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ONE-man soap opera Acrebury is to be revived for some special 40th anniversary episodes.
The celebration will coincide with the 25th anniversary of BBC Radio Wiltshire's arrival in Swindon's Prospect Place.
Acrebury, the work of radio producer Gerry Hughes, built a fan base extending as far as the Channel Islands before coming to an end in 2000.
It told the stories of the inhabitants of a small Wiltshire village, loosely based on Aldbourne.
Gerry, 58, is working on 10 new episodes at his home studio in the Wiltshire countryside.
He was still at school when the idea for the soap first began to form in his mind.
"I was very frustrated when I saw all these other stories based around London, Liverpool, Birmingham, the Midlands, the North, wherever.
"I thought, 'Well, you don't see much modern fiction based in Wiltshire and the West Country, and we've got wonderful characters, ancient history and eye catching places.
"I wanted to do something about it. I reckon I was probably about 15 years old at the time."
Gerry had always loved radio drama, and even as a small child listened with his mother to The Archers and Mrs Dale's Diary – a serial which ran until 1969 and centred on the life of a suburban doctor's wife.
By the age of 18, Gerry had started working for an agricultural supplies firm.
He was persuaded to join the old Swindon Hospital Broadcasting Society by founder member Keith Suter, one of his old teachers.
The first episode of Acrebury was broadcast to a hospital radio audience at 9pm on April 1, 1974. It ran for 578 episodes until November of 1985, when Gerry suffered a bout of ill health which brought it to an end.
By early 1994 Gerry was working for BBC Radio in Prospect Place, and bosses suggested a revival of Acrebury to replace a popular science fiction serial which was coming to an end.
That second run, with five 10-minute episodes a week, lasted for 1,558 instalments.
"For about the last year or so of its life," said Gerry, "the afternoon episodes were repeated regionally right across the South West to include Gloucester, Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire, Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and the Channel Islands at a quarter to 10 every evening."
Gerry has provided all the character voices – male and female, young and old – throughout.
In the earliest days he simply changed his own voice as best he could, but for the soap's second incarnation he was able to use altered tape speeds.
For the forthcoming special episodes he is using voice processing software.
His efforts have earned him a place among Guinness World Record holders for the longest one-person serial.
Recordings have also been sought out by and lodged with America's Museum of Television and Radio. Tapes are kept in the museum's vaults in New York and Los Angeles.
Acrebury also has its own YouTube presence featuring vintage editions and delighted comments from fans.

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Yahoo! (YHOO) is up 25% in the last year, which is much better than the Nasdaq which is up 15% over that same period. However, in the past month, Yahoo is up 1.25% vs. the Nasdaq being up about 4%. Yahoo volume dropped during Christmas and New Year weeks which isn't that surprising.
On Monday morning, Bernstein actually downgraded the stock saying it doesn't have clarity around the Alibaba IPO timetable and thinks the recent sales reorganization might upset earnings in the next six months. So, the analyst sees the stock pausing after a nice run to consolidate gains for a while.
I think Yahoo is at the beginning stages of a longer-term breakout. In fact, I think we're only about a third of the way through its long-term rise which will continue to play out this year.
As I've said before here at Real Money, I think the best preview of Yahoo in 2013 is AOL (AOL) from 2012. AOL wasn't even a hated stock in August 2011 when it announced poor earnings and dropped to $10 a share -- it was an ignored stock.
People thought AOL was a dinosaur name. Why would you want to own it when it was so passé? However, for those who actually did the work, there was an enormous amount of value in the name which wasn't getting recognized in the stock.
Some of this was simply adding up the value of past acquisitions (like Huffington Post and Advertising.com); some was their patent value; and some was due to looking at what they were doing through a stock buyback program announced in August 2011 with the bad earnings.
If you did all that back then, you could get to a $30 a share number -- even though that seemed preposterous to propose back then.
It didn't happen overnight but it got there.
Of course, there were some big catalysts along the way which propelled AOL and got people to start piling into the stock. The big one, of course, was its big patent sale to Microsoft (MSFT) which turned around and sold half to Facebook (FB) which was in a patent dispute with Yahoo at the time.
Overnight, after announcing the deal, AOL's stock went up 40%. And it just kept going up after that, as people started to get excited about a dividend and potential buybacks. The patent deal got it solidly into the $20s. It eventually got above $40 and is now back around $30.
Yahoo is doing a lot of operational things these days and is continuing to buy back its stock with the proceeds from the recent Alibaba stake sale.
There are two events that could help Yahoo's stock shoot up this year overnight (although it won't be a 40% move because Yahoo's a lot bigger than AOL was):
- A firm date of an Alibaba IPO, and
- A Yahoo Japan stake sale back to Softbank.
The first is anticipated at but hasn't been priced in to the stock. The second is not on anyone's radar, yet it could lead to $6 billion (pre-tax) dropping into Yahoo's lap overnight.
The other thing that would help the stock is a big layoff of employees. That's still very possible and could help increase the company's EBITDA. No one is counting on it though. If Yahoo was going to do something and the near-term sales were going to be challenged, I would think now is a good time to announce something.
There's also the wild possibility that Yahoo could get bought, but I think that's more likely a possibility after at least another year of Marissa Mayer's hard work fixing the company's core properties.


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The commentaries and the Visuddhimagga are not canonical. Moreover, the commentaries do not present a homogeneous doctrine. It's not uncommon to find multiple opinions presented regarding a particular canonical passage, etc. It's also not uncommon to find quite dubious etymologies of particular terms and an obvious lack of understanding of canonical metaphors, and so on. This is due to the commentaries being authored by people separated from the historical, geographical, and cultural situation of the early Buddhist community. This has been well documented by a number of translators and scholars. Thereforewhile there commentaries are also important, they aren't of the same caliber as the Tipiṭaka.
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There are numerous dietary factors that can result in milk fat depression in the dairy cow. The common factors are too little forage, rapidly degraded starch in the rumen, and too much fat or free fatty acids. Each of these has a role in negatively affecting the rumen environment. Once these dietary management factors are corrected, milk fat usually returns to normal.
What about the cow that has a normal fat test, say 4.0 percent milk fat? Are there any dietary management options to improve fat production in cows that would appear to have a normal fat test?
"We have been studying the role of dietary cation-anion (DCAD) balance in early lactation on efficiency of milk production and have observed that cows that have a normal fat test can benefit from supplemental K (potassium) in the form of potassium carbonate sesquihydrate," says Joe Harrison, professor and livestock nutrient management specialist at Washington State University.
"As a result of a collaborative relationship with Clemson University, we may have an explanation for the increased milk fat test," Harrison writes in the October 2012 Washington State University Dairy Newsletter.
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Alltech's Global 500 Draws 560 Attendees from Beef and Dairy Industries
[LEXINGTON, Ky.] - More than 560 people from all over the world arrived in Lexington, Ky., today for Alltech's Global 500. Farmers and producers from the beef and dairy industries came from as far away as Argentina, Afghanistan, Serbia, Slovakia and Switzerland to hear about the future of animal production and how they can keep their business profitable by focusing on the three pillars of successful farming: efficiency, profitability and sustainability.
Expert speakers will talk about how to farm the future landscape while contending with issues such as global warming and a growing population. They will discuss communication and social media, tools that are crucial in getting consumers to understand and appreciate the agricultural sector. In addition, they will examine how to get the best out of the farm team, motivating the workforce to get maximum efficiency.
"With the world focusing on feeding nine billion people, there is a need to maximize productivity while minimizing environmental impact. This year's attendees have commented that tomorrow's farmers need to be conscious of their brand. They are asking if, in order to remain profitable, we need to return to the old way of delivering milk: in a bottle on door step," said Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech. "There are also incredible breakthroughs in crop science to consider. Researchers are currently discussing the possibility of producing a ton more grain per acre, a gain that would revolutionize farming. The United States alone could represent 100 million tons of grain."
Alltech is also celebrating dairy heroes, beginning this year at Global 500 with the launch of the Dairy Heroes program, which recognizes the important role of dairy farmers in the lives of the global population. Visit DairyHeroes.com to learn more or submit a story.
"We are inviting you to share your stories and acknowledge your dairy hero, that individual who goes the extra mile every day. Whether it's a parent or a member of the farm family or team, Alltech wants to celebrate their passion for the dairy farming lifestyle and their contribution to food production," said Kevin Dardis, global dairy marketing manager, Alltech. "In this era of unprecedented connection, with one billion people on Facebook alone, there has never been a better time to tell these stories and bridge the farm to fork divide."
In celebration of Global 500 and the launch of the Dairy Heroes program, Alltech has also been running a farm photo competition. Visit the Alltech Farms in Focus contest page to vote for the best photo before voting closes on Friday, Dec. 7 at 9:00 a.m.EST.
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Bochy shakes up order, drops Blanco to eighth spot
SAN FRANCISCO -- Looking for a spark offensively, manager Bruce Bochy altered the Giants lineup on Thursday. The biggest change came at the top, where Hunter Pence moved from the two-hole to the leadoff spot in place of Gregor Blanco, who was relegated to eighth in the order.
Much like the team as a whole, Blanco has struggled mightily to compensate for the absence of Angel Pagan.
Pagan has posted a .363 on-base percentage this season, and Blanco had hit .140 (6-for-43) in his last 12 games entering Thursday. The lower lineup spot appeared beneficial for Blanco, who went 2-for-4 with a double in the Giants' 7-2 loss on Thursday. Pence went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
After an 0-for-4 effort by Blanco on Wednesday night, Bochy said his replacement leadoff hitter had become passive in the batter's box and a change was necessary. Thursday marked the 23rd start in the last 24 games for Blanco, who started just 11 of the team's previous 62 games. He said fatigue from the drastic change in usage contributed to his struggles.
"Being a leadoff hitter demands you to be on base every time," Blanco said Thursday morning. "To me, there's got to be more of an energy level. Your energy level has to be 100 percent every time to be able to fight through and get on base. Angel does a great job doing it.
"It's tough to come from the bench and then play a bunch of games. That's not easy. I try to do the same thing he was doing, but it was a little tougher for me."
Subsequently, the offense has struggled. The Giants scored just 19 runs in their 10-game homestand that concluded on Thursday, and they were shut out three times.
"It's a really bad situation right now, because we need as a team to have better at-bats and to start playing like we were the first couple months," Blanco said. "That's why I'm a little mad sometimes -- I know slumps are going to happen, but I don't need a slump right now, I need to be better for the team right now.
"This [stinks], but it is what it is and I just got to continue to play hard, and I know I'm going to get out of it."
Blanco has grown frustrated, but his confidence hasn't waned, he said. And he anticipates big things from his replacement atop the lineup, so he's fine with the change.
"I'm all for the team to win. I know I'm kind of struggling right now, but it's going to be fun to watch a leadoff hitter like [Pence]," Blanco said. "He's a machine and he's going to be great."
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4. Tikandaki sutta: At the Tikandaki forest]
this practice is discussed more fully, with reference to the benefits of each contemplation.
At DN III 112,25-13,10 [DN 28]
it is called a "spiritual power which is taintless, acquisitionless, and noble" (ayaṃ iddhi anāsavā anupadhikā ariyā), and Paṭis II 212-13 calls it "the noble ones' spiritual power" (ariyiddhi); further explanation is given at Vism 381-82 (Ppn 12:36-38).
Visuddhimagga is here:
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The following is condensed from Spk: (i) to perceive the repulsive in the unrepulsive (appaṭikkūle paṭikkūlasaññī) one pervades an unrepulsive object (e.g., a sensually attractive person) with the idea of foulness or attends to it as impermanent; (ii) to perceive the unrepulsive in the repulsive (paṭikkūle appaṭikkūlasaññī ) one pervades a repulsive object (e.g., a hostile person) with lovingkindness or attends to it as elements; (iii) and (iv) simply extend the first two modes of perception to both types of objects conjointly; and (v) is self-explanatory.


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Starting Oct. 18, Bridge2Solutions will use this new Best Buy API for its loyalty and incentive programs driven by major marketers. Consumers redeeming rewards points through these third-party programs will have full access to the consumer technology products available through Best Buy.
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Local officials, like their federal and state counterparts, spend other people's money. Policymakers are naturally unlikely to spend other people's money as carefully as they would their own. This situation is exacerbated when local officials spend money obtained from federal taxpayers. At least when local taxpayers foot the bill, they have an incentive to keep an eye on how their money is spent. That incentive is largely nonexistent when the money comes from Washington.
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The British royal wedding was splendid, and the bride and groom were a great match. As a fiscal wonk, my idea of a royal match-up would be marrying corporate tax cuts and business subsidy cuts. The Obama administration is talking about corporate tax cuts and Republicans are talking about cuts to farm subsidies. Might they get together over a cup of tea and work out nuptials?
Sugar Program: High Prices, Short Supplies
Advocates of the U.S. sugar program like to claim they are protecting our "food security." It turns out that trade barriers deliver higher prices for consumers while making our food supplies LESS secure.
Budget-cutting Like It's 1995
Republicans ride a wave of voter discontent over a Democratic president's big-government agenda to victory in the November elections. The new Republican majority in the House puts together a package of spending cuts. The defiant president tells upstart Republicans that he has "strongly and consistently opposed the House version of the bill because it would have unnecessarily cut valuable, proven programs that educate our children, invest in our future, and protect the health and safety of the American people."
Debt Ceiling: Political Games
Back in January I noted that some analysts believe that the statutory debt ceiling should be eliminated. They view the potential for political brinksmanship as creating an unnecessary risk that financial markets will get rattled if there's a chance the government won't make good on its debt obligations in a timely manner. I argued that "forcing policymakers to spar publicly over fiscal policy is healthy, especially at a time when analysts generally agree that the country is headed toward an economic catastrophe if Washington's mounting debt isn't brought under control."
Dodging the High-Speed Bullet Train
President Obama's dream of connecting 80 percent of Americans to a high-speed rail line appears to be dead. Congress appropriated $8 billion for high-speed rail in the 2009 stimulus bill and $2 billion more in the 2010 appropriations bill. But, after newly elected governors of Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin rejected high-speed rail projects in those states, Congress declined to include any more funds in 2011 and it is unlikely to spend any more on this boondoggle as long as Republicans have a hold on the House.
Good Jobs for Everyone!
In my quest to downsize the government, I've been looking at the Department of Labor budget recently. My vision is to cut federal spending to create a freer and more prosperous society. James Madison's vision was for a federal government of "few and defined" powers.
Deloitte: Concerns about Government
A Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services survey of 527 executives at mid-market companies (annual revenues of between $50 million and $1 billion) found "tempered optimism" that the economic recovery will continue. However, the survey also found significant concern over government fiscal and regulatory policies.
Updated Cato Budget Plan
Chris Edwards has released an updated version of his Plan to Cut Spending and Balance the Federal Budget. The plan proposes spending cuts of more than $1 trillion annually by 2021, which would balance the budget without resorting to damaging tax increases. Federal spending would be reduced to 18 percent of gross domestic product by 2021 under the plan, which compares to President Obama's projected spending that year of 24.2 percent of GDP.
U.S. Farm Subsidies...for Brazil
A lot of Americans are aware that their tax dollars subsidize cotton farmers. However, it's unlikely that many Americans are aware that their tax dollars are now supporting cotton farmers in Brazil. Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) calls it "the single stupidest public policy I have ever encountered."


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Colleen Murphy, sister, friend, self-taught culinary artist, and owner of the Fort Bragg restaurant Chapter & Moon, died in November 2012. She was born in Rochester, Minn., March 28, 1949.
Colleen lived her entire adult life in the Mendocino County area. She worked in the kitchens of Little River Inn, Mendocino Hotel and Heritage House, before opening her own restaurant. Colleen is quoted as saying about Chapter & Moon, "I wanted to do good, high-quality American food using traditional techniques and make it affordable."
Colleen was preceded in death by Gary Burleson. She is survived by many friends in the Mendocino area, and family in California and Minnesota. She will be missed.
A memorial will be held at the end of August. Details about the date and location of the memorial will be
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HOMES which were redeveloped as part of a regeneration scheme are experiencing flooding problems, it has emerged.
Residents in Albert Street, Nelson, have reported cellars filled with water just two years after a £946,000 plan to revive the Whitefield neighbourhood.
Liberal Democrat councillors have accused the previous Labour administration of wanting to knock down swathes of homes under the former Housing Market Renewal programme.
And Coun David Whipp said the Homes and Communities Agency programme for Whitefield had established homes which were 'comfortable and affordable'.
But Coun Mohammed Iqbal, Labour group leader, told a full council meeting that he would be 'happy to take Coun Whipp on a tour of Whitefield' to see properties affected by flooding.
"He thinks that all he's going to see are 'sold' signs when in reality he may want to question why people are not rushing to get mortgages around there," he said.
"They don't want to live in houses where their cellars are full of water. Some of the neighbours have lived there for 40 years and they have never had any problems with flood water."
Speaking later, Coun Iqbal said that there were also flooding problems reported in nearby Stanley Street.
Council leader Coun Joe Cooney, who is also housing cabinet member, is understood to be aware of the issue and residents are anxious for remedial work to be done.
Thirteen homes were redeveloped by PEARL2 along Stanley Street, with at least four properties converted into four-bedroom homes, costing nearly £150,000 apiece.
Similar two-into-one conversions were also carried out in Mosley Street and Every Street, under related HMR programmes.


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|Raines, Steve
|Havey, Michael
|Henson, Cynthia
Submitted to: National Allium Research Conference
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/5/2008
Publication Date: 1/23/2009
Citation: Raines, S., Havey, M.J., Henson, C.A. 2009. Genetics of carbohydrate accumulation in onion [abstract]. National Allium Research Conference. p. 21. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Fructans are soluble carbohydrates composed of fructose chains attached to a basal sucrose molecule and act both as health-enhancing pro- and pre-biotics. In onion, higher fructan concentrations are correlated with greater soluble solids content, dry weights, and pungency. We analyzed dry weights and soluble carbohydrates from replicated field trials of two onion families segregating across chromosome regions known to affect carbohydrate concentrations. One region on chromosome 8 controlled the ability of onion to accumulate fructans. One region on chromosome 5 conditioned greater dry weights, but not soluble carbohydrate concentrations. Regions on chromosomes 5 and 8 showed dominance for increased dry weights or fructans, respectively, but did not interact significantly. A third region on chromosome 3 was previously shown to affect fructan concentrations. Although this region not segregate in this study, the two families were homozygous for contrasting alleles and their genetic backgrounds interacted significantly with regions on chromosomes 5 and 8 to control total carbohydrate concentrations. These results indicate that the ability of onion to accumulate fructans is relatively simply inherited and significantly affected by three chromosome regions.


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Mo's Place death case to stay in Placerville
May 13, 2013
Three bouncers accused in the death of a man following a 2012 fight at a South Lake Tahoe bar appeared in a court together for the first time Friday morning.
After speaking in a Placerville jury room with attorney David Cramer and a translator, Rodolfo Hernandez appeared before El Dorado Superior Court Judge James R. Wagoner to schedule new hearing dates. He was joined by codefendants Ruben Lizarraga and Sean Canilao, represented by Adam and Dain Weiner, respectively.
The men are charged in the death of Derek "Zippy" Penaranda, who died Oct. 17, 2012. The three accused were bouncers at Mo's Place, where Penaranda was celebrating his 30th birthday. Penaranda was allegedly asked to leave due to unruly conduct and punched bar owner Manish "Mo" Patel, knocking him unconscious. The three bouncers reacted and detained him, knocking him unconscious, according to police. Penaranda fell into a coma and never recovered following the incident.
Wagoner noted there had been a motion to transfer the case to South Lake Tahoe, but due to the courtrooms filled with trials, including the Joseph Nissensohn murder trial, there would be no room for the case. He said if he sent it up there it would be sent back.
Despite this, Cramer asked for the transfer, as "most if not all of the witnesses" were from South Lake Tahoe. He said he did understand the position the court was in.
The matter of bail for Lizarraga and Canilao was then taken up, with deputy district attorney Joe Alexander noting the original summons for the men were sent to the wrong addresses. When the pair found out there were complaints against them and they were required to appear, they contacted the DA's office. Alexander said they were "of no concern" to him as flight risks, though he would like some bail as incarceration would be "increasing likely" as hearings went on. He said he would not entirely mind them being released on their own recognizance, as they had shown due diligence and had not failed to appear since becoming aware of the allegations.
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The Weiner brothers asked for their clients to be release on their own recognizance. Adam Weiner noted Lizarraga had been turned away from the jail when he tried to do a book and release, and had done all that was requested of him.
While it was "unusual" to release defendants on their own recognizance in this type of case, Wagoner said, he noted they had indeed shown due diligence and were under his personal orders to reappear in court. He ordered Lizzaraga to uphold his May 23 book and release appointment at the jail, but said the men were otherwise free to go.
Not guilty pleas were entered on behalf of Lizarraga and Canilao, and Grand Jury findings were ordered unsealed before the hearing finished.
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'Ghostbusters' LEGO is Officially Happening to Honor the Film's 30th Anniversary
Yep, it's official: we're getting a 'Ghostbusters' LEGO set.
Originally submitted last year as part of LEGO's Cuusoo competition (where fans design their own sets in hopes of them actually getting mass produced), the "Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary" set will include the iconic Ecto-1 vehicle and four figures representing Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddmore. And yeah, this is the kind of thing that makes us want to be kids again so we can play it with guilt-free.


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DigiTimes has reported that industry insiders have told them that Intel Haswell "CPUs will appear on June 2 and related PC products will be showcased at Computex, hosted from June 4-8". Haswell is the codename for a new microarchitecture under development by Intel that is destined to become the successor to the current Ivy Bridge architecture. Haswell uses the 22 nm process along with 3D tri-gate transistors to offer both better performance per clock and lower power consumption than existing Ivy Bridge designs. Intel Haswell desktop processors will use the LGA1150 socket which means that this will not be a drop in update for anyone and you'll have to buy a new motherboard in order to use this processor. Rumor has it the first wave of Intel Haswell processors will include Core i7-4770K, i7-4770, i7-4770S, i7-4770T, i7-4765T, i5-4670K, i5-4670, i5-4670S, i5-4670T, i5-4570, i5-4570S, i5-4570T, i5-4430 and i5- 4430S.
The sources noted that the new CPUs will appear on June 2 and related PC products will be showcased at Computex, hosted from June 4-8.
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Steve Hanson, a cow-calf/feeding operator from Elsie, has been named Region VII Vice President for the Federation of State Beef Councils, a division of the National Cattlemens Beef Association.
During the convention, Hanson was also chosen for a second term on the Beef Promotion Operating Committee, which makes decisions about the national beef checkoff program.
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CHICAGO -- The Cubs return to Interleague action on Monday when they play host to their intracity rivals, the White Sox. The two teams will play a four-game, home-and-away series back to back, starting at Wrigley Field, with the Cubs trying to draw even with the South Siders in the all-time series (White Sox lead, 49-45).
The Cubs own a 121-136 all-time record in Interleague play, dating to 1997, which includes two losses to the Yankees on April 16 this year.
Cubs leaders vs. White Sox, 1997-2013
Games: Sammy Sosa, 42
Average: Mark Grace, .350
Home runs: Aramis Ramirez, 13
RBIs: Sosa, 39
Pitching (minimum 25 innings pitched)
ERA: Matt Garza, 2.33
Wins: Carlos Zambrano, 6
Saves: Carlos Marmol, 4
Strikeouts: Zambrano, 71
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• Forty-one of the games have been decided by one or two runs (White Sox lead, 24-17)
• Fifteen of the games have been decided in the last at-bat (White Sox, 8-7)
• There have been 174 players who have appeared in at least one Major League game for both teams, including Cubs pitcher Edwin Jackson and outfielder Ryan Sweeney.
• The two teams have made 22 trades, most recently Nov. 16, 2006, when the Cubs acquired Neal Cotts for David Aardsma and Carlos Vazquez
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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WALES sevens star Sam Cross says Newport Gwent Dragons can shock their English opponents in tonight's Premiership 7s finals at The Stoop, writes Andrew Penman.
Cross captains the youthful Dragons squad who play their first game against Newcastle Falcons at 7.15pm and he's confident that they can upset the odds in London.
That's after a highly impressive performance in the Welsh leg of the tournament last week, which saw the Dragons beat the Ospreys and the Scarlets and draw 19-19 with the Blues, who are also through to tonight's finals.
"We're really excited about this tournament," said the 21-year-old skipper, who was a leading figure for his country in the 2013/14 IRB World Series and has a national contract for the coming campaign.
"It was great for us to get through the Welsh leg and now we want to upset a few of the English sides as well.
"It would be great for the first year of the competition if one of the Welsh regions could pip the English and go on and win it.
"We've had a look at Newcastle and pin-pointed where we think we might be able to get the upper hand against them," he added.
"We've put that into practice in training as well and the boys are pretty confident of going there and doing a job."
Cross was one of several Dragons players disappointed to miss out on representing Wales at the recent Commonwealth Games but he says there's still a lot to play for.
"A few of us were disappointed not to make the squad for Glasgow so we're looking to impress and really put our stamp on this tournament," he said.
"Sevens is getting a lot more air-time now with the Commonwealths and the Olympics to come as well. People are starting to take more of an interest.
"I've got ambitions in the 15-game but sevens is my focus at the moment. I'm contracted to Wales 7s this season and I really enjoy it.
"Lyn Jones has brought me in to train with the Dragons full-time as well. That will really help my development and hopefully there will be an opportunity there."
Teenager Angus O'Brien is also hoping to catch the eye of Lyn Jones after impressing for Cross Keys last season.
"I had a great time at Cross Keys last year and the team pushed on really well, making two finals," said the 19-year-old.
"This is my first full year with the Dragons now and I'm not expecting to break straight into the team but I want to keep developing and eventually make the first team."


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AUGUST 20, 2004 - Muskingum College was once again named in the "best national liberal arts colleges" rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. The listing will appear in the 2005 edition of the newsstand book, America's Best Colleges, which goes on sale on Monday, August 23, and on USNEWS.com.
The weekly edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine contains some of the rankings and will also go on sale August 23.
This marks the fourth year that Muskingum has been named to the list of national colleges. Prior to 2001, Muskingum had been listed in the Midwest regional classification of colleges.
"Muskingum's academic excellence is again affirmed by U.S. News. Our reputation is spreading as evidenced by our 530 new students, a college record," said Muskingum College President Anne C. Steele.
Muskingum recently announced a new degree completion program for adults and several new graduate programs in education. Plans to dedicate the new state-of-the-art Philip and Betsey Caldwell Hall are set for October.
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Baker subs for Darvish, can't slow down Orioles
Rangers hold back Yu because of weather, get swept in Baltimore
BALTIMORE -- Scott Baker has yet to earn a victory since joining the Rangers' pitching staff in May. Of course, wins have been hard to come by for all Rangers pitchers, especially lately.
Baker still deserves some kind of citation for valor simply for hanging around and being willing to take the ball on a moment's notice when others are unable to pitch, or for soaking up relief innings to keep the bullpen from being ripped apart.
Baker was thrown into the breach again on Thursday when the Rangers became overly concerned about potentially bad weather reports and decided to scratch scheduled starter Yu Darvish.
Bad weather never did cause the disruption the Rangers feared and Baker once again ended up as the fall guy in a 5-2 loss to the Orioles at Camden Yards. The victory gave the Orioles a sweep of the four-game series and the Rangers have now lost 14 of their last 17 games.
"We are very frustrated," outfielder Alex Rios said. "It is tough to deal with a situation like this. The only thing we can do is keep playing. There is nothing else we can do really, just enjoy our time on the field and make the best of it."
The start of the game was delayed by 56 minutes because of rain going through the Baltimore area. But the Rangers had concerns that more rain was coming, there might be a lengthy delay during the middle of the game and it all could mean wasting a start by Darvish. The Rangers didn't want Darvish to pitch two to three innings, then have to come out of the game after a one- to two-hour delay and not pitch again until next week.
But those fears went unfounded as the rain stayed away once the first pitch was thrown.
"I thought it was the right decision," Rangers manager Ron Washington said of scratching Darvish. "We didn't know what was going to happen. We didn't want to waste Darvish. The radar said a storm was coming up from D.C. It could have hit us, it could have missed us. It ended up missing us.
"Baker did a good job. We just couldn't hold them out of the bullpen."
Baker, who had pitched an inning in relief on Monday, went 4 2/3 innings in the shortest of his three starts for the Rangers. He also has four relief outings of at least five innings that were longer than this one. He allowed three runs on seven hits, a walk and two strikeouts while throwing 77 pitches.
Baker, who has started as part of a rotation most of his career, is getting used to his dual role as spot starter/long reliever.
"It's obviously a new role for me," Baker said. "A road I've never been down. I'm fully embracing the role, but I've come to appreciate how difficult this role is. I respect guys who do this role and do it well. You've got to be ready at all times."
Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen earned the victory by holding the Rangers to two runs in six innings. The Rangers went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and are hitting .198 in those situations over the past 17 games.
The Orioles picked up one run in the third when Nick Hundley led off with a double and scored on a one-out single by Steve Pearce. The Rangers came back in the fourth to tie it after Adrian Beltre led off with a single to extend his hitting streak to seven games. He went to third on a one-out double by Chris Gimenez and scored on Carlos Pena's grounder to second.
The Rangers then went ahead on a fifth-inning home run from Shin-Soo Choo. It was his second career home run in just four at-bats for Choo against Chen. But the Orioles struck back with two runs on doubles by Ryan Flaherty, Hundley and Pearce in the bottom of the inning.
"I guess if I were going to make an excuse, I ran out of gas at the end," Baker said. "It was pretty muggy. It was hard to catch your breath, especially with guys on base. I would have liked to have made better pitches, especially in that fifth inning. I would have liked to have had a better showing. It is what it is."
The Orioles added two more against relievers Ben Rowen and Neal Cotts in the seventh. Adam Jones had a sacrifice fly and Chris Davis a run-scoring single for a 5-2 lead.
"Their bats came alive over there," Washington said. "We didn't score enough runs. They played better than us. Keep working, that's all you can do. Keep working and believe. It is not like we got blown out of the stadium. There were times we were in the game if we could have shut them down and couldn't do it."
Darvish is now scheduled to pitch on Friday against the Mets at Citi Field, although there is still uncertainty about the East Coast weather because of the presence of Tropical Storm Arthur, which is approaching the North Carolina coast. Colby Lewis will start Saturday and Nick Tepesch will go Sunday, that is he isn't needed in long relief out of the bullpen Friday.
As of right now, Darvish will get just two more starts before the All-Star break. If he pitches on Friday, his final start would be on Wednesday against the Astros. That will allow him to pitch in the All-Star Game the following Tuesday in Minnesota with plenty of rest.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) extends its warmest felicitation to Ghanaians on the historic occasion of Ghana's Independence Day celebration.
We congratulate Ghanaians on this memorable day and commend the nation for the sacrifices and selflessness that inspired our forefathers led by Osagyefo Dr.Kwame Nkrumah to fight to liberate the country from colonial rule on the 6th March 1957.
The NDC believe that the toil, dedication, fearlessness and commitment to the welfare and development of the people of this country by our forefathers have also motivated current generation to build on the legacy of patriotism and nationalism needed to move the country forward in pursuit of building a better Ghana.
On this memorable occasion the NDC encourages all Ghanaians to be guided by the spirit of patriotism and unity to help promote peace, needed for the development of the country.
The NDC, also urge all Ghanaians to emulate the invaluable role of the nation's gallant heroes who led the fight against colonialism, and guard jealously against acts that have the potential to disturb the peace and gains of political stability, social and economic development towards the attainment of a better Ghana.
We wish to reiterate our cherished hope that the Independence Day anniversary celebrations would offer the opportunity to consolidate the cherished unity of purpose, one vision and common destiny that have strengthened the mutual trust and relationships among the entire populace of the country.
The NDC salutes the people of Ghana and wises them a happy and peaceful Independence Day Celebration.
Long live Independence Day
Long live Ghana
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I think we've fallen a long way behind those ancients, who at least regards combat, had half a clue about what they were doing.
Some people think they have to intellectually "learn techniques" and others like to imagine that untrained simplification will be sufficient. Then we have the academic masters of opinions and also the sports contest specialists.
Sporty mindsets will not save you in real combat. I'm not talking about some little old lady or someone half your size raising their voice, but real and deadly attack outside the cozily predictable protection of "the ring" with its single and unarmed opponent. The paradigm of sport is riddled with the bending of context. We all know what these fake constructs are. If you don't, I can't help you. Find out while there is still time for you.
Theories are wonderful, but only if they portray the result of experience in a meaningful way. Even then, conveying this with mere words is a hit and miss affair. It has to be actively practiced regularly. Otherwise it's merely warming the air with waffle.
Of untrained simplification there is nothing to be said, except: find out the hard way.
This leaves us with why we have to "learn techniques."
Who said anything about "learning" anything?
We REPEAT techniques! We EXPLORE techniques! We EXTRAPOLATE techniques! We EXPERIENCE VARIABLES! And we DISCOVER POSSIBILITIES!
If you think that you "know" a technique because you have an idea about it, or that you will "use a technique" in a real scenario because you "did" it in practice a few times, and this will save you, you are a dead man walking.
"A" technique is useless. Too many end up finding this out the hard way.
Just like single techniques, opinions do not win fights. EXPERIENCE does. Real situations are seldom equal and the degree of predictability will only increase by experiencing variable possibilities.
How can you gain at least a verisimilitude of experience without placing youself or others unduly at risk?
By regularly training the basics and their variables.
This does not mean that you have to remember anything at all. How does anyone remember and carry a list of 600 techniques or 3000 or 1000 or whatever? Or even 50 for that matter!
Intellectual remembering is not the purpose of Budo training. Indeed, in the thick of it you will be hard pressed to "think" of anything at all.
Budo training simply places you in a situation mildly similar to equating SOME attributes of a real violent scenario. It allows you to re-enact a multiplicity of variables, thereby adapting and exercising the living body-mind-adaptation-response mechanism.
You can't fight from ideas, only real ability. Hence training the variables. Training variables are not for purposes of intellectually remembering anything, but for gaining experience in the intuitive best practice correct response simplicity of direct action.
On this basis, the basics, up to one dozen techniques and not more than two dozen, must be key techniques that best represent the underlying principles of natural physics as it relates to the biomechanics of interaction for the human frame. Ki no Nagare.
These simple basics must be useful in unlocking the multiplicity of variables which cannot be held in a long list in the intellect.
Because combat happens faster than the processes of thought, there is no need to consciously "remember" any technique for it to save you. But you must be able to DO it! And to unlock its variables. In any event, you will not be performing a classical movement, rather, a variable, or a combination of variables based on the real requirements of survival at that given time.
Of course, to teach, you have to provide a starting point of reference, hence the basics, which are nothing more than fundamental keys to Ki no Nagare in survival action. Preconditioned response pathways that enable functional combinations.
It takes too long to convert an idea about something you think you might know about because you once read about it, or saw it on a video, into natural action. The neural pathways will be missing because they have not been built for the purpose during regular practice. To be useful, skill MUST BE a preconditioned response. This only comes from regular experience. If you do it enough times you will adapt to doing it well. If you do it even more you will adapt to doing it better.
Regular training is a good way to get low-risk experience.
Survival responses are seldom conscious or live on the surface of consciousness. If they did, your behaviours would not be fit for civil society. So they lurk subliminally. And they emerge to save you. But only if the need is real.
Now here's the difference. In the untrained (or the opinionated), something lurks subliminally also. It's called confusion and perplexity. This is the result of not having a relevant point of reference. This too emerges in emergency, but only as blind reactivity. Reactivity generally gets you killed or otherwise compromised.
Hence proper training in any field where emergency response skills are required. The purpose of proper training is not a calcification of rote habit, but rather, an unlocking of possibility, a recalling of flexible body-mind and an opening up of latent potential. In effect, good training, is mental and physical housecleaning to unlearn the junk that gets in the way of simply moving naturally.
Training forms the backup. It modifies the subconscious predispositions to recognize more refined and skilled response variables.
You cannot know what form the final action will take, or how it will emerge, until the last moment. When it happens.
As far as training goes, train lots. Enjoy it. Be very present during training.
Then go home and forget it.
Turn up next training session.
Keep doing this until you no longer have to think unduly about it.
It's not your ideas and opinions about training that will save you, but the accrued credit of experience in moving well. And this ability can be refined without end, whether you have any opinion or not.
The more you train, the better it gets. You cannot arrive with one or two or a dozen casual attempts. Budo, and especially Aiki budo, is not a destination. Nor one easily had. Rather it is a journey of augmentation without end.
Before the value of Aikido training can emerge, it must be identified as Budo and be integrated into daily life, until it becomes a Way of Life which is part of life itself.
The increase of real skill percolates gradually as a slow process of osmosis. It will increase in due season when you have earned the privilege, as a result of the input of work done, and not because of fanciful ideas about work which was not done or poorly done.
Take the striving out of it. Stop trying to perform or impress or learn anything in the first day or month or even year or ever for that matter. Simply persist and take each next step with integrity, sincerity and authentic heart. You cannot shortcut the processes of nature. Kannagara no Michi has no beginning or end and therefore no arrival or cessation or stopping. Simply get into that stream and swim and don't stop.
Train often and regularly and with a spirit of enjoyment and discovery.
Everything you practice becomes stored reference together with the value of subtle nuances which action stress releases. Your head may forget but your body will not.
The body never forgets an experience.
Techniques are not ideas, but the foundational basis for real action and the harmonising of intense energy.
So don't just think about Aikido. DO IT and let go. Then get on with life.
The important part in all this is DON'T MISS A TRAINING SESSION and then enjoy life in all its aspects.
Oh no! Am I suggesting that Aikido should be FUNCTIONAL? Heaven forbid. What is wrong with me? To all those purveyors of dysfunction, or less than function out there in the name of Aikido, I do sincerely apologize and offer my most sincere prayers that you never get attacked!
Just recently there was a case of a house built by a builder who felt the same way about building. The house fell down. Fortunately no one was in it at the time. The matter is currently before the courts. And may heaven forbid that he "teach" his philosophy to other builders!
In case you thought I was being facetious you are right!
Aikido must be useful for practical defence as well as being a personal path of self correction. Otherwise it is not Aikido, but some dancey, dishonest waffle which means nothing and has no purpose and risks falling on you when you need to place your reliance on it.
Nev Sagiba


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People on the boardwalk in Seaside Park who were the first to see the flames two weeks ago tried to put out the fire themselves.
"Uh there's a fire on the boardwalk in Seaside … underneath the boardwalk, you can't see the flames, but there's smoke," said one caller who called 911 reveals audio of the calls according to WNBC TV.
The flames, according to an investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, started in an inaccessible nest of wiring under the boardwalk that had been damaged by salt water and sand after Superstorm Sandy.
50 businesses were burned by the flames that charred 4 blocks of the boardwalk from Seaside Park to Lincoln Avenue in Seaside Heights.
"We got the hose on there … Oh my God, you guys gotta come quick! It's going from nothing to something," another caller told 911. The dispatcher told callers that firefighters were enroute and that they should stay away.
Seaside Park firefighters were the first to respond. Seaside Heights Police Chief Tommy Boyd put the call out for help as the flames grew in intensity with over 400 firefighters responding.