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Kate Winslet's Acceptance Speech for Best Actress Oscar February 22, 2009
Kate Winslet accepts her Oscar for Best Actress in the movie The Reader while reminiscing on how she would, as a child, imagine receiving the award with a shampoo bottle for her Oscar.
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Okay, that fainting thing, Penélope. I'd be lying if I haven't made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably eight years old and staring into the bathroom mirror and this [holding up her statuette] would've been a shampoo bottle. Well, it's not a shampoo bottle now! I feel very fortunate to have made it all the way from there to here and I'd like to thank some of the people along the way who had faith in me. My friends and my family, especially my mum and dad, who are in this room somewhere. Dad, whistle or something, 'cause then I'll know where you are. [Loud whistle.] Yeah! I love you!
I also want to thank Hylda Queally, Dallas Smith and the late, much loved, much missed Robert Garlock. And from Peter Jackson and Emma Thompson to my very own Sam and Stephen Daldry. I'm very lucky to have been given "Hanna Schmitz" by Bernhard Schlink and David Hare. And Stephen, working with you is an experience I will never forget. There was no division between the cast and the crew on this film, and that's what made it so special. So, to have been surrounded by a remarkable group of people who provided an unbroken chain of support, from David Kross to Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Lena Olin, from hair and makeup to cinematography, from the art department to the ADs, and from New York to Berlin. And I'm so lucky to have a wonderful husband and two beautiful children who let me do what I love and who love me just the way that I am.
Anthony [Minghella] and Sydney [Pollack], this is for you. This is for both of you. And I want to acknowledge my fellow nominees, these goddesses. I think we all can't believe we're in a category with Meryl Streep at all. I'm sorry, Meryl, but you have to just suck that up! And just to the Academy, thank you so much. My God! Thank you!
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A fruit dessert can be cool, fresh and delicious. The natural sweetness of fruit adds to the dessert. You can make delicious fruit desserts anytime of the year, not just in the summer. If the fruit you are cooking with is out of season the frozen variety often works wonderfully.
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Crumbly blueberry tart
3/4 cup crumbled sugar cookies
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 tablespoons plus 2 tablespoons plus 1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 tablespoon butter
2 1/2 cups frozen blueberries, thawed
1 1/2 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon, plus 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup whipping cream
1. In a bowl combine the melted butter, cookie crumbs and 2 tablespoons sugar. Press into a greased pie plate. Place in a freezer for at least 30 minutes to set the crust.
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Sophomore Jacqui Katz and the Tulane women's tennis team will conclude the 2013 portion of its schedule at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic this weekend.
Oct. 31, 2013
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane's women's tennis team will conclude the fall portion of its 2013 schedule this weekend at the 26th Roberta Alison Fall Classic on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Matches will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and will be played at the Alabama Tennis Stadium, the Alabama Rec Courts and potentially the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility.
There will be one round of doubles on Friday with two rounds of singles following. On Saturday, there will be two rounds of doubles and the final round of singles. Each draw will consist of eight singles players or doubles teams.
The 17-team field competing in this year's event includes: Alabama, Clemson, Furman, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, LSU, Loyola Marymount, Michigan, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Samford, Tennessee, Tulane, UAB, UNC Greensboro and Vanderbilt.
"With this being the last fall tournament of the year, we are focusing on the process versus the outcome of matches to see how much we have improved since our tournament debut in mid-September," Tulane head coach Terri Sisk said. "I am very proud of the fight and resilience we have exhibited since the beginning of September so I have no doubt that this weekend will be a success no matter what."


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TEMPE -- The No. 3/3 Arizona State University softball team will face arguably its toughest test of the season as it heads north to square of with top-ranked Oregon with Pac-12 Championship implications on the line beginning Friday, May 2 at 5 p.m. PT. The Ducks will be the highest-ranked team the Sun Devils have faced this season and the first time ASU has taken on the No. 1 team in the country since battling No. 1 Cal back in 2012. Saturday's game is scheduled for a 4 p.m. PT first pitch with Sunday's game scheduled to get underway at 2 p.m. Both Friday and Sunday's games will be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks while a live stream of Saturday's game will be broadcast at http://pac-12.com/videos/university-oregon.
#10THINGS (Twitter-Friendly Notes)
Haley Steele is batting .556 in the last four series w/ 4 HRs and 13 RBI following a 2-for-13 showing in the Arizona series
@ASUSoftball's has won 5 of the last 6 when trailing after the 5th, 6th or top of 7th innings. Was 0-5 prior to current streak.
Just a junior, @A_Freeman9 is now fifth on @ASUSoftball's all-time home run list with 40 in her career and 10 this season.
@A_Freeman9 has reached safely in all but four games this season, hitting safely in all but eight of 47 games played.
@ASUSoftball has been ranked in 136-straight @NFCAOrg polls and has been in the top ten of 125 of those.
Mackenzie Popescue's (@Wild__Thing99) @Pac12 Pitcher of the Week honor this week was the first of her career.
@ASUSoftball has six grand slams already this season, two more than last season and just two shy of the last two seasons combined.
This weekend's matchup between No. 1 OregonSB and No. 3 @ASUSoftball is the highest ranking of two teams playing in @NCAASoftball this year.
Bailey Wigness, Amber Freeman and Elizabeth Caporuscio were all named to @CosidaNews Academic All-District Team this week.
@ASUSoftball has six players on the roster in the all-time career top 20 in HRs: Freeman, Steele, Johnson, Coyle, Caporuscio, Kemp.
In The Rankings
ASU's sweep of Southern Miss in a series where it did not allow a single run propelled the Devils to a No. 3 ranking in both the NFCA/USA Today Coaches Poll AND the ESPN/USA Softball rankings. This matches the highest the Sun Devils have been ranked by either poll all season.
The View From The Top
Over the past eight seasons, the Sun Devils have been among the most dominant teams in the nation. One need look no further than the weekly NFCA Coaches Poll to get a gage of that. The Sun Devils have been ranked in 136 consecutive Coaches Polls, a streak that dates back to Week 2 of the 2006 season. The Sun Devils entered the top-10 in Week 6 of that season and have since been ranked in the top 10 in 125 of the 136 polls that have taken place since the team entered the rankings in 2006.
Scouting the Opposition
Arizona State owns the all-time series leads against the Ducks with a 55-37 all-time record and have won eight consecutive series against Oregon - its longest streak of series victories over all Pac-12 teams. ASU took two of three from Oregon last season in Tempe when the Ducks entered as the No. 3 team in the country and have won seven of the last 10 games played in Eugene. Of the 27 series played between the two teams, ASU has only lost six - winning or splitting in the 21 others.
This year's Ducks team is arguably its best in school history and and are No. 1 because they are good at both the plate and in the circle and enter the weekend on an 11-game winning streak. The team is led by sophomore pitcher Cheridan Hawkins, who is 28-3 this season with a 1.35 ERA and is second in the conference behind only Dallas Escobedo with 251 strikeouts. She has 11 shutouts on the season and has gone the distance in 18 games on the season. Behind her has been a very impressive Karissa Hovinga, who is 14-1 on the season with a 2.02 ERA and provides a formiddable 1-2 punch in the circle.
The Oregon offense is no slouch either and has really poured it on in recent weeks, outscoring the opposition 107-22 in its recent winning streak. The Ducks lay claim to the nation's fourth-best hitter in Courtney Ceo, who entered the weekend batting .487 on the season. Ceo is one of eight Duck starters currently batting over .300 on the season on a team with a .347 overall average that sits fifth nationally. Kailee Cuico (13 home runs) and Janelle Lindvall (10 home runs) represent the pop in the the order, though 12 of 15 Duck hitters have scored a homer this season.
A K of a Different Sort
Those familiar with ASU softball are familiar with the K's that Dallas Escobedo is so accustomed to but ASU reached abother K milestone this year. ASU head coach Craig Nicholson picked up his 1,000 career victory with a 5-1 win over Utah in the opening game of the series. He now has 1,006 wins under his belt after going 723-90 in a decade of action at Central Arizona College before leading Ball State to being perennial contenders in the MAC with a 241-162 record overall during his time there. With 39 wins under his belt this season, Nicholson finds himself with a career 1006-259 record (.795).
Craig Nicholson Leading the Way
Craig Nicholson was hired on June 30. The head coach at Ball State for the past seven seasons, Nicholson amassed a 241-162 record with the Cardinals and holds a 1003-259 career record. Nicholson replaces Clint Myers, who accepted a similar position at Auburn on June 14. On top of coaching at Ball State, Nicholson was the associate head coach for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) in 2008 and helped the team to a NPF title.
The fastest coach in BSU program history to pass the 100 and 200-win marks, Nicholson was instrumental in Ball State capturing four Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular season championships (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013), a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and the program's first All-American. Offensive minded, Nicholson saw much growth in the Ball State program under his tutelage. Not since UCLA's Sue Enquist retired following a World Series appearance in 2006 has a program coming off an appearance in Oklahoma City gone through a coaching change, making the Sun Devils a very unique program in that regard this season.
Follow the Action
Friday and Sunday's games this weekend will be available live via the Pac-12 Networks. Please contact your local cable or satellite provider for more details. For those that have access to the Network, the games will also be able for viewing online via the Pac-12.com/live site. Saturday's game will be streamed live online at http://pac-12.com/videos/university-oregon. As always, fans are enocurage to follow us on Twitter (ASUSoftball) or like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/asusoftball) for updates throughout the weekend.
A Look Back - Southern Miss
Last week, the Sun Devils hosted Southern Miss in their final non-conference series of the year. Mackenzie Popescue threw her third career no-hitter in Friday's 8-0 win, and she and Escobedo did not allow a run in the three-game sweep of the Golden Eagles. Haley Steele continued her hot streak as she extended her team leading hitting streak to six games with a hit in each of the three games, including two home runs on the weekend. Escobedo only pitched one game but did plenty of damage, throwing for a career regulation high of 16 strikeouts in a shutout perofrmance.
Players to Watch
The Sun Devils entered the season with four returning NFCA All-Americans on the roster, the most of any team in the country. Only Alabama (3) is within one of the Sun Devils mark and is the only team with more cumulative returning selections (6) than ASU, who has five with Dallas Escobedo being a two-time All-American. Returning All-Americans Escobedo, Cheyenne Coyle and Amber Freeman have all been named to the USA Softball Preseason Player of the Year Watch List for the upcoming season.
And Then There Were 25
Dallas Escobedo and Amber Freeman have both been named as finalists for the 2014 ASA/USA Softball National Player of the Year. Both began the season on the Top 50 Players to Watch list along with (Cheyenne Coyle) and made the "midseason" cut as announced by the organization prior to the Utah series. The 25 finalists will be narrowed to 10 prior to the beginning of postseason play. This is the first time ASU has had two players in the Top 25 since placing three on the list from the 2008 National Championship roster.
The Road to OKC Goes Through Dallas
For the past three years, Dallas Escobedo has been among the premier pitchers in the nation. The two-time All-American and three-time First-Team All-Pac-12 selection has helped to lead ASU to the WCWS in each of her past three seasons in Tempe, including a National Championship in 2011. Escobedo is currently 20-6 with a 1.65 ERA and an incredible 273 strikeouts to just 36 walks - for a whopping 7.6:1 K:BB ratio. She has posted 10 complete game shutouts - allowing just a single hit in six of those while saving her best performance for Longwood in a game of offensive struggles as she no-hit the Lancers for her third career solo no-hitter and fourth no-hitter overall. Escobedo currently ranks second nationally in strikeouts and eighth in shutouts. Before anyone gets excited about her six losses, it is worth noting opponents only managed 21 runs in those games (3.5 per game) but the Sun Devil offense only mustered 14 runs (2.3 per game) total. On the flipside, the ASU offense has 131 runs in Escobedo's victories (6.6 per game) and truly had the senior's back in the Stanford series when Escobedo gave up 12 total earned runs - nearly twice her total entering the series - but still came away with two victories in the series sweep.
Senior Dallas Escobedo now has 128 starts as a Sun Devil. In her career, Escobedo is second at ASU in wins (111), seven shy of tying Katie Burkhart for first on the time all-time list. With 273 strikeouts this season, Escobedo's career number sits at 1,159 and she became just the second Sun Devil in history to eclipse the 1,000 K mark with with a strikeout against her very first batter of the Judi Garman Classic. She became just the 14th player in Pac-12 history to accomplish the 1,000 strikeout feat and is currently 42nd in NCAA career history for total strikeouts and is well on pace to continue to climb that leaderboard as the season continues. Escobedo has been incredibly strong in not allowing two-out rallies, holding opponents to a paltry .115 batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs. She has given up just six hits in that situation on 52 at-bats with a whopping 25 strikeouts.
Return of the Mack
Lest we forget, Escobedo is just half of one of the most potent 1-2 pitching punches in the country. Fellow senior Mackenzie Popescue has shown she is just as much an ace in the last two seasons and is a pivotal part of ASU's success. Popescue leads the team with a 1.35 ERA this season with just 24 earned runs allowed and 20 wins to her record (26th nationally) to just one loss, pitching complete games in 16 games this season, 15 of those being victories. Popescue picked up the third no-hitter of her career in a five-inning, 8-0 victory over Southern Miss. Popescue has also been a capable fielder with 37 assists and six puts outs with zero errors thus far on the season. Popescue thrives under pressure as opponents are batting .235 against her with the bases empty (.270 on leadoff batters) but that average comes way down to just .203 when she has a runner on base.
'Ber, It's Cold In Here
The reining Pac-12 Player of the Year, Amber Freeman, continues to consistently get it done at the plate. She leads the team with a .435 batting average this season that is fourth in the Pac-12. Freeman leads the team with 60 hits and a .506 OBP this season as well, while ranking second in RBI with 40. Freeman has hit safely in all but eight games on the season (including 19 of the last 21) and has reached base in all but four games of the 47 appearances she has made. Additionally, Freeman has just one single error this year, recording 258 putouts and five assists for a an almost perfect .996 fielding percentage. She is second on the team in most games with multiple hits, doing so in 16 games while tied for the team lead in games with three or more hits with five. Freeman has been pivotal in keeping the inning going and is leading the team with 20 hits when she's at bat with two outs on the board on 53 attempts (.377) with 11 two-out RBI and four of her 10 homers in such situations. There's plenty more situational love for the junior, who has also had 100 opportunities to advance runners from the three-hole and has successfully done so 56 times (.560).
Just Getting a Read On Things
On the season, Amber Freeman is batting .375 on 15-of-40 hitting in the first innings of games from the three hole with five RBI, one home run and a .524 slugging percentage. Not bad numbers by any stretch when you look at just one inning of action. However, that's before you see what she has done the second time through the order against pitchers. In the third and fourth innings this season, when Freeman typically takes her second at-bat of games, she is batting an incredible .543 on 25-of-46 hitting with 13 RBI, 5 homers and a whopping .913 slugging percentage.
Haley's Comet
Haley Steele has made no reservations about wanting to be an All-American this season and she is putting up the numbers to back it up. The junior is batting .387 (second on the team) on the year with a team-leading 11 home runs and has the team lead for RBI with 47. After going 2-for-13 in the Arizona series, Steele was seen in the batting cages immediately after one of the games with the ball machine. Since that moment, the junior has been on an absolute tear, batting .556 on 20-of-38 hitting in the last four series with 13 RBI, five doubles and five homers and a wicked 1.111 slugging percentage.
Steele of a Deal
Steele has been the Sun Devils' most successful batter when it comes to advancing runners, doing so 58 times of 109 attempts (.532) - the most hits of any batter in that situation. As if that weren't enough, Steele also has posted the most hits with runners in scoring position in logging 25 hits in such situations. Steele has taken it to a new level in Pac-12 play as she leads the team ahead of Freeman with a .443 batting average - good for seventh in the Pac-12 in league games - with four home runs and team-leading five doubles. Steele became the only player this season to reach four hits in a game, doing so in a 10-inning, 3-2 loss to Washington. She is tied for the team lead with Freeman for most games with three or more hits at five. Steele has a hit in all but three Pac-12 games this season and a hit in 11 of the last 12 games, logging multiple hits in six of those games.
'Ru-sci-o, 'Ru-sci-o, 'RU-SCI-OOOOOO
Elizabeth Caporuscio is another Sun Devil that has been putting together and incredible year for ASU and currently batting .352 (fourth on the team) with a team-leading 15 doubles in the process - good for third in the Pac-12. Her 50 hits are third on the squad while she has posted a solid .387 on-base percentage. She currently leads the team with 16 two-out RBIs and has proven she is the hitter you want with the bases loaded, with five hits in 10 opportunities (.500) with a grand slam this season. Caporuscio is also the only Sun Devil to record a triple this season. Since Pac-12 play has begun, She leads the team with nine hits on 22 chances (.409) with runners in scoring position in Pac-12 action and leads the team overall with 17 multi-hit games.
Red Bull Gives You Wigness
Bailey Wigness continues to remain at the top of the Sun Devil batting average list this season, currently fifth with a .343 average and a .375 career average that would rank sixth in ASU history if the season ended today.. It was her single to the pitcher in the bottom of the eighth inning against then-No. 16 Nebraska that brought home the game-winning walk-off run in 1-0 victory at the Judi Garman Classic. Wigness has advanced runners on 43 of 64 chances (.672) this season - easily leading the team in the category by nearly 100 points over anyone who has had at least 40 oppurtunities to advance runners. Since Pac-12 play began, Wigness has advanced runners 22-of-33 times (.667). Wigness is also tied for the team lead in steals with 12 this season, which tied for seventh in the Pac-12. She had three in the series finale against Southern Miss.
Alix Johnson has been among ASU's most reliable base runners this season. Johnson is batting .308 on the season but still finds herself with an on-base percentage of .484 that is good for second on the team behind Freeman. Her 47 runs scored are 13 more than any other Sun Devil. She is tied for third on the team with nine doubles this season and has already surpassed her 2013 total in the category. Additionally, Johnson is tied for the team lead with 12 stolen bases on 14 attempts and is seventh in the conference. Where Johnson has truly shined, however, is her ability to take bad pitches. Her 47 walks pace the team and are six more than anyone else in the Pac-12 conference. She has successfully advanced runners on 43 of 75 opportunities (.573) this season. She has served as the leadoff batter in 54 innings this season, safely reaching base on 29 of those chances for a .537 average.
On the season, Cheyenne Coyle is batting .316 with 39 RBI while also drawing 35 walks, which is good for second on the team and fourth in the Pac-12. Coyle has a team leading 13 hits on 15 attempts (.867) when she has a runner on third and less than two outs. On 57 leadoff opportunities this season, Coyle has safely reached base on 32 of them (.561). She has 10 homers this season and currently ranks 13th in ASU history with 30 home runs, despite playing just under two seasons with the Sun Devils.
B's In the Trap
Bethany Kemp had one of the top performances of the weekend at the Littlwood Classic. Kemp batted .417 with five hits on 12 at bats. The more impressive feat, however, was the four of those hits went over the fence as the junior led the team with four home runs over the three days of competition. The junior currently leads the team with 11 home runs this season, tied with Haley Steele at the top. Kemp is second on the team with a .647 slugging percentage and has drawn 28 walks on the season, which is good for third on the roster. Kemp has already surpassed last year's total (9) with 11 homers this season and - with 20 career home runs to date - is 19th on ASU's all-time home run list. Kemp is currently third on the team in Pac-12 action with a .347 batting average.
Chelsea Lately
While numerous Sun Devil newcomers have shined in the spotlight this season, none have had as impressive an impact as Chelsea Gonzales. The freshman is batting .360 on the season - third on the team - and has been exceptional at getting her bat on the ball. Gonzales has struck out just seven times - the least among Sun Devil starters - and has posted a .387 on-base percentage. She leads the team lead in two-out RBI with 11 in Pac-12 action while going 4-for-5 in league play with the bases loaded. She has 17 RBI in Pac-12 games this season, a total that also leads the team. Gonzales' performance this seasonshas earned her a spot as one of 25 semifinalists for the National Freshman of the Year trophy to be presented by the NFCA at the end of the season.
Dinger Derby
There have been plenty of longballs this season for the Sun Devils, who are currently third in the Pac-12 and ninth nationally with 63 thus far this season. ASU entered the Diamond Devil Invite with 15 home runs before knocking 14 out of the park of the course of the four day event. ASU is currently on pace to finish the season with around 80 home runs at its current clip if it played 62 games as it did last season - a total that would be good for the sixth highest amount in program history. ASU has a home run in all but 16 games this season and is 31-2 in games where they hit a home run.
No Home Runs For You
While ASU has had no problem with the long ball this season offensively, they also haven't had much of one on defense either. ASU's pitching staff has given up just 19 home runs to date - a mark that leads the Pac-12.
More Time For Activities
The Sun Devil offense has ended games before the seventh inning 18 times this season, or in about 37 percent of all games played. ASU has four run-rule victories in Pac-12 action thus far and has already surpassed last year's season total of 15 total run rules while inching closer to the school record of 24, set in 2012.
Grand Slama Jamma
The ASU offense has booted six grand slams this season, two more than last season and just two shy of the total from the last two years combined (8).
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
ASU has 45 stolen bases on 55 attempts in 2014. In 62 games last season, the Sun Devils were 39-for-45 on stolen-base attempts.
Two Outs? No Problem
While the Sun Devils have been impressive from the batter's box this season, the squad has done a fine job of getting it done with two outs on the board. ASU is 126-of-399 (.316) - just below the team's .341 overall average - with two outs. 105 of the team's 305 RBI (34.4 percent) this season have come with two outs on the board.
Don't Miss Your Chance
ASU has been successful offensively this season largely because it has taken advantage of its chances when they are there. With runners in scoring position, ASU's batters are 165-of-477 (.346) while being exceptional at bringing runners home from third with less than two outs, going 77-of-122 in such situations (.631). Of course that means you have to get runners in a position to score to begin with, and ASU's batters have done just that in going 453-of-835 (.543) when it comes to advancing runners. And of course, someone has to get on base to make any of this a possibility, another feat ASU batters have been exceptional at. ASU's leadoff batters this season have reached base 138 of 293 times (.471) while the Sun Devils are 177-of-540 (.328) with the bases empty on the year. To show the importance of these numbers, ASU is just 12-of-85 (.132) with runners in scoring position in the team's seven losses and 3-of-14 (.214) with a runner on third and less than two outs. Bringing runners home has also been an issue for ASU at times, as the team has stranded 332 runners this season - including seven games that have reached double digits - compared to just 260 on the opponent's side.
Rally Cry
ASU is now 5-6 this season when trailing following the fifth, sixth or top of the seventh innings in games this season. That's notable as prior to the Stanford series, ASU was 0-5 in such games. ASU stifled that stigma twice against Stanford as they came back from a two-run deficit in the seventh to tie the game and win in extras in the first game of the series before a five-run walk-off rally in the seventh in the final game. The Sun Devils added another to the tally with a four-run fifth inning to come back from a 1-0 deficit against Arizona in the second game of the series. The Sun Devils were also able to overcome a late Utah home run that gave the Utes a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning and ruined UW's Kaitlyn Inglesby's perfect game/no-hit bid in the seventh inning after trailing 1-0 in that game.
Home Run Records
Six current Sun Devils rank among the top 20 on the all-time home run list at ASU. Amber Freeman is fifth with 40, Haley Steele is tied for seventh with 36, Alix Johnson is ninth with 35, Cheyenne Coyle is 13th with 30, Elizabeth Caporuscio is 17th with 23 and Bethany Kemp entered the ranks this season and is currently 19th with 20.
Add It To The Trophy Case
Dallas Escobedo went 4-0 at the Judi Garman Classic and put up some gaudy number at pitcher in the process en rout to a sweep of every major national and conference Player of the Week award. She was named the National Player of the Week by both the NFCA and USA Softball and the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week as well. Escobedo registered a 0.26 ERA and 38 strikeouts over 27 innings of work. Over the course of the four victories, Escobedo held her opposition to a paltry .060 batting average and a grand total of five hits. Included among her impressive efforts was her fourth career no-hitter, earned during a 13-strikeout blanking of Longwood, a one-hit shutout of then-No. 5 Michigan (nine K's), 10 strikeouts while permitting just a single base knock in outlasting then-No. 16 Nebraska, 1-0 (8 inn.), and five innings of three-hit ball while allowing her only earned run for the week in a 9-1 (5 inn.) rout of Wisconsin. It was her first NFCA honor, third USA Softball award and the seventh Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honor for the senior ace.
Order a New Trophy Case
Dallas Escobedo continued her career haul of honors as she was selected as the No. 1 pick in the 2014 National Pro Fastpitch Draft by the Pennsylvania Rebellion, entering their first season of action on the circuit. Just a day later, Escobedo was named as one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, which is given annual and honors the attributes of senior student-athletes in four areas: community, classroom, character and competition. She has also been named as one of 25 finalist for the ASA/USA Softball Nationa Player of the Year honor.
Lights, Camera, Action
Days and times of softball's TV games are on thesundevils.com. ASU will have 17 televised games on the Pac-12 Network in 2014. That schedule includes 10 home games that will be broadcast on the network. If that's not enough for fans, than they are in luck as all of ASU's remaining home games will be live streamed online through the Pac-12 website at http://pac-12.com/videos/arizona-state-university.
On The Airwaves
Not only will every single home Sun Devil contest be either live-streamed or broadcast live on television, but for the second consecutive year Blaze Sports Radio will provide the call for all of Arizona State's home games this season. Fans in the Tempe area can tune in at 1330 AM while they can also listen online at ustream.tv/channel/blaze-sports.
Note on WCWS
The Sun Devils have advanced the WCWS in seven of the last eight seasons, two more than any other program in the nation in that time frame. Alabama, Tennessee, Arizona and Florida have each been to five in the same span. In that eight-year span, ASU has one of the top winning percentages in the country with a 427-102 record since 2006. The .807 percentage is tied for third nationally with Michigan behind only Alabama (.837) and Florida (.810).
Winning Percentage Since 2006 (Prior to 2014)
1. Alabama - .837 (432-84)
2. Florida - .810 (437-102)
3. Arizona State - .807 (427-102)
Michigan - .807 (385-92)
5. Tennessee - .804 (421-102-1)
6. Oklahoma - .803 (384-93-1)
8. Missouri - .748 (374-126)
10. Texas - .742 (347-120-2)
Opening Day Success
Arizona State is now 38-7 on opening day dating back to 1971. The last time ASU lost its first game of the season was back in 1995.
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The Sun Devils improved to 8-2 this season against teams ranked in the NFCA Top-25 with with a 2-1 weekend series against then No. 8/9 Arizona. The most notable facet of ASU performance against the Wildcats was the fact that the UA entered the weekend as arguably the top offensive team in the nation. The Wildcats were No. 1 in both runs per game and slugging percentage nationally and led the way in just about every offensive category in the Pac-12. Even with the six-run effort in the final game of the series, ASU held the WIldcats to a grand total of eight runs in three games after the UA entered the game averaging just under eight runs per game.
Where 2013 Left Off
The Sun Devils dropped two games in the 2013 WCWS en route to a 50-12 season overall. The appearance in the WCWS was ASU's seventh in the last eight seasons, two more than any other team in the nation in that time. The Sun Devils finished the year 16-8 in conference play and tied for second in the Pac-12 with Washington. The team opened the season with a porgram best 21-0 record to start the season and finished the year with an incredible 40-3 record at home. Catcher Amber Freeman was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year while Freeman, Dallas Escobedo and Cheyenne Coyle were all named NFCA All-Americans.
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Tho' we are not at Chelsea this Christmas, we learn that your good gifts are duly there, waiting to welcome our return: thanks for your modest silent friendliness, which fails no year!— We shall be home again in time to see what real Welsh mutton is, after all; and shall duly remember the Giver, whose constant kind thought of us, in his still solitudes, is beautiful and valuable to us.
This is the Lord Ashburton's big Mansion, this ancient "Grange" of the Winchester Monks; now for the last 3 centuries a secular abode of dignitaries. My Wife has been here almost a month, I nearly a fortnight,—one of the gaudiest, kindliest, and alas utterly idlest scenes. We have had celebrities and grandiosities (Macaulays, Lansdownes &c &c),—to me there has nothing been of really perceptible profit and enjoyment, except the daily ride of two hours whh I execute alone in these entirely silent woods and rustic lanes, not without abstruse reflexions, and emotions often of a far other than laughing character! On the whole we are right glad at the prospect of silence and quiet in our little Chelsea hut again: I, for one, have had quite enough of this for one while.
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The Colin McRae rally games have built a solid reputation over the past decade or so, and although the man himself is unfortunately no longer with us his legacy carries on with Codemasters continuing this popular driving series. The series has progressed from initially being a true rally simulation to the more arcade style of late. The latest instalment, Colin McRae: DiRT 2, continues this progression as it makes its series debut on the Wii.
The game starts out in your 'motorhome' and the various areas within it act as the main menu. The menus include some good ideas for example your collection of postcards represents the various locations where you can race.
The main single player career mode, world tour, includes four different championships spread across numerous continents in various single and multi car modes of racing. Initially only the easiest level is available as the others need to be unlocked as you progress. There is also a single player arcade mode which is pretty much the same as the world tour but on a smaller scale. Noticeably within all modes there are only a maximum of three other competitors on track at any one time.
Initial impressions of Colin McRae: DiRT 2 are quite good, with the environments and car models looking decent and play running and feeling quite smooth. After a while though you'll begin to realise that the car physics are not quite spot on. Vehicles feel as though they don't interact with the track realisticly, and at times float a bit, tending to lack grip, especially around corners. Car movement can also tend to feel somewhat sluggish and any significant crashes are pretty much non existent, as a lot of the time hitting a sign, barriers or rock results in you coming to a standstill. Either that or your vehicle is automatically reset before any dramatic crash can be shown, taking away any impact or sense of a danger.
When playing the multiplayer, it's tough to know which corners lie ahead as, unlike the single player mode, there is no on-screen map provided. You'll often realise too late and end up slamming into a concrete barrier. It's a matter of memorising the tracks, and although most tracks are not terribly long or complex, some upcoming corner indicators would have helped.
The vehicle selection screen allows the choice of two additional bodykits. However the graphic does not show these and only shows a white outline of the car, and you cannot tell what they actually look like. A simple side on view of the car would have sufficed. At times the interface in this title seems to be trying a bit too hard to look cool with its extreme sports/games kind of look.
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Although this is the Nintendo Wii, the graphics in Colin McRae: DiRT 2 are fairly basic including the car models and don't appear to be of a current generation console standard. The in-game visuals appear somewhat dull, with the colours tending to have a washed out palette and slightly grainy appearance. Much the same can be said about the in-game menus which look confusing and a bit messy with a fluro/pastel colour and a strange mix of fonts which look half finished. Some of the trophy icons earned when playing are also particularly hard to see due to their small size.
The races are staged in different locations around the world with environments that are not greatly detailed or inspiring. Roadside objects are particularly basic, repetitive and unimaginative with trees and spectators looking like cardboard cut-outs at times. However you'll be concentrating on the race so this shouldn't be terribly noticeable. The tarmac sections of track tend to look better and appear a bit more diverse.
The sound effects of the skidding and screeching of the tyres is quite realistic in this title. Then again, I can't recall the last time I heard them whilst driving on the sands of a barren desert. The various vehicles engines sounds are in general a disappointment though. Some are quite appropriate while others just sound really weak. One in particular sounds like a giant mosquito. They just don't pack any punch or oomph.
Interest in any long-term play is somewhat restricted in Colin McRae: DiRT 2 . The World Tours are not terribly lengthy or all that difficult to unlock. There is however incentive for good results in races which helps to unlock different body kits for each vehicle. And obtaining the gold trophies in the challenges offers some value. Although multiplayer is not the best, at least it's included, which is more than can be said for any online play.
The Wii is not renowned for good quality car games, but the name Colin McRae is. Although this title plays quite well there are too many little things that add up to make this first Colin McRae incarnation on the Wii a real letdown for the series. It's no where near in the same league as the other console versions and in basically every department the game is hit-and-miss. For every promising feature there is something negative that holds it back.
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 lacks any real spark or outstanding characteristic and as such is a run-of-the-mill racer. Recommended only for true racing enthusiasts who do not own other consoles, and even then it would be best to try before you buy or wait to see how F1 2009 pans out.
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Like I said, child abuse, racism and genocide are ever present regardless of religion and due to the flaws of man.
Seeing as religious homophobia, for example, stems from the belief that God made men and women to be heterosexual and therefore homosexuality is sinful. Take away the faith in God, they've got no reason to be against gay people because they are no longer commiting acts of sin.
Likewise if Christianity had never existed, witches would never have been burnt and Christian crusades would have never happened. Since witches wouldn't have been accused of devil worship and there would not be a religion to forcibly convert people to.
Most often religious people aren't like that, and thank goodness for that. Their reason being that "we've moved on" or "I don't believe that part".
You can see that societies with less religion, such as the Scandinavian countries, have much more developed rights for women and homosexuals. This is because there is no reason for people to want to curb homosexuality and give women less rights.
I think we could argue this for a million pages. I think the issue is more human mindset than religion..that being said I certainly wouldn't mind a land without the guidelines of Christianity. By the way..did you look at your post count? I'll be sure to send Westboro your way
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This past weekend my dad was complaining about me never cooking so he threw a mix for gluten free corn bread at me. However, has he ate any? NOOOOO! Who has been eating them? MEEEEE......I have a weakness for carbs......Aside from the whole corn bread issue. Between the time i get home from student teaching which is about 4pm and eating dinner 6pm i tend to eat my weight in food. What can i do instead of shoveling my face with carbs? Ive tried working out. However, i have no ambition what i get home and usually wait until 7pm to work out.
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For the loaf of bread issue...toss it out. If you're like me - this will be a tough one though. But think about it, if you're the only one eating it, who's going to care that it's gone?
You may be craving the carbs but you need to concentrate on eating fibre and protein. It's hard at first but as you learn to adapt, it gets easier. The fibre (don't aim for carb based fibre - go for legumes, fruits and veggies - lower in calories and packed in vitamins and nutrients you need) will keep you fuller longer and the protein helps keep the muscle mass you have fueled up right so that it's burning the calories more efficiently.
If you're anything at all like me, one slip up for the day and I feel like I messed up and then I start getting into stuff I shouldn't. I've gotten a lot better at this by changing the way I think about making mistakes. My mantra is - It's not about perfect, it's about being better than I was yesterday. I am always going to have moments of weakness - that's a part of who I am. BUT I have the choice to keep them as moments or I can create them into hours, or days, it's my choice. Not only do I control how long it lasts, but also how big of a moment of weakness it is. If I cave and eat my fav stuff - I don't have to eat the whole thing!! I can take a small piece and then choose to walk away from it, or give it away, or throw it out.
Not sure if any of this will help you but it took me years to figure this stuff and most days it works for me. But everyone is different and what works for some doesn't for others. Then again...you don't know til you try =]
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Abstract: A common discourse around academic success suggests that Black boys experience challenges that result in under performance compared to their counterparts, likely influencing how they are perceived in these settings. Providing information about context and experiences of these students is vital for adequately addressing the educational needs of this group. Our qualitative exploration of Black boys' experiences suggests that incongruence in teacher, parent, and student perceptions affect Black boys' experiences in school.


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TC TO JOHN A. CARLYLE ; 10 January 1852; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18520110-TC-JAC-02; CL 27: 10-11
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Dear Brother,
I have written on another sheet a Letter for showing to Adamson; whh, if you mean to act on that line of operations, ought to be despatched immediately. But is not Candlemas (2d feby) the final term; which leaves us barely 2 weeks for advertising, or perhaps in certain of the Newspapers only one? If that is not the case, and Jamie1 still persists in his opinion about the rent of the place (reckoning in its "remoteness of situation" &c &c), then go ahead at once,—and let the issue be what it will: we shall have done our best; and that is properly the only point in the least essential.
But on the whole, I must as good as altogether refer myself (according to what I said already) to Jamie's good judgment and yours; I pray you again therefore to act for me, as you would for yourselves; in my present position outward and inward I can do nothing so wise as invite Jamie to lend me his experience and practical sense in the matter, and to walk by that.— Bell,2 of course, were quite as good a tenant for me as M'Queen; and I see no reason why M'Queen agt him shd have £10 favour shown him, as I originally proposed agt unknown competition. In fact I know nothing abt this M'Queen; have heard only that he is very timid, stingy, and able to pay what he bargains for. For the rest, as there is no time to lose, do not embarras3 yourself with writing to me (when that is embarrassing), but act at once when your mind is clear, and I will sanction.— Did Jamie and you look at all at the woods? I could like they were put in some way of welldoing, if they are not already so. If anything seem doable in that respect, pray do it. I wd also willingly encourage any draining or otherwise improving man: perhaps for that object Bell is a likelier person than M'Queen?— In short, my dear Brother, I have very little knowledge about the affair at all, and must depend upon Jamie's chiefly, as collected, sifted, and translated into action by yourself: all that I do decidedly feel or know about the matter has now, I think, been imparted to you. And so we will leave the negociation in your hands; and wish a right happy issue to it. Any reasonable issue, and fair end to what is so foreign an affair, will be very welcome to me.
The very day I wrote to my Mother, poor Jane caught a cold, and could not rise next morning. Yesterday evg she decided on morphine (abt midnight) and despatched me to bed; in about half an hour, the morphine took away every trace of face-ache and other pain, in fact ended the cold,—but she did not withal sleep one wink; and so she still lies, without suffering, but giddy when she attempts to get up. We have hard frost this morning, and the wind gone. Decidedly cold, tho' the sun is shining. I hope nevertheless Jane will, with care, find herself quit of her bad enemy at this price.
Tonight I am to go and dine with Thos Erskine who is living at 44. Lowndes Street4 these two or three weeks, with his women &c, and meaning to stay for a while, poor Mrs Patterson5 being in a bad way with a bronchitis, whh is often like to choke her,—tho' now thot to be recovering. It is inconceivable how one's evenings are eaten up here; and there does not once in 20 times, or perhaps 40 times, a person call whom I wd not instantaneously postpone to a book, if I had my choice. Heigho!— The Note you sent back to me was from an unknown young blockhead, of ambitious nature, in Yorkshire,6 who requested me to write him some "exhortations." I instantly burnt his foolery, and so ended.— — You never told me what became of the Miss Little that stumbled into the Burn, poor Lady;7—I hope she is nearly or altogether well again.— — The Article on Mary Stuart in the Wr Review is by Froude,8 much the best of the lot. Sterling 2d editn is out; and I have 2 copies for Annandale. Love to my good Mother, and them all.— In great haste. Your affectionate T. Carlyle


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Essential animation reading this weekend: Mike Barrier and Milt Gray's 1976 interview with Warner Bros. stalwart Phil Monroe. Monroe animated for four of the best animation directors of all time in a few short years: Frank Tashlin, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, and Chuck Jones. This interview is required reading for anyone interested in the working methods and habits of these very different filmmakers.
Monroe's name is rightfully largely associated with Jones, not just because of his longevity with the unit, but because his own drawing style was so greatly influenced by Jones. His animation for the other units has a particularly "Jonesy" look and feel to it (the opening business with Elmer and the bear in The Hare-Brained Hypnotist, the wolf as a homeless woman in Pigs in a Polka, or Porky cracking Daffy's neck towards the hotel manager in Porky Pig's Feat), and it's strongly apparent in this Mike Maltese written comic book story. From Barnyard Comics #14, October 1947. (Note the very Maltesian theme of mistaking skunks for cats and vice-versa.)


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This mint, one of four in the country, produces half the coins circulated in the US. It strikes 10 billion coins a year, producing an average of $3.5 million each day, and tends one-fourth of America's gold reserves-shipped from San Francisco in 1934 because Denver is not as vulnerable to earthquakes or wartime attacks.The elegant, five-story, granite-and-marble building (1906, James Knox Taylor) was modeled after the Medici Riccardi Palace in Florence, Italy. Displays of coins and currency, mint equipment and historic photos line visitors' galleries. Free weekday tours (20min) offer views of the stamping and counting rooms as a guide describes the process of striking, counting and bagging coinage.
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The Liver Bird has long been the symbol of this football club. Taken from the city's coat of arms, it was first adopted by the club at the turn of the 20th century, when it was used on the League Championship medals presented to the players in 1901. It then appeared on a club flag celebrating the team's early title triumphs in 1922, a programme cover from 1935 and this picture from the 1930s shows the players at Anfield wearing track-suit tops with the Liver Bird on.
It was another two decades however before the Liver Bird made its way onto the kit, its first appearance coming in 1950. The occasion was the club's second FA Cup Final appearance and their first at Wembley. It was the biggest date yet in Liverpool's history and a white Liver Bird, standing on a plinth and encased in a red shield was proudly emblazoned on the white away shirt.
For selected away games over the next five years, Liverpool occasionally ran out in very similar shirts to the ones worn at Wembley. Midway through the 1955-56 season, the Liver Bird finally took pride of place on the home shirt for the first time, reincarnated in a new design - red on a white oval patch, still on its perch and now with the initials L.F.C. underneath.
The crest on the shirt remained unchanged for the next 14 years, surviving the switch from v-neck to round neck and the introduction of the now famous all-red strip.
There was, however, one notable exception. It came on the unforgettable 1 May 1965 for the FA Cup Final versus Leeds at Wembley when a white Liver Bird was stitched onto the shirt itself rather than on the patch as goals from Roger Hunt and Ian St John sealed the most famous of victories.
In 1969 the Liver Bird eventually hatched from its oval, left its pedestal and stood alone on the shirt for the first time. This new simpler design made its competitive debut on the opening day of the season at home to Chelsea in a 4-1 win.
Over the best part of the next two decades this version of the Liver Bird accompanied Liverpool on a glorious march to success at home and abroad. The only visible change as a glittering array of honours were brought home to the Anfield nest being the switch in colour from white to yellow ahead of the 1976-77 season and then back again during the double-winning campaign of 1985-85.
A one-off change during this time was for the European Cup Final of '77 when the Liver Bird appeared in a double-edged circle containing details of the match stitched around it.
The summer of 1987 saw sweeping changes around Anfield. Ian Rush left for Juventus, John Barnes and Peter Beardsley were drafted in to replace him and the official club crest which had been used for administration and merchandising purposes since the early Seventies appeared on the kit for the first time. The Liver Bird remained prominent but was back within a shield and no longer had the L.F.C. initials underneath.
The next change of crest came about in 1992, to commemorate the club's centenary year, and a smaller red Liver Bird was incorporated into the new design.
It stayed that way until the summer of 2012 when the stand alone yellow Liver Bird, the one so associated with the glory-laden late Seventies and early Eighties, returned to the chest of Liverpool's shirts on the new Warrior kits.


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I subscribed to a VPN service and need to change the password. Does the password I use to log in determine the strength? For example should it be 64 characters long or can it be 10? I'm thinking of how WiFi passwords need to be long.
The "strength" of the VPN is twofold. You want two things:
If the VPN is any good, then you password impacts only the second type of strength, and the only attack vector for the attackers is an online dictionary attack. "Dictionary attack" means trying potential passwords. "Online" means that the attacker must contact the VPN server for each password he wants to try.
Preventing offline dictionary attacks is very important, because with an offline dictionary attack, the attacker tests passwords on his own machines (e.g. he could obtain a hash of the password), and therefore can speed up the attack by throwing more machines at it. With an online dictionary attack, the attack will be no faster than what the VPN server is willing to accept.
Suppose that the VPN server can "try" 1000 passwords per second; this would be typical of a rather strong PC and a VPN with SSL (SSL connection between client and server, then client shows his password within the tunnel -- there again, the server can botch it by allowing too eagerly SSL session reuse). If the space of potential passwords has size one billion, then, on average, the attacker will have to try 500 millions password before hitting the right one. At 1000 per second, this will take him about 6 days.
This highlights the important points:
Whatever is the method by which you generate passwords, you must assume that the attacker knows it (he is evil, after all). The best passwords are generated randomly, with real randomness, i.e. your computer, not your head. If you generate a 10-character password where all characters are digits or letters (lowercase and uppercase), and each character is really chosen at random and independently of the others, then there are 6210 = 839299365868340224 possible passwords; that's the size of the set. And if you use randomness, then the attacker has no other choice than to try them all; at 1000 passwords per second, attack will take him, on average, more than one million years. I daresay that it is sufficient.
So use your best dice, generate ten random characters, and that will be fine. If it is not fine, then the VPN implementation is doing something stupid, and you would be well advised to look for a better VPN. The important points for password generation are:
There are many different types of VPN technology, so the answer isn't a static one. Often passwords are hashed or use other key-strengthening technology so that short passwords don't create insecure connections (except, of course, for the fact that short passwords are easier to guess).
A 10-character password is a 57-bit keyspace if you use mixed case, 47 bits if you use only one case. That's not really good enough for today's technology.
You should really use something like:
All lowercase: At least 16 to 18 letters
Try heading over to http://howsecureismypassword.net/ and pounding away with sample passwords to get an idea of what's good and what's not so good. For most people this is an eye-opening experience.


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Lesa Sobek Named Menifee 24/7 Volunteer of the Month
Lesa Sobek is awarded a certificate and gift card by Rosie O'Connor, owner of Provecho Grill, an...
|Lesa Sobek is awarded a certificate and gift card by Rosie O'Connor, owner of Provecho Grill, and Menifee 24/7 editor Doug Spoon.
"I worked with some wonderful people who had other obligations, who were retired, who could do whatever else they wanted, but they chose to come to the school two or three days a week to help," Sobek said. "Volunteer work has given me the opportunity to meet a lot of wonderful people."
Today, Sobek is involved in several volunteer efforts in the community, including coordination of the recent "Menifee Better Together" community clean-up project. That event combined two groups with which she is closely involved: The City of Menifee and the Menifee Interfaith and Community Service Council.
It's easy to see why Sobek has been honored with the Menifee 24/7 Volunteer of the Month Award, sponsored by Provecho Grill.
As director of public affairs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Sobek was instrumental in re-activating the Interfaith Council, a group of local church leaders. That group worked with city officials and Habitat for Humanity on a Menifee Better Together project that involved more than 300 church members and other volunteers. Workers cleaned up city streets and a park in Quail Valley and did repair and clean-up work on the homes of 14 area seniors.
"The Interfaith Council was disbanded in 2008 when several of the pastors retired," Sobek said. "I felt it was important to get it back up and going. There was just no sense of community. At our first meeting, 20 church leaders attended. The council found the need to be active in the community.
"Last year we worked on 10 homes. This year we contacted the city, which had grant money to be used for city clean-up. Rotary, Verizon and Target also contributed. The participation just showed how people in this community are looking for service opportunities."
Sobek also serves on the city planning commission. In addition, she is the driving force behind the Menifee Military Banner Program, in which banners honoring local military personnel are displayed on local streets.
How does she handle all this at once?
"The challenge is to keep a balance," Sobek said. "There has to be a balance between family, church and community service."
Sobek received a $50 gift card to Provecho Grill, a popular Mexican restaurant in Sun City that regularly supports the community.
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You get a shiver in the dark
It's been raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel all right when you hear that music ring
You step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Too much competition too many other places
But not too many horns can make that sound
Way on downsouth way on downsouth London Town
You check out Guitar George
He knows all the chords, mind he's strictly rhythm
He doesn't want to make it cry or sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
He can play honky tonk just like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans, with the Sultans of swing
And a crowd of young boys
They're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies
And their platform soles, they don't give a damn
About any trumpet playing band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans played Creole
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At our rehab treatment centers, we know that getting started is half of the battle to recovery. Our rehab specialists walk with you through the entire rehabilitation process so you aren't left wondering whether or not you're making progress. You will know you are.
That's Baptist Care.
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The technology and techniques at our San Antonio Rehab Hospitals, HealthLink, are advanced, but our rehab treatment is about much more than just state-of-the-art equipment and procedures. Our rehab specialists and Joint Club staff know that each patient is unique. Our customized care makes our rehab center the best place for renewal and rejuvenation.
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Kuster, S P; Ruef, C; Zbinden, R; Gottschalk, J; Ledergerber, B; Neuber, L; Weber, R (2008). Stratification of cumulative antibiograms in hospitals for hospital unit, specimen type, isolate sequence and duration of hospital stay. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 62(6):1451-1461.
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Background Empirical antibiotic therapy is based on patients' characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility data. Hospital-wide cumulative antibiograms may not sufficiently support informed decision-making for optimal treatment of hospitalized patients. Methods We studied different approaches to analysing antimicrobial susceptibility rates (SRs) of all diagnostic bacterial isolates collected from patients hospitalized between July 2005 and June 2007 at the University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. We compared stratification for unit-specific, specimen type-specific (blood, urinary, respiratory versus all specimens) and isolate sequence-specific (first, follow-up versus all isolates) data with hospital-wide cumulative antibiograms, and studied changes of mean SR during the course of hospitalization. Results A total of 16 281 isolates (7965 first, 1201 follow-up and 7115 repeat isolates) were tested. We found relevant differences in SRs across different hospital departments. Mean SRs of Escherichia coli to ciprofloxacin ranged between 64.5% and 95.1% in various departments, and mean SRs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to imipenem and meropenem ranged from 54.2% to 100% and 80.4% to 100%, respectively. Compared with hospital cumulative antibiograms, lower SRs were observed in intensive care unit specimens, follow-up isolates and isolates causing nosocomial infections (except for Staphylococcus aureus). Decreasing SRs were observed in first isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci with increasing interval between hospital admission and specimen collection. Isolates from different anatomical sites showed variations in SRs. Conclusions We recommend the reporting of unit-specific rather than hospital-wide cumulative antibiograms. Decreasing antimicrobial susceptibility during hospitalization and variations in SRs in isolates from different anatomical sites should be taken into account when selecting empirical antibiotic treatment.
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SURPRISE, Ariz. - Surprise residents can get the lowdown on the General Plan 2035: Foundation for the Future by checking out the newly-added FAQ section at www.surpriseaz.gov/generalplan.
This site is the one-stop place to learn more about the plan, which serves as a comprehensive guide to the city's future growth and development.
State law requires all municipalities to update the General Plan every 10 years through a public vote of the people. The next opportunity for Surprise voters is the November 5 General Election.
In 2000, when the last plan was conceived, the city's population was 30,000; today about 120,000 people call Surprise home. That's one of the reasons the plan required an update, as state law requires cities with a population greater than 50,000 to address additional plan topics.
Community design, education and the arts and sustainability plays a much greater role in the policy statements. A village concept was also added to the plan.
The General Plan serves only as a guide to the city's long-range growth and development. It does not include specific future projects, costs or funding sources.
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Fresno State: (2009) Made her first career start on Sept. 30 against Saint Mary's ... has 14 saves and only two goals against ... recorded a shutout against Hawai'i on Oct. 4 ... named WAC Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 5. (2008) Made two appearances in 2008 against Cal State Bakersfield and Seattle University. (2007) Appeared in a 3-0 win over Idaho, playing the final 5:43 of the game.
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Personal: Born December 15, 1989 in Fresno Calif. ... parents are Charlie and Marshelle Smith ... hobbies are being with family and friends ... biggest athletic thrill was winning the State Cup in 2001 ... people she admires most are her parents and grandma because "they would do anything to help anyone."
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Nokia Lumia 710 RM-803 Latest Firmware Download
Nokia Lumia 710 RM-803 latest firmware download for free without waiting longer. This is the latest version flash file setup available i.e 1600.3030.8773.12120 of this Windows OS based handset. It is tested as well as good and working software setup. This Nokia Windows 7 smartphone comes in the BB5 group. Other groups are DCT3, DCT4 and WD2. It contains mcu as well as others to successfully flash it. The mcu is the main software setup file, the ppm is for language and the cnt is content package and contains wallpapers, games, logos, etc. The mcu in most models ends with mcusw, the ppm ends with an alphabet while the cnt has the words ucp, nai or image in it. To select files, its better to use ini file settings, so that it locates all the files automatically. This file has English, Hindi and other local Indian languages.
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