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PINEHURST, N.C. -- The youngest qualifier in the history of the U.S. Women's Open won't be the youngest to make the Open cut.
Eleven-year-old Lucy Li of Redwood Shores shot a very respectable 78 for the second day in a row Friday, though her two-day total of 16-over-par 156 missed the cut by seven strokes.
"I'm really happy by how I played," Li said. "I'm happy with how I bounced back after some big numbers."
She had two of those on Friday -- a double bogey on No. 1 and a triple bogey on No. 13.
Though Li solved most of the issues that she had with bunkers on Thursday -- thanks to some work put in late Thursday and early Friday -- the sand and natural vegetation that replaced the rough at famed Pinehurst No. 2 became her greatest source of frustration Friday. On her first hole, she hit two shots into that area and needed four to reach the green on the par-4. She picked up her triple bogey after again missing the fairway on No. 13 and failing to punch the ball out on her first attempt to get out of the grassy area.
Yet Li, who entered the day two strokes off the projected cut line, was most impressive when she seemed on the verge of the sort of collapse that many were expecting of an 11-year-old on such a big stage. She recorded the first of two birdies on the par-4 No. 3, where she had a triple bogey Thursday. Her second birdie came on the par-4 14th, immediately after the triple bogey.
"We would have an 'uh-oh hole,' " said her caddie, Bryan Bush. "And the next thing you know, she'll hit a hybrid or a fairway wood inside eight feet. You don't see many adult pros doing that.
"She didn't even know what she made on 13 when we walked off the green. But it was never about score. She was here for the experience and the opportunity to play with the best players in the world. She proved that she can."
Li said the experience taught her the importance of patience, which she credited for getting her past her double and triple bogeys.
She said her friends are giving her a hard time about her newfound fame. But the little girl in pigtails was clearly wiped out after a week of being golf's darling, a favorite of the media and the fans who lined up six deep along some points of the course to watch her. Asked to recall a favorite shot during her two days here, she drew a blank.
"I'm kind of tired," she said. "I can't remember."
These memories will come back to her.
Bush said one of the cutest moments he'll remember was while she was sitting on the tee at 12.
"We had finally found some Gatorade packs that she likes," Bush said. "She was kind of doing her own little mixology, getting the levels right, so it's not too sweet but not too bland. She just looked like an 11-year-old. But with a professional golf swing."
Among the pros whom Li beat here were Mika Miyazato, who has three top-10 U.S. Open finishes and won $1.3 million in 2012; Kristy McPherson, who won more than $800,000 in 2009; and Marta Silva, the NCAA national player of the year in 2011.
And Li still has time to claim the distinction that eluded her Friday. Marlene Hagge, who advanced to the U.S. Women's Open final two rounds as a 13-year-old in 1947, remains the youngest player to make an Open cut.
Lucy Li will be only 12 years old at this time next year.
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GALT – A Galt teenager was shot and killed on the 400 block of 2nd Street, according to police.
Galt Police responded to three shots fired in the area of 2nd and E streets at 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
Officers arrived to find the body of a teenager, identified by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office as Ricardo Guererro.
Lt. Brian Kalinowski said the department would not release further information pending investigation.
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Wonderfully Complicated
Posted by Shreve & Co. at 10:46:55 PM in Piaget (28)
'It's complicated,' in most cases, is a negative remark. Unless you are talking about a watch. Then complication becomes the major consideration that tips a timepiece's fate towards your good favor. Piaget, the luxury watchmaking company founded by George Piaget in La Côte-aux-Fées, Switzerland 139 years ago, prides itself in its heritage of world class complications and ultra-thin watches. The Piaget Emperador Cushion-shaped watch deserves its royal title well. The 46.5mm gold case houses a Piaget manufactured 855P ultra-thin, self-winding mechanical perpetual calendar movement. Its elegant blue dial displays retrograde day and date counters, as well as a second time zone window that proves useful for travelers in getting into the right zone without upsetting the perpetual calendar. The sapphire crystal caseback allows a glimpse of the watch's mechanisms, an intricacy as interesting as its superbly finished and beautifully readable dial.
Shreve & Co. on Post Street in San Francisco is an authorized retailer for Piaget Emperador and other complications.
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Festive Sales Muted By Pre-Christmas Discounts
Retailers faced another round of brinkmanship this Christmas, as consumers put off their festive spending until the eleventh hour in the hope of bagging a bargain.
Sales were down in the first two weeks of December according to the CBI, but footfall and anecdotal data closer to Christmas pointed to a late surge, prompted in part by the retailers blinking first and offering pre-Christmas discounts to keep the tills ringing.
But discounts on the high street were not as substantial as last year, according to Simon Wolfson, chief executive of clothing retailer Next which Thursday reported a 3.9% rise in sales between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24. He thinks Christmas is normalizing and sales came in as expected.
Next's sales were buoyed by its popular online and directory business which offset continued decline in retail store like-for-like sales. The clothing chain is the only retailer with a policy of keeping all merchandise at full price until Boxing Day. This year it started the sales with fewer items for markdown, which along with cost control was a factor in the company raising its expectations for full-year profits.
Analysts expect that, across the board, average sales growth will be muted. But after five years of austerity, intermittent recession and constrained consumers, the polarisation of the retail sector remains stark. The number of retail failures has been growing steadily, with 194 going to the wall in 2012 according to Deloitte, up from 183 and 165 in the prior two years.
The next two weeks will expose the winners and losers over Christmas 2012.
Diary of Christmas Trading Updates
- Jan 7: Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
- Jan 8: Debenhams PLC
- Jan 9: J Sainsbury PLC; Ted Baker PLC
- Jan 10: Marks & Spencer Group PLC; Tesco PLC
- Jan 15: Ocado Group PLC
- Jan 17: Home Retail Group PLC; AB Foods PLC; Dixons PLC
- Jan 24: Carphone Warehouse Group PLC
- Feb 7: Supergroup PLC


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Hi there,
I've got a Samsung TV which I use to stream to along with a Playstation 3 that streams to a different TV in my house which works with the different profiles very well. I've tried to introduce a pair of new speakers powered my an amp to give my Samsung TV better sound. My problem is that my amp does not support AC3 or DTS. It does support AAC, MP3 and flac.
Is it possible to setup my SamsungAllshare profile to transcode AC3 to AAC or MP3 without effecting the PS3 profile setup (I know this is possible with Serviio but I'd prefer to say with PMS since I've used it for years and it does a better job streaming IMO). I've tried a few things so far with no luck, any help would be appreciated.


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|Rend Lake JC
2010 Cross Country: Ran in six meets during the season ... was the top finisher in five of the six meets she ran during the season ... best finish was second at the Islanders Splash (9/24), which she was second overall with a time of 17:48 ... finished sixth at the Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiesta Texas Classic (9/17) with a time of 17:47.8 ... crossed the finish line in 42nd at the Chile Pepper Invitational (10/16) in a time of 17:48.08 ... finished fourth overall at the Southland Conference Championships (10/28) with a time of 21:43.1 ... finished 15th at the NCAA South Central Regional (11/13) with a time of 21:08.0.
Prior to A&M - Corpus Christi: Coached by Eric Albertor at Rend Lake in Ina, Illinois ... ran indoor/outdoor track and cross country ... finished third in cross country in 2008 at the National Junior College Championships ... junior college national champion in the 5K during the 2010 indoor season ... set an outdoor school record during the 2010 season with a 17:38 mark in the 5K.
High School: Ran for Peter Muiya at Mary Hill Girls High School in Thika, Kenya.
Personal: Born Julia Cheserem Sambu Jan. 12, 1985, in Eldoret, Kenya ... daughter of Joseph and Jane Chegugu ... has three older siblings ... major is health science.


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Sorry if this was already answered elsewhere, but I've ran some queries and didn't find what I was looking for.
It seems most PMS users use it mainly for multi-channel HDMI output.
I guess I'm old school and want it only for 2 channel, but in the higher resolution possible.
I'm using PMS mainly to stream HD audio files. I've some high resolution FLACs that I would like to send them to the PS3 the best way possible.
So far, I can only play them if I check the Automatic audio resampling to 44.1 or 48KHz on the Audio Files Engines. Otherwise I get either file corrupted or media not supported.
...but that way, the resolution goes down to 48KHz, which is not what I want.
Here's an example:
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.481 [Thread-1120] Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.482 [Thread-1120] libavcodec version 54.64.100 (internal)
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.482 [Thread-1120] AUDIO: 96000 Hz, 2 ch, s32le, 2712.2 kbit/44.14% (ratio: 339023->768000)
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.482 [Thread-1120] Selected audio codec: [ffflac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg FLAC audio)
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.483 [Thread-1120] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.492 [Thread-1120] [AO PCM] File: \\.\pipe\mplayer_aud1365638571243 (WAVE)
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.492 [Thread-1120] PCM: Samplerate: 48000Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.492 [Thread-1115] Result of \\.\pipe\mplayer_aud1365638571243 : true
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.492 [Thread-1120] [AO PCM] Info: Faster dumping is achieved with -benchmark -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:fast
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.492 [Thread-1120] [AO PCM] Info: To write WAVE files use -ao pcm:waveheader (default).
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.492 [Thread-1120] AO: [pcm] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.492 [Thread-1120] Video: no video
DEBUG 2013-04-11 01:02:51.493 [Thread-1120] Starting playback...
Is there any way to have PMS streaming the full resolution?
I have the PS3 S/PDIF successfully connected to a DAC at 176.4KHz, but there's no point getting it down to 48KHz and upsampled again.
The idea is getting as many info as possible into PS3 - That's the purpose for HD FLACs.
Thanks for any help.


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In honor of the movie Drive, which has an awesome sound track and is good to watch also, the blogging staff have compiled a brief list of our favorite songs in movies. These are songs that come in, sometimes out of nowhere, to elevate a great scene in a film to truly memorable status.
Bill Withers — "Ain't No Sunshine" in Notting Hill
I love this clip from Notting Hill. Instead of flashing "one year later" on the screen, we see Will walking through the familiar route from home to his travel bookshop through the marketplace and the seasons. The melancholy of Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine" perfectly fits the mood. In the course of the walk, his friend finds and loses a boyfriend and a woman has a baby. The whole time, he's lost in his thoughts about his brief relationship with actress Anna Scott which, incidentally, crumbled at the hands of his idiot roommate Spike, the best character in the film, played by Rhys Ifans. He doesn't feel like he has the right to contact her and she's just gone. It's also literally fitting with the seasons of fall and winter book ended by the sunshine and Anna's visits to Notting Hill. The scene almost makes you forget Elvis Costello belting out "She" at the film's opening to the montage of Julia Roberts clips on red carpets and in films. Why Elvis, why?
Jesus and Mary Chain –"Just Like Honey" in Lost in Translation
The video shows the ending of a movie that I was so engrossed in at the time such that the departure of the two characters from each other, as well as from Tokyo, was doubly effective. "Lost in Translation" was an excellent movie that one had to soak up and be patient with, so this ending song was a powerful closer for me after living through the characters and the scenery for a few hours. The fuzzed out Jesus and Mary Chain track was perfect and made me seek out the group's "Psychocandy" album as well as albums by My Bloody Valentine.
Pixies- "Where is My Mind?" in Fight Club
Elen didn't tell me why she liked it so much, but I guess this one sort of goes without saying.
The Stooges- "Search and Destroy" in The Life Aquatic
Wes Anderson is in many ways the king of using pop music to comment on scenes in his films. But this scene from The Life Aquatic takes the cake as the most over-the-top musical insertion in any of his films. Even in the context of The Life Aquatic's constant allusions to David Bowie, which is itself an integral component in the film's absurdity, the pirate shoot-out scene with "Search and Destroy" blaring in the background manages to transcend the ironic distance between the camera and Steve Zissou. As Iggy Pop growls "Look out honey 'cause I'm using technology" we see Bill Murray firing away for minutes from a gun that never needs reloading. The scene's final moment where Murray throws the suddenly empty gun into the ocean is the perfect punctuation to my choice for the best song in a movie.
Too many to pick!
When I sat down to think about excellent songs or soundtracks in movies, I immediately thought of a few of my favorites. The Hans Zimmer theme song from Tarantino's True Romance is catchier than this season's flu. Gillian Welch, Allison Krauss, and Emmylou Harris lending their talents to the Siren's song in O Brother, Where Art Thou are the icing on the cake to a movie full of amazing bluegrass tunes and period folk Americana. I love how the soundtrack works in the movie Lost In Translation. It includes a song by Phoenix, The Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Just Like Honey', as well as excellent karaoke by Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. And what better a way to open Billy Elliot than with this appropriate T. Rex song?
At the end of the day, after considering an amazing diversity of songs made for movies, songs that work well in movies, and even some musicals, I have to submit Empire Records for my pick. From the opening of the shop when Mark gets to pick the tune because he has the chosen m&m color, to Joe's cathartic drum session of ACDC, to the ending roof top concert and dance. It all rocks.
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A city woman hit by two vehicles Monday night while walking to a store died of her injuries Wednesday, according to a family member.
Orvene Berquist, 89, of 27th Street SE was walking in the crosswalk at Lincoln Way E and 26th Street SE at 8 p.m. Monday when she was struck by a car and then an SUV, according to a police report.
The driver of the car stated the light turned green and he saw the woman so he applied his brakes and came to a stop, hitting the woman. She continued walking past his car and was struck by the SUV, according to a Massillon police report.
The woman was taken to Affinity Medical Center by the fire department, the police report states. She died at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday at Akron City Hospital from injuries from the accident, according to Gary Guenther, chief investigator with the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office.
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You were sane, practical person, materialist with no spiritual consciousness. Your simple wisdom helped the weak and the poor. You should develop self-love and ability to implant hope into hearts of people. Ambition - is not everything. True wealth is buried in your soul.
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When transcoding a DVD .iso from my PC (intel Core Duo 8400 @ 3 Ghz with ATI 4850) al goes fine and the avarage bitrate on my PS 3 is ~5Mbps, peeks @ 10Mbps
when using another PC (AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 4000 @2.11 Ghz with NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT) the bitrate goes up to ~50 Mbps
Al visable settings (in PMS+codecpack settings) are thesame, and both programs and codecs installed are all of thesame versions. What can (i been doing) be wrong??
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1st review.
1st show.
1st time on paper at a concert.
I'm just gonna go all out with this review b/c it was such a cathartic, life-changing night that I feel it deserves my time to do as such. Plus, where else should I write a longass review of a show? THE REVIEW I WAS BORN TO WRITE! I've wanted to review this show for a few years now, but I just never got around to it...
So I was a freshman at UTK and broke by the time November came around. I had saved some money up in the summer but ran out by early October so I was getting by on scraps.
I'd become familiar with the band through a few of my friends who saw the Chattanooga show in '94, the only show in my hometown. They then went to shows throughout '95 and so on but I just never got into it all.
My friend, Jimmy, let me borrow the 1st set bootleg of the '95 Charleston, SC show. What I remember first getting to me was the breakdown of 'Punch You In The Eye'. After it drops "in", right before they sing "HEY!". I'm NO musician so I'll be having a shit of a time describing the music itself on any known musical terms. But yeah that moment when they drop in was what got me into Phish...
So I knew I wanted to see them when they came to town.
Had no money.
Gave plasma.
Ticket in my hand!
Found some acid a few hours before and took it about 37 minutes before I got to the coliseum.
I walk into the arena with about 15 minutes til showtime. I'm walking around very slowly, taking things in, sort of looking for people I might know who might have come up from home. Ran into a few, tried to talk but just said "yeeah" a lot.
Then a yell of my name. I look behind me and it's the girl I lost my virginity to back in August in a creek called Suck Creek. I sat down beside her. She looked beautiful and I liked her still, even after she sort of messed around with a friend of mine at my goin-to-college party. Whatever. We were 18 and the massive bong I got made up for it. Even though my folks found it the next morning, they didn't find the half ounce of weed in my sock.
Seeing her made things more exciting and I got up and wondered away so I might find a place of my own. A minute later my buddy from Chicago who I'd met in school hollered at me. Cool, I thought.
He had seen the Dead a few times before Jerry died and been to many Phish shows. Seeing him chilled things out.
The acid was working well. I was in a state of luscious anticipation.
Sitting down beside my friend, who had found the very last row, with the back wall of the place right behind us, but directly in front of the stage to be his seat, I felt sort of welcome. He packed his one hitter and we got stoned. NOW...NOW>TRIPPING
The smoke had triggered the trip and I was so glad that there was nobody behind us... nobody to see what I was doing. Even though I was just being there. Yeah.
The lights went down and the smoke machine began and I heard odd drums and beats out of order and I said to myself this band sucks. They're not playing music! And the stage is on fire!!
Very unprofessional.
The smoke machine stopped and the singing started and I began to feel like an asshole for thinking so quickly that I knew what the fuck was going on.
Split Open and Melt was a perfect first song. I'll never forget the beginning of this show. But after the beginning is when I begin to forget. Maybe the outright freneticness (not a word) of the music was too fast for me to process in real time. I don't know! I didn't know..
I don't remember shit until midway into Bowie when my world had brainlightning calving away the thoughts of the past into that untimed moment that let me drop "in"...for the sentence of a lifetime...that I'm currently enjoying!
Setbreak and I got up and looked to my friend and slyly smiled and then immediately felt weird. Walking down to traverse the hallways and like some sort of personal Christopher Columbus I encountered quite of few folks whose look, smell and vibe I had never experienced. It was so awesome. I floated, bobbing on the surface, with the crisp shadows gliding below- the lights showed a mischievous smile upon the yonder precipice that was my face, and all the faces had, indeed, split open and melted. After a few minutes of walking/slinking I ran into an old friend I hadn't seen in 5 yrs and though we hadn't even been real close pals the feeling of reunion was so pure and joyous in that moment I had difficulty speaking through it but I think he got it.
Heading back to my seat the lights went down after what seemed like another 30 minutes. I had been walking around for at least 20...I thought I heard Trey say they'd be back in 15. No wonder people think they do drugs.
Then the whole crowd begins shouting something like, "WILSON" or "MILTON" I couldn't tell. Possibly a poetry thing? But then the band played one of the coolest rock songs I'd ever heard. I certainly had a lot of classic rock cd's and loved Zeppelin, Skynyrd, and a love of The Moody Blues that my Dad had managed to pass on to me. Their albums are as melodic as any of Phish's and some songs have composed sections like many Phish classics. SO FUCK OFF. (Probably why I have a nice boner for 'Friday'- that outro jam is the blisses tits.)
So they rock 'Wilson' and I'm drawing no memory of 'The Curtain'. Then 'Mike's Song', which is, besides Bowie, one of the few songs I was familiar with before the show. Like I said, it had been 'PYITE' that got me hooked but I don't have any memory of it from that night, so yeah. I remember the scream in 'Steep' and from that disconcerting aural reacharound then into 'Weekapaug Groove' seconds later, with its beats and bounce and women reminding me of a Plautus excerpt, I had my LSD nerve in full envelopment. This was so great I felt. I felt such greatness in that room of 4000 or so strangers. Such a different area of the USA that I began to doubt I would ever grasp the weird brilliance of what I was in attendance at.
I remember 'Scent Of A Mule' for the quietness and the strange playing during the duel. This was the longest song with continued vocals throughout and became the most engaging for me, as the crowd became more involved than at any previous song and I guess gave me the inclusion I had heard about w/ the Phish community.
Then 'Sample In A Jar', which was a song I had heard off that '95 Charleston show and I have to say the lyrics are superbly interesting and in the end I just respected the band for having the confidence to sing, "the simple smiles and good times seem all wrong!" As if we're all doing something we shouldn't be but feel so fucking good about it we all know it's worth it, whatever "it" represents.
Then 'Funky Bitch', a song I hadn't heard before but could definitely relate to after having run into my virginity taker.
And, in the end, they encore with 'Rocky Top', a song I, as a "student" at Tennessee and someone who had been to the rock outcropping in the nearby Smoky Mts named Rocky Top, of course know. But, a song I would never in a billion years have thought this jamrock band from Vermont would even care about, much less know. So, I was just giving these four men more respect and awe once this final choice was made. I was spent, loved, enlightened, transcended, and made into a fan that believed a band had done more in almost 3 hours than many YEARS of, at least in my mind at the time, anything.
Walking out I couldn't really speak to my buddy from Chicago. He was rattling off assessments of the songs from the show while I just trudged along, baffled in bliss.


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1Relating to the regions around the North Pole: an Arctic explorer
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- Measurements from below the ice are only possible at the North Pole as the Arctic ice cap sits on the sea, unlike the Antarctic, which is a land mass.
- Protected by the Alaskan peninsula from cold Arctic waters, the temperature of the ocean off of the Pacific coast varies remarkably little, both across the ecozone at any one time and over the year.
- Studying this region will help researchers understand how much and in what ways Arctic glaciers and ice caps are contributing to sea level rise.
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1.1(Of animals or plants) living or growing in the region around the North Pole: Arctic plants
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- Led by a Connecticut dentist, a research team says it has unraveled some of the mysteries surrounding the spiral horn grown by the small Arctic whale known as the narwhal.
- The hares' main predators are gyr falcons, Arctic foxes and Arctic wolves.
- Such changes directly impact the region's polar bears, since the Arctic predators hunt seals on the winter sea ice and must fast on land during the summer melt.
2 (arctic) informal (Of weather conditions) very cold: February brought arctic conditions the arctic weather of 1981
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- Prone to sudden vicious weather and arctic conditions, Mt. McKinley is a serious mountaineering undertaking even on its easier routes.
- The match kicked off in arctic conditions and the weather steadily got worse.
- Unfortunately because of the arctic weather conditions the match had to be called off at half-time.
2North American A thick waterproof overshoe extending to the ankle or above.
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- In fact, the Arctics have kept my feet warmer than plastic double boots under similar conditions.
- In the upper U.S. Midwest, school children know the black rubber, over-the-shoe boot as "four-buckle arctics".
- Out of the saloon he went and met Sylvester West the druggist stumbling along in the kind of heavy overshoes called arctics.
the far north, the North Pole, the Arctic circle
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin arcticus, articus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos 'bear, Ursa Major, pole star'.
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The College of Allied Health at California Baptist University is excited to announce the 2013-2014 Distinguished Lecture Series presented by the Press Enterprise. Each event will advance your understanding of current issues and trends both locally and nationally as they relate to the promotion of health. The individuals speaking are leaders in their respective disciplines and will address opportunities available to those interested in pursuing similar career paths. Thank you to our Gold Sponsors Riverside Community Hospital and Parkview Community Hospital.


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Two people are in critical condition after a fire destroyed their home in Irondequoit. The fire broke out just before 6 a.m. at a home on Simpson Road.
We're told when firefighters arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters say a man and a woman were found inside the home. St. Paul Fire Department Chief Bill Dyrland said, "When we arrived on scene we found two people in the structure. They were removed and taken to the hospital. They are currently in critical condition."
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OAKLAND -- The Warriors head to Phoenix on Friday feeling as if they're reaching their peak after winning four of five games on the recent homestand and six of their past eight.
And there is one primary reason.
"We are playing good defense again," coach Mark Jackson said. "We have been playing at a high level lately. . . . It's good to see. Now the objective is to continue it closing out the season."
To be sure, the schedule has presented some lesser teams. And Golden State goes stretches when its defense is excessively charitable.
But, overall, they have been tough to score against.
In five of their past six victories, the Warriors have held opponents below 40 percent shooting.
On the season, they are 16-2 in such games, which means nearly one-third of the best defensive performances have come recently.
"I think we're doing better," forward David Lee said. "The big thing for us is continuing to compete. . . . There are nights where teams hit shots, especially top-level teams. But as long as we play like that defensively and cover for one another, I think we can be decent."
A big factor has been the Warriors' rebounding. Led by Lee, the Warriors are back to crashing the boards at a top-tier pace.
Over the recent eight-game stretch, Golden State is second in the NBA with 35.6 defensive rebounds per game.
Successfully closing out possessions by rebounding has been a fundamental improvement this season. Getting back to that is producing the kind of defensive prowess Golden State enjoyed earlier this season.
Over their past eight games, opponents are shooting 39.9 percent against the Warriors. That's the best in the NBA over that span. Golden State is also second in 3-point percentage defense (29.9 percent), second in points in the paint allowed (36.8) and fourth in second-chance points.
Getting baskets, once again, is a chore against Golden State. "That's our brand of basketball," Jackson said. "That's who we are and that's why we are where we are today, because our defense has carried us. It was great to see us getting back to our defensive principles."
Lee is also close to becoming the first Warrior since Thurmond in 1971-72 with more than 30 games with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. Golden State is 23-5 in such games.
Stephen Curry has already obliterated that mark with 240 3-pointers this season.
Friday's Game
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Anabaptist Short Course: Exploring Peace and Justice in the Bible (10/23/13-12/3/13)
|Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Tuesday, December 03, 2013
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The dates of this online course are October 23, 2013 thru December 3, 2013.
Presenter: Perry Yoder
In this class we will study pertinent biblical passages and hermeneutic presuppositions in order to reflect on peace and justice practice today. We will focus on several key issues such as the relationship between peace and justice, how does God act for peace and justice, and how should we act -- nonviolence, nonresistance, active resistance or ...? Participants are also expected to ask significant questions which will shape the content of each week's work.
Questions? Visit the Anabaptist Short Courses webpage or contact Lois Hess Nafziger in the Church Leadership Center at (574) 295-3726 ext. 225.


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The overall project goal is to reduce the environmental footprint of irrigated agriculture in an arid environment while sustaining economic return. Field research will quantify water savings and crop production impacts of rotating a non-irrigated year with irrigated crop production or implementing deficit irrigation management strategies that emphasize sugar beet production. This field research will identify alternatives to permanently reducing irrigated area in water limited situations. Model components will be developed to predict application characteristics of center pivot sprinklers, to simulate dynamic infiltration under center pivot irrigation, and estimate drift losses from center pivot sprinklers. These models will assist sprinkler selection and operation for specific field and soil conditions to reduce runoff, erosion and drift losses. Additionally, watershed monitoring will assess impacts of irrigation and management practices on the quantity and quality of water flowing from an irrigated watershed, emphasizing conversion from furrow irrigation to sprinkler irrigation.


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VIERA, Fla. - Retirement will not come for Davey Johnson until after this year, not until late October if his Washington Nationals match the blustering expectations he set for them. Wednesday afternoon, though, as he sauntered into the home dugout at Space Coast Stadium, Johnson looked the part. Dressed in a blue tracksuit, tanned by the Florida sun and two weeks clear of his 70th birthday, Johnson could have fit in at any early bird special.
The appearance, of course, only deceived. Johnson is not even ready to think about what lies ahead, or to reflect on what it means to be in his position, the last of his kind in what he says will be his last spring training as a major league manager. As the Nationals prepared for Thursday's initial full workout for pitchers and catchers, Johnson instead doubled down on his belief that his team has the talent to win a World Series, further fueling the raised hopes that will define spring for the Nationals.
"Heck, I thought last year was going to be my last year," Johnson said. "I take it one day at a time, like I say, and I'm really looking forward to this ballclub. The job that they did last year and playing up to their potential and with the experience under their belt from being in postseason, I like our prospects coming in this year, I like the additions that we made. I just think it's going to be an awful exciting year.
More than any outside force, Johnson has ratcheted the standard for the Nationals, coming off a 98-win season and equipped with a new closer (Rafael Soriano), a new center fielder (Denard Span) and an extra year of experience for their youthful roster. Wednesday, Johnson compared the Nationals to his 1986 New York Mets, who captured 108 wins and took the World Series.
Johnson has won six division titles and the one World Series, but he said these Nationals are "unequivocally" the best defensive team he has managed. He added they can also match any of his previous bullpens, starting rotations or benches.
"First of all, if you don't think you're going to win, you've got no chance," Johnson said. "My guys felt that way last year, and I think they're going to feel even more like it this year. . . . I'm going to take the heat if we don't play well. And they can have all of the trophies when they do play well. I have high expectations and I know everybody in that room has high expectations. There's nothing wrong with that. That's a great feeling."
Johnson's confidence has seeped into the clubhouse, where players have embraced their newfound status as a favorite.
"Nobody wants to come in second," shortstop Ian Desmond said. "Yeah, World Series or bust. I'm right there with him."
Johnson succeeds, in part, by handing power over to the players. Desmond said Johnson's penchant for sticking with players through slumps has been crucial. After the Nationals acquired Span, moving Bryce Harper and Jayson Werth to the corner outfield spots, Johnson simply asked Werth, the veteran, if he wanted to play left or right. He puts expectations on his players, but tries to direct pressure to himself.
"I'm very comfortable with the talent on this ballclub, top to bottom, 1 through 25," Johnson said. "I'm going to try my damnedest not to mess it up."
Said general manager Mike Rizzo: "The players respect him, he gets the most out of them, and that's a big reason we're where we're at."
Johnson, at times, will show how age has mellowed him. His wife, Susan, convinced him last year to take an African safari, which they went on in January. When he was younger, Johnson would have found an excuse not to go.
"It was a great trip," Johnson said. "I like Africa. I didn't get eaten by any lions or leopards. I thought at one time I was going to get run over by a bull elephant. We were within 10 feet of animals in a big land rover. I took the highest seat. I figured they'd eat the people down below me before they'd get to me."
Johnson ticked off the highlights from his trip. He watched a lion eat a warthog. He spotted three white rhinos. He survived a herd of water buffalo. One day, he and Susan went fishing. They caught a tuna, and that night they took it home and cooked it for dinner.
"Seventy is just a number for him," reliever Drew Storen said.
Johnson refuses to dwell on this being his final year. The Nationals and Johnson agreed, in writing, early in the offseason that he would manage in 2013 and then step into a consultant role. Still, his grand presence makes it hard for some players to believe he will leave the dugout.
"He'll be back next year," Desmond said. "It's hard to walk away from baseball. As you can see, especially for him."
Johnson will leave that for another day. For now, he will watch pitchers and catchers prepare for a season unlike any since baseball returned to Washington.
"It's one thing trying to climb the hill," Johnson said. "It's another thing when you actually have that X on your back. But it just makes it more fun."


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Year of Award: 1974
Award: Chauvenet Prize, and also the Lester Ford Award in 1973
Publication Information: The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 79 (1972), pp. 227-241
Summary: This paper describes the origin of the governing equations for the theory of propagation of shock waves, some of the striking phenomena, and a few of the mathematical tools used to analyze them.
About the Author: (from The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 79 (1972)) Peter D. Lax received his Ph.D. at New York University under K. Friedrichs and has spent most of his academic career at New York University, where he is presently a professor. He is a frequent summer visitor at Stanford and the Los Alamos Scientific Lab. His research contributions in partial differential equations, linear and non-linear problems of mathematical physics, computing, and functional analysis have had a profound impact. He was a Fulbright lecturer in 1958, he is a Vice-President of the AMS, he is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, he was an AMS Gibbs lecturer, and he received an MAA Lester Ford Award. He is co-author with R. Phillips of Scattering Theory (Academic Press, 1967).


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I loaded XBMC onto a Windows XP laptop and added PSM as one of the UPNP sources. Then played ESPN3 via Jumpy and it started playing w/o any problems. However, after about 5-10min it stopped. What was interesting that Internet bandwidth continue to be used up completely, I quit PSM. So I tried again and same thing happen, plays for few minutes then stops, but based on bandwidth consumption I can tell that PSM is still streaming, where and why it's not displaying the contents - I don't know?
Tried playing it via iPad/Air - and it gets the buffer filled to about 95% but it won't finish - so I looked at the bandwidth again and it sure enough it's consumed 100%. I had to quit out of PSM then bandwidth freed up.
In conclusion - somehow PSM streams in the background, as it happened with either PS3, XBMC or iPod/Air but it never displays the content, so I'm not sure if this gives you any ideas. I'll provide logs once I get more time and can clean up my setup a bit. Thus far I'm using a laptop with XBMC and ESPN is working so it's not a pressing, but I think number of folks could benefit from the solution. BTW the version of PSM 1.52.2 SHB-43 is working very well.
Question: related to Sharp TV as a render: are there any plans that you know of to support Sharp TV's? It's DLNA compatible, but it won't play all of the content nor will it transcode .


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JENKINS: Wood wins election but loses power
Deep in the Friday news obituary for Murray Galinson, a true All-Star in the San Diego political, business and philanthropic lineup, I was struck by an obscure sliver of his biography.
In his native Minnesota, young Galinson, a Democrat, wanted to serve on a city board, but a strictly partisan Republican mayor denied his request. Politicized by the petty rejection, Galinson went on to win a council seat and work with a new Democratic majority to deny the mayor his appointment powers.
Ring a North County bell?
In Oceanside, Mayor Jim Wood is still threatening a lawsuit now that the council majority — Gary Felien, Jerry Kern, Jack Feller — has stripped Wood of the customary power to make appointments, specifically appointing himself to the city's coveted seat on SANDAG, the regional planning agency.
As it happens, Oceanside has been through this SANDAG movie ("Mayor's Mojo Manhandled!") before.
In 1990, a new council majority of Melba Bishop, Don Rodee and Nancy York replaced Larry Bagley as SANDAG rep shortly before Bagley was to be named SANDAG chairman.
Six years later, the council turned on Mayor Dick Lyon and, in a tense 3-2 vote, yanked Lyon from his SANDAG seat.
"What we have here clearly," Lyon told a reporter, "is 1990 revisited when the troika summarily removed the mayor from SANDAG."
While it would be weird if Wood weren't upset over losing a prestigious post, he cannot claim that the world has been turned on its head by this insult to his executive privilege. Mayoral power has been subject to rude checks before.
Throw into the mix the city's 2-year-old charter, a hurriedly cobbled "constitution" that grants enhanced home (as opposed to state) rule, and it would seem that Wood's case gets weaker, not stronger.
To get a smart read on Wood's legal prospects, I contacted two attorneys, both familiar with the crossroads of law and politics.
"Do I think any potential lawsuit by Wood against the City of Oceanside would have merit?" began Leon Page, deputy counsel for Orange County, MiraCosta College trustee and public policy activist.
"I think it's doubtful. In my various lawsuits against public agencies, I have always had to overcome the 'political question' doctrine. Courts generally don't like to get involved in the internecine struggles fought in the political trenches of government. I think most judges would conclude, quite properly, that the voters will sort all this out, one way or the other, sooner or later. Why jeopardize the grandeur and nonpartisan authority of the judicial branch by wading into the muck and intervening in what inherently is a temporary dispute, lasting no longer than the time until the next election? The controversy will be over by the time the case gets to the appellate court, so why stick one's judicial neck out?
"I think the courts will generally only intervene in a political dispute when the normal political processes have gone off the rails, and an intervention is necessary to get the system functioning and back on track. What we have here, however, is a political system working to process conflicting voter signals. The system is actually working fine. And that is why I think Jim loses at the courthouse. The appointment to SANDAG is entirely a political question."
To counter Page's view, I called Mike Aguirre, the former San Diego city attorney who's representing Wood.
In a span of 30 seconds, Aguirre used the following adjectives to describe Wood's case: Unique. Appealing. Compelling. He likened the majority's action to a "beheading."
"I really see this as an issue of governance," Aguirre told me, one that tests the city's young, and cursory, charter, what Aguirre calls a "starter charter."
And yet, while the Aguirre I know has never met an injustice he wouldn't love to correct in court, he suggested that this conflict might be better settled out of court.
Aguirre pointed to the fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington as proof that even the most vicious foes can find common ground with the right incentives. He hopes to help both sides come to terms.
But I wonder. This council can see eye-to-eye on specific projects. (For example, El Corazon's development plan sailed through on a unanimous vote.)
But this SANDAG fight is over symbolic power, pure and simple.
The stated reason for the council majority's seizing of the mayor's (i.e., executive branch's) appointive powers is, in my view, a red herring.
The real driving issue isn't freeway on-ramps and extensions, projects that take years to fund, plan and build and require cooperation of other cities.
No, the issue is who's in charge. Who gets to call the shots.
Kern ran against Wood in November from a safe council seat and, lo and behold, he was beaten like a drum.
The majority, unable to chop into Wood's (and Councilwoman Esther Sanchez's) popularity, is taking on the dais what it wasn't able to win at the polls.
It's a tough play, designed to put the mayor in a little box, fiddling with his gavel. (You can see why Wood says he's fighting for future mayors, not himself.)
But politics ain't beanbag, it's often said.
Granted, the SANDAG Strip is a hard-nosed tactic that may come back to haunt the majority in 2014, if not before.
But is it illegal?
If so, beanbag may have to be outlawed as well.


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Never Have Another Junk Food Craving. Ever.
Hitting those late-night ice cream binges hard? Regularly polish off 10-too-many chocolate chip cookies? Here's why
I indulge. I hate myself for it. And the nasty cycle continues.
I'm guessing you might be able to relate. About 90 percent of women (and 50 percent of men) get food cravings a few times a month, says Susan B. Roberts, PhD, a professor of nutrition and psychiatry at Tufts University. Why do we crave junk food? (And it's always junk food -- you never hear about someone's kale binges, right?) Often it's a psychological thing: We reach for the mac and cheese after a rough day because that's what mom used to make for us. And sometimes it's physiological: We guzzle a venti coffee after a sleepless night because we're exhausted and need the jolt of caffeine.
But what about the junk food cravings that come out of nowhere? The ones that hit when you're feeling great? Those could actually be a sign that you're missing something from your diet, says clinical nutritionist Stella Metsovas, BS, CCN. "Physiologically, the body will crave junk foods that could potentially mimic the nutrient that is deficient," she says. "The brain actually craves a quick-release because of the low quality of foods you're consuming."
Obviously, this cycle of craving junk food when what we really need is health food doesn't do us any favors. For starters, it'll pack on the pounds. But more importantly, while junk food may mimic the energy or nutrients in healthy foods, it won't give us the actual benefits. And so the food cravings will continue.
Skip ahead to find out how to stop your junk food cravings now.
But here's the good news: If you know what your body really needs when you're craving sugar, carbs, salt, or whatever your vice of choice, then you can load up on those nutrients in a healthier form. Which means that there's a good chance you'll be able to scale back your junk food cravings dramatically.
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theory... but a lot of the replacement foods and nutrients are slow-working. let's admit that sometimes when we crave chocolate, it's CHOCOLATE that we want
by AstridB Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 11:29AM Report as inappropriate
a lot of interesting information!! :-)
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This was super helpful. Now I know what I need when I get those weird cravings.
by NillaButterfly Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 02:14PM Report as inappropriate
I basically need to eat more salad and nuts. Will do :)
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good to know
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very interesting
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fish oil helps stabilize blood sugar...wow, I really like the information in this ariticle. Thanks!
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salt is what i always crave for. will bookmark this article for future refrence.
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I liked this article. I'm going to give some of these a try.
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since when are cheeseburgers and such are considered meat? when I'm craving meat, i'm craving a nice medium rare steak. and salt. yum :))
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Guide to Olympic Synchronised Swimming
Welcome to our armchair guide to synchronised swimming at the Olympics. You'll find insights from top GB synchronised swimmers, an Olympic synchronised swimming jargon buster, Olympic synchronised swimming facts at a glance, an Olympic synchronised swimming timeline, and a ones-to-watch calendar so you can plan your Olympic viewing from your tablet.
Looking for an introduction to synchronised swimming for the Olympics? Then let our athlete and videos guide you.
- Swimmers hear their music through underwater speakers and wear clips to stop water going up their noses while upside down.
- Synchronised swimming only became an Olympic event in 1984 at the Los Angeles games when competitions in solo and duet were first held.
- All competitors performed an individual 'figures' routine at the start of the Games which would be combined with their 'musical' routine score for both the qualifying and the final.
- In the duet at the 1984 Games, the two swimmers' figures' scores would be averaged to produce their total. They would then perform the musical routine in qualifying and the final as with the solo event.
- Swimmers now perform a 'technical' routine consisting of pre-determined elements in a specific order. They then perform a 'free' routine where they aim to show creativity and difficulty in an original and longer routine.
- Athletes from only three nations - USA, Canada and Russia - have won synchronised swimming gold. Russia are now the most dominant force, having won duet and team gold from the past three Games.
Planning a little TV or internet time watching the Olympics? Then use our calendar to help you find the synchro events that interest you.


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Sports tourism filling up area hotels
Published: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 4:51 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 4:51 p.m.
Southwest Florida's busiest season just got busier, with the region's burgeoning sports tourism niche taxing hotels already filling up with traditional northern visitors.
Some spring sporting events in 2014
What: YMCA State Championship Swim Meet
Where: Selby Aquatic Center
When: Feb. 14-16
Specs: 1,200 swimmers and 2,000 spectators, with 800 hotel room nights.
What: Sarasota Invitational Regatta
Where: Nathan Benderson Park
When: Feb. 23-24
Specs: 7,000 athletes and spectators.
What: Super 8 Horse Show, an all-breed equestrian event
Where: Fox Lea Farm, Venice
When: March 8-9, March 15-16
Specs: 1,200 athletes and spectators each weekend, with 900 room nights per weekend.
What: Florida Age Group Championship Swim Meet
Where: Selby Aquatic Center
When: March 13-15
Specs: More than 3,000 athletes and spectators, with 2,500 booked hotel rooms.
What: Area 3/5 Championships Swim Meet
Where: Selby Aquatic Center
When: March 28-30
Specs: More than 3,0000 athletes and fans, with 1,500 room nights.
What: Sarasota-Bradenton Triathlon
TU Sarasota Pan American Cup and Age Group Mixed Relay Competition
Where: Nathan Benderson Park
When: March 8-9
Specs: 300 athletes
What: Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association State Championships
Where: Nathan Benderson Park
When: April 4-5
Specs: 13 college and university teams with 30-40 athletes per school
What: Florida Scholastic Rowing Association Sculling Championships
Where: Nathan Benderson Park
When: April 12-13
Specs: 1,500 athletes and 7,500 spectators and coaches
As Southwest Florida and the state continue to post record-breaking visitation numbers, local tourism officials and hoteliers are preparing for the added influx of athletes and fans to a variety of sporting events this spring.
"It's not just spring training anymore," said Virginia Haley, president of Visit Sarasota County, the county's tourism agency. "There is a tremendous variety of events, from equestrian events to tennis tournaments coming up."
Spring training for the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates is revving up.
Swimming championship events at the Selby Aquatic Center already have attracted hundreds to the south Sarasota County pool this year, and more events are taking place through the spring.
This weekend marks the start of the regatta season, with the first national event — the Sarasota Invitational Regatta — taking place at Nathan Benderson Park. The two-day gathering is expected to draw 7,000 rowers, coaches and family members.
"It really kicks into high gear by the end of this month and moving into March," said Nicole Rissler, director of sports with Visit Sarasota County. "We'll have something going on almost every weekend."
Collegiate league rowing teams from northeastern schools like Harvard University and the University at Buffalo already have begun their trek to Southwest Florida. Teams of up to 200, including staff and coaches, and more college-level and high school teams are coming to train here through March.
"This is just the start. As we move forward, we will have events like this year round," said Paul Blackketter, chief operating officer with the Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Association, the nonprofit group that operates Benderson Park.
Area hotels already are feeling the effects of this sporting enthusiasm.
Baltimore Orioles baseball staff, players and fans, have taken over the Comfort Suites in Sarasota, a 97-room hotel which opened at Honore and Clark roads a year ago.
"Usually the hotels at University Parkway and Fruitville Road fill up first and we start seeing the overflow," general manager Nick Mavrikas said. "But we're already getting some players, picking up some of the athletes from the regatta this weekend and booking several swim teams."
The hotel's occupancy was well above expectations for January, Mavrikas said, and he expects the spring season to carry on that high note.
"From what I can see right now, the season is going to be great," he said. "We're looking at a strong second and third quarter, too."
Visitors in spending mood
This activity comes after Florida and the region already posted record winter visitation.
The state shattered a record for the number of visitors it hosted in 2013, at with nearly 95 million people. That was up 3.5 percent increase from a record-breaking 2012, according to Visit Florida, the state's tourism promotions arm.
In Sarasota County, there was record hotel and vacation rental occupancy and tourist tax collections during December.
Those visitors were in a spending mood, too, with the tally rising by double digit percentages when compared with the final month of 2012, Visit Sarasota County data shows.
The spring months are always the busiest for Southwest Florida — restaurant are packed and traffic crawls on local roadways — as the populations of Sarasota and Manatee counties swell with the many part-time residents who spend the colder months here.
Record cold snaps and storms in the Midwest and Northeast have only amplified that annual migration and sometimes made for longer stays.
"The weather up north has really helped," said Tom Yorke, assistant general manager of the Country Inn & Suites in Bradenton, off State Road 70. "We're jammed."
Spring training
Ticket sales for Baltimore Orioles spring training games are up more than 10 percent so far this season.
Some games with high-profile teams like the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees already have sold out, said David Rovine, the team's vice president in Sarasota.
"It's going to be a strong season if ticket sales are any indication," Rovine said.
A combined 213,888 watched spring training games in Sarasota and Manatee counties during the 2013 season, which set records at both Sarasota's Ed Smith Stadium and Bradenton's McKechnie Field.
The Orioles, in their third season in Sarasota, set a franchise record, drawing 120,455 fans in 17 home games. There were nine sell out games last year.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drew 93,433 people to 15 home games at McKechnie Field in 2013, the first spring training season following a $7.5 million upgrade for new seating, better access to players and improved concessions and bathrooms.
"Ticket sales are going very well and we expect more games, if not all, to sell out at McKechnie," said Elliott Falcione, executive director of the Bradenton Area Convention Center and Visitors Bureau. "Most of our fans stay longer and explore Bradenton."
Orioles fans are "are old-time Sarasota people now," Haley said.
"They've come down a couple of times, and instead of asking where is Sarasota, they're asking what new restaurants have opened up in the past year," she said. "It's a really nice change to have."
This season, the number of spring training games has been scaled back to 15 at home and 15 away.
New sports emerging
"Eclectic" is the only way to describe the various sporting events boosting visitation this season.
In Bradenton, Major League Soccer players are wrapping up their first preseason training sessions at IMG Academy in Bradenton.
Six teams — from Chicago, Columbus, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Dallas; New England; and Toronto — played here.
"The sessions were so successful that the preseason schedule was extended by two weeks," Falcione said.
Teams arrived in mid-January and will play through the end of February. The one-year deal is expected to be renewed next year.
Falcione is hopeful that the pre-season training will eventually attract international players.
"We're the only community in the state of Florida that will go from pre-season soccer to spring training baseball," Falcione noted.
A series of swimming championship events at the Selby Aquatic Center, the site of the 2013 Pan American Masters Swimming Championships, will bring thousands of youth swimmers to events in March and April.
Meanwhile, this weekend, Triple J Ranch, an equestrian operation in Sarasota off Fruitville Road, is hosting a reining cowhorse championship.
In March, Venice's Fox Lea Farm, will draw 2,400 equestrians for horse shows over two weekends.
"The growth we're seeing for sports tourism is explosive," Rissler said.
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Û Alex Smith just can't seem to escape the large shadow of Joe Montana, even when he's traded all the way to Kansas City.
Û And that says nothing of the shadows of Steve Bono and Elvis Grbac. What is it about exiled 49ers QBs winding up with the Chiefs?
Û Smith can only hope his new opportunity in K.C. turns out as well as it did for Joe, Steve and Elvis. But playing for a team that went 2-14 and lost twice to the Raiders doesn't portend paradise.
Û That said, Smith should do just fine as long as Andy Reid doesn't start pounding on his shoulder pads before games.
Û Outstanding timing by the 49ers dealing Smith, too, what with both Luke and Josh McCown available as potential free agent backups. (Kidding!)
Û Another guy who's available: Vince Young, the guy who was supposed to become Colin Kaepernick seven years ago. Young was out of work last season.
Û Line I Wish Was Mine Dept., courtesy of Jeff Jardine of the Modesto Bee: 49ers now have 15 picks, eh? Hope they have overdraft protection.
Û Our two cents on Darrelle Revis -- too many millions.
Û It's believed Stephen Curry scored from all five New York boroughs on Wednesday night. That Staten Island shot might have been the toughest.
Û OK, being facetious there, but this one's no lie: Curry outscored the rest of his team, 54-51.
Û Curry scoring 92 points over two games restimulates the wonder of Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 in one -- without the benefit of the 3-point shot.
Û Buried in the stories and totally ignored on all the TV recaps: Raymond Felton blocked a Curry jumper with the score tied 105-all and 1:28 left. It only won the game. The Warriors didn't score again.
Û Charles Jenkins' fresh chance in Philadelphia so far: two minutes in one game. And Jeremy Tyler's new beginning? Hadn't played one second for Atlanta.
Û We still don't get the one-game David Lee suspension for a little shove in response to Roy Hibbert's initial harder shove. You get an equal penalty to the perpetrator just for defending yourself?
Û Speaking of harsh penalties, the NCAA did its best to turn Saint Mary's into Ain't Mary's on Friday.
Û We confess that we don't understand all the violations against the Gaels, but the sanctions seem entirely too severe for a good, upstanding coach such as Randy Bennett, who has never struck us as the masterminding cheater type.
Û For one thing, a masterminding cheater type would have bolted for a more high-profile job long before now. Bennett surely has had plenty of opportunities but stayed in Moraga.
Û Well, if nothing else, the focus on Saint Mary's takes the heat off Mike Montgomery for now.
Û Mark Mastrov, the 24 Hour Fitness founder who tried to buy the Warriors, has now put in his bid to purchase the Sacramento Kings. It should be an interesting battle with that Microsoft group bidding to move the team to Seattle, but we're rooting for the Castro Valley guy.
Û Maybe Mastrov should challenge the Seattle bidders to a game of HORSE for the team. He probably wouldn't even need Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson to assist.
Û Through nearly three weeks of spring training, the most compelling story line between our two Bay Area teams might still be Tim Lincecum's haircut. No news good news?
Û Pablo Sandoval must cackle when he hears folks around the Angels horrified that Mike Trout gained 8 pounds in the offseason.
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Spartan Film Studios is ready for its close-up.
After years of paying its dues, San Jose State's scrappy student film enterprise is finally coming into its own with three of its projects set to be showcased in this year's Cinequest Film Festival, which gets under way next week. Call it Hollywood U, a university-run film studio where students learn not just by studying movies but by making them, learning to light, shoot, direct and edit, and handling all the other aspects of film production.
But perhaps what's most notable about Spartan Studios is its ambition. While most film schools only let students produce shorts, Spartan encourages the students in San Jose State's Radio, Film, Theater and Animation & Illustration department to shoot full-length films, giving fledgling filmmakers firsthand experience honing priceless skills and making contacts that can pay off. After all, it's good to be noticed in an industry that's all about exposure.
"No other program in our region offers this opportunity," says San Jose State professor Amy Glazer, who directed the critically acclaimed "Seducing Charlie Barker" for Spartan. "If a student works hard, there is this opportunity to make a feature film. How cool is that? ... It's our in-house film internship."
The best and brightest make it into Cinequest, where they have a shot at the brass ring. The film festival, Silicon Valley's answer to Sundance, is a rare chance to hobnob with movie honchos.
"Most student films are amateurish, but Spartan is a whole new model. When you put together professional mentors with emerging talent, that's magic," says Cinequest co-founder Halfdan Hussey. "It's an exceptional program that turns out tremendous movies."
The festival's 23rd edition, which kicks off Tuesday, will feature a final cut of SJSU alum Robert Krakower's "Always Learning" on March 5 before a forum about the creative process at San Jose State. Shohei Shiozaki's "Goldfish Go Home" will be screened March 6 to 9. Ricky B.G. Dellinger's "Kill No Evil," a comedy short, will be shown before several full-length films.
"It's really amazing to be able to create something that can be shown to a roomful of hundreds of people," says Krakower, director of "Always Learning," a touching comedy about home schooling. "It's been a dream for me since I was really young."
Fans of Spartan, a nonprofit venture launched by faculty members in 2002, say it delivers high production values on low budgets. Though professors were originally in charge of the films, they now let the students call a lot of the shots. Newbies work side by side with seasoned professionals such as producer-director Ned Kopp ("American Graffiti," "The Fast and the Furious").
Most Spartan films cost about $250,000, much of it subsidized by use of university resources, from green screens to camera dollies. The rest, about $25,000, is raised by students and teachers. Only a select few of the films make the cut at Cinequest.
Pierce Leggin, 21, can't wait to rub elbows with stars like Harrison Ford and author Salman Rushdie, who are among the celebrities attending this year's festival. That kind of red-carpet action is not bad for an undergraduate.
"Cinequest is a massive landmark for me," says the ebullient senior who worked on the editing of "Always Learning" and another Spartan project, "Super Hero Party Clown." "You can debate the value of a degree in filmmaking, but there's no question that it's amazing to graduate with a bunch of IMDB credits. Spartan is the epitome of film education."
Schmoozing with stars isn't just a hoot, it's also an opportunity to make connections. If you're willing to hustle, you might even talk your way into a distribution deal. "Super Hero Party Clown" generated enough buzz at Cinequest to get distributed on Netflix and Hulu.
"Cinequest gives the students something to shoot for, something to dream about," says SJSU teacher Barnaby Dallas, who runs Spartan alongside teacher Nick Martinez. "You never know who will see your screening and where that might lead."
Dallas is also a script doctor at DreamWorks, so he knows the standards expected in the reel world. He and Martinez try to teach the students that showbiz is more about elbow grease than glitz and glamour.
"It's a grind," says Martinez, producer and co-director of Spartan. "We work 13 hours a day for 25 days. That's the reality."
Students start at the bottom of the rung by catering and work their way through costume, makeup and lighting. By graduation, they are no longer greenhorns.
"Some dudes get out of film school and they still don't know their way around a set," Leggin says. "We do."
It's a make-or-break opportunity that tests the students' mettle. Martinez estimates that one-third of the students who work on Spartan's feature films wash out. And that's a good thing.
"It's much better to learn that now," he notes wryly, "than after you waste five years struggling in L.A."
For the record, Dallas says Spartan has helped hundreds of alumni land coveted behind-the-scenes gigs, from grips to gaffers.
Shehbaz Aslam plans to follow in those footsteps. The junior has worked his way to up to chief lighting technician and gaffer for "Always Learning."
"I know that I can land a job with the experience I've gotten at Spartan," the 21-year-old says, "and that's huge."
Certainly Spartan sees itself as an R&D lab for the next generation. Dallas and Martinez dream of seeing a Spartan movie become the next indie smash. Martinez believes the studio is primed to make its mark.
"These students are on the cusp," he says. "The movies are so fresh, sooner or later one of them is going to hit it big. This could be the year."
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Where: Venues in downtown San Jose
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Pacific's MESA program put on the two-day event, which featured 32 schools from Lodi to Tracy. Lodi Middle School won the K-8 competition. The Stockton Early College Academy won the high school competition.
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NEW YORK — Beauty company L'Oréal Paris has recognized the charitable work of 10 women — including Montgomery County district attorney Risa Vetri Ferman, the cofounder of Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center — by distinguishing them as "Women of Worth" and giving them $10,000 each for their individual charities.
Every year for seven years, L'Oréal has embraced its slogan "Because You're Worth It" by honoring 10 influential women through its Women of Worth initiative, which recognizes those who exemplify the spirit of the L'Oréal brand with their commitment to admirable causes. Ferman made the list because of her dedication to the Mission Kids Center, which supports victims of child abuse by helping them move forward. The organization works to ease the criminal justice system for victims, aids crime prevention and offers education outreach programs.
Between now and Nov. 21, people can visit WomenOfWorth.com to vote for one of the 10 honorees; the winner will receive an additional $25,000 for her charity and will be honored at an awards ceremony and dinner hosted by L'Oréal Paris and Hearst Magazines on Dec. 6 in New York City.
"The L'Oreal Paris family is incredibly proud to celebrate this year's inspiring group of honorees," said L'Oréal Paris president, Karen Fondu. "These amazing women represent our brand heritage and philosophy, 'Because You're Worth It,' by inspiring us all with their dedication and commitment to making a beautiful difference."
The other nine honorees include: Kate Bialo of Furniture Sharehouse; Sarah Cronk of The Sparkle Effect; Ida Johnson of United Neighbors; Lorraine Kerwood of NextStep Recycling; Catherine Meek of School on Wheels; Amy Paterson of My Little Waiting Room; Sandy Puc of Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep; Sue Runsvold of TurningWheels For Kids; and Olivia Stinson of PEN Pals Book Club & Support Group for Children of Incarcerated Parents.


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What does it take to get a San Jose cop on a burglary case these days? The SJPD is woefully short-handed, its burglary unit fanned out to patrol while the city scrambles for new recruits as officers flee deficit-driven pay and benefit cuts. And even flush departments don't follow up every reported theft.
But when Kurt Loeswick's home near Branham High School was burglarized Nov. 9, he had more to report than just broken glass and missing valuables. He and his neighbors had evidence a neighbor kid was involved and even recovered a stolen safe.
But the police, they said, haven't responded, even after neighbors reported a similar string of break-ins.
"I can't do much more unless I take a vigilante stand," Loeswick said. "And I don't do that."
He's made a report to the Independent Police Auditor. And with his neighbors, he emailed complaints to the mayor and council, whose staff responses show how hard it can be for political offices to find the right touch with frustrated residents.
Mayoral agenda manager Sara Wright emailed Loeswick and his neighbors a link to the mayor's opinion piece on his budget and public safety strategy.
"This is not the time to give Mayor Chuck Reed a public relations promotional moment," neighbor Michelle Holtz shot back. "We, the people of this neighborhood, have done about as much foot work on this particular case as possible, unless we need to perform a couple of citizens arrests as well."
District 10 Councilwoman Nancy Pyle's staffer Tom Johnston emailed the neighbors a suggestion to report crimes to the cops.
"Seriously?" neighbor Susan Wiens replied. "Your answer to this is: 'Sorry the neighborhood is too stupid to call the police when a crime happens?' I will be sure to keep that savvy advice in mind. I would have never thought of picking up a phone when I saw a crime or had a crime happen to me. "
Wiens said the neighbors did get some satisfaction when mayoral spokeswoman Michelle McGurk stepped in to help organize a community meeting where they hope to get answers from the cops and council.
"If they truly did drop the ball on what seems like an easy investigation," Wiens said, "then the problems with the department are far worse than any of us ever imagined."
Utility customers get
tip from police auditor
As if San Jose's cops weren't having rough sledding already, city utility invoices mailed out this month included a bill-stuffer advising residents that if they "have a concern or complaint about a San Jose police officer" or police policy, call the Independent Police Auditor.
The city often uses bill-stuffers to save on postage when sending residents notices -- so much so that Independent Police Auditor LaDoris Cordell told the mayor and council she'd waited months for a bill with no other stuffers to send her $2,975 worth of outreach.
But alas, the officers didn't take it well.
"It's part of our morale improvement program!" quipped San Jose Police Officers' Association President Sgt. Jim Unland. "I think of the stuff they could be sending out -- crime prevention tips, how to protect yourself, how to start a neighborhood watch -- but you won't see that. Whatever. It's more of the same."
Cordell said she understood the bruised feelings but meant no disrespect and was only doing her job.
"Morale is down, this insert is there, they took it in a way that was not intended," Cordell said. "It's part of our mandate to do outreach to the public."
City treads lightly
on police chief forums
San Jose is, of course, looking for its next police chief. But some noticed none of the four community meetings to solicit feedback were in districts of Mayor Chuck Reed's strongest City Council allies.
Reed and his allies have invoked the San Jose Police Officers' Association's ire for cuts to city pay and perks, including a controversial pension reform measure that the union is suing to block. Reed says the cuts were needed to limit layoffs and close deficits spawned by ballooning retirement costs. The cops blame them for an officer exodus and rising crime.
The next meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Southside Community Center in the district of Councilman Ash Kalra, a union ally who's fought Reed over the cuts. Did city management pick meeting sites to avoid provoking the SJPOA?
David Vossbrink, the city manager's spokesman, said they chose the sites for "good geographic distribution."
"It's a big city and we wanted to spread them around," Vossbrink said.
Reed and his council allies voiced no objections.
But the city has added a Neighborhoods Commission meeting on the chief selection in the district of Reed ally Rose Herrera, whose re-election just drew vigorous opposition from the SJPOA. It'll be Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Community Center.
Said Herrera: "I see this as a positive opportunity for my district to weigh in on what they would like to see in the police chief leadership."
Leigh High backtracks
on T-shirt suspensions
At San Jose's Leigh High School, it's long been tradition for kids to wear T-shirts with the sleeves cut off and side-seams undone, especially on "spirit days" to show support for their sports teams. But Leigh honchos apparently have had it with this.
About two weeks ago, Michael Wise, an administrative dean, ordered a boy wearing such a shirt to replace it with an intact campus-supplied T. And when a bunch of students the next day protested by wearing similarly mutilated Ts in a show of solidarity, Wise hustled them off to the principal's office, where he, Principal Donna Hope and three other school officials went nuclear. They ordered eight kids suspended for what a district staffer characterized as "defiance," even after some agreed to change their shirts.
We're all for appropriate attire and compliance with school rules and agree mangled T's push the boundaries. But Leigh's student code doesn't specifically ban them as it does short shorts, backless shirts and sagging pants. It calls for "good taste" and "generally accepted administrative standards for decency and modesty," things kids and grown-ups often disagree on.
The girl and seven boys involved were appealing their suspensions to Hope and the Campbell Union High School District when we inquired about the matter and asked for district suspension counts.
The next day, Hope revoked the kids' suspensions on grounds that, as one parent said her son was told, "the punishment didn't fit the crime."
And maybe because it was drawing unwanted attention. At least one parent had asked the American Civil Liberties Union to investigate. Could it be that the district doesn't like its decisions being held up to public scrutiny? We don't know, because Director of Student Services Heidi Reyes refused to comment, and the district forbids its school employees from talking to reporters. Perhaps district school staff should consider talking to the ACLU as well.
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