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The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that the anti retaliation provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) extends to an employee's oral complaints. The anti-retaliation provision, 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3), makes it illegal for an employer "to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to [the FLSA]..." (emphasis added). In Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., 131 S.Ct. 1325 (2011), the Court held that the term "any complaint" includes oral and written complaints. The decision in Kasten continues a recent trend of rulings that have expanded employment-related anti-retaliation laws.
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In October 2006, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. employee Kevin Kasten allegedly began orally complaining that the location of the company's time clocks prevented employees from being paid for time they spent donning and doffing required protective gear prior to reporting to their job location and after finishing their shifts. From October through December 2006, the company disciplined Kasten for failing to clock in and out as required by company policy. A third warning, issued in November 2006, resulted in a oneday suspension. Kasten allegedly continued to complain about the location of the time clocks and did not clock in and out as required. Ultimately, the company suspended Kasten on December 6, and then terminated his employment five days later.
Following his termination, Kasten filed a lawsuit against Saint Gobain in which he claimed he had been fired in retaliation for his complaints about the location of the time clocks. A federal district court ruled in favor of Saint-Gobain, finding that the FLSA's antiretaliation provision did not apply to oral complaints. On appeal, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled in favor of Saint-Gobain. The Supreme Court disagreed and reversed the lower courts' decisions.
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Welcome to Saddle Mountain Unified School District. We are located in Tonopah, Arizona, west of the White Tank Mountains. We are a small but growing community, serving students in more than 500 square miles in Tonopah and Buckeye.
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VICTORIA - Thanks to sophomore Heather Adams' clutch hitting and senior pitcher Barbara Tharas' strong pitching, Aransas Pass is headed back to the Class 3A area softball playoffs for the first time in three years.
The opportunistic Panthers also took advantage of six errors by Gonzales in posting a 7-0 bi-district victory over the Apaches Thursday night at the St. Joseph's Softball Complex.
District 30-3A runner-up Aransas Pass (20-7-1) advances to play 31-3A champion Raymondville in next week's area playoffs at a date, time and location to be determined.
Aransas Pass - making its fourth playoff appearance in five years - last reached the area round in 2004.
"It's a good feeling," Panthers coach Myron Marquardt said. "Coming into the playoffs, we felt this was going to be a special year for us, and we knew if we got by Gonzales we'd have an opportunity to make a good run (in the postseason)."
Aransas Pass will have its chance thanks to Adams (who also had two RBI), Monica Espinoza and Tharas, who combined for seven of the Panthers' nine hits in the game. Tharas also pitched a five-hit shutout - getting out of a two-on, no-out jam in the seventh inning to do so.
"Our whole team pulled together to make sure that (Gonzales) didn't (spoil the shutout)," said Tharas, who improved to 17-5 on the season, after she walked four, hit a batter and struck out three.
Adams' RBI double, which scored Kali Oliver, highlighted the Panthers' four-run first inning.
"We jumped on (Gonzales) early, and that was a big plus for our girls - it gave us a lot of confidence," Marquardt said.
Tharas made that lead stand, and she had plenty of defensive help. Center fielder Brittney Fuller made a diving catch on a line drive to start the bottom of the first and help set the tone for Aransas Pass defensively.
The Panthers later turned a rare 6-5-4 double play to end the fifth inning. That play started with a ground ball to shortstop Oliver, who threw to Shelby Polasek at third to record the second out of the inning. Polasek then threw to Monica Espinoza to force the runner at second base for the final out of the frame.
Tharas capped the shutout in the seventh inning by catching a base runner from Gonzales (18-12) off guard. She fielded a bunt and faked a throw to first before running down and tagging the runner to record the first out of the inning. She retired the next two on ground ball outs to end the game.
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Basketball: Waltrip fighting for playoff berth in 21-4A
By Jeff Jenkins | December 31, 2012
Photo By Eddy Matchette/FreelanceWaltrip's Nathan Washington has been a terror on the fast break this season, scoring here after getting way behind the Washington defense earlier this season.
Photo By Eddy Matchette/FreelanceWaltrip senior Branden Ardoin has been solid in the post for the Rams, averaging 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists per game.
Photo By Eddy Matchette/FreelanceWaltrip's John Coakley has been solid from the three-point line.
Photo By Eddy Matchette/FreelanceHouston Washington and Houston Waltrip boys basketball teams played a game as a part of the Jaycee's tournament. Washington won the game, 59-53. Waltrip's Nathan Wasshington (30) scores on this layup.
Photo By Eddy Matchette/FreelanceHouston Washington and Houston Waltrip boys basketball teams played a game as a part of the Jaycee's tournament. Washington won the game, 59-53. Waltrip varsity boys basketball coach Dan Kelly.
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Pleasant surprise: With the arrival of teams like Wheatley, Milby and North Forest, the Waltrip basketball team has been largely forgotten in District 21-4A. However, head coach Dan Kelly has led the Rams (10-8) to a 4-1 start in league play.
Raising the bar: On a squad lacking star power, 6-foot-3 senior Branden Ardoin has made a big move this season. The undersized post is averaging 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists.
Ultimate test: Waltrip will battle District 21-4A favorite Wheatley at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Delmar Field House.
The Waltrip boys basketball team wasn't expected to be a factor this season.
After five straight postseason appearances, the Rams missed the Class 4A playoffs a year ago. With Wheatley and North Forest moving in and Milby dropping down from 5A, it was easy to write off Waltrip's chances in District 21-4A.
Not so fast. Waltrip head coach Dan Kelly has Waltrip off to a respectable start. The Rams are 10-8 overall and 4-1 in league play entering their showdown against state-ranked Wheatley at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Delmar Field House.
"We need to tighten things up defensively and rebound better, but we've been come on of late," Kelly said.
Waltrip's only district defeat to date was a 51-42 setback to North Forest. The Rams recently dropped two of three games at the Houston ISD Tournament, beating Davis 63-49 and falling to Washington 59-53 and Chavez 61-45.
Kelly said the District 21-4A race should be tight. While Wheatley is a consensus favorite, Milby, North Forest and Reagan all have outstanding teams.
"Those four teams are in the upper bracket, in my opinion," Kelly said. "We're 4-1 in district, but we haven't played Wheatley, Milby and Reagan yet. We'll find out soon enough how good we really are."
Admittedly, Waltrip lacks star power, relying primarily on role players.
Senior Branden Ardoin, a 6-foot-3 post, has been the Rams' most productive performer, averaging 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists. He finished in double figures in all three games at the Houston ISD Tournament, pouring in 20 points against Chavez.
"Branden is a four-year varsity player and has done a great job," Kelly said. "He runs the floor well and can do a lot of different things."
John Coakley, a 6-3 sophomore, has emerged at point guard. Coakley is contributing nine points and three assists in his first season as a starter.
"John has started every game and gets better and better," Kelly said. "I am enjoying his progress so far."
Trey Fraser, a 6-2 senior, and Samuel Puente, a 5-8 senior, have started at wing and shooting guard, respectively. Fraser is averaging eight points and three rebounds.
However, Waltrip's line-up is continually evolving, with seniors Jimmy Mouton and Cristian Rodriguez and junior Nathan Washington joining the rotation late after football season.
The 6-3 Mouton (nine points) and the 6-2 Washington (eight points, four rebounds) are now starting at wing and forward. Meanwhile, the 6-1 Rodriguez is a back-up guard.
"It is Jimmy's first year on the varsity, but he's the wild card because of his athleticism," Kelly said. "Nathan is very solid and knows what is expected of him. Cristian is a smart kid and has given us a spark off the bench."
Junior Caleb Guerrero, a 5-8 guard, is Waltrip's defensive stopper and one of top reserves along with 6-3 junior Christian Salazar, who spells Ardoin at the post.
While Waltrip doesn't have as many athletes on its roster as some of its main District 21-4A rivals, Kelly wouldn't trade them.
"Most of our kids have high GPAs (grade point averages)," Kelly said. "They take their classwork seriously and I have never have to worry about them staying academically eligible."
Having players with outstanding character has allowed Kelly to concentrate on basketball.
"Because they take care of their business, we're able to focus on fundamentals and getting better on the court," Kelly said. "If we can step it up just a little, we'll be back in the playoffs."


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Government and UNICEF Launch Campaign to End Child Sexual Abuse and Violence Against Children in Sri Lanka
Thursday 30th April 2015, Colombo: At an event attended by high level government officials, civil society, media and children, the State Minister of Child Affairs, the Honorable Rosy Senanayake launched a national campaign to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse and violence in the country.
World Water Day:Nearly 750 million people still without adequate drinking water – UNICEF
Sri Lanka Launches First Ever Parliamentary Caucus for Children as Parliamentarians pledge their commitment to children's rights
Colombo, November 20, 2014: To mark the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), that was ratified by Sri Lanka in 1991, Sri Lankan Parliamentarians – from all political parties - launched the country's first ever Parliamentary Caucus for Children at a historic event attended by a wide selection of parliamentarians, government officials, civil society members, media and the diplomatic corp.
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Reflections on child rights in Sri Lanka, during the past 25 years
August 21, 2014 ; Kandy: In advance of a conference to be held tomorrow on Community Water Services, UNICEF commended the efforts of community water providers AND Government of Sri Lanka for recognizing their vital role.
Celebrating All Rights for All Children in Sri Lanka-The 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Colombo, September 16, 2014: At a star-studded event with cricket legends Mahela Jayawardene, singer Neela Wickramasinghe, actor Pramuditha Udayakumara, actress Pooja Umashankar and singers and accapella group Voice Print, UNICEF and its partners made a pledge to safeguard and protect children's rights as part of the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) launch event at BMICH today.
Ministry of Justice, the Attorney General's Department and UNICEF Launch the Development of an Electronic Database to Speed up Justice for Children
'Iron Deficiency a Leading Cause of Anemia' say's Ministry of Health & UNICEF.
COLOMBO, 29 May 2014 – The Ministry of Health has partnered with UNICEF to boost awareness on the importance of iron rich foods as a way to decrease the growing numbers of children and women affected by Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) in the country. Estimates indicate that 1 in 3 children, and 1 in 4 adults in Sri Lanka suffer from iron deficiency anemia making it the most critical micronutrient related deficiency in the country.
EU-UNICEF open Health Centre in Gomarangadawala, Eastern Sri Lanka
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Cain to study nursing in collegeCOVINGTON - Eastside High School valedictorian Marley Cain has secured the top spot in her graduating class, even while working a job, participating in multiple extracurricular activities and taking several Advanced Placement classes throughout high school. "This past year has been a big deal for me because I've been self-supporting," said 18-year-old Cain, who has lived with another family instead of her parents since February 2007. "I'm just glad I was able to keep my grades up. I've learned a lot of responsibility." Before last semester, when she took AP Calculus and AP Economics, she said she didn't have to study too hard for her classes, but now she's really busy. "I haven't been much of a studier until this past year," said Cain, adding that reading the material and doing math problems repeatedly helps her prepare for tests. "Trying to fit everything into my schedule is hard." On top of working at TruHealth Wellness Center in Covington, Cain also has been involved in Eastside's color guard, the Junior Service Guild and Oxford Youth Singers, among other groups, during her high school career. Cain, who also has volunteered at Newton Medical Center, said she will study nursing at Georgia Perimeter and later at Georgia State University; she eventually wants to become a midwife. "When I volunteered at the hospital in labor and delivery, I got to know some people and the atmosphere," she said about why she chose the profession. "I found out it's a really happy place to be most of the time. I've always wanted to be in health care." Before she heads to college in the fall, she plans to work during the summer, but she also will take a break by going to the beach with some friends to relax. "I just want calm for a while," she said. Mayo to spread her wings abroad Eastside High School salutatorian Brittany Mayo isn't exactly sure what she wants her career to be, but she probably won't always be speaking English. The 18-year-old Covington resident plans to study classics at Oxford College starting in the fall. "I also want to get another degree," she said. "It may be in political science or international affairs. ... I want to work in an embassy or maybe for the CIA." Mayo has studied French, Latin and Greek while in school and says studying classics is "awesome." "Some of my best memories come from Latin class," said Mayo, who chose Latin teacher Eric Adams as her favorite teacher for the Top 10 banquet earlier this month. She's been a member of the Latin Club at Eastside since ninth grade and also has participated in the Academic Team, drama and the school newspaper, Wingspan, while in high school. Some of the most difficult classes she remembers are AP Biology, AP Economics and AP Latin, but she said attending every class helped when it came time for studying and tests. "I usually just read a lot," she said. "I have a pretty good memory, so I can picture the page the material was on." When she's not studying another language, Mayo enjoys reading, writing, sports, music and traveling. She eventually wants to travel to Europe and Northern Africa, but this summer before she heads to college she will stick to closer locations. She plans to take a cruise to Mexico with her family and later attend the National Latin Convention in Ohio. Michelle Floyd can be reached at email@example.com.
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There might have been a better – or at least a more cost-effective – way for a Canyon Country man to tell his neighbor that his dog barking was irritating.
Students at Cedarcreek Elementary School and commuters in the normally quiet North Oaks neighborhood around Four Oaks Street were greeted by a platoon of black and white patrol cars, at least one of them bearing detectives from the sheriff's Arson and Explosive bureau.
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A man – we'll call him the victim – called the sheriff's department Friday morning to say that there was a device in his mailbox and he could see wires. Then he left for work.
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Women underpaid in restaurant industry
The median hourly wage paid to women is less than it is for men in all but one of the 11 jobs surveyed in a report by the Economic Policy Institute. In some cases, the gap is slight — for cashiers, dishwashers, food preparation workers and hosts and hostesses, it's a matter of cents. But in others, including supervisors and bartenders, the difference is well over a dollar. For managers, the highest earning occupation, the disparity was nearly three dollars per hour.
"This is what we identify as pay discrimination," said Valerie Wilson, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute. "The work women are doing is being valued at less than the work men do in the same job."
Women, however, aren't merely being paid less to do the same job — they're being paid less and less compared to men as they move up in the ranks, too. Some of the highest earning occupations — managers, bartenders and supervisors — are also the ones with the largest gender pay gap.
"As you go up in the pay scale, that's where these gaps tend to emerge, that's where we're seeing the most of the difference," said Wilson.
The reason the divide grows more severe as the job becomes more important is unclear. There is some evidence that the trend is partly due to that fact that women, in many cases, take time off to raise children, and in doing so lose time that is akin to experience. There's also the possibility that men are, for whatever reason, simply more willing to negotiate with employers about money, and ask for a raise.
But even if those reasons hold any merit, experts say they still don't explain the extent of the disparity. "These aren't good explanations for why the pay gap exists," Wilson said.
Rather, the gender pay gap more likely has to do with other, systemic forces. There aren't laws that govern what people make at the top of the pay scale. For workers making near minimum-wage, the potential for disparity simply isn't large; for those making well above it, the potential is vast. Workers also don't typically know what someone else doing a similar job makes. What that means is that it isn't just difficult for a woman to prove that she's being underpaid — it's hard to even know she's being underpaid in the first place.
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Daniels again will face pressure to name woman to Indiana Supreme Court | POLL
Loretta Rush of Tippecanoe County among three recommended for appointment
INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mitch Daniels again will have the opportunity to select a woman to fill a vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court.
In the next two months, he'll choose one of the three finalists for the job who were selected Wednesday by the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission after a last round of interviews.
The finalists are Loretta Rush, Steven Nation and Geoffrey Slaughter.
It'll be the third time Daniels, whose second term is approaching its end, gets to name a justice to Indiana's five-member, all-male high court.
As with his previous selections, Daniels will face pressure to appoint a woman. Of the 107 justices who have served on the court, only one — Myra Selby, who was appointed in 1995 and resigned in 1999 — has been female.
Rush, 54, is a juvenile court judge in Tippecanoe County — the home of Purdue University, where Daniels will become president once his term ends. She was the only female selected to be one of the three finalists, even though 16 of the 22 applicants for the job were female.
"I think sometimes our branch of government is the least transparent, and the more that we open it up and become more transparent, the more the public will have trust in what we are doing," Rush said in an interview with the nominating panel, according to Lafayette-based WFLI. "I think it makes us more accountable as a judiciary and increases public trust in our system."
Joel Schumm, a professor at Indiana University's McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, who was covering Wednesday's interviews before the vote for the Indiana Law Blog, wrote that Rush "gave the best interview of the day."
Nation, 62, a Hamilton County Superior Court judge who presided over former Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White's criminal trial and sentencing for seven felonies, including voter fraud, is another finalist.
And Slaughter, 49, is a partner at Taft Stettinius and Hollister LLP in Indianapolis.
He clerked for a U.S. district judge and has worked as a special counsel for the Indiana attorney general's office.
Daniels now has 60 days to choose one of the three to replace retiring Justice Frank Sullivan, who is leaving the court for a teaching job at the Indiana University McKinney School of Law.
The governor already has appointed Steven David and Mark Massa to the court.
Massa, who once was a reporter for the Evansville Press, replaced longtime Chief Justice Randall Shepard, an Evansville native.
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Aztecs' Jene Morris: A sure shot
Defensive-minded senior proves equally dangerous on offense
"She had to get comfortable with that," Burns said.
Her unselfishness stems in part from her upbringing. Her mother, Nikitia, and other relatives helped raise her. Her father was absent during her childhood, though they have since started to build a relationship.
"The lack of a man's presence was a common thread in our family," Morris wrote on her Web site, jenemorris.com. "This built a group of the strongest, most independent women I have ever met. So strong that they were able to raise a better man in my (younger) brother than that of who helped make him. It is because of them that I am the woman I am today."
Family members are expected to be there in Memphis, where she hopes her career continues to crescendo like her scoring.
She averaged 14.1 points per game during her first season at SDSU in 2007-08, then 16.1 last year and 17.2 this year. Each year she took more shots and fed off Davis and her sister guard Coco, the two team leaders in assists.
"Q and Coco are such great passers — in traffic, full court — and Jené, as we've all seen, is like a rocket," Burns said. "The chemistry on our team has enabled her to do what she does best."
Yet it's hard to tell these days which she does better: scoring or defense.
"She's just so fast," Quenese Davis said. "Her footwork is excellent."
Like Morris, Quenese Davis was given one of the cut-down nets as souvenirs from their win against West Virginia in Austin, Texas.
They both had earned them. Each played all 40 minutes and were eager to rest after landing back in San Diego around 2:30 a.m. yesterday.
The team leaves for Memphis this afternoon, following an 11 a.m. pep rally in front of Viejas Arena. "The momentum has just been carrying," Morris said


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By NME News Desk , August 23, 2014 19:07
Saturday at Leeds Festival 2014 – the full report
Paramore, Gerard Way, Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend and Metronomy played
Paramore headlined the festival for the first time, performing a set in which singer Hayley Williams praised co-headliners Queens Of The Stone Age and brought her younger sister on stage. Read the full report here.
The Courteeners opened their headline set on The NME/BBC Radio 1 Stage with 'How Good It Was', and the Leeds crowd responded with cacophonous cheers – the tent was packed and fans sang along to every word. The Manchester band's frontman, Liam Fray, was dressed in a leather jacket and sunglasses, which he removed after a pulsating version of 'Cavorting'. He then addressed the crowd for the first time, saying, "Yes Leeds." They then played the first slow song of the night as fans climbed onto each others shoulders and waved their arms aloft. Fray was a focal point for the duration of the set, prompting his band to start and finish their songs and conducting singalongs in the crowd – even of tracks from new album 'Concrete Love', such as 'Small Bones'. At the end of that song, Fray thanked the crowd for buying the album. A series of fan favourites that climaxed with 'Not Nineteen Forever' and 'What Took You So Long' followed. During the former, two red flares erupted in the crowd. As Fray held his arms aloft and allowed the throng to sing the final lines of 'What Took You So Long', confetti cannons and smoke cannons went off, covering both the band and the crowd. Feedback wailed as the band left the stage and Liam Fray stayed behind, picked up three setlists from the floor and jumped down towards the front rows to hand them out. He then took photos on fans' cameras and waved at the crowd before departing.
Palma Violets closed the Festival Republic Stage with a guest appearance from Childhood frontman Ben Romans-Hopcraft, who unexpectedly jumped on stage to join the band on 'We Found Love', contributing backing vocals and throwing beer over the crowd. Before that, the Lambeth quartet had drawn a sizeable crowd to the tent, benefiting from their slot coming between Queens of the Stone Age and Paramore on the main stage. Opening with new Libertines-indebted song 'Secrets of America' - one of three new tracks played tonight, the others being 'Matador' and 'I Got Hollywood In My Bones' - the band's performance was an inevitably riotous affair, with bassist Chilli Jesson on particularly good form, declaring the crowd to be "better than Reading!" before 'All The Cool Cats'. The highlights from debut album '180' were all present and correct, including 'Rattlesnake Highway', 'Tom The Drum' and 'Jonny Bagga' Donuts', before the set ended on a rousing - if slightly ramshackle - rendition of '14'.
London rapper Giggs headlined a rammed Radio 1Xtra tent. Dressed all in black, the 33-year-old played tracks including 'Play It Loud', which he introduced as a song that "means a lot to me because, as you know, a couple of years ago I was locked away for a bit [in 2012, for firearms charges that were subsequently dropped], and this is about that time".
After the track, he asked the crowd: "Where's everyone from? London, yeah? Or is it Sheffield? Hull? Manchester? Birmingham? Or is it all Leeds?" The hometown mention got the loudest cheer from fans, who responded by singing along to 2010 single 'Don't Go There'. "Let's get everyone jogging on the spot," he said before the sinister 'Hustle On'. Giggs beamed as the beat for 'Is It Gangsta (Yeah Yeah Yeah)', from last year's 'When Will It Stop' album, was greeted by the majority of the tent waving their arms in unison. Afterwards he asked: "Where's all my weed smokers? Enjoy yourselves, yeah." Then he brought out East London grime artist Ghetts for a run through their 2014 collaboration 'Gas Mark 9'. Next came south east London rapper Kyze - "who's been in jail recently," said Giggs - so they could perform new track 'Punani' together. He was followed by grime star Skepta for 2009's 'Look Out', which featured the lyric "look out you bastards, 'cos we push the hard shit". They traded freestyles, before Skepta left the stage and Giggs asked, "is there anyone who likes sex in the building?" He then played 'Monsta Man' followed by 2010 hit 'Look What The Cat Dragged In'.
Queens Of The Stone Age played the supporting leg of their co-headlining bill with Paramore, having topped the Main Stage at Reading last night. Coming on at 7.45pm to 'You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire', they continued with a crowd-pleasing 'No One Knows' and 'My God Is The Sun' before diverting from last night's setlist to play 'Era Vulgaris' track 'I'm Designer'. Removing his scarf, but decked in a warm quilted jacket, singer Josh Homme then introduced 'Smooth Sailing' before addressing a fan in the front of the crowd who kept asking how he was. "I'm wonderful actually, I feel fantastic," he replied. As heavy rain started to fall, they continued with 'Make It Wit Chu', 'If I Had A Tail' and 'Little Sister', with an extended intro. 'Feel Good Hit Of The Summer' was given an impromptu ad lib with lyrics referencing the weather - "Dark skies at night/ They obscure the light" - as they moved into 'The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret' and 'Sick Sick Sick', following which Homme thanked the "ladies" in the audience. Finishing with a lengthy outing of 'A Song For The Dead' with an added drum solo as the sun went down, Queens of the Stone Age exited to cheers from the sizeable crowd.
Metronomy brought a slice of south-coast sunshine to a wet evening as they played second from the top on the NME/BBC Radio 1 stage. Opening their set with 'Holiday', the London band continued to provide a sense of escape with 'Love Letters' and 'The Look', dressed in their now trademark all-white suits and stood in front of a backdrop consisting of pink fluffy clouds. Early on in the 50-minute set, drummer Anna Prior left her kit and joined synth player Oscar Cash on backing vocals on 'I'm Aquarius' and 'Reservoir', before picking up her sticks once again for 'Corinne'. 2014 album 'Love Letters' was mined for the middle of the set as the five-piece played 'The Upsetter' and 'Month of Sundays'. Frontman Joe Mount thanked fans for watching and, mentioning the red night sky, said people can expect "shepherds delight" tomorrow. The set ended with 'Heartbreaker', 'The Bay' and 'You Could Easily Have Me', lifted from debut album 'Pip Paine (Pay the £5000 You Owe)'.
SBTRKT performed next to a giant inflatable of the Aztec-Egyptian jaguar from the album artwork for his new album 'Wonder Where We Land'. His set on the NME/BBC Radio 1 Stage comprised mainly of new tracks as well as 'Wildfire' and 'Right Thing To Do' from his self-titled debut. The electronic artist – full name Aaron Jerome – performed with two other musicians on stage, all in the trademark SBTRKT masks, who played a variety of percussion and keys as he darted between soundboards, synth pads, and drums. "Leeds festival, let me hear you, let's go!" he cried, to applause from the crowd.
Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend was a surprise guest vocalist on 'New Dorp New York' and Emily Kokal of Warpaint appeared for new track 'War Drums'. Both artists previously played sets with their own bands at the Bramham Park site. Other new songs included 'Look Away' and 'Temporary View'.
Vampire Weekend started their early evening Main Stage set playing to a medium-sized crowd caught in a downpour. Wearing a grey Nike tracksuit, frontman Ezra Koenig and his band performed in front of a pink, flowery wallpaper-style backdrop. They started the set with 'Diane Young' from 'Modern Vampires Of The City', and 'White Sky' and 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa' followed. Koenig thanked the crowd for the applause and said, "We can always count on Leeds, on all of Yorkshire." 'Campus', 'Oxford Comma' and 'A-Punk' from the band's self-tilted debut album were crowd-pleasers. "Leeds, this is the last show in the 'Modern Vampires' tour," said the singer, before he introduced a "world premiere" of 'California English', a song that dates from the era of their album 'Contra' that the band had never played live before. The set concluded with 'Walcott'.
South London's Childhood put in a meandering set at the Festival Republic tent, their sound mixing elements of shoegaze, The Smiths and Echo & The Bunnymen. Opening with the airy pop of 'Blue Velvet', the band drew a decent crowd with a set that included 'As I Am', after which singer Ben Romans-Hopcraft thanked the crowd for coming out since "your hangover must be setting in now". He later dedicated a song to Palma Violets, "who you should watch later," before finishing the set with the '80s-influenced indie pop of 'Fall Away' and a final 'Solemn Skies', complete with a yelped chorus and psychedelic finale.
Alunageorge got a frenzied pop party started in the Radio 1 Dance Tent with the help of a cover of Montel Jordan's 'This Is How We Do It'. Taking the stage to the strains of electro pop hit 'Attracting Flies', a shimmying Aluna Francis barely spoke over the course of their half-hour set other than to thank the crowd, ask them to "put your hands in the air", "do this together" and "dance with me, man". Instead they focused on pumping the crowd with carnival horns and crisp modern pop such as 'Supernatural'. Having dispatched an un-named, slinky and intricate new song, halfway through the set they prompted a forest of girls on shoulders with Disclsoure's hit single 'White Noise', which Francis provided guest vocals on.
The set closed with the enigmatic electro of 'Your Drums, Your Love' and 'You Know You Like It'. "Leeds, we love you, peace and love," Aluna said as she left the stage, stopping to take a selfie with the crowd.
As rain started to pour heavily, Warpaint took to the NME/BBC Radio One stage, backed by an image of their self-titled second album cover, released earlier this year. Kicking off with 'Keep It Healthy' and old track 'Bees', they then launched into 'Undertow' bathed in pink lights. Drawing a reasonably small crowd, they did however have a fan attempt to climb up the supporting pole to the roof of the tent during 'Love Is To Die'. Speaking to the crowd, guitarist Emily Kokal asked "Do you feel like dancing or is it too early? Now's the time to get it started" before kicking into 'Disco/ Very'. With multi-instrumentalist Theresa Wayman declaring, "Thanks for bringing us here, it's rainy but it's cool" the band finished with a heavily-extended 'Elephants'.
Before comedian Bill Bailey's Alternative Stage set an excited crowd chanted "Bill! Bill!" He emerged nearly 20 minutes late and bounded across the stage with his fists raised above his head. When he eventually stood still he shouted, "I'm Bill Bailey thanks for asking. I'm from the West Country", I don't know if you knew that".
He then told the crowd "I've had a bad week. I've had two shows turned down by The BBC; they're not ready for Rhetorical Question Time or The Arab Springwatch. I don't know why". Bailey talked about British politics during the first part of his set, riffing on David Cameron, David Milliband and Nick Clegg. Of the latter he said "He's like a plastic bag up a tree – poignant but useless. No one knows how he got up there and no one can be bothered to get him down."
Bailey kept the crowd laughing throughout his performance, which moved from politics to music with a piano song about David Cameron shutting down hospitals. During a song in which he assumed the role of a doctor giving a diagnosis, he sang "I've seen your scans, don't make any plans."
After impersonating Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, he played a reggae version of the theme tune from ITV's Downton Abbey. The show finished with a cover of Miley Cyrus's hit single 'Wrecking Ball', which he performed in the style of German band Kraftwerk, licking a hammer at the end.
Problems with sound delayed the start of Brody Dalle's set on The Lock Up Stage, and it was ten minutes after stage time when she appeared, beginning with 'Burn This City Down' from this year's solo album 'Diploid Love' and 'Dismantle Me', a favourite from the back catalogue of her former band The Distillers. Wearing a steely glare for much of the set, Dalle said little to the crowd for the first 20 minutes, other than to say, "I love you too," to a member of the crowd who blurted out her devotion to the singer. Her T-shirt spoke for itself: "Blow me", it read. The latter half of the set saw the singer's frosty demeanour thaw; after 'Meet The Foetus/Oh Joy', she apologised for having to cut her set short, going on to play Distillers track 'Die On A Rope' and 'Drain The Blood', the former being dedicated to the crowd: "You guys are better than Reading, by the way. Way better." A throat-shredding 'Underworld", dedicated to "my dad", closed the set.
Enter Shikari brought a mix of politics and humour to the Main Stage with their early evening set, which saw frontman Rou Reynolds praise the NHS and criticise racism as well as crowd surfing and using a fire extinguisher.
Opening with 'Enter Shikari', the band also played 'Destabilise' after Reynolds told the audience that his band were at the festival to "upturn the furniture of your mind." He also spoke to the audience before playing 'Sorry You're Not A Winner', saying that the song was one of the first they wrote as a band when they formed 10 years ago. "As we travel the world," Reynolds added, "we see more and more people saying no to racism, homophobia, sexism and the slimy one per cent that owns 50 per cent of the world's wealth. You guys are the guardians of the future."
Elsewhere, 'Gandhi Mate, Gandhi' featured bass player Chris Batten singing the chorus from Elton John's 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight' as Reynolds surfed across the stage on a trolley.
The band also played a new song, 'Anaesthetist', from their upcoming fourth album. Reynolds explained that the song was written about the NHS, which he described as "One of the best things about this country." The hour long set the ended with 'Sssnakepit' with Reynolds setting a fire extinguisher off as the song reached its end.
Chicago indie-punks The Orwells came on-stage for their mid-afternoon set on the Festival Republic stage to a chant of "USA USA" from singer Mario Cuomo.
Sporting a black necklace and psychedelic patterned shirt, Cuomo led the five-piece into first track 'Dirty Sheets' and it's opening line: "We ain't the worst, we ain't the best / Drink all night I'm such a mess."
Then came the psychedelic garage rock 'n' roll of 'The Righteous One' and the Strokes-ey racket of 'Let It Burn', during which Cuomo stood in the middle of the stage, wiggled his hips and gazed blankly into the crowd.
The band, who supported the Arctic Monkeys on a 2013 American tour, then played 'In My Bed', during which Cuomo finished a can of Foster's, crushed it and threw it into the crowd. He then staggered backwards, tripped over drummer Grant Brinner's riser and fell over. As he got up, the band stumbled into the screaming punk of 'Mallrats (La La La)'.
Afterwards Cuomo stared into the crowd and sarcastically danced along to the intro 'Who Needs You?', three minutes of raucous pop from the 2013 EP of the same name.
"This is our last song everybody", said Cuomo when the song finished. He sarcastically added in a high-pitched voice: "This next song's the first song off our new record." They then finished the chaotic set with 'Southern Comfort' from second album 'Disgraceland'.
Temples thanked the crowd for watching them instead of Enter Shikari as they drew a medium-sized crowd to their 5.15pm slot on the NME/BBC Radio One stage, kicking off with 'Sun Structures' from their debut album of the same name. 'Colours to Life' provoked the first proper reaction from a reasonably silent crowd while B-Side 'Ankh' followed. Previous single 'Keep In The Dark' was also well-received while 'Mesmerise' was given a heavy, extended outro. With the crowd chanting at the end, singer James Bagshaw responded saying, "I can't hear what you're saying but it sounds like 'world peace' so yeah, we want world peace". They then ended with debut single 'Shelter Song'.
Lizzo and her DJ/co-rapper Sophia Eris brought a minimal but hugely energetic show to the BBC Radio 1Xtra Stage, making an inadvertent star of NME's photographer by having the crowd chant 'Laura' until she came on stage to take a picture of the rapper in front of the audience. Breakthrough track 'Batches And Cookies' was a hit with the modest crowd, but the rapper's twerking drew the biggest cheers. "How many people are gonna get fucked up once this is over?" she asked before 'Faded'. "We call that faded in the States. I'm gonna get faded!"
"This is an ode to ass," she said before her closing song, imploring the crowd to shake theirs. After a quick twerk, she finished with the track 'W.E.R.K.'. "I'm Lizzo - follow me on Twitter," she said before exiting.
Wearing his usual dark sunglasses, Eagulls singer George Mitchell, led his band onstage for their afternoon slot on The Lock Up Stage. The punk five-piece, who formed in Leeds, opened with 'Tough Luck' and then played 'Nerve Endings', a single from their self-titled debut album.
As the band thrashed at their guitars behind him, the frontman leant on his microphone stand, singing with one hand behind his back. Before 'Moulting' he swigged red wine from a pint glass and simply said "Leeds". The hometown crowd responded with loud cheers. Other than that, he kept between song interaction to a minimum, and anything he did say was largely drowned out by guitar feedback and cymbal crashes.
During the latter part of the set the band were bathed in flashes of white strobing, adding to an already intense atmosphere. Their last song ended up being a cacophonous run through of 'Soulless Youth', due to the set overrunning. Mitchell gestured towards the side of the stage, indicating that they would play one more, but the sound immediately cut out. As he left the stage, he said "Don't blame me, blame them".
Fat White Family didn't even finish one song before taking their clothes off with frontman Lias Saoudi removing his top during set opener 'Auto-Neutron'. The frontman remained central to the Festival Republic Stage performance throughout, physically shaking as he screamed through 'Cream Of The Young' and swinging his arms and microphone lead above his head during 'Touch The Leather.'
Waves of crowdsurfers made their way over the barriers as Saoudi joined fans on the front row, charging left to right as the band closed their set with a wild rendition of 'Bomb Disneyland.'
Blackpool trio Darlia drew an excitable crowd to the Festival Republic Tent, chanting, "Ooh-ah Darlia!" at the band as they hammered Nirvana-like tunes. Opening with the dense riffs of 'Napalm', they quickly unveiled a new song called, 'I've Never Been To Ohio, a swampy track reminiscent of Screaming Trees, during which a fan ran through the crowd in Superman pose. The short set continued with the bluesy 'Candyman' and the psych rock 'The Stars Are Aligned' before singer Nathan Day, in a preacher's hat and beads, announced the grunge pop 'Dear Diary'. The set closed with Day throwing a full can of lager into the crowd and thrashing his guitar around.
Drenge decided against wearing dresses on stage as they did at Reading yesterday (August 22) arriving on the NME/BBC Radio 1 Stage in jeans and t-shirts for their early afternoon set. Frontman Eion Loveless shouted: "How the fuck are you doing Leeds?" prior to playing 'I Wanna Break You In Half', a song that resulted in Loveless' microphone stand falling over. Later on in the set 'Backwaters' was met by a sea of devil hands as fans roared their approval for 'Bloodsports', 'Nothing' and 'Face Like a Skull'. The half-hour set reached a climax with fans singing along to 'Fuckabout' with many sitting atop friends' shoulders to get a better view.
Deaf Havana's were watched from the side of the stage by Bill Bailey, and frontman James Veck-Gilodi invited the comedian for a "beer or a spliff" after the show, though he did remark that Bailey had turned up "for our most boring song", 'Huntanston Pier'.
Prior to that, the Norfolk group had drawn a large crowd to the main stage for their afternoon set, which opened with 'Smiles All Round', on which Veck-Gilodi urged the crowd to "cheer up, you miserable bastards". Second song '22' was introduced with an audio snippet of late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's monologue about rock 'n' roll from the 2000 movie 'Almost Famous', and Veck-Gilodi made reference to the rain – which has been on-and-off this afternoon – throughout. "I was scared that it would be shitting it down when we played," he told the crowd before 'Anemophobia'. "Ironically enough, this song might sound quite good in the rain." Prior to 'Drive All Night', guitarist Matthew Veck-Gilodi had something of a Freudian slip, telling the crowd: "Thank you very much for watching us, because I probably wouldn't. I'd be in a heap over there by the bar." He was quickly shot down by his brother. The band's 40-minute set came to a close with 'Caro Padre', which as Veck-Gilodi explained, "is about my biological father".
Kent duo Slaves played a lunchtime set on The Lock Up Stage. Singer and drummer Isaac Holman, wearing a blue shirt tucked into black trousers, addressed the crowd: "Hello Leeds, how is it? Still raining?" The punk band then played 'Live Like An Animal', featuring the line "It's not easy but it's easily done, you can live like an animal and die like one".
Hunched over his drums and dancing while playing, Isaac screamed at the tightly-packed tent before removing his shirt, revealing a white vest and tattoos. Guitarist Laurie Vincent thanked the crowd ,saying: "We're Slaves. We're from Kent", before launching into 'It's 7am', a shouty punk song reminiscent of 1970s group 'Sham 69. The drummer then told story of a "bigfoot" roaming around Slaves' hometown of Tunbridge Wells before playing single 'Debbie, Where's Your Car?'.
Before 'Girl Fight' the signer encouraged the crowd to hug each other, then walked into the front row and said: "This is about a Saturday night when I was drunk and hungry. I got a takeaway dinner and when I was walking up the hill eating it I saw two girls having a fight. I threw my kebab in the bin and had a look. I saw fake hair and fake nails all over the beautiful cobbled streets of Royal Tunbridge Wells. There's nothing more unattractive than two girls beating the shit out of each other." They then sped into the fast and aggressive song, which finished less than a minute later with the words "Girl fight, girl fight, I wanted to get closer but I couldn't because I had a white shirt and new shoes on." The duo, now both stripped down to white vests, finished with 'Beauty Queen' as the crowd broke into a mosh pit in front of them.
Blood Red Shoes played a well-received afternoon on the Main Stage, and opener 'Welcome Home' was played with a force that suggested they were intent on cheering up a crowd who'd recently had a soaking. "Lets see if we can get this going now that the rain's fucking gone," urged drummer Steven Ansell before 'Heartsink'. He later dedicated 'Cold' to former tour mates The Wytches, saying "I hope you all went and saw [them] when they played yesterday, because they're fucking amazing." Much of the setlist was drawn from the pair's recent, self-titled album, with 'An Animal' and 'Speech Coma' both going down well with the crowd. There was still room for older songs like 'Light It Up' and 'Red River'. The 35-minute set ended with traditional closer 'Je Me Perds', described by Ansell as "a little punk-rock song".
Following the cancellation of Hactivist's opening slot due to technical difficulties, Japanese electro-hardcore band Crossfaith belatedly launched the Main Stage bill with an intense set which saw singer Koie Kenta demand the crowd make several "walls of death" in the moshpit.
"Wake the fuck up, Leeds," Kenta roared, as the band kicked into 'Monolith'. That was followed by 'Jagerbomb', which saw Kenta miming downing a shot of the stuff on stage. "Yesterday we played at Reading on the main stage and it was fucking awesome," he said before introduction to 'Countdown To Hell', a tune full of police sirens and pummelling drums, "You guys can be better". Kenta also mentioned Hacktivist's cancellation, claiming "they will be back soon" and dedicating 'The Evolution' to them. A clutch of black balloons was released in the crowd during 'Eclipse' and the band covered The Prodigy's 'Omen' before finishing with the moody 'Leviathan' in celebration of drummer Tatsuya Amano's birthday. "He's 24 today," Kenta said. "I've promised him I'd drink 24 shots with him tonight."
Hacktivist had been forced to cancel their appearance on the Main Stage, and blamed a "technology breakdown" on Twitter.
Sorry, Leeds @OfficialRandL. technology breakdown meant we could not play. 'gutted' doesn't come close. sorry again. - H— Hacktivist (@HacktivistUK) August 23, 2014
Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way opened the NME/BBC Radio 1 Stage at 11.50am with his third ever solo performance, following his performance in the same slot at Reading yesterday (August 22) and at a Portsmouth warm-up show the day before. Way's four-piece band arrived on stage first, before the singer emerged in his new uniform of blue suit, white shirt, red tie and bright orange hair. The frenzied, poppy introductory single 'Action Cat' was played second. "Thank you for waking up to hang out with me. I'm sorry you don't know any of these songs, but you are still going to love them," he said before 'Zero Zero' - one of the few songs from his forthcoming 'Hesitant Alien' album to have appeared online so far followed. Click here for a full Gerard Way set report from Leeds.
Reading And Leeds Festival 2014: Best Photos From Friday
Leeds Festival 2014: Friday as it happenned
Yesterday, Blink-182 headlined the main stage, while the day also saw performances from Disclosure, Macklemore, The 1975, The Horrors, Danny Brown, Klaxons and The Kooks and amongst others. Read the full report here.
Check out Saturday's action from Saturday at Reading 2014 here.
Reading And Leeds Festival 2014: Best Photos From Saturday
Paramore and Queens of the Stone Age Storm Reading Festival - In Photos
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Reading & Leeds Festival 2014: Backstage Bands, Blaggers And Celebrities
Friday at Reading and Leeds - 78 incredible photos from day one at the festival
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It did what it was supposed to do on iPhone. Switched to android and does nothing but ask you random security questions that never was even setup. Went as far as answering up to 20 questions to see what would happen and in that time seen same question asked 3 times, decided to stop after that and uninstalled. ANB your IT rocks...not.
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I got a new phone and when i installed the app it will not go any further than the security questions.
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I'm using the latest android on lg nexus 5. I installed the apps but never able to run. It simply refused to open the application!
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Finally, World Trade Center rises from ground zero
NEW YORK Ten years after the 9/11 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center, an 80-story glass and steel tower is rising like a phoenix from the ashes of ground zero.
The site called a "hole in the ground" for years has cranes in the air, trains running underground and hundreds of trees planted around giant, man-made waterfalls to remember the dead of Sept. 11.
And the surrounding neighborhood - no longer just a financial district - is bursting with young families, new schools, a Whole Foods and a Barnes & Noble.
Tourists squint and point their cellphones at 1 World Trade Center, once known as the Freedom Tower.
"I'm kind of proud because I was here two weeks after 9/11 and this was a dust pit," said Larry Brancato, 59, of Wallingford, Conn, walking by ground zero. "It just shows that Americans have always had a can-do attitude."
After years of inertia, and prolonged disputes between government agencies, insurer and a developer who had just taken out a 99-year lease on the towers when they were toppled, the development of the trade center is substantial, and the tallest tower can now be seen for miles.
"People can begin to see that this is no longer a hole in the middle of New York, but a real place is emerging," said architect Daniel Libeskind, whose master plan serves as a blueprint for the site.
A memorial featuring waterfalls cascading into the footprints of the twin towers will open to the public on Sept. 12, a day after families see their loved ones' names around the pools for the first time. The skyscraper formerly known as the Freedom Tower is growing by a story a week and now stands 1,000 feet above the skyline as the tallest building in lower Manhattan. A transit station and a second office tower also are taking shape.
As the trade center lay in smoking ruins in 2001, New Yorkers debated the future of the 16-acre superblock that the twin towers had dominated. Some wanted to rebuild the two 110-story skyscrapers exactly as they had been. Others said that out of respect for the nearly 3,000 dead, the entire tract should be a memorial or a park.
Larry Silverstein, the developer who signed a lease on the twin towers on July 24, 2001, pushed to rebuild the 10 million square feet of office space he had lost. Civic groups pushed for a more neighborhood-friendly design than two monoliths on a concrete plaza.
Libeskind, who won a competition to become the site's master planner, focused on the Freedom Tower, with an asymmetrical spire soared to the symbolic height of 1,776 feet and echoed the Statue of Liberty across the harbor. He set aside half the site for a memorial that left empty the spots where the destroyed towers stood, and set space aside for a performing arts center to merge culture and commerce.
Tensions were inevitable between Libeskind's artistic vision and Silverstein's desire for buildings that would draw tenants.


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Baseball prefers to be left high, dry during Series
World Series
Cardinals vs. Rangers
Rangers lead series 3-2
Thursday: Game 6 at St. Louis, 5:05 p.m.
* Friday: Game 7 at St. Louis, 5:05 p.m.
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ST. LOUIS Ron Washington did not have a vote and he did not deserve one. The manager of a club on the cusp of a championship is no more impartial than a defendant's daughter.
He would play in a monsoon to keep things moving. He would pull the tarp off the infield with his teeth. He would have his players run the bases in galoshes if it hastened their hoisting the World Series trophy.
He would be the last one you would poll for an opinion about a postponement.
"I want to play," the manager of the Texas Rangers said Wednesday afternoon at Busch Stadium. "I wasn't asked."
If baseball's decision to reschedule Game 6 seemed a little rash hours before it started raining, it ultimately proved to be partially prescient (it rained, but it was not unrelenting) and generally prudent. The soggy conditions that turned the final game of the 2008 World Series into a farce, with players practically hydroplaning through puddles until play was suspended, was as hard a lesson for Commissioner Bud Selig as the All-Star Game that ended in a tie because the two teams had run out of pitchers.
Once drenched, twice shy.
"Anytime we're going to get a chance with circumstances pretty much cooperating, we're going to do what we can to give both teams a chance to play in good weather," said Joe Torre, MLB's executive vice president for baseball operations.
When one of those teams has a chance to clinch, the only moisture in the air should be the pouring of champagne over the heads of the winners.
Baseball can be played in the rain, and often at a high level, but doing so can make for a miserable night for the paying customers and wrenching moves by the managers. If a game is interrupted in progress, and the delay is for more than a few minutes, starting pitchers often make unscheduled exits that leave the game in lesser hands.
This pattern repeated itself during the playoffs, and at considerable cost to the combatants. Detroit ace Justin Verlander was removed from starts in the AL Division Series and AL Championship Series during rain delays. Both times, the Tigers lost.
With a World Series at stake, such competitive catastrophes should be avoided to the extent possible. Whatever inconvenience that causes sports writers running short on clean shirts, that's a small price to pay for deciding a champion on the field and not by the Doppler.
For the Rangers, still seeking their first World Series title four decades after the franchise moved from Washington, Wednesday's postponement seemed more of a minor annoyance than a major buzzkill. They were understandably eager to play, but there was no evidence of anxiety in the visitors' clubhouse.
"It's just a rainout, that's it," senior Ranger Michael Young said. "I don't know if people think we're going to sit in our hotel rooms all night biting our nails. We're going to get something to eat, get some rest and be ready to go."


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We want to thank you all deeply for your enormous response on SeedScape's Greenlight page. In just 1 week we have gone up to over 90% of the way to the top 100, and so the game's Greenlighting is imminent!
Just as a reminder, the game won't release until it's finished. That day is still some time off (anticipating Q2 2015) but we will totally keep you all up to date on development as it continues. If you'd like to take part in our official forums here at dapperswine.com or our Steam forums on the Greenlight page, we'd love to answer questions and chat with you when we have the time. We'd also like to remind people that the official SeedScape Wiki is up and we welcome you to add information to it as it becomes available.
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