit of work for my curator, Peter Howlett, who had to get me ready, strap me into the van and do all the driving.
Anyway the big day arrived and I was loaded into a van for the journey down. It was great to see the world outside of Cardiff again - the first time since I was brought in on that trawler back in 1912. It was fantastic to see the sea again, even if it did get a little close during filming.
I was filmed with the skeleton of a Common Dolphin (courtesy of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust), I don't know about you but I think I'm far more impressive. The idea was to show why us Grey Seals are quite happy bouncing around on dry land when a dolphin ends up dead if it gets stranded. To explain this I had the company of one of Coast's presenters, Miranda Krestovnikoff. It took a while to set everything up but eventually they were ready and I got ready for my close up with Miranda - I think she was quite taken with me! It was rather nice being fimed on the deserted beach in the early evening sun.
Sadly my day out was now over and I was put back into the van for the journey back to the Museum and the following morning I was back in my usual place surveying the visitors in the Clore Discovery gallery. Keep an eye open for my appearance, I should be in one of the programmes to be screened next spring/summer.
Arctic Ocean exploration 12th May
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The view from our berth at Bodo; looking across the bay to the fish factory and the mountains beyond.
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Bodø marina
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Discussing Norwegian-Welsh collaboration with Dr Børge Holte aboard the RV G.O. Sars
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The check-in hall at Bodø airport
And so to Bodø. Unfortunately the first half of the MAREANO spring 2012 research cruise is at an end. We have arrived in Bodo, the largest city in Nordland county. The views from the bridge of the G.O. Sars reveal the port city (pop. about 50,000) as fairly flat, surrounded by picturesque mountains.
At 10 o'clock, it is sunny and an exploratory walk to the marina and through the town is very pleasant; quite warm in the sun, but bitterly cold in the wind. A weekend marine festival is being set up around the marina and people are starting to arrive. Having got our bearings we return to the ship to say goodbye to many of our fellow scientists, who are catching a taxi to the airport. It is now 11 o'clock, the sky has darkened, and we have near horizontal snow! The sun reappears later, thankfully.
Scientists for the second two weeks of the sampling are beginning to arrive. For this leg, the ship will travel south from 'Nordland VI' to an area between Kristiansund and Halten. They will concentrate on video filming the marine habitats there and will not be deploying grabs, trawls or sledges. You can keep up-to-date at with the latest news of the project here.
After lunch we meet with Dr Børge Holte, head of the MAREANO programme, and cruise leader for the next leg. We discuss our work during the previous two weeks, and all agree that our participation with the Norwegian science team has been mutually beneficial. There was much in common between the MAREANO and our own series of scientific investigations of the seabed around Wales. You can find out more about the MAREANO project taxonomy here.
Throughout the first leg, we had been comparing and contrasting our similar, but differing, sampling techniques and sample processing procedures. We also had many discussions concerning the animals we find in the seabed habitats off our respective coasts. It was a pleasure to see some of the species we are familiar with (as well as others we rarely or never encounter) in the Arctic region from which they were first discovered.
The ship is set to sail at 3 p.m., so we say our farewells and go to our hotel for a brief rest before flying back to the UK on Sunday morning.
Apart from the port, the tourist appealing landscape and outdoor activities, Bodø is famous for hosting the National Norwegian Aviation Museum. This is situated beside the airport and both have strong links with the UK. The British built the first runway in 1940, when Germany invaded southern Norway. Then, during the Second World War, two Norwegian fighter squadrons flew Spitfires from England. Naturally, the Museum exhibits include the Spitfire alongside the numerous other military and civilian aircraft in its 10,000 m2 floorspace.
Once back in the UK we will post some photos of the animals we encountered during the trip. In the meantime, here are two photos of a small holothurian (sea-cucumber), Elpidia — affectionately referred to as a 'sea-pig' by all aboard the research ship. These interesting animals 'graze' the surface of the seabed. This particular species grows to around 2 cm in length, but this specimen (from 1,300 m depth) is only about 4 or 5 mm long. The animal can be seen in situ in a photo from an earlier MAREANO research cruise here
Arctic Ocean exploration 11th May
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A trawl bulging with sponges
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Diving in to sort through the sponges
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Graham with one of the larger sponges
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The camera sledge being lowered into the sea
Since the last blog we have moved to shallower water which means that it takes a much shorter time to take the samples, less time between stations and a more hectic schedule. With the 12 hour shifts I have had little inclination to sit at the computer. Perhaps most spectacular have been the samples from the sponge grounds, some of these are the size of footballs. They are difficult to work with without gloves because of the spicules and worsened by the rather nauseous smell given off by some. Sorting and fixing such a large sample had everyone running around madly.
The Campod live video gear has been working, it is lowered to the sea bed and then hopped along a transect some 700metres long. The footage is stored and the megafauna analysed to create a chart of animal communities. You can see some of this video on the Mareano website http://www.mareano.no/english/. You can also read all about the programme in detail. We did a similar thing for the seas around Wales and published the results in our Biomor Reports but we did not have the video or geophysical data to go with our benthic sampling, wouldn't it be interesting to have seabed images for all the communities we have found in the Irish Sea?
As far as my research goes we have collected a lot of relevant material. Firstly I have seen common Norwegian Sea species that just enter the British fauna and some that are found in both regions or so we think! I now have material of thyasirid bivalves to compare with those we have from the Atlantic Frontier Environmental Network (Shetland-Faeroes) programme and can hopefully describe some new species now.
There is one family of bivalves that are always problematic, the Astartidae, and I now have a good series of northern A. sulcata fixed in 100% ethanol and RNA later for a molecular study that might be joint with the Bergen Museum.
I have not got Anna any Macoma for her tellinid study but I do have quite a few Abra longicallus a species we only get on the Porcupine Bank west of Ireland.
Andy has been building up an impressive collection of photographs of living polychaetes, he will post some of these on our "return to home" final blog.
We dock early tomorrow morning in Bodo so it is now a frantic pack, tidy and clean period so I had better go.
Arctic Ocean exploration: Wednesday 2 May
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View from the bridge of the seas which have stopped us working
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It's difficult to convey the size of waves in photographs!
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The GO Sars is able to maintain an accurate position using GPS
We have stopped and started since Monday due to bad weather and with waves up to 8.5 metres the ship cannot launch the sampling gear. It has also been snowing! It is very difficult to show the sea in still photos but views from the bridge give some idea.
The GO Sars is a modern research ship with dynamic positioning; this gives impressive accuracy for sampling and bottom photography as well as returning to an exact position for repeat sampling. We have managed a deep station over 2200m with the beam trawl and the sample has some strange fish along with crustaceans and starfishes of many kinds.
A sledge haul from the same site came up with four purple sea urchins along with three of the bivalves that I had come to collect. Hopefully colleagues in Paris will be able to identify the symbiotic bacteria that live in the gills of the bivalve.
We will now move to shallower water where sampling will be quicker, not the 4 hours it takes to do a trawl in abyssal depths.
Arctic ocean exploration: Monday 29 April
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The hangar where the grabs are launched from.
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A grab being launched from the hangar - you can see why it can't be done when it's rough!
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Sorting the trawl from 660m
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A first glimpse of deep sea life in the Arctic Ocean
We spent the last 24 hours doing little while a Force 9 gale stoped all sampling, waves were washing over the trawl deck. At last the beam trawl is out now and sampling at just under 2000m. We have completed one station at 660m.
At every station we take samples with a Van Veen grab, a box core, a beam trawl and an epibenthic sledge. The grab and box core are launched from the hangar which is in the middle of the ship, and the doors open close to the sea level. The sledge and trawl are launched off the trawl deck at the stern of the ship. The pictures show the hangar with doors closed and a remote video camera array in the corner. With the doors open the Van Veen grab is launched by the crew, not the scientists, we have no intention of falling into the Arctic waters.
The first beam trawl from 660m is now up and our first sight of life in the Norwegian Sea is on deck. This sample has many kinds of starfish and brittlestars of stunning colours along with an angler fish.
Ocean exploration north of the Arctic Circle
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Old Tromso
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The Polar Museum in Tromso
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The research ship GOSars
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The scenary is dramatic around Tromso
Dr Graham Oliver and Dr Andy Mackie from the Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology have been offered the chance to take part in a research cruise to the Arctic waters of northern Norway. This cruise is part of the Mareano project, which aims to map the bathymetry, sedimentology and biology of the seabed around Norway. Graham and Andy will be looking for deep water bivalves and ploychaete worms to augment their research here.
Graham takes up the story:
Our ship is in port and we are now on board waiting to depart for the research area south of the Lofoten Islands. Once there we will be taking samples from depths between 200 and 2500metres.
We have arrived in late spring but already the days are long with the sun coming up well before 5am, but then we are north of the Arctic Circle. The snow is still lying thickly but the bright weather makes the mountainous backdrop really spectacular.
We sail around midnight and it will take 24 hours to reach our first station when we start our 12-hour shifts. Lets hope we can then show you the ship at work and hopefully some of the marine life in the Norwegian Sea.
In the meantime here is a flavour of Tromsø. The town is a mixture of old and new, all jumbled up and reflecting a boom time in the 1960's. The wooden houses are typical of the old town and the Polar museum represents a most modern addition. The city is surrounded by rugged scenery of fjords and mountains. Our ship the GOSars is named after an eminent marine biologist and one of the most modern in the Norwegian research fleet.
Conserving Government Propaganda prints from the Great War
Historic Photography Project (Esmee Ffairburn)
Linking Natural Science Collections in Wales
Natural History
Research in Norway and the Barents Sea
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350. Revolving Door For Drivers
By 1958, Clint Brawner was running one of the top teams in championship racing with no driver. Bob Sweikert, the first outstanding driver for the Dean Van Lines team, left to win the '55 Indy 500 for John Zink. Then, Jimmy Snyder jumped ship to win the '58 prize shoeing for George Salih. After years of leaving IMS without the trophy, Brawner determined to hire a driver who would listen to reason and bring Al Dean his first Indy win. Brawner chose an Indy unknown with incredible skill and a drive to learn everything about the sport, to become the very best.
Brawner liked A.J. Foyt Jr because, from the beginning, he wanted to know everything about every part of the car and every detail to set the car up perfectly. Young Foyt was a sponge, eagerly soaking up twenty years of Brawner's Brickyard experience.
Foyt's performance was even better on the track. His rookie year, he finished in the top ten in half his races and placed 10th in the championship.
Although Foyt was the top Indy rookie qualifier, his stellar Month of May was overshadowed by other drivers. Ed Elisian, driving John Zink's Watson, seemed to run the hot laps each day and started in the first row. When Elisian and Dick Rathmann tangled on the first lap, they damaged half the cars in the field, including Foyt's. George Amick, starting 25th, ran a superb race and stormed his way through the field to finish 2nd and take rookie of the year.
Foyt's rookie year
Foyt and Brawner's second season didn't live up to expectations. The Dean Van Lines team expected victories that didn't come. Late in the '59 season, Foyt learned that Brawner intended to add a second car to be driven by Elisian. The thought of driving the old Kuzma chassis while Brawner prepared a new roadster for Elisian alienated Foyt. There was one too many roosters on the chicken ranch, and the two drivers tried to settle it with fisticuffs. Neither drove for the Dean team in 1960. Foyt found a ride with George Bignotti and the Bowes Seal Fast team.
Eddie Sachs took the wheel for the 1960 season. Brawner never got close to Sachs. He felt the "Clown Prince" was a talented driver, but had no technical knowledge. Still, Sachs grabbed the pole at Indy in his first two years driving for Dean. When Sachs pitted for fresh tires 3 laps short of victory in the '61 classic, Brawner wondered if he was doomed to prepare the best cars, but never win Indy. "… I was lost and whipped and beat, and knew that I'd muffed my chance to finally win Indianapolis." To make matters worse, Sachs finished second to Foyt."
The relationship deteriorated. In '62, Sachs struggled all May before finally qualifying 27th. "This had been such a screwed up month that I had no idea whether or not Eddie would even come around to complete the pace lap. Instead, that incredible Sachs proceded to turn in… one of the greatest driving feats in Indianapolis history." After a season with no wins, Sachs left for the DVS-Bryant team.
In the early 60's, fielding multiple cars for the Dean team, Brawner hired promising mechanic Jim McGee. The revolving door continued for drivers including Troy Ruttman, Chuck Hulse and a special guest appearance by stock car racer Curtis Turner.
Brawner, Dean, McGee & Mario
Although Brawner was still bitter from the experience of developing A.J. Foyt, he finally came to the conclusion that he needed to try another rookie. He stuck his neck out for, arguably, the most promising Indy rookie ever, the driver who finally took him to victory circle, Mario Andretti.
The first years that Brawner, McGee and Andretti teamed were magic. His first year at the Brickyard, Andetti qualified in the second row, and finished 3rd. Later in the season, he won his first championship race and the national title. With experience, he improved.
Brawner Hawk 65
Unable to buy another Lotus, Brawner and McGee began contructing their own rear-engine cars, known as "Hawks." The first Hawk was a copy of a Brabham. Andretti repeated as Champion in '66, but lost to Foyt by a few points in '67. Winning didn't bring harmony.
Al Dean died of cancer in December of '67. The team became unsure who was calling the shots, and who owned the cars and equipment. By the middle of the '68 season, Andretti was paying the bills from his own pocket. Overseas National Airways, their major sponsor, and Firestone both backed out. Andretti sold the team to the Granatellis for the '69 season. Dissension followed the Indianapolis victory. "Winning Indianapolis wasn't the thrill I expected it to be."
Art Pollard's Brawner Scorpion '71
Goodyear hired Brawner and McGee to form Hayhoe Racing, with Roger McClusky driving. A year later, McGee left to rejoin Mario, whose STP team was struggling. Brawner returned to Indy for three more races, with little success before retiring.


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Canon opens second concept store-A A +A
Friday, May 13, 2011
DAVAO CITY has captured 30 percent of the total market share of Canon digital cameras in the country.
Alan Chng, Canon Philippines Inc. president and CEO, bared this in an interview Thursday at their second concept store at the third floor of Abreeza Mall.
Chng said the digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras comprise 60 percent of their total sales nationwide.
"More and more people now want to take better pictures and better quality and our sales in DSLR have been growing steadily," he said.
Canon opened its second concept store at the Abreeza Mall on Thursday, the first one located at the second floor of Gaisano Mall.
"We have a total of 17 concept stores all over the country," Chng said, adding they started opening concept stores three years ago.
With the concept store, Canon brings the complete collection of products to customers like he latest Canon cameras, single-function and multi-function printers, consumables and after-sales service.
Known for their unique branding, these concept stores have been established because some entrepreneurs have recognized the potential of collaborating and investing with the imaging leader according to a press statement.
"At Canon, we offer the total imaging solutions. From input to output," Chng said.
Canon continued to extend its reach with the opening of the 17th concept store at Abreeza Mall. Owner Kelly Uy has been in the camera industry for over 20 years and four years in the concept store business.
"Although we already have one at Gaisano Mall of Davao, we believe Abreeza will cater to another market niche," Uy said in a press statement.
He said he chose Abreeza Mall because of its good tenant mix not found in any mall in Davao City.
"Dabawenyos will be delighted to know that this store will carry the same lineup of Canon products, supplementary accessories and promos available in Manila," he added.
To celebrate the launch of Uy's concept store at Abreeza, customers who purchased a Digital IXUS 1000HS get a free Pixma MP258 printer.
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on May 14, 2011.
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Students at Mountain View High School in Mesa will receive a lesson about the perils of texting and driving on Wednesday.
Organized by AT&T through its It Can Wait Pledge Drive campaign, the event is meant to emphasize to students they should not text while driving. To underscore the point, students will have access to a driving simulator where they can learn what happens when they text and drive and they will take a pledge to not text and drive.


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The Irvine Valley women's volleyball team's Orange Empire Conference match at home on Friday against Golden West is big in a number of ways.
The Lasers are taking on conference leading Golden West in a very important match.
Golden West is undefeated so far in conference play. IVC is in third - two matches back of the Rustlers.
Irvine Valley did play Golden West tough when the two teams met earlier this year at Golden West, losing in four games.
IVC has a record of 10-3 overall and 6-2 in conference after sweeping Santa Ana, 25-8, 25-13, 25-13, on the road Wednesday night.
Sophomore outside hitter Annie Kim had 10 kills, sophomore middle blocker Hannah Unruh and freshman outside hitter Allison Cook contributed seven kills each, sophomore libero Sarah Mendoza finished with 11 digs and freshman setter Sofia Furlong had 24 assists.
Irvine Valley is also putting on its third annual Dig Pink event. All proceeds from the night will go toward the Side-out.org Dig Pink Volleyball Breast Cancer Awareness campaign.
Admission will be $5 for all spectators. There will also be raffles, auctions and Asics pink t-shirt giveaways.
Last year, nearly 400 fans were in attendance for the event. The events the last two years have raised more than $3,000.
One of the driving forces behind the first Dig Pink event at IVC in 2009 was a Laser player. Caitlin Segert, a sophomore and starting middle blocker, helped coordinate the event in conjunction with the coaching staff and athletic administration, and was directly responsible for the effort of the women's volleyball student-athletes in obtaining raffle prizes, giveaways and auction items.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has named Msgr. Richard F. Stika, pastor of the Church of the Annunziata in Ladue, Mo., as bishop of Knoxville, Tenn. The appointment was announced in Washington Jan. 12 by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop-designate Stika, 51, succeeds Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., who headed the Knoxville Diocese from 1999 to 2007. He will be ordained to the episcopacy March 19 at the Knoxville Convention Center by Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia. Among the many assignments Bishop-designate Stika has handled since his Dec. 14, 1985, ordination as a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis were secretary to then-St. Louis Archbishop Rigali, 1994-97; coordinator of the papal visit to the archdiocese, 1998-1999; and episcopal vicar for child and youth protection, 2004-09. "From the first moments of my ministry as a priest in St. Louis, I have always been grateful for the tremendous experiences I have witnessed of the goodness of God's people," he said in a statement on the Web site of the St. Louis Archdiocese.
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Milwaukee social worker to chair bishops' National Review Board
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The former director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee has been appointed to chair the bishops' National Review Board by Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Diane Knight, a social worker from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, will succeed Judge Michael Merz as head of the USCCB's National Review Board at the conclusion of his term, following the bishops' spring meeting in June. Cardinal George made the announcement Jan. 8 and said Knight's dedication to the mission of the Catholic Church and her experience in the protection of children and young people made her a prime candidate for the post. The USCCB established the National Review Board in 2002 as a consultative body that reviews the annual report of the Office of Child and Youth Protection on the implementation of the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" and the recommendations that emerge from it. The National Review Board then offers its assessment to the president of the USCCB.
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Chicago Archdiocese pays $2.6 million to settle two more abuse cases
CHICAGO (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of Chicago agreed in December to pay out $2.6 million to settle two cases of clergy sexual abuse. The sum was in addition to a $12.6 million settlement announced in August with 16 victims of clergy sex abuse in the archdiocese. A $1.2 million settlement involved a teenage boy who said he was abused by Father Daniel McCormack, the former pastor of St. Agatha Parish in Chicago who is serving a prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2007 to abusing five boys. Father McCormack, who has been suspended from all priestly functions, did not plead guilty to abusing the boy in this settlement, but the archdiocese decided on the settlement after conducting its own review of the case. A second payment of $1.38 million went to a man who accused Father Chester Przybylo, now the pastor of an independent church in Winfield, Ill., of having abused him from 1987 to 1992. The settlements will be funded by insurance and proceeds from the sale or lease of undeveloped property, the archdiocese said.
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Collection for Latin America helping the church grow in Cuba, beyond
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- After nearly 50 years when religious practice was discouraged by the communist government, Catholic bishops in Cuba these days are looking for support from U.S. Catholics to "try to bring back peoples' religious memory," as one bishop put it. In one diocese, that means enlisting grandparents who grew up at a time when they were taught about the church to help educate their grandchildren about the faith. In another, it means paying for Cuban families to attend the World Meeting of Families in Mexico. Other dioceses are working to expand their use of contemporary media including the Internet, access to which is still tightly controlled by the government. Cuban projects get the largest single-country share of funds from U.S. parishes raised in the annual collection for the church in Latin America, held in most dioceses Jan. 24-25. The collection also supports work done in Latin America by the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In 2008, 80 projects in Cuba received a total of $850,000 from the collection, which raised more than $8 million. Across Latin America, 535 projects were funded last year.
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Latest 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' series is written for Catholics
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series can now add Catholics to the more than 200 groups in its targeted audience. In mid-December, Simon & Schuster published "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith," making it the most recent addition to a series that has sold more than 112 million copies in 40 languages over the past 16 years. The "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books are filled with personal stories (always 101) and each volume is aimed toward a specific audience: moms, dads, grandparents, teens, kids, sports enthusiasts, pet lovers, coffee lovers, people with a variety of ailments, scrapbookers and even fans of the "American Idol" television show. There are books specifically directed to members of the Jewish faith, Latter-day Saints, Christians and Christian women. LeAnn Thieman, a Catholic who co-authored "Living Catholic Faith," is no stranger to the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" phenomenon. She has co-authored nine other books in the series and is currently working on a new "Chicken Soup" book about miracles.
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American Catholic Historical Association honors two books
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The American Catholic Historical Association selected "Vatican Secret Diplomacy: Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII" by Charles R. Gallagher as the best book on the history of the Catholic Church in the 12 months that ended June 30. The book, published by Yale University Press in New Haven, Conn., won the association's John Gilmary Shea Prize and a $750 award. Gallagher, who is a Jesuit scholastic currently living in Wimbledon, England, has taught at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., and worked as archivist-historian of the Diocese of St. Augustine, Fla. "Passion and Order: Restraint of Grief in the Medieval Italian Communes" by Carol Leroy Lansing was chosen for the Howard R. Marraro Prize, awarded each year to the author of a distinguished scholarly work dealing with Italian history or Italo-American history or relations. It also includes a $750 prize. Lansing is a professor of history at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The awards were presented Jan. 4 during the association's annual meeting in New York.
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US bishop in West Bank expresses solidarity with Catholics
RAFIDIA, West Bank (CNS) -- During a pastoral visit to the Holy Land, the vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed solidarity with Palestinian Catholics in the West Bank and focused on the situation in Gaza. "We have come here at a troubled time with the escalation of violence in Gaza so clearly on the minds of people resurrecting the history of hurts and struggles of Palestinian and Israeli existence," said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., who was in the Holy Land as part of the Coordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church of the Holy Land. The bishop said he saw how "deeply ingrained" the historical wounds are and sensed the people's discouragement that things can change and peace can emerge in the region. Bishop Kicanas had hoped to visit Gaza as part of his planned itinerary, but the ongoing Israeli military attacks on Gaza made that impossible. The delegation, in the Holy Land Jan. 9-15, also was to meet with Archbishop Antonio Franco, Vatican nuncio to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas.
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Pope baptizes infants, emphasizes parents' formation role
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In an annual liturgy, Pope Benedict XVI baptized 13 infants and emphasized the duty of parents and godparents to educate them in the faith. The pope strongly defended the practice of infant baptism, saying it acts as a "bridge" between human beings and God, and helps lead children along the path of grace. The Mass Jan. 11 marked the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The pontiff celebrated the liturgy in the Sistine Chapel, where the crying of babies reverberated off the frescoed walls and ceiling. The pope poured water from a shell-shaped dipper onto the head of each of the 13 infants -- nine boys and four girls, the children of Vatican employees. In his sermon, the pope said parents should consider children not as their personal property to be shaped according to their own ideas and desires, but as free children of God who need to be educated in order to make the right choices in life.
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Pope thanks movement for service, urges greater unity with dioceses
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI thanked members of the Neocatechumenal Way for their generous service to the church and called for greater efforts toward unity with local bishops and parishes. Unity with the church and among Christians is indispensable for helping the church's evangelical efforts "be fruitful and credible," he told thousands of members of the movement during a special audience in St. Peter's Basilica Jan. 10. The audience marked the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Neocatechumenal Way in the Diocese of Rome. The movement's founders, Kiko Arguello and Carmen Hernandez, were present along with thousands of members of Rome's 500 Neocatechumenal communities. The pope praised the Way's courageous testimony of the Gospel and "meek compliance to the guidelines of priests and communion with" other Catholics.
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Spain's atheists continue other countries' ad campaigns on buses
MADRID, Spain (CNS) -- Catholic and religious leaders have denounced slogans questioning the existence of God planned for buses in Barcelona and other Spanish cities. The message, "Probably, God does not exist. Stop worrying and enjoy life," were to be placed on buses in Barcelona by Jan. 12. The advertisement campaign, organized by the Madrid Association of Atheists and Freethinkers and Atheists of Catalonia, will arrive in the capital city of Madrid by Jan. 26, Madrid Vice Mayor Manuel Cobo announced Jan. 8. Ads in Valencia, Bilbao, Zaragoza and Seville are set to follow, organizers said. In a Jan. 2 statement, Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach of Barcelona said that "faith is not a reason for worry, nor an obstacle to enjoy life honestly, but a solid foundation to live life with an attitude of solidarity, peace and a sense of transcendence." There have been similar ad campaigns in Great Britain and the United States.
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Guatemalan Catholics march against increasing crime rate, fear
GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) -- With unified chants of "we want peace," an estimated 10,000 Guatemalans gathered before the city cathedral in a Catholic-organized peace march to call attention to the country's escalating crime rate. "We're here to condemn the violence," Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruno of Guatemala City told the crowd packing the city's central square and waving signs calling for peace Jan. 10. "Without social justice, there is no peace," he said. The march was the most visible sign yet of the church's growing concern that gang violence and drug trafficking threaten to undermine the progress the country has made since the end of its civil war in 1996. "This march represents the necessity of absolute security in the ... the country," Cardinal Quezada said. "The year 2008 ended with the sad and lamentable memory of our dear mother country in a tragic blood bath. Without exaggerating, it was one of the most violent of recent history."
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Catholic bishops denounce assassination of journalist in Sri Lanka
BANGALORE, India (CNS) -- The Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka denounced the assassination of the outspoken editor of a leading newspaper in Sri Lanka. Lasantha Wickramatunga, editor of The Sunday Leader, was shot dead in his car Jan. 8 on his way to work in rush-hour traffic in downtown Colombo. The murder was the latest in a series of violent attacks on the media. "We are deeply concerned about the recent attack on media institutions and media personnel, the most recent being the destruction caused to a popular TV station and the latest casualty being a well-known editor of a leading newspaper," said the bishops conference in a statement Jan. 9. "We condemn these atrocities in the strongest possible terms." The Asian church news agency UCA News reported that armed, masked men ransacked and set fire to the MTV and MBC TV and radio studio Jan. 5. They attacked staff and caused extensive damage, putting the broadcasters off the air. This followed an attack three days earlier, when a gasoline bomb was thrown at the building housing the TV station popularly known as Sirasa, UCA News reported.
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Cardinal Laghi, former nuncio to U.S., dies at 86
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Italian Cardinal Pio Laghi, a former Vatican nuncio to the United States who tried to convince President George W. Bush not to invade Iraq in 2003, died Jan. 10 at the age of 86. Cardinal Laghi had been suffering from a blood disorder, but told a conference just before Christmas that he thought the worst had passed. On that occasion, speaking by webcam from his Vatican apartment, he again expressed his deep disappointment that Bush did not heed Pope John Paul II's warnings about the possible consequences of the war in Iraq. Those possibilities, the cardinal said, have now become realities: a drawn-out war, massive casualties, new tensions among Iraqi religious and ethnic groups, and greater Muslim hostility toward Christians. In a telegram Jan. 12 offering his condolences to the cardinal's nieces and nephews, Pope Benedict XVI praised the cardinal for "long and generous service to the Holy See, particularly as papal representative in various countries and as prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education." In a statement released by the White House Jan. 11, Bush offered his condolences, saying "Cardinal Laghi was a friend who, in his more than 60 years of service to the Catholic Church, worked tirelessly for peace and justice in our world."
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Notre Dame professor instrumental in Catholic-Jewish relations dies
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- U.S. Catholic leaders are mourning the loss of Rabbi Michael Alan Signer, an important figure in Jewish-Catholic relations and a professor at the University of Notre Dame who died Jan. 10 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Rabbi Signer was the Abrams professor of Jewish thought and culture and director of Notre Dame's Holocaust Project, whose research focused on various aspects of Jewish-Christian relations, Michael Garvey, a spokesman for the Indiana university, told
Catholic News Service
Jan. 12. "I would say his influence on Catholic-Jewish relations in the United States was of great importance," said Father James Massa, executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. "As a scholar of ancient Christian texts and as a teacher for a generation of students at Notre Dame, Michael brought a wealth of erudition and critical insight to the Catholic Church's dialogue with Judaism."
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Drew DeCoursey, author of book on defense of life, dies at 74
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. (CNS) -- A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 7 at Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Church in Cedar Knolls for Andrew "Drew" DeCoursey, who died Jan. 2. He was 74 and had been fighting prostate cancer since 1989. DeCoursey was an author, essayist, cartoonist and social activist whose work appeared in national, local and religious publications, including The Beacon, diocesan newspaper in Paterson. His book, "Lifting the Veil of Choice," is a collection of essays on the defense of human life. The foreword was written by Blessed Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity. For more than two decades, he served with the Missionaries of Charity at a soup kitchen and women's shelter in Newark and at the Gift of Love Hospice for AIDS patients in New York's Greenwich Village. He was honored by the Diocese of Paterson's Justice and Peace Commission as the recipient of its first Peace Award in 1989 for his pro-life, parish, charitable and peace activities as someone who followed the mandate of Pope Paul VI: "If you want peace, work for justice."
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Catholic school lessons retained by 'Doubt' writer-director
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The lessons learned from a Catholic school education still linger in John Patrick Shanley, playwright of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Doubt" and writer-director of the new film version, considered a strong contender during the Hollywood awards season. "I went back to St. Anthony's Church (in his childhood Bronx neighborhood in New York) right before we started shooting," Shanley told
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, adding that he was taken back in time by the pastor's sermon, which "told the story from the Bible and the ramifications of what the story means." A similar sermon is featured in the film. "Gossip and cutting the pillow was a sermon I had heard. The Cure of Ars (St. John Vianney) used that sermon in the Middle Ages. ... But when I heard it, it was as if the priest had made up that story that morning," he said. The story in the sermon has a priest reproaching a woman for gossiping by telling her to cut open a pillow on the roof of her apartment building and shake out the feathers. When the woman tells the priest she's done so, he then tells her to pick up each feather -- a near-impossibility, like stopping the spread of gossip once started. "To me as a kid, gossip meant nothing," Shanley added. "It was (imagining) the pillow and the feathers and all that."
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Hundreds of people visited Workington's first Urban Motor Show.
The event, organised by cnevents, part of CN Group which owns the Times & Star, saw West Cumbrian motor dealers bring the newest models to Workington town centre.
There was also entertainment and activities for all the family, but the stars of Saturday's show were the cars.
They were provided by some of the most trusted names in the business – Border Cars, Dobies Peugeot and Vauxhall, both of Lillyhall, Stan Palmer Honda, of Cockermouth, and B and H Motors, of Whitehaven.
Stephen McCullough, business development director for CN Group, said: "It was an incredible success.
"The town centre was absolutely heaving and local businesses probably benefited as a result of the huge interest people showed in the cars and the extra visitors.
"The car dealers who were involved reported that a lot of people were booking test drives for Sunday, so people were looking to buy."
The event was inspired partly by the success of a similar show in Whitehaven.
Mr McCullough added: "Bringing the cars to the people is a reversal of what has been done in the past. It seems to work well as there were a lot of healthy inquiries made about the cars being showcased."
Dean Adams, 32, sales executive for the Vauxhall dealership, said: "The atmosphere was buzzing all day.
"We really hope it comes back to Workington next year because it was a great day for us and for the town."
Ron Batty, dealer principal for B and H Motors, said: "We took a variety of cars down including the new Ibiza and spoke to quite a few people."
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Blue Bloods Review: "Brothers"by Christine Orlando at . Comments
The best scene in "Brothers" takes place when Danny, Jamie, grandpa Henry and Frank are sitting around over beers, talking about grandpa's black jack slapper. It's an unauthorized weapon.
For those who didn't see it, it's about eight inches of steel covered in leather and can be used to gain the upper hand in close fighting. When Jamie turns it down, Danny mocks his brother, but Frank chimes in that he never used one. Danny responds: "You're 6'4" and you've got hands of stone." I just had to laugh. Tom Selleck really does tower over the rest of this cast.
When Jamie finds Joe's iPod, was I the only one who was surprised that it started right up?
Joe was killed a while ago. That battery would be long dead. But with the iPod working, we get to hear Joe's cryptic message about his investigation into the Blue Templar and that he was suspicious of his FBI contact.I still can't understand why Jamie doesn't bring this straight to his father. Jamie's a rookie, his father's the Police Commissioner. Moreover, they seem to have a close relationship. It seems like Frank would be the one person he'd trust.
I'm still not sold on this Blue Templar story overall. It just doesn't seem like the show needs it. I suppose they're using it to give Jamie some added depth, but we're seven episodes in and it's just not working for me.
What happened to Danny's partner, Jackie? We're back on the partner merry-go-round and I'm not happy about it. Jennifer Esposito (as Jackie) has a spark the others lack. Danny and Jackie have great banter and it adds something to the show. I want her back. How about you?
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I heard that Jackie was replaced because she had celiac desease and couldn't work all the hours. Is that true? I definiely think she was a terrific part of the show. The rest of the cast are fabulous (especially Tom Selleck), but please bring Jennifer back!!
I really do miss Jackie as Danny's partner. They had a kind of chemistry. Please bring her back. I'm a very faithful viewer of the show, re-runs and all.
they need to bring Jackie back
I totally agree. Jackie added so much to the show. I felt she was the star of the show, she was that good. The show is definitely lacking something without her.
I hate hate hate a switch mid season. Bring Jackie back!!!!!!!!
This was our favorite show and Jackie was an integral part of the show. All the actors click and now I feel the new partner just doesn't fit in. Really affects the feel of the show! That is terrible that they would replace someone when they were ill. We no longer have the show on our seasonal taping on TIVO. Bring "Jackie " back!
Jackie was terrific. New actress looks like she should be a crossing guard, not a detective in NYC. What a terrible decision for CBS. And shame on them for cutting her after she was ill.
I want to know what happen to Jackie?
Love, Love Blue Boods but whatever happened to Jackie? The show is missing a spark without her.
Please get her back the new girl isn't cutting it .
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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
The CONCACAF qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of four rounds of competition, in which the 35 member nations competed for three automatic berths at the finals in Brazil.
The United States, Costa Rica, and Honduras qualified. The fourth-place finisher, Mexico, played a two-game series against New Zealand, the first-placed team from Oceania and qualified to the Finals.
- 1 Format
- 2 Entrants
- 3 First round
- 4 Second round
- 5 Third round
- 6 Fourth round
- 7 Intercontinental play-off
- 8 Goalscorers
- 9 References
- 10 External links
In March 2011, following news that CONCACAF would not receive four spots in the 2014 World Cup, officials within CONCACAF indicated that the first format proposed would be revised.[1] Several days later, officials within CONCACAF announced the qualifying format they would present to FIFA. The proposed format, which was subsequently accepted by FIFA, consists of 4 stages.[2]
- Round One. Teams ranked 26–35 will play-off to reduce the number of entrants to 30.
- Round Two. 6 groups of 4 teams. This round includes the 5 qualifiers from the preliminary round plus teams ranked 7–25. The top team in each group advances to the next stage.
- Round Three (Semifinal round). 3 groups of 4. Teams ranked 1–6 face off against the 6 group winners from the previous round. The top two in each group advance.
- Round Four (Hexagonal). The top two teams in each group from the semifinal round compete in one group of 6. The top three teams advance to the World Cup finals, while the 4th place team advances to an intercontinental play-off.
All 35 FIFA-affiliated national teams from CONCACAF entered qualification. The seeding – used to draw the first three rounds of the qualifiers – was based on the FIFA World Rankings of March 2011.[3] (World rankings shown in parentheses)[4]
|Bye to third round
(Ranked 1st to 6th)
|Bye to second round
(Ranked 7th to 25th)
|Competing in first round
(Ranked 26th to 35th)
First round[edit]
The first round of the CONCACAF qualifiers saw the bottom 10 teams being paired up into five home-and-away series, with the highest ranked team facing the lowest ranked team and so on. The winners of these series proceeded to the second round.
The matchups were announced by FIFA on 26 April 2011.[5] Early indications were that the matches would be played on 3 and 7 June 2011; However, the matches were postponed to scattered days in June and July, between 15 June and 17 July.[6] The 5 winners (in bold, below) advanced to the second round of the CONCACAF qualifiers: Belize, Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Lucia, and the Bahamas.[7]
|Team 1
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|Dominican Republic
|U.S. Virgin Islands
|British Virgin Islands
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|Saint Lucia
|2–4 (a.e.t.)
|Turks and Caicos Islands
- Note 1: Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
Second round[edit]
In the second round, the teams ranked 7–25 were joined by the 5 winners from the first round. These teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011. The matches were played from 2 September to 15 November 2011.[2]
The top team from each group advanced to the third round.
Teams were seeded into four pots – designated Pots 4 to 7 in the draw.[2] Pot 4 included teams ranked 7–12, Pot 5 teams ranked 13–18, Pot 6 teams ranked 19–24, and Pot 7 the team ranked 25 along with the 5 first round winners.
† First round winners
Note: Scores marked by * are results awarded by FIFA.
Group A[edit]
Group B[edit]
Group C[edit]
Group D[edit]
Group E[edit]
Group F[edit]
Third round[edit]
The third round saw the top 6 seeds joined by the 6 group winners from the second round. These teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011. These matches were played from 8 June to 16 October 2012.[2]
The top two teams from each group advanced to the fourth round.
As the draw for the third round was held before the previous matches were held, only the six teams with byes to the round were known at the time of the draw. Teams were seeded into three pots, with Pot 1 containing the top 3 seeds, Pot 2 seeds 4 to 6, and Pot 3 the 6 group winners from the second round. Each third round group contains one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3.[2]
|Pot 1
|Pot 2
|Pot 3
El Salvador†
† Second round winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw
Group A[edit]
Group B[edit]
Group C[edit]
Fourth round[edit]
In the fourth round, the three group winners and three runners-up from the third round competed in a double round robin, including a home and away match against the other five teams between 6 February and 15 October 2013. The round is informally referred to as the 'Hexagonal' or just 'The Hex'.[10] The draw for 'The Hex' was conducted by FIFA on 7 November 2012.[11]
The top three teams qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, while the fourth-placed team will play a home-away series against New Zealand, the winner of Oceania. Teams are ranked first by total points in all games, then, if tied, by best goal differential in all games, then by total goals in all games. If still tied, the same criteria are applied to games among the tied teams.
Intercontinental play-off[edit]
The winner of the OFC qualification tournament, New Zealand, played against CONCACAF's fourth-placed team, Mexico, in a home-and-away play-off. Mexico, the winner of this play-off, qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The first leg was played on 13 November 2013 in Mexico, and the second leg was played on 20 November 2013.[12]
|Team 1
|Team 2
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|New Zealand
There were 441 goals scored over 144 games, for an average of 3.06 goals per game.
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
- ^ CONCACAF to seek change in World Cup qualifying[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedure – North, Central and Caribbean Zone". FIFA.com.
- ^ "World Cup qualifying to begin June 3". Concacaf.com. 27 Aug 2009. Retrieved 6 Nov 2012.
- ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - March 2011 (CONCACAF)". Fifa.com. Retrieved 6 Nov 2012.
- ^ "Play-off-matches in CONCACAF". The-FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 26 Apr 2011. Retrieved 26 Apr 2011.
- ^ "Montserrat-Belize to open World Cup qualifying". CONCACAF.com (CONCACAF). 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Concacaf Fixtures". fifa.com (FIFA). 8 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Bahamas withdraws from World Cup qualifying". concacaf.com (CONCACAF). 19 Aug 2011. Retrieved 20 Aug 2011.
- ^ "Bahamas withdraw from 2014 World Cup qualifiers". fifa.com (FIFA). 22 Aug 2011. Retrieved 22 Aug 2011.
- ^ "Whitecaps FC players set for important World Cup qualifying matches". WhiteCapsFC.com. 11 Oct 2012. Retrieved 15 Oct 2012.
- ^ "World Cup qualifying - draw set for CONCACAF 'hex' round - ESPN FC". Soccernet.espn.go.com. 19 Oct 2012. Retrieved 6 Nov 2012.
- ^ "International Match Calendar 2013–2018". FIFA.com.
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London house purveyors Funkystepz have a brand-new EP ready to drop on May 2 via their own Forever Live Young label. The Face Off EP follows the two EPs the trio released last year and the single that dropped on February 14 courtesy of Hyperdub, and features "four club-banging instrumentals" from Maxsin, Renay, and Stimpy. You can check out the artwork, tracklist, and a preview of the forthcoming release below.
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The movie is set up, then, in an unusual way, as the backstory only incrementally attains focus before our eyes. It might seem intriguing that Satrapi and Paronnaud rearranged the pieces of Nasser's past in a nonlinear manner, but our initial impression while watching the movie -- that the unconventional scene structure somehow makes the film deeper -- is sophistic. In other pictures with achronological narratives, such as Hiroshima Mon Amour or Once Upon a Time in America, the structure serves a thematic purpose, such as underscoring the creators' reflections on memory and guilt. But here, there is no such ideological correlative: The sequence order is merely a clever ploy, a narrative hook to keep us guessing right up until the conclusion. Ask yourself what it would detract from the picture if Satrapi and Paronnaud told the tale chronologically, and you'll come up empty-handed. The nontraditional story structure does serve one disheartening critical function: It obscures the fact that this is an appallingly simple tale of tragic love and loss -- a melodramatic arc that we've seen before in a thousand other movies. A central magic-realist trope involving the violin music also seems a bit derivative -- it recalls similar developments in Laura Esquivel's novel Like Water for Chocolate.
On an equally dispiriting note, Chicken feels ethnically generic as well. The basic story is a folktale at heart -- stylistic elements aside, the movie that it most recalls is Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast. But the very essence of the folktale form is its tie to a specific culture. When Chicken opens, the stage appears to be set for an indigenous yarn a la Babette, but that doesn't happen -- these Iranian events could be relocated without complication to Greece, France, the U.S., Australia, or any other country. One of the most immense pleasures of Persepolis was the fact that it seemed uniquely Persian -- there were transpirations that wouldn't have worked against any other national backdrop. The same can't be said of this film.
The movie falls short of Persepolis in another way: That earlier picture was politically profound. It commented, incisively and acutely, on the psychosocial effects of extremist religious and governmental oppression, and on Iranian citizens' shared longings for the freedoms afforded to Americans when faced with the despotism of the ayatollah. Here, we do get political commentary, but it's imbecilic -- and pretty much limited to one inane sequence. Satrapi and Paronnaud set up a comedic episode that depicts Nasser-Ali's son growing up and moving to America. Yet here, the filmmakers paint the U.S. as an idiotic sitcom in which cheese-brained parents raise feebleminded, loser children, such as a daughter too stupid and too morbidly obese to realize that she's pregnant. Not only is this unfunny, it leaves a bilious aftertaste in one's mouth -- and it's disgustingly unfair to type U.S. citizens as refugees from the Jerry Springer Show. If any American director decided to make an equivalent commentary about Iran, using grotesque Persian stereotypes and the same snide, sardonic tone, it's doubtful that the movie would even get past the conceptual stage -- and if it did, there would be a major outcry.
To be certain, not everything in Chicken is a loss. Despite its excessive simplicity, the tragic love story that leads to Nasser-Ali's self-destruction isn't inept in any major way, just not particularly deep -- and it does have an underlying emotional pull that generates a satisfactory warmth in the denouement. The movie also benefits from a dazzling visual schema. The filmmakers display tremendous inventiveness and resourcefulness, courtesy of a huge bag of aesthetic tricks: CG cityscapes; dozens of different forms of animation; expressionistic lighting; and gorgeous animated and live-action fantasy sequences involving Azraël, the Angel of Death. All of this grabs our attention with its flash and bang -- how could it not? Yet these inclusions add little or nothing to the movie's dramatic pull. Ironically, the story itself grows most effective in its least flashy sequences -- those all-too-rare scenes that merely depict, with great loving care and a venerable absence of panache, the simplistic and beautiful daily life of Iran in the 1950s. These instances attain and project a kind of cultural purity all too conspicuously absent from the rest of the movie.
This could have been a great picture if Satrapi and Paronnaud had toned down their narrative self-indulgences, worked in more intelligent sociocultural commentary, removed the anti-American bile, and deepened the thematic undercurrents of the tale itself. As Persepolis demonstrated, all of these abilities lie within the filmmakers' shared grasp, which makes this movie that much more disappointing and distressing. On a scene-by-scene basis, much of Chicken With Plums delivers satisfactorily, but it adds up to much less than the sum of its many parts. leave a comment --Nathan Southern
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Bones Season Six Premiere Pics: "The Mastodon in the Room"by Steve Marsi at . Comments
We've seen a promo, a poster and an exclusive look at Booth's new love interest. Now here's a full image gallery for the season premiere of Bones, "The Mastodon in the Room."
On the September 23 sixth season debut, seven months have passed since Bones and Booth left the country at the end of last season, and let's just say tension is running high.
Caroline calls them back to the Jeffersonian to help save Cam's job, and like old times, one of our favorite TV non-couples work with the team to solve a controversial case ...
Thoughts on these Bones pics? What do you think will happen when Booth and Brennan reunite? Are you excited for the new season? Comment below!
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To be completely honest with you,it's hard to talk about every season separately,cause it's hard to remember 5 seasons!What I CAN tell you is that I've been watching Bones from the beginning and so far I'm not disappointed..With every season the relationships between the characters becomes more complex,we have some very interesting new characters and great story lines(some of which are not immediately solved and cover more than one episode at a time)..
So,my advice is that if you liked the first season you should definitely check out the rest!I think you'll be satisfied...!
I just finished watching first season of Bones and it's pretty great , Can anyone tell me how the show will evolve? it would get better or ???


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Store owner Angela Schwesnedl had been considering opening her own store for a while: she has a great passion for books and had been looking for a space when she noticed that the Minnehaha space was available.
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Harangody: "I'm off to a good start"
(That SURE IS ugly, but it's been going down.)
I wasn't at all sold on Harangody when the Celtics drafted him. You can talk until you're out of breath about Danny Ainge's track record with second-round picks, but I just couldn't sell myself on a 6'8″, unathletic power forward who looks kinda like Buzz from Home Alone.
But he's been turning heads in the summer league. Draft Express' Jonathan Givony tweeted his surprise: "Really wish I could have seen Luke Harangody play in the Orlando Summer league BEFORE the draft. Damn, he looks great. He's gonna be OK."
Harangody, too, was happy with his week. But he wasn't surprised. (Boston Globe)
"I thought it was a very positive week for myself," Harangody said. "I felt like what I needed to do down here, I did." [...]
"Everyone I talked to said they were surprised," Harangody said. "I didn't surprise myself. But that's my goal coming down here – to prove the skeptics wrong. I still have a long way to go and there's a lot of things I need to work on. But so far I think I'm off to a good start."
I'm still not entirely sold on Harangody. I'm pretty sure the big man on my men's league team could score on him in the post. But if he keeps shooting the long-ball like a rounder, whiter, goofier Ray Allen, Harangody will certainly find a spot in the NBA.
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Nice, looks like the guy isn't a one hit wonder. If he can take these numbers into the NBA, the man might really be a poor man's Larry Bird.
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"Real Housewife" Bethenny Frankel creates a sophisticated, grown-up table setting for a baby shower no pink or blue in sight.
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Porcelain Truro Platinum vases, $88 and $310, and Manhattan Platinum dinner plate, $105, from Michael Wainwright. John Rocha Black Cut red-wine glass, $300 for a pair, and Colleen accent plate, $39, from Waterford. Crystal Whisky double old-fashioned glasses in Eldor, $55, from Moser. Silverplate Something Duckie bank, $48, from Reed & Barton.
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For those with a taste for the operatic gesture. Each glass is mouth-blown by artisans in the Czech Republic. Large Harriet Goblet, 7" H, $68. Juliska.
If you're afraid of the dark, this spiraling black ribbon balances drama with whimsy. Black Swirl Double Old-Fashioned, $25 for set of four. Luigi Bormioli.
It's a yin-and-yang thing. The shiny black helps the clear crystal facets sparkle all the more. Crystal Eye Grandma Bowl, 11" dia, $1,000. Orrefors.
Not so basic black. Glossy, lustrous glass with an iridescent gunmetal finish. Murano Black Salad Plate, 8 1/2" dia., $14. Crate & Barrel.