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World Series: How Rangers and Cardinals match up
A position-by-position look at the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals going into the World Series, starting Wednesday night at Busch Stadium:
First Base
Rangers: Michael Young. The team's primary designated hitter, Young is likely to start at first base over slumping Mitch Moreland in St. Louis, where National League rules eliminate the DH. The longest-tenured Rangers player and a steady leader in the locker room, the versatile Young batted a career-high .338 this season at age 34. Texas has moved him all over the infield and he requested a trade last winter before accepting his new role and compiling his sixth 200-hit season. Young bats cleanup in a power-packed lineup, but he struggled in the playoffs before breaking loose for five RBIs in the ALCS finale.
Cardinals: Albert Pujols. The three-time NL MVP can become a free agent after the World Series and it's difficult to imagine him in a different uniform. His contract situation has hardly fazed him, though. Perhaps the most feared slugger in baseball, Pujols was on his game in the playoffs, batting .419 with two homers, seven doubles, 10 RBIs and six walks.
Edge: Cardinals.
Second Base
Rangers: Ian Kinsler. Thanks to his impressive combination of power and speed, Kinsler put up a 30-30 season this year (32 HRs, 30 SBs). He also scored 121 runs and drew 89 walks, developing a patient eye in the leadoff spot. Kinsler is a dangerous pull hitter who will feast on mistakes if opposing pitchers aren't careful.
Cardinals: Ryan Theriot or Nick Punto or Skip Schumaker. St. Louis has used several scrappy players at this position, none with much power at the plate. Texas features three left-handers in the rotation, so Theriot figures to see plenty of playing time. Schumaker, who can also play the outfield, went 6 for 10 with three RBIs in the first round against Philadelphia, then missed the NLCS because of a strained muscle on his right side. He said he expects to be available for the World Series.
Edge: Rangers.
Rangers: Elvis Andrus. Still only 23, Andrus brings speed, energy and a genuine joy for the game. He doesn't hit many homers, but he can do a lot of things in the No. 2 hole - bunt, steal, hit-and-run. He's one of baseball's most talented defenders, though he made 25 errors this season. Despite his age, Andrus has appeared perfectly comfortable under postseason pressure the past two years.
Cardinals: Rafael Furcal. Limited by injuries three of the last four seasons, Furcal was acquired by general manager John Mozeliak from the Dodgers at the July 31 trade deadline to shore up a trouble spot in St. Louis. The 33-year-old veteran is not the blinding speedster he once was, but he can still spark an offense from his leadoff spot.
Edge: Rangers.
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Rangers: Adrian Beltre. Brought in as a free agent, Beltre certainly provided the power and defense Texas was looking for when it signed him to an $80 million, five-year contract in the offseason. He batted .296 with 32 HRs and 105 RBIs despite missing six weeks with a strained left hamstring. He hit 12 HRs in the last 16 regular-season games, then connected three times in the first-round clincher at Tampa Bay.


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New to this area of the forum....
Thought I would share some pics of my Llamas, Gus and Molli, and our little goat Emmie.
Gus was a rescue, he is really a great guy. He had been neglected and mistreated, but he sure came around nicely for me in a short amount of time. (funny what a little bit of love can do, eh?)
He is a Leopard Spotted Appaloosa Llama, which apparently is not all that common.
We adopted Molli to keep him company, and she is such a goofy thing!
Then a friend of mine gave us little Emmie as a barn warming gift, and Gus and her just fell in love at first sight! He adores her, and she thinks she is a Llama, because that is all she's ever known....
GOAT!!!! <3333 So cute!
Yep, Emmie's a cutie, I love to play with her little ears, they are so soft!
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SYMPTOMS OF ANOTHER LIFE: Time, Possibility, and Domestic Relations in Chile's Credit Economy
Article first published online: 3 FEB 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2010.01078.x
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Cultural Anthropology
Volume 26, Issue 1, pages 7–32, February 2011
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HAN, C. (2011), SYMPTOMS OF ANOTHER LIFE: Time, Possibility, and Domestic Relations in Chile's Credit Economy. Cultural Anthropology, 26: 7–32. doi: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2010.01078.x
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- care;
- time;
- domestic relations;
- consumer credit;
- debt;
- urban poverty;
- economic precariousness;
- Chile;
- ethnography;
- medical anthropology
In this article, I explore the synergy and disjunctures of the consumer credit system and care for the mentally ill and addicted in the lifeworlds of the urban poor in Santiago, Chile. In Chile, the expansion of the credit system has had a double-edged effect on the poor. Although it produces perpetual indebtedness, it also is a resource amid unstable labor. Following an extended family over several years, this article examines how women take up credit through a wider field of domestic relations and institutions to care for kin with mental illness and addiction within the home. Such gestures of care enact a temporality of waiting, allowing different, but unpredictable, aspects of others to emerge. Through longitudinal ethnographic research with this family, I demonstrate both how possibility is actualized within the home as symptoms of illness and forms of domestic violence, and how a wider network of dependencies—from neighbors to lending institutions—shapes the temporality of relations within the home. Such a study of care in relation to the credit economy may offer other analytic perspectives on discourses of individualism, consumerism, and cost-effectiveness accompanying the expansion of consumer credit as they are absorbed into the everyday.


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Stockings filled with snacks and DeSoto caring headed to troops overseas
A simple, modest notion by Erin Shook, the wife of a young Marine serving overseas, to send a few yuletide goodies to the troops just, well, snowballed.
And now 79 stockings filled with nonperishable food and snacks, small gifts — and the love and gratitude of DeSoto County — will be deployed next week to bring some Christmas cheer to each member of Sgt. Jonathan Shook's sniper-training unit in the faraway East European state of Georgia. One more stocking will ship off to Afghanistan for a serviceman there, Beau Pullen, son of DeSoto Circuit Court deputy clerk Allison Pullen.
"I was just going to ask some people I work with that maybe we could fill a few stockings — and it just grew," said Erin Shook, recalling how the stocking campaign was launched in early November. "Now Jonathan will get all these stockings and get to play Santa Claus. And he doesn't know it yet — it's a Christmas surprise."
"She brought it up and we decided we'd all help," said County Administrator Vanessa Lynchard. Boxes for donations were placed in the rotundas of the Administration Building and the County Courthouse, and stuff poured in. And not just beef jerky, Rice Krispies treats or Chex Mix, but also 240 decks of cards from Sam's Town Casino in Tunica and "a ton of DVDs from a man who said he was a veteran but wouldn't give his name," said Gia Matheny, administrative assistant to the Board of Supervisors.
Erin and Jonathan Shook, both still in their 20s, were married four years ago and have a 16-month-old daughter, Amberlynn. The tot "asks where her 'Dada' is every morning and every night," said her mother, the Hernando office manager for DeSoto Tax Collector Joey Treadway. "This will be our first Christmas apart. Jonathan's due to return on April 4, and I'm counting the days."
When Sgt. Shook got his orders for Georgia, Erin Shook said, "I told him, 'That's not so far. I can visit on any weekend.' And he said, 'No, it's not that Georgia. This one's on the other side of the world.'"
Indeed, the stockings Shook and her helpers will package and ship on Dec. 4 will take 10 days to arrive in the capital, Tbilisi, on the Kura River in the former Soviet republic. She's packed a special stocking for Sgt. Shook — "he's a real fitness freak" — filled with wheat crackers and other healthy snacks hard to find in Tbilisi. "He said the food over there has been OK, but then, during survival training up in the mountains he had to eat bear eyes and other things I won't even mention."
Heather Hearn, assistant office manager in the tax office, said people also wanted to help "after he told us there were some Marines in his unit who didn't have families and wouldn't be getting anything for Christmas."
"It's awesome, and the right thing to do," said Supervisor Mark Gardner of Southaven of the stocking response. "We need to take care of our heroes who are taking care of us. They and their families sacrifice so much."
The county's giving will continue: The boxes that received goodies for the troops now are receiving food items until Dec. 14, when the donations will be distributed to area food banks feeding the needy.
"It's what the Christmas season is all about," Lynchard said.
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One Hot Wish Added to Keeneland April Sale After World Record Effort
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Robert C. Tanklage and Wesley Ward's One Hot Wish, a 2-year-old filly who posted a world record time of :48.87 for 4 ½ furlongs in her career racing debut at Keeneland Thursday, will be offered during Keeneland's April juvenile auction Tuesday.
Bred by co-owner and trainer Wesley Ward, One Hot Wish is by Bring the Heat out of Wish for a Jeanne, by Roar. She will be listed as hip no. 227 and will be the first horse (Keeneland had previously announced that this horse would be last) to go through the sale ring. Eaton Sales will consign her for Ward and Tanklage.
"We rarely do an addendum to our catalogue, but she is such a unique individual that we felt we should," said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland's director of sales.
Russell said Tom VanMeter of Eaton Sales approached him Friday morning about the possibility of offering One Hot Wish in the April auction, and the details were worked out before noon.
One Hot Wish is in Barn 47 on the Keeneland backstretch.
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Ex-volleyball coach keeps Pala Mesa going strong
You could call Doug Dannevik a dreamer. Eight years ago, you also may have called him a fool. Who in their right mind would ever quit a faculty job at UC San Diego to work in the bag room at La Jolla Country Club for $6 an hour -- at the age of 42, no less?
Dannevik did just that back in 1996, when he decided to walk away from UCSD, where he coached volleyball for 17 years and had won six national championships. He left all that to chase a dream.
"I always wanted to be involved in golf," said Dannevik, a single-digit handicapper when he was coaching. "When I started to lose focus on coaching, I asked myself, ëWhat else can I do?' Golf was always my dream."
This past July, Dannevik was hired as the head pro at the Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook, where he once worked as an assistant. He also spent time at the Welk Resort, PGA of Southern California Golf Club in Beaumont, Desert Princess in Cathedral City, Canyon Crest in Riverside and Quail Ranch in Moreno Valley.
As far as careers go, Dannevik has been around the world and back again. But make no mistake, his return to Pala Mesa is not just another stop along the way.
Dannevik replaced Dana Gunderson, the popular pro who was killed in a car accident back in April, and understands the importance of a smooth transition.
Considering Gunderson's tragic and sudden death, the situation is a delicate one for any newcomer, especially for the person hired to replace him. But Dannevik wanted to come here.
"It's one of those jobs that doesn't come around very often," he said.
Dannevik worked with Gunderson at Pala Mesa, and the two had stayed in touch over the years. He admires Gunderson's accomplishments at Pala Mesa and has no intention of making radical changes at the course.
"If it's not broken, why fix it?" said Dannevik, who last year was named the PGA's Inland Empire Teacher of the Year. "We've all taken a deep breath and are trying to move on. I want us to just keep Pala Mesa going and keep doing the same things right."
Dannevik does have plans of his own, however. He's instilling a junior program at the end of the month and is starting a Sunday men's club hoping to attract younger players. He's also starting a family golf special, where a parent and a child can walk the front nine on Sunday afternoons for $19.
"We need to be more community-oriented," said Dannevik, who recently moved to Fallbrook. "I've always liked this area because people who live here have a unique sense of themselves. It's probably like how Escondido used to be."
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Linguine With Scallops
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Linguine With Scallops has a juicy taste. Linguine With Scallops get its taste from scallops mixed with pasta flavored with lemon juice. Linguine With Scallops is inspired by many food resturants all over the world.
|1 Pound (Fresh/ Frozen)
|12 Ounce
|1 Teaspoon
|Cooking oil/Olive oil
|1 Teaspoon
|Chicken broth
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|Dry white wine/Dry vermouth
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Lemon juice
|3 Tablespoon
|Sliced green onion
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Snipped parsley
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|2 Tablespoon, drained
|Dried dill weed
|1 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
Thaw scallops, if frozen.
Halve any large scallops; set aside.
Cook linguine according to package directions.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet heat margarine and oil over medium high heat.
Add scallops; cook and stir about 2 minutes or till opaque.
Remove scallops with a slotted spoon, leaving juices in skillet.
Stir broth, vermouth or white wine, and lemon juice into skillet.
Bring to boiling.
Boil for 10 to 12 minutes or till liquid is reduced to about 1 cup.
Stir in onion, parsley, capers, dillweed, and pepper.
Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 1 minute.
Add scallops, stirring just till heated through.
Pour over linguine; toss gently.
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Nearly two weeks into free agency, the Miami Dolphins have already addressed two of their most prominent needs however, their work is not yet done. After revamping the recieving core with the additions of Mike Wallace and Brandon Gibson as well as upgrading at tight end with the signing of Dustin Keller, the team is still looking to improve the roster. As the draft approaches, the Dolphins hope that their signings in free agency will allow them to select the best player available rather than passing on elite talent to draft for a need. With the draft only a month away, its clear which positions offer significant depth and which positions are hit or miss. Sitting at 12, the Dolphins will likely not have the opportunity to select one of the top offensive lineman and the replacement for Jake Long. For this reason, it would be wise to eliminate this need in free agency. The Dolphins have brought in several veterans for interviews including RT Eric Winston, RG Brandon Moore, and RG L...
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Details indoors and out essential to selling home
Preparing your home to sell in today's real estate market requires attention to detail. Here's how to roll up your sleeves and get top dollar for your home:
Freshen your home's curb appeal. Mow and edge the lawn, sweep the driveway and walkways, trim/remove dead limbs from shrubs and trees, and plant and mulch flowerbeds.
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Make your home cozy and inviting with fresh plants, flowers, and soothing fragrances of vanilla, pear, or lavender. Use oil diffusers like those made by Aromatique and Lampe Berger.
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There isn't much more aggravating than applications that don't work as expected. I went through quite a few WordPress plugins before finding even one that worked correctly. Some of them were highly rated, which is in itself a bit of an oddity. Maybe a few of my ratings will being them down a notch.
Biggest disappointment. It looked the most promising, and it was on the top of the list. The captcha would not display, and then doing anything else threw a SQL error. Apparently, this plugin isn't even being supported, as there are more than one complaint about it with no answer from the author.
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This one did not work, and it unexpectedly took me to some other website! There are no instructions for installing it. I uninstalled it, and I could not do so fast enough.
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Even if I knew what to do with the codes, what self-respecting blog is going to block user registration until the following day?
Blue Captcha
I skipped over quite a few because they had not been tested with the latest version of WordPress. I finally landed on Blue Captcha. I don't even remember what didn't work about it, as it was getting really frustrating at this point.
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Zach Braff, currently starrring in Broadway's 'Bullets Over Broadway', stopped by this morning's TODAY on NBC to talk about writing, directing and starring in his newest film 'Wish I Was Here', which he co-wrote with his brother.
During the interview, Braff revealed that at age 13, he settled on a musical theater theme for his Bar Mitzvah, unlike the majority of his peers who chose to center their rite of passage on sports. "I've always been a musical theater geek," he confessed to Today's Savannah Guthrie. "So mine had a musical theater theme - humiliating!"
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How to get there by plane
The closest airport is Toulon/Hyeres (not to be confused with Toulouse), which is served by some low-cost airlines, such as Transavia from the Netherlands (departing Rotterdam) as well as other "regular".
Upon arrival, it is necessary to go to "La tours fondue", which is the port from where boats depart to Porquerolles. It seems the only option is taking a taxi, which takes about 15 minutes and will cost you around 25 Eur.
After that, you must take the T.L.V. ferry to the island, which costs 9.70Eur . BEWARE: the last ferry departs at 19.00 during high season and even earlier the rest of the year.
Ferry schedule
If you arrive later than that, there are three options:
- Get a hotel close to the airport
- Take a boat taxi from Tours Fondue
- Take a boat taxi from Hyeres
The taxi from Tours Fondue will cost a whopping 84Eur from 19.00-23.00 for one to six passengers, with a 14 Eur surcharge for each additional one, up to 8 people max. It is slightly cheaper before that and more expensive after. The boats run 24 hours a day.
The taxi boat from Hyeres is a short taxi ride from the airport, but costs 120Eur, which is more than the cost of the taxi+boat from Tour Fondue, so it is probably not worth the hassle as you still need to get to the Hyeres port
Le Pelican bateau taxi
Once on the island, the main square (where almost all hotels are), is just 200 meters away. The taxi boat includes transportation to the hotel on the island.
Getting around
Since it is not possible to bring your car to the island, the only way to get around is by bike and there are several bike rental shops around.
They all charge more or less the same (about 12-14Eur for a full day and 7-9 for half a day), so I would go for the ones that look newer. Our hotel, for instance, offered a special deal at 9Eur a day, but I did not use it, so I cannot say if the bikes were any good.
Since the terrain is quite rugged, the bikes are all mountain bikes and getting around is not always easy. Most of the roads are not paved and, worse, they are sand, so it is quite heavy to pedal.
It is, however, the best way to get around as it can be difficult to walk all the way to the beaches.
The bike rental shops are scattered around the main square (Place D'Armes) and there is even one at the port.
The little "house" at the end of the square (next to the children's playground) has a map of the island with all the bike paths and the difficulty of each one. Could be useful to plan your trip.
No motors!
There are no paved roads on the island. There are no private cars, nor motorcycles allowed on the island and there are only a few dirt tracks for the few cars from the Parc National. Then to visit the island, you can either walk or rent a bicycle in one of the shops of the village.
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Ferries to Porquerolles
Ferries to Porquerolles leave from Tour Fondue harbor, on the Presqu'île de Giens. In high season, there is at least a ferry to Porquerolles every half an hour. Some of them make the round trip Tour Fondue, Porquerolles, Port-Cros, Levant, Tour Fondue (only in high season).
In low season, there are far less connections.
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Ferry to a mini paradise
In 1991/2 It cost 22 F. to park for a full day day at the harbour and 62 F. for a return ticket to the island (I kept the tickets!).
In 2009 a return ticket cost something like 17 euros - my nephew doesn't keep tickets and he can't remember the parking costs.
Only two ways to get around
Cycles and Shank's Pony. We did it the old way and walked - though there were plenty of cycle hire places near the tree lined little square - a former barracks marching yard - close to the harbour. They seemed to do a good trade as we passed bikes in quite remote spots.
I understand that in 2009 a famuly of four with two children 8 & 10 could hire bikes for half a day for around 40 euros - helmets avaialble for a small fee.
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5 Minute Coconut Fudge
|Dairy free semi sweet chocolate chips
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Confectioners' sugar
|3 1⁄2 Cup (56 tbs)
|Dutch process cocoa powder
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Dairy free margarine/Coconut oil
|2 Tablespoon
|Coconut milk
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Vanilla extract
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Flaked unsweetened coconut
|1 Cup (16 tbs), toasted
Lightly grease an 8 x 8 inch square baking pan.
In a large bowl, combine the chocolate chips, sugar, and cocoa. Separately, place the margarine and coconut milk in a small saucepan, and stir together over medium heat. Cook the mixture until the margarine has melted, and bubbles just begin to break at the surface. Remove it from the stove, and immediately pour over the chocolate mixture. Let everything sit for a couple of minutes, and then stir vigorously to melt the chocolate and incorporate the dry ingredients. Continue stirring until a completely smooth mixture forms. Mix in the vanilla, and quickly pour everything into your prepared pan. Smooth out the top and sprinkle the flaked coconut evenly over the entire exposed surface. Press the coconut gently into the fudge with the palm of your hand. Let cool completely before cutting into squares.
Makes 32 Small Squares
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News for Monday, January 30, 2012
A look at how some IPO stocks have fared
Facebook is preparing to file paperwork as early as Wednesday for an initial public offering of stock, according to The Wall Street Journal. Its public debut will be the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004.
Landowners fight eminent domain in Pa. gas field
When federal regulators approved a 39-mile natural gas pipeline through northern Pennsylvania's pristine Endless Mountains, they cited the operator's assurances that it would make sparing use of eminent domain as it negotiated with more than 150 property owners along the pipeline's route.
Giants vs. Patriots II: Does 2008 matter?
That was then. This is now.
Car bomb north of Baghdad kills 3 Iraqi soldiers
An Iraqi official says a bomb blast north of Baghdad has killed three Iraqi soldiers, hours before the nation's parliament is to reconvene after Sunni-backed lawmakers ended their boycott to protest persecution of Sunni officials.
Honda sees sharp drop in profit on Thai floods
Battered by the strong yen and supply disruptions from Thailand's floods, Honda said Tuesday that its net earnings in the October-December quarter tumbled 41 percent to 47.6 billion yen ($625 million) and projected a sharply lower full-year profit.
Safety Antrel Rolle is Giants voice of discontent
Antrel Rolle is the voice of discontent on the New York Giants .
Fla. primary's big prize likely to go to Romney
Mitt Romney oozed confidence and a defiant Newt Gingrich seemed to acknowledge his momentum had been checked, at least for now, as Florida Republicans voted Tuesday to decide who gets the state's 50 delegates, the biggest prize yet in the Republican presidential nomination contest.
Pats' versatile Wilfork has a nose for the football
Workhorse says he was able to improve his stamina during lockout
In the second week of the season, New England Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork peeled away from the line and drifted into the space between Philip Rivers and Mike Tolbert to grab his first interception of an eight-year career.
DP World lifts 10 percent more cargo at its ports
DP World, the Dubai government-backed port operator, said Tuesday that business at its docks jumped 10 percent last year, helped by growth in emerging markets.
2 dead, 1 wounded in Wilmington-area shooting
Los Angeles police say two people were killed and a third wounded in an apparent gang-related shooting in the Wilmington area.
Romney confident as Florida prepares to vote
Mitt Romney is starting primary day in Florida leading in statewide polls and already looking to the next round of nomination contests in the Republican presidential race.
Japan Cabinet OKs bill to cap nuke reactor life
Japan's Cabinet approved bills Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year's Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors.
Marine sentenced to 30 days in hazing case
A Hawaii-based Marine accused of hazing a fellow Marine who later committed suicide in Afghanistan was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail and a reduction in rank.
Athletes can be proactive in scholarship search
Torrey Pines High swimmer Nicole Skaggs was heavily pursued by colleges once they had discovered her through an athletic matchmaking service called beRecruited.com
Honda's profit drops 41 percent on Thai floods
Honda Motor Co. says its net profit in the October-December quarter tumbled 41 percent to 47.6 billion yen ($625 million) due to the strong yen and supply chain disruptions from flooding in Thailand.
Notebook: Coaches vs. cancer basketball games
Girls play at Serra on Saturday
Obama plays up auto industry success story
President Barack Obama hailed the rebound of the U.S. auto industry on Tuesday, trumpeting an economic story he hopes to use to his political advantage in key Rust Belt states such as Michigan and Ohio. In a not-so-veiled shot at Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, Obama said it was worth remembering that there were some leaders "willing to let this industry die."
Education: States should do more to reach students
In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students.
Pakistani and Indian chefs compete on reality TV
For decades, archenemies Pakistan and India have engaged in a dangerous nuclear arms race. Now they're also competing in a more cheerful forum. The outcome will be mouthwatering curries and soothing Sufi ballads, not violent conflict.
LA to allow press, public into child abuse cases
The presiding judge of Los Angeles' juvenile courts says he will allow better access for the press and public on hearings for child abuse and foster care cases.
Giants vs. Patriots II: Does No. 2008 matter?
That was then. This is now.
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Weekly poll
A look at this week's prep boys basketball poll.
PREP WRESTLING: Weekly poll
DA: LA county supes violated open meeting laws
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says county supervisors violated open meeting laws last fall when they met with Gov. Jerry Brown to discuss prison realignment plans.
Paul leads Clippers past NBA-leading Thunder
Blake Griffin's jaw-dropping one-handed jam over Kendrick Perkins sent Los Angeles Clippers fans into a frenzy, fired up his teammates, lit up the Twitterverse and burned the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Police shut down last medical marijuana storefront
Los Angeles police say three people were arrested during the closure of the last remaining medical marijuana storefront in the Chatsworth area.
Actress clarifies remark about being gay by choice
Actress Cynthia Nixon is trying to clarify her earlier remarks that got her in hot water with some fellow gay rights activists.
Marine gets 30 days, rank reduction for assault
A Marine accused of hazing a fellow Marine who later committed suicide in Afghanistan has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and a reduction in rank.
Loss to Missouri leaving Texas looking desperate
Game by game, the Texas' Longhorns season is getting more and more desperate.
Worker buried alive at Milpitas construction site
California workplace safety regulators are investigating a fatal construction accident in which a 37-year-old carpenter was buried and crushed when a hillside collapsed.
College endowments show growth for FY 2011
College and university endowments made gains in the fiscal year that ended in June, but many are still struggling to make up ground they lost in 2008 and 2009, according to a report released Tuesday.
Report questions district P.R. aimed at election
Public agencies are prohibited from influencing campaigns
A public-relations consultant paid $250 per hour by Sweetwater school district funds was compensated for gauging potential candidates' interest in running for seats on the school board, an independent review by former U.S. Attorney Greg Vega has found.
College says it submitted false SAT scores
A senior administrator at California's Claremont McKenna College has confessed to submitting false SAT scores to publications such as U.S. News & World Report since 2005 to inflate the small, prestigious school's ranking among the nation's colleges and universities.
SDSU basketball ends streak in red unis
Aztecs had won seven straight wearing their red road uniforms. So it is back to black now?
Teen killed in TJ described as funny, helpful
A well-liked San Ysidro Middle School eighth-grader was mourned on both sides of the border Monday, two days after he was shot to death while attending a family birthday celebration in Tijuana.
Calif. college says it submitted false SAT scores
California's Claremont McKenna College says a senior administrator submitted false SAT scores to publications such as U.S. News & World Report that use the data to rank the nation's colleges and universities.
Another Chinese dissident on trial for subversion
Prosecutors cited a Chinese dissident's poem urging his countrymen to go to a public square and make a stand as evidence Tuesday in a trial accusing him of inciting to subvert state power, the man's lawyer said.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Great Oak runners to sign with D-I schools
Two Great Oak cross country runners verbally committed and are
China's state TV making huge global expansion
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PREP FOOTBALL: Paloma's Caramella verbals to D-II Minnesota State-Moorhead
Paloma Valley senior safety Nico Caramella has committed to play
Oil above $99 in Asia on Europe's austerity move
Oil rose above $99 a barrel Tuesday in Asia in sync with gains in regional equity markets after Europe took measures to battle its debt crisis.
Report proposes dividing Great Lakes, Mississippi
Groups representing states and cities in the Great Lakes region on Tuesday proposed spending up to $9.5 billion on a massive engineering project to separate the lakes from the Mississippi River watershed in the Chicago area, describing it as the only sure way to protect both aquatic systems from invasions by destructive species such as Asian carp.
Dems: Fast & Furious just 1 of 4 misguided probes
Democrats looking into Operation Fast and Furious say a yearlong investigation has turned up no evidence that the flawed gun smuggling probe was conceived or directed by high-level political appointees at Justice Department headquarters.
Today in History
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2012. There are 335 days left in the year.
FORUM: Judicial agency is bureaucracy run amok
California taxpayers have a discerning nose for the smell of
SAN MARCOS: Trustees hear report of potential funding losses in next school year
As the San Marcos Unified School District faces a year of
Consultant says port inflated terminal figures
Dispute could be key in debate over how to use land
A consultant who once sought to boost the Port of San Diego's shipping business as its manager of trade says his former employer is inflating figures for longshore workers, cargo tonnage and maritime revenue at the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal.
Millsap scores 19 as Jazz rally past Blazers 93-89
Gordon Hayward certainly could have been the goat Monday night after moving over to shooting guard for the Utah Jazz and tossing up nothing but bricks early.
Kan. bill would make Toto breed official state dog
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Student rides here from Florida for cause
While the average 18-year-old is entering the second semester of college, Quincy Briscoe is on a bicycle somewhere on the Florida panhandle — and his parents couldn't be prouder.
Tentative ruling in Medi-Cal case stops cuts
A federal judge issued a tentative ruling Monday to stop 10 percent cuts to payments many medical providers get from serving Medi-Cal patients in California.
Carter, West lead Dallas rout of Nash-less Suns
Vince Carter scored 21 points against a Phoenix team that's still paying him, helping the Dallas Mavericks to a 122-99 rout of the Steve Nash-less Suns on Monday night.
PREPS: Early verbals becoming more of a reality for signing day
C.J. Dozier thought he had things all figured out.
Composer sues to stop Gingrich use of song
The composer of the "Rocky III" anthem "Eye of the Tiger" is suing Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich to stop him from using the song at campaign events.
Dixon hits game-winner as Mizzou beats Texas 67-66
Michael Dixon scored 21 points, including the game-winning layup with 31 seconds left, as No. 4 Missouri beat Texas 67-66 on Monday night.
Twitter CEO says blocking policy over-distilled
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo sought to calm the global outrage over the company's new country-by-country censorship policy on Monday, complaining in part that the issue is being treated with the same kind of shorthand that has made Twitter popular.
DomRep bus crash kills driver, injures 10 tourists
Officials in the Dominican Republic say a tourist bus has crashed down a hill, killing the driver and injuring 10 people, including seven from the United States.
REGION: 246 medical workers excluded from strike
A judge Monday barred nearly 250 health care workers from


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1 of 3 portraits of Toussaint L'Ouverture
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
by Nicolas Eustache Maurin, printed by François Séraphin Delpech
lithograph, early 19th century
10 3/4 in. x 7 in. (273 mm x 178 mm) paper size
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
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tory. The two decadal-scale peaks immediately prior to 1961 (in 1943 and 1952) came well after the sunspot maxima of 1938 and 1948; a series of decadal oscillations appeared before 1905, but the peak temperatures occurred near times of minimum sunspots, rather than near maxima. From about 1905 to 1940, instead of decadal oscillations, the temperature record shows oscillations with periods of only about 6 years.
Although these 6-year and decadal variations may reflect internal oscillations of the coupled atmospheric-oceanic circulation system (James and James, 1989), or simply a noisy record that falsely appears to be periodic from time to time (Gribbin, 1979), the present evidence does not, in our view, conclusively rule out the possibility of a persistent decadal periodicity in temperature. It is our purpose here to describe this possible decadal signal to help decide whether its recent appearance, where it correlates with atmospheric CO2, is short-lived, or whether instead it might reflect an oscillatory feature of the long-term temperature record, present in spite of the lack of evidence for a simple mechanism (such as solar forcing) that could produce it.
To investigate decadal-scale variations in temperature we have made use of a compilation of monthly averaged Northern and Southern Hemisphere temperature anomalies both over land and in surface seawater, originally summarized by Jones et al. (1986c) but later supplemented by additional data for the years 1854-1860 and 1985-1989, inclusive. The globally averaged data that we used directly in our computations are listed in Appendix A below.
The large scatter in monthly averaged global temperature data (the dots plotted in Figure 3) is not a strong encouragement to look for cyclic phenomena. Nevertheless, if the data are fit to a flexible smoothing spline (Reinsch, 1967) to suppress the high-frequency scatter (the solid curve in Figure 3), persistent periods of warmer and cooler conditions show in the record. The average spacing of warming and cooling events is between 3 and 4 years, depending on how many of the minor fluctuations are considered significant. A large number of the warmer periods occurred close to the times of El Niño events. It seems likely that the latter reflect phenomena that originate mainly in the Indo-Pacific region of the tropics (Quinn et al., 1987; Quinn and Neal, 1992) as a result of interactions of the atmosphere and oceans that arise from imbalances in the coupled system unrelated to any possible external forcing. If only the stronger warm events are counted, the recurrence interval becomes about 9 years (Quinn and Neal, 1992), so that El Niño events cannot be ignored in considering the possible causes of decadal variations in temperature. However, if they are so related, one would not expect them to be closely periodic.
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Crossroads of Twilight (Hardcover)
|Author: Robert Jordan
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|In the tenth book of The Wheel of Time series from the "New York Times" No. 1 bestselling author Robert Jordan, the world and the characters stand at a crossroads, and the world approaches twilight, when the power of the Shadow grows stronger.
Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn himself, has cleansed the Dark One's taint from the male half of the True Source, and everything has changed. Yet nothing has, for only men who can channel believe that saidin is clean again, and a man who can channel is still hated and feared-even one prophesied to save the world. Now Rand must gamble again, with himself at stake, and he cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies.
Chapter One
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Rhannon Hills. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.
Born among the groves and vineyards that covered much of the rugged hills, the olive trees in evergreen rows, the ordered vines leafless till spring, the cold wind blew west and north across the prosperous farms dotting the land between the hills and the great harbor of Ebou Dar. The land lay winter fallow still, but men and women were already oiling plowshares and tending harness, preparing for the planting to come. They paid little mind to the trains of heavily laden wagons moving east along the dirt roads carrying people who wore odd clothes and spoke with odd accents. Many of the strangers seemed to be farmers themselves, familiar implements lashed to their wagon boxes, and in their wagons unfamiliar saplings with roots balled in rough cloth, but they were heading on toward more distant land. Nothing to do with life here and now. The Seanchan hand lay lightly on those who did not contest Seanchan rule, and the farmers of the Rhannon Hills had seen no changes in their lives. For them, rain or the lack of it had always been the true ruler.
West and north the wind blew, across the broad blue-green expanse of the harbor, where hundreds of huge ships sat rocking at anchor on choppy swells, some bluff-bowed and rigged with ribbed sails, others long and sharp-prowed, with men laboring to match their sails and rigging to those of the wider vessels. Not nearly so many ships still floated there as had only a few days before, though. Many now lay in the shallows, charred wrecks heeled over on their sides, and burned frames settling in the deep gray mud like blackened skeletons. Smaller craft skittered about the harbor, slanting under triangular sails or crawling on oars like many-legged waterbugs, most carrying workers and supplies to the ships that still floated. Other small vessels and barges rode tethered to what appeared to be treetrunks shorn of branches, rising out of the blue-green water, and from those men dove holding stones to carry them down swiftly to sunken ships below, where they tied ropes to whatever could be hauled up for salvage. Six nights ago death had walked across the water here, the One Power killing men and women and ships in darkness split by silver lightnings and hurtling balls of fires. Now, the rough rolling harbor, filled with furious activity, seemed at peace by comparison, the chop giving up spray to the wind that blew north and west across the mouth of the River Eldar, where it widened into the harbor, north and west and inland.
Sitting cross-legged atop a boulder covered with brown moss, on the reed-fringed bank of the river, Mat hunched his shoulders against the wind and cursed silently. There was no gold to be found here, no women or dancing, no fun. Plenty of discomfort, though. In short, it was the last sort of place he would choose, normally. The sun stood barely its own height above the horizon, the sky overhead was pale slate gray, and thick purple clouds moving in from the sea threatened rain. Winter hardly seemed winter without snow – he had yet to see a single flake in Ebou Dar – but a cold damp morning wind off the water could serve as well as snow to chill a man to the bone. Four nights since he had ridden out of the city in a storm, yet his throbbing hip seemed to think he was still soaked to the skin and clinging to a saddle. This was no weather or time of day for a man to be out by his own choice. He wished he had thought to bring a cloak. He wished he had stayed in bed.
Ripples in the land hid Ebou Dar, just over a mile to the south, and hid him from the city, as well, but there was not a tree or anything more than scrub brush in sight. Being in the open this way made him feel as though ants were crawling under his skin. He should be safe, though. His plain brown woolen coat and cap were nothing like the clothes he was known by in the city. Instead of black silk, a drab woolen scarf hid the scar around his neck, and the collar of his coat was turned up to hide that, as well. Not a bit of lace or a thread of embroidery. Dull enough for a farmer milking cows. No one he needed to avoid would know him to recognize if they saw him. Not unless they were close. Just the same, he tugged the cap a bit lower.
"You intend to stay out here much longer, Mat?" Noal's tattered dark blue coat had seen better days, but then so had he. Stooped and white-haired, the broken-nosed old fellow was squatting on his heels below the boulder, fishing off the riverbank with a bamboo pole. Most of his teeth were missing, and sometimes he felt at a gap with his tongue as though surprised to find the empty space. "It's cold, in case you haven't noticed. Everybody always thinks it's warm in Ebou Dar, but winter is cold everywhere, even places that make Ebou Dar feel like Shienar. My bones crave a fire. Or a blanket, anyway. A man can be snug with a blanket, if he's out of the wind. Are you going to do anything but stare downriver?"
When Mat only glanced at him, Noal shrugged and went back to peering at the tarred wooden float bobbing among the sparse reeds. Now and then he worked one gnarled hand as though his crooked fingers felt the chill particularly, but if so, it was his own fault. The old fool had gone wading in the shallows to scoop up minnows for bait with a basket that now sat half-submerged and anchored by a smooth stone at the edge of the water. Despite his complaints about the weather, Noal had come along to the river without urging or invitation. From things he had said, everyone he cared about was long years dead, and the truth of it was, he seemed almost desperate for any sort of company. Desperate, indeed, to choose Mat's company when he could be five days from Ebou Dar by now. A man could cover a lot of ground in five days if he had reason to and a good horse. Mat had thought on that very subject often enough himself.
On the far side of the Eldar, half-hidden by one of the marshy islands that dotted the river, a broad-beamed rowboat backed oars, and one of the crew stood up and fished in the reeds with a long boathook. Another oarsman helped him heave what he had caught into the boat. At this distance, it looked like a large sack. Mat winced and shifted his eyes downriver. They were still finding bodies, and he was responsible. The innocent died along w
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Mat Cauthon flees the Shadow and the Seanchan Empire with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, while Perrin Aybara seeks to free his captive wife, and Egwene al'Vere seeks to reunite the Aes Sedai.
This is the 10th volume in the Wheel of Time series.
Customer Reviews of Crossroads of Twilight
Blah, blah, blah6/3/2003
I bought both Books 9 and 10 the first day they were out - in hardback. I love the Wheel of Time series and am currently rereading it to get over my depression about Book 10. I had planned to get it read in a couple of days. By forcing myself back to it, I was able to finish in a couple of weeks! Nothing happens in this book. Either Jordan is trying to milk the series for all he's worth or he can't figure out how to end it. After reading the prologue I had to wonder who all those people were. Aren't more than 1500 characters enough??? One other thing has really bothered me about all the books (which mostly I love) is the fact that Jordan refuses to use whom in the objective case. And he says "if he was" instead of "if he were", just like a country song! Please, RJ, put some substance in the next book - and hurry! I waited 15 months for Book 10 and was so disappointed. Make Book 11 worth your readers money and time.
Jordan is still dragging is feet.4/6/2003
I am a long time fan of Jordan, but have been very disappointed in his last few books. He seems to be trying to stretch the series out into more books than his has plot for. After Winter's Heart (the previous book) I had hoped he was moving out of that pattern...but he is back into his rut with Crossroads of Twilight. Even if you are planning on sticking with the series, you can skip this book and just pick up the next one in a couple of years.
Filler, Filler and More Filler!1/20/2003
Don't worry about seeing any spoilers ... absolutely nothing happens in the 680 pages. If you are a fan of the series this book will just aggravate you -- it is literally one of the worst books I have ever read. Considering how great the earlier books in the series were and how much I relished reading and rereading them, this book left me feeling betrayed (by both RJ and his editors). If you follow the series then you'll have to read this book no matter how bad it is, but I would suggest holding out until it is at your library so you can avoid kicking yourself for wasting your money.
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