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Definición de neuter en inglés:
1Of or denoting a gender of nouns in some languages, typically contrasting with masculine and feminine or common: the Spirit is a neuter word in Greek
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- Still, the grammatical rule, Macgregor points out, is that the adjective, when qualifying two nouns of different genders, agrees with the masculine or feminine noun rather than with the neuter noun, irrespective of position.
- The vast majority of nouns are masculine or feminine, though there are a few neuter nouns.
- I decided that it was time to catch up with the rest of the world, and most other news organisations refer to ships as neuter.
2(Of an animal) lacking developed sexual organs, or having had them removed.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Keynes has found a list of the pros and cons of marriage written by Darwin when he was 29: 'My God, it is intolerable to think of spending one's whole life, like a neuter bee, working, working, and nothing after all.'
- My dog is neuter.
2.1(Of a plant or flower) having neither functional pistils nor functional stamens.
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- This neuter plant, Humulus lupulus, produced no flowers for two years.
- Neuter flowers contained an average of 7.6 gl of nectar, and none were empty.
2.2(Of a person) apparently having no sexual characteristics; asexual: soft, languid, sexually neuter types
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- 'Sure,' he said convinced that he was a jerk, a neuter slave reaching for her shoes.
- Terentzala was the neuter God and ever unfulfilled because he would never have a mate.
- No allowance is made in the Writ for sexual orientations, because Angels are in truth, neuter.
1 Grammar A neuter word.
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- That would account for someone deciding that the plural ending was i, not realizing that this was true only of masculine nouns, not neuters.
- English also has some Latin neuter singulars, ending in um, with a plural ending in A - bacterium is an example, the plural is bacteria; nobody says bacteriums.
- The feminine pronoun she was often used for the United States as well, but he says that 'of late years we have gradually drifted into the custom of adopting the neuter it, which makes necessary the use of the singular verb.'
1.1 (the neuter) The neuter gender.
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- An epiphany of the Loved, the feminine is not added to an object and a Thou antecedently given or encountered in the neuter (the sole gender formal logic knows.)
- Other European languages have two or three so-called 'genders', masculine, feminine, and neuter.
- When used in the neuter - ìî, òî - it can mean 'something or anything of mine/yours.'
2A non-fertile caste of social insect, especially a worker bee or ant.
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- It appears to us quite as rational and philosophical to suppose, that a queen bee could be converted into a neuter.
- The worker ant, although in common parlance a "neuter," is structurally a female.
- The worker ant, although in common parlance a "neuter," is structurally a female.
2.1A castrated or spayed domestic animal.
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- if you cat is a neuter you can only enter neuter classes.
- My other cats are all neuters.
2.2An asexual person: the conquering hero is a neuter
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- On the other hand, Raven's blatant foregrounding of sex in Phineas Finn reminds us that Trollope's young heroes are neither neuters nor angels in their 'private', un-narrated lives.
- I'd also like to report, on a lighter note, that this song racily mentions 'making love' at a time when the Boys were still supposedly buzz-cut neuters without a prurient interest in their hearts.
- It could be like 'West Side Story,' with the sex addicts versus the neuters.
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1Castrate or spay (a domestic animal): all pit bulls must be registered and neutered (as adjective neutered) a neutered tomcat
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- Spayed or neutered cats are often more friendly with their owners than they would usually be.
- The only way to remove an unwanted recessive like long hair from a breeding program is to spay or neuter all kittens who inherit that trait and all cats who produce it.
- The other compelling reason to spay or neuter your pet is the very real fact that there are not enough loving homes available to adopt all the needy pets.
castrate, geld, cut, emasculate;
North American & Australian alter
informal doctor
rare caponize, eunuchize, ovariectomize, oophorectomize
2Make ineffective: disarmament negotiations that will neuter their military power
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- Under your watch, the electoral system is being neutered and rendered ineffective.
- He believes that neutering the detective powers of the police service has been one of the key political objectives of Sinn Fein.
- Let's not forget that it was Labor who allowed Ahern out of question time because of one of their side deals that effectively neutered certain opposition powers.
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin neuter 'neither', from ne- 'not' + uter 'either'.
Palabras que riman con neuteraccoutre (US accouter), commuter, computer, disputer, looter, pewter, polluter, recruiter, refuter, rooter, saluter, scooter, shooter, souter, suitor, tooter, transmuter, tutor, uprooter
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Q and A: Explaining Obama's Health-Insurance Move
Q: What just happened?
A: President Barack Obama said he wants to let insurance carriers keep selling policies that they earlier cancelled because they didn't meet standards set by the 2010 Affordable Care Act. He said his administration would ask state insurance commissioners to permit insurance companies to make that move.
Q: Why is he doing that?
A: The Obama administration has been coming under intense pressure–notably, from anxious Democrats–to respond to policy cancellations potentially affecting millions of Americans. These Americans bought coverage on their own rather than getting it from an employer or government program.
Q: What was wrong with those old policies?
A: Many didn't meet the law's standards. The health overhaul law sets new federal requirements for plans that take effect in 2014 that are often tougher than practices allowed by the states. For example, the plans are supposed to offer free preventive care and can't charge extra to women or people with pre-existing illness.
Q: Can't people losing coverage get it through the new health-insurance exchanges?
A: In theory, yes. But troubles with the federal HealthCare.gov website have made it hard for many to sign up. That site serves consumers in 36 states. Some state-run websites in the remaining 14 states also have problems. What's more, even if they can buy new coverage, some people say they would prefer their old insurance because it was cheaper or was accepted by their doctor.
Q: Can Mr. Obama make this move on his own?
A: White House officials said the administration had the authority to make a temporary policy change of this kind. They cited as a similar example the president's decision to defer the removal of immigrants who came to the country without authorization when they were children. Republicans said then the president might be overreaching his authority, and they sounded similar notes Thursday. "I am highly skeptical that they can do this administratively," said House Speaker John Boehner of the move.
Q: Why do state insurance commissioners have to sign off?
A: Insurance is regulated by the states, and the state commissioners had already approved the plan cancellations. They have final say over whether plans are reinstated.
Q: Will insurance commissioners agree?
A: That's hard to tell right now. At an earlier stage of the debate, some insurance regulators took a dim view of carriers trying to keep policy holders on old plans, as the Journal reported in September. Others have signaled more enthusiasm and one, Dave Jones of California, has already been pushing big carriers in his state to let policy holders stay on their existing coverage a little longer.
Q: Will carriers agree?
Maybe. Some might jump at the new opportunity. Others have already made their decision and are likely to stick to it. "You can't put toothpaste back in the tube" is the gist of the view expressed by some health-policy experts.
Q: Does that mean it won't happen?
A: Maybe. White House officials emphasized that they know not all regulators may agree to the president's proposal, and not all carriers may choose to reinstate plans. As a result, this might not help too many of the millions of people whose plans have been cancelled. That would again underscore the gaps in Mr. Obama's earlier promise that Americans who liked their plans could keep their plans.
Q: What if it does happen?
A: It could actually hurt the law. Many of the individual policyholders whose plans are being terminated are considered to be healthy. They would help balance the risk pool in the new exchanges. As it is, the website problems may be deterring all but the sickest people from getting coverage. The insurance-industry trade group said Thursday that Mr. Obama's changes "could destabilize the market and result in higher premiums for consumers."
Q: What happens now?
A: Watch this space. We're about to see how state insurance commissioners and specific insurance carriers react, and both decisions are crucial.
Transcript of Obama's Remarks on Health-Care Change
Sortable Chart: State-by-State Insurance Signups
WSJ's Louise Radnofsky on how Obama's new plan lets insurers keep offering canceled health plans
Speech Highlights: Obama on HealthCare.Gov Improvements, Approval Rating
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Speech highlights: Obama on His 'If You Like It, You Keep It' Pledge

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SAN JOSE -- A woman was killed and another person seriously injured when the Cadillac they were riding in slammed into a traffic-light pole about 4 p.m. Friday at Tasman Drive and North First Street.
The driver was heading west on Tasman when he ran a red light, clipped another vehicle and rammed into the pole, according to San Jose police Sgt. Heather Randol. His female passenger died at the scene and the driver, who suffered what Randol called "major injuries" was taken to a local hospital. Police did not disclose the ages or identities of the woman and the driver.
Although the vehicle was severely crumpled against the pole, Randol said it's unclear if it was speeding and it's unknown if alcohol or drugs were involved. The other vehicle that was hit -- a Honda CRV -- suffered a damaged front bumper, but its passengers were not seriously hurt, according to police.
Alvind Gonzales, 52, who arrived at the scene after the accident, said the driver is a 17-year-old boy who is a close friend of Gonzales' 16-year-old son and may have been heading to Gonzales' nearby home, where the driver frequently visits. Gonzales said he's met the woman who was killed and that she also had dropped by his house with the 17-year-old recently, but he didn't know her name.
"This is very devastating," Gonzales said. "I'm just totally shocked."
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Legal Moralism and Retribution Revisted
Jeffrie G. Murphy
Arizona State University College of Law
Criminal Law & Philosophy, Vol. 1, pp. 5-20, 2007
This is a slightly revised text of Jeffrie G. Murphy's Presidential Address delivered to the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, in March 2006. In the essay the author reconsiders two positions he had previously defended - the liberal attack on legal moralism and robust versions of the retributive theory of punishment - and now finds these positions much more vulnerable to legitimate attack than he had previously realized. In the first part of the essay, he argues that the use of Mill's liberal harm principle against legal moralism cannot be cabined in such a way as to leave intact other positions that many liberals want to defend - in particular, certain fundamental constitutional rights and character retributivism in criminal sentencing.In the second part of the essay, he expresses serious doubts - some inspired by Nietzsche - about the versions of character retributivism that he had once enthusiastically defended and now describes himself as no more than a ''reluctant retributivist.''
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News 12 This Morning/ Monday, December 3rd, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Baseball cards, furniture, Beanie Babies and more sat in piles on the side of I-20 Monday morning after a moving truck caught on fire. Now, instead of the home he packed up, the driver will be delivering the remains of a fire to the family's new house.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Ronny Telle as he looked at the fire damage spilling out of the back of his moving truck.
He's been a driver for 29 years, moving families and their belongings all over the country.
"We take classes and stuff," he said. "They'll show you films of stuff like this and you sit there and look at those films and you're like, 'Ah, that'll never happen,' and sure enough, here it is."
A little after midnight he saw sparks in his rear view mirror and when he pulled over, the tires were on fire.
"You're just sitting there and you're watching these flames go up and there's nothing you can do," he said. "It's just a helpless feeling. It really is."
The fire started at the bottom of the truck forcing the firefighters to pull everything out to reach the source.
"Thirty-seven years I've been in the fire service," said Augusta Fire Battalion Chief Steven Bell. "This is about the second time I've had one of these and I'll say this has probably been the worst of the two."
After the fire was gone, over half of the truck was left damaged.
"You don't know the value," Bell said. "You don't know what these people have gone through to collect this stuff."
The truck was traveling from Houston, Texas, to Myrtle Beach, S.C., to meet the family.
"It's basically a house on wheels," Bell said.
A house that Telle was planning to deliver today. It's something he's done hundreds of times before.
"I don't know how many moves I've done in 29 years, but you always make it from point A to point B," Telle said. "You always do, I always have, except for now."
No one was injured in the fire. It started in the back wheel well, but the exact cause is still unknown. The Fire Department brought in additional engines for manpower and water supply since there is no supply on the interstate. It took almost nine hours to clean up all the damage.
Initial report:
Monday, Dec. 3, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Fire crews are no longer on the scene after an 18-wheeler caught fire just after midnight Monday.
It happened on I-20 eastbound near the Martinez-Daniel Field exit.
Firefighters called it a "house fire on wheels" because an entire moving truck filled with household items went up in flames. Fire crews told News 12 that half of the household items in the truck's trailer were damaged from the flames.
The fire started inside of the back wheel on the passenger side of the truck. The driver tried to put it out and called the fire department when his effort was unsuccessful.
Without any water sources on the interstate, crews had to relay water in to help put out the flames that were still burning at 2 a.m. Monday.
The driver of the truck was heading from Houston, Texas, to Myrtle Beach, S.C.


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VOLUME 12 NUMBER 11 THE HUNTING MONTH OCTOBER 15, 1983 October quarterly: * Whole tribe wiped out'; 99-year lease requested interview. "All Tribal members have been shafted by Personnel," he declared. Personnel's assistant director, Thelma Gray, was at the meeting, but her comments were restricted to pointing out that Friedlander's most current application, which had been submitted earlier for another job, didn't show he was qualified for a job with TFME. When the discussion wound down, the audience was assured by Fred Houle, Jr., that some way would be found to increase objectivity in the future. One suggestion was to give each application a number, or black out the names, so future screening committees would make recommendations for interviews based solely on qualifications noted on each application. Tribal members were cautioned to (Continues on page two) Reminder. . • Interested Tribal member men and women have ten more business days to put their names on the November 12 primary election ballot The closing date to file is Friday, October 28, at 4:30 p.m. See the election notice inside for more details. The Tribes' Personnel and Credit offices really took it on their figurative chins October 7 at 1983's last quarterly meeting. A crowd of about three dozen — equal numbers of employees and non-employees — listened as Kenny Fried-lander charged the Personnel department with discrimination, and Revan Rogers requested a 99-year homesite lease. Friedlander said that 84 people Oft signed up for six forestry technician jobs. After the screening process was finished, 16 people were called for interviews but all "the Kootenai boys [were] omitted," Friedlander charged Some were even veterans, he said, which violated personnel regulations giving veterans extra points toward being hired. George DuCharme, director of the Tribal Forest Management Enterprise (TFME), explained that four people on his staff helped two people from the Tribes' Personnel office screen the pile of applications. An important consideration was past work experience with TFME, he said. As the discussion progressed, other allegations of hiring practice abuse were made. Bearhead Swaney said he knew of three people with fisheries experience who weren't called for interviews when they applied for biologist jobs with the Tribes. He recalled a few years ago when a Tribally contracted program needed a director. Only one applicant was qualified for the job, in his opinion, but "four others were led on to believe they had a chance" by being called in for interviews. He mentioned a young woman in St Ignatius who had applied for 73 positions (he didn't say if they were all Tribal) but has been granted only one
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The Stroller: You lost, too
Published: Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 9:48 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 9:48 a.m.
Kathy Mitchell of Spartanburg was turned off by Katrina Bryant's scolding for people "whining" because President Barack Obama was re-elected. "The people she is referring to," says Mrs. Mitchell, "love this great country and what it stands for. They do not want to see it turned into a socialist country. By the way, Katrina, you and all your friends who voted for Obama lost, too. You just don't know it yet."
QUIPS PETE MORGAN of Enoree: "You can bet that while the Clemson Tigers are getting ready for the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, coach Dabo Swinney won't be feeding them chicken. They've had enough of those chickens."
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Peasant Assembly of the Coordination of Latin American Rural Organizations and La Vía Campesina in Central America (CLOC-LVC-CA)
The Peasant Movement Defines its Position on the Climate and Food Crisis in Central America
Small Farmers Big ChangeSeptember 2, 2014
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Small Farmers Big ChangeAugust 30, 2014
Read Part I here.
There would be no cashews from El Salvador that year.
Sara FioreAugust 15, 2014
When do you enjoy our fairly traded, organic tea? Whether it's a warm cup in the morning or tall glass of iced tea on a summer afternoon, tea is a refreshing and delicious complement to any relaxing moment. In every cup of Equal Exchange tea, there's the story of farmers and workers who are building better lives and a better model for bringing that tea to your pot.
Small Farmers Big ChangeAugust 5, 2014
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Small Farmers Big ChangeAugust 5, 2014
"During the war, my comandante told me that we were fighting for a house, a piece of land, and a business. Today, I have a house; some land; we co-own our business; and, my comandante … is President [of El Salvador]!" Oscar Valladares, former President, APRAINORES
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Have you been following the outpouring of new research about the important role of bacteria in our body and its link to our health? There was very little information about how our microflora (a.k.a. gut bacteria) influenced our health until about five years ago. The new findings are truly revolutionizing our understanding of health and nutrition (think probiotics and prebiotics).
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The Cooperation in Productivity event was the first time Equal Exchange has organized a peer-led, on-farm learning experience between farmer organizations. It was incredibly exciting, not just because it was the first event of its kind for us, but because of all the farmer-driven content.
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In Part 1, I explained the groundwork philosophy that the members of COMSA (Honduras) shared with the members of Las Colinas (El Salvador). Now let's get a little nerdy and dig into the more practical, technical side of what COMSA shared and how it has contributed to their success.
Small Farmers Big ChangeJuly 22, 2014
Many thanks to Chuck Bordman for this creative 48-second video about the corporatization of Fair Trade and the work of committed brands to support small farmers and Authentic Fair Trade in this context.
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Don Mario Pérez likes to learn, and he likes to challenge the people around him to learn. While visiting his home and coffee farm during an organic workshop in early June, Don Mario and his wife, Joselinda Manueles, explained their philosophy to me.


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Memory is a very funny thing: all of a sudden it occurred to me to look up some web references to a series of books I had read a long long time ago. I don't even remember what I was doing or thinking about.
Anyway, the series is called "The Little World of Dan Camillo." It's about a priest in a little country village in post-World War II Italy and his skirmishes with sometimes-friend sometimes-enemy Peppone, the leader of the local Communist cell. It's rollicking good fun.
Lo and behold! The complete stories are available on the web! Check out http://members.tripod.com/~vajrang/littleworld/stories.html. If you can get past the pop-up ads, you'll find little unknown gems of stories.
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The Troop has been asked to provide assistance with the the computer swap meet and computer recycling collection being sponsored by ValleyNet.
Every year, ValleyNet, a local nonprofit Internet Service Provider sponsors a computer swap meet during which people can buy and sell used computers. The purpose of the ValleyNet Swap Meet is to get good used computers and computer equipment out of basements and into the hands of people who can use it to connect to the Internet. This year ValleyNet will also be accepting outdated and broken computers and printers for safe recycling.
Scouts are needed to help with setup and cleanup before and after the swap meet, and with loading and unloading of computers as they are bought, sold or recycled.
At 9:30 AM on Saturday, Apr 26th, those interested in helping should meet at the Montshire Museum (ValleyNet offices are there) in Norwich. The swap meet will end at 1:00 PM and cleanup should be finished by 1:30 PM.
Some lifting and hauling of computers and monitors will be required.
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SANTA CLARA -- No one is sure where 49ers defensive end Justin Smith got the drive that enabled him to become one of the most indestructible players in the NFL, but his father thinks it might have something to do with a force of nature named Virginia Mae Smith.
"He reminds me of my mother -- his grandmother," David Smith said in a recent phone interview from Holts Summit, Mo. "Whether she was picking pecans, corn in the field or hoeing weeds in the bean fields, she could work until everybody dropped.
"Her name was Virginia, so we call Justin, 'Virge' every now and then."
Around the NFL, they simply call him Cowboy. And, even with better-known stars like Frank Gore, Vernon Davis and Patrick Willis, the 49ers know him as perhaps their most indispensable player. That's why Smith's recovery from a partially torn left triceps muscle is a crucial subplot to Saturday's playoff opener against the Green Bay Packers at Candlestick Park.
Smith, 33, missed the last two games of the season but has returned to practice this week, and all signs are he will play. Just how effective he can be from his defensive line position could decide whether Aaron Rodgers' Packers reach the NFC Championship game rather than Smith's 49ers.
"That's why Justin Smith is so important in my mind," former 49ers quarterback and ESPN analyst Steve Young said. "If he's playing full speed, they can bring havoc with four pass rushers."
Considering Smith never missed a practice from high school in Jefferson City, Mo., at college at Missouri or in his 12-year NFL career -- seven with the Cincinnati Bengals and five with the 49ers -- it's new territory.
Back home, where Smith's tales of strength, will and hard work border on mythology, some of his friends don't know what to make of it.
Kirk Farmer, a quarterback and teammate of Smith's at Jefferson City High and at Missouri, said, "What surprises me is he actually got hurt. I played with him and I was hurt all the time. He's never been hurt -- ever."
What seems clear is that if it is possible for someone to succeed as a defensive lineman with a torn triceps, Smith would be the person most likely to beat the odds.
In a sport known for grueling training sessions, Smith takes it to another level with year-round programs designed to keep his 6-foot-4, 285-pound frame fit for the rigors of hand-to-hand combat in a space the size of a phone booth.
San Francisco defensive line coach Jim Tomsula described it in terms only a football coach could love.
"This is a guy that's puking in March," Tomsula said. "Things are very simple to him. There's not a lot of gray area. You either work as hard as you can, or you don't work. You're either on or you're off."
Dave Smith noticed that Justin, at an early age, had some of the same qualities as his mother, Virginia, who died three years ago at age 84.
"She could just go on forever and ever on anything she was doing,'' Dave Smith said. "I don't know if that's where it comes from or not, but we like to say it does."
From the time Justin could walk, he tagged along with his father on a 1,400-acre Hereford truebred cattle farm, feeding livestock and doing chores. If Dave happened to leave without Justin, Ginger Smith would be summoning her husband home to come get him.
"He would always want to go outside and help. He wanted to be active, trying to lift whatever he could," Dave Smith said. "If he fell he might cry a little bit, but he'd sort of bite his lip and try that much harder to do whatever he was doing at the time."
The farm and the hard work it entailed carried over into organized sports in about the sixth grade.
At Jefferson City High, when Smith wasn't setting records in the weight room, he spent brutally hot summer days bailing hay.
Farmer said he accompanied Smith a time or two, but conceded, "Let's just say I managed to find an excuse, one way or the other, to avoid it."
Smith dominated in football with strength and explosive athletic ability. Farmer remembers a play when Smith in a split-second leaped over the center and tackled the quarterback, knocking him out of the game.
Dave Smith got an idea how good Justin was after his junior year in high school when Missouri coach Larry Smith spoke at the Jefferson City postseason banquet and promised a scholarship.
"He said he was the best player he'd seen since Junior Seau, who he coached at USC," Dave Smith said.
When Justin Smith came out for the NFL draft after his junior season in college, incoming Missouri line coach Craig Kuligowski watched as a Cincinnati Bengals assistant coach arrived with an endurance test administered to all prospects.
"After about 20 or 25 minutes, Justin got exhausted and said he needed a break," Kuligowski said. "We were like, 'Wow, you really broke him down.' And the coach said, 'Most guys don't last five minutes.' "
The Bengals made Smith the No. 4 pick in the draft.
Jefferson City coach Ted LePage said the thing that sets Smith apart is not only his willingness to work but the joy he takes in putting in the time.
"That's what's different with Justin. He enjoys it," LePage said. "You never saw him say, 'I don't want to do this.' And if anything ever made him uncomfortable, that made him want to do it even more."
Two days after the 49ers lost to the New York Giants in last season's NFC championship game, general manager Trent Baalke came to the facility and found Smith pumping iron.
"He's a different breed -- a warrior and an everyday guy," Baalke told reporters later. "We were two days off our last game and he was back at it, getting a full lather going. I looked at him and said, 'What are you doing here?' He said, it's either being here or baby-sitting at home, so I'm here."
As much as Smith loves the weight room, he avoids the press room. He was unavailable for this story, just as he declined requests for a Sports Illustrated feature in September.
LePage said Smith is "the ultimate teammate," completely in his element in the locker room, both with starters and those at the end of the bench.
Smith, Tomsula said, "is very comfortable with who he is but he's not comfortable with the attention that comes with it. ... He's not looking for stats he can rack up. If we need him to smash his head in there against three guys so someone else can come clean, he doesn't blink."
Dave Smith said he is most proud of the fact that Justin gives maximum effort on every play, even in one-sided college defeats. Although unsure of what to make of his son attempting to play with a torn triceps, he knows it is out of his control.
"The parent in you worries about it," Dave Smith said. "You don't want him to do anything that will cause lasting damage. When he comes home to his wife and kids, he's just Dad."


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Ok, when I thought about sending you this I made myself laugh because I could hear some of y'all sounding like Sweet Brown saying, "ain't nobody got time for that!"
Ok, here's what I'm talking about. Tomorrow at 4/3c, TBS is going to run the entire first season of For Better Or Worse, then go right into two brand new episodes at 9/8c. But if you don't have 5 hours to watch the entire marathon then please don't forget to tune in to TBS at 9/8c tomorrow, Friday, July 13th, for two brand new episodes of For Better Or Worse.
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"I've got my menu planned for the next two weeks," smiles home cook Nikki Smith, "Pork on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Boy, that was easy."
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Sometimes pretty yards take years to establish, but sometimes they just seems to fall in place, especially if the owners have green thumbs. That's the case with Ronald and Susan First at 1954 Charles Avenue. The couple relocated to Lancaster from Erie, Pa. about two years ago when Ronald's job brought them south. He was here about six months before Susan could come, so he began the search for a new home.
'There's a Chinaberry tree I remember
I used to climb in and out of my window…'
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Dragon wing begonias steal the show at the home of Cain and Anita Thomason at 1049 Edgemont Drive in Lancaster. They also caught the eyes of Betsy Folks and Sheila Robertson, members of The Lancaster Garden Club, who selected the Thomason yard as the Yard of the Month for August.
An orchestra seems to make music flow with harmonies and crescendos; sometimes a beautiful solo will steal the show. The carefully planned musical piece provides continuous entertainment.
Now take that same concept and apply it to a garden filled with flowers. Each flower has its time to shine while others fill the background with continuous color and foliage.
Betcha my Independence Day was pretty much like the one you just celebrated. Well, maybe not.
The grilled steaks and sweet iced tea were good, but the July 3 death of Andy Griffith sorta dampened my enthusiasm. I opted to watch the fireworks going off over the Mall in Washington, D.C., via TV.
I did feel sorry for the folks in San Diego and seeing how their July 4 fireworks popped at one time.
It reminded me of the time my son tossed a match on the box of firecrackers, roman candles and sparklers.
August 26, 2012, is designated by President Barack Obama as Women's Equality Day. As the anniversary of the 19thamendment, granting women the right to vote, it is fitting to celebrate the many strides the Nation has made towards equality over the past 92 years.
On August 24, Dr. Charmaine W. Stradford of Lancaster will travel to Germany by invitation to be the guest speaker for the US Army Garrison Equal Opportunity Program. She is the wife of John E. Stradford Sr. of Lancaster.
Two new smiling faces will now greet visitors to the Lancaster County Welcome Center, located inside the restored historic courthouse at 100 N. Main Street.
The center was formerly run by Sylvia Hudson, who retired in mid-June.
"The full-time position was broken into two part-time positions," said Debbie Hardin, clerk to Lancaster County Council and administrative assistant for the county.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Van Dyke is uninjured after his Jaguar caught fire while he was driving on a Los Angeles freeway.
California Highway Patrol officer Saul Gomez said Monday that the 87-year-old entertainer was not treated or cited at the scene.
The officer said witnesses reported the fire just before 2 p.m. Monday and said that an elderly man was slumped over behind the wheel of the flaming car. Passers-by stopped to help the man, whom police and fire officials identified as Van Dyke.
Arlene Van Dyke posted a video online that showed her husband speaking with police officers and the remains of his burned-out car.
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HAYWARD -- The Chihuahua sprinted up the sidewalk as fast as his little legs would carry him, jumped into his owner's lap and licked her face.
Moments earlier on Tuesday morning, firefighters had found 2-year-old Chullo trembling behind a water heater on the first floor of a home where crews were working to put out a smoky blaze that started in the attic and spread to the second floor.
Chullo, who lives with Cathy Luna, her husband and their three children, was alone in the two-story home when the fire broke out.
A passer-by had spotted smoke about 8 a.m. coming from the attic of the home in the 1300 block of Russell Way, said Assistant Fire Marshal Thor Poulsen. When the woman knocked on the door, she only heard a dog barking inside. She called 911 and fire crews were there within two minutes, Poulsen said.
Luna said she had left the house to take her children to school. She got back to find crews fighting the blaze.
Firefighters had climbed two ladders to get onto the house's roof, and then broke through it to ventilate the home. Foam and water shot out from a bedroom window on the second floor.
"That's my house on fire, and my dog is in there," she shouted, trying to get closer to the house as a firefighter held her back.
Chullo was feared dead, until firefighters found him on the first floor and put him in a smoke-free backroom. Later, after dousing the flames about 8:30 a.m., they smiled when they saw Chullo, appearing in good health. "Brave" and "feisty little monster," some called him.
"Thank God it wasn't a Saturday, and we weren't home sleeping," Luna said, as she held Chullo in her lap. The tiny dog, still visibly shaken, frequently licked her and fiercely wagged his tail.
Howard Saldana, 32, who lives directly behind the home, said he was in his house when the fire broke out.
"The power went out, and I came outside (and) looked up, saw the fire trucks and saw the smoke coming from the roof," Saldana said as he stood behind a fire truck. "I feel so bad for them."
The fire, which caused from $100,000 to $150,000 in damages, was contained to the second floor and attic, Poulsen said. Its cause was under investigation but did not appear to be suspicious, he said.
"It will be some time before they are able to move back in," Poulsen said.
Luna said her family moved into the house less than one year ago.
"We just had the house blessed by a priest," she said, shaking her head as her teenage son, Martin Luna Jr., stood nearby.
"I was just relieved nobody got hurt," theteenager said. "And I'm so happy Chullo is OK."
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On a warm late winter morning, Janet Miller is busy transplanting fragile tomato seedlings into 4-inch pots. As she moves one filled flat into an already crowded greenhouse, she stops to look around, a smile blooming on her face.
Four years ago, Our Garden was little more than four neglected garden plots and a big bucket of lofty dreams. Now, the garden that Miller oversees for the Contra Costa County Master Gardeners and the Bay Area News Group is really a small farm, at least four times the size of the original garden and containing 30 beds, a fruit tree orchard, a small vineyard, two greenhouses and a host of hardworking volunteers.
"This is a feel-good kind of place," Miller says. "People get inspired here."
Our Garden opens its fifth season on Wednesday at a new location and with an expanded mission.
The new garden is just a block away from the old Contra Costa Times site, on property offered to the Master Gardeners by the city of Walnut Creek. It is at Shadelands Drive and Wiget Lane, behind the city's Civic Arts complex.
The garden was started in 2009 as a way to teach sustainable gardening practices and to grow food for the hungry. The first season saw early setbacks, with ground squirrels devouring almost everything we planted. Eventually, we gained a measure of control over the squirrels, and by 2012, we had grown the soil into a fertile garden.
Last year, our weekly free gardening classes drew about 100 people each week; thousands more followed the advice in articles published in print and online; and we donated 3,000 pounds of fresh produce to the Monument Crisis Center in Concord.
Moving to the new site has, in some ways, Miller says, been like starting from scratch. Although the Master Gardeners are more proficient in running the garden, the neglected soil at the new site will again require attention and time.
It was hard, she says, to leave behind the rich soil the gardeners had created through the use of compost, fertilizer and cover crops. However, the potential rewards make it worth the reboot.
With more space, Miller says, comes more opportunity to grow more food, provide on-site demonstrations and give Master Gardeners the chance to focus on their mandate of outreach and education.
Our Garden is the perfect fit for the Master Gardeners, Miller says. And for her.
"Last year on our last day of the season, a couple of the regulars at the class said they were going to miss coming here every Wednesday. They called it 'Happy Wednesday,' and it really is," Miller says.
The classes conducted on-site and reported in the Bay Area News Group media address basic gardening issues such as starting a summer garden, composting and secrets for growing tomatoes. But they also go beyond the basics to talk about pest management, propagation, cooking food harvested from the garden, processing olives, and raising worms and chickens.
The larger garden will also allow visitors to see some of these practices in action. Gardeners then can take home the knowledge and try it for themselves.
"More important than the education is the inspiration," Miller says. "We give people a chance to reattach to whatever bit of ground they have, to inspire them to grow their food or grow ornamentals. Hopefully, we can teach them to be good stewards of the Earth, to be environmentally conscious."
The new garden also has a large propagation area, and the Master Gardeners expect to have a wide selection of seedlings, plants, seeds and worm castings available for sale each week.
They will kick off the new season with a massive plant sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 6. Master Gardeners expect to have 13,000 seedlings for sale, including 50 varieties of heirloom tomatoes (which will all be tested in Our Garden), peppers, artichokes, eggplants and tomatillos.
In addition to the Great Tomato Plant Sale, organizers hope to have a second large event later in the year, but those plans are still in the early stages. Eventually, Miller says, the Master Gardeners would like to have farm-to-table dinners and other events. They also plan to offer one Saturday class a month this season.
"There is so much more opportunity," Miller says, "more opportunity for demonstrations, to be more inclusive, for the public to learn and for Master Gardeners to teach. And we're hoping to be able to donate produce pretty much year-round, giving even more to the Crisis Center."
As gardeners everywhere look to the busy spring and summer, they know that so much of their growing season depends on things they can't control -- weather, pests, an invasion of ground squirrels. But no matter what might befall Our Garden this season and others to come, Miller is certain of one thing.
"We want this to be a gathering place," she says. "And it will be."
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Our Garden classes
When: 10 a.m. each
Wednesday, April 3-Oct. 23
Where: Shadelands Drive and Wiget Lane, Walnut Creek
What: Weekly classes on gardening topics
Price: Free
To see a slideshow of the new OurGarden site, scan this code with your smartphone, or go to www.mercurynews.com/home-garden
Schedule of classes
April 3: "Starting a Summer Garden,"
with Janet Miller
April 10: "Edibles Container Gardening,"
with Terry Lippert
April 17: "Planting Fruit Trees,"
with Janet Caprile
April 24: "Tomatoes, Peppers and
Eggplants," with Janet Miller
May 1: "Gardening With Children," with Monette Meo
May 8: "Getting Started with Backyard
Chickens," with Kim Garner
May 15: "Propagation," with Kathy Echols
May 22: "Composting," with Linda Mizes of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
May 29: "Nontoxic Rodent Control,"
with Janet Miller and Catherine Jordan
June 5: "Building a Raised Bed,"
with Jim McCutcheon
June 12: "Irrigation and Smart
Controllers," with Roxy Wolosenko
June 19: "Pest Management for a
Healthy Planet," with Steve Griffin
June 26: "Ornamental Container
Gardening," with Shawna Anderson
July 3: Closed for the holiday
July 10: "Food Preservation,"
with Sue Mosbacher
July 17: "Backyard Grapes,"
with Jim DeFrisco
July 24: TBA
July 31: "Cooking from the Garden,"
with Dan Miller and Jim DeFrisco
Aug. 7: "Bats and Owls," with Gary Bogue
Aug. 14: "Starting a Winter Garden,"
with Janet Miller
Aug. 21: "Growing and Processing
Olives at Home," with Jim DeFrisco
Aug. 28: "Pesticide 101," with Doug Freier
Sept. 4: Closed for the holiday
Sept. 11: "Tomato Tasting"
Sept. 18: "Herbs in the Landscape,"
with Morningsun Herb Farm
Sept. 25: "Vermiculture -- Let Worms Eat Your Garbage," with Kathy Southern
Oct. 2: "Winter Care of Fruit Trees,"
with Terry Lippert
Oct. 9: "Perennial Vegetables,"
with Janet Miller and Helen Erickson
Oct. 16: "Caring for Citrus in the Home Garden," with Molly Wendt and Sierra Higgins
Oct. 23: "Tips and Tools,"
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SANTA CLARA — Michael Crabtree's rehabilitation from a torn Achilles is progressing well enough that he won't draw an injured-reserve designation as the 49ers start training camp.
Crabtree instead will be placed on the active/physically-unable-to-perform list, coach Jim Harbaugh said after Monday's practice for rookies and select veterans.
"Talking to the doctor and talking to Michael, I feel very good where he is right now," Harbaugh said. "I wouldn't categorize it as ahead of schedule, because he's just starting to move on it now. It'd had been just healing. But it looks great. Optimistic there."
Crabtree, a four-year veteran, tore his right Achilles two months ago, on the first day of the 49ers' offseason training activities.
"Michael did a tremendous job post-surgery," Harbaugh said. "He stayed in town, did not leave or travel, and he did everything he was asked to do."
The competition "rages on," Harbaugh said, among young receivers bidding to take Crabtree's spot in the lineup. A.J. Jenkins, Ricardo Lockette and Quinton Patton were the three leading candidates to play split end during the offseason program, and Harbaugh added Marlon Moore's name to that mix Monday.
"We said from the beginning that spots were opened up, especially for the young guys," Harbaugh said. "They've competed and continue to do that. That rages on. I feel like they're making a lot of progress. I feel good where that stands right now. Continued competition will continue to be good for our team and those youngsters."
Anquan Boldin's addition is expected to offset Crabtree's loss the most, however.
"He's got the license and ability to do that," Harbaugh said of Boldin. "Everything we've seen has been A-plus. He's very serious about winning, about football. I admire that about him.
"He's not always the friendliest guy to sit down next to at a meeting or lunch to have a conversation with, unless it's about football. He's just serious about it. It's like, 'I don't want any distractions. I want to be focused on football.' I think that's a good thing for all of us."
Kyle Williams and Mario Manningham will start camp on the PUP list with knee concerns, although Williams tweeted this past weekend that he's ready to return.


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French actor Gerard Depardieu has been granted Russian citizenship.
A brief announcement on the Kremlin website said the president, Vladimir Putin, signed the citizenship grant on Thursday.
It's a good thing Napoleon isn't alive, or this could have become ugly.
Depardieu is upset over by President Francois Hollande's attempt to raise taxes on the rich to 75 percent. Russia has a flat income tax of 13 percent.
A representative for Depardieu declined comment.
Depardieu has made more than 150 films, among them the 1991 comedy "Green Card," co-starring Andie MacDowell, in which Depardieu's character enters a marriage of convenience to get U.S. residency.
According to the U.K. publication The Guardian, Depardieu said in an open letter published in mid-December that he would turn over his passport and French social security card.
His subsequent decision to move to tax-friendly Belgium was slammed by Hollande's government.
"I'm a true European, a citizen of the world," Depardieu wrote in the letter.
Well, which is it? Europe or the World?
The tax on millionaires was struck down by France's highest court last month, but the government has promised to resubmit the law in a slightly different form.
Depardieu is well known in Russia, where he appears in an ad for Sovietsky Bank's credit card and is prominently featured on the bank's home page.
France's civil code says a person must have another nationality in order to give up French citizenship because it is forbidden to be stateless. Thursday's decision by the Kremlin appears to fulfil that requirement.
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SAN JOSE -- Drew Remenda knows it might make him sound naive and maybe even a little cowardly.
But when Sharks chief operating officer John Tortora sat across from him and disclosed that the TV analyst's contract was not being renewed, Remenda said he never asked the basic question that others have focused on: Why?
"I thought, 'What's the use of trying to find out what happened besides what they told me, that they wanted to take the broadcast in a different direction,' " Remenda said. "It doesn't move my life forward to find out."
Remenda was talking from his home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He knows his dismissal has angered a lot of Sharks fans and triggered an outpouring of support for him from across North America. He appreciates all that -- especially the calls he said he got from Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, Dan Boyle, Logan Couture and Brent Burns, players saying they were sorry to see him in this situation.
Still, he's determined not to fuel the fires with any trace of bitterness, in part because he wants this to be a learning experience for his 17-year-old twin sons, Davis and Donovan, and their older sister, Jordan.
"I wanted to show my kids that things are going to happen in life that may not seem fair, may not be what you think should happen to you," Remenda said. "It's how do you respond to it? You can be bitter, you can be upset, you can stomp around and have a temper tantrum. Or you can handle it in a way that's positive that allows you to keep your dignity."
Tortora has issued a public statement thanking Remenda for his time with the Sharks and wishing him well in the future. But the team's top business executive has said he won't comment publicly beyond that.
Remenda's outspoken style during broadcasts -- he sometimes took a tough-love approach to the team that signed his paycheck -- had led to clashes with Sharks management over the years. And the broadcaster realizes that there must have been something he said that upset owner Hasso Plattner or general manager Doug Wilson or Tortora.
Still, Remenda said he decided against finding out what that was.
"It wouldn't do me any good. My thing from the get-go was, 'OK, this is the way it is, and I'm going to move on.' My responsibility now isn't to the San Jose Sharks or even to myself," he said. "It's finding a job so I can continue to provide for my family."
To that end, he added, Tortora and Wilson have gone out of their way to be helpful, suggesting people to contact and offering whatever assistance they can provide.
Remenda, 51, had been with the Sharks, off and on, for more than 20 years.
He started as an assistant coach from 1991 to 1996 before being fired after a year with the development team in Kansas City. One year after that, he was back with the franchise as a radio analyst before moving to the TV booth. With the exception of one season when he joined the crew on Hockey Night In Canada, he had been alongside play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn since 2000.
Remenda does make a connection between his departure and the team's playoff embarrassment -- "Do you think that if the Sharks won the Stanley Cup we'd be having this conversation?" -- but concedes "that's their right 100 percent to do."
Even if that means a change in the broadcasting booth where he and Hahn are considered among the best in the league and had just won their fifth regional Emmy. Maybe the team believed another voice was needed for what comes next, even though Remenda said he got his first inkling he would not be back the night of San Jose's Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
"I'm trying to be as philosophical about this as possible," Remenda said. "Maybe marketing-wise, they looked at me and thought, 'We need to go with a different guy who's going to bring a different message in a different way.' "
Remenda acknowledges being both disappointed and sad over the fact he won't be coming back. And he admits he hasn't quite come to terms with his new status, citing an exchange at his gym in Saskatoon when he was recognized by a stranger who asked if he was the guy who worked for the Sharks.
"I couldn't tell the guy, 'No I don't work for them anymore,' " Remenda said. "One of these days, I'm going to have to."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Valerie Perez's three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth tied Texas A&M - Corpus Christi and Iowa State at 5-5, but a two-run home run by Aly Cappaert in the top of the seventh lifted the Cyclones' softball team to a 7-5 victory today on the final day of the Troy Cox Classic at NMSU Softball Complex.
Dani Tefft went 10-for-16 and hit .625 for the weekend to lead the Islanders' (2-7) offense. The sophomore went 3-for-5 at the plate today while seniors J.J. Jackson and Perez both went 3-for-4 to help the Islanders collect a season-high 16 hits and limit the Cyclones (8-1) to 12 hits.
The Islanders' bats caught fire in the bottom of the third to score the first run of the game. Tefft started things off with an infield single and advanced to second after Perez drilled a base hit to left field. Tefft landed on third after a Cyclone fielding error in left field before Jackson stepped to the plate. The senior poked a dropper behind first base to plate Tefft and put the Islanders on the board.
Iowa State answered back with three runs in the top of the fourth and one in the top of the fifth to take a 4-1 lead. In the fourth, Islanders' hurler Liz Carter led the inning with her third strikeout of the game before Rachel Hartman singled to right field. Lexi Slater reached on a walk before Jorden Spendlove hit a two-run double to left center to bring in two runs. Sara Rice followed with a RBI single to center field to score Spendlove and put the Cyclones in front 3-1.
In the fifth frame, Iowa State started off with a pair of singles before a sacrifice bunt by Sara Davison moved the runners to second and third. Cappaert followed with a RBI groundout to score Gomez, who reached on a leadoff single, and extend Iowa State's lead to 4-1.
The Islanders rallied back with a run in the bottom of the fifth on three hits to pull within two. Mickayla Cochran jumpstarted the inning with a single to center field and landed on third after Perez drilled her third double of the season. With runners on second and third, Jackson came up clutch with a RBI single through the middle to score Cochran and pull the Islanders within two. Iowa State retired the next three Islanders, leaving two runners stranded.
Slater led the top of the sixth off for the Cyclones with a home run over the center field wall to give Iowa State a 5-2 lead.
With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, the Islanders' bats ignited with three runs on four hits to knot the score at 5-5. Tefft started things off with her 10th hit of the weekend with a single to left field. Cochran followed with a walk to land Tefft on second. Perez then stepped to the plate and cranked her first homer of the season and fourth of her career over the left center wall to even the score. Jackson then tacked on her third hit of the game with a single to left field and Brittney Morse slammed her third double of the season down the left field line. With Jackson on third and Morse on second, Carter hit a fly out to right field to end the frame.
With the game tied at 5-5, Iowa State's Cappaert hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh with one out to put the Cyclones in front, 7-5. Cappaert scored Davison who reached on a walk.
In the final frame, Lindsey Lyles popped out to right field before Galloway singled to second base. Mackinzee Griebel followed with a fielder's choice, but Galloway was called out on the play. With two outs, Tefft reached on a Cyclone error to put the tying runs on first and second. However, a line out by Cochran ended the game.
Carter (2-3) took the loss for the Islanders' in the circle. The freshman allowed 11 hits, seven runs, while walking two and striking out four in 6.1 innings. Constance Brandenburg relieved Carter in the seventh and limited the Cyclones to just one hit while walking one in 0.2 of an inning.
Katie Johnson (8-1) secured the victory for Iowa State. She gave up 16 hits, five runs and two walks while striking out five Islanders in seven innings.
The Islanders will compete in the UTSA Mid-Major Classic on Feb. 21 through Feb. 23. The Islanders will face Nebraska-Omaha and Bryant twice and host UTSA once.
For the latest information, follow Islanders Softball on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersSball) and Facebook (Islanders Softball).


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"It's just the law governing western politics pure blind greed - economics is an unquestionable sacred law above all humane considerations (is this just me), it is a justification for slave labour, genocide, environmental and spiritual destruction. Everyone wants their cheap sneakers and bloody stupid keyrings and plasticware above all else, and are happy to leave China unchecked, happy to condone their blatant violation of human rights. After all how can we justify our cathedral-like shopping malls and rusting capitalist monoliths, other than finding the next oppressed population and get them on the payroll? "Thank you Tesco, thank you Tesco." All our hands are dirty."
Thom Yorke
Source: Talking about Tibet
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Copyright © 2016 Gaiam, Inc.


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Using the release version, 1.10.51, I used to be able to playback DTS formatted wav files by using the instructions here:
However, I recently upgraded to 1.20.400 in order to fix another issue, and now I can not play the same files back. I get a "Data Corrupt" message.
I verified that this works with 1.10.51 and that my PS3 settings were correct by installing 1.10.51 on a different PC on my network, and the DTS formatted WAV files played back correctly.


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VAIL - After a long day on the mountain and countless runs, nobody wants to order a $30+ entree that delivers two or three bites before the plate is clean.
At Flame, located in the Four Seasons in Vail, the portions are for hungry skiers. The food is hearty and plentiful, and new menu items this winter are putting Chef Jason Harrison's vivacious passion for cooking into the spotlight.
The restaurant might be in one of Vail's most luxurious hotels, but there's no pretension. It's fine dining, sure, but it's also fun.
Take the apres ski burger bar, for example. It's something new this season in which up to 8 guests can make a reservation to dine in the kitchen, assembling their own gourmet burgers. Specialty cocktails and wine pairings are available, too.
A chef that is daring enough to put homemade elk sausage corn dogs on a Four Seasons restaurant menu is obviously a chef that has fun with food and also doesn't take himself too seriously.
That being said, Harrison's elk sausage takes three days to prepare. And that's just for an ingredient that's later fried and served with ketchup and mustard (house-made, of course).
The steakhouse classics like French onion soup, Kobe beef carpaccio and an iceberg wedge are staples, but something as simple as shrimp cocktail can pack a nice surprise. Harrison does it deconstructed - it looks completely different than a standard shrimp cocktail, yet the classic flavors of horseradish, tomato and citrus are all there.
Seafood selections are also vast and include Colorado trout, striped bass, Skuna Bay salmon, diver scallops and Maine lobster. The wild boar bacon-wrapped tiger prawns are massive and fresh, and the crabcake is refreshingly authentic.
The real highlight at Flame, however, is the meat.
Referred to as "The Pasture" on the menu, Harrison serves up chicken, pork, venison, lamb chops, veal chop and many glorious cuts of cow.
Every cut - Filet Mignon, rib-eye, New York strip, Kobe flat iron, Waygu rib-eye, the 36-ounce long bone Tomahawk or 42-ounce cowboy porterhouse - can be "rubbed down" and also sauced.
Rubs include a beer bath or the Maui Wowie, and sauces served on the side include traditional chimichurri, a Carolina BBQ truffle, black peppercorn or creamy yuzu for an Asian flare.
Ask to meet Harrison and for him to prepare a tasting menu - the experience will leave you smiling and full.
Assistant Managing Editor Lauren Glendenning can be reached at 970-748-2983 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Colorado's 3rd congressional district candidates duked it out Saturday in front on hundreds at Colorado Mesa University.
The three candidates say they all want what's best for Western Colorado, but have different ideas for how to solve our complex problems.
Third Congressional District candidates Republican Scott Tipton, Democrat Sal Pace and unaffiliated candidate Tisha Casida all agree what needs to happen to turn our country around.
"Jobs, the economy, and the debt," said Tipton.
"Jobs, and putting people back to work," said Pace.
"The economy, and what we can do to create jobs," added Casida.
Incumbent Scott Tipton believes he's fighting to bring jobs to the Western Slope.
"We put forward legislation to be able to achieve that, to be able to responsibly develop our natural resources right here, to be able to put people back to work," said Tipton.
But Democrat Sal Pace says he's not doing it in a bipartisan way: something he pledges to do if elected.
"Our current congressman had nearly a 100 percent voting record with his party. It's going to be impossible to get anything done in Washington if you're unwilling to work in a bipartisan fashion," said Pace.
Standing feet away from each other, the three went back and forth, telling guest why they should get their votes.
"I don't believe that the federal government can create jobs. I think we have to work in our state and counties, to find out what the red tape and bureaucracy is," said Casida.
Concerned taxpayer Jeremy Rubingh hoped candidates would focus on tax breaks for oil companies.
"We've paid out $9.3 billion this last year to an industry that's making $137 billion in profits. I'd personally like to know as a taxpayer, why we're giving out corporate welfare to one of the most profitable industries on the planet," said Rubingh.
And once all the rhetoric and last rebuttals are finished, the candidates encourage you to do your homework and make your vote count.
"It's very important that we get out to vote. The future of this country will literally be determined in this coming election," said Tipton.
For more information on the candidate's platforms and positions on issues, visit their websites.
(1.) Scott Tipton- www.tipton.house.gov
(2.) Sal Pace- www.paceforcolorado.com
(3.) Tisha Casida- www.casida2012.com


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Launching one of the world's richest science prizes, a foundation created by Silicon Valley tech luminaries on Wednesday awarded $3 million each to 11 health researchers studying stem cells, genetics, cancer and other diseases.
The cash awards are more than double the size of those for the prestigious Nobel Prize. They were handed out at a San Francisco ceremony by the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation, which was created by Google (GOOG) co-founder Sergey Brin and wife Anne Wojcicki; Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan; and Russian entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner.
Although other prizes target medical research, including the Lasker Award and Wolf Prize, "this prize is unprecedented," said Dr. Deepak Srivastava of the Gladstone Institute in San Francisco, where one of the recipients -- stem-cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka -- is partly based.
Yamanaka, who won the 2012 Nobel Prize for his stem cell studies and currently is in Japan, "was thrilled" to be a recipient, Srivastava said. "This prize highlights how exciting and important discovery is in the life sciences. I'm hopeful that this will inspire young people to pursue a career in science," Srivastava said.
Zuckerberg agreed, saying, "Our society needs more heroes who are scientists and researchers and engineers."
The prizes, which will be given to just five people annually in subsequent years, will recognize "excellence in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life," according to a statement issued by the organization.
The fields of the winners range from "research in genetics to cancer to immunology and neurobiology," said Art Levinson, the foundation's chairman, who is also Apple's (AAPL) chairman and former CEO of Genentech.
While numerous organizations offer research prizes, the collaboration of tech titans is striking, according to Stacy Palmer, editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
"It's unusual for these philanthropists to be working together," she said. Noting that the involvement of the Breakthrough founders might inspire other entrepreneurs to get involved with similar efforts, she added, "It's only now that we're beginning to see the younger ones assert themselves publicly."
Having the prizes financed by Silicon Valley also was significant in the view of Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, which helps people analyze their genetic makeup,
"One thing that I'm always struck by in the valley is that people don't look at problems in the same way," she said. "There's this real encouragement from this tech world to get people to think big and really encourage and reward those scientists who are taking risks."
Picking the winners was a "tremendous responsibility," Levinson said, noting that prominent scientists and winners of other awards assisted with the choices. All of the recipients have agreed to serve on a selection committee to pick future winners. Candidates for the awards can be nominated by anyone, be any age and win more than once.
Milner said he'd like to see other executives donate to the foundation, saying what's been raised so far "is a good start."
The relatively large sums given each of the 11 researchers is impressive when compared with other philanthropic prizes, noted David Gollaher of the California Healthcare Institute, which represents biomedical companies.
"This is as far as I know the largest one in terms of money," he said. "It certainly raises the profile of life sciences, and anything that does that from my point of view is great."
Travis Blaschek-Miller of the life-science industry group BayBio said having two California researchers among the 11 recipients "demonstrates this region's leadership in innovation." In addition to Yamanaka, one of the prizes was given to Napoleone Ferrara, at UC San Diego.
Having stem-cell scientists among the recipients also was cheered by Dr. Ellen Feigal, senior vice president for research and development at the state's stem-cell program, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
"Awards like this help shine the spotlight on these scientists and give them well-deserved recognition," she said.
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The Breakthrough recipients
Here are the 11 researchers receiving $3 million prizes and the focus of their work:
Comparing research prizes
Compared with similar awards, the $3 million given to the 11 researchers Wednesday is unusually large.
The Breakthrough Prize in Life Science
What it's for: Recognizing excellence in research aimed at curing intractable disease and extending human life
Amount: $3 million per researcher
The Nobel Prize:
What it's for: Outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics and peace.
Amount: $1.2 million in the most recent award
MacArthur Fellowship (often called the Genius Award)
What it's for: Exceptional creativity and promise for important future advances
Amount: $500,000 paid over five years
X Prize
What's it for: Radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity
Amount: The four granted so far range from $1.4 million for ocean oil-spill cleanup methods to $10 million for private, suborbital space flight. The $30 million Google Lunar X Prize for landing a privately financed spacecraft on the moon will be awarded in 2015.


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Stocks to Watch: GM, Knight Capital, Navistar
By Mia Lamar
Among the companies with shares expected to trade in Wednesday's session are General Motors (GM) Knight Capital Group (KCG) and Navistar International (NAV).
The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday it would sell its holdings in General Motors in the next 12 months to 15 months, closing another chapter from the financial bailout. The U.S. auto maker will purchase 200 million shares of its own common stock from the Treasury at $27.50 per share by the end of this year, a 7.9% premium to the stock's Tuesday closing price. The remaining 300.1 million shares will be sold through "various means in an orderly fashion" over the next year to 15 months. Shares surged 10% to $28.04 premarket.
Knight Capital Group confirmed its decision to pursue a merger with electronic trading group Getco LLC. The $1.8 billion deal for Knight, which values the firm at $1.4 billion plus $400 million in debt held by Getco, will create a trading powerhouse ranking as one of the largest players on U.S. exchanges and the main trading partner of online brokerage firms that service everyday investors. A trading error this summer drove a $461 million loss for Knight, forcing the firm to seek a rescue investment from a group of six financial firms, including Getco. Shares jumped 6.6% to $3.55 in premarket trade.
Navistar swung to a wider-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter loss as the commercial-truck maker booked several large charges and saw a double-digit percentage drop in sales. Shares slumped 4.8% to $21.75 premarket.
Standard & Poor's said it will add auto parts manufacturer Delphi Automotive(DLPH) to its S&P 500 index, replacing Titanium Metals (TIE) ahead of its acquisition by Precision Castparts (PCP). Delphi's shares rose 4.5% to $36 premarket. The shares of companies joining the S&P 500 often rise because many portfolio managers try to track the index. To do that, they must buy shares of the companies that become part of the index.
AAR (AIR) fiscal second-quarter profit edged up 1.1% as the aviation products and services supplier benefited from more sales to commercial customers, helped by acquisitions.
Moody's Investors Service has placed the credit ratings of Alcoa (AA) on review for possible downgrade as declining prices for aluminum hurt the producer's recent results.
U.S. cigarette giants Altria Group (MO) Reynolds American (RAI) and Lorillard (LO) said Tuesday they expect to recoup more than $1.5 billion in credits after reaching agreement with 17 states in a decade-old dispute over payments tied to a landmark tobacco settlement.
Apogee Enterprises (APOG) fiscal third-quarter profit jumped 45% as the industrial-glass manufacturer expanded sales and margins in sluggish end-markets. Results topped analysts' expectations.
Career Education (CECO) said that an accrediting commission has lifted an order to defend the accreditation of 10 of the for-profit educator's institutions. The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges' June order had come amid a crackdown on employment placement practices at for-profit colleges.
A group of investors led by Crest Financial Ltd. said Tuesday they have purchased more shares of Clearwire (CLWR), adding to the opposition to Sprint Nextel (S) $2.2 billion deal to buy out the rest of the debt-laden wireless company.
Health Net (HNT) said its total health plan enrollment is expected to decline in 2013, as the managed-care provider expects weaker commercial enrollment. The company also issued a downbeat revenue and earnings projection for next year.
Heico (HEI, HEIA) fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 29% as the aircraft parts and repair company posted stronger sales. But the company lowered its 2013 earnings outlook.
Home Loan Servicing Solutions (HLSS) said its increased offering of 25.3 million shares priced at $19, a discount of 2.3% to its Tuesday close. The company, which owns mortgage servicing assets, unveiled an offering of 22 million shares early Tuesday, saying it intended to use the proceeds in part to buy the right to servicing and other fees from Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC.
Oracle (ORCL) first-quarter earnings climbed 18% as the technology company continued posting higher software revenue, thanks to organic growth in the segment. The earnings beat analysts' expectations.
Pall (PLL) Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Lisa McDermott will leave the company to "pursue other interests." She will serve as CFO until March 10, 2013, or as soon as her successor is named, the filtration and purification products manufacturer said, adding that it is looking externally for a replacement.
Physician staffing company Team Health Holding Inc. (TMH) said its principal shareholder, an affiliate of Blackstone Group L.P. (BX), is offering 8 million of its shares.
Time Inc. appointed company veteran Martha Nelson as editor-in-chief starting next month. Ms. Nelson, who has been editorial director since 2010, will be the first woman to hold the top editorial position at the division of media giant Time Warner (TWX).
UDR (UDR) named industry veteran Tom Herzog as the apartment real-estate investment trust's chief financial officer starting next month.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.


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Local relief fund established for victims of Oklahoma City tornado
Published: Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 11:51 p.m.
Bryant Bank and Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa have set up an Oklahoma Tornado Relief Fund to help victims of the devastating tornado that hit the Oklahoma City area on Monday afternoon.
Donations can be made at any Bryant Bank or online through PayPal. Donations will be accepted until noon on June 3. Nucor has agreed to match the first $10,000 raised. To make an online donation, go to: www.bryantbank.com/oklahoma-tornado-relief-fund.php.
Donors are asked to make checks payable to Oklahoma Tornado Relief Fund, said Mark Specht of Nucor.
The money will be used to buy $50 gift cards that will be given to people directly affected by the tornado.
"We know our pain from when the tornado hit (in April 2011) and would like to find a way to help," Specht said.
Officials from Nucor and Bryant Bank will work with local officials who were involved in Tuscaloosa's relief effort two years ago to get in touch with officials in the Oklahoma City area to assure that the gift cards get to those in need, he said.
Posters that are expected to be up at the Bryant Bank offices today say in part: "Many of us experienced this same type of tragedy 2 years ago. It was a very trying time, and it was amazing to see how the State of Alabama came together to overcome such great adversity. Let's help Oklahoma to do the same."
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POSITION: Center
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Detroit, MI, USA
DRAFTED: NSH: 1998-2 overall
|CAREER NOTES: Enters 2013-14 as Nashville's all-time leader in points (526), goals (200), assists (326), games played (894), game-winning goals (39) and overtime points (9g-8a-17pts). Also atop the franchise's playoff leaderboard in points (28), goals (13), assists (tie, 15), games played (47), game-winning goals (3) and shorthanded goals (3)… Tied for 20th all-time in overtime goals (9)… Was Nashville's first-ever draft selection and the club's first first-round pick to play in the NHL.
2012-13: Posted 18 points (9g-9a) in the final 25 regular-season games of the season to finish second in the category… Led the team in goals for the second time in his career with 12… Set a career high in face-off efficiency (359-of-721, 50.2 percent)… Nashville's only forward to appear in all 48 games… Recorded his highest shooting percentage in six seasons, and the second highest of his career (15.4 percent)… One of three Predators to finish with multiple game-winning goals (2)… Scored his 200th career goal on April 23 vs. Calgary, becoming the first player in franchise history to attain the mark… Seven of his 12 goals this season came in the third period, meaning 19 of his 31 goals scored in 2011-12 and 2012-13 came in the third period or overtime… Moved into sixth place in goals among Michigan-born NHLers, seventh in points, and eighth in assists.
2011-12: Ranked second on the team in points (19g-34a-53pts), the second highest total of his career, and third in both goals and assists… Tied a career high in power-play goals (5)... Became the first player in franchise history to hit the 500-point mark for his career with two assists against Chicago on March 31… Became the first player to play 800 games for the club on Dec. 26 vs. Detroit… Recorded the team's lone four-point game (2g-2a) of the season on Oct. 8 at St. Louis. PLAYOFFS: Tied for the team lead in goals (3), points (6) and penalty minutes (10)… Became the first player in franchise history to score multiple game-winning goals in a playoff season (2)… Scored the series-clinching goal in Game Five of the WCQ vs. Detroit.
2010-11: Led all forwards in average ice time for the third consecutive season (18:48)… Led the team with two shorthanded goals/points… Recorded 17 (10g-7a) of his 41 points in the third period or overtime… Nashville went 13-2-1 when he scored a goal… Posted 15 points (7g-8a) in 15 March games, including his first career six-game point streak March 17-26 (6g-3a-9pts)… Missed 18 games due to injury. PLAYOFFS: His point (6g-3a-9pts) and goal totals for the postseason were the second-highest totals in franchise history… Tied the franchise record for goals in a series (4) in the WCS vs. Vancouver… The only player in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs to score multiple shorthanded goals (2)… Led Nashville forwards in average ice time (22:06).
2009-10: One of three Predators to appear in all 82 games, doing so for the second time in his career… Nashville went 10-0-1 when he scored… Set career highs and paced the team in both face-offs won (538) and draws taken (1,124). PLAYOFFS: Paced the team in points (2g-5a-7pts) during its six-game WCQ series vs. Chicago, tying a franchise record for assists in a series (5)… Posted his first career postseason multi-point/assist outing in Game One (2a).
2008-09: Posted the second 20-goal season of his career, ranking third on the club (20) in the category… Paced the club in shorthanded goals (3), shorthanded points (4) and all forwards in average ice time (19:26), all of which were career highs… Also notched career highs in shots (175)… Missed the final nine games of the regular season with a facial fracture.
2007-08: Nashville posted an 11-1-1 record when he scored a goal… Moved into first on the franchise's all-time points list with a goal on Dec. 1 at Montreal… Signed a six-year contract on Dec. 7, 2008… Missed 17 games due to injury, including the final 12 of the regular season. PLAYOFFS: Played in three of the club's six postseason games… Missed Game One of the WCQ vs. Detroit, the first postseason game in franchise history he had not appeared in… Scored a goal in his return to the lineup in Game Three.
2006-07: Posted career-highs in goals (27), assists (36) and points (63)… Led the team with a career-high seven game-winning goals, tied for the team lead in goals and ranked third on the club in scoring… Led Nashville with a career-high, franchise-record +23 rating… Nashville posted a record of 17-2-2 in games in which he scored… Scored a goal 11 seconds into Nashville's April 5 game vs. St. Louis, setting a franchise record for the earliest goal… Netted his 100th career goal on Feb. 22 vs. Montreal… Named the NHL's First Star of the Week for the week of Jan. 15-21 after posting nine points (5g-4a) and three game-winning goals in four games… Recorded his first career hat trick and four-point game on Jan. 20 vs. Chicago. His third tally (97th of his career) pushed him past Scott Walker as the franchise's all-time leader in goals… Scored a shorthanded penalty-shot goal on Dec. 23 vs. Los Angeles. PLAYOFFS: Tied for the team lead in assists (3) and led Nashville forwards in average ice time (22:23)… Tallied assists (3a) in three straight games (April 13-18).
2005-06: Five of his seven goals were game-winners, tying him for second on the club… Nashville went 30-9-5 with him in the lineup… Scored the overtime game-winner on March 9 at Vancouver six seconds into the OT session. It tied the modern-era NHL record for quickest overtime tally… Limited to 44 games by a knee injury. PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all five of Nashville's post-season games vs. San Jose.
2004-05: Notched a league-leading 39 points (16g-23a) in 19 playoff games, helping EHC Basel (Swiss-2) capture a league championship… Played for Team USA at the 2005 World Championships in Austria.
2003-04: Played a career-high 82 games… One of four Predators to appear in all 82 games… Led the team in game-winning goals, tied for first in overtime points (1g-2a) and tied for second in goals. PLAYOFFS: Scored the first shorthanded playoff goal in franchise history in Game Three of the WCQ vs. Detroit (April 11).
2002-03: Led the team in scoring (17g-31a-48pts), multi-point games (11) and face-offs (1,095), ranked second in shots (167), and third in goals (17)… Named the Predators' Chevy Man of the Year (community service)… Missed the final 18 games of the season due to a broken collarbone.
2001-02: Posted a career-high 54 penalty minutes… Notched two goals and two assists in the TOPPS/NHL YoungStars Game on Feb. 1.
2000-01: Ranked second on the team in shots (172)… Ranked fourth in points (41) and assists (28)... Tallied the first overtime penalty-shot goal in NHL history on Dec. 23 at the NY Rangers... Played for Team USA at the 2001 World Championships in Germany, tying for second on the club in scoring (2g-4a-6pts).
1999-00: Led Predators rookies in goals (13), assists (15) and points (28)… Scored his first NHL goal, the game-winner, as part of his first multi-point outing (1g-1a) on Oct. 11 at Toronto… Recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on the game-tying goal on Oct. 10 at Chicago… Scored one goal and added an assist for Team USA at the 2000 World Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.
1998-99: Signed with the Predators on April 16 and made his NHL debut in the Predators' final regular-season game on April 17 vs. New Jersey… Ranked third on the Plymouth Whalers (OHL) in points (80) and goals (31) and ranked second on the team in assists (49)… Played for Team USA in the 1999 World Championships.
AMATEUR: Named the CHL Rookie of the Year, OHL Rookie of the Year, OHL Most Valuable Player and a member of the OHL First All-Star Team and OHL All-Rookie Team in 1998… Became the first rookie in 24 years to capture MVP honors in the OHL and only the second U.S.-born player to be named MVP (Pat Peake in 1993)… Led all OHL rookies and ranked third in the league in points (105) in 1997-98… Led Plymouth in goals (54), assists (51) and points in 1997-98… Played for Team USA in the 1998 & 1999 World Junior (U-20) Championships… Named an NAHL All-Star and league Rookie of the Year with Compuware in 1996-97.
BACKGROUND: Gives to the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation… Enjoys boating and golfing… Spends his summers in Detroit… Favorites include SportsCenter (TV show), Bruce Springsteen (band/musician), pasta (food) and Florida (vacation spot)… If he didn't play hockey, he would be a teacher… His NHL debut is his favorite hockey memory… Enjoys Nashville for the people and the weather… Nickname: "Leggy"... Has a black lab named Riley… Wife – Lindsey, Son – Ryder, Daughter – Ella.
TRANSACTIONS: June 26, 1998 – Nashville's first selection, second overall (first round), in the 1998 Entry Draft.