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1970: Tina Fey (41)
1975: Jack Johnson (36)
You're one of the most practical people in the world and what you do today will prove just that. With chatty Mercury now in your sign, you have confidence and chutzpah enough to charm the birds from the trees. If you've been waiting to put your ideas across, here's your chance. Call me to hear when to sign that agreement.
Shop, place orders, talk money today, Aries. You're financially savvy right now and intent on improving your income. It's a favorable day for talking through an idea with a partner and dealing with legal matters. If you're arranging travel, book today. Putting off until tomorrow is a mistake. Call me to hear when your insights impress the boss.
You may be out from under the spotlight, Gemini, but you're getting more done now while you're working behind the scenes than you would do if at the sharp end. Commitment? If you give your word today, it's forever. Time now to take your relationship to the next stage. Call me to hear when your expertise comes up trumps.
Perhaps you have a lot to fit into your schedule today. Or perhaps you simply have a big decision to make. The only thing is to do is focus your energy, concentrate your mind, roll up your sleeves and get stuck in. Socially, your world is buzzing. Call me to hear when love is just perfectly profound.
Looks like you're centre stage again, Leo. People are seeking out your wisdom and experience and with intellectual Mercury sharpening your wit, you won't let them down. Jobs to do? It's surprising how practical you can be once you set your mind to it. Call me to hear when you make an important discovery.
If you're about to shell out money on the family or make a serious investment in your home, you've picked a good day. Whatever you commit to today will give you good use and lasting value. Get paperwork, official matters and correspondence out of the way now. Call me to hear when an honest chat puts things right.
With the stars in favorable aspect, this is as good a time as any to discuss important issues, especially relating to personal assets or joint finances. Putting your cards on the table, sorting out financial affairs and getting people to see things your way comes easily today. Call me to hear when to take that important financial decision.
Today's stars put a sparkle into relationships. It's a good day to set your house in order, to reach an understanding between you and your partner, and to make plans. When it comes to money, you have a lot of experience to draw on. Listen to your instincts and you won't go wrong. Call me to hear when you can successfully clear the air.
It's a busy day and it's all hands on deck. Mind you, you can count on support if you need it. The old wisdom is the best wisdom and today it comes from a trusted friend, a long-standing colleague or experienced professional. All you need to do is put in that call. Call me to hear when to push your visionary idea.
Your energies are not at their peak and you may want to keep your head down and away from all the hubbub. Take your time, plod along, do things at your own pace. Feedback you receive today is interesting, positive and personally well deserved. Get out and enjoy yourself tonight. Call me to hear when a goal is in sight.
You've had to share your time out between work and home and it's good now to turn your attention back to your family life which is giving you so much pleasure these days. Love? One person in particular seems to be growing more affectionate. Delightful! Call me to hear when your intuition is spot-on.
Whether it concerns your car, a letter you've received or a financial matter, don't settle for advice from a friend, go straight to the top. But if you're dealing with bosses, officials or other authority figures, getting the details right will now earn you valuable credibility and respect. Call me to hear when a legal matter goes your way.
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Thought it might be nice to have one big regular season thread for the Feverwhere we can post about whatever games, players, or trends interest us.
Fever defeat NY Liberty 78-73
This was a good game, Zellous was excellent on both sides of the floor, Catch had an elite all-around game, low turnovers, and Katie Douglas was out there shooting 3's well beyond the NBA line. We've outscored our last two opponents 60-34 in the paint.
Little worried about the injury to Tully. Hope it doesn't keep her out more than a game or two.
by Tom Rietmann | June 5, 2010
It was a fiercely contested and physical game perfect, in other words, for the unflinching style of Shavonte Zellous.
Zellous, Indiana's newest player, turned in a second half to be remembered Saturday night as she led the Fever to a 78-73 victory over the New York Liberty at Conseco Fieldhouse. She led the Fever in scoring as well as tough-mindedness, especially in the second half. Nineteen of her game-high 23 points came after halftime, including nine of Indiana's first 10 in the fourth quarter, as the Fever pulled away from a stubborn New York team.
I like some aggression, said Zellous, acquired three games ago from Tulsa for a 2011 second-round draft pick. I enjoyed this game.
And Fever coach Lin Dunn enjoyed having Zellous on hand to help the Fever move to 4-3 ahead of Sunday's game at Minnesota.
I guess you can see why we're excited to get Shavonte Zellous, Dunn said. She stepped up big for us off the bench. I thought she did a really good job defending, too.
Zellous, a second-year player from Pittsburgh who can substitute at both guard positions and small forward, hit 10-of-12 free throws, including six in the fourth quarter. Her slashing, driving style gets her to the line often. She has connected on 18-of-21 free throws since joining the Fever.
As the days go by, I'm getting more comfortable with everything, said Zellous, whose 23 points were the fourth-highest total ever for a Fever player off the bench. With the team, the schemes, everything, I'm just feeling more at home.
New York (2-4) sliced Indiana's lead to 74-70 when Cappie Poindexter hit a 3-pointer with 23.7 seconds left.
But then Zellous, after taking an inadvertent elbow in the face, extended the lead to six with a pair of free throws. Ebony Hoffman added two more free throws after New York made it 76-73 with 13.1 seconds left.
Counting the playoffs, it was Indiana's 15th straight home victory in the series against New York.
I thought we showed a lot of poise and toughness, Dunn said. You knew they were going to make a run. They're too talented. We were relentless in our desire not to lose.
While Zellous controlled the second half for Indiana, Katie Douglas led the Fever in the first 20 minutes. She hit 4-of-6 three pointers before halftime and ended with a 5-of-9 mark from the arc and 19 points. Douglas has hit 11-of-19 treys in the last three games after a slow start.
I've just gotten into a little of a rhythm, Douglas said. It feels good. Teammates are doing a great job of finding me, and I'm trying to find the soft spots and get them in.
However, it was a fast-break layup by Douglas that brought a crowd of 8,090 to its feet in the third quarter.
With 7 minutes left, Tamika Catchings dribbled full-speed toward the basket when she saw Douglas trailing her. Catchings flipped a no-look pass and Douglas scooped it in.
I saw Katie coming out of the corner of my eye, said Catchings, who had a game-high nine assists to go with 14 points and seven rebounds. She was wide open and I got her the ball.
Douglas and Catchings played for the same team in Turkey this past winter, a time they used to enhance their compatibility on the floor.
I think that just goes back to us being in sync, Douglas said. She had a tremendous game with assists. We just kind of made eye contact on that play, and it worked from there. We played all offseason together and I think we have a connection. It definitely was an awesome look.
In the final minute of the game, Fever point guard Tully Bevilaqua limped to the bench. With starter Briann January already out with a sprained knee, the Fever are in danger of being without a true point guard. Douglas, normally a shooting guard, has been seeing a lot of action at the point because of January's injury.
I hope it's a minor sprain; (it's) some kind of foot sprain, Dunn said Bevilaqua's injury. The good news is, you're seeing that Zellous is also helping us some there (at point guard). We're giving her as many minutes as we can so we have another combo guard.
-- January, who has missed three games with her knee injury, continues to improve, Dunn said. January could possibly return by next weekend's two games against Connecticut.


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HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - The family members of two women kidnapped from a Hamtramck home are offering a $10,000 reward for their safe return.
Abreeya Brown, 18, and Ashley Conaway, 21, were taking during a shootout at Brown's home Tuesday night.
Family members say the received a text message from one of the girls saying they were in the trunk and they indicated who was abducting them.
"We have to stop this, letting bad men do bad things in our cities," said Conaway's older sister, Latrina. "The no-snitch policy is well and fine until it affects you."
Thursday morning, three men remain in police custody and are being questioned in relation to the case.
Andre Michael Todd-Douglass, 34, turned himself in Wednesday morning. He's being questioned about a shooting event that led up to the kidnapping.
Police arrested 24-year-old Bryant Christopher Lee at his girlfriend's home in Pontiac Wednesday night. Police say he also may be a witness to the shooting that took place earlier this morning that is linked to the case.
Family members point to Brandon Lewis Cain, 25 as the key to crime. Cain was arrested as he was attempting to walk into a Detroit police precinct last night.
Brown's mother says Cain was stalking Conaway. Police confirm that Conaway and Brown both went to police earlier this month accusing Cain of shooting at Conaway as she tried to get away from him, a bullet grazing her head.
Family members say Cain offered the girl's $5,000 in hush money not to testify against him. When the girls refused, the threats came fast and furious.
When Conaway changed her number, family members say Cain followed the girls Tuesday night back to Brown's home and abducted both girls. Brown's father shot at the kidnapper during the incident.
At a police evidence garage Thursday morning is a car that fits the description of the car used in the kidnapping. It was found set on fire overnight. A witness heard shots and called police, leading police to the burning car. Police say the girls were not in the car and remain missing.
"Please bring our girls home," Latrina Conaway said. "Please bring Ashley and Abreeya home."
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Chris Hardwick: Mandroid (DVD)
Chris Hardwick
The Nerdist himself, Chris Hardwick, celebrates all things nerdy in his first Comedy Central special. Hipsters beware: there is no irony in Chris's affinity for Captain Picard, Comic-Con and the Atari 2600. Mandroid features candid tales that cover virginity, chess club, shark vaginas, awkward childhood, awkward adulthood (which in his case is an extension of childhood) and a myriad of other topics which may or may not include Quidditch. This extended and uncensored DVD is truly a wonderland of discovery, and if you take but one life lesson from it, let it be, "Don't f*** animals."
Extended and Uncensored, stand-up for Nerds everywhere!
Product Details
- Cast: Chris Hardwick
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Paramount
- Release Date: 01/22/2013
- Run Time: 63 minutes
- Catalogue #: 880664
Special Features
- Hard 'n Phirm Live Performance: "Abraham Lincoln" (6:20) and "El Corazon," (7:41)
- "Totally Hidden Easter Egg" (8:26)


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Hey guys Knox here hoping all is well. I wanna blog about the possibility of Cena being the leader of The Shield. Now I know its a long shot but I have some great points that could be Cena's motive. Again, I'm 100% sure none of this will ever happen because they refuse to turn Cena heel but hear me out, hope you enjoy.
Who Has The Shield attacked?
Hey guys Knox here hoping all is well. I haven't blogged in a while, good to be back for a second. I have to blog on a few guys I think are worthy enough to end Punk's reign as WWE Championship. Since its pretty much set in stone that Rock is going to end it, I wanna go against that option and explain the reasons why.
The Reasons The Rock Shouldn't End Punk's Reign:
Hey guys Knox here hoping all is well. I'm going to blog on my favorite opening things for some wrestling shows. Hope you all enjoy this. I'm going to stick with normal wrestling shows and leave out PPV's since they have different themes every year. Enjoy.
Top 5 Wrestling Show Opening Themes:
5. WCW Nitro Teme
The memories of this theme is why I love it. I wasn't
Hey guys Knox here, once again its been a while. Hope everyone's all well. Today I wanna talk about wrestlers who need new theme music as well as my choices of what their theme should be. Hope you guys enjoy this. This will be fun. Please listen to the themes I suggest as I feel they really do fit the character of the wrestlers.
5. AJ Lee
I think her music now is cool but here's
Hey guys Knox here hoping all is well. Its been a long time since I've did a blog, August 17th to be exact. Been super busy with college and simply trying to graduate on time. I truly hope everyone is good in life and I'M BACK NOW!!!!!!
I wanted to blog on something fun. I've noticed the THQ crew has been very lazy with entrances and updating them on the games. WWE 13' isn't perfect
Hey guys Knox here hoping all is well. I wanna talk about the declining of the Championships and I'll start off this blog with the World Heavyweight Championship. A Championship that truly has a big piece of history stamped to it tracing all the way back to NWA. I wanna talk about the last 2 Credible Champions to hold that belt.
Jeff Hardy & Cm Punk:
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Hey guys Knox here hoping all is well. I just have to touch on this whole situations with talent being cheated out of their money which is a complete mockery to the business. I'm very upset about this because eventhough we aren't affected, these guys are still human.
Let me address Vince McMahon. Vince can kiss my ass and I mean that. I'll continue to watch Raw every week but it sickens
Hey guys Knox here hoping all is well. I wanna talk about whom I think will be the next breakout diva in the WWE. If you asked me this a month ago, I would've told you Maxine in a heartbeat but ofcourse that's not the case any longer.
But I do have another lady in mind. A chick that has beauty, charisma, personality, amazing skill and a hell of a body. A lady that connected well with
Hey guys Knox here. Man, I don't know about everyone else but I'm a huge Wade Barrett fan. When I saw his return hype up video on Raw I got very excited. I just wanna talk about how to book him and the upsides of this guy. WWE has a serious talent on their hands and I truly believe they won't screw it up.
Here's the video package if anyone missed it.
Hey guys Knox here hoping all is well. I wanted to make my own Pro Wrestling Illustrated list for 2012 starting January 1st to present time. I wanted to rank the list as far as who's looking the best thus far. Hope you all enjoy. Also, only WWE & TNA stars will be on the list so no ROH and stuff.
Win/Loss Record, Crowd Reaction, Overall Performance in the ring
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Probable Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney remains tight-lipped about possible running mates. His aides are sworn to secrecy, as are potential candidates.
Last month, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty indicated on Fox News that he wasn't interested. But last week on MSNBC, he seemed to leave the door open.
Pawlenty's name is certainly still being discussed among political commentators.
Morning Edition host Cathy Wuzer talked with former Republican Congressman Vin Weber about the process. Mr. Weber is one of the nation's top political strategists. He supported Pawlenty when Pawlenty was still a candidate and is now a special advisor on policy for Romney.


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I wish to add my voice to those of the Executive Committee of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and other organizations, media organizations, and individuals around the world in voicing opposition to any proposed boycott of Israeli academic institutions. This is a violation of academic freedom for American, global and Israeli scholars, an unnecessary injection of politics into the research process itself, and an obstruction to the spirit and substance of academic inquiry.
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Spring Fashion: 50 Must-Haves
The runway: Ivana Helsinki
The look: A nice change of pace from the frilly styles and muted tones of the fall, splashes of bright color are making bold statements this season. This graphic trend works its magic by pairing either contrasting primary colors or complimentary jewel tones — a sophisticated shout-out to the '60s and '80s.
Why it works: The pure geometry of the solid shapes creates an incredible visual that can also be used to camouflage problem areas while calling attention to one's best body parts.
Best bet: This lightweight jewel-toned sweater from A.L.C. is a perfect match for a solid colored skirt or trouser. $295; alcltd.com for stores.
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Microsoft staff refer to December 2008 as "The Reset" — the month that the company killed all progress on its Windows phone project and started over.
It's a measure of how deep a hole Microsoft had dug itself into that the employees interviewed by Wired.com were unanimous in calling this a good thing. Even though the software titan had a head start on phone software beginning with Windows CE back in 1996, the subsequent Windows Mobile OS suffered from steep declines in market share when pitted against more user-friendly phones, like the iPhone and the Android-powered Droid.
"It was trying to put too much functionality in front of the user at one time," said Bill Flora, a design director at Microsoft, reflecting on Windows Mobile's mistakes. "It resulted in an experience that was a little cluttered and overwhelming for a lot of people today. It felt 'computery.'"
An un-sexy OS didn't bode well for Microsoft. The outdated design of Windows Mobile contributed to a stereotype that Microsoft cared little about customers and was focused only on big sales to big companies. It symbolized a software leader losing its edge.
Furthermore, Windows Mobile's shrinkage in the market was embarrassing for a company whose CEO Steve Ballmer previously laughed at Apple's iPhone for its lack of a keyboard and high price tag, only to admit three years later that Microsoft had fallen far behind.
"We were ahead of this game and now we find ourselves No. 5 in the market," Ballmer said at an All Things Digital Conference. "We missed a whole cycle."
Recognizing it needed to play serious catchup, Microsoft essentially hit CTRL+ALT+DEL on Windows Mobile, rebooting its mobile OS like a balky, old Windows PC and making a fresh start.
The company spent six weeks hatching a plan for a Windows phone do-over, and it set a deadline of one year to build and ship a brand new OS.
The end result was Windows Phone 7, an operating system with a tiled-based user interface that looks nothing like its predecessor. The first Windows Phone 7 handsets will hit stores today in the United States.
The reset was no simple task: It involved bringing in new managers, reorganizing the Windows phone-design department and opening new test facilities dedicated to mobile hardware.
Here's how the company did it.
Rebooting mobile
As is often the case, the new zeitgeist started with a new leader. Ballmer appointed Microsoft veteran Andy Lees as senior vice president of the Mobile Communications Business in mid-2008, and Lees assessed the phone division's future.
Apparently he wasn't pleased with where it was going. After consulting with engineers and top managers, Lees made the call to scrap Windows Mobile 7, a project Microsoft had been developing (and delaying) for more than a year.
Shortly after Lees hit the Reset button on the Windows phone project, he recruited Joe Belfiore, leader of the Zune division at the time, to direct the creation of a brand new mobile OS as corporate vice president of Windows Phone.
In addition to starting with a blank slate with new faces, Microsoft chose to embrace an entirely different mobile strategy.
The old MO with Windows Mobile was to modify skins of the OS in compliance with a manufacturer's set of instructions. The new plan for Windows Phone 7 would be to design the operating system around customer enjoyment, similar to Apple's approach.
Microsoft would continue its strategy of licensing its OS to manufacturers, but this time it would set the rules: All phones running Windows Phone 7 must meet a criteria of hardware requirements (three physical hardware buttons and a specific CPU, for example), and every device must pass a series of lab tests conducted by robots designed by Microsoft engineers, as Wired.com detailed in a previous story.
These stringent requirements are aimed at ensuring that Windows Phone 7 works consistently across different devices, Belfiore said.
"The team psychology was, 'Here's an OEM saying we want to sell a million phones,'" said Belfiore, reflecting on the previous mobile strategy. (OEMs are 'original equipment manufacturers' — the makers of computers and phones who have been the backbone of Microsoft's customer base for over three decades.) "The primary customer was the OEM. Now the target is the person [who owns the phone]."
Belfiore wasn't shy about criticizing Google's Android OS. Even though Google currently dominates the mobile OS market, its strategy of licensing the Android OS to manufacturers is similar to Microsoft's previous approach with Windows Mobile: It's open-ended, and there are few restrictions on how manufacturers can use or modify the OS.
As a result, Android is suffering from some of the same issues as Windows Mobile did: Android works better on some phones than others, manufacturers are shipping different versions of the OS on different phones, some Android phones are shipping with bloatware made by carriers, and some app developers complain that it's difficult to make software because of the hardware and OS fragmentation.
Belfiore said Microsoft's new mobile strategy would exert control over the OS so it's one tidy platform, making it easy for customers to know what they get when they buy a Windows Phone 7 device, while allowing third-party programmers to make apps for multiple devices with no headaches.
He added that bloatware would not be an issue, because Microsoft has reached an agreement with manufacturers and mobile operators. Phones will ship with half of the front screen reserved for carriers' and manufacturers' custom apps (the Samsung Focus phone, for example, includes an AT&T GPS app), while Microsoft gets the rest of the screen for its default apps (e-mail, calendar, address book, etc). Any of these apps can be removed from the front screen if customers don't enjoy them.
Uncluttering design
A cleaner, consistent user interface wasn't achieved just by tweaking mobile strategy. To guide the developers making Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's design director Flora established "Metro," a set of design standards.
"The philosophy of Metro is trying to do a lot with a little," Flora said. "Use typography in a creative way and eliminate a lot of decoration. Just have the form of it tell the story. That allows the content really to be the hero."
Henceforth, instead of a screen cluttered with icon buttons, Windows Phone 7 focuses heavily on typography to display different features and functions. And the Home screen of Windows Phone 7 is a set of large tiles that users can customize to suit their preferences.
Metro is based on decades of design principles created and iterated upon by Microsoft going as far back as its Encarta Encyclopedia in 1995, and taking the best design philosophies from products such as Xbox, Windows and Zune, Flora explained. He said he was "evangelizing" the Metro style throughout the company's many divisions.
"Metro allows the different brands in Microsoft to be their own way, but with a common and consistent thread that holds them together," he said.
In addition to adopting a set of design standards, Microsoft completely reorganized the Windows Phone design department.
Albert Shum (below), who previously designed watches and exercise gadgets at Nike (including Nike+), spearheaded the reorg as director of Microsoft's mobile-design team. At Microsoft, Shum manages a team of 60 designers in an open office (i.e., no cubicles), which he divides into two groups: left-brained thinkers and right-brained thinkers. The left-brainers handled the hardcore engineering work, while the right-brainers focused on interface, and the groups met regularly to discuss the project.
Despite his 20 years of design expertise, not everything has come out in Shum's favor. While working on Windows Phone 7, he also led the design of the Microsoft Kin, a smartphone for teenagers that focused primarily on social networking. Kin phones sold in reportedly poor quantity and received mediocre reviews. Just two months after the Kin's release, Microsoft said it would stop introducing new Kin devices and scrapped plans to launch it in Europe.
Shum and some designers who worked on the Kin said they viewed the tween device as a worthwhile risk that resulted in important lessons, even though it failed. The most successful aspects of the device, such as its tight Facebook integration and "cloud" media storage, live on inside Windows Phone 7.
"We've built a lot of great things around Kin," said Michael Kruzeniski, senior experience designer on the Windows Phone team. "A product might not be shipping anymore … but most of it is getting incorporated into Windows Phone directly or indirectly."
Shum compared managing the design of Windows Phone 7 to being a movie director.
"People have the script but still need a director to drive the process along," he said. "Software is like making a movie and building a skyscraper. You're not quite sure how it's going to stand until it comes out in the end."
"Here's our new movie," he added. "Hopefully you'll like it."
Joe Belfiore is corporate vice president and director of Windows Phone program management. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
Joe Belfiore, holds his prototype Samsung device that's running Windows Phone 7. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
Don Coyner, manager of Microsoft's Entertainment Experience Group, is heavily involved in the Xbox; he was instrumental to bringing the Xbox arcade experience to Windows Phone 7. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
Puja Mehta, lead in test services, shows stacks housing hundreds of virtual devices running WP7 for testing purposes. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
A touchscreen sensitivity-testing robot performs its duties on a cellphone device. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
A WP7-installed device is subjected to automated testing cycles. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
Software testing engineer Josh Taylor runs tests on WP7-installed devices. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
Weiyou Cui, test manager on the engineering productivity team, opens the door to a soundproof room in a WP7 testing studio. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
Test engineer Anil Wilson tests battery health in WP7-installed mobile devices. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
A Windows Phone 7 design studio on campus at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
Behinds-the-scenes at a usability lab on campus at Microsoft HQ. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
Windows Phone 7 design-team heavies include, from left, Amy Alberts, design research manager; Peter Chin, senior experience designer lead; Jeff Fong, principal user-experience design lead; Michael Smuga, studio manager; and Mike Kruzeniski, senior experience designer lead. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
The design evolution for various Microsoft mobile devices is shown on an overhead projector. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
Michael Smuga, studio manager, chats with a co-worker in a WP7 design studio. Photo: Mike Kane/Wired.com
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PLANS to build a £17million rubbish incinerator or mechanical biological waste disposal plant at Whitebirk have been abandoned.
The borough council has scrapped it as expensive and unnecessary despite the loss of job opportunities, commercial development and income for the borough.
The move will be reported to the council's executive board tomorrow night by environment director Sayyed Osman.
He will tell the borough's ruling cabinet that since pulling out of a Lancashire County Council project in 2007, officers had looked at developing their own solution to dealing with non-recyclable rubbish other than tipping it into landfill.
In 2007, then regeneration chief Alan Cottam proposed a waste incinerator to generate steam and energy for sale.
He said the council could charge neighbouring boroughs to dispose of their waste.
Following an outcry, the idea was dropped and a 'mechanical biological'. plant, where landfill is sorted and treated to reduce its size was proposed. A site was identified at Lower Philips Road in Whitebirk and two contractors invited to bid to build the facility with the potential to raise cash by taking waste from neighbouring boroughs.
After talks with two companies, Veolia and New Earth Solutions, councillors were close to deciding to going ahead.
Mr Osman informs the executive board that following the coalition government's local government finance settlement in 2010, the cash needed for such a major investment was drying up while a decision to freeze landfill tax and a reduction in waste produced by business because of the recession made the plan uneconomic.
He tells the councillors: "With the withdrawal of both bidders the council has no option but to formally close the project."
Coun Cottam said: "This is the right decision. The borough has looked at an incinerator/energy generator and a mechanical biological treatment option but with the changing situation we do not need the plant.


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Staff and pupils at Holy Trinity Primary Academy in Great Cheverell are celebrating after being praised by the government for their performance in school league tables.
Holy Trinity's results in national tests by 11-year-olds in 2013 meant it was in the top one per cent of schools in the country.
The achievement relates to the 'value added' score in the league tables which measures the progress of pupils from when they took the tests aged seven to when they left the school aged 11.
A score above 100 means a school has done better than expected and Holy Trinity's score was 102.7 – the best it has achieved.
Education Minister David Laws wrote to Mercedes Henning, Holy Trinity's headteacher, saying: "Your results show that you are among the 250 top performing schools in terms of the progress your pupils make between Key Stage 1 and the end of Key Stage 2. Your school is exceptionally effective in educating its pupils.
"It is clear that you and your staff have provided your pupils with a good start in life and a strong springboard into secondary education.
"I would like to congratulate your staff, governors and pupils for their hard work and thank you for your leadership."
Mrs Henning, who joined Holy Trinity in 2001 and has been head for eight years, said the results were a team effort.
She said: "We have got the most remarkable team with creative teachers, outstanding support staff, and it's a tribute to their hard work. We have tremendous governors and parents and our children work so hard.
"As well as the academic success we have the ethos and values of being a Christian school and the children's behaviour is remarkably good.
"There's no bullying, people enjoy themselves, the curriculum is fun and creative, and parents like the fact that their children enjoy school."
The school has reached its capacity of 150 pupils and frequently receives calls from prospective parents asking if there are spaces for their children.
Just under half the pupils at the school live in the Cheverells, Erlestoke and Coulston while others come from Potterne, Marston, the Lavingtons, Edington and Devizes.
Most pupils go on to Lavington School in Market Lavington, while some go to fee paying schools like Dauntsey's School and Warminster School.


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The spirit of Floyd Terrace never dies.
That's what three Vallejo natives agreed on this week as they entered the final stretch of organizing the annual Floyd Terrace reunion. The three women grew up in the former Harry Floyd Terrace project, remnants of World War II housing torn down in 1967.
More than 18 years since the event first began, the Floyd Terrace Reunion Committee's "Back to Our Roots Family Picnic" event is set for Aug. 10 at Blue Rock Springs Park.
Organizers Irma Anderson, Brenda Calhoun and Eileen Randle said the annual potluck and barbecue is designed to highlight the positives of a different time in Vallejo. Those growing up in the former wartime apartments did not come from wealthy families, but at Floyd Terrace and surrounding housing projects, the importance of a close-knit community was paramount, the women said.
Randle came to her first reunion only five years ago, and she said she was struck by the event's peacefulness and camaraderie.
"The spirit of it was family," Randle said. "It made me remember so well (those days.) I want to see this more -- even with people who didn't grow up seeing this."
When asked, the three explained different reasons for picking up the torch of organizing the large-scale event, and putting so much effort into the continuation of this long-time community tradition.
* Anderson: "To bring unity back into Vallejo, to bring the love back. With all the killing, we want this to stop. It's from a lack of respect in the community."
* Calhoun: "I wanted to bring the women into the fold (of organizing this reunion.) We wanted to really concentrate on the children. They are lost ... they have lost their roots."
* Randle: "We want to promote family values. We want to promote being an example for each other. And we can see who's apart of which family. We do have to promote knowing each other and looking out for each other."
Attendees for the event, running from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., are asked to bring food. Provided will be a "children's fun zone" with competitive games and prizes, live music jam sessions, a community table of food and more. An additional After Party is set for the Navy City Elks Lodge at 1020 Alabama St., from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Tickets must be pre-purchased. Contact Brenda Calhoun at 641-3757 for more information.
For more information about the Floyd Terrace reunion, call Calhoun, Randle at 315-1900, or Anderson at 373-2474 or visit the "Floyd Terrace Community" on www.facebook.com.


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BOSTON — Wayfair.com, an online retailer of home goods and furnishings, has raised $36.3 million in new equity financing to fuel the growth of its private sale site for the home, Joss & Main.
Joss & Main has fared extremely well for Wayfair.com, having acquired nearly three million members and operating at a $100 million annual revenue run-rate. Investors include Battery Ventures, Great Hill Partners, HarbourVest Partners and Spark Capital.
"Joss & Main has gained tremendous traction over a very short period of time through its unique approach to curated e-commerce," said Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder of Wayfair.com. "The site hit its highest sales day on Cyber Monday by a factor of more than 50% and sales are up tenfold since last year."
A division of Wayfair.com, Joss & Main is a membership-based website that offers décor via daily events, spotlight collections highlighting design trends and styles and curated collections in collaboration with celebrities and notable influencers within the design community. Members of the private sales site can explore curated collections of furniture, housewares, décor and accents through limited-time sales.
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Ekadashi is a highly auspicious day dedicated to Lord Vishnu on the eleventh day of every lunar fortnight in traditional Hindu calendar. In 2017, the date of Guruvayur Ekadasi is November 30. There are 24 Ekadasis in a year and the Ekadashi that falls in the waxing phase of moon in the Malayalam month Vrishchikam (November – December) is observed as Guruvayur Ekadasi in the world famous Guruvayoor Sri Krishna Temple in Kerala – the abode of Guruvayurappan.
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A highlight of the Ekadasi is the honoring of the elephant Gajarajan Guruvayur Kesavan – an elephant that attained legendary status when it was alive and is still remembered and honored at the temple. Guruvayur Kesavan had died on a Guruvayur Ekadasi day. On the day, the leader of the elephants at Punnathur Kotta of the
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HALIFAX — Two Israeli teams came to Halifax for the World Under-21 Beach Volleyball Championships with low expectations.
Yes, they wanted to win what they could, but with a low-level world ranking and moderate performance (15th out of 30 teams) at the European championships, coach Shaked Haimy was content to see his young charges gain world experience.
Yet, in their three-team pool, with all players advancing to the elimination round, Israeli women Yael Lotan and Viktoria Nesterov downed Guatemala 21-18, 21-14 in their opener before falling to Canada's Taylor Pischke and Melissa Humana-Paredes, who would advance to the quarter-finals, 21-9, 21-7. Israel was eliminated when the team dropped their third match, 21-19, 14-21, 15-12 to Venezuela.
The men, Alon Sanderovich and Netanel Ohana, lost all three matches in their pool, failing to advance to the elimination round. They fell to Austria 21-19, 21-15 and Latvia 21-7, 21-11 on opening day, then to Canada's Grant O'Gorman and Aaron Nusbaum 21-19, 21-8 on day two.
"We lack competitive experience," Haimy admitted the day before the tournament started. "Beach volleyball is not that big in Israel. The level is not that high as we only have three months of competition at home. And we don't have the funding or sponsorship culture to finance teams travelling around the world."
Sanderovich said the players will enjoy meeting top competition. "We hope to get out of our pool, but the main thing is to have fun. [Ohana] and I were put together [as a team] by Shaked, and we have good chemistry after one tournament playing as a team." He said his first sport was judo, followed by basketball, which he played for seven years in the Maccabi Tel Aviv program. "I knew I wasn't good enough, so I joined a school volleyball team and, after two years of indoor, found beach and fell in love with it."
Prior to their opener, Nesterov said she's honoured to represent Israel as she sees beach volleyball providing the greatest chance "to make progress and eventually advance to the Olympics."
Haimy agreed. "We have the knowledge and talent to get to Rio (for the 2016 Olympics). But it has to happen now. The level of beach volleyball is getting higher. More countries are improving their level and competition is tougher.
"For us, money is the problem. We need funding wherever we can get it," he said.
He cited the costs of training, travel and facilities, as well as the difficulty of enough teams to train with each other. "If we can get that, we'll make something special for Israel. People in Israel want a major [international] success."
Nesterov said people expect things to happen in reverse. "They want results before they give us money to train. I can't understand why it's the reverse."
Between their army service and their regular daily work, the four players still practise and play volleyball for a few hours a day, too. Nesterov and Lotan practised together for about four months before entering the world juniors. "This is for us to work on our game, to get experience and to learn from the other teams," Haimy said.
He explained that the Israeli players at the Halifax championships were funded by a "generous anonymous benefactor," and they are grateful the money looks after a few nights in a hotel, plus food. But once the players are eliminated, they're on their own.
With a laugh, he added, "Not to put pressure on them, I told them, if they lose, they have to look for a place to sleep."
The team was supported with two nights of pre-tourney accommodation by members of the Halifax Jewish community, through the Atlantic Jewish Council. But Haimy said the teams must play without thinking of the monetary consequences.
"We were criticized at home for coming here, that we're not the best in the world, so why spend money [to go to the world championships]. But it's a great experience and it's an honour to have the Israeli flag here," he said. "Our players have worked hard and they deserve to have this opportunity."


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Award-winning stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw will return to the New York stage this spring with The Testament of Mary, by the acclaimed author Colm Tóibín, directed by Deborah Warner. The production will begin previews on Tuesday, March 26, and open on Monday, April 22 for a twelve-week limited engagement through Sunday, June 16 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48 Street.) The production will not only mark the New York theatrical debut for the multi-award winning novelist but will also be the first collaboration between Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner to premiere on this side of the Atlantic.
The Testament of Mary takes place after the Crucifixion. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is in the city of Ephesus where she is both guarded and protected. As two of her son's followers set about giving shape to Jesus' story, Mary tells her own story - the one which has not been heard.
Penguin/Viking published The Testament of Mary last fall to international acclaim. The New York Times called it "beautiful and daring." London's The Independent proclaimed it as "a searing, stunning work." "Flawless. Touching, moving and terrifying," said the New Statesman. Entertainment Weekly raved, "it's spellbinding; exquisitely emotional. A generous leap of imagination," and The New York Review of Books called it "subversive and ruthless, Tóibín's boldest jump yet," and lauded it for its "sensational theatricality."
The Scott Rudin production will feature set design by Tom Pye and lighting design by Jennifer Tipton.
"One of the most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history," is how the Daily Telegraph described the seminal, long-time collaborative relationship between Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner. Ms. Shaw and Ms. Warner received Tony Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Director for their production of Medea, and won the Drama Desk Award for their production of T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland. Their many productions in both London and around the world include Electra, Titus Andronicus, The Good Person of Szechwan, Hedda Gabler, Richard II (with Ms. Shaw in the title role), Mother Courage and Her Children, and Happy Days, which was seen in New York at BAM.
With The Testament of Mary Colm Tóibín returns to a subject - mothers and sons - which he has explored to great acclaim both in his novel A Long Winter and his short story collection Mothers and Sons. Short-listed twice for the Booker Prize for the novels The Blackwater Lightship and The Master (also named Novel of the Year by the Los Angeles Times), Tóibín's other work includes The South, Homage to Barcelona, The Heather Blazing, The Story of the Night, and Brooklyn (winner of the Costa Novel of the Year Award). In addition to Mothers and Sons, his short stories have been published in the collection The Empty Family. He is the author of two collections of critical essays: All A Novelist Needs, about the work of Henry James, and New Ways To Kill Your Mother, which explores the relationships between writers (ranging from Tennessee Williams to James Baldwin) and their families. He is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and The London Review of Books and is currently Mellon Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.


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The first part of conversations no longer contained the word cancer. 2013 came. Everything was still good. I only had to get rid of the 2nd cataract (chemo induced) and I could have normal conversations again!! And find a part time job. Boy,do I miss a good steak. But it's for a good cause. Well, Monday I found out the cancer spread. All the treated areas are still nice and quiet. But there's this new area. /$&**!!!
Since then I don't want to be a "good patient". All I really want to do is have a steak, get drunk and yell about things being unfair! So far, I've been getting the drinking thing done. Still haven't gotten drunk, but I think I'll buy a bottle of merlot and hole up on Sunday. I've had more alcohol since Monday than in the past 2 years.
I know it's bad for me, but I don't even want to snap out of it. I'm an emotional wreck and heading for a brick wall. Last night a friend sang "Lean on Me" at karaoke to me. I cried like a baby. In public.
Im tired, and I just can't seem to get back on the horse. I'm not looking for sympathy... We all have our troubles. And I know I should be thankful that I'm mostly healthy. But I'm f--ING tired of this crap and I just don't want to play anymore. Don't worry; I'm not contemplating anything drastic. I just don't want to play this game anymore. I want to get rip roaring drunk and have steak.
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Match-ups set for World Baseball Classic championship round at AT&T Park
The match-ups for the World Baseball Classic Championship Round are set as four teams from three continents will take to the field at AT&T Park in San Francisco to compete for the coveted title.
Puerto Rico, featuring Giants World Champion Angel Pagan and Major League All-Stars Carlos Beltran, Yadier Molina and Alex Rios, will face Japan, the two-time defending champion of the tournament, on Sunday night. On Monday, the undefeated Dominican Republic team, led by All-Stars Jose Reyes, Robinson Cano, Hanley Ramirez and Fernando Rodney, along with Giants World Champion Santiago Casilla, will play The Kingdom of Netherlands, managed by Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens and led by five-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner Andruw Jones. The roster of the Kingdom of the Netherlands now features infielder Jurickson Profar, the consensus number one prospect in all of Major League Baseball, for the Championship Round. In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands defeated the Dominican Republic twice in first round pool play, eliminating them from the tournament.
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Donald Fehr is at least talking about the NHL lockout's nuclear option.
The NHLPA's executive director, in a meeting with the Toronto Star's editorial board, says the longer the work stoppage lasts, the more apt the union is to push for the revocation of the salary cap. That, to paraphrase "Ghostbusters," would be bad—the 2004-05 season was lost largely because the players unsuccessfully fought against its implementation.
"If this goes on for an extended period of time, I don't know what (the players) are going to do. But I think it's safe to say, they would be exploring all options," said Fehr.
He added the players can live with the cap if an agreement can be reached quickly.
"Where the players are, they want to make a deal," Fehr said. "Even though the owners' proposal went as far away from the players as they could, the players did not respond in kind. They made a proposal which moved in the owners' direction. If there can be an agreement in a relatively short term, which puts the pieces back together and gets the season going, I think the players can live with that."
Fehr's words come with a few important caveats—he's opposed to salary caps on a near-moral level, and can barely disguise his contempt for the concept when it comes up organically, and both sides remain in full-posture mode, despite some recent, minimal optimism over the state of negotiations.
Talks will resume in New York on Wednesday and Thursday, but the sides have no plans to discuss the major economic issues that led to the lockout in the first place.
Owners want to pay players less than the current 57 percent of revenues they receive, citing economic conditions (though the league's overall revenues are at $3.3 billion and growing) and the precedents set by the NFL and NBA. Their last proposal, delivered before the start of the lockout on Sept. 15, cut salaries immediately and eventually put the players at a 47 percent share.
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The league canceled the first two weeks of the regular season last week, wiping out 82 games from Oct. 11-24.


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An employee whose employment commences on or after June 1, 2012 (and who did not have an appointment letter dated prior to June 1, 2012) will be subject to the three-year cliff vesting schedule.
Employees who were employed immediatly prior to SJU by a public or private educational institution offering a baccalaureate or advanced degree will be credited with their service at that institution for the purpose of vesting. Employees must provide the Office of Human Resources with a letter from the former institution(s) stating the dates of prior full-time service.
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Booklets describing the retirement plans and the various investment options are available in the Office of Human Resources.
Note: Employees, who are currently participating with Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. may continue to do so. Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. is not available to employees who are not currently investing with them.
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Effective June 1, 2012, the University will no longer contribute to the 457(b) non-qualified tax-deferred compensation plan
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Editor's note: This market commentary is provided by the Dairy Division at FCStone/Downes-O'Neill in Chicago, Ill.
The Class III futures market ended the week of trade with just over 1,000 contracts trading hands. The March through July contracts produced gains ranging from 10 to 31 cents by settlement, while the remaining 2013 futures contracts were less volatile, settling between 5 lower and 3 cents higher. The 2013 second-quarter futures pack gained 26 cents Friday to close out at the price of $17.86, though just 2 cents higher than the week prior.
The question on many minds is whether or not the rally that ushered in the typically quiet demand time of February is sustainable. Currently, we still hear of plenty of cheddar availability, which we expect to be an at least short-term headwind to further Class III and cheese futures market gains. Since, however, cheese demand has been largely quiet since the beginning of November and since there ought to be a pipeline refill as we approach the month of March, we do expect waning spot prices to find continued buy side interest near current levels. This says nothing of what appear to be ample, but leveling-off, milk supplies.
Spot session results:
Block cheese: $1.645 (unchanged)
Barrel cheese $1.5425 (up 1 cent)
Grade A NFDM: $1.52 (unchanged)
Butter: $1.555 (unchanged)
The grain complex finished Friday's trade posting mixed results as market participants continue to evaluate weather-related production issues both here and abroad. The Mar13 corn contract dropped 4 ½ cents lower for the day, settling at $7.36, while adding a total of 15 ¼ cents over the week prior. The Mar13 soybean contract posted gains of 5 ¾ cents for the day, with a weekly total gain of 33 ¼ cents, to settle at the price of $14.74 ¼.
The recent rains/snowfall in the Midwest has allowed the Mississippi River water levels to rise significantly, though the drought across most growing areas remains a real concern. Chicago is getting hit with a sizeable snowstorm Sunday night into Monday and any little bit helps at this point. The corn market is attempting to balance weak exports and low ethanol production rates against high livestock feed demands. Export demand for our soybeans still remains high, while traders consider the impacts of a continually dry Argentina, a hot and dry Southern Brazil, and a soaked Northern Brazil on crop production levels.
We look for corn to open 1 to 4 cents higher and beans to open 8 to 13 higher.
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Mrs. Holt's Long Beach Executive Association convention June 23-24, 1930 is my treasure. Her name is handwritten in frame above ribbon pin. This shows the LB pike, the downtown skyline (I think my apt. building is on this medal!!!) and a plane flying above it all. Sad that the ribbon is frayed and hard to read. I can just see Mrs. Holt attending events in downtown Long Beach - promoting the new airport, the new aerospace industries ...downtown shops, businesses....yeah I should probably show this to the historical society and get the rest of the story...
Next: RNofA - Unselfishness and RNofA - Endurance. Below: Souvenir International Eurcharist Congress Chicago, ILL 1926 and Illinois (blue&bronze) IHSA state vocal div1.
Last row: 2 green enamel maltese crosses - ? nurse?
Blue, red, bronze enamel A
US pinback - is this WW1?
By the time I got awards they were only satin ribbons. Which - sorry - you may have to look at in a future submit...


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MBA's Present Sustainability Report at Student Scholarship Expo
From left to right: Susannah Gawor, Director of MBA and Falcon Executive MBA Programs, Dr. Bernard Goitein, Professor & Director, Center for Business and Economic Research and MBA students Dan Dugal and Veronika Koubova
April 11, 2012
Two Bradley MBA students will present a sustainability report and recommendations for Bradley University at the 2012 Student Scholarship Expo. Bradley University MBA students Dan Dugal and Veronika Koubova ran the independent study project as a professional consulting engagement. Dugal stresses that the outcomes of the project were designed as a plan of action.
"We started the project looking at the University's Five Year Strategic Plan using indicators from that plan," Dugal said. "The report was built to have strong alignment with Bradley's specific plan for the future. We based our recommendations on Stewart Hart's management framework."
The practical approach paid off.
"The greatest surprise is that it is appreciated, and accepted as being valuable," Koubova said.
Koubova is from the Czech Republic and says there was much to learn.
"I think the challenge was to do a senior project in a different language," Koubova said. "I learned a lot. I learned how to turn energy consumption into emissions. It was new for me, but I enjoyed it."
Koubova says it was labor of love.
"First of all, coming from Europe and coming from home we recycle everything," Koubova explained. "My brother has a Ph.D. in ecology so we are a very environmentally friendly family. It's difficult for me to understand why some people don't recycle because it's a big issue. Every single cup at a coffee shop ends up somewhere. It's about the change and the willingness to find the positives and move forward with the positives and do something."
Project advisor Professor Bernard Goitein is Director for the Center for Economic Research in Bradley University's Foster College of Business Administration.
"A study is fine, but you need to go beyond that," Goitein explained. "You need to show sustainability has a positive benefit with an action recommendation, and you need to integrate that sustainability strategy well with the university strategy for the coming years, taking advantage of potential synergies."
Dugal and Koubova are enthusiastic about the analytical approach they used.
"What good is reporting if it doesn't drive further action?" Dugal said. "So he [Dr. Goitein] encouraged us to use the report as a fact finding mission to build recommendations that the University could use, not only for sustainability goals but goals aligned with the [Bradley University] Five Year Strategic Plan."
The project was modeled on similar projects at Dartmouth and Ball State where groups of eight to fifteen students are given an immersive learning opportunity to write a sustainability report for their university.
Sustainability reports vary from company to company, so organizations are attempting to standardize the process. The gold standard is the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) out of The Netherlands. Dugal and Koubova used the latest GRI published standard (G3.1 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines) which outlines a number of different areas where sustainability performance is measured in ways that can be compared with other firms across industries.
"We chose it because other students have used it and it's the one most frequently used in industry," Dugal said.
The public is invited to attend the presentation, April 18, 2012, 1-3 p.m., in the Bradley University Renaissance Coliseum.


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WORCESTER went joint top of Worcestershire Cricket League Division One with Pershore on 114 points after beating their rivals by three wickets.
After scoring 154-8 in 50 overs, Pershore looked to be heading for another efficient victory when the visitors were reduced to 102-7.
But Liam Weston and Liam Kelleher had other ideas, seeing their side to victory without further loss and ending Pershore's unbeaten record.
Colwall closed to within three points with a comfortable win at Harvington and Pedmore moved to fourth, 16 behind the Stowe Lane side and three ahead of Worcester Nomads, after a big scoring day.
Dan Jones hit a century but Pedmore were unable to force a win as Bromyard held on when the rain came.
The biggest shock was the defeat of a depleted Nomads at Evesham, who won the toss and batted only to be dismissed for 138 in 49 overs with Dominic Badger taking 6-34.
In reply, Nomads were cruising at 110-5 but ended up losing by just three runs to give Evesham their second league win of the season, lifting them up to seventh position.
Belbroughton made it two wins out of three matches completed by defeating Redditch, who remain rooted to the foot of the table.
Droitwich had a winning draw at Hagley and now stand 24 points above the winless bottom three.
On Saturday, the top six are all in action against one of the others as Worcester go to Nomads and Pershore visit Belbroughton, while Colwall entertain Pedmore.
In Division Two, Burghill and Tillington slipped up and only got a losing draw at second-placed Oldswinford.
Five points behind are Bewdley, who won at Malvern, and fourth-in-the-table Cookley drew with Coombs Wood after another century from Paul Thomas and 92 from Adam Nicholls.
Enville are fifth after they defeated Lye and Wormelow climbed into the top half with a big win at Rushwick thanks to 112 by Jamie Banfield and 94 from Ben Owens.
Worcester Dominies became the first victims for Feckenham this season. Bewdley play Oldswinford on Saturday.
Division Three leaders Harborne beat Avoncroft and sit 20 points ahead of second-placed Stourport, who beat Old Vigornians, and a further one in front of Netherton as they thrashed Alveley.
Alvechurch and Hopwood won at Ross-on-Wye and Chaddesley Corbett drew at home to Bredon, with Mo Saddiq making 136 for the hosts, while Cleobury Mortimer and Tenbury also played out a draw.
In Division Four, Bartestree and Lugwardine are top after defeating bottom side Oldswinford and Stourbridge Social and they lead Himbleton, who won by two wickets against Martley, by six points.
Third-placed Claverley lost ground with a winning draw at home to Old Hill in a game that included centuries for the hosts' Asif Iqbal and visitors' Imran Ali.
Kidderminster Victoria beat Halesowen, Five Ways overcame Bromsgrove and Himley and Romsley and Hunnington drew.
Kempsey are now clear at the top in Division Five as Barnards Green could not force a victory against Old Elizabethans.
The leaders had Raheel Lone's 6-16 to thank for their big win at Barnt Green, who made just 36 all out.
Hanley Castle and Upton are third thanks to Rory Mathews' 110 not out at Hallow and West Malvern beat Stourport thirds with seven wickets from Roger Dakin. Stourbridge and Astwood Bank drew.


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"Temper, temper" my parents used to say to me when I neared one of my many childhood meltdowns. If you've been admonished like this, you know that there's nothing more annoying than hearing this phrase when you're mad. But that's what I have to remind myself when I am mixing a hot liquid into eggs for a stovetop custard or egg-based sauce. Otherwise, I really will have a tantrum when I find I've ended up with scrambled eggs.
Tempering is one of those techniques that's not difficult, but requires you to take your time. It may feel a bit like taking a step backward to have to remove some of the hot liquid and gradually whisk it into my egg mixture. But skipping this process means that the eggs go straight into a scalding liquid unprepared for the high heat. Instead of becoming smoothly incorporated into the liquid and thickening it, the eggs seize up and curdle.
So if you've had temper problems in the past, take a look at the slideshow and set yourself straight.
If you're planning to make your first batch of ice cream anytime soon, you might prevent an episode of stove-rage by following these simple guidelines. You can also use this technique when adding sour cream or yogurt to a hot soup or sauce.
Tempering chocolate, on the other hand, is a different process that requires even more patience and forbearance. We'll save that technique for another day.
About the author: Kumiko writes the blog Recipe Interrupted. She believes that having a few cooking techniques under your belt can help make home cooking creative and easy, and is excited to share these basics here on her regular column Technique of the Week. A graduate of Brown University, the Institute of Culinary Education, and a mother of two hungry girls, Kumiko is always trying to keep her Brooklyn kitchen smelling of something good.
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The World EP by Scientist really rocked my world. The opening track, "Coming Up", could stand on its own against many alternative and pop songs heard on the radio today. The song brings together both a current electronic-based pop style, similar to Passion Pit, and a strong foundation of alternative that shows the band is diverse in their songwriting. The band was listed to sound like The Killers, and I could definitely hear it; however, it also had more of a punk edge to it. The lyrics are catchy without being annoying or ridiculous, which is a some rarity for new alternative and pop artists.
The second song, "Deep Down", takes a different direction, but not in a bad way. The song begins with an MGMT-style mystical feel and slowly returns to the louder alternative style of the previous track. The lyrics and vocals fail to disappoint, and the song moves the EP along nicely.
The third track, "Criminal", begins with a piano intro that has a creepy feeling, which then slips into a harsher feeling than any of the other songs. This song is by far the angriest on the EP, crossing the line from alternative to punk pop, and although it may be different, it still worked for the band. The lyrics that were slightly screamed were done so with a purpose.
The title track, "World", followed after and brought the vibe back to mellow. The vocals on this song are awesome, combining sugary harmonies with the alternative basis that is laced throughout the EP. The song is essentially about the power of love having the ability to change the world, and Scientist made me believe it.
The final song on the EP, "Forest", brought the styles of all of the other ones before it together. The song was arranged really well and it brings the EP together really nicely. Overall, the World EP was very impressive and I am looking forward to hearing more out of Scientist.


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This morning's personal income report was a shocker. It showed the highest increase in personal income in eight years. This is great news, but if you look deeper into the report, you'll see that most of the gain in personal income was due to a humongous, 16.7% ($123 billion) increase in dividend income. That means investors who owned stocks saw their incomes surge enormously compared with people who didn't. Just by comparison, the gain in private wages was a mere 1.1%.
We know that the fourth-quarter dividend surge was largely tied to companies paying out ahead of the tax increases that will go into effect this year. OK, so in some sense it was an aberration. However, looking back over the past three years, dividend income has risen faster, percentage-wise, than any other component of personal income. Dividends have shown an average growth of 4.4% annually since 2010, while private wages have increased an average of only 1.1%. And if you're wondering about interest income, that has declined 0.3%....329 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Red Sox tender offers to Stephen Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Mike Napoli
The Boston Red Sox today tendered one-year qualifying offers to shortstop Stephen Drew, centerfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, and first baseman Mike Napoli. The club did not tender qualifying offers to right-handed pitcher Joel Hanrahan and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington made the announcement.
Clubs retain the right to negotiate and/or enter into a contract agreement with any of their free agents, regardless of whether an offer was made. There are no deadlines for such negotiations and/or agreements.
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, a free agent is subject to draft-pick compensation if his former club offers him a guaranteed one-year contract with a salary equal to the average salary of the 125-highest paid players from the prior season.
Players receiving a qualifying offer have until 5:00 p.m. on November 11 to either accept or decline the offer.
ROSTER MOVES: Outfielder Quintin Berry and infielder Brandon Snyder today were outrighted to Triple-A Pawtucket and, as a result, are now free agents.
Additionally, right-handed pitchers Andrew Bailey (right shoulder strain) and Alex Wilson (right thumb sprain), outfielder Ryan Kalish (recovery from right shoulder surgery), and left-handed pitcher Andrew Miller (left foot sprain) were reinstated from the 60-day disabled list.
The Red Sox 40-man roster is now at 36.


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