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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – In a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference finals, which ended in a shootout, it almost seemed fitting that the game's only goal came was a penalty kick, as Real Salt Lake beat the Chicago Fire, 1-0, Thursday night at Toyota Park on a Robbie Findley spot kick.
The penalty came in the 39th minute, when Findley turned the ball away from C.J. Brown, who lunged and caught Findley's ankle in the box.
Findley then stepped up to take the kick, and don't think last year's shootout didn't enter into his mind.
"As I was standing up I hear some of their teammates calling the goalkeeper's name, and I was figuring they were telling him where I went last year so I switched it up," Findley said.
Dykstra was sent to his right as Findley slotted the ball into the opposite corner.
Brown was none too happy about the penalty call as he stood in front of his locker after the game.
"If you have to ask a question about it, you probably question it yourself," Brown said. "I'll live with it. It's part of the game."
The Fire (4-5-5) were inches from equalizing twice in the second half, as rookie defender Steve Kinney hit each post on headers from corner kicks, first in the 48th minute, then in the 57th.
"Those posts were nice to me tonight," said Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando, who extended his clean-sheet streak to 498 minutes. "I felt like Uruguay back there. I think we fell asleep twice the entire match, and we knew this game was going to be a battle and I think we battled the whole way through. Even the posts were with us tonight."
Thursday was Kinney's Major League Soccer debut, as the third-round pick out of Elon started at right back. Fellow rookie Kwame Watson-Siriboe got the start at centerback, as Wilman Conde was moved to midfield with injuries to Patrick Nyarko and Justin Mapp forcing coach Carlos de los Cobos' hand.
Brian McBride was also left out of the starting lineup, giving Stefan Dimitrov the start. Dimitrov was largely ineffective though, and McBride was inserted to start the second half, along with Mapp.
The substitutions immediately paid dividends for the Fire, but they weren't able to get past the Salt Lake defense, who packed it in for much of the half.
"The same thing happens to us, the guys make a big effort and we have good moments but we make mistakes when attacking and finishing," de Los Cobos said. "We have to think about the future."
Real Salt Lake (9-3-3), on the other hand, inched within six points of the first-place Los Angeles Galaxy with the victory and extended its unbeaten streak to 10 matches.
"I think the last couple of years we were happy with a point, and if we don't get that point it's not a big deal," Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis said. "Now it's we aren't happy with a point, we want three points. I think the confidence of winning early in the season really helps us out in these kinds of games."
What did you think of Thursday night's game? Think Salt Lake was fortunate to get the points? What do the Fire need to do to get back on track?
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I love RSL, but that game was just embarrassing. I'm actually alright with the penalty call…maybe a little soft, but the contact was there.
I am though, embarrassed by our second half play, especially the diving by Espy and Morales. I loved how we dominated possession in the first half, but I hated how we bunkered down in the second. That's not RSL soccer.
Just an ugly, ugly game.
I watched the second half after hearing LeBron's big decision. I am a HUGE US soccer and MLS fan, but this game was flat out boooorrrrrring. It was pretty bad. Kinney was the only bright spot.
Espindola and Morales, two very talented players, were flopping and faking injuries (mostly time wasting) everytime they were touched – freakin' discraceful (for lack of a better word). Thank you for not diving team USA.
Congrats Corben Bone on getting in. Need to see more touches from you, buddy. Keep it up.
Paul Dickov
Ugly match to watch, but if you're an RSL fan you'll take the win in a humid Chicago any day of the week regardless of style points. Last night's match is the type that past RSL squads would drop… so I guess there's positives to be taken from any match.
Findley is awful, in case anyone hasn't caught on to that over the past 4 weeks.
Couldn't agree more with Clayton. Maybe it was the heat, or just the malaise of midsummer with a World Cup to boot, but it was like no one on the field was even trying. There was a stretch in the second half where the ball was thrown in and booted either right back out of play or blindly upfield for at least 10 minutes. The players on both sides were just standing around, shrugging or at most waving their arms half heartedly.
I don't expect MLS to show top quality talent, but I do expect to see effort on the field. Chicago fans must have been furious to have their squad basically give up on even trying to salvage a point at home around 75′.
The Fire play way too defensive even when they have their "top 11" on the field. 95% of the game they had four defenders marking/standing in a line with only one attacker up there.
Starting Conde and Pause together in the midfield was a mistake. We always give too much credit to our opposition.
We also cant rely on a 38 year old to do all the scoring.
If the Fire don't do anything to bolster their lineup next week you can kiss the playoffs goodbye.
Mediocre is too nice of a word for them
Soccer Purist
Findley haters. They simply have no knowledge of the game. Apparently you guys are better at assessing players than most MLS coaches and the U.S. national team coaching staff. Findley looked okay in this game. Not to mention he has scored in two straight since returning and should of had a another. The guy is still adjusting to being home.
You cannot possibly argue with his contributions in MLS.
Anyone bashing the way RSL played. It has proven to be a near impossible task to win on the road in this league. If you can grind out a win on the road and keep a shutout. You've done your job.
People who didn't like this game just aren't purists.
RSL seemed in control for most of the game, despite what ESPN's Chicago homers that called the game were saying. Yes, it was ugly, but its 3 points on the road, something that was almost impossible to fathom for RSL fans before this season.
You're right, Findley looked ok. He had one brilliant shot that dinked off the inside of the post, but then there was also the sequence where he was in alone with the keeper and managed to dribble himself out of a shot. He's like the US version of Theo Walcott…except, you know, not as good.
There was so little intensity on the field. Watching the game, I couldn't stop thinking about player development. Now I know this is just one very poor example, but how do players get better without facing serious challenges every week. That goes for budding rookies all the way to LD.
I'm still optimistic about the future and have seen lots of progress in the league, but it's a serious issue to address.
Maybe the most asinine comment ever?
I don't know the Fire that well, so I don't know if Pappa had a poor game or if his play last night was normal.
In the first half he singlehandedly killed about 8 offensive possessions with terrible touch and baffling passes.
Are you kidding? That was a tremendous show of skill the way he took a bad touch and minor contact and turned it into a penalty.
I enjoyed the game.
I disagree with Soccer Purist. Salt Lake didn't do near enough to "grind out a win", but rather got lucky…more than once.
I haven't seen the Fire more than a couple of time, but Kinney looked like ANOTHER example on how fast MLS is getting better with rookies/sophomores making big contributions.
Pretty sure he isn't awful. Despite what low-life internet bullies say, no USMNT WC player is awful. Kevin Goldwaithe is awful. Devon McTavish is awful. Robbie Findley is just really good in MLS, but not WC level…yet.
But isn't easier just to say he's awful.
Sudden Pessimist
Yeah, and he'll probably tear his ACL in practice this week and we'll never see him again.
Front Row
The Fire have a handful of problems. Pappa has become a ball hog and only passes when he can't dribble past the defense. Banner looks lost when he has the ball. Fire had chances but no one can finish. The commentators were too nice claiming that the Fire's problems are because too many regulars are out due to injury. It's not as if that are crushing opponents with regularity. What is hurting the Fire is all the talent they lost from last year.
Having watched every Fire MLS match this season, I don't think one can understate the importance of Patrick Nyarko for this team. He and McBride sometimes seem like the only guys trying to make a play. Pappa is having a good season, but he gets way overconfident at times and starts trying to score from Gary, Ind.
That said, it was not a great effort last night. Defense wasn't the worst I've seen from them this year, and they dominated the majority of the second half, but couldn't get it on goal. McBride also missed a signature header just wide.
Awful game by RSL though, Espindola only reached new heights of prick-titude.
Not even close. I'd say you're in the running, but then I'd be, too.


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the house was ok. But I have to report a bad occurrence. The second or third day, in the morning while we were sleeping, he entered with the keys of the mister of the scale cleaning. Why did it happen? We screamed and ran away. I do not think is a good behavior. what did he want? you considerations.
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The host cancelled our reservation, made & paid two months before arriva,l ten days before check-in date.She offered us an appartment with the same rate but worse area,she gave us no proper explanation about this cancellation,no apologies.I supposed she rented the appartment more expensive.You cannot trust on her.They speak no word of English or other language,just German.
Wimdu also did not act properly,they did not help me,they answered my emails very late,no contact phone,no help.
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TORONTO, Sept 23 (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd's plan to retreat from the consumer market in favor of its traditional strength serving businesses and governments is widely seen as a desperate move that industry watchers warn will only accelerate its downward spiral.
The strategic shift and dramatic restructuring are fueling fears about BlackBerry's long-term viability. The uncertainty created could easily push a growing number of its telecom partners, business customers and consumers to abandon the platform.
"Perception is nine tenths of reality and if customer and supplier confidence continues to fall it doesn't matter how much cash they have on the balance sheet. Things could get worse," said GMP Securities analyst Deepak Kaushal.
The Canadian smartphone maker, once the leader in wireless email, announced the change in focus on Friday afternoon when it also said it will report a quarterly loss of close to $1 billion and slash more than a third of its workforce.
In response to queries about its future sales strategy BlackBerry said on Sunday it would provide more detail when it announces quarterly earnings on Sept. 27.
On Friday, Chief Executive Thorsten Heins said the strategic shift to focus on so-called enterprise customers would play to the company's strengths in security and reliability. Continued...


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Minerva Climbs to Five-Year High as Morgan Stanley Says BuyJulia Leite
Minerva SA advanced to a five-year high after Morgan Stanley resumed coverage of the Brazilian meatpacker with the equivalent of a buy recommendation.
Shares gained 3.1 percent to 13.39 reais at the close of trading in Sao Paulo, the highest since December 2007. The Bovespa small cap index, of which Barretos-based Minerva is a member, fell 0.1 percent.
Animal protein stocks should benefit from cyclical growth in 2013, with Brazilian beef being the "highlight" of the year, Morgan Stanley analysts including Javier Martinez de Olcoz Cerdan wrote in a research note on Brazilian meatpackers' stocks. They listed Minerva as their "top pick" in the industry and set a price target of 16.50 reais.
Marfrig Alimentos SA rose 1.3 percent to 10.01 reais after the analysts raised it to the equivalent of buy. The company should show cyclical and structural growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, according to the report.
Minerva shares have advanced 104 percent in the past year, while Marfrig has gained 9.9 percent.


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Enjoy a Christian Alternative to Halloween at the First Pentecostal Church of God as they will have a "Harvest Festival". The festival will feature a Biblical Costume Contest (Please, no demons or satanic figures), chili cook-off, jump houses, dunk tank, candy rain, games and much more.
At the First Pentecostal Church of God (4087 N. Eagle Dr.) in Kingman.
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By DAN KARELL
With just two weeks remaining in the 2013 Major League Soccer season, the numerous matchups across the league are perfect for late-season drama.
Though incredibly unlikely, no one in the Western Conference has clinched a playoff spot, making each of the last two games as important for any of the ones that came before them. For the two teams at the top of the standings, the Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake, their meeting on Saturday could determine not only who makes the playoffs but also first-place, and even potentially the Supporters Shield title.
Elsewhere around MLS, the New York Red Bulls look to keep their trophy chances alive with a trip to the Houston Dynamo, the slumping Seattle Sounders travel to a worn-down FC Dallas side, and the surging New England Revolution host the Columbus Crew with playoff hopes on the line in the Eastern Conference.
Here is a rundown of the Week 35 slate:
SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. D.C. UNITED (Friday, 8pm, NBC Sports Network)
In terms of the playoffs, both teams have nothing inherently to play for. Sporting KC have already qualified for the postseason while D.C. United has long since been eliminated.
However, this game will provide an interesting storyline if D.C. United lose. With a loss, Ben Olsen's side will become the fifth team in MLS history to go through an entire season without a win on the road. Currently they're 0-13-3. For Sporting KC, Aurelien Collin misses out due to suspension.
MONTREAL IMPACT vs. PHILADELPHIA UNION (Saturday, 2pm, MLS Live)
Despite holding a sizable lead in the Eastern Conference earlier in the season, the Montreal Impact have shown their age late in the season, losing five of their last six games.
The Impact now sit just one point above the last playoff spot in the conference, and could potentially miss out if they fail to win one of their final two matches. Both the Union and Impact need a win to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Union will be buoyed by Jack McInerney scoring his first goal in 15 matches. Michael Farfan misses out due to suspension.
FC DALLAS vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS (Saturday, 2:30pm, NBC)
You'd thing that something's got to give when the Sounders travel to face FC Dallas on Saturday. Both teams are winless in their past five and while FC Dallas are eliminated from the playoffs, the Sounders have struggled with injuries and inconsistency in a busy late-season schedule.
Osvaldo Alonso misses the match due to his red card last week, but Eddie Johnson, Obafemi Martins, and Clint Dempsey are all injury doubts still. Brad Evans should be available to play though after returning from international duty.
COLORADO RAPIDS vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (Saturday, 6pm, MLS Live)
With their backs against the wall, the Whitecaps have put in two impressive performances against the Timbers and Sounders on their way to winning the Cascadia Cup.
But heading into the first of two matches against the Rapids, they face another situation where anything but a win all but eliminates them from the playoffs. Kekuta Manneh is coming off his hat-trick performance from last week, though on the other side, Deshorn Brown is in top form for the Rapids as of late.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION vs. COLUMBUS CREW (Saturday 7:30pm, MLS Live)
Like the Rapids and Whitecaps in the Western Conference, the Revolution and Crew face off in the first of two meetings as both teams fight for one of the last three available playoff places in the Eastern Conference.
The Revolution recorded a crucial win last Saturday at the Impact, though they'll be without Lee Nguyen for this Saturday's game due to suspension. The Crew could be without star Federico Higuain, who has been suffering from a number of injuries late in the season.
CHICAGO FIRE vs. TORONTO FC (Saturday, 8:30pm, MLS Live)
A hot Fire team returns home after two wins that vaulted them into fifth-place in the Eastern Conference, and they have a chance to keep pace in the playoff race when they welcome the woeful Toronto FC to town.
Frank Klopas' side welcome back Arevalo Rios and Joel Lindpere after the international break and while TFC also have their own international players returning, the Fire's should give the side a bigger boost. In addition, TFC will be without starters Joe Bendik and Jeremy Hall due to suspension. Stefan Frei will have a rare chance to start.
PORTLAND TIMBERS vs. REAL SALT LAKE (Saturday, 10:30pm, MLS Live)
The Timbers last Sunday jumped to the top of the Western Conference with their 1-0 victory against the Sounders, extending their unbeaten streak to six games.
Both RSL and the Timbers have had a few interesting matches this season, the most recent a 3-3 draw at Jeld-Wen Field that saw RSL save a point in stoppage-time. RSL will be without Javier Morales and Abdoulie Mansally due to suspension, though Alvaro Saborio returns from international duty.
HOUSTON DYNAMO vs. NEW YORK RED BULLS (Sunday, 4pm, UniMas)
For one of the few times in MLS history, the New York Red Bulls control their own destiny and if they win out, they can win the club's first ever trophy and Supporters Shield.
Though there are still a number of injuries for the Red Bulls, Tim Cahill and David Carney return and the team had an off week to help heal some of the bruises and knocks that have been picked up over the course of the second half of the season. The Dynamo are a different team than the last time these two faced, with the Red Bulls scoring four goals then but the Dynamo having shut out opponents in their last two games.
LOS ANGELES GALAXY vs. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (Sunday, 9pm, ESPN)
In the final game of a full and busy MLS weekend, the final edition of the Cali Clasico takes form at the StubHub Center.
The Galaxy won mid-week despite missing a number of regular starters due to injury and international duty, but Jaime Penedo, and Robbie Keane are available, while Omar Gonzalez and Landon Donovan could be game-time decisions. A Galaxy win on Sunday will clinch a playoff berth, while that plus a Whitecaps defeat will eliminate the Earthquakes.
I feel like I may need to wash my mouth out with soap after saying this but… Vamos DC United, get the job done in KC.
Quit whining about soccer in the US
Could there be a better list of games ? No.
They won't award a Supporters Sheild on a tie breaker will they ?
I guess in theory at least they are going to, because there is a CCL spot at stake, so they have to ?
Wow that is a mistake, this is a parity league. It isn't Barca with a +100 GD. Ties have a good chance of happening.
Yes, there is a tiebreaker. Number of wins is the first tiebreaker (so if Portland and RBNY both win out, RBNY will win the SS).
Die San Jose.
SKCvDC is cringe worthy during first 20′.
Three straight 1-0 home victories against playoff opponents for Portland, but I don't expect them to get it done again tomorrow. Portland's attack is banged up pretty bad and the defense has proven itself incompetent against RSL. I am expecting a 2-0 or 2-1 result for RSL.
Urruti is out.
Valeri is questionable and will be a game time decision (may come on as a sub if he isn't 60-70 minutes fit).
Other than this, expect R. Johnson, Nagbe, Wallace, Alhassan, W. Johnson and Chara with Piquionne and Valencia available as attacking subs. This is, minus Valeri, the starters up to a month ago when Urruiti was added. If Valeri can go, expect Alhassan to swap with him.
As far as defense, this is the first time all season you will see a Jewsbury, Kah, Danso, Harrington back line against RSL (let alone the preferred defensive midfield of Chara and W. Johinson.
In the USOC game Jewsbury and Danso were out and W. Johnson went off injured 65 minutes in.
Reg Season Game 1 there was no Jewsbury, Danso or W. Johnson.
Reg Season Game 2 was a disaster trying to play a 3-4-3 with no Jewsbury, Kah, Danso, or W. Johnson and then D. Mid replacement Zemanski getting the red card leaving Portland with a depleted reserve defense and 10 men the entire second half.
I think you are reaching to say that Portland's defense is incompetent when RSL has not yet faced anything close to Portland's first choice back 4, particularly paired with their defensive midfield first choices yet this season. The closest example was the USOC game but that was still just 50% of the first choice back 4.
We shall find out tomorrow.
Really look forward to the final 2 weeks. Almost every game is huge!


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GRAHAM, Wash. – It takes work to see arguably the best prospect in Washington state history.
Let's say you're a Midwest-based recruiting reporter. Or Harry Hiestand. First, it's a four-hour flight from Chicago to Seattle. Then you're staring at an hour's drive south, fighting I-5 traffic, into an area only loosely associated with the Emerald City.
Now you're off I-5 and heading toward Graham. Mount Rainier looms large. In fact, you're closer to that snow-capped volcano than you are to Seattle.
Graham-Kapowsin High School offers a stunning view of Rainer as you wind your way into the parking lot. And it's here you can find Foster Sarell, a five-star offensive tackle ranked higher than any prospect Washington has produced in at least the last decade.
"Probably the last one like that was Jonathan Stewart," said Brandon Huffman, the national director of recruiting for Scout, who's based outside Seattle. "He was the No. 1 running back in the country his senior year. Typically the big-time kids that have come from Washington have been from Bellevue, they've been from O'Dea. They've been from Seattle-area schools. It's not very common to have a kid that far away really become as legitimate a national prospect as him."
Stewart starred at Oregon before becoming a first-round pick of the Carolina Panthers. Drew Bledsoe is probably the most well known player born in the state, but when he won the starting job at Washington State as a freshman, Notre Dame was only two years removed from its last national title.
In the last 10 years the top-ranked prospect in the state has topped out at No. 7 overall. Jacob Eason hit that last year and is now the starting quarterback at Georgia. Max Browne, now USC's starting quarterback, was ranked No. 8 overall in 2013. Jake Heaps, another Seattle-area quarterback, checked in at No. 21 in 2010 before a disappointing college career.
Sarell has surpassed them all. He's No. 2 overall on Scout for the Class of 2017 and has made a legitimate push to overtake running back Najee Harris, an Alabama commitment, for the top spot.
Pam Sarell, Foster's mother, got her first clue of what was to come when her son was two years old. At that routine doctor visit the physician projected Foster's future height at NBA power forward size. Pam couldn't believe it.
"I was like, 'No way,'" Pam said. "He's a solid 6-7 now. I said, 'No way is my kid gonna be 6-8.' Never believed it. And then it kinda came true. Size 18 shoes."
As Foster grew, the Sarells could hardly keep up. At one point in his childhood, Foster had taken to shuffling his feet while running. It was hardly the look of a future elite football prospect.
Another trip to the doctor revealed the reason: Foster's feet had grown so quickly he needed new shoes. Get a kid into the right size shoes and watch him gain a different kind of momentum.
"We used to kind of tease him about it," Pam said. "I was like, 'Our kid can't even run.' We took him into the doctor and he was in the wrong shoe size. Too small. That's why he was shuffling. You take the foot in the right shoe size and then you can run better. Then it was basketball that really got him started. He was very athletic in basketball."
Foster harbored hoop dreams through middle school. But by his freshman year in high school, it started to become apparent football would take him farther.
As a freshman, Foster played varsity and Eastern Washington became his first scholarship offer. Washington came into the picture early. He'd become a legitimate prospect before freshman year ended.
College coaches confided in Graham-Kapowsin head coach Eric Kurle that they would have taken Sarell into their programs right then. Lofty praise for an offensive tackle who had originally hoped to be a quarterback.
Foster's physical gifts were evident — size, strength, quick feet — and that didn't cover a technically refined game at a young age.
"I don't usually say it," Kurle said. "But he's the most athletic kid I've ever been around, especially for his size. He's probably as close to a no-brainer as you're gonna find in making it to the highest level. He had that ability as a freshman. Colleges said then they'd bring him right in as a freshman. He's got a mature body, upper body. He's still got a little baby face like any kid.
"But he's in shape for a big guy at 315 (pounds). He's not fat. He's got a motor, good in school. He's special in everything he does."
Eventually, Foster blossomed into a national prospect.
Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA and USC are among the heavyweights on his offer list. Foster has narrowed it down, at least unofficially.
Nebraska hosted him on an official visit earlier this month. Notre Dame will get Sarell on campus for the second time next month when it hosts Stanford. Alabama is scheduled for an Iron Bowl visit in November. Washington remains in the mix as does Stanford, which has been the presumed leader in recent months.
Washington head coach Chris Petersen and offensive line coach Chris Strausser attended Foster's game last week, flying over in a helicopter. Stanford is expected to make an appearance soon as well.
Huffman sees an easy comparison in former Stanford offensive lineman Joshua Garnett, an Outland Trophy winner who was a first-round pick of the 49ers last spring. Garnett was also a Pacific Northwest product.
Yet Foster is a better prospect at the same stage. He showed as much with a virtuoso performance against other national recruits at The Opening Finals at Nike back in July.
"I was surprised at how dominant he was," Huffman said. "I thought he'd do well. He's been our No. 1 tackle for a year. I always felt he was gonna withstand. When he was at The Opening (regionals) in Eugene his junior year, he started off really well then hurt his knee. He might've gotten into The Opening (Finals) last year. When I saw him in Seattle this year it was so easy for him. I thought it would be even better for him because he'd be in pads. I didn't expect him to be as dominant as he was. That's what I think surprised me, how easy he made it look."
All this praise, yet Foster embraces almost none of it.
He's always gracious, but he's not much for interviews and the family only deals with a select few reporters when it comes to updates on his recruitment. Pam is essentially the family spokesperson, except when somebody shows up at practice or a game for some quotes.
Scan the five-star's Twitter and you'll find little mention of Foster's pseudo-celebrity. It's mostly retweets of friends and very little about football.
"He hangs out with the same guys," Kurle said. "My son and those guys, they've been hanging out since third grade playing youth football together. They've all been hanging around since I can't even remember. We've coached them playing baseball and basketball. He's never changed."
It's that part that pleases Pam most.
Many believe Foster is capable of starting in college next September. Others think they're watching a future first-round pick.
Yet perhaps the best high school prospect in the history of his home state doesn't see it that way.
Neither does his mother.
"Being the mom, he's just my baby," Pam said. "My husband knew, not me. I'm still in denial. I still don't look at this like it's real. My husband knew earlier than I did and I'm still not sure I realize all that's going on and everything that's happening."
All it takes is a cross-country trip to Graham to see for yourself.
Because in the case of Foster Sarell, it's definitely happening.


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additional potable water tank location
im looking for space for a water tank in my coronado 34. i think 50 gallons would be great for cruising in mexico. the space i found is the water heater compartment behind the engine compartment. 50 gallons is about 400 lbs.
is 400lbs added next to the rudder post too much weight?
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I wouldn't think so on a 34 ft. well built 5 ton sailboat.
2 of my friends would equal that.
I suppose though, that if you're cruising with all the other related added weight that, that brings with it, you might want to check how she sits on her lines after you load it up. Shifting some of the other weight/gear around to keep a nice balance.
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I doubt the extra weight will trouble the boat overall but you'll certainly need to compensate with some weight up forward if you want to keep her on her lines.
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great, cuz my boat could use 50 gallons of clean potable water!
i was thinking it would start hobbie horsing.
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Time to start doing a bit of math - no need to go extreme, but you should at least do a rudimentary weight and balance to get a feel for your loading.
I wouldn't get obsessed about sailing on her lines, but you should at least have an idea of how you are changing her floatation.
We once put 400 lbs in a 9,000 lbs boat a 'bit aft' of what we guessed was center of floatation - it lowered the stern by 2" and raised the bow by a lot, boat appeared to be popping a wheelie. Why - Center of floatation was significantly foreward of our guess.
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I don't think hobby horsing is likely to be a major issue but as WDS says, get that weight distribution wrong and you will have her down in the stern which apart from any performance issues simply looks bad.
Andrew B
(Reality is most cruising boats of small to moderate size will inevitably be down on their lines.)
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ah yes looks. i'm planning on replacing my anchor rode from rope to chain. hopefully 300-375' of chain will add some weight forward...
now with my new measurements i'm not as confident that i will be able to squeeze that 50 gallon tank i was hoping for... back to the drawing board.
50 gallons would be nice
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I do think 400 lbs right over the rudder stock will have a major effect on fore/aft balance. When the PO added two extra batteries to the lazarettes, that raised the bow about 2 inches. Now if I don't keep the bow water tank full, the boat looks too high at the bow.
Also you want to pay attention to placing the water tank as low as possible so as not to raise the boat's centre of mass too much, effecting the righting moment. In a knockdown, it could make a real difference to recovery.
Where are the existing water tanks?
How about adding qty 10 of 5 gallon jerry cans? They can be placed around the boat, nice and low, and placed so as to not upset balance (or even to improve it).
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The traditional birthplace of Jesus is celebrating its merriest Christmas in years, as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Bethlehem on Friday for the annual holiday festivities in this biblical West Bank town.
Officials said the turnout was shaping up to be the largest since 2000. Unseasonably mild weather, a virtual halt in Israeli-Palestinian violence and a burgeoning economic revival in the West Bank all added to the holiday cheer.
JACONA – It's official. The Los Alamos Hilltopper boys basketball team is on a winning streak.
The Hilltoppers dropped the Taos Tigers in the fifth-place game of the Ben Lujan Invitational Wednesday, earning their second win in a row. The Hilltoppers again struggled in the third quarter Wednesday, but came back in the final quarter, again making good on their free throws late to win.
Los Alamos converted 12 of 15 chances from the stripe in the fourth quarter to pick up a 48-39 victory and the win in the tournament's consolation bracket.
It's been a busy year for the Hon. Pat A. Casados of the Los Alamos Magistrate Court.
She was elected by fellow judges to the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Magistrate Judges Association, completed a state-wide conference in search and seizure law, earned a professional certificate and ran a successful reelection campaign to a third consecutive four-year term.
County records and historic archives will have a home after the Los Alamos County Council approved an archive and county records facility as add-alternatives to the municipal building design-build project.
Council approved the facility during their regular meeting Tuesday night. The county records center will be 6,500 square feet while the historic archives are planned to cover 7,500 square feet. The approximate cost for the add alternates is $2.7 million.
Three seats are open on the Los Alamos School Board and two are up for grabs on the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Advisory Board. Candidates hoping to fill those seats submitted their declarations of candidacy at the county courthouse on Tuesday.
In June 1950, the first class graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law, its 27 graduates spreading across the state and establishing a tradition of service to New Mexico that remains strong today. Through the next 60 years, UNM law graduates have represented their communities in the state Legislature, ascended to the top levels of the state judiciary and led the state's most prestigious law firms.
The Old West of Billy the Kid is still with us. And so is Hollywood's Old West.
The governor has been entertaining the idea of a pardon for the Kid since 2003, and the Legislature considered a pardon before that. The descendents of Sheriff Pat Garrett, who killed the kid in 1881, have made their opposition clear.
In 2001, historian Bob Boze Bell and I took opposing positions on the question in side-by-side newspaper columns. Bell made a case for forgiveness; I argued that Billy was a rustler, horse thief and back shooter, not a misunderstood youth.
The community is invited to share in the nativity story with the younger members of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, located at 3900 Trinity Drive, at 5 p.m. Friday.
"The Grumpy Shepherd" is the title of this year's seasonal musical, to be staged, sung and choreographed by children and teens aged 5-15.
Mi Ra Won, born in Seoul, South Korea, said she wanted to be an artist since she was five years old, and her dream has never changed.
In January, others will see the result of that dream as Won has a solo show of her impressionist oil and watercolor paintings in the Mesa Public Library Art Gallery. A public reception will be from 4-5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 in the Mesa Public Library's upstairs gallery.
The holiday season wields a lot of power. As soon as the calendar lands on Dec. 1, I hoist an artificial Christmas tree up my apartment stairwell and locate the holiday carols buried in my iTunes library. I know I whine about how commercialized the holidays have become and roll my eyes when I see ornaments for sale in October, but truthfully, I get excited at the first sightings of the holiday hoopla.
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About a quarter of non-working mothers say they would like a regular job but are prevented by high childcare costs, according to research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Despite government efforts to tempt mothers into the workplace, women with children remain substantially less likely to be employed than those without.
Among mothers in part-time work, meanwhile, one in 10 say they would work longer hours if they had access to suitable and affordable childcare. Mothers in London are particularly poorly catered for, say the authors of the book, Mothers' Employment and Childcare Use in Britain.
While central London has proportionately more day nursery and after-school places than other parts of the country, childminders are relatively scarce.
The City of London, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Lambeth all offer among the poorest childminder provision in the country. Lambeth, for example, has only 313 childminder places per 10,000 populationand Kensington and Chelsea just 219, compared with Hampshire which has more than 1,300.
Parents in the capital also spend more of their income on childcare than anywhere else in the country. Economist Gillian Paull, who co-wrote the book with Jayne Taylor, said: "We've moved to a different set of barriers. There is evidence to suggest that it's now childcare rather than social expectations that is holding women with children back from working.
"There is a very distinct relationship between the availability of childcare and ability to work. London stands out as expensive. Childcare is not only more expensive in absolute terms, parents in London spent more as a proportion of their income than anywhere else in the country."
While the study recognises the Government's attempts to offer cheaper childcare to poorer families under the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), the authors say its effect is limited.
Ms Paull said that while the scheme had encouraged single mothers back to work, it had done little to tempt women with partners because of the relatively small financial incentive. "If the Government's aim is to allow women to play more of an equal role in the workplace, the WFTC has not done the job," she said.
She said the problems do not disappear when children reach school-age because childcare commitments remain.
Ms Paull welcomed a scheme proposed by the Government under which grandparents and other family members would be paid to look after children. But she added: "I would have concerns about the practical implications. Would grandparents have to prove that their homes met safety regulations?"
The Daycare Trust charity has criticised the Government for failing to do more to help families meet childcare costs.
The charity's research has found that London has the highest childcare costs in Europe. A full-time nursery school place for a two-year-old child in the capital costs more than £7,000 per year, while the bill for a childminder is £110 a week - more than £5,700 a year.Reuse content


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Hook up your guests with a digital party favor — the wedding playlist, a movie or a collection of photos, for instance — via a QR code imprinted on letterpress cards. Just scan and get your swag to remember the happy couple by.
Wedding Party App
This app makes it easy for your wedding guests (AKA smartphone-ographer army) to send their photos to one collective nuptial album. Now you'll be able to look back on all the unexpected candids as seen through your guests' eyes. The app also lets guests create a digital guest book with their profiles and stories, and keeps everyone in the loop on wedding details.
You've heard of wedding programs, but how about wedding credits? Guesterly creates beautiful booklets that introduce your entire guest list to the major players of the wedding, including fun facts and pictures.
Give Out Special Assigned Roles
The wedding party isn't the only place for special roles — your loved ones can add personal flair to all the aspects of your ceremony. How about having a Confetti Captain, Dance Motivator or Directions Coordinator? Everyone can contribute and feel important.
This company is a photo booth with a twist: Guests can record an eight-second video and see it turned into a printed, bound flip book to take home. It can even have your custom design on the cover.
Conversation Starters
You're blending two families, and many of your guests will be meeting for the first time. Placing slips of paper with conversation starters on each table ("My favorite '80s sitcom was ..." is always a hit) can help them break the ice.
Time-Lapse Camera
Remember handing out disposable cameras? Here's the 2.0 version: A time lapse camera like this one captures a sunset, or the cake slowly being hacked to bits. The images can be strung together to make a beautiful short film later.
What do you do with all the short videos your guests capture during your wedding? You can combine them into one with this service. Invitees upload their vids to the app, then WeddingMix pros edit them and any photos you select into a single wedding video, music and all.
Fun Nametags
Attaching cute homemade buttons to each person's place card is a fun way to encourage guests to wear them and meet new people. A fun fact could be added to each button to help guests break the ice. ("I didn't know you were a contestant on Wheel of Fortune...")
Crowdsourced Music
When you take your guests' meal preferences, add a question: "Song request?" Give all the requests to your DJ, and you'll have a playlist that's guaranteed to get everyone moving and grooving.


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We're taught that in order to be a good person, we should "do unto others as we would have them do unto us." Don't get me wrong – being a good person is a worthy goal. However, following the Golden Rule can make you an ineffective (and eventually unemployed) fundraiser.
Why? Because we are not our donors. We can't assume that what we like is what a donor wants.
Our donors come in many different flavors, with their own distinct motivations and identities. And they don't think like professional fundraisers…they think like themselves.
I've sat in far too many meetings lately where I've heard, "Let's create a campaign around [X]. That's what would motivate me." Stop. Right. There.
First of all, what you like or dislike is not a strategy. It's a lazy way out of doing the hard work of making decisions based on actual data. Feel free to start with a hunch, but take the time to test and verify it.
This has become a mantra of mine that my colleagues have heard countless times now: I am a data point of one. And in the world of statistical significance, a singular data point is not enough on which to build a successful fundraising campaign.
Perhaps our nonprofits would be better if we adopted the Fundraising Platinum Rule – suggested by Tony Alessandra and then Michael Rosen – which is more donor-centered: Know thy donor through data and treat them how they want to be treated.


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Aadi pirappu or Aadi pandigai festival is observed on the first day of Tamil month Aadi
( Aadi 1st) as per tamil panjangam.This year 2016,it falls on July 16th.Aadi is the beginning of festival months for Tamilians.So Aadi pandigai is one of the famous festivals celebrated in Tamil nadu.In this month we celebrate Aadi velli,Aadi chevvai,Aadi karthigai,Aadi amavasai,Aadi pooram and the most important Aadi perukku/Aadi 18 festival.In Salem,we used to welcome Aadi by roasting coconut filled with jaggery and sesame mix in direct fire.We call it as "Thengai sudum pandigai".My mom follows this practice till today whereas my MIL makes either sweet pongal or payasam along with medhu vadai.I love to help my mom in all the pre preparatory works till roasting.The taste of roasted coconut along with the sesame seeds mix would be awesome. I have posted that recipe HERE .There are many reasons to celebrate the beginning of Aadi both scientifically & traditionally.But to me,Aadi means discounts.Every year we used to wait for aadi & buy clothes and other things at discounted rates. In addition to all these, aadi is a very special month for newly-weds .In this month, newly married couple is invited to the girl's house and the couple is gifted with new clothes and other presents with grand festival lunch. I heard Brahmins make this rich thengai paal in this festival lunch menu for their son-in-laws.When I read this, I found it interesting and wanted to give a try. As Sendhil loves coconut milk based dishes, he enjoyed it a lot.Its a very simple but very rich payasam kind of dessert.It tastes like sweetened coconut milk we make for appam.Do try this for a change,offer to God and welcome Aadi - the festival month .
Aadi thengai pandigai - Recipe here
Aadi thengai paal recipe
Aadi thengai paal recipe for aadi pirappu/aadi pandigai !
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I would prefer that my username not be shown as my full name for privacy reasons. That being said can I please change it to esfeld89?
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|Me looking angelic, with a Gok Wan gift set my sister got me. Smells gorgeous!
Christmas day around ours was just family, but on Boxing Day we had all our relatives around. The party was festive themed and the girls came dressed up as everything from angels, a Christmas tree, Christmas presents, elves, snowmen, Mrs Santa's and fairies.
The girls in my family all made a dish each, giving the mums a bit of a break. Everyone got creative and we had everything from goats cheese tarts, keema pastries, and cupcakes to biryani, shami kebabs, and spicy pasta. The food was so tasty and we had so much fun. Later on we had a party for just the girls, we did Secret Santa, pass the parcel, and the kids had LOADS of presents! After that we did dholki songs, OK this isn't festive, but as it my wedding coming up all the girls and mums were learning traditional Asian songs in preparation for my mehndi night - a traditional hen night - and it was great listening to them in action! We were singing until 4am then had a sleepover. Was a good night before I had to travel back to London in the morning. Here are a few pics from the party.
|Our Christmas menus courtesy of Rhuks and Fozi
|So many presents!
|Some of the gorgeous food!
|My cousin Rhuks with her prize for winning the best dish competition, and with her winning cupcake.
|So impressed with her sugar design!


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This weekend in 1944, Maury Maverick began to dictate a memo with the subject line: "Lengthy memos and gobbledygook language". Maverick (the grandson of Samuel Maverick, the maverick politician from whom we get the word "maverick") had had enough of the bureaucratic jargon he encountered daily in his job as chairman of the Smaller War Plants Corporation. "For the Lord's sake," he beseeched his employees, "be short and say what you're talking about". Maverick had particular loathing for the phrases "pointing up" and "finalising", and announced that anyone using the words "activation" or "implementation" would be shot.
Many figures in human history have made pleas for the use of plain language, but Maverick's struck a chord. A few weeks later he was asked by The New York Times to pen a piece about his new word, gobbledygook. "Perhaps I was thinking of the old bearded turkey gobbler back in Texas who was always… strutting about with ludicrous pomposity," he wrote. And wrote, and wrote. His incredibly long article, spread over three pages, slammed users of excessive verbiage who were "erecting a tyranny the like of which America had never suffered before".
A riposte, written by James Bender from the National Institute For Human Relations and also published by The NYT, listed the ways in which vague, rambling language could sometimes "come to the rescue in a human cause". But as lexicographer Eric Partridge stated years later, "when a term is so devastatingly apposite as gobbledygook, it walks unquestioned into the vocabulary."
To conclude his case against gobbledygook, Maverick used a passage from the Bible. "If with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air." I'm not a religious man, but I'd certainly go along with that.
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Worst Cooks in America: Top 10 Cooking Mistakes
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Cooking Mistake No. 10: Overmixing
Unless a recipe tells you to knead vigorously, always mix doughs and batters carefully and gently, especially when mixing up batters for quick breads and muffins, or meat for meatloaf or meatballs — just fold until the ingredients come together, as overmixing can lead to toughness.
Cooking Mistake No. 9: Not Resting Meats and Casseroles
Sure, it looks great and you can't wait to dig in. But let meats and baked dishes (like lasagna) sit for a few minutes after coming out of the oven. For meats, the juices will stay in the meat (and not run on your board); for layered baked dishes, the layers will hold together instead of sliding around.
Cooking Mistake No. 8: Slicing Meat with the Grain
Next time you're slicing a steak, take a look at the surface. You should see some long "strings" running across it. Slice perpendicular (not parallel) to those strings, and chewy, tough steaks magically turn tender and toothsome.
Cooking Mistake No. 7: Using a Dull Knife
You're more likely to cut yourself with a dull knife (because it slips much more easily than a sharp one would), it's more likely to cause onion tears and it's no fun. Get your knives sharpened at least a couple times a year — it'll make such a difference.
Cooking Mistake No. 6: Putting Wet Food Into Pans
Pat food dry with a paper towel before searing — that's the cook's secret for taking chops from sputtery and gray to crisp and golden.
Cooking Mistake No. 5: Not Seasoning Enough
Don't be afraid of salt. A sprinkle of kosher salt intensifies flavors, making food taste more like itself.
Cooking Mistake No. 4: Not Tasting As You Go
Taste your food throughout the cooking process, adjusting flavors as you go. You'll have more control over the final product and learn how cooking changes food.
Cooking Mistake No. 3: Not Reading the Recipe.
Sure, there's plenty of room for improvising and substituting. But do yourself the favor of reading the recipe all the way through before starting to cook, so at least you'll know what's coming.
Cooking Mistake No. 2: Crowding the Pan
As you add food to the skillet, the temperature outside drops, which means food's more likely to steam (and turn gray) than brown. Give your food room!
Cooking Mistake No. 1: Being Afraid of Heat
For that perfect golden-brown crust on a steak or chop, let the pan get nice and hot before adding oil, then let the oil get hot before adding food.
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