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The Prayer Shawl Ministry LA4225 - Reaching those in need
Join the thousands of knitters and crocheters of all faiths who are creating handmade shawls for people in need. Whatever your faith and wherever you live, your handiwork will be a gift of comfort, hope, and peace. Over the centuries, shawls have come to symbolize shelter, peace, and spiritual sustenance. What started as a grass-roots movement has quickly grown into an international cause, with countless numbers of shawls being given to grateful recipients around the globe.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) --Washington's New Years Day loss isn't the
biggest storyline to evaluate as 2012 kicks off. General Manager Ernie
Grunfeld is going to have possibly an earth-shattering personnel
decision to make very shortly. More on that later.
The Wizards
are now 0-4 on the season thanks to a 94-86 loss to the Boston Celtics
at home Sunday evening. Washington remains dead last in the NBA in scoring, averaging just 83.5 points a game. It was a reassuring effort from Wiz though,
meaning that the team actually looked like a team.
Here's what I liked from the effort
*Shot Selection.
There weren't many times where I was pulling the hairs out of my head
regarding which shots were taken. Ball movement was excellent in the
second half and so was the shot distribution. John Wall took 13 shots,
15 from Nick Young and 15 from JaVale McGee -- a good strategy to feed
the big man against the smaller Celtics.
*John Wall had
without a doubt his best effort of the season and the stat line shows
it: 19 points, 8 assists, 7 boards. Wall found his hot spot on the floor
(the left elbow) and made four buckets in the paint. You could just
tell the 20-year-old felt more comfortable and showed it by just turning
the ball over once. Even though Rajon Rondo unmistakably outplayed him, Wall
did not hurt the team in this game like he did against the Nets and
*JaVale McGee had one of those games defensively
that makes you giddy inside. Five blocks and 14 total rebounds (eight
offensively) are stats you don't find on many NBA teams. McGee's 13 and
10 average so far this year are just as good as Roy Hibbert, Marcus
Camby, Emeka Okafor and slightly behind Marc Gasol. That's good company
to be mentioned with.
Now on to what I led the story with.....
Should the Wizards trade for DeMarcus Cousins?
The 21-year-old emotional disaster and college teammate of John Wall has apparently had a
falling out with the Sacramento Kings. And not many people around the
NBA are surprised by this news. Coming into the league the only real
weakness surrounding the forward's draft stock was the open portrayal of his
terrible personality.
Although the Kings ownership has released a
statement saying Cousins will not be traded, he almost has to. Unless
management wants a divided locker room and/or Kings head coach Paul
Westphal to become a lame duck without any real power.
So should the Wizards become a player in these trade talks? Maybe. I wouldn't give up JaVale McGee (finally emerging offensively) or Chris Singleton (could be one of the best defensive wing players in three years). And you have to assume the Kings aren't dumb enough to take an inferior forward in Andray Blatche with just as bad of an attitude.
The argument for Cousins is that he's an athletic 6-foot-11
forward possessing the capability of taking over a game offensively.
He's hard to deal with on the blocks and can knock down jumpers. Teaming up with Wall could be the catalyst that helps Cousins pan out into a terrific pro player. Plus at 0-4 and with a very unsure future heading into the 2012 off-season, pulling the
trigger on this trade could spark the Wizards and also attract certain free agents.
The argument against Cousins is that why would you trade for a
21-year-old whose already demanding trades? If he can't work out with
Sacramento, what makes the Wizards organization think he will mesh in a
locker room that's been waiting for a match to detonate it? And let's
not rule out that this is Washington D.C. And this is sports were
talking about. Adding a player based on potential has been disastrous
for this town before.
I think the Wizards should and will heavily pursue trade talks
with the Kings at the right price. Wall plus Cousins,plus McGee, plus a top flight wing
player catapults Washington in the playoff picture for the rest of the decade. The jobs of Ernie Grunfeld and Flip Saunders could be riding on this type of trade.
Potential trade
Jan Vesely, Jordan Crawford and 2013 1st round pick for DeMarcus Cousins, Francisco Garcia.
I hate trading Vesely like this but in my opinion, this would be a steal.
Cousins has all-star written all over him if he's coddled in the right way. Vesely will probably
finish his career being more known as a dunk contest participant or a regular on ESPN highlights rather than a solid contributor.


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Time as money
Lifestyle | TimeBanks bring together communities around mutual service
On a recent Saturday morning in suburban Detroit, 15 neighbors gathered to paint Don and Tere Turner's basement. Dressed in paint-splattered sweatpants and jeans, they trooped down the stairs, introducing themselves to strangers and greeting by name people they already knew. Cans of paint, rollers, brushes, and paint pans were on a drop cloth in the middle of one room. Craft paper protected the red tile floor in the second. Frank Selinsky, a retired Ford engineer who had helped lay that red tile, handed out assignments, and within minutes people started painting.
The painters and the Turners are members of the Lathrup Village TimeBank, a community group that provides a way for neighbors to give and receive services. The website for TimeBanks USA explains, "For every hour you spend doing something for someone in your community, you earn one Time Dollar. Then you have a Time Dollar to spend on having someone do something for you." Give an hour, get an hour.
Community organizer Kim Hodge founded the Lathrup Village TimeBank as a way to get to know her neighbors and build community: "Bottom line is we need each other. We need connections in neighborhoods." In 2008 she began the TimeBank in her geographically compact suburb-it's a mile square with 4,500 residents. Now more than 120 persons, ranging in age from 8 to 90, are members. That includes about 20 children, who offer services like cooking meals, babysitting, teaching someone how to use FaceBook, and pulling out dandelions.
TimeBanks encourage everyone to contribute, regardless of age or professional training. It doesn't matter if you donate a professional service or cookie baking: An hour is an hour. Hodge calls TimeBanking a great equalizer. While parents painted the Turners' basement, children gathered in the kitchen, decorating sugar cookies made in advance by Tere Turner. For the hour they spent glazing cookies and piling them high with mini marshmallows and M&Ms, they each earned an hour. That's because the cookies were for the potluck lunch that followed the painting.
Clearly, TimeBanking isn't the way to organize an entire economic system, and those trying to impose such things on a large or small scale have failed badly. In a market system people pay more for highly skilled work because it is scarce. TimeBanks, though, fit a voluntary middle niche between the market economy with its payment for services, and the family and church, where people care for each other out of love and commitment, without expecting a return.
TimeBanks work best in geographically defined areas where people live close enough to each other to give and receive services readily. Although TimeBanking's founder, Edgar Cahn, was a man of the left, TimeBanking works well with the new conservative localism. It fights the professionalization and governmental usurpation of services that Americans once accomplished through private and charitable action.
Proponents of TimeBanking stress its benefit in building community. The Lathrup Village group schedules monthly group activities, followed by a potluck. Newcomers come and meet other members for the first time, an important step in developing trust. Although the Lathrup Village TimeBank doesn't do background checks, some do.
Phyllis Edwards is executive director of Bridging Communities, a Detroit nonprofit that provides services to the elderly; it also hosts a TimeBank. She regularly schedules community events-neighborhood clean-ups and volunteer appreciation banquets-to help build trust between the elders in her program and other TimeBank members. TimeBanking allows Edwards to attract and make better use of volunteers and offer more services to her clients. The elders often bank hours by sewing, baking, knitting, or making phone calls. They can spend their hours on computer classes taught by neighborhood young people. With the help of the TimeBank, her elder clients aren't only recipients; they are assets, using their skills to benefit others.
TimeBank supporters tout other intangible benefits. In England, a medical office in Rushey Green noticed that many patients came to the clinic for physical ailments but were also lonely and isolated. The office set up a TimeBank in 1998 that now has 800 members. A video on YouTube features users talking about its benefits: "People I can go and see to learn to crochet . . . A friendly society . . . Sharing time and sharing skills." TimeBanking shows less "productive" people-the elderly, the sick, the disabled and young-that their lives still matter and they can contribute to neighborhood flourishing.
Kim Hodge tells the story of an 8-year-old boy in her TimeBank who offered to cook a spaghetti dinner. Hodge and her husband signed up and bought the groceries. At the end of the day the Hodges received a tasty spaghetti dinner. The boy's mother said later, "This is what I got: A child focused on a task. A child who was proud to contribute to the community. A child who was engaged with his dad, who helped him cook the meal."
Beata Alghabra has been a member of the Lathrup Village TimeBank since 2008. She offers Arabic cooking classes to members. In return, she uses the services of an elderly member who hems her sons' pants. She said her two sons, who were upstairs decorating cookies, would otherwise be home watching cartoons on a Saturday morning. Instead, through the TimeBank, "They've become involved in the community and have met a lot of amazing people."
Many people are reluctant to ask for help, but TimeBanks help overcome that resistance because they emphasize (as Partners in Care in Maryland explains) "parity, not charity. . . . People earn the help they need by participating." Those with credits in the bank use them.
Hodge has now founded the Michigan Alliance of TimeBanks. She works with volunteers from 18 communities, most of whom have never started an organization of any kind. She meets once a month with the group, helping them go through the basic steps: setting up a steering committee (in TimeBank lingo, a Kitchen Cabinet), developing mission and vision, deciding about dues and liability issues, and setting geographical boundaries.
Phyllis Edwards of Bridging Communities compares her life now to what it was: "We hired services to do everything. We didn't have to know our neighbors. To know your neighbor, to know your community, that's priceless."


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SPRINGFIELD, Va. (WUSA) -- A 9th case has now been linked to a serial groper in Fairfax County.
Police say he's struck women of all ages, from 15 to 42 years old, since September.
The latest incident happened last Thursday about a half hour after another incident that took place on the same day near Hibbling Ave. in Springfield.
Many of the women were going about their business, walking with their children, going to work, and picking up their kids.
The victims all share a similar description of their attacker, same build, wearing red baseball cap.
Christine Kenlen and nearby residents are on high alert after the latest attack on Hibbling Avenue near Dinwiddie Street in Springfield.
"Now I'm scared of walking home," she said.
Police say the most recent incident involved a 42-year-old victim. She was disturbed by the incident but delayed telling anyone because she didn't know the process of reporting a crime.
Lucy Caldwell with Fairfax County Police, "I believe English was an issue and unfamiliar with but she was talking with a friend and upset about it and urged her to report it so she did."
9News talked with a woman who didn't want to be identified and says her mother is one of the 9 victims attacked back in September also on Hibbling Avenue
She says the man grabbed her mother's breasts. She screamed and struggled to get free.
All nine cases happened in the Springfield/Franconia area of Fairfax County.
Officers have increased patrols in the neighborhood.
But police are finding that there could be a 10th case that happened in October. A victim in Falls Church told detectives that the man in the sketch grabbed her buttocks and wouldn't let go until she screamed.
Fairfax County police are looking into a possible link.
Police say there could be more victims out there who don't know that the cases could be linked.


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Let's do-si-do: Bows and Beaus square dancers start new season of classes in Los Altos Monday
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- Written by Los Altos Town Crier Staff - Town Crier Report
The Bows and Beaus Square Dance Club, featuring caller/teacher Keith Ferguson, has scheduled classes for adult singles and couples 7:30-9:30 p.m. Mondays, beginning Monday, at Loyola School, 770 Berry Ave., Los Altos.
The 50-year-old club, founded in Mountain View and now located in Los Altos, sponsors an annual picnic, Ice Cream Fling Thing dance, hoedowns, festivals and themed trips and excursions.
Square dancers may wear pants, jeans, prairie skirts or nonwestern attire.
When the club first began in 1963, it was designated a "singles" club. Today, Bows and Beaus is a couples and singles club, inviting participants with or without a regular dance partner.
Participants may register and dance at the first two classes in January without charge; subsequent classes cost $5 per person.
For more information, call Nanci at 390-9261 or Tom at 561-4551, or visit bowsandbeaus.org.
For those looking for classes on another night, visit c-p-s-d.org or scvsda.org.


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Dell Powervault 220S SCSI Storage Array - 14 Bays, Dual Fans, Dual Power Supplies, Dual Controller Cards - Used
Dell PowerVault 220S systems are reliable, flexible, external SCSI expansion enclosures designed to support multiple Dell storage environments and RAID configurations. Each system offers maximized drive-spindle count, hot-plug hard drives, optional redundant power, redundant cooling, rackmount capability, systems management features, and a modular design for easy upgrades. Most major components, including hard drives and power supply/cooling modules are hot-pluggable and can be removed and replaced easily. The enclosure management module (EMM), split-bus module, and SCSI terminator card are "warm-pluggable." This means they can be removed or inserted while the power is on, but all I/O activity has ceased.
Uses Dell 9D988 trays / caddies.
SCSI hard drives
support for up to fourteen 1-inch-by-3.5-inch LVD Ultra 160 and Ultra 320 hot-plug hard drives, at speeds of 10K or 15K rpm.
support for any of the following:
Back-Panel Connectors
SCSI connector
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Backplane Board Connectors
Hard drives
fourteen 80-pin SCA-2 connectors
Power supply/cooling module
2 high-current connectors
Enclosure management modules (EMM)
210-pin connector
Split-bus module
180-pin connector
Enclosure Modules
2 warm-pluggable modules
1 warm-pluggable module with an external slide switch to change between split-bus, joined-bus, and cluster modes
SCSI terminator card
1 warm-pluggable module to the terminate SCSI bus in nonredundant EMM configurations
LED Indicators
Front panel
5 LED status indicators for power, fault, split bus, cluster mode, and over-temperature
Hard-drive carrier
1 single-color activity LED and 1 two-color LED status indicator per drive
3 LED status indicators for power, fault, and active status
1 LED indicator for power
Power supply and cooling module
3 LED status indicators for power supply status, power supply fault, and AC status and 2 for cooling module fault
Power Supplies
Heat dissipation
100-240 V rated (actual 85-264 V)
50-60 Hz
9.4 A at 100 V, 4.6 A at 200 V
13.26 cm (5.22 inches)
44.58 cm (17.55 inches)
50.8 cm (20 inches)
PowerVault 220S
PowerVault 221S
32.4 kg (71.5 lb.) maximum redundant configuration with all hard drives installed
42.2 kg (93.0 lb.) maximum redundant configuration with all hard drives installed
10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
-40° to 65°C (-40° to 149°F)
Relative humidity
8% to 80% (noncondensing)
8% to 95% (noncondensing)
-16 to 3048 m (-50 to 10,000 ft)
BTU per hour
Available Hard-Drive Power (Per Slot)
Supported hard-drive power consumption
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Dell 9D988 / H7206 / YC340 / N6747 / D969D / J2169 Hard Drive Tray / Caddy
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* Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
* Single-season school record for GAA (0.69)
2012 - Junior Season: Began the season as the starting goalkeeper, then resumed that role after Mackenzie Hopkins was injured...started 15 matches and played 1442 minutes in net...set school record with 0.69 goals-against average...posted a record of 9-3-3 and her seven shutouts tied for second in school history...made 51 saves for an .823 save percentage...played 90 minutes in 3-0 shutout over Eastern Illinois (Sept. 14)...made five saves in 2-1 win over Ball State (Sept. 16)...made five saves in 110 minutes in scoreless tie vs. Saint Louis (Sept. 29)...played all 97:22 in 1-0 win over Xavier (Oct. 7)...made career-high 10 saves in tie at Richmond (Oct. 12)...had shutout in scoreless tie vs. St. Joseph's (Oct. 21)...played all 90 minutes in 1-0 win over George Washington (Oct. 26)...recorded shutout with 108 minutes at Charlotte (Oct. 28)...shut out St. Bonaventure in league tournament (Nov. 1)...made six saves in league semifinal vs. La Salle (Nov.4).
2011 - Sophomore Season: Started half the season in goal, playing 954:26 over 11 matches...had a 4-5-2 record and 42 saves...had a .700 save percentage...made three saves vs. Madonna (Aug. 19)...made five saves in overtime win at Oakland (Sept. 16)...played all 110 minutes in tie vs. Xavier (Sept. 29)...earned a win at Youngstown State (Oct. 1)...made five saves in shutout win over Green Bay (Oct. 23)...made seven saves in league tournament match at Valparaiso (Nov. 1)...stopped career-high eight shots in league semifinal at Milwaukee (Nov. 4).
2010 - Freshman Season: Reserve goalkeeper, playing 195 minutes in five matches...totaled five saves...played 45 minutes in season opener at Dayton (Aug. 20)...started one match and made four saves in a 5-2 win over Miami (Ohio) (Sept. 3)...saw 8:57 of action in the Horizon League championship match (Nov. 7).
High School: Three-year starter and two-time second team all-state honoree...twice named ISCA Academic All-State...named academic all-conference three times...tabbed second team all-district as a senior in 2009...led North Central to three winning seasons and two sectional titles...team was county runner-up in 2008...high honor roll student ranking in the top 25 in her graduating class...high school coaches were Jimmy Carson and Tim Blom...played club for Dynamo 92 Red, helping the team to a pair of Indiana State Cup championships....club coach was Tony Jacklin.
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International Statistics
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- Selected demographic and health indicators from several countries.
- Guide to Statistical Information at WHO
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- International Programs
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- Contains statistical tables of demographic data for 228 countries and areas of the world.
- International Justice Statistics
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- Online Sources of International Statistics
(University of Maryland, University Libraries)
- UNData
- Covers world wide topics including health, environmental issues, population, education, food and agriculture and other topics. Some full text.Availble from your MUSC Library via the United Nations Statistical Division.
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Includes statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.
- United Nations Population Information Network
- United Nations Statistics Division
- Includes international economic, demographic & social, and environment & energy statistics.
- WHO Global Infobase Online
(World Health Organization)
- Data on chronic diseases and their risk factors for all WHO member states
- WHO Mortality Database: Tables
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- WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) Core Health Indicators
(World Health Organization)
- Found in the middle of the page of "A guide to statistical information at WHO." Allows construction of tables for any combination of countries, indicators and years.
- World Data Analyst
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- Provides statistics on countries of the world. Allows the creation of tables and graphs, including those that compare countries using various measures.


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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The war crimes tribunal for five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks in back in session, this time with no sign of the antics that disrupted their last hearing in May.
A military judge at the U.S. base in Cuba is holding a weeklong pretrial hearing. The main items on the agenda are courtroom security rules that the defense claim are overly broad and restrictive.
At the men's arraignment in May, the defendants refused to listen to the judge or use the court translation system and two stood up to pray. At Monday's hearing the men made no overt protests and prosecutors broadcast the translation via small speakers on the defense tables.
The five are accused of planning and aiding the Sept. 11 attacks.


text: By Pastor Vince CarrigSports Writer Senior point guard QuintonHite took consecutive steals for layups and inflicted consecutive three pointers on Gothenburg in a third quarter run of 14 unanswered points, blasting his Plainsmen past the Swedes 51-41 Saturday night in Grant. Hite led all scorers with 27 points as the Plainsmen earned their first win. "We knew one thing—that they were big, but we had the speed advantage on them, so that was one thing in my mind, I continued to get around them," Hite said after the game. "They were playing a little 'off' on me, so I stepped up and made the [three-point] shots." Hite found a ball straying from its owner between the Swedes' points and gave it a ride the other way, then intercepted an entry pass and took it all the way down as well to put Perkins County ahead, 26-20, just after halftime. Hite then doubled his fun, connecting from straight behind the arc twice to bury Gothenburg behind a 34-20 score. Perkins County defended a Swedes attack centered around 6-foot 8 Tanner Borchardt and 6-foot-7 Logan Koehler fiercely by contesting, hurrying and altering plenty of their shots. Getting hands in the passing lanes and bodies in the paths to the goal, the Plainsmen held Gothenburg to just six points in the third quarter. "That was the toughest team that we played this year, by far, and to get a win—it goes to show that we're getting there," Plainsmen Head Coach Shawn Cole said after the game. "The players bought into it tonight and did what they needed to do and just executed like they needed to." Koehler started strong for the 1-3 Swedes, reaching right up to the basket for four points in a first quarter that the visitors won 12-8. Swing forward Blake Ristine popped in several mid-range jumpers to ready spectators for a fight to the finish. Hite started landing acrobatic layups after whipping through the lane, and swing forward Tim Johnson some short jumpers at full extension to distance the Plainsmen from Gothenburg. A couple of officiating calls on unlikely suspects didn't hurt the home team's efforts, either: Borchardt galloped for an open layup but heard the whistle for "traveling," and Koehler shoulder-shivered Plainsmen forward Jake Sexson's pick; Sexson took full advantage of the double bonus opportunity. Referees did not help, however, with Plainsmen Caleb Breazeale's plight. With a head of steam as he rolled down the right sideline, Swedes guard Logan Sheets freight-trained Breazeale into noon on Sunday. Breazeale left the game with injuries to his thorax and leg, but without a charging call on Sheets. Hite put seven of eight free throws shots through the net in the fourth quarter to close out the Swedes.Next Action The 1-3 Plainsmen invade the Red Raiders gym to play 2-2 Sidney, who did fine against C1 Mitchell and Chase County, but lost to B schools Omaha Skutt Catholic and Gering. Dundy County-Stratton heads north on Saturday, having assembled a 4-1 record with three wins over D1 schools and a loss at Kimball's invitational tournament.P.C. 51, Gothenburg 41Gothenburg 12 8 5 16—41Perkins Co. 8 14 14 15—51 Leading scorers—Perkins County: Hite 5FG (4x3) 5/6FT—27; Johnson 4 1/2—9; Johnston 2 1/2—5; Gothenburg: Koehler 7 (1)—17; Ristine 4—8; Borchardt 4—8.


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|Written by Chris Lee
Two shutout victories Saturday, April 21 improved Holyoke's baseball team season record to 14-3.
The Dragons played host to Caliche and made quick work of the Buffaloes, 5-0 and 10-0.
"Those were two nice shutout wins," coach Kyle Bules said. "Our pitchers continue to stay consistent."
Bules said at this point in the season he would like to see them "stinging" the ball more than they are. He also noted the team is in a bit of a mental slump when it comes to hitting the ball, and they need to get it figured out.
"It all comes down to confidence," the coach said. "We need to say, 'I am going to hit the ball and I'm going to hit it hard!' Not, 'I hope I don't strike out.'"
HHS pitcher Reid Baumgartner fires a pitch towards home plate during
Holyoke 5, Caliche 0
Deyten Klein was on the hill to start game one Saturday afternoon and after seven innings walked off a winner. He faced 26 batters through his seven innings of work. He struck out six, gave up five hits, no walks and no earned runs.
Holyoke grabbed the early lead with a run in the bottom of the first inning. As it turned out, one run would've been enough to chalk up the "W" but Holyoke added two more runs in the second, one in the fourth and one in the sixth to take the 5-0 shutout.
Holyoke had seven hits and five RBI in the win. Jesus Hermosillo led the team with two. Brett Cumming had one hit and two RBI.
Trevor Dalton, Logan Tharp and Cumming each had a stolen base.
Holyoke 10, Caliche 0
Coming off a nice performance in the first game of the doubleheader, the Dragons didn't let up and passed 10 runners across home plate to end the game after only five innings of play.
For the second game in a row, only one pitcher was needed for Holyoke. Reid Baumgartner got the start and pitched five complete innings. He faced 18 batters, striking out six of them. He walked two, gave up two hits and no earned runs.
The Dragons got off to a hot start scoring five runs in the bottom of the first. They added four more in the third and one in the fifth to end the game by run rule.
The Dragons had eight hits and nine RBI. Cumming led the team with four hits including a double. He scored two runs and had two RBI.
Baumgartner and Tharp each also scored two runs. Baumgartner, Dalton, Tharp and Cumming each had a stolen base.
JV keeps busy
Holyoke's junior varsity team split games with Haxtun Tuesday, April 17 on the Bulldogs' home diamond. They lost the first game 7-9 but bounced back for a nice 6-0 victory in game two.
"They did a great job of putting the ball in play," Bules said. The coach also noted the Dragons need to minimize defensive errors.
A junior varsity doubleheader scheduled Thursday, April 19 at Wray was canceled. In order to get the kids some time on the field, three innings were played following Holyoke's sweep of Caliche Saturday.
Holyoke won the contest 5-3 with Tanner Smith pitching two innings and Dylan Kotch closing in the third and final inning.
Upcoming action
Holyoke will host the Wray Eagles Saturday, April 28 for a doubleheader that will have district seeding implications riding on it. The Eagles held a 14-2 record as of Monday, April 23. They were scheduled to face Yuma Tuesday, April 24.
The district tournament will be played in Holyoke Friday-Saturday, May 4-5.
Holyoke Enterprise April 26, 2012


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"WICKED JACK (Holiday House 1995) was author Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge's first book! Paired with renowned illustrator Will Hillenbrand's evocative pictures, this retelling of an Appalachian tale earned rave reviews (see excerpts below) upon its release. And every Halloween, the book is read and reread by families and in schools.
With illustrations animated by Hillenbrand, and a score created for woodwind quintet, WICKED JACK is also performed live for school children – with the author narrating.
The story has its roots in an Appalachian folktale, and is on its way to becoming a holiday classic."
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Santiago de Compostela is the world's third biggest Christian pilgrimage site, after Rome and Jerusalem. Its old town, with paved streets lined with arcades, is a maze of stone buildings, and is often full of university students and tourists strolling through its squares. The Praza da Obradoiro, surrounded by imposing monuments in varying styles (Baroque, Renaissance, neo-Classical, Gothic), is particularly harmonious in style thanks to the continued use of granite through the centuries.
Tourist attractions Santiago de Compostela : Things to see and do
Praza do Obradoiro
E - 15700 Santiago de Compostela
The square, named after the cathedral façade which is known as the "work of gold", is the historical heart of Santiago. Its four sides are lined by impressive buildings erected over 700 years in various styles: Baroque, the façade of the ca..
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
E - 15705 Santiago-de-Compostela
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela dates almost entirely from the period of the 11C to the early 13C, although the so-called Façade do Obradoiro is a richly sculpted Baroque masterpiece. In the narthex is the Pórtico da la Gloria, with its excep..
Old Town of Santiago de Compostela
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The old town of Santiago combines medieval architecture, Renaissance rationale and Baroque theatricality. It is a delight to wander around this surprisingly harmonious blend, exploring the maze of narrow streets abounding in old houses and little squ..
Hotels Santiago de Compostela
Parador de Santiago - Hostal Reis Catolicos
Praza do Obradoiro, 1 E - 15705 Santiago de Compostela
Prix Prices from : 158 €
Parador de Santiago - Hostal Reis Catolicos is set in a beautiful 15th-century building next to Santiago's famous cathedral. This impressive property features rooms with four-poster beds and free Wi-Fi. Once a lodging for pilgrims, the Parador maint..
Pousadas de Compostela Hotel Pombal
Rua Do Pombal, 12 E - 15705 Santiago de Compostela
Prix Prices from : 60 €
Just 300 metres from Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Hotel Pombal is opposite Alameda Park and has 2 car parks 100 metres away. The stylish rooms offer views of the old town, free Wi-Fi and satellite TV. Guests can make use of the hotel's breakfas..
San Francisco Hotel Monumento
Campillo de San Francisco, 3 E - 15705 Santiago de Compostela
Prix Prices from : 107 €
San Francisco Monumento is a historic monastery with an indoor pool and hot tub. This charming hotel is located in the centre of Santiago de Compostela, 150 metres from the famous Cathedral. Rooms at the hotel are spacious and elegant. They all have..
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Casa Marcelo
Hortas 1 E - 15705 Santiago de Compostela
This attractive gastro-bar is located just a few metres from the Praza do Obradoiro. It is striking for its large table perfect for sharing and its open-view kitchen - the latter features a bar where guests can dine while watching the chef at work. T..
Don Quijote
Galeras 20 E - 15705 Santiago de Compostela
This classically furnished family-run restaurant offers a traditional Galician menu. It focuses heavily on fish and seafood with the addition of a number of game dishes during the hunting season.
Dos Reis
pl. do Obradoiro 1 E - 15705 Santiago de Compostela
Mar de Esteiro
Lugar Ponte Sionlla - Enfesta E - 15884 Sionlla
The Mar de Esteiro occupies a large house by the main road with a superb interior decor. It serves high quality wild fish and seafood from the restaurant's own fish stocks. The rice with lobster is a must!
pl. do Obradoiro 1 E - 15705 Santiago de Compostela
Pedro Roca
Domingo García Sabell 1 E - 15705 Santiago de Compostela
This restaurant has a contemporary appearance and a spacious interior. It has two dining rooms, one just with tables, the other with the kitchen in full view. Modern Galician cuisine based around top quality ingredients.
Ghalpón Abastos
Das Ameas 4 E - 15704 Santiago de Compostela
A restaurant with a modern and informal atmosphere next to the city's market. Just a single menú de mercado is available in the dining room, from where the kitchen is partially visible to customers.
San Francisco H. Monumento
Campillo San Francisco 3 E - 15705 Santiago de Compostela
A Tafona
Verxe da Cerca 7 E - 15703 Santiago de Compostela
This centrally located restaurant has an informal and somewhat surprising interior of striking stone walls, a delightful staircase, a skylight and designer details. Resolutely modern cooking focusing on quality ingredients, culinary expertise and cre..


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(Reuters) – The U.S. government launched the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform on Tuesday, opening online insurance marketplaces across the country for millions of uninsured Americans, but technical glitches prevented early access for many.
The first day of the six-month open enrollment period on the state marketplaces, or exchanges, went ahead despite a partial federal government shutdown precipitated by Republican opposition to the healthcare law that deadlocked a spending bill in Congress.
According to early checks, the rollout of the most ambitious U.S. social program in five decades had a rocky start. A federally-run exchange for consumers in 36 states began posting error messages for at least 25 of them soon after the system opened for enrollment at 8 a.m. EDT, citing online traffic as a reason for the difficulties.
An Obama administration official said experts were aware of the issue and were working on it. The Department of Health and Human Services directed consumers to call centers and local community organizers to seek information.
The administration had predicted hitches early on because of the challenge of building a massive technology infrastructure in a short time. The problems could last weeks. Even before Tuesday's launch, officials last week announced delays for exchanges geared toward Spanish speakers and small businesses.
The snags are expected to contribute to a slow start to enrollment and will be a focus of the political debate over whether the 2010 Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, will succeed.
Frustrated customers are likely to fuel opposition to the healthcare law from Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, who have voted more than 40 times to repeal or delay it.
"It's very significant for the political campaign but not for the enrollment campaign," said Jon Kingsdale, the former head of the Massachusetts state health exchange, which opened in 2006 and became the model for Obamacare.
"I don't know if it's two weeks or five weeks, but I don't think we're talking just days," Kingsdale said. He said if the problems persist until November, "that is really a big problem."
The exchanges, shopping places for people to find out whether they qualify for federal subsidies, will accept applications for the new plans until March 31. They are expected to sign up as many as 7 million people in their first year.
Republicans have fought for years to delay or stop Obamacare, blaming its requirements for pushing up the cost of health insurance for business and individuals. On Monday night, that battle triggered a shutdown of several federal government agencies after Republicans insisted that a routine funding measure include a delay in the law. The Democratic-controlled Senate rejected it.
"What I want is to keep the government running and at the same time to deal with the harms, the millions of Americans who are … at risk of losing their healthcare, are facing skyrocketing insurance premiums," Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who has been leading the charge among Republicans in Congress to defund the law, said in an interview with CNN.
The websites will give many Americans their first glimpse of new subsidized health plans that are being offered to millions of the uninsured, in the most ambitious U.S. social program since Medicare was introduced in the 1960s.
Exchanges run by 14 states and the District of Columbia presented a mixed picture early on Tuesday. Some, like Massachusetts and New York, were able to accept consumer log-ins. New York said its site received 2 million hits in the first two hours.
The state-run exchange in Maryland delayed its opening by four hours and Minnesota said it would wait until the afternoon to check its connection with federal databases.
California and Washington state exchange officials said they were ready to open later in the morning as planned.
Obama was scheduled to promote his signature domestic policy achievement on Tuesday, including a meeting in the Oval Office with a group of Americans who stand to benefit from the program.
Vice President Joe Biden and first lady Michelle Obama will also promote the law in the media.
The marketplaces require health plans to provide a broad range of essential benefits that were not necessarily part of individual policies in the past, including mental health services, birth control and preventive care. The coverage is linked to other insurance market reforms and new consumer safeguards, including a ban on discrimination based on gender and health history.
The Affordable Care Act also mandates that Americans obtain insurance or pay a fine. Provisions that have taken effect since the law was passed three years ago have already prompted changes in the way insurance companies and hospitals do business, as they prepare for an influx of new insured members.
Shares in health insurers like UnitedHealth Group and Aetna Inc, as well as for hospital operator HCA Holdings Inc, outpaced rises on the broader U.S. stock market on Tuesday.
"For years, the financial, physical or mental health of millions of Americans suffered because they couldn't afford the care they or their family needed," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement on Tuesday. "But thanks to the health care law, all of that is changing. Today's launch begins a new day when health care coverage will be more accessible and affordable than ever before."


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- United States v. Texas
Whether the Obama administration has the authority to issue its new deferred-action policy for undocumented immigrants, whether the states have standing to challenge the policy at all, whether DHS was required to notify the public about the proposed policy and provide opportunity for the public to weigh in on it, and whether the policy violates the Constitution's "Take Care Clause," which requires the president to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed."
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Because both the Obama administration and the religious non-profits, colleges, and schools challenging the accommodation offered to those who object to complying with the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate confirm that contraceptive coverage could be provided to the challengers' female employees, through the challengers' insurance companies, without any notice from the challengers, the decisions of the courts of appeals rejecting the challenge are vacated and remanded. Given the gravity of the dispute and the substantial clarification and refinement in the positions of the parties, the parties on remand should be afforded an opportunity to arrive at an approach going forward that accommodates the challengers' religious exercise while at the same time ensuring that women covered by the challengers' health plans receive full and equal health coverage, including contraceptive coverage.
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Whether, when applying the "undue burden" standard of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Fifth Circuit erred in concluding that this standard permits Texas to enforce, in nearly all circumstances, laws that would cause a significant reduction in the availability of abortion services while failing to advance the State's interest in promoting health - or any other valid interest.
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Does the use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions by the University of Texas violate the Equal Protection Clause?
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Usually I could care less about what people write about, that is until now. A Journalist at Missouri wrote this article about funding cuts last week. It has made a lot of my friends and I mad and have already sent a few emails off to the paper. Please tell me what you all think.
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Friesen: 'I can service a horse.'
By Dan Friesen, Columnist; firstname.lastname@example.com. Posted February 27, 2007.
This weekend, I learned that there are going to be some changes in funding for a few departments at the university, and I must say I couldnt be happier.
Money and funding is the universitys way of telling groups and departments exactly where they stand. You want to know how important you are? Find out how much money youre getting, theres your answer.
I recently found out that I am not making the $10,000 per semester I demanded after Winter Semester 2006 but am in fact still making exactly what Lacey Hanson made semesters ago: $10 a week. And she didnt even go in for rounds of negotiations like I did.
Maybe Im closed-minded, but I think that some majors and paths of study are more, dare I say, noble than others.
You know what I mean. People with certain specializations, like journalism or textile and apparel management, can do more to improve society than others.
Thats why I was glad to read in Fridays issue of this rag that not only was $1.6 million in federal money cut from the agriculture school budget, but $1.4 million was also added to the journalism schools budget for construction.
Now, I know a lot of you out there are saying, But Dan, youre totally biased. Youre a journalist, therefore your opinion on the matter isnt pure. Hogwash, I say. The fact that I, Dan Friesen, am a journalist really serves to prove my argument.
Plus, we all know that bias is just a buzzword thrown around by the liberal, secular progressive media establishment to bork rational, right-thinking Supreme Court appointees who happen to think that fetuses are people and gays arent.
You see, one of the things Ive learned over the years is that the print media is the most powerful and influential force in the free world. What we do is tell the world whats going on. We observe things and we write about them, so all the busy people in the world dont have to find things out for themselves. We tell the truth to the masses.
Seriously, what do you agriculture people do? Drive a plow and jerk off livestock? Yeah, real important. I assure you, I can drive stick, and if the situation came to it, I could service a horse.
Can you farmers dig through all the daily events and weave a coherent yarn explaining why any of it matters? No way. Ive read the papers that come out of the country. They have headlines like OFlannigan Cow Farts.
Nice try. Tell you what: You stick to the bovine handjobs, well stick to the important work of print.
We aspire to live in big cities, writing for important, high-social impact papers. You aspire to spread manure for a living.
We pass the time playing Scrabble or Taboo to expand our minds. You play horseshoes. We like a nice classy scotch after a long days work. You drink bathtub gin.
We need fancy equipment to ensure a good layout. We need everything to be state-of-the-art. Theres not a piece of farm equipment on this Earth that isnt covered in rust.
We need, and lets not forget deserve, the increased funding. Were making a difference. Were important.
Now, how am I going to wet my beak in that $1.4 million? Stokes, time for another round of negotiations.
Are you sure the guy is not from California? Has to be a joke, NOBODY is that stupid?
32 years later and I am still riding on the back.
I don't sweat the petty things,... I pet the sweaty things
Wow. I was going to suggest that this was satire, but I don't think it is. This author sounds like one of "those" kids.... you know, a rich preppy frat boy who came from a suburb of Chicago, spent his whole childhood playing soccer and still calls mommy every day to tell her that he finally learned how to use a dishwasher. I would like to see the link to this story to see the feedback it is getting on its website.
BTW....I doubt this kid graduates from his journalism school. I'm no journalistic type of person (civil engineer) but that was poorly written.
Eeesh, I am a Finance Major and even I am offended.
--Luck of the Cyrish--
This dude deserves a kick to the face, nuts, ***, and chest. Or whatever my foot can connect with.
You mean a kick to the vagina.
I hate the press.........yellow journalism is the the standard rather than the exception these days. This is another example of the press' desire to become the news rather than reporting it. He is entitled to his opinion.......however the fact that he considers his self-indulgent meanderings print-worthly makes me sick.
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This author sounds like one of "those" kids.... you know, a rich preppy frat boy who came from a suburb of Chicago,
Now you may accuse me of making this up, but trust me, I'm not. One of "those" kids from a Chi town suburb who lived in my dorm said the following after his initial trip to Ames: "Man, they grow short fat horses in Iowa."
He was then informed that he had been looking at cows and not horses. I kid you not.
Sounds like an Ag student at his school stole his girlfriend. He sure talks a lot about Bovine hand jobs also as it sounds like another fascination the author has. Can anyone on a farm set it up for this guy to come to Iowa and fulfill his fantasy?
Also, I met a lot of Iowa State fans and I dont want to leave any of that behind. - DARIUS DARKS on Staying a CLONE!!!
Matt (00 Alumn)
Waukee, Iowa
I was just e-mailed this and all I can say is wow. I hope the next time this d-bag sits down to eat he realizes that if it wasn't for agriculture he would have an empty plate. I bet this guy walks around with his finger up his butt and beret on his head. I'm speechless, this is just ridiculous. What an effing d-bag.
What a fool! I wonder if the idiot even realizes when he sits down in his fancy restaurant where his food comes from?
My degree is in Ag.
My question is, would the world last longer without print media or without food?
I'm surprised he didn't have a nascar slam in that article. (Had to throw that in there brinahos)
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.
Originally Posted by CY ST8T
Sounds like an Ag student at his school stole his girlfriend. He sure talks a lot about Bovine hand jobs also as it sounds like another fascination the author has. Can anyone on a farm set it up for this guy to come to Iowa and fulfill his fantasy?
I would be more than willing to accommodate this d-bag. While he's stroking off one of our steers, he can explain to my Dad, Uncle, and Grandpa how they wasted their entire lives putting food in his mouth.
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The guy is an idiot trying to be funny. Don't give him any more of your time. That's how these morons become stories, they write crap and gets a reaction that in turn gives them credibility among other idiots. Don't give him credibility! Ignore it and move on...That is the best way to respond to media that you do not agree with. If no one talks about what you wrote then you will not be writing for very long.
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Loudon, NH (Sports Network) - New Hampshire Motor Speedway hosts round 2 in
the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. The Nationwide Series is
racing at Kentucky Speedway. Formula One returns to Asia for the Singapore
Grand Prix.
Sprint Cup Series
Sylvania 300 - New Hampshire Motor Speedway - Loudon, N.H.
Entering the second round in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, Matt
Kenseth will celebrate a career milestone this weekend at New Hampshire Motor
Kenseth is expected to make his 500th start in NASCAR's premier series. His
Cup debut came on Sept. 20, 1998 at Dover, finishing sixth. He substituted for
Bill Elliott so Elliott could attend his father's funeral. Kenseth made five
more Cup starts in 1999 before his rookie season in 2000.
"All this really means is that I'm old," Kenseth jokingly said. "I'm proud
having 500 starts. I remember making my first one, and I wasn't sure if I was
going to even be able to make a second one. It's a very tough business, so I
feel very fortunate to have been with such great people, and to have driven
such great cars and had fantastic sponsors throughout my career to be able to
still be in this sport and competitive after this many seasons."
Kenseth kicked off the Chase last Sunday with a victory at Chicagoland, a race
delayed more than six hours due to rain. He currently holds an eight-point
lead over Kyle Busch, his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, and an 11-point advantage
over Jimmie Johnson.
In his first season with JGR, Kenseth has scored a series-leading and career-
high six victories. He's attempting to win his second Cup championship. His
first title came in 2003.
After winning at Chicagoland, Kenseth has established himself as the Chase
favorite. He will become the series champion if history repeats itself. The
winner at Chicagoland, the first race in the Chase, went on to capture the
title the previous two years (Tony Stewart in 2011 and Brad Keselowski in
"I think it's too early to really pick favorites," Kenseth said. "I think
there's a ton of competition. When you look at the finishing position last
Sunday, 10 of the top-12 were all drivers in the Chase."
Kenseth has struggled somewhat at New Hampshire in the past, recording just
two top-10 finishes in his last 11 races here. His average finish over that
span has been 18.6. He did finish ninth after leading 33 laps in his first
race with JGR at this track in July. Kenseth's best finish at New Hampshire is
second, which came in September 2004.
Busch finished second at Chicagoland. He also finished in the runner-up spot
at New Hampshire earlier this season.
"There's still nine more weeks - nine long weeks to go," Busch said. "But I
know this team is focused, and we'll try to have another good race at New
Hampshire and keep up some positive momentum from last week."
Johnson has scored three wins and 16 top-10 finishes in his 23 starts at New
Hampshire. He finished second here one year ago and placed sixth in the July
Kevin Harvick is presently fourth in points (-15), followed by Carl Edwards
(-23) and Kurt Busch (-23). Busch, in his lone season with Furniture Row
Racing before he moves over to Stewart-Haas Racing next year, finished fourth
at Chicagoland.
"It's been an amazing ride, and to make the Chase with a single-car team was a
nice accomplishment and something very gratifying, and now here we are one
week into it and we have a nice top-5 finish," Busch said. "We need nine more
of those along with a win. So I'm looking forward to the challenge. What keeps
me even more hungry this year is that we haven't won yet, and I know we're
capable of doing it, and here it is. The Chase, it's the most important time
to win, so it would be great to see it all come together."
Busch won the inaugural Chase championship in 2004. His only win during the
10-race playoff stretch that year came at New Hampshire.
Forty-three teams are on the entry list for the Sylvania 300.
Nationwide Series
Kentucky 300 - Kentucky Speedway - Sparta, Ky.
While the Sprint Cup Series competes at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the
Nationwide Series is running its last stand-alone race of the season this
weekend at Kentucky Speedway.
Sam Hornish Jr. holds a 17-point lead over Austin Dillon with seven races to
go. Regan Smith is 36 points behind Hornish, while Elliott Sadler trails by
44. After Kentucky, the series heads to Dover, Kansas, Charlotte, Texas and
Phoenix before the season wraps up at Homestead.
Five of the last seven races will be contested on 1.5-mile racetracks,
including Kentucky. Hornish won at Las Vegas in March and finished ninth at
Kentucky in June. He's also placed third in the two most recent mile-and-a-
half tracks (Atlanta and Chicagoland).
"We have been strong on the intermediate tracks this year," Hornish said. "We
still have a little room for improvement in terms of getting the car where we
need it to be at the end of the race, so we can go after the win. We have to
be smart and yet still have the tempered aggression that it takes to win. The
points battle is so close that we have to be mindful of whom we are racing.
We've come a long way, but a lot can happen over the next seven races."
Dillon has been superb at Kentucky. He has an average finish of 2.667 in his
three Nationwide races here. He won both events last year before finishing
sixth earlier this season at this track. Dillon has started on the pole in
each of the last three races at Kentucky.
"This battle has been really tight this year, and it's really anyone's
championship to win," Dillon said. "I've really enjoyed battling with Sam
Hornish, Jr all year, along with the other competitors. I've had some success
at Kentucky Speedway in the past, so I hope I can capitalize this weekend and
gain some points. Everyone has been so close all year, though, that it's going
to take someone making a mistake in order for one of us to gain any points."
There are no Sprint Cup Series regulars scheduled to compete in this race.
Five full-time Camping World Truck Series drivers are among the 42 on the
entry list -- Dakoda Armstrong, Ryan Blaney, Jeb Burton, Joey Coulter and Matt
Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay Street Circuit - Singapore
Formula One is running under the lights this weekend in Singapore.
The 61-lap Singapore Grand Prix, which is contested on the Marina Bay Street
Circuit, is considered one of the longest and toughest races on the F1
calendar. It's also the only event of the season that starts and finishes at
With seven races to go, Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull holds a comfortable 53-
point lead over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and an 81-point advantage over Lewis
Hamilton from Mercedes. Vettel, the three-time defending F1 world champion,
Alonso and Hamilton are the only drivers who have won in Singapore since the
racing circuit began competing here in 2008.
Vettel has won the last two events on this 3.259-mile, 23-turn temporary
street circuit. His victory here one year ago began a four-race winning
streak. After Singapore, he won in Japan, Korea and India. Vettel claimed the
2012 F1 title by just three points over Alonso.
"My wins in 2011 and 2012 were the best, because I think it's one of the
toughest races of the year," Vettel said. "It's a very long race. The full two
hours of the race just seems to go on forever. The circuit itself is a killer,
because there are so many bumps. There's no room for mistakes."
Vettel has six wins this season, including victories in the last two grand
prix (Belgium and Italy).
Alonso won the inaugural Singapore GP five years ago when he drove for
Renault. His second victory here came in 2010, his first season with Ferrari.
He has finished no worse than fourth at this circuit.
"This is a very demanding race from the physical point of view and also
mentally, because as it takes place at night, it changes your rhythm a bit
over the weekend," Alonso said. "It's a very special race with no room for
mistakes, but it's a track I like and where I have usually gone quite well,
getting four podiums from five starts. So again this year, I'm tackling the
weekend in a positive frame of mind, with great confidence that I can do well
Hamilton won the Singapore GP in 2009, driving for McLaren.
After winning four consecutive poles, Hamilton qualified 12th for the Italian
GP two weeks ago. It was his worst qualifying result of the season. He
finished ninth in that race. Hamilton placed third in Belgium one week after
he scored his first victory of the year and with Mercedes in Hungary.
"We've had a tough couple of weekends in Belgium and Italy, but I know that
everyone at the team is determined to bounce back from here and make the most
of the opportunities over the last seven races of the season," Hamilton said.
Three of the last four Singapore GPs have been won from the pole position.
Vettel's victory in it last year came from the third starting spot.
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The source of information for this news post came from Roger Hedgecocks 1/17/13 radio show. Heres the link. Fast forward to 21:13 for Rogers comments.
The five worst mass killings, where a firearm was used, have a common thread. Hint #1: They didnt belong to the NRA. They dont fit the stereotype of the red-neck gun owner.
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Ft Hood: Registered Democrat/Muslim.
Columbine: Too young to vote; both families were registered Democrats and progressive liberals.
Virginia Tech: Wrote hate mail to President Bush and to his staff.
Colorado Theater: Registered Democrat; staff worker on the Obama campaign; Occupy Wall Street participant; progressive liberal.
Connecticut School Shooter: Registered Democrat; hated Christians.
Common thread is that all of these shooters were progressive liberal Democrats.
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Actually, primetime already feels like a highlights show. The sports that are run in primetime, all of them are filled with side stories and the actual events are reduced to show American athletes (and I do want them to show American athletes) but they cut a majority of the action that is going on with non american athletes. The problem with your argument is that you assume NBC is full of first run events in primetime when they are not. They are full of tape edited, not showing the whole spectrum of the games.
Yes, that's still first run when you haven't seen the video yet, even if you know the results. This isn't a football game or a golf tournament. A 2-minute swim race where you know the results is a lot different than a 3-hour football game that you knew the final score to. That's why I'm saying you can't show everything earlier and then repeat it in primetime because then it's no longer first run. And if you think primetime is already a highlights show (which in some ways it is), then what's to change about it? They have to edit it down somehow. There's a lot of dead time during Olympic events, so that editing almost helps to make it more compelling, even if it cuts out a lot of competitors. But again, if you want these events in full (and you get them largely without interruption), you have that option now. That's how you satisfy both fanbases.. those who want constant action and those who are in it for the storylines.
But you may say, well, this is already been done with the online coverage. But you see, the online coverage does not give you the ultimate experience. The current online coverage is a feed with no commentaries (not that I like some of these commentaries, but you still need someone to run the show, it's like having a party with no DJ). One can also make the argument that the online feed is not as appealing and practical in terms of the HD viewing experience as watching television channel. Although people are capable of turning their computer into a 65 inch HD display in decent quality, there are several things that the end user will need to be ready for in order to accomplish that. So it is not a practical idea when there are millions of fans.
That's the whole point though.. NBC thinks (and I'm planning on doing this myself) that you'll watch the live feed and because it lacks context, you'll check it out again in primetime.
You have to remember.. NBC's goal is to get you to consume as much of the Olympics as possible. If they're showing their best stuff in the afternoon, is there going to be a draw to see a highlights show in primetime? I don't see it. Besides, you don't want people to skip over the qualifying rounds and go straight to the finals. How many people want to watch all of the Phelps races, not just when he goes for medals. Setting up a specialty channel is only going to detract from what you already have, not add to it. If you're trying to maximize the total number of hours of Olympics coverage consumed (let alone the business side of things of trying to generate advertising revenue), I don't see this being able to increase that and if anything, you're hurting it if you're encouraging people just to watch finals and have the best stuff done with by the end of the afternoon. Because after that, they'll be seeking out something else to watch, not watching the highlights (which is to say the re-run) in primetime.


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Concord, NC (Sports Network) - Kevin Harvick won Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at
Charlotte Motor Speedway after passing Kasey Kahne for the lead following a
restart with 11 laps to go.
During the final caution, Kahne opted not to pit and remain the leader, while
the other frontrunners, including second-place Harvick, came in for new
tires. Harvick made a two-tire change and came out of the pits first. He ran
second to Kahne for the restart.
Harvick, who is in his final year with Richard Childress Racing before heading
to Stewart-Haas Racing for the 2014 season, beat Kahne to the finish line
by 1.5 seconds for his 22nd career Sprint Cup Series victory, including his
second in the 600-miler at Charlotte. His first win here came two years ago.
Kurt Busch overcame a battery issue earlier in the race to finish third, while
Denny Hamlin, the pole sitter, and Joey Logano rounded out the top-five.
The Coca-Cola 600, which is the longest race of the season in NASCAR, was
stopped two separate times for a total of 37 minutes in the early going after
a rope cable from an overhead Fox Sports television camera snapped and fell on
the track and grandstand area, injuring 10 spectators and damaging several
race cars.
Speedway officials said the nylon rope from the camera dropped over the
grandstands in turn 4 during lap 121. Seven fans were treated for minor cuts
and scrapes at the track's infield medical care center. Three of them had to
be transported to a nearby hospital for further observation. Officials said
the rope was a guide for the television network's overhead camera system.
The race was red-flagged for the third time after a hard multi-car crash
occurred on the frontstretch on lap 326. Aric Almirola and Mark Martin made
contact, causing Almirola to bump into Jeff Gordon and put him into the
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Downtown Grant was open to a foray of available Christmas gifts and goodies during Chamber's annual holiday open house event last Thursday, Nov. 15. Stores were open late, vendors set up their wares in various locales, food samplings and giveaways enticed the crowd who enjoyed a beautiful evening of shopping. There was something for everyone—Santa held tots on his lap; barbershop singers entertained along the street; hot cider and caramel corn along with other foods and drink were available. The art gallery hosted a painted chair silent auction; the museum showcased decorated trees; the fire department held demonstrations and handed out goodies. Bargains and ideas, creativity and charm kicked off the spirit of the holiday season. (Right) Santa lends an ear as three-and-a-half year old Brayden Larsen intently shares his Christmas dreams. Sister Lilah, one year, is not one bit interested. (Photo by Jan Rahn)


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State Board Approves Biology Textbooks
On December 11, 2002 the South Carolina Board of Education voted 10-5 to approve a number of new biology textbooks for local adoption across the state next fall. Several board members had objected to the way evolution was presented in some of the books, but a motion to remove two biology texts from the list failed by a 9-6 vote. Some board members were quoted in a December 22 news story in the Charleston Post & Courier as opposing one book because its preface referred to "creation science" and "intelligent design" as "pseudoscience".
Textbook Disclaimer Bill Proposed
On February 3 this year's session of the Oklahoma state legislature will open. Among the bills scheduled to be introduced at that time is House Bill 1504, sponsored by Rep. Bill Graves. This bill would require an evolution disclaimer in every textbook which discusses the subject.
Similar bills have been introduced in Oklahoma in the past, but failed to pass. The complete text of the bill, available on the Oklahoma legislature's website, reads as follows:
Internet "Poll" on Teaching Evolution
A Georgia newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has published the results of its December 2002 "Voice of Atlanta" internet survey regarding evolution education. The results cannot be considered either accurate or precise, since they are not based on a random sample of the population. In addition, the single question asked was somewhat ambiguous:
Do you agree or disagree: The theory of evolution should be taught in public schools to the exclusion of all other theories, such as creationism or "intelligent design."
Wisconsonites Support Biblical Creationism in School
The Wisconsin Badger Poll reports that of 514 state residents surveyed, 50% of them would support a law requiring "the biblical theory of creation as an alternative to the theory of evolution" according to a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan 26, 2003. Fifty percent said yes, 43% were opposed, and 6% had no opinion. The margin of error was reported to be plus or minus 4 points.
NCSE Board Member to be New Museum Head
Dr. Elizabeth Stage, a member of the NCSE Board of Directors, has been appointed Director of the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California. Currently the Director of Mathematics and Science Professional Development, Educational Outreach, University of California Office of the President, she is responsible for grants to higher education campuses throughout the state.
Cobb County Clarifies: Teach Only Science in Science Classes
On January 8, 2003, the Cobb County, Georgia, School District issued guidelines that clarify the new "Theories of Origins" policy.
WGBH Evolution Series Receives Award
The National Association of Science Writers has awarded Richard Hutton, producer of the NOVA/Clear Blue Skies Evolution series, its Science in Society award in the Television category. Evolution, first broadcast September 24-27, 2001, but rebroadcast in 2002, was honored "for recognizing the impact the science of evolution has had on society for well over 100 years.
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