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All lanes have reopened after a pair of collisions blocked all lanes on westbound Interstate Highway 580 for about a half hour in Oakland on Monday evening, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash was reported at 6:23 p.m. at westbound I-580 just before the Interstate Highway 80 merge to get onto the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Officer Ralph Caggiano said.
One collision involved two cars, and reported no injuries; the other involved three cars and one passenger suffered a leg injury, Caggiano said.
A significant traffic alert was issued at 6:43 p.m., with all lanes blocked on westbound I-580 and one lane on westbound I-80 blocked, Caggiano said.
At 7:12 p.m., the Sig-alert was lifted when all lanes were reopened to traffic, he said.
The one passenger injured was transported to Highland Hospital in Oakland to be treated for a possible broken leg, Caggiano said.
Caggiano said it is unknown if anyone else was injured in the three-car wreck.
Drivers were diverted to I-80 through Emeryville to get onto the Bay Bridge while the road was being cleared, the CHP said.
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Viva Las Vegas, the overused term. Since the company shuts down for two weeks over Christmas, Sean and I decided to head to Vegas for a weekend before all of the holiday chaos ensued. I hadn't been there in about 3 years, last time for a convention, so I was looking forward to seeking all of the new "attractions." Yes, there are other things than just gambling. Let's see what was new, Palazzo at the Venetian, City Center, a couple Cirque shows, re-themed properties and many, many restaurants. I have always thought of Vegas as an adult theme park (many times too adult), but they seem to be changing that stigma. Although slowly, they are making progress.
Vegas is an interesting place because much like the boardwalk, it's bright, loud and in your face. What I love most are the big huge outdoor shows and the signs, neon, LED, flashing etc… It's really a ramped up version of what signs used to be like on the boardwalk.
We are seeing more of these come back over time: Gateway Arcade, the spinning fish at Joe's, new neon at the convention center… not to mention many of the hotels along Ocean Ave. all getting into the game after years of decline. I can only hope that over time the signs will get better, brighter and more intriguing. It really adds to the overall atmosphere of the boardwalk.
So this year the biggest sign on the boardwalk is getting a facelift, and much like the signs along the strip in Las Vegas, the Giant Wheel will once again dazzle the night sky, letting everyone know that "our" boardwalk, the Wildwoods' one, is a unique place full of fun and excitement for kids of all ages (even us older ones and our parents too)!


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Spring 2012 Trend: Pastel Colors
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Pretty pastel hues popped up all over the Spring runways from designers such as Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, Miu Miu, and Lanvin. We love the feminine color palette – think lavender, mint green, candy pink, saturated coral, and sky blue — and all of the styling possibilities that come with it. That said, we culled the best candy-colored hues for you to add to your current wardrobe and right into Spring. Just read below for our quick styling tips, then click the slideshow to shop all of our delectable clothing and accessory picks.
- Pair pastel-hued jeans with a cozy gray sweater and black ankle boots for a perfectly weather-appropriate Winter look.
- Make a bold color statement by accessorizing an all-black ensemble with a minty green clutch or citron satchel.
- We love the idea of layering a lavender dress with a turtleneck, fuzzy vest, and ankle boots for a romantic bundled-up ensemble.
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Prospects Ross, Smith win Minor League honors
LOS ANGELES -- Padres pitching prospects Joe Ross and Burch Smith are off to strong starts in the Minor Leagues this year.
Ross, 19, was named the Midwest League Pitcher of the Week on Monday after going 2-0 in his first two starts for Class A Fort Wayne. Ross, the Padres' No. 13 prospect according to MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo, threw 10 scoreless innings and allowed only two hits with 12 strikeouts over his two outings.
Ross was selected 25th overall by the Padres in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.
Smith, 23, was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Week on Monday after the right-hander threw 11 scoreless innings over two starts with Double-A San Antonio. Smith, the organization's No. 20 prospect, won his season debut on April 6 and allowed three hits with five strikeouts in six innings. He struck out eight over five innings on Friday.
The Padres drafted Smith in the 14th round in 2011.
Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Samsung Rising: Q4 In Line with Forecast; Sees Weaker Q1 Mobile Demand
Samsung Electronics (005930KS) this evening reported Q4 revenue of ₩59.2 trillion, and operating profit of ₩8.3 trillion, consistent with a prior forecast offered on January 7th, and short of the Street consensus of ₩59.7 trillion, and ₩8.9 trillion, respectively.
Samsung said trends in smartphones and tablets are showing up as weaker than normal this quarter relative to typical trends in the season.
Samsung shares traded up ₩16,000, or 1.2%, to ₩1,315,000.00, in Seoul morning trading.
While sales were up 6%, year over year, mobile product sales rose 9%, year over year, to ₩32.17 trillion. Quarter to quarter, however, mobile sales fell 9%.
Semiconductor sales rose 7%, quarter to quarter, but the company's business of making display panels was down 20% from the prior-year quarter, at ₩6.46 trillion.
In its chips business the company saw "seasonally strong demand," while in its display business, the company remarked that panel demand declined thanks to an industry inventory glut, and prices fell.
In mobile, smartphone shipments were "down slightly due to year-end inventory adjustments and the base effect from strong 3Q growth," while the company saw pressure on operating profit from higher marketing.
Tablet shipments were "up sharply QoQ driven by strong sales of Tab3 and Note 10.1(2014), released during end-3Q," with growth mainly driven by sales into developed markets, meaning, North American and Europe.
For 2014, regarding handsets, the company projects "price/product competition to intensify amid accelerated replacement from feature-phones to smartphones," and that smartphone demand growth will "continue with LTE service expansion in Europe/China and solid demand growthin emerging markets."
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Retronyms are the makers of Re-Birth for iOS, Dopplerpad, FourTrack and other iOS music apps. Today they have released Tabletop. It's a full on studio designed for the iPad. It comes with the RS3, Polyphonic Keyboard Gridlok, Touchpad Sampler M8RX, Tone Matrix Filtr LP, Low-Pass Filter Effect SpinBack, Turntable Player Mr. O, Master Output Goblin MX8, Eight-Channel Mixer T101-Triggerator, Sequencer / Master Controller Recorder M2 and an Input Recorder. Through in app purchases you can get the Ekko, Delay Effect Filtr BP, Band-Pass Filter Effect Verve, Reverb Effect Xpand, Chorus/Flanger Effect Goblin MX4-FX, Four-Channel Mixer with Sends XFade abd Crossfading Mixer.
So far I've really only liked single purpose iOS music apps that have basic large interfaces. Tabletop certainly is of the other cloth but you bet I'm going to try it out. I don't think the App store rules allow for plug-ins but wouldn't it be great if other manufacturers could sell additional in app effects for Tabletop such as we similarly do with VST/AUs on our desktops? Let me know if you try Tabletop out. I'm curious on everyone's thoughts. $4.99 intro price.
"The heart of Tabletop is a modular environment where you can mix and match different devices. Select from more than a dozen devices including samplers, mixers, effects, sequencers and more. Buy only the gear you need from an expanding catalog.Tabletop is the first musical environment designed from the ground up exclusively for the iPad. Each device has its own uses, characteristics, personality—ranging from classics like drum pad samplers to touchscreen effects." – retronyms.com
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Inamo St James (Regent Street, London)
Down with old-fashioned restaurant clutter like menus and waiters. Inamo's oriental fusion offerings are projected onto your table where you order with a mouse. Sadly, your drinks and meal are still delivered by a man in an apron, but it's all too tasty for the lack of robot staff to put you off your food.
Ecclestone Square Hotel (Ecclestone Square, London)
The world's most gadgety hotel decks out every room with an iPad 2, 3DTV and Blu-ray player. Curtains, lights and climate control are operated via a touch panel and there are colour-changing walls and a massage bed. Room service it is, then.
Science Museum Lates (Exhibition Road, London)
On the last Wednesday of every month, the doors of the science museum are opened for a child-free session of science gawping. All the explosions and interactive fun of the exhibition halls, none of the screaming school trip horde… and there are even temporary bars selling beer and wine. Get in.
Star Command Laser Tag (Trocadero, London)
When you and 34 of your closest mates need to let off a bit of steam, make sure that steam takes the form of a laser beam fired from a purpose-built gun. It's not big and it's not clever, but the quest for Star Command is pretty good fun.
Bruce Pennington exhibition (Museum Street, London)
Curated at the Atlantis Bookshop, this first-time collection of Bruce Pennington sci-fi art (runs until 27th August 2011) brings together the highlights of the award-winning illustrator's massive body of work, including intergalactic citadels and plenty of bizarre aliens (one delightful example pictured).
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Sam Didier is the art director for Blizzard Entertainment, and has heavily influenced the "look" of Warcraft since Warcraft III. He has something of an obsession with drawing pandaren, and likes to even draw himself as one of them - thus the "fantasy portrait."
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Recently, I came across the Coaster Doodler. Brody Rose sketches roller coasters onto images in issues of the local DC newspaper, The Express. During his 40 minute subway commute, he finds an image that catches his attention and he integrates a roller coaster in a variety of ways. Sometimes he puts the people in the images on coasters trains and other times he has coaster track weaving in and out of objects, places, faces, and pretty much anything you can imagine.
For about a year and half now Brody's been posting his creations at CoasterDoodler.com. When I contacted him to ask if I could include some of his doodles in this post, he agreed. Then, I was faced with a fun, but daunting task. I combed through his archive of doodles and tried to pick a few favorites of mine to share. It wasn't easy. Browsing through his site can be pretty addictive as you never know what kind of photo will be next or how the coaster will be integrated. I found so many of Brody's doodles interesting, cool, and even thought-provoking like "Slipping Away" where he doodled on a photo about Alzheimer's.
For coaster geeks like myself, seeing roller coasters in non-theme park settings is kind of the way life is. For example, I often daydream and imagine roller coasters when I look at landscapes on road trips. It's kind of intriguing to see images that reflect serious national and international topics with our favorite joyrides sketched into them. I'm no art critic, but the juxtaposition is pretty interesting.
Visit Brody's site to view more of his great work. Time for a quick plug. I hope to showcase more off-beat and unique theme park fans like Brody in Theme Park Geekly, a new online community magazine launching in October.
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What do you think of the Coaster Doodler and his doodles? Do you have a favorite from my picks above? Leave a comment below.


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Watching the Fever losing in dramatic fashion was a bit depressing, but watching Anna drilling key three's one after another was unreal, especially the second OT one where everyone in the building knew she was getting the ball and they still couldn't stop her. It sort of brought me back to the days of Reggie in his prime.
Everyone should tip their hat to these girls for the unbelievable season they have gone through and all of the heart these girls display every night they play. We are so lucky to have them playing for us.


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Mayweather ready to fight Pacquiao, but promoter Bob Arum appears to hold on the cards.
Floyd Mayweather must have a guardian angel or some higher power watching over him, because he surely could have gone to prison for the alleged assault case he was recently sentenced to ninety days for. And on top of that, instead of turning himself in on the scheduled January 6 court date he was able to get the judge to defer his sentence six months so that he could fulfill his contractual obligations for a May 5 date.
But before anything can happen, the Nevada State Athletic Commission is seeking an explanation from Mayweather because of his conviction, as he is required to do so. According to Keith Kizer who is the executive director of the Commission, it's not automatic that a license will be granted.
"The commission looks at experience, integrity, character, and skill to determine whether or not it's appropriate to issue a license," Kizer said.
The commission is known to reject applications, most famously denying Mike Tyson in 2002 after he was involved in a brawl at a New York City press conference.??It's interestingly to note that Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, who seems to be holding the cards for any possible bout with Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, wants to build an outdoor arena that could possibly hold some 40,000 people as oppose to holding the bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, that's only big enough for 18,000. Like they say, "If it don't make dollars, it don't make no sense." ??Mayweather appears to be ready to fight Pacquiao, or at least that is the message that he is putting out there. He went to twitter to call out Pacquiao.
"Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see," Mayweather said in his first tweet. "My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk," Mayweather tweeted a minute later.
Arum, who is Pacquiao's promoter, said that his fighter will be in the ring on May 5, but not against Mayweather. An opponent for Pacquiao has not been named. ??In other news, there is a revealing documentary being screened in New York City this week that will be aired on HBO later this month entitled, "On Freddie Roach".
The feature documents the future Hall of fame trainer as he deals remarkably with the challenge of Parkinson syndrome. The film takes you behind the scenes, and interviews those closest to him while he trains the many A-list fighters in his stable (Amir Khan, Peter "Kid chocolate" Quillian, and of course, Manny Pacquiao just to name a few). This should make for a great reality program as we go into the heart and soul of this man who's not only accomplished so much in the ring, but has done quite a bit for the common man outside the ring. This is must see T.V.
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Would you like to travel back in time? This is the sensation you will have in many Spanish towns and villages when they hold mediaeval events and markets. These festive events are especially common in summer, combining history, culture and fun.
Troubadours, merchants, jongleurs, knights, damsels… In many places in Spain, and especially during the summer, these characters take over the streets for several days to whisk you back to the Middle Ages. All over Spain there are mediaeval markets that recreate the atmosphere, traditions and events of that period in history. Some of them have become major festive events attracting large crowds of visitors.
These are generally popular events. Most local people take part in them with real gusto: they dress in period costumes, act out representations of legends and battles, prepare typical mediaeval dishes… To contribute to the atmosphere, the streets are decorated with standards and banners, and the ground is covered in straw. There is also street entertainment with music, puppets and minstrels to keep the children happy. Some festivals also include activities such as jousting tournaments and falconry exhibitions. If they are also in historic towns and villages with monuments as a backdrop, then the result is truly spectacular.
Time will fly by as you stroll through the stalls of the craft market. A world of options is on offer: food, ceramics, jewellery, leather items, wooden toys, etc. You can buy a wide variety of traditionally made food products, from spices and sweets to bread, honey and cheese. At the stalls you can also see how craftsmen and women like potters, blacksmiths and carpenters used to work in bygone times.
Mediaeval festivals and markets can be found in many cities, towns and villages around Spain. Some of the best known are: Mediaeval Eivissa (Ibiza, Balearic Islands): second weekend in May. Hita Mediaeval Theatre Festival (Guadalajara): first Saturday in July. Sigüenza Mediaeval Festival (Guadalajara): second weekend in July. Puebla de Sanabria Mediaeval Market (Zamora, Castile-León): closest weekend to 15th August. Ávila Mediaeval Festival (Castile-León): first weekend in September. Cervantes Week in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid Region): around 9th October. Vic Mediaeval Market (Barcelona, Catalonia): closest weekend to 8th December. Cordoba Mediaeval Market (Andalusia): end of January. Orihuela Mediaeval Market (Alicante, Region of Valencia): early February.
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Expectations for Palo Alto's newest destination restaurant, The Sea, are extraordinarily high, since it is part of the Alexander's Steakhouse brand. After opening in 2005, Alexander's quickly became a standard bearer for Bay Area steakhouses, and the same course has been set for The Sea among seafood restaurants.
Rarely is opening a new restaurant smooth sailing, and that proved true for this one. Just weeks before its November opening, founding executive chef Jeffrey Stout was replaced by Yu Min Lin, who was most recently at the Michelin two-starred Providence in Los Angeles. His résumé also includes stints at the French Laundry and Manresa.
Since it's important to give a new restaurant and chef time to work out the kinks, I waited 2½ months before visiting. In the two weeks between my visits, rough patches in service were getting smoothed, and Lin was refining the menu.
Housed in the spot left by Trader Vic's, The Sea has replaced all traces of Polynesian kitsch with understated modern elegance that has the calming effect of the ocean. You'll find no clichéd seafood restaurant decor.
The entrance is bright white with little more than a large hostess stand and a large chandelier. Its starkness was matched by our reception from the hostess when she didn't immediately see our reservation on her computer. Her lack of finesse made us feel momentarily uncomfortable.
The dining room, which seats nearly 150, also is predominantly white — walls, tablecloths and cream-colored leather chairs — with accents in blue and gray. Blue canvas banners hang from the high ceiling near the gleaming open kitchen. Two smaller dining areas flank the main room.
Oddly, when seated, you're given only the wine and cocktail lists. The former seemed premature without a dinner menu to make pairing decisions. The latter is filled with tempting creations by bar director Perry Hewitt. But the wait for a dinner menu must be excruciating for nondrinkers — nearly 40 minutes on our first visit with just water and a carafe of wine on our table, though the dining room was only half full. Finally, our amuse bouche and a basket of house made bread arrived one after the other, the best of which was a croissant topped with the Japanese condiment furikake, which gave a big hit of umami.
The restaurant was much busier on our next visit, but the meal got off to a quicker start, though service slowed toward the dinner's end.
The tuna tacos appetizer ($15) on the first visit was very good but messy, more upscale bar food than white-tablecloth fare. Two weeks later, it was gone, replaced by an ocean foie gras ($16), which seemed more appropriate for the venue.
Traditional foie gras was banned from most California menus last year, but Lin uses monkfish liver, a delicacy in Japan, to form a torchon. It's cut into a thick medallion and served with watermelon radish and a citrus sauce — a lightly sweet and acidic foil to the rich, velvety liver.
Though perhaps not a flawless dish, the fried clam chowder ($15) appetizer exemplifies Lin's quest for perfection. The bowl is delivered with a brunoise of crisp-tender celery and carrot and finely chopped pieces of bacon with three bite-sized fried clams. The creamy soup, delicately flavored with white miso, is poured at tableside. Eat the clams first, so they don't lose their crunch in the broth, and then enjoy the rest, savoring the perfectly cooked vegetables.
As for the main courses, Mero ($40), a fish similar to sea bass caught in Hawaii, was truly disappointing — underseasoned, with the flesh mushy in places. The broccolini and sweet potato puree with it were incongruous counterparts. That shouldn't happen at an upscale restaurant.
Main courses seemed better on my second visit, though that may have been a function of fortuitous ordering. In the John Dory ($36), filets of mild, white fish were firm and well-seasoned with a golden sear. The accompanying peas and mushrooms made for a harmonious pairing.
Another standout was the white shrimp carbonara. Although $36 is an outrageous sum for pasta, the linguine noodles in a rich, creamy sauce were ringed by a generous portion — at least 10 pieces — of sweet, succulent butterflied shrimp. Mushrooms, dried tomatoes and Brussels sprouts prevented this from being a one-note dish, and it was nearly impossible to stop eating it.
Pastry chef Dan Huynh's desserts ($12) were artfully plated, and the ones we tried were very good. Monkey Business — a riff on banana bread and a creamy banana parfait with pearls of citrus — was good but not outstanding. Pandora was sinfully delicious. A cube of airy chocolate mousse atop a perfect round of cake topped with a salted hazelnut praline, it hit all the right notes. The real gem on the plate, a caramelized miso ice cream, mirrored the sweet-savory character of the praline.
Meals end with a plate of mignardises, bite-size morsels of things such as shortbread, madeleines and paté de fruit, as well as a cone of cotton candy, an Alexander's trademark.
Despite the problems, The Sea shows great promise. If the improvements I witnessed in between visits continue, there's no reason it won't soon be riding a wave of success.
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The Dish: The team behind Alexander's aspires to do for a seafood restaurant what it did for the steakhouse: create a destination-worthy dining experience by which others in the Bay Area are judged.
Prices: Appetizers, $12-$35; main courses, $36-$62; desserts, $12; wines by the glass, $10-$25, by the bottle, $36 and up.
Details: Housed in the old Trader Vic's, The Sea is an upscale, special-occasion place. Although the servers wear suits, this is Silicon Valley, so no jackets are required for patrons.
Pluses: Enticing, seasonal cocktail menu and well-curated wine list; large parties can be accommodated; turf options are available to complement seafood fare.
Minuses: Service hasn't yet hit its stride. Long lapses can make diners restless. Some dishes don't quite hit the mark, and the kitchen is still adjusting the menu.
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m., Friday-Saturday 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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gregkavarnos wrote:You threw out the Anglo-American thing and I threw it straight back at you. Now you are crying foul? So you think karma has nothing to do with it? Fine by me! Isn't strange that I don't have KPC threatening me and Feds breaking down my door? I wonder why not? Luck? Fate? God? Causes and conditions?mujushinkyo wrote:You hold some beliefs about karma and you believe I should hold those beliefs also. In other words, you're in possession of the truth about what's good or bad, right or wrong, ego or not ego! Come on. Wake up.
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SANTA CLARA -- 49ers defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey could be lost for the season because of a torn left biceps.
The 49ers aren't ruling out Dorsey while they consider options, such as making him their injured reserve/designated-for-return player. Defensive tackle Ray McDonald played much of last season with a partially torn biceps.
The injury to Dorsey, suffered during practice Friday, weakens a defense that already must make due without linebacker NaVorro Bowman (knee) until midseason and might be without Aldon Smith if he is suspended to start the season.
The 49ers' options at nose tackle include Mike Purcell and a handful of linemen who split time at defensive tackle: Tony Jerod-Eddie, Quinton Dial and Demarcus Dobbs, who missed the past few days of practice while tending to a personal mater.
"Tony Jerod-Eddie plays that nose and that end at a very high level as well," coach Jim Harbaugh said, noting how Jerod-Eddie and Dobbs are especially ascending players.
Dorsey was injured less than an hour into Friday's twilight session, perhaps during a goal-line drill. Purcell replaced him on the first-string unit.
Dorsey, who turned 29 on Friday, started every game last season after Ian Williams sustained a fractured ankle in a Week 2 loss at Seattle. Williams has yet to practice this training camp and is on the physically-unable-to-perform list while he recovers from four surgeries on his left ankle.
McDonald, defensive tackle Justin Smith and cornerback Tramaine Brock have not practiced most of this week because of undisclosed injuries.
Dorsey's isn't the first serious injury in camp; No. 2 running back Kendall Hunter suffered a torn anterior cruciate knee ligament in the previous Friday's practice. Dorsey and Hunter are scheduled to become unrestricted free agents after the season.
The 49ers open the exhibition season Thursday at Baltimore. A joint practice Friday has been canceled because of collective-bargaining-agreement rules, though the Ravens will host the 49ers for practices the following three days.
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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Producers of alfalfa may be asking whether it's time to rotate their alfalfa production to another crop. The value of each crop produced should be considered before the decision is made for the 2011 crop, suggests Phil Kaatz, Michigan State University extension forage educator.
Research at the University of Wisconsin shows that shorter rotations of alfalfa means greater profit per acre for the entire farm because of greater alfalfa yield, higher forage quality, reduced pesticide use, greater nitrogen credits and increased corn yields.
Annual yield has the largest impact on alfalfa profitability because inputs, including harvesting cost, change little as yield increases. On-farm measurements of alfalfa yield and inputs showed that yield was the single most important factor determining profit. The relationship is so strong that farmers should do all they can to remain in the high-yield-range with their alfalfa, says Kaatz.
One of the challenges to alfalfa profitability is declining yield with stand age. The declining yield is due to environmental stresses, wheel traffic and diseases. One of the main culprits for thinning stands is alfalfa crown rot. Crown rot may be caused by a complex of up to four types of fungi: Rhizoctonia; Stagnospora; Colletotrichum; and Fusarium. Plant death due to crown rot is often blamed on winterkill, but several studies have revealed greater stand loss in the growing season.
Excessive wheel traffic, especially when fields are wet, will result in compacted soils that reduce air circulation within the soil which results in poor nutrient utilization.
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Pennsylvania's natural gas production has risen steadily in 2012 despite a significant reduction in the number of new natural gas wells being drilled by operators.
The August 23 Natural Gas Weekly Update examined the slowing pace of natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania, noting that the number of new natural gas wells started per day in 2012 has declined sharply in recent months. The state's natural gas production, however, continues to increase despite the reduction in new well starts. According to BENTEK Energy LLC (Bentek), Pennsylvania's natural gas production has increased every month in 2012, rising from an average of about 4.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per day in January to approximately 5.9 Bcf per day in August. As with production increases in recent years, the rising 2012 volumes are associated predominantly with horizontal drilling programs in sections of the Marcellus and other shale formations.
The state's increasing natural gas production in 2012 is largely a function of a robust inventory of producing wells, particularly the relatively highly-productive horizontal wells drilled and completed during the past three to four years. The drainage area of wells – and therefore their productive potential – increases significantly by switching drilling orientation from vertical to horizontal, and expands even further with longer horizontal laterals. Underscoring the likelihood of continued natural gas production increases in Pennsylvania is the state's large backlog of already drilled but not yet producing natural gas wells, as well as the impending completion of pipeline projects necessary to market the natural gas.
Natural gas prices increased over the report week at most spot market locations. For example, at the Sumas, Henry Hub, SoCal, Chicago, and Algonquin Citigate trading points, spot prices increased between 9 cents and 16 cents for the week. The largest price increase occurred at the Algonquin Citygate trading point (serving Boston), which increased by 16 cents (4.5 percent) from $3.55 per MMBtu last Wednesday to $3.71 per MMBtu yesterday.
The NYMEX October 2012 futures contract rose by 9.6 percent from $2.795 per MMBtu last Wednesday to $3.063 per MMBtu yesterday. The 12-Month Strip (average of October 2012 to September 2013 contracts) increased by 6.7 percent over the same period, from $3.290 per MMBtu last Wednesday to $3.510 per MMBtu yesterday.
Total consumption for the report week registered an overall decrease, driven by a significant decrease in the power sector. According to estimates from Bentek, domestic natural gas consumption declined by 5.0 percent from last week, driven by decreases of 14.6 percent in the power sector due to cooler weather. Consumption in the industrial and residential/ commercial sectors increased by 1.6 percent and 17.6 percent, respectively.
Total supply for the week increased by 2.3 percent, driven by an increase in domestic production. According to Bentek estimates, domestic weekly dry gas production was 3.1 percent higher than the previous week and 2.2 percent above the same time last year. Imports from Canada decreased by 6.4 percent to 5.3 Bcf. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) sendout dropped sharply, down 11.1 percent from last week to 0.2 Bcf; sendout volumes remain well below (47.8 percent) year-ago levels.
Working natural gas in storage increased to 3,429 Bcf as of Friday, September 7, according to EIA's WNGSR. This represents an implied net injection of 27 Bcf from the previous week. This week's injection was 45 Bcf below the 5-year (2007-2011) average injection of 72 Bcf, and 53 Bcf below last year's injection of 80 Bcf. Inventories are currently 342 Bcf (11.1 percent) greater than last year at this time and 284 Bcf (9.0 percent) greater than the 5-year average.
Two of the three storage regions posted increases this week. Inventories in the East and West regions increased by 38 Bcf (the 5-year average net injection is 51 Bcf) and 2 Bcf (the 5-year average net injection is 6 Bcf), respectively. The Producing region posted a decrease of 13 Bcf (the 5-year average net injection is 14 Bcf). In the Producing Region, working natural gas inventories decreased 14 Bcf (6.3 percent) in salt cavern facilities and remained at the previous week's level in nonsalt cavern facilities.
Temperatures during the storage report week were 5.1 degrees warmer than the 30-year normal temperature and 4.0 degrees warmer than the same period last year. Temperatures in the lower 48 States averaged 76.1 degrees, compared to 72.1 last year and the 30-year normal of 71.0 degrees. During the week all regions were warmer than normal, particularly the East North Central and West North Central Census divisions in the Midwest, which, respectively, averaged 7.7 and 7.1 degrees warmer than the 30-year normal.


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Otto and his friends Wing, Laura, & Shelby are still at H.I.V.E., the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, for another year learning how to become the world's supervillains. Still held against their will for this most unusual eduction, the kids are only sure of one thing, each other.
When Wing's father unexpectedly dies, Wing and Otto are allowed to leave the island for the funeral, chaperoned of course, to prevent their escape. At the funeral, events take a terrible turn. The boys have been lured into a trap set up by Cypher, a criminal mastermind and the worst supervillain around. What Cypher wants is the Overlord Protocal, a device that will help him take over the world.
To fight Cypher, and make him pay for the terrible thing he's done, Otto teams up with his friends and makes a tentative alliance with Dr. Nero, the man who holds them all captive inside H.I.V.E. Nothing makes a friendship like a common enemy, right? Who is Cypher? What is the Overlord Protocol? And what does Dr. Nero know? Author: Mark Walden
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The true story of a young woman who funded herself through college in the States by working as a dominatrix - a sassy, graphic, and extraordinary memoir.
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"Domination made endearing"
The narrator was fantastic. She let the story tell itself without interfering with the plot. I could actually hear the author through her narration, and that's normally what I look for in audiobooks.
The tampon tea stirrers, among a few other grotesque things. This is one of very few books I had to put down because I was actually nauseous.
Despite some occasional nausea, this was actually a great book and a fantastically interesting story. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who's not super squeamish and is comfortable with reading about alternative lifestyles.
"Not as bad as it might sound."
Well… the scat scene was gross but told in a funny way.
She performed the characters very well.
I wasn't sure what to expect, but I came away amused,if not shocked at what some people like to do for "fun".
Overall, the story was detailed and entertaining. It would've been nice to hear more of her life outside of work, but that's just my opinion. I'd read this again. Don't listen while eating.
It read like a true story from someone who had really done it all, and not become sucked into the crappy side of that world.
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Just a quick note to share that my sister just had her first really good checkup at Stanford. I don't have the details yet but am very relieved. She has been on Xeloda alone after having y-90 in both sides of liver in January. Before that she was on gem Cis but inconsistently due to it slamming her platelets and WBCs down too low. Each scan had shown progressing disease till this one...will get more scoop soon. So glad . We've had a nice summer and got to go out of town together to the coast recently... Then I've been camping and carting my kids off to camps and in 2 weeks will take my firstborn off to college! All my sibs (5), our mom (age 88), nieces and nephews are coming to scatter our fathers ashes in the SF bay from a yacht this month too. So nice to have good news for my sister who has CC as she is taking the loss of Dad kind of hard. He was 90 and really had a healthy adventurous life till only the last year when alzheimers took Its course. we had his memorial at my home in April and now that he is no longer suffering I am looking forward to scattering his ashes in the beautiful bay of his home city of the last 30 years (SF).


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Republican Delegate Suzette Raines, the subject of recent Democratic accusations about her residency and her financial disclosures, is withdrawing from the West Virginia House of Delegates race and will seek to have her name removed from November's ballot.
"This has been a paralyzing experience that has disabled me from moving on with my life and now every day the Democratic Party is attacking me," Raines said in a prepared statement. "It is sad that someone who wants to serve and do what is right for the people is deterred by those who put partisan politics above all else."
Raines said she had been working with state officials to resolve the accusations against her.
"Ultimately it's a personal decision on her part, it doesn't have anything to do with the claims that were made and whether they're true or not," said Marc Williams, Raines' attorney. "Being in a protracted legal battle was not in her best interests."
Raines represents the 35th District, which includes the South Hills area of Charleston and western Kanawha County. She will serve out the remainder of her term, which runs through January.
In July, the West Virginia Democratic Party filed legal complaints against Raines, alleging that she failed to file five consecutive campaign finance reports with the secretary of state and a 2014 financial disclosure form with the state Ethics Commission. As of the day of the Democratic filing, the Secretary of State's Office had no reports from Raines for the 2014 election cycle.
The Democrats sought to have Raines removed from the November ballot.
A hearing on the allegations had been scheduled for Thursday morning in Kanawha County Circuit Court, but that hearing has been postponed.
Williams said he and lawyers for the Democratic Party will try to figure out the legal mechanisms for removing Raines from the ballot and report back to the court on Tuesday.
"After all the information was collected and presented, the facts spoke for themselves," said Brittni McGuire, press secretary for the state Democratic Party. "The law clearly states that a candidate who fails to meet the legal requirements to run for office cannot remain on the ballot."
Democratic officials also allege that Raines no longer lives at her listed residence in St. Albans.
About 10 days after Democrats filed charges against her, Raines' landlords — Kanawha County school board member Becky Jordon and her husband, Andrew — filed a complaint asking that she be evicted from a house she was renting in South Hills.
"I have always lived in my district," Raines said Thursday. "We had a hearing scheduled for today that was going to be a complete circus. I can't put up with their antics every day while trying to rebuild my life after a year of tragic losses."
Raines missed most of the latest legislative session to be with her mother, who was sick with cancer and died earlier this year.
"Suzette is a very close personal friend who I love dearly, and [I] want her to do what is best for her," state Republican Party Chairman Conrad Lucas said. "She's gone through a great deal of tragedy and personal heartache, and I know she will get through this and will be back in public service when the time comes."
Lucas said the party plans to do all it can to have a full slate of Republican candidates on the ballot in the 35th District.
"There's been a lot of people reaching out already," Lucas said of possible replacement candidates. "We will not have a lack of interest."
To be able to replace her on the ballot, either Raines or the Kanawha County Republican Executive Committee must file a request by Aug. 12 with the State Election Commission.
West Virginia law dictates that a candidate can be replaced only if there are "extenuating personal circumstances which will prevent the candidate from serving in the office if elected."
If it receives a request, the Election Commission will hold an emergency meeting. If the request is approved, the county Republican Executive Committee would have to nominate a replacement candidate by Aug. 18.
Jake Glance, a spokesman for the Secretary of State's Office, said the office has not had any communication with Raines on withdrawing from the election.
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The placard in front of me was hard to believe. Imagine a California governor declaring an anti-Chinese holiday. It happened. The governor was George C. Perkins; the date of the holiday was March 4, 1882.
I was at the Fremont Public Library to see "Remembering 1882," the Chinese Historical Society of America's traveling history exhibit (through Feb. 28) of the U.S. Chinese exclusion laws.
I went searching. In the Sacramento Daily Union dated March 3, 1882:
"Governor Perkins, in response to a very general demand has proclaimed Saturday a legal holiday, to the end that a general demonstration may be made in favor of the anti-Chinese legislative proceedings in Congress."
Congress was about to vote on a Chinese exclusion law.
Anti-Chinese meetings were set for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Petaluma Theater as well as in Virginia City, Nev., to coincide with the San Francisco ones.
The Daily Alta California newspaper of San Francisco reported there would be a 12-piece band to entertain the expected throngs, which were set to meet at the Platt Theater, where three speakers platforms would be set up outside.
On that day the post office would make only one mail delivery; the Custom House would close at noon; and the Ship Caulkers' Association of San Francisco called off its work day so members could attend the meeting.
Thirty thousand people attended the San Francisco meeting, according to the March 5 Daily Alta. City business was suspended. The paper devoted its cover and an inside page to the meeting.
The headlines read, "Save Us! Our Ruin is nearly Complete … To the Congress of the Nation defend Our Citizens, their wives and children from destruction by the vile and all corrupting hordes of Asia."
The Alta described the reaction of the women.
"Ladies graced the windows opposite the stands and waved their handkerchiefs in response to the eloquent sentiments of the speakers."
In Livermore, 250 people turned out that Saturday afternoon.
"Considering the shortness of the notice Livermore's anti-Chinese demonstration last Saturday afternoon was a most creditable one. The town cannon was brought out in the morning and a dozen rounds fired, waking up the echoes of the valley and creating the impression among some of our neighboring ranchers that a bombardment of the town was in progress. … The Livermore Band seated in the brewery wagon … drove through the principal streets of the town, discoursing patriotic music by the wayside," reported the Livermore Herald on March 9.
On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which provided a moratorium on the immigration of Chinese immigrants for 10 years. Other anti-Chinese laws followed and weren't completely repealed until 1965.
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The English National Opera present Rodelinda at The Coliseum, every other day from 28 February to 15 March. Widely regarded as one of Handel's greatest operas, the performance follows the tale of Bertarido as he is driven from his kingdom by the usurping duke Grimoaldo. With Bertarido presumed dead, his grieving wife is imprisoned by Grimoaldo as he attempts to persuade her to marry him and thereby seize the now vacant throne for himself. However, Grimoaldo's schemes run into difficulty when the exiled King returns in disguise. Directed by Richard Jones and conducted by baroque specialist Christian Curnyn, the opera's cast includes soprano Rebecca Evans, countertenor Iestyn Davies, tenor John Mark Ainsley and mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley. The show has a running time of around three hours and 30 minutes, including two intervals.
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Friday 28 February, 7pm
Sunday 2 March, 3pm (matinee)
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With its acid colors and slapdash brush strokes, the painting still jolts the eye. The face, blotched in mauve and yellow, is highlighted with thick lines of lime green; the background is a rough patchwork of pastel tints. And the hat! With its high blue brim and round protuberances of pink, lavender and green, the hat is a phosphorescent landscape by itself, improbably perched on the head of a haughty woman whose downturned mouth and bored eyes seem to be expressing disdain at your astonishment.
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If the picture startles even after a century has passed, imagine the reaction when Henri Matisse's Woman with a Hat was first exhibited in 1905. One outraged critic ridiculed the room at the Grand Palais in Paris, where it reigned alongside the violently hued canvases of like-minded painters, as the lair of fauves, or wild animals. The insult, eventually losing its sting, stuck to the group, which also included André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck. The Fauves were the most controversial artists in Paris, and of all their paintings, Woman with a Hat was the most notorious.
So when the picture was later hung in the Parisian apartment of Leo and Gertrude Stein, a brother and sister from California, it made their home a destination. "The artists wanted to keep seeing that picture, and the Steins opened it up to anyone who wanted to see it," says Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which organized "The Steins Collect," an exhibition of many pieces the Steins held. The exhibition goes on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from February 28 to June 3. (An unrelated exhibition, "Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories," about her life and work, remains at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery until January 22.)
When Leo Stein first saw Woman with a Hat, he thought it "the nastiest smear of paint" he had ever encountered. But for five weeks, he and Gertrude went to the Grand Palais repeatedly to look at it, and then succumbed, paying Matisse 500 francs, the equivalent then of about $100. The purchase helped establish them as serious collectors of avant-garde art, and it did still more for Matisse, who had yet to find generous patrons and desperately needed the money. Over the next few years, he would come to rely for financial and moral support on Gertrude and Leo, and even more on their brother Michael and his wife, Sarah. And it was at the Steins' that Matisse first came face to face with Pablo Picasso. The two would embark on one of the most fruitful rivalries in art history.
For a few years the California Steins formed, improbably enough, the most important incubator for the Parisian avant-garde. Leo led the way. The fourth of five surviving children born to a German Jewish family that had relocated from Baltimore to Pittsburgh and eventually to the San Francisco Bay area, he was a precocious intellectual and, in childhood, the inseparable companion of his younger sister, Gertrude. When Leo enrolled at Harvard in 1892, she followed him, taking courses at the Harvard Annex, which later became Radcliffe. When he went to the World Exposition in Paris in the summer of 1900, she accompanied him. Leo, then 28, liked Europe so much that he stayed, residing first in Florence and then moving to Paris in 1903. Gertrude, two years younger, visited him in Paris that fall and did not look back.
By then Leo had already abandoned his ideas of taking up law, history, philosophy and biology. In Florence he had befriended the eminent art historian Bernard Berenson and resolved to become an art historian, but he scrapped that ambition, too. As James R. Mellow observed in the 1974 book Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein and Company, Leo led "a life of perennial self-analysis in the pursuit of self-esteem." Dining in Paris with the cellist Pablo Casals in 1903, Leo decided he would be an artist. He returned to his hotel that night, lit a blaze in the fireplace, stripped off his clothes and sketched himself nude by the flickering light. Thanks to his uncle, the sculptor Ephraim Keyser, who had just rented a place of his own in Paris, Leo found 27 rue de Fleurus, a two-story residence with an adjoining studio, on the Left Bank near the Luxembourg Gardens. Gertrude soon joined him there.
The source of the Steins' income was back in California, where their eldest sibling, Michael, had shrewdly managed the business he inherited upon the death of their father in 1891: San Francisco rental properties and streetcar lines. (The two middle children, Simon and Bertha, perhaps lacking the Stein genius, fail to figure much in the family chronicles.) Reports of life in Paris tantalized Michael. In January 1904, he resigned his post as division superintendent of the Market Street Railway in San Francisco so that, with Sarah and their 8-year-old son, Allan, he could join his two younger siblings on the Left Bank. Michael and Sarah took a year's lease on an apartment a few blocks from Gertrude and Leo. But when the lease was up, they could not bring themselves to return to California. Instead, they rented another apartment close by, on the third floor of a former Protestant church on the rue Madame. They would stay in France for 30 years.
All four of the Paris-based Steins (including Sarah, a Stein by marriage) were natural collectors. Leo pioneered the path, frequenting the galleries and the conservative Paris Salon. He was dissatisfied. He felt he was more on track when he visited the first Autumn Salon in October 1903—it was a reaction to the Paris Salon's traditionalism—returning many times with Gertrude. He later recounted that he "looked again and again at every single picture, just as a botanist might at the flora of an unknown land." Still, he was confused by the abundance of art. Consulting Berenson for advice, he set off to investigate the paintings of Paul Cézanne at Ambroise Vollard's gallery.
The place looked like a junk shop. Although Vollard was resistant to selling pictures to buyers he didn't know, Leo coaxed an early Cézanne landscape out of him. When brother Michael informed Gertrude and Leo that an unexpected windfall of $1,600, or 8,000 francs, was due to them, they knew what to do. They would buy art at Vollard's. Established first-rate artists like Daumier, Delacroix and Manet were so expensive that the budding collectors could only afford minor pictures by them. But they were able to buy six small paintings: two each by Cézanne, Renoir and Gauguin. A few months later, Leo and Gertrude returned to Vollard's and purchased Madame Cézanne with a Fan, for 8,000 francs. In two months, they had spent some $3,200 (equivalent to about $80,000 today): Never again would they lavish so much so fast on art. Vollard would often say approvingly that the Steins were his only clients who collected paintings "not because they were rich, but despite the fact that they weren't."
Leo comprehended Cézanne's importance very early, and spoke eloquently about it. "Leo Stein began to talk," the photographer Alfred Stieglitz later recalled. "I quickly realized I had never heard more beautiful English nor anything clearer." Corresponding with a friend late in 1905, Leo wrote that Cézanne had "succeeded in rendering mass with a vital intensity that is unparalleled in the whole history of painting." Whatever Cézanne's subject matter, Leo continued, "there is always this remorseless intensity, this endless unending gripping of the form, the unceasing effort to force it to reveal its absolute self-existing quality of mass....Every canvas is a battlefield and victory an unattainable ideal."


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ARLINGTON -- The 130 pitches thrown in his last start turned out not to be a factor for Yu Darvish on Tuesday night. The lack of his usual outstanding run support, however, was an issue, as Darvish lost for the first time at the Ballpark in Arlington since July 27, 2012.
Darvish gave up just a third-inning home run to Yoenis Cespedes, but that was too much in a pitching duel with Dan Straily, as the Rangers lost to the Athletics, 1-0, on an unusually cool night at the Ballpark. Darvish was 7-0 with a 3.86 ERA in his last 10 starts at home prior to Tuesday, and the Rangers were 9-1 in those games.
"I've been pitching well here, but you can't control wins and losses sometimes," Darvish said. "We lost the game today ... there's nothing you can do about it."
The Rangers have now lost two straight to the Athletics, cutting their lead to 4 1/2 games in the American League West. The Athletics have won five straight since losing two of three to the Rangers last week in Oakland.
Darvish (7-2) entered the game leading the AL with 9.05 runs of support per nine innings. But that didn't help them against Straily, who is in Oakland's rotation only because Brett Anderson is on the disabled list for the fifth time in four years.
"I have been pampered by all the run support I have been getting," Darvish said. "But there will be games like this, and it's not something you can control."
Straily was terrific for seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits while striking out five. He threw just 88 pitches, including 63 for strikes.
"He probably knew he had to throw a low-scoring game to give them their chance to win the game, and he did that," designated hitter Lance Berkman said. "Their bullpen came in and did a nice job. He definitely seemed a lot more in command tonight than he did last week. I felt like he had much better fastball command today, and throwing it where he wanted to both sides of the plate. Even when he missed, he didn't miss in the middle."
Straily had an 8.84 ERA in his last four starts -- which included a 6-2 loss to the Rangers last Wednesday in Oakland. In that game, Straily allowed five runs in 4 1/3 innings on five hits and four walks.
This time, he did not walk anybody, allowing just a third-inning single to A.J. Pierzynski and another single to Jurickson Profar in the sixth. Profar then got picked off as he broke for second too early on an attempted steal.
The Rangers, for the second time this season, did not have a runner in scoring position in the game and finished with three singles. Straily is only the second opposing pitcher since the Ballpark opened in 1994 to pitch at least seven innings and allow two or fewer baserunners. This is also just the fifth time since 1994 that the Rangers have lost a 1-0 game at home.
"We didn't really have a lot of opportunities," outfielder David Murphy said. "He did a good job of getting ahead of hitters. I can't speak for everybody, but I didn't see anything in the middle of the plate. I could've done some things better, maybe, but personally I'm fine tipping my hat to the guy tonight.
"It's misleading, sometimes, when a guy comes in, has a high ERA, we beat him last week and things weren't going his way. Everybody expects you to beat him, but he did his job tonight and guys were definitely off balance."
Darvish was out after six innings and 101 pitches, as manager Ron Washington did not push him as hard as he did on Thursday against the Tigers.
"He worked hard tonight," Washington said. "Their lineup worked him pretty good. He was throwing 16-17 pitches per inning. I thought he took us as far as he could."
Darvish, who allowed five hits, three walks and struck out five, did not want to come out.
"I really begged Wash," Darvish said. "But a lot of the media talked so much about pitch counts that he didn't let me go. That was the end of my game."
Darvish's only mistake came with two outs in the third, when Cespedes hit a first-pitch cut fastball over the center-field wall for his ninth home run of the season. Darvish has allowed eight home runs in 34 innings over his past five starts after not allowing any in his first five starts of the season.
"I thought at first it was not a home run," Darvish said. "But, being in this stadium, there's nothing you can do about it. It is what it is."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A Facebook poster on the Chicago Bears Fan page cyberbullied "the wrong Wisconsin girl."
Kaitlyn Collins, a former cheerleader for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Green Bay Packers, was upset after finding her picture on the Chicago Bears Fan Facebook page with the caption, "Like if you agree the Packers have the worst cheerleaders in the NFL."
A number of comments in response the post were similarly hurtful, though a far greater number were in support of the cheerleader, Green Bay's Fox 11 reported.
Collins told the TV station that she asked Facebook to have the post removed, but those requests were denied. So she took to YouTube to deliver her message not by speaking, but by writing her message on several pieces of paper delivered consecutively with Josh Groban's You Raise Me Up as background music. In her message, she wrote, "Help me let these people know that they've messed with the wrong Wisconsin girl!"
After Collins' video became viral, the Chicago Bears Fan page took down the post Thursday, saying, "We would like to apologize once again to anyone who found the picture of the Cheerleader offensive. We would also like to send an apology to the Cheerleader herself (Kaitlyn Collins) whose picture was posted. Moving forward we will monitor the comments better so we can delete one's that are out of line. Thank you for understanding."
Collins hopes a lesson can be learned by this incident.
"My hope is that people will, if nothing else, take a second thought before typing those cruel words or saying cruel words to somebody," Collins told the TV station.
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American Grown
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American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America
- Learn what inspired the White House Kitchen Garden and follow its progress from planting to harvest
- See how gardens can help build stronger communities and encourage healthy lifestyles
- A fact-filled and thought-provoking book with colorful photographs that bring the story to life
In American Grown, First Lady Michelle Obama tells the story of what inspired her to plant the White House Kitchen Garden in the spring of 2009, and then documents the garden's progress though the growing season, from designing and planting to tending and harvesting. The author candidly shares her challenges as a novice gardener, as well as her joy at watching lettuce, tomatoes, collards, sweet potatoes and other crops flourish on the South Lawn.
As the White House Kitchen Garden grew, so did the national conversation about the way we eat and the impact it has on the health and well-being of our children. Throughout the book, the author weaves in stories about gardens all across the country, from a WWII-era Victory Garden in Chicago to urban and school gardens that not only provide nutritious harvests for the gardeners, but also build community, stock food shelves and teach children important lessons about making healthy life choices. The book also includes loads of helpful tips for home gardeners, plus recipes for making the most of the harvest.
Product Details
- Hardcover, 272 pages
- 8-3/4" W x 9-1/2" H x 1" thick
- Published by Crown Publishers, New York, 2012
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I loved the variety of gardens described, the history of the White House garden, and how others around the country started community gardens. Great recipes at the end of the book! Also loved the repeated references to the fact that gardening builds community - so true!
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I received this book as a birthday present and enjoy reading it and looking at the pictures and imagining the joy of the children who have participated in the White House Gardens. I'm hoping this experiment pays off for the First Lady and her teams of gardeners.
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- Brings Up Current Issues
- Entertaining
- Good For Teens Too
- Has Lots Of Facts
- Interesting
- Non Gardeners Will Like
- Overall very good
- Little long
- Some Parts Lack Stuff
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Best book I read in 2012! Its a must read even for people that dont like gardening!!! I'm only 13 years old and I LOVED IT, too!!!!!
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Friday, September 22, 2017
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Recurring perianal abscess
For the past 3 years at about that same time of year, I have been getting perianal abcesses. I`ve had to have all 3 lanced. I`ve just gotten another one this year, bringing the total to 4 in 3 years.
Now I have had ichyness in the perianal region for quite some time (5+ years). My hygine isnt FANTASTIC, but i shower at least 2-5 times a week. I`m fit and healthy otherwise.
What are the likly causes of these abcesses happening again and again? And why always at the same time of year (late winter-almost spring)?
Any prevention ideas?
If your abscess is always in the same spot, you most likely have a fistula in ano. Since it is a chronic condition, it is not likely to heal without surgical intervention. Hygiene does not cause or prevent a fistula in ano.
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Districts are trading print for digital textbooks, with 22 states making significant digital content policy changes in recent years—altering the definition of a textbook and encouraging flexible funding.
Cloud computing is taking K12 by storm with fully 90 percent of K12 institutions relying on or implementing cloud technology in 2012, according to the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN).
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Recognizing that American K12 students have fallen behind foreign students in their grasp of scientific principles, educators have devised a new set of teaching guidelines that will radically change the way science is taught in classrooms across the United States.
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Constable crashes into car during pursuit
Updated 11:09 am, Friday, March 22, 2013
While pursuing what appeared to be a stolen motorcycle Thursday afternoon, Bexar County's Constable Precinct 3 Mark Vojvodich crashed into another vehicle and caused a pileup along Interstate 35.
The motorcycle had no clear markings and its driver fled when Vojvodich tried to stop him, a San Antonio police crash report says. Police officials said the department first received a call about the pursuit about 1 p.m. at Loop 410 and Perrin Beitel.
The chase continued onto I-35's southbound lanes near Rittiman Road, where Vojvodich struck a Dodge Avenger traveling in an adjacent lane, according to the report.
Vojvodich's marked patrol vehicle and the Avenger both spun. The Avenger careened off a guardrail and hit a Chrysler PT Cruiser.
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No one involved in the crash was critically injured, though the driver and passenger in the Avenger were hospitalized.
San Antonio police said the motorcyclist was not caught.
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The LPGA will be idle this coming week, the second of a two week break. The tour will resume the following weekend in France with the playing of the Evian Masters. After the completion of that tournament, the tour will have another week off and then will begin a stretch of six tournaments in seven weeks that will include the year's final major, The Ricoh British Open.
I think most will agree that the first fourteen tournaments of the season have certainly brought us many exciting finishes. We have seen 4 playoffs, 4 first time winners (Jessica Korda, Azahara Munoz, Shanshan Feng, and Brittany Lang), and winners from 6 different countries United States (5), Taiwan (3), Japan (2), South Korea, (2), China (1), and Spain (1).
With 13 more tournaments still to be played, I am looking forward to a very exciting second half of the season. For now let's look at the most important statistics for the first half of the year:
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- Hoyme Hall Lower Lounge
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Extremities is a play by William Mastrosimone, directed by Denzel Belin '15 and presented by Deep End Productions.
Tickets are $1.00 and will be sold October 28th-31st outside of the cafeteria.
Please note that this play contains mature subject matter, explicit language, and aggressive imagery.
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