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No Competition for Wakefield…
So much for quality starting pitching to rival Boston's staff…
Matthew West/Boston Herald
There was a time this season where you could trust the starters, but had to worry about the bullpen. My, how times changed! Suddenly, Joba Chamberlain has become the starting rotation's version of Jose Veras, and Andy Pettitte is its Damaso Marte.
Sunday's game turned out well (a win), but it was Joba's worst outing yet. He couldn't get out of the 4th inning, and gave up 8 runs on 9 hits and 1 walk. Fortunately, for Joba's ERA, only 3 of the 8 runs were earned. But games are won or lost on runs, earned or unearned, and Joba gave up a lot of them. He threw 86 pitches in 3 2/3 innings, and failed in his 9th try to win at the new Yankee Stadium. To me, Joba isn't improving each time out and he is not even forcing the "to the pen" chants to percolate, but rather he looks like is auditioning for a possible future start in Scranton/Wilkes Barre or Trenton.
The Yankees have been very fortunate for Alfredo Aceves to find his niche in long relief and prove he is the guy the Yankees have been seeking for years to replace Ramiro Mendoza. Aceves' four innings of one-hit, scoreless relief allowed the Yanks' comeback to stand, as they beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 10-8. Aceves picked up his first save of the season in relief of Jonathan Albaladejo, who picked up the win.
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All-Star starting shortstop Derek Jeter had four hits and delivered the key go-ahead two-run homer in the bottom of the 5th inning.
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Monday, on the other hand, did not turn out so well. After a solid outing in his last start, Andy returned to his inconsistent ways. By the top of the 7th inning, the Blue Jays had built a 7-1 lead against Pettitte and Brian Bruney. Pettitte gave up 6 runs on 5 hits in 6 innings. He walked 3 Toronto batters.
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The Yankees attempted to rally, scoring 5 runs over the final 3 innings. However, with the tying run on first in the 9th inning, Eric Hinske struck out to end the game as the Yankees fell to the Jays, 7-6. To Hinske's defense, he had homered earlier in the game and also had several outstanding defensive plays in right. So, the loss cannot be saddled on Hinske. But Pettitte? He gets full credit for this loss. Well, Derek Jeter's failed attempt to swipe third didn't help. Tag or no tag, it was a bad play on DJ's part…
I am definitely concerned about both Chamberlain and Pettitte, and both guys need to get it together. With Chien-Ming Wang on the DL, the Yankees cannot afford for the only source of consistency to come from CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett. Plus, CC has not performed like the ace he is paid, so that places even more pressure on the back half of the rotation.
When Girardi stretched Aceves out to four innings and let him close out Sunday's game, I suspected that he was giving Aceves for length for a possible start. Sure enough, Aceves will start on Thursday against the Minnesota Twins. I was probably more in favor of bringing up Sergio Mitre, but if the Yankees feel that Wang will be back in a month, then perhaps Aceves is the best option. But long-term, I'd hate to lose the long relief star.
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Tonight, the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins, 10-2. CC finally pitched like the ace he is, and he only gave up three hits and one run in 7 innings of work. So, the streak of poor starting pitching is over. Hopefully, Chamberlain and Pettitte will follow CC's lead as we move into the second half of the season…
In addition to Derek Jeter, the 2009 American League All-Stars will include Mark Teixeira at first base. Mariano Rivera was among the pitchers selected. Congratulations to DJ, Tex and Mo!
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The Toronto Blue Jays have indicated that they'll entertain offers for pitcher Roy Halladay, 32. I'd be very surprised if the Jays dealt with either the Yankees or the Red Sox. If they did, I am sure that the price would be significantly greater than what, say, the Philadelphia Phillies would have to pay. But a note to Jays' GM J.P. Ricciardi, if you receive a phone call from someone named Epstein with a 617 or 857 area code, don't answer it. It's probably just an annoying sales call! 😉
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It sounds like Francisco Cervelli is headed back to Scranton/Wilkes Barre, possibly tomorrow, to make room for the returning Jose Molina. Bummer, I will definitely miss Cisco's energy and hustle. He had definitely made his mark on the team, and hopefully, he'll be back sooner rather than later…
There is no love lost as the Yankees play their final series in the Metrodome. The Twins will move to their new home, Target Field, in downtown Minneapolis next spring. Now, if the Vikings could only figure out a way to get out of the Metrodome…
Sorry Julia, it's still just one game…
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You missed a couple of area codes here in Massachusetts!😉 And Scott – to win the division we only need to be up by 1 game! So Beckett recorded his 10th win last night – and with Wakefield pitching tonight and Beckett going again on Sunday the Red Sox could have 2 – 11 game winners before the All-Star break! I like it; almost as much as I liked Jason Bay's HR last night!🙂 And thanks for the reminder that today is Toby Keith's birthday – I think I'll have to go listen to "Whiskey Girl" right now! lol!
Have a great day and GO RED SOX!!😉 hmm…less then a month until our teams meet again – I think I had better start shopping!😉
Big Papi is BACK in the house!!!! I'm thinking it will be #11 for our All-Star pitcher Mr. Wakefield!!!
If starters are the be all end all on the team, then the Red Sox have it in the bag. Look at the Rays. Shields can't do it alone. Are you back in Cali now Scott?
Hi Ginny,
Yes, I am back in Cali so no more easy drives to Yankee Stadium for me! I hold a ticket for the rained out game to be played on September 14th, but I doubt I had back to NYC just for the game. I'll be there a couple of months later for the NYC Marathon (hopefully) so that's more important in the grand scheme of things.
Did Julia say something? 😉
I heard a rumor that if the Yanks were to do a deal for Halladay (God forbid) then Joba would have to be included. Is that something you would want your team to entertain? I don't know how high New York fans are on Chamberlain.
Me, I just like his name.
Joba. Joba. Joba.
i just want to jump up and down on the roof of the HHH dome. its like a big kiddie bounce a round
No – Julia did not say anything!😉 Ginny is a wise baseball fan and she knows that the Red Sox (her 2nd favorite team!) with their starting rotation have it made! And we are more then just a 10-game winner and an 11-game winner! They might not be necessary for wins, but we'll take them! And yes – the number is still 1 but that is all we need!😉
I think Joba needs to be in the bullpen once and for all. If teams didn't have unsung heroes like Alfredo Aceves then baseball wouldn't be as fun.
Okay – it is a half-game lead at the moment – but it will be back to one game before the day is over! You might have had a "good day" – but I will have a great night!😉
Congrats on the win. and tying for first place. This will make things interesting in August for you and Julia.


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I recently read Flock of Dodos (no relation to the movie of the same name). It's a hilarious no-holds-barred send-up of the lies and poor reasoning of the intelligent design movement. I was particularly struck by a quotation from William Dembski's Intelligent Design.
We are dealing here with something more than a straightforward determination of scientific facts or confirmation of scientific theories. Rather we are dealing with competing world-views and incompatible metaphysical systems.
That cuts to the essence of what we are confronting on Science-Based Medicine. We are trying to evaluate the science behind claims that are often not based on science but on beliefs that are incompatible with science. The claimants are happy to use science when it supports them, but when it doesn't they are likely to unfairly critique the science or even to dismiss the entire scientific enterprise as a "materialistic world view" or "closed-minded." We are talking at cross purposes. How can we communicate if we say "this variety of apple is red" and they insist "it feels green to me"?
We get frustrated when we show these folks the scientific evidence and they refuse to accept it. Homeopathy is not only implausible, but it has been tested and has failed the tests. Yet proponents refuse to acknowledge those failures and still want to talk about data from the 19th century and make claims for the memory of water. We have to realize we are not even speaking the same language. We are trying to play a civilized game of gin rummy and they are dribbling a basketball all over the card table. Before getting into a debate, doesn't it make sense to define what game you're playing and what the rules are?
Science has been a very successful self-correcting group endeavor. It wouldn't be successful if it didn't follow a strict set of rules designed to avoid errors. [Note: there are no rules written in stone; I'm talking about conventions that are generally understood and accepted by scientists, conventions that grow naturally out of reason and critical thinking.] If proponents of alternative medicine want to play the science game, they ought to play by the rules. If they won't play by the rules, they effectively take themselves out of the scientific arena and into the metaphysical arena. In that case, it is useless for us to talk to them about science.
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The Safety of Internet Search Engines
May 12, 2006
Ben Edelman
Hannah Rosenbaum
We compare safety of leading search engines, using SiteAdvisor's automated Web site ratings. We find most leading search engines similar in the safety of the sites they link to, though MSN is the safest and Ask lags noticeably behind. Across search engines, we find sponsored results significantly less safe than search engines' organic results. We find heightened risks for certain keywords, including those frequently searched by kids and novice users. We began this project in January 2006, and our analysis uses search engine results and SiteAdvisor safety data from April 2006.
- All the major search engines returned risky sites in their search results for popular keywords.
- Overall, MSN search results had the lowest percentage (3.9%) of dangerous sites while Ask search results had the highest percentage (6.1%). Google was in between (5.3%).
- Sponsored results contained two to four times as many dangerous sites as organic results.
- There was little correlation between search result placement and safety. Page 1 results were only moderately safer than results for pages 2-5.
- Dangerous sites soared to as much as 72% of results for certain risky keywords. Particularly dangerous keywords include "free screensavers", "bearshare", "kazaa", "download music", and "free games."
- We estimate that US consumers make 285 million clicks to hostile sites every month as a result of search engine results.
Our core advice: It's a jungle out there. Users should be careful where they go and what they do when choosing sites based on search engine results. Despite search engines' efforts, we see too many sites trying to deceive unsuspecting users. These tricky sites span a range of content areas, keywords, and business models – so there is no simple advice as to how to stay safe. Users can't count on search engines to protect them; to the contrary, we find that search result rankings often do not reflect site safety. Users are at especially high risk when visiting search engine advertisers -- even though search engines are well equipped to impose strict guidelines on sites buying prominent placement.
1 - "Red" rated sites failed SiteAdvisor's safety tests. Examples are sites that distribute adware, send a high volume of spam, or make unauthorized changes to a user's computer.
2 - "Yellow" rated sites engage in practices that warrant important advisory information based on SiteAdvisor's safety tests. Examples are sites which send a high volume of "non-spammy" email, display many popup ads, or prompt a user to change browser settings.
Where Internet users go, attackers follow. Users embrace e-mail; then spammers fill their inboxes with junk mail. With the rise in online commerce, phishers trick them into giving up their passwords. Users find handy downloadable applications; adware vendors bundle them with pop-up-spewing add-ons.
The rise of Internet search brings a new type of risk. Hostile Web sites might seek to harm users or take advantage of them – whether through spyware, spam, scams, or other bad practices – because search engines often do not filter these sites from their results. Consider this scenario:
Suzy wants to perform Beyonce's "Crazy in Love" for her school talent show. To make sure she dresses the part, she performs a Google search for "celebrity photos." When she clicks the first search result, celebritypictures.duble.com, she is quickly prompted to install an adware-bundled ActiveX control in order to browse the site's contents. Eager to view photos of her celebrity role model, she accepts the installation of a new browser toolbar and a pop-up serving adware program.
In principle, search engines' listing rules, ranking rules, and advertising policies might shield users from some bad practices, and users' good judgment could protect them from others. But as we look at the Web, we see many instances when search engines lead users to dangerous content. Our analysis of search engine safety finds bad practices among 5% of search results for popular keywords, or roughly one site per page of search results.
The rise of paid search results brings additional complications: Profit motivations have shifted search engines' ranking methodologies. Prominent results often reflect solely a site's willingness to pay rather than its quality, relevance, or safety.
To compare the safety of search engines' listings, we compiled 1394 popular keywords using lists of common searches from Google Zeitgeist, Yahoo!, AOL, Lycos, Wordtracker, and other industry sources. Some lists included adult search terms, which we excluded to maintain consistent keyword content. We considered the first five pages of results for each keyword from each of the five biggest search engines: Google, Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, and Ask.
We analyze search engine results, noting which sites were listed where (by search engine, keyword, page, position) and how they were labeled (organic versus sponsored). We assess the safety of listed sites by consulting SiteAdvisor's Web safety database.3 SiteAdvisor safety ratings are based on automated tests that analyze Web sites for exploits, downloads containing spyware, adware, or other unwanted programs, pop-ups, links to dangerous sites, and e-mail submission forms. SiteAdvisor's automated tests are supplemented by feedback from volunteer reviewers, comments from Web site owners and input from SiteAdvisor analysts. Using SiteAdvisor's safety ratings, we assess search engines' results, analyzed along a number of axes.
We took popular keyword lists, ran them through five popular search engines, noted where the results
occurred on the page, and then cross-referenced those results with SiteAdvisor safety ratings.
If SiteAdvisor rates a site as "yellow" or "red," there's a good chance that typical users will be concerned about the safety of the rated site. A red rating warns users that a site poses a security threat, including the misuse of e-mail addresses, scams, exploits, and downloads containing spyware, adware, or other unwanted programs. A yellow rating is given to sites that pass most of SiteAdvisor's safety tests but still employ practices warranting a user to exercise caution. SiteAdvisor's FAQ has details on SiteAdvisor's methods – including more information on the specific problems SiteAdvisor detects, and more on how SiteAdvisor's robots work.
We weight all links equally – reflecting that users tend to treat sponsored and organic links identically.
The remainder of this article presents our most notable findings.
3 - SiteAdvisor Inc. was founded in April 2005. The company was acquired by McAfee, Inc. in April 2006.
Though many users rely on the top few search engines, there are many other search engines in common use. Existing research tends to focus on users choosing a search engine to obtain the most relevant or useful results. Relevance is a natural way to choose a search engine, but users might also consider choosing a search engine based on safety. After all, even the most relevant results may not be desirable if they bring substantial risks of harm. We therefore begin our analysis by comparing safety of the leading search engines.
Our analysis reveals some significant differences among the major search engines. Overall, our tests show MSN's results to be the safest of the tested search engines. This may reflect, at least in part, an explicit publicly-documented MSN effort to remove unsafe sites. Least safe are results at Ask – where unsafe sites are more than 56% more frequent than at MSN (6.1% versus 3.9%).
Percentage of red and yellow results by search engine
Search engine safety performance varies across certain subsets of our keyword list. For example, Yahoo! returns a lower percentage of dangerous results when searching for words in the Yahoo! 2005 Top Searches list than when searching for words in Google's Zeitgeist listings. In contrast, Google, AOL, and Ask perform better when searching for Google Zeitgeist keywords as opposed to those in the Yahoo! 2005 Top Searches list. MSN performed consistently for both of these keyword lists. The Yahoo! 2005 Top Searches list contains a higher percentage of celebrity and entertainment terms than the Google Zeitgeist list, implying that Yahoo! is a safer choice for these categories.
More specific keyword subsets reveal greater variance in safety performance. We use Google Zeitgeist to group keywords into categories – lists of five to ten keywords in a variety of categories. MSN ranks safest for 23 out of 63 keyword categories (including "tabloid fodder" and "video games"), while Ask only ranks safest for 5 categories (including "popular sports" and "hot cars"). Yahoo! proves the safest for "games" keywords (such as "Halo 2" and "RuneScape"), while AOL ranks safest for "digital music " keywords (such as "bittorrent" and "iTunes"). Google returns the safest results for "look it up" keywords (such as "lyrics" and "weather"), but returns the most dangerous results for "tech toys" keywords (such as "iPod nano" and "Nintendo Revolution"). See Risky Keywords and Categories (below).
On the whole, we see little basis to conclude that any search engine is much safer than any other; safety rankings vary too much from search to search. But, overall, MSN outperforms the others. We recommend extra caution when searching at Ask.
At first glance, a 4%-6% incidence of red and yellow sites in search results may not appear alarming. But even a single visit to a dangerous site can have serious and lasting implications for the average Internet user:
- Sites using browser exploits can insert unwanted code on a user's PC, which may cause serious security breaches and render a user's PC essentially inoperable. For example, we found exploit site celebritypro(dot)com when searching for "Halle Berry" at Google. This site uses security exploits to install software onto a user's PC without consent.
- Sites which include downloads with adware or spyware can clutter a user's PC with unwanted programs that serve intrusive advertising pop-ups, track users' browsing habits, and cause operating difficulties. A single download at ratloaf.com (found in top search results for "screensavers" at Yahoo!) can come bundled with three different adware/spyware programs.
- Sites which misuse personal information can cause endless spam and threaten the safety of financial and other personal information. A single sign-up at rewardsgateway.com (found in search results for "iPods" at Google) can lead to 303 e-mails per week.
It is estimated that US Internet users conduct 5.7 billion searches per month. Suppose each search yields one and only one click to one of the sites listed in the results. Then even a 5% incidence of red/yellow sites would mean 285 million clicks to these sites every month from search engines.
With spam, adware, and spyware costing consumers and corporations increasing amounts of time and money, we believe that the incidence of red and yellow sites in search engine results is extremely significant and is a contributing factor to the problems of spam, adware, spyware, and other online threats.
Google organic results (left) and sponsored listings (top, right) for the keyword phrase "free iPods." Sponsored results have a higher percentage of dangerous sites than organic results.
Today's search engines combine two dramatically different kinds of results. Search engines' "main" results are organic listings – search engines' best assessment of what Web pages are most relevant to users' search requests. But search engines also show sponsored listings, where inclusion reflects a site's willingness to pay to be listed.
These different kinds of listings yield different risks to users. Organic listings are generally added, selected, and ranked without substantial human involvement; search engines' automated systems pick and present sites. Without any human evaluating site safety, users might reasonably worry that organic results could take them to unsafe sites.
In contrast, search engines' sponsored links seem to offer an aura of safety: Search engines post detailed editorial policies as to who may advertise and how. (See Google's Editorial Guidelines and Yahoo!'s Sponsored Search Listing Guidelines.)
Despite these special rules for search engine advertising, our testing indicates that organic sites are, overall, substantially safer than sponsored listings. Take the example of "free iPods", where first page results yield many more red sites in sponsored results compared to organic results.
Across all search terms we analyze, a Google ad is on average more than twice as likely to take a user to an unsafe site than is a Google organic link. At Ask, the difference is especially pronounced: Their sponsored results are almost four times as risky as their organic listings.
Red and yellow sites appear in sponsored results at two to four times the rate of organic results.
We are troubled by the untrustworthiness of search engines' ads. At first glance, search engines' voluminous rules would seem a virtual guarantee of good outcomes. In some areas, search engines seem to have made strong headway – such as for online pharmacies, where a SquareTrade evaluation process assures that only legitimate companies can buy ads. But search engines' policies don't really speak to the problems at hand. For example, search engines sell ads to sites that send users literally hundreds of e-mails per week. (Included in our search results are consumerincentivezone.com, freegiftworld.com, and lookdog.com.) Search engines also sell ads to sites that infect users' computers with adware programs that open numerous annoying pop-up ads. (Included in our search results are scenicreflections.com, screenscenes.com, and totallyfunfreegames.com.) Search engines' editorial rules largely ignore these practices, and even where they do discuss these issues, enforcement seems to be lax.
In contrast, search engines' organic listings reflect the Web's assessment of the quality and usefulness of a site, as measured by who links to whom. Spammers, spyware-pushers, and other pariahs may be able to buy search engine ads, but they tend to fare worse in organic listings.
We're not the first to note untrustworthy ads. For example, noted security expert Richard Smith has complained about this problem, after a bogus weather program infected his wife's computer via a misleading Google ad.
Why don't search engines get tough on untrustworthy ads? One explanation is that it's a difficult task: Search engines lack automated link-based analysis of advertisers' trustworthiness – the only thing keeping organic results (relatively) safe. If search engines won't or can't use link analysis to vet their advertisers, search engines might have to invest staff time in manually determining advertisers' reputations, and search engines may hesitate to incur the associated costs. Separately, some analysis indicates that search engines make big money selling ads to untrustworthy of sites – many millions of dollars each year.
When searching the Web, users face risks that vary dramatically according to what categories they search for. A large proportion of malicious sites are concentrated in certain high risk categories; searching within these danger zones exposes users to a high probability of ending up in the dark alleys of the Web.
The technology trade press confirms our sense that certain parts of the Web tend to be unsafe. For example, a recent TechTarget article encourages users to avoid spyware by " Stay[ing] away from any questionable sites, including pornography, gambling, hacking or other off-beat sites." Similarly, Security Pipeline tells users to "stay on your guard" when visiting potentially-unsafe domains, such as song-lyric sites, game, and hobby sites.
The incidence of red and yellow sites, within Google results, for five top dangerous Google Zeitgeist categories.
Our analysis confirms the basic advice of TechTarget and Security Pipeline. For example, users searching for digital music at Google face 75 times as many risky sites as users searching for news. (We reach this conclusion by comparing the frequency of unsafe sites within "news outlet" searches [as reported by Google Zeitgeist data] with the frequency of unsafe sites within Zeitgeist's "digital music" keyword list.)
Results within categories also differ noticeably between search engines, and some search engines are noticeably safer than others for specific categories. For example, only 0.2% of Yahoo! results for Google Zeitgeist "games" keywords are rated red or yellow, compared with 8.9% of AOL results. Unsafe search results for "movie-related" keywords range from 2.5% for MSN to 8.6% for Ask.
Overall, the most dangerous search term is "free screensavers," which returns results that are 57% red or yellow on average. Search engines differ greatly in their results for this keyword: Yahoo! returns 72.2% red or yellow results, compared with 37.7% at AOL. So users are almost twice as likely to stumble onto a risky screensaver site using Yahoo! versus AOL.
Percentage of red and yellow results for "free screensavers," the most dangerous search phrase tested.
In general, many of the riskier keywords tend to be associated with downloads and file sharing. Google's top five riskiest keyword searches are "free screensavers" (64.0%), ""Bearshare" (57.0%), "screensavers" (54.6%), "Winmx" (50.5%), and "limewire (46.4%).
Even keywords that are generally not regarded as risky yield relatively high rates of red and yellow sites. A Google search for "care bears" leads to 14.6% red or yellow sites. "Birthday cards" leads to 15.6%, "south beach diet" leads to 14.8%, and "weather" leads to 14.0%.
Our testing confirms the core facts behind standard advice to avoid "risky" categories. But we still think that advice is far from practical. (See our earlier Not So Practical Web Safety Advice.) Asking users to give up broad swaths of the Web imposes great limitations and substantial responsibility, while offering little insight as to how to stay safe while nonetheless enjoying the Web. In addition, danger lurks beyond the generally accepted "risky" categories, so users can never really let down their guard.
In an attempt to stick with safe search engine results, some users limit themselves to top results. (See e.g. an iProspect study finding that 62% of searchers click a result within the first page of listings.) Lower-ranked sites might not be as good as top sites, users seem to think, so visiting only top sites perhaps offers an appearance of safety. Unfortunately, our analysis indicates that this strategy is largely unjustified.
In our testing, we find little safety benefit from sticking to top search results. The first organically ranked results are marginally safer than the tenth results and page 1 results are slightly safer than pages 2 through 5. But the benefit is slight Google's page 1 results are just 0.05% safer than pages 2-5.
Page 1 results versus results on pages 2 through 5. There was little difference in site safety by page.
We're alarmed by the scope of these problems – by the many ways search engines lead users to sites that turn out to be untrustworthy or worse. But we look at the online pharmacy example with substantial optimism: There, search engines saw a problem, designed a solution, and implemented it in a way that offers users real protection. Could similar solutions emerge to protect users from spyware, spam, and other Internet plights? We're cautiously optimistic.
We see plenty of sites we think search engines could properly kick out of their listings and out of their ad networks. Our Utopian Internet is spyware-free and spam-protected, and it has no place for sites that try to charge users for software that's actually free. Exploit sites are even more noxious – so we'd like to see search engines redouble their efforts to keep exploits out of their results. Perhaps this is an overly ambitious fantasy, but we see room for substantial improvement.
Meanwhile, there's a real problem out there – tens of thousands of sites that, in SiteAdvisor's analysis, pose serious risks of harming users. Navigating the Web via a search engine won't prevent users from stumbling onto one of these sites, and search results provide users with little indication of site safety. Users can exert some control by choosing one search engine over another or by choosing organic results instead of sponsored results, but users still need more information. Otherwise, it's only a matter of time before users end up on dangerous sites, where just one bad click can produce harmful consequences.
We don't control what sites do, and we don't control what search engines do. But we do have a way to help: SiteAdvisor arms users with knowledge about sites' practices, so users know where they're heading before it's too late.
Overall Analysis by Search Engine
Analysis by Keyword Type (Zeitgeist versus Yahoo! Top Searches, etc.)
Analysis by Result Type (sponsored versus organic)
Analysis by Zeitgeist Keyword Group (safest and riskiest keyword categories)
Analysis by Result Page (page 1 versus others)
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Our children, climate, faithJuly 06,2013
What motivates someone to pursue a seemingly hopeless quest, and what turns a seemingly hopeless quest into a possibility? I have been working on the issue of climate disruption for over a decade, both within my work in solar energy and outside. Throughout that time, I have pushed the science as a motivating factor as to why we should transition to renewable energy, and why we must urgently address climate disruption. My colleagues and I have met with mixed success.
Last year I transitioned myself out of my leadership position at groSolar for many reasons, but not the least was a search for motivation. That search has included looking at the deeper motivations for all my actions and beliefs. Raised in a liberal Christian tradition, I started to consider my largely unformed spirituality as an important source of personal motivation. As I contemplated this, I started to understand the potential differences in how a person could be motivated by science versus faith.
Science seemingly can only motivate many people as part of a long list of concerns which are part of our lives. This includes taking the kids to school, solving problems at work, keeping food on the table, and all the other issues we deal with on a daily basis. In this context, the fact of climate disruption becomes just another thing to put on a list to deal with, often far down the list because it usually does not impact getting through today.
Conversely, faith has motivated transformative movements on the greatest social issues of our times. Civil rights, the ends of wars, and poverty relief have not been motivated by science but by the arousal of deep religious or spiritual beliefs. For motivating people, the measured and calm reasoning of science is no match for the aroused fervor of faith.
Climate disruption is creating social injustice on a scale unequaled in the history of the world. Entire nations, many of whom contributed little to the problem, are bearing tremendous human and capital costs. By its very nature, climate disruption creates a need to adapt, and those who are in the least developed countries, those who did the least to create the issue, are in the worst position to combat the effects. Higher food prices, absorbed into the budget of the typical American, impoverish those on the edge. Violent storms, floods and droughts steal the produce of cultivated fields equally from those who have the ability to replant, and those who do not. Even at home, Hurricane Sandy took houses from those who could afford to rebuild, and those who could not. It was equal in force and unequal in effect. And of course, we are not yet feeling or seeing even a small measure of the eventual impacts of climate disruption. These we are creating for our children.
Americans of faith have largely not made the connection between climate disruption and social justice. In conversation when this is pointed out, they come to understand in the historical context of faith-based action that climate disruption demands their attention. The further realization that the largest social injustice will be inflicted against all of our children, everywhere, amplifies the response from those of faith.
In this milieu of faith, we have developed the Our Children, Climate, Faith Symposium (www.FaithClimateConference.org), taking place in Strafford on Aug. 16-17. With nationally prominent lay and ordained speakers, including Bill McKibben, Shyla Nelson and Mary Evelyn Tucker, we are working to raise awareness of the current connection between social justice and climate disruption, and the historical connection between social justice and faith. With speakers of many faiths, we will create a broad conversation in many theologies. To succeed, we will need a great group of participants, lay and ordained, those who attend services regularly, and those with simply an inner spark of faith that can be ignited. We believe that this symposium can move us deeper into our faiths while propelling us forward into strong, effective action to mitigate climate disruption and the social injustices created. I hope you will join us.
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Subantarctic Fur Seals are widely-distributed in the southern Hemisphere. They breed on sub-Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic Polar Front, including Amsterdam (Guinet et al. 1994), the Crozets (Guinet et al. 1994), Gough (Bester et al. 2006), Macquarie (Shaughnessy 1993), the Prince Edward Islands (Bester et al. 2003, Hofmeyr et al. 2006a), Saint Paul (Guinet et al. 1994) and Tristan da Cunha (C. Glass pers. comm. in SCAR EGS 2004). They have also been recorded breeding on Heard Island (Goldsworthy and Shaughnessy 1989). Vagrants have been recorded on the coasts of Antarctica (Shaughnessy and Burton 1986), southern South America (Aguiar-dos Santos and Haimovici 2001, Bastida et al. 1999), southern Africa (Bester 1989, Shaughnessy and Ross 1980), Madagascar (Garrigue and Ross 1996), Australia (Gales et al. 1992), and New Zealand (Taylor 1990), and on Bouvetøya (Hofmeyr et al. 2006b), the Comores (David et al. 1993), the Juan Fernandez Islands (Torres and Aguayo 1984), Ãles Kerguelen (Wynen et al. 2000), Mauritius (David and Salmon 2003) and South Georgia (Payne 1979).


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Stabbing at party In Greenville results in multiple arrests
May 1, 2012 —
On Sunday April 28, 2012, at approximately 12:45AM, the New York State Police in Catskill responded to a reported fight involving a stabbing at a large party located at 749 Big Woods Road in the Town of Greenville, Greene County, NY. The investigation revealed that three individuals had been stabbed during a fight with a subject who left before the State Police arrived.
One female victim, age 19, from Middleburgh, NY, was stabbed in the forearm; a male victim, age 25, from Schenectady, NY, was stabbed in his leg; and a third victim, a male, age 19, from Cairo, NY, was stabbed in the side of his torso. None of the injuries were life threatening and the victims were transported and treated at Columbia Memorial Hospital and Albany Medical Center.
On Sunday evening State Police at Catskill arrested JAMES E. FELTER, 18, of Catskill, NY, for the stabbings. FELTER was charged with three counts of Assault in the 2nd Degree, a class D felony, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 4th Degree, a class A misdemeanor. As a result of their investigation of the party, which included underage drinking, the State Police also arrested the following individuals:
The homeowner, DANIEL WHITBECK, age 25, of Greenville, NY for:
Criminal possession of Weapon in the 3rd Degree, a class D Felony; Unlawfully Dealing with a Child in the 1st Degree, a class A misdemeanor; Criminal Nuisance in the 2nd Degree, a class B misdemeanor and Promoting the service and consumption of alcoholic beverages by a person under the age of 21 at a private residence in the county, a violation of Greene County local law.
The party's promoter, NATHAN LEE, 26, of Westerlo, NY, for
Unlawfully Dealing with a Child in the 1st Degree, a class A misdemeanor and Criminal Nuisance in the 2nd Degree, a class B misdemeanor.
An employee of LEE's, MATTHEW BRINK, 27, of Freehold, NY, for Unlawfully Dealing with a Child in the 1st Degree.
SAMIR ALYGAD, 23, of Greenville, NY, a friend of FELTER's, for
Providing a False Written Statement, a class A misdemeanor and Criminal Impersonation 2nd Degree, a class A Misdemeanor.
Each of the subjects were arraigned before Town of Greenville Justice Schreiber. FELTER was remanded to the Greene County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bail or $50,000 bond. ALYGAD was remanded on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond. WHITBECK was remanded on $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond. LEE and BRINK were released on the own recognizance. All are scheduled to reappear before the Town of Greenville Court on 05/16/2012.


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Editor's Note: This entry has been cross posted from The White House Blog.
The President's vision to "Win the Future" spelled out in his State of the Union Address was not one founded on vague dreams of a brighter day ahead -- it was founded on ideas, advancements, and principles already cropping up across the country that can help keep America on top if we only stand by them. That's what his visit to Penn State today was about:
And right here, right here at Penn State, a university whose motto is "making life better," you've answered the call. (Applause.) So today you're preparing to lead the way on a hub that will make America home to the most energy-efficient buildings in the world.
Now, that may not sound too sexy until -- (laughter) -- energy-efficient buildings. (Laughter.) But listen, our homes and our businesses consume 40 percent of the energy we use. Think about that. Everybody focuses on cars and gas prices, and that's understandable. But our homes and our businesses use 40 percent of the energy. They contribute to 40 percent of the carbon pollution that we produce and that is contributing to climate change. It costs us billions of dollars in energy bills. They waste huge amounts of energy.
So the good news is we can change all that. Making our buildings more energy-efficient is one of the fastest, easiest and cheapest ways to save money, combat pollution and create jobs right here in the United States of America. And that's what we're going to do. (Applause.)
President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu tour the Engineering Labs at Penn State University with James Freihaut, Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, in State College, Pennsylvania, February 3, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Specifically, the President was announcing the "Better Buildings Initiative," which aims to achieve a 20 percent improvement in energy efficiency by 2020, reduce companies' and business owners' energy bills by about $40 billion per year, and save energy by reforming outdated incentives and challenging the private sector to act. The White House fact sheet fleshes out those goals, talks about the successes to be built upon from the last two years, and lays out these steps which will be included in the President's coming budget:
- New tax incentives for building efficiency: The President is calling on Congress to redesign the current tax deduction for commercial building upgrades, transforming the current deduction to a credit that is more generous and that will encourage building owners and real estate investment trusts (REITs) to retrofit their properties. These changes could result in a ten-fold increase in commercial retrofit take up, leveraging job-creating investments.
- More financing opportunities for commercial retrofits: Access to financing is an important barrier to increased retrofit investment in some market segments. To address these gaps, the Small Business Administration is working to encourage existing lenders to take advantage of recently increased loan size limits to promote new energy efficiency retrofit loans for small businesses. The President's Budget will also propose a new pilot program through the Department of Energy to guarantee loans for energy efficiency upgrades at hospitals, schools, and other commercial buildings.
- "Race to Green" for state and municipal governments that streamline regulations and attract private investment for retrofit projects: Much of the authority to alter codes, regulations, and performance standards relating to commercial energy efficiency lies in the jurisdiction of states and localities. The President's Budget will propose new competitive grants to states and/or local governments that streamline standards, encouraging upgrades and attracting private sector investment.
- The Better Buildings Challenge: The President is challenging CEOs and university presidents to make their organizations leaders in saving energy, which will save them money and improve productivity. Partners will commit to a series of actions to make their facilities more efficient. They will in turn become eligible for benefits including public recognition, technical assistance, and best-practices sharing through a network of peers.
- Training the next generation of commercial building technology workers: Using existing authorities, the Administration is currently working to implement a number of reforms, including improving transparency around energy efficiency performance, launching a Building Construction Technology Extension Partnership modeled on the successful Manufacturing Extension Partnership at Commerce, and providing more workforce training in areas such as energy auditing and building operations.
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Star Babies Born in 2012
On the occasion of Children's Day, a look at this year's new-born celebs…
1. Baby boy for Raj & Shilpa
Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra welcomed their first child – son Viaan Raj Kundra – on March 21. Papa Raj broke the news on Twitter by saying, ""God has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. Both mother and baby are fine. I am thrilled to bits!!!!!!" Yipee! And didn't stop right there.
He thanked his darling wifey and the concerned doctor by saying, "A big thank you to my wife @TheShilpaShetty for the bestest gift ever, DR Kiran Cohelo and all the staff at Hinduja Hospital!" Awwwww!
He even went on to set up a Twitter account on Viaan's behalf!
2. Twins for Peter & Celina
Actress Celina Jaitley & hotelier Peter Haag became proud parents of twins on March 24 in Dubai.
First-time Dad Peter Haag tweeted: "I am so happy to inform you that Celina and myself have been blessed happy healthy twin boys, Winston and Viraaj. I am over the moon!"
3. Baby boy for Shakeel & Amrita
Amrita Arora, who is married to builder Shakeel Ladak, delivered her second son on October 20. Amrita has a two-year-old son named Azaan. The newborn is named Rayaan!
Yipppeeeee! Amrita and Shakeel have another baby boy!!! He's too cute! Congrats," Arbaaz, who is married to Amrita's elder sister Malaika, tweeted.
4. Baby girl for Mahesh & Lara
Former Miss Universe & actress Lara Dutta and tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi became first-time parents on January 20. The couple was blessed with a baby girl who they have named Saira Bhupathi.
Bhupathi was playing in the doubles event at the Australian Open in Melbourne when the news came in and he took to the twitter immediately to express his joy. The tennis player tweeted, "ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @DuttaLara. I Love u....(sic)".
5. Baby girl for Akshay & Twinkle
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No parklets likely this year in Montpelier
MONTPELIER After a Vermont Liquor Control Board hearing that raised numerous concerns about plans to serve alcohol at three proposed downtown parklets, Montpelier Alive Executive Director Phayvanh Luekhamhan said she expects the program may be delayed until next spring.
With the earliest possible application hearing before the liquor board scheduled for Sept. 11, Luekhamhan said it was doubtful any would be in place this year. The parklets temporary platforms installed in six parking spaces would have created additional seating for bars or restaurants.
Considering what the timeline is, even if the permits are applied for and approved it wont give any businesses the time to get them in place for this year, she said.
Luekhamhan, who did not attend Mondays meeting, said she welcomed the states involvement in the process as it will pave the way for other communities that may consider the parklet idea.
By the conclusion of the brief Monday morning meeting, the liquor board made it clear that before it signs off on alcoholic beverages at the parklets, it wants a lot more information including traffic counts and input from the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the attorney generals office. In addition, each business hoping to serve alcohol must apply for a permit from the board, which will hold a public hearing on the applications before any permits are issued.
This is fraught with issues, said Bill Goggins, director of licensing, education and enforcement for the Liquor Control Department.
You have people drinking too much and tumbling over the barrier into the street. Or you have an inattentive driver on their cellphone who hits one of these. Or people handing off drinks to people driving by. The liability issues are going to be huge.
In the absence of anyone at the hearing from Montpelier Alive, which is overseeing the parklet program, City Manager William Fraser was left to try to explain the idea behind parklets as well as why the city was pursuing the program.
After explaining the parklet concept of using parking spaces to create green space or additional seating in urban areas, Fraser told the board that when the council gave the go-ahead to Montpelier Alive to pursue the idea it was without any knowledge of what kind of businesses might apply and how they might use the space.
All six of the applications for parklets received by Montpelier Alive were from restaurants and bars. The three establishments chosen for the anticipated two-year pilot program were Asiana House, Positive Pie and Charlie-Os.
The council thought it was a neat idea, Fraser told the board. And their level of interest is borne out in the fact that they are willing to give up six parking spaces downtown to see it happen.
Liquor board Chairwoman Stephanie OBrien questioned why there was a need to place the parklets on busy downtown streets and whether the plan had received widespread public airing.
What is the real reason behind this? OBrien asked. Is there a lack of space? Is there a reason they cant use the side or the rear of a building?
Fraser assured the board that the parklet idea had been brought before the council and publicly warned, and said there had been city residents at the meetings but that they gave little input at the time.
There was a meeting earlier where there was a slide show explaining the parklets, and then there was another meeting, said Fraser. But its my recollection that there wasnt a lot said by the public.
Fraser also said the concept of parklets on the main streets downtown was being embraced by the city as a way to create vibrancy in an area where several restaurants already have permits to serve alcohol at sidewalk seating.
OBrien also questioned whether the use of the streets fell under the jurisdiction of the Vermont Transportation Agency or the city.
Its complicated, said Fraser. Theyre city roads but with state input. Main Street is actually Route 12, and (part of) State Street is Route 2.
I have a lot of unanswered questions here, said OBrien. Is it a public right of way now being used as a public space, or is it truly a public space? We need to have an understanding of where VTrans sits on this before we could consider such a request.
Liquor Control Commissioner Michael Hogan reinforced OBriens concerns, saying the board needed a lot more information. I am not a lawyer, but to me there are some big liability questions here. I am sure the attorney generals office is going to want to weigh in on this, he said. Who is going to be responsible for any unintended consequences? The city? The licensee? That could be pretty messy.
Ann Gilbert, a member of the New Directions Coalition, a central Vermont organization promoting healthy lifestyles, said she too was concerned about allowing alcohol to be served at the parklets.
I heard some teenagers talking about how excited they were about the parklets and having a place to sit downtown, she said. And now with alcohol thats completely changed the flavor of that. Its just extended space for a bar and restaurants. Our organization is part of Montpelier Alive, and we support downtown vibrancy. If this had been a movie theater putting in a parklet, that would be more community space.
Fraser assured the board that he would relay its concerns to the City Council.
Luekhamhan said she would talk to the owners of the businesses accepted into the two-year pilot program and encourage them to file their applications in order to be included in the Sept. 11 hearing.
We definitely didnt anticipate this, she said. But its not a loss. Well meet with our applicants and tell them whats going on and touch base with everyone on our committee. The initial program will be delayed, but we can take the time to figure it out and be ready for spring.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
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Bette Midler's Birthday is December 1st
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Brad Delson's Birthday is December 1st
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MIAMI GARDENS, FL - DECEMBER 11: Receiver DeSean Jaskson #10 of the Philadelphia Eagles smiles against the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium on December 11, 2011 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)
Britney Spears' Birthday is December 2nd
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Nelly poses in the press room during the 13th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on November 15, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Ozzy Osbourne's Birthday is December 3rd
Ozzy Osbourne at Mann Bruin Theatre on October 1, 2012 in Westwood, California. (Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Steve Harris' Birthday is December 3rd
<> at The Broadhurst Theatre on April 22, 2012 in New York City.
Jay-Z's Birthday is December 4th
Singer Jay-Z performs before US President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, on November 5, 2012. After a grueling 18-month battle, the final US campaign day arrived Monday for Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney, two men on a collision course for the world's top job. The candidates have attended hundreds of rallies, fundraisers and town halls, spent literally billions on attack ads, ground games, and get out the vote efforts, and squared off in three intense debates. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Jeff Bridges' Birthday is December 4th
Jeff Bridges at the Barnes & Noble, 5th Avenue on August 18, 2011 in New York City. (Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Tyra Banks' Birthday Is December 4th
SINGAPORE - AUGUST 12: In this handout photo provided by Ice-TV Group, Tyra Banks attends the Asia's Next Top Model press conference at the Equarius Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa on August 12, 2012 in Singapore. (Photo by Ice-TV Group via Getty Images)
Frankie Muniz's Birthday is December 5th
attends the premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' "John Carter" at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live on February 22, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
Little Richard's Birthday is December 5th
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 03: Little Richard performs during the annual PBS "A Capitol Fourth" concert at the US Capitol on July 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)
Paula Patton's Birthday is December 5th
at Variety's Power of Women presented by Lifetime at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on October 5, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California.
Lindsay Price's Birthday is December 6th
Lindsay at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on August 14, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Jennifer Carpenter's Birthday is December 7th
arrives at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
Terrell Owen's Birthday is December 7th
arrives at the premiere of Summit Entertainment's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
AnnaSophia Robb's Birthday is December 8th
attends Cantor Fitzgerald & BGC Partners host annual charity day on 9/11 to benefit over 100 charities worldwide at Cantor Fitzgerald on September 11, 2012 in New York City.
Dwight Howard's Birthday is December 8th
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John Malkovich's Birthday is December 9th
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Kurt Angle's Birthday is December 9th
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Simone Helberg's Birthday is December 9th
<> at California Science Center on December 15, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
Bobby Flay's Birthday is December 10th
<> at Z100 Studio on May 8, 2012 in New York City.
Raven Symone's Birthday is December 10th
Actress Raven Symone poses for photographers at the ceremony to unveil Tinker Bell's "Hollywood Walk of Fame" star in Hollywood on September 21, 2010. Tinker Bell made her Disney debut in the Studio?s 1953 animated classic, and immediately winged her way into the hearts and imagination of moviegoers the world over. She went on to become an important part of the landmark Disney TV anthology, ?The Wonderful World of Color,? and got each show off to a flying start along with host Walt Disney. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
Jermaine Jackson's Birthday is December 11th
Jermaine Jackson arrives outside the courthouse for the continuing trial of his brother, the late Michael Jackson's, doctor in Los Angeles on October 5, 2011. Doctor Conrad Murray faces mounting scrutiny after a pharmacist said he had ordered over 250 vials of a powerful sedative in the two months before the star's 2009 overdose death. Murray went on trial last week over the singer's death, accused of administering an overdose of the powerful sedative propofol while trying to help Jackson for insomnia. (Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Mo'nique's Birthday is December 11th
Mo'nique celebrates her Oscar for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Prescious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Saphire during the 82nd Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California on March 07, 2010. AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
Rider Strong's Birthday is December 11th
attends the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Talks: Amplify The Message: Social Media at the SVA Theater on April 22, 2011 in New York City.
Bob Barker's Birthday is December 12th
<> a book signing of "Priceless Memories" by Bob Barker at Borders Books, Park Avenue on April 9, 2009 in New York City.
Jennifer Connelly's Birthday is December 12th
attend the "Lawless" Premiere during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2012 in Cannes, France.
Mayim Bialik's Birthday is December 12th
<> at Spectra by Wolfgang Puck at the Pacific Design Center on September 21, 2012 in West Hollywood, California.
Jamie Foxx's Birthday is December 13th
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Steve Buscemi's Birthday is December 13th
<> HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" Season Three New York Premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on September 5, 2012 in New York City.
Taylor Swift's Birthday is December 13th
<> at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on December 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
Vanessa Hdugens' Birthday is December 14th
HOLLYWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 15: Actress Vanessa Hudgens arrives at Variety's 6th Annual Power Of Youth Event at Paramount Studios on September 15, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Valerie Macon/Getty Images)
Don Johnson's Birthday is December 15th
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Hundreds of alumni along with students, faculty, staff, trustees and parents had plenty to cheer about during a spirited four-day Homecoming Weekend.
The festivities began Thursday evening with a performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and continued with the Alumni Awards, Athletic Hall of Fame Induction, the parade, pep rally, football game, reunions, receptions and all-around good fun.
Sunday evening ended on a high note when Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons entertained a full house of fans at Pfeiffer Hall, their second sold-out performance of the weekend. The fine arts performances scheduled during the four days included the annual Homecoming Concert and the shows "Sleepy Hollow Plays" and "Charlotte's Web."
"It was one of the best Homecoming Weekends we've been to," says Sally Duke '61 Kirk, who returned to campus from Florida with her husband Bob '61. He was reunited with his teammates from the powerhouse 1960 Cardinal football squad that won a College Conference of Illinois championship. "We especially enjoyed the Hall of Fame Induction with all the wonderful stories that people told," Sally Kirk adds. "It was a walk back in time."
The Hall of Fame induction of coach Jim Kulawiak and catching up with former softball teammates was the high point of the weekend for Jennifer Hill '00 Melvin of Batavia. "It brought back so many memories and I enjoyed seeing people I normally don't get to see," she says. It was also her first visit to the Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center.
The 50-Year Club inducted members from the Class of 1960 and Betty Kirchdorfer '60 Plum announced a class gift to name a room in the new Science Center. Neil '60 and Ruth Gauerke '60 Denker of Naperville and Estero, FL, said the weekend was perfectly organized for the class members who returned. "Those of us who attended have great memories," says Ruth Denker. "From the Chicago Symphony Thursday night through the Frankie Valli performance Sunday night, it was very special."


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Keyhan Kamelian: Edghâm (Fusion)
Friday / November 7, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
In his first recital at Berklee, pianist and composer Keyhan Kamelian will perform original compositions that combine jazz, electronic, and Persian music.
Admission: Free
Virginia's Concert
Monday / November 10, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Vocalist Virginia McMahon will present her second concert at Berklee.
Admission: Free
Ledisi Live: Interview
Tuesday / November 11, 2014 / 1:00 p.m.
Berklee Voice Department faculty member Jeff Ramsey interviews visiting artist Ledisi Anabade Young.
Admission: Free
Classic Etude Recital
Wednesday / November 12, 2014 / 1:15 p.m.
Live performances of classical studies for double bass, violin, and electric bass.
Admission: Free
Ledisi- Live
Wednesday / November 12, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Grammy nominated R&B, soul, and jazz vocalist Ledisi will be performing some of her best works.
Admission: Free
Classical Art Songs
Wednesday / November 12, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Students in the Introduction to Classical Art Song class will sing a program of French chansons, including works of Fauré, Debussy, and Poulenc.
Admission: Free
Nacho González: The Nasty Candombe Project
Thursday / November 13, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Nacho González and his quintet perform music from his debut album.
Admission: Free
Mark Joseph: Finish Line
Thursday / November 13, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
For his final recital at Berklee, vocalist Mark Joseph presents a collection of favorites and originals.
Admission: Free
An Evening with the Mars Rising Band
Friday / November 14, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Heavily influenced by classic rock and pop/rock artists, Mars Rising, led by Marena Segura, will play originals and cover tunes in both English and Spanish.
Admission: Free
Blood and Water: A New Musical
Friday / November 14, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
The show will be a presentation of a fragment of Yicheng Wu's new original musical "Blood and Water."
Admission: Free
Moira Lo Bianco: Improvisation for Classical Pianists - Session 3
Monday / November 17, 2014 / 1:00 p.m.
Students of this clinic will acquire the necessary tools to create their own improvisations using classical compositions as source materials and eventually write original compositions that can freely reinvent a classical composition.
Admission: Free
Peng Hao Wei
Monday / November 17, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Drummer Peng Hao Wei presents a recital of original music in Afro-Cuban and jazz styles.
Admission: Free
Recital for Reagan
Monday / November 17, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Guitarist Greg King and the Great American Rhythm presents an evening of funk, rock, and blues.
Admission: Free
Jonathan Baron: The Dead Set
Monday / November 17, 2014 / 10:00 p.m.
For his first recital at Berklee, guitarist Jonathan Baron and his band present covers and arrangements of classic Grateful Dead tunes.
Admission: Free
Giovanni Mazzarino: The Mediterranean Jazz Sound
Tuesday / November 18, 2014 / 1:00 p.m.
The Mediterranean Jazz Sound is a concert and clinic presented by Giovanni Mazzarino and featuring Marco Pignataro (sax), Lello Molinaro (bass), and Marcello Pellitteri (drums).
Admission: Free
Johannes Flecker: A Journey from Musical to EDM
Tuesday / November 18, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
Austrian vocalist and composer Johannes Flecker presents his third recital.
Admission: Free
Fractal Limit Recital and Master Class: Viewpoints on the Art of Duo
Wednesday / November 19, 2014 / 1:00 p.m.
Fractal Limit, a duo made up of Tatiana Parra (voice) and Vardan Ovsepian (piano), will perform and discuss their approach to creating, arranging, rehearsing, and performing. Participants will be encouraged to perform in a duo format and to engage in a conversation about the art of duo.
Admission: Free
Rose Kanj: The Soul of the Rose
Wednesday / November 19, 2014 / 4:00 p.m.
In her first recital at Berklee, Rose Kanj will showcase some of her favorite songs and styles from rock to jazz, from pop to blues.
Admission: Free
Axis of Equals
Thursday / November 20, 2014 / 1:00 p.m.
Axis of Equals, featuring the Planet MicroJam Institute's Dave Fiuczynski, offers visions of varying cultures and textures, integrated through musical collaboration and invention. Beat-boxer extraordinaire Adam Matta will join the group and work with students to create music that combines an ear for traditional sounds with contemporary arrangements, instrumentation, and grooves.
Admission: Free
Misha's Second Recital
Thursday / November 20, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Composer, arranger, and bass player Mikhail Danilov performs original tunes with his small jazz band.
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ONU to present 'Warriors Don't Cry'
Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present "Warriors Don't Cry" on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. The production is being held in conjunction with ONU's celebration of Black History Month.
"Warriors Don't Cry" is a one-woman play based on the searing civil rights memoir of the same name by Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals. As one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957, Beals and her eight fellow student-warriors captured the world's attention as they endured untold hatred and violence in pursuit of an education equal to that of their white counterparts.
Portraying Beals will be Almeria Campbell, who hails from Tyler, Texas. Campbell is a resident artist with the Cell Theatre in New York City and a member of Amphibian Productions out of Fort Worth, Texas, and has appeared on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent."
Brian Richardson, the teaching artist in this production, is a New York-based actor who began his career with Trinidad Tent Theatre. He has worked with Pulse Ensemble Theatre, Metropolitan Playhouse, Theaterworks USA, and others. He presently tours his one-man show "W.E.B. Du Bois: A Man For All Times." He has been a teaching artist for the last seven years.
The production is under the direction of Richard C. Aven. In 1995, Aven co-authored "Acting: Preparation, Practice and Performance," an in-depth application of sensory technique to text. Aven has directed productions by Hellman, Coward, Shepard, Shakespeare, and Chekhov, among others. As associate artistic director of Mixed Phoenix Theatre Group, Aven has been producing their first full production, "Muzungu" by David Myers, at the 4th Street Theatre in New York City and the Fourth Annual Fall Play Reading Series.
In honor of Black History Month, all tickets for this event are $5. The Freed Center box office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone orders are accepted with American Express, MasterCard, VISA or Discover by calling 419-772-1900. Tickets also are available online at www.onu.edu/freed


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Canaan Wildlife Refuge to offer birding series
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge will offer a volunteer-led birding series each month beginning in late spring and continuing through summer and into early fall.
Organizers said everyone is welcome to join them as they explore the Wildlife Refuge and its bird life in short, easy walks.
This birdwalk series will kick off at 10 a.m. May 11. Participants will meet at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center at 6263 Appalachian Highway, approximately 6 miles south of Davis. Additional walks are planned for June 8 and July 13 and there will be two walks on Aug. 3 and 31. The last birdwalk will be Sept. 21.
The goal of this series is different from more advanced birding walks. More time will be spent on each kind of bird. The group will learn about the many ways that help in identifying a bird. Participants will take time to study and discuss field marks, behavior, the time of year and habitat where they are found. All these and more can help them understand what they see. Most importantly, they will take the time to talk about the things that people in the group want to talk about. The Wildlife Refuge has binoculars to loan to those who may need them.
More information about the Wildlife Refuge and its programs is available online at www.fws.gov/canaanvalley/calendar.html.


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Father arrested for killing infant in Lake Ariel
LAKE ARIEL, PA — Pennsylvania State Police at Honesdale and the Wayne County District Attorney announced the arrest of Christopher Thomas Fitzpatrick, 20, in Lake Ariel, Wayne County. He is charged with criminal homicide, concealing the death of a child and abuse of a corpse.
Fitzpatrick is accused of taking his newborn infant daughter to a wooded area behind a business at 1178 Hamlin Highway in Lake Ariel. Once there, he is accused of striking the baby twice with a cinder block causing the death of the infant. The arrest took place on June 10, four days after the alleged killing.
The investigation started when state police were notified by the Sussex County, NJ Sheriff's Department. They were able to provide state police with information that they received from family members about their suspicions on the baby's welfare.
Fitzpatrick was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Jane Farrell, Waymart. Fitzpatrick was transported to the Wayne County Prison without bail.
The mother of the child, Jennifer Barrise, 20 was also arrested and is being held without bail. Fitzpatrick allegedly told Barrise he was going to get rid of the infant because the couple could not afford to have another child. They have a one year old son.
Shepstone responds to activists
REGION — Responding to two emails to The River Reporter reporting the severance of his relationship with two professional organizations, Tom Shepstone, the Honesdale-based planning consultant, said he dropped his affiliation with the American Institute of Certified Planners and the American Planning Association in 2008. He said he pulled out of the organizations because they had become "very leftist." A letter he sent at the time indicated he disagreed with the direction the organizations had taken regarding such things as global warming and eminent domain.
Critics charged that Shepstone was still using the group's acronym, AICP/AMA beside his name on some documents on his web site. Shepstone said that he had long ago scrubbed his site of the acronym, but had missed perhaps four documents which he has now addressed.
Shepstone has drawn increasingly sharp attacks from anti gas-drilling activists since he became officially associated with the pro-drilling group Energy in Depth.
Upper Delaware bridge work
UPPER DELAWARE RIVER — The New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) announced this week that bridge maintenance work is being performed on the Kellam-Stalker Bridge connecting the towns of Fremont, NY and Stalker, PA. The work began on June 13, and will be performed daily between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Motorists will encounter alternating lane closures. Work is expected to be completed by June 23, weather permitting.
The impact to river users will be minimal. Work will include welding procedures beneath the bridge. All welding work will cease when river users approach the work area. A DOT representative will be responsible for monitoring the approach of river users. The DOT representative will advise river users how to proceed past the work area.
As motorists approach work zones, they are advised to stay alert and calm. Slow down when instructed to do so. Merge safely. Keep a safe distance between vehicles. Obey the posted signs within the work zone. Motorists are reminded that fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone. In accordance with the Work Zone Safety Act of 2005, convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of the driver's license.
New DCNR secretary named
HARRISBURG, PA — Ellen Ferretti will lead the state park and forest operations of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting DCNR Secretary Richard Allan announced on June 13. "Ellen has tremendous experience in the private and non-profit sectors," Allan said.
"In her most recent position as president of the northeast regional office of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, she worked very closely with DCNR and its partners on landscape conservation efforts. Her wealth of knowledge will be a valuable asset to the department."
As deputy secretary for Parks and Forestry, Ferretti will assist the secretary in managing and directing the operations of the bureaus of State Parks; Forestry; and Facility, Design and Construction.
Ferretti will also work to develop policy on a variety of issues, including Marcellus Shale oil and gas development and drilling; maintaining relationships with stakeholders; enhancing outdoor recreation activities; and establishing or revitalizing best practices for environmental education.


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March 8, 2011—Gifted high school-aged students can earn up to two years of college credit while still in high school through North Central College's Lederman Scholars Program. Prospective students and their parents are invited to learn more at an open house from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in the College's Smith Hall at Old Main, 30 N. Brainard St., Naperville. Registration starts at 6 p.m.
Students who are home-schooled and from all area high schools—including Naperville Central, Naperville North, Neuqua Valley, Waubonsie Valley, Metea Valley and Lisle high schools, Benet Academy and Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)—are eligible to apply. Admission to the Lederman Scholars Program is based on academic ability. Applicants should be enrolled in honors coursework and be among the top 5 percent of students in their classes or have a minimum composite ACT score of 30 or a minimum total SAT score of 1350.
If accepted as Lederman Scholars, students become part of a highly selective "college-within-a-college" at North Central and pursue a rigorous curriculum among their peers and traditional-aged college students. When students successfully complete a minimum of nine credit hours, their work along with credit earned through Advanced Placement will be posted to their North Central College transcript.
While most students enroll for just a few courses, others earn two-plus years of fully transferable college credit. Lederman Scholars have subsequently enrolled at North Central College, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Vanderbilt and the University of Illinois, among other prestigious institutions.
"Because of the extraordinary talent of the students in our local high schools, the Lederman Scholars Program has been able to attract some exceptional students," says program director Dr. Richard Wilders, North Central's Marie and Bernice Gantzert Professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences, professor of mathematics and chair of the Division of Science. Wilders is academic advisor to Lederman participants and works with parents and high school personnel to create programs of study for each scholar.
Students with extraordinary ability in one or more academic areas who don't meet the Lederman program criteria can apply to the Community Scholars Program, which offers another opportunity to earn college credit during high school.
The Lederman Scholars Program honors Dr. Leon Lederman—director emeritus of Fermi National Laboratory, Nobel Laureate in physics and resident scholar at IMSA in Aurora. He is deeply dedicated to the education of gifted and talented students.
For more information about the Community Scholars Program, the Lederman Scholars Program and the April 13 Lederman open house visit northcentralcollege.edu/admission/lederman-scholars or contact Wilders at 630-637-5234 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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DD turned 1 on 12/26 and we're still nursing around 8x/day!:woohoo At first I never thought we'd make it, but I am so glad we did.
Now on to the next stages. DH has started giving her milk in a cup, which she loves. She eats all the time, but appears to have no intention of giving up her nursing.
DH also wants to night wean her, and get her in her own bed. We've coslept since birth, and he wants his bed back. I'm not sure how that will go, since she nurses at least 4-5x/night. We'll see how that goes, DH may just have to deal with it for a while. ;)
Anyway, I just had to make my first real post here! :cow


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The Reverend Timothy Biel Jr. was featured in a Faces of Faith article in the March 1 issue of the Southtown Star newspaper. At age 13 he took his first trip to Appalachia to help people in need. He was preaching at youth Sunday services at age 14 and at 18 began leading worship services on a regular basis. While attending Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, where he earned his master of divinity degree, Biel pastored inner-city churches in Boston and Chicago. In 2007, he was ordained at his denomination's annual conference in St. Charles, IL. He has been the pastor of First United Methodist Church of Evergreen Park since July 2008. Biel lives in Evergreen Park with his wife Victoria Miller '00 Biel, who is a minister of music at Tinley Park United Methodist Church, and their two sons, Oliver, 8, and Timothy III, 4.
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