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Joe Ross Its exciting! I always wanted to be a high draft pick, and the first round is the best you can go. It is just a dream come true.
Being from the Bay area I have to ask. Are you a giants fan?
Joe Ross No not at all. I grew up as an A's fan and my brother was drafted by the A's.
Of course the biggest question everyone wants to know is whether or not Coach Savage (at UCLA) should be worried that you will be a Padre.
Joe Ross Right now…I don't know. It is about 50-50 right now whether or not I go to college. We will see how it plays out. I know there are expectations for me to go to college, but its also hard to pass up being selected in the first round. I wouldn't say he should be worried just yet, I don't know. We will just have to see how this plays out. It is a great opportunity either way.
You were a 1st round pick out of HS, your brother was a 2nd round pick out of college. Any thoughts on being drafted higher than your brother?
Joe Ross I guess it is one of the few things I can brag about. Besides this he has me an almost everything else so it is nice to be selected before him
How will his decision to go to college affect yours?
Joe Ross He doesn't want to persuade me to go one way or the other. He has told me about his experiences at Cal and know his experience in the minors, but he just wants me to do whatever will make myself happy.
For those of us from San Diego who don't know much about you can you give us a brief scouting report? What do you see as your strengths?
Joe Ross I have a 4 seem fastball that sits low to mid 90's. I top out at about 96 mph. A sharp curveball coming in at mid 80's. And a pretty good changeup.
Over your last 4 starts you allowed only 6 hits in 22 innings with 36 K. What is your "swing and miss" or "strikeout" pitch that helped you strike out over 100 guys in only 70 innings
Joe Ross I like to use my curveball with two strikes. It is a pretty dominant pitch, in high school at least. It has a sharp break that causes a lot of hitters to swing over the top and miss. It is my most reliable pitch
How is your elbow doing?
Joe Ross Its good, it was 100% all year. I really don't have any worries about my elbow, or any other health problems. .
Is there a guy in the major leagues that you model your game after?
Joe Ross I would say Felix Hernandez from Seattle. Just because he has a real aggressive mentality on the mound and is able to dominant batters. I wouldn't say I am like him, but I try to have the same mentality when I take the mound.
When you look at your game, is there an area that you need to improve upon to become the player you want to be?
Joe Ross The main thing for me is consistency. But I think that is the same for everyone. You cant always have your best game. I just want to work on being able to throw all my pitches for strikes every outing, and keep my control through the game. Its really all about being consistent.


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The Extinction of the Neanderthals?
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
TARRAGONA, SPAIN—Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro and Policarp Hortolà of the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution speculate that the migration and hunting practices of modern humans may have led to the extinction of the world's megafauna, and perhaps even the Neanderthals. "No other species has ever developed such a killing potential," they wrote in the journal Quaternary International. There is no clear evidence that modern humans ever ate Neanderthals, however. "I would not say this has been one of the mainstream arguments for why Neanderthals died out," commented Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London.
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Late October, and my Hungarian exchange student, Reka, and I are heading east on the interstate, the larch winking gold past the car windows, my border collie Liza whining anxiously from her crate in the back. We are, in fact, all anxious—though for different reasons.
We're on our way to Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, one of my favorite places in Montana, remote and wild yet within an easy half-day's drive of Missoula. I'm excited that Reka will get to witness the fall migration, when tens of thousands of waterfowl—including the elegant paper-white trumpeter swans whose precipitous decline prompted Franklin Roosevelt to sign an executive order founding the refuge back in 1935—congregate on the refuge's lakes and marshlands. The event is so magical and inspiring that I once drove there to tape-record the resulting cacophony for a family friend who was immobilized with Lou Gehrig's disease, her body withering while her mind remained intact. She had been a professional dancer, and I wanted her to close her eyes, listen to the raucous, untamed sounds, and remember that there was a world of possibility she could connect to beyond her bedroom. Isn't that the gift that birds give us? A sense that we can take flight, gain a different perspective, make a home anywhere we land?
The poet Mary Oliver put it best, I think, in these lines from "Wild Geese":
whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
I love that poem so much that I've committed it to memory. If only Reka's English were better, I'd recite it to her here in the car. Because it's too easy even for those of us who aren't trapped by our circumstances to limit ourselves to what's familiar.
Take Reka, a green-eyed, raven-haired beauty from Budapest who, left to her own devices, would happily remain in Missoula for the weekend, coveting the slinky fashions on the Victoria's Secret website and chatting with her many Facebook friends. Reka is generally game to try anything, an excellent trait in any 17-year-old, and especially in an exchange student. But she clearly has her own anxieties about this trip, her first time camping. She sits slumped against the passenger door of my Nissan Sentra, looking disheartened.
"I just don't want to freezing," she says, in her Eastern European-laced accent, when I remark that she doesn't seem happy.
To be fair, this is a legitimate concern, especially for a city girl. Today it's so sunny and warm that I've actually turned on the AC, but Red Rock Lakes sits at 6,600 feet, in an open valley that presses up against the Centennial Mountains along the Idaho border, just 50 miles west of Yellowstone National Park, and I've warned Reka that the forecast calls for temperatures there to drop below freezing tonight. It's the reason we've scheduled our trip for this weekend—because the weather, which has been unseasonably warm, has recently shifted, tripping the birds' instincts to migrate south, along with Reka's instincts to remain indoors. I assure her we'll be fine: After all, I've packed several layers of fleece and two sleeping bags for each of us, and Jeff Warren, a longtime biologist at the refuge, has generously offered us the use of his wall tent, complete with woodstove. I also have brought plenty of provisions, including the makings for s'mores, which Reka has never tried, and which I'm figuring will somewhat ease her pain.
Unfortunately, the food is in the back, so I'm stuck trying to sweeten the situation with words alone. This is no easy task, even for a writer.
"Don't you want to see the swans?"
Her response is uncharacteristically curt. "We have lots and lots of swan in Hungary," she says.
But what they don't have in Hungary are bald eagles. So as we pull within sight of Upper Red Rock Lake, our bellies still full from the enchiladas we devoured at—take note, fellow travelers—La Fiesta Mexicana, a converted school bus with the best food in Dillon, Reka perks up when she spies one atop a snag. I stop the car, and we scramble out to get a closer look and snap some photos. The eagle obliges by granting us a profile shot of his magnificent head, which is spotlighted by the late afternoon sun. Behind the eagle, the lake shimmers, a remarkable shade of ice blue that, I'm pleased to discover, elicits Reka's admiration.
As we're making our way back to the road, a man driving a black pick-up with Wisconsin plates, a trailer with ATV in tow, comes to a halt behind my car. The passenger, a big burly guy in his thirties, waves a road atlas at me.
"Excuse me," he says. "Do you know where we are?"
I'm not surprised the Wiscon-sinites are a little disoriented. I experience that same "what-planet-am-I-on?" feeling every time I come here from Missoula via I-15, turning off at Exit 0 and steering past the abandoned town of Monida. From Monida, it's another 24 miles on a partially graveled road through the arid, isolated Centennial Valley, past a few cattle ranches and then the marshes of Lower Red Rock Lake, until you reach the tiny settlement of Lakeview, home to refuge headquarters and a smattering of homes and outbuildings.
The guys say they're trying to find a friend's hunting cabin. They look relieved when I inform them that we're just east of Lakeview, which I point out on the map. Then Reka and I wave goodbye and continue on to the small and nearly deserted campground at the upper lake. (The lower lake has camping as well, but it's completely exposed, a poor choice for tonight given the chilly forecast.) Reka and I let Liza out of her crate and walk down to the water's edge, the dog bounding giddily in front of us, her plumed tail held high. At first, it doesn't appear that many birds are here at all, which is a disappointment, not to mention a bit of a concern: After all, Reka and I could have made s'mores at home and eaten them in front of the computer.
But when we gaze through our binoculars, we can see that there are in fact hundreds of birds scattered on the lake, intermittently dipping their heads and rushing each other to defend their territories. Instead of the insistent noisy riot I'd been greeted with on my previous trips here, it's more like the low buzz of conversation you hear across a restaurant, full of meaning you can't quite discern.
According to the literature I've picked up at refuge headquarters, a whopping 232 species of birds have been recorded here, the majority of them migratory. I wouldn't necessarily recognize them all, but I love reading the names: grebes and loons, mallards and mergansers, widgeons and goldeneye, coots and teals, snipes and curlews, sandpipers and white-faced ibis. And swans, of course, both the trumpeters, some of whom remain in the region year-round, and their smaller cousins, the tundra. Along with swans, some of the refuge's biggest draws are sandhill cranes. Tall and long-legged, with a distinctive red head and an unmistakable clacking call, they're easy for even the most amateur bird-watcher to identify. If you're lucky and are here at the right time of year—May is good, assuming it's not snowing—you can catch their exuberant mating dance.
The refuge is also home to the occasional grizzly and wolf, and more than 100 moose; once, at sunset, I was mesmerized by the silhouette of a massive bull strolling peacefully along the shoreline, not 50 feet from my campsite. He probably wasn't in my line of vision for more than five minutes, but I've replayed the memory many times in my head, and each time it leaves me awed and grateful.
But this time of year, the sandhills have already left the refuge in search of warmer climes, and there's no sign of moose, either. Or swans, for that matter.
That leaves us with a lot of birds that are too far away to identify, even with our binoculars and a guidebook. Still, there's something reassuring about the fact that they're here, again, as generations have been before them, blissfully unaware of the external pressures that dictate our lives these days: the recession, or Facebook, or even—especially, if you're a 17-year-old from Hungary—Victoria's Secret. What they know is that they're where they need to be, that for the moment, this is home.
Jeff Warren, the biologist, shows up shortly after our arrival to help set up his wall tent, which seems to be the size of my bedroom, and which provides numerous laughs since it's just Reka, me and the dog, and just for one night at that. Before leaving, the affable Warren even splits some wood for the stove.
By now the daylight is fading, and soon the full moon is beginning to rise in the east, glowing faintly. In Missoula, when the full moon rises, you feel that you could practically touch it if you just hiked up Mount Sentinel. It's totally different here: The valley is immense, the moon a beacon from a faraway galaxy.
After more than a few failed attempts, Reka and I finally manage to light fires in both the woodstove and the fire pit. We pull on the fleece, gloves, hats and parkas I've brought, and heat up our dinner: pre-packaged Indian food served with rice I've cooked at home and topped with yogurt and homemade peach chutney. Even at home, it would qualify as a decent meal. Here, with the spectacular view of the lake and the valley and the distant mountains, it feels like a feast.
"Fun, right?" I ask Reka. But she's not so easily persuaded
"Yeah," she says, although her tone says, "Not really."
Note to self, I think: Next time you go bird-watching, bring the dog and leave the teenager at home. But then comes the moment she's been waiting for: dessert. As I suspected she would, Reka takes to toasting marshmallows like a champ, and I'm relieved to see a smile light up her face as she assembles and tastes her first s'more. And then her second. And then her third. For the first time since we left home, she really does look like she's having fun.
As predicted, the night is cold. Dutifully, I manage to crawl out of my sleeping bag to feed the stove a few times; overhead, I hear the high-pitched cries of a flock of something. They sound like geese that have inhaled helium, and I'm guessing that they're swans, in which case I could use an old-fashioned term and call them a "wedge" or a "ballet" of swans. (If they were spread out they'd be known as a "lamentation.") But eventually, my need for sleep wins over, and by morning the fire is dead. I'm up before Reka, getting breakfast together when she emerges, groggy and disheveled, from the tent. "It's so cold!" she says, by way of a greeting. Um, hello? Whatever happened to "Good morning?"
I swallow my frustration and offer her some milk and granola, which she consumes without comment. Before we leave the tent, I walk back down to the lake's shore. For whatever reason, the birds suddenly turn up the volume, filling the air with whistles and honks. A low shelf of clouds hangs over the eastern edge of the lake, and the water's surface reflects streaks of red and orange sky. For me, these few minutes are more than enough to justify the trip. Still, I'm worried that it's not dramatic enough to impress Reka. And I really want this place to make an impression on her.
Please God, I find myself thinking, as Reka and I pack up: Please let us see birds this morning that she's never seen in Hungary. Let us see swans with necks so lithe and graceful that they put those long-limbed Victoria's Secret models to shame. Let us see something so magical that it imprints on her soul.
At about 9 a.m., we meet up with Warren at the lower lake. A bearded, blue-eyed nature lover, Warren enjoys watching birds. As a hunter, he also enjoys shooting them. That's what he's been doing since dawn, and he's just pulling in his flat-bottomed boat and his morning take: a widgeon, a gadwall, and a lesser scaup. Though she'll happily eat meat, Reka is appalled at the idea of hunting, and averts her eyes, but Warren says it connects him more deeply to the environment he works to protect. "Plus," he adds, noting that he likes to cook, "I'd rather get my food here than from Safeway." I promise to give him the remainder of my peach chutney, which tastes great with duck. It seems the least I can do, given his efforts on our behalf.
We help push Warren's flat-bottomed boat through the shallow marshes and into the lake, and over the next couple of hours, he rows us around with steady strokes, talking about the 50,000-acre refuge and pointing out the various types of birds we see on the lake: pintails, widgeon, eared grebes and blue-winged teals, gadwalls and buffleheads, and of course, the regal trumpeter swans. It's another nice day, one of the last we'll have this fall: windless, with wisps of clouds slow dancing in the sky.
Warren takes us past the bull rush islands, shows us the muskrat lodges that are mounded there; in May, swans nest on top of the lodges. By September, though, the cygnets have fledged, so at this point the two pairs of trumpeters that we see are on the water.
Once thought to be on the brink of extinction, the trumpeters are considered one of the great conservation success stories, with some 35,000 now in North America. But the swans' comeback has not been without controversy, and even today there are some grumblings about how long it's taken them to recover from a population downturn in and around the refuge in 1992, when a winter feeding program was abruptly discontinued. Warren doesn't share that view: He says it's hard to argue with what is now a steadily increasing population.
In fact, despite global warming and its impact on water levels, the refuge boasts a pretty healthy ecosystem, Warren says. But here's the thing: When you deal with migratory birds, one healthy ecosystem isn't enough. "It makes you think outside your signs," as he puts it. In other words, it's a cooperative effort. Red Rock Lakes refuge may feel remote, but its sustainability is dependent on so many other places, so many other people. It's one more reminder that we're all in this together, Warren says.
Then something catches his eye. "Look!" he exclaims.
Reka, who's been leaning back in the bow, eyes closed, soaking up the sun, sits up as he points out 14 tundra swans flying in formation in front of the Madison range to the east. I recognize their shrill calls as the same ones I heard the night before. Not long after, as we're heading toward shore, we see four great blue herons strutting on one of the islands. I've always loved the way herons unfold to take flight, and my heart quickens as their wings pound the still air, and they circle and lift off.
By spring, the trumpeter swans will have survived another frigid and snowy winter, thanks to the thermal waters in and around Yellowstone. But many of the other birds will have been on an epic journey: first south, perhaps to California or Mexico, Louisiana or Texas, then north as far as the Arctic Circle, before coming back to Montana. Who can say what they will encounter on their way, or remember of their flights when they land?
What I know is this: by the time you read this, Reka, too, will have completed an epic journey, returning to Budapest with a new perspective, a mastery of English, and a lot of lasting memories. What will they be? I have no idea. Sometimes the mind of a teenager is as mysterious and incomprehensible to me as that of a bird. But I hope that, wherever she lands, those herons and trumpeters and whistling swans continue to call to Reka, reminding her of life's infinite connections and boundless possibilities, unfolding like her dreams.


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The Court Got it Right on Arizona Lawthe Editors
June 25 (Bloomberg) -- "Immigration shapes the destiny of the Nation," wrote Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in his majority opinion deciding the fate of Arizona's controversial immigration law. Based on the court's ruling, that destiny will continue to be shaped in Washington rather than in 50 state capitals.
Citing "the federal government's broad, undoubted power over immigration and alien status," the court affirmed most of a lower court's ruling that federal immigration law trumps state law such as Arizona's. The state's requirement that immigrants produce identification papers at the request of authorities was struck down. So was the imposition of criminal penalties on illegal immigrants who obtain employment (federal law imposes penalties on employers, not employees). Finally, the law authorized state law enforcement officers to arrest, without a warrant, anyone they had "probable cause" to believe was removable under immigration law.
This last provision, Kennedy wrote, "is not the system Congress created."
The decision is encouraging not just in the details but in its broad strokes. The court's endorsement of the Supremacy Clause and federal prerogatives is especially welcome given the myriad efforts -- check this space to see how the attack on the Affordable Care Act fares later this week -- to undermine long-established uses of federal power.
Equally welcome is the manner of the court's decision. Instead of a 5-4 decision on habitual partisan lines, Chief Justice John Roberts joined Kennedy and the court's liberal justices (minus Justice Elena Kagan, who recused herself) in a 5-3 decision that gave added authority to Kennedy's solid reasoning. (We hope the court produces a similarly authoritative ruling on the health-care law.)
The court also upheld one of the four contested provisions of the Arizona law: It permitted law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of anyone they believe to be in the country illegally. Enforcing such a provision all but requires some level of racial profiling, given the preponderance of Hispanics among Arizona's illegal alien population. But since the state insisted that profiling wasn't necessary, and the Obama administration declined to make reliance on profiling grounds for its objection to the law, the court is right to let that part of the statute play out "at this stage." If the provision produces clear civil-rights violations, the question of its constitutionality can be revisited.
The decision will invalidate similarly unconstitutional provisions adopted by other states (Alabama comes quickly to mind). For any still considering such measures, there are many reasons to avoid repeating Arizona's experience. Its law was a commercial albatross and a political liability, damaging the state's image and leading to the recall of the state senator who sponsored the legislation. Arizona spent an estimated $3 million defending the law and needlessly antagonized many of its own citizens in the process.
Altogether, the ruling is a cause for celebration. The system worked.
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Pretty well everyone, apart from Ashley Cole's family, has roundly condemned the coin attack on Rio Ferdinand, but once again sensationalism and the clatter of jerking knees has drowned out common sense.
Yes, it is wrong a player should be hit by a coin and it is only by the grace of God and a few millimetres that Ferdinand did not lose an eye.
We also had a photographer just missed by a beer bottle but had Ferdinand not been hit, with all those useful back page pictures of blood pouring down his face, the crowd wouldn't have got a mention.
Was anyone bothered when Wayne Rooney complained to the ref earlier in the game as objects rained down on him as he tried to take a corner? The officials and stewards were united in indifference.
From the snarling, failed genetic experiments standing behind Rooney, you know what faces you if you expect civilised behaviour from football crowds.
Which is not a dig at Manchester City. Their fans are no more nor less intellectually challenged than anyone else's.
A significant percentage of football fans leave their brains at the turnstiles as they go in – and then there are those with no brains to leave.
The reaction to the coin throwing is predictable. Ban the fan for life! What about the rest who threw coins and missed? Are they seen as OK?
Clubs such as Walsall or Shrewsbury could probably pay a big slice of their weekly wage bill with what gets lobbed on the pitch at the average Premier League derby.
And netting? Remember Hillsborough? Netting to stop coins, or indeed any small, heavy object, would be like a sieve, with similar visibility, and how high would it have to be to stop anything being lobbed over?
And, before the Government launches yet another judge-led inquiry costing several million quid, what is needed is action.
As in Australia if you run on to a pitch, any pitch, during play, a hefty fine and ban.
Add to that the same punishment if you throw anything on to a pitch, any pitch and to help fans police themselves how about the FA docking points for clubs whose fans don't seem to get the message?
Fans might not be so keen to give coin chuckers a medal, Mrs Cole, if they lose their club three points.


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twin needle machine
I am wondering if it is worth keeping a twin needle consew 239r-1, at the moment i have a singer 211(white machine) and a singer 132k6.
Yesterday i picked up the twin needle and only got 10 minute to sew with it, today at work i got to use it a little more. I have it till saturday to see if i like it or ill get my money back or ill swap it for last made 211.
Just like some thoughts from you guys n what you think of the twin needle machines as today at first it got a little messy jumping from machine to machine.
Twin needle machines are generally used as a dedicated machine for one specific operation in a production sewing facility. They obviously have a lot more parts that can go wrong with them and need to be kept in perfect time, so unless you are a sewing machine mechanic and do a lot of boat covers or French seams the machine wouldn't be that useful to you. Only you can decide if it's worth it to have a machine that has such limited uses.
yeah im leaning towards returning it for the singer 211 or a juki LU-563, might go the 211 because i got one already and am comfortable with it.
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Those were the "good old days" when Gov. Hunt could be seen or heard what seemed to be daily in the newspaper (which, of course, the newspaper was a far larger source of information back then) and in local nightly news TV broadcasts here in our fair state. He was a democrat…I was/am a republican but Hunt wasn't what I consider someone that talked about our state's problems and needs from the position of simply a need to spend more money. He gave his thoughts and philosophies and seemed to genuinely believe that state government wasn't the only source to rectify difficulties in North Carolina. Sure, I disagreed with him on various issues back then but all-in-all, you are right….he was out there for the people to see and he didn't shun tough issues and/or questions.
Our govenor today seems to believe that remaining allusive will help her be more liked or more successful. Nothing could be further from the truth, of course. GW stayed away from press conferences and was allusive…look what THAT got him. People want to see and hear their representatives and leaders. It's one thing I absolutely HATE about Richard Burr. Seems you don't ever see or hear from him unless it's at a fundraiser or when he's up for re-election.
I'll miss seeing you and Gov. Hunt tonight at your book signing at Friendly Center Barnes & Nobel. Family issues prevail, sadly.
On the other hand, last time I was in Washington I dropped by Senator Burr's office on a whim and he made time to see me (I'm not a contributor or a campaign worker, if that's what anyone is thinking either). He didn't know me, had never heard of me, but had no qualms at all about sitting down with me for a few minutes and discussing a couple of issues. His office staff has also been very helpful and responsive when I've called them.
Frankly I don't care if he never makes the local news. I know and appreciate his voting record, I'm happy with his staff's constituent services, and I'm confident he's not a crook. What else do we want or need in a Senator?


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Looks like the 2012 AOY race will be one of musical chairs. We've had a lead change after every event.
Current tournament leader Brent Chapman is now in the driver's seat and should remain so at least until the next stop at the Mississippi River later this month. A lead change after each of the first five tournaments hasn't happened since 2008, when there was a change after every tournament until the ninth. KVD won it that year, kicking off his string of four in a row ... and counting.


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Mississippi State Lady Bulldog tennis (7-10, 1-8 SEC) fell in a 4-1 decision to the No. 37 Lady Rebels of Ole Miss (8-9, 4-5) Friday afternoon on the road. The match was played indoors due to rainy weather conditions.
The Lady Rebels took an early 1-0 lead after posting wins on doubles courts 1 and 2. Erin Stephens and Iris Verboven of the Lady Rebels opened things up by taking down Petra Ferancova and Sarai Flores of MSU 8-0 on court 2. Ole Miss' No. 53 ranked duo of Caroline Rhode-Moe and Marija Milutinovic clinched the doubles point, defeating MSU's No. 56 ranked pair of Alexandra Perper and Naomi Tran in an 8-3 decision at the No. 1 spot. Georgiana Patrasc and Roseline Dion of the Lady Bulldogs held a 6-5 lead over Mai El Kamash and Vief Vlaar on court 3 when play was suspended.
Court 1 was the first to complete in singles competition, as 124th-ranked Georgiana Patrasc of the Lady Bulldogs fell to Lady Rebel senior, No. 45 ranked Caroline Rhode-Moe, in a 6-2, 6-4 decision.
Lady Bulldog Alexandra Perper cut the Ole Miss lead to 2-1 with an impressive 6-1, 6-4 triumph on court 2 against Lady Rebel Julia Jones in the next match to finish. Ole Miss answered back with a win on court 3 to stretch its lead to 3-1 as No. 82 ranked Mai El Kamash of the Lady Rebels took down MSU sophomore Naomi Tran 6-4, 7-5.
Marija Milutinovic of Ole Miss then sealed the victory for Ole Miss with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Roseline Dion of the Lady Bulldogs on court 5.
Erin Stephens of Ole Miss held a 6-3, 3-0 lead over Petra Ferancova on court 4 when play was suspended. Lady Bulldog Lien Van Geel of MSU led 5-3 on court 6 at that point as well.
The Lady Bulldogs' next match will be Friday, April 5, as they head to Columbia, S.C., to face the No. 31-ranked Lady Gamecocks of South Carolina. Updates for MSU matches can be found on Twitter at @mstateWT. Live stats can be found on hailstate.com.
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In what began a clear and sunny day and quickly turned to rain, the No. 13 Mississippi State men's tennis squad (13-7, 3-5 SEC) fell to No. 10 Ole Miss (13-5, 6-3 SEC) in an exciting match at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre Friday that finally ended around 8 p.m.
Ole Miss controlled the opening doubles point, winning matches on courts two and three to secure the early 1-0 lead. The No. 67 UM duo of Johan Backstrom and Stefan Lindmark defeated MSU's Zach White and Ethan Wilkinson 8-2 on court two. UM then clinched the point with an 8-4 victory on court three from the UM tandem of William Kallberg and Zach Wilder against MSU's No. 73 team of Romain Bogaerts and Pedro Dumont, despite a solid effort from the MSU pair to come back in that contest.
Two top 15 doubles teams were locked in a heated battle on court one before being suspended. The Bulldogs' 15th-ranked duo of Jordan Angus and Malte Stropp were tied at 6-6 with No. 4 Rebel squad of Jonas Lutjen and Nik Scholtz when the doubles point was clinched.
State would fire back in singles, taking the first set on five of the six courts to capture the momentum in the match, and the Bulldogs looked poised for a big comeback just as the clouds swept over the Pitts Tennis Centre and the rain began to fall on the MSU campus. It was a total of three hours and 14 minutes before the courts were dry again and action resumed between the two rival schools.
With play resumed, it was anyone's match as the Rebels still clung to a 1-0 lead. The Bulldogs evened the score when MSU freshman Pedro Dumont defeated UM's Adrian Forberg Skogeng 6-2, 6-3 on court six and State gained the lead at 2-1 when its 18th-ranked Bogaerts took down Ole Miss' No. 8 Scholtz 6-2, 6-4 on court one.
But the Rebels would claim the next three points to clinch the win, two in three-set rallies. UM tied the match at 2-2 when MSU's White fell to UM's Backstrom 6-1, 6-2 on court five. Ole Miss then grabbed a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory on court three to take a 3-2 lead as the Rebels' No. 84 Kallberg downed MSU's Angus.
The Bulldogs would then need victories on courts two and four to capture victory. Ole Miss pushed both matches to final sets with 7-6(4) victories in the second sets on each court. As MSU's James Chaudry and UM's Lindmark traded holds to open the third set on court four, the Rebels' No. 12 Lutjen claimed a 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 triumph over MSU's No. 50 Stropp to clinch the team match for the visitors from Oxford.
Play on court four was suspended between Chaudry and Lindmark at 7-5, 6-7(4), 1-1.
MSU will return to action next Friday, April 5, as it takes on No. 25 South Carolina for the Bulldogs' 2013 Senior Day. The match is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. CT at the Pitts Tennis Centre.
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Good Friday was anything but that for the Mississippi State softball team, which lost both games to SEC West foe Auburn in a doubleheader at the MSU Softball Stadium. The Bulldogs (20-12, 1-7 SEC) fell by an 8-3 margin in game one, before giving up four runs to the Tigers (23-13, 4-7 SEC) in the final frame in a 7-5 loss in game two.
"It is like a well," Head Coach Vann Stuedeman said. "When you look down in a well and you can't see any water and you pump. As soon as you stop pumping, the water goes away. If you keep pumping, eventually the water will overflow and you will reap the benefits."
Auburn outscored Mississippi State by an 8-1 margin in the late innings for an 8-3 victory against the Maroon and White in game one of the double dip.
In her first game in the leadoff spot this season, junior catcher Sam Lenahan walked twice and scored a pair of runs. Cleanup slugger Briana Bell went 1-for-3 with her sixth home run of the season, while juniors Heidi Shape and Erin Nesbit also finished 1-for-3 at the plate.
Senior left-hander Stephanie Becker fell to 6-4 on the year after surrendering five runs on two hits and three walks in 4.2 innings in the starting nod. Junior righty Alison Owen replaced her and threw 1.1 hitless innings, before true freshman Jacey Punches closed out the game with an inning of work, giving up three runs (one earned) off two hits and a walk.
After an RBI single by Shape in the first which drove in Lenahan, Lenahan scored again in the third inning. Bell ripped a worm burner to the AU shortstop, but the Orange and Blue defender sailed the throw over the first baseman's head, allowing Lenahan to tap the dish for an early 2-0 MSU lead.
The lead did not last long, as the visitors plated five runs on three hits and a trio of walks in the top of the fifth. Following a solo shot by MSU's Bell in the bottom of the sixth to make it 5-3, Auburn added a trio of runs in the seventh to give the game its final score of 8-3.
The three-hole and cleanup combination of Brooke Lathan and Branndi Melereo for Auburn combined to drive in six of the Tigers' eight runs.
The Bulldogs jumped out to a 5-0 lead courtesy of two home runs by junior Logan Foulks, but gave up three in the third and four in the seventh for a heartbreaking 7-5 defeat in game two.
Foulks tied career highs with two home runs and five RBIs, while Lenahan went 2-for-4 with two runs. Freshman right fielder Loryn Nichols also had multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a run scored and two stolen bases.
Becker came in with a save opportunity in the seventh thanks to a two-run lead, but gave up the final three runs to drop to 6-5 in her second defeat on the day. Owen started the game and struck out 14 in 6.2 innings of work, just two shy of the single-game school record set earlier in the season. The right hander gave up a career-high 10 hits that yielded the first four Auburn runs.
Starting the game off with a two-run homer in the first and a three-run long ball in the second, Foulks spotted MSU with an early 5-0 lead.
The Tigers clawed back with three runs in the third and trailed by two for three-consecutive innings until the top of the seventh. After a leadoff infield single by Tiffany Howard, Owen was replaced by Becker in the circle. The MSU southpaw retired her first batter before giving up a single and a two-RBI double that tied the game. Following a walk, Owen relieved Becker and relinquished a two-RBI double of her own that ended up being the game-winning runs for the visitors.
The series wraps up Saturday at 1 p.m., with an Easter egg hunt for all children taking place immediately following the series finale. Admission is free for those that can attend, but for those that cannot, live video and audio streaming of the series will be available online to HailStateTV subscribers (www.HailState.com/hstvlive).
For live in-game updates of MSU's conference clash, follow the program on Twitter at @MStateSB. For pictures, like the team on Facebook at Facebook.com/MStateSB and visit the team's Instagram account at MStateSB. For pregame and postgame video, check out MSU's official YouTube channel at YouTube.com/HailState.


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In response to my Stamp Wars post, some helpful Anonymous person gently pointed out to me:
According to the US Postal Service web site, a Madonna & Child stamp will be sold this Christmas.Then Ma Beck, hoping perhaps to spare me tears of anguish, asks, in a very kindly "did you realise that I was only kidding" sort of way,
Does the UK also have a Madonna and Child stamp as well or just the ones you blogged?[Beats head on desk] There's no stamp war at all! The knitted snowman was just a sideline - a pre-Christmas warm-up released for an American Stamp Dealers' exhibition in New York. Oh, that's not THE Christmas stamp. Over there, of course, they have THIS!!!
Oh, and you can discuss whether it is an improvement on last year's one ...
If you want to get even more maudlin, go and look at the US Postal Service descriptions of the stamps - not only do they have a comprehensive, serious and intelligent commentary on the artwork, they even put in a few theological details. For last year's, for example:
Thus the pensive expressions on the faces of Luini's exquisitely modeled figures would have conveyed to Renaissance viewers the Virgin's foreknowledge and Christ's acceptance of his future death on the cross.and writing on this year's one, they make the point:
Birds were sacred to the Inca, partially because of their ability to fly and move closer to Inti, the sun god. In Cuzco, colonial artists often incorporated birds or feathers into images of the Virgin and Christ to indicate their divine status.So, my dear American friends, spare a thought for us here in blighty at Christmas. The snowman - that is in fact all we've flippin' got. Oh, and the Royal Mail telling us it will make us sparkle with festive glee. That's the sum of it. They're not joking. There is no Madonna and Child stamp waiting at the press.
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Congressman Charles B. Rangel issued the following statement after the Labor Department released the September jobs report on October 5, 2012, announcing that the U.S. economy added 114,000 jobs and the national unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent. With private businesses adding 104,000 jobs and government adding 10,000 jobs, this marks the 24 months of job growth:
"Numbers don't lie; the drop in unemployment rate to 7.8 percent in September shows that President Barack Obama's economic plan to get America working again and rebuild our economy is working.
I am particularly pleased that Black and Latino unemployment rates fell from 14.1 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively to 13.4 percent and 9.9 percent. This not only reflects the President's concentrated economic policies focused on getting America back on top, but also reducing the disproportionate inequality that lingers in minority communities and prevents sustainability.
The Republicans can try to criticize the pace of improvement, but they have done nothing to help create jobs during their time in the House majority. Instead of offering a concrete plan to steady the economy, they have directed their obstructionist energy towards blocking Democratic efforts to pass the President's American Jobs Act.
President Obama and Democrats will continue to restore faith in the American Dream by strengthening the middle class and investing in manufacturing, education, and infrastructure. We are guaranteed economic success if everyone assumes responsibility, plays by the rules and works hard collectively."
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Jeep T-400 shifting, skips 2nd gear
I have a 79 Jeep J10 with a TH400 that I converted to 2wd. I also rebuilt it, new seals/gaskets, clutches, bands, but original steels (if you saw this trans, you may not have even put new clutches or bands in it; it was CLEAN with nice bright red fluid)....it was a school project for me. I did the engine this past summer at school too. Anyway...
Seems something isn't 100% because I have no 2nd gear, it goes from 1st straight to 3rd, and holds first for a bit but nothing i would consider excessive. Here is a rundown of the driving tests I did:
-In D, it shifts from 1st to 3rd and skips 2nd.
-I downshift from D, it goes into 2nd, and I put it back in D, and it shifts into 3rd.
-I start in first, and it holds it until it shifts to 2nd due to the safety feature built into the TH400.
-I start in 2nd, and it shifts from 1st to second fine, and holds until I put it in D, then it shifts into 3rd.
Modulator is adjustable and is new, I didn't adjust it at all. Line to it is also all new steel and rubber. I have it hooked to full manifold vacuum. Also, the wiring for the detent solenoid isn't in my truck at this time; I haven't put it back in yet.
So does this sound like a modulator that needs adjusting? Tire size is also 235/75R15 if that helps. If I need to adjust it, I know where the screw is to do it, but how do you set it? Thanks!
No, this is not a modulator issue. Manual 2nd works because in manual 2 or manual 1 above the 2-1 downshift speed the intermediate BAND is applied along with the intermediate clutch to provide coast braking. In D range the band is not applied. Only the intermediate CLUTCH (in the case in front of the center support) is applied. In 1st the direct drum is turning opposite of engine rotation at about 7/8 of input shaft speed, and when the intermediate clutch applies the sprag (one way clutch on back of drum) must lock. No 2nd immediately after rebuild suggests the sprag is misinstalled or missing, or broken. The only cause in the valve body for a 1-3 shift would be a sticking 1-2 valve, but this is rare, AND you DO have a manual 1-2 shift. Now, (hint) without the intermediate clutch, a high throttle manual 1-2 will be long, since the band does not have the same braking power as the clutch. You may feel a bump at the beginning of the shift, but the RPM drop is poor.
Thanks for the advice. When I rebuilt the trans, I did check the sprag, and it appeared fine and worked when i tested it (spun freely one way, locked up solid immediately when i tried to spin it the other way.)
well, if it was in backward it would bind up on the 1-3 shift, so thats not it. you could drop the valve body and air check thru the center support bolt and see if the intermediate clutch will apply. Are you certain you didn't make a blunder, like put the plates in, then answer the phone and forget to install the snap ring?
That kind of stuff happens all the time to professional rebuilders in shops. they get interrupted or distracted and forget something. While the valve body is out you can check the 1-2 shift valve.
Now i will mention this... on rare occasions we would get a tech call for a 350 or 400 and a 1-3 shift was repaired by replacing the governor. it would be worn in a weird way and at a stop would not make gov pressure, then after getting up to speed the gov pressure would suddenly jump up. but i've only seen that a couple times. check for loose valve, badly worn nails, or weights that are hanging up.
Everything checked out fine as far as the governor goes, but my research on other sites has also shown that to be a possible cause, so i'll be pulling it back out soon as I get a chance. I know the gear looked fine, and from what I recall it wouldn't spin when the gear was meshed with the gear on the output shaft.
Now, I will admit that the valve body was removed from the case but we didn't take it apart, didn't have the time as the semester was winding down and we still had to get it in the truck. I also did not pull the sprag out because it worked fine when we checked it.
Funny you should mention the snap rings....when we were putting it together, we did forget the spacer snap ring that goes under the center support. BUT we took it back apart and put it in, so every snap ring is where it belongs in the case. the only leftover parts were the extension housing bolts from the old transfer case adapter; they were too long for the 2wd extension housing.
ok but you need to check the weights, and see if they wobble on the nails, as if they are worn thinner, dig? try to move the valve around and see if there is bore clearance inside. but the bottom line is, if you change the governor and still have the problem, we are probably looking somewhere else.
Do you have an air compressor so u can do the int. cl. air check?
Yes I do have a compressor and can do checks on the intermediate clutch. Now, I took it to school tonight and did some modulator adjustments, but the problem is still there; I did it cuz it was quick and easy enough to do so I figured it's worth a shot. I have the adjustable screw in the glovebox because i took it out as suggested on another forum; still does it.
Now, here is something else that may help: it WILL shift through all gears if i am barely on the throttle. You can clearly feel 1-2 and 2-3 upshifts. But anything more than 1/4-1/2 throttle and no 2nd. My teacher seems to think, as have many, that this may be a problem with my governor. Does that help you any?
> Yes I do have a compressor and can do checks on the intermediate clutch.
OK good, next time valve body is off well air check it.
> I have the adjustable screw in the glovebox because i took it out as suggested on another forum;
What?? I dont know why in the world someone would suggest that. That just drops modulator pressure below the minimum safe range. Put it back in!!
And its a pointless test. You already know it will 1-2 at minimum throttle. And do yourself a favor. Dont get advice from that source about trans stuff. That person is obviously not a transmission professional.
> it WILL shift through all gears if i am barely on the throttle. You can clearly feel 1-2 and 2-3 upshifts. But anything more than 1/4-1/2 throttle and no 2nd. My teacher seems to think, as have many, that this may be a problem with my governor.
Heres what I would do. Put it up on the rack, or on stands with wheels off the ground. Put a vacuum pump on the modulator. Pump up about 16 vac and spin the wheels up. 1-2, 2-3. Then drop it to 10 vac and spin it up again. The shifts should be a little later and firmer. Repeat at 5, then at 0. If you can continually feel distinct 1-2 and 2-3 shifts in the air with no load, just a little firmer and later, then the problem is related to TORQUE and LOAD. The clutch is slipping under load, probably due to a leak in the int clutch circuit (cracked 2-3 accu piston or damaged seal ring, cut int cl lipseal, broken center support bolt, etc) or possibly a mechanical problem like broken case lugs, snap ring partial out of the groove, or something like that. This rack test would also show the governor is ok, but the real problem is slipping int clutch. And if you left the modulator line disconnected and plugged, and test it at light throttle on the street, you will have high rpm shift, but you could feel the 1-2 then immediately after the shift increase torque and it would start slipping. Dig? Thats proof the clutch is in trouble.
And by the way, did you use any valve body kit? Some of them risk breaking the case lugs on hi throttle shifts. For this reason i always use a torqueflight .106" thick hi clutch snap ring in the case lugs (it's more rigid) to help prevent breakage, and also use the waved steel (NEVER all flats). The wave helps to load the case lugs more evenly and without shock at the front end of the 1-2 shift.
Thank ya much again for your help! I'll put that screw back in tomorrow or next time weather allows, truck isn't going anywhere for a bit so I can work this issue. I will do as you suggested with the vacuum pump since I have that and can do it easily. Now, as to your other suggestions, I can safely say the case lugs were fine when I rebuilt it and the snap rings were all very secure in their grooves. Granted the truck has been used since then but not much; maybe for about 3 or 4 miles. I specifically remember that center support bolt because for whatever reason, we went through hell trying to find a socket thin enough to fit it; it's in place and torqued down. All lip seals are new, but who knows; maybe I boogered that intermediate one up (just so I know what we are discussing, that is the piston on the center support itself, right?)
The 2-3 accumulator piston...is that the little plastic one that always breaks? Mine was broken when I pulled it so I put one of the aftermarket aluminum ones in it. I had heard that can possibly cause problems, but I don't see how...it's exactly like the plastic one, only metal.
No valve body kits, if you mean shift kits. Just pulled it off, replaced the gaskets and made sure the passages were clean and the case not warped. So it's all stock.
OK, so i put the screw back in and did the above test with a vac pump. Found that it only shifts once, and you can BARELY feel it, its almost like a bump instead of an actual shift. No shift after that. Manually shifting back down into 2nd and then back into D does allow a 2-3 shift. Did this with vac at 16, 10, and 5 in, and it acted the same.
Is it usual for people to have these problems if they replace the small plastic accumulator piston with an aluminum one? That's the only "upgrade" this trans had over stock, because the plastic one was broken.
Sooo....does this mean I'll be pulling the trans back out of the truck to fix a bad int. clutch piston seal or sprag? Or is it the governor?
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Hi ... everyone! =)
My name is Sara, and I'm a Malaysian. That's located somewhere in the South East of Asia. I'm a big fan of HP, and first came to the world of fanfiction during the year 2004.
My favourite genres are Romance, and Humour. Adventure fics with a good plot and interesting characters are good in my books too.
My ships are: R/Hr and H/G. Well. That's all I read, that is. Not H/G so much, though. And lately, I've been writing about Jimmy/Demelza ... read HBP, and you'll know who I mean.
Anyhoo, if you like reaing my fics, please drop a review. Constructive critiscm is always welcome, and in short, reviews brighten up my day. =)
That said, happy fanfic reading/writing!
OOoh...Bad idea,Ron.But if he did tae off his trousers,what next?His BOXERS???lol!
Ps.I now this must be stupid,but I checed my dictionary and the explanation confused me.What is innuendo?
Author's Response: Er... innuendos are basically the same thing as insinuations. To insinuate is to imply or convey an idea subtly and gradually. My use of innuendo probably isn't the clearest ever, but I can explain it for you in a nutshell. The wizard in the painting told Ron he would have to "stand naked by the full moon" for the remedy to work. When Hermione offers to help with the remedy, she's subtly implying that she'd like to see Ron... 'hem... clothing-less. She doesn't come right out and say that though. Does that clear things up a bit? I hope so. Thanks for reviewing! - Angela
Hey,pls tell me its not over yet!Its so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmm-hmm,I have learned my lesson! (WEll,I would if I have written anything before,sigh)But you did a preeeeetty good job.It was hilarious!!!
That was agood one :) Oh,the mental images!!!!
I like tha way you used the bits from LotR in this. Perfect for this kind of romance fic. I like the second paragrpah best ... I can really feel what Harry and Luna are feeling in this.
I just have a few things to point out here, and not much of a problem at all.
"L-look w-who it is...",
I notice that this happens quite a fair amount of times in this fic. Since that an elipse is already present at the end of the sentence, you don't need the comma, like so: "L-look w-who it is..."
"Like it was yesterday.", Luna said.
This happens a few times too. There is no need for a period in this sentence, and the comma should be placed before the quotation mark.
I just loved the ending, as well as their last conversation. Regarding the last paragraph, I think it would be even better if you fleshed it out a bit. Maybe break it into two paragraphs, to indicate that Luna's dreams are happening a while after Harry's death. Overall, I enjoyed this fic, even though I don't ship this. Good job!
The ending was sooo unexpected.I rreally thought she was joking!Anyways,I just have to say that this fic is awesome!You are (to me) one of the best humour writers I've ever read!
Author's Response: Wow, that's high praise!
For some odd reason, I really like this. I love the writing style you used ... matches the atmosphere brilliantly. I don't read vampire stories very often, and I have to say, of the very few I have read, yours is among the best. Yes, it's a bit gory, what with the slaying of the unicorns, but you managed to make it seem beautiful, in a gruesome sort of way.
I just have a few things to point out:
My white-blonde hair becomes windblown, as my windows are wide open, and I am standing in front of them.
The first part of the sentence, '- hair becomes windblown -' doesn't seem to mesh with the rest of it. I suggest that you change 'becomes' to 'is', since that you're using continuous present tense (well, I'm pretty sure ... I've never been too good with naming these grammatical terms ...).
Before he knows what's happening, my fangs in his neck, sucking precious lifeblood from him.
There should be an 'are' after 'fangs', or else the sentence will seem inomplete. Oh, and lastly, I just have to say that the way you portrayed Draco and Artemis at the end of the fic seems to say a lot about how they accept each other, yet can never be as close as real siblings. You did that very well. Overall, wonderful job!
Oh boy, that was great! Had lots of fun reading it, and the proposal itself was hilarious. I liked the shopping list best, for some odd reason.
I like this.Really.ANd the names for their group is really funny.When I read the Lovers of Avacado,well...let's just say that its really hard to laugh and eat potato chips at the same time...:)
Author's Response: Please don't choke. And let me comment that I get SO excited whenever I get reviews for this one...I'll look through "Hmm, 'I love who' has 12 more...Target practice has 6 more...Evil Villainy has 11 more...YES! I GOT ANOTHER 'OVERTURNED' REVIEW! HORRAY! PARTY!" I have no idea why I'm like this. And another random comment, I just re-read the original story...oh wow...
That was HILARIOUS!!!I was (literaly)[hang on,did I spell that right???] laughing my lungs out!Mini flamingoes are so cool.Once when I went on a school trip,the teachers told us : 'Do not chase the FLAMINGOES!!!' and now it's flamingoes chasing humans!
Ps.I notice that Hermione is hungry nearly all the time...
Author's Response: Maybe it's because I'm hungry all the time...
Oh wow,that was stupendously fantabulous-ly hysterically awesome!I love your stories,they are so darn FUNNY!!!lol!
Oh, this is adorable. You're right; it's more funny than fluffy, and this is one of those few R/Hr one-shots which doesn't have them confessing their undying love for each other at the end. A kiss, yes ... but no confession of undying love. :claps happily: My favourite part was Ron yelling at Ginny, Harry and Snape in the Great Hall.
Okay, I just have a couple of things to be nit-picky about. The bit with Hermione talking in Harry's memory:
You want to be an Auror, dont you? Hermione had said. To even have a chance you have to have a N.E.W.T in Potions, Hermione had continued. Besides Ron wont be taking it, Ill have no one to sit with, Hermione had pleaded.
I think you should write her words in italics ... or else it looks like normal text, and when I first saw it, it confused me a bit.
Lastly, the ending sentence (which I love, by the way):
Too bad he hadn't managed to jinx Filch though
You forgot to add the full stop at the end of the sentence.
Overall, I love this. It's short, and sweet. And I had a great time reaing it! =)
That was beautiful. Beautiful in the sense that he kept that little notebook for so long, and looking through it when he feels the need. I love your writing style, I can really feel and see what you've written.
Oh goody,you're back!That was cool,especially the last part about Hermione being 16,not 10!
Author's Response: Thank you!!!!
This is one story I dont mind making fun of Hermione.The story's good!and the fact that I AM watching LoTR right now,and thinking of Legolas while he's on screen...keep it up!
Author's Response: Thank you!! I try to watch or read LotR before I write anymore of my story. It gives me idea's!! Thanks again!!
Er,why is Sam gay...?Just asking.
Author's Response: Umm. . . because. . . . o_O
That was the. Best. Hilarious! I was laughing all through the fic! Crotch-less panties? :raises eyebrows suspiciously: Anyway, that was great. Very amusing. :D
That was sad. I'm guessing you're a fan of LOTR ... when I saw the title, I knew. That was so sad! Everyone's dead! (Except for Ron and Neville, yeah, but ...) the way you wrote it was great. It really got me feeling.
Author's Response: I'm glad. :) That's precisely what it was supposed to do. Yes, LOTR is one of my favorite things on earth (next to Harry Potter, of course).
Hmmm ... Ron took it *very* well, I think. Poor flowerpot. Anyhoo, I find Miranda extremely annoying. Very. And do I sense something between Harry and Ginny there? 'Cause if I'm not mistaken, that's what Hermione did with Ron in Cos movie ... the handshake ... the 'hug' ...
The suspense is KILLING ME!!!!I can barely breath!Oh boy,that's a shock,I never saw that coming.I mean,Miranda.I don't even know her,and I hate her already!!!


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Preventing cat-like typing
I was assisting in one of our online workshops from home recently. After my cat's morning nap, he decided to join me. My laptop had been on for quite some time and was warm. So Bailey, of course, decided that was where he wanted to sit.
When I am working from home, I have a monitor, keyboard and mouse attached to the laptop, so I didn't really mind that he was sitting on it. However, the laptop keyboard still was active, so the folks attending the workshop saw something like this:
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POLICE have arrested a man on suspicion of sexual assault in Bowness.
The unnamed local man, aged 21, was detained following an alleged incident at the Glebe area in the early hours of Friday July 11. He has been bailed until August 15.
Detective Inspector Amanda Sadler said: "Enquiries are on-going as we attempt to establish the exact circumstances of the alleged incident.
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The alleged victim was a female in her late twenties from the local area and she is being supported by trained officers, said police in an earlier statement.
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Interactions between yeasts and zinc
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Zinc is an essential trace element in biological systems. For example, it acts as a cellular membrane stabiliser, plays a critical role in gene expression and genome modification and activates nearly 300 enzymes, including alcohol dehydrogenase. The present chapter will be focused on the influence of zinc on cell physiology of industrial yeast strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with special regard to the uptake and subsequent utilisation of this metal. Zinc uptake by yeast is metabolism-dependent, with most of the available zinc translocated very quickly into the vacuole. At cell division, zinc is distributed from mother to daughter cells and this effectively lowers the individual cellular zinc concentration, which may become zinc depleted at the onset of the fermentation. Zinc influences yeast fermentative performance and examples will be provided relating to brewing and wine fermentations. Industrial yeasts are subjected to several stresses that may impair fermentation performance. Such stresses may also impact on yeast cell zinc homeostasis. This chapter will discuss the practical implications for the correct management of zinc bioavailability for yeast-based biotechnologies aimed at improving yeast growth, viability, fermentation performance and resistance to environmental stresses.
De Nicola, R. and Walker, G.M. 2009. Interactions between yeasts and zinc. In: T. Satyanarayana and G. Kunze, eds. Yeast Biotechnology: Diversity and Applications. Springer. [Online] pp. 237-257. Avaialable from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8292-4_12


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Banal: I'll do my best to win by KO
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AJ "Bazooka" Banal have been endlessly groomed to be ALA Promotion's next world champion. Banal is one step away from realizing this dream. On October 20, He will fight Pungluang Sor Singyu for the vacant WBO bantamweight title at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Singyu has been a silent Filipino Assassin beating the likes of Eden Sonsona, Rey Migreno, Marvin Tampus, Monico Laurente and many other Pinoy foes. He has been dominating opponents left and right despite his midgety height of 5'1. Banal may have the height advantage, but all other aspects remain to be seen till fight night.
Banal, who is back to training after his recent comfortable decision victory against Ruben Manakane last Saturday expressed his confidence in his upcoming fight. "I have been waiting for this. How can I let this chance slip away? No way will I let what happened in my Concepcion fight happen again. I have learned my lessons the hard way. I have matured. And I am going to become a world champion on October. Coach Pio Solon has been a great help in improving my stamina and power. I am the taller and stronger fighter but Pungluang is a great fighter. It will be a tough fight ahead of me." Watch for more updates.


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Apple Still Navigating Chinese iPad Litigation
Apple has continued its court battle with Proview International, the Chinese company claiming ownership of the trademark rights over the iPad name in China. I wrote an article on the subject last week and as the story has progressed, this piece serves to add additional detail and update the developing story. According to The Washington Post, Lawyers representing both companies gave their arguments in the Higher People's Court of Guangdong before the hearing was adjourned with both sets of representative going back to their clients to see if a settlement could be reached before going forward.
This situation is growing increasingly uncomfortable for Apple as it progresses. Beyond the court case, Proview applied to China's Customs Bureau to block the imports and exports of iPads. More and more, it appears Apple will end up paying for the trademark confusion one way or another, be it in a settlement, or in damages and lost iPad sales if they lose the trademark rights. The latter of those options seems to be the worst considering the fact that iPads are selling well in China, Apple's largest market outside of the US. This is especially true considering Apple has invested more in China over the last two years adding stores and increasing marketing efforts. This has been beneficial for them as revenue in the country has quadrupled during the past year. Sales of iPads exceeded 32 million globally in 2011 with over $20 billion in revenue, and Apple is driven to continue to make the Chinese portion of that revenue grow capitalizing on the momentum experienced during this past year.
Apple's lawyers are arguing that in addition to their rightful purchase of the trademark several years ago, a ruling that blocks the sale of their iPad now will ultimately be problematic for consumers. Chinese consumers, Apple argues, associate the 'iPad' name with Apple's tablet explaining, as quoted in The Washington Post, Allowing Proview to use the brand to make their own products would cause confusion and harm consumer interests.
pple will be looking to minimize the damage they sustain from this trademark situation, and we will see how successful they will be in the coming weeks and months. The main point I put forth in the previous piece is that conducting business in another country poses many challenges, among them being companies are operating within different regulations than they are used to. Also, like Apple in this case, companies can be vulnerable to trademark and other similar issues that come up when entering a new market. In terms of marketing in different countries, issues of culture and language come into play. As such, search engine optimization companies that offer international SEO services can greatly assist businesses looking to grow their online presence in new markets. Like the local experts assisting Apple navigate Chinese trademark law, SEO companies optimize their clients' sites per their specific market.


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How Long Can Biotech Stay In The Stratosphere?Joan O'C. Hamilton
Cynthia Robbins-Roth is a California-based consultant who makes her living by analyzing biotechnology companies. When a prominent biotech venture capitalist recently inquired about a company called Alteon, he had a simple question: What in heaven's name did it do? Although he had just bought 1,000 shares of Alteon stock on the advice of his broker, "he had never heard of them," says Robbins-Roth. But his ignorance was bliss -- for he had already doubled his money.
Welcome to the superhot -- some say overheated -- world of biotechnology stocks. Since the beginning of the year, companies on the cutting edge of biomedical research, in fields as diverse as AIDS and heart disease, have charmed Wall Street because of their growth prospects and resistance to economic malaise. The hottest segment, over-the-counter biotech stocks, has more than doubled in market valuation, according to Bridge Information Systems Inc.
But with stock prices rising to the heavens, the time for caution has arrived. True, short-selling of biotechnology stocks is likely to remain hazardous so long as the buying mania continues. But longtime biotech bull Jeffrey W. Casdin, an Oppenheimer & Co. analyst, says the time is ripe to "take some chips off the table."
OVERWROUGHT. The rally in biotech initially was led by the most solid biotech companies -- those that actually have sales and earnings, not just the promise thereof. A handful of established companies such as Amgen, Genzyme, and Chiron were fast joining industry pioneer Genentech in the ranks mf the profitable. But in recent months, the momentum has lured investors to more than a dozen second-tier companies, such as Synergen, Gensia Pharmaceuticals, T Cell Sciences, and Cytogen. Many such companies are two to five years from having significant sales and earnings, but their stocks have jumped to dizzying new heights anyway. Meanwhile, more than 30 small biotech companies have gone public this year, and other companies are heading back to the Street via secondary offerings.
Biotech investors are enraptured by the promise of future medical breakthroughs. Take Synergen Inc., based in Boulder, Colo. It is testing a drug called Antril against a range of diseases, including life-threatening infections and inflammatory conditions. Dazzled by the potentially huge markets for the drug, investors bid up Synergen shares from $11.50 to $59.88 this year. Companies working in AIDS research are even more beloved by Wall Street. The list includes MedImmune, Repligen, and, above all, Immune Response. That company's recent stock performance provides a jarring example of the jitters of an overwrought market. Analysts were predicting Immune could score a big payoff by 1994 on a promising AIDS vaccine, and fevered buying had sent the stock soaring twentyfold since the end of 1990. But on Nov. 12, a ruling by Washington regulators dashed the company's hopes for quick approval, pushing some estimates out at least another two years. The next day, the company's shares plummeted 26%. Synergen stock likewise fell 12% in two recent days because of bad news on one of its drugs.
EASY MONEY. While such stocks are undeniably speculative, the more than 30 young companies that launched initial public offerings this year are even more of a crapshoot. Some are simply too young to call: Seattle-based Icos, whose shares have gained 125% since they began trading in June, went public a scant 22 months after the company was established. It has a distinguished roster of scientists on the payroll but not a single drug on the market or in clinical trials. Then there is Alteon. Although the six-year-old company boasts an impressive crew of scientist founders, its first product, designed to treat diabetes complications, is only in early clinical tests. Yet on Nov. 1, the 31-person company raised $37.5 million in its IPO, the stock doubling in minutes.
Industry experts give much of the credit for this ongoing rally to the drawing power of Amgen Inc., the Thousand Oaks (Calif.) biotech giant. Amgen's two blockbuster products to treat anemia and immune suppression have helped give it a market valuation of more than $8 billion. These days, says Michael Murphy, who edits the Overpriced Stock Service newsletter, "if you want to lose a lot of money in biotech, short Amgen." But investors will get burned in what Murphy predicts as a "very nasty correction."
Until a correction comes, the companies that raise money while the window is open will enjoy a luxury their predecessors did not. Traditionally, much of the early-stage funding for biotech companies involved a measure of discipline: meeting goals and proving progress to sophisticated venture capitalists. Today's biotech investors have but one goal -- rising stock prices, fueled by hope for scientific advances. And Immune Response's shareholders can attest to this: When those hopes falter, stock prices deflate. Fast.


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"You will see that in m88 Baccarat boutiques and department stores, to show it more and more in a lifestyle environment.". It currently has six, including the newly reopened Madison Avenue flagship in New York, and is eyeing several cities, particularly Miami and possibly Dallas.
"For us, it's a celebration this year," Klein said. Another 18 to 20 percent is generated by lighting, including table lamps and chandeliers. There, product was displayed in room-like settings to offer inspiration in how Baccarat fits in the modern world. "It's very special."
"Color is the underlying factor for everything," Klein said. The Baccarat Hotel Residence, 50-story glass residential tower located on 53rd Street just off Fifth Avenue across from the Museum of Modern Art, will open at the end of this year, "showcasing our know-how for the hotel world." A signature Baccarat fixture will be incorporated in the foyer of each residence.
Copyright 2014 Gale, Cengage Learning. The remainder comes through its jewelry business, sold mostly through its retail boutiques. It also introduced red-accented Harcourt vases and Diamant barware and stemware. "There [are] some incredible over-the-top pieces to mark the year" as well as beautiful, everyday pieces, Klein said. "Growth is in our future," Klein said.
Baccarat's craftsmanship was evident in the new and archival pieces it launched during the tabletop market in New York last month, and will be on display in its own boutiques and during retail events throughout the spring, culminating in what Michelle Klein, president and CEO of the North American division, calls the "piece de resistance"–the opening of the Baccarat Hotel Residence in New York in the fall.
In the United States, the majority of Baccarat's business, approximately 60 to 65 percent, is generated by its crystal barware, stemware and novelty items. "The best part is showing how relevant the designs are today, even if they are from the past."
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In Paris and at last month's tabletop show, Baccarat expanded its color story for its best-selling Eye Vase. For its 250th anniversary Baccarat issued several limited and numbered pieces, such as oversized vases on marble bases, the solid crystal Sun Clock designed by George Chevalier in 1948 and the Harcourt Chessgame by Nendo on a Plexiglas base with clear and navy crystal playing pieces. All rights reserved.
Baccarat also plans to open more boutiques in the United States. The goal of the company is to show Baccarat as something that can be used every day, Mein said. The collection, currently available in red and navy now includes amethyst, gold and emerald colorways.
BACCARAT WILL MARK THE MAJOR MILESTONE OF ITS 250TH ANNIVER-sary this year by celebrating its heritage while also highlighting how easily it fits into a contemporary, everyday lifestyle.
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"The [architectural and design] business is something we've been going after aggressively for the past few years," said Klein. A growing part of its business is its interior design work with hotels and private residences.
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She has a hot new television series called "GCB," and Kristin Chenoweth is on top of her game these days.
During her interview on the "Ellen DeGeneres Show," the "Pushing Daisies" dame confessed that she has an obsession with collecting quarters wherever she goes.
Fresh off of another afternoon onstage for his role as J. Pierrepont Finch in "How to Succeed," Nick Jonas spent the evening supporting his fellow thespians by turning up for the opening night of "Once" in New York City on Sunday (March 18).
The "Camp Rock" heartthrob looked dapper as he arrived at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre while tweeting of the day's doings, "Had a great matinee today... Then saw the new musical Once. Wow truly an incredible cast, and a beautiful show."
Stepping out for a media appearance, Kristin Chenoweth was spotted at "The Late Show with David Letterman" last night (February 23).
The "Pushing Daisies" dame looked super hot in a Herve Leger dress and Ray Ban sunglasses as she posed for the paparazzi with her pooch pal.
In its second year of existence, the 2011 American Country Awards honored the genre's top artists in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday night (December 5).
She's always up to something, and Kristin Chenoweth was spotted making her grand arrival at the 2011 American Country Awards tonight (December 5).
The "Pushing Daisies" singer/actress brightened up the arrivals area with her radiant smile and emerald green dress as she hammed it up for the shutterbugs before heading inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
In its second year of existence, the 2011 American Country Awards are all set to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight (December 5).
Held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the ceremony is being co-hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Trace Adkins with a red carpet kickoff lined up for 6 p.m. ET ahead of the ceremony's 8 p.m. ET onset.
Not letting rain stand in their way, the Black Eyed Peas took over Central Park last night (September 30) for CHASE Presents The Black Eyed Peas and Friends "Concert 4 NYC."
Stepping out for the lone black tie affair of their Stateside visit, Prince William and Kate Middleton were the main attraction at the BAFTA Brits To Watch event in Los Angeles, California on Saturday night (July 9).