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The impact of open marriage on relationships varies across couples, yielding positive, neutral, and negative outcomes. Some couples report high levels of marital satisfaction and have long-lasting open marriages. Other couples drop out of the open marriage lifestyle and return to sexual monogamy. Still other couples experience serious problems and report that open marriage contributed to their divorces. Scientists do not yet understand why some couples respond positively to open marriage while other couples respond negatively.
Positive outcomesEdit
Many couples have positive experiences with open marriage. This does not mean couples never experience problems with open marriage. It simply means some couples enjoy open marriages and also maintain high levels of marital satisfaction and stability.
A national study of sexuality conducted by Hunt found that relatively few people engage in swinging style open marriages. Hunt attributed the low number of people in open marriages to various social, psychological, and practical problems. Yet, some of these people "confirmed what the advocates and enthusiasts have claimed--namely, that marital swinging can provide physically intense experiences, that it can be immensely ego-gratifying and that it is a temporary release from confinement and responsibility and a brief chance to live out one's wildest fantasies." (pages 273-274) [1] Open marriages can challenge couples with various problems, but open marriages can also offer couples extremely satisfying experiences. Couples may view the satisfying experiences as well worth the efforts spent managing the problems.
Some studies show that couples in open marriages can maintain satisfying relationships. Rubin observed no differences in marital adjustment between couples in open marriages and couples in sexually monogamous marriages. [2] Rubin and Adams reported no differences in marital satisfaction between couples in open marriages and couples in sexually monogamous relationships. [3] Gilmartin likewise found no differences in marital satisfaction between sexually open and sexually monogamous couples. [4] A study by Bergstrand and Willams found couples in open marriages had higher levels of satisfaction than couples in the general population. [5]
Some couples in open marriages report high levels of satisfaction with their relationships. A study conducted by Wolf found that 76 percent of openly married couples described the quality of their relationships as "better than average" or "outstanding." [6] Dixon found similarly high levels of marital satisfaction in a study of 100 bisexual and heterosexual husbands in open marriages. [7] In another study, Dixon observed that 80 percent of wives in open marriages rated their marital compatibility as "excellent" or "good," and 76 percent of the wives rated their sexual satisfaction as "excellent" or "good." [8] Buunk has also reported high levels of satisfaction in openly married couples. [9]
Some couples feel open marriage has increased their marital satisfaction. Bergstrand and Williams collected online questionnaires from 1092 people involved in swinging style open marriages. [5] Among those people who said they were "somewhat unhappy" or "unhappy" with their marriages before swinging, around 80-90 percent said they were happier with their marriages after they started swinging. Nearly half of people who said they were "very happy" with their marriages before swinging claimed to be even happier with their marriages after swinging. Open marriage can in some cases increase marital satisfaction.
Thus, open marriage can have a positive impact on many couples. These couples are able to enjoy open marriage while maintaining satisfying and stable relationships with one another. Levels of marital satisfaction for these couples are often quite high. Some couples even feel open marriage has improved their relationships.
Neutral outcomesEdit
Couples sometimes drop out of the open marriage lifestyle and return to sexual monogamy. In a 5 year study of bisexuals, 80 percent of whom initially had open relationships, Weinberg, Williams, and Pryor observed a definite shift towards sexual monogamy over time. [10] When first interviewed, a majority of these bisexuals preferred sexual non-monogamy as their ideal form of romantic relationships. Five years later, around 60 percent had changed their views, and most of those who changed their views said sexual monogamy was their new ideal. Some of these changes were motivated by the emergence of the AIDS epidemic. Monogamy was seen as a way to avoid getting HIV/AIDS. But, for many, the shift to monogamy was due to a genuine change in what they sought in relationships. Their desire to be sexually monogamous had nothing to do with the AIDS epidemic.
Couples who try open marriages and decide to return to sexually monogamous marriages may be left with different feelings about open marriage. Some may have negative feelings about their open marriage experiences. [11] Others may continue to "see nonmonogamy as possibly good for others but not for themselves." [10] Overall, open marriage has a relatively neutral impact on these couples.
Negative outcomesEdit
Some couples report serious problems with open marriage. A number of these couples may even divorce as a consequence of open marriage.
Couples in open marriages expose themselves to the potential for conflicts caused by jealousy. Couples in open marriages appear to experience jealousy more frequently than people in sexually monogamous marriages. [12] [13] Studies have shown that 80 percent or more of couples in open marriages experience jealousy over their extramarital relationships. [14] [15] Jealousy with its roots in open marriage can lead to serious conflicts. For example, attempting to interfere with a rival relationship may make a partner angry. Insulting or berating a partner may provoke retaliatory responses. Demanding greater commitment may ignite arguments. Indeed, many studies have reported that conflict occurs during episodes of jealousy. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] The conflicts caused by jealousy can seem overwhelming and damage relationships.
Even when jealousy is not an overwhelming problem, open marriage may cause other complications. For example, a five year study of bisexuals observed a shift from open relationships to sexually monogamous relationships in many participants because they "felt that nonmonogamy was too time consuming, took too much energy, or was too complicated. They also thought that it got in the way of developing love, trust, and more intimate relationships with a partner." (Weinberg, Williams, & Pryor, 1995, page 262) [10] Numerous authors have argued that open marriages disrupt relationships by interfering with intimacy and provoking insecurities. [1] [22] [23] [24] [25]
Some couples report that open marriage contributed to their divorces. Janus and Janus asked divorced people to list the one primary reason for their divorces. [26] Approximately 1 percent of men and 2 percent of women listed open marriage as the primary reason for their divorce. This seems like a small percentage. But keep in mind that only 1 to 6 percent of the population have open marriages. [1] [27] [28] [29] Open marriage is perceived as a primary cause of divorce in a substantial minority of the 1 to 6 percent of people who have open marriages.
The extent to which open marriage actually contributes to divorce remains uncertain. Blumstein and Schwartz note a slightly higher risk of divorce among couples who engage in extramarital sex, even if the couples agree to allow extramarital sex. [30] However, Rubin and Adams did not observe any difference in the risk of divorce for couples in open marriages and couples in sexually monogamous marriages. [3] Open marriage may contribute to divorce for some, but not all, couples.
Open marriage can thus have a negative impact on some couples. It can cause serious problems with jealousy, and it can interfere with intimacy and security between partners. Some people report that open marriage contributed to their divorces, though the extent to which open marriage actually causes divorce remains unclear.
Maintenance behaviorsEdit
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Scientists cannot yet explain why some couples respond positively to open marriage while other couples respond negatively. Nor can they predict which couples will respond positively or negatively. Consequently, all couples involved in open marriages may want to pay attention to their relationship maintenance behaviors.
The topic of relationship maintenance behaviors is far too broad to cover in a single article. The strategies for maintaining relationships described below are simply a few examples. Readers should be aware there are many strategies for maintaining healthy and happy relationships other than the ones mentioned here.
Markman, Stanley, and Blumberg list six ground rules for managing conflict and maintaining good marital relationships: [31]
The Speaker-Listener technique is a strategy for making communication more emotionally safe. It consists of three sets of rules. Rules that apply to both the Speaker and the Listener are:
- When conflict is escalating, we will call a Time Out or Stop Action and either (a) try it again, using the Speaker-Listener technique or (b) agree to talk about the issue later, at a specified time, using the Speaker-Listener technique.
- When we're having trouble communicating, we will use the Speaker-Listener technique.
- When we're using the Speaker-Listener technique, we will completely separate problem discussion from problem solution (i.e., we will discuss the nature of the problem before jumping too quickly to finding solutions).
- We can bring up issues at any time, but a partner can say: "This is not a good time." If a partner doesn't want to talk at that time, he or she takes responsibility for setting up a time to talk in the near future.
- We will have weekly "couple's meetings."
- We will make time for the great things: fun, friendship, and sensuality. We will agree to protect these times from conflict and the need to deal with issues.
The next set of rules apply to the Speaker:
- The speaker has the floor.
- Share the floor (i.e., take turns being Speaker).
- No problem solving.
The final set of rules apply to the Listener:
- Speak for yourself.
- Don't go on and on.
- Stop and let the listener paraphrase.
Using the Speaker-Listener technique in the context of the six ground rules can help couples maintain happier and longer-lasting relationships.
- Paraphrase what you hear.
- Focus on the speaker's message.
- Don't rebut the speaker.
Gottman and colleagues have discovered the ratio of positive interactions to negative interactions strongly predicts divorce. [32] [33] Couples who maintain a ratio of 5 positive interactions for every 1 negative interaction are likely to remain together. Couples who do not maintain this 5:1 ratio are likely to get divorced. Moreover, couples are more likely to stay together if they follow certain patterns of communication during conflict:
"We conclude that the marriages that wound up happy and stable had a softened start-up by the wife, that the husband accepted influence from her, that he de-escalated low-intensity negative affect, that she was likely to use humor to effectively soothe him, and that he was likely to use positive affect and de-escalation to effectively soothe himself. The alternative to the active listening model suggested by these analyses is a model of gentleness, soothing, and de-escalation of negativity (negativity by one spouse is followed by the partner's neutral affect)." (Gottman, Coan, Carrere, & Swanson, 1988, page 00) [33]These patterns of communication differ from the Speaker-Listener technique, but the goals are the same: stop the escalation of negativity during conflict and take steps to make a safe space for open and honest discussion.
Gottman has also identified a particularly harmful pattern of communication that begins with criticism and ends with stonewalling. [32] The steps of the pattern include:
These steps occur in a cascade. Criticism leads to contempt; contempt leads to defensiveness; and defensiveness leads to stonewalling. Couples who go through this cascade of destructive communication usually get divorced.
- Criticism - Criticism is attacking a partner's personality or character, usually attributing fault or blame, rather than complaining about a behavior. One can imply character faults in a partner by listing complaints about the partner's past behaviors.
- Contempt - Contempt is criticism intended to insult and psychologically abuse a partner. Contempt reflects very negative views about one's partner.
- Defensiveness - Defensiveness is a way of avoiding taking responsibility for setting things right by denying responsibility, making excuses, attributing negative thoughts to a partner, countering a partner's complaints with one's own complaints, and repeating oneself.
- Stonewalling - Stonewalling is a break down of communication. The partners turn into "stone walls" and stop responding to each other.
The main message of these strategies for maintaining relationships is to take time to enjoy positive interactions and fun activities with each other and, when conflicts or issues do arise, take steps to prevent negative interactions from spiralling out of control. Couples in open marriages may want to use these and various other strategies for maintaining satisfying relationships with one another.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hunt, M. (1974). Sexual Behavior in the 1970s. Chicago: Playboy Press.
- ↑ Rubin A. M. (1982). Sexually open versus sexually exclusive marriage: A comparison of dyadic adjustment. Alternative Lifestyles, 5, 101-108.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rubin A. M., & Adams J. R. (1986). Outcomes of sexually open marriages. Journal of Sex Research, 22, 311-319.
- ↑ Gilmartin, B.G. (1978). The Gilmartin Report. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bergstrand, C., & Williams, J.B. (2000). Today's alternative marriage styles: The case of swingers. Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, Volume 3, Oct. 10, 2000. Retrieved July 26, 2006 from http://www.ejhs.org/volume3/swing/body.htm.
- ↑ Wolf, T.J. (1985). Marriages of Bisexual Men. In F. Klein and T.J. Wolf (Eds.), Bisexualities: Theory and Research (pp. 135-148). New York, NY: Haworth Press.
- ↑ Dixon, D. (1985). Perceived sexual satisfaction and marital happiness of bisexual and heterosexual swinging husbands. In F. Klein and T.J. Wolf (Eds.), Bisexualities: Theory and Research (pp. 209-222). New York, NY: Haworth Press.
- ↑ Dixon, J.K. (1985). Sexuality and relationship changes in married females following the commencement of bisexual activity. In F. Klein and T.J. Wolf (Eds.), Bisexualities: Theory and Research (pp. 115-133). New York, NY: Haworth Press.
- ↑ Buunk B. (1980). Extramarital sex in the Netherlands: Motivations in social and marital context. Alternative Lifestyles, 3, 11-39.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Weinberg, M.S., Williams, C.J., & Pryor, D.W. (1995). Dual Attraction: Understanding Bisexuality. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Gates, J. (2002). Survivors of an Open Marriage. KiwE Publishing, Ltd.
- ↑ Trost, M. R., Brown, S., & Morrison, M. (1994). Jealousy as an adaptive communication strategy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
- ↑ Pines, A., & Aronson, E. (1983). Antecedents, correlates, and consequences, of sexual jealousy. Journal of Personality, 51, 108–136.
- ↑ Buunk B. (1981). Jealousy in sexually open marriages. Alternative Lifestyles, 4, 357-372.
- ↑ Ramey J. W. (1975). Intimate groups and networks: Frequent consequences of sexually open marriage. Family Coordinator, 24, 515-530.
- ↑ White, G.L & Mullen, P.E. (1989). Jealousy. Theory, research and clinical strategies. New York: The Guilford Press.
- ↑ Bryson J. B. (1991). Modes of responses to jealousy-evoking situations. In P. Salovey (Ed.). The psychology of envy and jealousy (pp. 1-45). New York: Guilford.
- ↑ Buunk B. P ( 1991). Jealousy in close relationships: An exchange-theoretical perspective. In P. Salovey (Ed.), The psychology of jealousy and envy (pp. 148-177). New York: Guilford.
- ↑ Guerrero, L.K., & Andersen, P.A. (1998). The dark side of jealousy and envy: desire, delusion, desperation, and destructive communication. In W.R. Cupach and B.H. Spitzberg (Eds.) The Dark Side of Close Relationships. (pp. 33-70 ) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- ↑ Hansen G. L. (1991). "Jealousy: Its conceptualization, measurement, and integration with family stress theory". In P. Salovey (Ed.), The psychology of jealousy and envy (pp. 211-230). New York: Guilford.
- ↑ Schaap C., Buunk B., & Kerkstra A. ( 1988). "Marital conflict resolution". In P. Noller & M. A. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Perspectives on marital interaction (pp. 203-244). Philadelphia: Multilingual Matters.
- ↑ Levinger, G. (1979). A social psychological perspective on marital dissolution. In G. Levinger and O.C. Moles (Eds.), Divorce and Separation: Context, Causes, and Consequences. New York, NY: Basic Books.
- ↑ Bancroft, J. (1989). Human Sexuality and its Problems. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
- ↑ Turner, J.S. (1996). Encyclopedia of Relationships across the Lifespan. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
- ↑ Olds, J. & Schwartz, R.S. (2000). Marriage in Motion: The Natural Ebb and Flow of Lasting Relationships. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books.
- ↑ Janus, S.S, & Janus, C.L. (1993). The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
- ↑ Jenks, R.J. (1998). Swinging: A review of the literature. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 27, 507-521.
- ↑ Bartell, G.D. (1971). Group Sex. New York, NY: New American Library.
- ↑ Spanier G.B., & Cole C.L. (1975). Mate swapping: Perceptions, value orientations, and participation in a midwestern community. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 4, 143-159.
- ↑ Blumstein, , & Schwartz, P. (1983). American Couples: Money, Work, Sex. New York, NY: William Morrow and Company.
- ↑ Markman,, H., Stanley, S., & Blumberg, S.L. (1994). Fighting For Your Marriage. San Francisco, CA: Jossy-Bass Publishers.
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- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Gottman, J.M., Coan, J., Carrere, S., Swanson, C. (1988). Predicting marital happiness and stability from newlywed interactions. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60, 5-22.
See alsoEdit
- Open marriage
- Open marriage acceptance
- Open marriage incidence
- Open marriage jealousy
- Open marriage styles
Related articlesEdit
- Extramarital intercourse
- Marriage
- Mate swapping
- Monogamy
- Non-monogamy
- Relationship maintenance comprises behaviors partners perform in order to maintain satisfaction and extend the duration of a relationship.
- Polyamory
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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- David Price hammed it up on Sunday to help promote "Bowl for Kids' Sake."
The reigning Cy Young Award winner performed a little lawn bowling from the pitcher's mound on Field 5 with Sir. Giorgio Evans, 11, and Giani Swain, 12, of Tampa.
For the second consecutive year, Price is participating in Big Brothers Big Sisters' largest fundraiser of the year. Price is encouraging his fans to get in the game by helping raise money for the agency. Big Brothers Big Sisters provides caring adult mentors to children facing adversity in the Tampa Bay community.
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Saturday's Dinner was 2/3 courtesy of Planet BBQ. I rotisserie grilled a bone-in leg of lamb using the Mechoui of Lamb with Berber Spices recipe. To accompany it, I made a Moroccan Grilled Pepper Salad also from Planet BBQ. The last item was a recipe called Fragrant Rice Pilaf from epicurious.com. I made the rice pilaf a day ahead of time and several of the comments from the recipe mentioned it was actually better reheated. I also grilled the peppers for the salad on Friday as well.
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ATLANTA -- When the Braves were swept at home by the Phillies two weeks ago, it appeared they were a sinking unit. But since then, they have taken advantage of a friendly portion of their schedule and started to look more like they did when they cruised through most of April.
Consequently, the Braves have routinely felt the kind of satisfaction that surrounded them when they completed a three-game sweep of the Mets with a 3-1 win on Wednesday night. Julio Teheran delivered seven strong innings that were backed by the three-run double Chris Johnson recorded in the first inning.
"We've been doing a great job with the little things," Teheran said after bolstering his All-Star credentials. "That is something that is getting good for the team. I think we need to keep doing that and we'll be fine."
The Braves have won a season-high seven straight games and nine of the 10 games they've played since splitting a four-game series with the second-place Nationals. During this 10-game stretch, they turned a two-game deficit into a half-game lead in the National League East.
Johnson did not bite when it was suggested that the team hit rock bottom when it was swept by the Phillies on July 18. But the veteran third baseman said the 11-3 record that has followed is a sign that this is a club that refuses to quit.
"Maybe not rock bottom, but we were definitely upset," Johnson said. "It was definitely a quiet bus ride when we left here, and it was a bitter taste in our mouth and we're a team that doesn't really enjoy getting beat like that and getting swept, especially at home in front of our home crowd, but our crowd's been great this homestand, and we've turned it around, and we're playing good baseball."
Teheran experienced little trouble as he surrendered just four hits and one run during his determined 110-pitch effort. He lowered his ERA to 2.29, good for third in the NL. While he seems destined to earn his first All-Star selection, he likely will not pitch in the game because he's on schedule to start the final game before the break, which would make him ineligible to pitch in the game.
"He knows what he's doing," Mets manager Terry Collins said of Tejeran. "That's why he's been so successful. He pitches to both parts of the plate and keeps you off balance. He's tough to hit and you can't let him get a lead. We didn't have much of an opportunity."
Teheran was perfect through the first three innings and then incurred some damage both to his pitching line and body during the fourth inning.
Eric Young Jr. singled to begin the fourth and then advanced to third with a stolen base and a wild pitch. After Curtis Granderson scored Young with a sacrifice fly, Eric Campbell followed with a one-hop comebacker that struck Teheran's leg. After being briefly examined on the mound, the tough hurler remained in the game and fought off some of the stiffness that developed as the night progressed.
"At first, it was burning, but I wanted to stay in the game so bad," Teheran said . "I wanted to keep pitching and battle. I just tried to keep the same focus in the game and not think about the ball that hit me."
Teheran surrendered two of his four hits to begin the sixth inning. But the potential damage was minimized when he caught Young leaning too far off first base. This was the second pickoff off the season for the Braves hurler, who gained a lot of respect from opponents while notching a Major League-high eight pickoffs last year.
"I thought it was going to be one of those nights when we had to get him out of there early, but he battled, gave us seven strong innings," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "The last two innings, it was gut check."
The Braves did not seem bothered by the fact this was their first look at Mets starter Jacob deGrom. They loaded the bases with none out in the first inning and then saw Johnson take advantage of the opportunity when he snuck a two-run double past Campbell at third base.
Johnson's game-winner served as the only hit the Braves recorded in 10 at-bats with runners in scoring position. But while scoring each of their final eight runs of this series with two outs, the Braves provided further indication that they are proving to be a little more resilient than they were just two weeks ago.
"Just because it's two outs doesn't mean that we can't get some runs on the board, and there's really no quit in this team, so I'm not really surprised by that," Johnson said.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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HOUSTON - The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued its Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday.
The storm caused $50 billion in U.S. damages, making it the second most costly cyclone on record, officials said. Hurricane Katrina is the only hurricane to cause more damage monetarily.
Sandy is directly responsible for 147 deaths, 72 of which occurred in the U.S., according to the report. Direct fatalities are those resulting from storm-related phenomena, including storm surge, inland flooding, wind and falling trees. Storm surge caused the vast majority (41) of the U.S. fatalities.
The report states that there were 87 indirect fatalities from the storm, too. Most of those were due to power outages, which led to hypothermia, people falling in the dark and carbon monoxide poisoning from improper use of generators or cooking devices.
Overall, 650,000 houses in the U.S. were damaged or destroyed in the storm, according to the report. As with the human toll, the vast majority of the damage to homes was from storm surge.
Sandy was an unusual storm in several ways. Most notably, it was gigantic in its areal expanse and it hit the most populated part of the nation. That's a bad combination.
Sandy transitioned from a tropical cyclone to a post-tropical storm before it hit the northeast coast, which resulted in a dangerous discontinuity in issuing warnings for the storm. The National Hurricane Center issued warnings while Sandy was tropical and the National Weather Service took over issuing warnings and advisories when it turned post-tropical. This led to confusion and sub-optimal communication between emergency management and the public and, possibly, led to an increase in casualties, according to the report.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which oversees both the NHC and the National Weather Service, is in the process of improving its protocol for similar situations in the future. There are two proposals in the works.
First, the National Weather Service is looking to change its warning system, allowing the NHC to continue issuing advisories and warnings if, after a storm turns post-tropical, it poses a significant threat to the U.S. coast.
Second, NOAA is targeting 2015 to implement explicit storm surge watches and warnings for coastal areas in the path of tropical cyclones. The vast majority of fatalities and structural damage from Sandy came from storm surge. The same statistic has held true for most of the storms to batter the Texas coast over the years and decades. Storm surge turns out to be, by far, the biggest threat to life and property. So, to be able to warn the public very clearly of the specific threat that surge will have on their homes and communities will significantly improve public awareness and hopefully save many more lives.
While Sandy was a devastating storm that hit the heart of the east coast, there are some positive things to come from it. We, as a nation, have learned valuable lessons from Sandy and, as a result, we will meet future hurricanes that threaten our shores with more caution and better preparedness. Ultimately, we hope more lives will be saved because of our lessons from Sandy.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The countdown starts today; t-minus six days and counting until the Saint Leo University men's basketball team hosts their first-ever postseason game.
Surely to be an unforgettable night and a momentous occasion for the Lions, the only thing determined for sure is that Saint Leo will play host in the quarterfinal round of the Sunshine State Conference Tournament. Everything else including pairings, records and, most importantly, the opponent, is still left to be determined as eight of the SSC's nine schools have one more conference game left to play.
Currently tied with Rollins for third place in conference, the Lions travel to Barry on Saturday in a game whose result could jolt them into a second-place tie with Eckerd College, who they defeated 58-49 last night. If the Lions were to slip up in Miami Shores, they could drop to fourth in the standings depending on a Rollins win against Nova Southeastern in Ft. Lauderdale on Saturday.
Despite everything, Florida Tech is assured of at least a share of the regular season title even if they lose to last-place Tampa. Aside from that fact, and that Tampa's 2-13 conference record means they will miss the SSC playoff for the second time in three years; all other matchups will rely on Saturday's outcomes.
The ability to host a first-round game seemed like fantasy as the calendar flipped to February. At that time the Lions were holding a 9-10 overall record and a 3-6 mark in the SSC, coming out of a February 1 loss to Lynn University in Boca Raton. It was a stretch where the Lions dropped four of five games, many where they had a chance to get the win in the final minutes of regulation or overtime.
Saint Leo knocked off six straight conference opponents to vault into the top-half of the standings. No fluke as to the quality of their play, four of the Lions' six wins came against schools that were in the top-half of the SSC, and all having 14 or more victories.
It may be too early to label the Lions as a Cinderella Story, but a team that was picked to finish last in conference now fights to jump into second place at season's end. Guaranteed a winning season for the first time in 14 years, first year Head Coach Lance Randall takes a completely rebuilt team (starting lineup features four transfers) into territory the program has never seen. Holding a 15-10 record, and a 9-6 SSC mark, the Lions are a far cry from the 12-16 team Randall inherited last April. That team, and its 2-14 conference record, saw just three players make the transition over to this year's team as Randall chose a clean slate approach to his 2011-12 squad.
Earning a reputation for strong defense, Randall has put the Lions into the top-5 in the nation in scoring defense as Saint Leo is only surrendering an average of 58.4 points per game. Post players Shaun Adams, Tom Neary and Spenser Mitchell keep the paint secure, while reigning SSC Player of the Week Marcus Ruh, Trent Thomas and Dominick Robinson are leading the Saint Leo scoring attack.
Ranked seventh in the NCAA South Region poll released on February 22, the Lions are also fighting for a first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. A win on Saturday to close out the regular season, compounded with a deep run into the SSC Tournament, will help the Lions stake their case for a ticket to the Big Dance.
With all the scenarios, firsts and postseason possibilities that accompany a positive but unsure future, the Lions know that the developing picture will become crystal clear on Saturday.


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AS PART of next week's national Carer's Week a Worcestershire health body is encouraging people in the county to pledge to support those caring for family members.
NHS South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group has thrown its support behind the Carers Week Quest – an initiative aiming to improve links between communities and reach out to those who may be missing out on support.
The CCG's chief clinical lead Dr Carl Ellson said it was important to recognise the invaluable work carried out by the UK's 6.5 million carers.
"An event like Carers Week provides us with an opportunity to celebrate the dedication and devotion carers provide on a daily basis," he said.
"The Carers Week Quest is an excellent way of showing your support and to help raise awareness of the great work that carers are doing across south Worcestershire.
"As the age of the population increases, many people are taking on the role of carer to family, friends or neighbours.
"They do a vital job and without them our health and social care systems could not function."
Carers Action Worcester – an umbrella group of organisations supporting carers in the county – will be on hand at a range of locations including The Guildhall, community hospitals in Pershore, Malvern and Evesham and Morrisons in Covercroft Road, Droitwich throughout the week offering help and advice.
For a full list of locations visit www.carersworcs.org.uk/images/cnsummer2014.pdf.
For more information on carers week visit www.carersweek.org.


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What's a Hai-Q? Just our clever moniker for a queer-based quickie review (the "q" is for queer, get it?). In order to catch up on the large number of CDs coming in, we put our intern to the test of coming up with some poetry to describe the music. We'll focus on the smaller releases so you won't miss out on the bigger names, but we wanted to give these guys a shot, too. In Hai-Q Music Review, we'll first take a poetic approach to the album and then round it out with "Additional notes."
We're testing out this quick version of a CD review with the newest from OTEP. The queer-fronted metal band just performed in Dallas, but also recently released their latest album Atavist.
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When we heard the Downtown Cookie Co.'s cookie of the month for November was a Stuffing Cookie, we were skeptical. Can you blame us? Stuffing belongs at the dinner table, not on the dessert menu. Or so we thought.
It turns out that adding stuffing to your cookies can result in a subtle and welcome savory note. Downtown Cookie Co. tested a variety of stuffings before ending on Pepperidge Farm for their recipe. We think it has less to do with the brand and more to do with choosing a stuffing that's loaded with herbs. The end result reminded us of an oatmeal cookie, with a hint of herbs and loaded with cranberries.
You can order a bag from Downtown Cookie Co.'s website or, if you are feeling ambitious, make a batch at home. They were kind enough to share the recipe:
Downtown Cookie Co. Stuffing Cookies
Yields 15 cookies
1 cup butter (two sticks)
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 1/2 cups boxed stuffing with herbs (Recommended: Pepperidge Farms Herb Seasoned Stuffing)
1 cup dried cranberries (in small pieces)
Mix flour, stuffing, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside. Cream the butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat well. Add dry ingredients until combined. Mix in cranberries. Drop two ounce cookies onto ungreased baking sheet and bake in 350 degree oven for approximately ten minutes. Remove from oven, let cool, and enjoy!
Baking time may vary depending on oven. For smaller cookies decrease baking time.
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Wikipedian Security Agency
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
"In Jimbo We Trust, In Everyone Else We Huff!"
The Wikipedian Security Agency (W.S.A.) is one of the most powerful secret agencies of Wikipedia. Created by Jimbo Wales in 2001, it was responsible for Larry Sanger's vanishing (he's now a leader of the IPs), the 9/11 dust up (according to the Saudi Arabian government), and other whodoneits. WSA is composed of a group of vandals who vandalize Wikipedia on a daily basis, and who do so for so many reasons that you couldn't understand.
edit History
Created along with Wikipedia, WSA was used as instrument of misinformation for Jimbo's personal propaganda. With the creation of Wikipedia as a cyberspace encyclopedia in 2001 WSA was organized as its internal secret police "to protect, serve, and vandalize THE TRUTH CITATION NEEDED!". Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, WSA grew and by now counts around five secret agents in its task force. WSA is watchin' you! Or at least calls you on the phone sometimes and hangs up.
edit Organization
The Wikipedian puppet anti-vandalism organization, the Counter-Vandalism Unit (C.V.U.), is a simple fake to calm down the few real vandals who come to the site. The WSA is mostly known and manned by Wikipedian admins, stewarts, checkusers and WMF staff, all of whom are former vandals.
Ask yourself, "Self, how is possible to control 6,000,000 jews, ah, I mean, articles, files, talks, namespaces etc." Ask yourself, "Self, why do thousands of IPs seems to be more expert in Wikipedian poplicies than their admins? Why do they waste their time controlling hundreds of articles and tagging dozens of vandals, also without a login? Masochism? Fisting? BDSM? forced virginity? And, by the way, Self, why do the vandals have a conference once a year, during which the mysterious IPs stops their activity for at least a week? Self, are you listening?"
WSA is composed by anon (or anal?) IPs, humble noobs with few contributions, and no one who knows where the bodies are buried (behind the user sheds, about fifty feet over to user-right).
Before people vandalize Wikipedia, they must sign up with the agency and get their marching orders. A few people at a time vandalize the sports articles, others focus on Michael Jackson or Cultural Revolution. They then change IP addresses and move on to the next article on the master list. Chaos has never broken out in real life, as the vandalism is strictly controlled by logarithms designed by Larry Sanger, the real coding and creative genius of Wikipedia.
edit Crimes
edit Methods
WSA has a long list of crimes since 2001. Having at least no secret agents everywhere worldwide, the agency uses Google Maps and Google Street View to inform local agents where the vandal should strike next. "IPtrace" is prehistory!
It has been calculated that more than 1,200 vandals who've vandalized Wikimedia projects in all languages have undisappeared since 2003, and are writing on uncyclopedia. An example? Are you so silly to think that the sockmaster#1, Willy on Wheels, the King of the Hobos and daytripper supreme, after years of piracy against Wikipedia decided suddenly to write on uncyclopedia as well as to ALSO write an excuse message to Wikipedia? He's now an admin on uncyclopedia, the real wikipedia! This is an article about a secret agency, not about science fiction, or geese.
edit Eyenet Kommando
On the other hand, dozens of political opponents of Wikipedia, scattered on various websites, sort of disappeared with the help of a special WSA bureau named Sanger 1.
This special èlite force has a specific task: to monitor and suppress conspiracies against Wikipedia around the web. Remember: admins block, WSA deletes and section blanks!
edit References
WSA doesn't need no stinkin' refs.
edit See also
- C.V.U. - The fake organization
- National Security Agency
- Schutz Staffel
- Gestapo
- Fake link to confuse you
- Another fake link to confuse you
edit External links
- None! Understood? WSA doesn't exist!


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Homemade Fortune Cookies Recipe
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Our home is often filled with family and friends, so I'm always cooking up something. I created this recipe when I was looking for a treat to surprise my husband. —Susan Bettinger, Battle Creek, Michigan
Featured In: Restaurant Recipes You Can Make at Home
VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 large egg white
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- Preheat oven to 400°. Write fortunes on small strips of paper (3-1/2x1/4-in.); set aside. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using a pencil, draw two 3-1/2-in. circles on a sheet of parchment paper. Place paper, pencil mark down, on a baking sheet; set aside.
- In a small bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg white and vanilla. Add flour; mix well. Spread 1 tablespoon batter over each circle. Bake 4-5 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Slide parchment paper onto a work surface. Cover one cookie with a kitchen towel. Place a fortune in the center of the other cookie; loosen cookie from parchment paper with a thin spatula. Fold cookie in half over fortune strip so the edges meet; hold edges together for 3 seconds.
- Place center of cookie over the rim of a glass; gently press ends down to bend cookie in middle. Cool 1 minute before removing to a wire rack. Repeat with second cookie. If cookies become too cool to fold, return to oven to soften for 1 minute. Repeat with remaining batter and fortunes. Yield: 10 cookies.
Originally published as Fortune Cookies in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2004, p181
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Reviewed Feb. 20, 2016
"The dough was messy and sticky, i couldnt do anything with it, it turn out like a mini pancake snapped in half with a peice of paper in the middle"
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2015
"That was fun. Practice makes perfect!"
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2014
"Tasty and a lite bit out fun"
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2014
"I've tried other recipes for fortune cookies before, this is by far the best, tastiest, and easiest, thank you!!!"
Reviewed Sep. 28, 2012
"They where very good it is hard to get them folded in to the shape with them being so hot out of oven and if you wait they are too hard. The taste was great and I would try to make them again."
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2011
"I served it for a special event and my guests were in love with it."


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Seed7 is a general purpose programming language. It is a higher level language compared to Ada, C++, and Java. In Seed7, new statements and operators can be declared easily. Functions with type results and type parameters are more elegant than a template or generics concept. Object orientation is used when it brings advantages and not in places when other solutions are more obvious. Although Seed7 contains several concepts of other programming languages, it is generally not considered as a direct descendant of any other programming language.
Dar is a shell command that makes backup of a directory tree and files. Its features include splitting archives over several files, DVD, CD, ZIP, or floppies, compression, full or differential backups, strong encryption, proper saving and restoration of hard links, extended attributes, file forks, Door inodes, and sparse files, remote backup using pipes and external commands (such as ssh), and rearrangement of the "slices" of an existing archive. It can run commands between slices, before and after saving some defined files or directories (for a proper database backup, for example), and quickly retrieve individual files from differential and full backups. Several external GUIs exist as alternatives to its CLI interface, like kdar, DarGUI, SaraB, etc.
MyNotex is software for taking notes, filing documents, and managing activities. Notes are gathered under different subjects and consist of a title, a date, a tag (keywords) list, and a free-length text. It is possible to change the font, style, color and background color, and to embed pictures. The software can manage paragraph alignment, bullets, and numbered and alphabetic lists with automatic indentation. Each note may have any number of attachments of any type, and there is also a spreadsheet-like grid for managing a list of activities, which is quite similar to those used in project management software. A single MyNotex file contains various notes filed in different subjects.
The Objeck computer language is an object-oriented computing language with functional features that has ties with Java, C#, and Pascal. In this language, all data types are treated as objects. The language consists of a compiler and VM with an accompanying memory management and JIT compiler.
RufasGate is a combination of the Portal and Sokoban games. Using stargate terminology, there are Zero Point Modules (ZPMs) that power the portal guns, which in turn create the two ends of a temporary and short range wormhole, a shortcut through space-time, that allows obstacles to be bypassed. In order to empower the portal guns, all cylindrical ZPMs must be bumped onto their base receptacles. There are currently only four levels, and no way to save a game. RufasGate is also a testbed for learning/illustrating various modern OpenGL techniques including cubemaps, water reflections, sound, and glsl shader capabilities. For anyone planning to use SDL2, it illustrates key-mapping, to get improved keyboard responsiveness from SDL. It supports laptops and high DPI Mac Retina displays.
aicwl is an Ada library that is intended for designing high-quality industrial control widgets for Ada applications. The widgets are composed of transparent layers drawn by cairo. The widgets are fully scalable graphics. A time controlled refresh policy is supported for real-time and heavy-duty applications. The library supports caching graphical operations and stream I/O for serialization and deserialization. Ready-to-use gauge and meter widgets are provided as samples as well as an editor widget for WYSIWYG design of complex dashboards. The software is based on GtkAda and cairoada, the Ada bindings to GTK+ and cairo.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – After his outstanding play during the 2011-12 season, Saint Leo junior Nick Brothers has been selected to compete in the NCAA South/Southeast Regional to be held at Rock Barn Golf & Spa in Conover, North Carolina and will hosted by the Lenoir-Rhyne University from May 7-9, 2012.
Leading the Lions this season, Brothers was selected as an individual after posting nearly an even-par scoring average (72.7) across 25 rounds played. During this season he managed a share of the top spot at the Indian Bayou Classic in the fall and posted a low-round of 68 at the Warner Invitational earlier this spring. Totaling his accomplishments, the Crystal River, Fla. native registered five top-5 finishes and six top-10 results in nine events held this year.
The lone Saint Leo representative joins 80 teams and 32 individuals that have been selected to participate in the regional competition of the Division II Men's Golf Championships.
The top five teams and the top two student-athletes not with a team from each regional (regardless of region) will advance to the finals May 15-19, at The Cardinal Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky as part of the 2012 Division II Spring Championships Festival. The Festival will be hosted by Bellarmine University and the Louisville Sports Commission.
South Region:
1. Nova Southeastern [Sunshine State Conference]
2. Barry
3. Lynn
4. North Alabama [Gulf South Conference]
5. West Florida
6. Florida Southern
7. Rollins
8. Florida Tech
9. Eckerd
10. Valdosta State
1. Nick Brothers, Saint Leo
2. Bryn Powers, West Georgia
3. Grant Goforth, Delta State
4. Luke Brown, Delta State
Southeast Region:
1. UNC Pembroke [Peach Belt Conference]
2. South Carolina Aiken
3. Georgia College
4. Wingate [South Atlantic Conference]
5. Georgia Southwestern State
6. Armstrong
7. Carson-Newman
8. Barton
9. Columbus State
10. Coker [Conference Carolinas]
1. Adam Hedges, Belmont Abbey
2. Eric Kennedy, Lincoln Memorial
3. Matthew Campbell, Newberry
4. Greg Mergel, Flagler


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With the eurozone facing the threat of a prolonged period of "low-flation", the European Central Bank has been urged to stretch its monetary policy toolkit further and deploy more unconventional measures. One widely flagged option would be to cut the interest rate that banks receive for parking their money with the central bank to below its current zero level. Frankfurt would then replicate an experiment first tried by Denmark's central bank, which in 2012 cut its deposit rate to -0.20 per cent.
As of Thursday, however, Denmark is no longer a valid comparison. The Danish National Bank has announced that, with effect from Friday, it will raise its deposit rate by 15 basis points to 0.05 per cent (it had already increased it to -0.10 per cent in January). Meanwhile, the central bankers in Copenhagen left the lending and the discount rate unchanged at 0.2 and 0 per cent respectively. Read more


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Siberian Intervention
abt 1918 — Siberia
Meyer told my father, his son-in-law, that "after the War ended [November, 1918], he was sent on a secret mission to Siberia because he spoke Russian." The United States under President Wilson secretly supported the White Russians against the overthrow of their government by the Reds (Communists). We wanted the Russians to stop fighting against each other and to fight on the eastern front against the Germans. The U.S. mission ended about April, 1920, and was unsuccessful and resulted in casualties. My grandfather was apparently injured and discharged in 1919.


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Rangers' journey begins … players report to camp (updated with Vigneault remarks)
Just a few things while I try to get the issue with the Alain Vigneault audio resolved (fingers crossed). First and foremost, Derek Stepan, as expected, did not report. He's still an unsigned restricted free agent. And just to clear up some details, that $2.18M the Rangers have under the… Read More →


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text: Matt Carlino started last week sitting on the bench for most of the first half when BYU played at Pepperdine on Thursday. Monday, the sophomore guard was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week. That's quite a turnaround. Of course, Carlino hit several free throws and big shots including a three-pointer with 14 seconds remaining to lift the Cougars to a 63-61 win over the Waves on Thursday. Then he played spectacularly on Saturday, for the entire game, as BYU downed Santa Clara 96-79 at the Marriott Center. He had a season-high 28 points on 10-for-17 shooting, and added six assists. For the week, Carlino averaged 20 points, five assists, 2.5 steals and shot 46.4 percent from the field, 44.4 percent from three-point range and was perfect from the free-throw line."Matt is actually showing progress with the experience. That is really important," BYU coach Dave Rose said after Saturday's game. "I mean, it is a really a tough assignment to come in and be the starting point guard as a freshman in a program that has pretty high expectations. And he has been pretty successful. I think that he has handled it really well. He has handled the ups, he has handled the times when he hasn't played as effectively as he wanted to. But right now he is in a nice little spot. And I think our guys have learned to actually play with him, and appreciate what he does. And he threw some passes tonight that were right on the money, [led] straight to a basket. Besides the shots he made, I thought his floor game was terrific." It's the fourth WCC PoW award for a BYU player this season. Tyler Haws has won it twice and Brandon Davies once. Here's Davies on Carlino's play Saturday vs. Santa Clara: "It definitely opens things up. Everbody was contributing today. You know, Matt caught fire and when guys are hitting shots, we are good at feeding their fire, and helping them keep things going. We are all unselfish guys. That's why we play so well together. We are willing to give up shots for someone who is feeling it. And Matt did a good job of that tonight."Carlino said the shootout was his kind of game, the kind of game in which he flourishes. "Yeah, for sure," he said. " think our whole team is like that, when we are running it up and down like that. I think that helps all of us. I mean, [when you ask], what is the difference between the first half and the second half, like you guys are asking. There isn't really much difference [between halves], except that we are really well-conditioned, and we just keep doing our stuff. I think that that can wear on a team after a while."Up next for the Cougars is another difficult road test, at San Diego on Thursday. The Toreros had No. 6 Gonzaga on the ropes Saturday, but some late-game heroics by David Stockton and a few misfires on offense by the homestanding Toreros helped the Zags avoid the upset. You can read more about San Diego, and what the Cougars will see on Thursday, in this online-only piece in today's Tribune. Both teams are playing with a lot of confidence right now, and coach Dave Rose pointed out Saturday in his postgame comments that it will be critical for BYU to establish its preferred pace. "Well, I think that it is a comfort level for our guys," Rose said. "And when we play that way, I think the confidence spreads throughout the entire team, instead of to one or two or three guys. So I thought tonight that a lot of that was led by Matt [Carlino]. Matt not only got steals for points in transition, but he made a great pass to Ty [Haws] to start the game, and probably would have had a couple of more assists if we would have finished, because he made the play that should have led to a basket. I think that it is confidence issue with our guys, when we can play fast." I mentioned last week after watching the Cougars practice on Tuesday that they were doing a lot of conditioning work, running ladders and the like. It appeared that Santa Clara wore down a bit in the second half Saturday, while the Cougars continued to run and push the pace. "I think at this time of year, games are getting slower and slower," Rose said. "I mean, you look at the scores, and it is possession by possession.There are a few teams who really race that thing up and down the floor, but I think it has to do with the time of the year. I mean, our travel has been pretty tough for the last three weeks or so. We played one at home and one on the road, and there are other teams that have been staying at home for two games, and then they go out for two games. We will probably experience a little bit more of that next year. But we will see how that works. I think everybody is dealing with it. Everybody is going back and forth. They played a great game on [Thursday] night and then had to come out here and play us. You just look at the things you can control now, and the schedule, you are not controlling that. You just kinda deal with it."


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• diatribe •
Pronunciation: dai-ê-traib • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A tirade, a long, abusive denunciation of someone or something, a protracted harangue.
Notes: Today's Good Word is a lexical orphan for no apparent reason. It comes even without an adjective according to the dictionaries, not even diatribal, which is used about 4500 times on the Web. We could use this word in expressions like diatribal soapbox, diatribal revenge, or diatribal rampage. If you want to use diatribal, you get the adverb diatribally free.
In Play: Diatribes are usually angry, like the one reported here: "When I offered Adam Bahm a hamburger, he exploded in a diatribe, the likes of which I'd never heard, against the practices of meat producers." A diatribe, like a tirade, is long and furious: "Donny Brooke sat across from me, his lips white and teeth set, as though holding back a diatribe against all that was being said at the table."
Word History: Today's word English was acquired via French from Latin diatriba "learned discourse", from Greek diatribe "wearing away time, study, discourse". This word came from diatribein "to wear away, waste time", composed of dia "through, thorough" + tribein "to rub"—and diatribes rub all of us the wrong way. The root of tribein comes from an ancient root ter- or simply tr-. In Russian we see the original root in teret' "to rub". It turns up in Latin terere "to rub (away), thresh". The same root came down through its Germanic ancestors to English as thresh and thread, which we used to make by rubbing two fingers together.


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Cards' bats don't perk up until late in loss to Fish
Gonzales works out of jams, but 'pen falters; Wong HR opens scoring
ST. LOUIS -- Early on, the hits were few and far between for the Cardinals, and dodging the Marlins' threats could only be sustained for so long.
The latter eventually gave way Sunday as the Marlins broke through for a surplus of runs that were far too many for a slumping Cards offense to match, even when the ball began to find holes later on. The Cardinals scored all their runs in the final three innings, but it was too little in an 8-4 loss in front of 42,160 at Busch Stadium, giving Miami two of three games in the series.
"The balls weren't finding holes like their balls were," said Matt Adams, who was a bright spot in the Cards' lineup with a career-high four hits. "They just hit some balls harder right in the holes."
Marco Gonzales, making his first start in St. Louis and just the third of his career after being summoned from Double-A due to injuries, lasted 4 2/3 innings, allowing one run despite running into trouble in all but one inning.
The left-hander allowed four first-inning singles, but limited the damage to one run with the help of a double play. Gonzales loaded the bases in the third, but a grounder ended that threat, and two strikeouts and a flyout erased two baserunners to open the fourth.
Gonzales' day would come to an end with two outs in the fifth after he loaded the bases yet again. Reliever Seth Maness erased the threat with a grounder to short on the third and final pitch he threw.
Gonzales allowed seven hits -- all singles -- and walked five batters, but only the leadoff single he surrendered came around to score.
"I just got some clutch ground balls, some fly balls," Gonzales said. "That's when pitching to contact really helps, so I was fortunate to get out of some big innings."
"Marco did a good job of managing and keeping us in the game," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny added.
After stranding 10 runners through the first five innings, leaving the bases loaded twice, the Marlins broke through in the sixth.
Miami put the first two on with singles off Nick Greenwood, and after getting two flyouts, the Cardinals intentionally walked third baseman Casey McGehee to load the bases. The third time with the bases loaded was a charm for Miami, as Marcell Ozuna drove in two with a single and Jeff Baker followed with an RBI single of his own. The Marlins' first four runs came on two-out grounders.
"When guys needed to make pitches, they made pitches," Matheny said. "[They] just had a few get through."
The Marlins added on with four runs in the eighth off Jason Motte, three coming via a home run from catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Kolten Wong, fresh off the disabled list, ended the shutout in the seventh when he sent a pitch 416 feet into the right-field bullpen, but that was all the Cardinals could muster off Marlins starter Henderson Alvarez.
"He was just keeping the ball down," Adams said. "He got a lot of ground balls and he nibbled the zone and made pitches whenever he had to."
Alvarez allowed five hits -- three to Adams and another to Maness after the reliever's three-pitch outing -- in his seven innings. Alvarez, with three hits, outhit every Cardinals hitter except Adams.
The Cards managed five hits and three runs in the final two innings, but that was too little, too late.
"You can't say we had a lot of chances," Matheny said. "We had a couple."
While the Marlins collected 16 hits and put another seven on via walk, the Cardinals found their offense searching to catch up.
"I still just think our offense as a whole, there's a lot more there," Matheny said. "Those are the conversations they're having inside that room, too. We've just got to keep fighting until we find it."
Alex Halsted is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hello, I'm having a strange problem using an SQL SELECT statement that I've not experienced in all the times I've had to perform one before. Mabye I'm missing something because I haven't done it in a few weeks so hopefully you will see what the problem is.
Essentially I just want to do a simple SELECT WHERE post_type is equal to 'page' to create a list of URL links.
function listPages() {
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM posts WHERE page_type='page'");
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
echo "
";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$pageID = $row['id'];
$pageTitle = $row['title'];
echo "
$pageTitle
";
echo "
";
The problem is it isn't returning a post. But the PHP itself I think is sound because if I replace "page_type" with "post_author" which requests a number, it returns rows just fine.
So I thought maybe it just wasn't able to deal with how I've stored "page_type" (Varchar) but if I do "Post_id" which is itself a number, it won't return anything. So it is boggling my mind, this kind of setup worked fine in the past but it won't find a number like "post_id"?
I can only assume I'm missing something obvious because I've used this type of code fine before and it will return rows based on some items and not others, its just the first time I've had this problem and nothing obvious I can think of is working so I'm wondering if something is wrong with how I've set up the DB.
This is the "posts" DB structure.
And this is the overview. Its just a testing DB so it's not properly populated. In this specific case I'm trying to get post 80 to show up as it is the only "page"
As an aside, I have tried selecting specific columns rather than * but it doesn't make a difference.
$pageID = $row['id'];
$pageTitle = $row['title'];
Your fields appear to be called post_id and post_title rather than the id and title referred to in the code.
well spotted, philip
the confusion can be blamed on the ill-advised convention of including the table name as a prefix in the column name
notice that it was not applied consistently to all the columns in the table
and that's even more confusing, wouldn't you say?
Wasn't that, that was a mistake when I was copying the code over.
Did find the problem however, it was because I had
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
echo "
";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
I removed the first $row= and it started working. Not sure what the reason is behind that mind you but it is working now. I can only assume it worked when calling on posts by author because there were more than one post while calling it by post id or page type, there was only one of each.
@r937, what is the convention? I admit it gets confusing but seemed the most logical way to remember.
I do something similar to avoid reserved names. Why's it bad?
it's just noise -- extra letters, longer names, more forest, trees harder to see
I removed the first $row= and it started working. Not sure what the reason is behind that mind you but it is working now. I can only assume it worked when calling on posts by author because there were more than one post while calling it by post id or page type, there was only one of each.
It was only functioning because there was more than row in the result set. However, what you had before always excluded the first row in the result set from being displayed. being there was a single result nothing was shown because the result cursor was moved to the 2nd row before the while the loop. Any place else that same code is being used is skipping the first row.
That makes a lot of sense. But since the line is logical in the context I didn't notice there was two. Such a silly mistake.


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U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame information
PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2013, and two men with Penn ties have been elected. Cliff Bayer W'03 WG'03was elected as one of three in the Modern Era (1976-present), while Maestro Leonardo Terrone was the only member elected from the Standard Era (early American fencing-1935).
(With Terrone's election into the U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame, all three of Penn's former coaches are now members. David Micahnik was inducted in 2008, while Maestro Lajos Csiszar was inducted several years ago.)
The U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame Class of 2013 will also include Larry Anastasi and Hans Halberstadt from the Era of Inequality (1936-75), while Buckie Leach and Iris Zimmermann will join Bayer as Modern Era electees. The entire group will be inducted on Saturday, June 29 during the Summer Nationals in Columbus, Ohio.
The U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame is located inside the Museum of American Fencing in Shreveport, La.
Cliff Bayer, W'03 WG'03
At age 23, New York City native Cliff Bayer was already considered among the best Americans ever in fencing, a sport in which success has long been restricted to European nations.
"My main motivation has been (disproving) the belief that fencing is a European-dominated sport, that an American can't compete," he said. In May 1999, Bayer became the first American to earn a medal at a senior men's World Cup event, taking bronze in Espinho, Portugal. Three months later, in St. Petersburg, Russia, he became the first American to win a World Cup title. At that competition, he routed three-time world champion Sergei Golubitsky of Ukraine 15-6 in the quarterfinals before defeating 1995 world champion Dmitry Chevtchenko of Russia 10-5 in the final. Bayer recalls that the Russian crowd was so shocked by the result that, "I looked into the crowd and saw 500 dropped jaws." Bayer had won another World Cup title earlier that year in Bonn, Germany, where the defending 1996 Olympic champion Alessandro Puccini of Italy was among his victims.
Bayer also earned a bronze medal at the 1997 Junior World Championships in Tenerife, Spain, and a gold medal at the 1997 Junior World Cup Tournament in Aix-en-Provence, France. Bayer was ranked the United States No. 1 men's foil fencer for five straight years (1995-2000).
Bayer competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. Entering the 2000 Summer Olympics, Bayer was ranked No. 8 in the world in foil. Bayer won his second-round match over Sobczak of Poland (15-9), but lost in the third round to Korea's Young-Ho Kim (14-15), the eventual gold medalist, and placed 10th.
Bayer won the U.S. national championship in 1995 while still a senior at Riverdale Country School in the Bronx, becoming the youngest men's foil national champion ever, at the age of 17 -- an honor that he held until 2007. He won the U.S. national championship again in 1997, 1998, and 2000.
In 1997, Bayer was the NCAA foil champion while at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was enrolled in the Wharton School of Business. He also earned an MBA from Wharton. In 1996 Bayer was named U.S. Fencer of the Year, and in 1999 he was honored as the United States Olympic Committee's Male Athlete of the Month for May.
Cliff is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Fencing Hall of Fame and the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Leonardo Terrone
Leonardo Terrone was the fencing coach at the University of Pennsylvania for 39 years, from 1903-42, and was the founder of the Keystone FC and the Philadelphia Fencers Club. His success in the U.S. Nationals for both men andwomen show the command with which he worked in all weapons while he was also coaching full time at Penn.
Maestro Terrone was the coach who made Philadelphia a fencing center. In 1915, in the AFLA's fourth-ever National Women's Foil Championships, thePhiladelphia women swept the medals with Miss Jessie Pyle taking the gold, Miss Edith Evans the silver, and Miss Dorothea Samuels (only 16 years old) the bronze. At the 1916 U.S. Women's Foil Championships, Miss Samuels took the silver medal.
Besides winning the Intercollegiate Fencing Association titles in foil in1913 and 1915, Chauncey Ryder McPherson and Harold Van Buskirk (both from Penn with Terrone) became U.S. fencing Olympians. McPherson was 1921 U.S.national champion in both men's epee and men's saber in 1921, while Van Buskirk was 1927 U.S. national champion in men's epee andcaptured five other U.S. national medals.Van Buskirk went on to become President of the AFLA/USFA and was inductedinto the Hall of Fame. Joseph Brooks Bloodgood Parker is another success story from Philadelphia as he made two U.S. Olympic Teams (1920, 1924) and wasinducted into the Hall of Fame. Bradford Fraley, 1920 Olympian, is another star U.S. fencer trained by Terrone at the Philadelphia Fencers Club. Fraleywas a member of the US saber team that took fifth at the 1920 Games. Under Terrone, the Philadelphia Fencers Club defeatedall New York teams in 1920 for the U.S. National Men's Saber Team crown. The 1921 U.S. Men's Saber Championships were a huge statement for Maestro Terrone, with two of his students on the medal stand (McPherson first, Joseph B. B. Parker second). McPherson also took the epee crown. J. Grier Bartol, also trained by Terrone, joined McPherson and Leo Nunes for the 1922 U.S. Men's Saber team title.
In Women's U.S. National foil events, Emily Sailer -- a student of Maestro Terrone -- took the silver medal in the first event, in 1912, while Mrs. William H. Dewar and Mrs. Max Biernbaum took first and second in 1913.


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From my Comforts of Home Collection - Cocoa Crush is rich, chocolaty, smooth and delicious. Theres nothing better than a nice cup of hot cocoa to warm up your body and soul. ABOUT THE CANDLES... Every candle I make is hand crafted and hand poured with 100% natural palm wax, high grade liquid candle dyes and premium quality fragrance oil. While many candle makers mix their waxes and add artificial stabilizers, I do not. I only use 100% natural palm wax without artificial stabilizers. The beautiful crystallized appearance is a natural occurrence with palm wax. Every candle is poured at the optimum temperature to "lock in"the fragrance. What you smell on the top is what you get in the middle and is what you get at the bottom of your candle. ABOUT THE PALM WAX... Palm wax is a 100% natural and sustainable wax produced from palm oil, which comes from the fruit of the oil palm tree. More importantly, the palm wax used in every one of my candles is obtained from suppliers that are partnered with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to prevent deforestation. Palm Wax is cleaner burning than paraffin wax, with virtually no soot and it will burn up to 50% longer than paraffin wax. Additionally, it cleans up easily with soap and water.


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HOUSTON - Houston police said a woman was driving drunk when she caused an accident that critically injured her four children.
Police said Lourdes Lopez' decision to drive while intoxicated forever changed her family's life. As she approached the Katy Freeway feeder on Fry Road Sunday at 2 a.m., investigators said Lopez ran a red light in her Jeep. Detectives said a pickup truck then slammed into her SUV.
Inside the mangled metal, officers found Lopez, a man and three young children. Nearby on the ground, investigators said they found a fourth child who was thrown from the SUV.
Neighbors said the four children were Lopez' sons with her husband. The entire family, police said, was critically injured. Investigators said Lopez is facing an intoxication assault charge and more charges could be coming.
Residents in the tight-knit Harris County subdivision where the Lopez family lives found it hard to believe the charges their neighbor faces.
"It's pretty bad," said Edgar Maldonado. "I mean you, don't expect it to happen to someone close to you. They're a great family. They're really together and we spent time on like Fourth of July and Christmas time."
Maldonado replays all of the time he spent with the Lopez family, looking for any signs of problems.
"In a way it's hard for me to believe because I never see her drinking a beer or something like that," he said of Lourdes Lopez.
Neighbors try to focus on recovery.
"I just hope the boys pull through," said neighbor Regina Brazle. "Just praying that they do."
Police said the boys are 1, 7, 9, and 12 years old.
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text: Bob CROSBY was born on August 25, 1913 in Spokane, Washington, one of seven children born to Harry Lowe CROSBY, a book keeper at a Tacoma brewery, and his wife Kate HARRIGAN CROSBY. Bob was 10 years younger than his brother Harry, who as "Bing CROSBY," achieved fame as the most popular singer of the first half of the 20th century. After matriculating at Gonzaga University, Bob followed his older brother into the music business, and while he never achieved Bing's level of fame (few did), he made a good career for himself as the front man for one of the premier white jazz bands of the 1930s. The band-leader Anson Weeks offered Bob a singing job in 1931. Possessed of only a good but not spectacular voice, Bob had a way with audiences, which helped make him a success. In 1934, he was hired by the DORSEY Brothers, whom he continued to sing with until 1935, when he was given the chance to front a new band that had been resurrected from the ashes of Ben POLLACK's old orchestra. The members of Ben POLLACK's band had been left stranded in New York City when POLLACK quit. After breaking up, the band regrouped without POLLACK in New York in 1934 with the saxophonist Gil RODIN, POLLACK's former right hand man, as leader. They played for Red NICHOL's on the 'Kellogg College Prom' radio show, and subsequently recorded under the name of their singer Clark RANDALL. A year later, the band ditched RANDALL to try to make it on their own. When RODIN decided he didn't want to be the front man for the band, he offered Jack TEAGARDEN the job as leader. Contracted to Paul WHITEMAN, TEAGARDEN declined the offer, and agent Corky O'KEEFE suggested three alternatives: singer Johnnie DAVIS of Fred WARING and his Pennsylvanians, WHITEMAN trumpeter Harry "Goldie" GOLDFIELD, and Bob CROSBY. RODIN had met and liked CROSBY, and he was offered the position. The Bob CROSBY Orchestra was incorporated with RODIN, CROSBY and the ROCKWELL-O'KEEFE Booking Agency as owners. RODIN remained the guiding force behind the band. Ironically, Bob CROSBY was one of the least important members of his own orchestra, but he was aware of this and had no qualms about ceding most of the solo time to the band's talented sidemen. The Bob CROSBY Orchestra, and its combo side group, the Bob Cats, became one of the greatest jazz bands of all time. CROSBY turned out to be the perfect front man as proved popular with the audience. A friendly man, CROSBY respected and admired his musicians and never interfered with RODIN's running of the band. Although in the mid- to late-1930s, when swing was king, Dixieland was considered old-fashioned by many young hipsters who lionized Benny GOODMAN, CROSBYs band fuelled a revival of the New Orleans sound. The rhythm section was led by bassist Bob HAGGART and drummer Ray BAUDAC, the duo who wrote "South Rampart Street Parade" and "Big Noise from Winnetka," the latter which proved a huge hit. Other musicians in the band were Charlie SPIVAK and Billy BUTTERFIELD, and its singers included Kay WEBER and Doris DAY. The band's arranger was Dean KINCAIDE. Tommy DORSEY raided the CROSBY band in 1938, purloining KINCAIDE, SPIVAK, and pianist Yank LAWSON. As a consequence, the band began to de-emphasize Dixieland in favour of more commercial arrangements. With lead vocalist Dorothy CLAIRE, who was backed by Helen WARD and Johnny MERCER, the Bob CROSBY Orchestra became the featured band on the 'Camel Caravan' radio program in 1939. Within a year, the band had left the Dixieland sound behind, using Paul WESTON, Ray CONNIFF Henry MANCINI and Nelson RIDDLE as arrangers. The Bob-O-Links, which included future Glenn MILLER vocalist Johnny DESMOND, handled the vocals. CROSBY made his film debut in "Rhythm on the Roof" (1934) playing himself, and debuted as an actor in the Jack OAKIE musical-comedy "Collegiate" (1936). He had his first starring role in the musical "Rookies On Parade" (1941). By 1941, the band had returned to its Dixieland roots, and featured Liz TILTON as vocalist. With the coming of World War II, the draft carried off many of the band's key members, including RODIN and BAUDAC, and Crosby followed his older brother Bing into the movies in 1942. He signed a contract with Bing's studio Paramount, though he mostly was loaned out to Columbia and Universal, where he played the leads in "Kansas City Kitty" (1944), "The Singing Sheriff" (1944), "My Gal Loves Music" (1944), and "Meet Miss Bobby Socks" (1944). Eddie MILLER was left in charge of the band, but it did not survive the year. CROSBY himself was drafted, accepted a Marine Corps commission in 1944, and toured the Pacific Theater with bands. After being discharged from the Corps, CROSBY continued his movie career in the 1940s and `50s, though now, he just played himself, eschewing lead and character roles until his final picture. He formed a new orchestra, called The Bobcats, which emphasized ballads. CROSBY would occasionally sing, but mostly he was content with letting his sidemen play. CROSBY and The Bobcats were successful on radio and television. He was the orchestra leader for "The Jack BENNY Show" on radio, taking over from Phil HARRIS, and then on television. He had his own daytime TV show, "The Bob CROSBY Show," on CBS from 1953 to 1957. CROSBY wanted an evening slot, and in 1958, NBC put the show on in the evenings as a summer replacement for Perry COMO, but it did poorly in the ratings and was canceled. He made his last film in 1959, costarring in the Red NICHOLS musical-biography "The Five Pennies," in support of Danny KAYE. After his TV show was canceled and his movie career came to an end, Bob CROSBY focused on a solo career, although he occasionally reformed the Bobcats for concerts and recordings. In the early 1970s, he toured with a package orchestra and later played with local pick-up bands into the 1980s. Bob CROSBY died in La Jolla, California on March 9, 1993 from cancer. Though Bob pretended to find being the brother of superstar Bing CROSBY amusing, in 1958 it admitted it was a sore point. "It got so bad that whenever someone asked me what my occupation was, I used to answer automatically 'Bing CROSBY's brother." To jazz aficionados, he will always be more than "Bing CROSBY's brother," recognized as he is as the front man for one of the best jazz bands ever. He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6252 Hollywood Boulevard and for Radio at 6313 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.