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pacers trade jeff foster, dahntay jones, and solomon jones to bobcats for matt carroll and nazr mohammed
why for pacers?
we get rid of the joneses and foster no one likes those 2 players here anyway meaning the joneses we get a decent backup center behind hibbert and matt carroll is a really good shooter and can find time in a rotation of rush-george-carroll and carroll can be a part of our future because hes a really good shooter
with the open roster space we can sign magnum rolle
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they get 2 expiring contracts and they really like foster plus djones is an athletic player this will give the bobcats more bench value
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Israeli army raids Nablus refugee camp as foreign minister says Israel to coordinate any unilateral steps with U.S.
Fifty Israeli army armored vehicles, including tanks, raided the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank early Tuesday.
The invasion of the Balata refugee camp near the northern West Bank city of Nablus was backed by two U.S.-made Apache helicopter gunships, Palestinian sources said.
Israeli troops seized four multi-storey buildings on the outskirts of the refugee camp and proceeded to carry out a house-to-house search with sniffer dogs, the sources added.
For its part, the Israeli army said it was a routine operation to arrest Palestinian activists.
Elsewhere, an elderly civilian was seriously wounded in the head due to "violent beating" by Israeli troops manning a checkpoint in Tulkarem, Palestinian sources reported Tuesday. The 67-year old Jabr Mar'ei, from the town of Zeeta, was severely beaten by the troops who were guarding the "security fence" near the town, a thing that led to a severe hemorrhage in Mar'ei's brain, hospital sources in the city of Nablus said.
Meanwhile, Israel will coordinate any unilateral moves in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with the United States, Israel's foreign minister Silvan Shalom said Tuesday, after meeting with Bush administration officials who oppose any actions that will make it harder to establish a Palestinian state.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is set to announce in a major policy speech later this week that he will take unilateral steps if there is no progress on the so-called "Road Map" plan within six months, Israeli media reported Tuesday.
Unilateral moves would include the completion of a West Bank "separation barrier", as well as the dismantling of some Jewish settlements, the reports said, citing legislators whom Sharon briefed on his plans in recent days. (Albawaba.com)
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- Israeli Tanks Shell Refugee Camps in Gaza, Residence in Beit Jala
- Israeli Army opposes expected Sharon ''unilateral steps'' towards Palestinians
- Second Israeli Assassination Attempt in 24 Hours Fails; More Wounded in Attack on Refugee Camp
- Israel raids Tulkarem, kills Palestinian; US hails Sharon acceptance of road map
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The whole reason for our Japan trip was finally here, as the day of the Japan Lowrider Super Show had arrived! The show took place in the southeastern side of the main island in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo is the largest metropolitan area in all of Japan and was the perfect host to this large show.
As we pulled up to the show's parking lot, we noticed two huge differences between the Japan Lowrider show and the American Lowrider show. The first difference was that most, if not all of the vehicles were driven to the show, and there was no evidence of trailers in the parking lots. The second was the fact that dozens and dozens of beautiful Lowriders in the parking lot would be deemed worthy as show competitors in the states, but not in Japan.
The Japan Super Show kicked off with the hop competition. In Japan, the hoppers nose up against each other, two at a time, and are eliminated one by one until a winner is chosen. This year's hop captivated the crowd as always, and we were no different.
Entertainment was also at a high level, thanks to the singing duo named the Rude Playerz, who took the stage and got the crowd going with some of their Zapp and Roger covers, before the DJ took over and started mixing some west coast rap music.
With this being a major event within the Japanese scene, many clubs came out to support the event. Some of the clubs in attendance included One Forty Rollerz, Primera, Homies, Pharaohs, Courageous, Stylistics, High Style, Fragrance, K-Square, Generals, Continental Kings, Soul Crew, Specialist, Liberal, Majesty, RadicalOnes, Top Labels, IV Life, Life the Ghetto, Hustlerz, California Image, Whole 9, Purple Haze, Endless, Develops and a few additional clubs as well.
As far as quality rides were concerned, a plethora of those were on hand as well; especially '56's, '57's, '58's and '59's, which were all very prevalent at the show. Two-door, Euro-ed out Cadillacs were also out in big numbers at the show, as these rides have maintained their popularity overseas for a while now.
I would like to thank One Forty Rollerz, Viejitos Japan Chapter and everyone else that guided us and showed us around Japan. A special thanks to Coast One, Mosco and Jimmy for being road dogs. We hope to be back in Japan in the near future!


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Current treatment options for dogs with appendicular osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma is estimated to occur in more than 8,000 dogs a year in the United States.1 Although amputation has traditionally been used to palliatively manage affected dogs, treatment modalities including limb salvage, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are evolving. This overview of emerging therapies will help you educate owners about treatment options for dogs with appendicular osteosarcoma.
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone neoplasia affecting dogs and accounts for nearly 6% of all canine malignancies.2 Large and giant breeds are more commonly affected, and males are more often affected than females by a ratio of 1.5:1.3-6 Although osteosarcoma has been reported in dogs as young as 6 months of age,7 there is a bimodal age distribution with the initial peak at 3 years and the second peak at 8 years.8 If left untreated, most dogs will be euthanized within three months of diagnosis.5,8 Osteosarcomas are classified as simple (bone formed in collagenous matrix), compound (both bone and cartilage are present), or pleomorphic (anaplastic cells predominate, with only small islands of osteoid present).9 Classification has also been based on cell type and activity (osteoblastic, chondroblastic, or fibroblastic), radiographic appearance (lytic, sclerotic, or mixed), or origin (central, juxtacortical, or periosteal).9Clinically, osteosarcoma is characterized by aggressive local bone destruction with invasion into the surrounding soft tissues.9 Seventy-five percent of tumors arise in the metaphyseal region of the long bones.5,8,9 The remaining 25% occur in the axial skeleton or soft tissues.5,8,10 The distal radius is the most common site in dogs.5,8,9 Other less common appendicular sites include the proximal humerus, distal ulna, proximal or distal femur, and proximal or distal tibia. Osteosarcomas are typically rapidly growing, painful tumors.9
Grossly, central or interosseous osteosarcomas have a gray-white appearance and contain variable amounts of mineralized bone.9 Rapidly growing intramedullary osteosarcomas often have large pale areas of infarction and irregular areas of hemorrhage.9 Neoplastic tissue tends to fill the medullary cavity of the metaphysis and can extend proximally and distally. Typically, however, this extension does not penetrate growth plates or articular cartilage to enter the joint space.9 Cortical bone is destroyed with varying amounts of new reactive bone surrounding the area, while neoplastic cells penetrate and undermine the periosteum.9 New bone formation may be abundant and widespread or minimal.9
Radiographic evidence of metastasis is often not present at the time of initial diagnosis.1 Common sites of metastasis are the lungs and other skeletal tissues. Metastasis has also been reported in the visceral organs, brain, and subcutaneous tissues.1 Although less than 10% of affected dogs have radiographically detectable metastasis at the time of presentation, 90% of dogs die of metastatic disease within one year of diagnosis if not treated with chemotherapy and surgery.5,8 This suggests that micrometastatic disease is usually present in the lungs at the time of diagnosis, possibly in a dormant state.5,8 Depending on the location and stage of the disease, surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy can be used in a variety of treatment protocols.
Amputation is the most common surgical treatment for appendicular osteosarcoma and is recommended for most dogs with osteosarcoma. Limb amputation provides pain relief, relatively short anesthesia times, a low risk of surgical and postoperative complications, a short convalescence, lower costs than limb-sparing surgery, and a limited risk of tissue contamination or local recurrence because of incomplete resection.11 Some owners, however, are reluctant to pursue amputation.12,13 This reluctance is unfortunate since most dogs, including the larger breeds, function well after amputation, and owners who elect amputation are typically satisfied with their pets' quality of life after the procedure.11,14 Body size, age, and forelimb vs. hindlimb do not appear to influence the rate of recovery, owner satisfaction, or the ability of a dog to adapt after amputation.12 Poor candidates for amputation include dogs with advanced pulmonary metastasis, marked or severe orthopedic or neurologic problems in other limbs, and severe obesity.15


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Its the typical story. Always wanted a Corvette. Had one, but then came the wedding, and mortgages and babies and college tuition bills. First things first. But then, inevitably, the last kid graduates. The wife agrees. The dream is fulfilled.
In a nutshell, thats Larry Reeds story. This soft-spoken insurance man from West Virginia finally recaptured his dream in this 62.
This is the first Corvette Larrys been able to hang onto. Hed owned a 61 briefly, but he got married in 1962 and, as he puts it, The wedding bells were louder than that Corvette could roar. Larry realized he couldnt grow a business and a family, and at the same time properly care for his Corvette. He made the supreme sacrifice.
His wife, Karen, knows how long that dream was on the back burner and has encouraged the love affair as its developed since Larry bought the car in July 1993. That was just two weeks after his youngest offspring graduated from college. At first, he thought of the car as a driver, but before hed put much mileage on it, he got bitten by the NCRS bug and began collecting awards.
Larrys pride and joy has evolved into the sort of Corvette that evokes an involuntary double take as you passeven when its sitting in a sea of Corvettes. Thats where it was when we happened upon it at the NCRS Winter Meet in Florida this past January. A very impressive collection of perfect Corvettes was assembled at this event. Its no exaggeration to say that strolling through the judging area was like a mosey through Tiffanys. One jewel after another.
Still, this one leapt out, testimony to its exceptional nature. What was it? The perfect Roman Red paint? The painstaking restoration that made it look like it just rolled off the line? The fact that it did some time as a driver? Its all those things, but something more. This little honey has attitude.
While in some ways its just like any other pristine 62, it actually radiates personality. You can see the tender loving care that Larrys put into it. As grand as this car is, though, its equally impressive that Larry and some of his Corvette friends, as he calls them, did all the work to bring her to the shape shes in. And remember, Larry doesnt own a resto shop. Hes into insurance.
Hes spent the last seven years perfecting this car. This July, hell go for a Duntov Award in Bowling Green. What next? Back to the beginning. He wants a driver. Maybe a 63 split-window, he says. Yeah. One with a lot of attitude.


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LAKE SKINNER – A team of students from Savanna High School in Anaheim won in the veterans division of the nation's largest solar-powered boat competition Sunday.
Thirty-nine Southern California teams, including four from Orange County, participated in Metropolitan Water District's 11th annual Solar Cup, an educational seven-month competition in which students integrate math, physics and engineering skills to create and race 16-foot solar-powered canoes, according to a water-district statement.
Savanna High School, which won Solar Cup competitions in 2009 and 2011, won first place in the veterans division, and Glendora High School prevailed over its only competitor, Chino High School, in the rookie division, event officials said. Anaheim's Canyon High School is a six-time champion.
The contest began Friday when officials verified that each team's boat met competition standards. Saturday, the students attached solar panels to the boats and competed in two 90-minute endurance races at Riverside County's Lake Skinner. For the finale on Sunday, the panels were detached, and the boats used the stored battery power in a 200-meter drag race.
Officials said the winners are the teams earning the most points in the races, technical inspections, the submission of three technical reports and the creation of a public service announcement focusing on water conservation. The announcement could be a 30-second, self-scripted and produced, conservation video or audio tape or a brochure.
The Savanna team was the leader before the races began Friday by scoring 352 points out of a possible 355 in the non-racing categories. It painted its canoe pink, in honor of breast-cancer awareness.
Glen Peterson, the metropolitan director for the La Virgenes Municipal Water District, said in a statement that the skills students learn by participating in the competition are ones that will serve them well to complete their educations and start their careers.
"Throughout this experience, students have applied and refined their problem-solving abilities while promoting the importance of teamwork and sportsmanship," he said.
Officials said all teams must be sponsored by local water districts to be entered into the competition to pay for the supplied boat kits, solar panels and batteries. Savanna High School was sponsored by Anaheim Public Utilities.
Anaheim High School, was also sponsored by Anaheim Public Utilities, won the Teamwork Award, officials said.
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Due to the Department of the Interior's failure to comply with an official Congressional subpoena issued in April for documents on the decision to impose the drilling moratorium and report recommending the moratorium that falsely stated the action was supported by independent engineer peer reviewers, and the refusal since February to arrange private on-the-record interviews with relevant Department officials known to possess information relating to this matter, Chairman Hastings has invited the five Department officials to testify and publicly answer questions at a meeting of the Full Committee.
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With a distinctively majestic atrium soaring through 21 levels of the hotel, Marina Mandarin Singapore is imbued with a philosophy of providing Asian grace, warmth and care in an atmosphere of relaxed elegance. Enjoying an excellent location in the heart of the city, the hotel offers breathtaking views of Marina Bay and the financial district, as well as direct access to the Marina Square shopping mall. Complemented by a host of comprehensive amenities, the hotel's 575 well-appointed guest rooms and suites are specially tailored to meet the needs of discerning business and leisure travellers.
An excellent selection of dining options awaits its guests, backed by a stellar cast of chefs, Peach Blossoms impresses with a menu of exquisite Cantonese fare and well-loved dim sum that brims with alluring flavours and unique tastes. AquaMarine serves up a sumptuous buffet spread of seafood and international cuisines. Alongside an enticing a la carte menu of local favourites, it is complemented by an alfresco dining alternative. AquaMarine is a Halal Certified Restaurant. In addition, the famed Ruth's Chris Steak House will open its doors in August 2012 it will be their first restaurant in Singapore. The Internationally known steak house specializes in USDA prime grade steaks served in their signature fashion - "sizzling". Sitting within one of the largest Atriums in Southeast Asia, the spectacular Atrium Lounge allows guests to enjoy an afternoon tête-à-tête amidst the chirping of Asian exotic birds, while partaking in a delightful tea or coffee accompanied by delectable pastries and cakes from Senses Patisserie. The fitness club & pool are accessible 24-hours, offering the latest in elliptical equipment and cardio workouts plus various wellness treatments from St Gregory Spa. With seven treatment rooms, the spa is an ideal sanctuary to massage away the stress of travel and business.
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FLY-half Ryan Lamb admits he is now one of the elder statesmen of the Worcester Warriors squad following a raft of recruitment.
Despite only being 28, Lamb, who joined the club in February from Leicester Tigers, is now one of the more experienced players at Sixways.
Director of rugby Dean Ryan has made his mark on Warriors by overseeing a huge change in personnel for the challenge of both returning to the Aviva Premiership at the first attempt and laying the foundations for future success.
Among those to arrive for the Greene King IPA Championship campaign have been wing Sam Smith, scrum-half Charlie Mulchrone, prop Joe Rees and centres Heath Stevens and Ryan Mills.
Lamb said: "We're a very young squad now with the average age around 24, so that makes me one of the 'Squadfathers' of the side.
"Some of the lads who have come into the squad have performed really well in the Championship and will look to the older players to see how they cope in a more professional environment."
With the new signings settling into Sixways life, Lamb, who has just returned from honeymoon in Greece, insists it's nice to have a blend of new and old characters.
He also believes the stringent pre-season programme under high performance director Nick Johnston will benefit the team in the long run.
Lamb said: "I've played with Tom Biggs before at England Saxons and I know GJ van Velze from my Northampton days.
"It's nice to have familiar faces when you come back but the new guys are also getting their heads down, working hard and it's good to have that fresh aspect around the squad."
He continued: "The schedule is a lot different to what people are used to. I've been used to it under Nick at Northampton before.
"It's tough but there is method to the madness and everyone can see that and is putting the work in."
There is now less than a month before Warriors face Ospreys in their first pre-season match at Sixways on Friday, August 15, but Lamb has set his sights on success in the new campaign.


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its a plug in using front page, it will be a link to some race car sounds i want on my web site BUT i only want it to play once per visitor?can you help?pete
Have you tried the html5 audio tag with autoplay?
not sure what that is can someone just give me the html i needthanks
Hi there,
Could you provide the full embed code?

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Try this:
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Your browser does not support the audio element.
Doesn't that play just once anyway by default?
Or did you mean you want to remember the visitor and then not play the sound again when they re-visit? (Would need cookies and a script).
It does, but with player controls, which I had understood that the OP didn't want.
It is also worth pointing out that not all browsers can play mp3 files (for example FireFox and Opera)
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I know nothing about audio files but I notice that both the above methods play in Firefox but only the audio tag version doesn't play in Opera.
Ah sorry, I meant the FF 3.5 branch.FF otherwise supports the mp3 format as of v21 (but on Windows only).
I just double checked, it seems I was wrong about Opera:
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Having won state championships last year, Drake High senior John Lawson and Branson School junior Julia Maxwell know something about what individual success feels like. But as they prepare for the North Coast Section meet on Saturday at Hayward High, the duo has a chance to be part of something bigger.
For Drake, its first NCS team title since 2000 seems within reach as the Pirates head into the weekend sitting behind only Piner in the latest Division IV rankings at www.crosscountryexpress.com. And, Branson, too, is No. 2 in Division V according to Cross Country Express.
"Hopefully we run fast," Branson coach Steve Reinertsen said. "To be honest with you, they're taking six teams out of the North Coast Section (to the state meet). In the past, it's been, 'Man, we've got to put all of our focus on the North Coast Section meet because it's a gateway.' This time, it's 'We'll take stock and see how we are after this.'"
Drake and Branson each have star power at the top of their squads, with Lawson and Clayton Hutchins entering their race ranked first and second, respectively in Division IV. For Branson, Maxwell and teammate Anna Harleen are also ranked first and second in their class.
But, Drake coach Bill Taylor said, it takes five strong runners to win a section title.
"Piner looks to be the favorite and San Rafael certainly is focused on beating us," Taylor said of his boys team's NCS title prospects. "But things look very good if you see everything as advancing, like to the Super Bowl. "... Shooting for the North Coast Section title for the first time since 2000, if we were successful, is the present goal. But getting through (to the state meet) and seeing improvement from the fourth and fifth guys so they are better prepared for next week, that's definitely the focus."
The Branson girls and Drake boys are not the only teams which stand a good chance to qualify to run in the state meet in Fresno next Saturday. Redwood's boys and girls teams also could get through in Division III, as could the San Rafael boys and Drake girls in Division IV and Marin Academy's boys and girls in Division V.
"We really want to, of course, qualify for state," Redwood's No. 1 girls runner, Megan Bordes, said. "We're really confident in our abilities and putting together our goals and we're really confident going into Hayward."
"Just run well," San Rafael coach Jason Jacobson said of his team's goal for the NCS meet. "I have no idea (if San Rafael can qualify for the state meet), I really don't. There's a lot of teams that need to run well. We just need to run well."
Individually, there will be plenty of incentive for Marin runners to put their best foot forward as well.
In the Division V boys race, for instance, the top three runners in the rankings are Marin Academy's Trevor Reinhart, University's Connor Clark — a Mill Valley resident — and Marin Academy's James Kinney.
Clark was third in the NCS Division V title last year, with Reinhart placing fourth, but Reinhart has outrun Clark in two races this year. In their most recent race, Reinhart held off Clark to win the Bay Counties League West meet.
"Really, the focus for Marin Academy is to qualify as a team," coach Ken Ellingboe said. "Really, there are six good teams in our division and one good team is not going to state. But as far as Trevor and Connor, they've gotten pretty used to battling it out these last few weeks. There's a couple others — St. Joseph has some really good front-runners and Athenian has some strong guys and James Kinney as well — but I think at the end of the race it's going to be those two guys duking it out again. It could go either way."
Additionally, Lawson and Maxwell will defend their section titles while looking to lower their 2011 times on the 3.0-mile course in Hayward. Lawson won in 15 minutes, 17 seconds last year and could challenge the Marin runner record at Hayward held by Novato's Erik Olson (14:49 in 2009). Maxwell, who won her race in 17:40 last year, holds the Marin runner record and could become just the fourth girl to ever finish below 17 minutes on the Hayward High trail.
"I'm really looking forward to the bigger races that are still to come," Maxwell said after winning the MCAL championship last week. "The NCS is a big stepping stone to get to the other one."
Redwood's Fred Huxham, ranked second among Division III boys runners, also could earn a medal in Hayward but said team success is his real priority.
"NCS, mostly right now we're just looking to get to Fresno," Huxham said. "Wherever we place, we'll be OK. It gets competitive up there, so we'll see. "... I really like how our team has come together. It's nice to have such a great team."
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Schedule for races involving Marin County runners
Division V boys, 8:30 a.m.
Division V girls, 9:30 a.m.
Division III girls, 11:10 a.m.
Division IV boys 1:45 a.m.
Division III boys, 12:50 p.m.
Division IV girls, 1:20 p.m.
Which teams qualify for state meet
Division III: Top four boys and girls teams
Division IV: Top four boys teams and top three girls teams
Division V: Top five boys teams and top six girls teams
Which individuals qualify
Runners on team qualifiers and:
Division III: Any runner who finishes in top 14
Division IV: Any boy who finishes in top 16 and any girls who finishes in top 14
Division V: Any boy or girl who finishes in top 18
Boys course record: Yung-Sung Leal, Arroyo, 2001, 14:38
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Near the end of her life, John Cammidge's mother sat him down in her London flat one cold December night in 2007 and told him as delicately as she could that his father was a rapist.
"What she went on to tell me was sort of unbelievable," the 70-year-old Cammidge said. Over three emotional hours, his 85-year-old mother confessed that she had become pregnant with him after she was raped by a lodger in her family's home during World War II. It was a secret she had kept from him his entire life, and she implored him not to tell anyone until after she died.
"She let it all come out," Cammidge said, speaking from his Greenbrae home. "She didn't want me to do any research about my father. She said, 'I'm too ashamed, and it will get back to people in my hometown.'"
Cammidge said he was stunned by his mother's revelation, but he had lived long enough by then to be able to hear the painful truth with relative equanimity.
"I'm glad I knew at the age of 70," he said. "If she had told me when I was 35, I'm not sure it would have been the same. But I didn't feel angry. It was a different time back then. The war was going on.
"I was both shocked and elated because at long last I had a sense of my father."
A retired Bank of America executive, Cammidge has lived in Marin County for the past 35 years. He kept his mother's secret until her death in 2008. And now he has self-published a historical novel, "An Unplanned Encounter: Two Lives Forever Changed," based on her story of violence, heartbreak and courage.
"The book is a thank you to my mother because my life could have been so different," he said, noting that he wrote it under the pen name Jonathan R. Husband to protect the identities of his mother's English relatives. It's available at Barnes and Noble and Book Passage in Corte Madera and online at jonathanhusband.com.
The rape scene in the book is pretty much the way his mother told it to him before she died. In 1943, during the dark days of the war, her parents had rented a room in their Yorkshire farm house to a civil engineer who was overseeing the construction of a nearby military airfield. He was married and had two children.
His mother was 20 years old, a lively single woman who worked in military canteens and had come home to visit her parents. On the evening that would cast a shadow over her life, she was getting ready to go to a dance with her sister and her sister's boyfriend. After a shower, she wrapped a towel around herself and was walking down a hallway to her room to get dressed. As she passed the lodger's bedroom door, he pulled her inside and sexually assaulted her.
"It was a dreadful thing that happened," Cammidge said. "In today's world it would be rape."
Ashamed and afraid, she didn't tell anyone what had happened.
"She hoped it would go away," her son said.
But it became clear that she was pregnant when she suffered from morning sickness on an outing with her church. Abortion was a difficult thing to arrange then, and despite pressure from her family, she refused to give up the baby for adoption.
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After she gave birth in a Yorkshire nursing home, she was pushed by her parents into what amounted to an arranged marriage with a widower who needed help on his farm. She subsequently had two children by him. Although Cammidge took his name, he never felt loved by the man his mother insisted was his father.
"The marriage was driven by her parents wanting her out of the house because of the shame," Cammidge said. "I had the notion that this wasn't a love match and I suspected that the man she said was my father wasn't my father."
Not that his biological father would have been an ideal dad. In his research for the book, he discovered that his father had been committed to a mental institution by his wife, who wouldn't have anything to do with him after she found out that he had a child by another woman. He actually faked his own death, a suicide, to escape from his obligations for a few years. He died of a pulmonary embolism in 1972.
"He was a pompous bastard for what he did to his real wife and kids as well as to my mother," Cammidge said. "I think he was bipolar because he had these huge mood swings, but back then they didn't diagnose those things. To fake your own suicide to escape from your wife and kids is sort of extreme."
In recent years, he met his father's daughter, his half sister, and her family.
"She's a wonderful person," he said. She gave him some home movies that have glimpses of his father in them. He has not yet met his half brother.
Cammidge's late wife, Lynne, who died of cancer four years ago, was the Larkspur Library's children's librarian. Larkspur Librarian Frances Gordon remembers meeting Cammidge's mother when she visited her son and his family in Marin. Gordon was one of the first people that Cammidge had read his book.
"Can you imagine meeting someone like that and learning their story afterward?" she said. "It tends to make you more respectful of the person and of older people who have endured things like that, who have struggled a lot more than we have to have a life and to give us a life. I think it's amazing that he could tell this story. It takes a lot of courage."


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OAKLAND -- Infielder Adam Rosales, on the disabled list with a strained rib cage, began a Minor League rehab assignment with Class A Stockton on Wednesday night at San Jose.
Rosales had been doing full activity in recent days, and throwing without pain was the final hurdle for him to overcome.
"We'll get him out on a rehab assignment and see how many games that will take," A's manager Bob Melvin said before Wednesday's game. "You like to bring a guy up when he's playing well. When we get back from the road trip we'll see how he's doing."
The A's begin a six-game road trip on Friday and return for their next homestand on April 25. Injured outfielder Yoenis Cespedes has been running and throwing, but he's still not swinging a bat until his left hand feels better.
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PARKLAND, Fla. - A South Florida teenager who was critically injured in a 100-foot fall at a Wisconsin amusement park appeared in front of the media for the first time Monday.
Teagan Marti's spine was broken in several places on July 30 at Wisconsin's Extreme World. She was on the Terminal Velocity ride, on which riders free-fall before being caught by a net, when she fell 100 feet, close to eight stories, to the concrete ground. Her family said the net was not set up.
Teagan, 13, spent 91 days in hospitals before being released.
In her Parkland home Monday, in front of several news cameras, Teagan cried what her family said were tears of frustration.
"I think it's natural, because I think as this develops, you start to realize all the things you can't do," said Dr. Alex Marti, her father.
"Every day, she does something more to amaze me," said Julie Marti, her mother.
Two weeks ago, Teagan gave a huge smile as she voluntarily donated most of her hair to Locks of Love in order to make wigs for children with cancer.
Teagan can eat on her own, attends occupational and physical therapy five days a week and spends her nights on a ventilator. She can move her arms and legs, but she is still unable to walk.
"She just wants to walk again. She wants to do things," Julie Marti said.
Teagan's family has settled with the amusement park, but her attorney, Stuart Grossman, is now going after the manufacturer of the ride.
"As designed, I'm convinced that the free-fall ride is unsafe. I wouldn't put anyone on one of these machines now," Grossman said.
"I'm not angry. I just want to make sure this doesn't happen again," Alex Marti said.
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October 30, 2012
According to the U.S. Department of Justice's 2007 National Youth Gang Survey, rural gang problems increased 24 percent, leading to devastating changes communities faced. Protecting the families and community of South Lake Tahoe from the presence of gangs will be an act by all to achieve a united front against the destruction grangs carry along such as drugs, crime and often time prostitution.
"It's the money, cars, girls and respect," said one former gang member, shedding light into the reasons many kids find gangs to be interesting. What they do not know is the reality of the situation, the ability to see past today's choices and what the consequences will look like in the future. As a gang member you do not expect the future, "you just do what you need to today."
In a community regaining focus on families and the welfare of the community, gangs are particularly threatening to this new focus as gangs remain the primary distributors of drugs within the United States according to the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey. What does South Lake Tahoe have in its defense? Community. Gangs are typically constructed to provide neighborhood protection; kids join due to lack of family connection and communication and to be able to help make ends meet. The draw to protect and serve a family unit is admirable, yet the direction corrupts all sense of morality into devastating realities. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, most rural gangs are homegrown and not the result of social migration, meaning the community has the ability to make the largest impact on gang prevention.
Prevention starts at home with the family. Begin by talking with your family about the facts of gang life, such as the threat of violence and drugs. Encourage students to engage in extracurricular activities that promote peer relationships and positive self-esteem as well as encouraging the schools to host after-school programs that boost social skills and connect students with one another and role models, tutors and mentors. By engaging kids and community to be more socially active with one another, the promotion of strong community in South Lake Tahoe will acts as repellant against gang infestation.
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While many around the league believe his adversarial relationship with Paul Westphal had a lot to do with the Sacramento Kings' decision to fire the coach just seven games into the season, some teammates have noticed a change for the better in DeMarcus Cousins' game.
"He's a new player," Kings point guard Tyreke Evans said, according to the Sacramento Bee. "I'm happy for him. He's done a great job of just going out there and playing and helping us. No arguing with nobody on the team. Just staying focused, and I'm happy for him."
There has been an uptick in Cousins' production since Westphal's departure. He has averaged 18.3 points and 13.5 rebounds over the last four games, compared to 16.4 points and 11.2 boards before the change. He grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds in Wednesday night's win in Toronto.
New Kings coach Keith Smart is pushing Cousins to play more minutes—he played 39 against the Raptors.
"If he wants to be an elite player, he has to pay the price of conditioning, and this is all part of the process," Smart said, per the Bee. "He had it in him to rebound the ball tonight, and because of that, it put him in an active mode, and I'm happy with that."
Cousins, meanwhile, said of his spat with Westphal, "I'm just trying to put all the silly stuff behind. I'm trying to help my team win, and at the end of the day, that's all I want to do."


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The 69-year-old singer has uploaded four tracks, including the title song from his hit 1973 album `Band on the Run`, on his official website, reported a leading daily.
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Today, the Oakland A's and Detroit Tigers face off in an elimination game for both teams, with the winner advancing to the League Championship Series round. The A's looked almost certain to be eliminated last night until they mustered some late-inning heroics, scraping together a three-run ninth against Tigers closer Jose Valverde.
On paper, the A's were the higher seed coming into this series and thus were entitled to the greater home field advantage. But without last night's miraculous win, the A's were never going to see the benefit of their better record, due to the format of the five-game series. In order to cut down on travel days, MLB has switched to a 2-3 format—two games at home for the lower seed, then three games at home for the higher seed. In the 2-2-1 format it replaced, the team with the better record gets to take, well, advantage of their home field advantage if the series runs to three games or five games, with only a four-game series depriving them of that benefit. In the current setup, the series has to run five games for them to see the benefit of their higher seeding.
So in a different playoff series, would the A's have needed those heroics to stay alive in the playoffs? Or would they have had an easier time dispatching the Tigers already if they hadn't needed to force a four-game series just to see a second home game? Fans of the other higher seeds are probably wondering the same thing—of the higher seeds, the Yankees are the only team leading their series, and the Reds and Nationals are both facing elimination games today. Would those teams be in better shape right now if they'd been able to play under the old format instead of the new one?
In order to answer this question, I built a simulation that outputs the probabilities of a team winning given different sets of home and road games in a five-game series. For this purpose, I assumed that the higher seed and lower seed were evenly matched except in the matter of home field advantage. (In reality, the home seed should be a slight favorite most of the time, if home field advantage weren't an issue.) This lets us see how the change in playoff formats affects a team's odds of winning. Using historic data, I assumed that a home team would have a .540 winning percentage against a neutral opponent.
Let's start by considering three-game series, which are the first possible outcome and the simplest to discuss. If either the higher seed or the lower seed sweeps those three games, the series is over. In the 2-3 format, the lower seed is actually the team with the home field advantage if the series goes to three games. So in this format, there is an 11.4 percent chance of the higher seed winning in three games, compared to 13.4 percent in the old 2-2-1 format—so, precisely a two-percent difference. Only about a quarter of these series will end in three games, and home field advantage plays a relatively small part in deciding which team sweeps. (When both teams are evenly matched, luck is the largest deciding factor—if you are uncomfortable with the word luck, what I really mean is randomness, or things unaccounted for in the simulation.) And more importantly, the chance of getting to game four is entirely unaltered by the change in playoff formats.
Going to four games is where things get more interesting. The saving grace of the format for the higher seeds is that they never face an elimination game on the road. Does that matter? It turns out that yes, in fact, it does. The benefit of being able to play game four at home means that the higher seed is more likely to win a four-game series than it would be under the old format, where two elimination games occur on the road. This format actually raises the odds of the higher seed winning the series in four games, from 17.8 percent to 19.7 percent, almost exactly what we saw above. (Actually, while the rounded figures show a slight difference, the raw figures show the same gains in the chance of winning in four games as they show a lowering of the odds of winning in three games.) And then in five games, the odds of winning the series are exactly the same as they were before.
So the new format isn't to blame for the showing of the higher seeds in this year's playoffs. All of them managed to avoid being swept, thus forcing terms at least as favorable to them as what they would have seen under the old playoff format. Major League Baseball is still planning to switch back to the old format for next year, but the owner's interest in this probably has more to do with finances than fairness. (While playoff teams split ticket revenue equally, there are likely ancillary financial benefits to hosting a home playoff game that make it desirable to host them yourself rather than simply getting your cut of the gate from a road playoff game.) The simple truth is that teams haven't been cheated out of wins by the 2-3 format.
A version of this story originally appeared on ESPN Insider .
Colin Wyers is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @cwyers
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Thanks Colin, I've been bitching about this for a week, I guess I can tone it down a bit now. . .
Oct 11, 2012 09:29 AM
And to the home team go the concessions... not inconsiderable when you're selling 40 000 tickets. There's not a lot of difference between the teams at this point in the season, making home field advantage even less of a factor.
Oct 11, 2012 09:34 AM
Interesting. The perception that the new format is less advantageous for the higher seeds probably stems from the belief that it is more difficult to win consecutive games, i.e. that allowing the lower seeded team to win 2 games at home forces the higher seed to win 3 in a row, which is more difficult than winning any 3 independent games. That shouldn't be true in an infinitely long season, but maybe it has some merit when we're talking about consecutive "win or go home" games. Maybe being faced with elimination changes team performance in a way that lowers the odds of winning games, or at least consecutive games. For example, a team pulls its starter early and blows through its bullpen in an elimination game, decreasing its win expectancy in subsequent games, when it would otherwise have ridden the starter longer to no detriment (let's say the team ends up scoring 5 runs a couple innings later and had a greater cushion than it realized). I can throw out other theoreticals, but they all stem from the possibility that win probabilities in playoff series are conditional and not independent as you assumed in your simulation. Do you think there's any merit to that?
Oct 11, 2012 09:43 AM
I've seen research from other sports suggesting that the score in the series significantly impacts a team's winning percentage - especially when teams are facing elimination games. While I haven't seen anything on whether this works in baseball, it would be interesting to see how that might work through if it did apply to baseball.
Oct 13, 2012 15:02 PM
"The simple truth is that teams haven't been cheated out of wins by the 2-3 format."
Oct 11, 2012 10:06 AM
Abnormal, 1-year home/road splits are not all predictive.
Oct 12, 2012 23:43 PM
No. It is an advantage to be at home with your ace on the mound. Most teams have a higher winning percentage in that situation. What this article is saying is that this doesn't matter much in the long run of the series in terms of results (although we have a very small sample size for 2-3 series), but in practical terms it means that the "advantaged" team, if playing against a "disadvantaged" team that plays much better at home than on the road, is no longer "advantaged" by this format -- it basically says "home field advantage only matters in the out games, and if we have a case that the team with the lower record has a bigger home advantage by record, then we don't care, because you should overcome it". It's like affirmative action for home field, and it's stupid.
Oct 13, 2012 12:15 PM
I think it's unfair as I've always said the team with home field advantage, should home field hold up throughout the series, should never have to face an elimination game until the final game of the series. With 2-3 format the team with advantage could potentially face 3 straight elimination games, completely wrong IMHO. The elimination game pressure should fall on the "weaker" team.
Oct 11, 2012 11:47 AM
And I don't like 2-3-2 either.
Oct 11, 2012 11:47 AM
Jim Ferguson
For me, the 2-3-2 format was always about *evening out* the advantage across the teams. In other words to nullify, as much as possible, the home field advantage. Perfect for the World Series, I think, at least before this interleague regular season abomination. Not for leagues where you wish to reward the team with the best record (NBA, NHL).
Oct 12, 2012 13:48 PM
Pat Folz
Thanks for writing this. Honestly, I thought this had been pointed out years ago, and I've been absolutely baffled by the overwhelmingly negative response to the new format. This is how it should always have been, and how it should remain.
Oct 12, 2012 10:40 AM
Why no just go 3-2 instead? If the favorites can't win in three, let them face death on the road.
Oct 12, 2012 19:33 PM
I agree with this. It gives homefield advantage a little more oomph if you get three home games to start off, and it makes things that much more exciting for the underdogs if they get to game 5. Good from a financlial point of view too. Why not incentivize getting a high seed?
Oct 13, 2012 03:45 AM
I would prefer 2-2-1. That way you can't just sweep in by means of home field, but you also can't be coming back home to your first "home field advantage" game as an elimination game. Sorry, but that is just turning the whole concept of advantage on its head.
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EUGENE, Ore --- Ducks linebackers Derrick Malone and Rodney Hardrick are very familiar with each other. The recently named starters were once teammates at Colton High School in southern California.
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The National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
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National attention continues to focus on the urgent need for qualified mathematics and science teachers. The need is particularly acute in high poverty schools and in the physical sciences. The National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. Initiated in 2002, the program was reauthorized in 2007 through the America COMPETES Act. The program provides funds to institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and academic programs for undergraduate STEM majors and post-baccalaureate students holding STEM degrees who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts. A goal of the Noyce program is to recruit individuals with strong STEM backgrounds who might otherwise not have considered a career in K-12 teaching. Scholarship and stipend recipients are required to complete two years of teaching in a high-need school district for each year of scholarship or stipend support.
A new component of the 2009 program, the NSF Teaching Fellowship and Master Teaching Fellowship track, has been added to the new Noyce Program solicitation (NSF-09-513). This track supports STEM professionals (recent STEM graduates as well as STEM "career-changers") who enroll as NSF Teaching Fellows in master's degree programs leading to teacher certification by providing academic courses, professional development, and salary supplements while they are fulfilling a four-year teaching commitment in a high-need school district. This new track also supports the development of NSF Master Teaching Fellows by providing professional development and salary supplements for exemplary math and science teachers to become Master Teachers in high-need school districts with a five-year teaching commitment.
Noyce Scholarship projects include partnerships with school districts, recruitment strategies, and activities to enable the Noyce Scholarship recipients and NSF Teaching Fellows to become successful elementary or secondary math and science teachers. The project leadership team is expected to include STEM discipline faculty and education faculty working in collaboration with school districts and master K-12 teachers.
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program accepts proposals representing two different tracks: The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship track provides funding to colleges and universities to provide scholarships and programs for undergraduate students majoring in STEM disciplines and stipends for STEM professionals seeking to become teachers. Phase I proposals may be submitted by institutions that have not been previously funded under the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program or are requesting funding to support Noyce Scholars from a department or academic unit or program that has not participated in a previous Noyce Award. Phase II proposals may be submitted by institutions that have been previously funded under the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program if the previous grants are near completion. Phase II proposals include support for additional scholarships and stipends as well as support to conduct longitudinal evaluation studies of previously supported students as they begin teaching. The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Track supports:
Scholarships for STEM Majors Preparing to Become Teachers: Scholarships of at least $10,000 per year (not to exceed the cost of attendance) are available to juniors and seniors majoring in a STEM discipline. Scholarships may be awarded for up to 3 years to include a fifth year of study in a post-baccalaureate teacher-credentialing program.
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Summer Internships: Proposals may include summer internships for undergraduate freshmen and sophomores to introduce students to early experiences in STEM education and provide examples of the integration of research and education. Settings for internships may include formal and informal STEM education venues, such as summer science and math camps, summer school, science museums, nature centers, or science research laboratories.
Projects include program development and enhancement as well as programmatic support for students to enable the recipients to become successful math and science teachers. For example, Noyce Scholars are often mentored by master teachers and college faculty while they are preparing to become teachers and as they begin teaching in the schools. Program components are designed to attract students into teaching, provide high quality preparation for their success as teachers, and to retain them in the teaching workforce. These activities may include early field experiences, academic courses in content and pedagogy, and professional development and mentoring support for new teachers. In addition to monitoring the Noyce Scholars and Fellows to ensure they complete the teaching requirement, all projects are expected to include an objective evaluation that provides both formative assessment of progress and summative evaluation of project outcomes.
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The new NSF Teaching Fellowships and Master Teaching Fellowships track offers awards to institutions in partnership with high-need school districts and non-profit organizations to administer fellowships and programmatic support to STEM professionals ( NSF Teaching Fellows) who enroll in a master's degree program leading to teacher certification or licensing and fellowships to mathematics and science teachers (NSF Master Teaching Fellows) who have a master's degree and participate in a program for developing Master Teachers. As required by the America COMPETES Act, an institution submitting a proposal under this track must provide matching funds, from non-federal sources, equal to 50 percent of the amount of the grant request.
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Planning grants of up to $75,000 are available for institutions to spend up to a year developing the partnerships and planning for a future Noyce proposal under the NSF Teaching Fellowships and Master Teaching Fellowships track.
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The current program solicitation and links to abstracts of current awards can be found on the NSF website at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5733&org=EHR&from=home.
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So an ala carte fantasy. Anything. The sky's the limit. Hmm…
I'd like it to be red, white and rose. All of them. So that would be a tall order. And highly improbable. One wine – not three.
I'd like it to go with whatever I am having, although I cannot decided what that will be. I am starting to sound like some of the people I talk to in the wine stores, the shoppers.
I'd like to be able to have something really expensive, rare,, and also something that is a great value – a steal. Again, I am taking the surreal track.
If it were a wine that tasted super-natural but also had a great personality, and a sufficient amount of flavor. Nothing overdone, but if it was, I would expect if I were liking it then would somehow be in balance, at least for me. We have folks on the natural wine trail who are often in big jet planes and they seem to be able to live in both worlds, c'est ne pas?
What else? Sure I would love for it to be Italian, but I would also love to be surprised.
So far all I have done is dance around it. Do I really have a wine in mid? Maybe tonight we could pin point it a little more.
I'd love it to be red with the delicacy of a white, Italian, but nothing international or even highly concocted. And I'd also like it to be able to be enjoyed tonight. No more cellaring.
It's not as easy as I thought. There are wines we all favor, but that one perfect one, for one moment in time, how important does it need to be? But for the sake of this exercise, perhaps I could suspend judgment, a little?
I know you all are going to think me a little mad, but when I saw the Italian movie, "I Am Love," and again saw the Ligurian countryside, those hills, even the little town Airole, I thought of traipsing through the hills and chasing the Rossese di Dolceacqua. And for right here and right now, that would be just perfect. I would describe the wine, but I won't. What it means to me tonight in the context of the evening and the occasion is enough to have come forth. It is an unsung hero of a wine, with little or no possibility of ever becoming a household name in America. Same for Vernaccia di Serrapetrona, but for other reasons.
And just like when I recently let go and just followed my instincts in picking the latest digital camera or notebook, and it all worked out just fine. So with wine, it will work out. There is no testing center telling us we failed when we pick this or that wine.
By the way, if anyone is so inclined to chime in on their perfect wine for the moment, I'd love to hear from you all.
Happy Independence Day!
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I see that net.sf.acegisecurity.providers.dao.User has an isEnabled method, before I started using acegi I had a role named "LOGIN_ROLE" and this enabled the user to login, so this is what I mapped enabled to when using acegi, I also saw that there was a DisabledException thrown when the account was disabled and I simply display the user a message letting them know that their account has been disabled, anyhow, I also see this LockedException, how does this relate to DisabledException? how should it be used if ever?
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Disabled indicates an account has been administratively or automatically disabled for some reason. Usually some action is required to release it.
Locked indicates an account has been automatically suspended due to invalid login attempts. Usually the passage of time or (less often) requesting manual unlocking is required to release it.
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My wife is 48 years old and wants to have a baby, her tubes were tide in 1993, and she wants In Vitro implant. (recommended is from Shady Grove Fertility).She had a MOCK and HSG test with them and was told she has scar tissue, and needs to be fixed to guarantee a pregnancy.Do we need to do that? If scar tissue is damage from her previous birth this can`t help . Many woman birth with C section and they have tissue-that is not a problem for a normal pregnancy. My wife is very healthy (ovulation is on time) and she cleans her system regularly. Please help us- what we need to do. Or may be is better to fix her tubes.Thank you!
The most effective way to achieve pregnancy for a 48-year-old woman is in vitro fertilization (IVF) using donor eggs. With donor eggs, more than 50% of women would be expected to become pregnant each cycles. Pregnancy is rare at this age without donor eggs. If scar tissue is present within the uterus, IVF pregnancy rates are reduced. The amount of reduction is related to the amount of scar tissue. Removing the scar tissue is likely to increase the pregnancy rates, hopefully back to the rates of those without scar tissue. Since Donor egg IVF is so expensive, most IVF programs would hesitate to put your wife through a cycle without removing the scar tissue first.
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OAKLAND — Protesters took to the streets of Oakland late Friday, damaging numerous banks in the downtown area.
Roughly 40 to 50 Occupy Oakland protesters marched through downtown area, vandalizing ATMs belonging to at least five banks.
The protesters also shattered an 8-by-8-foot window pane at the landmark Tribune Tower, the former home of the Oakland Tribune.
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Top prospect Buxton close to returning to action
ST. PETERSBURG -- Top prospect Byron Buxton, who sprained his left wrist in a Minor League Spring Training game on March 16, could play in his first extended spring training game on Thursday.
Buxton, ranked as the No. 1 overall prospect by MLB.com, is scheduled to take batting practice on the field for the first time on Wednesday at the club's Spring Training complex in Fort Myers, Fla. He originally injured his wrist trying to make a diving catch in the outfield.
"He's doing well," Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "He's going hit on the field tomorrow and is maybe a day or two away from some extending [spring training] action."
Antony said there's still no timetable for Buxton to join Double-A New Britain. But he's getting closer, and hasn't suffered any setbacks since the injury.
"There hasn't been anything unexpected," Antony said. "Everything has gone according to plan. The good news is that once it was supposed to start feeling better, it did. So hopefully he's on his way soon."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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And for the record, I've been in the "dark side" camp concerning Artest for over a year now, and I think this analogy beyond surface comparison is absurd.
No, you're not. My feelings about Ron (as a playerI hate that I have to qualify that because of all the people who get caught up with semantics here) have been all over the place.Originally Posted by Jay@Section204
And that's perfectly valid. It's just that things quickly came across (not really from you) that this was being taken much further than that, hence some of our responses.Originally Posted by Skaut_Ech
If that's all that was meant, no harm done.
Are you so fired up to worship at the altar of Ron that you can't take a minute to read and digest a post, since? Settle down. Man!
Originally Posted by Skaut_Ech
I wasn't responding to your post, it was BP's I was responding to.
Originally Posted by Skaut_Ech
Yes, I'm bowing at his humble name.
This is about the 5th or 6th time now that I'm going on the record with this:
I've decided to give Ron ONE more chance. Not an infinite number, but ONE. I might just have to use that at as my sig. I've said it before, I hate how people are labeled Ron haters, or Ron apologists. There is a middle ground, which I fall in.
To get back to the actual topic. By using Mike, that's saying because he didn't change Ron won't either. If you just think that Ron is in capable of changing, that's fine by me, but using one person as a guide for another isn't logical.
Which one?Originally Posted by Unclebuck
Sure they both do. But when you started making a list, and their troubles within and outside of their respective sports made your cut, that suggested you were comparing them more deeply, and Tyson is far, far worse than Ron.Originally Posted by Harmonica
Is there an example in sports of someone with impulse control problems getting better down the line? I mean really better, not "he only does it half the time now".
My decision isn't based on Tyson. I said Tyson sparked it.
You know when you see someone on the street and he may faintly resemble a friend of yours, and then it makes you think of your actual friend?
Same kind of deal. Tyson, due to his upbringing and repeated infractions in his sport has quite a few similarities to Ron. There was a resemblance. Nothing more.
I'll stop there because (to sound totally condescending), you don't seem to grasp more than one concept in a post. Now re-read what was said, and quit focusing on Tyson to the exclusion of everything else that was said. I think you'll come away with a different stance.
Alonzo Mourning and Kenyan Martin are two prime examples
Originally Posted by Harmonica
This part is what did it. Well the whole post did it, but this part put me over the top
"Both have a laundry list of incidents outside of their respective sports".
Saying that tyson sparked the thought process is one thing, I'll agree to that. But to be fair, I didn't go after that part. BP took your post and turned it into an analogy, and that's where my problem with it begins.Originally Posted by Skaut_Ech
To wonder, "Is Ron going to end up like X?" is one thing. To say X ended up this way, so Ron is too, is a TOTALLY different ballpark. I'm grasping the concept, you're just trying to play both fields the same, when in fact they're not.
Again, alright with you saying watching Tyson reminds you of Ron, and made you think is Ron going to change. Problem with saying Mike didn't change, so therefore neither will Ron. You can't judge one person, with another person's actions.
Well Iron Mike's list could be greatly shortened if you combined some of the notations. IE one note for the incident and another for the subsequent lawsuit....make it one incident not two.
However, it can also be argued that MT is alot older and had much more time to have these incidents and we need to look at # of incidents at same timepoints in their lives.....if we were doing a direct comparison. Big dif tho, until the brawl, Ron's tantrums were just that, tantrums. Never directed at any individual (Flagrant fouls not-withstanding). Tysons were ALL assault related. BUT....and this is the kicker, in spite of both peoples professed remoarse, there were other incidents.
I've always said Ron is like the little kid that tests his parents. He finds out where one limit exists and immediately starts pushing in another direction to see where the limit lies there. He never goes back to the first becasue he knows the limit there, but it almost becomes a game with them trying to find the limit.
Was it Since86 that said he was willing to give him one more chance? I can respect that if he realizes that for some of us that one more chance occured a couple of incidents ago. So, some have a little more tolerance than others.
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
I completely understand. My thing behind it is, if you're going to use emotion, say it's emotion. If you're going to use evidence, atleast use credible one.Originally Posted by indygeezer
You guys are all missing the point........
You can dismiss every one of Tyson's incidents because he was World Champion, baby! Winning championships is the only thing that matters!
Until Ron starts winning titles he's much worse than Iron Mike.......
Does it make a difference that Ron plays a team sport and Tyson boxed solo? Do teammates influence each other enough to make that a significant issue here?
"If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy
Only if the NBA was made up of scrubs.(I mean in their respective field of couse. I'd never tell them they were scrubs face to face.)
Of couse I'd hate to see what I'd do if the Pacers lost to the NBA equivalent of Buster Douglass.
I was simply responding in the same over-the-top manner Since86 did when he chose to respond to my post by listing the most egregious things Mike Tyson has done versus considering what both Skaut and I were actually saying.Originally Posted by Unclebuck
Comparing Ron to Alonzo or Kenyan is utter nonsense!Originally Posted by Unclebuck
Originally Posted by Harmonica
How many times must I say it? I took the stance AFTER you called it an analogy.
To be completely honest, I didn't read Skaut's answer until after you put in that line.
The first list I compiled, the one that you responded too, was hardly tip of the iceberg. Those were things that I thought of right off the top of my head. I find it funny that showing the difference between each person's actions is now "over-the-top."


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Bonipak Produce hires marketing coordinator
Amber Wighton, a graduate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, has joined Bonipak Produce Inc. as marketing coordinator.
Wighton was senior marketing director for Fresno, Calif.-based PureSense, which sold weather stations and software programs to help growers manage irrigation.
In her new role, Wighton will help family-owned Bonipak focus its marketing efforts, according to a news release.
In addition, Leann Bettencourt was promoted to account manager, where she'll support some of the company's major accounts.
D'Arrigo Bros. rolls out iceless rabe pack
D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of California Inc., Salinas, Calif., has introduced iceless, washed, fresh-cut broccoli rabe in 2-pound bags for retail under the Andy Boy label, said Gabriela D'Arrigo, saleswoman.
The new product is the result of collaboration with Salinas-based Taylor Farms, which does the actual packaging, she said.
D'Arrigo Bros. has been working on a bagged product for about 12 years but waited to introduce it until the packaging was perfected, D'Arrigo said.
If held at the proper temperature, the bagged broccoli rabe has a 16- to 18-day shelf life and "still looks like it was just cut," she said.
D'Arrigo Bros. plans to continue to offer iced broccoli rabe.
Deardorff plans to offer organic cauliflower
Oxnard, Calif.-based Deardorff Family Farms plans to introduce a field-wrapped organic cauliflower this spring, organic sales manager Paul Rabadan said.
The cauliflower will join a host of other organic cool-season crops the grower-shipper already offers.
Earthbound Farm brings whole leaf items
Earthbound Farm, San Juan Bautista, Calif., has introduced three organic products that feature washed, whole lettuce leaves packed in 5-ounce, modified-atmosphere clamshells.
The three varieties are butter lettuce, heirloom lettuce and romaine hearts, according to a news release.
The whole leaves are designed for use in sandwiches, wraps and salads.
The clamshells, made from recycled bottles, have an upscale appearance and show off the product, according to the release.
Mann Packing Co. adds french beans
Salinas-based Mann Packing Co. has added 8-ounce and 32-ounce bags of french beans to its line of bagged, pre-washed, ready-to-use vegetables, marketing coordinator Elena Hernandez said.
French beans — sometimes referred to by their French name, haricot verts — are longer, more slender and lighter colored than typical green beans.
Mann Packing Co. also has hired Craig Grantham as director of trade marketing.
He comes to the grower-packer from Emeryville, Calif.-based Peet's Coffee & Tea, where he was director of business and trade management. Grantham also has worked for Tetley USA and the Gillette Co.
"It's always great to bring in someone so well rounded when it comes to trade marketing," Hernandez said.
Misionero Vegetables names inventory chief
Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., has hired Victor Rey as inventory control manager.
He previously worked for Earthbound Farm as sanitation program manager, said Dan Canales, vice president of sales and marketing.
Rey will be based in Gonzales.
Ocean Mist adds big artichoke cooking bag
Castroville, Calif.-based Ocean Mist Farms, which introduced a microwaveable bag of two artichokes at the Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit 2012, plans to introduce a microwaveable bag of a single, jumbo artichoke in late spring, said Kori Tuggle, director of marketing and business development.
The artichokes in both products are cleaned, trimmed and ready to cook. Both come with a zippered microwaveable Steamfast bag that allows users to season their artichokes before cooking.
Ocean Mist Farms also has begun offering a shrink-wrap option for its bok choy and napa cabbage.
The packaging was created at the request of a customer and provides a clean, crisp product presentation that allows labeling with a UPC code for scanning.
In addition, the shrink wrap lengthens the recommended shelf life to 21 days, compared to 17 days for naked packed boy choy and napa cabbage.
Artisan Lettuce deemed heart healthy
The American Heart Association has certified Tanimura & Antle's Artisan Lettuce as a heart-healthy food.
The designation will allow the Salinas, Calif.-based grower-shipper to use the association's heart check mark logo on clamshells.
The logo identifies products that the association has certified as meeting its nutritional guidelines for that particular food, according to the association's website.
To be certified, the food must be low in fat, cholesterol, sodium and processed sugars and provide at least 10% of the daily value of at least one of these nutrients: vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium, protein or dietary fiber.
Artisan Lettuce is low in fat, and a serving delivers 45% of the daily value of vitamin A, according to the release.
The heads are sold in four- and six-count clamshells.


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this is about the o'neal/carter deal but i thought it deserved its own thread as he talks more about the constant mediocrity. if mods want to merge, thats fine.
Nets and Pacers, going nowhere, talking to each other
By Kelly Dwyer
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008 1:16 pm EST
This is what happens when people don't listen, and decide that sustaining a run of mediocrity is the best possible way to keep their jobs.
Indiana Pacers boss Larry Bird, after watching his Pacers fall apart in 2004-05 and flame out in 2005-06, should have rebuilt the team in the summer of 2006.
He had Peja Stojakovic's hefty contract coming off his books, he had some assets (Jamaal Tinsley, pre-shootouts, Jermaine O'Neal, then-overrated) that could fetch expiring contracts and young talent, and he had the goodwill of the Pacer fandom, who wouldn't possibly blame him for the melee in Auburn Hills back in 2004, or the string of injuries that resulted.
This time last season, New Jersey Nets Rod Thorn should have looked at his aging Nets, stuck at .500 with little room to grow, and blown the thing up.
Should have dumped Jason Kidd on a desperate team looking to make one last push. Should have sent Vince Carter for a team looking for perimeter scoring and/or an expiring contract. Should have, if no suitors emerged for VC, passed on signing Carter last summer, or explored sign-and-trade options.
Now look at where the Nets are: 18-22, in the midst of a tough Western Conference road swing, and out of the playoffs today in spite of a 67 million dollar payroll. Vince is about to turn 31, Kidd's about to turn 35, and nobody expects much of them.
Now look at where the Pacers are: 19-23 with a 66 million dollar payroll that grows even larger next season, with little room to improve short of blowing everything up, which won't be easy to do now that the bloom is off the Jamaal.
So what do the Nets and Pacers decide to do? Talk about sustaining that near-.500 turn for even longer, making it look like they're working on improving, and potentially sending Jermaine O'Neal to the Nets for Carter, Jamaal Magliore, and Marcus Williams.
I don't know who leaked the deal, or which team (or agent, even) would stand to gain from this move hitting the press, because it confirms our worst fears about both teams: they really don't get it.
The Pacers would add Carter, who plays the same (wing) position as their only trio of talented youngsters (Danny Granger, Shawne Williams, Mike Dunleavy Jr.)?
The Nets still think Jermaine O'Neal, career 46 percent shooter, is the team's low-post scoring option of the future? The guy has averaged 55 games a season over the last three, he's played 33 games this year (15 points, seven rebounds, 2.5 blocks) while talking about sitting the rest of the season out ... and he's the answer?
I know it's hard to sell dwindling crowds on the idea of a rebuilding process, but these GMs need to give their fans a little credit.
There's a reason nobody is coming out to see the Pacers, or Nets. And it has little to do with Jamaal Tinsley's glock or Jason Kidd's happy hands: these fans know mediocrity. They know these have little chance of making a championship run, and have no easy chance at rebuilding with youngsters. And they don't want to witness the unraveling of two teams winning 45 percent of their games.
But Bird and Thorn don't want to hear it. Not when there's a Jamaal Magliore to sign. Mags in '08, straight to the top!


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Sometimes its just plain fun to piece without thinking... and seeing where it ends up.
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Very cute! Love the color scheme!
Colors are terrific! And love how it all works!