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Piniella's influence trickling down to Minor League ranks
By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com | March 3, 2007 5:00 AM ET
Team: Chicago Cubs
Location: Mesa, Ariz.
Date: February 25, 2007
Burning Question
How will the new big-league manager change, if at all, the scope and direction of the farm system?
It's not something that initially comes to mind, is it? Everyone wants to know how Lou Piniella will be able to turn things around at the big-league level, but it's not often discussed how he may do things differently in terms of dealing with the guys down on the farm.
First and foremost, it's important to know how he handles certain on-field situations, from bunt plays to cutoffs from the outfield. However differently Piniella wants some of those nuances performed, the entire farm system has to follow suit. Then there's the matter of just getting to know the new skipper's personality and what he expects or needs from his Minor League system.
"We're trying to create a great relationship with Lou Piniella and his staff," Cubs farm director Oneri Fleita said. "That's gone off the charts. Anytime there's a change, there's a new manager, you want to make sure you're on the same page. There's some tweaking there. That's gone well. There's a lot of excitement in the air. There's a lot of excitement at the Major League level, and you hope at this time of year that it trickles down the organization. Your players get the chance to sense that and feel it and you go off and have a great season.
"We just want to know what his expectations are because when players go up there, it's our job to make sure they're prepared and they know what his expectations are. At this point, it's been pretty simple. Most managers are the same. They like players that hustle, they like players that execute and they like guys who throw strikes. It's about cultivating that relationship and making our guys feel comfortable with him, so they feel they can make suggestions or they can ask questions, because that's how you get better."
Piniella seems more than welcoming in terms of letting some of the staff make suggestions. It helps having former Cubs Ryne Sandberg, Jody Davis, Bob Dernier and Mike Harkey on staff. One difference Fleita already has noticed is how Piniella has set up his communication system with Minor League coaches, managers and coordinators. While other skippers might want to do all of that directly, he's more of a delegator, asking the appropriate coaches to discuss things with the corresponding Minor League coach.
"He's put the emphasis on [bench coach Alan] Trammell to make sure he's in line with our infield coaches," Fleita explained. "He's got Ivan DeJesus working on bunting with the pitchers and Larry Rothschild, who we've had a great relationship with over the years, he's in charge of pitching. Gerald Perry's in charge of hitting.
"You can tell [Piniella's] a delegator. He's told his coaches, 'Make sure you line up with the rovers in the Minor Leagues.' It's their job to pass it along to the coaches and managers as they come into Spring Training."
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Matt Camp was selected in the 13th round of the 2006 Draft as a center fielder out of North Carolina State. A senior signee, he hit .289 with 22 steals in 74 games with Boise in his debut. During instructs last fall, the Cubs toyed with the idea of having him play second base. He'd played some shortstop in college, so the middle infield wasn't totally foreign to him. Based on the work he did over the winter and how he looked in the Cubs' Minor League mini-camp, it's no longer an experiment. Camp, who agreed to make the switch, will play second this year and that could open some doors for him. The Cubs see him as a scrappy, Mickey Morandini type.
Also making a move is Steve Clevenger, the Cubs' seventh-round pick from last year's draft. A shortstop at Chipola Junior College, Chicago had him at second base in Boise, where he hit .286 in 63 games. Now the Cubs think he can take to catching and are working with him to make the transition. If it clicks, they'll have a prized commodity on their hands -- a left-handed-hitting catcher.
Throughout the Cubs' system, middle infielders are asked to work on turning double plays from both sides of second, and this spring is no different. There are a couple of reasons. First, flexibility increases value. If you're a shortstop and a second baseman gets hurt at a higher level, having experience over there could mean a promotion. Plus, you never know if you're going to be blocked at the big-league level. Any shortstop coming up in the Orioles system long ago had to know how to play second or third because of Cal Ripken Jr. Fleita remembers when he came to the Cubs in the mid-90s, all first basemen had to learn how to play the outfield because of Mark Grace's presence. Also, taking turns on either side of second gives each prospect an idea of what his double-play mate is going through on a regular basis. It's not just physical development going on in Mesa, there's plenty of mental exercise being done as well.
Five Questions with Donald Veal
MiLB.com: If you were to have dinner with a historical figure, who would it be and why?
DV: I would say Jackie Robinson. I'm in a baseball mood. He changed everything for African-Americans in baseball. That's the person whose mind I'd like to pick about what he went through and all his accomplishments -- his experiences of being the first African-American in the big leagues.
MiLB.com: What is your greatest accomplishment on or off the field?
DV: On the field, I have to say last year. Just moving up and having a good year, being successful in my first full year, not breaking down and getting hurt -- I was proud of that because that happens to everyone. Off the field, I would say just helping guide my brother getting to college, going through his processes and helping him grow as a man.
MiLB.com: Who is the most unusual character you've come across in the Minors and why?
DV: We had a crazy fan in Peoria. He just kind of followed everyone and tried to get real personal with everyone, tried to be your best friend. He wanted to go to dinner and you'd say, 'Dude, you're crossing the line a little bit.' And he'd just say, 'No, I just really love you guys.' There are a couple of guys on the team here who are pretty weird. I'm not singling anyone out. Everyone knows who they are. One is in big-league camp and one is with us, both pitchers. I'm sure that's all I need to say.
MiLB.com: What is your favorite aspect of playing in the Cubs organization?
DV: The support we get is unparalleled. Everywhere we go, every team I've played on, our home games, whatever league we're in, are going to be among the top. The fans and the boosters, they do so much for you because you play for the Cubs. Our fan base is just ridiculous.
MiLB.com: People would be surprised to know that I ...
DV: I'm a pretty normal guy. It would surprise people to know that I'm left-handed and I'm half-normal. No, I'd probably say that I love bell peppers. That's one of my favorite foods, just straight. My roommates think I'm a weirdo, just because I'll rinse it off, cut it up and just eat it. That's it. That's probably one of my weirdest quirks.
Lasting Impression
We'll be here all week. Tip your waitresses. And try the Veal. Again. While Fleita was pleased with the kind of shape everyone in mini-camp was in, Donnie Veal was one who really stood out. He looks ready to take the next step, is ready to mature and has been doing an oustanding job repeating his delivery.
Also on the mound, Chris Huseby is really opening some eyes. The 6-foot-7 right-hander didn't get to throw that much last summer after the Cubs took him in the 11th round last June, because he was recovering from 2005 Tommy John surgery. He came to camp 100 percent healthy and ready to go full-tilt. He's been throwing the ball extremely well so far.
Keep an eye on the left side of the infield. Both Dylan Johnston and Josh Lansford should be in Peoria to start the year, with Johnston at short and Lansford manning the hot corner. Johnston had to deal with multiple injuries last season, but it's clear he took the offseason conditioning program seriously. He worked out in Mesa all winter and came to camp much stronger with a maturing body. He could be a very nice offensive shortstop. The Cubs may not have a better defensive infielder than Lansford. Nothing gets by him and his release is so quick that first basemen on his team can't wander too far from the bag because the ball is on its way instantaneously. The Cubs are working with Lansford on being a little more patient and he's impressed with his all-around game this spring.
Parting Shots
Stop us if you've heard this one before. People in Cubs camp are optimistic. No, really.
OK, so perhaps Cubs camp every spring is optimism central. Perhaps it's here that the phrase "hope springs eternal" was coined. But Fleita and Co. just can't help themselves. They look at what's going on over on the Major League side and take stock of all the young arms they have -- both new to the system and ones working their way up or coming back from injuries -- and they can't help but smile and whistle a happy tune.
"Every year, every day, you have to be optimistic," Fleita said. "And that's in life in general. Anytime you stop believing that, it's time to change occupations.
"I feel like all of a sudden, we got healthy a little bit. I look at Tim Wilken's draft from last year -- Jeff Samardzija, he's about as a good an athlete that was taken last year, but that whole draft, with Rocky Roquet and Michael Cooper, taken or signed way down, Miguel Cuevas, in the 36th round ... he kind of put us back on the map with some of the arms. We had a great, great winter in the Dominican the last couple of winters and some of those kids are coming over this year as well. I feel we have our pitching back intact. We've got some depth at different levels. There's a lot of names nobody's heard of, but look for us to be really strong out on the mound and hopefully catch the ball real well at every level."
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Since my New Year's Day post, evidence has continued to emerge about the "Charlotte Church countdown clock", which the singer herself told the Leveson Inquiry had run on the Sun's own website in the period leading up to her 16th birthday in 2002.
It turns out that there were two of them, neither of which, needless to say, were in any way connected with the Sun. One, which seems to be the earlier version, was hosted on Yahoo's much lamented (by some) GeoCities pages. It was plain and amateurish in style, merely showing a picture of the young singer, the message "how long left until Charlotte Church is legal?" and a ticking clock. This seems to be the clock featured in most of the reporting. It is certainly the site that was referred to in a report in the South Wales Echo of 2nd January 2002, in which the creator of the site is named as "William". There was a link on the site (which can be accessed via WayBackMachine), which takes you to a log-in page for the gossip site PopBitch. This may or may not be significant.
But there was also another clock, much more professional in appearance and with its own domain-name, www.charlottechurchconsentcountdown.com (thanks to Cath Elliott for unearthing this). This site, no less sleazy than the first, claimed to be "dedicated to the most beautiful girl....soon to be woman in the world." It carried a disclaimer to the effect that it was "no way related to Charlotte Church and does not promote sex with minors." There's no hint as to the identity of the person or persons behind the domain.
Despite reports around 2nd January 2002 from outlets including the BBC, which I naively took at face value, that the "countdown clock" had been taken down after intervention by Charlotte Church's lawyers, it's clear that both these sites were still up and running up to and indeed long after her 16th birthday. The second was last archived on 28th November 2002. The countdown was replaced by different photos and the message
Charlotte is legal! As of 21st of Feb 2002 Charlotte Church is all woman. Hip Hip Hooray!
The earlier site was still visible as late as October 22nd 2004, by which time Charlotte Church was 18.
Cath Elliott notes that this site was selected as his "website of the day" on 2nd January 2002 by Matt Kelly, who was internet columnist for... the Mirror. "Should we be afraid of this website or treat it as a weird joke?" he asked. Either way, he was happy to publicise it and publish its address.
So it seems that the tasteless countdown clock was indeed promoted, if not actually hosted, by a tabloid newspaper. Just not the evil Murdoch Sun.
I suspect most of my readers won't need reminding that the editor of the Mirror at the time was one Piers Morgan.
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Since my New Year's Day post, evidence has continued to emerge about the "Charlotte Church countdown clock", which the singer herself told the Leveson Inquiry had run on the Sun's own website in the period leading up to her 16th birthday in 2002.
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The history of the Chikaskia United Presbyterian church, near Mayfield, was prepared by the pastor, Rev. O. L. Lawson, in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of that church. Re. Lawson's account follows:
This is the fiftieth year since the Chikaskia United Presbyterian Church began as a Union Sabbath School in 1878, i an old house, then owned by John Baker, just north of the Union school house, very near the present site of Dr. Neel's farm home where Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Knight now live.
On Sept 6, 1879, i a sod house which was the home of Nicholas Burnside, the members of the United Presbyterian Church of this vicinity met for the purpose of taking initiatory steps towards the organization of a United Presbyterian congregation. The site of this farm home is one and one-half miles west of the Chikaskia River, which was then the west part of Dixon township. The exact location now is the northeast quarter of 66-32-4 West. Rev. R. S. McClenahan had been appointed moderator for this meeting by the Neosho Presbytery. After having church services and after the moderator had offered prayer, Mr. W. B. Hanlon was chosen clerk. At that first meeting the following members were recognized as eligible to take part in the election of elders: W. B. Hanlon, Mrs. Nancy Hanlon, Matthew Young, Mrs. Eliza Young, Nicholas Burnside, Mrs. Sarah Burnside, Mrs. Hatta Bower, James Burnside, and Mrs. Rebecca Burnside.
The following men were elected as the first two elders: W. B. Hanlon and Nicholas Burnside. Matthew Young was the third elder, chosen in 1880.
The new congregation met for a short time right after this at Union school house in a Union Sabbath School and continued meeting there until 1883 when they moved to Long Branch school in order to have their own separate organization. John Calvin Heasty, W. B. Hanlon, and Archie Anderson were the chief leaders for this move. At Long Branch, Archie Anderson was chosen the first Sabbath School superintendent of the proposed new church. Rev. Ferguson was the first minister at Long Branch.
After the death of Nicholas Burnside, Mr. Newton Swartzel was chosen elder in his place. Archie Anderson was also chosen as an elder to fill this office left vacant by Matthew Young. The new congregation continued to meet at Long Branch until the new church was dedicated, August 31, 1884, 46 years ago last Sunday. Rev. Cooper preached the dedicatory sermon. The charter members of the church , as nearly as can be determined, were: W. B. Hanlon, Mrs. Nancy Hanlon, Matthew Young, Mrs. Eliza Young,Nicholas Burnside, Mrs. Sarah Burnside, Mrs. Hatta Bowers, James Burnside, Mrs. Rebecca Burnside, John W. Vincent, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent, Walter Vincent, Miss S. E. Vincent, A. R. Anderson, Miss Ella Anderson, Miss Agnes Anderson, J. C. Heasty, Mrs. Elizabeth Heasty, Charles L. Heasty, Robert M. Heasty, John G. Heasty, Miss Mary C. Heasty, Miss Caroline Anderson, Miss Dora Ann Anderson, George Milne, Mrs. Margaret Milne, Herman Amman, Joseph Ammann, Joseph Kairns, Evira Swartzel, Miss Ida Heasty, Miss Evaleen Anderson, Miss Mary A. Heasty, John F. Heasty, James W. Heasty, and Miss Theresa E. Ammann.
The Manse was built in 1909 but was not fully completed until 1910, which as during the ministry of Re . Siege. Rev. A. M. Steveson was the fist pastor to live in the new manse.
This church has one life work recruit, Alfred Heasty, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Heasty, who now live near Caldwell, and who are still with us today. he was reared i this community and was graduated from Wellington High School after which he was graduated from Sterling College and finally from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He was a pastor at Ewing, Nebraska for three years but is now a missionary oat Doleib Hill, Soudan, Africa.
This church has also greatly enriched other churches by the many faithful workers it has sent out. It is very inspiring to be a member of a church such as this, because it has not lived for itself alone, but has lived chiefly to give its best help to others. Those who so labor and live will not have lived and worked in vain for they show by their fruits that they have served the Lord.
The above new article, written in 1930 appeared in the Wellington Daily News.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Mayfield: Then & Now: Union Chapel Christian Church
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Information and photographs excerpted from "Mayfield: Then & Now, "page 92
Information and photographs excerpted from "Mayfield: Then & Now, "page 92
Information about the Union Chapel Christian church is sketchy because early records were lost. Thanks to Hubert Heasty and Virginia (Armstrong) Overly for sharing the following information.
Union Christian Church was organized in 1882 and met in the Union schoolhouse until 1891. The congregation then built a church building one-half mile east of the school house and named it Union Chapel Christian Church. It was located in Osborn Township, two miles south and 1 1/2 miles west of Mayfield (NW 1/4 of Section 31).
On August 19, 1886 Milton Marquart and his wife, Jane, made a Warranty Deed, which was filed with the Sumner County Register of Deeds on September 17, 1891. They deeded two square acres to "The church of Jesus Christ, commonly known as and styled the Christian Church at Union School House in School District # 103." They included the stipulation that the land was to be used and controlled by the Elders of the Church as a building site for a church house, church purposes, and a public cemetery.
On May 11, 1932, the Board of Trustees signed an Affidavit to transfer all of the land to Osborn Township for their maintenance and control except one-half square acre in the northwest corner which was occupied by the church building. The church building was removed in the early 1950's.
Some of the charter members and early members were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Williams, Madison Williams and sister Alice Williams, Al DeMoss, Loty and Na?? (original record was unreadable), George Carpenter, Ira, Mary, G.S., Mrs. Morgan Ingram, Charley, Laura, and John, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ingram, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Prunty, Charlie and Clara, Mr. and Mrs. George Prunty,and Mr. and Mrs. Lon Prunty, Mr. and Mrs. Van Darling, W. C.Rose, Dr. McCuddy, Mr. and Mrs. Will Thompson, Fred DuVall, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Marquart, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pierce, Russell Ingram, Charles Roberts, George Roberts.
The Union Chapel Christian Church disbanded on November 1, 1953, because there were too few members to carry on. It was a difficult decision because the church had been important to many families in the community.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Amanuensis Monday - Worship in the Community - Baptist Church - Part Two
Mayfield: Then & Now – Worship in the Community Chapter - Copyright 2003; compiled and written by Elaine Clark and Sherry Kline
Part Two - Baptist Church – p. 91 - 92
Part Two - Baptist Church – p. 91 - 92
When her mother, Lucy, moved back to Mayfield in 1950, she regained possession of the church building and became a congregation of one.
According to another source, before Lucy took over the care and repair of the church building, pigeons were flying in and out of the attic, but from the time Lucy came home until her death in 196, she was faithful to maintain the church building. She replaced the roof, repaired the sanctuary floors, and kept the church clean. Although I never knew Lucy Clark, I've heard her described as a lady who displayed "great Strength of character and one who lived her convictions and faith."
In 1965 the Baptist building was sold and moved to Argonia, Kansas where it now serves as part of the Salter Museum.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Amanuensis Monday - Worship in the Community - Baptist Church - Part One
Mayfield: Then & Now – Worship in the Community Chapter - Copyright 2003; compiled and written by Elaine Clark and Sherry Kline
Baptist Church – p. 91
Baptist Church – p. 91
Although we didn't locate any records, this note was in the January 10, 188, "Mayfield Musings" column of the Sumner County Press.
A Baptist church of twenty odd members was organized at Mayfield recently.
I truly debated whether to add anything to that comment and decided I didn't want to touch it "with a 10-foot pole," as folks used to say. However, for the sake of younger readers who might not know, perhaps I should add than an older definition of "odd" is "with some extra." So, it means there were more than twenty people involved in organizing the Baptist church, not twenty strange people. Okay, now I can move on.
In an interview with Lizzie Miller, we learned that the original church burned, and that church was located where the tennis courts and east parking lot are now. The second church was built on the same location.
On January 1, 1972, Dorene Applegate interviewed Isham Williams, age 101, when she wrote a college paper entitled "The History of Mayfield, Kansas." Dorene learned that Isham had helped dig the basement and build the second Baptist church to replace the one that had burned; Isham remembered that the congregation met in the Presbyterian building until it was completed.
The Baptist congregation did not have a parsonage in Mayfield because most pastors lived in Wellington. Lizzie Miller remembered that families in the congregation had a schedule and took turns feeding the pastor and his family at Sunday noon and Sunday evening.
Lizzie recalled that there was a sewing circle at the church when her mother, Lucy Stayton Clark, was a young lady and that her mother "did beautiful hand work."
Differences among the congregation caused a split, and the small congregation was forced to close its doors. Mrs. Miller recalled that her father's funeral was the last funeral to be held in the church on December 5, 1932.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Amanuensis Monday - History of Church at Mayfield - Part Three - Worship in the Community Chapter
Part Two, P. 99 - Mayfield: Then & Now, compiled and written by Elaine Clark & Sherry Kline, Copyright 2003
Chapter: Worship in the Community, Compiled & written by Elaine Clark
The following was compiled from a newspaper article.
In the winter of 1923 a fine union revival was held under the Presbyterian Church under the leadership of H. G. Butler of Cleveland, Kansas, with N. J. Croft, pastor of Presbyterian Church and Reverend G. A. Parkhurst, pastor of the Methodist Church.
This was repeated the next year with fine success, with Reverend Charles S. Ealy of Des Moines, Iowa, Evangelist and Reverend D. S. Alexander, pastor of Presbyterian Church and Reverend H. C. Johnson, pastor of the Methodist Church.
From the Methodist Church have gone out seven preachers, Lincoln Snyder of Oklahoma Conference, Augustus Gardner, later a Presbyterian preacher, H. G. Porter, pastor at Atlanta, Kansas, Clare McNeil, pastor at South Haven, Wendell Williams, pastor at Corbin, Carl Stocking, pastor at Danville, and Raymond Knowles, pastor at Raymond, Kansas.
Mrs. Fred Rose has the honor of having been a member of the Methodist Church the greatest number of years, she having joined in 1887. She is also a granddaughter of Rev. O. G. Wilbur, founder of the Mayfield class.
R. R. Stocking, who has been a member for over 40 years, is present today with his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The charter members with many others have passed to their reward, but we are thankful as the ranks grow thin a new recruit steps in to fill the gap, and to "carry on" in the King's Army.
In the words of the hymn writer, our prayer would be:
Dear Lord, take up the tangled strands,
Where we have wrought in vain,
That by the skill of Thy dear hands,
Some beauty may remain,
Take all the failures, each mistake,
Of our poor human ways,
Then, Savior,,, for thine own dear sake,
Make them show forth Thy praise.
Where we have wrought in vain,
That by the skill of Thy dear hands,
Some beauty may remain,
Take all the failures, each mistake,
Of our poor human ways,
Then, Savior,,, for thine own dear sake,
Make them show forth Thy praise.
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Yesterday I caught up with Tom Blomfield, co-founder and CEO of "challenger" bank Monzo.
The startup is building a digital-only bank, or "smart bank," as Blomfield calls it, and last August was granted a U.K. banking licence "with restrictions" by the U.K. regulators FCA and PRA, as it prepares to launch a full current account later this year.
It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life
In our call, we talked about why Blomfield and his 80-plus team are building a new bank, whether or not we are in a fintech banking app bubble and what he thinks the impact will be of upcoming PSD2 EU regulation intended to force incumbent banks to open up.
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Throughout the month of December, Venezuelan bakers produce countless loaves of pan de jamón — sweet dough rolls containing ham, olives, raisins and sometimes bacon that are baked and sliced. Served alongside hallacas (tamales), pernil (roast pork), ensalada de gallina (chicken salad) and ponche de crema (eggnog) on Christmas Eve, the recipe hails from a bakery in Caracas, Venezuela. It is simple to prepare and often shared with loved ones.
When I return to Florida for the holidays, I am greeted by one of my favorite adopted traditions: a pan de jamón prepared by family friends or neighbors in place of the traditional fruitcakes and panettones. While roasted pork and glazed hams dominate holiday tables throughout Latin America, the lighter and varied seasonal dishes like Venezuela's pan de jamón are all the more special for coming only once a year.
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Analyst Glen Chipman noted that only a fortnight ago ERA chief executive Rob Atkinson told the market a call on the key growth project would be made in mid-June.
"Another deferment until July extends the slackening approval timetable from the September quarter 2010, when a decision to proceed was first anticipated," he said.
The ongoing postponements already mean ERA cannot start construction of the decline's portal until the dry season next year. The mining lease at Ranger is due to expire in 2021 and, by the time ERA does more drilling to prove up resources at Ranger Deeps and designs a mine plan, it could take until 2017 for underground mining operations to start.
Mr Chipman, who rates ERA "underperform" with a price target of $4.20, said the Rio Tinto subsidiary's outlook had continued to deteriorate since last October.
"Water management capex commitments and site rehabilitation provisions have and will continue to escalate," he said.
The one bright spot for the company is that it has restarted its processing operations six weeks earlier than expected as enough water has been removed from the tailings dam after a rough wet season.
However, Mr Chipman said he did not expect ERA's annual production forecast to change materially from its latest guidance of 2400 tonnes.
"With high-grade ore access [at the bottom of the pit] not expected until later this year – weather dependent – we believe the company will be doing well to meet the current production target," he said.
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People often ask me how I stay organized when it comes to monitoring social media accounts. It takes a little bit of work in the beginning and a lot of practice, but with the right mindset and the right tools in your tool box, you can control your social media instead of your social media controlling you.
Time – Whether it's 15 minutes at 9, 12 and 3 or an hour first thing in the morning, set aside some time to work on your social media sites. Dedicating the time does a couple of things. First, it means the job gets done which is important to your success. If you dedicate a certain amount of time each day you'll become more comfortable with the sites that you're using as well as you'll develop a larger audience. The next thing that it helps with is the "rabbit hole" affect. Social media can take a lot of time out of your day – if you let it. By setting aside a certain amount of time, you have a hard stop to what you're doing and it won't seem so overwhelming. Set a timer if you need to, get in there and do the things that you need to and then go about your day until your next "scheduled" time.
Social Media Dashboard – Some prefer HootSuite, some prefer TweetDeck. I recommend trying those two to begin with and even a couple of others until you find what you're most comfortable with. The advantage to using a dashboard is that it makes it easier to work on most of your social media sites in the same place. Instead of logging in and out of each site, you simple authenticate the dashboard with your accounts and then everything is in one place. Twitter (as a site) can be cumbersome to effectively see everything that is happening – you may miss retweets, mentions, etc. With a dashboard such as HootSuite, I can see everything that is taking place in one, quick view.
Editorial Calendar – This may seem a bit over-kill to you, but I promise that it's not. One of the easiest ways to stay organized and stay FRESH is to have an editorial calendar. This enables you to have a plan on what you're going to promote during the allotted time frame. At the very least, come up with at least one topic for each month that you can post about. If you're really struggling with what to put on there, start with the top 12 questions your customers ask you about. If you get the same question over and over, it's safe to assume that there's a lot of interest in that subject. This won't be the only thing you post about but it could be the focus.
Monitoring – You'll want to know what is being said about you and your company across the internet. I use a combination of Google Alerts as well as SproutSocial. Google Alerts gives me almost instant notification if the keywords I've used are mentioned by someone. You may never react to this information but it's good to know – especially if it's something negative that's being said. SproutSocial does this as well but it also serves as a dashboard and gives you reports on your activity and growth. There is a monthly charge for SproutSocial but it's very reasonable and extremely robust.
So that's the first step in getting your social media and your year organized. What questions or other tips do you have?


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any ZR3 aka ZX3 users? Request samples, advice.
A warm hi to the forum!
I'm looking for some advice on a camera purchase choice. The ZX3 seems to have some good reviews, but I don't see many photos on either pbase or flickr or dpreview galleries, particularly those that would help me evaluate the general performance or IQ of this camera.
How do the current ZX3 users rate their satisfaction with the camera? I'm looking to recommend a camera to my father, and considering the ZX3 and the Canon IXUS 115 HS aka Elph 100 HS. Not many user photos of the 100 HS present, either, so far.
I've used/ owned a few Canon cameras and here are my gripes about the Canons, although the reviewers never seem to mention them. Or maybe it's just me.
Mush in the vegetation, grass and trees. I personally find this to be my pet peeve wrt the Canons... many a times the leaves just look like an amorphous mass, particularly in the corners (more in the next point).
Corner softness. The lens on the powershots and the IXUS are not all that great in this regard.
Flat looking images, cartoonish colors. This is largely a matter of personal preference. I also think the Canons lack certain microcontrast.
How would the ZX3 users rate their cameras in the above three regards, plus,
a) Focus accuracy. Does the camera AF work well? Does it happen that you snap the photo satisfied but later find the results unsharp?
b) OIS reliability. Again, here, predictability of the IS system is important. Does it work consistently well? About how many stops' worth is it?
c) From what I see from the review samples on the web, the noise does not bother me much as long as it is grain-like. You assessment?
d) Any known issues about the camera I need to be aware of?
Lastly, I'd really appreciate if the users can share some of their work with this camera. Nothing like images to help decide whether the camera delivers.
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Go-for-broke ways work for Bubba Watson
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Gerry "Bubba" Watson is a study in contradictions, a swashbuckling master of the impossible on the golf course who plays with a pink driver, a he-man who will smash the ball a mile but cry in his mother's arms on national television at the age of 33.
He's a fellow who says, "Golf is not my everything," but, within seconds, also says this, "If I have a swing, I've got a shot."
He's the new Masters champion almost solely because of that philosophy. After making four consecutive birdies to tie for the lead on the back nine Sunday, Watson drilled his tee shot deep into the tall pines to the right of the 10th fairway on the second playoff hole against determined South African Louis Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion.
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As darkness set in, he and his caddie trudged toward his ball, and once they got to it, Watson immediately saw an opportunity. "I was saying, 'I've been there before,' " he said. "This is setting up for the perfect draw. I got in the trees, hit this crazy shot, and it ended up on the green."
From there, he two-putted to win his first major championship. "Less than two years ago, I didn't have a win," he said. Now, he's another one of golf's new faces in what has become a new era in the game: the era of the end of Tiger Woods' dominance. In the last 14 men's majors, there have been 14 different winners.
And, let it be known, Watson is different. He spent more time at the beginning of his post-tournament news conference talking about the four-year journey he and his wife had to the recent adoption of their new son than he did about his dramatic playoff victory. His wife, Angie Ball, is an athlete as well: a former basketball player at Georgia and then in the WNBA.
The tears he shed in his mother's — and his caddie's — arms were for Caleb, their one-month-old son, and also for his late father, Gerry, who died of throat cancer on Oct. 15, 2010. Watson has thrown himself into the cause of finding a cure for cancer, which is why one of the biggest hitters on the PGA Tour uses a pink driver with a pink shaft. He also wore pink trim on the all-whites he wore every day of the Masters.
For a tournament that threatened to be overshadowed by the continuing controversy over Augusta National's discriminatory membership policies, it was fitting that the winner of the green jacket was a fellow who married a WNBA player and wore pink accents on his clothes.
Could an athlete be more moved than Watson was Sunday? His incredulity shined through in almost every sentence he uttered. "I've never had a dream go this far," he said, shaking his head. "I don't even know what happened on the back nine. I was nervous on every shot."
There was something about this matchup early on: Watson and Oosthuizen, paired together for the day. As Peter Hanson, the overnight leader, and Phil Mickelson, one behind Hanson, stood on the first green, a long, lingering roar emanated from somewhere beyond them on the course.
It turned out it was from the par-5 second green. Oosthuizen's second shot from the fairway, 260 yards away, hit onto the front of the green and tracked for a good 12 seconds before falling off the face of the earth into the hole. It was a double eagle, only the fourth in the history of the Masters, and Oosthuizen went from 7 under to 10 under and a lead he didn't relinquish completely until the tournament's final shot.
Watson relished his front-row seat on Masters history: "I just wanted to go over there and give (Oosthuizen) a high-five. That's what you love watching. I saw a leaderboard on the next hole and I realized he's leading."
When they left the second green together, Watson was four strokes behind Oosthuizen. Within three holes, the margin was two. The battle between Oosthuizen and Watson began in earnest on the par-4 14th when Watson cut Oosthuizen's lead to one with an 8-foot birdie, the second of his four consecutive birdies.
Watson finally caught him on 16, the beautiful par-3. While Oosthuizen's birdie putt slipped past the hole by about a foot, Watson made a 6-foot birdie putt to reach 10 under.
They matched each other with pars on 17, 18 and 18 again, the first playoff hole, before Watson put his drive in the trees on 10, which Oosthuizen followed with a poor drive himself. That was the setting for Watson's towering shot onto the green, and, ultimately, a two-putt for victory.
"He hit an unbelievable shot there," Oosthuizen said, as appreciative of Watson's heroics as his rival was of his on the second hole much earlier. "It's really entertaining to play with him, to see the shots I would never hit."
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Premonition before Antarctic rescue drama
A Chilean navy image of the listing MS Explorer.
10 Australians are among 154 survivors plucked from icy seas as a stricken cruise liner sinks.
HER son was 2500 kilometres away treating himself to an Antarctic cruise for his 64th birthday, but Cynthia Bonython was nervous. She had had a premonition that the ship Simon Bonython and 153 other passengers and crew were aboard would come to grief and sink in the icy waters.
In the early hours before the Antarctic dawn broke on Friday, her fear proved prophetic.
Most of the passengers aboard the cruise liner were snug in their beds when a submerged ice floe punched a hole the size of a fist in the side of the vessel. They woke to a nightmare an emergency evacuation in the sub-freezing waters of the Drake Passage, between Antarctica and the southern tip of South America.
Mr Bonython, one of 10 Australians aboard, and the other passengers and crew spent six hours huddled in life boats, in thermal survival gear, as rescue vessels powered their way to the stricken MS Explorer.
Crew on a Chilean navy icebreaker in the area said the Canadian ship which has a troubled safety record eventually sank at 5.30am Melbourne time yesterday.
After a dramatic rescue by Norwegian cruise ship Nordnorge, the survivors had only one thing on their minds: to ring home.
Cold and wet, they queued for hours to use the ship's phone to let loved ones know they had survived the ordeal.
No one was injured and Nordnorge captain Arnvid Hansen later said by phone: "They are in good condition. There is no hypothermia, they all have food and clothes."
The Explorer, which usually makes two-week cruises around the Antarctic at a cost of about $A9000 a cabin, was carrying 91 tourists, nine expedition staff and a crew of 54.
Chilean naval and air force personnel helped ferry 84 of the passengers to Chile's Eduardo Frei air base on King George Island and 70 to Uruguay's nearby Artigas military base. They were expected to be flown to Punta Arenas at the southernmost tip of Chile last night.
A Foreign Affairs Department spokesman last night said Australia's consul in Santiago planned to meet the Australian survivors at Punta Arenas.
Mr Bonython, who comes from a prominent South Australian family and is a former Geelong Grammar boarder who has lived in Thailand for more than 35 years, is chairman of the board of SMC Motors.
He boarded the ship on November 11 at Ushuaia, in Argentina, for a 19-day voyage.
His relieved sister, Alice, last night told The Sunday Age that Mr Bonython's first call was to his wife, Joom, in Bangkok.
"I was surprised to hear what had happened but at least they are all right, that's the main thing. It's wonderful news," Ms Bonython said. She said her brother, a keen photographer and adventurer, had wanted to visit Antarctica "to see it before the world changes and in case it all disappears".
The former wife of Victorian survivor Jonathon Christopher said his trip was meant to be the completion of a lifelong dream.
Jenny Christopher said the 53-year-old former Korumburra dairy farmer and father of two hoped to get a taste of adventure during the Antarctic voyage.
"He's quite adventurous. If anyone would survive any disaster like that it would be him; he's a very self-reliant person," she said.
Philip Genochio, a Melbourne spokesman for the Canadian company GAP Adventure Tours, which owns the Explorer, said the ship's captain and chief officer were the last to leave the vessel after spending hours working the bilge pump in a fruitless attempt to save it.
He said a support team of senior executives from GAP Adventure Tours would meet the passengers in Punta Arenas.
GAP Adventures saved the MS Explorer from the scrap heap and spent millions on preparing it for ice voyages. Mr Genochio said the company would focus on getting the passengers home safely before launching an investigation into the cause of the accident.
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Porbandar, India
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Paramahansa Yogananda
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Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist, assassinated Gandhi.
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He had 4 sons, named Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas, and Devdas.
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He stole gold once. He kept on getting nagged by his conscience He told his dad ,expecting to be punished. But his dad forgave him. this made Mohandas Gandhi Change.
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Gandhi's enemy was naturam godse and Jinnah SACHIT RATHI
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Goat and Cow
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By profession he was a Barrister.
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Karamchand Gandhi. Karamchand Gandhi,
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Gandhi's beliefs are Hindu, which are mostly about non-violence, not to be predigest or take discrimination from anyone. He believed in truth and equality. He promoted non-vio…lence and refused to make the British get out of India by hurting them. He wanted them to leave peacefully even though they treated Indians like crap.
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Making inspirational speeches.
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Freedom Fighter He worked originally as a lawyer.
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Mohandas Gandhi's father's job was a prime minister, as well as his uncle
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These were some of gandhiji's associates in India: Alexander, Horace Amrit Kaur, Rajkumari Amtusallam Andrews, C. F. Ansari, M. A. Azad, Abdul Kalam Bajaj, Jamnalal Bankar, …Shankerlal Bhave, Vinoba Birla, G. D. Bose, Subhash Chandra Chandiwala, Brijkrishna Chowdhrani, Sarladevi Das, C. R Desai, Bhulabhai Desai, Mahadev Desai, Valji Gandhi, Narandas Gokhale, Avantikabai Harrison, Agatha Hingorani, Anand Iyengar, Kasturi Ranga Jayramdas, Daulatram Jaju, Shrikrishnadas Jaykar, M. R. Joshi, Chhaganlal Kalelkar, Dattatreya B. Kantak Premaben Khan, Abdul Gaffar Khan (Badshah Khan) Kripalani, J. B. Kumarappa, J. C. Lajpatrai, Lala Lester, Muriel Malaviya, Madan Mohan Mashruwala, Kishorelal Mavlankar, G. V. | Mehta, Pherozshah Mehta, Dr. Prajivandas J. Mehta, Rajchandra R. Menon, (nee Faering), Easther Mirabehn (Madeleine Slade) Morarji, Shantikumar Munshi, K. M. Naidu, Sarojini Naoroji, Dadabhai Narayan, Jayaprakash Nayyar, Shushila Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Motilal Parchure, Shastri Parekh, Narhari Patel, Maniben Patel, Vallabhbhai Pattani, Prabhashanker Prabhavati Prasad, Rajendra Pyarelal Rajgopalachari, C. Rolland, Romain Sapru, Tej Bahadur Sarabhai, Ambalal Sarabhai, Ansuyabehn Sarabhai, Mridula Shastri, V. S. Shrinivas Sitaramayya, B. Pittabhi Dr. Spiegel, Margarete (Amla) Swami Anand Tagore, Rabindranath Thakker, Amritlal V. Tilak, B. G. Tyabji, Abbas Tyabji, Raihana Zakir, Hussain
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changing the world! and horseriding.
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just playing arround in my new photoshop CS3.
well it looks almost the same.. i havet seen any changes that matters... well there is a bottom that if you use that showes you the new features.. ROFL. guess if you have to show ppl what's new that the change isent that big... well there is the 3d stuff.. witch i have found yes.. so if anybody could help me find it i would be happy.. i dont even know witch files photoshop will take.. ROFL...
unless you really want that 3d stuff(witch i love GG) you might as well stick to Photoshop cs2(the best program ever..The wrap funktion is absolutly amazing. i been having so much fun with it)
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Beautifully posed scene! I think that most glorious new features in most applications don't apply to most people... I'm still happy with my ancient CS (and not at all able to use it like a professional) and if it hadn't been for the better performance I wouldn't have buyed poser 7. ;-)


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Mike Gerrity might be playing basketball for an NAIA school today if not for the fact USC did some extra research regarding his eligibility.
The senior point guard considered enrolling at Biola University in La Mirada after transferring from North Carolina-Charlotte because it was believed he did not have any more Division I eligibility.
Gerrity instead is starting for USC and a major reason the Trojans (14-9, 6-5) are only a game out of first place in the Pacific-10 Conference heading into Sunday's game against UCLA.
"If we didn't have Mike Gerrity, we'd have five or six wins at this point," USC coach Kevin O'Neill said.
But Gerrity almost never made it to USC.
"Charlotte told them he had no eligibility left. Everyone thought he had no Division I eligibility, but I checked with compliance and he had a semester left," USC assistant coach Gib Arnold said. "He was going to go (NAIA) and call it a career."
That stroke of good fortune did not seal Gerrity's arrival at USC. He still needed to pay for a semester's tuition on his own before USC offered him a scholarship.
He seemed destined for no more than backup status when he transferred a year ago.
"We needed a backup for (starting point guard) Daniel Hackett, quite honestly," Arnold said.
Hackett left USC to pursue a pro career in Italy, however, which suddenly increased Gerrity's stock.
"We thought Daniel would come back," Arnold said. "All of a sudden Mike's a great addition. He's deservingly a Pac-10 player. He really came more for the academics. He wanted to get a USC degree."
Even Gerrity admitted being surprised at his role.
"I didn't know if I would be (playing) to this extent," he said. "But I'm an excited guy about the way the season is playing out. It's a great feeling."
In his brief time at USC, Gerrity has played for two head coaches, seen almost an entire recruiting class leave before it showed up and watched three starters from last year's team leave early. If that was not enough, USC announced self-imposed sanctions regarding the investigation of former player O.J. Mayo that prevent the Trojans from playing the Pac-10 or NCAA tournaments this season.
"It's been crazy," Gerrity said. "The whole coaching thing came up. The sanctions. (But) I couldn't ask for anything better so far."
Gerrity became eligible Dec. 19 and led USC to an upset of No. 9-ranked Tennessee with 12 points and 10 assists. He then was named most valuable player of the Diamond Head Classic tournament in Hawaii. His assist-turnover ratio (2.4-1) is second in the Pac-10.
"I thought he would definitely contribute, but didn't know he would play 37 or 39 minutes a game," O'Neill said. "He's done a phenomenal job playing the position and keeping us in games."
It took quite a journey for Gerrity to end his career at USC. He was a point guard at Mater Dei of Santa Ana when former USC coach Tim Floyd actually attended a couple games.
"He had narrowed it down to Ryan Francis and I," Gerrity said. "He came to at least two of my games. I didn't play my best in one of those games."
Floyd gave a scholarship to Francis, who was murdered in his hometown of Baton Rouge, La., following his freshman season. Gerrity went to Pepperdine, where he averaged 14.1 points and 3.4 assists and was named to the West Coast Conference all-freshmen team.
But coach Paul Westphal was fired and replaced by Vance Walberg.
"The new coach's philosophy was the opposite of everything I did," Gerrity said.
He played one game and transferred to North Carolina-Charlotte, where he spent the 2007-08 season. He played in 26 games but averaged just 4.2 points.
"It was a contrast in styles and I was playing only 20 minutes a game," Gerrity said. "You would go in for four minutes and come out. You can't get in a flow."
Two transfers easily could lead one to believe Gerrity is a problem child, despite the fact he is a polite and mild-mannered figure at USC.
"I think from the outside looking in, you could view me as that," Gerrity said. "People who know me understand those decisions. I just wanted to contribute."
O'Neill said he never asked Gerrity why he transferred so many times and gave him a clean slate as a player.
"From what I've seen, he's been an absolute pleasure to coach," O'Neill said.
There was little notice when Gerrity transferred to USC, and even Arnold admitted being surprised at his first practice last January.
"The first day he came to practice, a guy walked in who looked like my accountant but he went off," Arnold said.
Gerrity said he does not regret all the school switches because the adversity helped him mature. It also helped that his final move worked out to his advantage.
"All the years leading up shaped me into the man I've become," he said. "I've taken a little bit from each step."


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The Eisenhower Institute and Gettysburg College awarded its 2007 Eisenhower
Leadership Prize to James A. Baker, III. In addition, the 2007 Eisenhower
Distinguished Public Service Award was awarded to Susan G. Baker. The awards
were presented at the Institute's annual dinner April 4 in Washington, D.C.
"The Board of Directors of the Institute is delighted to recognize two of our nation's most distinguished and dedicated public servants, who just happen to know each other quite well: Secretary James Baker, for his prominent and successful career in government service; and his wife, Susan Baker, for her truly inspiring work on behalf of the homeless," said John F.W. Rogers, managing director of Goldman Sachs and dinner chairman.
James Baker's long, distinguished career in public service has spanned nearly three decades and six different presidential administrations. He has served in senior government positions on three separate occasions, most prominently as the 61st Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush and as the 67th Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan.
Among countless honors, he has received the Department of Treasury's Alexander Hamilton Award and the Department of State's Distinguished Service Award. In 1991, he was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has also long been active in the trenches of American presidential politics, leading the campaigns for Presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, also serving as White House Chief of Staff to Presidents Reagan and Bush. Most recently, Baker led the Iraq Study Group through a comprehensive examination of United States policies in Iraq and achieved consensus recommendations from the diverse membership of his commission. He has just been named co-chair of the bi-partisan National War Powers Commission.
Susan Baker is best known for her ceaseless and inspirational work to end homelessness. In 1983, Mrs. Baker co-founded the National Alliance to End Homelessness, which remains to this day one of the leading public policy voices on the issue of homelessness in our world. She currently stands as the Alliance's co-chair of the board. Mrs. Baker also serves on the Advisory Board of the Houston Food Bank and on the Board of Trustees of the Enterprise Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping create low-income housing opportunities for our nation's impoverished.
Established in 1992, The Eisenhower Leadership Prize and the Distinguished Public Service Award are given by the Eisenhower Institute to recognize individuals whose lifetime accomplishments reflect Dwight D. Eisenhower's legacy of integrity and leadership. Honorary co-chairs for this year's dinner include former President George H.W. Bush, General Brent Scowcroft, Secretary William Cohen and Secretary Robert Rubin, among others.
Past recipients of the Eisenhower Leadership Prize include U.S. President George H.W. Bush; U.S. Senators John McCain, Richard Lugar, Ted Stevens, Pat Roberts and Sam Nunn; Secretaries Robert Rubin and Lloyd Bentsen; Generals Colin Powell and Brent Scowcroft; and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. Past recipients of the Distinguished Public Service Award include Tom Brokaw and Grover Washington, Jr.
Honoring the legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Eisenhower Institute, founded in 1983, helps prepare the successor generations to perfect the promise of the nation through engagement in distinctive programs of leadership and public policy. It is a non-profit, non-partisan center for leadership and public policy with offices in Washington, DC, and in Gettysburg, PA. Further details about the Eisenhower Institute and its programs may be found at www.eisenhowerinstitute.org.


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Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? Meeting youngsters and oldsters and in-betweensters from every corner of the city has got to be the biggest payback to the Volunteer Center of San Francisco's Holiday Volunteer Opportunities. There are other rewards, of course, like taking a break from shopping madness, and finding a creative outlet: The kids at the Precita Valley Community Center Christmas Party will love your dancing/stories/magic tricks, for example, and the Lifeline Ministries Women's Shelter will look much more festive with holiday decorations and artfully wrapped packages under the tree. Projects generally last for a few hours, beginning on Thanksgiving with meal preparation and service at local agencies like Larkin Street Youth Center and Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly. After that, it's a whirlwind of Christmas lunches with seniors, hospital patient visits, kids' parties, and cookie bake-offs. Call the Volunteer Center of San Francisco at 982-8999 or visit their Web site at www.vcsf.org for information on participating agencies. Donations of clothing, toiletries, toys, and such are also welcome -- ask about holiday wish lists. For more information on what's happening this holiday season, see our Holiday Gift Guide after Page 54.
Kolo of the Wild
Balkanites celebrate their cultural heritage today, too; not with turkey and football, but with a vivid swirl of long skirts and spirited percussion at the 47th annual Kolo Festival. The event offers a new perspective on a region many Americans think of merely as war-torn, with singing and dancing for beginners as well as more experienced members of the local Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, and Romanian communities. The round of parties and workshops begins tonight with folk dancing; on Friday and Saturday, Joe Graziosi teaches Greek dances, Mitko Manov teaches Bulgarian dances, and Mark Forry teaches Croatian and Bosnian songs. The Yeseta Brothers Tamburitza Band of L.A. accompany a Friday night dance and Saturday night sing-along, and Yuri Yuvinakov plays Gypsy and Bulgarian wedding music; between sets, guests snack on Middle Eastern refreshments and explore music and folk art booths. The festival begins at 8 p.m. (and runs through Saturday) at the Russian Center, 2450 Sutter (at Divisadero), S.F. Admission is $5-20; call (800) 730-5615.
Utter Bliss
Due to simple unfortunate timing, the under-21 set -- and really, the under-31 set -- just missed seeing the Clash and Stiff Little Fingers play live at the height of their powers, but they'll get a taste of what it might have been like at two all-ages Swingin' Utters shows this weekend. With Five Lessons Learned, their most recent release on Fat Wreck Chords, the Utters dig into punk's past, and their own, with the title track ("Beyond and back and I'm still the same/ Kicked over some old trash but I still waste"). With seasoned singer Johnny Bonnel at the mike, the Utters crank out songs that range from brooding to pissed to bitterly funny, generating infectious, head-bobbing riffs as they go. Listen for hints of the Pogues (from the fiddle and accordion embellishment) and Social Distortion, with whom the band toured over its nearly decadelong career and multiple national and international outings. The Reducers and the Working Stiffs open tonight's show at 10 p.m. (the Spastics, followed by Murder City Devils, open Saturday's show) at Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St. (at Texas), S.F. Admission is $5 each night; call 621-4455.
Fatal Attraction
Yearning to know more about life's dark and often gruesome side is normal, according to Jack B. Haskins, a University of Tennessee professor, although by "normal," he means commonplace, and not necessarily laudable. Haskins' article "Why Do Humans Have Morbid Curiosity?" appears in Issue No. 1 of Morbid Curiosity, a magazine that, in the same premiere issue, explored necrophilia, bug consumption, mortuary science, and other delightful topics. Contributors to Issue No. 2 (which delves into Mad Cow Disease, voodoo, and Auschwitz) will read at an Automatism Press book party moderated by editor Loren Rhoads. To satisfy your own morbid curiosity about the magazine, check out its Web site at www.charnel.com/automatism, which offers all kinds of fun links to sites like the National Museum of Surgical Science and the L.A. County Coroner's Office, which has a gift shop. The reading begins at 4 p.m. at Borderlands Books, 534 Laguna (at Fell), S.F. Admission is free; call 558-8978.
All Together Now: Awwwwwwwwwww! The antidote to Morbid Curiosity (see above) is the 15th annual Teddy Bears and Friends Parade and Film Festival, which begins with a procession of tots clutching stuffed bears and marching around the auditorium to the tinkly strains of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic." Jesus H. Christ, it's cute. Six animated films about bears and other animal friends will screen once everyone has settled into his or her seat: The movies include Panama, about a curious bear and a mysterious box; the European claymation penguin Pingu; and Goodnight, Gorilla, a tale of zoo animals' after-dark exploits, narrated by Anthony Edwards and Joan Cusack. Helium balloons will be dispensed at the end of the event, which begins at 1 and 3 p.m. (also Sunday) at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2625 Durant (at College), Berkeley. Admission is $3.50; call (510) 642-1412.
Weird Science
Sprinting through the park dressed like a man-eating bug or a fat kid with a beanie is not only encouraged at the 14th annual Run to the Far Side, it's rewarded -- a costume contest follows the 5K and 10K run. Proceeds from the race benefit the educational and research programs of the California Academy of Sciences, the only museum with a permanent Gary Larson exhibit, the Far Side of Science Gallery. That's where people can go to get costume ideas and a cartoon crash course on what really goes on behind the Academy's closed doors. Following the race, which threads through the Panhandle, runners are invited to a party where refreshments will be served, Midnight Hour will play live, museum exhibits will be open free of charge, and contests will be judged -- winners are eligible for cash, Far Side memorabilia, and airline tickets. The run begins at 8:30 a.m. at JFK & Concourse in Golden Gate Park, S.F. Registration is $15-25; call 564-0532.
Let's Get It On
"Everyone knows how to slow dance," as Cafe Du Nord doorman Korri Sabatini puts it. "Everyone was in eighth grade once." Too true. Sick of the swing dance phenomenon, Sabatini dreamt up "Slow Dancing Night," a monthly event that debuts tonight and resumes in January (scheduling conflicts precluded a Christmas dance). L.A. DJ Matt Murphy will be spinning '50s and '60s soul nuggets by Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, the Dramatics, and so on from his extensive record collection -- for those of us who sweaty-palmed our way through "Every Breath You Take," this is a chance to relive eighth grade with sexier music and no chaperones. The shuffling begins at 9 p.m. at Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market (at Sanchez), S.F. Admission is free; call 861-5016.
Punch and Gina
When Red Rain premiered last month at the Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, it sold out so quickly that over 100 viewers were turned away at the door. Those people should queue up early for tonight's benefit screening of the film, Laura Plotkin's one-hour documentary about San Leandro boxer Gina "Boom Boom" Guidi, who trains at Oakland's renowned King Gym and works at an ad agency to support herself. The film traces Guidi's entry into the sport during a troubled adolescence up through her national and world championship titles, her professional record (10-1-1 with five KOs), and her attempts to broaden boxing's professional potential, by petitioning the '96 Olympics to include women's boxing (they haven't yet). Guidi will raffle off a pair of her gloves at the event, and all proceeds will help cover the costs of entering Red Rain in international film festivals. The screening begins at 7 p.m. at the Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. (at Mission), S.F. Admission is $7-10; call 647-2888.
It Depends on How You Define "Truth" Nonfiction writers are expected to stick to the facts, but unfortunately, unadulterated real life doesn't always lend itself to a compelling read, which is where "creative nonfiction" comes in. At "Pack of Lies," writers Brian Bouldrey and Louise Rafkin will read and discuss their work and the genre itself. Rafkin, whose writing has appeared everywhere from the New York Times magazine to Cosmo and Out, dug up more than just household detritus in her most recent book, Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Adventures From Cape Cod to Kyoto -- she conducted a covert sociologic survey of her employers, using the kind of messes they left as clues to their identity and activities. Bouldrey, meanwhile, took time off from editing Best Gay Erotica to write the travelogue Pilgrim's Regress. The evening begins at 8 p.m. at Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia (at 15th Street), S.F. Admission is $3-5; call 626-3311.


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Why furore will leave a bitter taste
WHILE horse meat may be a delicacy for some, eating our equine friends has never been part of Irish culture.
Although popular in parts of Asia and Europe, it's the last thing we expect to find in our burgers.
But there is a growing number of horses being slaughtered in Ireland for export, with €8.2m worth of meat exported last year.
The dark red meat, high in protein and iron and low in fat, is cheaper than beef and only very young animals should be eaten.
Members of the Islamic faith will also be highly offended that pork is found in beef products.
Muslims don't eat pork on religious grounds because they consider the pig to be a dirty animal.
Irish Independent


text: Like Costco, Ralph Lauren is in excellent financial shape. The firm's $266 million debt load is offset by more than $1.1 billion of cash and investments on its balance sheet, giving RL plenty of liquidity to handle any unforeseen hiccups in the economy. And with shares trading for a double-digit discount to the rest of the industry, there's also plenty of upside potential in this stock right now. Lowe's Companies Shareholders of home improvement retailer Lowe's Companies ( LOW) are pretty happy in 2012 -- their stock has appreciated by more than 41% since the first trading day in January. Despite that rally in LOW, this stock is looking like a bargain compared to the rest of the sector: it trades for a 20% discount to P/E, a 37% discount to its cash flow multiple, and a 17% discount to its book value per share. Lowe's is one half of the home improvement duopoly in the North America, with around 1,750 stores spread throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. As housing has started reheating and homebuilders have rallied exceptionally hard, Lowe's has been able to pick up some of that momentum for itself. When sales growth languished during the Great Recession, Lowe's focused on internal efficiency, improving merchandising and distribution to squeeze bigger margins out of the revenues it was earning. Until top rival Home Depot's ( HD) "rip-off-the-bandage" approach to restructuring, Lowe's was far and away the better home improvement retailer operationally. Now, with Lowe's taking on its own restructuring plan (albeit a less desperate one), investors should expect similar operating metrics from this firm. Lowe's balance sheet is a little more conventional for a retailer: it carries a decent amount of leverage (used to build out stores), and a modest cash load. That said, cash easily covers debt obligations, and the firm still has access to dry powder if it needs it. The increased focus on store brands should keep boosting net margins for LOW in 2013. Limited Brands Limited Brands ( LTD) is a staple in U.S. malls this holiday season. The firm owns a portfolio of popular retail store concepts that include Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, and White Barn Candle Co., high margin stores that see considerable traffic.


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Proponents of a $400 million, 68-turbine wind farm at Collector say most of the village residents support the project, which has moved a step closer to approval.
RATCH-Australia is expected to take two years building the region's latest wind farm near the Federal Highway at Collector. It will generate up to 228 megawatts of electricity, or enough energy to power around 80,000 homes annually.
Chief executive Steve Loxton said the 60-day public exhibition period represented the culmination of years of research.
''Our surveys of local Collector residents confirm that there is strong support for renewable energy and we look forward to, indeed encourage, the participation of the community and other stakeholders during the public exhibition period,'' he said.
''We believe our proposal has significant merit, not only through its contribution towards helping meet Australia's renewable energy target, but also through it contribution to the local community and economy through investment, employment and a $200,000 per annum community benefit fund for Collector, which will be established once the wind turbines are operational.''
Friends of Collector, a group of landholders who oppose the project believe wind farm developments are surrounded in secrecy.
But Collector farmer and Pumpkin Festival president Gary Poile said he was all for the project, because the proponents supported the community. ''There's probably some against it. There's a group saying they're friends of Collector, they're not very friendly and most don't live here. There's probably a whole lot of people sitting on the fence on the issue.''
In a statement the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure said RATCH-Australia was required to take account of the draft guidelines in its environmental assessment, including consulting on aviation safety, bushfire and decommissioning issues. NSW Planning says the proponent sought agreement by letter from residents living within two kilometres of the proposed site.
Following public exhibition, the department will assess issues raised in submissions.
The environmental assessment report can be inspected at Poidevins Cafe, Collector, Gunning Library, and Upper Lachlan Shire Council offices in Crookwell and Gunning.
The proposal includes access tracks, local road upgrades, electrical connections between the turbines and a new substation, as well as meteorological masts and a maintenance building.
It is considering turbines ranging from two to 3.4 megawatts. Each turbine will have towers with a maximum height of 90 metres and blades up to 60 metres. (Turbines at the nearby Cullerin Range wind farm sit on 80 metres towers and have 45 metre blades).
Up to 100 construction workers will work on the wind farm. Once established and operating, 10 to 15 permanent jobs will be based at Collector.


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FORT MYERS — As the innings dragged on in Monday's Class 3A state semifinal between Jacksonville Providence and Clearwater Central Catholic, it became apparent one swing would decide the outcome.
CCC's David Paul and Providence's Brooks Lockett looked like the aces they have been all season. And when both pitchers got into trouble, they were bailed out by outstanding defense and suspect base running.
In the top of the eighth inning of a scoreless game, with runners on first and third and one out, Providence's Casey Cribb got the big swing. Cribb launched an 0-1 curveball over the Green Monster replica in leftfield at JetBlue Park for a three-run home run. It was Paul's 108th — and final — pitch of the game.
CCC scored in the bottom of the inning, but ultimately lost 3-1 .
"I didn't know if it was going out," CCC coach Todd Vaughan said. "I knew it was off the wall and they were going to score a run. It just kept going and I'm trying to get the air pump to blow the wall up higher. I couldn't get there."
The extra inning was made possible due to near misses by both teams. In the first inning, the Marauders (26-5) and Stallions both left the bases loaded.
In the third inning with one out, CCC's Brenden Overton and Paul got singles to put runners on first and third. Andrew Mink then hit a grounder to the right side of first base. Second baseman Jay Prather threw home just in time to tag out Overton.
"I was surprised," Overton said. "I saw the first baseman crash so I thought he might have a play on that and I stuttered. If he hadn't have done that then I might have been in."
Paul (11-1) scattered six hits and got nice defensive plays from second baseman Derek Gibree and shortstop Benito Mendizabal to get out of jams in the sixth and seventh innings.
"Benny Mendizabal played the (heck) out of it," Vaughan said. "Derek played well at second base. Those are the kind of things we rely on."
Then came the fateful eighth inning.
After a ground out to start the inning, David Boyle reached on a walk and got to third on an errant pickoff attempt by Paul. Matt Fitzsimmons was hit by a pitch to put runners on the corners. After a meeting on the mound, the decision was to pitch to Cribb, who was 2-for-2 with a walk against Paul. One pitch later, the Marauders were in a big hole.
"We pitched around the No. 4 hitter and then the talk was are we going to turn a double play or just play for one?" Vaughan said. "We thought if we had a shot we'd turn a double play."
Cribb said he never saw the ball clear the Monster.
"I rounded first and I saw Fitz throw his hands up and I knew it was a home run," Cribb said. "At first I thought it was going to hit off the wall."
The Marauders did put a scare in the Stallions (20-11) in the bottom of the inning. Gibree led off with a single and Overton followed with another to put runners on first and third. Paul then lofted a fly to right that landed just in front of Fitzsimmons.
Gibree scored but Overton had to see if the ball would be caught. When it dropped, he ran to second too late and was forced out.
After a Mink walk, Lockett (9-0) was lifted for reliever Matt Reitz. Andrew Murphy then lined to shortstop and Paul was doubled off second to end the game.
"Typical state tournament-type ball game," Vaughan said. "The team who got the key hit was going to win."
Photo: Jacksonville Providence catcher Casey Cribb, right, tags out Clearwater Central Catholic's Brenden Overton at home


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NZ Fire Service update on Kilbirnie fire - 2pm
NZ Fire Service update on Kilbirnie fire - 2pm
A large digger is now being used to pull apart the Wellington storage facilty to allow firefighters access to the interior.
The fire has been burning for several hours and has been contained. However, Assistant Area Commander Paul Smith says it has not been safe to fight the fire from inside and it has been difficult to get water into the interior from the aerial ladders and ground monitors.
Removing part of the roof and wall will allow much more water to be directed into the seat of the fire.
AAC Smith said the building did not have sprinklers and shows how damaging a fire can be. "Our advice is for commercial property owners of large buildings to install sprinklers - that way any fire that does start is either doused by the sprinklers or stopped from spreading until firefighters arrive."
There is still thick smoke being produced by the fire and this will continue for some time. Residents and people working in the area are advised to stay indoors if they can and to keep windows closed.


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Family Claims iPhone Electrocuted Chinese Woman
Apple Inc. says it will "fully investigate" reports that a woman was electrocuted in China while trying to use an iPhone 5 while it was recharging.
However, KTRH engineer David Obert says under normal circumstances, iPhone users have no reason to be concerned.
"The voltage is between three and five volts, so that's half of a 9-volt battery," he says. "There had to be something extremely wrong with either the charger's wiring, or probably even the wiring at the circuit where it was plugged in."
Obert says there are so many factors to consider, other than an iPhone simply being plugged in and charging.
"Just the right grounding that happened, then she would be subject to 220 volts from the wall outlet, or whatever the voltage is in China," he says. "The voltage from a normal tip of an iPhone charger, there's no way you could kill yourself with that."
Owners are reminded to avoid using their phone in the bath or if they are extremely wet, because water could run down the wire and into the plug.


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I've had a yeast infection under both breast, a constant odor, severe neck and back pain and grooves in both shoulders. Will Medicare cover this procedure?