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Pitching struggles continue in loss to Rox
Weeks comes within triple of hitting for cycle
MILWAUKEE -- Here's one instance in which all of the winter prognosticators might have been right. The season is only three games old, but the Brewers look like a team with a pitching problem.
The Crew fell to 0-for-3 in the quality-start department when Wily Peralta was knocked out in the sixth inning on Wednesday, and closer John Axford heard boos after surrendering two more home runs in a 7-3 loss to the Rockies at Miller Park.
The Rockies collected 41 hits, including eight home runs, to win the opening series, two games to one.
"We need to pitch better," manager Ron Roenicke said. "I know it's early, but we still need to pitch better."
Asked whether he worried about the Brewers' pitching, center fielder Carlos Gomez answered twice: "It's only three games. It's only three games."
Gomez went 0-for-4, but saved a run by leaping at the center-field fence to pull back a Carlos Gonzalez home run in the sixth. Second baseman Rickie Weeks finished a triple shy of the cycle and left fielder Ryan Braun reached safely all four times, with two hits, two walks, a run scored and an RBI in the seventh inning that cut the Brewers' deficit to 4-3.
Peralta took the loss after allowing four runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings, leaving Brewers starters with a 6.46 ERA. Newcomer Kyle Lohse will seek some quality when he debuts against the D-backs on Friday night.
Of equal concern was Axford, who converted 17 of his final 18 save opportunities to reclaim closer duties last year, has recorded fewer outs (five) then he has surrendered hits (six, including three home runs) so far. He worked Wednesday with the Brewers trailing by one in the ninth and allowed a two-run home run to Michael Cuddyer and a solo shot to Dexter Fowler, the same Rockies outfielder whose homer on Opening Day handed Axford his first blown save.
Most alarming was that Axford's first four fastballs registered 91-92 mph on the radar gun, when he typically touches 97 mph. He did get up to 94 mph before Roenicke called for Tom Gorzelanny after Axford surrendered the fifth hit of the inning.
"It was way down," Roenicke said of his closer's velocity, "so we'll talk to him and see how he's doing."
Axford reported feeling "fine."
"I don't know what to say," Axford said. "I don't know."
Roenicke wondered aloud whether the fact Axford was pitching with a 4-3 deficit could have played a role. Considering he had not pitched Tuesday, and the Brewers are off Thursday, Roenicke wanted to give Axford an inning to keep him sharp, but noted that closers often struggle for some reason when pitching in non-save situations.
What did Axford think of that explanation?
"It shouldn't be [a factor]," he said. "I've never made it one. You want to go out there with the same intensity, the same enthusiasm, no matter what the situation is. That's a one-run ballgame right there, you know? If I put up a zero, we have a really good opportunity to win that game in the ninth, especially with our offense. I just didn't come through, didn't do my job of holding us there."
Rockies right-hander Juan Nicasio was the first starting pitcher in the series to log a win, holding the Brewers to two runs on seven hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out two.
Peralta, who entered the season as the Brewers' top prospect, set the tone for a long night when he fell behind six of the Rockies' first seven batters.
"He's got great stuff, but he's got to learn to get it over the plate, get ahead of hitters," Roenicke said. "These guys [the Rockies] are pretty hot right now swinging the bat, but we've got to do a better job of pitching."
"It was early in the season and my rhythm was a little off," Peralta said. "That's all. … It's early. It's the first start for me, first outing for everybody. I think we're going to be good."
Peralta exited trailing 4-2, but the Brewers made it a one-run game in the seventh inning with back-to-back doubles from Weeks and Braun. That brought Ramirez to the plate with the tying run in scoring position, but Rockies reliever Chris Volstad caught Ramirez looking at a called third strike to end the threat.
"That's as tough a 3-4 to get through in the league," said Rockies manager Walt Weiss, referring to Braun and Ramirez. "Volstad made a great 3-2 pitch, a breaking ball. It was a gusty pitch. It was going to take a real good effort from all our guys who threw tonight, but they all came through big."
Ramirez's whiff left the score at 4-3 until the dismal ninth inning.
Axford urged patience in forming opinions about the Brewers' pitching.
"It's way too early," Axford said. "I was off to a worse start in 2011. People formed opinions then, too, and things can change. It's a long season."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This online memorial was created in loving memory of Marilyn Benedict, whose life story is told throughout this memorial website. Please sign Marilyn's guest book and let us know you came to visit. We will remember Marilyn forever.
Born February 2, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York, she was a daughter of the late Carl John and Gertrude Beyer Batter.
She was the fourth of five siblings: Gertrude (center), Dottie (top right), Carl (top left) Marilyn (front left), and Margie (front right).
Marilyn met Johnny Benedict in 7th grade when he sat behind her in homeroom and pulled her hair,
which began a relationship
that continued for 73 years until John's death in 2010.
She was a 1943 graduate of Montgomery Blair High School, where she played basketball and was a cheerleader (front row, first from the left).
She also taught classes when Blair teachers went to war.
She attended Northwestern Univeristy, where she also took flying lessons,
and became a World War II bride when Johnny proposed to her while home on leave from the war.
The newlyweds spent their first year of marriage in Wiesbaden, Germany, during the occupation period.
They returned home by ship from Germany with Marilyn pregnant with their first child, John, Jr., otherwise known as Rocky.
Before long the family grew to five with the addition of Carl and Linda,
and 15 years later, Laura came along.
Marilyn served as a bookkeeper for 40 years, mostly working at home, for the Carlton Club, a Washington DC executives club co-founded by her father.
She served in other bookkeeping positions over the years and retired in the 1990s.
She was a highly energetic and spunky woman with a wicked sense of humor. She was a feminist ahead of her time.
She enjoyed playing cards and slots and handicapping harness racehorses, taking car repair classes...
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She liked drinking pina coladas, crafting and sewing and knitting, reading mysteries with a strong female protagonist...
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She enjoyed listening to Barry Manilow and Barbra Streisand, discovering the best gadget for the job, organizing Blair reunions, going to Broadway shows and the movies...
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She was like a teenager trapped in a 92-year old body who was always game for playing a prank on the kids, flying kites at the beach, racing her shopping cart at the store, and doing underwater backflips in the pool at age 89.
But most of all, Marilyn loved hosting her annual cousins' party,
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Price of gas continues to tick upward
Published: Monday, January 14, 2013 at 11:03 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 14, 2013 at 11:03 a.m.
Gas prices have been on the upswing, especially in the Southeast, and prices will likely rise for the rest of January, according to AAA.
Average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline
Current: $3.304
Week ago: $3.297
Month ago: $3.270
Year ago: $3.388
Current: $3.440
Week ago: $3.394
Month ago: $3.279
Year ago: $3.457
Current: $3.547
Week ago: $3.529
Month ago: $3.392
Year ago: $3.478
Source: AAA Fuel Gauge Report
From New Year's Day through Sunday, the average retail price per gallon had risen eight cents in the Southeast and two cents nationwide, analysts with the auto club said in a news release. They said the price is still lower than it was this time last year.
"Gas prices are expected to average less this year because of lower demand and increased domestic oil production," AAA spokeswoman Jessica Brady said in the news release. "While gas is forecast to cost less this year, motorists will see prices inch up in the short term, before they stabilize and/or retreat."
Nationwide the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.304 on Monday, up from $3.297 earlier, according to AAA. In Florida the average was $3.440, compared to $3.394 the previous Monday.
In Gainesville, recent prices at the pump for a gallon of regular ranged from $3.42 to $3.69, according to wwww.gasbuddy.com.
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Grants, Scholarships, Contests and Drawings
Breaking Traditions Award
Award winners selected will be recognized during the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference in April.
National Youth Safety Video Contest
Deadline: March 1, 2014
CareerSafe®, Safety Education for America's Future™, is sponsoring the 2013-14 National Youth Safety Video Contest. Students across the country are challenged to create a two-minute video demonstrating safety in the workplace. The contest will kick off on October 15, 2013 and all submissions should be sent into CareerSafe by March 1, 2014. The winning students will receive a SkillsUSA Prize Pack as well as a scholarship up to $2,500 and winning school will receive a prize up to $5,000. To view an online flyer about the contest, to go http://www.careersafeonline.com/images/vido%20contest%20flyer.pdf.
For more information on the contest, please visit the CareerSafe® website on October 15 at www.careersafeonline.com.
Summer Leadership Institute Scholarship
Deadline: April 4, 2014
The SkillsUSA Oklahoma Alumni & Friends Association will award two $150 scholarships to attend the annual Summer Leadership Institute (SLI). Scholarships are awarded to a high school candidate and/or a Trade & Industrial Education "new" instructor. These scholarships were established from a grant awarded to SkillsUSA Oklahoma Alumni & Friends Association. Download the application today as it is due into the SkillsUSA Oklahoma state office by April 4, 2014.
SkillsUSA Oklahoma Alumni & Friends SLI Scholarship Application
Lowe's Grants
Lowe's continues a fifth year of generosity with another round of SkillsUSA grants in 2014. Two grant opportunities will be available.
The Schools In Need Grant program is to identify schools classrooms or instructors who have a very basic need to improve the quality of students' education experience. Grants will be awarded ranging from $2,500 to $25,000. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2013.
CareerSafe Grants will be awarded to schools in the form of vouchers that allow students to take an online assessment and earn their OSHA 10-hour Construction or General Industry safety credential. Vouchers will be awarded based on SkillsUSA membership and use of vouchers in previous years. new applications will receive priority over schools applying for consecutive years; however, all are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2013. Vouchers will be awarded in January 2014.
Grant information and applications are available at http://www.skillsusa.org/educators/lowes.shtml. For questions, call Carol Lowery, Lowe's Grant Manager at 641-456-4515 or 641-512-0504.
Educated and Skilled to Lead America Video Competition
Deadline: November 15, 2013
"Educated and Skilled to Lead America" is SkillsUSA's theme this year and the students' challenge will be to create a video that showcases how members are becoming educated. The video could show what their classroom or lab looks like, what they are learning, and their specific skills and how they show them off. This is their opportunity to tell their story.
Only currently registered SkillsUSA high school and college/postsecondary student members can enter and membership will be verified for each entry. The work can be done by an individual, a team or an entire class.
There is no limit on the number of students who can work on a video. The video must be entered under one chapter name, and there will be only one prize awarded for the winning video. For additional questions or information, email Kelly Horton: email@example.com. Complete contest details can be found at http://www.skillsusa.rog/compete/edskillvideo.shtml and also in the current membership kit.
National Conference Pin and T-Shirt Contests
Deadline: February 1, 2015
SkillsUSA and Lowe's sponsor a national conference pin and T-shirt design competition that is open to all dues-paying student members of the organization. The winning designs will become the official pin or T-shirt for the 2015 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The pin and T-shirt will be produced by the SkillsUSA Store.
Oklahoma had the winning pin designs in both 2004 and 2009!! Rules are in the membership kit and are also posted on the SkillsUSA website at: http://www.skillsusa.org/compete/pindesign.shtml
NOTE: This is separate and distinct from the SkillsUSA Championships Pin Design (State Conference) and T-shirt Design (State Conference) competitions. It has no impact on a student's eligibility to compete.


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RESIDENTS face an anxious wait to find out if they have succeeded in overturning a High Court ruling over two major development sites.
Judges sitting in the Court of Appeal decided to reserve judgement in the case between the Daws Hill Neighbourhood Forum and Wycombe District Council.
The residents group took the council to court over WDC's decision to remove Handy Cross and RAF Daws Hill from its designated area.
Mr Justice Supperstone threw out the forum's claim in the High Court in March but residents took the case a stage further on appeal.
Three of the country's leading judges have been hearing submissions from both parties and developer Taylor Wimpey.
DHNF say the council has ridden roughshod over new legislation introduced by the Government to give more power to communities over planning issues in their areas.
Residents argued that, in designating them a forum, WDC wrongly excluded from their Neighbourhood Area the only two major sites for development that might affect them.
Paul Stinchcombe QC, putting the forum's case, said the court had to decide whether the council could exclude "important development sites" from a Neighbourhood Area under the Neighbourhood Planning scheme introduced in 2011 by the coalition Government's Localism Act.
Mr Justice Supperstone, he argued, wrongly placed councils rather than neighbourhoods in the "driving seat" of neighbourhood planning and allows them to retain exclusive control over development sites.
Mr Stinchcombe added: "In the claimants' submission, such an outcome is completely contrary to the intention of Parliament when legislating to enact neighbourhood planning and would defeat the very purpose of the legislation."
But Suzanne Ornsby QC for WDC said: "It is the council's case, accepted by Mr Justice Supperstone, that the neighbourhood provisions confer a broad discretion upon the council to determine what bodies are appropriate for forum designation and, if so, which area within that applied for by that forum, is appropriate for neighbourhood planning.
"The provisions specifically provide for the reduction in the neighbourhood area sought in the exercise of that discretion.
"In particular, in the exercise of that broad discretion and in order to reach a sensible judgement as to which area is appropriate for neighbourhood planning it is submitted that it is reasonable, sensible and necessary, for the designating authority to take into account the policy and factual matrix that exists at the time the application is made in so far as it relates to the area in question because inevitably those matters inform the exercise of that discretion and the judgement reached.
"Therefore the council, in exercising its discretion that the appropriate neighbourhood area was less than that applied for, having taken into account the policy and factual matrix that existed at the time, acted fully in accordance with the statutory provisions and their purpose."
The council has already approved an outline planning application for a new sports centre at Handy Cross. The project will also include a hotel, office blocks and a coachway park-and-ride.
Taylor Wimpey's proposals for 362 houses, 79 apartments, nine industrial units, a community centre, Air Training Corps Base and a bus hub have also been given the green light by WDC.
The case marks the first legal test of the Localism Act, which is meant to empower local groups.


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MARK Cooper felt that his side could have beaten Crewe Alexandra by more than the two goals they bagged at the County Ground on Saturday.
Swindon moved up to sixth place in the table with their success over the Staffordshire outfit and maintained their perfect record at home.
While at times Town looked content to pass the ball around in the middle of the pitch, they never came under any pressure from Crewe.
"We had the opportunities to make it more comfortable early on and have a stress free last 40 minutes," Cooper said.
"But football doesn't work like that. You don't get given anything, we missed the chances, but we kept going.
"There was a lovely goal from Andy Williams. It was a lovely ball from Ben Gladwin and a lovely finish .
"The league table makes decent reading. We just want to keep playing and enjoying our football and keep going."
After two matches where Town have piled on the pressure against their opponents, Swindon had to show patience against one of the division's strugglers.
Crewe arrived at SN1 having been beaten 5-2 at Gresty Road by Rochdale and they were determined not to be rolled over for the second match in succession.
"I thought that we were very comfortable," Cooper said. "It was a different kind of display, we had to be very patient.
"Crewe gave us the respect and tried to not give us any space in behind and (they) probably came for a point and teams are not going to come here and make it easy for us.
"We had to patient, we had to wait for the right moment, but I didn't feel we were ever in trouble.
"We totally dominated the game again – it was a good three points."
The Town boss added: "When you have the possession stats that we have, teams get a little bit worried about being pulled all over the pitch and don't want to give you any space.
"We just believe in what we are doing and sooner or later the gap will open up and we can take advantage of that."
Cooper is also hopeful that he will have midfielder Massimo Luongo fit for tomorrow night's Capital One Cup clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.
"Massimo we thought he had a little bit of a chance to play today," Cooper said in his post-match press conference.
"But he didn't have any improvement overnight, so we weren't going to take any chances. He has got his international game coming up, so we are hopefully looking to Tuesday for Mass."


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Star-studded pregame ceremony at All-Star Game
Celebrities, Hall of Famers and more headline intro to Midsummer Classic
MINNEAPOLIS -- A star-studded game deserves a star-studded intro, and as usual, Major League Baseball didn't disappoint as it rung in the 2014 All-Star Game with tasteful tributes Tuesday evening at Target Field.
Star power was out in full force during a 30-minute pregame ceremony that included a performance by Tony Award-winning singer Idina Menzel, a trip around the warning track by the famed Budweiser Clydesdales and a flyover by a well-known Air Force crew.
The pageantry began with the clippity-clop of the white-hoofed Budweiser Clydesdales, guided by men wearing crisp green pants sitting next to black-spotted dalmatians. The All-Star teams were then ushered onto the field to line up for introductions: The visiting National League team first, followed by the host American Leaguers.
The loudest ovations were directed, of course, to the Twins All-Stars -- Kurt Suzuki and Glen Perkins -- in addition to Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, who was named to manager John Farrell's coaching staff. Former Twins first baseman and fan favorite Justin Morneau, who now plays for the Rockies, was also given a hearty welcome home.
The retiring Derek Jeter also received a longer ovation than most, a fitting tribute given this will be the Yankees shortstop's final All-Star Game.
As the 30 winners of the "Target presents PEOPLE All-Star Teachers" program lined up in front of a stage holding a small orchestra, Menzel stepped up to the microphone to perform Bob Dylan's classic song "Forever Young."
Two soldiers were given special recognition and a rousing ovation: Canadian Master Corporal Francois Robichaud from Quebec City, and Staff Sergeant Josemy Moralez Marcano from Maplewood, Minn.
The Minnesota Orchestra performed the Canadian national anthem, which was followed by a second appearance by Menzel -- this time to sing the U.S. national anthem.
As a baseball fan and the sister of a second-grade teacher, Menzel was thrilled to be a part of it all.
"I'm honored to be invited and asked, to just be here," she said. "I'm here the minute they asked. It's something I've always wanted to do."
The always crowd-pleasing flyover was performed by the world-renowned U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, which was coordinated precisely as Menzel hit the final notes of the anthem.
The flying team, officially known as the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, featured six F-16 Fighting Falcons in its signature "Delta" formation over Target Field.
"The MLB All-Star Game is one of the most patriotic events in America, and we're honored to be a part of it," said Lt. Col. Greg Moseley, the Thunderbirds' commander and lead pilot. "When we fly over that stadium, baseball fans will get a reminder of the precision and teamwork their U.S. Air Force embodies every day."
The Thunderbirds team is an Air Combat Command unit composed of eight pilots (including six demonstration pilots), four support officers, four civilians and more than 100 enlisted people serving in about 30 Air Force job specialties.
The six demo pilots are: Lt. Col. Greg Moseley, Maj. Joshua Boudreax, Maj. Caroline Jensen, Maj. Curtis Dougherty, Maj. Blaine Jensen and Maj. Jason Curtis.
Following video of great moments from All-Star Games past played on the giant scoreboard in center field, Hall of Famer and Twins legend Rod Carew made his way to the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. He was accompanied by three members of local Little League organizations, celebrating the 75th anniversary of Little League.
The group included Bella Hutson from CAA Chanhassen Little League, and Nick Jorgenson and Sydney Kehr from Coon Rapids National Little League. Kiana Knolland, the 2013-2014 National Youth of the Year for Boys & Girls Clubs of America, delivered the game ball to the mound.
Carew, named to 18 All-Star Games during his legendary career, threw a pitch right to the plate, where it was caught by Gardenhire. Carew was right on target, at sparkling Target Field. A perfect beginning to a fantastic night.
Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This book was created in answer to a Forth Valley Collage Brief started in late August and due to be completed in December 2010. the main aim of the book is within the title "See Me".......Not my circumstance".
The book's contents is a gathering photographs taken by the author, on the streets of Glasgow City Centre. The main element of the book is the homeless./immigrants /buskers, to be seen around any Big City. The author has created a concept underpinning the book which is the idea of Place and Non Place. These individuals who can go unseen are importantly gathered together within the pages, together with notes comments and the author's thoughts. The concept of "See Me.....Not my circumstance is underlined by the layout of the photographs and text.
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I am a mature student of Forth valley Collage, finishing my 2nd year of Contemporary Fine Art. I have studied art and psychology to thelevel of a higher gaining an A pass for my Higher Art at Forth Valley collage. And a C Pass for my psychology a W.A.S.P adult learning in the old Denny High School. I lef school at the age of 15years but during my working life marriage,and children I have always attended further education. Using night classes and adultlerning to the full. I found out I was dyslexic at the age of 52!
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Once you hit the age of oh, say, 25 years old, people start expecting you to be mature, sophisticated, and mellowed out from your previous wild and crazy youthful years. Let's be real- that doesn't always happen! Plenty of adults, parents included, still feel young at heart. To reach that childlike nature still living inside all you adults out there, here's a list of toys that kids and adults alike will love.
You can't go wrong with any type of building block sets– be it Legos, the old fashioned wooden kind, or the more modern type with LED lights placed inside them. Building blocks can be played with even the youngest of children, and even moody tweens can't help but to join in every once in a while. They help build your child's creativity and imagination, as well as provide some good nostalgic fun on your end.
Books are a timeless classic that can connect an entire family. Classics like Goodnight Moon, Charlotte's Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Goosebumps, and The Babysitter's Club can be read aloud and enjoyed by family members of all ages. For little ones just learning to read, this can be especially exciting. Not to mention, reading helps to blossom a child's imagination and creativity, which will help bring about many other adventures for you and your child as they get older.
Anything with wheels or a remote control appeals to boys, girls, teenagers, and parents alike. Whether it is construction toys for children, kids building robots, racecars, airplanes, or helicopters, these types of toys encourage a healthy amount of competition between siblings or parents. For those especially enthusiastic racers, they help to show the importance of being a good loser as well.
Laser pegs may look exclusively child friendly, but that's definitely not the case. Kids might be more attracted to the physical version of Laser Pegs sets, but both adults and kids will love the free Laser Pegs iPad app. It's based off actual Laser Pegs toys, but kids and adults of all ages will get great usage out of it. It's absolutely perfect for anyone who loves to build and create things.
This brings us to the iPad itself. It's certainly not a classic toy that most everyone grew up with. But with its endless amount of information, games, and educational applications, it's something that parents and kids will agree on. With the iPad, kids as young as two are using it to develop all sorts of useful skills, from math to reading to expressing emotions. When parents become involved, it ultimately makes families feel more united, which makes everyone happy.
There are endless options out there for parents and kids to let down their hair and simply play together. It's important for kids to remember that parents can be silly too. Parents can also benefit from playing with their children as a stress reliever, or using it as a covert way to educate their children at the same time. If you're interested in even more toys you can use for playtime, check out the Laser Pegs website today.


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Wood tagged as Braves can't cash in vs. Padres
Poorly supported lefty allows four earned runs on career-high 12 hits
ATLANTA -- One game into the second half, the Braves were flying high. They won and the Nationals lost on July 18, giving Atlanta a one-game lead in the National League East following the first night of a season-long 11-game homestand.
One week later, the Braves are reeling. The Padres brought their recently red-hot offense to town and beat Atlanta, 5-2, on Friday night at Turner Field. The Braves must win the final three games of the series to have a winning record in the homestand.
Meanwhile, Washington won on Friday, increasing their NL East lead to 2 1/2 games over the second-place Braves, whose inconsistent offense has scored two runs or fewer in four games and five runs or more in the other four games since the All-Star break.
"We've got to score runs," first baseman Freddie Freeman said. "We've got to keep the line moving. We're not doing that right now, so that's one of the things we've got to do. Get a couple of guys on and get that big hit, so everybody relaxes and calms down. Then everybody's got to go out there and have some fun playing some baseball again."
A typical lack of run support for Alex Wood magnified the southpaw's atypical showing. He surrendered five runs (four earned) on a career-high 12 hits in five innings. Eleven of the 12 hits were singles.
"I've never seen so many ground balls go through the infield," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I think he kept getting ground balls and they just kept getting through the infield, really. That's the bottom line. ... We just couldn't get them to hit it at anybody really, and that was it. That was the game."
"Obviously there [were] a lot of ground balls that got through that on another day, maybe they're right at guys," Wood said. "But at the same time, I thought it was a combination of that and I don't think I adjusted quick enough in changing my game plan that we had going in. … We didn't go in enough early on, and I probably could've thrown a few more breaking balls."
Wood gave up a hit to begin each of his five frames. Leadoff batters in every inning are hitting .308 (28-for-91) against the lefty this season. San Diego's ability to get to Wood quickly each inning contributed to the Padres scoring five or more runs for a third consecutive game, something they haven't done since May 9-11.
San Diego hurler Jesse Hahn never let a leadoff batter reach base, as Atlanta plated just one run on three hits and three walks in six innings against the rookie. Hahn's gem drops Wood's average run support per start to 2.69, which ranks 123rd out of 124 Major League pitchers who have logged more than 80 innings this year.
"He had almost two breaking balls. I haven't seen a breaking ball -- a curveball, almost a true curveball -- like that in a long time," Gonzalez said. "Listening to some of the guys talk, it's sometimes hard to adjust [to a] 73-mph curveball, and then he had another one that's a little bit faster."
The Braves threatened a couple of times against Hahn, but they couldn't do much in either instance. Atlanta put runners on base in five of six frames against the rookie, but the only one to advance past second base was Freeman, who tripled in the sixth.
Freeman's fourth triple of 2014 and the eighth of his career put him in position to score on a sacrifice fly from Justin Upton, but Atlanta sputtered otherwise. The Braves' best chance came after Hahn had left the game, when they loaded the bases in the bottom of eighth. However, a bases-loaded walk from Evan Gattis was the only damage they inflicted upon the Padres' bullpen as Chris Johnson was retired on a flyout to end the threat.
"They hit the ball. Can't take away anything from their team," Gattis said. "They did hit the ball, and we scored two runs only, but a lot of them found holes. ... They found holes. We didn't."
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No, that's not a typo. The 'hot tips for 2013' articles are upon us. Less common are the articles on how last year's tips fared.
The winners, of course, crow loudly about their great skill. The losers go quietly about their business, making more predictions for this year, hoping they'll get lucky. It's like being the CEO of a publicly listed company—all upside, no downside.
Of course, some publications and predictors don't take their share recommendations too seriously, incorporating a dartboard or a celebrity tipster.That's an appropriate way to treat 'hot tips for the year' articles. If you really needed to invest over just 12 months, the sensible approach would be to hold cash, term deposits or bonds.
So how did the 2012 tipsters go?Let's go international to avoid any difficult conversations in the pub. Forbes magazine's 'Experts top stock picks for 2012' was loftily acclaimed and self-described as 'some of the best picks from some of the best minds on Wall Street'.
They did about as well you'd expect—from a dartboard. Chart 1 shows that, compared to the US's S&P 500 index, the panel of experts had three outperformers, five underperformers and two shockers.
That shouldn't surprise you. As equity market performance in 2012 was largely driven by banks and other high yielding shares, those that didn't opt for yield (and who would in a 'pick a winner' article?) missed the boat entirely.
Chart 1: Forbes Top 10 Share Tips vs S&P 500 Index (US)
If you follow newspaper share recommendations this raises an important point. 'Hot tips for the year' articles encourage the predictors to go for broke—the all upside, no downside, phenomena at work. If you win, you're a hero; if you don't, no one remembers anyway and you won't be held to account.
So going for broke makes a lot of sense to the tipsters, but it's probably not how you want to select stocks for your portfolio. Even regular share recommendations are a cause for concern. The average investor has no way of understanding the experience, methodology or long term track record of the typical newspaper commentator.
If you can't rely on newspaper share tips, what recommendations can you trust?
There are some simple rules of thumb. First, only trust advice you've paid for (or stolen from someone who paid for it). The adage, 'if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys' was invented for share recommendations.
Secondly, get access to the long-term performance of all your advisor's recommendations, preferably through several market cycles. If they're not easily available, there's usually a reason for it.
Finally, if your advisor has a history of outperformance, establish why that might be. By definition, outperformance is a rarity. If you think you've stumbled on someone that can deliver it to you, find out what they're doing differently from everyone else. If you don't do any of these things, then you may as well get your share tips from a newspaper, or a dartboard.
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Just looked at the nice graphic poster that came with my LabVIEW 2011 SP1 media.
The text is:
"You live in a graphical world.
Why not program in one?"
the graphics show female and male iconic signage next to doors.
Someone needs to (as a former sailor would put it- with pun intended) clear their head!
Perhaps there is a sub-liminal here that we should code while on a 'break'.
No 'down' time here.
Well there are VIs for flushing serial buffers. Though in your case it might be cereal buffers that need flushing.
well, the feedback from my co-workers is overwhelming.
"Where did you get that poster?"- (I got it out of my 2011 media)
"Why should you program with LabVIEW in the Water Closet?" -(IDK)
Why should LabVIEW programmers be placed in seperate areas based on gender to "Program some $h!t"?(- Again, I don't know! Source control should be gender neuteral)
I hope the intern that came up with the graphics has been "corrected"
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I hope the intern that came up with the graphics has been "corrected"
I don't know who was involved in making that poster, but to play devil's advocate...the posters are on the walls at NI only above the water fountains in between the restrooms. In that specific location, they actually make sense, and the first time I saw one, I thought it was rather clever.
But outside of that context? Yeah, I can see how it might make your eyes swirl with confusion...


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At least one course is required from each of two special areas:
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PHIL 311 The Nature of Morality
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So, Any work around to the fact that IE doesn't get the newer HTML special character glyph ★ ?
I'm thinking of using some form of Java Script fix will be needed, but if there's something I can do without resorting to JS I'm all ears.
(Note, IE 10 is fine, so any fix must not affect IE 10 or later)
Numeric entities always work.
The Black star ★ U+2605 ★ for vBulletin use HEX 'numerical character reference' in vBulletin and it will display.
Uh, that's a bit of my fault, I tried to correct Jeff's slightly broken code and managed to completely ruin it, was hoping I could invisibly mend it before anyone noticed but apparently not
The problem with using & to code an & is that as soon as you go to edit or quote it, it reverts back to being a plain & so you lose whatever you were trying to do, as it has done here. The easiest way to spell out an entity is to break it up with code, something like &[b][/b]nbsp;.
There is another way of doing it apart from Hex, though at the moment I have forgotten... I did having it working then it reverted.
for vBulletin use HEX 'numerical character reference' in vBulletin and it will display.
I'm glad there's a workaround. Is there any interest in fixing vBulletin to behave consistently in the first place?
The way it seems to work right now is:
If I type & # 9733 ; then the ampersand is not escaped, and the entity renders. -> ★
OK, I think, if ampersands aren't escaped, then perhaps I can type & amp ; #9733 ; But no, because in this case, it seems, the ampersand is escaped. -> ★
The ideal would be if ampersands were always escaped. After all, they're a special HTML character, just like < and >. But if for some reason that's not possible, then it would be super nice if it were at least consistent. Either they're always escaped or always not.
NCRs (numeric character references) and 'character entity references' are types of character escape used in markup. Getting back to the question NCR is the preferable choice over the entities, entities are limited to a subset of Unicode characters, NCR can specify any character and theoretically Hexadecimal has less ambiguity.
<ot>Going back into the SPF archives over the forum weirdness; post #6 onwards: Ampersand Confusion: "cannot generate system identifier for general entity"</ot>
Oops. I had the wrong terminology. I mistakenly called it a numeric entity.
Fantastic post!
There is what are called: Character Entity References and Numeric Character References nearly everyone gets it wrong. EXTREME AWXSOME danger levels.
On the other hand, I can remember lots of entity names, but trying to store all those NCRs in my head isn't going to work, so from that point of view it is much easier, for those characters, to use named entities rather than have to look up the NCR every time!
Now, if you wanted to avoid having to enter certain entities you may want to save as UTF-8 so you could input the special character directly.
NCR as explained are more functional. HTML 4.01 has 252 Character entity references: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/entities.html For X(HT)ML an application of XML, we have the XML specification that defines five "predefined entities" only: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-predefined-ent hence NCR should only be used if authoring XHTML and not using one of those 5 and HTML 4.01 only has 4 of those.
Numeric character references, both decimal and hexadecimal, can be safely used in (X)HTML and XML, but you need to be careful that you're referencing the character's code point from the Unicode character repertoire, not Windows-1252.
Thanks everyone.
While I was away I changed my mind on how I wanted to do this effect and chose a set of buttons in a JS interface.


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Construction spending rose to $872.1 billion in October, its highest value in three years, further stoking hopes that the housing recovery is no longer sputtering in its effort to gain traction.
Private residential construction rose to $294.24 billion, its highest level since November 2008, while private nonresidential construction, including offices and manufacturing, also rose, to $297.85 billion.
The overall spending marked the sixth straight month of increases, according to the Commerce Department, which issued the report. Combined with positive reports recently on home sales and prices, the housing market is finally contributing to the growth of GDP instead of being a drag on the weak economy. Many experts expect the growth, while still much smaller than before the recession, to continue into 2013.
"This is another indicator that the housing recovery has turned the corner and will continue," says Rick Sharga, executive vice president of Carrington Mortgage Holdings in Santa Ana, Calif. Part of the reason for optimism, he says, is that the news is taken in context with what we're seeing throughout the housing market since the recession. "If this report had come out in 2006, it probably would have been a false indicator because they would have been still building even though the market was slowing."
But the positive outlook for a recovery is still overshadowed by fears about the "fiscal cliff," with its lethal combination of possible tax-deduction eliminations and tax increases, which could stall the momentum.
Sharga notes that if the fiscal cliff triggers another recession, the housing market would be "devastated" by possible unemployment and lack of discretionary income among potential homebuyers. There's still a backlog of distressed homes, he says, so the budding housing recovery could be shaken off its foundation by any bad economic news. "And it would be a double whammy for builders because they're building on anticipated finances, so the fiscal cliff would definitely have repercussions for those companies and for the rest of the economy."
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We've found 10 of the craftiest. craziest scarecrows that have been propped up proudly in front yards across the country. Get some inspiration for your Halloween decor from these creative scarecrow ideas!
Some are funny. Some are really funny. And others are totally creepy. Which is your favorite?
While this first scarecrow won't do much to scare people away, it will give the whole neighborhood a good laugh if you recreate it on your front lawn.
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A creepy cool scarecrow inspired by the famous painting The Scream by Edvard Munch will make any passerby look twice - then probably run in fright.
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Elvis has left the building! And he's standing out back scaring away some birds. We're not sure the crows would be scared away from this creative Elvis scarecrow, but he'd make for one fun Halloween decoration for the front lawn.
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Our next creative scarecrow idea is made completely of wine corks - imagine how many bottles of wine you'd have to drink to make a version of Corky for your place. It's a challenge, but one we wouldn't shirk from.
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Even the scarecrow version of Marie Antoinette can't escape the guillotine. This clever and creative scarecrow design spotted at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens is one we'd love to see in person.
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It's alive! How awesome is this Halloween scarecrow design featuring the infamous Dr. Frankenstein and his creature?
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A recreation of the popular shot of NYC men eating lunch on an iron beam at a stomach-churning height, this scarecrow display is one of the most creative we've come across.
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The whole point of a scarecrow is to scare away crows, right? Wrong. The unintimidating scarecrow from Oz debumked that idea years ago, so we're fine adding this dreamy and creative Michaelangelo scarecrow to our round up!
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No one said a scarecrow had to be inspired by a man or woman. This colossal scarecrow brings the ice age back to the farm in the form of a wooly mammoth.
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PROPERTY agents in York are looking towards improvement in the market in 2013.
Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, "realistically priced and proactively marketed" properties were still creating interest, said Ed Stoyle, partner and head of residential for Carter Jonas in York.
He said: "2012 has proved to be another year of highs and lows – some properties have sold well amid healthy competition, while others have taken longer to find the right buyer. Confidence remains fragile."
He said he anticipated a general improvement in market conditions in 2013, although this will not necessarily result in an increase in prices. "We have a good number of buyers who are keen and motivated to purchase properties now and these will only increase as we move into the New Year. Likewise, we are already instructed on a number of exciting and interesting houses with a view to commencing marketing early in the New Year.
"Our advice for anyone who is considering moving at some point in the New Year is not to delay – get on and take advantage of improving market conditions. There may well be positive pent up demand with more active buyers and fewer properties being offered for sale than later in the spring."
James Baker, senior director of Preston Baker, said the firm had experienced a reduction in the number of new sellers coming to the market in the third and fourth quarters of 2012.
He said: "This may sound like a reason for further gloom but in fact the consequence has been that sales rates have increased.
"Because mortgage lending is still restricted despite the government's Funding For Lending scheme, there is a finite number of ready, willing and able purchasers. A small decrease in the number of new listings has actually created more confidence in the market as a higher proportion of stock is now sold."
The Council For Mortgage Lenders has just announced that the number of new mortgage approvals is up 10.2 per cent on October 2011 and an even higher rise of 19 per cent increase in the number of approvals going to first time buyers, he said.
"Lots of customers will be considering selling in 2013 and I believe it will be a stronger year than 2012 has been. At Preston Baker we have grown by over 25 per cent in 2012, so we feel very optimistic about next year."


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Technicolor has acquired Cisco's Connected Devices business
Committed to innovation in video, broadband access, infrastructure and cloud.
November 21, 2015 — Today Technicolor announced it completed the acquisition of Cisco's Connected Devices business and world class talent. As the connected devices and service provider markets continue to evolve, Cisco continues to evolve with them. Video will continue to be a core tenant to Cisco's strategy in cloud and software-based services, however we believe that the Connected Devices business required a new approach to business strategy, organization model, and investment.
By bringing together global leaders in the connected home, networking and cloud services, we have positioned the Connected Devices business for success in the years to come for the cable, telecom, satellite and OTT markets.
We are committed to our customers' business success through innovation in video, broadband access, infrastructure and cloud. We are also committed to a smooth transition for our customers and partners. Cisco will process orders and distribute products under customers' or partners' existing agreements for a period of time. The transition period will enable us effectively to migrate to Technicolor processes to ensure business continuity.
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- Q: Why did Cisco sell its Connected Devices Business to Technicolor?
- A: As the service provider video market continues to evolve, players in the industry must also evolve. Technicolor is well positioned to lead in this market and sees the Connected Devices business capabilities and talent as critical to their success. The strategic collaboration agreement ensures both companies will be focused on their shared customers. Video will continue to be a core tenant to Cisco's strategy in cloud and software-based services.
- Q: Why is Technicolor the right fit?
- A: Cisco carefully considered all aspects of the business, including employees, partners and customers, when determining the best buyer fit. Technicolor proved to be the right buyer for multiple reasons including:
- Complementary customer base and product portfolio
- Enable a strategy and portfolio to capture market transitions
- Market expansion with gateways, connected life and software
- Experienced management team driving a global connected devices market leadership position
- Delivering better alignment with high volume CPE manufacturing
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- A: All Connected Devices business shipped starting November 22, 2015 will belong to Technicolor. Cisco will transact business on behalf of Technicolor for a period of time, generally not to exceed 12 months.
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- A: Cisco and Technicolor will continue to work together to ensure a seamless transition of this business for our customers and partners. Cisco will transact business on Technicolor's behalf for a period of time to ensure business continuity. For any information you may need regarding the transition of the business from Cisco to Technicolor, please contact your Technicolor sales representative. If you do not know your Technicolor sales representative, please contact your former Cisco sales representative and they will help direct you.
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Return for repair support will be managed by Cisco on behalf of Technicolor for a period of time. Technicolor is enabling a repair infrastructure for Connected Devices Business products and will inform customers how to manage requests for repair through Technicolor as products are enabled. Customers and partners can find Return for Repair information on the Services and Support for Technicolor Website.
Cisco and Technicolor are committed to our Partners and the customers you serve. Technicolor is working on their Channel Partner Program and will be reaching out to Partners directly with details. Cisco will transact business on behalf of Technicolor for a period of time, generally not to exceed 12 months. During that time Partners and Distributors can continue to order Cisco Connected Devices business products through Cisco.
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Our Athletic Training curriculum is designed to prepare students for opportunities in the profession, focusing on the six domains of athletic training: Prevention; Recognition, Evaluation and Assessment; Immediate Care; Treatment, Rehabilitation and Recondition; Organization and Administration; and Professional Development and Responsibility.
This program is directed at the incorporation of education requirements in combination with extensive hands-on experience as required by the CAATE and National Athletic Trainers Association. Graduates of the Athletic Training program are eligible to sit for the BOC Certification examination for entry-level athletic trainers.
Since 1998, Merrimack College's first graduates of the Athletic Training Education Program, the College has 100% placement for graduate school and/or work place.
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The Health Science Major focuses on human biology and prepares students for careers in diverse areas of the health industry. Our students develop an understanding of how the human body functions in health and disease, consider the methodologies used to obtain this knowledge, and acquire the skills to communicate this information within the scientific community .Our program emphasizes the scientific process by utilizing both independent and collaborative investigative approaches in the laboratory, stressing scientific communication and offering senior thesis research internships and practica so that students might gain practical experience in their area of interest.
Students who major in Health Science will explore various aspects of human biomedical science, and have the opportunity to choose from 3 different concentrations that suit their interests, aptitude and career goals. Students may enter: General Health Science, Public Health, or Nutrition.
General Health Science: Health Science graduates of the Merrimack program have entered diverse fields within the health care system, including professional medical practices, positions in biomedical research and industry, public health, hospital administration, education, and medical technology.Students in the General Health Science major are advised on an individual basis to include certain courses into their program depending on the particular career path they have chosen.
Public Health: Public Health is the science of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of health lifestyles and research for injury and disease prevention. Public Health work involves analyzing the effect of genetics, personal choice and the environment on health in order to develop programs that protect the health of families and communities. Many health challenges face our local and global communities, in the areas of emerging infectious disease, obesity and sedentary lifestyle, aging, health care policy and costs, environmental health, health promotion and education, etc. The public health field is currently experiencing a workforce shortage at local, state and federal levels.
Nutrition: The Nutrition concentration introduces students to the important role that nutrition plays in human health and wellness. Required courses explore the fundamentals of nutritional science, the public health applications of nutrition in the community, the clinical dimensions of human nutrition, and nutritional perspectives within the foodservices industry. Students enrolled in the Health Sciences Nutrition concentration are prepared for entry-level positions in the health and wellness and foodservice's fields. Graduates of this major are encouraged to continue their education in graduate programs designed to maximize career options and mobility in the growing field of human nutrition.
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Sports Medicine at Merrimack involves the study and implementation of those medical skills used in the treatment of athletic injuries, and include learning the means of injury prevention; recognition and evaluation of sports-related injuries; acute and immediate care; treatment, rehabilitation and reconditioning; organization and administration of and for the injured athlete.
This Major is capable of providing students with the prerequisites necessary to apply to a graduate program in Physical Therapy. Students who maintain a high level GPA can apply to a doctoral level program for three years of study in order to become a physical therapist. We currently maintain 100% acceptance rate for students who have applied to the following graduate schools across the region: University of Vermont, UMass Lowell, University of Rhode Island and Franklin Pierce College. We also have an articulation for physical therapy and nursing with Simmons College.
Students looking to enter the field of Human Performance and Wellness will also benefit from the Sport's Medicine Major by choosing appropriate electives that will provide the prerequisites necessary for Certification by the American College of Sports Medicine as an exercise specialist, exercise program director, exercise test technologist and/or fitness instructor. Upon graduation, students in this field are able to sit for the National Strength and Conditioning Examination to become certified as a strength and conditioning specialist. Certification by the National Academy of Sports Medicine is also available as a certified personal fitness instructor.


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Is China's credit binge a financial time-bomb waiting to blow the country's much-vaunted economic miracle to smithereens?
Beijing has long bet that the problem of bad loans can be solved by pushing off the day of reckoning into the future, with rapid economic growth reducing the size of the problem.
So far that calculated bet has proved a sound one.
But the unprecedented expansion in bank credit this year, coupled with last month's decision to roll over for another decade the bonds used to finance the first non-performing loan (NPL) workout of 1999, make it a good time to submit this policy to a stress-test.


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Comment on Goddess of 2ch: "Mostly I Just Use My Fingers, But…" by Slush:
Fucking moron.
Recent comments by Slush:
- Freezing 2 BD Milking It Hard:
I don't even mind if they keep the hentai censoring for it, just do it!!!! My body is ready
- Freezing 2 BD Milking It Hard:
I wish the Japanese would just include sex scenes with their normal anime. I'd love to see these Freezing girls get a good fucking, but the only way that's possible is with fan made animation, which sucks. Come on Japan, let go of your ridiculous standards!!
- Highschool DxD New Quality Ero-BD:
Why do people care about this? Granted I actually don't mind the show, but who gives a fuck about animated tits? It isn't a hentai, there is no sex, so… who gives a fuck? Inb4 people say "if you don't give a fuck why are you posting here trollololol" faggots.
- Top 25 Harem Masters:
This list is fucking retarded. Who gives a shit about how many women you know, or how many you've seen naked. All that matters is how many you've been inside! Love my anime as much as anyone else, but these harem fucktards infuriate the shit out of me, and the people who idolize them.
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Part of Speech: Noun, plural
Meaning: The hinterlands, backwoods, outback, a wild and remote place far from civilization or urban life.
Notes: We seldom hear the singular of this word. It's used only as an attributive with other nouns, such as boondock clothing, boondock maneuvers. This word is often shortened to just boonies. The other noun derived from this word, boondockers "shoes suitable for wearing in the wild", was shortened to simply Dockers®. It is now used to refer to a brand of shoes and other clothing manufactured by Levi-Strauss & Co., a company already known for making rugged clothing suitable for the wild.
In Play: The basic meaning of today's word is a wild, remote, backwoods location: "McMurphy learned how to make moonshine living in the boondocks of North Carolina all those years." Someone from the boondocks is presumed unknowledgeable: "Don't you even know how to spell phat? Do you come from the boondocks?"
Word History: Today's Good Word originally came from Tagalog (Pilipino) bundok "mountain". It was adopted by American soldiers occupying the Philippines during World War I. Since the mountains were remote from where our soldiers were stationed, they took bundoks to mean "wild remote place". The word was reinforced during the occupation of the Philippines in World War II. It is now firmly ensconced in all our vocabularies. (Charley Lowman must not have been raised in the boondocks or he would not have been able to submit such a fascinating Good Word as today's.)


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NYDJ Sherri Skinny in Terra Hide jeans gives great butt!
-PJ Gach
Fall is fast upon us. The new season brings new color palettes and new jeans styles. One of the sexiest is the NYDJ Sherri Skinny in Terra Hide ($150, nydj.com). At first glance the jeans look like leather, one of the fall runways big trends. You touch them, they're incredibly soft, but they're not leather, they just have a leather-like finish, so you can toss them in the wash.
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The NYDJ Sherri Skinny is made with NYDJ's exclusive Lift Tuck Technology®. Slip them on (and they do go on easy) and you'll find that they're very slimming. You'll look one size smaller. I tried on a pair. They made me look sleek, thin and nicely hightlighted my badunkadunk too. Oh, did I mention I could also breathe in them! Yes, there really is a skinny jean that let's you breathe.
You can find them online and at department stores nationwide.
PJ Gach is Senior Editor: Style + Beauty at BettyConfidential.


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So you've decided to buy Sony's new handheld but haven't settled on any games. Not to worry. Flip through our launch lineup impressions to make sure you aren't bamboozled when you arrive at your local game shop.
Lumines: Electronic Symphony This puzzler will eat away at your free time like a school of starving piranhas having at cow. Players control quartets of blocks falling from the top of the screen, aiming to line them up with similarly coloured blocks resting in the play area. Make a square of four matching blocks and they'll vanish, along with any adjacent blocks of the same colour. The action is set to psychedelic graphics that dazzle the eyes and music from the likes of LCD Sound System and Underworld. My first game lasted nearly 90 minutes, and it was pure, meditative bliss. It's pricey for a puzzle game ($40!), but it might be the most entertaining experience currently available for Sony's new handheld. (Ubisoft/Q Entertainment; 9/10)
Super Stardust Delta The exorbitant cost of Vita memory cards means you're much better off buying games retail than downloading them. However, this shooter, which costs just $10 and is only available through the PlayStation Store, is well worth the memory. It makes excellent use of the Vita's twin thumbsticks: one to guide a ship as it glides across the surfaces of heavenly spheres, the other to control the direction of weapons that perpetually fire at swarms of deadly objects and enemies. It looks great, sounds wonderful (love the thumping electro score), and plays even better. (XDEV; 8/10)
Little Deviants Most Vita games are targeted at a slightly older audience, making this compilation of mini-games a good contender for families looking for something everyone can enjoy. Sixteen short games offer a variety of challenges. Players use the front and rear touch surfaces to do things like push robots out of windows and slingshot creatures around a wrestling ring. You can even use the Vita's camera in an augmented reality UFO shooter that sets the action in your real-world surroundings. It doesn't last very long, and its ho-hum presentation is a letdown, but it shows off much of what the Vita can do. (BigBig/SCEA; 6/10)
Rayman: Origins A testament to Vita's ability match the living room game experience, Rayman: Origins is a port of last year's terrific side-scrolling console platformer that manages to stuff all of its precursor's charm, good looks and joy onto a five-inch screen. If you've any fondness for running to the right, jumping on enemies, searching out collectibles and pulling off well-timed leaps, this is the Vita game for you. The only thing lacking is multiplayer, but there's more than enough fun to be squeezed from the solo experience. (Ubisoft; 8/10)
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational The latest entry in Sony's cartoonish golf games is surprisingly challenging. Expect to have a tough time just shooting par, especially on the devilishly difficult Legacy of Golf track. The rest of the experience is much the same as in previous editions. Players work through a series of tournaments to unlock new items in the pro shop and better golfers, then hop online to post scores in daily multiplayer tournaments. Good fun for golf nuts, but I wish Clap Hanz would have ditched the three-tap shot meter and taken advantage of Vita's analogue thumb sticks to offer players a more nuanced swing mechanic. (Clap Hanz/SCEA; 7/10)
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance Fans of action role-playing games and isometric monster slaying will be only partially sated by this re-release already available on other platforms. It has all the ingredients of a decent dungeon crawler – plenty of mythical creatures to kill, loads of loot to collect, occasional narrative sequences to provide purpose to our journey – but lacks the personality and visual panache of competing games. It's competent, but not much more. A Diablo or Torchlight killer this ain't. (Ubisoft/Gameloft; 6/10)
Wipeout 2048 With support for up to eight players via WiFi and cross-platform competition with PlayStation 3 gamers, Wipeout 2048 was made with multiplayer gaming in mind. Stunning, futuristic cityscapes slide past slick as butter on a hot pan as our hovering racers zip through curving avenues. Steering with an analogue stick feels great, but motion-control lovers can opt to pilot their craft with slight tilts and control thrust via the rear touch pad. Repetitive after a while, but fun to revisit for a quick race or two. (SCEA; 7/10)
ModNation Racers RoadTrip This customizable kart racer is a missed opportunity. It's the only Vita game I've seen that suffers performance problems, including a stuttering frame rate and long loading screens. And while its track editor offers intuitive customization features via the Vita's touch screen and rear touch pad, the creative tools are shallow and unsatisfying. Kids may have fun with it, but older players interested in a deeper experience should keep looking. (San Diego Studio/SCEA; 4/10)


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A good wrist splint should:
Splints are available without a prescription from a drugstore, or
with a prescription from an orthopedic or medical supply house. Physical and
occupational therapists can custom-fit splints made from lightweight materials.
This often reduces the clumsiness of wearing a splint.
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Lions Close out Regular Season with 3-1 Win over Florida Tech
SAINT LEO, Fla. – in their final match of the regular season, the Saint Leo volleyball team closed out the Marion Bowman Activities Center in style as the Lions posted a 3-1 (25-16, 25-17, 24-26, 25-16) win over Florida Tech in Sunshine State Conference action on Senior Day Saturday.Box Score
Firmly in control of the match for all but the third set, one where head coach Sam Cibrone tweaked the lineup, the Lions held Florida Tech (10-21, 1-15 SSC) to a .058 attack average for the match, mainly bolstered by that third frame. Each of the three sets where the Lions were the victors, saw the visiting Panthers hit .056, .034 and -.024 respectively.
Needing the win to stay alive in the hunt for the NCAA tournament, the Lions picked up impressive efforts from their senior class, with both Kaitlin McKenna and Bruna Rocha closing out their collegiate careers tops on the charts with 11 kills. Rocha also added a team-high 21 digs to her outstanding effort. Not letting Rocha get all the attention,
McKenna was her usual defensive presence at the net, assisting on six blocks as she teamed with Leah Perry, who also had six block assists to go along with a solo, and the rest of the Lions who out-blocked the visitors from Melbourne, Fla. 14-to-6.
Perry also went out in style, adding seven kills and four assists to her blocking totals.
The Lions' fourth senior, Kim Nuckols, came off the bench to contribute in all four sets, adding four kills and two dominating solo blocks to the victory.
Junior Celeste Bonter, closing out her junior season for the Lions, added 14 digs and eight kills to the Saint Leo (15-14, 9-7 SSC) total, while her counterpart, Danielle Bletso added five kills and three total blocks.
Jaclyn Mailoto added 23 assists in the win.


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Then crept in the "loose" usage. Anybody who wrote or spoke about public affairs came to be dubbed a publicist. It was only a question of time when the dam would give way and the word flow in all directions and be made to cover every kind of talent, or lack of it. ["The Nation," Nov. 22, 1917]
Meaning "press agent" is from 1925 (publicity agent attested by 1900); publicitor also was tried in this sense.


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Adnan Oktar: In my opinion the world in general will have a better state of affairs. Especially a union will come into existence in the Turkish Islamic world. TURKEY WILL BE THE LEADER OF BOTH THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND OF THE TURKISH WORLD. I HOPE THIS WILL HAPPEN IN 10-20 YEARS. But I think the the EU will disunite and go through a social collapse. I also think that America will feel ease that will arise from the establishment of the Turkish Islamic Union and the two super states, namely America and Turkish Islamic Union will be very instrumental in maintaining the balance of the world.
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Davutoglu, Minister of Turkish Foreign Affairs: If a new order is to be established in the world, then its pioneer will be Turkey.
If a new order is to be established in the world, then we will be one of the leading countries that will lay its basis. We have the right for it. We have the experience for it. We have adequate power for it."


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Other Worlds, Other Tectonics, Other Life
Planets are warmed by their sun. Planets also has their own internal warmth that drives local volcanism and tectonics and helps keep water liquid and not frozen. Scattered around the Milky Way are stars that resemble our own sunテ「竄ャ"拊ut a new study is finding that any planets orbiting those stars may very well be hotter and more dynamic than Earth and not due to their suns. Thatテ「竄ャ邃「s because the interiors of any terrestrial planets in these systems are likely warmer due to their radioactive composition than Earthテ「竄ャ"掎p to 25 percent warmer, which would make them more geologically active and more likely to retain enough liquid water to support life.
The preliminary finding comes from geologists and astronomers at Ohio State University who have teamed up to search for alien life in a new way.
They studied eight solar twins of our sunテ「竄ャ"捏tars that very closely match the sun in size, age, and overall compositionテ「竄ャ"拱n order to measure the amounts of radioactive elements they contain.
They searched the solar twins for elements such as thorium and uranium, which are essential to Earthテ「竄ャ邃「s plate tectonics because they warm our planetテ「竄ャ邃「s interior. Plate tectonics helps maintain water on the surface of the Earth, so the existence of plate tectonics is sometimes taken as an indicator of a planetテ「竄ャ邃「s hospitality to life.
Of the eight solar twins theyテ「竄ャ邃「ve studied so far, seven appear to contain much more thorium than our sunテ「竄ャ"掫hich suggests that any planets orbiting those stars probably contain more thorium, too. That, in turn, means that the interior of their terrestrial planets are probably warmer than ours.
For example, one star in the survey contains 2.5 times more thorium than our sun, said Ohio State doctoral student Cayman Unterborn. According to his measurements, terrestrial planets that formed around that star probably generate 25 percent more internal heat than Earth does, allowing for plate tectonics to persist longer through a planetテ「竄ャ邃「s history, giving more time for life to arise.
"If it turns out that these planets are warmer than we previously thought, then we can effectively increase the size of the habitable zone around these stars by pushing the habitable zone farther from the host star, and consider more of those planets hospitable to microbial life," said Unterborn, who presented the results at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco this week.
"At this point, all we can say for sure is that there is some natural variation in the amount of radioactive elements inside stars like ours," he added. "With only nine samples including the sun, we canテ「竄ャ邃「t say much about the full extent of that variation throughout the galaxy. But from what we know about planet formation, we do know that the planets around those stars probably exhibit the same variation, which has implications for the possibility of life."
About 50% of the heat given off by the Earth is generated by the radioactive decay of elements such as uranium and thorium, and their decay products. That is the conclusion of an international team of physicists.
"The core is hot because it started out hot," Panero said. "But the core isnテ「竄ャ邃「t our only heat source. A comparable contributor is the slow radioactive decay of elements that were here when the Earth formed. Without radioactivity, there wouldnテ「竄ャ邃「t be enough heat to drive the plate tectonics that maintains surface oceans on Earth."
The relationship between plate tectonics and surface water is complex and not completely understood. But researchers are beginning to suspect that the same forces of heat convection in the mantle that move Earthテ「竄ャ邃「s crust somehow regulate the amount of water in the oceans, too.
"It seems that if a planet is to retain an ocean over geologic timescales, it needs some kind of crust recycling system, and for us thatテ「竄ャ邃「s mantle convection," Unterborn said.
On Earth, most of the heat from radioactive decay comes from uranium. Planets rich in thorium, which is more energetic than uranium and has a longer half-life, would run hotter and remain hot longer, he said, which gives them more time to develop life assuming they are the right distance form their sun.
As to why our solar system has less thorium, Unterborn explained:
"It all starts with supernovae. The elements created in a supernova determine the materials that are available for new stars and planets to form. The solar twins we studied are scattered around the galaxy, so they all formed from different supernovae. It just so happens that they had more thorium available when they formed than we did."
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Photo|Synthesis: 7th Annual Youth Exhibition
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Explore the power of photography to communicate important ideas about the environment and sustainability in Photo|Synthesis: 7th Annual Youth Exhibition. Photo|Synthesis is a juried selection of artwork that showcases the creativity and artistic expression of San Diego's youth while offering visitors the unique opportunity to view the world from their perspective.
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This article was published 14/2/2013 (1645 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Health-care support workers in the new Southern health authority have chosen the Canadian Union of Public Employees to represent them, CUPE announced today.
The decision follows weeks of representation votes triggered when the provincial government announced the amalgamation of several regional health authorities last May, a CUPE news release said.
Health-care support workers had the choice between the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (MGEU) and CUPE.
Ballots for the new Interlake-Eastern RHA will be counted by the Manitoba Labour Board on Feb. 19, the release said.
Dates have not yet been set for the counting of ballots for the new Prairie Mountain health authority for western Manitoba. The voting took place in January, the release said.


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The Maibatsu Monstrosity is an SUV that is mentioned in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Monstrosity is touted to be a monster truck sized SUV with an extraordinarily low MPG rating. (GTA III ads claim it only gets 3 miles to the gallon). It resembles a Landstalker.
It remains to be seen whether the Monstrosity will make an appearance in future GTA games. The advertisement for the Monstrosity differed in the American and European handbooks; the American and Australian versions advertise a rebadged Landstalker, where as the European advertisement depicts an RC monster truck based on a 1999-2004 Ford Super Duty F-250 regular cab with "Maibatsu Monstrosity" crudely photoshopped on the side. Either the RC Bandit in GTA Liberty City Stories or the Monster Truck from GTA San Andreas presumably is the closest in size and description to the European-depicted Monstrosity.
Interestingly, the SUV craze and the race to build the biggest vehicles was initiated by the Ford and General Motors, with the Ford Excursion and Chevrolet Suburban/GMC Yukon XL, respectively. However, Japanese automakers such as Toyota and Nissan have also produced full-sized SUVs. South Korean automaker SsangYong also makes a large, 11-passenger SUV, the SsangYong Rodius. The popularity of the Maibatsu Monstrosity, could be more likely based on success of the Toyota Land Cruiser. The name "Monstrosity" could be a reference to the Mitsubishi Montero, which is better known as the Mitsubishi Pajero.
Though it is not seen in any of the games, it is a focal point of radio ads, with many deriding it for its size, fuel consumption, the propensity for children to become lost in the back seat, and danger to pedestrians, as well as to the environment. For instance in Grand Theft Auto IV, a caller to the Conservative talk show The Richard Bastion Show on the radio station WKTT says that that America has a buffoon for a president, and that Americans drive incredibly large, polluting Maibatsu Monstrosities that destroy the environment, to which Bastion replies "I know! It's great!" The caller may be referring to the Landstalker. Another example is a caller in Chatterbox FM on GTA III who shares with Lazlow how some other driver shouted the called by a megaphone to move her teal Maibatsu Monstrosity to the side.
A vehicle seen on GTA IV's in game TV is based on the Mitsubishi Montero. This may have been a beta Monstrosity that was cut.
The following are transcribed from radio ads from Grand Theft Auto III.
Ad 1 (Lips 106 & Chatterbox FM)
Man: "I'm a marketing manager who lives in the suburbs and commutes to work on the highway. I live alone, so of course I needed a car that can seat 12 and is equipped to drive across arctic tundra...it just makes me feel better!"
Female announcer: "The new Maibatsu Monstrosity...mine's bigger!"
Ad 2 (Double Clef FM & Chatterbox FM)
Woman: "Phil and I just had another kid. So of course we need a bigger SUV. Being a mom is hard, with soccer, football and lacrosse practice, so we bought the new Maibatsu Monstrosity. It's so big...we lost little Joey in the back and couldn't find him for and hour! When I'm rushing to the mall, or talking on my cell phone, I know me and my family are safe. The Maibatsu Monstrosity has 4- wheel drive, and in amphibious mode...it can cross rivers. So far I've only hit a few puddles, but it's good to know it's there. With the time I save taking shortcuts through the strip-mall parking lot I can focus on the important things. Like gazing longingly at the pool boy or...buying more exercise equipment off the TV. So what if it gets 3 miles to the gallon!? I'm a mom, not a conservationist!"
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The cronut, that calorific cross between a croissant and a doughnut, may have to shove over. The ramen burger, a hamburger served on a bun made from fried ramen noodles, is the latest trendy take on haute junk-food.
Ramen burgers are the creation of chef and food blogger Keizo Shimamoto, who has been selling them at the Smorgusburg food market in Brooklyn, N.Y. The current craze has hungry crowds lining up for hours before Shimamoto even opens for business.
The ramen burger is just the latest instalment in what has been dubbed, "The Summer of Food That Should Not Exist." This wave of freaky food mash-ups, often with awkward portmanteau names, includes various iterations of the stunt burger: the grilled-cheese burger, the french fry burger, the spaghetti burger, as well as the inevitable (and at last month's Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, potentially poisonous) cronut burger. From the Pop-Tarts ice cream sandwich to the waffle taco (or waco, though that moniker is understandably slow to catch on), these Frankenfoods range from inspired to evil genius-y to just plain icky. Deep-fried lasagna burger? Ugh. Pizza with chicken strip crust? Eew.
So far, the demand for ramen burgers, as with so many hot hybrid foods in New York, is being driven by a canny combination of scarcity and buzz. That means short quantities and long lineups. In what could be the quintessential crossover of kooky made-up foodstuffs, a man recently tried to bribe his way into the Shimamoto's ramen burger queue using two coveted cronuts from Dominique Ansel's bakery.
While the ramen burger started out as a New York City phenomena, word has spread through social media. "I can't believe how fast news can travel," Shimamoto wrote on his blog, goramen.com, on Aug. 3. "In just two days, the Ramen Burger went from dream to Internet superstar before I even sold a single one."
The web has also allowed the rapid dissemination of knockoff recipes. The name of Shimamoto's own ramen burger may be trademarked, but homemade versions have been popping up all over the web. While Shinamoto was coy about the "secret" to the ramen bun, food bloggers quickly figured out it must involve using egg as a binder. Emulating Shinamoto's other flavours, most recipes involve adding soy sauce and sesame oil to the burger. Condiments include ketchup spiked with Asian hot sauce.
Sorted, a popular online food hub, jumped on the ramen burger. Specializing in cheap and cheerful recipes for young people and students, the Sorted lads aren't exactly strangers to ramen noodles. Their version of the ramen burger involves a double beef burger, quick-steamed pak choy, a fried egg and cheese (that last ingredient seeming like a bit of a British bloke addition). Foodie sites offer some ramen burger fails (too high, too flat, too strange), but also lots of good advice. I mixed and matched a few of the Internet recipes and watched the hands-on demo video from Sorted Food. The result is a basic version of the ramen burger. (Or, since the name Ramen Burger is trademarked, let's just call them Mr. Noodle Burgers.) You can probably figure out from this recipe whether this is something you actually want to make and eat, or whether this is more of an "Alison made a ramen burger so I don't have to" situation.
I will say these burgers were surprisingly easy and pretty tasty. At any rate, there was no lineup.
Mr. Noodle Burger
2 x 100 g packages ramen noodles (I used original flavour)
2 eggs, beaten
250 g (1/2 lb) regular ground beef
few splashes soy sauce
few splashes sesame oil
bunch green onions, finely chopped
For serving:
Ketchup mixed with hot sauce, to taste
Green onions, chopped
Cook the noodles according to package directions, but DO NOT add seasoning mix. Drain noodles and let sit until cool enough to handle but still slightly warm. Place noodles in a medium bowl, add eggs and mix thoroughly. Divide the noodle mix into four and place each portion in a round container, like a bowl or a ramekin, about the size you want the bun to be. Press each portion into the container and then take plastic wrap and cover completely, keeping a flat, round shape. Press the ramen "bun" down into the container and then press with a weight. (I nested the bowls and then used a final bowl with a heavy can on it.) Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
When ready to make the burgers, place ground beef in a bowl, add the contents of one seasoning packet, a few splashes of soy sauce, a few splashes of sesame oil and the green onions. Mix thoroughly, but try not to overwork the meat. Form into two patties slightly bigger than the size of your ramen "buns." (Meat will shrink slightly as it cooks.) Poke a little dimple in the centre of each patty to keep it from plumping up. Using a medium pan, fry burgers until cooked through, flipping once. Meanwhile, unwrap the ramen buns (they should be firm and holding together). In another large non-stick pan, heat oil, add the four ramen buns and cook until lightly browned on one side. Flip and continue to cook until lightly browned on the other side.
Serve by placing a ramen bun on a plate, topping with a burger, garnishing with arugula, green onions and ketchup. Top with another ramen bun. Makes 2 burgers.
Tester's notes: Yes, this is undoubtedly a novelty food, but it's a darn tasty novelty food, and not as fiddly as I thought it would be. The ramen buns ended up slightly crisped at the edges and soft inside. I worried they would be messy to cook and eat, but after the time in the fridge, these "buns" held up really well.
And the ramen-inflected flavours pair well with the beef burgers. (You can use pre-made patties if you want; just splash them with a bit of soy and sesame oil.)
How hungry would you have to be to eat a ramn burger? Join the conversation in comments below.