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Taking advantage of Silicon Valley's robust economy, affluent techies are building or remodeling homes, transforming parts of the area's older housing stock and fueling a boom for Bay Area architects and interior designers.
"The problem is finding time to sleep," said architect Roger Kohler, of Palo Alto, whose firm has more than 20 projects in construction or just completed in Los Altos, Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton.
The tech workers range from midlevel engineers at startups or at tech giants like Apple (AAPL), Facebook and Google (GOOG) to older CEOs or founders selling their companies. Some are doing relatively straightforward, if pricey, remodels, while others are leveling old homes and building new ones with basement game rooms, large garages and the latest in high-tech features.
Catherine Jhung, a vice president at Cleantech.com, and her husband, Brian Buchholz, who works at Google, are including "a lot of the new technologies for green building" in the San Carlos Craftsman-style home they will soon break ground on. The existing home -- which they bought seven years ago -- was torn down. Construction bids are coming in at $270 to $285 a square foot, or about $900,000.
"We're doing a lot to make it look lived in," Jhung said. That includes tongue-and-groove wall paneling, ceiling paneling and vintage-looking fixtures.
The new home will be wired for plug-in electric cars and solar panels, and have the latest in energy-efficient windows, a smart thermostat, top-of-the-line insulation and solar-powered skylights.
'Floodgates opened'
San Jose architect Eugene Sakai, who designed the San Carlos home, said surging demand has the architects, contractors and interior designers who survived the recession "super busy."
"The valley's money machine never stopped running, but people were socking it away. When the economy came back the floodgates opened with pent-up demand for projects."
He estimated 80 percent of his clients are in tech or have profited from investing in tech stocks. "We're definitely benefiting from the tech economy."
Depending on its size, a newly built home can easily cost $700,000 to well over $1 million, Kohler said. "It also depends on what you put into them -- handmade tiles, items from Europe and Asia or layers of trim. That kind of stuff takes it up to where it can be astronomical."
Techies have their own ideas about design.
Architect Andre Rothblatt, of San Francisco, said he turned to Google last year to learn about the "steampunk" motif that his client, a tech startup founder, wanted for the bathroom and kitchen of a house in the upper Haight district of San Francisco.
"Steampunk is a counterpoint to the current technology," which is designed to be unobtrusive and hidden, Rothblatt said. "It's almost a rebellion. With steampunk, everything is exposed." For example, instead of being concealed in the walls, the bathroom's copper water pipes zigzag up the wall, like a metal sculpture.
Robert Swatt of Swatt Miers Architects in Emeryville, whose contemporary-style homes dot the hills above the valley, said his clients in technology "have taken risks to be in those businesses and have done well, and they are forward-thinking. They want to live in something of their time, and they like to experiment."
Ed Shimmon hired Swatt to build his dream house in Los Altos Hills after selling a marketing firm that catered to tech companies.
The home has mahogany doors and windows on the inside that are echoed on the exterior by mahogany siding and colored stucco. It also features a below-grade theater and wine cellar, a detached office and a glass tile infinity edge pool.
"I love my house every day," Shimmon said.
Other projects reflect the region's diversity and creativity.
When longtime IBM engineer Ashoka Mehta and his wife, Jayshree, remodeled their San Jose home, they included a Hindu shrine, a touch their daughter Alexandra Mysoor says reflects "the new face of the Bay Area. People from all over San Jose show up to look at it."
Daniela Mielke, who works in the consumer tech industry, grew up in Europe, so when she bought an aging ranch-style home in Half Moon Bay she commissioned San Francisco architect Mark English to design an Italian kitchen for it.
"I'm basically changing the whole look and feel and making it a really modern place," she said. Her glossy red kitchen with high ceilings and hardwood floors was the first step. "It used to be Southwestern. Now it's European."
Tim Williams and his wife, Renee, both work in biotech and were "half looking around" when they found a lot in Los Altos Hills for sale on Craigslist. "We're not in the 1 percent," said Tim Williams, "so it was a bit of a stretch for us."
Contemporary design
The couple lived in an old cottage on the property during construction of the 3,100-square-foot, contemporary home, designed by Bahi Oreizy and Mariela Pfennig-Mahmud of 360 Design in Los Altos. The new home is stucco, metal and wood on the exterior and has tile floors, under-floor heating and lots of south-facing windows to help sunshine warm the home in winter.
Eldad and Charlotte Matityahu -- he founded the valley network firm Net Optics -- had already built one house in Palo Alto in 2000, but with four children, they recently remodeled a "ginormous" Woodside country house.
"We wanted space," said Charlotte Matityahu. "The last thing we wanted was a new home, so we found a really old, dysfunctional giant barn of a thing and made it into a home, not a house. What you need is a place to decompress and create mental -- not physical -- space, so you can process everything and get ready for tomorrow."
Contact Pete Carey at 408-920-5419. Follow him at Twitter.com/petecarey.


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Children's Health
Study: Self-Injury Common in Grade School
June 11, 2012 -- Self-injury is a common emotional disorder among teens and young adults, and now new research confirms that young children also injure themselves on purpose.
In one of the first studies ever to assess self-injury rates among children as young as age 7, close to 7% of 3rd grade girls and 8% of 3rd grade boys said they had self-injured at some point in their lives.
In past studies, self-injury rates have been reported to be as high as 20% among high-school-aged teens and almost 40% among college students.
Self-injury was defined in the new study as cutting, carving, burning, piercing, or picking at the skin, or hitting oneself to cause pain, but not death.
Cutting Most Common in Older Girls
Interviews with 665 children and teens between the ages of 7 and 16 revealed key differences in patterns of non-suicidal self-injury by age and gender.
Among the major findings:
- Prior to high school, boys were as likely to self-injure as girls. But by ninth grade, girls were three times more likely to report the practice as boys.
- Girls were four times as likely as boys to report cutting or carving the skin as their method of self-injury, while boys -- especially younger boys -- were more likely to report self-hitting.
- 1.5% of the children interviewed reported engaging in non-suicidal self-injury at least five times over the previous year.
The study did not examine whether self-injury is more common among teens and younger children than it once was, but researcher Benjamin L. Hankin, PhD, says it is generally agreed that it is.
"The study of self-injury is relatively new, so we don't really have good data to confirm it, but just about everyone who treats these children will tell you this alarming behavior is on the rise," the University of Denver associate professor of psychology tells WebMD.
Self-Injury Awareness May Add to Problem
Steve Pastyrnak, PhD, division chief of pediatric psychology at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., says increased awareness of self-injury and greater attention from the media may be contributing to the problem.

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Sister of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Arrested in NYC
A sister of the man charged with carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings was arrested Wednesday for threatening a woman who previously had a romantic relationship with her boyfriend, police said.
Ailina Tsarnaeva, 23 years old, called the victim, also 23, on Monday and threatened her with a bomb, according to the New York Police Department. "I have people who can go up there and put a bomb on you," she allegedly told the woman, according to a law-enforcement official.
The victim reported the incident to police, and Ms. Tsarnaeva turned herself in at the 30th Precinct in Harlem at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police said.
Ms. Tsarnaeva was charged with aggravated harassment and was given a summons to appear in court on Sept. 30.
Police said Ms. Tsarnaeva is the sister of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is charged with the bombing at the marathon in 2013, killing three people and injuring more than 250 others. He has pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Tsarnaev's brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died in a confrontation with police shortly after the marathon bombings.


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Definition of keyword in English:
2A word or concept of great significance: homes and jobs are the keywords in the campaign
More example sentences
- The narrative text is quite brief but is well-written and liberally marked up with bold text to identify keywords and key concepts.
- My style is to read the stuff, make a mental list of keywords to remind me of what to talk about, then wing it.
- Secrecy was a keyword in their job, and Byron knew his partner assumed, from the terse explanation, that something unforeseen had happened.
2.1A word used in an information retrieval system to indicate the content of a document.
Example sentences
- What's interesting about the idea of an anonymous e-mail search engine is that you could search on content keywords and probably get your mail without even remembering your account name.
- The goal is to rapidly retrieve relevant information by applying Boolean logic to keywords and searching databases optimized for textual storage and retrieval.
- Filtering systems generally search for keywords on web pages or e-mails, examine images to identify human skin tones, and monitor domain names and server addresses to screen out those considered unsavoury.
2.2A significant word mentioned in an index: keywords entered by the indexer
More example sentences
- There were 982 peer reviewed papers indexed by ISI with keywords climate change in the last ten years, till 2003.
- To look up something you wanted, you had to search for the keyword in the index volumes, go to the Micropaedia for a summary of the entries, decide on the ones that seem to have the answers, and then read the relevant volumes of the Macropaedia.
- Most essays are followed by a short bibliography, and there is a seven-page keyword and person index.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW -- In a harsh warning letter made public Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered Google (GOOG)-backed 23andme to stop selling its widely used genetic test to consumers because the company has failed for four years to prove the product is medically useful, and the agency fears it could endanger lives.
In a statement, the company acknowledged that "we have not met the FDA's expectations" for the test, which costs $99, and it said that it was committed to working with the FDA to address its concerns. But the action is a significant setback for the company, whose CEO, Anne Wojcicki, is married to but separated from Google co-founder Sergey Brin and which in December said it received more than $50 million from Brin, Google Ventures and other sources.
The warning letter comes as regulators have struggled for years with how to regulate the burgeoning field of personalized medical testing, which has prompted government investigations and aroused deep concerns from some health experts.
The letter notes that the FDA has worked with 23andMe since 2009 to help it comply with governmental requirements regarding the safety and effectiveness of its "Personal Genome Service," which tests people's saliva for genetic indications of 254 disease conditions and other potential health risks.
The agency said it has had "more than 14 face-to-face and teleconference meetings, hundreds of email exchanges and dozens of written communications" with the company. However, it added, "We still do not have any assurance that the firm has analytically or clinically validated the PGS for its intended uses."
Some uses for the test "are particularly concerning," the FDA said, "because of the potential health consequences that could result from false positive or false negative assessments for high-risk indications." A false-positive for breast or ovarian cancer, for example, "could lead a patient to undergo prophylactic surgery, chemoprevention, intensive screening or other morbidity-inducing actions, while a false negative could result in a failure to recognize an actual risk that may exist," the FDA said.
Noting that 23andme recently announced it was launching television commercials for its test, the FDA demanded the company "immediately discontinue marketing" until the test is federally approved and gave 23andme 15 working days to explain what it is doing to address the agency's concerns. Otherwise, the FDA said it might consider "civil money penalties" or other actions against the firm.
Officials at 23andme, which is a private company, declined comment on what impact the FDA's action might have on their business and whether they will continue processing genetic tests. With Google's backing, 23andme has obtained $126 million since its inception and has about 400,000 customers, according to an article this month in Fast Company magazine.
It's likely that 23andme will try to resolve the dispute through further negotiations with the FDA, said Colleen Heisey, a lawyer specializing in FDA regulations. But if it fails to satisfy the agency, she added, the FDA might seek an injunction to halt 23andme's business.
"This is serious," Heisey said of the warning letter. "It's intended by the FDA to be a wake-up call."
Marcy Darnovsky, executive director of the Berkeley-based Center for Genetics and Society, said the FDA may have let 23andme stay in business as long as it has because genetic tests sold directly to consumers are relatively new, and the agency wants to be careful how it regulates them. But she said it's crucial such companies are closely monitored.
"If they are giving health information, there has to be some oversight," she said. "Otherwise, we're back to the snake-oil era."
DNA tests sold directly to consumers have been criticized as having limited value because they typically examine only a small sample of a person's genetic makeup.
In 2010, investigators from the U.S. Government Accountability Office concluded that 23andMe and Navigenics of Foster City were offering information that was "misleading and of little or no practical use." Although both companies defended their products, the agency blasted them for drawing unsupportable conclusions and making health predictions that didn't always jibe with their customers' actual medical conditions.
Navigenics has since been bought by Life Technologies of Carlsbad, which only does genetic tests for research service and has no problem with the FDA, according to Life Technologies spokeswoman Suzanne Hatcher.
DNA tests such as those offered by 23andme also have aroused the concern of California health authorities. In 2008, they launched an investigation into the marketing of such tests, saying some companies lacked proper state licenses.
That same year, a study in the American Journal of Human Genetics concluded that "there is insufficient scientific evidence" to prove the tests "are useful in measuring genetic risk for common diseases." Also in 2008, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advisory committee found "significant gaps in the U.S. system of oversight of genetic testing that can lead to harms."
Contact Steve Johnson at 408-920-5043. Follow him at Twitter.com/steveatmercnews.


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Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Commissioners approved a skywalk in downtown Augusta back in August, but on Tuesday night, they decided not to fund the project.
Crosswalk, pedestrian bridge and "bridge to nowhere" are just a few of the names for the proposed skywalk that would connect the parking deck to the TEE Center.
The Hendersons spend a lot of time in downtown Augusta. They don't think the sky bridge is needed.
"I don't think that bridge is necessary. The traffic is not that bad in downtown Augusta. Right now," said Arienne Henderson, who lives in Augusta.
"Need to start focusing on more. That's what we need right now in this economy, not more bridges, but bridges to financial security," said Kenneth Henderson.
Parking Deck Manager Paul Simon was anxiously awaiting the decision.
Simon says commissioners promised him the skywalk would connect the parking deck to the TEE Center.
However, Commissioners Bill Lockett and Marion Williams say it's a million dollars they'd rather not spend.
"What I would like to tell Mr. Simon, if this agreement has been made, maybe he needs to take us to court. Then let us have a forensic audit conducting to see where all the money have gone," Lockett said.
"I wish that the convention grows so much that we need two skywalks. Right now, with the way the economy is, I can't support putting a bridge across there," Williams said.
Commissioners will be revisiting the issue at a later date.


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Portsmouth- 185 Grafton Drive
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Newburyport, Mass. 90 Storey Ave.
All donations will be given to a food bank to support their local communities.
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Plum Flowers House
Plum Flowers House is a traditional Chinese hostel. It is located within a safe family community, and offers a unique Chinese hospitality experience. We pride ourselves on ensuring guests feel comfortable, safe, and relaxed. We are happy to help you with local knowledge and culture, and we enjoy relaxing and meeting new people over a raditional Chinese tea.
Plum Flowers House has free WiFi, air conditioning, laundry facilities, secure storage, a fully equipped kitchen, a very comfortable living area and a quality home entertainment system.
The house is a spacious 177 square metres with 3 balconies located on the 7th floor in a modern and safe community building. Each room has traditional Chinese art and embroidery which adds to the cultural experience. There is one deluxe double ensuite room with a balcony, 2 private double rooms with shared bathrooms, one 6 bed ensuite room with a balcony and one bunk room with a shared bathroom. Every large room has its own air conditioning unit, and the small single bunk room does not, however, there is a unit just outside the room.
We look forward to giving you a sanctuary to relax in after being out and about in the chaos of the city. We are grateful for any feedback you may have as our main focus is to always improve our guests' experience.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Air Conditioning
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Café
- Common Room
- DVDs
- Elevator
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- Meals Available
- Mini Supermarket
- Outdoor Swimming Pool
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Pet Friendly
- Reading Light
- Restaurant
- Swimming Pool
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
- Vending Machines
- Washing Machine
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
This property has a 1 day cancellation policy.
Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay. Reception is open from 7am to 24:00. Unfortunately, we can't help you outside of these hours. We need sleep, too,About THE OFFICAL INVITATION LETTER to help you get more time in China,
1.I am sorry that Plum Flowers House couldn`t give the leter for bookers.
2.If you do need the letter, you should book the hostel named DONGSHAN CATALPA GARDEN YOUTH HOSTEL. They will help you to solve this problem, whereas you also have to go to [[[THE EXIT-ENTRY ADMINISTRATIN OF THE MINISTRY OF PHUBLIC SECURITY OF THE PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA]]] to update your VISA.
3.Plum Flowers WON`T RECEIVE GUESTS WHO HAVE ENOUGH VISA VALIDITY PERIOD.If you booked our house without enough VISA VALIDITY PERIOD, we won`t return the down payment.
pretty sorry for that, hope you can have good days in China.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
DO NOT FOLLOW GPRS system as it only will mislead you
The easiest way to find us is either by taking a taxi or the subway to Mei-hua-yuan metro station. Take exit B. Walk ahead for about 50 meters till you see a gate on your right hand side (both for car and person entry/exit). Enter the courtyard (either follow others that come in/out or ask the security to open the gate) . Walk straight ahead for about 100 meters (There should be a large concrete retaining wall on your right handside as you walk). Than turn left while continue walking for another 40 meters. Now, on your right hand side you will find building E3. Press room number 701 via the intercom to get in. Hereafter, take the lift to 7th floor , turn left find flat no.1
From Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport-
(1)Take metro line 3, get off at 'mei hua yuan' station, exit from B.Go ahead about 50 meters, you can see the gate on the right. Enter the yard and go straight 100 meters turn left. find Building E3,take a lift to 7Floor,find flat no.1.
(2)It takes 30minutes and 80Rmb by taxi. Remember to ask the taxi driver to use the meter. It is recommended that you ask the driver to give us a call for direction.
From Guangzhou east railway station:
(1)Take metro line 3, get off at 'mei hua yuan' station,
(2)Take bus 804A, get off at mei yuan xin cun bus station, You will see the metro exit B,
Then follow directions as above. It takes 2 yuan.
(3)Taxi is about 14 RMB.
From Guangzhou railway station, Guangdong Provincial Bus Terminal:
(1)Take metro line 5, transfer line 3 at ' zhu jiang new town', later get off by left at 'ti yu xi lu' station and get the Opposite train(also named line 3),then get off at 'mei hua yuan' station. Followi directions as above.
(2) Take bus 862B, get off at mei yuan xin cun bus station, You will see the metro exit B,
Then follow directions as above. It takes 2 yuan.
(3) Taxi is about 30 RMB.
Located Near
The traffic is very convenient, the subway station distance we only three minutes, There are four stops metro station from the newest city center, and two stops from reallway station which can go to HongKong and ShenZhen, two metro stops can take a bus to Guilin and the other cities, near a very more Chinese XiaoChiJie, also have KFC, McDonald's, PIZZA, tesco, fitness center. Acquired shopping plaza.


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What's In Your Genealogy Research Toolbox?
Feb. 18, 2012
Day Classrooms, History Center
10 a.m. - noon
Are you overwhelmed with the number of online resources for genealogical research? Are you constantly working with unorganized bookmarks or favorites? Do you print out lists of websites you use most? Learn to build a research toolbox that is organized, easy-to-use and can be accessed from almost anywhere. We'll also cover some Google tools that you may have missed including books, magazines, photos, documents and more. You'll leave this session with new ways to advance your genealogy research.
Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogy research and as a way to connect with others in the family history community. As the creator of GeneaBloggers.com, he has organized and engaged a community of more than 2,000 bloggers, and he writes and lectures on the many ways in which blogs, Facebook and Twitter can be leveraged to add new dimensions to the genealogy experience.
$10; $8 members. Includes parking and admission to the Indiana Experience that day.
Attend both family history programs on Feb. 18 and pay $15; $12 members.
This class is eligible for 2 general LEU's.
Limited to 80 people.
Register online or call (317) 232-1882 for more information.
For additional family history programs visit the Family History Programs page.


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MILWAUKEE -- The Giants spent all spring talking about their deeper lineup, and that length led to a hot start in April and May. On Thursday, the lineup should be whole for the first time in three months.
Center fielder Angel Pagan is scheduled to fly to Milwaukee on Wednesday and take his spot atop the lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against the Brewers. Manager Bruce Bochy said Pagan felt great after his first rehab game for the Fresno Grizzlies, and it's possible he'll be activated upon arriving in Milwaukee so that he's available off the bench Wednesday.
Between Pagan's back injury and Brandon Belt's broken left thumb, the Giants have not had their full opening day lineup healthy since May 9. Pagan has missed 43 games because of lower back inflammation that led to an epidural and weeks of rehab at the team's facility in Scottsdale, Ariz. He played two rehab games in Arizona last week and played nine innings for the Grizzlies on Monday.
Tuesday, Pagan started in center and batted leadoff, going 1 for 4 with an RBI in Fresno's 6-5 win over Salt Lake.


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TCR Tuesday Notes
Some stuff I've been meaning to mention...
- Scout.com's top 5 hitting prospects at the moment...
- Jake Fox
- Josh Harrison
- Tony Thomas
- Brad Snyder
- Rebel Ridling
and on the pitching side...
- Dan McDaniel
- Jose Ascanio
- Ryan Searle
- Chris Archer
- Chris Carpenter
- This article is a couple weeks old, but Craig Brown has figured out what is wrong wtih Derrek Lee from the comfort of his computer. While the data he presents courtesy of Fangraphs is interesting in of itself, you have to love the conclusion he conjured up.
For starters, he needs to lay off all pitches outside the strike zone
and focus only on those pitches that are over the plate - the pitches
where he can actually accomplish something productive. Then, he needs
to concentrate on making solid contact.
So swing at strikes Derrek and make sure it's good contact when you do swing...a hitting coach in the making.
- Most of you have probably seen this one already, but History Channel did some morose show about life on Earth after all the people died. They imagined what would happen to Wrigley Field in the process.
- Joe Aiello at VFTB is asking Cubs fans to fill out his "Cubs Confidence Survey".
- Want all your Cubs news in one place (or any other team?), try Baseball Tribune.
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"For starters, he needs to lay off all pitches outside the strike zone and focus only on those pitches that are over the plate - the pitches where he can actually accomplish something productive. Then, he needs to concentrate on making solid contact."
oh man...wow.
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He should start a hitting clinic.
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Actually that is good advise for a player...one who is 8 years old and learning how to hit.
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I watched Rebel Ridling hit last Friday here in Ft. Wayne. He kind of reminds me of that guy nobody liked on that movie Supertroopers. I forget his name. Of course he wasn't quite as big. Anyways, man he pounced on a couple. The ball really jumps off his bat.
And I'm no scout, so I can't say if he's going to be any good or not, but Flaherty is a very well-built creature. He has a very baseball-ish build with muscly legs and forearms.
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I just love the name. Rebel Ridling. Just an awesome athlete's name. He's showing better discipline this year ... well, today's 0 is bleh, but bad days happen. If he can get on a hot streak, I'd sure love to see what he can do in the upper levels. It'd be nice to have a power prospect ...
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He has a very baseball-ish build with muscly legs and forearms.
...not going there. (link deleted)
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Josh Vitters is not in the top 5?
Brad Snyder is a better hitting prospect?
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per their explanation, they only use raw numbers of performance (no age, ceiling, etc)...it's more of a "hot list"
"The fourth installment in our 2009 Prospect Power Rankings, these rankings are compiled and updated on a weekly basis throughout the season and are based solely on player performances (read: not age)."
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as noted, it's more of a hot list. As for Snyder, I can't take him too seriously yet. Happy for the guy, but the K/BB is bleh and makes me think PCL (remember Jason Dubois struggling in the IL for, I think, Columbus, before coming back).
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If Dempster gets suspended for not throwing at Braun's head, does that mean he gets a free pass to drill Braun in the noggin later? Wouldn't double jeopardy apply?
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Did I just hear that right, Jenks is also being investigated for not hitting Ian Kinsler. He threw it right behind him. I mean if you are going to get in trouble for NOT hitting someone, next time you might as well just plunk him in the helmet and give 'em the ol' Adam Greenberg treatment. I'd be alright ridding the league of Ryan Braun for a few years.
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And anyways, since when is it wrong to buzz a guy with some chin music? Everyone is getting too wussy, I say. Roberto Luongo approves.
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Obligatory macho-ness to make up for your perverse fascination with Flaherty's physique?
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hahaha... maybe subconsciously.
F'real, though, at the low-a level you can't really look at stats. What the kid does doesn't mean anything at this point, it's all about what they're capable of.
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Jenks told media it was a "purpose pitch".
Not very bright.
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Honestly, you won't be the only one who thinks that. If you're going to get suspended even if you don't hit somebody, guys are going to start wanting to get their money's worth from their suspension.
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The whole JENKS incident calls STEVE STONE's acumen as a baseball analyst into question. In this case he was totally wrong. It wasn't the first time.
Anyone interested should watch this taking into account Jenks' admission that he was throwing at the batter. (http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=4515761).
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So is Hawk going to admit he doesn't know what the devil is going on?
I guess he's still waiting for that Cubs/White Sox game to be turned over on appeal.
But yeah it seemed logical that they wouldn't want to hit Kinsler as the tying run, so they were probably just going with 'conventional wisdom' on that one.
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Question: Anyone else agree with these statements?
Fukudome isn't just average in CF; he is GOOD
Fontenot isn't a crap fielder; he is DECENT
Our best pitcher out of the 'pen right now is ANGEL GUZMAN.
Tell me I am wrong, but I hope GEO SOTO doesn't join the long list of rookies who had a career year out of the box.....Jerome Walton, Bobby Crosby, Angel Berroa, Ben Grieve, Pat Listach, and who could forget Joe Charboneau
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I guess that's possible. I mean his success came out of nowhere, didn't it? I mean he was decent in Iowa, but no one expected him to have the year he had last year.
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Can Jake Fox catch? Oh, that's right. No he can't.
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If Soto doesn't pull it together it's because he forgets how to swing the bat. There was no magic about what he did the last two years; he swung at pitches in the zone, took pitches out of the zone, and when he swung, he drove the bat with his legs and extended it through the zone.
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That lineup sucks.
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Dempster tomorrow, then Wells and Marshall on Saturday.
(I'm sure you meant) Lillyhammer tomorrow (vs Young), then D/W/M.
Gaudin thursday vs Dempster.
Zambrano's start in Daytona? Sounds like fun in the sun.
Hope he looks sharp:
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The hot list is interesting, but it is what it is. Overall, I think the most pleasant surprise this year has been how awesome Tony Thomas has been offensively. I think he's sort of gone under the radar a bit. He's been flat out awesome, outside of the SB%, but it was clear that he wasn't a prototypical leadoff type (if he makes it, I like him better as a 6/7 type hitter, but 2 I could live with ... if he makes it). Granted, gametracker isn't the best to make a deep assessment, but it seems like he's battling on pitches and showing more patience and judgment. His partner in crime, Darwin Barney, has had a very solid offensive season. I haven't been able to follow closely enough, but the errors for both those guys stands out, so that is worrisome, but gotta be pleased with those two.
I think Harrison is somewhat similar to Mike Fontenot, but as a college bat, I'm not sure how much we should read on his numbers. He should do well at Peoria. I'd love to see him up a level. That said, so many 2nd baseman options (Flaherty, Thomas, Lake perhaps - he's gotten it going a bit of late as well) in the system, and not sure he can handle CF.
I'm decently pleased with the pitching side of the equation. I'm a big fan of our last class, and it looks like Jay Jackson maybe rounding into form (knock on wood). Casey Coleman had a couple rough starts, but showed well against WTN. I love McDaniel and hope he can continue developing (we sure did push a lot of arms, Leverton's hit a rough patch, as has Russell). Searle's been nice - I didn't know what to make of him after the harsh BA critique of him. Carpenter and Archer both have to get more control, but while this isn't 2003 pitching depth, I think we're slowly rebuilding that side of the system, which had fallen but wasn't as noticed due to our system's positional issues.
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Russell has been great out of the bullpen, fwiw. I don't think he's been scored upon since he's been taken out of the rotation.
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yeah, he's been solid. I remember some folks thought, out of college, that he would be a pen arm. I like the fact that we tried him as a starter. Just somewhat disappointed that, so far, it didn't seem to take, although I can't help but think he was rushed. That said, I'm just a guy typing on a msg board.
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2nd in defensive WAR, NL.
6th in NL in RBI
Go complain about something else, like, "they never play good against the good teams", or some other shit.
Addy really has trouble breaking through .250 BA -- after his hot streak got him to .251, he has gone 1-for-17.
Thank goodness for Jansen's 2 WP on Friday -- otherwise this would have been a sweep.
There seems to be a direct correlation with overconfidence in the Cubs offense against mediocre/young pitchers and really poor offense against mediocre/young pitchers. So, let's fear the Pirate pitchers!
Rizzo due for a power surge -- one HR in August so far. He truly does hit them in bunches.
Sometimes I'm not as supportive of Cahill as maybe I should be. There, I said it.
Rough 8th inning all around -- HBP, Cahill error, Javy's poor decision.
Oh well - given that the Cubs didn't look like they were going to score, it's better to lose in 9 innings, save the bullpen and get changed for the PJ trip home.
Baez still learning
heyward with his 3rd multi-hit game since the all-star break (all in august)...2nd in the past 3 games during his 7 game hitting streak.
he's gone from flirting with a sub-.300 ob% to nearing .310 ob% in 3 games (1 game was just a 1 for 1 pinch hit appearance). all 5 hits in the past 3 games have come in a row...neat.
stewart with 7Ks through 3ip...of course.
that 10-13 mph difference in his fastball/change is working today...and they're swinging at his crappy slider.
brock stewart...steven brault...fun times for the cubs hitters vs allegedly competitive teams...maybe.
Maddon would have started three lefties against the Dodgers, Montgomery, Zastryzny and Lester, except that he doesn't have the juice to do that. No manager does. Maddon has a boss, Epstein (and probably Hoyer, too), who gave him a starting rotation of five guys including Hammel. Maddon was asked yesterday about the starting group for next year and basically said, Not my call, that's why I drive away in my RV in the summer and occasionally check in, etc.
video of Maddon.
always nice that he actually tries to honestly answer questions. Does mention that he wanted to give Zastr? a chance in a meaningful spot rather than a mop-up role.
from Muskat:
#Cubs Maddon: "I'm not going to make up an excuse for why I did what I did. It has nothing to do with lack of confidence" ... "It was the right thing to do today based on what I saw, what their lineup looked like and Rob Z.'s availability." #Cubs
Hammel not particularly understanding of getting pulled out...as he should. Be curious what Maddon had to say. All I can think of is is keeping arms fresh and maybe wanting to see if Zastr? is worth considering for the playoffs and how he'd do against the Dodgers.
great defense
Heyward, Russell, Baez, Bryant, Ross in particular...although Bryant's a bit hard to judge with all the positions.
Fowler and Rizzo in the top half of the NL for their positions as well (per fangraphs)...Zobrist right at the halfway cutoff for 2b in the NL.
I'm sure some luck is involved too, but the Cubs and Maddon knew what they were doing.


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Should items you post on Facebook be considered during a job interview?
April 12, 2013 - Art Smith
Should the items you post on Facebook be considered during a job interview? That's the question I got to ask around 80 Wood County high school students who attended a High School Business Symposium sponsored by Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley earlier this week at WVU-P.
The answers may surprise you. Nearly all of the students thought "yes," Facebook pages should be considered when being interviewed.
A job interview, one of the students rationalized, shows the employer what type of job you can do and what skills you have. A Facebook page can show what kind of character you have, how you treat other people and perhaps display some traits that might not mesh well with the culture of the workplace where the person is applying. The question was one of around 20 questions the students had to ponder during a lightning round with business people who had volunteered to be representatives at the event.
At most tables I followed up with the simple question, do you use Facebook now?
Here to, the answer may surprise you. A majority said they seldom used the social working site anymore. Many of those said they have a page, but use it mainly to share things with family members.
I asked many of the students what happened with Facebook. Many said they quit using the site, frankly, when their parents got on the site. There is nothing to stifle your freedom of expression like having your mother ask you about every post you make. Others said they simply moved on to the latest new thing. By new, they mean new to them. A lot of them have moved on to Twitter, which is hardly new, but currently is enjoying a huge boost by the smartphone-touting teenagers of America.
Others are using the picture-driven Instagram, the video-driven Vine or the poof-and-it's-gone photo-sharing app called Snapchat.
Facebook consistently has tried to adapt to the changing taste of social networkers, the result may end of being software too bloated for most people to use.
Employers who truly want to get a virtual view of the character of a potential employee likely should start thinking about checking a broader range of sites than just Facebook. Some call this an invasion of privacy, it's not. If you don't want people to see something, don't put it online. If the person who is willing to pay you, and trust you to do a job can find your profile, so can all the creepers who only want to do you harm.
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Apr-13-13 7:43 AM
Reason number one why I dont bother with Facebook or any other life collating websites.
What makes me wonder is if in the process of seeking employment a prospective employer who uses social media to gauge new employees, will they think that I am lying if I say I dont use use social media?
Will they think I am trying to keep something from them?
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MORAGA -- When the game is on the line, Mariya Moore knows its time to take over.
The junior guard made all the big plays down the stretch to lead the Salesian High girls basketball team to a thrilling 62-59 overtime victory over chief rival St. Mary's on Friday at Saint Mary's College.
Moore poured in 37 points and was responsible for all of the Pride's overtime scoring, helping her team take sole possession of first place in the Tri-County Athletic League-Rock Division.
"She makes everybody better and she knows when she needs to take the shots," Salesian coach Steve Pezzola said of Moore. "Every once in awhile she and I will look at each other and it's Mariya time. She needs to have the ball in her hands and something good will happen."
Moore's clutch performance also included a pair of free throws with 31 seconds left in regulation that gave Salesian a 56-54 lead.
But St. Mary's (12-4, 4-1 TCAL) forced overtime when Taylor Berry was fouled with 8.2 seconds left and hit both of her shots from the line. Salesian (16-4, 5-0 TCAL) had a good look at the buzzer, but the shot didn't fall and the teams played four more minutes.
Berry scored on St. Mary's first possession of overtime, but the Panthers managed just one more point the rest of the way on a Gabby Green free throw.
Two of Northern California's top Division IV squads, Salesian and St. Mary's have seen a lot of each other over the past few years. While the Panthers beat the Pride for a league title last season, Salesian came back to deny St. Mary's a North Coast Section championship as well as a trip to the state title game.
Salesian got off to a poor start in its two wins last year, so the Pride didn't panic when St. Mary's started the game on an 11-0 run.
Moore, who had 17 points by halftime, directed Salesian on a second quarter rally. The Pride trailed 31-30 at half and the score was close the rest of the way with neither team ever leading by more than five points.
"Every time we play them it's a very emotional game," said Moore, who finished the night 19 of 23 from the free throw line. "Basically what we've been working on this whole year is playing them."
Green led St. Mary's with 20 points and Mikayla Cowling added 11.


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Cape Wind Associates, LLC has reached an agreement to sell half of the power produced by its proposed offshore wind farm to National Grid, a utility serving customers in Massachusetts and three other states. On May 10, National Grid filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities for approval of its 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Cape Wind Associates. Overall, National Grid will buy about 3.5% of its electricity supply for Massachusetts from the Cape Wind project, fulfilling the state's requirement that all investor-owned utilities buy at least 3% of their electricity supply from renewable generators. National Grid also filed a second agreement to buy the balance of the power produced by the Cape Wind project, with the intent of assigning that wind power to other buyers. The PPAs are a key step in the development of the Cape Wind project, a 468-megawatt wind power facility in Nantucket Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The project won approval from the U.S. Department of Interior on April 28, putting it in position to become the first U.S. offshore wind project. See the article on the Interior Department approval from the May 5 edition of the EERE Network News.
Under the proposed PPA, the utility will initially pay 20.7 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for the wind power in 2013, with the price increasing 3.5% each year. Based on current forecasts, the utility projects that the wind power purchase will add $1.59 to the average bill of a residential customer who uses 500 kWh per month. However, if a price is placed on carbon emissions in the future, National Grid expects the Cape Wind project to have a significant price advantage over conventional power sources. The PPA hinges on several milestones for the Cape Wind project, requiring the company to have all permits, property and site control rights, and financing in place by the end of 2013, and for construction to be underway by then, with commercial operation achieved by the end of 2015. However, the PPA allows the project to be developed in up to 17 phases, each consisting of at least 28 megawatts of wind power capacity. See the National Grid press release, the filing with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (PDF 868 KB), and the Cape Wind fact sheet on the PPA (PDF 391 KB). Download Adobe Reader.
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The Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program was the greatest opportunity to grow as a pastoral leader I've ever been given. After two years of learning and journeying with the group, I know my gifts for leadership in a way I didn't before. I'm ready to engage the broader community, I'm ready to take bold steps with my congregation, and I feel more at home in my skin as a pastor than I did at the beginning of the program. I will be grateful for this gift for the rest of my vocational life. – Brent Wright
This program inspired my imagination around my role as pastor and gave me the opportunity to engage with other quality pastoral leaders in a way that has helped me to grow in my leadership capacity and hope for the future of the church. –Rebecca Craver
The Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program was a tremendous gift and blessing to me. I learned more about what it means to be a Christian leader, a professional minister, and pastoral caregiver. I met new friends and colleagues who helped me with their prayers, support, and practical wisdom. The multiple presentations and speakers were phenomenal and helpful in formulating new approaches to my ministry and leadership. I am grateful for my two year experience as a member of Cohort II. - Michael Mathews
My time in the Wabash Pastoral Leadership program has inspired my leadership in both practical and holy ways. I've been challenged by the insights of our many wise and experienced guests. I've made some real friendships and established faithful partnerships with many excellent pastoral leaders from a wide range of denominations and life experiences. I've grown personally, spiritually and vocationally because of the time I've invested in the program and through all the program has so generously gifted to me. —Mark Havel
While I was in seminary and starting in the local church, I was told plenty of times that I needed to be a good leader. But I was given little space or time to reflect on leadership. Part cloister and part think tank, the Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program has been a tremendous gift in my life that has created a community for theological and practical reflection on leadership. I am grateful for the opportunity to meet with key Indiana leaders on challenging issues like education, demographics, the economy, and health care. I love the chance to travel and experience community development in other places. Most importantly, I treasure the other fellows who will be walking this journey of ministerial leadership with me for the rest of my life. Their prayers, support, encouragement, and laughter have allowed me to learn, grow, and deepen the leadership I have to offer the church and the world. —Lisa Schubert Nowling
By spending time in dialogue about key issues with community leaders in government, education, economic development, and industry, I have discovered how sectors of our communities intersect for the common good. This program has helped me see where the church stands at the intersections in Indiana, how pastors can bring the witness of the church to these intersections, and how we can support leaders from our parishes whose vocations call them to these intersections. — Grace Burton-Edwards
My fellow pastors and I have come to know each other in a way that true relationships have been formed. And our time together, in conversations, prayer, and fellowship, helps us to understand that ministry isn't always a lonely place and that there are others who like you, experience similar successes and challenges. This program is one of the most rewarding leadership experiences that I have ever had. —Dennis Laffoon
I was just saying to another Wabash fellow yesterday, this has the potential to be a life- changing program. The connections I have made with the other participants are priceless. This program not only strengthens and inspires my ministry but it has successfully solved the fundamental problem of loneliness in ministry. I believe the Wabash program creates a totally unique bond between ministers of different denominations and extremely different situations and backgrounds that is almost impossible to find anywhere else. The trust I feel and have with the other participants allows me to have conversations I thought were impossible. Where else would you see a Methodist, a Disciple of Christ, a Church of Christ and an Independent discuss the theology of a building, the role of women in ministry and the purpose of ministry for four hours without anyone getting angry and everyone still being honest? —Amanda Wagoner Meade


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During a honeymoon trip to Los Angeles, Chris Hansen and his new wife, Shoni, decided not to skimp on their visit to Universal Studios Hollywood.
They booked a pricey tour for the theme park that included a buffet lunch, an escort to the front of the line of every ride and a behind-the-scene visit to the property and wardrobe departments on the studio's television and movie lot.
The experience set the couple back $299 each, compared with the regular $80 admission price. But they didn't complain. "The lunch alone was worth it," Chris Hansen said.
Just as airlines charge extra for first-class seats, theme parks have learned that upgraded packages can be a big source of extra revenue from those few well-heeled visitors who want to be treated like VIPs. The tours offer the velvet-rope exclusivity that high rollers get at restaurants, nightclubs and hotels.
The tours often include upscale food served in a private lounge, a private escort to the front of lines and access to areas not open to other parkgoers. The price can soar to more than three times the price of regular admission.
The demand for such theme park tours has been on the rise because of an improving economy and a surge in big-spending foreign tourists, according to theme park experts. Many theme parks are trying to recruit Mandarin-, Japanese- and Portuguese-speaking tour guides to serve more international visitors.
"Expect to see more of this, because it does generate lots of revenue for theme parks," said Pete Trabucco, a theme park expert and author of "America's Top Roller Coasters and Theme Parks."
The tours also let park visitors enjoy the attractions without waiting in long lines, he noted.
"This ensures they are going to do as much as possible in the shortest amount of time," Trabucco said. "It's a way to save a lot of time."
"As an industry, we are seeing an increase in demand for VIP experiences from guests who want greater accessibility, convenience and a personalized experience," said Colleen Mangone, a spokeswoman for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, a trade group in Virginia.
Theme park officials decline to divulge how many VIP tours they sell a year but say they can't keep up with demand.
"Every year they get more popular," said Sue Carpenter, a spokeswoman for Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif., where park visitors can pay $299 for an escorted VIP tour that includes all they can eat and no waiting to get on any ride. "Especially in the summer, they sell out."
VIP guests are typically wealthy theme park buffs or out-of-town visitors who want to make the most of their visit, according to theme park managers.
Often the guests include Hollywood celebrities. Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie book the Universal Studios tour several times a year, according to park officials.
At Disneyland, a historical tour of the park -- A Walk in Walt's Disneyland Footsteps -- is offered to 15 visitors a day for $109 a person. On a recent Monday morning, Disney officials said the tour was overbooked by six guests. The price does not include admission.
The Disneyland VIP Tour, which is favored by celebrities, ranges in price from $315 an hour for nonpeak times to $355 during peak periods for a group of as many as 10 guests. The price includes a tour guide, a customized itinerary, front-row seating at shows and parades, front-of-the line access to rides and valet parking. The price does not include admission.
SeaWorld San Diego offers a tour for as many as 15 people for $1,200, not including admission. Guests get to feed endangered turtles and moray eels and pet bottlenose dolphins.
In response to strong demand, some theme parks have upgraded their VIP tours.
This year, Disneyland modified its historic tour by adding a visit to the tiny apartment that Walt Disney lived in during much of the construction of the park in the 1950s. The apartment, decorated in a Victorian theme, overlooks Main Street U.S.A.
Universal Studios Hollywood this year upgraded its tour -- dubbed the VIP Experience -- to include access to the property and wardrobe room at the adjacent production studio and movie set back lot. The dining lounge where guests are served a continental breakfast and a buffet lunch was also remodeled this year. The $299-a-person price includes admission.
"We introduced our enhanced VIP Experience in response to the growing demands of our guests seeking a luxury opportunity when they visit our theme park," said Larry Kurzweil, president of Universal Studios Hollywood.


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STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man who shot at his ex-girlfriend Wednesday in the 3500 block of Section Avenue, authorities said.
Deputies assigned to the multiagency countywide gang task force located Jaime Madrid, 60, Friday at a residence in the 200 block of North American Street, officials said. Madrid was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, shooting at an inhabited dwelling and other crimes, authorities said.
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi cross country teams had a tough go of it at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, as they faced some of the toughest competition from around the nation.
Both teams ran in the blue race, in which every single team was ranked in the regional rankings.
"The top five men ran decent times and beat some good teams," head coach Shawn Flanagan said. "However, we didn't run as well as I thought we could have. Luckily we struggled this week and not two weeks from now in the Southland Conference Championships."
The men were led by Philipp Baar, who crossed the finish line just a few seconds off of his career best in the 8k, as he finished in 155th out of 359 competitors with a time of 24:58.5. Also finishing in the top 225 were seniors Jason Garcia (25:15.2) and Justin Adame (25:18.4) who came in at 212 and 225, respectively.
Freshmen Cesar Gonzalez and Edgar Martinez each finished in less than 26 minutes in the 8k for the first time in their careers, with Gonzalez crossing the line in a time of 25:44.9 and Martinez with a 25:50.6. Rounding out the men's times were Christoph Hintz with a 26:26.6 and Paul Hansel who finished in 27:38.7.
As a team the men finished ahead of some very formidable competition, beating out Southland foe McNeese State, who was ranked ahead of the Islanders in the regional rankings, as well as Baylor, Cincinnati and Memphis.
It was the women's first time to run a 6k in competition this season, as Cecilia Jones was the top finisher for the Islanders with a time of 22:45.1. Brandie Garcia also cracked the 23-minute mark, as she finished with a time of 22:59.3.
The rest of the Islanders crossed the finish line within the next minute, as Regina Salinas (23:12.5), Lara Huelsebusch (23:15.6), Jasmine Boutte (23:16.5), Vanessa Galindo (23:22.5) and Ann-Kathrin Ott (23:53.8) all finished in the 24th minute of the competition.
The teams will now set their focus to the Southland Conference Championships, which will take place in Lake Charles, La., on Friday, Nov. 1.
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Ashland playwright David Hill is conducting a workshop with other Ashland writers to develop plays in the vein of "The Twilight Zone." Participants are developing psychological thrillers to be presented in a dramatic reading by Ashland Contemporary Theatre on Halloween in the Gresham Room of the Ashland library. Hill was a student of Rod Serling, the originator of the iconic television series "The Twilight Zone." We got together one afternoon at Boulevard Coffee.
EH: Can you tell me about the genesis of "The Twilight Zone"?
DH: Serling started "The Twilight Zone" because he wrote a television play about racial prejudice that generated a lot of controversy. The network executives made him water it down and change it so that the entire point was lost. He figured that the only way he could say what he felt needed to be said was to disguise it as science fiction. That's how he got the idea for the television series. He wasn't that interested in science fiction, but he felt if you've got spacemen and monsters in a script, the networks were not going to relate it to a political situation, even though it was.
He was very concerned about McCarthyism. He never wrote about McCarthyism, but he wrote "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street," where Martians manipulate humans to turn against each other, the way the Hollywood writers were turning against each other before the McCarthy Committees. That was his statement, but it was so disguised, nobody could actually say that he was getting into politics.
Serling started writing because he had post-traumatic stress disorder from his wartime experiences. He had nightmares and insomnia until the end of his life. So his writing was his method of coping with these nightmares. He came up with the name "Twilight Zone" because it represents the period of consciousness where you're not quite sure you're dreaming or awake. That's what he wanted to capture, that feeling that this is not quite real. And that's where he spent a lot of his life, in that semi-dream state, reliving his war experiences. I met him in the Philippines when he had decided that he was going to go back to the places where he had these experiences. He hoped that by seeing what these places looked like now, he could get over the nightmares.
EH: How was Serling as a teacher?
DH: He said, "Everything you write has to come from your life." I remember thinking, "My goodness, this guy lives in the Twilight Zone? What is he talking about?" But as I've written, I think even the most imaginative things have to be grounded in your life.
This was in the 1950s and '60s, when we were sure that the Russians were going to blow us all up and the world was going to end before we were 40. The end of the world and the space race were common themes for America at that time.
And then he had his recurring themes that he was dealing with: His experience in the war; his experience as a boxer, that's where "Requiem for a Heavyweight" came from. The third theme was his nostalgia for small-town America, where he grew up. He wrote 97 of the 150-some-odd of "The Twilight Zone" episodes.
EH: What other writers wrote such psychological thrillers?
DH: Ambrose Bierce, who wrote "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," invented the genre originally, and then there was Edgar Allen Poe. That's where it all came from.
Readings from "The Twilight Zone" will be performed at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, in the Gresham Room of the Ashland library. Admission is free.
Evalyn Hansen is a writer and director living in Ashland. She trained as an actor at the American Conservatory Theatre and is a founding member of San Francisco's Magic Theatre. Reach her at email@example.com.
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Definition of feature in English:
- Standard safety features include dual stage driver and passenger air bags and active front head restraints.
- They would restore the familiar and now beloved silhouette to the skyline, but would have different detailing and updated safety features.
- A host of safety features, including 10 airbags, are also incorporated.
- Those who had any flaws in their facial features, waists, necks, shoulders or backs had to leave.
- His mouth and facial features were twisted into a look of horror.
- He had medium-length blonde hair, strong features, striking grey eyes.
- Over time the status of linguistic features can change strikingly, too.
- Linguists and language teachers often take account of the frequency of occurrence of linguistic items and features.
- For my part, therefore, I am inclined to see features of both monosemy and polysemy in a word's semantic structure.
- Her commercial work includes newspaper and magazine features and book covers.
- To mark the launch, the BBC Nairobi team will be broadcasting special features and interviews live from Kisumu during the week.
- There are supplements in newspapers and features on television programmes.
- The film took nearly five years to move from the first pages of a script to a full-length feature film.
- There's no explanation there for what it is, though, and I was hoping it might turn out to be a short film, a feature film, even.
- The film at times looks not like a feature film but like a commercial.
verb[with object]
- In New York, several new hotels feature works by prominent artists.
- All of these editions feature introductions by prominent gay writers who reflect on the impact the books had on them.
- Twenty years later, his house at Soham would feature a prominent framed picture of a jet fighter on a wall of the living room.
- Kung-fu has become popular in many countries, primarily through films which feature martial arts stars.
- It's a tough thing to try to do, seeing as any indie film is going to feature cool stars, cool music and a cool aesthetic.
- And it'll also save the advertisers money, since they'll be able to feature a film star and cricketer rolled into one.
- All these subjects have much in common and might be grouped together as important features in a wildlife garden.
- Despite her personal life having often featured in the tabloid newspapers, she felt there was still an important story to tell.
- Here is a run-down on their qualities and, more importantly, their chances of featuring in the tournament.
Late Middle English (originally denoting the form or proportions of the body, or a physical feature): from Old French faiture 'form', from Latin factura (see facture).
factory from late 16th century:
The first factories were far from any urban area, in India and southeast Asia. A factory in the late 16th century was a trading company's foreign base or station. The first use of the word in something like the modern sense came in the early 17th century, but until the Victorian era a building where goods were produced was more usually called a manufactory. The root of factory is Latin facere 'to make or do', the source of a great many English words such as fact, factor, feat, and feature (all LME). The sense 'a place where things are made' probably came from Latin factorium 'oil press'.
Words that rhyme with featurebleacher, creature, headteacher, Katowice, Nietzsche, preacher, screecher, teacher
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TWRA realizes that on some WMAs, the number of animals harvested must be restricted so there will not be a major impact on the wildlife. In these areas, the agency uses a quota hunt system. Wildlife biologists determine how many animals need to be harvested then determine how many permits need to be issued in order to reach their harvest goals. The permits are then allocated and the end result is a quota hunt.
Quota hunts are drawn hunts and these are for specific hunts on WMAs during the fall and spring big game hunting seasons. Hunters apply for individual hunts, and then a computer randomly selects hunters until all the permits are allocated. More information about the WMA drawn hunts is found in WMA General Regulations.
All applications are electronically processed through the "Online License Center" on the internet at www.tnwildlife.org or through any TWRA license agent. No mail-in applications are accepted.
Tennessee has a priority point system in place for several of its WMA quota hunts. An applicant is awarded one point for each year he/she applies and is not drawn for that quota drawing, i.e., WMA Big Game, Spring Turkey WMA, etc. Applicants with the highest priority are always drawn first.
Priority Facts:
Unless you are a Sportsman (Type 004), Lifetime License holder, or senior possessing a Type 167, the cost is $10.00 non-refundable for each permit applied for. Example: The "Maximum Awarded Permits" for WMA Big Game is two, meaning two drawings are held for the same pool of applicants. You may choose to enter one drawing, you will only be eligible for one permit and the cost will be $10.00, plus any applicable fees. If you enter both drawings, you will be eligible for two permits and the cost will be $20.00, plus any fees. You must choose the number of drawings, party information and hunt choices on one application. Please see the instruction sheet for the hunt you are interested in for additional information.
Any questions regarding Quota Hunts, please call (615) 781-6621.
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PALO ALTO -- Already trading at record levels, Tesla Motors stock shot up nearly 20 percent Tuesday morning after a respected analyst predicted that the electric-car company's plans to build its own batteries and help cars drive themselves will more than double its value.
Tesla shares moved as high as $257.97 in Tuesday's morning session on Wall Street, a gain of $40.32, or 18.5 percent, from Monday's record closing price of $217.65. The stock closed at $248.00, up 13.9 percent.
Tesla stock has been trading at record levels the past two weeks, closing above the $200 mark for the first time Feb. 18, the day before Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings report.
Tesla stock has not dipped lower than $200 since that earnings report, which excited analysts and investors with strong growth projections for 2014 and the promise of more details to come on the company's so-called gigafactory, where it hopes to manufacture its own batteries for use in its electric cars as well as to sell to other companies, such as San Mateo solar installer SolarCity.
Tuesday's renewed excitement was credited to a note from Adam Jonas, a Morgan Stanley analyst known for his Tesla research. In the note -- titled "Nikola's Revenge: Tesla's New Path of Disruption" -- Jonas more than doubled his price target on the stock, from $153 to $320, and said Tesla could become dominant by manufacturing its own batteries and pioneering autonomous driving.
"Tesla may achieve pole position for the two most transformational developments in the auto industry over the next 5, 10 and 20 years: electrification and autonomous vehicle technology," Jonas wrote.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been increasingly talking about building a battery factory since last fall, expressing a desire to build a huge facility that could produce amounts "comparable to all lithium-ion production in the world in one factory." In a letter to shareholders from Musk and Chief Financial Officer Deepak Ahuja paired with last week's earnings report, more information on the factory was promised, and Musk said in an interview with Bloomberg TV the same day that he expected to divulge more details this week.
Autonomous cars are also on Tesla's to-do list, with Musk admitting last year that he has spoken with Google about the Mountain View company's ambitions in that area, but decided against Google's sensor-driven approach.
"It's better to have an optical system, basically cameras with software that is able to figure out what's going on just by looking at things," Musk told Bloomberg News.
While a battery factory and autonomous driving software -- which Musk compares to "autopilot" on airplanes -- are still years away, Jonas sees too much potential in Tesla's ambitions to see the finished product before ramping up excitement. He notes that electric utility demand is a $2 trillion global market, and Tesla's projected fleet of more than 7 million cars worldwide by 2028 would have a stored energy capacity "exceeding the entire daily electricity consumption of Mexico."
When it comes to driverless cars, Tesla's roots in the technology capital of the world is a big boost, Jonas wrote.
"As the role of software engulfs the car, the world's only Silicon Valley-based car company has the upper hand. We see autonomous cars contributing $5.6 trillion in economic savings globally," he noted.
Jonas' predictions assume the success of Tesla's plans, which include the release of the Model X, an SUV-like automobile planned for release in early 2015, and a cheaper sedan in the mode of the Model S, currently called Gen 3.
The analyst admits that his view on Tesla focuses on long-term return, with short-term valuations remaining extremely expensive.
"At some level, Tesla is an exercise in investment fundamentalism -- you either believe in the commercial success of electric vehicles, or you don't," Jonas wrote Tuesday. "Clearly, we believe in the adoption of electric vehicles as an increasingly viable competitor to the internal combustion engine."
"A lot of stars must align here," he admitted.
Staff writer Dana Hull contributed to this report. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/jowens510.


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This idea for creative play and crafty fun is brought to you by Melissa & Doug, written by our Blog Ambassador Valerie Deneen.
Enjoy crafting with your kids!
During a recent family outing to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, we spent a good deal of time at these giant bubble tubes and at the jellyfish exhibit.
Seeing these jellyfish swim up-close is both magical and mesmerizing to watch! We knew as soon as we returned home that we would have to do a bubble-and-jellyfish-themed craft!
Since we were so inspired by the sparkling bubbles and stunning jellyfish, we decided to use paper from our Scratch and Sparkle Deluxe Scratch Art Kit to make beautiful bookmarks for friends and family!
Using the blue sparkle paper, I invited Emily to create an underwater scene. She started by drawing the waves and added some circles for bubbles.
She drew the jellyfish by drawing a half-circle, and squiggly lines to form the tentacles. She loved how these jellyfish sparkled and twinkled in the light!
Lastly, we cut each sheet to make four bookmarks, punched holes in the top to add a ribbon, and we were done! A simple and easy way to remember our trip to the aquarium and make a few little gifts for our friends.
Have fun!!
Valerie Deneen is the author of Inner Child Fun, where she inspires parents to spend more quality time with their kids, and less money doing it. Inner Child Fun celebrates simple pleasures for all ages—with more than 1,000 frugal and creative projects sure to bring out the "kid" in you too! Follow Valerie on Twitter or say "Hi" on Facebook.


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Milestone Reached on Road to Immigration Overhaul
The road toward an immigration overhaul will remain long and winding under any circumstances, but a crucial milestone comes Thursday, when the Senate tries to find a border-security plan that will please enough Republicans without repelling too many Democrats.
Put simply, the key to passing an immigration bill with healthy bipartisan support has come down to this: Can the Senate devise a broadly acceptable plan on securing the country's southern border before opening a path to citizenship for illegal aliens already in the country?
The Senate Wednesday killed one amendment that would have, among other things, required Congress to vote repeatedly on whether it considered the border secure. Now the toughest measure pending is an amendment offered by Texas Sen. John Cornyn, which would require the Department of Homeland Security to certify that it has full "operational control" of the southern border for a year before any moves toward citizenship could begin. It also would establish a new employment verification system and a biometric entry-and-exist system at America's borders before starting a citizenship process.
Democrats think such steps are so onerous that they would stop immigrants from ever getting on the road to citizenship, so they are balking at them. Some Republicans, in turn, will bolt from the broader overhaul without more steps to improve border security.
The dispute might not threaten the immigration legislation entirely, but it may spell the difference between a big bipartisan vote in favor that increases pressure on the House to follow suit, or a narrow victory with mostly Democratic votes that gives the GOP-controlled House far less incentive to pass its own version.
The way out of this box appears to be a compromise border-security amendment that's been crafted by Republican Sens. John Hoeven of North Dakota and Bob Corker of Tennessee, which is likely to be introduced Thursday. It would mean massive new investment on the border: doubling the number of border-patrol agents and requiring 700 miles of fencing, among other changes, according to Senate aides. While it isn't as stiff as the Cornyn amendment, it is expected to win the support of half a dozen GOP senators.
Meantime, the politics of immigration reform remain tricky. The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that 52% of Americans support a path to citizenship for people who entered the country illegally—but that support rises to 65% when they are told that the hurdles to achieving that status would include paying a fine, paying any taxes owed and passing a background check.
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Climb walls and grab Nixels with the tentacles of TENTRO, one of three flexible and bright orange Flexers in LEGO® Mixels™ Series 2.
Capture Nixel attackers with the tentacles of TENTRO!
The incredibly elasticated TENTRO is one of the most powerful of the Flexers tribe from the Rubberlands. Despite being strong and super-intelligent, TENTRO lacks confidence. No one knows why, though, because this flexible Mixel has tentacles that pack a huge punch and the ability to climb any surface and capture any Nixel that attacks.
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