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MOBILE, Alabama -- South Alabama lost its second series of the season Sunday when a ninth-inning rally fell short, allowing Samford to claim an 8-7 win at Stanky Field.
The Jaguars trailed 8-6 entering their last at-bat and loaded the bases with no outs. Kevin Knapp delivered an RBI single to right, but that's where the comeback ended.
Samford relief pitcher Michael Gunter struck out Hunt Griffith and Taylor Nichols, leaving Jordan Patterson standing at third base with the tying run.
The Bulldogs then brought in Taylor Hammond to pitch to Nolan Earley, and the left-hander got USA's right fielder to ground into a force play for the final out.
"I credit our guys for fighting and coming back," South Alabama coach Mark Calvi said after falling to 2-5 in his first season. "But we struck out 12 times, some in crucial situations. We have to swing the bats better.
"And when you talk about pitching, you have to be good throughout the game."
USA's starting pitcher didn't have a good day. Dillion Buhrkuhl lasted just three innings, giving up seven runs on six hits. The junior right-hander yielded single runs in the first and second before being roughed up for five runs in the third.
Samford (6-2) broke a 2-2 tie with four hits. Phillip Ervin scored on a wild pitch by Buhrkuhl. Brandon Miller, who had a sacrifice fly to left in the first, added a sacrifice fly to center to score Saxon Butler.
The most damaging moment came after Buhrkuhl (0-2) recorded the second out. He gave up a walk, a single and a three-run homer to the 5-foot-7, 160-pound catcher Brad Moss. The Bulldogs suddenly had a 7-2 lead.
"We were good out of the pen Friday, Saturday and today," said Calvi. "That's why it's so important to get a quality start."
Down by five runs, South Alabama answered with two runs in the bottom of the third on Brent Mitchell's RBI double off the third baseman's glove and Knapp's RBI grounder to short.
The Jaguars added another run in the fourth inning on Earley's second double of the day.
The Bulldogs increased the advantage to 8-5 in the sixth on Zeth Stone's single and Miller's two-out double inside the third-base line off Jaime Dennis.
South Alabama made it 8-6 in the sixth when Earley doubled again and scored on Nick Zaharion's ground ball.
USA played with Griffith, Knapp and Nichols in the lineup for the first time, two because of injury. Griffith started at second base in place of Logan Kirkland, and Knapp started at shortstop for Trey Cockrell.
Kirkland's right foot was broken Saturday night when he was hit by a Lex Rutledge fastball. He could miss up to two months. Cockrell was pulled from the lineup after injuring an ankle during infield practice.
"(Kirkland) is one of the leaders on the team and a great leadoff guy," said Calvi. "You hate to have your guys hurt, but it happens and it's the next guy's turn to step up and do the job."
USA had nine hits to Samford's eight. The Jaguars left 12 runners on base.
South Alabama visits Alabama at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday.


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The participants at the Beat Diabetes Walk, held in Bangalore.
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Nita at her book Diabetes Cookbook launch exhibition held at Cross Word located in Kemps Corner in Mumbai on June 27, 2008. (Photo/Sachin Gokhale)
Raageshwari and John Abraham pose together during a diabetes awareness programme, held in Mumbai, on November 10, 2013. (Pic: Viral Bhayani)
Madhuri Dixit dances at the launch of Sanofi India's diabetes campaign, in Mumbai, on November 8, 2013.
Ragini Dwivedi during the Beat Diabetes Walk, held in Bangalore.
Chanchal Sahani at the 'Diabetic Dessert Competition', which was organised by Dr. Sunil and Dr. Kavita Gupta at their hospital.
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- API management capabilities enhance real-time application integration and enterprise-grade performance
- Independent software vendors (ISVs) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers embed, extend and deploy integration processes quickly
- Global System Integrators (GSIs) rapidly deploy custom vertical integration services
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Dell Software today announced the Summer '13 release of Dell Boomi AtomSphere®, expanding the capabilities of the industry's largest cloud integration* Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) to include API management capabilities, support for Integration Packs and process libraries.
Today's cloud megatrend continues to skyrocket with an estimated $209 billion to be spent on cloud services by 2016. Additionally, we're witnessing the end of middleware as we know it. Gartner forecasts traditional application infrastructure and middleware will grow at only 8 percent through 2016[1], while during that same timeframe investments in cloud integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) will reach 35 percent[2].
"Strong demand by business leaders for real-time, cloud-based services is forcing software developers to rethink legacy ETL integration in light of the real-time integration of cloud, social, mobile and machine-to-machine solutions with existing mission-critical applications," said Chris McNabb, general manager, Dell Boomi. "Our customers, both IT managers and service providers, are deploying web services of growing complexity with higher performance requirements, requiring more functionality to effectively manage them. Dell Boomi API management brings forth the means to rapidly and effectively create, secure, monitor, measure and scale these new services."
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According to a recent report by Paolo Malinverno, Research VP, Gartner, "API management offerings have been maturing in the market for at least five years, but it is only in the last two years that usage has really ramped up, and these offerings are generally cloud-based."[3]
As competitors scramble to acquire this expertise, Dell Boomi has been building out its capabilities related to SOA and API management based on customer needs. On this path, Dell Boomi's API management includes the ability to monitor, measure, secure, throttle and scale published APIs. This allows customers the necessary visibility and control to manage and administer the suite of APIs & web services as they grow and scale out. These API management capabilities also help mitigate risk of system overload due to data volume and protection against denial-of-service attacks. Traffic flow throttling and IP address filtering further support predictable quality of service so web service SLAs can be met consistently.
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Process libraries make it possible for system integrators to easily capture business best practices and unique intellectual property in a process template that can be reused across multiple clients. Because of the unique "sub-tenancy" structure of AtomSphere's environment, deployment of the processes in a library can be accomplished in minutes, allowing GSIs to build custom services on top of Dell Boomi with accelerated time-to-value.
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[1] Gartner, Forecast: Enterprise Software Markets, Worldwide, 2010-2017, 1Q13 Update, March 14, 2013
[2] Gartner, Forecast: Public Cloud Services, Worldwide, 2011-2017, 1Q13 Update, March 26, 2013
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The school hallway is not just a meeting ground for students — it's one for bacteria and viruses, too.
Beat them back by being prepared. Here is a list of the seven most common contagious ailments (not including the common cold) in schoolchildren and prevention tips from Dr. Stephen Ostroff, acting physician general for the state, and Lyndsi Weiss, resident nurse and nurse supervisor for Hershey Pediatric Center.
- What is it? Inflammation of main air passages in the lungs.
- Symptoms: Discomfort in chest, mucus generating cough, low fever and wheezing.
- Treatment: If caused by bacteria (a more severe case), use antibiotics. If it's a viral infection (most common), treating the individual symptoms is best.
- Did you know? If a child with asthma or another breathing problem gets bronchitis, it will often make the underlying problem worse. If so, go to a medical professional to get antibiotics.
- What is it? Commonly called "pink eye," it's an eye infection affecting the membrane on the eyelids.
- Symptoms: Redness in eyes, itchy eyes, blurred vision, crusts on eyelids and eye pain.
- Treatment: While it can be caused by bacteria, conjunctivitis is typically caused by a virus. Treat the symptoms and let it run its course. If severe or lasts for more than a few days, check with your doctor.
- Did you know? Pink eye spreads two ways, either one comes into contact with the discharges from the eyes of an infected someone and then touches one's own eyes, or it's spread through sneezing and coughing.
- What is it? Caused by viruses, bacteria or parasites, this stomach sickness is best described by its symptoms.
- Symptoms: Acute onset nausea, diarrhea, fever and vomiting.
- Treatment: If caused by a bacteria, the illness is usually more severe and includes bloody diarrhea. See a doctor and get antibiotics. If viral, treat the symptoms and wait it out.
- Did you know? When it is caused by a virus, it only lasts 24-40 hours.
- What is it? Respiratory illness that can either be a mere annoyance or cause of death.
- Symptoms: Fever, sore throat, cough, muscle aches, headaches, vomiting and diarrhea (the last two are more common in children)
- Treatment: Get the vaccine instead of getting sick. When ill, treat the symptoms as this is a viral disease. Antibiotics won't work.
- Did you know? Studies have shown that college students who get the flu vaccine perform better on their exams, Ostroff said.
5. MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
- What is it? Type of staph bacteria that is not affected by antibiotics used to treat most staph infections.
- Symptoms: Rash, chills, fever, chest pain, fatigue, malaise, headache and shortness of breath.
- Treatment: Don't bother with antibiotics, Ostroff said. Simply lance the boils on the rash and let it drain.
- Did you know? Kids with MRSA must have their lesions covered in order to attend school. If it cannot be covered, they can't attend.
- What is it? Known as whooping cough, pertussis is a bacterial disease that causes heavy coughing.
- Symptoms: Severe coughing that ends in a "whoop" noise in children, vomiting, runny nose, diarrhea and slight fever.
- Treatment: The best way to avoid whooping cough is to get vaccinated. If your child does get pertussis, he needs to take antibiotics.
- Did you know? In the past two years, there has been an average of 1,000 pertussis cases per year, most of them from school-age children, particularly between 8 and 12 years of age.
- What is it? Bacterial throat infection.
- Symptoms: Fever, red sore throat, headache, nausea, chills, loss of appetite, swollen lymph nodes in the neck and difficulty swallowing.
- Treatment: Antibiotics is the first case of action, once you are sure your child has strep throat and not just a sore throat. If left untreated, strep throat can damage the kidneys or cause rheumatic fever.
- Did you know? Strep throat spreads through airborne droplets from an infected person's cough or sneeze, as well as by touching surfaces with the bacteria on them. Once exposed, it might be five days before someone shows symptoms.
More than 15 years ago, varicella, or chicken pox, would have been prominently featured on this list. Common in children, the disease is characterized by a rash that spreads across the body, followed by sore throat and fever. However, with the advent of the varicella vaccine in the mid-'90s, the number of chicken pox cases has plummeted. "It has vastly decreased the amount of chicken pox we see in Pennsylvania by 90 percent," Ostroff said. "The vaccine is extremely effective."
- Wash hands. Hands are the common link between illness transmissions, GI transmissions and MRSA, Ostroff said. Have your children wash well and often.
- Practice respiratory etiquette. Teach kids to cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when they sneeze or cough and then immediately dispose of the tissue. If a tissue isn't available, have them cough into their elbows.
- Stay at home when sick. Stop the spread of the disease by taking your child out of the equation when he gets sick. "Definitely, if a kid has a fever they should be home," Weiss said. "They are still contagious without a fever, but when they have fevers they are most contagious."
- Clean surroundings. Respiratory viruses such as the flu or the common cold as well as the causes of GI illness live on surfaces. Sanitize regularly and keep the environment around your child clean.
- Get vaccinated. One of the best ways to ensure your child doesn't get sick is have them vaccinated. Several of the diseases on the list have vaccines available, including influenza and pertussis. School regulations mandate that children are vaccinated against varicella, mumps, hepatitis B and, in seventh grade, meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.
This year's flu vaccine is already out and ready to be given. While most people consider flu a winter disease, Weiss said differently. "Flu season can hit at any time," she said.
The vaccine for the 2011-2012 flu season contains strains for H1N1, H3N2 and the 2008 influenza strain from Brisbane. It is the same vaccine as last year's.
The vaccine is available at most pharmacies, doctors' offices and even Walmart. It is recommended that everyone older than 6 months get the vaccine.
If the illness is not caused by bacteria, don't use antibiotics. You will be causing more harm than good as the medication won't work on non-bacterial infections. By using antibiotics unnecessarily, you are improving the odds that the medicine won't work when it is needed. Bacteria are adapt at becoming resistant to antibiotics. Of the above ailments, only pertussis and strep throat always require antibiotic treatment.


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This is an installment in the Tulane positional series we are running throughout fall camp. Today we look at defensive tackle.
Defensive Tackle
Projected starters: Chris Davenport (6-4, 334, T-Gr.); Kenny Welcome (6-2, 289, R-Jr.)
Key backups: Corey Redwine (6-0, 316, R-So.); Tanzel Smart (6-2, 331, Fr.); Julius Warmsley (6-2, 269, Sr.).
Player impacts
Welcome to your biggest 180 in the Tulane football program (and excuse the pun, tackle Kenny Welcome).
"The most improved position on the football team is defensive tackle," Tulane coach Curtis Johnson said at the end of last week. "I thought last year it was our worst position."
Chris Davenport, a 23-year-old nose tackle transfer from LSU, instantly improved this unit when he arrived in January. But it's really what he has done since spring, when he was held out significantly with an ankle injury, that Davenport has affected real change in the unit.
"Davenport gives you kind of a little bit of an edge and he rubs off on other guys," defensive coordinator Jon Sumrall said. "His enthusiasm, his attitude is contagious. He's not just a good player, but he's a good person and he's fun to be around and he practices hard, he plays hard but he also knows how to have fun.
"He's good for our group. You always hope when you get a new guy -- especially one that only has one year left – that he helps the group and doesn't hurt the group," Sumrall said. "He's coming in and he's helping the younger guys and everyone in our positional group each and every day. I've been very pleased with everything he has done ever since spring practice ended. At that point, he kind of flipped a switch on getting his weight down and working on the little things that we saw he needed to improve on and he's really done a nice job."
Unquestionably, he is the best tackle of the bunch. The biggest task is finding the right combinations to play alongside him and the right guy to spell him. Every player listed at nose tackle will also play 3-technique, Sumrall said. Julius Warmsley, who also plays end, Tanzel Smart and Kenny Welcome are the best 3-techniques available. Smart and Welcome are also good at nose tackle. Smart could easily back up Davenport as could Corey Redwine.
When asked who his top two tackles are, Sumrall said, "There's not two, that's the thing. It's five or maybe six. It really is. Some guys were with the ones and the next day, you're with the twos. It happened today. Guys who went with the 1's on Saturday were with the 2's today and it's not just because of what happened (in the scrimmage) but it was because I want to see as many groupings together.
"I want guys to get comfortable playing with different people next to them," he added. "I don't want a guy, 'Well, hang on, I haven't played with him.' I want all four of them to play with everybody. I don't know who we are starting Jackson State. We are just practicing each and every day."
Welcome is clearly one of the top choices at both tackle spots. "I feel like the coaches expect a lot out of me being a leader on and off the field so off the field has led into my play on the field," he said.
All these guys will play – probably fairly evenly through the fall.
Last week, Davenport motioned his teammates up to the line of scrimmage for a goal-line stand situation. He pointed to the offensive side and said – a G-rated version here -- "We get these guys now." The response from his teammates was visible.
They respond to his energy and determination and feed off his high motor in one-on-one drills with the offensive line – an exercise in Davenport making the offensive linemen look silly at times during camp. But he is just that much older than most of his teammates and that much of an impact player.
He won't be an every-down player – he is older and the biggest guy on the team as well. But he is a favorite among his teammates. "I love him. Chris is a fun guy to be around," Welcome said. "I love playing out on the field with him. He can get along with anybody. When we went to a restaurant … last week, he was in there singing and dancing with everybody. He gets along with everybody."
This defensive line across the board could be strengthened again when LSU transfer Jeremy Peeples joins the group. Peeples should be able to enroll in Tulane soon and then get clearance from the NCAA.
Welcome said that is a welcome thing – along with Davenport and Tyler Gilbert, who also transferred in recently.
"It's definitely is new (to get all these transfers in), but we need all the help we can get. We need at least 10, 12 guys who can play and not have a drop off when your starters come off the field," Welcome said.


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Dolores A. Allsopp
WARREN – Dolores Anne Allsopp, 76, of Warren, died Saturday evening, March 8, 2014, at her home.
She was born May 17, 1937, in Warren, the daughter of the late Robert and Helen Miller Lindsay.
She had been a lifetime Trumbull County resident, and she and her husband had lived in Champion for many years.
Dolores was a 1955 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. She worked for more than 20 years as a legal secretary for Meermans, Zimmer and Caufield LPA in Warren.
Dolores was of the Methodist faith and was a cancer survivor, participating in the Warren Relay for Life for several years. She was active with the Champion High School band boosters, when her children were in the high school band.
She had belonged to the Red Hat Society and was an avid Cleveland Indians fan and an Ohio State University Buckeyes fan.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, James E. Allsopp Sr., whom she married Nov. 3, 1956; one daughter, Kim M. (William) Morgan of Fairborn; one son, James E. Allsopp Jr. of San Diego; four grandchildren, Matthew, Alexander, Madelyn and Adam Morgan; and several nieces and nephews.
One infant daughter, Diane Marie Allsopp; one brother, Robert Lindsay; and one sister, Dorothy Jarvis, all have preceded her in death.
The funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Lane Family Funeral Homes, Roberts-Clark Chapel in Warren, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. before the service. Pastor Ron Spore will officiate.
Burial will be in Pineview Memorial Park, Warren.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 525 N. Broad St., Canfield, OH 44406 or to MVI Hospice Care, 4891 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, OH 44505.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.robertsclarkchapel.com.
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IRVINGTON — A single motorcycle accident on I-78 East in Irvington left a Scotch-Plains man dead and closed multiple lanes Saturday, police said.
The accident occurred around 4:07 p.m. near Exit 54, said Trooper Donghee Lee of the New Jersey State Police. The motorcyclist, who was in his 30s, lost control of his red Triumph motorcycle and was ejected. He died at the scene of his injuries.
The man's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, Lee said. The area is in a construction zone with no shoulder and speed might have been a contributing factor in the accident, Lee said. The man was wearing a helmet.
The accident shut down multiple lanes for about two hours as police investigated Saturday.


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Next month, on Monday, Nov. 11, we will celebrate Veterans Day -- a day that marks the end of the "War to End all Wars," World War I, and honors all U.S. servicemen and servicewomen.
But in the Bennington area, it seems veterans are honored on a fairly regular basis. There have been a few outstanding events recently that have beautifully honored those who have served our country. Some of these functions have also raised funds for number of veterans-related causes.
The 2013 Vermont Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament, held at the Manchester Country Club on Sept. 18, raised $37,000 that will be distributed to the Purple Hearts Reunited, the Rutland Dodge House, the Bennington Veterans Outreach Center and the Vermont Veterans' Home Resident Activity Fund. This well-run tournament paired a veteran "warrior" with a tournament player on the golf course, provided participating veterans with a banquet and commemorative items, and generally allowed participating veterans from all service branches to experience a beautiful Vermont day on the golf course along with good old-fashioned fellowship. Players were also treated to photos with and a performance by the USO Liberty Bells, according Don Keelan, event founder. The tournament's motto "Sacriticium Est Sempre Memorabile" translates to "Their sacrifice is always remembered." Keelan, who is also a Banner columnist, adds, "Not for a day, but forever."
On Saturday, Sept. 28, Vermont Container Corp.
Also on Saturday, several veterans of the Korean War and their families were honored at the Vermont Veterans' Home in Bennington at a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the war on July 27, 1953. Additionally, the Veterans Home was presented with a plaque commemorating those who served in "The Forgotten War." Sen. Bernie Sanders noted in a letter that 92 Vermont residents died during the Korean War. Quite a few of those Korean War veterans are represented in the Vermont Veterans' Home population today, and were each presented with medals and certificates marking the occasion. Col. Allan M. Faxon Jr., deputy administrator at the Home, said during the ceremony, "When I look out at you, I see the living history of one of our most brutal and bloody wars."
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs defines Veterans Day as "A celebration to honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good."
It's clear that in the Bennington area, we have far more than just one day for that noble cause.
~Michelle Karas


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Comic-Con Live-Blog: 'Fringe'
I put out feelers on Twitter to see if the world wanted a "Fringe" Comic-Con live-blog and there was some indication that even if "the world" didn't care, many people were eager for a full report on the Saturday (July 24) afternoon panel in Ballroom 20.
A fair warning: I'm a regular "Fringe" viewer, never missed an episode. But I'm not an obsessive "Fringe" viewer. I don't plan on making any mistakes, but if it happens, lemme know and I'll fix my gaffes.
Live-blog, with spoilers, after the break...
3:26 p.m. "V" ran long. Apparently sometimes Comic-Con organizers are willing to let panels go a few minutes extra to make the fans happy. Other times? Not so much.
3:28 p.m. Ummm... Random fan comes and sits on the stage and is led off by security. Whee?
3:31 p.m. The panel begins with an elaborate clip reel. We're going to be moderated by Ken Tucker, who I saw moderate a "Fringe" PaleyFest panel last year. He's a fanatical fan, so I'm sure he'll have good questions.
3:32 p.m. Tucker begins with some "Fringe" geekery about removing the three-pronged doohickeys from our upper palates. Not much laughter.
3:34 p.m. We've got executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman, the lovely Anna Torv, the always popular Joshua "Pacey" Jackson, John Noble, Lance "Lt. Daniels" Reddick, Blair Brown and the under-used Jasika Nicole.
3:35 p.m. What themes are coming this season? Pinkner says that we're going to spend a lot of time dealing with the two universes, how characters evolved differently in different universes based on different choices. Wyman says that people are interested in possibilities and choices, bringing us to the themes of duality and duplicity. The producers ask the audience if we want to see sex, specifically between Peter and Olivia. Folks squeal.
3:35 p.m. Tucker asks, "Is Peter about to embark on the most exhilarating threesome he's ever had?" Jackson ponders and asks if there's such a thing as a non-exhilarating threesome. Then he calls this whole line of questioning a bit sketchy.
3:39 p.m. Torv was very exciting when she learned that she was going to get to play both Olivia and Alt-Olivia. The performance clicked for her when she realized she had to find the things that made the characters similar rather that different. "It's so subtle, the differences," she says. Torv says that Our Olivia wants to be the best, while Alt-Olivia (Fauxlivia, if you prefer) just wants to win.
3:41 p.m. Apparently some fans think that Sam, Kevin Corrigan's character, is in Olivia's head. "I think he's absolutely real," Olivia disagrees.
3:42 p.m. Is Walternate evil? Noble says that he researched Walter so totally that he was just able to go back to his work on the way Walter used to be before his Peter decision. "They're really just choices. That's been an ongoing theme," Noble says. Everybody's got their talking points down. Choices. Decisions.
3:44 p.m. Why did Walter ask Bell to remove his memories? Well, Noble points out, we don't really know that Bell was telling the truth. "Bell's not God. He doesn't get it all right. But it was a pretty powerful thing for him to say," Noble says. Noble doesn't trust Bell. Pinkner says that another theme this year involves the use of science for good or for evil. Is it acceptable to play God, just because you have the power.
3:46 p.m. Reddick says that Alt-Broyles has enormous respect for Walternate, but he isn't sure how loyal he is or how that relationship will play out. As for Our Broyles, will he be able to detect that his team as "a mole"? Reddick hedges.
3:47 p.m. Tucker recently rewatched "Altered States." He's particularly excited by the number of nude scenes Blair Brown had, calling it "Very enjoyable." Ick. "Her arm is there, so I'm actually over there," Brown cracks regarding the other version of Nina. Brown cracks that Nicole's Astrid is her love child with Broyles, adding that there's also a history that Nina had with Peter. "But we have two, three, four more years to deal with that."
3:49 p.m. Tucker gushes over Alt-Astrid's sparkly eyes. For Nicole's part, she's amazed by how different Astrid is from Alt-Astrid. Alt-Astrid is more of a loner, more driven by logic than emotion. Nicole has an autistic sister and she drew some things from her sister in the creation of Alt-Astrid. She promises that Alt-Astrid will have a bigger role in the early episodes of Season Three.
3:52 p.m. Nicole says that she just got to see Astrid's apartment. "Now I know what color her walls are, so watch out!" she laughs.
3:53 p.m. What will the balance be between mythology episodes and stand-alones. Wyman says they know that fans love mythology episodes, but the network needs stand-alones. They've come up with something they call myth-alones. He references "White Tulip" as an episode that has the mix that they want for future episodes. That was a fan favorite and people clap. That was the Peter Weller episode, if you've somehow forgotten. "Narrative we realized that this is the right balance. We're going to to have hard mythology episodes, but we're going to have mythalones as well," Wyman says.
3:56 p.m. What impact will Leonard Nimoy's retirement have on the show? Pinkner notes that Nimoy has retired twice and come out of retirement once already for him, comparing the "Star Trek" star to Brett Favre. "We really wanted to give him a swan song role," say Pinkner, who adds that they've finished the story they have for Nimoy, but that if Nimoy wanted to unretire again, they'd have another story for him.
3:56 p.m. "It gives me the opportunity to be just an audience member for the other side," Jackson says on not getting to play an Alternate Peter. It lets him look at the alternate world and see what's missing. "Peter," he cracks. He says he's looking forward to just be a sci fi fan watching the show, rather than internalizing it through his own performance.
3:59 p.m. Jackson says that toward the end of the season, he got to revert to the rebellious, tie-cutting Peter of the pilot, but that in the finale he decided to choose to be the Peter he'd become over two seasons, the Peter who had connections. Once again, it's about making choices.
4:01 p.m. First question asks if it's hard for them to be as fantastic as they are, especially when they shoot out-of-sequence. Jackson makes a joke and nobody bothers to answer the question. They're also giving out "Fringe" t-shirts to questioners who can answer trivia questions.
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4:11 p.m. "The First People." Apparently that's referenced in the alt-credits from the Peter episode. The producers say that it's important for some reason, but they remain coy. The last question from the panel is about one of the two pot strains crossed by Walter in "Brown Betty." Somebody in the audience answers and Pinkner declares, "You get a t-shirt." And the panel ends with Jackson cracking, "And a five-to-15-year jail sentence."
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Then, I decided I needed a fourth page because there were a few things I wanted to write about the subject I was exploring. But, instead of recreating the rest of the design, I choose a pre-painted piece of paper with a similar colour scheme. I glued that in and decided to decorate it with this pretty black lace tape to tie things in a bit. I also added some dots around the edges as a frame, using the same metallic gold pen.
Ended up with a four-page spread for my art journal. The longest one I've created to date. And, I must say, I was very happy with the result:
Considering how much trouble I've been giving myself about how I'm keeping my art journal, that's saying something. I've been pretty harsh with my own work, especially when I see other art journallers who seem to be producing a lot of great looking pages.
That's why I had to laugh when my sister said: "You make it look easy when you do that!"
I told her that that's exactly what I think when I see other people doing great looking art. And, it certainly doesn't feel like it's easy when I'm doing my own stuff. It just gets easier, the more I do it. And, I guess that's what it's like, really.
In fact, that whole concept was the inspiration for the topic of these pages. I was thinking about what it really means to develop my own style in art-making. It seems very strange asking that question now. Especially since a few years ago, I've managed to define my own sense of style, even though I know I was still developing/evolving with my art-making.
But, having stopped art-making for a few years (as in, the real, regular art-making, not just a sketch or painting here and there), I feel like I'm having to redefine myself in this form. But, I think I'm okay with that. It's that whole having the "beginner's mind" thing. The picture of where this is all heading is unclear to me. However, just like working with mixed media, I'm sure the picture will appear as I build it all up again, layer by layer.


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Diane Brandli Named Green Building Advocate of the Year
Dedication to improving interior environment honored
Diane Brandli was honored as Green Building Advocate of the Year during the 2013 New York State Green Building Conference held in Syracuse.
The award is presented to an individual actively involved in green building and its supporting disciplines, either in a professional or volunteer capacity, and prominent in promoting the need to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on humans and the natural environment.
Brandli is a New York state-certified interior designer and a Leadership in Environmental Energy and Design-accredited professional with over 30 years of experience, including four LEED-certified projects. As the owner of dbdesign, a New York state-certified Women's Business Enterprise, she consults on commercial projects both as a sustainability and interior design consultant.
For more than nine years she served as director of interior design at Ashley McGraw Architects with a focus on school districts, higher education and municipal clients; many of those projects have received design awards.
She is an adjunct professor at Syracuse University with the School of Visual and Performing Arts Interior Design Program, and Onondaga Community College in the Architecture & Interior Design Program. She is also an interior design instructor at OCM BOCES and an instructor for the ESF Outreach BEST Practices Workshop on Sustainable Design.
Her volunteer commitment includes service as a past president of the Upstate New York and Canada East Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers. She currently serves as the green schools committee chair for the USGBC New York Upstate Chapter. She is a founding member and current president of GreeningUSA, a local grass-roots organization dedicated to advocating for sustainable communities. In addition, she has served as an active member of the advisory council for New York State Green Building Conference for the past seven years.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, when it was available only in major cities like New York and San Francisco, sushi was exotic and edgy.
Now sushi operations seem nearly as numerous as hamburger stands, with most decent-sized communities playing host to at least one sushi bar. Even nearby Sturbridge, a town with as-American-as-apple-pie credentials, has such a raw fish-and-rice establishment.
If the crowd packing the place was any indication, Kaizen Sushi Bar and Grill on Main Street must one of that community's most popular dining destinations.
Operating out of a Colonial-style residence converted to commercial use, Kaizen is modest in scale, with sushi bar, cocktail lounge, and dining areas all shoehorned into a relatively small space.
The menu at Kaizen is resolutely focused on sushi, offering it a la carte and in platter combinations.
All the familiar variations -- Maguro (tuna -- $4.95), Unagi (eel - $4.95), Ebi (shrimp -- $4.50), and more -- are available, and each can be ordered as sushi (fish with rice), sashimi (just fish), and as a hand roll (with rice and dried seaweed wrapper).
There's a full assortment of maki, ranging from the ubiquitous California Roll ($5.50) to the Kamikaze ($7.50), a variation assembled from salmon, cucumber, and avocado.
Specialty rolls such as Bul Goki ($11.50), made with Korean-style marinated beef and sweet potato, and pineapple-enhanced Hawaiian ($10.95) are also featured.
We kicked off our Kaizen sushi experience with a Maki Combo ($21.95), a platter of three popular maki -- California roll (crab, avocado, and cucumber); spicy tuna (nori-wrapped tuna and rice, drizzled with a spicy mayonnaise; and "tiger eye", a salmon, tuna, and pencil asparagus construct that had also been dipped in a light tempura batter and flash-fried.
All were precisely crafted and attractively arranged.
We particularly liked the tiger-eye roll. It was spicy, multi-textured, and served warm.
A Sushi Deluxe ($25.95) plate featured a ten-piece assortment of salmon, sweet shrimp, tuna, yellowtail, and striped bass sushi. A spicy salmon roll maki was also part of the deal.
The various fish elements were fresh tasting and firm-textured, but we do prefer our sushi rice with a whisper more vinegar tang than Kaizen provides.
For those who prefer something else instead of sushi, Kaizen prepares Oriental-style appetizers such as Gyoza (dumplings -- $5.75), Crab Rangoon ($4.95), and Lemongrass Chicken ($5.95).
Dinner entrees are a curious melding of Japanese tradition (Chicken Katsu -- $13.50) with Western-style steakhouse sensibility. The Samurai Special ($25.95), a combination plate that incorporates a New York strip steak and grilled shrimp, is an example of the latter.
The Sweet & Spicy Shrimp ($18.95) we ordered was derivative of Chinese restaurant fare, featuring shrimp coated with sweet-sour glaze and arranged around a mound of rice.
Tuna Wasabi ($20.95) turned out to be a simple slab of grilled tuna generously striped with teriyaki sauce and a pale green ginger wasabi cream. The rich-flavored fish, which had bee grilled to medium-rare, worked surprisingly well with the sweet and zesty sauce pairings.
Main course offerings at Kaizen come with American-style green salads and a miso soup, the broth of which is so robust it could pass for chicken soup.
Traditional garnishes of silken tofu and kelp, however, underscored its Far Eastern antecedents.
The wine list at Kaizen has about eighteen different choices, most of which are priced under $30, and, since the restaurant holds a full liquor license, tiki-style cocktails are also available.
Kaizen accommodates Western sensibilities with dessert options like Chocolate Cake and Banana Tempura (both $5.95).
Fried Ice Cream ($5.50) -- a choice of flavors is offered -- incorporates shredded coconut in its batter coating.
Banana Flambe ($5.95) is presented in a puddle of custard and drizzled with raspberry syrup.
On weekdays Kaizen features a number of lunchtime options like Beef Negi ($8.95) and Tempura Delight ($7.95) as well as special sushi combos.
Name: Kaizen Sushi Bar and Grill
Address: 479B Main Street, Sturbridge
Phone: (508) 347-1088
Hours: Sunday through Tuesday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Entree Prices: $13.50 - $36.00
Credit Cards: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Handicapped Access: Accessible, with rest rooms equipped for wheelchairs
Reservations: Accepted


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Roundup: The screenplay Oscar conundrum
Mark Harris notes, as many have before him, that the Academy's Best Screenplay categorizations are a bit confusing. Why should films like "Before Midnight" and "Toy Story 3" compete as adaptations when they're not adapted from anything, simply because they use pre-existing characters? And on the original side of things, are factual or biographical screenplays really that comparable to fiction crafted entirely from the writer's imagination? Harris argues that the only solution is to divide the writing Oscars into three categories: Best Original Screenplay, Best Screenplay Based On Factual Material and Best Adaptation. Even then, though, a part-factual, part-fabricated film like "The Butler" could blur the lines. What do you think? [Grantland]
Tim Gray considers the mixed response to "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," and deems its awards outlook unclear. [Variety]
The director of Canadian Oscar submission -- and estimable contender -- "Gabrielle" discusses the rewards and challenges of working with mentally disabled actors. [The Wrap]
Alfonso Cuaron regrets making "Great Expectations." He shouldn't, because it's wonderful. [Atlantic Wire]
That's a tidbit, by the way, from this Hollywood Reporter, directors' roundtable, which also includes Steve McQueen, Paul Greengrass, Ben Stiller, Lee Daniels and David O. Russell. [THR]
Scott Tobias proposes a mini-festival of the eight films -- several of them excellent -- that have received a Cinemascore rating of F. [The Dissolve]
Composer and sound designer Mike Zarin wants it known that it was he, not Hans Zimmer, who created the "Inception" "BRAAAAM." [The Playlist]
Oprah Winfrey talks about being asked to play a serial killer for Lee Daniels, and Daniels on his chances of winning an Oscar. Also, he gets genuinely flummoxed by a good question. [The Guardian]
Kyle Buchanan on how Oscar Isaac can get that Best Actor nomination: he might have to sing for his supper. [Vulture]


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(RNS) The rite of baptism got big press as Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby christened Prince George, a future king of England onWednesday (Oct. 23).
WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of Catholic monks can continue selling their handmade caskets after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Louisiana funeral directors.
(RNS) The sultan of Brunei announced on Tuesday (Oct. 22) he will rule his oil-rich Islamic country according to Shariah laws, including death by stoning for adultery, the amputation of limbs for theft, flogging for alcohol consumption and abortion, and other punishments.
(RNS) What was supposed to be a touchy-feely, one-on-one interview by Oprah Winfrey with long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has morphed into a broader, sometimes angry exchange about what it means to be an atheist.
NAIROBI, Kenya ( RNS) Amid deep division in the worldwide Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on Sunday emphasized the need for mission and evangelism.
"The more seriously we take the Bible, the more effectively we will be able to deal with our divisions," Welby said.
(RNS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations has hired a Jewish filmmaker and interfaith activist as executive director of the advocacy group's Philadelphia office.
Jacob Bender is the highest ranking non-Muslim in the Washington-based organization, and the first to lead one of its chapters.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Suzan Johnson Cook, the State Department's ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, will announce this week that she is resigning after 17 months on the job, according to two sources familiar with her office.
The closing of several Protestant denominational newspapers, magazines and other news services has played a part in eroding the standards of professional religious journalism, according to members of the Associated Church Press.
A Michigan woman has filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit against InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, saying she was fired because of her divorce while two male colleagues kept their jobs as they went through divorce and remarriage.
Is there a better name for mainline Protestants? How about vintage Protestants? Or the VPCC—Vanishing Progressive Christian Church? Or the Legacy Church?
The new movie 12 Years a Slave may depict a bygone era in American history, but religious leaders hope it might spark increased attention about present-day race relations.
"It is the elephant in the room," said Barbara Williams-Skinner, a facilitator of the National African American Clergy Network, speaking at a panel discussion after a recent screening.
(RNS) Hannah Shraim, a 14-year old sophomore at Northwest High School in Germantown, Md., will miss school on Tuesday (Oct. 15) to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice.
A court in Muslim-majority Malaysia has ruled that only Muslims are permitted to use the word Allah to describe God, overturning a lower court's 2009 decision that allowed others to use the word.
Asian-American Christians are voicing concerns over how they're depicted by white evangelicals, most recently at a conference hosted by Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in California.
The conference was held by Exponential, a church-planting group, and a video shown on October 8 left some Asian Americans offended.
As online worship becomes more common in some churches, leaders within the United Methodist Church are debating whether the denomination should condone online communion.
About 30 denominational leaders met in early October after Central United Methodist Church in Concord, North Carolina, announced plans to launch an online campus that potentially would offer online communion.
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Russell Conklin, 71, of Fenton died Dec. 8.
Russell was a 1960 graduate of Fenton High School and attended Mott Community College.
He retired from the Fenton Police Department in 1995 after 25 years of service. Russell was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He loved to hunt and fish.
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Liza tells Consumerist that she signed up for Dish Network about a month ago, but ultimately didn't keep the service because she couldn't get reception. She still got the privilege of paying for the service, though, since someone put her billing information down for a different customer's account.
Why Is Dish Network Billing Me For Someone Else's Account?
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T. M. Girard, D. I. Dinescu, W. F. van Altena (Yale Univ.), I. Platais (Johns Hopkins), C. E. Lopez (Univ. de San Juan, Argentina), D. G. Monet (USNO - Flagstaff)
We present the third installment of the Yale/San Juan Southern Proper Motion Catalog, SPM 3.0. Absolute proper motions, positions, and photographic B,V photometry are given for over 11 million objects, down to a magnitude of V=17.5. The Catalog covers an irregular area of 3700 square degrees, between the declinations of -20 and -45 degrees, and excluding the Galactic plane. All observations were made with the 50-cm double astrograph of Cesco Observatory in El Leoncito, Argentina. The Catalog is based on full-plate scans using the USNO Precision Measuring Machine (PMM) and its image detection and centering software. Almost all SPM fields for which second-epoch plates are available have been included, excepting those in the Galactic plane. The proper-motion precision, for well-measured stars, is estimated to be 4.0 mas/yr. Unlike previous releases of the SPM Catalog, the proper motions are on the International Celestial Reference System by way of Hipparcos Catalog stars, and have an estimated systematic uncertainty of 0.4 mas/yr.
The recently begun SPM CCD survey program is described, also. These observations will provide second-epoch astrometry, as well as improved photometry, for the remainder of the original Southern Proper Motion survey, and for future versions of the SPM Catalog.
This work has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation, including the current grant, AST-0098548.
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Bud Light Fan Camp This Sunday
The Bud Light Fan Camp will be held this Sunday, November 6, at Raymond James Stadium from 10.am. to 1 p.m. in Lot 7. This event offers competitive Buccaneer fans "a taste of an NFL training camp" and the opportunity to win a trip to the 2012 Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The challenge is open to teams of four, which must consist of two men and two women, and all competitors must be at least 21 years old. The teams will try their hands at five different events, earning points along the way. The top teams will advance to the next round, which will be conducted from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The winner of that round will receive a trip to the Pro Bowl, where it will compete against teams from 59 other cities at Aloha Stadium.
The five events that will determine the Bay area champion are:
- Quick Kick: Kick footballs through inflatable uprights.
- Precision Pass: Try to hit passing targets.
- EA SPORTS Gaming Zone: Two four-person teams battle in an EA SPORTS Madden NFL 12 competition.
- Flag Frenzy: Try to gain the most points in a game of four-on-four flag football.
- Cannon Catch: Catch line drives and loft passes.
Teams can register for the Bud Light Fan Camp at any point this week by visiting http://www.facebook.com/BudLight, or on the day of the event in Lot 7 at 10 a.m.
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STATE COLLEGE -- Penn State football Bill O'Brien talked more this morning about the players on his roster and those who opted to transfer in the wake of heavy NCAA sanctions.the players who stayed at Penn State.
"I try not to live in the world of uncertainty, O'Brien said. "I felt very good about our staff and our relationship with our players. I felt there was a trust there. I knew there would be some guys who left, and I respect those decisions."
Among the defections were star running back Silas Redd, top wide receiver Justin Brown and punter/kicker Anthony Fera. As part of NCAA sanctions, those players were free to transfer without a one-year penalty.
O'Brien mentioned a number of the seniors on his roster who showed leadership in emphatically reinforcing their loyalty to Penn State.
Among them were quarterback Matt McGloin and linebacker Michael Mauti, who was the team's de facto spokesman during Big Ten media days last month.
"These are fantastic kids," O'Brien said. "We've got guys that are great students. We've got guys here who love to play football, who have a passion for playing for Penn State. They understand why we're in the position that we're in, and they're going to help guide us through the next couple of years."


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As scientific evidence mounts indicating the potential for imminent spread of Asian carp, Eurasian ruffe and other invasive species through the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), The Nature Conservancy continues to advocate for an interim, two-way, ecological separation solution implemented in a matter of years not decades.
We are concerned with the potential 25-year timetable for the proposed barrier solutions. The need for urgent action was recently highlighted when the Conservancy and its partners (University of Notre Dame and Central Michigan University) found evidence that Eurasian ruffe, a non-native species already in the Great Lakes may have spread to southern Lake Michigan, and threatens to invade the Illinois River, Mississippi River and beyond. This result emphasizes the need for urgent action and a two-way management system to prevent invasive plants and animals from moving into and from the Great Lakes.
While the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) limited its assessment to 13 species of current concern, these two basins need a solution that considers a full range of organisms. This includes species like golden mussel or killer shrimp that will continue to threaten North America's freshwater ecosystems until protective state, provincial and binational federal aquatic invasive species policies are implemented.
The Corps' study demonstrates a natural divide restoration is feasible and that there are a number of viable options that achieve long-term environmental separation while maintaining crucial transportation and economic activity. Implementing effective methods to stop all species in both directions is vital to protecting two of the world's largest and most important freshwater resources.
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