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M. J. Mumma (NASA GSFC), M. A. DiSanti, N. Dello Russo (CUA at NASA GSFC), K. Magee-Sauer (Rowan University), E. Gibb (NAS-NRC at NASA GSFC), R. Novak (Iona College)
Parent volatiles (H2O, CO, CH3OH, CH4, C2H2, C2H6, and HCN) in comets were characterized using CSHELL at NASA's IRTF and NIRSPEC at Keck. Long-slit infrared spectra are taken at high spectral dispersion and high spatial resolution, eliminating many sources of systematic error and permitting a sensitive search for compositional diversity.
Eight Oort-cloud comets were investigated in this way. Five have compositions similar to that of comet Halley (excepting CO), and three also reveal low formation temperatures (~30K); this group probably formed beyond 30 AU from the young sun. C/1999 S4 LINEAR is depleted in hypervolatiles and (surprisingly) also in methanol; it likely formed near 5-10 AU. Reductions for the remaining comets are in progress.
An emerging hypothesis is that most comets now in the Oort-cloud were formed beyond 30 AU of the young sun, with a small fraction formed between 5 and 30 AU. Although under-represented in the Oort-cloud for dynamical reasons, the latter group dominated the population of icy planetesimals in the 5-40 AU region and thus they likely delivered water and pre-biotic organics to early Earth. Comets Halley, Hyakutake, and Hale-Bopp are not representative of this group. Measurements of HDO/H2O in future comets are planned, to test this idea.
*This work was supported by NASA (Planetary Astronomy RTOP 344-32-30-07 to MJM and NAG 5-7905 to MAD; Planetary Atmospheres NAG 5-10795 and NAG 5-7793 to NDR), NSF (Research at Undergraduate Institutions Grant 0098411 to KM-S), and the National Research Council (NAS-NRC Award to EG).
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Interesting study: Some Food Additives Raise Hyperactivity, Study Finds
Common food additives and colorings can increase hyperactive behavior in a broad range of children, a study being released today found.
It was the first time researchers conclusively and scientifically confirmed a link that had long been suspected by many parents. Numerous support groups for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have for years recommended removing such ingredients from diets, although experts have continued to debate the evidence.
But the new, carefully controlled study shows that some artificial additives increase hyperactivity and decrease attention span in a wide range of children, not just those for whom overactivity has been diagnosed as a learning problem.
The new research, which was financed by Britain's Food Standards Agency and published online by the British medical journal The Lancet, presents regulators with a number of issues: Should foods containing preservatives and artificial colors carry warning labels? Should some additives be prohibited entirely? Should school cafeterias remove foods with additives?
After all, the researchers note that overactivity makes learning more difficult for children.
Another reason it's so nice to have a Trader Joe's here -- a place to get inexpensive, additive-free food.

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The recent letter from the Honorable Kevin Holmquist voicing his concern about the county helping to repair Syracuse city roads made my head hurt.
The pain could have been caused by his seeming reverence for the many layers of local government we have, the lines of division and the separate responsibilities of each layer. Doesn't he know it's these very layers, lines, and governmental divisions that have been the cause of so much harm in our region?
That alone could have brought on my headache. But the real problem was the small-minded, provincial attitude behind his argument. He calls the city irresponsible, and expresses his concern that the city is getting a "handout" -- from the people he represents, I assume.
I happen to live in Manlius. He represents me. While Manlius is a wonderful part of central New York, would it be anything without the economic center of commerce that is the city Syracuse? Most of us in the suburbs - whether doctors, lawyers, professors, or something else - work and gain our livelihood due to our proximity to the city of Syracuse. We teach at the colleges, work at the hospitals, and earn a living in all those tall buildings in the city of Syracuse.
And, while it's true, the city has been struggling for some time, and likely hasn't been able to keep its roads up as well as the county, does it take a brain surgeon to know part of that struggle has been caused by suburban towns drawing business and investment away from the city center? Was that responsible government, Mr. Holmquist? Has that made our region better?
Most of the people I know don't see the region the way Mr. Holmquist does. We don't see city roads, or county roads, or village roads. We see our roads. We don't see town lines, except for on a map. And we certainly don't see county legislative district lines as a definition of who we are and what part of the region we hope prospers. We hope it all prospers.
And while our taxes may go to one local governmental entity or another, or several, it's still our taxes going to fund our roads. It's not the county's money, versus the city's money, versus the town money. It may be temporarily that, but it's really our money. And it's our community. It's our city.
If Mr. Holmquist doesn't see that, maybe it's time for him do something else. Because it's his kind of divided community thinking that has been hurting our region for too long. And it's giving us all a headache.
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Labor Day was approaching, and the members of the Brick Layers, Tile Layers, Marble Masons & Terrazo Workers Local Union No. 19 in Amarillo wanted to do something special for the city parade.
The year was 1946, and America had just emerged victorious from World War II. A strong spirit of patriotism prevailed everywhere.
"A bunch of the boys got together and decided we'd build a copy of Old Glory for the Labor Day parade to show folks what union labor can do," said Lawrence Van Doran, retired owner of Van Doran Bri-Tico Co. in Amarillo.
"We got together after work and built the flag on the back of my new Dodge flatbed truck in about three days," Van Doran said. "Then we drove it through downtown in the parade. The flag was about 8 feet long and 5 1/2 feet high. We made the stripes from red and white brick, and the stars were hand-cut from white tile. There were 48 of 'em back then."
More than 30 members of the local union - which dissolved several years ago - donated their time and materials to build the flag and march behind it in the parade. The brick-and-tile flag then was delivered to the old municipal auditorium at Sixth Avenue and Buchanan Street. It remained there for many years, according to Van Doran.
The municipal auditorium was torn down in 1968. There is no record of what became of the brick-and-tile flag donated to the city by a group of patriotic craftsmen on Labor Day 53 years ago.
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The Ann Arbor District Library is hosting boogie woogie musician Matthew Ball, also known as the Motor City Boogie Woogie Kid, Tuesday, May 20 for a free one-hour piano concert.
Boogie woogie is a rhythmic, piano-based style of blues often associated with dancing. It emerged in the United States during the prohibition era. Ball said it's the genre of music often associated with flapper girls.
Ball, a former attorney and longtime classical pianist, attended a boogie woogie festival in 2001 and thereafter decided to become a blues, ragtime and boogie performer.
As an undergraduate at Oakland University, Ball studied both classical music and history. Afterward, he decided to go to law school, which he subsequently decided wasn't where he should have been.
"I was facing the same kind of job concerns liberal arts graduates still face today. I had some job experiences that were kind of disillusioning, and I thought I could go to grad school or a professional school like law school, at the end of which, I got out and realized it wasn't for me," Ball said.
After attending the Motor City Blues & Boogie Woogie Festival in 2001, he found a new career path.
"I was kind of miserable with [law], and around the same time I was practicing law I came across a festival that was local to me and it was sort of transformative," Ball said. "It was a type of jazz that wasn't regulated just to night clubs and restaurants, and it filled the stage. I thought if I could get my hands on how to play that and do it, it would be a wonderful lifestyle."
He tried to self-teach himself through books, but he said that the skill sets needed to play boogie woogie can't be found in in books. People interested in playing boogie woogie have to learn to play music by ear, and they have to recreate music they've heard on recordings by listening to it.
Ball added that after attempting to teach himself boogie woogie for about six months to a year, he approached local boogie woogie musicians asking for lessons. While learning boogie woogie, he was also teaching piano lessons of all types of styles.
"I've been teaching all styles of music in private lessons for 20-some years. I've complimented teaching with performing. Year after year I've had more and more performances. I like to think you get better and as a result you get more performances," Ball said.
He often puts his performances on YouTube, on his channel, Boogiewoogiekid. His past performances and home-video footage total in at more than 2.7 million YouTube views. His YouTube channel has also connected him with aspiring musicians around the world.
"Because of YouTube, I teach lessons on Skype. Today, I teach half of my clientele online. They're mostly adults, and they're all over the world — it's how one technology feeds another," Ball said.
At Ball's May 20 performance at the Ann Arbor District Library, he will share anecdotes and perform a series he has made applicable to libraries. Songs on the set list include "Swanee River," "Over the Rainbow," "The Entertainer" and "Bumble Boogie."
This will be his third time performing at the Ann Arbor District Library.
"I have a program that fits nicely with the lib type of series. I share spoken anecdotes about each of the pieces I play so it makes for an engaging and brief experience and also educational one for the people attending the performance," he said.
Ball also takes pride in his connection to composer Frederic Chopin. While studying classical music at Oakland University, he studied under the former head professor of the department Flavio Varani. Varani, a Brazilian who studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris, traced his pedigree of study to Chopin through Magda Tagliaferro, Alfred Cortot and Emile Descombes, who was one of Chopin's final pupils.
The hour-long boogie woogie concert is May 20 at 7 p.m. at the Ann Arbor District Library on South Fifth Avenue in Ann Arbor. Admission to the show is free.
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Syracuse, NY - A Nedrow man was sentenced this morning to serve 68 years to life in state prison for sexually molesting a little girl over a period of eight years.
Jason Slishevsky maintained he was innocent of any criminal wrongdoing. But Onondaga County Judge Anthony Aloi said a jury of 12 people heard all the evidence and found Slishevsky guilty June 11.
"You took the memories of what should have been her wonderful, carefree childhood years and turned them into a nightmare," Aloi said.
The judge told Slishevsky, 35, of Gibson Road, he should be ashamed of himself.
Aloi sentenced Slishevsky to the maximum penalty of 25 years to life in state prison for the most serious charge of predatory sexual assault against a child. The judge then added a consecutive 8-year sentence for first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and consecutive 7-year sentences for each of two counts of second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and three counts of second-degree criminal sexual act.
Slishevsky appeared to shake his head in disbelief at the magnitude of the sentence imposed.
After the jury convicted Slishevsky in June, Assistant District Attorney Janet Fall said the defendant began sexually abusing the victim when she was in second grade and the abuse continued until last year when the girl was in ninth grade and finally disclosed what had been happening to her.
The prosecutor said the incidents occurred during the school year when the victim was living with her mother who was Slishevsky's girlfriend. It stopped when the girl lived with her father each summer, Fall said.
"I did not do anything to this girl," Slishevsky told Aloi in court this morning. "I am innocent."
He said he had not been willing to plead guilty to avoid a trial because he would not admit to something he did not do and he thought a jury would exonerate him.
Fall asked Aloi to impose the maximum penalties and run them consecutively for the different crimes involved over the course of the victim's ordeal. Defense lawyer Susan Carey asked for the minimum penalty, which would have been 10 years to life in prison for the predatory sexual assault charge.
Aloi told Slishevsky the jury had spoken with its guilty verdict.
He also said the defendant's conduct had the potential to "shatter" the victim's life. But the judge said the girl appeared to be strong and he said he hoped she would get the necessary counseling to help her survive the ordeal and get on with her life.
Aloi then referred to the case of John Jamelske, a DeWitt man the judge sent to prison several years ago for holding numerous women and girls hostage as sexual slaves in a dungeon under his home.
The judge said what Slishevksy had done was not much different. He said the defendant essentially held the victim hostage in his home for years because the girl was afraid to reveal what was happening out of fear that would destroy her family and eliminate Slishevsky as the financial supporter of the family.
A large group of spectators was in court for the sentencing in support of Slishevsky. Aloi noted he had been alerted to the possibility some of those spectators planned to disrupt the court proceedings even if they then had to pay a fine.
But the judge bluntly warned the people in court that if there was any disruption of his courtroom, people would be taken into custody and given jail sentences - not fines - if convicted.
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Bruce Boxleitner, better known to us geeks as TRON, has been making the rounds talking about a third installment in the beloved cult franchise.
Boxleitner spoke about returning for a third time as both Alan Bradley and TRON for the third film, which according to Boxleitner is happening, despite there not being an official green light from Disney.
In his latest interview, he remarked on the status of the project:
"It's in the works. Anything could happen, but all I can say is, it's in its formative stages. [Joseph] Kosinski, who is slated for it, he's shooting another movie now, and then they'll get around to doing that. I think somewhere around 2014, maybe. I'm talking way out of school here, but they can't shoot me because I'm Tron."
Me, personally? PLEASE MAKE A THIRD TRON!!!! I loved both movies so I can't wait to go back to The Grid one more time.
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Separated by beliefs, class and often cultures, Northeast Ohio's 82,000 Jews share one central meeting place.
The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, widely known as the J, is a family fitness center with a higher purpose.
Its members -- 20 percent of them non-Jewish -- find more than a gym at South Woodland and Richmond roads in Beachwood. The complex offers an extraordinary playground, a kosher Subway, youth theater, bookfests, camps for teens and acculturation programs for immigrants.
Little wonder it's the hub of the Jewish community. An ambitious project is designed to keep it that way.
On Friday, the JCC will break ground on a $15 million renovation and expansion. The work is made possible by a $13.5 million gift from the Mandel family foundation, which has long supported the Jewish Community Center movement in America and its goal of cultural preservation.
As the Jewish community has matured and spread, it has become more critical to offer an attractive family center, many Jewish civic leaders believe. They say they are competing with not only private gyms and suburban recreation centers, but also sprawl and hurried lives.
"We connect people with each other -- and that's what helps to build a strong and vibrant Jewish community," said Michael Hyman, the executive director of the JCC.
After 20 months of work, he said, the JCC's fitness center will be twice the size and modernized. And the campus will still host art lectures and English classes.
There's a new J on the way. Designers hope it will hold together the Jewish community for another generation.
New Buckeyes halt decline: Ohio is becoming more culturally diverse and maybe just in time, a new census report indicates. While the state is not growing, minorities saved it from shrinking.
The state population remained virtually unchanged in 2008 from 2000, at 12,448,279 people, the U.S. Census Bureau will report today in a prelude to the 2010 census. Ohio's white population fell slightly this decade, and the black population rose only slightly. Asians and Latinos kept the population from falling sharply.
The Asian community grew by 34 percent to number 339,122 people in 2008. The Hispanic community grew by 49 percent, to 593,986 people.
Both Asians and Hispanics remain only a sliver of Ohio, which is 85 percent white.
A new "bonjour": A new young-professionals group, one with a French accent, is forming under the auspices of the French American Chamber of Commerce of Northern Ohio.
The FACC Ohio Young Professionals Group will hold its inaugural meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Ritz-Carlton Cleveland. Anyone with a French background or an interest in French culture is welcome. To register and for more information, contact Scott Guye via firstname.lastname@example.com.


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January 30, 2014 at 2:02pm
The dirtbag is given the option of surrendering or getting the dog let loose on him. Usually more than once. The dirtbag chose the dog. The other option would have been for the police to use lethal force, I'd prefer to go the dog route even though it did not work out well for the dog in this case.
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November 6, 2013 at 4:21pm
The training records for the dog should be public record. If the handler does not have training records, the PD is sunk. Have any reporters asked for the dog's training logs yet?
On the plus side, I've trained my dog to sit and bark with a hand signal, I guess she could work as a drug dog in NM.
October 8, 2013 at 5:08pm
You're right, the couple is responsible for their misfortune. It really sounds like they made a series of bad decisions. Starting out on a hike without enough water. Traveling in an unknown area without a proper map or gps. Not turning back when half the water was gone. No radio. Not notifying anyone as to where they were headed. And the number one rule when lost in the wilderness; fi stay where you are help will find you.
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August 6, 2013 at 5:27pm
Anyone else see the face of a gorilla in the upper left?
How about a dog on the right side?
I think the fat blob swallowed them.
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January 16, 2013 at 2:13pm
most likely a confrence call where particpants dialed in to have ol'Joe talk at them, not with them, and questions/suggestions were handled by a intermediary if they were allowed at all.
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December 25, 2012 at 11:18pm
It is racist and an undue burden on the citizens of Ithaca to require those wanting to sell their guns to the police to provide identification. Call Al Sharpton and the ACLU! Why isn't MSNBC running with this?
December 19, 2012 at 5:16pm
"at times arguing that U.S. law didn't apply to him because he was a sovereign citizen of a group that was above state and federal law."
So did he work in the White House or the Capitol?
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December 19, 2012 at 6:42pm
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December 13, 2012 at 1:31am
You're right, there is too much we don't know. Like how many of the 107 points came from the free throw line. I'm guessing the high school teams play every year. Is it possible that last time these teams met the blow out went the other way? Funny thing about high school sports, you have ups and you have downs. We had one coach in our league that had 2 years with some very gifted boys on the team. He left the starters in for all but the last 2 minutes of the games. Well the gifted class graduated. The result of this coaches actions:
1) The kids that were coming up behind the gifted ones had 0 experience other than "garbage time" and thus were not able to compete when it was there turn.
2) Every other coach in the league remembered, and it was their turn to dole out the thumpings.
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December 2, 2012 at 1:35pm
I blame Disney. No, rabbits do not wear cute little coats and talk on telephones made of acorns when people can't see them and there is no "reasoning" with animals.
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November 29, 2012 at 4:53pm
Guess his momma didn't have the same rules about telling the truth when getting caught with your hand in the intern.
November 16, 2012 at 7:11pm
The agreement will be reached sometime on the night of Dec 21 when no one is paying attention.
November 11, 2012 at 8:10pm
I noticed that she routinely referred to Gen. Petraeus by his given name. I guess he must not have worked hard to earn his title of "General".
November 9, 2012 at 3:58pm
maybe it went down something like "Take the fall for Bengahzi or we will release these photos of you and the mistress and destroy your life."
After assessing the situation and finding his moral compass Petraeus said, "Screw you, I quit."
Either I'm an optimist, or I watch too many movies.
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November 7, 2012 at 4:55am
Rubio/Love in 2016!
just a thought……
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November 7, 2012 at 9:34am
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November 7, 2012 at 4:42am
Same question. Forward to what?
November 7, 2012 at 4:10am
Forward to where? Or if you prefer, forward to what?
November 7, 2012 at 3:41am
Sorry, forgot to add the system was great in 1786 as there were only 3,453,037 people in the entire country. California alone has what, 3 cities with more people than that in it now?
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November 7, 2012 at 3:34am
Nebraska has the right idea. Electoral College votes are allotted based on the popular vote for each congressional district. The remaining 2 votes are awarded to the overall winner of the state. This would allow those in places like eastern Oregon and Washington to have a say in presidential elections. As it sits now, Portland and Seattle choose.
Here's a map that shows who is being left out:
Each state has the right to choose how they award their votes. Work through your state legislature to make the changes. Maybe we can start on the path back to a representative republic.
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November 5, 2012 at 6:41pm
Why is it that no Democrat has a problem with Kennedy's keeping off shore accounts? Or the Democratic chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means (responsible for writing the tax code) claiming ignorance of the tax code as an excuse for not paying his taxes? For that matter how many people working for the Obama administration had "tax issues"? 30? And then there was John Kerry registering his boat in a different state so he didn't have to pay taxes. Or how about Nancy Pelosi realizing the a bill would raise her taxes and thus changed the minimum so she would be excluded. There's Harry Reid stating he is "on a fixed income" at the same time he is voting himself a raise. Wasn't 1%er Michelle Obama's job at the hospital in Chicago to get those who were uninsured to other hospitals? But she's not an evil capitalist? Maybe because she wasn't a 1%er until her senator husband secured federal funds. Why are you not demanding that Obama give back the millions of dollars he took in campaign contributions from wall street? Those fat cat bankers gave more to him than any other candidate in history. This is probably not at all related to the toothless Dodd-Frank bill and the creation of "Too big to fail".
Sorry back to where I started. The more the govt tries to take, the more people will try to get around the rules. Those who make the rules will always ensure the rules do not apply to them. It is human nature. If you think your guy doesn't do that, you're a f
October 24, 2012 at 2:21pm
Wasn't it Al Franken that benefitted from the absentee ballots that that had been "forgotten" in someone's trunk?
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Guernsey photographs feature in international calendar
TWO staff at Butterfield Bank Guernsey have had their photographs included in the group calendar for 2012.
Pictures of a Golden Guernsey goat and a Guernsey cow were selected to feature in the Butterfield Group calendar which will be distributed to clients and contacts around the world. Carl Gleeson and Justin Finch were the winning photographers from the Bank.
The calendar is themed around the indigenous animals of each jurisdiction in which the bank operates and entries were encouraged from each of the Group offices.
Other animals which feature in the calendar include an iguana, indigenous to the Cayman Islands, a monarch butterfly, from Bermuda and a lady bird representing the UK.
Mr Finch, Senior Technical Officer at Butterfield, was happy for his photograph to have been selected.
"Guernsey is well known for its special breed of cow. They are the one animal that really represents Guernsey and I am pleased that my shot was chosen to feature in the calendar" he said.
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Interim Police Chief Darin Sagel and City Manager Jeff Wells hike with other city staff and Fort Morgan City Council members during a tour of Riverside Park Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. The large hole shown here used to be the trail, but washed out after the main part of the flood as the water was receding, City Engineer Brad Curtis said. (Jenni Grubbs/Fort Morgan Times)
This dock now sits completely out of the western fishing pond at Riverside Park. "You can see how hard that water was moving when it flipped that dock up," City Engineer Brad Curtis said during a tour of the park Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, with the Fort Morgan City Council. (Jenni Grubbs/Fort Morgan Times)
The surrounding trail by Cargill Bridge, which crosses the canal carrying treated wastewater away from the beef plant and through Riverside Park, "looks totally different now," according to Brent Nation, Fort Morgan Water Resources/Utilities Director, who was among city staff on the tour of the park with the Fort Morgan City Council Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. (Jenni Grubbs/Fort Morgan Times)


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Actually, ironically, the last 3 custards I baked were not chocolate. I preemptively purchased 5 BPA-free cans of organic pumpkin at Sprouts when they were on sale, and didn't know how else to use them up. Although I've been adding a few chocolate chips in every ramekin, so maybe it still counts
Really simple: High fat, Greek Yogurt. It's my only indulgence and it's my 'cheese cake'. Love it! /Lu
Start Date: 25-06-12 @ 161lbs
Goal Reached: 30-09-12 @ 143lb. Now bouncing between 145lb - 149lb. I'd like less bounce and more consistency :-)
Started Cross Fit 20.12.12 ---- Can't wait to submit my success story on the 1st anniversary of starting primal.
Greek yoghurt, a scoop of vanilla whey protein, couple handful of berries, handful of almonds, pinch of coconut flakes and about a quarter bar of crushed dark chocolate.
Stir it all together and... Hnnnnnnnggggaaaaaa...
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Sliced ananas, whiped cream (add cocoa powder as much as you can), shreded coconut or almond on top, maybe some strawberries for decoration.
Thank you everyone! So great, yummy ideas!
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1. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
YouTube is a way to get your videos to the people who matter to you. Upload, tag and share your videos worldwide!
When you are thinking of video sharing websites, YouTube comes to your mind naturally. Although YouTube wasn't the first video sharing site, it has already become the best video sharing site by a clever and sensible mix of community and functionality.
YouTube is popular throughout the world, not only in America. At present, YouTube was garnering nearly 20 percent of all global traffic on the internet. Its popularity is just one clue that YouTube is the best video sharing website out there.
Tip: If you want to download videos from YouTube or any of the following websites like Hulu, Dailymotion,Metacafe,Megavideo and more, please turn to Wondershare AllMyTube (AllMyTube for Mac) for help. It enables you to download videos with just a click. It is not just a downloader but also a converter, player and video manager. Try it and It will never let you down.
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Hulu allows you to quickly find your favorite TV shows and movies and watch them at your leisure, all while offering a wide variety of features that make it possible to customize your viewing experience just the way you like it. Hulu is designed to give you what you want the way you want it; what more can you ask from a video shareing website?
Hulu doesn't have everything. But it does have much more than you'd expect to find. It doesn't matter what kind of shows you're interested in; Hulu always has something for you. That's why it's such a great entertainment resource.
3. Dailymotion - Online Videos, Music, and Movies. Watch a Video Today!
Dailymotion attracts users from all over the world - this is one of the most popular and diverse video share websites on the web. Most of the videos on Dailymotion tend to be more professional in nature. They have newscasts, commercials and short films.
This video sharing site caters to the audience and offers a lot of audience related features. You can search videos with a search box or browse the many categories to find your favorite videos. And all of the movies have picture previews.
4. Metacafe - Online Video Entertainment - Free video clips for your enjoyment
Metacafe takes the user experience very seriously; it offers quality videos and a dedicated review system that keeps content up to high standards.
Now, Metacafe is based in California, but actually it was set up in Tel Aviv, Israel. Although it began outside of America, it has already created a huge following in the United States, let alone most other English-speaking countries.
5. MEGAVIDEO - I'm watching it
MEGAVIDEO is one of the best video sharing website that you can go to for free movie viewing. You can view all kinds of movies here that are just out in theater. I have saw tons of movies here already and including my favorite which is Twilight and Bedtime stories. I also love Yes Man and Seven Pounds and these are the ones that I've seen recently.
This site probably does some kind of deals with the filmmaker in order to release it out on the net or it could be owned by the studios as we just don't know but as long as it's legal then we can watch it. Most of these sites are legal or else they'll be out of business.
6. Video – MySpace Video
MySpace is a leading worldwide social network that offers customization of your profile and image on the web.
It always looks like an art box threw up on the screen and then started playing terrible music at me in an attempt to finish me off.
Still one of the best social networking sites. Not for the friends, but for the music. Listen to almost any band and discover new songs.
7. Yahoo! Search - Video Search
Frankly, Yahoo! Video isn't a place for regular people to post their videos, it's just one giant commercial. Besides, the truth that the viewing pane seems cluttered and it isn't the easiest and simplest to use, and it's quite easy for you to understand why Yahoo! Video didn't try to make it higher in the review. It's a cool video sharing site with lots of content, but it either doesn't have what you are looking for or gets upstaged by the top 5 video share websites in this review.
8. Vimeo, Video Sharing For You
Vimeo is quickly becoming not only a popular video share site but also a social networking site. It's really a ordinary place for budding videographers to display their original videos and short films to other film-making enthusiasts. The site is also popular with a few professionals as a place to store and showcase their work.
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Break Studios has a variety of topics that pay $8 each. Although many of the topics are geared towards men, there are several in the food, outdoors, sports and movie categories. Writers get paid on the 1st and 15th of every month through PayPal. You can claim up to 10 articles at at time but cannot claim any more until your queue frees up by having an article approved. This is one con that I am hoping they change soon. I would like to be able to write more articles while I'm waiting for my submitted works to be approved. The set up is similar to Demand Studios, but oh so much easier!
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Syracuse, NY -- A Weedsport man is charged with thefts in Van Buren, Elbridge, Camillus and Syracuse, according to the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office.
Jeffrey Hill, 45, of 8785 Graham St., was charged July 14, sheriff's Sgt. John D'Eredita said today. The charges:
• Third-degree robbery, July 4 at a Sunoco station at 7472 Van Buren Road, Van Buren.
• Second-degree burglary and three counts of grand larceny, July 5 at an Elbridge home.
• Third-degree robbery and two counts of petit larceny, July 13 at a Fastrac gas station, 507 Hinsdale Road, Camillus.
• Fourth-degree grand larceny, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and third-degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in Syracuse.
D'Eredita said evidence, which he would not identify, linked the Elbridge burglary to the Van Buren robbery the day before. Sheriff's detectives also linked evidence from those cases with the Camillus police investigation.
Syracuse and Camillus police identified Hill and a warrant squad took him into custody July 14, deputies said. Hill remains in the Justice Center jail in Syracuse.


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By Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim; 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. PAONovember 5, 2007
FORWARD OPERATING BASE PROSPERITY, Iraq - Of the hundreds of rooms inside the main palace on Forward Operating Base Prosperity, there is one in particular, a room that emits that kind of sound that sounds like muffled club-like music just before you enter.
The sign outside the door reads, "Boom Boom Room." In fact, it's merely a supply room, but it's considered one of the best in the brigade. It's the best because the person who runs it says it's the best, and he says it the loudest.
Staff Sgt. Jessie L. Jackson Jr., the supply sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, is that guy who travels with an entourage of Sgts. Antwan Wilmont and Jason Shriner, and Pfc. David Pough, everywhere he goes. Though his 6-foot-5 frame is striking, it stands subordinate to his ability to make heads turn as his voice carries itself throughout whatever room he is in.
"People say, 'Sergeant Jack might be loud, but he'll help us,'" said Jackson. "I look at my blessings. If I give to others, I get it back tenfold."
During his deployment, Jackson has been spending almost every night officiating FOB Prosperity's intramural flag football games, but with all his achievements on and off the field, he's learned that all the guidance and advice he's been given through many of the contacts in his vast network of family, friends and colleagues is starting to pay off.
"When people started looking at me, people said I looked like an NFL official," he said. "1st. Sgt. Patrick made me the head official; he gave me a rule book."
He was asked to help out when 1st Sgt. Kenneth Patrick, Co. E, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, saw him as a basketball referee, and what began is possibly a new career path for Jackson.
Growing up in Shreveport, La., Jackson spent almost his entire life surrounded by basketball. While attending Captain Shreve High School, in Shreveport, he and his team won the Louisiana State High School basketball championship. His talents on the court took him to Louisiana State University-Shreveport, where he played on their basketball team as a small forward. Yet, it wasn't long until he succumbed to life on the streets.
After only a semester at LSU-Shreveport, he quickly found himself in a courtroom rather than a basketball court.
"I was in jail for 30 days waiting on my court date," he recounted. "The judge gave me a choice to join the military or go to prison. So, at 17 years old, my parents went with me to the Marine Corps recruiting station; that's how my military career started."
As a Marine, he was also in the supply world. He spent some of that time playing on the All-Marine Basketball Team, but after eight years, he left as a corporal and decided to transition into the Army.
He arrived at Fort Hood, Texas in 2001 and started as a supply clerk with 2nd Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment, which was then a 2nd BCT battalion.
"As a young clerk, he had a busy supply room there," said Sgt. 1st Class Kendrick Jones, 4-9 Cav.'s S-4 Logisitics noncommissioned officer-in-charge. "He was just the loud guy in the corner. He wasn't as knowledgeable in supply as he should have been at that time."
When Jones, of Longview, Texas, first came to the squadron, Jackson had just been promoted to sergeant, and he felt that, although Jackson had the potential, he wasn't working to his full capacity. So, he challenged him, just as he did with his other supply clerks. Jackson gives much of the credit to his success to Jones and said the most important thing he learned was how to prioritize.
"When I first arrived to the unit, there was a bunch of supply NCOs who didn't care. I'm not going to lie, I was one of them," admits Jackson. "I have to give credit to my ... 'circle of trust' ... like Sergeant First Class (Kendrick) Jones.'
'He would tell us, if you want to stand up above the rest, here's what you have to do. He would give us sergeant's time [training] and quiz us - make us go back to the regs (regulations)."
Jackson, who refers to Jones as his mentor, calls him the "king" because of his experience and knowledge of not only the supply realm but also the countless life lessons he's passed onto him.
"He taught me everything I know about supply," Jackson said. "He took me from a line unit and sent me to the 'beast:' HHT; it's a beast because of the countless, countless hours."
Jones, who is on his way to retiring, said that today, Jackson is one of their best supply sergeants, and that he sees the mentoring and guidance he's passing onto other supply clerk in the squadron and around the brigade.
"He's one of our top guys - I mean, all my guys are sharp. He's a mentor; a lot go to him for help," Jones said. "He's got a lot of the young Soldiers around him; they are supply sergeants and clerks. They look at him as a mentor - the same thing I did with him, he does with them. I didn't know if he was listening, but now he says, 'hey Sergeant Jones, I remember you saying this ...' He's come a long way, and he recognized that."
Jackson is the first to say that he has in fact come a long way -- not only in the military but more importantly in life.
His fast living days have all been a thing of the past since the birth of his son. He claims that more than anything, he wants to be not only a father-figure in his son's life but a daddy.
"My son was a big reason I turned a 180," he said. "I live for him. Everything I do is for him. I don't want him to experience what I had to."
Through Jackson's life experiences, he has come to the point where he said his goals are not only attainable, but that he's doing everything in his power to reach for them.
Although he is working on his personal goals, he can never really escape his upbringing of wanting to help others.
Growing up with five other siblings taught him to take care of others. His upbringing was received from a former Marine Corps first sergeant in his father. Something he describes as very "strict."
"My father ruled with an iron fist," he said. "He was very strict, but he was very compassionate."
Though, the life lessons preached to his son wouldn't really be practiced until later on in life, Jackson finally adopted his father's sayings as his own philosophy in how he deals with people in his life now.
"When I was growing up, my father had a saying. My father said, 'if you want to gain anything, you have to give,'" he said. "People say, 'why can we rely on you'' I never know when I'll need something."
Jackson spends most of his time giving back to the Soldiers through both his day, as a supply sergeant, and his night job as a referee. Although Jackson has spent most of his time as a flag football referee, he hopes to move up to the NBA as basketball is his first love.
Upon his return to Texas, where he and his 8-year-old son Jessie III call home now, he plans on going to a sporting official seminar in Austin. Since he's already taken his certification test online and received his license to call games, he's a step closer to meeting his goal of taking on high school basketball games, but for now, he's happy just giving his time as the "ref," as he loves to be called, out on a dusty piece of real estate Soldiers play football on.
"I'd like to take it as far as I can go. My goal is trying to get to the NBA," he said. "For now, I change and go out to the games because I know how important sports are to these Soldiers."


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I agree with this line of reasoning. However, the alcoholic can quit drinking, while the eater must instead detach emotion from the food, so that the food is simply utilitarian, right? But, whether alcoholic or not, tipsy is tipsy and hammered is hammered. As an alcoholic, free of twelve-step rhetoric and pity-parties to date, I can tell you that if I drank a beer today, I would not be binging or indulging in addiction. Nor would said one beer cancel my eight years of sober living. Because sobriety isn't in the absence of alcohol, it's in pursuing a wholesome life. On that same note, a binger should feel free to consume large amounts of food once the emotional tie is broken. But that's not what I see happening.
Recovery has been exploited into a money-making pseudo-church. Instead of actually healing people, they are roped in and strung along in a sort of pity-disco where they each take a turn dancing and everybody claps along. I got out after one year, because I was recovered. How dare I, right? All better, no longer an alcoholic, not dependent on AA for life? You mean it WORKED?! You should have seen these guys spaz out at the last meeting I went to, when I told them I wasn't coming back anymore. They were like, "No, you'll relapse! You need us!" Bwah-hah-hah. Not. A. Sucker.[/QUOTE]
I'm totally with you on this, and respect.
I draw a distinction between overeating and binging. I overate last night - and all I felt was a twinge of "uhhhhh - I overdid it". Binging induces a very different set of thoughts, emotions and reactions which are obsessive in nature. It's part of a cycle, not a one off.
Ideally yes - someone with a recovered ED would overeat every now and again without spiralling into the cycle of addiction. In an ideal world any recovered addict would be able to overindulge without it becoming a habit. But you don't see too many former alcoholics getting hammered a few times a year, nor would you have people telling them that they should be able to do that.


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We present current results of our observations of QSO fields with known Damped Lyman \alpha Absorbers (DLAs) at z ~ 3. Because DLAs are thought to be the progenitors of normal galaxies today, we must learn about the mass and environment of high redshift DLAs to understand the formation of typical galaxies like the Milky Way. The level of cross-correlation between detected Lyman break Galaxies (LBGs) and DLAs in these fields allow us to (1) determine the relationship between LBGs and DLAs, (2) infer the typical mass of DLAs, (3) observationally test cosmological models of structure formation, and (4) lend insight into the nature and evolution of these protogalaxies at high redshift.
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Philosophy, which is the study of thoughts, generally speaking, and wisdom which is the behavioral application of philosophy directly into our daily lives, are at present the only means visible that can lead the great citizens of America to become even better individuals, which in turn will improve our society.
So, our national and most state governments barely function, if at all. Using an analogy, dispensing with severely unwise politicians at all levels is similar to being on a sea-going vessel engaged with a severe ocean storm in the middle of winter.
The path is dangerous, and a successful transit over a vast distance is not guaranteed. Nevertheless, the wise will always know what is waiting for him/her on the other side of the storm, which is long overdue political and economic reformation by allowing all legal American citizens of this great country to have direct domestic political decision making power (on the six to 10 truly important domestic issues) via the ballot box.
Politicians and judges would be delegated to the sidelines, with the authority to observe only, while we decide which is right for our stagnating nation and ourselves.
Is anyone willing to sign up for a perilous voyage?
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HILLSBORO – As the official visitors, Century batted in the top of the first inning and relied on its defense to close the game in the bottom of the seventh.
"Weird feeling," Jaguars senior Marcos Hernandez said.
Weird because Monday's game was played in Ron Tonkin Field, home of the Hillsboro Hops' professional baseball team and the site of several Jaguars' home games during the regular season.
"It felt like we were the home team," Jaguars senior Sam Bates said.
The only feeling that mattered in the end was the joy of Century's 5-4 win over Central Catholic in the first round of the OSAA Class 6A baseball playoffs.
The Jaguars, who will play at Sheldon in Eugene on Wednesday, advance to the second round for the second time in three seasons. A win over the Irish would secure Century's first multi-victory postseason since reaching the 2002 quarterfinals.
Century, ranked 24th out of 32 playoff teams, was given the benefit of playing in its home city because the ninth-ranked Rams' usual home field at Concordia University in Northeast Portland was unavailable.
That may have helped ease some of the playoff pressure, but Century coach Kyle Bunting believed that it didn't matter where the game was played. Bunting, in his 11th season as either a Jaguars assistant or head coach, said the key word for his team this year has been "resiliency" and that was on display again Monday.
After Century (15-13) opened with a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, Central Catholic (18-9) – making its sixth consecutive playoff appearance – rallied with three runs in the third to take a 3-2 lead. No worries, said the even-keeled Jaguars.
"We tell our kids, 'Hey, if you're within a run going into the fourth or fifth inning, you're going to win because that's just who you are,'" Bunting said.
Added Bates, who had the walk-off hit in last week's 6-5 three-run comeback win over McKay in a play-in game: "We're able to keep our head up. We're pretty consistent on that. We're not going to get down."
Sure enough, the Jaguars immediately answered Central Catholic's three runs with three runs of their own to reclaim the lead at 5-3 in the fourth inning.
Century senior Josh Sundquist led the charge by going 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a run scored. The Jaguars also received an RBI from seniors Daniel Moore (2 for 4) and Jaylen Martes (1 for 4). Freshman Kolby Somers had the other multi-hit game for the Jaguars, going 2 for 4 with a run scored.
But it was on the mound where Somers shined brightest, displaying few freshman jitters in his first playoff start. Somers had three strikeouts and picked off two Rams baserunners in his five-plus innings of work.
"He's a great kid who doesn't show any emotion," Bunting said of Somers, who also started the play-in victory. "He's very calm."
Century senior Nick Lo Bue relieved Somers with one on and no outs in the top of the sixth inning and threw two scoreless innings for the key save.
Lo Bue was aided in the sixth by Hernandez, the Jaguars' catcher who ended a Central Catholic stealing attempt with a strong throw to second base. Hernandez, who had one of 10 Century hits, said he and his teammates had added motivation for Monday's game because of the opponent.
In the fall, Hernandez was the quarterback for a Century football team that also was the official "road" team at Hillsboro Stadium during a 55-7 first-round loss to the eventual state champion Rams. That 45-point defeat was brought up before Monday's first pitch.
"Central Catholic kind of handed it to us in the fall, but baseball is a whole 'nother story," Hernandez said. "We wanted revenge on them. We all thought about it. We were like, 'This is our field. They took it from us the first time and we're going to take it back.'
"This is our area. This is our territory. This is our moment right now."
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Writing assessment scores fall behind
As this years fifth and eighth graders make the jump to middle school and high school, respectively, there is some information available to gauge how well they will be able to write at the higher level.
The majority of these students took an in-house writing assessment last February and the results give school officials another tool to gauge student progress.
Of the 442 eighth graders, 247 scored slightly below standard while 117 met or exceeded standard. Another 13 students scored significantly lower than the standard. Another 65 werent tested.
Of the 459 fifth graders, 293 scored slightly below standard while 84 met or exceeded standard. Another 35 students scored significantly lower than the standard. Another 47 werent tested.
Charisse Berner, curriculum director for the Oak Harbor School District, said she would have liked the students to score better on the assessment. The writing assessment helps identify students that may need some extra help in the coming year.
The test also showed a difference in the results based on gender. Girls generally scored higher on the test than boys.
Berner said she didnt have a definitive answer for the disparity. She speculated that boys may tend to shy away from writing and teachers need to find a way to reach them.
The assessment helps identify areas where a student needs the most help.
It takes their writing apart bit by bit, Berner said. The assessment breaks down into such categories as word choice, sentence fluency, usage, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. That breakdown can be used by teachers in the next grade to help students.
Berner said the writing part of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning provides more of an overall view of student ability and doesnt break the score down into specific categories.
Students took the test over several days last February in hopes of having scores available in time to prepare for the next school year, Berner said. Taking the test in February also meant students didnt benefit from the last three months of the school year.
Not all students took the assessment. When it was offered, 112 students didnt take the test. Berner said many students were sick and couldnt attend.
Berner said the assessment will be fine-tuned in coming years. It could be adjusted as the standard may be set too high to gauge student abilities.
The writing assessment will be compared with the WASL this summer to see how the results stack up. Beginning next school year, sophomores have to pass the WASL to graduate from high school.
This was the first time in two years that the Oak Harbor School District offered the assessment. It cost $17,000 to conduct this year.
Berner said cost was one of the reasons the assessment wasnt offered in previous years. School officials had to find another company to score the test and they also wanted to see how it affects the WASL.
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One man's 2014 Triple-A All-Star Game ballot: PCL edition
By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com
We're two weeks into Triple-A All-Star Game voting with a little more than two weeks left to vote to send your favorite Triple-A players to Durham on July 16.
With that in mind, here is who I'd vote for at each position based on the Pacific Coast League portion of the ballot. (Note: All players included below are currently playing in the PCL and have enough at-bats/innings to qualify for the major statistical categories. Those that are on the ballot but don't meet these stipulations weren't considered.)
Catcher: Adam Moore, El Paso Chihuahuas — No offense to Moore, but there were slim pickings here at catcher. Only three of the catchers on the PCL ballot have enough at-bats to qualify for the batting races. But don't let that take away from what has been a fine season so far for the Chihuahua backstop. The 30-year-old owns a .311/.374/.459 line with four homers and 18 RBIs in his first season in the Padres system, and that certainly stands out when compared to Round Rock's Brett Nicholas (.259/.329/.358) and Oklahoma City's Max Stassi (.247/.296/.421).
First base: Mike Jacobs, Reno Aces — This one is much more cut-and-dry. Jacobs leads the league with a .343 average and 26 doubles. He also ranks second with 56 RBIs and third with a 1.015 OPS. Each of those is tops among PCL first basemen on the ballot. This is one of the easiest votes.
Second base: Arismendy Alcantara, Iowa Cubs — Many reasons to hem and haw here. Alex Guerrero was putting up quite the numbers (.376/.417/.735, 10 homers) in his first 33 games with Albuquerque, but he hasn't played since May 20 when he was bit in the ear during an altercation with Miguel Olivo. Therefore, he doesn't qualify for the offensive categories and loses my vote based on that. (Is it a little cruel to take it away from him after being attacked? Maybe, but I have to stick to my stipulations here.) With a .322 average, Fresno's Joe Panik also garnered some consideration, as did Tacoma's Ty Kelly with a .394 OBP and nine homers.
But Alcantara gets my vote because of his combination of power and speed. He leads balloted PCL second basemen in both steals (10) and slugging percentage (.515). His nine triples are most in the league and already constitute a career high, beating out the seven he collected for Class A Advanced Daytona in 2012. There were others that deserved consideration but not enough to shake my belief that Alcantara should be starting in Durham.
Third base: Adam Duvall, Fresno Grizzlies — Far less debate with this one. The 25-year-old slugger is tops in the PCL with 20 homers — five of which have come from his last nine games — and that number ranks fourth in the entire Minor Leagues behind only Joey Gallo (23), Kris Bryant and Peter O'Brien (22). In a stat that's perhaps only interesting to me, he's split those 20 exactly equally between home and the road. His impressive numbers go beyond just power though. He's also batting .300 with a .367 OBP and, yes, a mighty high .636 slugging percentage.
Shortstop: Andy Parrino, Sacramento River Cats — Continuing with the on-and-off theme of tough picks with easy picks, this required a lot of back-and-forth. After considering the candidates – if you're asking Javier Baez was cut early because of a low .230 average and .290 OBP — I settled on a final two of Parrino and Tyler Ladendorf, both of whom play for Sacramento. They split many of the major categories; Ladendorf leads in average, OBP, slugging and RBIs while Parrino, who rejoined Sacramento off waivers from the Rangers in April, has the advantage in home runs, steals and runs. In terms of a tiebreaker, I looked at who has played more games at short for the River Cats. Parrino has played 40, Ladendorf 23 — most of which came before Parrino showed up on April 24. Advantage: Parrino.
Joc Pederson, Albuquerque Isotopes — The only reason Pederson is on this list is because the Dodgers have too many outfielders. Otherwise, you'd think he'd be in the Majors by now. He's shown off several tools in his first trip to Triple-A, putting up a .325/.436/.603 line with 16 homers and 15 steals. The left-handed slugger ranks in the league's top six in each of those categories. Here's hoping Pederson is somehow in the Majors by the All-Star Game and therefore can't participate. For now, he deserves everyone's vote.
Paulo Orlando, Omaha Storm Chasers — This is somewhat like the Ezequiel Carrera pick over in the IL. With 15 steals, Orlando is tied for fourth in the PCL, but he gets the nod for his impressive resume with the bat. His .335 average also ranks third in the PCL. Although he's bat all around the lineup for the Storm Chasers this season, Orlando would be a great player to stick to at the top of the PCL lineup down in Durham.
Domingo Santana, Oklahoma City RedHawks — After that, it gets a little thin in the PCL from my view. Brad Snyder (18 homers) was promoted to the Rangers earlier this week. Andrew Brown (.359 average, 13 homers) moved up to the Mets last week. Randal Grichuk (.315, 10 homers) has been up-and-down with the Cardinals in the first half and is now up. That brings us to Santana. The Astros' No. 7 prospect owns a .289/.363/.486 line with 10 homers, one triple, 17 doubles and 39 RBIs for the RedHawks.
Designated hitter: Allan Dykstra, Las Vegas 51s — Nick Evans was tearing it up with Reno, batting .335 with 11 homers and 44 RBIs in 44 games with the Aces into late May. The D-backs took notice and brought up the 28-year-old on May 28. He went 1-for-11 with a solo homer and seven strikeouts in eight games before being designated for assignment Thursday. Although he remains in the top two for both average and OPS (1.034) in the PCL, that means I'd have to look elsewhere with his next destination in doubt. Enter Dykstra, who is a perfectly good alternate. The 2013 Eastern League MVP owns a .302/.434/.570 line with 10 homers and 47 RBIs for Vegas. His 1.004 OPS is fifth in the league, one spot above Duvall.
Starting pitchers
Jimmy Nelson, Nashville Sounds — Nelson has been the best pitcher in Triple-A ball this season. There's not much to think about there. His 1.51 ERA is the lowest among qualified hurlers at the level. His 86 strikeouts trail only Mike Fiers (92), who moved up to the Brewers earlier this month. He's posted a 0.89 WHIP and .168 average-against, also lowest among Triple-A hurlers. The right-hander has lived up to his billing as the Brewers' top prospect and then some in the first half.
Brad Mills, Nashville Sounds — It's no wonder the Nashville pitching staff leads the PCL with a collective 3.31 ERA. (Oklahoma City is second at 3.69. Salt Lake is last at 5.88.) Mills ranks right behind Nelson among PCL pitchers on the ballot with a 1.57 ERA, almost one run ahead of No. 3 Tsuyoshi Wada of Iowa (2.51). His 0.88 WHIP is actually better than his teammate's, as shown above, and his 70 strikeouts in 69 innings is nothing to sneeze at. If Fiers was still in the Minors, you could make the case that three different Sounds should start in Durham, and you would be right.
Relief pitchers
David Aardsma, Memphis Redbirds — When your ERA and WHIP match, that can either be a very, very good thing or a very, very bad thing. This is a list of potential All-Stars, so obviously in the case of Aardsma, it's the former. The 32-year-old right-hander has put up a 0.94 ERA and 0.94 WHIP to go with 11 saves in 27 appearances for the Redbirds. He's struck out 28 in 28 2/3 innings and has held opposing batters to a .143 average. Yeah, those are All-Star numbers.
Spencer Patton, Omaha Storm Chasers — Three PCL relievers are tied atop the league with 13 saves so far. Nashville's Donovan Hand, however, has a 4.35 ERA and 1.52 WHIP, and Iowa's Blake Parker has only tossed 16 2/3 innings. Patton has the strongest resume of the bunch. Through 32 innings with Omaha, the 26-year-old right-hander leads balloted relievers with a 0.81 WHIP and has also put up a 1.13 ERA and 37 strikeouts in that span. I don't normally like to put too much weight into saves, but there's no need to overthink this one. Patton has been really, really good.


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Tuesday, May 27, 2003
The pines of Pine Grove School were considerably shorter when Sharlene Wilkins and Barbara Kier started teaching at Hood River County School District's smallest school.
On June 11 the two teachers will retire from full-time teaching, taking with them a total of 40 years' at Pine Grove alone.
"They're going to be missed," said June Moore, whose grandchildren attended Pine Grove, as did her husband, Allen. "They are both really good with kids," Moore said at a recent school reception for Wilkins and Kier.
Principal James Sims said, "Oh, boy," and let out a deep breath when asked about their departure from the school.
"This will be a new experience for me," Sims said. "It's the foundation of our school, to lose 40 years of experience. But new castles are built on old foundations."
The foundation, as envisioned by Sims, will remain in part: both women are taking early retirement, meaning they must donate 15 days per school year for the next four years. Wilkins will continue to serve as technology coordinator at Pine Grove, and Kier will continue to substitute teach in the district.
Wilkins started at Pine Grove in 1982, and Kier in 1984. Kier taught at the school in 1965-66, then left the district and returned in 1979. She taught at Cascade Locks, Hood River Opportunity School, and Mid-Valley.
"It's going to be really different," Kier said. "This is a super place. You can't ask for better people to work with."
"I'll miss the kids," Kier. "I love first graders. There are no discipline problems. They're just sweet."
Sims said "Barbara is a master primary teacher," and an expert at curriculum development. Wilkins teaches third grade and guided the school's technology program into the 21st century.
"Sharlene brings a progessive and unique component of technology that most of us lack at the elementary level," Sims said.
"They learn a lot more in the third grade than they did 21 years ago," Wilkins said. "I don't care what people say, the curriculum is a lot tougher and much more is expected of them."
Wilkins started teaching in 1970 at May Street and left after a few years to teach grades 6-7 at Imbler School in eastern Oregon. She recalls what happened when she was expecting her son, Christopher. "When I started showing, the principal told me, 'I think you'd probably better step down.' I'll never forget the principal teling me that. Now days they teach one day and go to the hospital the next."
Keir remembers Wilbur the rabbit, which she trained and would run around the school. That stopped after he chewed through a few computer cords.
"He'd come when you'd tap a ruler on the floor," she said. "I had to clean the cage every morning, and it would get pretty ripe. I'd done that for long enough."
Last week's reception gave students and community members a chance to give Kier and Wilkins fond greetings. First grader Brenda Hernandez knew exactly what to say to Kier, on one of the pear-shaped note visitors filled out and left for the teachers.
"Es muy bonita y que ensena mucho y que eres muy bueno. que le vaya muy bonita," Brenda wrote with the help of her mother, Teresa.
"You are very beautiful," Brenda wrote. "You have taught me a lot. I wish you a lot of happiness."
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- Hundreds of runners survived zombie attacks Saturday night in Spring Valley Park, and had fun doing it.
The Zombie Dash 5K, put on by Michigan Adventure Racing, Gazelle Sports and the Michigan Blood Stem Cell Program, was the first in Kalamazoo. Another Zombie Dash is scheduled for Oct. 26 in Grand Rapids.
On Saturday, runners dodged hordes of zombies, trying to keep their "life strips" intact -- similar to flag football.
The Kalamazoo event is intended to raise awareness and funds for the Michigan Blood Stem Cell Program and its Be The Match registry and marrow/stem cell donation.