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Regatta Blissful Women's Down Jacket
For those really cold winter days, Regatta presents the Blissful, a long length, synthetic fill padded ladies coat with Regatta's own Thermo-Guard insulation. Apart from the great performance the quilted stitch also gives this jacket the qualities of a really expensive down jacket. The quilted water repellent micro poplin outer will also enable this jacket to shed rain drops during a shower.
The Regatta Blissful is from Regatta's Heritage collection which incorporates more urban styling into their garments while still using materials that provide top performance. In the case of the Blissful, the styling includes a grown-on hood with faux fur trim, 2 lower zipped pockets, full length front zip with padded stormflap and internal stormcuffs to help retain warm air.
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Regatta Blissful Padded Jacket - I've seen this type of jacket for 3 times as much - a bargain!


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Students from universities and institutes around the world will soon begin arriving at UT as part of the International Lean Summer Program in the College of Engineering. Sponsored by the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the program will bring almost 120 students to campus for a chance to study ways of reducing waste and increasing efficiency while partnering with students from countries around the world, beginning with an opening ceremony at the Foundry at World's Fair Park on July 7.
John Kobza News
Colleges of Nursing, Engineering Team Up For Health Simulation Lab
If "practice makes perfect" holds true, medical and assisted living facilities could see a marked improvement thanks to a new center opening on campus. The College of Nursing and College of Engineering teamed together to come up with the HITS—Health Information Technology and Simulation—Lab, creating spaces identical to a variety of care facilities, complete with actors and manikins serving as patients.
College of Engineering Welcomes Two New Department Heads
Dean Wayne Davis has named two new department heads for the College of Engineering. John Kobza is now a professor and head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Matthew Mench is now the head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering.


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When it comes to fashion at the Video Music Awards, anything goes, and the 2014 red carpet saw looks that ran the gamut. From Amber Rose's throwback to Rose McGowan's barely there look in 1997 to Miley Cyrus' relatively tame leather crop top and pants, the star studded carpet was all over the place stylistically. Click through the slide show to see some of the highlights.
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez continued to defy the laws of aging as she walked the red carpet in a stunning Charbel Zoe dress. The blinged out dress showed the perfect amount of skin for the occasion, and she paired it with some simple Jimmy Choo shoes. Keeping her hair down and her makeup simple helped keep all of the focus on her bangin' body and the dress.
Gwen Stefani
Another beautiful woman who has a case of Benjamin Button syndrome, Gwen pimped her fashion label L.A.M.B. on the red carpet. She joked with pre-show hosts that she was sewing the magenta ensemble in the car on the way to the show. Its expert tailoring makes it elegant, while the color is perfect for an event like the VMAs.
Nicki Minaj
What better way to promote her new song than with a snakeskin print? Nicki pared the dress with some nude shoes and a more natural hair and makeup look that she has been sporting as of late. This dress' tasteful neckline and long sleeves make the length sexy and not vulgar. A far cry from more costumesque looks of the past, this look was a thumbs up for the Anacondas singer.
Miley Cyrus
Miley kept it simple in a black leather crop top and harem pants. Her understated makeup and simple pixie were very tame compared to her past looks. She did, however, manage to have fun with her accessories, sporting a cute and fun pair of safety pin earrings. This look would be just as appropriate for a night out as it is for a VMA red carpet.
Michelle Williams
Former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams turned up to the VMAs to support her good friend Beyonce, who is this year's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award recipient. Dressed in an elegant and sexy animal print dress, Michelle stunned on the carpet. She too dressed the look down with flowy hair and simple makeup.
Katy Perry
Channeling her inner Britney Spears, Katy paid tribute to one of Brit Brit's most famous red carpet looks. Her custom Versace dress was an ode to the patchwork denim look made famous in 2001, though Katy's was more fashion forward. It was embellished with studs and more fitted to her body, which elevated the overall look.
Iggy Azalea
Aussie rapper Iggy Azalea's career has been set ablaze this year. From guest appearances on tracks for Ariana Grande and Rita Ora to her own sizzling single, "Fancy," Iggy is all over the airwaves. She showed up on the red carpet in a custom Versace that was flown in from Italy. The metallic number hugs her famous curves without being trashy. This VMA fashion risk paid off.
Lucy Hale
'Pretty Little Liars' star and newly minted country singer Lucy Hale got to host the VMA pre-show with Sway this year. Though she graced the red carpet in a leather crop top and a flared, floral midi skirt, it was her hosting outfit that stole the show. The strapless fit and flare mini was cute and sexy in an age appropriate way. She also pulled down her hair and added a belt to make the look more casual.


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1. e4 Nh6; 2. d4 g6; 3. c4 f6;
The Hippopotamus Defense is an unusual opening that I think is actually much better than it looks.
A good thing about this opening is that your opponent will think that you are an absolute beginner who hasn't got a clue what they're doing. This will give them a bit of a shock when they find out that you are actually a reasonably good player (try it in on the Internet against people you don't know for example).
It doesn't really matter what opening your opponent plays, it can be played against e4, d4, c4, Nf3 or any other opening. If your opponent plays 1. d4 then it is best to play 1....g6 and then 2....Nh6 as you don't want your opponent playing 2. Bxh6. Therefore if you're like me and never really know what to play against an opening such as the English Opening then this could be a good opening to play.
Black is looking to get a strong king side and castle king side very early on in the game and then attack early on the middle game with a move such as c5, d5, e5 or f5. A few quick attacking options that white has on move 3 after 1. e4 Nh6; 2. d4 g6; are 3. Bxh6 where black replies 3....Bxh6, or 3. Bc4 where black should reply 3....e6 and should still look to play 4....f6 after. Neither of these have done much to destroy black's defense.
The best move is probably 3. c4 to put even more control on the centre. Black will be looking to launch a counter attack on the centre early on in the middle game by maybe playing d6 and then e5, or not quite so good would be e6 then d5 or f5. If white exchanges off the e5 pawn then it is better for black to recapture with the f pawn. Black often has the option to then double up the rooks on the f-file and bring the queen out to the kingside which can be strong for black.
If black plays d6 and e5 and white plays d5 to refuse the exchange then I would recommend playing f5. This gives black many attacking possibilities after the pawns get exchanged off. If white doesn't exchange off the pawns then they might like to play Bg5 which threatens the black queen. Now I would recommend playing Qd7 to stop the threat of Nb5, Nxc7. Black should then be looking to play Nf7 and f4, h6 and g5 to attempt to trap the bishop and white is going to have great difficulty in stopping the black attack which follows.
The Bg5 move is a dangerous move for white after the f6 pawn has moved so black might like to play Nf7 before e5 to stop that threat. This also defends the e5 pawn with another piece.
A typical beginning to a game involving the Hippopotamus Defense would therefore be 1. e4 Nh6; 2. d4 g6; 3. c4 f6; 4. Nf3 Bg7; 5. Nc3 O-O; 6. Be2 d6; 7. O-O e5; 8. dxe5 fxe5; 9. Bg5 Qd7; 10. Qd2 Ng4; 11. h3 Nf6; (see picture below).
The position is now quite equal. White doesn't seem to have any easy ways of getting a good attack going while black still has an open f-file which they might like to try and take advantage off by doubling up the rooks. Black's undeveloped queen side knight can be brought out to c6, a6 and then c5 or d7 if the queen is moved. The bishop can be brought out to b7, a6 or e6 if the queen is moved.
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Alabama made a clear statement, but the BCS is still awful.
January 10, 2012 | Peter Dilutis
Alabama made a clear statement, but the BCS is still awful.
December 16, 2011 | Peter Dilutis
All offseason, I was extremely critical of the way the Orioles conducted their search for a new general manager. Buck Showalter was instrumental in the hiring, and was sitting in on the interviews. In what other industry would an inferior have a say in hiring a superior? The Orioles do their own thing these days. […]
December 03, 2011 | Peter Dilutis
You've woken up on a deserted island and you have no memory of anything. So, why exactly is training in Westminster a good idea?
November 25, 2011 | Peter Dilutis
The Ravens have been good for a while, but this year they're taking the next step towards greatness.
November 17, 2011 | Peter Dilutis
Dan Duquette doesn't seem very interested in signing top free agents this offseason. Personally, I think he's absolutely right.


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Voltaire is a respected authority on Goth, Horror and Steampunk culture and has appeared on various TV shows and documentaries...
UPDATE: Aurelio Voltaire recently appears in two horror films. The ABCs of Death 2, directed by Larry Fessenden and in scream queen, Debbie Rochon's directorial debut, Model Hunger. Clips coming soon! He also appears as crazy pimp, Sug White in Jeff Ferrell's serial killer epic, Ladykiller.
His most recent appearance is in this Laphroaig scotch commercial:
He has also appeared on the Discovery Channel show "Oddities"
...and this latest appearance on Fearnet!
...and this fair and balanced interview on Fox News:
...and this stint in the IFC documentary, "Goth Cruise":
....and this appearance on the Bram Stoker episode of Biography:
Here Voltaire performs and talks about Steampunk on MTV:
One of Voltaire's short films lead to this interview on the SyFy Channel:
Not all of Voltaire's TV appearances have been in a "non-fiction" capacity. Here he acts in two commercials; one for The SyFy Channel and one for the College Television Network.


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Nelson Mandela Victim of Death Hoax
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Nelson Mandela is the victim of a death hoax.
The rumor is spreading on Twitter and other social media.
It's 100% false.
Mandela is alive and well.
This same nasty rumor about Mandela first circulated almost exactly one year ago.
These hoaxes are always stupid and unfunny, even when they happen to young and healthy Hollywood stars in outlandish "accidents."
Starting a rumor about a man in his 90s dying, which only serves to give pain to his associates and family, is downright cruel.


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Refugees without health care caught between death and debts
No one wants to see a patient suffer, but are we responsible for the health care of failed refugees and asylum seekers from so-called safe countries?
NICHOLAS KEUNG / Toronto Star
Edwin Naula Alvarracin was born with a deformed vertebrae, but his kyphoscoliosis has deteriorated since he came to Canada causing excruciating pain that requires a surgery.
By: Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter, Published on Fri Mar 29 2013
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Israel Sosa's deportation has been put on hold as the 50-year-old battles colon cancer.
The failed refugee claimant from the Dominican Republic has been allowed to stay in Canada on humanitarian grounds for now — but he has been banned from getting treatment under Ottawa's Interim Federal Health (IFH) Program for refugees.
The Toronto man could choose to delay treatment and face death — or go into debt paying his medical costs.
That's the new reality for asylum seekers from the so-called "safe countries" — ones such as Mexico and the Czech Republic, which are deemed democratic countries capable of state protection — as well as failed refugee claimants.
"People with severe medical conditions are being put at risk.
Lorne Waldman
Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers
They are no longer eligible for government health care as of last June, unless they put public health at risk. The old program covered them for emergency and basic health care, similar to what is included with OHIP.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has said these are not legitimate refugees and taxpayers should not be held accountable for their care. The cuts are expected to save Ottawa $100 million over five years.
An airport service agent, Sosa came to Canada in 2007 and filed a refugee claim the following year. His case was denied in 2011.
Early last year, he was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer and received chemotherapy and radiation at Sunnybrook Hospital. Deemed "medically irremovable," Sosa's deportation was put on hold.
Without the aid of the health program, single mother Svetlana Muller, a failed refugee from Estonia, waited four days to take her daughter, Joanna, 10, to see a doctor for a fractured right foot she sustained in January.
Alvarracin, a failed refugee from Ecuador who suffers from severe kyphoscoliosis, can't sit for more than 10 minutes or stand for three minutes, according to his medical report.
The 32-year-old with a hunchback waited months to see a specialist. In October, a doctor at Toronto Western Hospital told him three staged surgeries could correct 70 per cent of his problem and alleviate his pain, but he's no longer covered by the IFH. (The surgical treatment is not available in Ecuador.)
When asked why Canadians should pay for his surgeries, Alvarracin lowered his head and said, "I came to Canada because I believed Canada was a humanitarian country where everybody was treated equal and fair. But the reality is a bit different."
Many Canadian born are caught between death and debt!!! Guess what they have paid all their working years and taxed to the max!!! Why do they have to take a back seat to healthcare and refugees expect they come first? We need a government that puts Canadians first and then and only then take on the problems of other countries!!!
"But the reality is a bit different." – True. If tax-paing Canadians are NOT eligible and " go into debt paying his medical costs.", why do they have to pay for anybody who did not contribute a penny, sneaked in to the Canada and spelled "R-E-F-U-G-EEEEEEEE" ? I have a vision of shady offices in a backward countries with slogan " Health problem? No problem! Get the FREE treatment . Pay us know and have Canadians to pay you later."
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He's only 19, yet he ran for 1,300 yards last season. Take that into context for a minute. There are few 19-year-olds capable of running for that many yards.
Then take into account that the person in question ran for that amount of yardage at BYU, a Division I school notorious for producing profific passers and receivers--not prodigious running backs.
Yet Jamaal Williams--who at the tender age of 19 is still a junior in college--seemingly had the world cradled in his arm as he juked tacklers and occasionally steamrolled through them, on his way to the end zone.
Williams made that trip seven times last year, high-stepping into the B, Y, and U painted on LaVell Edwards Stadium turf time and again as he collected accolades and the promise--his own included--of an even brighter season in 2014.
That pursuit of excellence will have to wait for at least one game because BYU officials announced recently that Williams violated the school's honor code.
The word out of multiple media outlets is Williams committed the violation when he made the trip back home to Rialto, Calif. this off-season--as he normally does.
Rialto is a sleepy industrial town of about 90,000 people stuck in the middle of a desert just between the towns of San Bernardino and Fontana, east of Los Angeles.
Pockmarked by ornate Victorian architecture and a handful of small skyscrapers that jut up into the sky, you find that the the town's streets soon collide with Native American tepees and motels from another era--offering a brief respite to travelers making the trip west from either Interstate 80, or in Williams' case, I-15.
Major rail lines intersect Rialto into neighborhoods, some good, some not so good. In any town, that's kind of how it goes. You're either on the right side of the tracks--or the wrong one.
For Williams, well, back in Provo he'd already blown a .12 into a Breathalyzer earlier this year--and was cited for underage drinking--so he already knew he was in deep.
What leads someone to commit the offense again, well, that's anyone's guess. Details of Williams' second incident in Rialto are foggy--specifically because some Utah media and BYU officials do a yeoman's job of covering up certain details for job security and so-called privacy reasons--but Williams did tell Salt Lake Tribune reporter Jay Drew that he took a "subsequent misstep."
Williams misstep led to BYU suspending him for one game, the season opener at UConn. Looking at Williams' Twitter page, the first image you see under a profile of the BYU running back--already an anomaly playing at a Mormon-owned private institution--is one of a shirtless young black man, his chest adorned in angelic wings tattooed across most of his upper body.
You see that and you realize the demon Williams is running from, and what he's trying to do at this point to save himself from himself. He's recently taken up roller skating at Classic Skating--thanks in part to a free pass someone gave him.
Then he'll watch Netflix, do his school and football homework and dabble in other less dangerous things to steer clear of the other moments in time waiting to inspire him to tattoo more messages along the parts of his body not already covered in tats.
That Williams knows he may have a drinking problem is a positive--but the battle he's fighting is far from over, sadly. According to the Centers for Disease Control, binge drinking--what Williams engaged in--accounts for over 90 percent of all underage drinking. Nobody knows how many times Williams has binge drank--but it probably hasn't happened on just two occasions.
As a BYU fan, you probably realize that just as soon as you look at Williams' Twitter page, or the articles about his suspension--or even the fact that he blew a .12 that fateful night, that just as soon as Williams finds the daylight he craves in the end zone, the gaps in which he found places to run may soon close in around him at BYU.
With such a bright future ahead for Williams, the notion that he might have to leave BYU due to a drinking problem is probably a frightening one for Cougar Nation--and for Williams. That fear of the unknown, well, it's tattooed right now, along Williams broad but still youthful, chest. A warning of sorts was also issued from Williams' Twitter page:
"I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection."
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Lady skins come out the GC Quad with a 2-2 overall record and a 1-1 WAC record.
Lady skins start the day by loosing to Holcomb in 2. ( 23-25 and 22-25). The Lady Skins play great offense but the defense end fell short and we lost the game. Kaitlyn Ralston had 2 aces. Marisol Regalado lead the team in kills with 7 kills 3 errors and 15 attempts. Cynthia Cisneros lead the defense with 10 digs
Second match of the night, and the first conference game, was against Great Bend. We won the match in 2 ( 25-23 and 25-20). Katie Garcia had 3 aces Jai Chapman and Makiah Adams had 4 kills in the match and Cynthia Cisneros had 5 digs. The defense and offense worked together to bring the win to the Lady Skins. A couple bitters stepped up and made a difference in the game
The last game of the night was against Garden City. GCHS defeated the LHS volleyball team in 2 ( 13-25 and 18-25). We were not able to get a good pass throughout the match. When we did get passes our offense was not able to finish the ball and the score showed it. Jaycee lead the team in kills with 1 kill 0 error in 5 attempts.
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Bigger than life con-man, Frank Abagnale, captured the imagination of millions when his string of exploits were uncovered in "Catch Me If You Can", reprised in a musical adaptation of the well-known story, now playing at the Spreckles Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park. Taking the art of check forging to new highs, Abagnale, portrayed by Zack Howard, used his considerable charm, imagination and innate intelligence to successfully pose as an astounding number of professional archetypes, including an airline pilot, medical doctor and lawyer, even passing the bar exam in Louisiana. It's an improbable tale made even more dubious when it comes to light that Abagnale passed millions of dollars worth of bad checks before he was 21—not to mention that this story is not the result of a screen writer gone mad, but a true story that happened in the 1960s. Tension is built upon the relationship that evolves between Abagnale and FBI agent, Carl Hanratty, played by David Yen, over the years as they play their cat and mouse game.
Though the exploits are almost too fantastic to believe, the story is straightforward and might seem like an unusual choice to be made into a musical, but it mostly works. In the musical version the narrative is broken down even more than the movie and is told and retold, with the songs reinforcing the dialog. To explain the motivation behind the web of lies that Abagnale weaves, he is portrayed as a lonely young man without an anchor, suffering from the effects of a broken home, seeking connections with two role models in his life, his father and Hanratty.
In this version, presented by the Spreckles Theater Group, standout performances were delivered by Howard, in his first starring role, and Yen, both of whom were humorous and nuanced in making the audience feel how their mutual admiration and respect affected the ultimate outcome. Their strong voices carried the show to melodic highs. The choreography, oddly set in a song-and-dance vaudeville style, was spirited, with a chorus of leggy female dancers. At times, it seemed that some of the female roles were unnecessarily stereotyped, especially since this is a relatively recent musical, with flight attendants and nurses depicted as sexy and seductive. Overall the singing and dancing were good, with some performances stronger than others, and there was some technical difficulty with one of the microphones, either being off, too low to hear or cutting in and out. Choreographer and dancer Michella Snider was clearly in a class of her own among the other ensemble dancers.
Abagnale's exploits have been well chronicled in his autobiography, where he details even more alias' than are portrayed here, but it would be impossible to fit them into one play. The musical follows the basic story line of the 2002 DreamWorks movie pretty closely but with dozens of locations to contend with the adaptation to live theater required some creative thinking. Director Gene Abravaya did a masterful job with a spare stage and ample use of video screens and the new Paradyne projection system (developed by Spreckles Performing Arts Center) to effectively depict locations around the world. A musical is always enhanced with live music and the band, led by Music Director Janis Wilson, provided a lively backdrop.
"Catch Me If You Can", playing through May 25 at the Spreckles Performing Arts Center, is an entertaining tale and the musical version is an enjoyable way to revisit this remarkable true story.
"Catch Me If You Can", presented by the Spreckles Theater Company
Spreckles Performing Arts Center
5409 Snyder Lane
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Runs through May 9-25, 2014
Tickets available online or by calling 707-588-3400; $26
"Catch Me If You Can" is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Book by Terrence McNally; music by Marc Shaiman; lyrics by Scott Wittman and Mr. Shaiman; based on the DreamWorks motion picture.
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Two 18th District lawmakers will team up to host town hall meetings in Camas and Battle Ground on Saturday.
State Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, and state Rep.-elect Liz Pike, R-Camas, will take questions from the public, as well as discuss topics that will be tackled by state lawmakers once the 2013 legislative session begins on Jan. 14.
The first town hall meeting takes place from 10 to 11 a.m. at Battle Ground City Hall, 109 S.W. First St. The second meeting takes place from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave.
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For much of the first 11 innings of their Region I-2A semifinal series against Blanco last weekend, the Bushland Falcons had trouble bringing home runs.
On those occasions when the Falcons did deliver, though, they came up big.
In Bushland's sweep of Blanco, the Falcons scored their first nine runs of the series with two outs. That's the hallmark of a team that will still be playing in June and explains why Bushland is two wins away from a third straight trip to the state tournament.
Getting a hit with two outs is often the difference between a team advancing to the next round and one putting away its equipment.
"It's extremely huge in any situation," Bushland coach Jeff Smith said of hitting with two outs. "That's something everybody works on in practice every day. When you can get some runs in, it's a spark plug for any team."
The Falcons needed something to ignite them after three innings in their 5-2 win over Blanco in last week's first game. They trailed 1-0 after leaving seven runners on base in the first three innings, including loading the bases with no outs in the second and failing to score.
But after Nick Welch drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs to get Bushland on the board, Tanner Climer came up with a chance to make an even bigger statement. Climer singled to the gap in left-center to drive in two runs and give the Falcons a 3-1 lead, and they never looked back.
"Usually I just go up to the plate looking to put it in play," Climer said of his two-out approach. "I don't think anyone's going up there nervous, and we're making (opposing pitchers) try to get us out. I felt if I got it started, we'd get enough momentum to keep it going."
That the Falcons did, as Gerald Reyna followed that with a single of his own to drive in a run and cap the inning. The uprising made the 12 batters Bushland left on base in that game seem irrelevant.
For the Falcons, the key isn't how hard or far they hit the ball with two outs, but how effciently they do so.
"We usually do six sets of two-out hitting drills in practice, and if anything's close you swing at it," Reyna said. "It makes me nervous because I don't want to strike out, so I just try to slap at it and push it past the infield."
In the second game, sophomore Blane Barnett came up with a pair of two-out hits to bring home three runs. His two-run double in the second inning got the Falcons on the board, and he drove in another run with a double in the fourth.
"We've talked about in practice how when you've got two outs and runners ready to score, you've got to get the base hit and not worry about hitting it off the wall," Barnett said.
Barnett's hits got Bushland going early, as the Falcons rolled to a 10-0, six-inning, mercy-rule victory. The first four of five runs the Falcons scored in the fifth were the only runs they scored in the series with less than two outs.
Appropriately, the series ended when Reyna, who pitched a shutout, drove in the final run with a two-out single.
"Keeping innings alive is huge for postseason success," Smith said. "When you leave runners on base, it's usually because you aren't coming through with two outs."
Because they did come through with two outs against Blanco, Bushland (28-5-1) is playing Sonora (26-7) in a best-of-three Region I-2A final starting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Abliene's McMurry University. The second game is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, with a third game if necessary to follow 30 minutes later.
If Sonora learned anything from scouting Bushland's series with Blanco, it's that you can't let up with two outs.
"Any time there's two outs and the other team gets an RBI, that's frustrating (for the opposing team)," Barnett said. "That definitely is going to make the other team worry about it because they know what we can do in that situation."
Just ask Blanco.


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Pharrell took the stage of the NBA All-star game to perform a medley of hits and the fans got to see his famous Grammys look once again. Pharrell's hat wasn't exactly the same as this time his hat was red. Believe it or not, on Sunday night it could be categorized as better than the original hat when he walked the red carpet of the Grammys. The star was one of several entertainers offering music the special NBA night and when he took to the stage singing his current hit Happy the hat was on his head.
The star seemed to be quite at ease with the red hat as he danced on the stage. The hat never seemed to even try to fall off, as it seemed to be stuck on quite nicely. Of course, that was good for the fans because it offered no distraction as singer belted out his hits.
How Pharrell's hat went from an Indiana Jones brown hat to a much brighter red hat is yet to be determined. As viewers know there are plenty of hat tricks that could be used for such a color exchange or maybe the star decided to be another hat that looked similar to the Grammys hat, but this time he chose red.
Pharrell's decision to wear the hat at the NBA All-star game was super cool. The star is very talented and he definitely can pull off any headwear he wants. Including a big red hat!


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What did the New York City-departing passengers on Aqualantic Airlines do to be the victims of a hijacking en route to London? More importantly, what did the viewers of "Non-Stop" do to be subjected to it? (One answer: it's February.) Once 40,000 feet up in the sky a series of creepy anonymous texts besiege the phone of U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (Liam Neeson), an alcoholic who hates flying but does so "too often". One text is ominous: a passenger will be killed every 20 minutes until $150 million is wired to the killer's account.
Early on at a New York airport as planes slowly descend through the drab, foggy white sky I expected them to spontaneously combust. Marks encounters several passengers, most of whom don impressive designer eyewear, perhaps to clearly see that the cheesy script by a trio of writers has Edam-sized holes in it. Every one on board Marks' London-bound plane is suspect, and Mr. Neeson's character is paranoia personified for the better part of an hour, until the reveal shows us something quite different. Marks often looks helpless and foolish but just because he's paranoid and an alcoholic it doesn't mean he's wrong, only that he's framed in a bewildering conundrum ala "Arlington Road" and many other movies.
"Non-Stop", a film thin in both plausibility and logic, nonetheless has moments of charm and interest, generated mainly by all the things about air travel and airlines in a post 9/11/01 America that irk us. This is the film's lone effective and appealing element. "Non-Stop" uses passenger impatience, frustration and fear to build tension and utilizes a "United 93" mindset. Mr. Collet-Serra's thriller would be downright ridiculous though were it not for some of the real-life on-plane stories that exist, including a co-pilot who hijacked the very plane he flew earlier this month. That doesn't happen in "Non-Stop" but most everything else does in a mainly tepid film that belies its title.
Mr. Collet-Serra, who directed Mr. Neeson in the silly "Unknown", employs red herrings and a solid cast including Julianne Moore, Nate Parker, Michelle Dockery (of "Downton Abbey") and Corey Stoll (of "House Of Cards") but none of the cast, Oscar-nominee Lupita Nyong'o included, get to exercise their potential in a film shackled by moribund material. The relatively sedate characters, in contrast to Mr. Neeson's, are but pieces in a foggy, teal-green soup atmosphere best fit for a French noir thriller (see the excellent "Point Blank".) Characters in "Non-Stop" do radical about-faces as if jerked by a Taser wire. It's more circus than crisis.
Liam Neeson, who continues now into his 60s to have the primarily action-oriented career ("The Grey", "Unknown", "Taken") that Harrison Ford had in the 1990s ("The Fugitive", "Frantic", "Air Force One"), has cemented his status as the big screen professor of adversity and crisis management every late January and February. At that time at your local multiplex count on Mr. Neeson to have a furrowed brow, a rumpled face, a grimace and an aching heart. He'll probably be drinking. He won't be in a romantic comedy. Mr. Neeson is strangely chic, a reliable familiar, easy to go with in the two worst months of the film calendar year. Even his character names in these winter months look similar: Bryan Mills ("Taken") and Bill Marks ("Non-Stop").
There's several lines Marks speaks including one in a confessional moment amidst chaos, that makes you laugh, either because it is preposterous or because you're so uncomfortable by how bad the dialogue is. Either way it's a moment of thankless comic relief. The law of averages says that one of these days Mr. Neeson will do all his snarling and theatrics in a very good February film, oxymorons and hair-raising flight stunts be damned.
Also with: Scoot McNairy, Omar Metwally, Linus Roache, Shea Whigham, Corey Hawkins, Frank Deal.
"Non-Stop" is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association Of America for intense sequences of action and violence, some language, sensuality and drug references. The film's running time is one hour and 45 minutes.
Omar P.L. Moore is a member of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. He is the editor and creator of The Popcorn Reel movie review/interview website. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, read at www.popcornreel.com and seen reviewing films at www.youtube.com/popcornreel.
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Apple-Dijon Pork Chops
4 center-cut, bone-in pork chops (about 1/2 inch thick)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons canola oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 crisp red apples, halved, cored and cut into small dice
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1/2 cup apple cider
1/2 cup homemade, if available, chicken broth
1 tablespoon coarsegrained Dijon mustard
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle both sides of the pork chops with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet and add pork chops. Cook until browned on one side; flip and repeat (about 2-3 minutes per side). Place skillet in the oven to finish cooking, about 7 to 8 minutes, depending on thickness of the pork chop (will take less time if chops are thinner and/or boneless).
Remove pan from oven and place chops on a serving plate. Place skillet over medium heat on stovetop and melt butter. Add apples and onion and saute until soft, about 4 minutes. Add thyme and cider, scraping up any brown bits, and cook until cider is reduced by half. Add broth and mustard and cook until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Pour over chops on serving plate.
-- Adapted from www.finecooking.com/recipes


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Performers of the Week
Tony Rizzotti -BaseballSophomore - Pitcher - Arlington, TexasGPA: 2.266 - Major: Management
Tony Rizzotti pitched a one hit, complete game shutout against Sam Houston State to open the season for the Tulane Green Wave, striking out five and walking only one. It was the first complete game for the Green Wave since Wade Konvicka went the distance against Jackson State on April 27, 2011. It was the first shutout Tulane has thrown since Josh Zeid and Preston Claiborne joined forces to blank East Carolina in the Conference USA Tournament on May 22, 2009. Rizzotti's performance marked the first time Tulane notched a complete game shutout since Conrad Flynn did so against Northern Colorado on March 20, 2009. Rizzotti hasn't pitched competitively in almost two years.
Klara Vyskocilova - Women's TennisJunior - Klatovy, Czech RepublicGPA: 3.312 - Major: Finance
Klara Vyskocilova knocked off the nation's 80-ranked player in straight sets on Saturday in Tulane's 4-1 setback to No. 21 Texas Tech. Vyskocilova recorded her team-best 11th win of the season and improved to 11-4 overall in singles, including 4-2 in dual matches at the No. 1 position. Today, she turned in the Wave's lone point when she pulled off a, 6-3, 6-1, upset of Tech's No. 80 ranked Samantha Adams.
2012-13 Performers of the Week Winners
Sept. 10 Olivia Utt, volleyball
Sept. 17 Gemma Dryburgh, golf
Sept. 24 Mark Manion, men's cross country
Oct. 1 Idan Mark, men's tennis
Oct. 8 Rachel Ranson, swim & dive
Oct. 15 Ryan Griffin, football
Oct. 29 Ryan Griffin, football
Nov. 5 Cairo Santos, football/Izabela Grot, volleyball
Nov. 12 Josh Davis, men's basketball/Paige Callahan, cross country
Nov. 19 Cairo Santos, football/Kayla Alf-Hayhn, swimming & diving
Nov. 26 Ryan Grant, football/Olivia Grayson, women's basketball
Dec. 3 Josh Davis, men's basketball/Merritt Van Meter, track & field
Dec. 10 Jordan Callahan, men's basketball/Whitney Bibbins, women's basketball Feb. 18 Tony Rizzotti baseball/Klara Vyskocilova, women's tennis


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St. Olaf Garden Research and Organic Works Farm (STOGROW)
Category: Special Interest
STOGROW is the St. Olaf organic vegetable and herb farm. Run completely by students in cooperation with Bon Appetit and the Finstad Center, the farm supplies the Stav Hall with local and sustainably grown produce throughout the summer and fall. We welcome student volunteers!!
Meetings: Contact farmers for harvest dates and times.
Contacts: farmer Eliza Madden (maddene), farmer Joey Romness (romness)
Last Updated: 2/15/16


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This beer is no longer in production, but an incarnation of it made an appearance beginning in August of 2007 as Golden Era.
Golden Shower is brewed with all continental pilsner malt and hopped with the finest noble hops.
This beer is dry-hopped in the conditioning tank for 8 weeks.


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Sweeney Todd - Adelphi Theatre
What a 'bloody' good show.
Like the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons - where children gleefully sing 'Here comes the chopper to chop off your head' - it is grisly, gothic but oh so fun.
Dimple-faced Michael Ball is unrecognisable as Sweeney Todd with a Hitler-like slick of dark hair and haunted eyes.
His stage presence is mesmerising, with an almost Russell Crowe like gruffness.
And he pulls off the role with so much charisma that despite his bloodlust you almost find yourself feeling sorry for him at the end.
His voice of course is magnificent, especially in Johanna and The Barber and his Wife.
Tempering his hulking frame and brooding brow is the small but mighty Imelda Staunton.
She almost steals the show from him with the perfectly timed gallows humour of Mrs Lovett, the pie shop owner who hits upon a tasty way of dispose of Sweeney's victims.
Where he is dark and imposing, she is cheeky and flits about the stage with a sunny energy.
But of course this hides the fact that she is probably the more twisted of the pair - the moment you see her decide to sacrifice her adopted helper Tobias is one of the most memorable of the whole show.
Tobias himself (James McConville) almost whips the spotlight from both of them with his heartbreaking rendition of Not While I'm Around.
Not impressing quite as much was Lucy May Barker, who is sweet but a little shrill as Sweeny's daughter Johanna and Luke Brady as her bland suitor Anthony.
Their love story added depth to the story but no real stand-out moments.
The apparent use of the GoCompare man, as Sweeney's faux Italian enemy and first victim, proved an unnecessary distraction.
The musical has also been transported to the 1930s instead of its traditional 19th century Dickensian setting which I'm not convinced worked.
These niggles aside Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics are showcased brilliantly and with just the right balance of tragedy and humour to make it a real emotional rollercoaster.
There's only one body before the interval but the murder spree begins in earnest in Act II.
There's no over egging from Ball who cleanly slices their throats with a stony face, leaving them gasping their way down his trap door spurting blood and us chuckling in our seats.
This show will make you laugh, gasp, sigh and rise from your seat clapping widly- as we all did at the end.
Showing at the Adelphi Theatre, London until September 2012.


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Scott Porter: What do you feel are your biggest strengths?
Marcus Gilchrist: I feel that diagnosing plays fast is one of my biggest strengths. I watch a lot of film and it helps me know where to be on the field. It allows me to read and know what is happening for me to adjust.
Scott Porter: What are your goals for the NFL?
Marcus Gilchrist: I just want to come in and do as well as I can. I want to contribute in anyway I can to help my team be successful.
Scott Porter: Which NFL player reminds you of yourself and why?
Marcus Gilchrist: Charles Woodson of the Packers because he can play so many different positions. He can play the CB, the nickel and I feel he could even play S like me. He isn't scared of anything and plays very physical and hits well.
Scott Porter: What do you feel are your greatest football accomplishments?
Marcus Gilchrst: I think as a team just seeing each other be successful means more than anything. We have a lot of players with termendous ability and growing together and helping each other be the best we can be is a great accomplishment.
Scott Porter: You were invited to the combine, what does that mean to you?
Marcus Gilchrist: It means a lot. It is an honor to be invited to the combine because it shows your hard work has paid off to be honored by your peers as one of the best. They are telling you that you are one of the top guys and you get to compete at the highest level to showcase your talent.
Scott Porter: What will you miss most about college football at Clemson?
Marcus Gilchrist: The guys that I went to war with the past few years. Day in and day out we were together fighting. During the season and in the off season. Working hard together in spring ball and whatever it was.
Scott Porter: What do you look forward to the most about your opportunity in the NFL?
Marcus Gilchrist: Just contributing at the highest level with the best. I look forward to playing with so many great players and coaches. I look forward to digesting whatever I can from them to make myself the best player I can.
Scott Porter: What are your hobbies off the field?
Marcus Gilchrst: I am big technology and music person.
Scott Porter: How would you describe your style of play?
Marcus Gilchrist: I've always hard DB's are suppose to be able to play any position in the DB field, and I feel I am that type of player. I work very hard and I have many different styles of game that I can use depending on who I am going up against. I can play S and CB as I am very flexible and can line up all over the field. There are a lot of different things I bring to a team from the DB position.


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S&P passes 1,500 mark
Wall Street extended its advance Thursday amid a burst of enthusiasm about the economy that gave the Standard & Poor's 500 index its first close above 1,500 since September 2000.
Guymon, WT partner on incubator
Guymon, Okla., and West Texas A&M University Enterprise Network are launching a new business incubator to help spur regional economic development in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
Youth center to open in former YMCA
The disc jockey has been booked. The walls are freshly painted.
Growing organic
Old-school cotton is getting a makeover.
Amarillo ranking leaps 34 spots
Amarillo's business climate ranking in Inc. magazine's "Boomtowns 2007" list jumped 34 points from 140th to 106th this year, an upward trend officials link to strong job growth.
Comings & Goings
Home sweet embassy
WASHINGTON - Looking for a stately home or opulent office overseas? One in a posh neighborhood or overlooking an exotic capital? Maybe with a glorious or infamous past?
Wayland announces award recipients
Here are other award winners at Wayland Baptist:
NCAA report cites Tech
LUBBOCK - Texas Tech is the only Big 12 school that could lose scholarships for failing to meet minimum academic standards, according to an NCAA report released Wednesday that examined the classroom performance of school teams.
Rest now, recall later
Throw out the ginkgo. Forget mnemonics. New research suggests there's a simple way to lock in new info: Sleep on it.
Dr. Gott: Niacin a good choice for lowering cholesterol
DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a healthy 5-foot-tall, 100-pound, 63-year-old woman. My blood pressure is normal.
Heloise: Guidelines for sink disposals
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Rhapsody in bluebonnets
Bluebonnets aren't just for the Hill Country.
Books make poetry exciting
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Heloise: Stain tip saves wood table
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Mapping cities, emotion by emotion
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Dr. Gott: Cranberry juice home cure for bladder infection
Dear Dr. Gott: I am 85 and have had recurring bladder infections for years. My internist recommended going to a urologist, which I did. I have run the gamut on tests.
Dear Abby: Wife feels trapped amid family fight
Dear Abby: I love my husband of 13 years and our 6-year-old son. They both love me. The problem is, the two of them cannot get along when I'm around. They constantly fight over me.
Pathways to the past
CANYON - If you see Eldrena Douma-McMenamy out in public and greet her by her Tewa name, Blue Corn, that will please her very much.
Dear Abby: Veggies weren't to blame for host's delay
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Rebs, AHS ready for playoffs
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San Jacinto, Arbor Academy set for state meet
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AHS set for series with Lee
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Runners commit to excellence
Caitlin Fairly and Grey Rogers took two distinctly different paths to the same place.
A goal achieved
Three third-place finishes last spring turned into three gold medals this year for Whitney Grimes.
Claude rallies in seventh for win against Follett
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H.S. Boys Track Honor Roll
All times rounded off to nearest tenth of a second. Coaches must submit times to insure inclusion in honor rolls.
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Class 1A opens bidistrict playoffs
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Mingo adjusts quickly to indoor football
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Meet the Dusters
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Oswalt, Astros top Reds
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Hot-hitting Sheffield leads Tigers past O's
DETROIT - Gary Sheffield went 4-for-4 with a home run and an RBI single, and Craig Monroe hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Wednesday.
Matsui lifts Yanks past Rangers, 4-3
ARLINGTON - Hideki Matsui came through after another shaky performance by the New York Yankees' bullpen.
Radio station host says he has triple-play ball
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End game: '57 Derby a wild ride
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OSU-Texas Tech game could move to Dallas
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Dog-selling business promoted in Vick's name
ATLANTA - More than a week after an alleged dog-fighting ring was uncovered on property owned by Michael Vick, the Atlanta Falcons still have little to say about their quarterback's potential legal problems.
Hall of Famer Cepeda arrested on drug charges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda was arrested after a California Highway Patrol officer pulled him over for speeding and discovered drugs in the car.
Harrington leads Wachovia
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Two powerful icons hook up between ropes
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Weather hampers workouts
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Nobiz Like Shobiz, the last Kentucky Derby contender to arrive at Churchill Downs, set foot on the muddy track for the first time Thursday.
Sens take 3-1 lead on Devils
OTTAWA - Dany Heatley set up Daniel Alfredsson's goal, then scored unassisted, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night for a 3-1 edge in their playoff series.
Hamlin frustrated at missed opportunities
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Rattled Warriors remain in control against Mavs
DALLAS - Stay calm, get healthy, hope the league has mercy. Forget the last few minutes of the previous game, ignore the talk about how tough it is to close out a series, and look forward to the loud love of the home crowd.
Spurs move on
SAN ANTONIO - Michael Finley set a San Antonio playoff record with eight 3-pointers Wednesday night and the Spurs advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 93-78 victory against the Denver Nuggets.
Warriors' Richardson fined
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Layoff ends for Bulls, Pistons; Suns to battle Spurs' defense
Here is a look at the two confirmed matchups in the second round of the NBA playoffs, which begin Saturday (with regular-season record, first-round series mark in parentheses):
Jazz force Game 7
SALT LAKE CITY - Instead of the second round, the Utah Jazz have Tracy McGrady and the Houston Rockets facing a Game 7.
Cactus man dies in accident
A 37-year-old Cactus man died Thursday morning after his vehicle struck a tractor-trailer on U.S. Highway 287 north of Dumas.
Troopers arrest 2, seize drugs
Department of Public Safety troopers arrested two men Wednesday near Conway on suspicion of having illegal drugs.
Ones to Watch: Jolee Corea
Rolling Hills Elementary School
Vets to share lessons in valor
Retired Col. Bob Howard will talk of his grandmother and the manner in which she raised him. Retired Navy Lt. Mike Thornton will emphasize the honor of being an American, and the duty that comes with it.
Swift donates to relief
Swift & Co., the largest employer in Cactus, donated $100,000 to tornado relief programs in the city and is planning to support a new housing development in the area, the company announced Thursday.
Music festival's Thursday results
More than 10,000 students will participate in the three-day Greater Southwest Music Festival, which started Thursday. The festival includes choirs, bands, orchestras, pianists, and vocal and instrumental soloists and ensembles. The following are results from Thursday's performances:
School locked down
Hereford High School was locked down Wednesday morning while Hereford police officers searched for a weapon they believed a 19-year-old student may have carried to school.
Catfish roundup set Saturday
The 14th annual Rotary Club of Amarillo Shrimp and Catfish Roundup will be at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Rex Baxter Building on the Tri-State Fairgrounds.
Memphis schools evacuated
All schools in Memphis were evacuated around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday after a reported bomb threat was found written on the wall of Memphis Middle School.
One dead in plane crash
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Plane crash victim identified
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Day of Prayer events planned
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Childress bomb threat probed
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FEMA urges registration
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Rain causes closings
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Armed man robs gas station
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$560K drug bust near Conway
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Beilue: Message tops method
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Motorcycle wreck kills two
A motorcycle wreck during rainy weather Wednesday night in Amarillo killed two people.
Officers pour alcohol on lawn
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Man robs I-40 gas station
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Police seize 36 eight-liners
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Recovering woman robbed
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Car dealer sentenced in fraud case
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Swift donates to tornado relief
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Klan plans gathering in Memphis
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KKK cancels Memphis rally
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Fighting West Nile
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Potter County eyes indigent costs
Inmates who use the county to fund their legal defense could see the funds cut off as the county looks at further auditing of indigent defense.
Dish with the disc-ers
Don't call it a Frisbee.
Write your own crime report
The Amarillo Police Department on Wednesday announced the operation of a new Web-based reporting system in which residents can submit their own reports of crime to police.
Centralization to help clients
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Young artist sketches creative path for himself
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Less water, better lawn
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Cookout to benefit hurt officer
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Lynn Chapman
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Effie May Clements
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Feb. 28, 2005
PULLMAN, Wash. - The annual Washington State University Women's Soccer Banquet kicked off in full swing Saturday, February 5. The Cougar Soccer family gathered at the Gladish Community Center to celebrate and reminisce about the events from the season. There were about 100 people in attendance ranging from athletic administration, support staff, parents, fiancées, coaches families and players.
The banquet opened with some great statements from our administration. We learned that our team was rewarded for its accomplishments in the classroom, including having the highest team GPA in the Pac-10, which also ranked the Cougars eighth in the nation among all Division I women's soccer teams. It was even more fun to see the reactions when we announced our two 4.0 students, Megan Cecchini and Alix Rustrum. They are respectively in pre-med and pharmacy courses, which traditionally aren't the easiest of classes, making the honor all the more spectacular. But, the thing that may have really pulled our team through is the focus of our freshmen, with the help of our team counselor, Cynthia Prieto. The rookie class earned a cumulative GPA of 3.53. Now the challenge is to keep our success going!
It wasn't all brains at the event. We did take a good amount of time to reflect on some of the fun we had this season, which served as the segue to our team awards. The 2004 season was special including some sweet victories and great challenges. The season began with a team building trip at Camp Shawshank that really pushed us all to a new level mentally. But some of the greatest memories were relived through the showing of a few highlight tapes, which by the way, are always a high class production and what, I think, bring everyone to the banquet. Check the video out online at the website, http://wsucougars.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/wast-w-soccer-body.html. You will see a few fantastic goals, cheesy grins, and funny falls.
As we got to the team awards, voted on by the girls, everyone became pretty excited. The first award was "Newcomer of the Year", which is simply what it sounds like, the most influential newcomer this season. This year the award went to the freshman center back, Allison Scurich, from Southern California. She stepped in this season and provided a calming presence, while working to earn a starting role in the middle of our back four. Then next award was "Most Inspirational", which went to one of our captains and all-time greatest leaders, red-shirt junior Katie Hultin. The team basically can't shut her up....she's always cheering, goofing around, and expecting the best of herself and others.
The third category was the "Defensive Player of the Year" award going to Megan Cecchini, which proves she's not all brains. She really made the most of her final season and stepped up as an upper-classman, earning time on the field and making a lasting impression with her natural left foot and talent. On the other side of the ball, Alix Rustrum earned "Offensive Player of the Year" accolades after having a great attacking season. She scored nine goals and brought more than just goal scoring to the team. She fought hard to make opportunities for herself and others, proving that hard work pays off.
The final team award for the evening was our team's MVP, which went to previous award winner, Hultin. As our starting goalkeeper this year she held down the fort in goal, which earned her two Pac-10 player of the week honors this season. Another impressive year in the net and she's still striving to be better.
Along with those honors we had two other significant awards, one which has been a tradition for years with our strength training staff honoring the most consistent and hard working of the girls. This season, the "Strength and Conditioning Award" went to Meghan Miller who stayed here during the summer to condition and lift on campus to maintain focus and grow as an athlete. She worked extremely hard and it paid off. The last award was a new one and we hope to make it annual as well. It was the Iron Girl Challenge, which consisted of the team competing for the best overall time in a versa-climber race, run, and rowing competition. The first winner of the "Iron Girl" was Anna Miller, a freshman who dominated the run. Overall there were so many girls deserving of awards, but these few surfaced and earned their awards through hard work and dedication.
As the evening and the season wrapped up, it was also a great chance to celebrate the beginning of a new stage of life for our six graduating seniors. After being showered with praise from teammates, their parents, and a great individualized "Dr. Seuss-like" poem from coach Potter, they each gave a tearful goodbye. Here's an excerpt from coach Potter's poem:
A class full of class.
A class and a half
A group not a troop
That can make you laugh
A hoot and a toot when the need be
The drive and the fight comes simple one, two three
I'm glad they were here we are blessed you can see
"We wish you the best," shout it out with glee!
She's part of a class that I wish I'd know longer
For they took us on journey's that have made us all stronger
Overall the evening was packed with emotion and was a great way to celebrate the season. Now we just keep striving for more from ourselves and our team! Thanks for a great season!!
A class full of class. A class and a half
A group not a troop That can make you laugh
A hoot and a toot when the need be The drive and the fight comes simple one, two three
I'm glad they were here we are blessed you can see "We wish you the best," shout it out with glee!
By: Lindsey Jorgensen, assistant coach


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Things to see and do - Dublin
Leaving for Ireland
In Dublin's Fair City :
Nearby tourist sites
Nearby hotels
Brooks Hotel from210 €Book
Maldron Hotel Parnell Square from99 €Book
The Clarence from152 €Book
Things to do nearby
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Traditional Irish Music Pub Crawl
- -13 €
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Nearby Restaurants
Pigeon House
Cotation :
Type de cuisine : Modern cuisine
Hot Stove
Cotation :
Type de cuisine : International
Cleaver East
Cotation :
Type de cuisine : Modern cuisine
In Dublin's Fair City
In Dublin's Fair CityPedestrian, 12 km, 3 days
A few tips and suggested visitor attractions in a city famous for its history, literary heritage and, of course, its 'craik'!Customise this route and add it to My travel book
Writers' Museum
The Writers' Museum is devoted to the works of Irish writers, particularly those from Dublin, who have won no fewer than 4 Nobel prizes (Yeats, Shaw, Beckett and Heaney). Also included are Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries, authors such as Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, who established their reputations in England, those who went to live abroad such as James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, and the great names from the 19C, including Yeats, Synge and O'Casey.
Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art
The modern art museum bears the name of Sir Hugh Lane (1875-1915), from whom the core of the collection came. There are major works of Irish and French painting, including impressionist canvases by Corot and Courbet, and the Francis Bacon Studio, purchased in 1998. An entire room is dedicated to Roderick O'Connor (1860-1940), a friend of Gauguin; his canvases reflect the influence of his fellow French painters, from Seurat to Van Gogh.
Abbey Theatre
Portraits of actors and writers who have contributed to the influence of the Irish theatre decorate the foyer. It was opened in 1904 under the direction of Yeats and Lady Gregory, and since the 1950s has been housed in a modern building which also includes the smaller Peacock Playhouse.
Famine Memorial
Six bronze statues by Rowan Gillespie erected on the wharf on the bank of the Liffey evoke the full range of feelings and emotions experienced by the many victims of the Great Famine.
Grafton Street
The most elegant of Dublin's shopping streets is now a pedestrian precinct. In the 19C it was paved with pine blocks to soften the noise of the carriage wheels. Bewley's Oriental Café with its mosaic façade and stained glass windows by Henry Clarke was opened in 1927; the obsolete equipment exhibited on the upper floor give a glimpse of developments in the profession since the 1840s.
Shaw's birthplace
The modest house where George Bernard Shaw (1854-1939) was born and spent his early years is furnished in the style of the mid-19C.
Guinness Storehouse
The sweet fragrance of hops will lure you into the old warehouse of the Guiness brewery, where a glass of the most famous creamy-headed stout in Ireland is given to visitors after they have visited the Guinness production exhibition (for which there is a charge, despite its promotional nature). A film, writings, paintings, and old equipment help recreate the 140-year existence of the family firm.
Old Jameson distillery
Part of the old Jameson distillery has been redeveloped to demonstrate the processes used in whiskey production, from the oldest to the most recent. A video is shown before the tour, which then passes from a kiln to the courtyard where the barley was delivered, and then to the grain store. All the mysteries surrounding the maturing of the famous spirit are revealed, following which there is a tasting.
Viking Adventure
The tour starts with the passengers boarding a drakkar to explore Dyfflin, the old Viking Dublin. The inhabitants relate how they traded, settled in Dublin, working with leather and textiles and making jewellery before converting to Christianity and building the first church. A film traces the history of the Vikings as they journey as far as Russia and Istanbul, navigating by the sun and stars.
Temple Bar
This lively district takes its name from Sir William Temple (1628-1699), the Provost of Trinity, who lived near a walk called The Bar in the 18C. A stroll through the maze of small streets, alleys and courtyards reveals, nestling among modern buildings, a great variety of old buildings (Georgian houses, warehouses and chapels) which have been restored and converted for other uses.


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I worked in academia a few years, but more on the D-side of R&D. The race for papers never appealed to me and I'm a practical not theoretical type, but I do like reading papers on certain topics (e.g. Google Papers, NLP, FB papers, ...) a lot.
How common is it that normally working developers submit papers to conferences or even journals? It seems to be somewhat common in certain companies (it's not common or encouraged in mine). Do journals or conferences even take papers by an academic nobody (BSc) under consideration? I ask, because I have a few rough ideas and I would just like to bring them into form, one way or the other.
Bonus question: Is there a list of CS (in the widest sense) conferences/journals with short descriptions?
PS (Four out of five researchers I met published quite some fluffy stuff for my taste. I am no expert, but those people told me sometimes themselves, that the implementation does not matter, just the idea and the presentation.
I always wondered about that. I probably could write about ideas all day long (not instantly but with a bit of preparation), but the implementation and the practical part is the really hard part, that academia just does not like to be concerned with. Also many papers actually scream: I was written so the publication list of my author gets longer - which is a waste of time for everyone, and often a waste of tax money, too.
When I think of CS-ish papers, I think of running implementations or actual data, like e.g. Google's Map Reduce, Serving Large-scale Batch Computed Data with Project Voldemort or the like.)


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Red Raiders Get Jump On 2012 With Nine Signees
Dec. 21, 2011
Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville announced the signing of nine student-athletes to financial aid agreements or National Letters of Intent on Wednesday - the first day of the junior college signing period.
"This is a great group and we are glad they made the decision to become Red Raiders," remarked Tuberville. "All of these guys are going to be afforded the opportunity for immediate playing time and we look forward to getting them on the practice field in February."
The following student-athletes are expected to enroll in January for the spring semester:
Lee Adams, Defensive End, Riverside Junior College
Javon Bell, Wide Receiver, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Rashad Fortenberry, Offensive Line, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
SaDale Foster, Athlete/Returner, Riverside Junior College
Signed National Letter of Intent ... will have two years of eligibility and the ability to redshirt ... unanimous First-Team All-National Division East Conference selection as a punt returner in 2011 ... helped lead his team to a perfect 11-0 season and a win over Saddleback in the Golden State Bowl ... ended his career at Riverside with a 21-1 record in two seasons ... as a punt returner, he compiled 24 returns for a 13.4 average and scored one touchdown ... also added 22 kick returns for a 28.5 return average ... as a wide receiver he caught 56 passes for 750 yards and scored 12 touchdowns ... prepped at J.W. North High School in Riverside, Calif.
Jared Kaster, Offensive Line, Altair Rice High School, Altair, Texas
Thierry Nguema, DB, Santiago HS, Carona, Calif.?
Christofer Payne, Linebacker, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Will Smith, Linebacker, Riverside Junior College (Calif.)
Austin Stewart, Safety, LA Pierce JC (Calif.)


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Monday, June 20, 2011
trend: ikat
20 comments :
I absolutely love the dinnerware and coral dress! Thank you for sharing this. I've seen this pattern all over the place but wasn't sure of what it was called.ReplyDelete
I have seen this everywhere and never knew what it was called. Very interesting, although my mind immediately jumps to Ipad haha.ReplyDelete
I mentioned you in my blog post today...check it out!
I never realized how much I've seen this pattern till you posted this. This is truly everywhere, and I love that now I know what the pattern is called.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 2:20 AM
I LOVE that chair! Such a pity that I'm in Australia and UO won't deliver that far :(ReplyDelete
Chelsea x
What a interesting trend! I definitely like it though! It looks like a cross between tie-dye and the tribal trend... and that dress is to-die-for!!ReplyDelete
I totally agree, Ikat is everywhere. So much so that we blogged about the same topic today, weird! Check it out here.. http://sprinklesoneverything.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/ikat/ReplyDelete
ikat really has been everywhere! I love it for tunics.ReplyDelete
JCrew is going crazy for Ikat right now. I'm posting about it soon, haha.ReplyDelete
J.Crew has the best Ikat scarves, dress, and flats!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 5:19 PM
after reading this this morning, I saw 3 people in ikat bathing suits on the beach today! love it!ReplyDelete
that chair is my favorite!!ReplyDelete
I've really been loving all of the ikat I've seen! That Eliza J. dress is adorable!ReplyDelete
I have a dress and a top that are both ikat! Haha, never knew the name of the print. Love it!ReplyDelete
Like everyone else that has commented.. I never knew the name of the print but I've seen it everywhere. I'm still not sure if I like it or not. It looks good on a few things, but not everything. i really like the anthropologie towels and the dress though!ReplyDelete
xo katie elizabeth
So true, I just opened the new J. Crew catologue this evening and it was all I saw! Good thing it's super cute.ReplyDelete
I have seen ikat everywhere too, it is such a great and fun pattern. The ikat dress from Nordstroms is especially cute.ReplyDelete
hate to break it to you, but ikat has been prevalent for over a year now and at this point, it's over.ReplyDelete
- ClaireJune 21, 2011 at 6:52 PM
How do you pronounce Ikat? Is it like "eye-kat" or "ih-kat"?ReplyDelete
I love all the ikat stuff! so pretty =)ReplyDelete
I love ikat! I missed out on an amazing line of ikat cosmetic cases from MZ Wallace a few years back and I literally still think about them. They were gorg!ReplyDelete
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Reality-Show Winner Sues Food Network for Holding Back Fro-Yo Franchise Prize
The show's winner says he's still waiting on his fabulous prize.
Kris Herrera, who appeared on something called Giving You the Business, filed a lawsuit against the Food Network in New York State Supreme Court in Queens on Tuesday, claiming producers didn't actually give him the business they said they promised, the AP reports. The prize in question was a 16 Handles frozen-yogurt location, but Herrera claims that all he got after the show wrapped in May was some stock in the fro-yo's parent company and that he's received nothing to suggest he's really getting a fully functioning store not even sprinkles. [AP]


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Wednesday, February, 24th, 2010
by Andy Frank
Hey everyone….so just checked into our hotel about an hour ago here in Delhi. It's currently just shy of 3am as I write this. I'm keeping it short….need to get some sleep.
Flights over here were interesting. Love how God puts people in our path to encourage us at the right time along the journey. On my first flight that left PHX Tuesday morning and went to Minneapolis I ended up having some guy ask if he could switch seats with me so he could sit by his wife. I, of course, made the switch. Ended up sitting next to a lady and her husband who were Christ followers. She is a teacher for Bible Study Fellowship and we ended up talking the whole flight about what God was doing in our lives. She was completely intrigued by the ministry and strategy of CCV, first to be intentional about reaching men, second about our strategy to reach the entire city of PHX through neighborhood ministry. Just a really uplifting and encouraging time for all 3 of us.
Got to Minneapolis and had a 3.5 hr layover. Turned on my iPhone and was bombarded with Facebook updates concerning a negative comment that a gal that Jobey and I know made on my FB page about my trip to India. Well, a ton of friends jumped on the bandwagon and went to bat. Pretty cool to see friends get your back like that and stand up for Jesus and most importantly ministry and mission to the poor and needy. Which by the way is the group of poeple that Jesus talked about more than anyone when it comes to serving others.
Eventually made it to Amsterdam for a 4.5 hour layover. Got to take a nap and also finish a book that I started on the first flight. Was feeling really great about things and was encouraged….Lord knows I was gonna need it. I got on the plane from Amsterdam to New Delhi and ended up bumping up to a roomier seat with no one sitting next to me. Cool, I thought….sleep and read. Perfect. THEN….
About an hour into the flight this middle aged Indian guy sitting across from me decides to come sit by me to gain a little more leg room since there were no rows in front of me. Dude, talked and talked and talked and drank, and laughed, and drank, and talked, and then starting talking really vulgar. Probably one of the most perverted guys I've ever heard open his mouth in front of me. Of course, those of you who know me well know that I have no problem being honest about my feelings. So, I told him…."Sir, I think you're probably the most perverted dude I've ever met." He got a huge laugh outta that one. Guy just went on and on, saying inappropriate things about the flight attendants, taking shots at the USA, Christianity, etc, etc… Just really surprised me especially since I had told him about what I do and what I was doing in India. Then it really struck me….
Those of us who carry the name of Jesus, also carry with us a huge bulls eye that the enemy, Satan, is taking aim at. The Bible says in Ephesians 6:12, "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." That passage hit me and I got really fired up. We are truly fighting a war out there. Each day we are going to battle, like it or not. Some will come out victorious, some will lose. However, we have to make the choice each day as we go into this battle on whether or not we are going to put on the armor so that we can be victorious.. Ephesians 6 goes on to say….
"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."
The enemy was using this dude to try and discourage, frustrate, take me off of focus and redirect my thinking. The battle rages on for all of us day after day. How are we going to respond as God's warriors? Sure, I got frustrated at this guy and spoke my mind for a moment. Then it hit me, pray for him, pray for myself that I would not let these types of things distract from the "main thing". He eventually shut up, and then disappeared for a couple of hours. Didn't come back until right before we landed. Just long enough though for me to let him know that Christ can make a difference in his life.
For me, the take away from this day….man, be encouraged when the enemy tries to come against you and get you distracted off of what you're doing for God. It just means that you're a threat to him and his schemes. On the other hand, if you never face any opposition, maybe you should look at your life and ask yourself if you're living dangerously for God. I'd much rather be perceived as a threat to the enemy than a pushover. I have a long way to go in this…but man, THIS IS WHERE THE ADVENTURE IS!!!!!
Oh yeah, I'm not gonna keep this short. Haha! Gotta get some sleep, 3:30am here now.
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