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ABC 7's Diana Williams returns to Leaders High School to follow up with the Peer Mediators, Leaders' restorative justice program.
Our Results
- 98% of our 2016 graduates were accepted to college.
- 90% of our high school students graduate within 4 years.
- 73% of our students are eligible for free/reduced lunch.
Our Population
Our schools primarily serve a high-needs population from neighborhoods where access to high-quality education has historically been lacking. 73% of our students qualify for free/reduced lunch. 21% are classified as having special education needs. Our students are predominantly Hispanic (39%) and African-American (31%).
Our students enter far behind grade level in key subject areas. Only 22% of our incoming 9th graders were proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) and 14% were proficient in Math. In all cases, our incoming proficiency rates were lower than the citywide averages.
Our Results
Our high school graduation rates significantly outpaced the city average and exceed our 85% strategic plan goal. Our network's average on-time graduation rate continued to increase from 82% to 90%, and surpassed the most recent citywide rate by 18 percentage points.
We are closing the achievement gap. Our 87% graduation rate for black students (vs. 65% citywide last year) and 89% rate for Hispanic students (vs. 64% citywide) exceeded the 82% citywide rate for white students.
College acceptances were very high among our graduates and approached our organizational goal of 100%. 98% of our 2016 graduates were accepted to college.
Our graduates are attending high-quality colleges and universities. Our most recent graduates (2015 and 2016) are attending colleges that include Cornell, Dartmouth, Brandeis, Bard, Hampshire, Pitzer, NYU, Skidmore, Barnard, Sarah Lawrence, Fordham, Howard, Franklin & Marshall, Muhlenburg, Trinity, Holy Cross and Middlebury, as well as the full range of SUNY and CUNY schools, among others.
Our students' college enrollment continues to increase - and they are attending "good fit" colleges. The 6-month college enrollment rate of our 2015 graduates is 82%, surpassing our strategic plan goal of 75%. In addition, we continue to guide our students toward "good fit" colleges: 42% enrolled in programs with high completion rates as compared to 25% in 2013 and 69% enrolled in 4-year colleges as compared to 63% in 2015.
Our college persistence rates show promising early results. 83% of our 2014 graduates who enrolled in college persisted from first to second year, as compared to 77% the year before.
Our network schools consistently performed well on NYC Department of Education accountability measures:
- 96% of the time, our schools received the highest or second highest rating in their most recent Department of Education Quality Reviews, compared to 63% of schools citywide. And in 94% of cases across all categories of the School Quality Guide system, our schools were identified as good or excellent as compared to just 70% citywide.
Teachers consider our schools "great places to work". Teacher retention across our network is high with 88% of teachers returning for the 2015-2016 school year. And in a survey we conducted of our teachers, 98% reported that our professional development is relevant to their practice.
Our students produce high-quality work and real-world products. Our students are required to examine real-world problems that need real-world solutions. They must think critically and creatively, synthesize complex information, and find solutions to 21st-century problems. These solutions are reflected in the real-world products they create - like water quality analyses presented to local and national elected officials, a published guide for new immigrants to help them transition to American culture, playground design concepts presented to architectural firms with city contracts, and public transportation proposals for MTA and public officials.
Our schools are increasingly recognized for their innovation and as models for others. Metropolitan was selected to be a host school as part of the NYC Department of Education's Learning Partner program which partners middle schools that employ exemplary practices with either new schools or schools in need of improvement. WHEELS was profiled on PBS as a successful school where individualized attention, an ethos of support, and strong sense of community has helped propel its 98% Latino student body toward academic and personal success. Hahn was spotlighted by the UFT as a school offering a model for "how high schools can be places where parents, communities, students, educators and other stakeholders can collaborate to achieve the best outcomes for students". And Joshua Steckel, BCS' College Counselor and co-author of Hold Fast to Dreams, and several of his former students were featured on the Leonard Lopate Show and at a New School event titled "Working Towards College Success: Obstacles and Strategies."
Our schools are increasingly identified as models within the national EL Education school network of over 150 schools. MELS and MAELS are two of only 23 schools nationwide to be credentialed by EL Education for their strong EL practices and success in promoting high levels of student achievement in the three areas EL considers most critical: mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high quality student work. Leaders is in the process of being credentialed this summer and hosted a national EL Education Site Seminar in the spring focused on the impact of shared leadership practices on student achievement. MAELS has been selected to host a fall Site Seminar and MELS has been selected to serve as an EL Education Mentor School. As a mentor school, MELS will open their school and practice up to other EL Education schools from across the country.
Our network of schools is increasingly recognized in New York City as a leader in innovation and model for others. The NYC Department of Education chose two of our schools (MELS and MAELS) to serve as Showcase Schools. Throughout the year, both schools will host visits from schools across the City to share their strong instructional practices and the leadership structures they have put in place to support these practices. Additionally, Channel View was lauded by the DOE for its successes in providing a supportive, inclusive environment for students with autism spectrum disorder through its involvement in the City's Nest program.
Our schools and work are regularly recognized in the press. WHEELS was in the top 20 list of best 2016 NYC Public high schools in US News and World Report. ABC7's annual special, Protect Our Children, included a segment on our To & Through College work through the lens of Brooklyn Collaborative's college readiness and access program. American RadioWorks ran a feature-length documentary--"Beyond the Blackboard - Building Character in Public Schools"exploring the educational ideas of Outward Bound founder Kurt Hahn and how his ideas inspired the founding of a national network of public schools using the EL Education approach. Mashable captured the growing spirit of our annual College March and the article was shared over 6,700 times.
Nationally-recognized leaders and writers cite our schools as models. David Brooks wrote a column in the New York Times entitled "Characters of Community" which pointed to Leaders as a prime example of a school that is successfully cultivating character and building community. In his new book "Helping Children to Succeed" Paul Tough cites WHEELS as a strong example of what works in providing low-income students with the social-emotional and economic supports they need to be successful. Mayor de Blasio lauded our College March during his "Equity & Excellence" education address.
Innovation & Best Practices
Our To & Through College Program is breaking new ground. Through this program we are providing a range of supports for our students to help them get into and complete college. These supports include:
-College March. This annual event in which seniors from all our network schools march their college applications to the post office has now been joined by a total of 22 schools from 11 cities. We have encouraged this replication through our open source online tookit on collegmarch.org and by sharing the practice at conferences such as the 2015 National College Access Network Conference.
-College Meet-Up Day. This annual event brings together graduating seniors from across our network schools to make connections with other students who are going to similar colleges. Over 250 students participated this year.
-College Bridge. In partnership with CARA we train recent graduates of our schools to provide near-peer mentoring as alumni coaches for students during the summer between high school graduation and their first semester of college. Almost 600 students received CARA coaching this year.
-Text Message Support. We have built out a text-messaging program to provide our students with reminders about upcoming college enrollment and persistence deadlines and provide individual support to those who respond with questions or concerns, reaching over 1,500 alumni from our schools.
-College Crew. Drawing on our successful Crew structure in our schools, we have established a college-level advisory program that brings together a group of our alumni currently enrolled in NYC based community colleges for weekly meetings that provide peer support and advocacy.
Our Crew Orientation Course is having a positive effect on school culture and provides students with opportunities for personal and interpersonal growth. Our Crew Orientation Course is a 3-5 day residential Outward Bound course that serves as an important school culture and community building vehicle for our incoming 6th and 9th grade students and their Crew Advisors (teachers). Over 950 students and about 90 Crew Advisors participated this year. On their post-course evaluation, students reported gaining important skills and attitudes from the course. 96% of students agreed or strongly agreed that "Crew Orientation helped me feel more confident about learning new skills." And 100% of Crew Advisors reported that they felt better able to support the students in their Crew after the course.
Our schools are offering students opportunities to discover their passions, provide service, and study topics that really matter to them. Examples from this past year include:
-Naming a New Species. Working with the American Museum of Natural History, a group of 6th grade science students at WHEELS had a real-world experience that was unique even for most entomologists - they had the opportunity to name a newly discovered species of wasp native to the Dominican Republic.
-Taking Action on Pollution. At West End Secondary 6th graders participated in "Down the Drain"--a learning expedition exploring New York City's waterways and its connection to sewage and our aging infrastructure. They worked with filmmakers to produce videos to share what they learned and encourage others to take action to save our waterways, participated in the Billion Oyster Project and petitioned local and state politicians to make needed improvements to our sewer system.
-Designing a Park. Students from Leaders developed a proposal to redesign the concrete park across the street from their school and have been working with Mitchell J. Silver, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, to have their proposal become a reality.
Our schools are leading the way in implementing school-based restorative justice practices. The New York City Council, in partnership with the Department of Education's Office of Safety and Youth Development, named Baldwin and Leaders as two of only five schools designated citywide to serve as "Mentor Schools" in the practice of restorative justice. An alternative approach to punitive school discipline, restorative justice practices train students, staff and faculty to resolve conflicts through a variety of structured processes, such as peer mediation groups in which trained student facilitators mediate conflicts in small group settings. When effectively implemented, these practices have helped strengthen school communities, prevent bullying, and reduce student conflicts. The rate of disputes and incidents has declined at Leaders by over 70% since the school began implementing restorative justice practices.
Our schools are providing multiple ways for parents and families to engage in schools. Across our schools, Student-Led Conferences (SLCs) replace the traditional parent/teacher conferences and require students to lead the conversation and explain their progress toward academic and character learning targets. SLCs are proving to be a highly effective vehicle for involving parents in their children's education, with families participating in them at a rate of 95% this year across our network. We also offer numerous other ways for families to learn about our approach. For example, West End Secondary ran book clubs in which parents were asked to read and then come together to discuss books that highlight key aspects of the school's educational approach and students led EL 101 workshops in which parents were introduced to key practices and structures of our model. As a result of this investment in supporting parents to fully understand the school's approaches, parent teams ended up leading the orientation sessions that were held for incoming students and their parents.
Our schools are breaking ground in the area of performance-based assessment. Four of our schools - Baldwin, BCS, Leaders and Hahn - are part of the New York State Performance Consortium and receive waivers from the State allowing them to evaluate students using in-depth college preparatory projects in place of the Math, Science, and Social Studies Regents.
"This Educational Leadership Award... really goes to NYC Outward Bound, which does truly extraordinary work in the field of education."
-Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
"NYC Outward Bound is…defying the lie, defying the myth, defying the stereotypes about what children can and cannot do."
—Arne Duncan, former U.S. Secretary of Education
"Last week I visited [NYC Outward Bound's] Leaders School in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, which is a glowing example of community cohesion... Students are given tremendous responsibility, and are put in challenging social circumstances that call forth compassion, judgment, sensitivity and mercy... Most of all I was struck by their kindness toward one another. No student could remember any racial or ethnic conflict. Many upperclassmen serve as peer mentors to the underclassmen. There's a palpable sense of being cared for. That's in part because the school has a wide definition of student achievement."
-David Brooks, Columnist, NYTimes
"What NYC Outward Bound does is create a sense of self-possession and a sense of ownership over what one does and over one's path - which is the key to so much of what works in education and, I dare say, to what works in life."
-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
"NYC Outward Bound, we think the world of you. We think you are outstanding: all the energy, all the work and the vision that you have -- but more importantly, your partnership with the Department of Education will allow our students to grow and prosper and be successful adults."
-former NYC Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott
"This kind of innovative school…is an example of how all our schools should be."
—President Obama after visiting an Expeditionary Learning school in Washington D.C.
"Outward Bound's involvement with the creation of new schools has had a direct impact of the success of our students. I appreciate your support as we build on our vision for public education: that all students will be given the tools they need to succeed in and out of the classroom."
—Joel Klein, former Chancellor, NYC Department of Education
"In the years that I've been teaching, [EL Education is] the single best model of learning for kids and the most satisfying model for teachers, because the kids are working on real projects, their work holds great value, and you are stretching them academically."
—Jennifer Wood, teacher
"When you walk through the NYC Outward Bound schools, you really do get the sense that these kids are working with very high expectations, that they really are being pushed and prepared for college in all the ways possible."
—Adam Tucker, Senior Program Officer, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Recent News
Leaders High School fights Bullying April 29, 2017
WHEELS Receives 2017 SupportMusic Merit Award from The NAMM Foundation April 4, 2017
WHEELS is one of only 92 schools in the country to receive the prestigious SupportMusic Merit Award for excellence in music education.
MELS students inspire with Portraits of Activism April 1, 2017
For 8th-graders at MELS, lessons in writing, art and social studies have come together in a published book of 25 interviews and portraits of social activists in New York City.


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The biggest surprise came at the Hard Rock themed restaurant chain. While just about any old branded concept serving up half-decent beer and grub seems to be coining it, Hard Rock has spectacularly missed out on the bonanza. True, a BSE beef scare closed the Paris branch for 15 days in the autumn, but nevertheless like-for-like sales in the 32 Hard Rock cafes fell 4 per cent - analysts noted that in London turnover rose a sub-inflationary 2 per cent while sales fell in New York. Not surprisingly, Hard Rock has recently expanded its national and local sales forces in the US to beef up the marketing effort.
The other concern is the slipping timetable for the planned pounds 1bn sale of Rank's remaining 20 per cent stake in copier company Rank Xerox. Originally due to take place in the first quarter of 1997, the talk now is of a sale some time before the end of 1998. The sale is seen as a way for Rank to return cash to investors, either in the form of a share buy-back or special dividend, but they should not hold their breath.
Disposals of non-core assets form a key part of the strategic review recently completed by new chief executive Andrew Teare, formerly of English China Clays.
Yesterday saw the Shearings holiday coach business finally sold to its management for pounds 83m. All told, Rank has raised more than pounds 200m during the second half, though borrowings still remain around pounds 1bn after Rank splashed out pounds 123m in October for the Tom Cobleigh chain of themed pubs. That deal raised eyebrows in the City and prompted accusations that Rank, for all its talk of restructuring, was still prepared to pay full prices for cyclical businesses at the top of the economic cycle.
Broker Kleinwort Benson sticks with its bottom-of-the-range forecast of pre-tax, pre-exceptional profits of pounds 294m this year, rising to pounds 345m in 1997. That implies a price/earnings ratio of 17 falling to 15. Unexciting.
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When we planted our little garden this year, we decided to try our hand at a cantaloupe and a watermelon plant. We've had one good cantaloupe, have another growing right now and would have had a third, had the squirrels not knocked it off the vine when we were on vacation.
The watermelon is growing well too, perhaps a little too well as we have three really large, really close to picking time, watermelons. On the upside, my plant grew and we didn't kill it! On the downside, there are 4 of us and we don't exactly need 3 watermelons at the same time.
Upon closer inspection, I noticed one watermelon had a small split in the side, so I decided to harvest it before the birds got to it (these same birds keep eating my tomatoes, so I was NOT going to leave them watermelon). I brought it in, cleaned it, sliced up half and put the other half in the fridge. We had just gone grocery shopping and I really didn't need more fruit, which led to the question …
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We've already made a variety of popsicles and I just didn't want another version of fruit salad. We already have plenty of those. Somewhere, in my travels around the web, I saw mention of watermelon granita. That sounded good to us, we all love Italian ice and it seemed like a good way to use up the very large watermelon in my fridge.
I didn't find one recipe I loved, so we combined a few different ones to make our version of it.
Make Your Own:
1/2 large watermelon, chopped, seeds removed
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2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Puree the watermelon till liquefied, strain to remove any extra seeds.
Bring water to a boil, add sugar & lemon juice, stir over heat until sugar is dissolved.
Pour into watermelon puree & mix well to combine.
Pour watermelon mixture into large glass pan so it is not too thick and freeze.
Remove every 1/2 hour for about 3 hours and scrape with a plastic spatula to give it an icy texture.
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By SioLazer
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Comments about Giro Women's Manta Mountain Shoes - Closeout:
I ride road bikes and I love these shoes. I switched to SPD a while back since Look cleats don't survive stop and go traffic as well as SPD cleats do. Unfortunately, it's not easy to find a good stiff soled shoe for SPD. It's too bad I didn't put them on until the season was over and it's too wet to do anything very fast. This is the first pair of SPD shoes where my toes didn't go numb in 20 minutes or so. Great power transfer on flats and hills. The cleat isn't fully recessed but it doesn't stick out a whole lot either. I had a close call in traffic today where I had to come to a stop, downhill, on a wet road. Just as I imagined myself eating tarmac, I put my foot down and the bottom of the shoe did well to grip and cushion my sudden stop. Finally, we had 8" of rain in PDX October 2016. I had the least amount of water come up through the bottoms of all the shoes I've donned. Love these shoes.
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By KNR
from Concord, NH
About Me Casual/ Recreational
I use these with my gravel bike doing a mix of dirt and paved roads. I'm fairly new to the sport, but have to keep up with much stronger cyclists. These shoes are so comfortable! I have a fairly wide foot and these seem to accommodate. The ratchet is great for getting the perfect fit. I would absolutely size up with these. I was measured as a 39 in a bike shop and needed to send back the first pair I got for a size 40. For reference, I typically wear a size 7.5, sometimes an 8.
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By Bay cycling
from Milwaukee, WI
Ordered a pair in a 39. I normally wear 7.5 they were a little snug. I could see my toes getting numb on a long ride. Also the ratchet strap broke when I took them out of the box. Both straps were very brittle. I returned them for an exchange to a size 40. Nashbar sent a new pair, the 40 fits better and the ratchet straps are not brittle. I would purchase again from Nashbar great service.
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I purchased these shoes to improve my experience on indoor bikes during spin classes and I am very happy with my purchase. I took them to a local bike shop to get clips put on and I found them very easy to get in and out of the bike pedals.
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By Carebear
from Montana, USA
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I ordered these 1 size up from what I normally wear thanks to other reviews and they fit beautifully! I was somewhat skeptical of buying these online since I'd never tried a pair on in the store. Glad I took the plunge. They fit great. I have high arches and a long great toe and these accommodate. I use them daily to get to work, and also on the trails.
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This is the first pair I've ever purchased for spinning class, and considering I'm not familiar with all the types and bike lingo, I feel I got lucky to get the perfect pair. I was hoping for platinum and didn't even realize it until I opened the package that this pair has black platinum. I absolutely love the strap with ratchet & the way you can walk on them outside if needed. I'll never walk with them outside though cause I want to keep them in perfect condition.
Nice, but small
By Jason
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Bought these for my wife for her off season spin classes, with the potential for future MTB action. Great looking shoes, just small. She wears 39 in dress shoes, and 40 in her running and road cycling shoes. I got her 40's, and they were too small. We'll be exchanging for 41's.
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My wife uses this for general training since MTB shoes allow you the ability to put a foot down anytime without slipping.The Manta is a bit shocking at first since it is bright shiny black like plastic. But Giro construction is first rate.You must be careful with the sizing of Giro since it is different from most other brands.I can hardly say we're "speed oriented" as retirees but neither would I say "comfort oriented" since riding a Colnago Piu and a Colnago C40 are hardly comfort bikes.
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Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. A car bomb killed seven other people in Baghdad.
The series of attacks shows the ongoing security challenges facing Iraq as the U.S. shifts responsibility to this country's own soldiers and police following the sharp decline in violence since last year.
The governor of the province that includes Mosul, Duraid Mohammed Kashmoula, said Saturday that about 3,000 Christians have fled the city during the past week to escape threats and attacks by Sunni extremists.
He called on the government to step up military operations against Sunni extremists in the city.
U.S. officials are concerned that violence may rise in the run-up to provincial elections, which are expected by the end of January. Voters will select ruling councils in most of the country's 18 provinces. No date for the election has been set.
Manatee dies on trip to Florida
An animal welfare official says a wayward manatee that was rescued from cold Cape Cod waters died on the way home to Florida.
Chris Cutter, of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, says the juvenile male manatee died Sunday outside Orlando. The cause of death will be investigated.
The animal wandered into a harbor near Dennis, Mass. Wildlife officials who feared for his health in the chilly water decided to pull him out Saturday.
Manatees normally are found off Florida and Georgia and stop feeding if they get too cold.
Sept. 11 suspects denied Web access
Guantanamo guards must furnish confessed al-Qaida kingpin Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four alleged co-conspirators with enough battery power to use their prison camp laptops 12 hours a day – but the Sept. 11 accused can't surf the Internet, a military judge ruled.
Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann issued the decision a week ago. It turned up Sunday on a Defense Department Web site.
The five former CIA-held detainees are accused in the deaths of 2,973 people on Sept. 11, 2001, in a complex conspiracy case that seeks military execution as the ultimate punishment.
They allegedly trained, financed and coordinated the Sept. 11 hijackers, and are in pre-trial hearings at the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba, where three of the five are now acting as their own attorneys.
At issue of late has been what resources they are allowed to use to prepare for the case.
"Reasonable access does not equate to a right or an entitlement to be placed on the same footing as a technologically state-of-the-art law office," Kohlmann wrote in his three-page ruling.


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Good morning from San Francisco; I'm guessing most of you didn't say up for the end of the Nationals' 4-2 loss to the Giants, and really, you didn't miss much. After the Giants knocked Livan Hernandez from the game in the fifth inning, the Nationals' one attempt at a rally fell short in the seventh inning, when they scored two runs but nothing else.
The Nationals couldn't beat Todd Wellemeyer, and now they'll have to beat Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito to win the series against the Giants. Last night was their best opportunity, at least on paper, to get a win. The next two days will be tougher.
On with the awards:
Golden Geese
Josh Willingham: On a night where the Nationals could do little at the plate, Willingham's seventh-inning single was probably their biggest hit. He was 1-for-4, but had the Nationals' only hit with runners in scoring position. There are few days where Willingham doesn't do something to help the team win, and he did again last night.
Ian Desmond: He went 1-for-2 at the plate, also driving in a run with a sacrifice. Desmond is probably the only player who had two productive at-bats last night. It was as impotent as the Nationals' offense has looked this season, but Desmond was able to contribute something.
Tyler Walker: Give the former Giants reliever credit for pitching out of a jam in the seventh inning and keeping the Nationals within two runs of San Francisco. He pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and has given up just two runs in his last 10 appearances.
Goose Eggs
Nyjer Morgan: In an 0-for-4 day at the plate, the at-bat that stood out was Morgan's pop-up in the third inning. The Nationals had runners on second and third with one out in the inning, and Morgan hit a weak pop fly to third base. The runners stayed at third, and Cristian Guzman's sharp grounder didn't get through, ending the inning. Morgan's average dropped to .257 in the loss.
Cristian Guzman: Aside from the hard grounder in the third inning, Guzman did nothing to get the Nationals' offense started at the top of the lineup. He was also 0-for-4, making the third out in three of his four at-bats. He's hitting .336, and has been torrid lately, but couldn't get it going on Tuesday.
In Case You Missed It:
--The Nationals squared up a number of balls that looked like they were headed out of the park, only to get knocked down by the bay breeze. Ryan Zimmerman crushed a ball in the fourth inning, Roger Bernadina hit two long flies to right and Ian Desmond's sacrifice fly in the seventh inning could've been a home run. But as Walker said, that's not the way to win here, because the wind is always a factor. The Nationals will have to start hitting line drives in the gap like the Giants did on Tuesday.
--After he was hit on the right knee by a pitch in the second inning, Roger Bernadina was picked off first base to end the inning. Desmond led off the third with a hit, followed by a Wil Nieves walk, and while it's hard to assume things would've gone exactly the same way, it would've put a runner on base for Desmond, who might have had the Nationals' best night at the plate.
Talking Points:
1. When the Nationals face Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito the next two days, how disappointing is it that they couldn't get a win on Tuesday night. Does it feel like a missed opportunity, or is it tough to assume they'll lose the next two days, considering Lincecum hasn't been his best lately?
2. How do you see this road trip shaping up, with the pitching matchups in San Francisco and a tough series in San Diego before going to Houston? Are you worried about the possibility of a skid, especially with the offense missing Pudge Rodriguez?
3. Any suggestions for a quick fix for the Nationals' struggling offense? Is there one, or is this team just short a batter or two?
Leave your answers in the comments, as usual, and I'll have more later today. The Nationals and Giants start at 10:15 Eastern time tonight, so if you're up for staying up late, we'll have the live thread then.


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First of all Jimmy Anderson looked flummoxed, then embarrassed. Mohammed Shami, one of the three India seamers who had been flogging away for much of the morning on the pitch of broken hearts, had just banged in a short ball to him. First he advanced, and then swivelled before swatting it to the midwicket boundary almost with one hand.
The buzzing Trent Bridge crowd, expectant of an England struggle as they made their way to the ground, but captivated now by sequence of events unfolding before them and basking in the midsummer warmth, rose as one in acclaim. On the England dressing room balcony, Anderson's team-mates lined up like departing passengers on an ocean liner and applauded.
The boundary had taken Anderson into uncharted waters. Once, when a teenager, he opened the batting for Burnley in what proved to be a 41-over match against Todmorden and made an unbeaten 49 out of 118 for five. It was as close as ever he had come to making a half-century in any grade of competitive senior cricket. Against South Africa at Headingley six years ago, he was sent in as nightwatchman by Michael Vaughan, and stuck around long enough with Alastair Cook the next day to make 34 against Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini, Morne Morkel and Jacques Kallis. It had remained his highest Test score since: 211 first-class innings, and not a chance to raise his bat. Until now.
So what to do? Joe Root had already offered his congratulations, but Anderson is a bowlers' bowler, someone not used to the ostentatious badge-kissing, fist-pumping displays of batsmen. So he raised his bat sheepishly and, with his head bowed a little, tipped it to the throngs.
He deserved the plaudits too, for this was no fluke. The pitch may have been placid but his defence was sturdy and some of his attacking shots were timed with the precision of an atomic clock. Most of all he deserves credit for hanging in there while Root added a further 104 runs to his own total. When they came together, they had barely avoided the prospect, however remote, of the side being forced to follow on. Indeed, the talk overnight was whether MS Dhoni would be adventurous or cautious in his subsequent declaration.
Together for almost four hours, the pair whittled away, getting the deficit down to manageable proportions, and then, impossibly, overhauling India, until by the time Anderson edged Bhuvneshwar Kumar low so that first slip was able to take a plunging catch, England had established a lead themselves and were on the verge of reaching 500. And as they progressed, so the records, individual and collective, tumbled. Shortly after Root had reached his century, the hundred partnership was reached, the fourth in a sequence of such last-wicket stands involving England in the past two years, and the second of this match – the first time in Test history that this has happened.
Now there were all sorts of records in sight. In 1966, at the Oval on the way to a famous innings victory over West Indies, Ken Higgs and John Snow added 128 for the final wicket, and until now Snow's unbeaten 59 had been the highest score by an England tail-end Charlie. Anderson passed that with ease, and the 1966 partnership was overhauled soon after when Dhoni let through four byes, symptomatic of a day when any sense of strategy by the India captain appeared to be absent without leave. Maybe as an experienced campaigner, he had simply taken an early view of the state of the game.
Ahead of the pair now lay the England record of 130. In December 1903 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, RE Foster and Wilfred Rhodes added 130 for the final whistle, during which "Tip" Foster, in his debut match, played one of the most remarkable innings of that or any other age, making 287, still the highest by a debutant. Rhodes went on to become one of the game's greats, taking more than 4,000 first-class wickets but so progressing his batting that he worked his way up from 11 to opener. But Foster was a part-timer, devoted to business, who played only a handful of Tests, and died young of diabetes just as the Great War was about to start. Of his innings, Wisden says it was "described on all hands as something never surpassed". That partnership merely enhanced a lead already attained rather than resurrecting a situation that seemed lost.
Now the all-time record was in their sights. England moved into a lead, as with nine wickets down, the morning session was extended by half an hour. Obliterated was the 143 of Tino Best and Denesh Ramdin against them at Edgbaston two years ago, and finally Root's single to deep midwicket took them past the world record of 163 scored by Phil Hughes and Ashton Agar on this ground a year ago.
By the time Anderson was dismissed, throwing the bat, England were caught between two stools. The lead of 39 was slender, but they were compelled to attack, even in the knowledge that in reality, the game had long been condemned to a draw and bowlers needed preserving. Maybe there would be some further magic from Anderson. In his second over, he found the edge of the bat of Murali Vijay, but although Matt Prior, throwing himself to his right, got both hands to the chance, it spilled out. He is missing too many, even allowing for the difficult keeping conditions in judging how deep to stand. Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, who "stoppeth one of three", springs to mind.


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Good luck to Kerry Ellis who steps onto the Broadway stage tonight for her debut in the New York production of 'Wicked'.Kerry is the much loved originator of the 'Meat' role in WWRY London who has just released a 3 track CD called 'Wicked In Rock'.This 3 track CD is arranged and produced by Brian May and features Taylor Hawkins on drums, Brian May on guitar, a 60+ piece orchestra and Ms. Kerry Ellis – in devastating form. Released on 7th July this taster to the forthcoming album is available to pre-order from Queen Online and will only be available from a few other retailers. Brian May – "It's just three tracks, one of which will be familiar to some of you, but a mammoth effort – they are all epics! They feature myself on many guitars, Taylor Hawkins on drums, and a huge orchestra, under the baton of Steve Sidwell. Needless to say, soaring above it all, Ms Ellis, the Rock and Roll Elphaba, sounds incredible. It takes a lot of persistence and belief to realise this kind of dream, particularly since these song treatments are quite experimental … but I'm thrilled with the way the tracks have come out. Two of the songs are from Wicked, but with rock arrangements from me, which take them 'out of the box'. For me, it's been a fascinating journey, and Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the songs, has been very supportive to us. More of this later, but it's been done with great respect to the originals, but out of a belief that there was new place, in Rock, that this great material could reach. The third track is "No-One But You", from We Will Rock You, of course. We have a whole album in process, so in the meantime we thought it would be great for her fans to have something substantial out there, to fill the gap. This is IT !!!" Source: http://www.queenonline.com/news/1031/
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Heart of a Warrior
An adaptation of one of my favorite folklore, revolving around two proud women.
Once in a far away land, there lived a rajah who was known far and wide. This particular rajah was a great ruler and a very hospitable leader yet he was not known because of such qualities. He was neither known because of his conquests, nor because of his wealth. Instead, he was known because of the incomparable beauty of his daughter, Prinsesa Magayon.
Prinsesa Magayon, they say, was the epitome of perfection. Her hair, cascading just below her shoulders, was the wavy rays of the sun as it peeks through the earth before starting a new day; her eyes – the color of the most exquisite of all teas which could tame even the angriest beast; her lashes – thick enough to capture the sun's rays and trap them in her eyes; her lips – tempting in their haughty curves; and luscious in their crimson softness; and her voice- comparable to the muses of the air who orchestrate the songs of nature. This daughter of Rajah Lakan was truly a grace and beauty incarnate.
Day after day, spears of countless young men, even those coming from faraway lands, were trusted on the rajah's staircase, yet no one could make the rajah give up his precious daughter. Even the richest of all merchants, Liu Mi Chen and his incomprehensible wealth couldn't temp the rajah to betroth his daughter.
One hot afternoon, Prinsesa Magayon was on her way to a river to take the bath. She was in a really foul mood that afternoon because even the huge fans of her slaves could not drive away the heat. Her slaves could only cower in fear at every word of their angry mistress.
Prinsesa Magayon and her servants, made their way towards the princess' favorite spot in the river. But upon arriving at the area, they were surprised to see a solitary girl in a boat floating lightly on the water. The girl was clad with the proud clothes of a warrior.
The princess, seeing this stranger in her favorite place, regarded her haughtily.
"Who are you?" demanded the irritated princess.
"I am Maharlika." answered the girl politely.
"A Maharlika?" questioned the princess.
"Uh... Yes. A Maharlika. Slave to no one but myself, Prinsesa Magayon." she replied smiling.
"You know me?" inquired the now curious princess.
"Who would not know you, you magical of all creatures? Who has not heard of you, most lovely of all beings? I have heard of you from afar and I have come. I have seen you and you have stirred my blood alive. None can satisfy me until I have won you over."
"Who are you to dare speak to me, Prinsesa Magayon, daughter of Rajah Lakan in such way? None can satisfy me until I have won you over." The princess scoffed. "Know you not the punishment for such imprudence is death?"
"I know, most imperious of all beings, and I dare."
"You dare!" The two brown orbs of the princess turned a shade darker upon hearing what the woman uttered. This was the very first time that she was addressed in such a manner. The once calm sea was challenged and was threatening to unleash its fury. "You, a mere Maharlika, dare address me in such a despicable manner. You, a mere simple woman, daring to woo the daughter of Rajah Lakan!"
"I am a Maharlika. A noble woman." The woman answered in a dignified manner. "I have lips, so I dare speak and I have a heart so I dare love."
At this point, if not for her nature as a princess, the sea of wrath could have swept that proud woman away. But enclosed by her natural restraint, Prinsesa Magayon's eyes could simply blaze as her voice trembled in great anger.
"My father would know these words uttered by your lips and his warriors would search this river for you."
Upon hearing this, Maharlika merely kept quiet and brought her boat nearer the shore as an answer. She then jumped out of the boat in one swift motion, bringing with her a spear, and slowly walked towards the princess. Though her indignation was eating her up, the princess still could not help but examine the proud woman as she walked towards her.
The proud woman exudes elegance and power in her dignified way of walking. Her stunning built and her sun-kissed skin gives off the aura of strength, strength even more emphasized by each stride she takes. Her soft silky black hair flowing and stopping just a little below her shoulders passionately adored by the wind's soft touches... Her eyebrows the color of the dark night sky without its stars was thick enough to accentuate her enthralling eyes... those eyes, the color of a sparrow's wing... were alluring... yet warm... They were kind eyes, kind and loving eyes though not without the glint of a warrior's courage... Her nose, tall and proud brings emphasis to her soft, plump, pink lips with the freshness of a blooming rose...
She indeed was an enchanting woman… a dangerously enchanting woman.
The woman's strides stopped a few steps from Prinsesa Magayon. Their eyes met and however cliché it may sound, right at that moment, everything ceased to exist, except for these two proud strangers by the river. An enchanting realm engulfed them, a realm where only heartbeats exist. Yet seconds after, the magic faded upon the sound of hurrying footsteps. They both turned their heads and saw a servant rushing towards them. The servant stopped in front of Prinsesa Magayon and gave the proper reverence before stating her purpose.
"Rajah Lakan, ruler of this land, requests for your presence Prinsesa Magayon. Liu Mi Chen's ships have arrived, bringing with them, immense treasures from their prosperous land."
Upon hearing her father's urgent call, Prinsesa Magayon immediately summoned her servants and prepared to go back.
"I would go with you to ask the honor of the presence of Rajah Lakan. I was sent here by Rajah Maginoo for an important errand."
Prinsesa Magayon suppressed a frown. She immediately recognized the name. He is no less than the most trusted ally of his father and a ruler of a nearby land.
This woman who dared speak in such a manner is a subordinate of Rajah Maginoo?
With this new information in mind, Prinsesa Magayon huffed out in frustration with her servants and the warrior-woman in tow.
Prinsesa Magayon arrived at the rajah's abode and hurriedly went to her room. Maharlika, who was then left outside, flung her spear into Rajah Lakan's staircase.
"Who is it?" the rajah's powerful voice bellowed.
"It is I, Maharlika. Rajah Maginoo sent me to ask for your daughter, Prinsesa Magayon's hand."
The powerful rajah, upon hearing the name of his faithful ally and friend, immediately asked the woman to come up for them to discuss the matter. Prinsesa Magayon after hearing the stranger's request, started venting out her anger inside her room.
She was sent by Rajah Maginoo to ask for my hand yet she dared speak to me that way? She dared proclaim her love to me?
Her servants could only silently cower in fear as the daughter of the rajah continued to let loose the reign of her unexplainable anger towards the foreign woman.
Days passed by slowly, until one day, the rajah summoned Prinsesa Magayon and asked to choose between his faithful friend Rajah Maginoo and the foreigner, Liu Mi Chen. But in truth, the rajah actually wished for his daughter to pick his faithful ally. Prinsesa Magayon, not really wanting any of the two, since Rajah Maginoo is already too old for her and Liu Mi Chen is a man of a foreign land, voiced this out to her father. The rajah, hearing this decision of his daughter, immediately concluded Rajah Maginoo as the worthy man for his daughter. Prinsesa Magayon would have wanted to voice out her disagreement but because disobedience was never an option in those days, the princess could not do anything but to obey. The arrangement for the joining of hearts of Rajah Maginoo and Prinsesa Magayon progressed, although the princess went through it with a heavy heart.
A week passed by and one day, a servant relayed to Prinsesa Magayon, a message from Liu Mi Chen.
"Prinsesa Magayon, Liu Mi Chen requests for the honor of your presence. Their ships would leave the dock at the end of this day and he deemed it a pity if your grace would not see the finest of all silks that he has brought."
Prinsesa Magayon, obliged by the custom, finally decided to grant Liu Mi Chen's ship a visit since the foreigner was still one of their cherished visitors.
Upon arriving at his ship, Prinsesa Magayon was immediate entertained by the delighted Liu Mi Chen.
"It is my pleasure that the renowned Prinsesa Magayon has finally granted us the honor of her presence."
Prinsesa Magayon merely nodded in acknowledgement of the foreigner's words. She was then led to the looms of the most fine-looking silks she has ever seen. Liu Mi Chen seeing the twinkle in the eyes of the princess deemed it the right time to voice out his proposal.
"Prinsesa Magayon, if you would only come with me to be my wife, I would lay every kind of treasure at your feet, you would be the Empress of my realm, and you would acquire everything that you set your eyes on."
The princess who looked unfazed stopped examining the silks laid and faced Liu Mi Chen.
"It is my sorrow to decline Liu Mi Chen but I simply cannot accept your offer."
Upon hearing the princess' words, Liu Mi Chen's eyes immediately sparkled as if he has already expected the refusal of his offer. He calmly took out a black metallic object and pointed it at the disinterested princess.
"Since you would not willingly accompany me to my journey, I would have to then forcefully take you with me."
The princess looked at the foreign man in disgust. She still seemed to be unperturbed by the small gun pointed at her.
"My father rules a hundred warriors. He could so easily send a couple of hundreds in order to get me from you. I am then sure that he would give you the rightful punishment for such imprudence."
The foreign man upon hearing the princess' undisturbed voice, merely laughed. He then pointed to the multitude of ships that he owns.
"Do you really not think that I would have prepared for this kind of occurrence?"
The man again laughed upon seeing the princess' baffled expression.
"Can you see all these ships? Do you think all they contain are mere items for exchange? You've mistaken! For they also contains canons that could sink your land and defeat all your warriors in sheer few minutes."
"Release her."
Suddenly, a young woman in a warrior's attire jumped into the boat. This caused all Liu Mi Chen's men, including him to point their weapons at her. The woman remained composed in the midst of all these. She stood there in a dignified manner, although she was wet from head to toe.
"Who are you?" inquired the puzzled Liu Mi Chen.
Prinsesa Magayon silently chuckled at the question. She found it amusing that everyone who meets Maharlika asks who she is.
"I am Prinsesa Maharlika, daughter of Rajah Maginoo, ruler of Minawan. But as of yesterday, after my father's death, I am now Prinsesa Maharlika, ruler of Minawan. And I am here to take Prinsesa Magayon away."
Liu Mi Chen bellowed in laughter upon hearing what the brave warrior said.
"I pity you. I would have opted to let your poor soul go if you have not mentioned the last fraction. Now, I will grant you the disgraceful death you earnestly sought. "
Still pointing a gun at Prinsesa Maharlika, he motioned for one of his subordinates to get him something. The subordinate immediately left then went back with a rattan vessel in hand. The merchant asked another subordinate to take out what is inside the container. The latter refused, a terrified expression marring his once arrogant contour. The refusal aroused the anger of the trader and he at once directed the tip of the metal in his hand towards the disobedient subordinate.
"You dare disobey me? Take it out right this instant or the first bullet of this invention would pass through your body!"
Upon hearing this, the subordinate shuddered in fear and had no other choice but to do as what his master bids. He then shakily lifted the lid of the vessel and reached inside. The moment his hand dived into the vessel, he dropped down, bitten and already dead. The foreign leader smiled.
"You shall reach inside the vessel where the cobra is. If you manage to take it out, your freedom has been paid, but if you would not succeed it would cost you your dear life."
Prinsesa Maharlika upon hearing what the merchant said, glanced at the seemingly unconcerned Prinsesa Magayon, before walking without the slightest hesitation towards the deemed vessel of death. She then reached inside and through a force unknown to everyone, managed to hold the cobra by the head before trusting it into Liu Mi Chen's face. The foreign man immediately dropped down without a soul in his body. With this done, the warrior-princess turned to the stunned Prinsesa Magayon and ushered her to jump.
"Jump into the water Prinsesa Magayon! My multitudes of men are waiting in the shore. They would be ready to assist you."
And the two jumped into the water and swam with all they might towards the shore. Prinsesa Magayon still with all her grandeur, reached land first. She then immediately surveyed her surroundings and as she expected, there were no multitudes of warriors awaiting their arrival. She smiled.
Prinsesa Maharlika right then at that moment reached the place where the haughty princess stood. Prinsesa Magayon then feeling the arrival of the other, started walking, still with that smile adorning her enchanting features. But before the princess completely left the baffled ruler, she stopped for a while and mirthfully uttered:
"Trust your spear for yourself and you will not trust in vain."
Days after, Prinsesa Magayon and Prinsesa Maharlika, now ruler of two adjoined lands, could be seen standing on an elevated part of their domain as they stare into the now calm sea. The warrior-princess' hands encircled Prinsesa Magayon's waist as the breeze lightly touches their deity given bodies. Prinsesa Maharlika then planted a kiss on Prinsesa Magayon's cheek, a gesture that resulted into a tint of red adorning the latter's cheeks.
"Most majestic of all beings, other half of my soul, look around you. Look at this land that we now rule. I would make this, our land, the most prosperous of all lands, and a symbol of my never fading adoration towards you.."
Prinsesa Magayon upon hearing the words of her beloved, smiled a blissful smile, before placing her hands atop the clasped hands of her lover.
"Never did I doubt, and never will I doubt your words my warrior. My heart has spoken to yours from the first time we've met and it has devoted its all to you..."
With that said, Prinsesa Magayon turned around and faced her now forever companion. And with the muses orchestrating the song of nature, their lips touched, sealing the promise uttered by their blissful hearts.


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Riot released a new trailer showing the reworked League of Legends champion, Warwick in a captivating trailer for the upcoming Warwick: The Wrath of Zaun video game.
Champion is getting a full refresh, and Riot Games is celebrating by showing a glimpse of his new look, and some fresh moves, in a new teaser, above.
The nearly two-minute promo shows the beast terrorizing the underworld and tearing after two Zaun criminals, specifically Boggin and Fleg, as they try to flee the city. The bad guys make it to a pod, but one of the duo is sacrificed to the creature as one tries to escape. The werewolf pounces across the chasm, tearing its mechanical hand through the metal chassis.
The upcoming Champion refresh gives Warwick a full visual redesign, with luminous canisters on his back and metal armor on his arm, leading to a spiked glove.
If you look carefully, you can see some abilities in action, too. Like his sniff ability, which now seemingly buffs him up when he smells blood, growing in size as chemicals pump through his body.
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Last words uttered by 10 Russian writers
Leo Tolstoy attached great importance to the dying words of people of genius. He wrote in his diary: "The word of a dying person is particularly significant!" That said, some people manage to display a sense of humor before they face the pearly gates.
Oscar Wilde, dying in a room with hideous wallpaper, said: "This wallpaper is terrible - one of us will have to go."
The German poet Henry Heine said on his deathbed: "The Lord will forgive me. It's his job".
RBTH recalls the words of Russian writers uttered moments before their last breath.
1. "A certain butterfly is already on the wing."
Nobel Prize winner Vladimir Nabokov was interested in entomology and collected butterflies. Dmitry, the writer's son, recalled that when he was saying goodbye to his father, the dying man's eyes suddenly filled with tears: "I asked why? He said that a certain butterfly was already on the wing..."
2. "I am dying! It's been a long time since I drank champagne!"
The writer and physician Anton Chekhov perished of tuberculosis in the German resort town of Badenweiler. According to an old German tradition, a doctor who diagnoses a patient with a fatal illness treats them to champagne. Chekhov's last words were addressed to his doctor.
3. "Russia ate me, like a stupid pig eats its piglet."
The symbolist poet Alexander Blok fell seriously ill in the spring of 1921. The disease was caused by starvation during the civil war, nervous exhaustion, and the failure of the Russian intelligentsia to accept his revolutionary poem "The Twelve". Writer Maxim Gorky, People's Commissar Anatoly Lunacharsky, and the poet's friends were trying to secure permission for Blok to seek treatment abroad, but the Politburo of the Bolshevik party forbade it. Tragically, Blok died on the day when a passport with travel permission for him was finally issued for him.
4. "I keep thinking that the timing of one's death needs to be right. God, how right was Mayakovsky! I am too late to die. Death should be timely."
Soviet writer Mikhail Zoshchenko, a master of the short story who was incredibly popular in the 1920s-30s, was persecuted by the authorities and betrayed by his fellow writers. Expelled from the Writers' Union, Zoshchenko retreated to his dacha, where he spent the last years of his life. Today he is often called the Russian Kafka for his understanding of the metaphysics of everyday Soviet life.
5. "Is that you, fool?"
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin was known for his ruthless humor and satire. According to legend, he greeted his own death with the question "Is that you, fool?"
6. "I loved you and did not cheat on you once, even in my thoughts."
These were the final words writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky said to his wife Anna.
Throughout their marriage, the couple spent just a couple of days away from each other. Anna was not only the writer's wife, but also his assistant. She copied his manuscripts, dealt with publishers and printers, and even helped her husband to conquer his gambling habit.
7. "What a torture it is not to be able to find the right word to express one's thoughts."
These words belong to the poet Fyodor Tyutchev, whose works are justly considered to be Russian masterpieces found in all school textbooks on Russian literature. Many of Tyutchev's quotes and even whole stanzas have become aphorisms:
You will not grasp her with your mind.
Or cover with a common label,
For Russia is one of a kind —
Believe in her, if you are able...
8. "I will not shoot at this fool!"
During the duel between the poet Mikhail Lermontov and Nikolay Martynov, neither fired his pistol after the count, so Martynov shouted: "Shoot, or I am ending this duel!" To which Lermontov calmly replied: "I will not shoot at this fool!" These words irked Martynov and he pulled the trigger, before rushing to the unfortunate poet, saying: "Misha, forgive me!" But Lermontov was already dead.
9. "I love the truth"
At 83, Count Leo Tolstoy escaped to his estate in Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Region, 200km from Moscow. Accompanied by his daughter and a physician, he traveled in a third-class train carriage. During the journey he caught a cold, which developed into pneumonia. Already delirious, the writer said: "I love the truth."
10. "Bring me the ladder!"
The image of a ladder is one of the main mysteries of the writer Nikolai Gogol. As a child, little Kolya heard a story his grandmother used to tell about a ladder, which took people's souls to heaven. In different variations, this image is present in many of Gogol's works. According to eyewitnesses, the writer's last words were: "The ladder, quickly, bring me the ladder!"


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New qualifying format should shake up starting grid
By Alan Baldwin
BARCELONA (Reuters) - A new qualifying format will shake up the Formula One starting grids this season, adding to the stress on teams and drivers and making races more exciting, strategists said on Wednesday.
Whether it will improve the show on Saturday afternoons, when qualifying takes place, is less certain.
"I don't think it's going to improve qualifying itself... but what it has a good chance of doing is improving the race," Williams engineering head Pat Symonds told reporters.
"It's quite a difficult situation, it's done at very short notice, so we're not going to have a lot of time to get our thoughts together and optimize everything and write loads of software to help us."
Symonds has seen a variety of qualifying formats come and go and suspected the latest, which will see the slowest drivers eliminated at 90 second intervals during sessions, would catch out even the best.
"I think all of us are going to make mistakes, particularly early on and that means there will be occasions when cars are out of position (on the grid)," he said.
"We will see some of the quicker cars a bit further back, and we all know that's given us some great races in the past."
The new format was approved by teams on Tuesday and is set to be introduced at the season-opener in Melbourne on March 20. Continued...


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Established in 1933 as a three-room junior college with 63 students,
Colorado State University-Pueblo now boasts more than 4,200 students. We officially became a four-year university in 1975 and joined with Fort Lewis College and CSU in 1984 to form the Colorado State University System governed by the State Board of Agriculture. Our name changed from the University of Southern Colorado to Colorado State University-Pueblo in 2003. The CSU System now governs three schools: CSU in Fort Collins, CSU-Pueblo, and CSU-Global.


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So I finally gave into temptation, broke down, and bought myself a new Browning X-bolt Hunter in .270 Winchester.
The plans for next year include me having all of firearm season in NY off, so am planning to spend almost all of my time in the field. As such, I had an excuse, for once, to purchase a new firearm. After having done quite a bit of research, found the new X-bolts to fit the bill. Not terribly expensive, well built, and backed by a company I have a lot of respect for.
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Wesley Snipes begins 3 years prison term for tax evasion
The 48-year-old star of the Blade films was convicted in Florida in 2008 of failing to file tax returns. In a TV interview on Tuesday night, he said he was not nervous about reporting to prison. "He'll go through an orientation process and will begin serving his sentence," the BBC News quoted Ross as saying.
Snipes's lawyer says the case contains irregularities and the 'White Men Can't Jump" and 'Demolition Man" actor will seek a review. The prison houses 300 inmates, is minimum security and has no perimeter fencing. However, there are five roll calls a day, three of them overnight, Associated Press news agency reports.
Snipes, who earned millions for the Blade series, can spend less than 300 dollars a month in prison facilities. "We recognise that he is high profile, but we treat all our inmates the same," a spokeswoman for McKean, Shirley White, said.


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Knowing that I would have more privacy, I drove to the hospital at the closing of Carlisle's shift. He faithfully stayed for half an hour after his shift to finish his notations on patient charts. With perfect recall memory, Carlisle could remember every detail of every patient he ever had. However, having a paper trail of that information was crucial in case another doctor would pick up the case. It was just another way that Carlisle cared for each of his patients.
I found Carlisle's mental voice from the parking lot and entered the hospital knowing he was, indeed, in his office. I knocked on his door, more for the people's benefit who were in the hallway with me rather than Carlisle's. He bid me to come in, and I entered his office, leaving the human facade in the hallway.
Edward, what brings you in? It's a pleasant surprise.
"Thanks. I remember when we first moved to Forks, I would stop in here more often so we could chat. We seem to have more privacy here than at home."
Yes, those were nice visits. You've been a bit more distracted the past year or so.
"Yes, I have. Which is actually why I came to talk to you."
Oh? Bella? Is she hurt?
I chuckled. "No, she is fine, although you have done your fair share of patching her up for me."
You would think that with your medical experience and the way you've learned to control your thirst around her, you could produce a suture now and then. The humor in his thoughts did not overshadow the pride and love. However, it has been my pleasure to help you and Bella any way that I can.
"She really loves you. As do I. Which leads me to why I am here. Alice is taking care of all of the wedding plans, but Bella and I have a few things we need to attend to ourselves. I was remembering you and Esme's wedding. I remember standing up with the two of you as you declared your vows—vows you both have upheld beautifully since then. I've watched you treat Esme with respect and love, guiding her and teaching her, but always treating her as a partner. No matter what our family was facing, you have treated Esme—and all of the rest of us—with dignity and compassion. I hope to be half of the husband that you have been. I could not have asked for a better role model."
Edward, I am humbled. Thank you for your kind words.
"Carlisle, I would be honored if you would be my best man when I marry Bella in August."
"Edward, It would be my pleasure. I would be honored to stand up for you."
I crossed the room and shook his hand, our grip firm and steady.
Speaking of the wedding, have you decided on your honeymoon destination?
The thought of the honeymoon sent dread and anticipation running throughout my body. I sat and put my head in my hands.
"Carlisle…I don't know about the honeymoon. I promised Bella that we would…try…but…"
Son, I am not going to burden you with more advice—I know your brothers will take care of that. And your knowledge of the human body is just as complete as mine. However, I will tell you that I have faith in you. If anyone could do it, you could.
"'IF'," I repeated. "Bella's life is not something that I want to gamble with!" I slammed my fist on the chair, splintering the wood on the arm. I took a deep breath and apologized. "I am sorry, Carlisle, but this is where my conundrum lies."
Well, Tanya and her sisters have successfully entered into…relations…with humans. While admittedly it took them a while to be able to do so without causing injury to the human male, their success may give you some encouragement.
"I usually try not to think of Tanya, Kate, and Irina that way," I responded wryly. "However, I do see your point."
If you would like me to speak with Tanya about it, I would be willing to do that for you.
"Carlisle, that would go above and beyond what I would ask from my best man." I was not entirely sure if he was being serious or not. "However, I will keep your offer in the back of my mind."
As for your honeymoon, Esme and I would love to offer our Island to you two. While going to your parents' romantic hide-a-way might not sound like the ideal honeymoon spot, it may have some important aspects that you are looking for. For one, seclusion. It will give you the privacy you are seeking. Also, the warm climate may help Bella's body withstand your cold skin.
The genuine smile on his face was all that kept the conversation from turning uncomfortable.
"I am conflicted between going somewhere deserted for privacy and wanting to be near you in case…something goes wrong."
Edward…you are just as capable as I am at fixing anything that could go wrong. If you chose to go to Isle Esme, we will make sure it is stocked with any medical supplies you may need. However, Edward, the only thing you should need is…your venom. If something goes wrong that I would have to be there to fix, it would probably be too late anyway, and it would be time to change her.
This was something I did not want to think about, but I knew I needed to. There was so much I still wanted to give her, to show her…and yet, there was a selfish part of me that wanted to ensure that she would be with me for all of eternity.
"Thank you, Carlisle. I will certainly keep that in mind, and I will officially ask Esme if we may borrow her island if Alice foresees that being a good choice. I think Bella would enjoy it, and she deserves some warm weather after the last couple of years in Forks."
You are very welcome.
"I will leave you to finish your work. Thank you…and, even though we rarely celebrate the passing holidays…Happy Father's Day."
Carlisle's eyes flitted to the calendar on the desk and his eyes lit up. Thank you Edward. My first son. His thoughts drifted to Chicago, almost a century ago, when I became forever his son. The memories of Father's Days past swirled through his mind and contemplated the changes our family had experienced the past couple of years. I wonder where Father's Day next year will find our family.
I laughed. "Hopefully a boring a calm weekend with the eight of us."
I can't think of a better Father's Day.
While I do not own Twilight or any of their characters, I would like to use them to tell all of the TwiDad's (including my husband) Happy Father's Day!
The conclusion of "Snapshot" and the next chapter of "Little Sister" should be coming by the end of the weekend! :o)


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