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LAKELAND, Fla. – Less than 24 hours after an 11-inning battle against the Florida Southern Moccasins, the Saint Leo softball team swept aside the Sunshine State Conference rival Mocs in Friday afternoon doubleheader action by scores of 3-2 and 4-2. The wins propelled the Lions to their first ever conference title since the inception of the Sunshine State Conference softball championship in 1981. The second win of the day also marked the second time in Saint Leo's history that a team has reached 40 wins.
Senior RHP Megan Still took the mound for the Lions in the first game of the afternoon, and sophomore RHP Ashley Ehlers and junior LHP Sarah Steiner both saw relief appearances. The trio allowed just eight hits and two walks in the full seven innings of work.
Unlike the first game of the series, the Lions completed game one in the regularly scheduled seven innings and defeated the Mocs by a 3-2 score.
The Lions were the first to jump on the board, collecting one run in the top of the first inning when junior Chelsea Steedley scored on an error.
After the Mocs scored one run in the bottom of the second to tie the score at 1-1, the Florida Southern Moccasins took their only lead of the day by tacking on another run in the bottom of the third to go up, 2-1.
Fortunately for Saint Leo, Steedley came up big in the top of the fourth when she ripped an RBI double down the right field line to score Torrie Weindorf and Danielle Ferrara.
Freshman RHP Alana Tabel started in the circle for Saint Leo in the second game of the afternoon, tossing four and two-thirds innings before Steiner took the mound in relief and Megan Still collected the save. The trio allowed seven hits and two walks in the effort, while striking out five.
The first run of the game came early in the contest, when junior Kylee Hardesty connected on a 0-1 pitch to send a rocket over the left-field fence and start off the top of the second inning. With the Mocs unable to score until the seventh, the Lions collected three more runs in the top of the seventh to widen the lead. Both Burns and Gremo collected RBI's in the last inning.
On the day, the Lions collected 14 hits, eight walks, and one stolen base.
Despite the end of the regular season, the Lions await the opportunity to play in the NCAA post-season regional tournament. Saint Leo will find out their playoff future in the days to come.
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About Emilia Azcarate
Emilia Azcárate is a painter who explores unconventional and ever-expanding ways of creating marks and forms on canvas. She has been known in the past to use smoke stains and cow droppings to create her compositions, while she has made more recent paintings by cutting forms out of a stretched canvas with a scalpel, allowing the cutaway pieces to hang off the work. The results could be considered both painting and sculptural relief. For other works she cuts open and reveals the interior of notebooks. In Azcárate's own words, "the stroke of the blade is as accurate as the brush, but the result is a loosening and transformation of the shape which ends with the birth of a sculpture."
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It is autumn - at least according to the calendar. We enjoyed the beautiful and warm autumn weather by spending the day outdoors. We drove to Palm Beach, walked up to the lighthouse and enjoyed the beautiful views. There was a lovely sea breeze greeting us at the top after a steep climb - it really was a picture perfect day. Sail boats were out at sea, people had gathered in parks for a picnic with family and friends, cafes were full of people having late brunch or lunch. These are the kinds of weekends I enjoy the most.
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2 teaspoons stevia
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
150g silken tofu
1 tablespoon rice syrup
250ml almond milk
50ml extra-virgin olive oil
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2. Peel, core and dice the pears.
3. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
4. Blend tofu, rice syrup, almond milk and oil in a blender until smooth.
5. Fold the tofu mixture into the dry ingredients. Fold in the pears.
6. Spoon the mixture into the muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.


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Wood Bead Necklace 70 by Nathalie Costes. Handmade in Paris by Nathalie these beautiful and colorful pieces have a cult following. Beautiful when layered with other lengths. 27.5" (70 cm) Drop Length / Largest bead measures: 1.5" / Smallest bead measures: 5/8" / Composition: Wood / Color: Lime Lacquer / Made in France.


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When the squash is just about done, heat up the remaining olive oil, barley malt, maple syrup, cherries, pecans, sea salt and cinnamon. Place one-quarter of the cherries/pecan mixture in each acorn half. Mix a little of the squash together with the cherries/pecan mixture, using a spoon or fork to mix. Bake right side up for another 5 minutes. Place in a serving dish.
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The first night of Life after Redden begins tonight with this forewarning from me:
And I've said this about the captain, and I'll say this about Michal Rozsival, and others. If the contract hadn't been so obscene, we probably wouldn't look at Wade Redden this way.
If it wasn't so out-of-whack, this wouldn't be necessary. I don't honestly believe the Rangers have six better defensemen than Wade Redden, or at least not much better. If he was making $2.5M per, he'd make the team and play a lot, if not every night.
That said, it's good and right that he's been expunged, because he stunk a lot of nights during his ill-fated, never-should-have-happened Rangers tenure. And we all knew it was wrong right from the start, didn't we? A lot of his stinking was from his own lack of effort or care, too.
PS, I love all those people who said they'd never do this, when anybody with half a brain (and that includes me, I guess) knew they would. You think eating that money makes MSG suits blink? Have you even heard of the Knicks?
Tonight's lineup vs. Devils, per Andrew Gross:
Ruslan Fedotenko-Todd White-Ryan Callahan
Sean Avery-Tim Kennedy-Jeremy Williams
Dane Byers-Artem Anisimov-Evgeny Grachev
Derek Boogaard-Kris Newbury-Dale Weise
Michael Del Zotto-Steve Eminger
Garnet Exelby-Matt Gilroy
Alexei Semenov-Pavel Valentenko
Henrik Lundqvist, Chad Johnson
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BUSINESS leaders say companies struggling to compete under the high dollar have little choice but to get used to it, as any attempt by the Reserve Bank to take the heat out of the exchange rate is likely to be futile.
As the International Monetary Fund considers elevating the dollar to the ranks of global reserve currencies, chairmen of two of the nation's biggest companies have delivered a blunt message on the dollar.
The chairman of Westpac and a director at BHP Billiton, Lindsay Maxsted, said the dollar's strength in recent months was the first time it had failed to fall with commodity prices, and he struggled to think of how businesses could shield themselves.
''You can improve your costs and improve your efficiencies and so on but there's very little a business can do - let alone a central bank can do - to make a sizeable impression on the [level of the Australian dollar],'' Mr Maxsted said on Tuesday. ''It's just about being smarter and better at what you do.''
In recent weeks there have been growing signs the Reserve is attempting to take some of the heat out of the dollar, by stockpiling foreign central banks' deposits on its balance sheet.
But the chairman of the ANZ Bank, John Morschel, also said the central bank had little chance of pushing down the currency.
''I don't think the Reserve Bank has got the wherewithal to force the dollar down,'' Mr Morschel said. The comments came as the Reserve Bank signalled that interest rate cuts remained on the agenda, with this month's board meeting minutes saying further reductions ''may be appropriate'' as the mining investment boom peaks.
The high dollar has sparked growing concern among exporters in recent months. Worryingly for many, it has failed to fulfil its traditional role as a ''shock absorber'' by falling during times of weakness, which makes Australian exports more competitive. Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens, last night said he thought it was ''surprising'' the dollar had not fallen much, given the slump in commodities over recent months.
However, business hopes of a weaker dollar were dealt a blow on Tuesday when it was revealed that the IMF was considering classifying the Australian and Canadian dollars as official reserve currencies - those held in large quantities by foreign governments. Currently, only the US dollar, euro, pound, yen and Swiss Franc are classified as official reserve currencies. But the fund said it was considering publishing data on the official reserve holdings of Australian and Canadian dollars because of the growing foreign interest in these currencies.
Both economies have also benefited from resources booms caused by industrialisation in the developing world.
The global head of interest rates strategy at Westpac, Russell Jones, said the IMF's move was recognition of the growing importance of the dollar for global investors.
''Over recent years, the Australian and Canadian economies have proved more stable, and their financial sectors more robust, than the more traditional safe havens of the US, the eurozone, Japan, the UK and Switzerland,'' Mr Jones said.
However, being a reserve currency nation also raised the risk of dramatic capital flight from the economy during a severe slump, which could exacerbate economic problems.
Up to 23 central banks from around the globe have included Australian-dollar assets in their foreign exchange reserves.
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text: Graduates aren't finding enough jobs here By Megan Workman June 2, 2013 Story Share Kenny Kemp Of the 115,730 students who graduated from a public university in West Virginia in the past 10 years, nearly 52 percent of them weren't working in the state in 2011, according to a study published by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the BBER. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Steve Knoblock celebrated his 30th birthday by starting his first day of work at his new job.The 2009 West Virginia University graduate didn't sit at a tidy desk topped with piles of papers like he expected he would be doing with his master's degree in professional accountancy.Instead, he stood behind a cash register and scanned customers' items at a Walmart in Morgantown.The national store has been the No. 1 employer in West Virginia for 15 years, but it's not the workplace for someone with two college degrees, Knoblock said.The Bridgeport native said he wants to work in his home state, but he hasn't had any luck at the numerous in-state accounting firms where he has applied in the past few years.While he has committed to the Mountain State since graduation -- and has taken minimum-wage jobs in the meantime to stay here -- many of his peers have left to find work elsewhere, he said."The problem I see is it's not that graduates are looking for excuses to leave, it's because they can't find a reason to stay," Knoblock said. "When you hit a certain milestone birthday like 30 and all of a sudden the big thing to commemorate your day is 'I just got a job working the cash register at Walmart making minimum wage,' it gives a little pause."Most people who live in West Virginia want to work here after they graduate, said Eric Bowen, research assistant for the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research.But they leave the state because the jobs they are looking for aren't always here, he said.Of the 115,730 students who graduated from a public university in West Virginia in the past 10 years, nearly 52 percent of them weren't working in the state in 2011, according to a study published by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the BBER. The report, "From Higher Education to Work in West Virginia 2011," provides an analysis of the work participation and wages for graduates of the state's public institutions of higher education during the past 10 years.Bowen, author of the report, said some jobs aren't as obtainable in the state as others, such as jobs in engineering.George Hammond, a former WVU economist who now serves the same position at the University of Arizona, said the state has a difficult time attaining science and technology graduates because those high-tech jobs aren't available here.More than half of all graduates of the state's public universities in the last 10 years were employed in just two industries, according to the study.Of those 55,675 graduates who worked in the state, more than 27 percent were employed in health care and 23 percent worked in education. Officials said the state's aging population correlates with the increase in health-care jobs. "You have certain career paths that aren't necessarily in West Virginia and they will be more likely to move out of the state," Bowen said. "There are a certain percentage of people who get educated in the state and move out and that has to do with the availability of jobs in certain types of careers."More than 70 percent of West Virginia University graduates who had been out of school for at least five years had left the state to work, the highest rate of any top public university in the country, according to the most recent study by Payscale.com.Officials from the HEPC said 52 percent of WVU's student body is out-of-state students anyway so it is understood a majority would leave.The state does have unique challenges based on the history of its workforce, officials said.West Virginia has a workforce that has been based on jobs that didn't require a college education, like steel and mining, for example, said Paul Hill, chancellor of the state HEPC. Jobs that were once considered "blue collar" now require a college education and that has been a challenge for the state, he said. West Virginia has among the lowest college attendance and completion rates in the country.Hammond said in order for the state to become more competitive and see faster growth, it has to produce more college graduates.Hill referred to the "Educating West Virginia is Everyone's Business" report, from a task force organized by the HEPC and West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education that lays out a five-step roadmap to dramatically increase West Virginia's college completion rate.Hill said the state will need an additional 20,000 college graduates just to meet the workforce's current needs in the next five years."Which is a need above and beyond what we have right now," Hill said. "If we had a major industry developed here, that might start to draw an additional need for college graduates. We already know we need to produce more college graduates to meet the need of the growing industry."Some graduates are working in positions that didn't exist 10 years ago, Hill said.The development along the Interstate 79 corridor in north-central West Virginia is bringing new businesses, such as Northrop Grumman, to the state and employing more West Virginia graduates, he said.Hammond said the state has been "working hard to improve the business climate," but there is still a lot of work to do in terms of keeping the tax and regulatory environment as competitive as possible.Forbes ranked West Virginia 45th in its annual "Best States for Business" report.It ranked the state as 48th in "growth prospects" and 47th in "regulatory environment." While the state's corporate net income tax declined from 9 percent in 2007 to 7.75 percent in 2012, Forbes said West Virginia's population growth "is anemic at just 0.2 percent since 2006."The study said the state has a poor business climate, few big companies, and a poorly educated workforce.Having more college graduates results in a stimulated economy, which will improve the state's business climate as a whole, Bowen said."College graduates generate economic activity, start businesses and tend to be entrepreneurial," Bowen said. "Having a highly educated workforce is one of the most important markers of economic growth, and West Virginia has a fairly low number of people who have pursued higher education."Out of every 100 West Virginia students enrolled in the ninth grade, only 17 will earn a two- or four-year college degree within 10 years.Of the students who attend college in the state, 60 percent do not complete their degrees.Ron Knoblock, Steve Knoblock's father, said college graduates represent the future economic development of the state.He said he didn't become aware of how difficult it is to find a job in West Virginia until his son started looking, and hardly hearing back from companies, in his home state.Ron Knoblock said the ordeal has been frustrating, not only for his son, but for other graduates who can't find jobs. Most of them have left the state, but Steve Knoblock doesn't want to move because "if he were to leave he would never come back," Ron Knoblock said."At what point does someone make the decision 'it's not going to happen here' and pull up the roots and go elsewhere?" Ron said. "There are certain types of jobs that you aren't going to find here, but for a lot of other occupations, where there should be business development, those types of jobs should be here."Steve Knoblock said he will continue to search for an accounting job in West Virginia, "the only home I've ever known."He said he hopes businesses are willing to take a chance on graduates who may not have enough experience in their field, but are well-educated."People like myself, my friends and people I've never even met have gotten these degrees and businesses are not willing to take the risk to invest in these graduates to really give them the opportunity to show them what they can do, so of course they're leaving because they don't have any incentive not to," Steve Knoblock said. "But I like the environment and the people here and that's why I want to work here."Reach Megan Workman at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5113. 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This year's recipients of the Campus Life Award included three CMD Majors, Emily Haff, Tiara Kanney and Michela Moe.
The Campus Life Award is given to graduating seniors who have been involved in numerous areas of campus life and have demonstrated significant leadership abilities and accomplishments. This prestigious award recognizes the outstanding contributions these students have provided to Ithaca College through their participation and involvement in campus life.
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Microsoft Makes Changes to Windows 8's File Management Changesby Andrew Cunningham on 1/31/2012 12:30 PM EST
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Mr Perfect - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - linkFile copy interrupts, which in past versions of Windows have stopped the copy operation until the user clicks through them, will now queue and display after Windows has copied everything it can.
Nice! It's always when you start a large transfer and focus on something else(naturally, who's going to sit and watch) that you end up with a duplicate file immediately after you look away.
Other old GUI elements that bug the crap out of me:
Non-resizeable dialog boxes. They may have worked back when we all had 1024x768 screens, but when everyone has a 1920x1080 or higher, there's no reason for boxes that can't be scaled up past index card size.
Dialog boxes that don't show up on the task bar. Close all open dialog boxes before exiting? Sure! Now where are they?! Reply
Omoronovo - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - linkI totally agree with the dialog boxes not showing up on taskbar. Also, sometimes dialog boxes get hidden behind their parent application, and when you click on the parent application it doesn't being child (locking) dialog boxes to the foreground, requiring you to do some trickery with alt-tab or to end the program entirely.
I agree we should be able to resize many dialog boxes, but since most of the ones that are fixed are small and only have a short message in them, this wouldn't be a top priority for me as it would just make a large box with the same short message in it. For ridiculous dialogs that are pages long but squeezed into a tiny postage stamp of space on my screen, definitely something that needs improved.
I had noticed in my time with the Windows 8 Developer Preview that locking file operations are all bunched together at the end of the transfer, but I was curious as to why the transfer couldn't just continue when it reached those files that need additional input whilst giving you the option immediately - for long file transfers this would mean you could make your decision at any point in the transfer after a file collision occurs, without having to wait until the end of the transfer (where it will pause and wait for you to make a decision). Seems the more logical thing, although I'm sure there's some downside I haven't envisioned. Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - linkAgreed! Especially on non-resizeable windows with lot's of content, list of elements with long text labels etc. It's so annoying not be able to read this stuff properly and to fiddle with tiny scrolling bars, when 90+% of the screen is still available. Reply
name99 - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - link" and the ability to add folders and executables to the new Metro-style Start menu."
Wow --- they are really going the extra mile to fit in with the Metro vision, aren't they? Reply
B3an - Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - linkYou forgot to mention one new thing... Explorers support for EXIF data on images, so it now automatically displays images in the correct rotation (Thumbnails or enlarged).
"Explorer now respects EXIF orientation information for JPEG images. If your camera sets this value accurately, you will rarely need to correct orientation."
All these small changes to Win 8 will overall improve things greatly for me. And i love how even the early Developer Preview runs better than Win 7 on my ancient laptop i use for testing (7+ years and only has 512MB lol!). It actually runs as fast and snappy as XP does and uses considerably less RAM than Win 7. Thats very impressive. Reply
B3an - Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - linkAh sorry i see you did infact mention the EXIF data support, just didn't see it :) Reply
Andrew.a.cunningham - Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - linkYeah, it's tucked in there with a bunch of the other small tweaks. Excited to see what the beta looks like! Reply


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We're down to the last few weeks of winter. Rather than pine for the warmer weather that's around the corner, why not take advantage of cooler temperatures to indulge in all that's soothing and filling? Of all the Caribbean comfort foods, plantains are the most versatile. Even if you bring home too many, you'll always find a use for them. Bought green to make tostones, they can easily become mofongo. Let them turn completely yellow, they can be steamed for a quick side dish of plátano sancochado. Forget them altogether until they're almost completely black, they can still be fried up to make maduros.
With a few yellow plantains on hand at the perfect mid-point — sweetly ripe but still firm enough to be boiled — I decided to make a Puerto Rican pastelón de plátano maduro. Similar to a shepherd's pie, the plantains are mashed together and layered with picadillo flavored with oregano, olives and capers, tomatoes and raisins then topped with cheese and baked. The lower layer absorbs the juices from picadillo while the cheese crust balances out the sweetness from the plantains.
Of course, there are a million variations on picadillo but two ingredients in particular, recao, a flat-leaf herb similar to cilantro, and ají dulce, a sweet pepper with a little heat that doesn't bite, are worth seeking out. Widely available in Latin American markets, they give Puerto Rican sofrito its unique flavor and this dish a hint of warmth.
Pastelón de Plátano Maduro
1 pound lean ground beef
2 tablespoons annatto infused oil or canola oil*
1 green bell pepper, chopped
3 ají dulce also known as ajicitos, chopped
1 medium white onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 cup peeled whole tomatoes, fresh or canned, crushed or roughly chopped
1/4 cup dry sherry
1-2 tablespoon raisins (optional)
1 whole bay leaf
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
3 recao leaves (also known as culantro), finely chopped (cilantro can be substituted)
1/4 cup red roasted peppers, chopped
1/4 cup green olives, sliced
2 tablespoons capers
4-5 plantains, mostly yellow with some black spots, trimmed and cut in half
8 cups of water
2 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted plus more for greasing
1/2 cup queso blanco or parmesan, shredded
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 13×9 inch baking dish and set aside.
To make the picadillo, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the chopped green peppers, ajicitos and onions. Sauté until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook an additional 2 minutes. Add the ground beef, breaking it up so there are no lumps. Stir in the tomatoes, sherry, bay leaf, salt, and pepper and raisins if using. Return to a low simmer, cover, and continue to cook an additional 15 minutes. Add the chopped recao, red peppers, olives and capers. Remove bay leaf, adjust seasoning to taste, and set aside.
Combine the water, salt and unpeeled plantains in a large pot. Bring to a high simmer, cover and continue to cook an additional 15 minutes. Remove from heat and drain. When cool enough to handle but still warm, peel, place in a large bowl and mash together. Stir in the melted butter to combine.
Add half the plantain mixture to the prepared baking pan and spread to form a smooth layer. Top with the prepared picadillo. Cover with remaining plantain mixture and sprinkle with shredded cheese.
Bake in preheated oven until it is warmed through and lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
*Notes: To make annatto oil, combine 1 cup of canola or olive oil and 1/4 cup of annatto seeds (also known as achiote) in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over low heat, stirring often, until it turns bright orange, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow steep an additional 15-20 minutes. Drain and discard the seeds. The oil can be covered and refrigerated for up to 2 months.
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Everton manager Roberto Martinez has not discussed a new deal with Leighton Baines, but insists that his prized left back (or anyone else on his team) is not for sale, unless their valuation is met.
Crystal Palace will receive a major boost in midfield with Yohan Cabaye and James McArthur both returning from injury.
Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has a chance to make his debut against Everton on Monday.
Huddersfield Town boss David Wagner revealed striker Nahki Wells is expected to miss five to seven weeks following an ankle operation.
Huddersfield Town defender Martin Cranie has been ruled out of Sunday's match with Newcastle and isn't expected to return until after the international break.
Pedro remains in doubt for Sunday's match with Tottenham after he reported pain in his ankle during training on Friday.
With Daryl Janmaat out 2-3 weeks with a groin injury, Kiko will likely be thrust into the starting role after deputizing in Week 1 after the Dutch international's injury.
After bringing in former big name prospect Jese from PSG, Mark Hughes will have to decide if he will feature from the bench or get a start in his first week with the team.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has revealed that Tiemoue Bakayoko could be available for Chelsea's match against Tottenham at Wembley.
Jonny Evans is suffering from a hamstring issue and will likely miss Albion's trip to Turf Moor in Week 2.
With Jonny Evans and Gareth McAuley both ailing and doubtful for Week 2, Ahmed Hegazi is a solid bet as a fill-in for Week 2 but if the transfer rumors are to be believed, he could be more than that.
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PERU — Bobby Morrow and the St. Bede Bruins made sure their Homecoming guests went away disappointed Saturday at the Academy.
Morrow scored three touchdowns as the Bruins rolled to a 35-18 win over the visiting Fulton Steamers. His 24-yard run with 1:59 remaining put on the finishing touches, leading to a loud roar from the SBA student section of "Yes, I believe we will win!"
"It's Homecoming, so we definitely didn't want to lose, and we wanted to get a push going in to the playoffs. We're going to be 3A this year, so it's going to be pretty tough. (We) want to get a good seed," said Morrow, whose three touchdowns matched a career high.
The Homecoming win was extra special for St. Bede quarterback Taggert Venegas, who was celebrating his 17th birthday on the gridiron.
"I'm pretty excited to get the W," he said. "With the alumni coming back, we wanted to go out there and play hard for them. They came to school, so you really want to show them what we're all about."
SBA coach John Bellino joked you always want to win Homecoming because "you'll catch a lot of heat all year if you don't."
The Steamers (2-4) made things a little interesting with scoring drives late in the third quarter and another late in the fourth quarter. Bellino said it's become an all too recurring theme the Bruins need to stop to make another playoff run.
"We've been talking to them about that all year. We either give up the big play and let a team right back in. We're just not going to be able to afford to do that," he said, adding his team showed a lot of character to stay in there and play hard.
The Green Machine was rolling in the first half. Morrow cashed in from two yards out less than four minutes into the game, and Austin Schwab added a three-yard score at the 4:49 mark.
Sam Halm had the scoring honors on a one-yard plunge with 8:22 to go in the second quarter, giving the Bruins a 21-0 halftime lead with Santiago Galatis' third PAT.
"Didn't matter which running back we had, we were all getting yards, inside and outside. Austin had a lot of carries, lot of tough running," Morrow said.
"We were able to run the ball against them the whole game, and the line did excellent. They got out on their blocks and able to sustain them for quite some time, and Bobby and Shaw and Schwabie had some big runs," Venegas said.
The Bruins racked up 317 yards on the ground on 50 carries, paced by Morrow (14-119) and Schwab (19-108). Bellino said the key was the offensive line as well as the blocking backs when they weren't carrying the ball.
• Bruins briefs: St. Bede recognized the Class of 2002 for its 10th-year reunion, saluting their fallen classmate, Thomas Heitmann, who was tragically killed while co-piloting a U.S. Marine helicopter in training exercises in California a year ago. Bellino said it was a great tribute. "Tom played for us. He was a great kid. You hate to ever see that happen. They're doing a lot for him. A lot of contributions coming in, and I understand they're going to do some other things. I'm really happy to see that happening. … The Academy also honored former teacher John Comerouski, who passed away Sept. 22. He left his legacy at the Academy on Dec. 18, 1963, when he wrote the school's loyalty song that is played after every Bruin touchdown ... Bob Schultz, who's worked on the chain gang for Academy football years for 46 years, was one of seven people inducted into the SBA Hall of Fame Saturday morning.
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Start: Dec 04, 2012 06:15 PM
The London Entrepreneurs' Challenge is a workshop programme and business plan competition open to all members of UCL, SOAS, Royal Veterinary College, Birkbeck, the School of Pharmacy, and the London Business School that aims to show participants the process of starting a business by helping them do it for themselves.
The programme for this academic year began in October 2012 and will run until December 2012. The majority of workshops will take place at 6.15pm on Tuesday evenings in the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre in the Roberts building, on the main UCL campus. A map to the entrance on Torrington Place can be found here.
Workshops will typically last about one hour and fifteen minutes and will be followed by drinks and informal discussion.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of February 15, 1929 (45 Stat. L. 1185), is hereby amended to read as follows: "The Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, shall permit the agents and employees of any State to enter upon Indian tribal lands, reservations, or allotments therein (1) for the purpose of making inspection of health and educational conditions and enforcing sanitation and quarantine regulations or (2) to enforce the penalties of State compulsory school attendance laws against Indian children, and parents, or other persons in loco parentis except that this subparagraph (2) shall not apply to Indians of any tribe in which a duly constituted governing body exists until such body has adopted a resolution consenting to such application.
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A Systems Approach to Aerospace, Energy and the Environment
Ron Sega, Colorado State University
Friday, May 15, 2009, 3:30pm
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Starting with a view from our aerospace experience, this topic addresses energy and the environment from a broad perspective and frames the solution space via a systems approach. It recommends advances in technology that will be critical for our future and presents a strategy that involves supply, demand and culture change with respect to energy and the environment, with examples of demonstrated results. A strong technical foundation for developing new, more efficient operational energy systems was recognized as important in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and from FY01 to FY05, the DoD's Science and Technology (S&T) investment in Energy and Power Technologies more than doubled, representing the largest percentage increase of any S&T area. In the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, we focused on power generation, energy storage, and energy conversion and management. We set clear goals within the DoD in areas such as hybrid electric technology and technology for greater efficiencies in propulsion and energy conversion systems, supported alternative fuels efforts, and enhanced partnerships with industry and universities. In 2005, the U.S. Air Force created a new energy strategy, starting with a vision of "Making Energy a Consideration in Everything We Do." This comprehensive strategy addressed demand-side energy efficiencies, supply-side energy assurance options, and the establishment of a culture of conservation. An Energy Senior Focus Group oversaw this strategy and its implementation, and coordinated and developed various programs to improve supply and demand aspects of energy such as improving efficiency in aviation and infrastructure operations, investing in more energy efficient future systems, and establishing goals and metrics to manage progress. The Air Force was the nation's largest single purchaser of renewable energy in FY05 (approx. one million megawatt-hours in FY05 and FY06), certified the B-52 for fight with a 50/50 blend of synthetic fuel and JP-8 in August 2007, and improved conversion efficiency of fuel to electrical power. Several organizational awards received by the Air Force (2005-2007) included: Green Power Partner of the Year Award -- Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Climate Protection Award -- EPA, Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award -- United Nations Environmental Programme and the EPA, and the overall Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management for such achievements as saving 3.3 trillion BTUs in FY06 (enough for 100,000 households). Several energy-related studies have called for action such as the report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy entitled: "Blueprint for Securing America's Energy Future" which stated that "we are at a turning point when it comes to energy. We must find new, viable and clean sources of energy to meet this surge in demand. From aggressively promoting energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impacts of our energy consumption and production, to addressing critical shortages of qualified energy professionals and transforming our transportation sector, there is plenty of work to be done and we must continue to work together to engage our political leadership on the elements of a balanced and comprehensive strategy."
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Dr. Ronald M. Sega holds a B.S. in math and physics from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, an M.S. in physics from Ohio State and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado. Dr. Sega is the Woodward professor of systems engineering at Colorado State and is the V.P. for energy, environment and applied research with Colorado State University Research Foundation. He also serves as special advisor to the Colorado State University president for energy and the environment. Dr. Sega was a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU-Colorado Springs, also serving as dean from 1996-2001. He served as technical director of the Laser and Aerospace Mechanics Directorate at F.J. Seiler Research Lab at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and as assistant director of the Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center at University of Houston. He was director, defense research and engineering, and the chief technology officer for the DoD from 2001-2005. He retired from the Air Force Reserve in 2005 after 31 years in the Air Force as a command pilot, having served at Air Force Space Command and as reserve assistant to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. He most recently was the under secretary of the Air Force from 2005-2007. Dr. Sega has authored or co-authored more than 100 technical publications, has served on numerous local, regional and national advisory and governance boards, and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). A former astronaut, he flew aboard Space Shuttles Discovery (1994) and Atlantis (1996). He also led the Air Force team that won the overall Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management in 2007.


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This is the terrifying moment a daredevil put his life at risk to dangle himself from a 50m crane.
Footage, published on YouTube on February 16, reveals three men, who appear to be in their teens, climbing up the giant crane in Shotfield, Wallington.
The youngster starts by holding on with both hands
He slowly lets go and clings on with just one hand
Their death-defying ascent is captured on a GoPro camera and appears to have been done without any safety equipment.
The three teens appear to take it in turns to hang off the towering crane.
The crane towers above neighbouring buildings
A police spokesman said the video was a copycat of a Channel 4 documentary, aired last month, called Don't Look Down telling the story of urban free climbers who illegally climb cranes and buildings without safety equipment and then hang from them.
He said: "We are getting hold of a still from that video. We will work to identify them individually and work with local police teams to do that.
"We also want to have a closer look at the video to see if any offences have been committed. We would also be looking at whether their actions constitute anti-social behaviour.
"We will be working with site security, around the crane, to increase patrols and would appeal to members of the public to come forward and tell us who the individuals are.
"What they have done is tremendously dangerous and they are putting their lives at risk. We will be doing our duty to the public to protect their safety.
The youngsters filmed themselves at the top of the crane
"This was such an incredibly dangerous and stupid thing to do that it's almost beyond belief. They could easily have lost their lives."
He said the teens would be dealt with 'robustly' and police would be talking to the Health and Safety Executive and the site's management about tightening security to prevent any further activities.
If you recognise the teens or have any information contact Sutton Police on 101.
After hanging on with just one hand the teen is then seen scrambling back up to his companions
The youngsters bump fists in celebration of their stunt
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ByDante Chinni
Among the many bits of conventional wisdom in presidential politics is the abiding belief that there are two stages in running for the country's top job. There is the primary stage, where a candidate appeals to the party base to build enthusiasm with core voters. And there is the general election stage, where one pivots to capture moderate centrist voters.
A few months and several contests into the 2012 primary calendar former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney seems to be challenging that idea. When you look at Mr. Romney's votes and support, he is largely bypassing that first stage – or at least trying to bypass it – and appealing to general election voters during the nomination fight.
With the Republican Party more divided than usual, some clear fault lines have emerged in the GOP electorate around the current field of candidates. Social conservatives and less-wealthy voters have tended to side with either former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum or former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Other Republican primary voters have tended to side with Mr. Romney.
The result? Mr. Romney's electoral "footprint" in some primary states bears a striking resemblance to that of President Barack Obama in 2008's general election – particularly in swing states like Ohio and Florida.
The question is what that ultimately means for Mr. Romney's chances in the fall.
In Florida, the similar patterns are obvious. Mr. Obama won 15 counties in the state in 2008, Mr. Romney carried 12 of them in January's Republican primary in the state, including the most densely populated counties around Miami, Orlando and Tampa. Those counties gave Mr. Romney the win in January and Mr. Obama his win in 2008.
Tuesday's results from Ohio are arguably even more remarkable. Mr. Romney won 12 of the 22 counties Mr. Obama carried in 2008 but again, most critically, the counties with the most population – Hamilton, Franklin and Cuyahoga (the homes of Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland respectively). All three are categorized as big city Industrial Metropolises in Patchwork Nation's demographic/geographic breakdown of counties. They appear in gray on the map below and without big wins in them Mr. Romney would not have won the state.
Those counties gave him a margin of 36,000 votes in Ohio, where he won by only 10,000 votes overall. And depending on how you look at it that could be either very good news for Mr. Romney in November or conversely very good news for Mr. Obama.
You could argue that Mr. Romney's strength among voters in Mr. Obama's strongholds will pay big dividends in the fall. After all, if Mr. Romney can make the Obama team fight hard to defend their turf he has them on defense.
Furthermore, a lot of those counties Mr. Obama won are the swing-voting wealthy suburban counties where elections are won or lost – counties Patchwork Nation calls the Monied Burbs. If Mr. Romney takes enough of the vote there, logic suggests he could be in good shape to win in the general election.
But it's hard to gauge just what the primary and caucus votes thus far actually mean. Just because Mr. Romney is winning in the Burbs against Mr. Santorum and Mr. Gingrich doesn't mean he will automatically do better there against Mr. Obama, who did very well in the Burbs in 2008. And the primary results thus far certainly don't mean Mr. Romney will be able to compete with Mr. Obama in the big city Industrial Metros, which tend to go very heavily Democratic in the general election. Mr. Obama carried those counties by 37 percentage points in 2008.
Meanwhile, some conservative Republicans are concerned that Mr. Romney's electoral footprint is detrimental to his chances because it sits so squarely on Mr. Obama's turf. The Romney camp isn't doing enough to fire up the base, this argument goes, and Republican voters in November may decide to simply stay home rather than vote. In 2004, then-President George W. Bush won Ohio by driving up the vote from those heavily Republican areas – primarily the counties in red (Service Worker Centers) and light green (Emptying Nests) in the map above.
Those are precisely the kinds of counties where Mr. Romney has struggled – in Ohio and elsewhere. But would those voters, many of whom say they despise Mr. Obama, really not vote for Mr. Romney or stay home on Election Day? That remains to be seen.
More important, whether Mr. Romney's constituency is good or bad for him, it's not likely going to change. The Romney-Obama turf battle is not a sudden development and it extends to other areas. Patchwork Nation has noted its existence for months, for instance, in fund-raising.
It's not even clear how much of the current Romney "strategy" is simply being dictated by circumstances – some of it is probably being driven by the circumstances within the divided party.
But should Mr. Romney win the nomination, his approach will be tested in the fall and the former Massachusetts governor may be hailed as the man who broke the mold or went too far off the script.


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As many of you know, it's my life goal to help 10 million people get healthy. To that end, I've got big plans for Mark's Daily Apple and the Primal Blueprint in 2014. From several new books and events, to a Primal certification and much more, it's looking like it will be a great year. I'll be sharing all the details with you next week.
But it all starts and ends with you, Mark's Daily Apple readers. You continue to be my primary focus and, as always, this blog wouldn't be what it is without you. So today I want to know what you want out of MDA. See the contest below. But first…
I'd like to whet your appetite with some juicy topics I'll be tackling in 2014 blog posts. Here are just a few that I'm working on in draft form for publication this year.
- What Do We REALLY Know About What Our Ancestors Ate?
- Is a Calorie a Calorie?
- How and Why Your Body Stores Fat
- Why I Believe in Supplementation
- How to Be an Endurance Athlete on a Ketogenic Diet
- How to Reverse and Eliminate Type 2 Diabetes
- The Best Exercise There Is, Hands Down
That's just a taste of what I have in store for this year. Now it's your turn…
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"What do you want me to write about?" My articles are constantly informed by the thoughts and ideas of my readers. Today is your chance to tell me what you'd like to see me research and write about this year. In the comments section below, tell me one topic you'd like to see covered, or one question you'd like to see answered, or the title of one blog post that just has to be written this year. I'm leaving this fairly open ended. No idea is too small or big.
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so i am aiming to make a game (a clone of hack run)
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Hello from Mum
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Florida softball advances to Women's College World Series
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But when the dust settled at home plate Sunday, the members of the Florida softball team could scream it at the top of their lungs.
Oklahoma City, here they come.
For the fifth time in six years, UF coach Tim Walton is taking a team to the Women's College World Series. This one came in dramatic fashion when freshman second baseman Kelsey Stewart threw out the tying run at home plate to end the game and give Florida the 1-0 win over Alabama-Birmingham (40-19).
Although pinch-runner Hailey Glynn was out easily, it could have been a close play had Stewart not realized that Glynn was trying to score from second base.
"I was just hoping she didn't throw the ball to first base," Walton said.
Stewart laid out for the grounder up the middle off the bat of Lauren Webster but didn't look at first. Instead, she got to her knees and fired a perfect strike to catcher Aubree Munro, a defensive substitute in the seventh inning.
"Every day in practice, we go through game-winners," Stewart said. "Right before the play (shortstop) Katie (Medina) and I said, 'Game-winner.'
"I was just laying my body out there. She thought I would go to first. I would have (thought that) too."
The final out preserved a shutout for Florida starter Hannah Rogers, who was masterful in the circle in a game with little margin for error. In running her record to 33-5, Rogers allowed only four hits and struck out seven.
"She was really good," Walton said of his pitcher. "She had real command of her pitches. Don't forget about defense. She made a couple of really nice plays."
One of them came to start the seventh when Rogers was able to snag a bouncer that went over her head to get Kristen McGrath out at first.
But Anna Kimbrell followed with a double that smacked high off the wall in left-center. Chandler Orr's popped out to second to set up the dramatic finish and the celebration was on.
Gainesville was Dogpile City again.
"It's a completely different feeling," Walton said. "Even though we're the Florida Gators, we've played as an underdog all season. It's a very special feeling.
"They don't understand what they've accomplished in a short period of time."
Florida had little trouble getting runners into scoring position during the game, but struggled at the plate once they were there. After a 1-2-3 first inning, UF put runners on second or third in the next five innings but went 1-for-11, wasting several opportunities.
It was Taylor Schwarz who came up with the one RBI of the game for the Gators when she roped a double to left field off the wall to score pinch-runner Ensley Gammel from second in the fourth inning.
"We didn't talk about (Oklahoma City) once this week," Schwarz said. "It's been forbidden. But now that we're going, it's really surreal to me."
The Gators are now 57-7 and face Tennessee on Thursday in Oklahoma City. The two teams played three games earlier in the season in Gainesville with UF winning two. All three went extra innings.
"They were my preseason pick to win the SEC," Walton said. "They are one of the best teams in the country. It's no surprise that they are there."
But it is something of a surprise that Florida, with a team full of freshman starters, is going back to Bricktown after a year's absence.
"We're going to the Women's College World Series," Stewart said. "It does seem surreal."
Except that it's real.
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COOLIDGE, DANE (1873–1940). Dane Coolidge, naturalist and writer of western novels, the son of Francis and Sophia (Whittemore) Coolidge, was born in Natick, Massachusetts, on March 24, 1873. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1877, and Coolidge subsequently grew up on his father's orange farm at Riverside, California. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1898 and studied at Harvard University in 1898–99. During the summers Coolidge collected animals for Stanford University, the British Museum, the United States Biological Survey, the United States National Zoological Park, and the New York Zoological Park. In 1900 he worked as a field collector for the United States Natural History Museum.
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I've been mossing around lately after a fellow Austin garden blogger, Pam at the fabulous Digging, introduced me to these decorative puffs called "moss rocks". To save on shipping, we considered going in together on an order. They are not cheap but worth it in my opinion if they are truly as sustainable and easy-care as the website describes.
BUT then the question was raised if the moss really would be so easy to maintain indoors in Austin. Was my $eramic "rock" (designed specifically to hold moss) destined for the local Goodwill shelf where shoppers would pick it up and think 'Pretty color, but…what is it?'
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My mosses are in sunny locations but no direct sun, and I'm misting them liberally bi-weekly. I may still order the more elegant designer moss rock; I especially like the lichen shade, the largest of the three in the first photo.
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On the surface, the Packers got a decent consolation prize for losing to the Vikings with a game against Washington, the champions of the weak NFC East. The Packers had the same record on the road (5-3) as they did at Lambeau Field.
The Packers will take a lot of baggage with them to Washington (or, to be more accurate: Landover, Maryland), starting with their uncharacteristically punchless offense. Whether due to a depleted crew of wide receivers, an inadequate offensive line, off-kilter play calling or his own throwing, Aaron Rodgers has had the worst year of his career.
The Redskins, on the other hand, averaged nearly 33 points over a four-game winning streak to finish the regular season. Kirk Cousins has had quite the breakthrough, with 12 touchdown passes and only one interception while averaging close to 300 yards during the streak. They've got confidence and momentum, which are important assets this time of year.


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Cuyahoga Falls -- Pearl Harbor Day, Dec. 7, did not go unnoticed at Charles Faust American Legion Post 281 which annually commemorates that infamous day.
During a 30-minute program that drew a crowd of around 50 people, "Remembering Pearl Harbor" was hosted by Sharon McClain. Post Chaplain Don Slider gave the invocation and benediction. Speakers were Mayor Don L. Robart and Pearl Harbor survivor Gary Rossi.
Rossi, 91, said he was in a barracks on the other side of a mountain range from Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. He added that had he gotten his wish and been transferred to the Air Corps, a request his captain denied, Rossi would have been stationed at the airfield that was bombed and likely added to the list of casualties.
Although Rossi could not see the harbor from his side of the mountains, he knew that Japan's attack on Pearl would change the world forever.
"I look at [Pearl Harbor Day] with sadness because of the way the world is going," Rossi said. "The real shock of it came to me when [terrorists] attacked on 9/11, 60 years after Pearl Harbor. What I saw brought back memories." He said there were certain aspects of both days that were identical. "The weather was nice, the shock -- I thought I was reliving Pearl Harbor all over again."
Rossi, a Falls native now living in Tallmadge, said Pearl Harbor was a major event that triggered the start of World War II. "We better be on the ball and always be alert," he warned. Rossi said America needs to keep its military well funded. "We better be wise to the fact we're in bad times," he said. "We may not have a country if we don't take care of it."
Robart said Americans should never forget what happened at Pearl Harbor. The number of servicemen who were there and lived to tell about it is becoming less and less as time goes by.
"For more than half a century, members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association gathered in Hawaii every Dec. 7 to commemorate the attack," Robart said. " But sadly, in 2011, the 70th anniversary of the attack was the last one marked by the Survivors Association." He said the organization disbanded at the end of last year due to dwindling membership.
The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association had 28,000 members when it was founded in 1958. Membership in 2011 was 2,700.
Robart challenged everyone to remember Pearl Harbor and the fact that Dec. 7, as described by President Franklin Roosevelt, "is indeed a date that lives in infamy."
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The Homecoming contest on September 25, 2010 against Kaskaskia College was a chance to haul out the time-worn soccer expression, "they died in beauty." Your Pomeroys began the match having little trouble knocking the ball around, possessing through midfield, putting pressure on right away and generally having their way with the match in every place except the most important one: the scoreboard. In the first ten minutes the visiting Blue Angels scarcely had the ball and for all their athleticism were chasing, as the Pomeroys controlled the game. When the visitors were dangerous, it was knocking long balls out into the corners of the field and running after them. Strangely that strategy worked 13 minutes into the match, with a Kaskaskia counterattack catching the Pomeroys overbalanced as Brittany Toennies scored on a pass from Brehanna Farris. Though Jessica Black would have a good chance on a free kick drive that rebounded off the crossbar, the Blue Angels would score twice more in the half. Scoring once on a corner kick not cleared away from goal, and once on a long floating shot from Kelsey Miller that drifted over April Baranowski, off the far post and in with .5 seconds remaining to make a 3-0 halftime lead for the Blue Angels. In the half the Pomeroys had more than doubled the possession of the Blue Angels.
The second half was a mini version of the first. Though the Blue Angels only scored once, in the 77th minute through Chelsea Kirkley, the Pomeroys seemed unable to solve their problems from the first half. They could not convert possession dominance into scoring against a packed-in defense and gave up counterattacking opportunities. As the clock wound down, the Pomeroys got a lot of players onto the pitch, but never seriously threatened to gain control of the game. The final remained 4-0 in favor of Kaskaskia, dropping the Pomeroy record on the season to 3-4.
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Four Fabulous Flirting Techniques
Flirting doesn't have to be hard!
-Bobbi Palmer, Divine Caroline
It doesn't matter how old you are, flirting remains the best way to build a quick connection with a man in the "I think you're hot and would be interested in going out with you" way.
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When I suggest that to the over-forty women in my dating workshops and coaching programs, I can see them cringe. Most of these otherwise outgoing women have no idea how to flirt, and many consider it childish and classless.
I have news for you. Here is what you get when you don't flirt with nice men: a nice conversation. That's it. But you're not looking for a buddy, right? You want to be asked out.
Here are four ways to flirt with flair and get that date:
1. Compliment him: Have you ever noticed that we use compliments to connect with other women? "I love your purse!" "Your job sounds amazing!" "You crack me up!"
Why don't you do that with men? Granted, it takes a different approach, but everyone likes to be complimented. Men love to know that you think them to be smart, capable, fascinating, and funny. A sincere compliment in those areas will take you a huge step forward toward connection. (Ahem: note the word "sincere.")
Tell him when you agree with something he says, ask his opinion, let him suggest a book or restaurant, laugh at his jokes, or tell him his business sounds interesting.
You can tell him he has nice eyes, and he'll appreciate it. But that won't go so far as these more substantive compliments. The confident, grown-up kind good guys need to hear much more than you just think he's cute.


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Grandma subscribed to Jackie Lawson's e-card service so I've been lucky enough to get to watch them with my daughter. They're WONDERFUL! Each is a mini movie. All are impeccably done and are lots of fun for both kids and adults. There are 115 different e-cards available. A membership costs $12 USD per year ($18 for two) and it's well worth it. There are plenty of samples to view for yourself if you don't believe me :D.


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Living like a local in equatorial rainforest is..... fun
I'm a traveller who appreciates all the comforts of urban life -- plenty of thick towels, multiple pillows and even the chocolate on the pillow. But heading into the rainforest of Ecuador, I decided to leave behind the big city and with 14 other travellers participate in G Adventures' inaugural Local Living trip in South America, which allows visitors to stay with a family, and explore their environment through their eyes.
We stayed with Delfin Pauchi and his family, who live a four-hour bus ride and almost an hour truck ride into the southeast heart of the country, far from the big city.
For five days, I was wet, dirty and essentially wore the same clothing every day. I resented the rubber boots I wore to go hiking and adapted to showering in cool creek water while remembering to always use bottled water to brush my teeth. But in the same five days, I realized I didn't miss my urban life -- and gained a new tribe of friends.
Like most group tours, ours met at the pre-tour meeting. Our trip CEO Daniel Maldonado went over the details, encouraging us to purchase flashlights, rain ponchos and bug spray if we didn't already have them, while suggesting we take the minimum into the rainforest, since space would be scarce and wheeled luggage an encumbrance.
Reminded that we wouldn't have access to electricity, I sadly left my laptop, cellphone, mp3 player, video camera and other electronic paraphernalia securely stored with excess clothing in the hotel storage room. It felt odd to have one camera and two charged batteries as my only tech companions.
Early the next morning, we headed to the rainforest by bus, and by mid-afternoon, with backpacks and five-litre bottles of drinking water, we walked into the camp, a rustic lodge and cabins perched on the side of a hill, surrounded by tall trees and flowering bushes.
Greeted by the family, the house dog, two puppies, hens and chicks, we were divided into groups of three and assigned our cabins, open air bamboo and wood structures that I termed rainforest chic. They had simple twin beds with mosquito netting, a couple of shelves, candles and were immaculately clean. There wouldn't be chocolate on my pillow, but the cabin was surrounded by jasmine bushes that would be my aromatherapy to lull me to sleep each night.
Despite varied backgrounds, ages and experiences, we easily banded into a tribe, sharing stories and laughs as we fell into our daily routine. We were up with the sunrise, waking to the patter of Spanish, the barks of the dogs and the random crows of the rooster. We would slowly arrive at the hammock area, waiting for the bell to signal breakfast. The dining area, a long communal table, was where we fuelled up on rainforest-sourced teas like lemongrass and cinnamon, fresh fruit, scrambled eggs and instant coffee, while Daniel would tell us the daily plan of activities.
It didn't matter if it was raining or sunny -- the weather would alternate between both extremes all day long. Rainjackets, hats, rubber boots and Ziploc bags became essentials, along with sunblock, bug spray and cameras. The group took care of one another, sharing tips and supplies.
As we explored by foot, boat and pickup truck, the rainforest's secrets were revealed to us through Pauchi's explanations and stories, as he showed us numerous indigenous plants that were used for shelter, food and medicine, and were part of his traditional life as a member of the Quichua people.
The descendent of shaman and the current shaman of the area, Pauchi was proud to continue the rituals that he had learned since he was child and to show them to us. We learned to make a small shelter in the rainforest, how to roast cacao beans to make chocolate, had a local spa treatment, tried our hand at a blowgun and participated in a healing ceremony and mock wedding.
In between dealing with mosquito bites or ignoring the sore muscles from a day filled with activity, we could retreat to our small cabins for siesta. But we would generally spend our daytime downtime hanging together in the hammock area.
Dinner would be after sunset and since we were so close to the equator, daytime was roughly from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. As we ate the evening meal by candlelight, we became obsessed with the homemade salsa, which seemed to make the vegetable soups, stewed chicken and fried fish with beans and rice even better.
And then we would entertain ourselves -- with more stories, impromptu karaoke and drinking games.
Once the chatter and laughter ended, the rainforest sounds would take over -- and although I never saw any giant spider or scorpion, others did encounter them on the way to the toilet.
We weren't just racking up first-time experiences for our bucket lists, we were learning about ourselves as much as the Pauchi family. We could see how our money made a difference to the family and their community. It wasn't just about being eco-friendly or sustainable or being a volunteer -- it was all these things.
I returned to Quito with numerous mosquito bites, clothing that would never return home and took the longest shower of my life. But I immediately missed the intimacy of the group and the simplicity of the rainforest. And I didn't unpack my electronics right away.
The G Adventures Local Living program debuted in 2012 and includes trips in Italy, Croatia, Mongolia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Morocco, France, Iceland and Spain, with trips averaging between five and eight days. www.gadventures.com/trips/local-living
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