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Is there anyone who has not benefited from a random act of kindness? Remember how it felt when someone, maybe a total stranger, did a very nice thing just for you? It felt good, didn't it?
This is your opportunity to return the kindness, or pay it forward as they say.
Feb. 11 to 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Week. Your mission -- should you choose to accept it -- is to perform an act of kindness for as many people as possible. And you don't have to wait until Feb. 11 to start.
It doesn't have to be a big thing, or costly. It can be as simple as greeting everyone you see with a smile or as complicated as sending a special gift to someone who is living through some bad times. Sometimes just a phone call to check on a neighbor or friend can be considered a kindness.
One friend of mine always pays for the food of a military person at fast food restaurants. That, of course, is an act of kindness and gratitude.
I'm not long on money but I do make a point of shaking the hand of any service person I come in contact with and thanking them for their service. I guess that falls strictly under the category of gratitude, though.
Another person I know has a card ministry. She's always sending cards or notes of encouragement to others. I've been a beneficiary of her kindness, and her cards always give me a lift.
One thing I love to do is pay a total stranger a compliment, whether it's about their appearance or how well behaved their children are. It's interesting to see their reaction, from pleased to shocked, to thinking I'm a crazy woman (which I don't dispute).
A co-worker of mine has a different spin on the "golden rule" and expresses kindness by treating others the way he would want them to treat his mother or another loved one. You can't go wrong with that attitude.
I'm really fortunate. I work with a whole passel of kind folks. It seems they are always doing a kindness for the old lady (me).
Someone once described my brother as the kindest man he ever met. I thought about that for a long time because I always thought of him as the most generous man I know. I guess kindness and generosity do go hand in hand.
There are so many ways to be kind.
Be kind with your words. Be generous with your praise and sparing with your criticisms. It's a human failing to remember hurtful words more than the good ones. We should guard our tongues so that the good words outnumber the bad ones 100 times over.
My sister, who went to be with Jesus just before Christmas, was very kind. Her entire life exemplified the word. But even in her darkest hours of suffering she would always, always remark on the kindness of others. Her daughter, my niece, commented that her mother never seemed to make the connection that her mother's own kindness prompted the kindness of others.
Why don't we all strive to make this world a kinder, gentler place with just one act of kindness? Then pray that kindness prompts another and another and another.
Let's work together to make the National Random Acts of Kindness Week a springboard to a better world.
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Should you invest differently given the impending retirement of tens of millions of baby boomers? This is a question I've received from advisors and investors in recent weeks, and one which, quite frankly, I've given little thought to throughout the financial crisis. (It always seemed like a topic of conversation when the Dow was at 14,000 and not at 7,000.)
But some investors, rethinking their allocations in a post-financial-crisis world, are asking whether they should fundamentally take less equity risk because of an impending wave of boomer-driven selling. You are familiar with the basic argument. As boomers approach and enter retirement, they begin selling the equity holdings they've accumulated during their working years. This liquidation of stocks will put long-term pressure on market prices, leading to mediocre returns.
There is some legitimate fear here. As I've mentioned in other contexts, public surveys show that retired individuals are more risk-averse. Yet for a variety of reasons, I'd suggest that any boomer-related selling will be a slow and gradual process. More likely than not, returns are likely to be driven by the enduring economic fundamentals that typically influence long-term market results, and less by demographic changes.
The first reason not to worry is that aging boomers are more likely to continue to hold higher levels of equities than prior generations. Why? Mostly as a result of experience, habit, and inertia. The boomer generation grew up alongside an expansion of equity holdings among U.S. households (mostly because of 401(k) plans) and that is likely to lead to some continued equity exposure in retirement, even if at somewhat lower levels. Boomers are also (on average) better educated than their parents, and it's true that better educated households are often willing to take on more market risk.
A second point here is that long-term demand for U.S. stocks is still substantial. The Gen X, Gen Y, and Millennial generations number in the tens of millions, and will approach and reach their peak savings years while the boomers are in retirement. Growing affluence in emerging economies will also boost demand for U.S. equities from abroad. (The latter is sometimes called the China or the Malaysia or the Brazil effect—depending on your emerging market of choice—namely, that rising wealth levels abroad will lead to rising demand for U.S. equities.)
Third, it's worth recalling that the baby boom generation spans nearly two decades. Its members will retire gradually, over time, and not all at one precipitous moment. Nor it is likely that, come retirement date, boomer households will make a sudden lurch out of equities. Portfolio changes are rarely step-function-like.
A final point: Most equities are held by the truly affluent. (About one in ten U.S. households own as much as 80% of all equities.) Those households will continue to hold U.S. and foreign equities (along with bonds, real estate, and business interests) as essential portfolio holdings, regardless of the long-term aging of the population.
In the end, if you are thinking through how to allocate assets, the lesson, it seems, would be to focus on the underlying economic fundamentals of the global economy, and balance those potential rewards against the likely short-term risks. With two bear markets in less than a decade, the risk-return balancing act should be easier to conceptualize today (and have more emotional resonance) than in the past.
The generational changing of the guard is a factor in all of this, but in the end it seems not a substantial reason to bias your portfolio against a given level of equity exposure. Better to focus on the lessons we have learned in the past two market declines: Stocks can fall by half (or more) in a pretty short time frame, and over long periods, they can often underperform or only match the return on high-quality bonds.
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Andre Hollins, a day after scoring 41 points, made three free throws with 0.4 seconds to play to give Minnesota a 66-63 victory over Stanford on Saturday in the fifth-place game of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas.
Hollins' 41-point effort came against No. 19 Memphis. He only had eight points against Stanford, but the last three were the winners.
The game was tied at 63 when Minnesota went to throw in the ball from under its own basket. After an inbounds pass, the ball was tipped away by Stanford's Dwight Powell, who saved it as he was falling out of bounds near midcourt. Hollins calmly corralled the loose ball in front of the Stanford bench and dribbled to midcourt where he launched a shot and was hit on the right arm by Stanford's Chasson Randle.
As Randle crouched in front of his bench holding his head as teammates patted him, the officials went to the monitor to see if the foul happened after time expired. They put 0.4 seconds back on the clock, and Hollins made all three free throws.
A long pass by Stanford was knocked away by Minnesota and the buzzer sounded.
Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins looked stunned even 20 minutes after the game.
"It's difficult for any young man to be involved in a play like that," he said of Randle. "I think at some point in time, at some level, for all these athletes who play so much basketball, they're all involved in a play like that. It's one of the most difficult plays to live with. He has to understand it's never decided on the last play. That's just fiction. That play didn't decide the game for us."
Randle, who has been struggling with his shooting this season, finished 3 of 19 from the field, including 2 of 9 from 3-point range.
Trevor Mbakwe had 19 points and 12 rebounds for Minnesota (6-1). Powell had 22 points for Stanford (4-3), including 10 straight late in the second half. Powell's two free throws tied it at 63 with 14.8 seconds left.
USF 79, Columbia 59: De'End Parker scored 31 points as the host Dons (3-1) crushed Columbia (4-2) in the Hilltop Classic.
Duke 76, Louisville 71: Quinn Cook scored 11 of his 15 points in the final 7:46, including No. 5 Duke's last eight of the game, and the Blue Devils beat No. 2 Louisville in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Mason Plumlee added 16 points for Duke (6-0). Peyton Siva had 19 points for the Cardinals (5-1).
Cal 72, Georgetown 56: Layshia Clarendon scored 20 points, Gennifer Brandon added 13 points and 13 rebounds and No. 11 Cal (5-0) beat Georgetown (4-2) to win the Cal Classic title. Talia Caldwell had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Golden Bears.
Santa Clara 82, Cleveland State 71: Ruta Zurauskyte scored 22 points and pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds and Ricki Radanovich connected on seven 3s to lift Santa Clara (3-3) over Cleveland State (1-4) in the consolation game of the John Ascuaga's Nugget Classic in Reno. Radanovich finished with 21 points.
Saint Mary's 70, Chattanooga 67: Jackie Nared tied a career-high with 28 points and added 12 rebounds to lead the host Gaels (3-2) over Chattanooga (4-1) in the SMC Hilton Concord Classic.
USF 75, Boise State 61: Mel Khlok scored 26 points, six on 3-pointers, as host USF (3-2) beat Boise State (3-2). Khlok's six 3-pointers were one short of the school single-game record.
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Special guest-star post today… by my old buddy David Garfinkel ("Garf" to those us lucky enough to be close friends).
Garf has been my First Choice as "wingman" for the last half-dozen seminars I've given (including the Copywriting Sweatshops, the Hot Seat Marketing Makeovers, and particularly the Simple Writing System main event).
So, while I'm traipsing around Australia, scrambling to meet my seminar obligations while driving on the wrong side of the road in 3 major cities…
… I've asked Garf to write a guest post for y'all.
Without further ado… here 'tis:
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The Big Lie.
People say it different ways.
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Well, part of it is true.
Some people are damned lucky. They don't face the same struggles regular people do.
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You see the assumption played out in movies. In schoolrooms. In glossy magazine articles.
You hear it in the rumbling, grumbling soundtrack of your own subconscious mind. Hey, the powers that be have spent enough money, time, and effort spreading this Big Lie into the mass consciousness, everywhere you turn. Of course it's going to be embedded in your deepest thoughts.
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Past a DIY wooden fence and just a stone's throw away from the emblematic Santuario, Arthur "Lowlow" Medina holds down his artistic fort.
Inside the folktastic Lowlow's Lowrider Art Place, paintings by Medina representing everyday Chimayó life—virgins, lowriders, landscapes and more virgins abound.
"I want people to know the old history," Medina told SFR a year ago. Speaking in the rhythmic accent one would associate with the region, he also shared his vision to open the first-ever "Lowrider Museum on Wheels," using any or all of his personal lowrider fleet, seven strong.
This Saturday his dream might be a little bit closer, as Medina, along with other gallerists and several local cultural institutions like Diana Bryer Studio, Ortega's Weaving and Ortiz Gallery partake in the Chimayó Car & Art Tour.
"They all promote and preserve the traditions of Chimayó by the nature of their business," says Patricia Trujillo Oviedo, president of the town's association of business.
Trujillo advances that not just paintings will be at hand, but artworks featured up and down the historic village also encompass basketry, traditional woodcarvings, bronze sculpture and even heritage livestock breeds.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jaguars Foundation Board announced the awarding of $293,000 in its second and final grant cycle of 2011 to 10 local non-profit organizations serving economically and socially disadvantaged children and families in Northeast Florida.
This brings the total in grants awarded in 2011 to $1,073,000.
Under the leadership of Delores Barr Weaver, Jaguars Foundation chair and CEO, the foundation's total grant giving since 1995 is almost $15 million for youth-serving programs in the Jacksonville area, which includes Duval, Baker, Clay, Nassau, and St. Johns counties.
"Our dream of the Jaguars Foundation began even before Jacksonville was awarded the 30th NFL franchise in 1993, and we awarded our first grants before the team played its first game in 1995," Weaver said.
Peter Racine, the foundation's president, noted that the Jaguars Foundation will be continuing its grant making program under the leadership of team's new owner, Shahid Khan.
"We are very pleased that Shad Khan has made the commitment to continue the Foundation's important work to help provide children and youth with the support and opportunities they need to succeed in life." Weaver said.
The Jaguars Foundation does not solicit contributions nor hold fundraising events. The team's grant making program is funded primarily from team revenue.
The following grants were awarded in 2011 Cycle Two:
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida NFL - YET (Youth Education Town): $52,000 for its multi-service after-school and summer programs at the NFL -YET in the Brentwood neighborhood.
- Fresh Ministries: $28,000 for the Youth Employment Preparation and Placement Program for up to 50 youth, at the Eastside Resource Center.
- Heart for Children: $20,000 for it's after school program and summer camp at the Glen Myra Park Community Center.
- Independent Living Resource Center: $20,000 for the Youth High School Transition Program for Nassau County and Baker County (as matching funds for the State of Florida ABLE Trust grant).
- Junior Achievement: $25,000 for its gender specific Financial Literacy Education Program for Girls and Young Women.
- Limelight Theatre Inc.: $25,000 for its multi site theatre outreach program.
- Metro Kids Konnection: $46,000 for its Rising Stars after-school and summer program for middle and high school students.
- National Council of Negro Women's Child Watch Partnership of Jacksonville's Reed Center: $25,000 for its after-school and summer enrichment program for girls.
- Stage Aurora Theatrical Company: $22,000 for their 100 Youth Voices performing arts program.
- Youth Crisis Center: $30,000 for the Touchstone Village Transitional and Independent Living Program's resource team.
For information on the Grants Program guidelines and application, please visit the Jaguars Foundation website at www.jaguars.com
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After watching Saving Private Ryan yesterday I became nostalgic for the older CoD games that took place during WW2.
I have a copy of CoD3 still lying around, so I played it for a little while earlier this afternoon.
It was fun to play to a point, but it was also a wakeup call as to how far the franchise has come with regards to graphics, gameplay, and lag because it was a decidedly mediocre experience. After realizing that, I immediately longed for a new CoD game that took the evolved improvements of the series (the aforementioned 3 areas) but went back to the classic environment of Allies vs. Nazis.
I just now remembered that they did do this once, sort of, with CoD World at War, but alas I never owned that one and it was still somewhat dated compared to where the franchise is now. I'd like to see them take the template of MW3 or perhaps BO2 depending on how that turns out and then go back to that setting again. Plus that game was the Pacific theatre, not Europe, which is my favorite setting for these types of games.
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While General Motors and Ford drag their feet, Chrysler says "YES" to turbodiesels in half-ton trucks
It looks as though
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The Big Three (Chrysler, Ford, GM) have long offered turbodiesel engines in their heavy-duty pickups, but have been reluctant to offer diesel power in their half-ton trucks due to concerns that Americans wouldn't pony up the money for a more fuel efficient engine (the 6.7 liter Cummins turbodiesel option on heavy-duty Ram pickups is a $7,795 option).
Auto enthusiasts have been craving a diesel engine in half-ton pickups for years, but the manufacturers have constantly pushed back. Chrysler, however, is finally listening to its customers. "Customers have been emphatically asking for this, thirsting for it, craving it," said Fred Diaz, CEO of Chrysler's Ram division, citing internal studies.
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Unlike the diesel engine offered in heavy-duty versions of the Ram, Cummins won't make this engine. Italian company VM Motori will instead manufacture the 3-liter V6 turbodiesel. The same engine will be available in the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee and produces 240hp and 420 lb-ft of torque in that application.
For comparison, the 5.7-liter V8 Hemi available in the Ram 1500 produces 360hp and 390 lb-ft of torque.
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Chrysler is currently staying mum on pricing/fuel economy for the turbo diesel engine option, but TrueCar.com expects the company to court an additional 10,000 in the first year of availability with continued growth in the coming years.
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A former headteacher volunteers her time by running a music club at Surbiton's Royal Star and Garter home for ex-service members – and even helps residents take communion.
Mary Taylor, who lives just a 10-minute walk from the home, joined the charity shortly before its move from Richmond, hoping to help residents adjust during the transition.
She took over the music group from veteran volunteer Pat Maynard.
She said: "I haven't changed the format – I wouldn't dream of changing something that's worked so well.
"I look for something that is going to appeal to them.
"A week ago I did music from advertisements they might know.
"I wouldn't be giving them Lady Gaga.
"Music is very healing for people. I think it is marvellous that they can all participate."
The group receives visits from performers which have included the Met Police choir, Kingston Choral Society and solo artists.
Mrs Taylor, 68, said: "The residents really love it and it's a very nice thing to do and be involved in."
And she praised her fellow volunteers, adding: "I've been, in my time, into lots of nursing homes.
"But I can't get over the atmosphere in the Star and Garter. The love and compassion – it's a place you would want your loved ones to be."
Her husband, Gerry, a former RAF pilot and news reporter for the Times, also volunteers at the Surbiton home's bar.
Deputy activities manager Raquel Pena-Aristizabel said: "It's a very popular club and she is wonderful with all the residents.
"She is really helpful – one of the people who you can ask to do any job and she's always happy to help.
"She creates a monthly programme and includes staff, residents and volunteers.
"She goes around asking residents what kind of music they like – sometimes residents put the programmes together by themselves.
"Mary is always happy to help."
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In TV commercials and campaign stops, Gov. Jerry Brown has told Californians that voting against his tax-hike measure, Proposition 30, will mean devastating cuts for public schools. Yet the governor's finance team concedes that state spending will go up next year regardless of your vote.
So what's a voter to think? Does the state of California really need more of your money?
The Mercury News' review of state budget figures found:
* The estimated $6 billion in extra revenue annually from Proposition 30 would quickly put the state on track to return to peak spending levels before the Great Recession.
* The inflation-adjusted tax burden of Californians is now about the same as the average over the last two decades -- and will remain so even if Proposition 30 passes. But that tax burden is still among the highest in the nation.
If Proposition 30 fails on Nov. 6 -- and recent polls suggest that's a strong possibility -- it will take a few years for spending on schools to return to funding levels before the recession began in 2008, the Department of Finance projects. But schools can't wait that long for the economy to recover to full strength, the Brown administration says.
"The idea is to more quickly rebuild the losses we've seen in education," said Finance Department spokesman H.D. Palmer.
Proposition 30 would temporarily raise state income tax rates on the wealthy and increase the sales tax by a quarter of a cent, costing most people of modest means less than $50 in extra taxes per year.
The projected $6 billion in new revenue each year would go mostly toward education. So Brown has framed the vote as a clear choice: Pass the higher taxes, or face $6 billion in "trigger cuts" that will result in higher college tuition and most likely a shorter school year.
"Proposition 30 will restore funding to schools and prevent billions of cuts this year," Brown said in one TV ad that has been airing in living rooms across California as part of a $50 million campaign.
But are they really "cuts?"
Even if the measure fails, funding for schools is expected to increase 21 percent from 2012 to 2015 because of economic growth. The $6 billion trigger-cut figure stems from the fact that he and the Legislature started the budget year by assuming that Proposition 30 would pass.
Look at it this way: Say you're expecting a $100 weekly raise at work. But then you don't get it, and you tell your friends that you have to cut back by $100 a week.
Still, it would mean reductions for schools. If they don't get that raise, they will have to cut the second half of the school year compared to the first half. This would come on top of a 7.9 percent drop in per-pupil spending over the last four years, according to a new report by Moody's Investors Services.
John Mockler, Brown's campaign finance adviser, argues that the proposed cuts would hit hard because the state has partially solved its financial problems in recent years by borrowing and using gimmicks that no longer work. He likened it to paying your rent with a credit card for months while hoping your finances will turn around.
"At some point you owe so much you stop putting the rent on the credit card," Mockler said.
For schools, paying their credit card bills, which now total more than $10 billion, without extra revenue could mean cutting up to 15 days off the school year, Palmer said. Part of the reason the cuts are so dire now, despite the economic recovery, is that many schools are reaching their credit limit and can't borrow any more, he said.
But the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office called the idea to shorten the school year a "back of the envelope" calculation that seems unlikely to occur because many schools could trim costs in other, admittedly severe ways -- trying to renegotiate with unions to reduce staff, for example -- before reducing the school year, which is typically seen as a last resort.
A recent Department of Finance review found that taxpayers are giving the state nearly $3,100 each on average in 2012. That's up slightly from the depths of the recession, but when adjusted for inflation, it's still about $300 less than what Californians paid the state during the late 1990s and the middle of the last decade, when the economy was much better.
A study released last week by the Tax Foundation, a think tank in Washington, D.C., concluded that Californians already had the nation's fourth-highest tax burden in 2010 when local taxes were included.
How is the state spending our money?
The general fund, which pays for things like schools and jails, would reach $91 billion in the current fiscal year if the measure is approved. Adjusted for inflation, that's the second lowest it's been since 1998, though it's higher than last year, largely because of the extra revenues counted on from Proposition 30.
Passing the measure would be "a modest step in the right direction," said Hope Richardson, a policy analyst with the left-leaning California Budget Project. "It's not going to solve all our problems, but it is going to us bring us closer to a balanced budget and reduce the pressure on the Legislature to make cuts."
Polls last week showed that not enough voters believe Brown's arguments. The USC Dornsife/L.A. Times Poll released Thursday showed just 46 percent of voters are likely to approve Proposition 30, and that support drops to 44 percent when respondents are given arguments from both sides -- including Brown's contention that the measure would stop school cuts.
"Nobody wants to cut education; but there's a lack of trust in how this is going to work and if the money's going to be used appropriately," said Drew Lieberman, the poll's Democratic pollster.
And there's yet another scenario:
Even with the passage of Proposition 30, the state -- as it has many times in recent years -- could miss projections and wind up with lower than expected revenues. That's because even the new revenue from Proposition 30 would be subject to "multibillion-dollar" swings, depending on the economy, the Legislative Analyst's Office warns.
In the first quarter of the fiscal year beginning July 1, the state was already running nearly $400 million behind expectations.
If Proposition 30 fails, Brown says, he will make the $6 billion in trigger cuts. But he has several options to avoid that.
The governor could call in the Legislature after the election and find other areas of the budget to slash, though outside experts who have reviewed the budget are skeptical that politicians will be able to find more money to pull from programs such as prisons, health services and aid to the poor and disabled .
Mockler said he's angered at the suggestion that Brown is bluffing on the trigger cuts and advises people who did not think education needs more money to "go visit a damn school," where he says California is spending $80,000 less per classroom than the average U.S. state.
"There is no more money available to reverse any cuts," Mockler said. "The cuts have been made not for scare tactics, but because they must be made if we are to balance our budgets and not go bankrupt."


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Order: Moser, Jenkins, Locastro, Brinster, Pitts Then Moser, Brinster, jenkins, Locastro, Pitt
You can see the guys with the big arms taking the hyzer route on the 2nd hole.
Watch these things:
1) How long the back foot stays planted.
2) How close Brinster keeps the disc into the right pec vs Jenkins
3) How late Moser pulls. It's really evident in the slow motion.
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text: Twitter provided a great way to catch immediate reactions to Barack Obama's victory over Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. Some people were happy, other were upset. And then there was this random batch of kids watching the election with their dads, who all seemed to throw temper tantrums akin to a 12 year-old being told he had to turn off the Xbox and go to bed.


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Since we have 45-plus days, more or less, to get ready for spring, planning is the most productive thing we can do with the time.
Drawing plans, writing lists of things to do and gathering supplies in anticipation can make everything work out so much better than waiting until the season is on us, then trying to cram everything into a few hours.
On days when the temperatures are a bit higher, yard and garden cleanup and pruning can take place. In late March, early vegetable seeds can be sown directly in the garden, and perennials, shrubs and trees can be planted.
In anticipation of all that, planting seeds indoors for mid-May vegetables should begin in late February or very early March. Several community gardens around the area are planning on doing this right now, and some have made arrangements with local nurseries to use greenhouse space.
Because of their need for large numbers of bedding plants, Better Fort Farms, a new Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project, has made arrangements to use space at Henry Industries.
"Better Fort Farms" is an offshoot of the "A Better Fort" charitable organization. To read their Project Scope, visit www.indiegogo.com/betterfortfarms. Their initial goal is to establish 80-plus raised beds on property they have purchased just south of downtown Fort Wayne.
Because this may be a new idea to some of us, I found this explanation of how a CSA works at the website of another local CSA, Graber Farms: "Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, is essentially a connection that is built between the consumer and their local farmer. By becoming a CSA member, you support local farmers by paying an annual fee for fresh organic produce. These fees help the farmer purchase supplies, such as seeds, water and equipment, and pay for labor. In return, you receive handpicked seasonal certified organic produce weekly for the entire season. A CSA program allows consumers to support their local farmers and be insured they will receive the freshest produce available." http://www.graberorganicfarms.com/whatcsa.html
Better Fort Farms has a three-fold plan for their CSA: one-third of the produce will go to sponsors, one-third will be sold at local farmers markets and one-third will be donated. Their plan is more than just a CSA: They wish to reach people with gardening information and will be offering instructions on how to garden and preserve fresh food. Many of the classes will be taught by Master Gardeners and will be offered to children and adults.
There are other CSAs in the Fort Wayne and Allen County area such as Country Garden & Farm Market (see at www.localharvest.org/country-garden-farm-market-M5164). They participate in the Salomon Farmers' Market at 817 W. DuPont Road. The Salomon Farmers' Market features organic produce, pasture-raised meat and chicken, eggs, and flowers. They also participate in the Barr Street Farmers Market.
Graber Farms is an Amish CSA, and they also participate in the Salomon Farmers' Market, the Barr Street Market, Historic West Main Street Market and New Haven Farm Market.
Jane Ford is an Advanced Master Gardener. Email questions to jaf701@fron tier.com. You also can read her What's Bloomin' blog at www.news-sentinel.com. This column is the personal opinion of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of The News-Sentinel.


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Brisbane, Calif. -- Fashion retailer Bebe reported Wednesday that total sales for the first quarter fell 9.4% to $105.1 million. Same-store sales dropped 8.7%, missing expectations of a more moderate 6.8% decline.
The 250-store chain has officially launched a search for a new CEO, announcing on Wednesday it has retained Russell Reynolds Associates to lead the effort. Former CEO Gregory Scott resigned the post in January 2009, and founder Manny Mashouf has been serving in an interim capacity since that time.


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When we finally finished researching and writing our encyclopedic name book, the day came when we had to decide what to call it. (The working title of Big Baby Name Book just wasn't going to cut it.)
This turned out to be almost as laborious a task as writing the book. Dozens and dozens of lists of possibilities were emailed back and forth. Our book editor and even our agent entered the fray, offering their own suggestions. (We actually chronicled this painful process in an article we wrote for Publishers Weekly magazine, called Naming the Name Book.) We finally settled on The Baby Name Bible because, well, we hoped people would make it their baby naming bible.
It never entered our minds that some people would take it literally as a book of biblical names. But on our earlier, smaller website, before nameberry was born–babynamebible.com– many visitors did come to search solely for Old and New Testament names. And of course they found them, but a lot more besides.
Biblical names have a long history in this country. They came to colonial America with the early Puritans, who scrutinized the Good Book for names of righteous figures, believing that such names could shape the character of their offspring, and often using extreme examples, like Zelophehad and Zerubbabel. Over the centuries and decades since then, there has been a steady stream of biblical names: individual Old Testament examples, in particular, have drifted in and out of fashion, for both boys and girls.


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These don't necessarily have to be positive (what fun would that be???).
What is/are your BOLD prediction(s) for the Cincinnati Reds franchise for the 2008 campaign? (Can deal with players, management, broadcast, WHATEVER)
These don't necessarily have to be positive (what fun would that be???).
What is/are your BOLD prediction(s) for the Cincinnati Reds franchise for the 2008 campaign? (Can deal with players, management, broadcast, WHATEVER)
The rotation will have four 10 game winners.
Adam Dunn will reach 50 homeruns.
There will be 162 regular season games scheduled
Brandon Phillips hits 30/30 (again).
The Reds BEST offensive player by years end will be Edwin Encarnacion.
The Reds will have three of the top 5 candidates for ROY, but will not have the ROY winner.
Harang will lead the league in K's. Cueto and Volquez will be in the top 15 in K's.
Jr. plays in 140 games, and finishes the season 23 HR's behind Mays.
The Reds win the NL Central outright.
"There was like a softness to it, a glow to it. I felt... I felt warm."
-- Joseph Daniel Votto 7/10/2017
Adam Dunn will hit a career high 48 homeruns and receive a new three year contract with an option for a fourth year.
Edinson Volquez will join Aaron Harang in the 200 strikeout department and become the first Reds duo in franchise history to strikeout 200+ batters in the same season.
Johnny Cueto will win the NL Rookie of the Year after posting an ERA under 3.50 and K/9 around 8.0 in 170 innings.
Jay Bruce and Joey Votto will combine to hit 40 homeruns in their rookie seasons.
Mike Stanton will blow more games than he should be allowed before finally being let go sometime in mid to late May.
Adam Dunn will hit in the .270s with another 40 HR, 100 RBI, 100 R season, and that still won't be enough for some.
That season gets him 4 years guaranteed, but the Reds overpay at 4/72 plus a mutual option.
The Reds fall just short of the playoffs, but are in it to the last weekend.
I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and 4,000 hits."
-Pete Rose
Patterson OBs .360. He chalks it up to Dusty's faith in him. :
Brandon Phillips will join the 40/40 club. No, not that 40/40. The 40 DP and 40 BB club.
Adam Dunn will strikeout less than 150 times while playing in at least 150 games.
Ken Griffey, Jr will be traded before the trade deadline.
Brandon Phillips will win the NL GG @ 2B.
Corey Patterson will OBP North of .350, and OPS in the neighborhood of .800.
Josh Fogg becomes the new poster boy for Reds starting pitcher futility as he struggles to keep his ERA under 6.50 through May. Some of the most ardent anti-Belisle posters call for Josh to be replaced by Matt.
Corey Patterson manages to get 400 Abs in the leadoff spot despite sporting an OBP lower than .300.
Jay Bruce wins the IL MVP award.
I am completely about the first three predictions and the Reds make the playoffs.
Kent Mercker gets into a fistfight with the Cowboy after Brantley calls the entire bullpen a 'bunch of wussies that are afraid to throw strikes.
The term 'stat geek' is ruled to be derogatory and its use on Redszone becomes a banish-able offense.
The RZ game threads will be chock full of hyperbole and rash statements.
While the chat-room will remain where the cool kids go to hang out (and play cyber "pull my finger")
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According to authorities, fomer NASCAR driver Dick Trickle is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71.
The Associated Press reported:
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says authorities received a call believed to be from Trickle on Thursday saying that "there would be a dead body and it would be his." Authorities tried to call the number back, but no one answered. The sheriff says Trickle's body was found near his pickup truck at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, N.C., about 40 miles northwest of Charlotte.
Kenny Wallace posted the following on his Twitter page:
Dick Trickle taught me to be me, He taught me to Justify things my way and said "Kenny keep laughing loud cause that's who you are"
— Kenny Wallace (@Kenny_Wallace) May 16, 2013
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Trickle, who is reported to have more than 1,200 feature wins to his credit on short track throughout the Midwest, began competing in NASCAR's Cup series full time in 1989 and ran the majority of races from 1989-1998. The 1989 Cup rookie of the year, Trickle had 15 top-10 finishes and finished third five times.
More Tweets About the Death of Dick Trickle:
Awful news: Dick Trickle is dead j.mp/19A9yUg No sports figure Dan + I had fun with took it more graciously. In fact, gratefully.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) May 16, 2013
Sad deal. Dick was always a super nice guy to me. #NASCAR #DICKTRICKLEfox19.com/story/22273981…
— Doug Herbert (@DougHerbert) May 16, 2013
The racing world lost a true legend today. #DickTrickle
— Erik Jones (@erik_jones) May 16, 2013
Thanks for the memories. I jumped so high I hit my head on a ceiling fan when he won the Milwaukee mile many years ago.
— Larry The Cable Guy (@GitRDoneLarry) May 16, 2013
Dick Trickle was a friend, a mentor & one of the best drivers ever. Without him, I wouldn't be where I am now. I will miss him tremendously.
— Rusty Wallace (@RustyWallace) May 16, 2013
Just want to say its a sad day. Dick trickle is a legend. RIP.
— David Stremme (@DavidStremme) May 16, 2013
Sad to hear of Dick Trickle. At some point we were all short trackers. He was the best. #RIPDickTrickle
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Scrutiny After The Glimpse
Depicting the human form has been a primary focus of artists since the beginning of recorded history. The Haggerty Museum of Art's summer exhibition, Scrutiny After The Glimpse, mines the museum's extensive permanent collection to explore how this art form has changed through the years, and how the works' meanings vary when art from different eras and styles is juxtaposed.
Scrutiny After The Glimpse opens June 4 and runs through August 3 at the Haggerty on Marquette University's campus.
The exhibition will occupy the entire first level of the museum and includes paintings, drawings, prints, photography and sculpture, all from the Haggerty's permanent collection. It was inspired in part by the museum's 30th anniversary, which occurs this fall, noted Wally Mason, director and chief curator of the Haggerty Museum of Art. That prompted Mason and associate curator Emilia Layden to consider the different traditions reflected in the more than 4,500 items collected by the Haggerty during the past 30 years and what threads could be traced throughout the collection.
Haggerty Museum of Art Hours
Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.


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I could not think of any other forum section that this would fit into, so here goes nothing.
I am interested in building web trust to my website.
I found the following:
I am interested in exploring more web trust seals. Understandably it's possible to go OTT, and I easily overspend in making myself look safe, that being said if you're paying for advertising you would want to ensure that all your potential customers trust you.
IMHO, seals are unnecessary.
Just get an SSL certificate that works and shows green in firefox/IE/chrome, and you're good to go.
After all, you don't see these seals on any big-name sites. (amazon, newegg, best buy, woot.com, staples, etc)
The only one of those that I have even heard of for anything other than offering trust seals is Comodo who also produce security software. While I trust Comodo for their firewall software since I have tested it and know that it works I wouldn't trust any of those sites for anything else without also testing it for myself to confirm that it works. I hav e no idea how you would go about testing a trust seal offered by a site that you do not yet trust in order to determine whether you ought to trust their trust seal.
I suspect that the bigger sites don't use trust seals for much the same reason - they haven't had anything to do with the sites offering the seals and so have no reason to trust them.
Anyway REPUTATION is what is going to have people either trusting you or not - not whether you can convince some site they have never heard of to give you a trust seal.
In so far as security is concerned (which is completely different from trust) an SSL certificate is what you need for that.
It's a new ventures which is why I was needing information on trust seals. To be fair, once a website has sales and momentum, then there would be no reason to bother with them. That being said I really do love web of trust. I am likely to have a web of trust seal and an SSL certificate. I probably won't use Comodo because they are pricier. I can get SSL certifications from as low as 10 dollars per year.
There's no need to bother with seals to begin with--they don't really do anything since anyone can get them or fake them. I wouldn't waste any money to get them. It's basically a gimmick.
The actual validity (or trust) of an SSL certificate is handled by the Internet's major certificate authorities, not a jpg/gif image stuck somewhere on your site. Then if you want to check the status of a business, the BBB or resellerratings.com are usually two well-known stops to make.
You're completely right. Thanks for your help.
Edit: I just came across a completely scam site (investment sector) that had around 6 different seals, some even costing big bucks. I could spend that money advertising or on social media rather than trying to get trust with buy now seals.
I will submit my website to the web of trust, this is completely free, and I do love the concept.
I remember reading some e-commerce usability studies and on payment pages, people felt better when, next to images or names of payment options, they saw something that "looked secure" such as padlock icons and whatnot.
It's silly but then we never said human psychology was rational or actually bothered to see if those symbols actually mean anything.
Many of our e-commerce clients do have trusted seals on their home pages but those actually mean a link to their chamber of commerce (KvK) numbers and those pages can show things like number of complaints or where to contact to file a complaint, which doesn't sound much like these other "trust" things.
example upper right: http://www.fonq.be and http://www.fonq.de (different links because different countries) and 2 customers have link-images to http://www.unizo.be/ecommercelabel/labeldragers.jsp (which is more like an organisation linked to consumers' groups).
It might be a European thing, or it might be some other reason. Most of our clients are small but the fonq one is actually kinda big and old, no they really don't have a need to "prove" themselves. Maybe some SEO-er told them they're better off with it
Well people in the know understand trust seals may mean nothing for the average Joe they can have a huge impact on conversions.
A study by Baymard shows the most well known seals: http://baymard.com/blog/site-seal-trust
There is also reinforcing trust at sensitive points in your checkout process can help with conversions: http://baymard.com/blog/visually-reinforce-sensitive-fields
Take a look at our results from using the TRUSTe Privacy Policy Seal: https://blog.servertastic.com/increasing-conversions-with-a-privacy-policy/
If a site is new it needs to instill trust with visitors ASAP. I recommend an EV cert at the very least and then all or one of the top three from the above study.
If displaying a trust symbol makes any difference to people's perception of the site then displaying your own trust image that looks somewhat similar to those available from the sites mentioned ought to be just about as effective without the need to involve any other site.
Andy thanks for those Baymard Institute links, those were some of the various study results I've read that said similar.
And yeah, what felgall says would also be true unless your image is actually also a link... it had better go somewhere real or real-looking : )
@AndyGambles; One of the websites I checked out only had three of the top seals, above a 100% money back guarantee. Such tricks are likely to inrease conversion. So it's suprizing how websites use this to their advantage.
Even though we can all agree that those badges literally mean nothing. They do increase percieved trust, and with this trust comes sales, which is what a website is all about.
For every website it is important to increase the visual trust of online users and customers and it will not be harmful to users data or any type of online transaction they made on website. You should not apply all web trust seal to your site but you should apply the SSL Certificate as per the requirement of site and therefore trust seal too. For example you can apply Extended Validation SSL Certificate and you will get your organization name with green address bar and also get the trusted site seal of the brand which you use for that SSL such as Norton Security, Comodo, Thawte, GeoTrust or RapidSSL. In such way you can increase the repeat users and customers to your site on the basis of secure connection.


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Birbal the Wise - XITrick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer?
One day a scholar came to the court of Emperor Akbar and challenged Birbal to answer his questions and thus prove that he was as clever as people said he was.
He asked Birbal: "Would you prefer to answer a hundred easy questions or just a single difficult one?"
Both the emperor and Birbal had had a difficult day and were impatient to leave.
"Ask me one difficult question," said Birbal.
"Well, then tell me," said the man, "which came first into the world, the chicken or the egg?"
"The chicken," replied Birbal, very confidently.
"How do you know?" asked the scholar, a note of triumph in his voice.
What did Birbal answer to this?
AnswerBirbal told the scholar, "We had agreed you would ask only one question and you have already asked it" and he and the emperor walked away leaving the scholar gaping!
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For more than 20 years, the Ensemble Matheus has made its mark in the world of classical
music under its founder Jean-Christophe Spinosi, with its bold artistic planning and its
appeal to a wide and varied audience. The ensemble has a flexible formation, from chamber
orchestra to symphony orchestra. From the very beginning, it has endeavored to bring
together various musical genres, performing repertoire from the 17th to the 21st centuries
on appropriate period instruments. Through its performances and recordings, the ensemble
has formed close relationships with many renowned soloists, including Cecilia Bartoli,
Philippe Jaroussky, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Natalie Dessay, and Susan Graham. Resident
orchestra of the Quartz in Brest since 1996 and at the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Ensemble
Matheus has performed in major venues worldwide that include the Tonhalle Zurich; Accademia
Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome; Paris's Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Palais Garnier;
London's Royal Albert Hall, Barbican, and Wigmore Hall; and the Konzerthaus and Theater an
der Wien in Vienna, among many others. In addition to its second appearance at Carnegie
Hall this season, the ensemble performs in London, Hamburg, Valencia, Barcelona, Dortmund,
Toulouse, Paris, and Quebec. The Ensemble Matheus also performs Rossini's Le comte
Ory at the Theater an der Wien with Cecilia Bartoli, with whom it will
collaborate on a series of new projects in 2013-2014.
Ensemble Matheus is subsidized by the Conseil régional de Bretagne, the Conseil général du
Finistère, the town of Brest, and the Ministère de la culture et de la communication-DRAC
de Bretagne. The Ensemble Matheus's performances are kindly supported by its sponsors, BNP
Paribas-Banque de Bretagne and Altarea Cogedim.
A true musician-choreographer, Jean-Christophe Spinosi originally studied violin, but a
passion for all kinds of musical expression led him to study conducting. He founded the
Matheus Quartet in 1991, which later became the Ensemble Matheus. In 2005, his historical
research led him to make a series of recordings with the ensemble of Vivaldi's previously
unrecorded works. These recordings include the double gold-selling album
Heroes for EMI-Virgin Classics. Mr. Spinosi conducts Ensemble Matheus in a
new opera production each year at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. In addition, he works
regularly with various other orchestras, including the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Orchestre Nationale du Capitole de Toulouse, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre
Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, New Japan Philharmonic, Orquesta Nacional de España, and
Vienna State Opera. He has also collaborated with the Orchestre de Paris, Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Berlin Radio Symphony
Orchestra, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Born in Mendoza, Argentina, Veronica Cangemi was first cellist of the Mendoza Orchestra
before winning first prize at Argentina's National Singing Contest. Her early European
engagements included Gluck's Armide with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du
Louvre, Despina in Così fan tutte in Montpellier with William Christie, and
Adina in L'elisir d'amore at Opéra National de Lyon. In addition, she sang
Servilia in La clemenza di Tito in Glyndebourne with Sir
Neville Marriner, and Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Pamina in Die
Zauberflöte at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Ms. Cangemi's engagements in the
2012-2013 season include Zerlina in Don Giovanni at Washington National Opera
and concerts with tenor José Carreras at the Teatro Colón. Highlights of the 2011-2012
season included Alcina at the Vienna State Opera, her debut as Mimì in La
bohème at New National Theatre in Tokyo, Schubert's Alfonso und
Estrella at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Handel's Poro with
Kammerorchester Basel, and Mozart's Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots at the
Salzburg Festival. Her recordings include a Vivaldi solo album with the Ensemble Matheus
for Opus 111 and Scarlatti's Griselda with René Jacobs for Harmonia
Laurence Paugam has served as first violin soloist of Ensemble Matheus since its creation.
At the age of 20, she joined the Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine, but left to work with
Jean-Christophe Spinosi's ensemble. In addition, she has taught for many years in her
hometown at the national music school of Brest, Brittany. With the Ensemble Matheus, she
has performed as a soloist in prestigious concert venues that include Carnegie Hall, the
Proms in London, and at the Salzburg Festival, as well as in Zurich and St. Petersburg. In
recent months, she has performed as a guest soloist with the Hanover Radio Orchestra, among
other ensembles.
Born in Bordeaux, France, Claire-Lise Démettre enjoys a busy and varied career, and is
emerging as one of the most interesting young French cellists. Much in demand as a chamber
musician and soloist, she has performed throughout France and Europe, appearing at such
festivals as the Amsterdam Cello Biennale, the Festival international de musique de
Besançon Franche-Comté, Les Musicales de Bagatelle, and Festival 1001 notes en Limousin, as
well as in major venues such as the Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre National de Bretagne,
l'Orangerie de Bagatelle, and l'Auditorium Saint-Pierre des Cuisines. In addition, she has
played with orchestras that include the Orchestre symphonique de Bretagne, the NWD
Philharmonie, the Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen, and the Spirit of Europe orchestra
(Austria). A prizewinner in international competitions, Ms. Démettre is a recipient of the
prestigious Fondation Banque Populaire Award. A graduate of the CNSMD of Lyon, France, with
first-class honors, and the Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen (Germany), in 2011 she
won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Drama in London, where she currently studies
with Louise Hopkins.
Born in Nantes, France, Jérôme Pernoo studied with Germaine Fleury, Xavier Gagnepain, and
Philippe Muller. In 1994, he was a prizewinner at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and
at the Rostropovich Competition in Paris. In 1996, he won first prize at the Pretoria Cello
Competition. He has since performed with most of the major French orchestras, as well as
with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Regio in Turin, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta
Nacional de España, Zurich Opera Orchestra, and St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra, among
others. Since 1995, Mr. Pernoo has given recitals with pianist Jérôme Ducros at venues that
include Wigmore Hall in London, Florence Gould Hall in New York, and Paris's Théâtre des
Champs-Élysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, and Cité de la Musique. His recent recordings include
Saint-Saëns's Cello Concerto No. 2 with the Orchestre de Bretagne under Nicolas Chalvin,
Offenbach's Cello Concerto with Les Musiciens du Louvre under Marc Minkowski, and a
Beethoven program with Jérôme Ducros. Upcoming releases include Guillaume Connesson's Cello
Concerto with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo under the baton of
Jean-Christophe Spinosi. Mr. Pernoo is founder and artistic director of the chamber music
festival Les Vacances de Monsieur Haydn. He plays a cello made for him by Franck


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THE Avon Valley Runners' squad of Fiona Price, Jackie Rockciffe and Diane Hier were the winners of the veteran ladies team competition in the 33rd Bath Half Marathon on Sunday.
The team prizes are based on cumulative time and the AVR girls totalled four hours 27 minutes and 36 seconds to finish 10 minutes ahead of Bristol & West AC with Chippenham Harriers' trio of Caroline Blake (92:08), Gemma Collings (95:51) and Melanie Blackman (99:51) third.
The AVR trio also claimed second place in the open event behind a strong Bristol & West AC squad.
Leading runner Price smashed her personal best to clock 1:26:58 and win her femail vet 45 category, ahead of her trip to Budapest later this month to compete in the Masters Half Marathon World Championships.
Hier ran 1:30:57 and took the female vet 50 title by just 22 seconds.
Avon Valley Runners welcomes newcomers at their weekly beginners session at Trowbridge Rugby Club at 7pm on Tuesdays.
- LAST weekend's South-wick Country Parkrun saw Gill Perry, of Run 4 Fitness and Avon Valley Runners' Matt Evans record their 100th event.
Brian Jeffery won in a time of 17.29, his third victory in four runs at Southwick. Second place went to Stewart Avery (18.53), followed by Stuart Burgess (18.56).
Caitlin Wosika, of Team Bath AC, was the first female to finish in 20.26 with Tabitha Burgess second in 22.47 and Lucy Kettlety third in 26.09.
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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star Sarasota hotel in Central Sarasota, near Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Popular property highlights
Located in Central Sarasota, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Art Center Sarasota and Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Sarasota Jungle Gardens and St. Armands Circle are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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A restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and a free airport shuttle are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and a spa tub are onsite.
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All 95 rooms offer free WiFi and free wired Internet, plus 24-hour room service and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Premium bedding, coffee makers, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Hotel Indigo Sarasota provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3.5-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and concierge services. A roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and an area shuttle are complimentary for guests. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
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JASON GILLESPIE hailed Yorkshire's come-from-behind LV= County Championship win over Northamptonshire at Wantage Road, completed by a massive 271-run margin, as one of the very best.
The county's coach saw his side claim 19 points to move to the top of division one having been bowled out for 136 during Saturday's first day.
Yorkshire, who could be replaced at the top depending on other results, needed seven wickets during the final day, which Northants started at 66-3 in pursuit of 432. They were bowled out for 160 in the early stages of the afternoon session.
Liam Plunkett enhanced his claims for an England Test recall with a season's best haul of 4-42 from 14.1 overs, with all four of his wickets coming on the final day.
"It was a massive performance in terms of character from our players," said Gillespie.
"From 136 all out in 40 overs on day one with the ball nipping around - and we didn't bowl particularly well ourselves on day one even though we created enough opportunities - I thought our cricket was incredible.
"It's one of the best wins I've seen for a long time in any cricket.
"We saw earlier this season that Lancashire came here and were bowled out for 119 and managed to go on and win the game, and that was an impressive performance. We've matched that.
"If you want to challenge for the top two or three spots, you need to put in performances like that and bounce back from poor sessions, poor hours and poor days.
"I can't speak highly enough of the lads. Andrew Gale asked the lads to show some fight and find a way to get back into the game. They certainly did that. I can't be prouder of them."
Tim Bresnan (3-46 from 16) gave Yorkshire the perfect start with a wicket with the first ball of the day, Matt Spriegel trapped lbw offering no shot as Northants slipped to 66-4. From then on, the writing was on the wall.
The bulk of the credit for this win should go to openers Adam Lyth and Alex Lees, whose opening partnership of 375 in the second innings turned this game on its head in spectacular fashion.
But Plunkett was outstanding again as he continued his eye-catching early season form in front of England selector Angus Fraser. The first Test against Sri Lanka is at Lord's a week on Thursday.
He had Andrew Hall caught in the covers after an aborted pull shot against a short ball, Ben Duckett caught behind, Rob Newton caught at first slip and tail-ender Maurice Chambers bowled to wrap up the win.
Plunkett bowled with searing pace on an increasingly decent batting track, and was particularly dangerous from around the wicket against the right-handers.
This was Yorkshire's third Championship win from seven matches and their second over Northants after an innings victory at Headingley.
Their next Championship match is against Nottinghamshire at Headingley on Sunday, although their next cricket comes against Lancashire in the NatWest T20 Blast at Emirates Old Trafford on Friday.
Andrew Flintoff is in contention to make his comeback to cricket for Lancashire after nearly five years away. Ryan Sidebottom will not play in either match due to his left hamstring injury.
LV= County Championship
Division one
Northamptonshire v Yorkshire
at Northampton
Yorkshire First Innings 136 (I G Butler 4-41)
Northamptonshire First Innings 251 (J D Middlebrook 70, B M Duckett 51; J A
Brooks 4-78).
Yorkshire Second Innings 546-3 dec (A Lyth 230, A Z Lees 138, A J Finch 63, J A Leaning 52).
Northamptonshire Second Innings
S D Peters c Lyth b Bresnan 23
J D Middlebrook c Bairstow b Bresnan 6
D J G Sales lbw b Brooks 0
M N W Spriegel lbw b Bresnan 14
R I Keogh c Bairstow b Brooks 25
R I Newton c Finch b Plunkett 33
A J Hall c Lees b Plunkett 24
B M Duckett c Bairstow b Plunkett 10
I G Butler lbw b A U Rashid 0
M A Chambers b Plunkett 10
Azharullah not out 2
Extras (lb7 nb6) 13
Total (61.1 overs) 160
Fall: 1-31 2-32 3-32 4-66 5-78 6-109 7-135 8-148 9-158.
Bowling: Bresnan 16-2-46-3, Brooks 16-4-41-2, Patterson 9-4-18-0, Plunkett 14.1-2-42-4, A U Rashid 6-0-16-1.
Northampton Yorkshire (19pts) beat Northamptonshire (5pts) by 271 runs