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The distance from the independent leagues to affiliated ball often feels millions of miles away for those trying to make the move, but for new Beloit starting pitcher Joey Wagman, it was only about 20 minutes up the road.
After beginning the season with the Frontier League's Rockford (Ill.) Aviators, Wagman had his contract purchased by the Oakland A's almost two weeks ago and was assigned to Beloit, which is just across the Wisconsin-Illinois border.
"I grew up 20 minutes from Oakland and a huge A's fan, and of course still am," - Joey Wagman said.
"I showed up to the field in Rockford last Tuesday and my manager pulled me aside and said the A's had bought my contract," Wagman said. "I showed up for a normal day and there was no lead-up or anticipation, it was just 'you show up to a different field tomorrow'.
"It really couldn't have worked out any better. I found out on a Tuesday before one of my Rockford games, so I kind of hung out the rest of the day and said goodbye to some of the guys. But it hasn't even been a real goodbye, because I haven't even left my host family in Rockford. The only difference is now I drive 20 minutes to Beloit, instead of five minutes to the Aviators' stadium."
Wagman posted a 3.05 ERA in 12 appearances (11 starts) and struck out a league-best 85 batters in 76.2 innings as a member of the Aviators. This isn't Wagman's first season of pro ball. He was drafted in the 17th round by the Chicago White Sox in 2013, but was given his release this April.
"We followed him, our professional scouts took a look at his statistics, and figured maybe there was a reason why we could benefit from him," said Snappers' manager Rick Magnante.
"It's a four-pitch mix with fastball, curveball, slider and change. He attacks the strike zone and is not overpowering. [Beloit pitching coach Craig Lefferts] has made a couple suggestions on things he might be able to locate better and enhance his arsenal."
Not known for having great velocity – Wagman said his fastball sits between 87-88 MPH – he has made his living with pinpoint control of his four offerings. He made his first start for the Snappers on July 31st, going seven innings and allowing just one run on three hits while striking out seven and walking none.
However, in his most recent third start, Wagman didn't fare as well and was charged with six runs on seven hits in just 2.2 innings. After striking out 14 and walking one in his first two starts, Wagman allowed two free passes while retiring just one batter on strikes.
"I'm much more concerned about locating pitches and moving the fastball in and out, up and down, and throwing different pitches in counts where guys are looking for a fastball or in a different location," Wagman said. "That approach is what got me here."
In addition to moving 20 minutes to Beloit, Wagman has joined the organization he has rooted for since he was a youth in Danville. However, when he came out of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, the Monte Vista HS alum said he didn't hear much from the A's.
"I think the only communication I had with the A's was I probably filled out a pre-draft questionnaire," Wagman said. "It's not a formal thing and doesn't mean a whole lot. But I grew up 20 minutes from Oakland and a huge A's fan, and of course still am. This has been a pretty cool ride for me in the past week and a half. I'm just enjoying it."

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It's war
The long anticipated war to topple Saddam Hussain has begun, with a series of air attacks on Baghdad.
It seems the raids may not have been the huge "shock and awe" attacks which the Pentagon had planned. But they may have been an attempt to "take out" the Iraqi leadership when an opportunity presented itself.
We reported live from Baghdad, from Northern Iraq and from British forward positions in Northern Kuwait.
He said the British Government weren't surprised by the attack. "We were fully informed and involved in the process."
He said the strikes are part of a wider campaign which will get underway very shortly.
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"I have seen the excellence of their preparations and it's fair to say, they are ready to go," he told us.
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She's in no doubt that the man who appeared on TV immediately after the attacks was Saddam Hussein, because he appeared older and more jowly than some of his doubles.
"This isn't the shock and awe attack we were expecting," she told us. "It could have been an audacious attempt to deal with the problem in Iraq, which is the leadership not the people,"
"You are now going to see the hunt for Saddam Hussein," he predicted.
"I expect weapons of mass destruction to be found which have been concealed all this time. He said there would be a hunt for Saddam and this would be helped by advances in technology compared with 1991.
Saddam escaped during the last Gulf war but he said the US and UK forces would react to any intelligence.
Lord King also said that an air campaign was likely to be shorter than last time, meanwhile our special forces are well respected and make a special contribution.
He said he thought the first move would be a surprise move against command and control targets.
The attacks have given a clear warning to Saddam Hussein and those around him that they are targets and will be pursued.
He added "We support Mr Blair because he is acting in the national interest and as long as he is we support him... it is necessary to eliminate Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction"
The families of those serving in the Gulf are following events closely back home. We sent Yvonne Ndege to meet one family in Shrewsbury, who've been watching Breakfast closely for the past few weeks.
Has opinion changed, now that the war is underway? We sent Graham Satchell to test public opinion in Manchester, where he found that views are still polarised.
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He served as a strategist during Christy Clark's campaign for the BC Liberal Party leadership. Patrick Kinsella – the quintessential insider in B.C. politics – also lobbied the province to adopt a new liquor distribution system, which Ms. Clark's government this week vowed to do.
In unveiling its budget Tuesday, the province announced it would sell off non-strategic assets in hopes of raising more than $700-million over the next three years. Two liquor branch warehouses – one in Vancouver, one in Kamloops, employing about 400 people combined – and liquor distribution services were among those assets. The province said it would request proposals to transfer the government-owned warehouses and services to the private sector by 2015.
The minister responsible for liquor sales played down the role of lobbying in the decision, and said government isn't actively looking to sell off control of liquor stores, even as it prepares to cease control of the warehouses and distribution services.
The Globe and Mail reported last month that Mr. Kinsella was a registered lobbyist for five companies that had contact in October with several cabinet ministers: Exel Logistics, Pacific Western Brewing Company, Mark Anthony Group, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, and the New Car Dealers of BC.
Exel was interested in developing a new liquor distribution system for the province.
Mr. Kinsella, of The Progressive Group, was a deputy minister from 1981 to 1984. He served as co-chair of the Liberal campaign that in 2001 brought premier Gordon Campbell into office. Mr. Kinsella backed Ms. Clark for the Liberal leadership and Progressive donated $20,000 to the campaign that last year saw her become Premier.
Mr. Kinsella did not return calls Wednesday seeking comment.
Rich Coleman, the minister responsible for liquor sales, said the decision to sell off the warehouse and services came after more than a decade of lobbying efforts.
"They brought it up as part of the conversation, there was no lobbying to do, this was what they thought was an opportunity for government," he told reporters Wednesday.
However, when pressed, he said meetings with the company's representatives did amount to lobbying.
"I guess by any definition when you come on behalf of a company, you are lobbying, so I guess they were lobbying me," he said.
Mr. Coleman regained responsibility for the liquor distribution file earlier this month. But it is a portfolio he has held off and on since 2001, when he first mused about privatizing the government's liquor stores. That plan went out the window when the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union negotiated a wage freeze in exchange for protecting those jobs.
Mr. Coleman said Exel will not have an inside track once government conducts its requests for proposals, which he expects to be issued in the next two months.
As for privatizing government liquor stores, Mr. Coleman indicated he'd like to revisit the issue, but not right now.
"There are times you have to ask yourself, 'Does government belong in the retail liquor business?'" he said. "We are not putting liquor stores on the table."
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon seconded that message.
"I am comfortable with getting out of the liquor distribution business," he said Wednesday. "We can sell that, we can protect the unionized employees at the same time, make sure that they transfer over to the private sector with the business. But the larger question [about the stores]would require a lot more homework."
When asked if Mr. Kinsella played a role in government's decision, Mr. Falcon said: "I've never met with Pat Kinsella about this issue. I didn't even know that he was linked to it, to be honest with you."
Shane Simpson, the NDP's critic for liquor distribution, said the Liberals haven't made a business case for the privatization.
"At the same time, we see Liberal insider Patrick Kinsella lobbying the Liberals for exactly this change," he said. "It raises serious questions about how and why this decision was made."
Scott Lyons, of Exel Logistics, said the company would be interested in looking at the request for proposals. He declined to discuss the company's relationship with Mr. Kinsella.Report Typo/Error
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The Gillard government faces renewed pressure from business to quickly tackle bottlenecks in Australia's skilled migration program or risk worsening labour shortages and a blowout in wages.
But Immigration Minister
Mr Bowen also said he was comfortable with his department's forecasts that net overseas migration needed to be around 180,000 a year to offset the ageing workforce and denied this was in conflict with Prime Minister
He conceded taxpayers faced higher costs from the government's plan to develop a regional asylum seeker processing centre in East Timor.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship warned the government about a backlog of 140,000 skilled-visa applications and lengthy delays to labour agreements for big employers in its incoming brief to the Labor government, known as the Red Book.
The papers, which were finalised in September but released under Freedom of Information laws on Tuesday, also said further large drops in foreign students would put pressure on the budget.
The department also used the brief to outline cost pressures over the government's border protection program arising from an increase in the number of asylum seekers reaching Australian shores.
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Bob Carr's successor wasn't exactly the dark horse he appeared to be. Paola Totaro and Robert Wainwright report.
Room 1250 in Parliament House - Labor's caucus room - has a small balcony perched high above the gnarled fig trees and grassy hills of the Domain. There are glimpses of skyline and harbour and MPs retreat to the terrace to snatch conversations in private or to smoke a furtive, mid-meeting cigarette.
One Tuesday morning in late October, the then treasurer, Michael Egan, succumbed to the nicotine urge and motioned to his health minister, Morris Iemma, to join him outside. In the moments that followed, Egan planted the first real seed of possibility that the shy Italian boy from Narwee might succeed Bob Carr and become the state's 40th premier.
"I remember that moment, yes I do," says Iemma quietly. "It was the first time that it really sunk in, that it sort of crystallised. Parliament was in session and it was before the end-of-year break Michael went out for a cigarette and I thought he wanted to talk about something to do with the budget. I was taken aback. I thought he was joking at first. He said, 'No, I'm quite serious. You have done very well in health; you ought to think about it."'
Iemma is seated in his ministerial office just hours after he and his cabinet were sworn in at Government House. Upstairs, the Premier's suite is still being cleared and cleaned and, despite immaculate suit and tie, Iemma looks the way he says he feels: "Exhausted and exhilarated."
"It's been quite a week" says the new Premier with a smile.
So what happened post-balcony?
"To have someone as senior as Michael Egan, as successful as Michael, say to me, 'You should think about it' was [long pause] I don't know what the word is "
Eye opening? "Yes."
Did it change your approach? "No. I did not change my behaviour. I didn't walk around promising things or walk around with my chest pumped out a bit more or start to strut around. There was just a quiet conviction that it might just happen."
For more than a week, Iemma's meteoric rise to leader of the NSW Labor Party has been described as unplanned, a surprise toppling of his only real rival, Carl Scully. In fact, the new Premier's ascension was not just the result of a fateful confluence of events, but of a careful strategy of nurturing and promotion by Bob Carr; of meticulous, behind-the-scenes hard labour by Iemma; and of some 11th-hour, hard-and-fast number-crunching by the ALP machine men of Sussex Street, who recognised the signs of an imminent Carr exit and decided, secretly, to act.
Carr has never denied his love of spotting talent, nurturing new MPs and challenging bright young ministers. The game plan - setting Labor up for a long term in government - was a mantra and he was hands-on with the handful of ministers he believed might have the goods to lead: Craig Knowles, John Watkins, Scully and, for a short period, even Michael Costa.
"He said it right at the very beginning, when he gave me the health portfolio," Iemma recalls. "You see, I have no health background, no health administration. I'm from economics and law. But he rang me and he said, 'This could be the making of you. Take this, it is an enormous challenge, but use it as an opportunity.' He said, 'I'm deliberately doing this because I see you as someone with potential. I want to nurture the younger talent of this Government so we can set ourselves up for long-term Labor governments. I have a team of people - Knowles, Scully, John Watkins I want you to join that team so from there we can develop potential leaders to take over."
Carr denies that he ever anointed a single successor, dismissing king-making as vulgar and not his style. Challenges, opportunity and guidance, he says, were his only modus operandi. "First you fight to get them in. Then they need to be blooded in a minor portfolio, and then you watch them - in the media and the Parliament - and how they sell themselves. Only then might they join the line-up of potential leaders."
But when asked to identify the time that Iemma became a frontrunner, Carr admits that by the middle of last year, Knowles - his favourite - had "probably unfairly, taken just too many hits". By October, Carr - like his treasurer - had mentally reduced the field of realistic contenders to one horse.
"What explains this [Iemma's rise] is simply the accumulation of solid performances in Parliament and his projection, over time, of an image of great maturity and solidity," he says.
For Iemma, a low public profile proved to be a nifty cover - and a political blessing. He survived a baptism of fire in the health portfolio but then used the Camden and Campbelltown hospitals crisis as a catalyst to force through a raft of systemic health reforms. He toiled behind the scenes to address the perennial problems of "access block" (where emergency patients can't be admitted due to bed shortages), overworked emergency departments, burgeoning waiting lists and overworked doctors. Caucus members were kept informed on developments, nervous parliamentary colleagues reassured and kept in the loop.
"Making substantial changes to get sustained improvements takes a long time in a portfolio like that," Iemma says. "A lot of those changes are starting to show encouraging improvement but there is still a long way to go, particularly with waiting lists. But we have a significant plan to improve workplace efficiency in hospitals that will take some time but that, too, is starting to reap results. We've recorded the best access block figures - the best times for getting from emergency to a ward - in two years, and we are in the middle of winter."
Has he made these gains public? "This is not a case of saying it or sounding triumphant. Rather it is about cautious improvement. It is not the numbers, it is the way it has happened It has become part of culture that rather than booked surgery being the last activity done or the first cancelled when you have to do emergency work, it actually happens. We are now doing more booked surgery at peak time in the middle of winter while also seeing a 2 or 3 per cent increase in emergency admissions."
While Iemma kept his nose down, focused on the state's hospitals, rumours began to circulate around Macquarie Street that Scully had broken a political taboo and spoken of his leadership ambitions at a business forum. True or not, the mere suggestion infuriated some senior ALP figures. Says a minister: 'He was always manoeuvring, strutting, talking. But many people had already made a decision, an assessment based on character, on judgement, on public policy strengths. Iemma was not out manoeuvring or campaigning. He just emerged slowly as the one who clearly met all the tests."
With Knowles clearly out of the race, a large bank of his caucus supporters - people such as John Della Bosca - began to consider their options. It became clear that there were enough MPs who, while not 100 per cent behind Iemma yet, were 100 per cent against Scully.
Another minister says: "One of the intriguing things about the last year or so was that everyone in the media just assumed that Carl Scully was the frontrunner. But he never had a chance."
Egan insists it was solely Iemma's work in health that marked him out. "In people's minds, he was seen as someone who had the goods. He didn't knock on your door trying to get votes, do deals, promise things. He just put the merits of his candidacy and hoped, expected, it would do the trick. And it did."
On June 23, Parliament's last sitting day, Carr stopped and waved three times, looking directly at the pool TV camera as he left the chamber for the winter break. The action was noticed but Carr's office denies any import in the gestures. However, his chief of staff, Graeme Wedderburn, admits he wondered if Carr was making his farewells.
"We had a conversation the next day," he recalls. "I don't think it was anything specific, but when you have a close working relationship you don't have to be."
Carr concedes that by "that stage, I would have had to have been talked out of going".
A couple of weeks later, Carr flew out of Australia on an official visit to Dubai, London and Paris. He took a full media contingent - something he hadn't done for several years. The trip was widely interpreted as a Carresque flourish to try to stir the Government out of its mid-term slump. Instead, the trip flopped. Without his phalanx of monitors and meticulous daily media analysis, the premier remained blissfully removed from the negative response to his proposed $2 billion desalination plant. Even Carr's people found it difficult to swallow their own spin.
Two days after his return, he decided it was probably time to go. That night, a Friday, Carr and Wedderburn spoke again, tentatively arranging to meet in Carr's office at the top of Governor Macquarie Tower at the weekend. Neither the words resignation nor retirement were uttered, but Wedderburn was not surprised when he took Carr's call the next evening: "Comrade, I will need to see you tomorrow, as discussed."
The sunny day and Carr's walk along the cliff top with his wife, Helena, became the much repeated dictum to explain a decision made at least four months before. In truth it merely confirmed his decision.
Carr arrived, alone, just after noon on Sunday to begin jotting down a few thoughts. Wedderburn walked in at 2pm and for 72 hours the two men kept the biggest secret of their careers while the rest of the premier's office continued to believe he was in for the long haul. The only other person who knew was Helena.
Like everything else in Carr's office, the resignation was planned in minute detail: a process of announcements and phone calls - to staff, newspaper editors, talkback radio hosts, state premiers and federal leaders. Wedderburn's scrawl on his running sheet notes: "A model resignation - Wran style."
The first person Carr phoned after telling his staff was the ALP state secretary, Mark Arbib. "Who do you think should replace me?," he asked.
"Morris Iemma," Arbib replied.
"Good choice," said Carr.
In hindsight, Scully's tilt at the leadership received its first blow from Carr more than two years ago. After his election victory in March 2003, Carr decided to exploit his renewed authority and expel the factional axeman, Eddie Obeid, from cabinet. This ignited a war. Obeid resisted, gathering his so-called Terrigal faction - among them, Scully, Iemma and Joe Tripodi - around him in a circle of defiance. But Carr would not be denied. He phoned each one, demanding they lean on their protector.
Scully, brazenly ambitious, saw the writing on the wall and went to deliver the bad news to his political mentor. Obeid never forgot. Both he and his fellow numbers man, Tripodi, would later accuse Scully of treachery and of being Carr's emissary.
Asked if he set Scully up two years ago, Carr laughs out loud: "No, no, nooo!" But he admits he asked "a range of them who were amenable to Obeid" to counsel his departure.
Scully will not discuss the events of the past two weeks. He says he wants to move on, his leadership ambitions in the dust. But, unlike the other vanquished would-be leader, Knowles, he has decided to stay on and remain on the front bench.
However, the Herald has learned that Scully phoned Obeid within an hour of Carr's resignation. Despite his mentor's bloody demise, Scully still believed he had his support.
Obeid was exultant about Carr's departure. But when Scully told him he planned to announce his leadership candidature, he counselled against it. "There is a problem with the research," was all he would say.
Scully's pugnacious character would not let him give up his dream easily. For two days he insisted he was in with a chance. But he knew he had lost before the battle began. Sussex Street had done its homework. By nightfall, Carr had won, ironically with Obeid's help. Iemma was heir apparent.
The new Premier could not be more different to his predecessor. Already the public knows he prefers the footy over opera, a family barbecue ahead of Marcus Aurelius.
David Tierney, one of his oldest friends, says Iemma's prodigious memory and grasp of detail will more than counter any initial unease with media: "Where Carr loved the verbal flourish but needed his notes to check numbers and figures, Iemma is the opposite; he rarely needs notes for the detail, is always across it."
Iemma says having four young children suits his job: "When you have babies, you're up at 6am or earlier anyway to do that first bottle feed, nappy change. And they have dinner early. You can be there for that and go back to your briefs when they're in bed."
Empathy is one of Iemma's most palpable traits, says Nick Papallo, a Sydney solicitor and family friend. "He is very sensitive to other people's suffering."
Meredith Burgmann, a senior left-winger and president of the upper house, says: "I was really pleased that he had things as priorities that are not going to win any votes - mental health, disability, public housing - but that are so, so important and are a mark of a civilised society."
Ensconced in his office, Iemma talks freely without a minder present - unheard of in Carr's time. Unlike most politicians, he appears genuinely guileless, smiles disarmingly and doesn't avoid questions - which nearly got him into trouble at his first press conference when asked about the circumstances of Andrew Refshauge's departure.
Says a former MP: "I don't think you will find anyone who has a harsh word about Morris Iemma. But he has some horrible-looking assistants - Eric Roozendaal, Joe Tripodi, Eddie let's hope that old shop's not open for business again."
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Chase in Aiken, South Carolina
117 months ago
For those looking, I think that College of Charleston's School Of The Arts's art management program would be good to become an art director, as I wish to become one.
dgbenner in Minneapolis, Minnesota
83 months ago
Id look at the Creative Circus or Portfolio Center in Atlanta. If you are thinking about being an advertising art director that is.
I don't know CoC's program, but you need to be doing the work and not working from a textbook. There's only about 1 or 2 shops in Chs doing any sort of creative work, so it's pretty minimal exposure even if they teach some of the classes.
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GIFTED young Stourport fighter Jerry Mongan has earned a call up to the England squad.
The 14-year-old defeated Levy Lewis in County Durham on Saturday with a spit decision.
Success in the selection eliminator means Mongan will now represent England in the Tri-Nations tournament in May.
The best young fighters from England, Scotland and Wales will be fighting for home nations bragging rights.
Jerry's brother Michael said: "Jerry's absolutely over the moon to be representing his country.
"It's every boys' dream and he's really looking forward to it."
The teenager had too much for his opponent, winning the first round.
In a closer second round, Mongan broke his opponent's nose.
Lewis, who fights for St Mary's in Kent, bravely continued in the third round but the Wyre Forest fighter's victory was assured.
Mongan trains at Dudley-based Priory Park Boxing Club, has had a fantastic season.
He won the English Schoolboys title in the 54kilogram category two weeks ago, seeing off Wayne Owen from Berkshire's Pinewood ABC to secure the golden Lonsdale gloves.
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World Cup fever is spreading all over the globe, with millions of footie fans hoping that their team will bring home the trophy.
Everyone has an opinion on who they reckon will do well - and which players will shine in the tournament.
And we want to know what YOU think. Who do you predict will win? Which footballer do you think will score the most goals? And who will be the surprise success?
Whatever you think, let us know!
Who will win? Spain
Top scorer? David Villa
Surprise success? Netherlands
Jacob, 13, Cornwall, England
Top scorer? Arjen Robben
Surprise success? Uruguay
Manraj, 10, Wolverhampton, England
Who will win? Netherlands
Top scorer? Wesley Sneijder
Surprise success? Germany
Omar, 10, London, England
Who will win? Germany
Top scorer? Miroslav Klose
Surprise success? Holland
Daniel, 12, Bury, England
Surprise success? Spain
Tony, 10, London, England
Who will win? Holland
Khanda, 14, Newcastle, England
Top scorer? Thomas Muller
Surprise success? Paraguay
Maya, 14, London, England
Top scorer?David Villa
Tash, 11, West Midlands, England
Matthew, 9, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Top scorer? Robin Van Persie
Who will win? Brazil
Surprise success? Ghana
Ewan, 9, Lancashire, England
Top scorer? Gonzalo Higuain
Surprise success? Brazil
Mark, 7, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Top scorer? Thomas Mueller
Sarah, 14, Geneva, Switzerland
Top scorer? Lionel Messi
Ada, 11, London, England
Who will win? Argentina
Top scorer? Fernando Torres
Surprise success? Portugal
Chloe, 12, Wakefield, England
Top scorer? Maicon
Surprise success? Argentina
Bodrul, 10, Hampshire, England
Surprise success? Japan
Olivia, 11, Swindon, England
Top scorer? Kaka
Olivia, 11, Basingstoke, England
Top scorer? Luis Fabiano
Nath, 9, Southampton, England
Daniel, 9, County Tyrone, N. Ireland
Who will win? Spain or Brazil
Surprise success? Portugal or Germany
Mel, 14, Hertfordshire, England
Top scorer? Cristiano Ronaldo
Top scorer? Tiago
Dylan, 13, Perth, Australia
Kem, 11, Surrey, England
Top scorer?Robin Van Persie
Linda, 13, London, England
Top scorer? Carlos Tevez or Lionel Messi
Mitchie, 14, London, England
Top scorer? Carlos Tevez
James, 9, Dublin, Ireland
Surprise success? England
John, 13, Scotland
Who will win? England
Top scorer?Wayne Rooney
Paddy, 10, Suffolk, England
Top scorer? Jermain Defoe
Robert, 12, Croydon, England
Lauryn, 10, Norwich, England
Luke, 12, West Sussex, England
Joe, 13, Westbury, England
Who will win? Argentina or England
Faizah, 10, Bradford, England
Top scorer? Steven Gerrard
Gracemariya, 11, Reading, England
Linz, 12, Dorset, England
Who will win? Algeria
Top scorer? Karim Ziani
Surprise success? Italy
Abdelhamid, 9, London, England
Who will win? France
Top scorer? Wayne Rooney
Surprise success? Chile
Pillane, 13, Paris, France
Surprise success? Mexico
Freddie, 11, Derby, England
Amy, 11, The Hauge, Netherlands
Top scorer? Diego Forlán
Surprise success? Switzerland
Chris, 11, Belfast, N. Ireland
Who will win? Brazil (or England, if we're lucky!)
Hannah, 10, England
Surprise success? New Zealand
Euan, 8, Essex, England
Surprise success? USA
Amy, 10, Cardiff, Wales
Caitlin, 11, Cardiff, Wales
Surprise success? Denmark
Millie, 11, Moscow, Russia
Top scorer? Elano
Surprise success? Serbia
Peter, 11, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland
Surprise success? South Korea
Matthew, 12, Newport, Wales
Sam, 10, West Sussex, England
Stefan, 13, Belfast, N. Ireland
Felix, 10, England
Who will win? Portugal
Radu, 10, London, England
Top scorer? Didier Drogba
Caitlin, 11, Plymouth, England
Barney, 8, England
Calum, 10, London, England
Top scorer? Dirk Kuyt
Quinty, 13, Holland
Millie, 10, London, England
Top scorer? Diego Forlan
Jack, 11, Wales
Lucy, 12, Southend-on-Sea, England
Who will win? South Africa
Elia, 10, Scotland
Danielle, 12, Belfast, N. Ireland
Reuben, 11, Belfast, N. Ireland
Who will win? Uruguay
Nathan, 12, Tyne and Wear, England
Top scorer? Ronaldo
Surprise success? Ivory Coast
Anna, 13, London, England
Kayla, 12, Pretoria, South Africa
Amy, 10, Cambridge, England
Noor, 12, Glasgow, Scotland
Phoebe, 10, England
Fawad, 11, Qatar
Reece, 9, Merseyside, England
Top scorer? Wayne Rooney or Lionel Messi
Kieran, 12, Manchester, England
Ahmed, 12, Manchester, England
Elijah, 9, England
Jamie, 13, Cambridgeshire, England
Shuabe, 10, London, England
Olivia, 13, Manchester, England
Dennis, 14, Flavoland, Holland
Wesley, 13, Flavoland, Holland
Hamzah, 10, London, England
Christian, 12, London, England
Max, 10, Kent, England
Scott, 13, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Musab, 8, Norwich, England
Amy, 10, Manchester, England
Surprise success? South Africa
TJ, 11, Reading, England
Surprise success? Cameroon
Ben, 10, Birmingham, England
Charlie, 9, Cwmbran, Wales
Ruby, 12, Braintree, England
Anne, 10, Dumbarton, Scotland
Who will win? Paraguay
Top scorer? Roque Santa Cruz
Rachel, 11, London, England
Lucy, 12, Paisley, Scotland
Class, 8-12, Skye, Scotland
Jemma, 9, Swansea, Wales
Who will win? Denmark
Top scorer? Nicklas Bendtner
Abdi, 11, London, England
Mark, 14, Overijssel, The Netherlands
Top scorer?Steven Gerrard
Isobel, 10, Barnsley, England
CJ, 5, Surrey, England
Mahmuda, 11, London, England
Roisin, 10, Nottingham, England
Felix, 9, Texas, USA
Ella, 13, Manchester, England
Who will win? Italy
Top scorer? Daniele De Rossi
Harnay, 12, Essonne, France
Hazel, 9, Nottingham, England
Top scorer? Lukas Podolski
Matthew, 10, Essex, England
Tom, 11, Oxfordshire, England
Safyan, 11, Birmingham, England
Top scorer? Robinho
Surprise success? North Korea
Laurie, 12, Wiltshire, England
Miles, 11, Reading, England
Tom, 10, Powys, Wales
Hayley, 14, Wales
Henry, 12, London, England
Matthew, 11, Oldham, England
Sophy, 10, Burnley, England
Top scorer?Lukas Podolski
Surprise success? Slovenia
Alex, 12, Gloucestershire, England
Jordon, 11, Oxfordshire, England
Jacob, 11, Cheshire, England
Surprise success? France
Abbie, 12, Leeds, England
Davina, 13, London, England
Jess, 11, London, England
Louise, 8, Liverpool, England
Hannah, 13, Cardiff, Wales
Daniel, 8, Southampton, England
Top scorer? Frank Lampard
Jade, 11, Surrey, England
Amy, 9, Essex, England
Surprise success? Honduras
Bob, 12, Cardiff, Wales
Robert, 12, Sonora, Mexico
Who will win? Honduras
Top scorer? David Suazo
Surprise success? Slovakia
Checkou, 11, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Mohammed, 9, London, England
Matilda, 12, London, England
Ryan, 11, Newcastle, England
Harris, 11, Buckinghamshire, England
Francis, 6, Liverpool, England
Olivia, 9, Liverpool, England
Andrea, 13, Nottingham, England
James, 9, Devon, England
Joshua, 10, Swindon, England
Lewis, 12, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Sherwin, 11, Belfast, N. Ireland
Christopher, 12, Cornwall, England
Monique, 10, Leicester, England
Shea, 11, Londonderry, N. Ireland
Holly, 13, London, England
Jody, 11, Gwent, Wales
Andy, 11, Southampton, England
Tibor, 11, London, England
Rebecca, 11, Lancashire, England
Oliver, 10, Hertfordshire, England
Who will win?Brazil
Angus, 9, Worcestershire, England
Vakiesh, 10, London, England
James, 12, Macclesfield, England
Jack, 11, Swansea, Wales
Nishat, 11, Glenrothes, Scotland
Kieran, 13, Hartlepool, England
Claire, 10, Co. Down, N. Ireland
Surprise success? Nigeria
JP, 14, Cornwall, England
William, 11, Leeds, England
Zohaib, 8, London, England
Orkun, 10, Hampshire, England
Akeel, 13, London, England
Fahim, 12, Kent, England
James, 10, Essex, England
Catherine, 14, Derby, England
Sam, 12, Norwich, England
Sabir, 8, Southend, England
Donald, 7, East Lothian, Scotland
Kieran, 8, East Lothian, Scotland
Callum, 11, Ipswich, England
Lilly, 10, Warwick, England
Aishlinn, 10, St Albans, England
Tom, 11, Doncaster, England
Amelia, 12, Scunthorpe, England
Lucy, 10, Greater Manchester, England
Amelia, 10, Hampshire, England
Top scorer? Ricardo Kaka
Kirsty, 11, South Africa
Katie, 11, Lancashire, England
Joe, 8, Birmingham, England
Mohammad, 9, Manchester, England
Huzaifah, 10, Bolton, England
Natalie, 14, Derbyshire, England
Alex, 11, Kent, England
Brandon, 12, Hampshire, England
Elijah, 9, Reading, England
Zahra, 10, Aberdeen, Scotland
Sophie, 9, Aberdeen, Scotland
Ava, 9, Aberdeen, Scotland
Hasan, 10, Birmingham, England
Shane, 12, West Midlands, England
Adrian, 13, Luton, England
Surprise success? Algeria
Cam, 7, Edinburgh, Scotland
Ross, 8, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sally, 7, Edinburgh, Scotland
Joe, 7, Edinburgh, Scotland
Nat, 11, London, England
Top scorer? Kaka or Wayne Rooney
Kevan, 11, London, England
Adam, 10, Kent, England
Ayden, 10, Kent, England
Ewan, 11, Hertfordshire, England
Emily, 10, Wigan, England
Kane, 14, Berkshire, England
Attif, 14, Berkshire, England
Benedict, 11, London, England
Top scorer? Defoe
Surprise success?England
Angharad, 12, Cardiff, Wales
Top scorer? Peter Crouch
Jack, 14, Plymouth, England
Top scorer?Fernando Torres
Morgan, 9, Wigan, England
Charlie, 11, Stevenage, England
James, 10, Wigan, England
Joe, 10, Wigan, England
Surprise success? Devon
Sam, 9, Devon, England
Syef, 13, Oxford, England
Charlotte, 13, England
Lewis, 12, Rhyl, Wales
Oliver, 9, Derbyshire, England
Carla, 11, Birmingham, England
Charley, 10, East Sussex, England
John, 11, Leeds, England
Surprise success?Paraguay
Andrew, 9, Surrey, England
Noah, 9, Nottingham, England
Top scorer?Lionel Messi
Arthur, 9, Oxford, England
Surprise success? Australia
Huyton, 10, Southport, England
Harry, 11, London, England
Belle, 14, London, England
James, 10, London, England
Who will win?Argentina
Sohaib, 11, Birmingham, England
Who will win? Nigeria
Top scorer? Obafemi Martins
Carl, 14, Middlesbrough, England
Caitlin, 11, Cheshire, England
Daisy, 10, London, England
Agnes, 8, London, England
Honour, 12, Ipswich, England
Taanpreet, 13, London, England
Abdoul, 12, London, England
Mahammad, 11, Madeira, Portugal
Who will win? Chile
Olivia, 13, West Midlands, England
Top scorer?Robinho
John, 9, London, England
James, 9, London, England
Arvy, 9, London, England
Cameron, 12, Lancashire, England
Asim, 13, Bristol, England
Jade, 11, Northumberland, England
Aaron, 10, West Midlands, England
Reagan, 9, Manchester, England
Who will win?Spain
Sophie, 11, Shropshire, England
Tom, 13, Co. Meath, Ireland
Sadia, 13, London, England
Jacob, 12, Barnsley, England
Elizabeth, 8, Channel Islands
Ollie, 11, London, England
Nikou, 13, Berkshire, England
Georgia, 11, Buckinghamshire, England
Owen, 10, Liverpool, England
Alvin, 11, Blackburn, England
Sharon, 10, Bolton, England
Heather, 14, North Yorkshire, England
Ciara, 11, County Cork, Ireland
Kay, 11, Swansea, Wales (supporting England)
Top scorer? Wayne Rooney/Fernando Torres
Josie, 7, Scarborough, England
Chantelle, 15, Farnborough, England
Who will win? USA
Aaron, 14, York, England
Kieron, 9, Surrey, England
Joshua, 11, Devon, England


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What sounds more fun that boarding a bus with your friends and having no idea where you're going or what you're doing? We'd love our upper school students to find out on May 10th at 5:15pm! The first 50 to sign up here or in Nathan's office for Destination:Unknown can find out. All you need is to get a ticket and bring $10 to get on the bus and have money to eat (about another $10). Come watch or play Ultimate Frisbee after school and then hop on the bus around 5:15 to find out what our destination(s) will be!
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Aonach Mor, Highlands - is a mountain feature ridge rising to summit of 2837 feet or 865 metres
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The Aonach Mor Scottish Countryside area has plenty of Fishing, Cycling, Sightseeing, Climbing and Touring in the .
Hillwalking Aonach Mor - Scottish Walks.
About 7 miles. north of Fort William, why not treat yourself with a trip on the gondola ride that will take you almost to the top (2150ft.) of Aonoch Mor (15 mins.) At the top of the ride there is actually a bar and restaurant but more importantly, to use the vernacular, two wee smashing walks. Both are well signposted, easy and short.
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STOCKTON, Calif. - The University of Nevada men's tennis team continued its strong start in Stockton by earning seven victories at the Pacific Tigers Invitational.
The Wolf Pack responded from earning six victories on day one by earning seven on day two. No. 1 seed Moez Echargui earned himself a finals berth, as did Robert Allan. Head coach Erik Burton was still pleased with the day but knows there's work to be done.
"We are starting to play well and learning to fight even hard," he said. "Building great confidence for the soon approaching spring season. Allan dropped a tough match in the finals today, but is looking sharp coming back from injury."
In the Men's Open Singles C draw, Allan was victorious in the semifinals over Mitchell Thorp from UC Davis in straight sets 6-2, 6-4. In the finals, he fell to No. 2 seed Adame Levie of UC Davis 6-2, 7-6(2).
The Men's Open Singles B draw saw No. 1 seed Moez Echargui pick up two victories earn a victory in the quarterfinals by ousting Matt Roberts of Sonoma State 6-2l 6-4. In the semifinals, he took down No. 3 seed Parker Kelley of UC Davis 6-2, 6-1.
In the Men's Open Doubles draw, No. 3 seeded pair Allan and Echargui knocked off Sai Kartik and Sam MacNeil of Fresno State 8-4. They await a semifinal match tomorrow morning.
In the doubles consolation draw, Billy Bumgardner and Fernando Sunago earned a finals match on Sunday by beating Robert Henry and Daniel Holz of Sonoma State 8-5. In the semifinal round, they won when their opponents withdrew due to injury.
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Somehow our clever staff located a Libyan band that specializes in 1980s soft rock," he wrote, "so I felt very much at home.
It all ends with a montage set to a soft rock version of "Let My Love Open the Door."
This week, Norah Jones' soft rock edge, a Disney princess for the Obama era, and David Hockney shows his Impressionist side.
It evidently was the sea-water filtered through the soft rock.
It is composed of soft rock, and is several hundred feet high.
Several men were digging in the sides of the cavern, loosening the clay and soft rock with picks and shovels.
The alternating bands of hard and soft rock have had a large part in making the course more irregular.
For hard rock the cutting edge should be rather thicker and blunter, and therefore stronger, than for soft rock.
Off to one side another man was drilling holes in the soft rock.
Others hung on a line made of rawhide and stretched across one end of the room, fastened to wooden pins driven into the soft rock.


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20 Games Like The Fall()
Earthlock: Festival of Magic
An original turn-based role-playing game set in a world of machines and magic, a world that stopped spinning thousands of years ago.
Rich, non-linear story
Turn-based combat (No Active Time Battle)
Combat pairs (Allows more variations to your battle team)
Grow your own ammunition (Organic crafting)
Build and improve your home base
Environmental Puzzles
Gorgeous overworld with a retro feel
No random encounters (Monsters visible at all times)
Play as Male or Female protagonist (You can switch at any time)
Sonic Mania
"It's the ultimate Sonic celebration! Sonic returns in a new 2D platforming high speed adventure, and he's not alone!
Developed in collaboration between SEGA, Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, and PagodaWest Games, experience new zones and remixed classic levels with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles!"
Hyper Light Drifter
Hyper Light Drifter is a 2D Action RPG in the vein of the best 8-bit and 16-bit classics, and is considered a combination of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Diablo.
85 / 100264.25
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the new name for the base Shovel Knight game. It will get all future updates and content for free just like before.
It will launch first on the Switch, during the systems launch window, and on all other platforms in April 2017. All owners of the previous version, across all platforms, will be upgraded to the new version of the game for free.
Rise & Shine
Rise is a small kid of Gamearth, the world where the classic videogame characters live. He finds himself lost in the middle of a war against the Space Grunts, the bald muscular soldiers with big guns that just invaded his world. Only with the help of the legendary gun, Shine, he'll be able to stay alive and just maybe, incredibly, save his planet from the invaders.
The game mixes pure shooting arcade with the use of different bullets to solve all the situations Rise will find on his path. Think of a more arcadey Another World, also with a very tight relationship between gameplay and story.
76 / 10053.8
Dead Cells
"Dead Cells is a roguelike, Castlevania-inspired action-platformer, allowing you to explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle… assuming you're able to fight your way past its keepers.
To beat the game, you'll have to master 2D souls-like like combat with the ever-present threat of permadeath looming. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
RogueVania: Intense 2D action with the adrenaline pumping threat of permadeath in a castle full of cuddly creatures.
Souls-like combat: Pattern-based bosses and minions, weapons and spells with unique gameplay. Roll roll roll your boat gently down the stream...
Nonlinear progression: Unlock new levels with every death, take a new path. Tired of the stinking sewers? Why not take the ramparts?
Exploration: Secret rooms, hidden passages, charming landscapes. A fine place for a holiday."
Osiris: New Dawn
After crash-landing on an unknown planet you must survive hostile alien conditions through ingenuity and technology. Craft a modest outpost then expand systematically to grow food, build vehicles, and craft helpful droids and powerful mechs. Form a colony with your friends and battle others or explore the system alone prospecting for immeasurable riches. Discover, fight, and tame indigenous alien creatures and search for lost human expeditions.
Super Mario Odyssey
The game has Mario leaving the Mushroom Kingdom to reach an unknown open world-like setting, like Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.
Rain World
Rain World is a survival platformer set in an abandoned industrial environment ravaged by a shattered ecosystem.
Bone-crushingly intense rains pound the surface, making life as we know it almost impossible. The creatures in this world hibernate most of the time, but in the few brief dry periods they go out in search of food.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in this land.
You must hunt enough food to survive another cycle of hibernation.
Other — bigger — creatures have the same plan.
Don't Knock Twice
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. To save her estranged daughter, a guilt-ridden mother must uncover the frightening truth behind the urban tale of a vengeful, demonic witch. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead.
Explore a grand manor house and interact with almost every object you see. To find and save your daughter, you will explore all depths of the manor, searching for hidden clues and using items to fight or escape the terror that surrounds you.
The game is based on the film, Don't Knock Twice, starring Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) and directed by Caradog James (The Machine).
Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles. Play as Teku, a young man on a dangerous journey to rescue his tribe's shaman from the evil Wakcha-Clan. But the way is littered with sinister traps and difficult obstacles. To master these challenges you need to have keen eyes and a good sense for your environment, or your next step may be your last.
But Teku has a special gift: his left hand is a candle. Let it be a bright beacon to drive off your enemies or to shed light on dark places.
Gorgeous hand-painted watercolor visuals give Candle that special flair, as all backgrounds and characters have been carefully drawn and then scanned, picture after picture. The game consistently feels like a living painting.
Only If
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. You play as Anthony Clyde, who, after a heavy night of partying, wakes up to find himself in an unfamiliar bed with no memory of the previous night's events. Unfortunately, escaping these unfamiliar, opulent surroundings will prove to be no easy task, as an unseen, menacing, radio-bound antagonist will stop at nothing to block Anthony's path at every turn.
87 / 10054.35
The End Is Nigh
"The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where the player takes control over Ash, one of few "things" that have "survived" the "end of the world".
Follow Ash as he flops his way through a future of pain and suffering. Feel his stress levels rise as you throw him into an endless swarm of decaying, mutant animal-like creatures and help aid his final epic quest… to simply make a friend (out of pieces of people he finds along his journey).
Oh, also you collect video game cartridges and tumors! if that does anything for ya.
- 600+ levels!
- 12+ explorable chapters!
- 20+ collectible and fully playable mini game cartridges! (each with their own tiny achievements!)
- 80+ achievements that will make you feel good about yourself
- 100s of collectible little squishy tumors!
- loads of hidden extras and endings that you will probably see someone else find before you do!
- and stress!"
DESYNC is an intense, single-player first person shooter that begs you to play dangerously and creatively. Eliminate your opponents as you perform violent attack sequences using the explosive digital weaponry and lethal side-arms at your disposal. Switch weapons and move masterfully to unleash Attack Sequences – special moves that deal bonus damage and effects. Launch an enemy into a trap with a well-placed shotgun blast, then destroy another while they're in the air. Think quickly and discover new combinations to maximize your score and decimate the leaderboards.
Superfighters Deluxe
Superfighters Deluxe is a multiplayer 2D action game where little flat-headed men fight to the death in small and highly destructible arenas. Surviving each round takes skill, strategy and luck.


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Ticks are often divided into four basic categories. These include wood, dog, deer, and spinose ear ticks. However, there are many specific tick species within each of these categories. Some ticks are found across the United States. Others are limited to specific regions of the country. Thankfully, however, most ticks are fairly easy to identify.
It is important to know what types of ticks could affect your horse. At the very least, tick bites cause irritation and restlessness. However, large numbers of ticks can cause extensive blood loss that could result in potentially life-threatening anemia. In addition, ticks can also transmit diseases as they feed on their host's blood, such as Lyme disease, piroplasmosis (babesiosis), equine granulocytic anaplasmosis (EGA, formerly called equine ehrlichiosis), and equine infectious anemia.
tick control
Unfortunately, it can be difficult to spot ticks on your horse's body. However, all ticks will cause your horse to scratch. If you witness rubbing against a fence post or stall wall, immediately examine the skin in the area your horse has rubbed. If you spot a tick, immediately remove it. If you see a 1" welt along an attachment site, it is a sign that a deer tick has bitten your horse but since dropped off.
tick removal
Instead, use a pair of tweezers to remove the tick:
Unfortunately, ticks can be difficult to kill. Their flat bodies prevent them from being easily crushed. Some have even been known to survive a fire. But once you have removed a tick from your horse's body, you cannot simply release it back into the wild. Doing so almost ensures the tick will return to your horse or another barn visitor. Instead, place the tick in a sealed glass jar that has been filled with rubbing alcohol.


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We got a call Friday from Mike Abramsky who wanted to set the record straight -- and crow just a little bit.
Last February we chided Abramsky, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, for seemingly wrong-headed calls on Apple (aapl) and Research in Motion (rimm).
Three weeks earlier he had lowered his price target for Apple from $140 to $70 a share -- below all the other analysts' -- and raised his RIM target from $45 to $75.
But as luck would have it, Apple ended up climbing 27.5% to just under $100 a share, and RIM, after issuing an earnings warning, fell 14.5% in one day, to below $50 a share.
Those were short-term movements, however, and Abramsky -- who has since raised his target on both stocks (Apple to $165, RIM to $90) -- was calling to point out that while Apple's shares have risen an impressive 51% since Jan. 1, RIM's have done even better, climbing 81% for the year.
"We were wrong about our Apple valuation," he admits. "But we were right about which stock would outperform the other."
Abramsky these days is bullish on both companies, and had interesting things to say about what each has in store for this summer and fall.
RIM, he says, has at least a dozen smartphones in the pipeline -- mostly extensions of its current lineup reconfigured for release with new carriers.
For example, there are new versions of the BlackBerry Bold and Flip coming to Verizon (vz), and a version of the Curve 8900, which had a good run with T-Mobile (dt), coming to AT&T (t).
But there's also the product code-named Pluto that's half touchscreen and half keyboard, a phone with a slide-out keyboard, and a new version of the touchscreen Storm that has solved the first edition's awkward typing problems, according to carriers who have seen it.
Apple, by contrast, is sticking with its usual lean and stripped-down product line-up. Abramsky sees no more than three iPhones in Cupertino's near-term offerings:
- A "pro" iPhone with more memory, a better camera, perhaps a flash, and a host of other improvements users have called for
- A price cut on the current iPhone, to perhaps as low as $99 -- which he says could significantly boost the device's global market share
- A smaller, entry level "nano" iPhone, but not before next year
"It's not really about Apple versus RIM," he says. "It's not a zero sum game." The two companies have "unique technology skills and focus," he says, and they appeal to different sets of users.
According to Abramsky, the BlackBerry will continue to draw "productivity centric" users who care about security, push e-mail and what he calls "purpose-driven browsing" (for example, looking up a phone number).
"Media centric" users will tend to prefer the iPhone, which Abramsky describes as "unmatched" in terms of Web browsing, iTunes integration, breadth of applications and general user experience.
Together, he says, Apple and RIM will drive the next wave of mobile handset sales -- which he believes have shifted irrevocably from cellphones to smartphones -- and continue to take market share from Nokia (nok) and Motorola (mot).
"This is almost Apple's second chance to dominate the industry," says Abramsky, who has been around long enough to remember how the Mac, once overtaken by Microsoft (msft) Windows, never caught up.
"Here in the mobile handset market Apple has such a strong sustainable advantage that one could argue that it will continue to dominate and gain market share."
So hats off to you, Mr. Abramsky, for owning up to your mistake, for reconsidering your valuations and for imagining markets broad enough to allow both RIM and Apple to prosper.
But for the record, in the four months since you made that Jan. 16 call on Apple, its shares, which closed at $129.19 on Friday, have actually outperformed RIM's ($73.77). See chart at right.
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By Linda Sue Pochodzay Edwards
Text Version | Afrikaans | Italian
Charlie was jumping up and down anxiously. This is the day he had been waiting for SOOOO long. "May I hold him? PLEASE? Can I? Can I? I want to hold the baby."
Dad reached down and patted him on his head and told him to sit in the big chair. Mom placed his new baby brother carefully into his arms. Charlie looked at the baby's little hands and counted all his tiny fingers. As he held the baby tenderly, he thought about how great it was to be a big brother.
Abraham was a man who loved God very much. He enjoyed praying to God and talked to Him every day. He did his best to obey God. In turn, God was pleased with Abraham. God blessed Abraham by giving him lots of land. In fact -- God had told Abraham to look in every direction as far as he could see, and all that land would be his. God blessed Abraham with large flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. He blessed Abraham with many servants to help care for the land and the animals. God blessed Abraham so much that he became the wealthiest man in the world at that time.
BUT...there was one thing Abraham wanted more than anything else in the WHOLE world . . . .
. . . Abraham wanted his wife, Sarah, to have a SON.
He was remembering the night when God spoke to him saying, "Abraham! Look up at the stars and see if you can count them."
Abraham looked up, but, of course, it was impossible for him to count all the stars. There were so many all over the sky. There was no way they could all be counted!
Then God said, "Your descendants will be like the stars. There will be so many, they will not be able to be counted."
THAT had been a wonderful promise, and Abraham BELIEVED that it would happen, because GOD SAID IT WOULD. But that promise had been made SOOOOOO long ago. "WHEN would it ever happen?" he wondered.
He remembered the time he laughed. The Lord appeared to him promising that he and Sarah, his wife, would have a child, and he would be the father of many nations, and some of his descendants would even be KINGS.
He laughed because Sarah was already NINETY YEARS OLD, which was MUCH too old be having a baby! It was such joyful news that he HAD to laugh! Again he wondered, "We are even older now than we were then. WHEN will it ever happen?"
He also remembered the time not too long ago, when the visitors arrived at his tent, telling him again that Sarah would have a son. That time it was SARAH who laughed, because she just couldn't believe she would ever have a baby, especially at HER age.
Abraham and Sarah often discussed how wonderful it would be to have a son. Sarah spent a lot of time making warm blankets and snuggly baby clothes. Abraham had one of his servants make a little cradle. They were overcome with happiness and excitement as they planned and prepared for the arrival of their new baby.
It happened JUST AS GOD HAD PROMISED. A cute little baby boy was born to Abraham and Sarah. Abraham named the baby Isaac, which means laughter. The baby brought much joy and laughter to Abraham and Sarah. They loved baby Isaac very, very much. They were so happy that God had kept His promise.
What did Abraham want more than anything else?
What did God tell Abraham to count?
How many descendants did God promise to Abraham?
Why did Sarah think she would never have a baby?
What did Abraham name the baby?
What does the name "Isaac" mean?
God always keeps His promises.
" . . . in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 12:3).
Dear God, thank You for all the promises You've given
to us in your Word, the Bible. Help us to remember
that even though something may seem impossible,
nothing is too hard for You, and You will always
keep Your promises.
In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Genesis 21:1-8
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common name – False Wall Cress / Rock Cress.
Hardy Perennial
6 inches to 1 foot.
Shades of purple and crimson. Flowers February
to June.A low-growing plant spreading after two or three
years into a dense mat of foliage covered in earliest
spring with single flowers. It is related to the
Arabis, which it somewhat resembles in habit,
but the foliage is finer and of a darker green,
its flowers are more compactly set and, instead
of white, show a range of beautiful purple tints.
The old Aubrietia græca or violacea, the
first a light, the second a darker bluish mauve,
is still indispensable, to anyone who cares for
spring gardening; but space should be found for
some of the newer varieties, amongst which should
be noted Leichtlinii, a light crimson or carmine,
Souvenir de W. Ingram, a larger form of the last,
and either Purple Robe or Dr. Mules; the latter
is a fine strong grower and when in bloom presents
a piece of colour – a pure dark purple or
rich violet – which nothing else in the
garden approaches.
The older kinds may be raised from seed by sowing
in boxes in May and brought on with attention
in the way of moisture and shade in hot weather;
but the more recent introductions must be obtained
as plants. Cuttings may be made from small off-shoots
at the end of the first summer's growth,
and, kept in boxes of light soil under glass during
the winter, will be ready to put out in March
or April following.
All the Aubrietias are happy when they can hang
over stones or walls, and the pendant sheets of
bloom which they form in such positions must be
seen to be appreciated. The lighter mauve or lavender
shades harmonise wonderfully well with the richer
purples, and patches of the latter, alternated
with white Arabis or with yellow Alyssum, make
one the most beautiful of spring contrasts, sumptuous
and yet most pure.
All the race will thrive in almost any tolerable
garden soil, and when well established large pieces
may be taken off (with a little care in finding
rooted fibres) and planted out. A large plant
may be forked up and broken into sections, which
may be planted out in a nursery bed, and if looked
after in the matter of watering and weeding, will
make nice little clumps for the following season.
A few pieces of rough stone buried and half-sunk
in the ground, in the manner of a rough crockery,
will be an advantage in planting Aubrietias; and
if a place can be found for them on the top of
a low retaining wall or stony bank, with a good
root-run in soil and a sunny exposure, the result
in the second and third springs will be most enviable.
Aubrietia deltoidea
A colourful and almost evergreen race of trailing
plants of the eastern Mediterranean region from
Sicily to Persia. The best-known species is A.
deltoidea, but the garden forms are of mixed origin.
They have small spoon-shaped foliage, toothed
and greyish green in colour, with single flowers,
half an inch across, varying in shade, among garden
forms, from pale pink to lavender, purple and
crimson. There are also double forms of garden
origin and a form with variegated foliage.
The Aubrietias are useful for the front of the
herbaceous border, particularly where there is
an edging of rock stone which the trailing growths
will cover quickly, followed, in season, by masses
of brightly coloured flowers. They are valuable
also for the rock garden. It is wise to cut back
after flowering in order to maintain a tidy habit
of growth. They can be grown successfully in any
well-drained soil in full sun and are usually
planted from pots in early March.
Propagate from cuttings for preference, by division
or by seed.
The flowering season is in spring and early summer.