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OAKLAND -- This was Christmas plus a birthday party plus a fraternity social, all rolled into one enormously happy work day for Jeff Samardzija.
He began it by wandering into the A's clubhouse at 8:15 in the morning -- almost five hours before he was scheduled to throw the opening pitch.
He ended it by smushing his 6-foot-5 frame onto a small stage with the six other A's players who had just been named All-Stars.
In between, Samardzija frolicked in the A's clubhouse, pitched seven sterling innings, gave up only four hits and one run, and beat Toronto 4-2 to finish off the A's four-game sweep at the Coliseum.
Geez, Jeff, what do you think of being with this giddy, gabby team right now?
"My kind of guys, man," Samardzija said with a big grin after his successful debut, only days after the A's acquired him (along with Jason Hammel) from the Cubs.
"I think any time I've ever been broken down -- my personality and everything -- my problems were always that I was a little too cocky and a little bit too emotional and things like that.
"And I look around the locker room and go, hey, these guys fit me perfectly!"
Oh yes, he fits them, too: 95-mph fastball, diving splitter, hard slider, good brisk pace and connection with his catchers.
Samardzija also provided accompanying bellows and fist pumps when he escaped jams in the first and sixth innings by erasing the Blue Jays' best hitters.
Even more: Samardzija was named to the National League All-Star team, giving the A's a sudden embarrassment of star presence.
"Just a random happening," Samardzija said of his odd N.L./A.L. convergence.
Samardzija is ineligible to pitch in the game, but he will go through all the ceremonies as an official All-Star.
Then once the game starts, Samardzija said, he'll hustle over to the American League side to join "the six other dudes we've got"--Yoenis Cespedes, Josh Donaldson, Sean Doolittle, Scott Kazmir, Brandon Moss and Derek Norris.
That's the most A's All-Stars since 1975, when that legendary group was led by Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers and Vida Blue.
My goodness, is the rest of baseball looking past the team's "scrappy" reputation and recognizing just how talented the A's really are?
"Well, they'd better," Samardzija said. "Or else they're not very smart."
The A's deserve all of this, of course. They've had the best record in baseball for much of this season, including right now.
Then general manager Billy Beane doubled-down on the present by sacrificing super-prospect Addison Russell to land Samardzija.
Pressure? On Sunday, Samardzija jumped right in and looked like he'd been part of this mojo for years.
"He was pretty unbelievable today," said Norris, who caught Samardzija's final inning. "You could tell the passion and excitement in his body language and his tone, everything today. Very nice to see a guy go out there with that kind of passion."
You couldn't miss Samardzija in the clubhouse before the game -- he bounced around from player to player, striking up as many conversations as I've ever seen from a pitcher before a start.
"He has a lot of fun in the clubhouse and he's serious when he's on the field," A's manager Bob Melvin said of Samardzija.
"So he fits in very well."
The A's fit him, too. They weren't blasting away against Toronto starter Drew Hutchison, but they kept threatening.
They scored once in the second, then two more times in the fourth to give Samardzija a 3-0 lead. In his 17 starts with Chicago this season, the Cubs scored three or more runs only six times.
So yes, Samardzija enjoyed Sunday's early lead.
"Yeah, it was beau-uuu-tiful, man," Samardzija said. "That was awesome."
There was more.
"I love watching these guys play," Samardzija said. "And I've only seen 14 innings of it (after getting to the Coliseum midway through Saturday's game). I love it. ...
"Man, they care. You can feel that, you can see that. ... You can see it here, a lot of guys just having fun playing baseball, day to day. I think that's what we have here."
He rattled all this in a machine-gun burst of words and energy, before coming to an obvious but genuine conclusion.
"Yeah," Samardzija said, "I'm happy."
He was smiling, A's fans and executives were smiling, and it seemed like half the team was crowding onto a podium to talk about the All-Star game.
Anything could happen from here, but Sunday was a heady moment for the A's, who have been great this season and just added the happiest pitcher in the universe.
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- Woetzel now seems to be well on her way to matching her sporting achievements with similar success on stage.
- Always be honest about your achievements and skills and make sure the information is up to date.
attainment, reaching, gaining, winning, acquirement, procurement;
realization, accomplishment, fulfilment, fulfilling, carrying out, carrying through, effecting, implementation, execution, performance, engineering;
conclusion, concluding, completion, completing, close, closing, finishing, consummation, success, fruition
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accomplishment, attainment, feat, performance, undertaking, act, action, deed, effort, exploit, manoeuvre, operation, enterprise;
work, handiwork, creation;
triumph, success, positive result, coup, master stroke, stroke of genius
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From NES to WII U: A Look Back at Nintendo Game Consoles
Nintendo's next shot at taking control of the living room, the Wii U, launches this weekend and is priced at around $300.
Even at that price, Nintendo's Wii U is still competitive with existing videogame consoles, sticking to Nintendo's strategy of selling a system that is cheaper than rivals' offerings. Like the Wii, which was the first major console to sport motion-controlled gaming with a remote-like controller, the Wii U comes with a hook: a tablet-like controller that works as a second screen.
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Nintendo's hardware often includes an innovative hardware component, but the competition is stiffer this time around. There are tens of millions of mobile devices in the forms of iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and even consoles like the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita.
Nintendo will have to justify the cost of buying a game console with a second screen at a time when consumers can buy a similar-priced tablet like the iPad Mini and gain access to what seems like much more.
Nintendo has succeeded throughout the years with a number of innovative game consoles. Here's a look at some of the previous launches:
Nintendo Entertainment System (1983)
The NES was one of the first homes for Nintendo's videogame franchises like Metroid, a series that featured an open world where players sought to find new tools to explore even deeper and deeper regions, and Zelda, an adventure game where players tried to rescue a princess with a sword, shield and a big batch of tools. More notably was the game "Super Mario Bros.," one of the best-selling videogames of all time that was accompanied with the NES's launch in North America in 1985.
With "Super Mario Bros.," the NES standardized the idea of a side-scrolling action game that demanded precise movement and reactions with Mario. The game was hard enough to be challenging, but simple enough to be accessible to a wide audience — players run to the right, and jump to avoid death-traps and obstacles.
Game Boy (1989)
A brick-like device in its original form, this handheld brought Nintendo's game-development prowess to a small grayscale screen powered by AA batteries. It became the best-selling handheld of all time. The Game Boy would see a number of updates, like the Game Boy Pocket and the Game Boy Color (a Game Boy that supported colored games as well as the original Game Boy games), before Nintendo made the leap to next-generation technology.
The Game Boy platform is notable for another reason: It was one of the first platforms where the Pokemon series — one of Nintendo's most successful franchises — made an appearance.
Super Nintendo (1990)
An upgrade to the NES in almost all aspects, the Super Nintendo was defined by games like "Super Mario World," "Chrono Trigger" and early versions of the "Final Fantasy" and "Street Fighter" series. Console games were acquiring a level of depth that made them powerful vehicles for delivering stories and narrative. Some games, like the early 3D-ish "Star Fox," also pushed the system to its limits in producing impressive technical performance.
Nintendo 64 (1996)
This console boosted both performance and playability, introducing 3-D graphics and an "analog stick" on the controller that enabled players to move in more than just eight directions — specifically in the areas in between. The Nintendo 64 took gaming to a new level. "Super Mario 64," for example, helped set the standard for games where you moved about in a 3-D world and jumped from platform to platform. "Goldeneye" saw the world through James Bond's eyes, gunning down enemies and setting standards for how first-person shooting games work. And "Smash Bros," a four-player all-stars style game that pit many Nintendo characters against each other, set the tone for true "party" games.
Game Boy Advance (2001)
Even before the iPhone and Android phones made mobile gaming omnipresent, the Game Boy Advance gave gamers' some computing power for their pockets. In addition to a few remakes of popular Super Nintendo games, the Game Boy Advance saw a reboot of the classic "Metroid" and "Castlevania" franchises, which went on to some of the highest-rated games on the console, along with a new take on the "Mario" and "Zelda" franchises. "Pokemon" remained a mainstay, and the "Game Boy Advance" became a centerpiece in Nintendo's arsenal. In addition, the follow-up version, the "Gameboy Advance SP," basically standardized the presence of an internal battery and a back-lit screen on mobile gaming devices.
GameCube (2001)
The GameCube set an important precedent for Nintendo: It's okay to release a console that's more accessible and cheaper. The GameCube had several top-tier games like "Super Smash Bros. Melee," a follow-up to the first version on the Nintendo 64, in addition to a new "Legend of Zelda" game that broke several of the series' original tropes with a cartoonish look. Also of note, Nintendo handed the keys to its "Metroid" franchise to a studio to produce the "Metroid Prime" series, a radical departure from its typical form that ended up being a critical success.
Nintendo DS (2004)
Nintendo's next handheld console introduced two screens to the mobile gaming world, instead of one. The bottom screen of the device, more importantly, featured a touch interface that could be controlled with a thumb-covered pad or with a Stylus (or fingers, if the player was feeling brave). This was a time when touch controls weren't exactly omnipresent.
It's not surprising that the Nintendo DS was one of its better-selling devices. Nintendo would later release in 2011 the 3DS, which included hardware that gave the illusion of 3-D gameplay without the need to wear specialized glasses. But with the proliferation of the iPhone and other mobile gaming devices, it has become much more challenging to make a dent in the market.
Wii (2006)
The Wii brought gaming to the mainstream outside the realm of hardcore shooters and role-playing games. The Nintendo Wii jump-started a move toward motion-controlled video games. Microsoft followed the Wii with the Kinect — a camera that tracks your motions and uses your movements to control games and software on the Xbox 360 video game console — and Sony has its own motion controller for the PlayStation 3 game console. The Wii's controls are about as simple as it gets: Players move the controller as if they are swinging a tennis racket or punching with boxing gloves.
Nintendo is still forecasting decent Wii sales, especially after dropping the price. But according to research firm Wedbush Securities, the Wii's annual sales have fallen rapidly in the past few years, from a peak of 21.4 million units sold to 11.2 million in 2011.
Wii U (2012)
This Sunday Nintendo will launch its first videogame console in six years. The Wii U, in development for three years, will give players a second screen other than the TV. Since Apple's iPad launched, the game industry has embraced the idea of a "second screen" experience — one where players interact with what's happening on your television with a tablet-like device. Nintendo looks to lap Microsoft, Sony and other game-makers again.
But even aside from that, Nintendo is also working with third-party developers to ensure that the Wii U has a healthy launch line-up with all the possible hallmarks. A big question for Nintendo is whether it can thrive with separate hardware rather than developing software for tablets and smartphones.


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Epidemiological studies have repeatedly shown that diets high in fruits and vegetables are associated with decreased risk of chronic diseases that ultimately strike most Americans. However, the scientific foundation necessary to translate these epidemiological findings into dietary recommendations is weak. Research is needed to clarify specific health benefits of phytonutrients, to determine their bioavailability, to delineate rates of metabolism and elimination from the body, and to identify genetic differences among individuals that impact phytonutrient action in the body. This plan describes a five-year research project to investigate content, bioavailability, metabolism, and health benefits of selected phytonutrients. Studies will be conducted to determine the effect of postharvest processing on phytonutrient content. The initial focus of the postharvest studies will be leaf lettuce and tomatoes, and these studies will be expanded to include kale, spinach, swiss chard, and strawberries as funding is available. Several studies will be conducted to improve understanding of phytonutrient bioavailability and metabolism. The proposed focus of these studies is anthocyanins, building on previous work in our lab. Methods will be developed to isotopically label quercetin in lettuce and isoflavones in soy. These studies will expand our isotopic labeling program from carotenoids and anthocyanins to other phytonutrients. The influence of phytonutrients on biomarkers of chronic disease will be investigated, with an initial focus on garlic due to its promising role in cancer prevention. Genotyping will be included in clinical studies whenever sufficient scientific justification exists. This research will be conducted through plant growth and postharvest studies, human feeding trials, quantitative and qualitative chemistry, molecular biology, and kinetic mathematical modeling techniques. Information generated from this project can be used to develop recommendations for dietary intakes of phytonutrients that will improve health and reduce risk of chronic disease.


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Warn of Red Lights
Published: Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 12:05 a.m.
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Recently I received a letter from the city of Haines City demanding I pay $158 because I was in an intersection on U.S. 27, north of Haines City, when the yellow light turned red.
When driving 55 mph to 60 mph, approaching a green traffic light a half a mile away, I'm wondering if it turns yellow when I get closer to it, should I push the brakes and take a chance that the semi behind me won't ram into me, or should I proceed on through on the yellow light?
On a recent morning, as I slowed to a stop for a yellow light, the semi behind me in the next lane sailed on through the light.
My wife and I live just off U.S. 371, a busy divided highway in a resort area of Minnesota. On that highway, as on many others in Minnesota, instead of installing expensive cameras, the state erected bright yellow lights about a half a mile before nearly every traffic light, which, when flashing, warn the driver in a 55 mph to 60 mph zone to prepare to stop. The traffic light ahead will be turning yellow and then red before the driver gets to it.
If the lights are not flashing, the driver can assume the light still will be green upon arrival.
Those flashing lights save many lives, but of course, they don't add cash to the Minnesota coffers. Perhaps after collecting enough $158 fines, the Florida Department of Transportation could do the same.
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"The Vampire Diaries" (8 p.m., The CW): The Season 5 finale apparently puts some lives at risk. In other words, it's business as usual.
"The Big Bang Theory" (8 p.m., CBS): Prime time's most popular sitcom closes out its seventh season with Sheldon (Jim Parsons) taking stock of the life-altering changes going on within the gang and considering a monumental move. Does this mean he's going to shift from his regular seat on the couch?
"Grey Anatomy" (9 p.m., ABC): Have the tissues handy. In the Season 10 closer, we're forced to bid farewell to hard-driven surgeon Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), one of TV's great characters. We'll be OK, but what about poor Meredith (Ellen Pompeo)?
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Hello All. I am, obviously, new to this forum. I'm 47 and back to running for the last 2 1/2 years-ish after a hiatus of about 15 years. I had never run farther than 10km ever and that was what I started out training for. Then the bug hit and I thought that just maybe I could run a half marathon. So I did and then I ran 4 more, all in 2008. Then another little niggle worked it's way into my brain. Could I run a full marathon? So I started training and completed the BMO Vancouver Marathon in May of 2009. Along the way I ran another 10km race and another half marathon. Then I thought, well since I'm trained, I'll just continue on. I ran my second marathon September 27, 2009 - The Bellingham Bay International Marathon. I thought again, what the heck, I'm still trained, so I ran the BMO Okanagan International Marathon 2 weeks later on October 11th. Crazy, I know. Then straight into training for the Goofy in January. I have been training for well over a year with just a 1 month break and I'm looking forward to scaling it back a bit in January. I'm not fast, I just get it done.
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ST. LOUIS -- Tim Lincecum dressed as quickly as he could, but it felt slow to him and everybody around, mostly because there were so many people around him.
This is how a lost season looks and feels and sounds.
"Sorry, guys," Lincecum said late Thursday, after putting on his familiar beanie and right before he put on his socks and shoes.
Then after a few more seconds, he turned around, stared into the cameras and addressed another pitching defeat -- probably for the last time this season, and definitely the most meaningful time.
Lincecum seemed tired after his short, unsatisfying outing against St. Louis in the Giants' 8-3 defeat to push them to the brink of NLCS elimination, but he didn't seem devastated.
He sounded deflated, but also as if he knew he was repeating himself -- from the last time he lost and the three times before that and the five times before that.
"It's extremely disappointing just because you feel like you can pick your team up in a situation like this," Lincecum said.
"But when you don't go and do it, it's that much harder of a fall, I guess."
Lincecum wasn't terrible Thursday, but he just wasn't good enough -- for himself or for his team, and his team desperately needed him to be great.
He knew that going in. He knew he could've put a different shine to his horrible regular season with a dominant performance in Game 4.
Lincecum was coming off three surprisingly strong relief outings in the playoffs, and everyone in the organization -- him, most of all -- was hoping he could turn that into a great and long game Thursday.
But no; he gave up two runs in the first inning, held it together for a while, then gave up two more runs in the fifth to let this game get away.
"Right now, I'm just obviously upset at myself for the game today, you know?" Lincecum said "But tomorrow's a new day, and we can look forward to fighting on that day."
So you're upset with yourself for this performance, Tim?
"Yeah, definitely," Lincecum said. "I don't want to go out there and put our bullpen in a situation where we have to use them the way that we have been using them. That's the frustrating part.
"Certainly they're up 2-0 in that first inning, definitely put our team in a hole and we're pretty much scratching back from there, hoping that things turn around. That first inning was really kind of big."
Lincecum threw 91 pitches, went 42/3 innings, giving up six hits, four earned runs and three walks and striking out three.
As in many previous starts this season, Lincecum didn't have command of his fastball and had to depend on his off-speed pitches.
When his slider and changeup were crisp, he got outs. When they weren't, he gave up big hits to Matt Carpenter, Yadier Molina and Matt Holliday.
It was a grinding performance, but all too comparable to the almost-but-not-quite games Lincecum produced this season.
Leading to too many losses, and a lost season. Tim Lincecum, frustratingly repeating himself.
"He gave us all he had out there," manager Bruce Bochy said of Lincecum. "That was his last inning, and he was close to getting out of that inning ...
"Timmy, he's done a nice job with all that we've asked of him. He was keeping us in the game there."
The Giants have had multiple pitching power outages this season, with Lincecum's struggles as the headline.
Madison Bumgarner hit a wall in the late season, pitched on fumes in two playoff starts, including Game 1 of this series, and was replaced for Game 5 by Barry Zito.
But it's the Lincecum decline that can't be ignored -- he's the two-time Cy Young winner, he's the guy who finished off the Giants' 2010 World Series run in his previous playoff start.
Are his playoff results this season maybe a case of Lincecum feeling more comfortable with the immediacy of a relief appearance and getting too wound up for a regular start?
"Not really, didn't feel any different," Lincecum said. "When you have the start, you have to have the mindset that I've got to do my job anyway."
On Thursday, he had a few moments of misfortune, highlighted by the Giants' botched play at the plate on Carpenter in the fifth to extend the Cardinals' lead to 3-1.
But Lincecum was also fortunate: Angel Pagan reeled in Molina's deep blast at the wall in straightaway center field in the third, and Holliday just missed a slider and flied out to left to end the second inning.
Lincecum said he probably could pitch out of the bullpen again in two games -- for Game 6 on Sunday at AT&T Park, if the Giants win Game 5 on Thursday.
He said he just wants to help the team in any way he can, and he said that a few times. As he said it the past few days, weeks and months.
But you could tell that Lincecum knew he'd said it before, and he hasn't quite helped the Giants as much as he expected, again and again, in this lost and ever-repeating Lincecum season.
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Saints lose a heartbreaker to Madelia
Oh it was so close. The girls basketball team almost had their first win of the young season Tuesday night, but lost a heartbreaker to the visiting Madelia Blackhawks 48-47.
The game slowly slipped away from the Saints as the girls opened a big first half lead and it took Madelia nearly the whole game to close the gap.
The Blackhawks did not take their first lead in the game till around the 2:30 mark of the second half.
The Saints jumped out to a big lead in the first half.
They controlled the visitors from the outset taking a 9-2 lead and pushing it to 20-8.
Emily Bottem sparked the Saints early run by knocking down her first four shots. Another spark for SJA was the return of senior Devon Flohrs. Another shift was that Allison Brandts was point guard.
The Saints held a comfortable 27-18 lead at the half and pushed it to a 29-18 lead in the opening seconds of the second half.
The Saints had a tough time scoring after that. The lead was still 32-24 at 12:10, but Madelia had a small run to cut the gap to 32-29 in less than a minute's time.
The visitors got their first tie at 34 all with just less than nine minutes to go in the game.
After that the Saints managed to hold small leads until Madelia claimed its first lead of 43-42 at the two and a half minute mark.
The Saints got back to a tie at 45 with a little over a minute to go. Madelia pushed it to a three point lead of 48-45 with a 22 seconds to go.
With the seconds ticking away, Allison Brandts fed Emily Hurley who was posting up. She scored and the Saints trailed by one with 14 seconds to go.
On the inbound Madelia was able to run precious seconds off the clock before the Saints were able to foul.
The Madelia player missed both free throws, the Saints got the rebound and called time out with 5.7 seconds to play.
Coach Adam Schroeder called a good inbound play that had Flohrs break for the basket and she took a layup. She missed.
Emily Hurley got the rebound with a second or two left, but as she went up for the shot, the ball was slapped away from her. Might have been a foul, but it wasn't called.
Madelia got the ball - game over. A tough loss for the girls.
One aspect of the game that could have won it for the Saints was free throws. The Saints were 14-32 from the line. Just hitting 50 percent wins the game.
Page 2 of 2 - SJA had three players in double figures. Hurley had 12, Bottem had 10, and Brenda Cervantes had 10.
Schroeder said, "The girls played hard tonight, but we didn't play our best game."
Girls BB Saints fall to Waseca 67-40
While the boys were hosting Waseca, the girls traveled to the Bluejays gym last Friday and lost 67-40 to their SCC foe.
Waseca exploded out to a 20-2 lead with just 7:30 minutes gone in the first half using pressure defense which forced the young Saints into turning the ball over.
The Saints trailed at the half 37-22.
Head Coach Adam Schroeder said, "Waseca is pretty good."
The Coach felt the Saints defended several Waseca players pretty well but they were too strong for the Saints.
"We are definitely improving game by game and the girls are working hard every night. I'm so proud of their efforts. The B squad won by four points," Schroeder said.
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MARIETTA - Marietta's first Christmas was more like Thanksgiving, according to local historian and author Louise Zimmer.
Zimmer gave a presentation Sunday during the Pioneer Style Celebration at the Campus Martius Museum in Marietta.
By December 1788, the campfires of hundreds of Indian warriors could be seen on the hillsides surrounding the settlement that would become Marietta.
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Local historian Louise Zimmer shares some stories about the celebration of Christmas by early pioneers during the Pioneer Style Celebration at Campus Martius Museum in Marietta Sunday.
Zimmer explained that earlier in the year Gen. Rufus Putnam and other founding fathers had sent word seeking a treaty with several Indian tribes, including the Delaware, Iroquois Confederacy, Ottawa, Wyandot and Shawnee.
"Members of those tribes - mostly warriors - began to set up camps in this area as early as September, and by December their numbers were growing," Zimmer said. "It's estimated there were 400-500 warriors encamped around Fort Harmar and the early settlers."
At that time there were about 150 able fighting men and only about 50 women and children who had come to join their husbands and fathers on the frontier, she said.
"The winter nights were dark, and the Ohio River was frozen over, so there was no river transportation or communication available to reach the outside world," Zimmer said. "The early settlers could look out of their windows to see Indian campfires surrounding them. They probably felt trapped."
She said that feeling was likely intensified by December when Putnam declared the 25th of that month as a day of thanksgiving.
"Basically he was saying the settlement should thank God that they were all still alive," Zimmer said.
A feast was declared that, according to a Dec. 30, 1788 letter from pioneer Solomon Drowne to his wife, included a kettle boiled dinner containing turkey, beef, bacon, cabbage, turnips, potatoes, butter, bread and custard.
"And butter would have been a real treasure at that time as there were only about 60 head of cattle and eight yoke of oxen," Zimmer said.
The Christmas celebration, as it is now known, was likely not too widespread on the frontier, she said, adding that some didn't celebrate the holiday at all. But that changed as more settlers of German and Irish descent moved into the area.
"They were big Christmas holiday keepers," Zimmer said. "But I could find no mention of a Christmas celebration in early Marietta newspapers until 1843. After that the local merchants seemed to catch onto the idea. And one gift suggested to give that year was a portrait of the Queen of England."
She noted an 1858 editorial in the Marietta Intelligencer referred to the commercialization of the holiday with "superfluous displays and the corruption of public sentiment."
Zimmer said German settlers would have brought the traditions of Christmas trees and gift-giving into the community, and early gifts would have been practical items like gloves, hats or underwear.
"They also used real candles for tree lights," she said. "One lady recalled her papa would stand by the tree with a bucket of water while the candles were lit."
Contrary to some popular beliefs, the tree candles would not have remained lit for very long as the chance of fire in a dry tree would have been too great.
Sunday's event was the first year for the Pioneer Style Celebration, according to Campus Martius Museum staffer Glenna Hoff.
"Last year we had a mid-winter celebration on the frontier program for children," she said. "But this year we wanted to do something that entire families could enjoy. And we had a steady stream of families throughout the day."


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FRISCO, Texas – Texas A&M – Corpus Christi senior Jessica Jammer has been named the Southland Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced today.
"Jessica's hard work and determination are paying individual and team dividends," Head Coach Royce Chadwick said. "Her efforts were a huge factor in our Cornell game. We are very proud of her."
Jammer tallied a season-high 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field to lead the Islanders to its first victory of the season, 52-49, over Cornell Tuesday night. Jammer also chipped in eight rebounds, a career-high six steals and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the line.
The Brookshire, Texas native is averaging 6.7 points per game and leads the team on the glass with 5.8 rebounds per game.
The Islanders will travel to Fort Worth, Texas to play TCU on Dec. 29 in the 2012 finale. Tipoff is slated for 5 p.m.
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It would also be nice to see Curry and Graham make some key tackles,possibly even a sack or two.
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They are constantly the most overrated team in the league year in and year out.
The last time they made the playoffs was the last time we had McNabb, they've gone through a coaching change and have had 2 top 10 picks and nothing to show for it but missing the playoffs. We've had the same coach, a QB change and have actually made the playoffs.
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Zach Ploeger, a senior at Pipestone Area Schools played Carnegie Hall in New York City last month.
Zach is the great grand son of Howard and Audrey Schmitke of St. James.
Zach, who plays trumpet, was part of the American Honors Series Performance Band that played at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 10. He was in New York City from Feb. 7-11 and took in a Broadway show while he was there.
Ploeger played at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis last year when we was part of the All State Band.
The youth says he plans to continue his studies in music when he goes to college.
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The Henderson County Board of Commissioners recently appointed three new directors and reappointed one member of the Pardee Hospital Board of Directors.
Outgoing hospital board members Bill Lapsley and Jack Summey did not seek reappointment, and Larry Freeman had served the maximum term, officials said Wednesday at the hospital's board of directors meeting.
Incoming board members are William Medina, Rita Conner and Hall Waddell. The county board of commissioners reappointed Peggy Judkins.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Just like countless other exercise fanatics, Chloie Jonsson wanted to test herself in a CrossFit strength competition. The increasingly popular fitness events culminate each summer with the crowning of the "Fittest Man and Woman on Earth."
But Jonsson, who is a transgender woman, was told she would have to register as a man.
"I've never desired to be in the public eye and I don't want to be the face of anything," said Jonsson, 34, a personal trainer who lives in Los Gatos and spoke extensively for the first time about her battle on Thursday. "I just wanted to do my thing. But I'm learning that it's not just about me."
Jonsson's story went public last week when she filed a discrimination suit against Scotts Valley-based CrossFit Inc. The case is focusing national attention on the re-drawing of lines about what it means to be a man and a woman in athletic competitions.
For Jonsson, who underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2006, the issue is clear-cut. She is a woman. But the fitness company, which licenses gyms throughout the world, contends that she would have an unfair advantage competing against other women.
"Their position never changed: If you were born with a penis, you have to compete as a man," said Waukeen McCoy, the San Francisco attorney who represents Jonsson. "Their policy is you have to register with the sex you are born with. But California law is very clear that you cannot discriminate on the basis of gender identity."
No one from the company could be reached for comment.
CrossFit's stance is behind the times, said Helen Carroll, the sports project director for the San Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights. She notes that other sports organizations -- including the International Olympic Committee and the NCAA -- allow transgender athletes to compete after they meet specified guidelines.
"What CrossFit has done in this case is archaic," Carroll said. "It sounds like they didn't even bother to Google the issue. They're taking the approach that they just don't want to deal with it. But it's not going away. Everything from professional sports to club teams are dealing with diversity issues, and they're doing it well. It's really not that hard."
CrossFit is a hyper-intensive fitness regimen that, according to the company's website, has spawned a worldwide network of more than 5,500 affiliated gyms along with more than 35,000 accredited trainers. A powerful marketing tool for the company has been the annual, months-long competitions that end in July with the televised Reebok CrossFit Games.
Last year, Jonsson wanted to compete in a team event at a qualifying competition. One of her teammates sent an anonymous email to the CrossFit headquarters to make sure there would be no problem with Jonsson entering as a woman.
"I never thought they would say no, but I did think that they might need some documentation," Jonsson said. "We were just making sure that we had crossed all of our 't's' and dotted our 'i's.'"
Jonsson has identified as a woman since she was 15, and underwent surgery eight years ago. Her driver's license, Social Security card and even birth certificate identify her as female.
But CrossFit said she must compete as a male. In a letter provided by McCoy, CrossFit's attorney wrote the company has "respect and support for Cholie's decision and how she sees herself." But CrossFit also is "scrupulous about ensuring a level playing field" for competitors.
"The fundamental, ineluctable fact is that a male competitor who has a sex reassignment procedure still has a genetic makeup that confers a physical and physiological advantage over women," the letter added.
That stance betrays a misconception about the physiology of a transgender woman, said Carroll, a former college basketball coach and athletic director who has helped write policies for other organizations.
"The physical changes that take place is the transgender women loses muscle mass and has to work even harder than other women athletes," Carroll said. "In a sport like CrossFit, the transgender woman is not in any kind of competitive advantage. She even has to work harder to maintain muscle mass."
The suit is asking for $2.5 million in damages. But Jonsson, who said friends in the CrossFit community have been supportive of her, added that she just wants the chance to compete.
"It would just be preposterous to have me compete as a man -- in a category that you don't identify with and don't even look like," Jonsson said. "It would be devastating to anyone like me. And it would be the same for other transgender CrossFit athletes because there are people just like me out there."


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Not scheduled to play again until the second round of the Class 4, District 11 Tournament next week, the Seneca Indians squeezed in a last-second addition to the schedule when they traveled to take on Clever Monday.
The Indians won the game 7-2.
Clever jumped ahead with two runs in the bottom of the second inning, but the Indians tied it with single runs in the third and fourth innings to make it 2-2. Colton Webber led off the Indians' fifth with a double and went to third on a grounder before scoring on a groundout by Payton Rawlins to give the Indians their first, and last lead of the game.
Braden Larson doubled later in the inning to drive in two more runs as the Indians pushed across five in the inning to take a 7-2 lead.
Webber picked up the win for the Indians on the mound as he worked three innings in relief and struck out four. Dalan Merriman started the game and struck out three in three innings. Rawlins struck out two in the seventh.
Merriman, Webber, Rawlins, Cade Cornett, Cole Lankford and Larson each had a hit for the Indians. Merriman finished with two RBIs and a run scored, Webber doubled and scored once, Rawlins had an RBI triple, Cornett scored twice and drove in a run, while Lankford and Larson both had an RBI and a run scored.
The Indians (17-4) have had their game against Carthage cancelled, meaning this was likely their final regular season game barring a late scheduling change, according to coach Chris Yust. They'll begin play in the Class 4, District 11 Tournament at 4:30 p.m. Monday versus the winner of McDonald County and Cassville on Saturday.
Seneca's B team defeated Clever 3-0.
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Pulitzer prize winning playwright Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) was an author ahead of her time writing passionately about contemporary issues on gender and ethics. We will celebrate three of her works this fall in Peine Arena Theatre with Trifles, considered one of the most important American plays ever written, as the centerpiece. This drama, based on an actual case in rural Iowa, is a study of roles as men search in vain for material clues to a farmer's murder while the women, brought along to clean the site, are ignored. Through their work and observations, the women deduct the sequence of events that led to the tragedy. On a lighter note, Suppressed Desires follows the results of a woman's preoccupation with Freud's theories of dream analysis when she applies them to her husband and sister. Much to her chagrin, not everyone, including herself, are happy with the results. The final play will be chosen from two of Glaspell's allegorical one acts, The Outside or The People, after the auditions and casting.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Joe Montana, who knows something about handling Super Bowl pressure, said 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick looks ready to deal with football's biggest stage.
"He seems to me the kind of guy who, when it comes game time, is able to concentrate on what has to be done and what he has to do,'' Montana said Tuesday. "Even if he struggles early, and I don't see that happening, he's going to be just fine."
Montana, 56, was speaking by phone from the Bay Area. He's heading out to New Orleans on Thursday in advance of the 49ers' showdown against the Baltimore Ravens at the Superdome.
Kaepernick will make his Super Bowl debut at age 25, the same age Montana was on Jan. 24, 1982, when he guided the 49ers to a 26-21 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI.
Montana would go on to finish 4-0 in Super Bowl play and was named the game's MVP three times. In all, Montana threw 11 touchdown passes, no interceptions and had a passer rating of 127.8 in his Super Bowl career.
Known for his calm under pressure, Montana famously pointed to actor John Candy in the stands right before the come-from-behind drive to win Super Bowl XXIII.
Now, the Hall of Famer said the modern 49ers have the proper mentality — and proper coach — for these circumstances.
"Sometimes, we take for granted that there's Super Bowl pressure, but, really, once they kick off it's still the same game. It's still football,'' Montana said. "This week leading up to the game might feel different. There are some challenges. But Jim Harbaugh is not going to let his players get caught up in any of that."
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1.In the 1977 edition of Hitler's War, Irving starts off by hiding away in a footnote Ribbentrop's statement that all Jews had to be either 'annihilated or taken to concentration camps'. Irving resorts to the same tactic in his 1991 edition of Hitler's War.12 One might think, of course, that putting this statement in a footnote is no great crime against honest scholarship in itself - after all, it is still there in the book for everyone to read. But everyone, of course, does not read footnotes, and placing it there allows Irving to marginalise it almost out of existence.
12. Irving, Hitler's War(1977), p. 872; Irving Hitler's War (1991), p. 541-2. Irving translates Vernichtet as 'destroyed'.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants have been waiting for somebody -- anybody -- to get hot and help them break out of their two-month slump at home.
Enter Michael Morse, who had been stuck in a power outage during the same stretch in which the Giants suddenly lost their once potent home-field advantage. That finally turned around over the weekend, and the Giants' postseason hopes could get a significant boost if Morse continues his hot-hitting ways.
"I think he's just gotten his timing back," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "His confidence, his swagger, all those things."
The Giants are back on the road beginning Tuesday for a six-game trip that starts with three against the Chicago Cubs. They've been better on the road this season than at home but are aware they need to start winning at AT&T Park to have any hopes of success into October. A 3-2 record on the recently completed homestand represented a small step in the right direction.
"We've been grinding it out here," Tim Lincecum said after snapping a five-start winless streak Sunday. "We're in the dog days now, so we're looking to turn it around and use this as a positive lift."
Morse's resurgence might have started with an out, of all things. In his first at-bat Friday against Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels, Morse crushed a ball more than 400 feet to right-center field. Marlon Byrd tracked it down for an out as Morse threw his hands up in disgust.
The Giants left fielder hasn't been retired since.
He finished the weekend having reached base in nine straight plate appearances -- the first Giant to do so since Bengie Molina in 2010. Seven of those are hits, including four for extra bases.
Entering the weekend, Morse had only one homer and five doubles in his previous 31 games. Then he homered Friday night and had a triple and two doubles Saturday. He singled three times Sunday for his second straight three-hit game. His torrid weekend boosted his batting average at home from .294 to .317.
What's working well for Morse right now?
"I don't know, I'm getting hits," Morse said. "I'm just trying not to do too much and trying to get my pitch to hit. I'm just trying to put it in play."
Bochy said Morse's success has helped loosen him up at the plate.
"Like everybody, you get in a funk and you might start pressing or thinking too much," Bochy said. "He looks free and easy up there, and he's swinging the bat the way he can. Hopefully this continues because he has really done a great job of lifting this club and getting some big hits for us."
Morse is on pace to set career-highs in games played and at-bats. He already has played in the second-most games of his career at 118. If it seemed as if the grind of the long season had been weighing on him, he's successfully fought that off.
Morse said the team has tried not to focus too much on its home struggles, which included an 8-23 stretch before taking the last two games of the three-game series against the Phillies for the Giants' first consecutive home wins since June 7-8. That also represented their first home series victory in a month.
"You get caught up with everything that's going on," Morse said, "but I think the mentality we have right now is get on base, try to score as many runs as possible and try to win the game and try to win the series."
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Giants (Ryan Vogelsong 7-8) at Chicago Cubs (Tsuyoshi Wada 2-1), 5:05 p.m. CSNBA


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"Natural Capital": Will Putting a Price on Nature Help Protect It?
The benefits of green spaces and natural settings are becoming more apparent all the time: reduced stress, depression and feelings of aggressiveness; an increase in overall happiness; faster post-operative recovery; a decline in ADHD symptoms in children — all of these outcomes have been verified when people spend time in nature. The outdoors make us happier, cause us to be kinder and can even give us bigger brains.
While you could say these kinds of benefits are priceless, there's a new trend afoot. By assigning a monetary value to natural elements in a healthy environment, it is hoped that governments, businesses and others in positions of power will come to see that protecting nature makes good financial sense.
This concept of pricing ecosystem services and natural features — and allowing them to be bought and sold — is gaining wide acceptance among conservationists. But could this approach end up obscuring the unquantifiable, soul-restoring advantages of natural places and put them at even greater risk?


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More African-Americans get involved in Anthrocon every year
Surrounded by Furries are, left, kneeling, Moses Blount and standing, Deshawn Legrand Lynndale Mosley, all of Braddock who came out to see the Furries. (Courier Photos/J.L. Martello) by J.L. Martello For New Pittsburgh Courier The Anthrocon convention (or con for short) is dedicated to anthropomorphic people with animal traits and animals with human traits. The con was started in Albany, N.Y., in 1997 and didn't come to Pittsburgh until 2006. Anthrocon has grown every year in Pittsburgh with record breaking numbers and has become the largest con of its type in the world.


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Rasheed Sulaimon added 17 points and Mason Plumlee had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils (23-3, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) as they moved coach Mike Krzyzewski into sole possession of third place on the career list for victories at one school with 877.
He was tied with Adolph Rupp of Kentucky and is now two behind North Carolina's Dean Smith. Syracuse's Jim Boeheim leads with 910 victories.
Erick Green, the nation's leading scorer with a 25.3 average coming in, led the Hokies (11-15, 2-11) with 22 points. C.J.
Duke, meantime, buried the Hokies quickly with a 3-point barrage.
Curry had three 3s and Quinn Cook and Sulaimon also connected in an early 19-6 run, and after the teams swapped baskets, Curry capped a 15-3 burst for Duke with his fourth 3-pointer of the half.
That made the score 37-17 after 16 minutes, and Curry added a fifth 3 before halftime. Duke was 8 for 9 from behind the arc in the first 20 minutes. The Hokies, meantime, had 10 field goals, none of them 3s.
Duke finished 12 for 17 on 3-pointers and shot 53.6 percent (30 of 56) overall.
Coming off a 2-point loss at Maryland, the Blue Devils started fast in the second half, too, getting an inside basket by Josh Hairston, a baseline jumper from Cook and a 3 from Sulaimon to make it 55-30.
The Hokies never threatened again and Virginia Tech coach James Johnson pulled Green with just over 6 minutes to play and trailing 73-49. Krzyzewski followed with wholesale changes shortly thereafter.
The victory kept Duke solidly in second place in the ACC, two games ahead of North Carolina, N.
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11th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
October 1 –19, 2012
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
The Eleventh Conference of Parties to (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the sixth Meeting of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held at Hyderabad from 1-19 October 2012. The Government of India also hosted the high-level segment to CoP-11 at the same venue from 17-19 October 2012.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was inspired by the world community's growing commitment to sustainable development. It represents a dramatic step forward in the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. The Convention on Biological Diversity entered into force on 29 December 1993. It has three main objectives:
- The conservation of biological diversity
- The sustainable use of the components of biological diversity
- The fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources
The Conference of Parties (CoP) is the governing body of the Convention, and advances implementation of the Convention through the decisions it takes at its periodic meetings.
Organized in collaboration with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, India had proposed five key issues for discussion at the high-level segment of CBD CoP-11.
- Biodiversity and Livelihoods
- Integration of value of Biodiversity in National Planning and Accounting Process
- Strategy for Resource Mobilization
- Coastal and Marine Biodiversity
- Operationalization of Nagoya Protocol
CoP-11 was a historical opportunity for India to influence the policy and conservation logic that will set agenda for CBD in the years to come. It was also an occasion for taking stock of the effectiveness of various global, national and sub-national initiatives on biodiversity conservation, apart from spreading awareness and building capacities for improved ecosystem management.
The provisional agenda is online here.
UNDP and CBD
UNDP is the lead UN agency in the field of biodiversity management and sustainable development and works closely with the CBD, Global Environment Facility (GEF) and other partners. It supports the sustainable management of biological diversity, pro-poor approach to conservation, protected areas, biotechnology and the development of viable, new markets for ecosystem services. UNDP has actively supported CBD since its inception and at COP 10 on two key programmes: i) unleashing the economic potential of protected area systems; and ii) mainstreaming biodiversity management objectives into economic sector activities. UNDP played an active role during CoP-10 in Nagoya, during which an agreement was also signed between UNDP and CBD Secretariat to work together to attain the objectives of CBD.
During CBD COP-11, UNDP will focus on three key themes:
- Biodiversity and livelihoods: Biodiversity underpins the overall well-being of Indian society as it provides vital ecosystem goods and services. For India, biological diversity is closely linked to the livelihoods of millions, and thus, biodiversity conservation strategies represent important poverty reduction strategies.
- Biodiversity and governance: India has experimented with a diverse range of governance structures to conserve biodiversity. Leveraging this experience, CoP-11 will highlight the country's rich natural resources, vast experience gained through conservation initiatives, strong linkages between livelihoods and conservation, and the existence of a plethora of governance models.
- Ecosystem based approaches for resilience: Biodiversity is an immediate victim of climate change and also provides a practical solution to address climate change. Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EBA) offers cost effective and multiple-benefit solutions to build resilience.
In the News
- Include the Poor in Biodiversity Conservation
[Date: 11 October 2012, Source: The Hindu]
- It's an Asset, Invest in it
[Date: 08 October 2012, Source: The Hindustan Times]
- CM Advocates Scientific Approach in Conserving Biodiversity
[Date: 04 October 2012, Source: Business Standard]
- Nabam Tuki Bats for Scientific Approach in Biodiversity Conservation
[Date: 04 October 2012, Source: The Sentinel]
- Creating Medicinal Forests a Giant Step to Good Health
[Date: 03 October 2012, Source: The Asian Age]
- Indian Medicinal Plants Face Extinction
[Date: 02 October 2012, Source: The Asian Age]
- Hyderabad Hotels Gear Up to Receive Cop-11 Guests
[Date: 30 September 2012, Source: The Hindu]
Projects and Initiatives
- Biodiversity Conservation Through Community-Based Natural Resource Management
- Mainstreaming Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Conservation into Production Sectors in the East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem, Andhra Pradesh
- Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve's Coastal Biodiversity
- Strengthening Institutional Structures to Implement the Biological Diversity Act
Stories of Change
Easing Troubled Waters: Conserving the Gulf of Mannar's Biodiversity
UNDP has partnered with the Government of Tamil Nadu to demonstrate the possibilities of conserving the environment and encouraging sustainable development processes in the Gulf of Mannar.
In Eye of the Forest: Conserving Biodiversity, Building Sustainable Futures
Recognizing the close communion between communities and natural resources, UNDP is supporting several initiatives in Chhattisgarh to help communities conserve traditional knowledge, build awareness on conservation-friendly gathering practices and help people, particularly women access the market to sell their produce.
Related Links
- Remarks by Rebeca Grynspan, UNDP Associate Administrator: 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
- XI Conference of Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Conference of Parties (CoP)
- Provisional Agenda of CBD CoP 11
- Government of India
- State Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- About India
- UNDP India Blog: Biodiversity – A Time to Act | Srinivasan Iyer
- UNDP India Blog: Creating Agricultural Entrepreneurs in Jharkhand- Lessons from a UNDP Biodiversity Project | Ruchi Pant
Government of India – UNDP Partnership on Biodiversity Conservation
The booklet, showcased at the eleventh conference of parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity in Hyderabad, is a compilation of UNDP India's work on biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
Conservation Across Landscapes: India's Approaches to Biodiversity Governance
The publication examines five biodiversity governance models that have helped conserve India's natural landscape


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