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PEBBLE BEACH — At the point that Brandt Snedeker left with the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am championship trophy last year, he appeared well on his way to a possible PGA Tour Player of the Year season.
It didn't happen. While he still had his best year on tour, winning $5.3 million and finishing third in the FedEx Cup standings, Snedeker was once again beset by a chronic rib problem that slowed him down after a start in which he won more than $2.6 million in his first five events with his AT&T win, plus two runner-up finishes and a third.
Snedeker's subsequent derailment actually began during his late push to win the AT&T on the final day. On his drive at Pebble Beach Golf Links' 14th hole, he felt a stabbing pain in his rib cage. He managed to finish the round and walk away with a two-stroke victory, but he would go on to miss six weeks because of the injury.
While he would rebound to win the Canadian Open in July and perform reasonably well in the majors, he never truly regained his early form.
It's been a slow start to 2014, too, after Snedeker strained the ACL in his left knee during a freakish fall at a corporate event in China in November.
"Any time you've got a lot of confidence and momentum and you get hurt, you come back and there are a lot of uncertainties as to how your body's going to feel, how your game's going to feel," he said Wednesday. "It was tough getting back that confidence I had at the beginning of the year."
Snedeker learned midway through last year that his rib problems have been caused by a condition called low bone turnover in which the bones in his rib cage don't regenerate quickly enough, causing them to become brittle and break, as they have four of the past six years.
But with the diagnosis came medicine that may help him overcome the problem. On the top of that, he said his knee is fine — he has played three consecutive weeks coming into the AT&T. Now he's just waiting on his game to get healthy. He has just one top 25, a tie for 11th at the limited-field Hyundai Tournament of Champions.
"Even though the results aren't there, the game's actually really close," he said. "I was watching footage of last year's tournament and I feel like I'm doing a lot of things a lot better than I was last year (after the injury) and just not quite coming through. So this next little stretch for me should entail some pretty good golf."
After finishing tied for sixth in the PGA qualifying school in December, the 23-year-old Homa earned seven PGA Tour exemptions and is fully exempt on the Web.com Tour for the first 12 weeks.
"I couldn't imagine doing this about a year ago," said Homa, who's from Valencia. "Getting to go to school up here kind of makes it even more special. I know I have some teammates and friends coming out, so it makes me appreciate it even more."
Homa has had a remarkable last 12 months. He also qualified for the U.S. Open in Merion last June (he missed the cut) and played on the victorious U.S. Walker Cup team in September.
Belichick will play alongside his quarterback, Tom Brady, in the actual tournament with pros James Driscoll and Ricky Barnes. Manning is paired with pro Scott Langley, and he'll play in a foursome that also includes pro Greg Owen and former 49ers offensive lineman Harris Barton.
Most of the celebrities and top pros will once again open at Monterey Peninsula Country Club on Thursday, followed by Spyglass Hill on Friday and Pebble Beach on Saturday.


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THE first tenant for the £50million Burnley Bridge Business Park — at the former Hepworth's site — has been officially named.
Expanding electrical wholesaler YESSS will occupy a 6,500 square foot unit, the equivalent of one and a half football pitches, at Magnesium Court, on the Hapton development.
And a second firm is believed to be close to signing on the dotted line for the scheme, which is being managed by Leeds-based Eshton. YESSS has grown from a start-up business to become the fourth largest in its field, though it could not be confirmed how many new jobs will be created at the Burnley site.
Council Leader Coun Mark Townsend said: "It's great to have the first tenant signed up to Burnley Bridge. I understand they are close to signing another tenant too.
"The council worked closely with Eshton to bring the site to fruition, so it's great to see it is now open for business and signing up new businesses and creating new jobs for the area."
James Chapman, Eshton's managing director, added: "We are delighted to welcome YESSS to the site. We've had a lot of interest in the scheme and securing a highly reputable company in a short space of time demonstrates our ability to choose locations with real growth potential.
"Negotiations with other parties are at an advanced stage and I hope to be able to make a further announcement in the not too distant future."


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Champion Jon Jones (19-1) vs. Glover Teixeira (22-2) for light heavyweight title
Phil Davis (12-1) vs. Anthony Johnson (16-4)
Luke Rockhold (11-2) vs. Tim Boetsch (17-6)
Jim Miller (23-4) vs. Yancy Medeiros (9-1)
Max Holloway (8-3) vs. Andre Fili (13-1)
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Joseph Benavidez (19-4) vs. Timothy Elliott (10-4-1)
Takanori Gomi (34-9) vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg (14-4-1)
Jessamyn Duke (3-0) vs. Bethe Correia (7-0)
Danny Castillo (16-6) vs. Charlie Brenneman (19-6)
4:30 p.m., UFC Fight Pass
Chris Beal (8-0) vs. Patrick Williams (7-3)
For anyone who was impressed with Jessamyn Duke's UFC debut five months ago, Duke says you haven't seen anything yet.
"I have improved tremendously since I've been out here," the Kentucky native said of the several months she's been training at Glendale Fighting Club. "I don't even know if you can quantify it. I'm a totally different fighter for sure."
The MMA world will see that different fighter Saturday, when Duke takes on Bethe Correia on the preliminary card at UFC 172 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Md.
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After competing on "The Ultimate Fighter" and getting to know her coach, UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, Duke accepted and invitation to live and train with Rousey along with Marina Shafir and fellow "TUF" and UFC fighter Shayna Baszler.
What's more, Duke (3-0) has been able to train with Edmond Tarverdyan, who has a similar lanky build to the 5-foot-11 Duke.
Her progress under Tarverdyan's watch has been as much mental as physical.
"He's really polished what I've already had and brought out a lot of the strengths I didn't even know I had," the bantamweight said. "He's really helped me develop some tools. Just really smart strategically. I go into the fight much more confident, a lot more relaxed. He's helping me grow as a fighter."
With just a few months at GFC under her belt, Duke made her UFC debut in November against fellow "TUF" competitor Peggy Morgan. Duke looked impressive in dominating Morgan for a unanimous-decision victory.
A second UFC victory would certainly move the 14th-ranked Duke up the rankings. In her way is 12th-ranked Correia (7-0), who in her UFC debut in December edged veteran Julie Kedzie by split decision.
"She's nicknamed The Pitbull. I'm sure she's gonna do the normal Brazilian thing and be very aggressive and in my face and try to mean-mug me, but I've got a great coach, a great team," said Duke, who weighed in Friday at 135.5 pounds to Correia's 135. "I'm feeling really good. I've already made huge improvements over my last fight. We watched the tapes and have already made adjustments."
With Correia standing 5-5, Duke will have a 6-inch reach advantage, which will no doubt play into her striking strategy.


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Royals batters excited to learn from new coach Brett
ST. LOUIS -- Royals players who have worked with George Brett in recent Spring Trainings were enthusiastic about his appointment as interim hitting coach. Dismissed and reassigned to the Minors were hitting coach Jack Maloof and his assistant, Andre David.
"It's George Brett, man," third baseman Mike Moustakas said. "He knows so much about baseball. We're lucky to have him here with us full time, for right now. It's going to be awesome to work with him. We're going to miss Jack and Andre -- those are two great guys, and they knew what they were talking about. But something had to happen and we're lucky to get George Brett, a Hall of Famer, in here to help us out."
What didn't work with Maloof and David?
"It's on the players," first baseman Eric Hosmer said. "We've got to go out and start producing. Hitting coaches can help, but they're not out there physically swinging the bat for you, so it's up to us to turn this on. We've gotten pitching and we still have good pitching. We just need to find a way to produce runs."
Moustakas, hitting just .187 to Hosmer's .262, agreed.
"It's on us, and we weren't getting it done as a team and as players," Moustakas said. "We loved having Jack and Andre around. They're great coaches and I got to know them real well my whole career in the Minor Leagues growing up, so those guys are going to be missed."
Veteran Alex Gordon, one of league's top hitters at .340, took up that theme.
"It's kind of a happy moment for us, but, at the same time, we're a little bummed that our two hitting coaches got let go," Gordon said. "As an offensive player, you feel guilty. If we're doing our job, it doesn't happen, so you feel bad for them. But, at the same time, you're excited that someone like George is willing to give up his time and come out here and try to help us out. I guess you've got to look at the positive.
"He's been with the organization. It's not like he left and went off. He's been with us every Spring Training and around the clubhouse. So we know what he brings to the table. ... Experience, great leadership, a lot of enthusiasm. I know there's probably going to be a new sense of energy in the dugout and if you're not doing your job, he's going to let you know. He's going to get on you."
Designated hitter Billy Butler said players tend to listen to Brett.
"He's been through it. He's a Hall of Famer, he has 3,000 hits," Butler said. "Everything he says comes with weight. ... I'm going to listen to everything he says and I know every guy on the offense is going to be doing this just to see if we can't pull ourselves out of this. He'll speak his mind. That's what we need."
The other new coach, Pedro Grifol, will aid Brett and do whatever other tasks manager Ned Yost has for him. Grifol is new to the organization but not to shortstop Alcides Escobar.
"He was my manager for the last two seasons in Venezuela," Escobar said. "I like him. He's a good guy."
Grifol is bilingual, speaking Spanish, so that will help with large Hispanic cast on the team.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SANTA CRUZ -- Community TV is poised to lay off workers and potentially relocate, shrinking its operations in an effort to survive funding cuts driven by new rules for community media operations statewide.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors got an update on CTV Tuesday, giving the Santa Cruz-based group another extension as it undergoes what is expected to be a dramatic makeover. It has brought in new leadership and hired an outside consultant to help retool the organization.
"It's my opinion that CTV as an organization must be re-envisioned," said Kathy Bisbee, executive director of Gilroy-based Community Media Access Partnership. "Right now this organization is not prepared to meet the (funding) realities."
CTV officials said they would return to the county board in two months with an update. Tasked with everything from programming local television channels to filming government meetings and community events, CTV gets much of its funding from local cable franchise fees.
But CTV's contract with the county expires in June, while a new state law that limits CTV's spending to capital purchases, rather than personnel, takes effect in 2014. That has triggered a searching examination of CTV's mission.
Bisbee is helping interim executive director Lynn Miller assess the future. Miller was brought in to help reshape the organization, which he said is about to shrink to "baseline" operations.
That's expected to include several layoffs and a possible move from CTV's warren of Pacific Avenue offices to the Tannery Arts Center, reducing CTV's rent and footprint, but also locating it among a community of working artists.
"We've told them it's coming sooner rather than later," Miller said of the layoffs, adding that some employees already are looking for new work.
The county board is threatening to open up the community media contract to outside bidders. CTV hopes to avoid that, and Miller said the plan is to shrink before reassessing operations.
That could include a partnership with Bisbee's Community Media Access Partnership, which already has taken steps to adapt to the new state funding restrictions. In addition to streamlining operations, Bisbee said CTV needs to develop a stable funding base.
Some of the talks surrounding CTV's future include automating operations, switching to fee-based services, and community partnerships to provide video training and other services.
"As we rebuild our infrastructure, develop a new facility and integrate new fee-based services, the board of directors will then take a broader look at additional public programs that can serve the community and create a sustainable long-term future for CTV," said Keith Gudger, who chairs CTV's Board of Directors.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:54:40 GMT —
A House committee has approved measures aimed at legalizing raffles in South Carolina.
The Judiciary committee voted unanimously Monday on measures enabling nonprofits to hold a limited number of raffles yearly. One measure would ask voters on 2014 ballots whether the constitution should be changed to allow raffles. The other outlines how a legal raffle could be run and regulated.
If voters approve, raffles could become legal in 2015. The Senate approved the measures last month.
The committee votes come a week after an investigation into a veterans charity in Florida included arrests in South Carolina. That case never came up Tuesday.
House Majority Leader Bruce Bannister told committee members the legislation covers all anticipated pitfalls.
That includes a provision barring organizers from profiting from raffles.


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Enjoy the umbrellas and sun loungers for a relaxing day at the beach. Pamper yourself with a treatment at the full-service spa and enjoy amenities at Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa like a children's club and an outdoor pool.
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include 3 bars/lounges, a beach bar, and a poolside bar. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. This luxury hotel also offers a children's pool, outdoor tennis courts, and a 24-hour fitness center. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Poolside bar
- Children's pool
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Babysitting or childcare (free)
- Children's club (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Multilingual staff
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- Porter/bellhop
- Total number of rooms - 296
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Outdoor pool
- Elevator/lift
- Tennis on site
- Number of bars/lounges - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Hair salon
- Pool umbrellas
- Billiards or pool table
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- Meeting rooms 5
- Nightclub
- Garden
- Beach bar
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Outdoor tennis courts - 2
- Free self parking
- Beach umbrellas
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- Wedding services
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- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Waterslide
- Outdoor tennis courts
- Babysitting or childcare (free)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Playground on site
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- DVD player
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- DVD player
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- Balcony
- Room service (24 hours)
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
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- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
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- Hair dryer
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Slippers
- Rainfall showerhead
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Pillow menu
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 10:30 AM.
White Lotus - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Reservations are required. Open select days.
Chay Had - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Reservations are required. Open daily.
The Market - Overlooking the pool, this restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Hua Hin Brewing Company - This restaurant specializes in German cuisine and serves dinner only. Happy hour is offered. Reservations are required. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.
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An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include outdoor tennis courts, a waterslide, a sauna, and a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
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- Golf lessons available nearby
- Playground on site
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The Spa has 10 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Massages are available on the beach and in the spa; other services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, and sports massages. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and hydrotherapy.
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- Number of treatment rooms 10
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Check-in time ends at midnight
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for THB 2531 per night.
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It's been a tough month for John Force and John Force Racing away from the drag strip.
Less than a month after Ford announced it was ending its sponsorship of the all-time winningest NHRA driver following the 2014 season, Castrol revealed Tuesday it would also end its sponsorship of the Force organization at the conclusion of the 2014 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
"John Force has been the ultimate ambassador for the Castrol brand and we are grateful for his passion and dedication," said Rich Pond, head of U.S. marketing for Castrol, "but after twenty-nine successful years, we have decided to pursue new ways to engage with our consumers and customers, while still celebrating the superiority of Castrol motor oils."
The move had been rumored throughout the season and gained traction after Ford's announcement. Nonetheless, it was a staggering blow for the Glendora-based sanctioning body and JFR, which has its corporate headquarters in Yorba Linda.
Castrol is the primary sponsor for Force in Funny Car and daughter Brittany Force in Top Fuel dragster. The oil company is also an associate sponsor on the Funny Car Mustangs driven by Robert Hight (Auto Club of Southern California) and Courtney Force (Traxxas), another of John Force's drag-racing daughters.
"Castrol has been with me for so long now, they really are part of the JFR family," John Force said. "They've been there as my daughters have grown up with the Castrol name on all those cars for all those years. It's gonna be tough to part ways, but I want to thank them for being a great partner.
"All of us are going to stay focused on the rest of the 2013 season and on winning a final championship for Castrol in 2014. It's far from over. We've had a great past but I believe we also have a great future. I'm just going to keep doing my job and we'll see who's ready to be part of our success going forward."
During its Castrol years, JFR has won 17 NHRA championships, all in the Funny Car division. The elder Force won 15 of those titles (Hight and Tony Pedregon also finished first), including a stretch of 10 straight years.


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Disappointing, but smart. Nobody should be out in this mess unless it's absolutely necessary.
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Disappointing, but smart. Nobody should be out in this mess unless it's absolutely necessary.
Fixed. The rest of your post just seemed unnecessary.
7-8" of snow is nothing. I comute 96 miles round trip everyday and have more snow to deal with then that on most days in the winter. Every year I drive in 3-4 snowstorms in excess of 2 feet, snowpack is just no big deal once you're used to it.
My father inlaw drives semi to transport hog feed. They sent everyone home today
If games are won and lost on a calculator and piece of paper, then why do we bother to play them?
I'm shocked this game was canceled. I was really looking forward to this snow day match. It wasn't that bad out by 5.
I was surprised as well. I think the Bulls were already in town. I think they wanted everyone that was going to the game to not go because of the roads
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Haha yes you are right about this. Years ago I was relegated to the "kids table" during family holidays, which was in a separate room, and afterward went downstairs with my sister to play pool or video games or whatever while the grown ups talk. My cousins (12 years old and under) now sit at the "adult" tables and are constantly interrupting conversations and won't even eat the food my grandma makes (they demand pizza). Times have changed, oh times have changed!
I've just never seen the city react like this in my admittedly short life time compared to some. This doesn't seem any worse than most snow storms we've had. And the whole city basically shut down. The entire Clay Terrace shopping center in Carmel shut down and the roads weren't even that bad here. Just seemed weird. I wonder if the city thought it was going to be worse or something.
Normally the weather people always freak out in Indy, but we usually know how to handle it. I mean I've flown out of the INdy airport in worse weather than we had today (really bad ice storm a couple years ago), and this today pretty much shut down the whole city including the airport. I don't know, I'm not weather expert, but I was out and about today and I honestly didn't feel it was that bad. Certainly no reason to basically shut down the entire city for the day which is pretty much what happened as far as I can tell.
It probably wasn't enough to actually cancel it if it was just based on the state of the roads, but I think they were thinking with their pocketbooks. They probably thought not enough people would come, meaning a decrease in concession sales.
It was the day after Christmas, that is your answer to your question.
Just thought I'd point out that this is the total at the Indy airport which is not accurate for ALL of the Indy metro area. Most of the north burbs (Zionsville, Carmel, Westfield, Fishers, Noblesville) reported lower totals than that so any of you from those areas wondering what's up didn't get it as bad as everywhere else. I can assure you that this snowfall total is not the case all over Indy. I live on the far east side and we got MUCH more than that. I measured in a few different places. Some of the drifts in our yard were two feet deep and the regular snowfall was 11 inches. So everyone saying it wasn't that bad, just know that's not the way everyone is seeing it. Another thing to consider, I woke up at 3am on the 26th and looked out and it wasn't snowing yet. I woke up again at 7am and it had started but you could still see pavement and grass. By 1 in the afternoon it had pretty much stopped so that means that the majority of that snow fell in about 6 hours.
Noel Gallagher of Oasis said "keep telling people you're the best band in the world and 50% of people will believe you". Well, yell blizzard enough, like every news station did yesterday, and you'll get enough people to believe it. I'm not saying it wasn't bad but I can think of 5-10 storms that had worse conditions.
Remember the game where Croshere showed up at halftime, late 05/early 06? The roads were much worse then.
The ice storm a couple years ago was worse. The snowstorm in 2007 or 08 that had about 5 inches on the ground by morning rush hour was way more brutal. The game didnt need to be canceled last night. I feel like this was a money decision.
I agree. My 15 minute drive home took maybe 20 to 25 max. Compared to the ice game from 2 years ago this was nothing. I chose to walk instead of drive for the ice game, whereas I decided to skip walking last night after seeing how clear the roads were.
And it's got nothing to do with rural counties because they play games all the time after people in outlying areas have seen a chunk of snow that might not have cleared yet.
It's weird that they DIDN'T cancel when things were at their worst. I could see calling it early because you just weren't sure. But to get to the other side of it and see how well things got cleared up, and then cancel. Weird.
The thing that makes these storms worst then years previous. THE INTERNET. Everyone online *****ing about how bad it is.
I will say the way Indy handles these things is so much better than the way DC does. In DC they hype storms with half as much expected snow twice as much as they do in Indy, and in DC snow storms are always accompanied by widespread power outages. Plus, DC is a city of transients so you have always have a portion of the population that has never driven in snowy conditions before. Although I do think they hyped this one up a lot more in Indy than I remember as a kid.
It would have looked bad on television to have played the game with Pacer fans in attendance and not a BUNCH of rude, crude Bullies fans in the seats being themselves. NBA annointed teams don't like to play in front of hostile crowds. Our fieldhouse has always been Chicago southside for these games!
1) Airport issue was visibility, not amount of snow or ice. Pilots were waving off landings and diverting due to whiteout conditions, some pilots were unable to even see to taxi.
2) Indianapolis itself actually got hit pretty lightly. 3 counties south of Indy were declared "emergency travel only", which may have factored into the decision. Out here on the west side things were still blowing pretty well when the game was canceled - another likely issue would have been re-freeze that would have been hitting after sundown.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
I live in one of those 3 counties, and I've driven to sectional games with worse snow conditions than what was here! The media played a large part in shutting down where I reside. This so called blizzard wasn't even remotely close to the Blizzard of 78, and I was out driving in it the next day in a van!
Granted south of Martinsville near the Monroe/Morgan county line on 37 the highway was closed for awhile b/c vehicles couldn't get up the hills, but that's a hour drive south of BLF. IMO, cancelling the game was a knee jerk reaction due to all the media reporting.
I just returned from being out, and I tip my hat to the Greenwood Street Dept for how clean the streets are. OTOH, driving on "state highway 135" in Greenwood is like driving on a washboard. I drove back home on the better cleaned back streets of Greenwood instead of driving 135. Thanks Greenwood Street Dept!
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For those upset at the Pacers over the late announcement of the postponed game should look at the NBA. The league postponed the game.
I wonder if Stern will fine himself $250,000 for not postponing the game in a timely manner.
I drove down from Muncie last night. I left at my usual time 4:30ish I had to pick a buddy up at the airport so I decided to go down any way. It took me 2 hours to get to Indy because the Interstate was not cleared/salted yet and we saw several Semi trucks that had slid off the road. So I can see why the game was called. Besides had they not called the game we would have lost a ton of money due to bulls fans not being able to make it down.


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"The best way to start is by deciding what you want to use to anchor the layout," Scot Meacham Wood says. "I usually vary the sizes of artwork, but I like having two or three large, important pieces to help focus the eye – and they usually tend to hover towards the middle of the gallery space." If you're working with a group of artwork that's cohesive, you should stick frame styles and sizes that reflect the theme of the work. For example, hang similar images in the exact same size in a grid. If it's a larger collection with more variety, you should also vary the frame the styles.
For Wood, it's all about layering the light to create a warm glow in the room. "Let's try to think about it in terms of a chess game," he says. "I usually use recessed lighting in my projects as the "pawn" lighting. There may be a lot of them, but, they shouldn't be the most important sources of light in the room." Wood advises to put them on dimmers since they normally give off less-than-flattering light. To layer the light sources, make sure you have a nice mix of table lamps and floor lamps just below eye-level, and if you have enough ceiling height, include a central pendant.
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It's looking like a huge dump of snow on Sunday for SE Ohio, to be followed by the coldest air anyone's experienced in the area in two years for Monday and Tuesday. Combine that with expected high winds and you're looking at temperatures around 0F and wind chills at -30F (minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit) or lower. Do take care and be careful. Use the next couple days to get prepared.
If the Bengals game was taking place on Monday instead of Sunday, this game would rival the '82 Bengals/Chargers playoff game for cold. I still wouldn't suggest following the Bengals example from that game of how to dress in cold weather, though.
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Guido Gerhmann passed away. Our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.Nicky Moss was chosen to be our Competition Coordinator Officer. Congratz Nicky!
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Pilot selection for the coming Paragliding World championships in Sopot, Bulgaria, came to an end. 150 pilots from 39 countries should participate.
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Last week, for the first time, the Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration began mailing thousands of auto decals included in personal property tax bills. This year, most Fairfax County residents will receive their decals in this mailing with their bills instead of having to wait until after paying their bills. Auto owners are encouraged to look carefully at their personal property tax bills for their blue 2004 decal, and not to throw it away accidentally.
The decals and tax bills are being sent to residents over the next couple of months. The Department of Tax Administration recommends placing the decal on your windshield upon receipt. Remember, even though you already have the decal, payment must still be made by Oct. 5, 2003, to avoid late penalties and collection actions.
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Romine makes Tigers debut at shortstop
LAKELAND, Fla. -- A week ago, Andrew Romine was fighting for a utility infield job, out of Minor League options and watching to see what his next step was going to be. He never figured to be battling for regular playing time at shortstop on a contending team by the end of camp.
"The circumstances that happened to [Jose] Iglesias, that's terrible," Romine said. "You never wish for that to happen to anybody in baseball. I'm coming here and basically doing whatever I can to help the team get some W's."
Elsewhere in Florida, Stephen Drew was in a similar unaccustomed position, working out at a Scott Boras facility in Miami while he awaits a deal with a team. He couldn't have anticipated still looking for a club at this point, with Opening Day a week away, even with the Draft-pick compensation impacting his market.
Romine can't control whether the Tigers make a last-minute run at Drew, anymore than he could control what happened with Iglesias. Even if Romine tears up the Grapefruit League this coming week, the question about Drew isn't going to be in comparison to him. As long as the shortstop job is open to him, though, he's going to control what he can.
"I don't know exactly how it's going to work out," Romine said, "but I know that I can help the team win, whether it's running or hitting or defense or anything. I'm basically just going to do the same thing I've done my whole career, just play as hard as I can and help the team win."
Romine made his Tigers debut Sunday, starting at shortstop in their loss to the Marlins. He made a putout and a couple of assists at short while going 0-for-4 at the plate. He'll start again on Monday, when the Tigers face the Pirates in Bradenton.
It's essentially a crash course for manager Brad Ausmus to get a look at a shortstop he admits he knew next to nothing about before the trade.
"I've never seen the guy play," said Ausmus. "I've got to see him play, at least a little bit. We've got to see Romine play."
The guy on staff who did know something about him is Omar Vizquel, who worked with Romine at different times last year while he was an infield instructor in the Angels organization. That's not nearly as much as Romine knows about Vizquel.
"The funny thing, when I was growing up in Anaheim, we would go to Angel games," Romine said. "And when Omar would come to town, my dad would take me down to the fence before the game, when they were taking BP and ground balls. And he would tell me, 'Watch him. That is how you do what you want to do.' So for me to be able to have him in the same camp as me and be able to talk to him and basically just pick his brain every little thing that he can give me, that was awesome. I was awestruck."
If the Tigers make no more moves, the switch-hitting Romine, who hit only left-handed last year before going back to both sides, is in line to split time at shortstop with a right-handed hitter, either Danny Worth -- a similar defense-first shortstop -- or Hernan Perez. If the Tigers make a move, obviously, that changes.
For now, Ausmus isn't committing to a playing time mix.
"It could change as we move into the season, and during the course of the season," Ausmus said.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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We're here in Swarthmore, Pa., on the trail of a 7-foot-long boa constrictor that goes by the name 'Snakey.'
He's been on the lam since Sunday evening, reported to the police the following day. He's the pet of a veterinarian who specializes in pet psychology.
If you see Snakey, call 911. "We'll send somebody out to respond and take the appropriate action," said Swarthmore police chief Brian Craig.
"It does not appear to be a threat to people," Craig added.
The department is not conducting an active snakehunt, though it will follow any leads it may get. Craig mentioned a phone call Thursday from someone in Northeast Philadelphia about a big snake, but he's pretty sure it's unrelated.
Snakey's owner, David Spiegel, the vet, told NewsWorks partner NBC10 that his snake is friendly. "When it's summertime we give him the privilege of being outside among nature," Spiegel told NBC10.
This reporter reached out to Spiegel multiple times, but was told Spiegel was not available for comment.
Craig, the police chief, says people shouldn't panic. He says the boa is not as lethal as a python that recently killed two young boys in Canada. Still, Craig says, nearby residents with small pets should be on the lookout.
One of those people is Pat Perrone. She was walking her two small dogs less than a block from where Snakey was last spotted.
"I'm definitely keeping an eye out," Perrone said.
She and other passersby expressed concern over Snakey being on the loose. Perrone says things like this have happened before.
"We had a neighbor who just walked over and put Snakey around his neck and walked him home," Perrone said with a laugh. "My husband was quite shocked."
The DelCo Daily Times reported that Snakey once ventured onto the campus of Swarthmore College. A College employee reportedly captured the snake in a pillowcase.
There's nothing on the books that says keeping a massive boa constrictor is against the law in Swarthmore. A few people I spoke with said maybe that should be reconsidered.
"That he lets his snake out in the sun, I'm not that comfortable with," said Sarah, a near neighbor who preferred not to share her last name. "He just checks on him periodically? I don't think that's the most responsible thing."
"We're living life as usual," she added. "Except at night, when it's time to take the compost out."


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CHIPPENHAM Park are one of six teams to apply for membership of the Toolstation Western League next season.
Park, who were formed at the end of last season to provide a pathway for players to progress on to Southern League football with Chippenham Town, are planning promotion after featuring in the Premier Division of the Wiltshire League this season.
The club was formed to replace the dissolved FC Chippenham Youth adult sides, Chippenham Town U18 boss Dave Ferris managing the first team, who play home games at Town's Hardenhuish Park ground.
Park were a key component in the restructuring of adult football in Chippenham, with now-departed Adie Mings moving upstairs from managing the Bluebirds to a director of football role and Nathan Rudge taking over as Town's first team player-boss.
They had hoped to join the football league pyramid at Western League level but the move was rebuffed by Football Association rules and they started life in the top flight of the Wiltshire League, where they are currently third in the table.
They would need to finish in the promotion positions - no lower than fifth - to be eligible for elevation.
Ashton & Backwell United and Minehead - only one of whom will be allowed to go up - have also applied, as have Wincanton, of the Magna Dorset Premier League and the Gloucestershire County League's Bristol Academy.
Plymouth Parkway, from the SW Peninsula League, have also applied to join the Toolstation League at Premier Division level.
Elmore are set to end their 34-season association with the Western League by resigning and moving to the SW Peninsula League, while Brislington or Hallen could move up a level from the Toolstation Premier Division if they finish in the top two.
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Brooklyn Nets forward Andray Blatche is among those being questioned Tuesday by Philadelphia police in connection with a sexual assault complaint at a Philadelphia hotel, two unidentified people with knowledge of the investigation told USA Today Sports.
The two spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about an ongoing police investigation.
The New York Times' Howard Beck tweeted that Blatche was, in fact, questioned but was released and would not be charged, quoting Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey as saying, "From all accounts, (Blatche) was not personally involved in any kind of assault or anything like that."
According to multiple media reports, most citing unidentified police sources, a 21-year-old woman filed a complaint alleging that she was sexually assaulted at the Four Seasons Hotel in Center City at about 4 a.m. Tuesday.
The Nets, who confirmed that a player was being questioned, are in town to play the 76ers Tuesday night.
General Manager Billy King earlier Tuesday said the team would have no further comment until the investigation is concluded and that all of the team's players will be available for the game.
According to USA Today's report, Blatche earlier today tweeted: "Im ok and I didn't do anything jus was n the area when it happened"
He later deleted that tweet and about 30 minutes after that tweeted: "Getting ready for the game".
CBS Philly reported that the woman was taken to a hospital for an examination. At the time of the report, police investigators were waiting to question the woman before any decision was made on potential charges. No charges have been filed.
The TV station's sources say a player "and his associates" were taken to the police's Special Victims Unit for further questioning.
A representative from the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia released statement that, according to CBS Philly, read in part:
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PATIENTS have been urged to write to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to help prevent the closure of their GP practice in Accrington.
NHS England is currently reviewing the contract for the small GP surgery at Accrington Victoria Hospital, which has about 1,800 patients.
The surgery's Patient Participation Group [PPG] fears the facility will be axed, and launched a campaign earlier this month to persuade health bosses to maintain the service.
The average GP surgery has about 6,000 patients, but NHS England insists no decision has been made. Patrick McGinley, a spokesman for the PPG, said the group has now secured an extended deadline for people to have their say, after the NHS initially asked for surveys to be returned by February 19.
He has now urged patients to make their representations to NHS England by the end of March, while also encouraging people to write to the Department of Health and local politicians. Mr McGinley said the closure of the practice would impact on other surgeries in the borough.
As it would result in its patients being 'shared out' among other GPs in Hyndburn.
He therefore urged patients throughout the borough to join the campaign, warning: "This would increase your already ridiculous waiting times of up to 14 days in some surgeries."
Mr McGinley added that he wants as many people as possible to write to Mr Hunt and NHS England, as well as Hyndburn MP Graham Jones and also council leader Peter Britcliffe. NHS England said the current contract for the surgery expires in October, and the review is a standard procedure to consider how best to provide care.
The move has run alongside a seprate review by East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group into primary care in Hyndburn.
That is likely to lead to budget cuts for the Health Access Centre at the Accrington Victoria, which offers a GP walk-in service.


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ForeSee Results, Inc. Privacy Statement Effective date: 15 May 2013
This Privacy Statement describes how ForeSee Results, Inc. ("ForeSee") collects, uses, and discloses certain personally identifiable information ("Personal Data") that it receives about the following types of individuals through certain websites, mobile websites and mobile applications as outlined herein: (i) ForeSee's own website visitors, (ii) ForeSee's clients, and (iii) ForeSee's clients' customers and website visitors. ForeSee's practices with respect to each of these categories of individuals is explained below. The use of information collected through our service shall be limited to the purpose of providing the service for which the Client has engaged ForeSee.
ForeSee recognises that the European Union ("EU") and Switzerland have established strict protections regarding the handling of Personal Data, and Foresee therefore has elected to adhere to the US-EU and US-Swiss Safe Harbor Privacy Principles (the "Safe Harbor") with respect to such Personal Data that it receives in the United States about individuals located in the EU and Switzerland. ForeSee has certified that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access and enforcement. For further background and information about the Safe Harbor, and to see ForeSee's representation on the Safe Harbor List, please refer to the U.S. Department of Commerce's website at www.export.gov/safeharbor.
If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that your Personal Data will be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using our website, contracting with us to receive our products or services, or submitting any information to us through a customer satisfaction survey or otherwise, you consent to this transfer, processing and storage of your information in the United States, a jurisdiction that may not provide the same level of privacy protection as the laws in your home jurisdiction.
Personal Data Collection and Purposes of Use
ForeSee collects customer feedback on behalf of its business clients ("Clients"), including some of the biggest players in retail, banking, media and government. Feedback is solicited through surveys, which are presented either through an interactive invitation or via email or text message. Most ForeSee surveys do not solicit Personal Data and, when they do, the information is always optional. All ForeSee surveys are entirely voluntary.
ForeSee's Clients' Customers and Website Visitors
ForeSee collects data for our Clients through online and offline (in-store and call centre) customer satisfaction surveys. The data collected by ForeSee may include the following categories of Personal Data: name, email addresses, mailing address and phone number. ForeSee may also collect the following categories of demographic information: age, gender, income bracket, education level and race. If ForeSee combines demographic or other information with Personal Data about you, we will treat the combined information as Personal Data. Personal Data does not include aggregated anonymous information.
In some instances, a Client may also provide ForeSee with data about its customers or website visitors, which may include information about your use of the Client's website and your relationship or transactional history with the Client. ForeSee and/or the Client may combine this information with the data you provided in a survey response. Please refer to the Client's posted privacy policy to determine what information the Client may provide to ForeSee.
The data ForeSee collects belongs to our Clients, and ForeSee uses the data to compile reports on customer satisfaction for our Clients. Aggregated anonymous information may be provided to third parties including media outlets and does not include any Personal Data.
ForeSee may email customer satisfaction surveys to Client customers or website visitors. Because ForeSee is acting as the Client's agent, if the customer or website visitor chooses to opt-out of future emails, the opt-out will be Client-specific, and does not apply to other emails sent by ForeSee. Data collected in response to an email is handled in the same manner as other Client customer and website visitor data, as described in this Privacy Statement.
ForeSee will not request, access or otherwise track any location-based information from a Client's customer's or visitor's mobile device. Please refer to the Client's posted privacy policy to determine what information the Client may collect.
Wherever we obtain access to Personal Data about our Clients' customers or website visitors, we are acting as a mere data processor on behalf of our Clients, and we therefore process such Personal Data strictly in accordance with their instructions and pursuant to our contractual arrangements with them. ForeSee's Clients are the data controllers and data owners. If you are a customer or website visitor with an existing relationship with one of our Clients, you should refer to the Client's website to understand the privacy practices that apply to Personal Data that we may maintain about you on behalf of the Client. Our Clients are encouraged to participate in privacy initiatives to protect the privacy and security of the data collected. However, since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of our Clients, we cannot be responsible for their actions. We recommend that you always review the privacy policies of the Client for which you have been presented a survey before you provide any Personal Data. If you would like to access and review your Personal Data, you should contact our Client with any such requests. We will cooperate as appropriate with requests from our Clients to assist with such responses and will respond to such requests within 30 days.
ForeSee's Clients
ForeSee provides a wide variety of services and solutions, including providing Clients with comprehensive consumer experience measurement analytics through customer satisfaction surveys and related tools. In connection with providing the services and solutions, ForeSee may obtain information about individual Client employees, including Personal Data about the Client contact such as name and contact information. ForeSee may use this information for business purposes, including to deliver or provide products or services to our Clients, to establish or maintain client and business relationships and manage Client accounts, and to provide customer feedback to our Clients as necessary or appropriate in connection with the servicing and development of the business relationship. In addition, if you are a current ForeSee Client, we may send you service-related emails communications as necessary, for example, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account. We will occasionally send you information on ForeSee products or services we think may be of interest to you if you are a Client or choose to sign up for our newsletter. If you do not want to receive this type of information, you may opt-out from these types of communications by following the instructions included in each communication, or by contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Our Clients may contact us if any of their Personal Data changes, they wish to have inaccurate data deleted, or if they would like to access and correct Personal Data that we maintain about them. They may contact us by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com, or by using the information at the end of this Privacy Statement. We will respond to your request to access and/or correct your Personal Data within 30 days.
ForeSee's Website Visitors
If you visit our website under www.foresee.com and download information or choose to contact us, you may provide certain Personal Data about yourself, such as your name, email address, phone number and mailing address. We use this information to respond to your enquiry and, if necessary, to correspond with you.
Surveys with Competition Incentives
In certain instances, ForeSee's surveys include competition incentives. When a survey includes a competition incentive, entry in the competitions is entirely optional. Survey responses may be submitted without entering the competitions. Please refer to the specific competition rules for further detail. In all cases, any contact information collected by ForeSee, including but not limited to name, email address, mailing address and telephone number, is only used to manage the competitions, subject to the competition rules and the terms of the Client's privacy policy.
Disclosures of Personal Data
ForeSee does not sell any Personal Data gathered from individual survey respondents and does not share any Personal Data with third parties for their own marketing purposes. Personal Data collected by ForeSee is only disclosed to ForeSee's Client or as directed by the Client in accordance with the contractual relationship, or as otherwise stated in this Privacy Statement.
ForeSee may disclose Personal Data to business partners and subcontractors, such as competition administrators, as necessary in connection with the performance of requested services or solutions, or as otherwise appropriate in connection with a legitimate business need. ForeSee may also disclose Personal Data as necessary in connection with the sale or transfer of all or part of the business. In these situations, ForeSee will require the recipient of the Personal Data to protect the Personal Data in accordance with the relevant principles in the Safe Harbor, or otherwise take steps to ensure that the Personal Data is appropriately protected. ForeSee may also disclose Personal Data where required or permitted by law, or where ForeSee believes that such disclosures are appropriate in connection with a law enforcement request.
Data Retention
ForeSee retains all data, including the Personal Data we process on behalf of our Client, for as long as needed to provide services. We will also retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Cookies on our Site
Many websites use "cookies" to help personalise a website visitor's online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on the hard drive of a computer by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies by changing the browser preferences. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the services or websites you visit. We use session level cookies on www.foresee.com to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session level cookie expires when you close your browser. We do not link any Personal Data you provide to cookies.
Third Party Cookies
The use of cookies by our third party tracking utility company is not covered by our Privacy Statement. We do not have access to or control over these cookies. Our tracking utility company uses session level cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site and to track how many pages a particular visitor has passed over.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
Our third party tracking utility company uses a software technology called clear gifs (also known as Web Beacons/Web Bugs) that help us better manage content on our site by informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. We do not tie the information gathered by clear gifs to our website visitors' Personal Data. We do not link Personal Data you provide to clear gifs.
Cookies in our Surveys
Cookies related to ForeSee's surveys are used by the Client in accordance with the Client's website privacy policy. You should refer to the Client's website privacy policy for additional information on their use of cookies.
Session level cookies are automatically deleted at the end of a session when you close your browser. ForeSee's survey mechanism places a session level cookie on respondents' browser to track non-personal information such as: the number of pages a particular visitor has passed over; what page the visitor was viewing when the survey appeared; what language, browser and operating system a visitor is using; the referring website (i.e. Google); and any search terms that brought the visitor to the website. We use this technique to collect the data described above, to ensure that a visitor has sufficiently browsed the site in order to adequately answer the survey, and to prevent an individual from getting a survey multiple times in a single session.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted on a set expiration date. A persistent cookie will only be placed if the company making use of ForeSee allows for this type of cookie to be utilised. This persistent cookie will only be used to track that a particular respondent has been presented a survey invitation and has completed or declined the survey to help ensure that the individual does not receive the survey again within a reasonable amount of time. ForeSee does not collect any Personal Data with this persistent cookie and does not track any visitor once they have left the given site.
Children under 13
In most cases, ForeSee's customer satisfaction surveys and website are not designed or intended for use by children under 13, although the sites we survey may offer children's products for purchase by adults and/or children's services. If you are under 18, you should not participate in our survey or use our site without the permission and in the presence of a parent or guardian. In rare instances, a ForeSee Client may choose to survey children under 13; such surveys will not solicit Personal Data. Children under 13 may not submit any Personal Data to us, and if we discover that we have inadvertently collected any Personal Data about a child under 13, we will take appropriate steps to delete it immediately. Children over 13 should only provide us with Personal Data if they have explicit permission from a parent or legal guardian.
Data Security and Integrity
ForeSee takes reasonable precautions to protect Personal Data stored in its global hosting centres and in other locations in the United States from loss, misuse and unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. We use secure server hosting locations with 24×7 security monitoring, firewall protection, controlled access and encryption technology to protect your Personal Data. When our Clients enter sensitive information (such as login details) we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. ForeSee also makes reasonable efforts to keep all Personal Data reliable for its intended use, accurate, current and complete.
If you have any questions about our security practices, you can contact us via email at email@example.com or by using the information at the end of this Privacy Statement.
Public Forums
Our website offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at email@example.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
Social Media Widgets
Our website includes Social Media Widgets, such as the Facebook share button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Links to Other Sites
If you click on a link to a third party website, including on an advertisement, you will leave the ForeSee site you are visiting and go to the site you selected. Because we cannot control the activities of third parties, we cannot accept responsibility for any use of your Personal Data by such third parties, and we cannot guarantee that they will adhere to the same privacy practices as ForeSee. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party website that you visit. If you visit a third party website that is linked to a ForeSee site, you should read that website's privacy policy before providing any Personal Data.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy practices, we will post those changes to this Privacy Statement on the home page of our website and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time, without prior notice to you, and any changes will become effective immediately upon posting. If we make material changes to this Privacy Statement, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or our privacy or security practices, or if you would like to request access to Personal Data that we may maintain about you, please contact us as follows:
ForeSee Results, Inc.
2500 Green Road, Suite 400
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
ForeSee has been awarded TRUSTe's Privacy Seal which means that this Privacy Statement and its practices have been reviewed by TRUSTe for compliance with TRUSTe's program requirements and the TRUSTed Cloud Program Requirements including transparency, accountability and choice regarding the collection and use of your Personal Data. This Privacy Statement covers the website www.foresee.com, all ForeSee-hosted surveys, including the collection of Personal Data about ForeSee's Clients and ForeSee's Clients' customers and website and mobile website visitors. TRUSTe's mission, as an independent third party, is to accelerate online trust among consumers and organizations globally through its leading privacy trustmark and innovative trust solutions. If you have questions or complaints regarding our Privacy Statement or practices, please contact us at email@example.com. If you are not satisfied with our response you can contact TRUSTe here.
Dispute Resolution
ForeSee participates in the Safe Harbor Privacy Framework as set out by the United States Department of Commerce. As part of our participation in the Safe Harbor, we have agreed to TRUSTe dispute resolution for disputes relating to our compliance with the Safe Harbor Privacy Framework. If you have any complaints regarding our compliance with the Safe Harbor you should first contact us (as provided above). If contacting us does not resolve your complaint, you may raise your complaint with TRUSTe by Internet at http://watchdog.truste.com/pvr.php?page=complaint&url=, fax at415-520-3420, or mail at (click for mailing address). If you are faxing or mailing TRUSTe to lodge a complaint, you must include the following information: the name of company, the alleged privacy violation, your contact information, and whether you would like the particulars of your complaint shared with the company. For information about TRUSTe or the operation of TRUSTe's dispute resolution process, see http://watchdog.truste.com/pvr.php?page=complaint&url= or request this information from TRUSTe at any of the addresses listed above. The TRUSTe dispute resolution process shall be conducted in English.


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The beer-for-a-butterfly contest is over.
Butterfly expert Shapiro, a distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology, again won his own three-county area contest by netting the first-flight cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of the year on Tuesday, in West Sacramento.
Shapiro netted a male on the south slope of the railroad tracks where "I've caught at least half of the first-flight cabbage whites." The temperature was 62 degrees, but soon rose to 70 degrees.
"I caught it in mid-air with a ballet leap!" Shapiro said. "There was a little radish but hardly any vegetation there. It was about 40 or 50 feet from where I got the one last year, about one-fourth mile west of Harbor Boulevard. It was flying eastward along the edge of the service road."
The annual contest, which Shapiro launched in 1972, seeks the first-flight cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Sacramento, Yolo and Solano. He has won every year except for three years when his graduate students proved victorious.
The contest is all part of Shapiro's 43-year study of climate and butterfly seasonality. "It is typically one of the first butterflies to emerge in late winter. Since 1972, the first flight has varied from Jan. 1 to Feb. 22, averaging about Jan. 20."
"The cabbage white is now emerging a week or so earlier on average than it did 30 years ago here," Shapiro said. He estimated his 2014 find ranks as "the fifth or sixth earliest since 1972."
Shapiro delivered the butterfly to the Evolution and Ecology office, where it was verified by Sherri Mann and Joe Patrocinio. No one else has submitted an entry.
The professor, fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Royal Entomological Society and the California Academy of Sciences, initially calculated he would find the butterfly either Jan. 17 or 18. "It may have been out Monday (Jan. 13), but I was in Chico delivering a talk to the Northern California Botanists on "What Did Sacramento Valley Butterflies Do Before There Was Yellow Starthistle?"
While searching for the cabbage white on Tuesday, Shapiro also spotted a small male buckeye butterfly, (Junonia coenia) along the trail, and a mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), perched on and flying around leafless willows. "That's the fourth earliest antiopa in the valley ever," he said.
Shapiro said he will be celebrating his victory by sharing a pitcher of beer with a friend at a Davis venue. "It will be PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon) because I get to choose."
The cabbage white butterfly inhabits vacant lots, fields and gardens where its host plants, weedy mustards, grow. Mustards, however, are late this year, he said. "The record for consecutive days without rainfall in the winter here is 44. We're on the 38th day and I see no chance of rain in sight, so this record will be broken." However, a "good Pineapple Express" could easily erase the drought, he said.
Now, with the first-flight butterfly caught and in the history books, "it is spring because I say so."


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311, Sublime with Rome, Cypress Hill, more coming to Live Nation Amphitheatre in Tampa
At this point, why not just wait and announce this show on 4/20?
Nebraska alt-rock outfit 311 has announced a summer "Unity Tour" with an array of stoner-friendly rock, hip-hop, ska, funk and roots acts -- Sublime with Rome, Cypress Hill, G. Love and Special Sauce and Pennywise -- and the entire groovy roadshow is coming to Tampa's Live Nation Amphitheatre on July 23. This is a special date, as Sublime with Rome is only playing a handful of dates on the tour. Lucky us!
Ticket prices haven't been announced, but this same lineup is playing at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach two days prior, and those tickets start at just $20.
According to 311's website, tickets to the Tampa show will go onsale to the public on April 26. Again, we say they should have just gone with 4/20. No one would've forgotten that date. Click here.
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Peralta belts grand slam as D-backs clinch series win
Arizona plates nine in eighth-inning rally to seal victory
PHOENIX -- The D-backs had a lead going to the bottom of the eighth that was anything but safe.
The Rockies had cut their deficit to one with an eighth-inning run, and Addison Reed, who had given up two runs on Friday, was set to enter the game.
But the D-backs' offense made sure that there was nothing to worry about.
The D-backs exploded for nine runs in the eighth inning en route to a 14-4 rout of the Rockies at Chase Field on Saturday night.
"It was a close game, all the way to the last inning, so it's not like a blowout," manager Kirk Gibson said. "It's good to tack a lot of runs on at the end."
The rally started innocently enough. Cliff Pennington and David Peralta both hit singles, but the Rockies defense collapsed over the course of the next several batters. A passed ball moved them to third and second, respectively.
The next batter, Mark Trumbo, whose three-run homer in the third inning had given the D-backs the lead to begin with, hit a slow roller up the third-base line. The throw from third baseman Nolan Arenado sailed over the catcher's head as Pennington slid into home, allowing Peralta to score as well.
"He's coming all the way to third and he's not going straight into third, he's reading the play, setting himself up," Gibson said. "[He] never really slows down, gets a good turn and we get two runs out of that play."
The D-backs added two more runs in the inning before loading the bases after three straight singles. Pennington, up for the second time in the inning, walked to score a run and turned the loaded bases over to Peralta, who capped the wild inning with a grand slam.
"We couldn't get that third out," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "There's not a whole lot to say about it. It just got away from us."
Lost in the late-game rally was the solid outing from starter Trevor Cahill (2-8), who picked up his first win as a starter this season. Cahill pitched seven innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits while striking out seven.
"I was frustrated the first couple innings," Cahill said. "I got ahead of some guys and then couldn't put them away. … But after that I was able to kind of settle down."
Cahill has pitched much better since he was recalled from Triple-A Reno. In his last five starts, he has a 3.73 ERA, compared to the 9.17 mark he had in his first four starts.
"[His changeup has] worked for him," Gibson said. "It's just he went to his changeup late last game as well. It's worked for him."
Another struggling D-back looking to get back to previous form had a big night as well. Before two runs scored on a weak single, three runs scored on Trumbo's first home run since April 21, giving the D-backs their initial 4-3 lead.
Trumbo had not homered since returning from the disabled list after sustaining a fractured left foot.
"Oh, I noticed," Trumbo said. "It's kind of part of my game, so I'm well aware if it's not happening as frequent as I'd probably like."
Alfredo Marte hit a home run of his own in the seventh inning that looked like it would be the key run in an eventual 5-4 win, but the D-backs absolutely piled on the inning after, scoring the most runs in a game since they scored 16 against the Rockies on June 4.
"It's just one of those things. You get a couple hits, guys start feeling good," Pennington said. "Things just start to roll."
Adam Lichtenstein is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Friday March 18, 2005 1:00 pm
MSN adCenter At Strategic Account Summit
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Corporate News, Internet
At the Strategic Account Summit, Microsoft's answer to Google AdWords was introduced – MSN adCenter. This prototype is designed to help advertisers generate more revenue with the ability to connect to the desired audience throughout the MSN network. The new technology will provide advertisers in depth audience details such as geographic location, gender, age group, lifestyle segment and time of day – thus being able to generate more clicks. Microsoft did not provide many details on how the technology is able to obtain such statistics. Seems that as advertising technology is improved, our privacy seems to diminish as well.
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