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The West Ranch Wildcats softball team did their part first — then they received a little help from an unlikely ally 67 miles away.
First, the Wildcats took care of business in their first-round CIF-Southern Section Division I playoff game, defeating Rancho Cucamonga, 4-1 at West Ranch High School.
Then they got another dash of good news when wild-card entrant Foothill High of Santa Ana defeated Maxpreps.com No. 5 nationally-ranked Mater Dei.
The Wildcats (19-11 overall) were set to face the winner of the Foothill/Mater Dei matchup, meaning West Ranch will travel to Foothill on Tuesday for the second round game at 3:15 p.m.
After Wildcats pitcher Lexi Sorensen induced a pop-up to first baseman Julia Lombardi to cap a complete-game, three-hit performance with one run allowed, talk quickly turned to what West Ranch believed would be an impending matchup with Mater Dei.
Now, the road to the third round appears a little bit easier than expected, but head coach Bob Shults cautioned after learning of the Foothill/Mater Dei result that this time of year, "anyone can beat anyone."
On Thursday, it was the Wildcats showing they were the superior team.
Rancho Cucamonga (15-10) opened the game up with a single from University of Florida-bound Justine McLean, who advanced to third on an error and was brought home on an RBI by Lauren Delgadillo.
West Ranch didn't waste any time responding, as Sorenson led off the bottom of the first with a double and was brought home by a Lombardi RBI single to tie the score at 1-1.
"That was just the way it went. We haven't had many situations where teams have scored first on us," Sorenson said. "We said, 'Let's get that run back.' We felt like we were back in it (when we tied the game)."
In the circle, Sorensen settled in and kept the Cougars without another hit until a single in the sixth inning.
There was an unfortunate moment in the sixth, when, after singling, McLean injured her ankle after being caught stealing second by catcher Lauren Lombardi. McLean had to be carried off the field.
"I didn't have any mental letdown," Sorensen said. "I know I have a solid defense behind me and we could get that run back."
The Wildcats added to the lead in the second when Haley Hineman singled and stole second before Charlotte Romero brought her home with an RBI single. In the fifth, Keeley Walsh brought Sorenson home for a 3-1 lead and younger sister Mollie Sorenson tripled in the sixth to score Jessica Harper for the 4-1 lead.
Kylie Sorenson was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, Lombardi finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and Hineman was 2-for-3 with a run scored and two stolen bases.
"We knew they could hit. They go 10-0 in league, they've got clutch kids, top to bottom," said Rancho Cucamonga head coach Mike Lindensmith.
West Ranch put runners in scoring position in all six innings, and with Sorensen coming up big in the circle, the Wildcats booked their trip to the second round.
"That's what is so great about West Ranch. I think that's what makes our team so good. We're not one of those teams that has just one RBI producer," Kylie Sorenson said.


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Breakfast: 1 egg fried in butter, 3 pieces of bacon, coffee/HWC
Lunch: Hm.... we shall see! Going to Josh's work party and there is bound to be good food there.
Dinner: Hamburger patty and small baked sweet potato covered in butter
No exercise today... I'm feeling quite worn out. I'm sure I'll end up running around outside with DS though, since the weather is decent.

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How does that affect offenses, such as West Virginia's that rely heavily on timing?
First, a couple of notes on this topic as it relates to offense. It affects everything, from simple dive plays to the most exotic of trick plays or five receiver sets. Even on a plain hand-off, the quarterback and running back must hit their marks on time in order to make a smooth exchange – otherwise the play will be off-kilter from the start. It only gets more important in the passing game, where receiver routes, quarterback drops and throws all have to be executed with split-second precision. And plays such as WVU's bat/pass jet sweep from Geno Smith to Tavon Austin? One mistake and it's a lost down.
As West Virginia prepared for the Orange Bowl, it had to work to regain and retain that timing without wearing out its players. Wide receivers coach Shannon Dawson was mindful of both aspects of pre-bowl work when considering the problem of getting timing back on track.
"There's been times where we've had weeks off in the past, and we've came back and played great. There's been times where we had weeks off and came back and we couldn't complete a ball," Dawson said. " Right now it's kind of hard to tell because we're not doing a lot of reps with the limited number of kids we have. We're just trying to stay healthy for the game. And so we're not really taking a lot of reps versus our defense, stuff that we've done throughout the course of the year."
That response, naturally, begs the question: Why not run more reps to make sure timing is set correctly? Again, the answer lies in the limited numbers of players WVU has available. Injuries (Brad Starks and Connor Arlia are out, and others have missed practice time) and simple short numbers mean that Dawson has to watch the players to make sure they don't get burned out.
"It affects us in the sense that the way we organize practice, I mean, receivers are running and catching balls continuously throughout the course of the practice. And so you'd really like to have at least three -- ideally four -- at each position, just so they don't die. We've had two. You know, we've had two at each position. If you just do the math, that doubles their reps at practice.
"So, we've had to do a really good job of just slowing down periods and keeping them fresh. I just talked to Tavon [Austin] and talked to the guys, and their legs are tired. I mean, they're honest; I can tell their legs are tired. You've just got to do a good job of gauging that. But with the limited number of kids we have, it hurts the reps at practice more than anything.
Austin, for his part, puts on a brave front. He said he feels as if the timing is there in the passing game, and that the irregular breaks in practice didn't hurt much. He believes that the handful of practices in Florida served to put WVU on track quite nicely, and that the Mountaineers will be ready to go when they hit the field.
There's also the matter of getting backups, who were little used before the Orange Bowl, into the mix. Andrew Buie should see some carries in a backup role, so he and quarterback Geno Smith need to get their steps and mesh points down right. J.D. Woods, who dug himself a hole with lax practice and workout habits for much of the season, emerged against USF and figures to have a role in the Orange Bowl as well, but he too will be a focus of those looking at the efficiency of the offense right of that bat.
That figures to be key in what is predicted to be a high-scoring Orange Bowl. Neither offense can afford to give away the first few possessions while it tries to get back in sync, and the attack that can put points on the board first could give its team a big advantage right out of the game.
In the end, however, it's all still a guessing game as to how ready a team is to play. Dawson, who's frank and open with his responses, admitted that was the final answer to all of the questions about preparation, timing and readiness.
"I'll tell you that at halftime on the fourth," he said with a laugh. "I really don't know. If I had to answer to that, I'd put it in a bottle and sell it to every coach in America. When the bullets start flying on the fourth, I think everybody in this room will be able to tell."


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Barcelona RECOMMENDATIONS See all
Transportation in Barcelona
By Erin R, February 2013
The Metro
The Barcelona Metro can get travelers closer to many of the city's top and not-always-so-close-by sights, such as La Sagrada Familia or Park Güell . If you plan to make more than a couple Metro journeys, consider investing in a T10 Metro ticket. It allows you to take 10 Metro journeys within Zone 1 (where most attractions are) for a discounted price – and of course saves you the hassle of constantly buying tickets.
Editor's Note: This recommendation was taken from our Barcelona Things to Do blog. Visit the original post to continue reading the full post and to learn more about things to do in Barcelona.


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Fug Girls: Jada Pinkett Smith Not a Regular Mom, She's a Cool Mom
She mom-bragged while Chrissy Teigen and John Legend PDA'd at Vera Wang.By The Fug Girls
She mom-bragged while Chrissy Teigen and John Legend PDA'd at Vera Wang.By The Fug Girls
Apparently, the 27-year-old moved into Vera's Beverly Hills mansion last month.By Hilary Moss
"You're desperate ... It's brutal."By Jada Yuan
Friday will be the one-year anniversary of his gold medal, and he's celebrating by performing in 'Stars on Ice.'By The Fug Girls
She was sandwiched between Anna and ALT.By The Fug Girls
But it doesn't sound like he's the chivalrous boyfriend you'd imagine him to be.
He has over a dozen watches, including a Rolex, an Omega, and a Louis Vuitton.By Lauren Murrow
This makes us legitimately sad.By Mike Vilensky
'Bachelor' Jake will also hit the dance floor.By Josh Duboff
Gold medalist tells Larry King he's always looked up to the Russian silver medalist.By Josh Duboff
What does it mean?By Chris Rovzar
The triumphant skater's training and preparation routines.By Emma Rosenblum
Also, Beyoncé wore an interesting outfit on her latest video shoot.By Sharon Clott
She designs all his uniforms.By Emma Rosenblum


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In a world first, zookeeper Rohan Cleave captured the amazing hatching process of a critically endangered Lord Howe Island Stick Insect at Melbourne Zoo. The eggs incubate for over 6 months and until now the hatching process has never been witnessed. If you didn't see it you wouldn't believe it could fit in that egg! [Source: Vimeo/The Melbourne Zoo]
Sources: NPR, Discover Magazine, Australian Broadcasting Company
quote: I wonder how many species were actually created by the presence of mankind (by changing the landscape and such) ?
quote: Do you count bacteria, virii, and such? If so then we deserve a decent bit of credit.


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Iron Man 2 opens in theaters this weekend, and it's sure to wow audience across the country (as it already has overseas). Though you're unable to purchase the Mark IV armor, you can, however, live just like Tony Stark.
Tony Stark, in both the first and second Iron Man films, is the proud owner of a Sub-Zero and Wolf kitchen, including a Pro 48″ refrigerator (as seen in this advertisement). When watching the film, expect to see a bevy of Sub-Zero/Wolf home appliances, including a multitude of Sub-Zero refrigerators and a Wolf Warming Drawer. After all, Tony Stark is one of the world's largest (fictional) billionaires, so it's only right for him to have top-of-the-line appliances.
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Psychedelic Furs & Tom Tom Club: Westbury, NY, October 7, 2011
NYCB Theatre at Westbury
Westbury, New York
October 7, 2011
Touching down at Long Island's NYCB Theatre at Westbury for the penultimate night of a short eighteen-date trek across the U.S., legendary modern rock bands The Psychedelic Furs and Tom Tom Club used their incredibly catchy, danceable and energetic music to teleport the dedicated disciples back to the mid-'80s/early '90s. Termed by Tom Tom Club bassist Tina Weymouth as "thirty years of Eighties music," the two bands each brought the adoring crowd to its feat. Though the small venue was not sold out, the appreciative audience made so much noise that a blind man would have thought the arena was packed to the gills.
From the very first thump of Weymouth's bass, coupled with the snap of Chris Frantz's snare and the scratch and twitch of Kid Ginseng's turntables, the new wave synth pop dance party was in full force. Weymouthwearing a blue sequined mini-dress, opalescent silver sneakers and schoolgirl-like pigtailsand singer Victoria Clamp both looked adorable and euphoric as they camped it up danced around the stage. With Argentine guitarist Pablo Martine and Bruce Martin's keys, synth and Latin percussion rounding out both the group and the musical mélange, Tom Tom Club functioned as a well-oiled, funky machine.
Early in the show Weymouth introduced "Punk Lolita," from The Heads' No Talking, Just Head (MCA, 1996), by explaining that the song was about the girls who supported the entire band on the CBGB's circuit, "way back when." Weymouth continued by proclaiming that, "Now we're punk cougars!," thus setting the stage for an amazing evening of playful, exotic, yet melodic music layered over lyrics that were alternately thought-provoking and filled with nonsense.
From left: Tina Weymouth, Victoria Clamp
Painting a musical picture that transported many audience members back to the New York City music scene of the 1980s, the group's amazing set drew heavily from the band's self-titled 1981 Sire label debut, prominently featuring "L' Éléphant," "On, on, on, on..." and "Under The Boardwalk." Prior to the long-form jamming version of "Wordy Rappinghood," Weymouth asked if there were any requests. An audience member responded by shouting, "Anything?" Frantz then countered with, "Anything you want besides human flesh..." Sporting a slightly receding, Bill Clinton-esque hairdo, Frantz, the keeper of the beat, also functioned as the band's de facto director from behind his drum kit, while barking out lyricsmost notably the "James Brown, James Brown" response refrain to Weymouth's and Clamp's chant-like purr of "Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon" during "Genius of Love."
Other highlights included "The Man With The 4-Way Hips," "She's Dangerous" and "Suboceana." The encores were a pair of surprises via longtime Talking Heads favorites, the Al Green cover "Take Me to the River," and "Psycho Killer," with a tour de force vocal supplied by Weymouth.
With the band's heavily syncopated rhythms begging and forcing the crowd to its feet, fans of both bands were treated to a special evening which, as Clamp pointed out, was truly "two headliners for the price of one." After a short intermission during which, the members of the Tom Tom Club signed CDs and DVDS, and shook hands with fans at the merchandise booth, the lights again dimmed and The Psychedelic Furs took to the stage.
The current incarnation featured lead vocalist Richard Butler, his bassist brother Tim (looking very cool in dark sunglasses, while lip-syncing to every song as he laid down the throbbing bass line), guitarist Richie Goods, keyboardist Amanda Kramer (The Golden Palominos, Information Society), and saxophonist/clarinetist Mars Williams (The Waitresses, Power Station, Billy Idol, Ministry) and drummer Paul Garisto. Jumping right into it with "Like A Stranger" and "Love My Way," the set mixed a number of well-known tunes with some deep cuts that were familiar to only a handful of hardcore devotees.
The Psychedelic Furs' Richard Butler (center)
Wearing his trademark charcoal black trousers, a matching vest over a black button-down shirt, and thick black glasses, Richard Butler commanded the attention of the audience, as he stalked around the stage, pirouetted, and jumped up and down in place between songs, as well as during the musical interludes. He also clapped and made quite theatrical gestures while dancing to his music and muse. His raspy growling vocals were spot-on as the band rocked solid on "The Ghost In You," "Heartbreak Beat," the as-yet-unreleased "Wrong Train," "No Easy Street," and, of course, their biggest hit, "Pretty In Pink." After each song, when the appreciative crowd erupted with applause, the tall, lanky Englishman grinned like a happy kid with a new toy on Christmas, bowed and offered a simple, "Thank you."


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It's a familiar dance for downtown drivers: circling round and round a few blocks like a NASCAR driver, trying to reach the finish line – a vacant parking space.
A smartphone app used in 40 cities around the world may to put an end to the archaic gyro by pointing drivers directly to open parking spaces, and it's being piloted in Cleveland.
The city's Division of Public Works, which houses the traffic and parking divisions, rolled out a 90-day trial of Streetline's Parker app on Nov. 15, in hopes of not only making parking easier and attracting more visitors downtown, but also easing congested streets clogged by drivers slinking around looking for parking spots.
"The parking app is just a component of the larger plan to make parking, and transportation in general, much smarter," Brittany Blasing, spokeswoman for Streetline, said in an email.
How it works
When opened, the app includes an overhead map of downtown with all the parking lots and garages, and the number of open spaces on Prospect Avenue between East 4th Street and East 8th Street.
Pressing and holding down on a parking icon opens voice-controlled navigation in the phone's map software that leads directly to that parking space.
The app is fueled by hockey-puck sized sensors embedded into the pavement inside a parking space. Those sensors measure light and strength of the magnetic field immediately above it, and determine whether a car is parked in the space or not.
The sensors send that information to Parker's servers, which process it and sends it to the app, a spokeswoman said.
And once drivers find the coveted parking space, the app lets them set a timer and even pay for parking in some cases.
Safety concerns
Texting while driving is already illegal in Cleveland and Ohio, and several suburbs have cracked down on using all hand-held devices behind the wheel.
That's why Streetline encourages users to look up which parking spaces are open before they get behind the wheel, and set their navigation system to that location.
"By no means do we encourage interacting with the app while driving," Blasing said.
But some advocating for making Cleveland more pedestrian friendly are worried that drivers could be tempted to disobey the company's warnings.
"What can we do to make sure people in their motor vehicles are paying attention to what's around them," Jacob VanSickle, executive director of Bike Cleveland, said. "Anything that we're adding inside vehicles could lead to distracted driving."
Pulling Over
Of concern to both VanSickle and downtown resident Joe Baur is how drivers will respond if the parking spaces fill up while on their way to the destination.
Streetline recommends drivers pull over and find a new parking location, but Baur has his doubts.
"We don't have much faith that drivers are going to pull over in a busy city and then look at their app," said Baur, who helped organize a community meeting on the topic last week.
A city official who agreed to speak only on background said the city's pilot program is just that - a pilot program. When the 90 days are up, the city will look at all aspects of the app - including cost, effectiveness and safety - in determining whether to roll out the program on a larger scale in Cleveland.
But Parker, which was launched in 2011 in Hollywood, continues to grow in popularity.
"We're just at the beginning of this journey, but we think we will see the day when circling for parking is a thing of the past," Blasing said.


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Aircraft Marshaller (Follow-me Operators)
Qatar Airways - Doha, Qatar
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Job Description
Specific responsibilities will include:
• Operate the 'FOLLOW-ME' vehicle and to guide the Aircraft TXY in/out of the parking stands.
• Marshalling the Aircrafts to the final stop at the parking stand
• Communicate with ATC on activities involving movement areas.
• Communicate with QAS / Ops. Control on Aircraft parking stand planning
• Direct the traffic at West Apron TWYs intersection in congested and emergency areas.
• Perform other functions as may be directed by the Apron Control Supervisor
• The safe and efficient operation of the 'FOLLOW-ME' - To escort the Aircraft through movement areas and Marshall the Aircraft to final stop at parking stand
• At least three years in a capacity of Follow-Me Operator and Marshaller Training,
• Minimum 5 years experience as Equipment Operator in an international airport
• Holder of Airport Driving Licence – AVOP – Category 3
• Must be a holder of radio operator's certificate having formally trained on the use of radio telephony.
• Experience in GSE Operations and Radio Communications.
• Must have thorough knowledge of apron operating restrictions and safety procedures.
• College diploma or High school graduate
About Doha International Airport
Located just 5 km from Doha city centre and open 24/7, the airport is used by more than 35 regional and international airlines and serves as the base for Qatar Airways. The airport is also home to the world's only terminal dedicated to Qatar Airways First and Business Class passengers. What's more, a brand new state-of-the-art airport is currently being built and will open in 2011. Doha International Airport is part of the Qatar Airways Group.
How To Apply
Please click on the apply button below and you will be redirected to the Qatar Airways careers website. Only online applications submitted via the Qatar Airways website will be considered for this role.
For more information on Qatar Airways Group visit www.qatarairways.com/careers and www.dohaairport.com
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Welcome to a world of growing opportunities. Qatar Airways is the national carrier of the State of Qatar. Our global network now sees us flying to over 100 destinations worldwide and operating some of the youngest fleets in the sky. We are home to over 150 nationalities. Our mission is to deliver Excellence in Everything We Do. For us, that means we focus on the customers who fly with us. We understand that our customers choose to fly with us because we care for them. We know that every time we fly, we carry the hopes and dreams of our customers. Similarly we consider the hopes and dreams of our people. Our success is due to our leadership and the employment of high quality people who will enjoy living and working in Doha, Qatar. Qatar is a rising economic powerhouse and is fast establishing itself as one of the world's newest and most vibrant hubs. Qatar prides itself on its technological advances as well as its educational and research facilities. It is rapidly becoming home to more expatriates and international businesses, as well as world-renowned 5-star hotels, spas and resorts. The city boasts the best in shopping, sports activities and has been host to many high profile international events. As the Airline of the Year 2011 and the only 5-star airline in the Middle East, the opportunities for career diversity, professional development opportunities to further your careers within the organisation are almost limitless. We truly believe that life is a journey, not a destination; therefore we help our people to realize all that they can be. Join one of the fastest growing airlines with an ever-expanding global network. If you wish to find out more about the Qatar Airways Group of companies and what we have to offer, then please click the link below and visit qatarairways.com/careers to apply online.


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You Have Things to Say, and People Will Listen
You've been thinking about writing down all those thoughts in your head after years of learning and gaining experience in ministry. Or, maybe you want a way to update people as you prepare to go serve in another country. It may simply be a way to update family and friends on things you're reading or experiencing. Whatever the motivation and no matter how many people you currently have as an audience, there are a lot of simple steps you can take to get your thoughts written and posted for the world to see. It may be discouraging at first, but eventually, you will build an audience of people who appreciate what you have to say. As you improve, they will want to share your words with others. Before you know it you may even have the new challenge of realizing that you have influence and a responsibility to provide people with regular content.
Here are some ways to implement it and make it happen.
Here are some ways to implement it and make it happen.
11 Steps to Get Your Blog Going
This is the About this Blog description we use at Eternity Bible College. You'll also want a Comment Policy if you decide to enable commenting to interact with people. Everything I've read suggests that allowing commenting is better than not. You can always filter it so comments won't post automatically. You may also want to write up a Communications Policy, if you don't have one already
2. Develop a list of Categories for ideas of topics to post on.
Whatever you write should always be able to fit into those categories. This is not to limit you, but to help you focus. You can always add more categories later. Think about your Mission and Values as a way to start.
3. Decide what platform to use.
I think Wordpress is great. It has so many endless possibilities with all the plugins people develop. Blogger is also great and it's what I've been using since I got started.
4. Read the other popular Christian Blogs and engage with them once your blog is launched.
Kent Shaffer at Church Relevance updates a list of the Top 200 Church Blogs every year.
5. Get ideas from Blogging Experts.
I frequent ProBlogger and CopyBlogger for technical advice and to get ideas for how to structure posts.
6. Set up a way to track analytics from the very beginning.
You'll also want to set up analytics from the beginning so you can track and learn what's most effective. I use Google Analytics, Sitemeter, and Stat Counter. This will allow you to see where your visitors come from and what they read most.
7. Social sharing is key.
Integrate something like Add This or Share This. You can share your blog posts through the Facebook page and Twitter automatically.
8. You have to consistently write great content.
The mantra in the blogging world is "Content is King". Even if it goes slowly at first, you'll build a reputation for writing great stuff that people want to read. You may need to start with enough content and commitment to post every day. Once the readership is big enough, then it's safe to move to 2-3 posts a week and maintain growth.
9. Learn about Search Engine Optimization.
Search Engine Optizization has changed a lot since Google launched Penguin. Don't be to quick to pay someone to do SEO that you can do for yourself.
10. Track your growing influence.
You'll also be able to monitor your growth using Google Page Rank, Alexa, and Technorati.
11. Ask your audience for feedback.
A good way to get feedback from your readers (besides comments) is to embed a survey from SurveyMonkey or UserVoice.
Do these things and you'll be off to a great start!


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Gustavo Chacin was on a strict pitch count vs the Rochester Red Wings last night.
Toronto wants to take it easy with Chacin and not even think about bringing him back up to the big leagues until he is 100% ready. Making his 3rd rehab start for Syracuse, Chacin was given a ceiling of 70-75 pitches for this start before he would have to hand it over to the bullpen for the rest of the night.
Although he is clearly not even 70% of what he can be right now, Chacin lasted 4.1 innings, giving up 1 run on 4 hits with a walk and a strikeout.
Not bad.
Unfortunately for the Chiefs, a bullpen that knew it would be getting alot of work last night just couldn't hold on. Justin James, Jamie Vermilyea, and Blaine Neal combined to give up 6 runs on 8 hits and the Chiefs six-game homestand came to an end with a 7-4 loss to Rochester.
After the jump...
*Jaime Vermilyea channels his inner-Ankiel
*Is Ray Olmedo heading for the big leagues?
*The Chiefs and Groucho Marx. A match made to set records
*An inside look into the life of...Scooch! With YouTube goodness!
*Blaine Neal gets tossed!
*and more
When did Rick Ankiel sign with Syracuse?
Truly one of the strangest plays of the year happened in the 6th inning. With the bases loaded, Rochester 1B Glenn Williams hit one right at Chiefs reliever Jaime Vermilyea. Vermilyea fielded the ball cleanly and had plenty of time to make the throw to home to prevent the run and potentially set up the inning-ending 1-2-3 DP.
But then...something very weird happened.
Vermilyea badly overthrew Sal Fasano. I mean B-A-D-L-Y overthrew him. It was Rick Ankiel like folks. Harry Doyle would have called it "just a bit outside". In any case, a run scored and that is when Rochester started to break this thing open.
Bye-Bye Blaine
Chiefs reliever Blaine Neal got into a heated argument with 1B umpire Brent Persinger in the 9th and was eventually tossed.
Neal hit Chris Heintz with a pitch, which Neal believed Heintz came around on. While Heintz was doubled over in pain holding his hand, Neal started talking to Persinger...which turned into yelling at Persinger...which turned into Doug Davis coming out to the mound to calm down Neal.
The next batter, Jose Morales, grounded the ball to Kevin Barker who tossed the ball to Neal for the 3-1 putout. Neal took the opportunity to try and hand the ball to Persinger, who told Neal to go grab an early shower.
Where's Ray?
Ryan Roberts was in at shortstop last night for the second straight night. Word round the campfire is Ray Olmedo may get the call from Toronto. Keep an eye on the transaction wires today folks. Olmedo could be a Jay by the end of the day.
Wayne's World
After grabbing a single in the 3rd inning, CF Wayne Lydon has now reached base safely in 16 straight games.
Goodbye Baseball
Three homers in last night's game and they were all late bloomers.
*Former Chief Glenn Williams hit an absolute moonshot 2-run HR to right field in the 8th.
*Chad Mottola just cleared the left field fence and was just inside the foul pole with a 2-run shot in the 8th.
*John Hattig hit one to left center in the bottom of the ninth which alos just barely cleared the fence. I was ready to write down an F8 in the scorecard before that one somehow got over the fence.
Behind the Mascot
Scooch revealed! (Thanks to Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician for the tip)
Scorecard? Check. Beer? Check. Groucho Marx glasses...wait, what?
On Tuesday night when the Chiefs return from a 4-game set in Ottawa, there will be an attempt made on the world record for number of people wearing Groucho Marx glasses at one time.
The first 7,000 fans through the gates for Tuesday's game vs Rochester will get a set of Groucho Marx glasses and an attempt to set the record will be made sometime during the game.
Unfortunately, cigars won't be handed out as well.
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"It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for Sunny and Bo."
Well, that's not exactly how the classic Christmas tale goes, but we wouldn't mind a situational update in this case.
First Lady Michelle Obama took part in a reading of "The Night Before Christmas" at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 16.
We mention Sunny and Bo because they joined the Mrs. Obama (along with Santa), resting at her feet as she read enthusiastically to the kids.
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night," the First Lady says, before adding, "That means you're supposed to go bed on Christmas Eve," a line that earned laughs from the parents in the crowd. " 'Go to bed.' That's the message from Santa, right, parents?"
Watch Michelle Obama Read The Night Before Christmas at Children's National Medical Center


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Whoever said it's necessary to travel away from the city for quality fresh produce probably has never heard of the Jones Valley Teaching Farm.
The green oasis, more than acre of land in the heart of the Magic City, stands out in sharp contrast to the steel and brick buildings around its perimeter at 701 25th St. North. Healthy rows of the more than 60 different vegetable, fruit and flower crops—200 varieties in all—comprise the urban farm, complete with a chicken coop and a buzzing bee hive.
Its mission is clear, "to make our community a healthier place," evident the second you walk up the garden's stone steps. Through its various programs, from its Good School Food, Seed to Plate and various educational products currently being offered, the farm strives to strengthen and accomplish its mission with Birmingham-area children serving as its catalyst.
This weekend, in an effort to further their K-8 student focus to "empower future generations with an education to eat smarter, think healthier and live better," the Junior Board of Jones Valley Teaching Farm will host a Breaking Ground: Cocktails on the Farm event, featuring the finest local produce and those who know how best to use it. On Saturday, May 18 from 1-5 p.m., attendees are invited to take part in an afternoon of cocktails, food and music—all to help benefit the JVTF's educational mission.
Four of Birmingham's best bartenders, including Eric Bennett of Bettola, Steve Casey of Veranda on Highland, William Hamrick of Hot and Hot Fish Club and Josh Schaff of Satterfield's, will be on hand Saturday afternoon serving up fresh, farm-inspired cocktails. In accompaniment to the drinks, a host of the area's most popular restaurants—Bettola, MELT, Little Donkey, Satterfield's, Hot and Hot Fish Club, and Veranda on Highland—will offer bites of some of their famous dishes. The Great Book of John and The Yahoos String Band will help kick-up a festive mood, complete with beer from Good People Brewing Company.
Ticket admission--$25 per person—is restricted to adults 21 and older and includes admission to the event, snacks provided by participating restaurants and two beverages. Additional beverages will be available for purchase.
Since 2007, Jones Valley has helped educate 9,541 students about the importance of healthy, fresh food, according to figures on their website. This year alone, the teaching farm has impacted the lives of more than 1,485 area school children—a number they hope to grow to 5,000 by years end. Through its various programs, the initiative has been shared with 113 schools, with plans of more expansion in the works.
At Jones Valley, it's about more than just sharing information: students are encouraged to get their hands dirty, to dig and plant, to familiarize themselves with the feeling of dirt under the fingernails while they watch their produce grow.
Their latest project, Good School Food, began in August of 2012 with Glen Iris Elementary serving as its pilot school. The program, described as "a comprehensive approach to working with school communities to close 'health and achievement gaps' through innovative food education," helped educate the more than 800 students at Glen Iris in its first year alone.
"We will never leave Glen Iris," said Jones Valley Teaching Farm director Grant Brigham, "both literally and philosophically, as long as they want us there."
Good School Food has various components, explained Brigham, all of which grew and developed as the year progressed. This first year at Glen Iris was a lot about learning what works and how to improve, said Brigham, before the project rolls out to other Birmingham-area schools.
It was because of the open-mindedness of the school's principal, Dr. Michael Wilson, added Brigham, that Good School Food was able to begin its health-driven transformation of area schools.
For Brigham, it's "an invaluable partnership."
Wilson returns the sentiment.
"Probably the most important change agent in the area of instruction for Glen Iris has been our partnership with Jones Valley Teaching Farm," said Wilson in a statement. "During this time of shifts in instructional practice this partnership has given our teachers a resource for inquiry based, problem solving curriculum that pushes us to our goal of creating students who are thinkers and problem solvers."
The "inquiry-based, problem solving curriculum" included the following this year at Glen Iris:
- A student-run after school farmers market aligned with a standards-based financial literacy curriculum. For 15 Tuesdays during the school year, said Brigham, fifth-graders at Glen Iris ran the market, selling produce provide by Jones Valley. In the process, the fifth-graders mentored the school's fourth-graders, teaching them how to take over the process in the next school year.
"It was incredibly cute to watch the mentoring," said Brigham with a laugh. "It's one of the more adorable things you can witness."
The cuteness was a bonus, he said, a byproduct of a practice that provided a valuable teaching and learning opportunity. This year, the students sold more than 1,000 pounds of produce to members of their community and brought in approximately $1,600 in revenue.
"They were fantastic," said Brigham about the students who participated.
In the future, the goal is to have the school use its own campus-grown produce and run the market more independently.
- A Farm Lab where students learned to design, develop and maintain an "outdoor learning lab" at the campus. The 4,000 square foot space provided an area where students were able to plant and grow produce, implementing a variety of other critical learning components in the process.
"The lessons taught using the Farm Lab are designed to promote critical thinking and develop social and leadership skills" said Brigham.
One of the most rewarding and tangible benefits of the Farm Lab will be the produce grown by the students. Eventually, the goal is to use the produce harvested from the on-campus "lab" for sale at the school's farmer's market.
- A field- and-project-based education at Jones Valley Teaching Farm, where one fifth-grade class from Glen Iris spent an entire week of school at the farm learning about how to create and maintain mobile markets. Ms. Long's class of 22 fifth-graders headed out of their classroom each day for five days from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. to "learn by doing" at the urban farm.
- The Family Kitchen: a family cooking initiative that encouraged families to gather together in the name of food. In partnership with the school and the Southern Living test kitchen, Jones Valley held cooking classes in the evenings for Glen Iris parents and students.
"It was a very intimate experience," said Brigham, "the parents would come with their kids after work to learn and listen about food and the importance of making meals a staple family tradition."
100 percent of the families, added Brigham, said that the program helped change the way they think about and prepare their food. All parents who participated also said they would participate in future programs and would like to see more offered.
"Studies show that families who eat together have higher graduation rates among their family and lower rates of depression," said Brigham, "so it's definitely something we plan to build on."
- The New Lunchbox: a culinary and nutrition training program for cafeteria staff.
"The best part of the entire relationship has been the feeling that the partners at Jones Valley are 'family' and have a genuine interest in assisting us in making this important instructional shift for our children," said Wilson. "This partnership is genuinely 'out of the box' and the boundaries are unlimited. Our children and teachers are so appreciative of the gift of this collaborative effort in our community."
This August, the program will begin its expansion to other Woodlawn-area schools.
"We will take it one school at a time," said Brigham. "It's important that we take our time at each school to ensure the program's success, but we still have a pretty ambitious timeline."
By December of 2014, Jones Valley hopes to have been implemented throughout the entire Woodlawn footprint—all five area schools ranging from elementary school to high school.
The ultimate goal, said Brigham, is to have children move through their entire school education—from elementary school to high school—with the lessons they learn at Jones Valley always with them.
"We have to be better at each school we go to," he said.
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WASHINGTON - In twin strokes, President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to award generous budget increases to domestic programs while proposing relatively modest cuts to wasteful or obsolete programs that just won't seem to die.
Officials said Wednesday that Obama's promised line-by-line scrub of the federal budget had produced a roster of 121 budget cuts totaling $17 billion - or about one-half of 1 percent of the $3.4 trillion budget Congress has approved for next year. The details were being unveiled Thursday. White House budget director Peter Orszag said the president's plan for program cuts is just a start and that a lot more needs to be done to dig the government out of its fiscal hole, especially curbing the growth of the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs for the elderly and the poor.
"But $17 billion a year is not chump change by anyone's accounting," Orszag said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
Those savings are far exceeded by a phone-book-d volume detailing Obama's generous increases for domestic programs that will accompany the call for cuts.
Most of the major elements of Obama's budget for next year were released in February. Additional details were coming out Thursday and next week.
The roster of cuts won't be easy for Congress to swallow. Lawmakers from the potent California, New York and Florida delegations are sure to fight the elimination of the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, which gives money to states to help defray the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants who commit crimes. President George W. Bush tried and failed to kill the $400 million program several times.
Budget Savings
About half the budget savings would come from an effort by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to curb defense programs, including ending production of the F-22 fighter and killing a much-maligned replacement helicopter fleet for the president.
Budget Director Peter Orszag briefed Democratic lawmakers on a partial roster of the cuts Wednesday. Obama also is fleshing out the details of the $1.3 trillion portion of the budget that he requested Congress pass through appropriations bills for the budget year beginning Oct. 1.
And just as Congress is beginning work on a new war bill to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into the fall, Obama is sending up a $130 billion request to fund them next year. That figure may not be adequate considering the increase in the tempo of operations in Afghanistan.
Obama has said repeatedly his administration will go through the budget "line by line" to eliminate waste. But the resulting savings are relatively minor compared with the government's fiscal woes, especially a deficit that's likely to exceed $1.5 trillion this year.
Administration and congressional officials described elements of the budget proposals only on condition of anonymity to discuss them before they're made public.
GOP Not Impressed
Republicans weren't impressed with the cuts.
"While we appreciate the newfound attention to saving taxpayer dollars from this administration, we respectfully suggested that we should do far more," House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said.
Many of the cuts mirror those proposed previously by Bush but largely rejected by Congresses controlled by both Republicans and Democrats.
Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif., said Obama's recommendations won't be "universally embraced" but said Congress also would weigh in with savings recommendations of its own to cut spending.
"This is something that's sorely needed," Cardoza said.
In fact, Democrats already have pared about $10 billion from Obama's appropriations requests in passing the $3.4 trillion congressional budget plan last month.
And lawmakers are unlikely to go along with a call to raise - after 2010 - per-ticket fees on airline travel to fund airport security programs.
Easy-to-Pluck Targets
In a preview, administration officials named a few examples Thursday which mostly represented easy-to-pluck targets, like ending the Education Department's attache in Paris, at a savings of $632,000 a year. Another example: the obsolete LORAN-C aircraft navigation system, which still gets $35 million a year despite being made obsolete by the satellite-based Global Positioning System.
In other budget areas, the administration would keep paying for private-school vouchers for about 1,700 children receiving them in Washington, D.C., an administration official said. Obama is proposing $12.2 million for the 2010-11 school year and would like to continue the funding until the kids in the program graduate. He would not allow new students into the program.
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Over the years, our State Governments have set up residential tenancy authorities to protect the rights of both the landlord and the tenant.
While in the past, many tenants thought the landlords had unreasonable rights, now the pendulum has swung in favour of the tenants and many landlords feel their rights have diminished and their responsibilities have been increased.
As a landlord it is important for you to understand your "rights and responsibilities" so that you don't fall foul of the legislation.
If you do, you may end up finding yourself facing a hefty fine.
While your property manager will advise you and act on your behalf, as a property investor, it's a good idea to understand the rules setting out your obligations as a landlord.
Unfortunately many landlords managing their own rental properties are not familiar with the regulations and become disgruntled with owning an investment property because "the tenant is being difficult".
Rest assured tenants know their rights; the problem is many landlords don't and the rental process becomes all too hard.
Let's look at a few facts to help you understand your rights and responsibilities…
The Bond
[sam id=31 codes='true']All landlords should take a bond from their tenants as a security deposit. If tenants fail to keep the premises clean, damage the property or don't pay rent, the landlord or their agent can claim some or all of their bond at the end of the tenancy.
What some landlord don't understand is that this bond must be forwarded to their State's residential tenancies bond authority who will hold the bond on behalf of the tenant and landlord during the tenancy.
In most cases the bond is equivalent to one months rent but this may be increased for some expensive properties or if the rental property was previously the landlord's own home.
Even if your rent increases during the tenancy, unfortunately you cannot increase the amount of the bond accordingly.
At the end of the tenancy, we occasionally find that the landlord believes he can claim on the bond because the premises is not in the same condition as it was at the beginning of the tenancy.
Whilst costs of rectifying what is commonly called "fair wear and tear" cannot be claimed, as a landlord you can make a claim on the bond for:
- Damage caused by the tenant or the tenant's visitors
- Cleaning expenses
- The tenant abandoning the premises
- The tenant leaving the landlord to pay bills that the tenant should have paid
- Loss of the landlord's goods
- Unpaid rent
If there is a disagreement about the division of the Bond, or the landlord wants to claim compensation over and above the bond, the landlord must apply to the Tribunal within 10 business days of the tenant vacating the premises.
This is where having a comprehensive Condition Report at the beginning of the tenancy, together with photographic evidence, is an extremely important. It can be used as evidence helping the landlord or their agent claim all or part of the bond for cleaning, damage or replacing missing items at the end of the tenancy.
The Rent
Rent can be paid weekly, fortnightly or monthly however, if rent is paid weekly, the landlord cannot ask for more than 14 days rent at the beginning of a tenancy.
Utility and service charges
The landlord must pay all installation and initial connection costs for electricity, gas and oil supply.
Your property
As a landlord you must;
- give the tenant a copy of the booklet relevant to their State outlining their rights on or before they move into your property
- make sure the premises are vacant and reasonably clean on the day the tenant is due to move in
- keep the premises and common areas in good repair during the term of the tenancy
- if you need to replace any water appliance, fitting or fixture, ensure they meet Standards Australia 'A' rating
- pay all installation and initial connection costs for electricity, gas and oil supply. If there isn't a separate meter to the premises (in the case of some units), the landlord must pay all other charges
- reimburse the tenant if the tenant has paid the costs of any utilities for which the landlord is liable. If bottled gas is provided, the landlord pays for the supply or hire of bottles
- make sure all external doors have locks and windows can be secured
- give the tenant a key as soon as possible after changing any lock
- let the tenant have peace and quiet enjoyment in the premises
- not enter the premises to carry out a general inspection until after the end of the first 3 months of the tenancy and even at this time, follow the rules regarding proper notice periods.
When can you visit your property?
While you may feel like checking on how your tenant is looking after your property, you can't just pop in whenever you feel like it. Local legislation will stipulate how frequently you can do this and how to go about it.
For example, in Victoria, a landlord may enter the premises as long as the tenant agrees to the time and was consulted within the last seven days.
Occasionally you may need to enter your property on short notice. In Victoria, a landlord has the right to enter within 24 hours after having given written notice to the tenant in order to:
- Carry out duties under the Residential Tenancy Agreement' the 'Residential Tenancies Act 1997' or any other Act.
- To value the property
- Show prospective buyers or lenders through the premises
- Show prospective tenants through the premises
- Verify a reasonable belief that the tenant has not met their duties as a tenant
- Make one general inspection in any 6 month period, but not within the first 3 months of the tenancy.
Under these circumstances, the landlord is allowed to enter the premises if the tenant is not home providing the requirements regarding written notices have been met. The landlord does not have the right to enter in an unreasonable way or stay any longer than necessary unless it is with the tenant's permission.
Occasionally you will be contacted by your tenant or property manager advising that you are going to have to repair an item in your rental property. While some of these may not be urgent, there are others than will need to be attended to promptly.
You will need to respond to urgent repairs without delay.
If nothing is done, your tenant has the right to arrange for these repairs to be done up to the value of $1000 – at your expense.
If you are unsure of what is classified as an "urgent repair", consult your property manager or your local Consumer Affairs office.
Non-urgent repairs must be carried out within 14 days, but obviously I would recommend you do it sooner. If not non-urgent repairs are not attended to, your tenant may apply to the Tribunal for an inspection and subsequent report.
After 60 days, the tenant can apply to the Tribunal for a repair order.
Even though they may feel like it, legislation prevents tenants from withholding rent while waiting for repairs to be done.
When can I increase the rent?
Tenants always think their rent is too high but most landlords are wanting to take advantage of the tight vacancy market to maximise their investment returns. The problemis you just cannot increase the rent whenever you want to.
For example, if you have a standard lease, you cannot increase your rent until the end of the fixed term unless your agreement states otherwise.
In any case, you cannot increase the rent more than once every six months and you, or your agent, must give the tenant at least 60 days notice of any proposed rent increase using the correct form.
How do I end the tenancy?
There are set ways of ending all tenancy agreements and these vary slightly from State to State.
Even if an agreement has a fixed end date, you will need to give notice to end the tenancy.
Because the tenants rights to remain in the property are protected, if you want to end the tenancy, you should check:
- The reasons allowed for giving a notice in your State to end a tenancy agreement
- Whether the notice needs to be given on an official notice or form
- How much notice you need to give before the end of the tenancy agreement
- Discrimination
As a landlord you have the right to choose the tenant you consider the most suitable for your property but the Equal Opportunity Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against or harass people. What this means to you is that you cannot select your tenant based on their age, race, religion, sex or a whole host of other discriminatory reasons. If you do, you could be liable to pay damages or fines.
This is only a short summary of your rights and responsibilities of a landlord and that is why to maximise your investment returns and to minimise your headaches, you should have a professional property manager manage your assets.
That way, all contact with the tenant should be through them shielding you from the day to day hassles finding tenants, completing agreements, organising maintenance, and if necessary, sorting out problems at the Tribunal.


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John Everett Millais (1829 - 1896) was one of the most significant English painters of the nineteenth century, successful and respected during his career, honoured as the first painter to be created a baronet, he remains, as recent exhibitions of his work have demonstrated, equally well known today. Whilst his substantial contributions are rarely, if ever, denied, in past art historical accounts of Millais's long career there has been an unfortunate tendency to superficially distinguish between the early promise of his Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces and the perceived commercial and traditionalist orientation of his later works. In this new study of the artist's life and work Rosenfeld argues that such readings are far from accurate, demonstrating that the development of Millais's art was at the forefront of contemporary painting throughout his life. At the same time as Manet and Monet were liberating their nation's art from traditional forms and subjects, Millais was leading British art with the bravura manner and looser symbolic associations of Aestheticism (the most important movement after Pre-Raphaelitism), which in turn influenced the portraits of John Singer Sargent and the landscapes of Vincent Van Gogh. In Rosenfeld's words, it is a 'consistently relevant and inventive Millais' that emerges in this book. Millais's lifetime saw radical transformations in art, and his productive career is uniquely representative of the development of the modern artist. From an early age Millais displayed a great natural talent for drawing and was accepted in to the Royal Academy of Arts, aged 11, as its youngest ever student. He flourished there, and was popular among his fellow students. It was also the start of a lifelong association with the nation's most distinguished art institution; an involvement that would reach its pinnacle with his election as the Academy's President in the year of his death. In 1848, along with William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Millais was catapulted in to the artistic limelight due to his participation in the formation of the radical Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Gathering great notoriety as a group for their committed reworking of the European tradition, the paintings produced by the young Millais during this period received substantial critical interest and public attention. Included amongst those discussed in detail by the author are 'Isabella' (1849), 'Christ in the House of His Parents' (1850) and 'Ophelia' (1851-2); compositions which are recognised today as some of the most ambitious and beautiful paintings produced in Britain in the nineteenth century. The finale of Millais's Pre-Raphaelite phase was significantly represented by the artist's portrait of the leading critic of the day, John Ruskin. As the author discusses in revealing detail, not only did the painting turn out to be one of the artist's most challenging commissions, the circumstances that surrounded its production had a considerable affect on the direction that Millais's personal and professional life would take, not least in his marriage to Ruskin's former wife, Effie. As Rosenfeld demonstrates, by the mid 1950s Millais reputation was clearly in the ascendency. Not only was he securing a wider public for his best-known images through the employment of the most up to date printing techniques, his painting were now being exhibited on an international stage. He also contributed to the boom in wood-engraved book and magazine publishing, and included amongst those discussed by Rosenfeld, are his successful illustrations for a series of novels by Anthony Trollope. In parallel to these projects, and with the assistance of his new wife, Millais became established as one of the country's leading portrait painters. Among the notable figures that sat for him were Thomas Carlyle, William Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli, Lillie Langtry, Alfred Tennyson and Henry Irving, as well as many society ladies and children. Although such paintings led to him becoming one of the wealthiest and most celebrated artist of his time, as the author reveals, the resulting work load and pressure would lead the artist to search for periods of artistic reflection in his regular visits to Scotland. With the portraits and history themes that he painted in London positioning him at the forefront of the Aesthetic movement in Britain, as Rosenfeld perceptively shows, the landscapes completed north of the border revealed a different, yet no less modern, trajectory in his work. Painted out of doors, these large scale, distinctly non-picturesque landscapes are shown to be amongst the artist's greatest achievements. As the book effectively illustrates and concludes, not only are these paintings the result of an artist working with great technical skill and experience, they reveal that as Millais aged his artistic ambition did not diminish.
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The 1920s and 30s were a moment of deep reflection on the identity of Europe. Almost all intellectuals and many artists and other writers of the time expressed their own understanding of Europe: Thomas Mann, Benedetto Croce, Lionel Robbins, Jaques Maritan, Carl Schmitt, Hugo von Hofmannstahl, Ortega Y Gasset, Miguel de Unamuno, Martin Heidegger, the members of the Frankfurt School – to mention just a few. Most of these authors survived the war and were able to see the birth of a new Europe thanks to the Schumann plan and the creation of the EEC.
The purpose of this conference is to shed light on the understanding of Europe and on representations and discourses concerning its identity between 1918 and 1957 by studying the ideas of some of Europe's most prominent intellectuals, writers and artists. Above all, the conference aims to analyse how their perception of Europe changed between the crisis produced in the aftermath of the Great War and its rebirth with the creation of the EEC.
If you are interested in offering a 20 minute paper please send a title, an abstract of no more than 300 words and, if you wish, a short CV to Dr. Mark Hewitson or to Matthew D'Auria
The deadline for submission is 1 October 2008
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Hellertown police cited two men for allegedly starting a dumpster fire by setting off fireworks near the trash on the Fourth of July.
Jake McGeehan, 21, of the 600 block of Main Street in the borough, and Austin Frank, 20, of the 4600 block of Nicholas Street in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, were allegedly setting off fireworks at 5:58 p.m. in the rear of McGeehan's home.
Police and fire officials were called for a working fire in a 25-foot dumpster, authorities say. The blaze was extinguished without injuries, but a nearby vehicle was badly damaged, according to police.
An investigation into what sparked the fire led police to McGeehan and Frank, police say. Authorities report that there was more than $2,000 in damage done to the dumpster and the vehicle.
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Wind Power BlockedSunday, September 7th, 2014
If you thought mining for shale faced difficulties in Israel, you've never tried to harvest good, clean, renewable wind power.
A number of companies are petitioning Israel's High Court after the Public Utilities Authority (Electricity) apparently changed the rates they would be paid for their electricty, according to a Globes report. The difference is significant enough to not make the renewable energy ventures profitable.
These wind ventures, that began 10 years ago, kept hitting road blocks along the way.
One recent roadblock was a Haifa District Court decision 2 months ago that froze the electricity market to prevent a weakening of the Israel Electric Company worker's bargaining power.
As a result of that decision, not just wind, but also solar fields can't be connected to the country's electric grid until further notice.
The current wind turbine battle over electric rates is a complicated one and the legal battles around it may just kill this fledgling industry before it even takes off.
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Every once in a while, art truly does imitate life.
Like Wayne and Garth in the comedy classic Wayne's World, baseball fans fear change.
By and large, fans tend to prefer that their favorite teams stick with what they've got and not make wholesale changes to the roster, opening the door to the unknown.
"Sure, Player X might be better than who we've got now, but what if he's not? What if he's (audible gasp)...worse?"
Yet change, in both baseball and in life, is inevitable.
Rosters around baseball undergo some sort of turnover each year, with some changes being more drastic than others.
That trend isn't about to stop.
Whether its perennial All-Stars or mere role players, some familiar names will be donning a cap with a different logo than what they're currently wearing within the next 12 months.
Let's take a look at which players would be well served to not make any long-term plans.
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Is Kung Fu Saloon Racist?
By Pete on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 3:57 PM
Allegations of possible recent racist treatment to customers at the Austin location of Kung Fu Saloon are making waves in media circles this afternoon. Similar allegations, meanwhile, have been fired away at the Houston location of the arcade game-filled bar chain for the better part of a year now.
Two out of three ain't exactly a good look, no. But make no mistake: The chain's third location, found in Dallas at 2911 Routh Street, isn't exactly setting a higher standard.
Though possibly popular in cheap, antique gaming circles, a quick look at the establishment's Yelp reviews paint a bleaker picture of the place -- especially the "filtered" reviews.
Writes Yelper J.V.:
"I thought I'd be the only person adding the RACIST comment to this review but I wish I would have read the comments before we decided to go check this spot out. Don't expect to get in if you're in a group of minorities. While there were "sprinkles" of us inside, you have to be the token in a group of white. Expect the "you're sneakers are not acceptable" line to the guys in your group though the long group of white boys in front and behind were allowed in with sandals and same tennis. Shame on you Kung Fu Saloon. The star rating above should be a negative 5."
Writes Yelper Arthur J.:
"This place is just plain racist! If you are a person of color, the doorman will look you up and down and find a reason not to let you in. The crazy thing is...you look into Kung Fu Saloon and will see people wearing the exact same thing as you...ie no socks! Please do not waste your time with this establishment! I am all for dress code, but blatant racism???"
Writes Yelper Vyna H.:
"On Sunday I thought I'd give Kung Fu another try because I was in the neighborhood and the lines at other places were long, but my group was stopped from entering b/c my boyfriend wasn't wearing socks. Who wears socks w/ Tod's loafers, let alone in 80 degree weather? Our group consisted of African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and European-Asian mixes. After seeing many sockless caucasian patrons inside, I realized that we were being discriminated against by the color of our skin.
Over the next 45 to an hour, our group stood outside arguing w/ Kung Fu's bouncers. We pointed out patrons inside wearing flip flops, sandals, and loafers sockless. Then they called the cops on us! As if they owned the public sidewalk outside the bar and we were trespassing.
During the argument, I heard the idiot door guy say to one caucasian couple (sockless also) trying to enter, "If y'all would just wait until they leave I would let y'all in." In addition to that, he would tell sockless caucasian guys to enter through the other door around the corner! "
Vyna H.'s review goes on, but so too do similar accusations. Of the 33 "filtered" reviews on the Dallas location of Kung Fu Saloon, no fewer than 15 mention racial discrimination.
These complainers aren't alone, either: Back in May, a Dallas-based party-promoting site called The Social Inc. asked users to spread the news about its Kung Fu Boycott initiative. Writes that petition, in part:
"My conclusion, based on my experience and logic, is that Kung Fu's staff, perhaps at the direction of their ownership, did not want my friends and I in their establishment because of the color of our skin and their preconceived notions of our value as potential customers or their belief that their white clientele would not want us there."
To the Austin location's credit, the media firestorm surrounding the issue has at least prompted a response from management.
Our efforts in this regard haven't been so productive. We've been following this story since first becoming aware of The Social Inc.'s boycott in June, but repeated requests for comment from management at the Dallas location of Kung Fu Saloon have proven unsuccessful.


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Family members of a 67-year-old Jedburg man reported him missing Thursday night after he didn't return from a hunting trip, Berkeley County Rescue Squad Chief Bill Salisbury said.
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