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ORINDA — Three firefighters injured Sunday while tending to a car wreck on Highway 24 remain in serious but stable condition, and their injuries are not considered life threatening, according to the Moraga-Orinda Fire District.
All three — Capt. Michael Rattary; nine-year MOFD veteran Kelly Morris, a former Saint Mary's College basketball star; and four-year veteran Stephen Rogness — were injured when a vehicle traveling east lost control just east of the Wilder Road exit, struck a fire engine and rolled into the three, Fire Chief Randy Bradley said.
The wreck happened about 9:25 a.m. Sunday. In the initial wreck, which occurred about 9 a.m., a tan Toyota Corolla and a silver Honda Civic collided with each other. The Honda then hit a Chevy S-10 that had come to rest in the far right lane after colliding with the concrete center divide, the California Highway Patrol said.
The Toyota ended up stopping on the right shoulder, and fire crews were interviewing the driver when a Chevy Tahoe spun out of control and hit the Corolla, which overturned and collided with the three firefighters, the CHP said.Rogness will need surgery to repair a foot that was crushed in the wreck and a knee that also was injured, Bradley said. Morris fractured a kneecap and suffered ligament damage to her knee, and she also broke a fibula and foot. Whether she will need surgery was still being determined, Bradley said.
Rattary suffered a "significant concussion," Bradley said, and cuts on the back of his head and on his legs. He was expected to be released from the hospital Monday afternoon, Bradley said.
Staff writer Jennifer Modenessi contributed to this report. Rick Hurd covers breaking news. Contact him at 925-945-4780 and follow him at Twitter.com//3rdERH.

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BOROUGH art experts are celebrating a surprise donation for a trio of paintings by a leading British landscape artist.
Dudley Museum and Art Gallery's collection includes 15 pieces by Sir Alfred East and three paintings are now being restored after a grant from the estate of Henry Johnson, a grandson of the artist.
Sir Alfred, who died in 1913, was best-known for painting scenes from his homeland but he was also influenced by French impressionism and a period of working in Japan in 1889.
John Millar, Dudley Council director of the urban environment, said: "This donation by the estate of Henry Johnson has been an unexpected surprise and we are really grateful for the opportunity to restore these paintings which were critically acclaimed in their day.
"I look forward to seeing the restored pictures once they return to the Dudley collection for public view."
Two of the pictures being restored are from Sir Alfred's Japanese period, Boats on a Beach shows Japanese boats and a stamp bearing the artist's name on in Japanese characters, spelt phonetically.
The other Japanese-period picture, A Native Scene, shows figures under a bell tower and is believed to be set in Sri Lanka, or Ceylon as it was known in Sir Alfred's time.
Both works are watercolours and restoration will lift colours and remove dark brown blotches which appear on the surface of the paper with age - deterioration which is referred to as foxing.
The third painting to be restored is a monochrome print of a country lane with a cottage. All three pieces are expected to go on display later in the year.
Sir Alfred, who was born in Northamptonshire, served as president of the Royal Society of British Artists and awarded a Knighthood in 1910.
Dudley Museum and Art Gallery on St James' Road, Dudley, is open from 10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday. Admission is free.


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A 52-YEAR-OLD man was killed yesterday, Sunday, after being hit by a train near Frampton Mansell.
British Transport Police were called to the incident on the Cheltenham to Swindon line at 5.20pm after a report that a person had been struck by a train.
A BTP spokesman said: "Paramedics from South Western Ambulance Service also attended and the body of a man was located.
"He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"The man has yet to be formally identified but is believed to have been a 52-year-old man from Oxfordshire. His family has been informed.
"Currently the incident is being treated as non-suspicious.
"A file will now be prepared for the coroner."
First Great Western reported severe delays and cancellations following the incident.


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It's that spooky, fun time of year when little boys and ghouls enjoy eating sugary sweets and dressing up in their cutest or scariest Halloween costumes.
OC Moms has teamed up with Goodwill Industries of Orange County to award a $100 cash treat to two winning photos in the Register's annual Kids Halloween Costume Contest.
Contest dates: Oct. 2-25, 2012
Who can submit: Any photo with a child ages newborn to 12 years old in a costume can be entered, but only residents of Orange County, Calif. can win the prizes. Only one winner per family is allowed.
How to win: Obtain the most votes (you can vote up to 10 times per minute), or get selected by OC Moms judges. What impresses the judges? Costumes that are creative, funny or scare the living daylights out of us.
For an additional treat, we will also be giving away a Keurig (valued at $179.95) to one voter in the contest.
The two winners will have their photos featured in the Oct. 30 Life section of the Register.
Those who have won an Orange County Register contest in the past six months, or a former winner of OC Moms Kids Halloween Costume Contest, are not eligible to win.


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We, The Class Of 2007, Have A Unique Opportunity To Change The World
When I sat down to write this speech, I thought a lot about what I had learned over the past four years. On the first day of classes, we were 106 different people—106 strangers who came from three separate grade schools all across Montrose County. Looking back, I am reminded of how little we had in common, other than matching lockers and a head full of questions about our future.
But here we are, four long years later, getting ready to graduate. And over those years, along with several hundred math classes, just as many lunch periods, and a couple incredible wins for our football team at state—Go Tigers! [WAIT FOR APPLAUSE]—we have formed an indestructible bond of friendship that will last us the rest of our lives. These four years have equipped us with all the education, experience, compassion, and wisdom we need to tackle any obstacle that comes our way. Now it's our turn to give back.
It is this very topic I hope to speak about today.
As we leave our beloved school to go to different colleges and become the next great scientists, doctors, lawyers, and maybe even the president of the United States—Jeremy!—we have a responsibility to share what we have learned at Lakewood with the rest of the world. I urge you, fellow classmates, to spread the kindness you have received these last four years through your words and deeds wherever you go. We are the leaders of tomorrow. This class is poised to do great things. We must all remember that success is not defined by how much money you make or how big your house is, but by the quality of your character and how you treat others.
Thomas Edison once said, "If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves." Never has this quote been more true than for the 2007 class of Lakewood High School.
So, as I look at you before me, I am filled with pride at all we have achieved [PAUSE] together. And all we have yet to achieve, as well. We may have entered this place as 106 separate strangers, but we have emerged as 106 friends with our whole lives ahead of us. It is up to us to live each day to its fullest and be the change we want to see in the world.
Never forget what an incredible journey we've traveled together to get here today. It's time for us to go out and change the world for the better. And after getting to know each and every one of you, I'm sure that we can.
Congratulations, Class of 2007. We did it!
Sorry, 2004 Already Has It Covered
Hate to break it to you, graduating seniors of 2007, but there's obviously been a big misunderstanding that I need to clear up right now.
Your valedictorian just said something about how the class of 2007 "has a duty to go out and change the world for the better." Too bad the class of 2004 accepted that responsibility while you all were still underclassmen. It's our turf. We've been changing the world for three years now, so another class waltzing in and claiming they're going to change the world would be totally redundant.
If you had the simple courtesy to read my speech from back then, you would have known this already. It was a really moving speech and everyone clapped.
So get it straight, kids: "Being the change you want to see in the world" is our thing—has been since Sunday, June 6, 2004. And there's no point in 106 extra people jumping on the project now, since it would take us months to get you up to speed anyway.
Maybe we could squeeze you into the "building a global community based on tolerance and understanding" thing, but that's more the salutatorian's deal, so you'd have to ask her.
Look, I understand what you're going through. You're done with high school and you're having this big ceremony and your parents are watching—you got all caught up in the excitement. But that's no excuse to start spouting off Thomas Edison quotes that clearly apply only to our graduating class and claiming them as some kind of special mandate. Same with saying you're going to "spread kindness through your words and deeds." Spreading kindness through words and deeds is our territory, and we're sure as hell not going to give it up to some 18-year-old punks who haven't even started college yet.
We've also got dibs on being "the leaders of tomorrow," "living each day to its fullest," "finding happiness in what we do and not how much money we make," and "never forgetting what an incredible journey we've traveled together."
Let's just admit it: You've been pulling this crap since the day you came to this school, copying practically everything you do from our class's special and unique high school experience. Your homecoming dance had the same "Imagine" theme ours did. You put out a yearbook full of once-in-a-lifetime memories, just like we did in 2004. And then you held a senior prom that you described as "the best night of your lives," which you obviously stole from us. Now you're trying to pass yourselves off as being in "a unique position to change the world" as well.
Been there, done that, 2007.
So you might want to all get together over the next few weeks and hammer out a new game plan for what you're planning to do with your future, because I sure as hell don't want to see you starting a new chapter in your lives. "Starting a new chapter" is already taken. You can, I don't know, "embark on a whole new adventure" or something? Whatever. Knock yourselves out.
To be honest, I don't really care what you do, as long it doesn't infringe on the agenda already established by the class of 2004.
Oh, and one final note: "You" did not "do it." We "did it." But congratulations on graduating anyway.


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Photo By: Courtesy of Jessy Berg
As a landscape designer, I like my garden to be in harmony – with the different elements working together. So, unless I have a secluded area for raised beds, I tend to find utilitarian rows of veggies quite the eyesore.
But integrating edibles into the design itself – and making them an attractive part of the overall landscape – easily solves this problem.
The following edibles look great as part of the overall garden design.
• Herbs. One of my favorite herbs to plant is chives. Perfect little grasses, they work in all types of gardens, including formal, cottage and contemporary. Their lavender flowers also work beautifully in a pastel color palette. Mix chives with other tasty spices like oregano, thyme and rosemary. Throw a miniature rose bush in the middle for a design that's beautiful and edible, too.
I recommend placing herbs near the kitchen for easy access. As you select them for cooking, you will keep them pruned and tidy along the way.
• Trees. Fruit and citrus trees such as lemons, apples, plums and apricots are very flexible in an edible garden design. They achieve the height that many gardens need to create a sense of privacy while simultaneously providing shade and food. Plant a persimmon tree and you will have a tall shade tree with amazing fall colors, followed by the beautiful orange fruit.
If you have a path, plant rows of fruit trees on either side to create an allée, which works equally well in Mediterranean, formal and cottage gardens.
When planting lemons, I often use two different kinds: the Improved Meyer Lemon, which is sweet and works well for cocktails, and the Eureka Lemon, which is tarter and, in my opinion, better for fish and lemonade.
I'm also a big fan of espaliered and trellised trees, especially in small garden spaces. They look great in formal and modern gardens.
• Hedges and shrubs. Blueberry bushes are my favorite edible hedges. There is also Carissa macrocarpa, which grows small natal plums and can be pruned to look like a hedge. In fact, it can withstand quite a bit of shearing to work in a formal or contemporary garden.
• Groundcover. Strawberries make an excellent low planting, and some stay green most of the year. I recommend planting multiple varieties so that you have a longer crop season, and some variety in taste. I often use everbearers or day-neutral (a general class of strawberries), because they tend to flower and bear fruit year-round.
• Vines. Overhead and climbing plants are plentiful in the edible garden. Grapes are a standard in any edible garden, but don't forget the others – kiwi and passionflower have attractive flowers and produce delicious fruit. When it comes to the passionflower vine, make sure you get the fruiting kind. And with kiwi vines, unless you want two, get Actinidia arguta Issai because it's self-pollinating. Other kiwis need a male for the female to fruit.
The bottom line. The next time you go to the nursery, why not pick up some plants that serve double duty? They'll look great as part of your overall garden design and produce food to boot.
Jessy Berg is a professional landscape designer and co-founder of Habitat Design, which offers full-service online landscape design planning for small and mid-sized gardens and an online store of unique garden and home furnishings. For more information, visit habitatdesign.com.


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Rugged cameras for kids on vacation
Getting more memories per family vacation mile
Former Crutchfield staff writer Woody Sherman spent years working as an editor and manager in the video industry at the national level.
More from Woody Sherman
Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Rugged cameras can handle the occasional drop or ding.
Want a new way to get everyone in the family in the shots from your vacation — and get the benefits of an entirely different point of view in the bargain? Consider adding a "tough" camera to your family's vacation inventory and find out just how many memories you might have been missing.
Tough cameras to the rescue
There's a class of cameras tough enough to handle young, acrobatic lifestyles. They make it easy for a kid to capture moments you might miss. And some of those moments may surprise you.
From the angles at which young people experience the world, to the thing they find important, you'll probably see some shots you wouldn't have seen otherwise. And the best payoff is, years from now, when they see that shot again, they'll say, "I remember that!" And they'll experience it with all the resonance of a childhood memory. Adding one of these cameras to your family's digital imaging mix might pay serious benefits.
These rugged cameras are perfect for your kid's action-filled lifestyle.
We choose some favorites
So, with an eye toward exploring this idea, Julie, our brand manager here at Crutchfield, and Jude, our camera merchandiser, got together. They selected a few rugged cameras for Julie's kids to try out for an extended period.
They chose the Olympus TG-2 iHS and the Nikon Coolpix AW110.
From sledding to poolside
The cameras arrived for evaluation on the day of our last significant snowfall here in Virginia and the kids wasted no time putting them to the test. Julie sums up the benefits nicely:
"My eight-year-old tobogganed down hills fearlessly and tumbled off into the snow on occasion. There were snow angels -- there was self-video of the downward toboggan ride.
Not five days later, the cameras and their underage users found themselves in Orlando, a.k.a. Theme Park Heaven.
The Olympus TG-2 iHS captured this close-up.
They grabbed the cameras and snapped underwater pics in the pool -- threw the cameras in the water and then dove for them after they tumbled to the bottom -- took hot tub pics in water so steamy it was hard to stay in -- snapped kid pics over dinner with greasy nacho fingers. And then it was time for the big guns.
Over the next couple days, they were given free use of the cameras as they rode rattling roller coasters with violent hairpin turns, as they thundered down the final death-defying slide of log flumes, while spinning in teacups, while eyeball to eyeball with sharks in aquariums, while on a safari, and -- possibly worst of all? -- while eating melting ice cream.
You might not have thought to shoot the aquarium from this angle.
Admittedly, I can't say the cameras didn't emerge with signs of wear -- they did. But the thing is that a regular camera with signs of that kind of abuse would probably already be a goner. These cameras? Still clicking away.
So we're pretty impressed. And while we have forty pictures of other people's feet, we also have a handful of awesome shots no adult would ever have taken."
So with one simple addition to your child's suitcase, you could have dozens of memories you might have otherwise missed along the way. Check out Julie's review of the Olympus TG-2.


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Two Melksham men were charged with drink-driving in the town last Friday.
Christopher Mills, 45, was found three and a half times over the legal limit on Lowbourne just before midnight, while 32-year-old Simon Cook, was two and a half times over the limit on Berryfield Lane.
The arrests were made as part of Operation Harness, a day of police action on drug crime and anti-social behaviour.
A 24-year-old male was also issued with a £80 penalty notice for possession of cannabis on the High Street, while a 19-year-old received a similar fine for being drunk and disorderly.


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YPSILANTI -- Jeff Arirguzo earned two runner-up finishes, while Jennifer Lane and Gino Vitella each earned second-place finishes as the Oakland men's and women's track and field teams competed at the EMU Twilight Meet on Saturday at Rynearson Stadium.
Arirguzo was second in both the 100m and 200m dashes as he recorded times of 10.90 and 22.02, respectively. Lane finished second in the long jump with a mark of 5 feet, 5 inches and Vitella tallied a runner-up finish in the shot put with a throw of 50 feet, 10 inches.
Other notable finishes for the Golden Grizzlies were Krystal Herron (Auburn Hills Avondale) with a fifth-place finish in the javelin throw (89 feet), Katelynne Hartman recorded a sixth-place finish in the shot put (37 feet, 9 inches), Meaghan Ogonowski finished ninth in the long jump (15 feet, 6 inches) and Glen Scott tallied a top-10 finish in the 800m (1:57.82).
At the Jesse Owens Classic, hosted by Ohio State, Breanna Peabody earned a third-place finish in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.61, while Niklas Rippon (Lake Orion) tallied a top-10 finish in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.81.
The Oakland track and field teams will be in action next weekend as the Golden Grizzlies will compete in three meets over the weekend, the Drake Relays, the Hillsdale Gina Relays and the Lyle Bennett Open, hosted by Central Michigan.


text: ESPN no longer in my TV rotation By Rick Ryan August 3, 2012 Story Share IT'S HARD for me to say this, but I'm not such a fan of ESPN anymore.I find myself zipping past Channel 26 on my Suddenlink lineup more than heading toward it these days. And it's a shame, really.Oh, the station provides plenty of interesting games and updates, and SportsCenter (in small doses) is still the place to go for highlights. But other than that - and especially during the daytime - it's becoming a place to avoid, unless you like mind-numbing babble.If anything's ever the undoing of the Worldwide Leader in Sports, it's going to be its penchant for over-analysis.It wasn't always like that. It used to be one of the few stations locked into my remote.When ESPN debuted in 1979, one of my friends had it on his cable system in Wheeling, and I used to go to his house just to watch it. It didn't matter what was on. In the days before computers and 24-hour television (or radio), there was no such thing as heads talking too much and sports overload. Your best source for information then was how fast you could read the newspaper or a sports magazine.At the time, ESPN was nirvana. An honest-to-goodness sports station right there whenever you wanted it. You didn't have to wait for the 11 o'clock news to find out the baseball or football scores that day.We wound up watching things like Michigan State football game replays on Wednesday afternoons, and we didn't care. It was so new, so refreshing. Through the years, as ESPN grew (after coming dangerously close to going under at one point), it got on more and more cable systems, got more and more live events and upgraded its lineup of sports, eventually procuring game contracts for all four pro leagues (but has since dropped the NHL). It went from underdog network to overlord.But somewhere along the line in recent years, it's regressed. Now I know, with all the different networks under ESPN's domain, there's a lot of programming hours around the clock to fill, and a lot of niches it tries to cover, but it's really getting harder to watch.For example, I like to put something on TV while I'm folding laundry or doing chores around the house, but it's gotten to the point where I can't watch ESPN or ESPN2 during the day because it's like listening to the same song over and over. And not even a new verse, mind you, just repeating the chorus ad nauseum.Earlier this week, I popped in and out of the room and was switching between those two channels at three different times - around noon, 1 and 2 p.m. At that very moment, either ESPN or ESPN2 was airing something about Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez - Jets quarterbacks and the mothership's new grinding axe. And that came in a very small window of time. Makes you wonder how often one of their channels touches on the subject, say, over the course of one day. How many different ways do they try and twist it? How many analysts do they throw into the fray?Does anything really deserve that much coverage? If it were an Olympic sport, records would be shattered.But that's the way it's gotten with ESPN. Anyone recall Linsanity? The Peyton Manning recruiting tour? Tebow's takeover in Denver? The Brett Favre will-he-or-won't-he saga, Parts 1 and 2? It's called oversaturation. I realize they're running a business and trying to sell as much commercial time as they can by appealing to what they think people want. Trying to touch a nerve - but who has any nerves left?And if I see any more contrived "debates'' between Steven A. Smith and Skip Bayless, I might get an ulcer. It's like two dogs mindlessly barking at each other through a chain-link fence, only with more testosterone and flashing of teeth.I can see programming directors rubbing their hands together with glee as they procure another "hot topic'' and order someone to wind up Skip and Steven A., then have them holler at each other.To me, it's not anything like their last generation of "newspaper guys going at it'' - Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser. Most times, those two actually engaged in some engaging debates, but seem to have toned it down in recent years.I've just about had it, really. It's getting to the point that I can't turn on one of the ESPN family of networks (actually we just get those two) unless there's an actual game going on. The artificial feel of a lot of the programming I find insulting (and "Around the Horn'' has prostituted sports journalism).Sometimes, they still do it right. I do like the "30 for 30'' series and just about anything that Bob Ley has his hands on, but a lot of those shows are relegated to ESPN's backburner channels, for which you have to shell out more money. I'm not naïve enough to think they'll ever cut back on their repertoire. Not in these days of technology overload and entertainment in a blink, where everyone gets in their opinion, good or bad, be it tweet or talk radio tirade.I hate to sound like Dana Carvey's former Grumpy Old Man character on SNL, but something deep inside me pines for the good old days. Like when that Michigan State football game replay on Wednesday afternoon was all we had, and it was good enough. We liked it. We liked it fine.Reach Rick Ryan at 304-348-5175 or firstname.lastname@example.com. 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Continuing in our series of pieces on each country's ODI history, we go to England. From 1971 to 2012 (before the start of the South Africa - England ODI Series), England played 582 matches and won 284 with a win loss ratio of 1.04. Their highest score is 391, lowest 86. They have finished as runners-up three times in World Cup – 1979, 1987 and 1992 and were also runners-up in Champions Trophy in 2004.
We present three lists – of players, batsmen and bowlers. The minimum qualification to be on these lists is to have played 75 matches (50 in case of bowlers). A match is considered in this system only when there is a result, and if the player has bowled or batted, as the case may be.
Here are the highest impact ODI players in England's history.
Andrew Flintoff is so far ahead of the rest of England's ODI players that it is almost unreal. Until it registers that he is the second highest impact ODI player in history (after Viv Richards). And the main reason for that is his tally of 7 Series/Tournament-defining performances, awe-inspiring for someone who played just 141 games – the best ratio of SDs and matches in ODI history. No one from England even comes close. Out of Flintoff's 7 SDs, 2 of them came solely as a bowler whereas the remaining 5 came from his all-round performances. Interestingly, none of his SDs has come solely because of his batting performances.
Interestingly, England's finest Test all-rounder comes after Flintoff here - Ian Botham. Much like Flintoff, Botham was also more of a bowling all-rounder (Bowling IMPACT considerably higher than his Batting IMPACT) although when it came to series-defining performances for his team, Botham had only 2 such performances compared to Flintoff's 7. However, in terms of consistency Ian Botham had a far superior record; in fact, his failure rate of 18% is the second-lowest (after his famed peer Richard Hadlee) in the history of ODI cricket.
It might surprise many to see Paul Collingwood with the second-biggest SD tally – he was a serious big match player. His relatively high failure-rate (as a near all-rounder) keeps him down at number 5 on the IMPACT charts for England.
Otherwise, Phil DeFreitas, Stuart Broad, Darren Gough, Graham Gooch, Marcus Trescothick and Allan Lamb are all mainly single-skill players (on the evidence of their IMPACT ODI sheets) – it is very rare to have so many non-all-rounders on an all-time list. In fact out of the 20 players on this list there are 13 specialist batsmen, 2 all-rounders, 4 specialist bowlers and 1 wicket-keeper which maybe again goes on to show that England as a team were highly dependent on single-skill players and as a result lacked the adjustability factor (which is so important in the limited format) due to their lack of quality all-rounders in the team, ironic considering two of their highest impact ODI players had been champion all-rounders in their playing days.
It is also interesting to note that there are only 5 players from the current playing generation to feature on this all-time list, namely- Stuart Broad, Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, James Anderson and Kevin Pietersen.
For those trying to understand where England has fallen short over the years in ODI cricket, the SD (series/tournament-defining performances) column has the best clue. Amongst the major Test playing nations (barring New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh), England has the lowest percentage of SD performances – just 40 SDs amongst their highest impact 20 players here, for example (Australia has 102). This inability to produce the big performances when they count the most has been England's biggest problem right through their ODI history.
Allan Lamb emerges as the highest impact English batsman in the ODI format despite having just 1 SD to his credit. Lamb is phenomenal in almost each and every batting parameter and also has the second-lowest (alongwith Ian Bell) failure rate by an English batsman in its ODI history.
Marcus Trescothick, one of the most stable and charismatic openers England has ever produced in the 50 overs format comes in at the 2nd position and has 3 SDs to his credit—the highest by any English batsman. His ability to produce high impact knocks on big occasions can also be understood from the fact that he actually has the joint-highest (with Viv Richards and Adam Gilchrist) Big Match Bonus (high impact innings in big matches) amongst batsmen in ODI history. Pity he didn't travel well, otherwise it is quite possible that England's recent ODI history could have been a bit different.
Kevin Pietersen is the third-highest impact English batsman of all-time and leads two batting parameters for England, namely- Pressure IMPACT and Partnership Building IMPACT which coupled with his 2 SDs as a batsman shows his true value as a champion. Pietersen was also one of England's highest impact batsmen in the last ODI series he played for England against Pakistan and his absence from the current England team will be debilitating.
Graham Gooch - the fourth-highest impact batsman for England was known for his prolific run scoring abilities in the international arena and so it is not a surprise to see him have the highest Runs Tally IMPACT (proportion of total runs scored) for an English batsman. In fact, Gooch has the sixth-highest Runs Tally IMPACT for any batsman in the history of ODI cricket and also interestingly has the fifth-lowest failure rate (exceptionally high consistency) for a batsman in the history of ODI cricket.
It is interesting to note that all the high-impact English batsmen on this list are single-skilled players and the only all-rounder (as a wicket-keeper) to feature on this list is Alec Stewart. Stewart's contribution as a batsman for England can be understood from the fact that he is the third-highest impact wicket-keeper batsman (only in terms of Batting IMPACT) in the world after Adam Gilchrist and Kumar Sangakkara (he is ahead of Dhoni).
Remarkably, there are only two batsmen from the present playing generation who feature on this list and out of them, one (Kevin Pietersen) may have already bid his adieu to the international arena.
It is very interesting to note that there are 3 South African-born cricketers amongst the 5 highest impact batsmen for England.
NOTE: If the cut-off is lowered to 50 matches (from 75), Michael Atherton (1.84) becomes the seventh-highest impact batsman for England in their history of ODI cricket. Interesting, as he is remembered more as a Test batsman although he has a batting SD and his Runs Tally IMPACT (the proportion of runs scored) is the third-highest for an English batsman in the ODI format.
The stories that unfold on various batting parameters are revealing.
When it comes to Runs Tally IMPACT (proportion of match runs made through career), the highest impact batsmen are Graham Gooch, Allan Lamb and Nick Knight.
The highest Strike Rate IMPACT batsmen (highest strike rates relative to all the matches in their careers) are Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff and Allan Lamb.
The best Pressure IMPACT batsmen (those who absorbed the most pressure that came about due to fall of wickets) are Kevin Pietersen, Neil Fairbrother and Paul Collingwood.
The batsmen with the highest Partnership Building IMPACT (who built the most partnerships in the middle) are Kevin Pietersen, Graham Gooch and Allan Lamb.
The best Chasing IMPACT batsmen (who registered the highest impact while chasing a target) are Graham Gooch, Michael Vaughan and Graham Thorpe.
The batsmen with the lowest failure rates (a failure is seen in this system as an inability to register an IMPACT of even 1 in a match) are Graham Gooch, Allan Lamb and Ian Bell.
The Highest Impact Batting Performances in England's ODI history
1. EJG Morgan – 107 not out off 101 v Pakistan, Southampton, 2010 – Batting IMPACT 9.76
Going into the 5th ODI with the series tied at 2-2, England got off to a shaky start and were soon stuttering at 59-3 when Paul Collingwood was forced to retire and was replaced in the middle by Eoin Morgan. Morgan's recovery act alongwith Ian Bell and later with Collingwood took England to a sense of respectability before he switched gears magnificently in the death overs by smacking 48 runs off the final 4 overs to get England to a competitive total of 256 runs which proved to be a match-winning one.
2. PD Collingwood – 120 not out off 133 v Australia, Melbourne, 2007 – Batting IMPACT 9.10
Chasing 253 in this CB Series final encounter, England were subjected to hostile spells from Brett Lee and Nathan Bracken upfront and were struggling at 15-3 after the first 6 overs when Paul Collingwood stepped in and along with Ian Bell launched a recovery act of the highest quality. He showed all the qualities of a great ODI batsman and eventually chased down the intimidating target with 4 wickets and 3 balls to spare to give England their first CB Series victory in Australia.
3. ME Trescothick – 108 not out off 145 v Pakistan, London, 2003 – Batting IMPACT 7.14
After being comfortably placed at 129-2 chasing a target of 230 runs in this third and final ODI of the Natwest series against Pakistan, the English line-up suffered a somewhat quintessential collapse and within no time found themselves reduced to 154-6. However, Marcus Trescothick showed no signs of surrendering and shunned his own aggressive playing style to give stability to the England reply. He also found an able ally in the form of Chris Read to build a 77-runs partnership for the 7th wicket and together managed to stave off the Pakistanis and Shoaib Akhtar in particular to get his team home with 9 balls to spare.
The above performances are all within the series/tournament context. When it comes to just match context, Allan Lamb's 108 not out off 106 balls v New Zealand (Sydney, 1983) registers as the highest impact batting performance in the history of English ODI cricket. David Gower's knock of 158 off 118 balls v New Zealand (Brisbane, 1983) and Eoin Morgan's above mentioned knock of 107 not out off 101 balls v Pakistan (Southampton, 2010) are the second and the third highest impact batting performances in a match context, respectively.
NOTE: The cut-off criteria for this particular list is 50 matches (unlike the others which were of 75 matches) primarily because England have had only 7 bowlers in their entire ODI cricket history to have bowled in more than 75 matches. They are also the only team amongst all the Test-playing nations (barring Bangladesh) to have failed to meet the particular criteria. It is indicative of yet another great weakness in English ODI cricket – their bowling.
England's lack of a quality spinner has hurt them in the past and is visible from the fact that only one spinner is there on the list of the highest impact bowlers.
Interestingly though, it is Graeme Swann who emerges as England's highest impact bowler in their ODI history. Swann's brilliance can be understood from his high impact numbers on almost each and every bowling parameter. His significant ability of picking up wickets in his first over is also well brought out from the fact that he has the highest Partnership Breaking IMPACT for any English bowler and the joint-highest in the world.
Stuart Broad's emergence as the strike bowler for England in the ODI format has seen quite a lot of England successes of late. In his 84 innings as a bowler, he has the third-highest Top/Middle-order Wickets IMPACT (proportion of wickets in the top/middle order) after Shane Bond and Brett Lee. He is also the highest impact ODI bowler in the world amongst the current generation if the cut-off is kept at 75 matches (at 50, it is Swann).
Bob Willis makes this list because of his remarkable Economy IMPACT- the best for any English bowler in the ODI format and the 4th-best in the world. He was not as prolific a wicket taker in the ODI format as compared to his Test standards and also didn't have any SD but is still placed high on the list because of his exceptional economy.
Andrew Flintoff
and Ian Botham also are the only two all-rounders to feature on this list of highest impact English bowlers.
With Broad and Swann being the highest impact bowlers amongst the current playing generation and James Anderson and Tim Bresnan also featuring amongst the top 10 impact bowlers for England in their ODI history, it is clear that bowling is definitely the strength of the current English team, unlike their batting and also goes on to explain England's rise as an ODI unit of late.
These are the highest impact players in all bowling parameters.
When it comes to Top/Middle-order Wickets Tally IMPACT (wickets taken from nos. 1-7 in most cases), the highest impact bowlers are Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Darren Gough.
Lower-order Wickets Tally
IMPACT (batsmen nos. 8-11) – highest impact bowlers are Craig White, Darren Gough and Phil DeFreitas.
The highest Economy IMPACT bowlers (lowest economy rates relative to all the matches in their careers) are Bob Willis, Graeme Swann and Phil DeFreitas.
The highest impact Partnership-breaking bowlers are Graeme Swann, JE Emburey and Andrew Flintoff.
The bowlers with the highest Pressure Building IMPACT (taking quick wickets to put opposition under pressure) are James Anderson, Graeme Swann and Steve Harmison.
The bowlers with the lowest failure rate (a failure is seen in this system as an inability to register an IMPACT of even 1 in a match) are Andrew Caddick, Bob Willis and Graeme Swann.
The Highest Impact Bowling Performances in England's ODI history
1. A Flintoff – 4 for 32 in 10 overs v Pakistan, London, 2003 – Bowling IMPACT 6.05
Pakistan, after being put into bat first by England, were subjected to an incisive spell of fast bowling from Andrew Flintoff who accounted for Yasir Hameed, Imran Nazir and Shoaib Malik in his first spell to pick up 3 for 13 in his 8 overs and left them tottering at 117-5. However, the rest of the English bowling attack combined gave away 197 runs from their 40 overs and took only 3 wickets to let the Pakistanis get away to a competitive total of 229 runs in the end.
2. GG Arnold – 4 for 27 in 11 overs v Australia, Birmingham, 1972 – Bowling IMPACT 4.89
Geoff Arnold's ability to seam and swing the ball under favourable conditions came to the fore in this series-deciding encounter against the Aussies where he accounted for Ross Edwards, Rod Marsh, Ashley Mallet and Dennis Lillee in his quota of 11 overs to restrict Australia to a paltry total of 179 runs in their stipulated 55 overs. In reply, the English suffered a collapse of their own but managed to put it past their opponents with two wickets to spare.
3. GP Swann – 3 for 26 in 9 overs v Pakistan, Southampton, 2010 – Bowling IMPACT 4.81
After Eoin Morgan had earlier played a match-winning knock of 107 runs (see the highest impact batting performances) to give England a competitive total of 258 runs to defend, it was time for Graeme Swann to seal the deal with the ball for the Englishmen. With Pakistan struggling at 80-3 in their chase, Swann struck with his 5th ball of the match to take out Fawad Alam before accounting for Mohammad Yousuf and Shahid Afridi off successive balls in his 5th over to leave Pakistan reeling at 104-6. Although Swann failed to pick up any more wickets in the rest of his overs, he, by that time had made sure the Pakistanis were well and truly out of the chase.
The above performances are all within the series/tournament context. The highest impact bowling performance within a match context in England's ODI history is Stuart Broad's 5-23 v South Africa (Nottingham, 2008). Ronnie Irani's 5-26 v India (London, 2002) and Mike Hendrick's 5-31 v Australia (London, 1980) are the next highest impact bowling performances in a match context.
For more information, please go to www.impactindexcricket.com


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Webb GD, Smallhorn JF, Therrien J, Redington AN. Congenital heart disease. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 65.


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Does yom with a number always refer to 24-hour days?
2 Chronicles 21:19 and the meaning of yôm1
Published: 20 January 2013 (GMT+10)
J.C. from the United Kingdom writes:
Hi, I've used your search bar but can't find the answer to my question. I've always thought that any time Yom is used with a number it means a 24hr day, however in 2 Chronicles 21:19 it apparently says: 'In the course of time, at the end of two years', and later 'he was thirty two years old'. These, I'm told, are an example of yom with a number where it means year. Can you help?
CMI's Shaun Doyle responds:
Hi J.,
Thank you for your email.
This one has been a real team effort, as it has been a rather difficult verse to interpret. Perhaps the most important thing to note is that to use one dubious case as an interpretive key to Genesis 1 is highly forced eisegesis. And it wouldn't make their case, since no one is defending creation over six years. Also, Genesis has additional supporting evidence for literal days that the 2 Chronicles 21:19 lacks, such as evening and morning, and the comparison with our working week in Exodus 20:8–11 (see The meaning of yôm in Genesis 1:1–2:4).
From the commentaries we consulted, the time factors in 2 Chronicles 21:19 have proved rather difficult to interpret. It appears that most translations go for a somewhat idiomatic rendering of yôm in 2 Chronicles 21:19 "at the end of two years". They think that if the relevant yôm was taken in its most natural sense, it would specify the 'chronic' illness lasted two days, which obviously doesn't work in the light of 2 Chronicles 21:15. Note these comments:
"21:18–19a According to the prophecy of v. 15, Jehoram was judged personally and died in agony. There is a textual problem in v. 19a. Jehoram is said to have died after two days, which appears to contradict the picture of a protracted disease. The most common solution is to translate "two years" (NIV, NEB, KJV, NRSV), following similar usage of "days" as "years" elsewhere in the Old Testament (cf. Judg 17:10; 2 Sam 14:26). There is, however, no secure position."2
However, there is a different way to understand 2 Chronicles 21:19 that still makes sense of the illness being chronic while avoiding an unlikely interpretation of yôm. First, the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint (LXX) translates the phrase as "two days" (ἡμέρας δύο). Second, the Old Testament commentators Kiel and Delitzsch offer a different interpretation: as a result of his chronic intestinal illness, Jehoram's bowels came out two days before he died because of the illness. Presumably, this is what finally caused him to die. It also means that v.19 doesn't specify how long he had the illness—just that it was chronic, and two days before he died of it his bowels came out because of it. So if both Kiel and Delitzsch and the LXX translate the לְיָמִ֣ים שְׁנַ֗יִם (lyāmîm shnayîm) as "days", it shows that it's far from conclusive that the word is anything but literal.
We also consulted Old Testament Hebrew expert Dr Ting Wang, and he supported this interpretation:
"You make a good point that the LXX translates the phrase as 'two days' (ἡμέρας δύο), and it is perhaps interesting that the LXX leaves out the word 'end' in its rendering of the Hebrew.
"At any rate, you are correct that the LXX is a witness that the bilingual (Hebrew/Greek) translators did not render the phrasing in 2 Chronicles 21:19 with 'years' (on the other hand, it could of course also be argued that they are merely translating an idiom 'woodenly').
"Looking back a few verses, the phrase יָמִ֖ים עַל־יָמִֽים in 2 Chronicles 21:15 generally refers to a protracted period of time (literally "days upon days"), but I think its placement at the end of the verse is significant. That is, I do not think it refers to the entire illness as being protracted, but rather to the final process of the bowels "coming out" as taking place over days.
"Please notice the difference between the meanings of the NIV1984 and the KJV:
"'You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out' (2 Chronicles 21:15, NIV1984)
"'And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day' (2 Chronicles 21:15, KJV).
"The NIV1984 takes the phrase as modifying the entire sickness, but I think the KJV is closer here—the phrase 'days upon days' occurring at the end of the verse (in Hebrew) seems instead to modify the lamentable process of the bowels' coming out (what an awful way to go).
"As such, it would not then be contextually required to render the שְׁנַ֗יִם יָמִ֣ים of 2 Chronicles 21:19 as 'two years,' but rather, taken all together, as informing us that the process of the emission of the bowels was completed by the end of the second day.
"The phrase וַיְהִ֣י לְיָמִ֣ים מִיָּמִ֡ים at the beginning of 2 Chronicles 21:19 (the LXX reverses the order of the prepositions: καὶ ἐγένετο ἐξ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας) seems to be modifying the entire illness, and in Scripture is idiomatic for a protracted period of time (although the placement of the Hebrew prepositions is a bit unusual).
"So to sum up, with regard to 2 Chronicles 21:19, I think it is feasible to take the 'two days' as referring to the two days of the emission of the bowels, and the וַיְהִ֣י לְיָמִ֣ים מִיָּמִ֡ים as referring idiomatically to the protracted extent of the entire illness."
However, the reference "he was thirty two years old" in 2 Chronicles 21:20 was much easier to solve. There is no usage of either yôm (day) or shâneh (year) in the Hebrew of 2 Chronicles 21:20—it literally reads: "thirty and two he was in his reigning". However, 2 Chronicles 21:5 is explicit that Jehoram was 32 years old when he began to reign; it literally reads: "thirty and two years Jehoram in his reigning", where shâneh (year) is used. It is also confirmed by 2 Kings 8:17. Yôm is nowhere used to denote Jehoram's age.
I hope this helps,
Shaun Doyle
Creation Ministries International
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Further Reading
- Special thanks for helpful comments from Dr Jonathan Sarfati, Lita Cosner, and Hebrew specialist Dr Ting Wang. Return to text.
- Thompson, J. A., The New American Commentary Vol. 9: 1, 2 Chronicles (electronic ed.), Logos Library System, Broadman & Holman Publishers, Nashville, TN, 2001. Return to text.
I'm curious if the reference Hosea 6:2 has any viability in stating a number-day sequence that isn't meant to be taken literally?
What is it that would suggest that God would actually wait 72 hours before raising us up?
Please see this entry on Hosea 6:2. The passage requires that yom refers to a 24-hour day to make any contextual sense.
With respect to the days of creation:
As noted by Shaun, the Genesis-1 days have further interpretive constraints due to the textual adjacency of "evening and morning" to those "days", as well as the external interpretive constraint of Ex. 20:8–11. Dr. Sarfati, in his Refuting Compromise (1st ed), brings up a further contextual constraint: the issue of the first creation day, in Genesis 1:5, being "one day" [only rendered that way today in the NASB among commonly used literal-equivalence English versions] and being composed of an "evening" and a "morning" (pp. 76–77). Dr. Sarfati also notes that Basil the Great (pp. 112–113) and the writers of the Westminster Confession commentary ("Annotations") (pp. 125–127) noted this definitional aspect of Genesis 1:5.
All this is a lot of visible emphasis by God that the Creation days were ordinary days in duration. (The first 3 days were literally "darkness-light" cycles, but the constraint of Ex. 20:8–11 requires them to be equivalent to the familiar 24-hour days of creation Days Four to Six.)
And there is yet another emphasis that God supplies to this point. Halliday and Hasan (Cohesion in English, 1976) say that much of perceived cohesion in text comes from anaphoric reference—a portion of text referring to text previously encountered by the reader/listener. Ordinal numbers do this.
The "second day" requires a "first day", but the only place for it is the definitional "1 evening + 1 morning = 1 day" of Genesis 1:5. Thus that definition has to map onto the unstated "first day" and—by good-hermeneutics parallelism—onto the other (parallel) creation days.
This is not trivia. When God puts this much visible emphasis into what the creation days mean, we need to tremble and acknowledge.
Thank you for your objectivity in this matter, looking at all the possibilities. It is always refreshing and uplifting in this world, where people (especially some scientists) claim to be objective, but are so subjective, that their views and statements are completely unscientific.
Keep up the good work, and may our Lord Jesus bless it even more!
I do a lot of my own translations from the Hebrew for the OT and Greek for the NT when I read Biblical texts to make sure the English translations are correct. I'm no expert in the knowledge and use of Hebrew (I am for Greek) but from what I understand the direct Hebrew translation of 2 Chronicles 21:19 is:
and he was for days from days as time to go forth of the end to days two they are coming forth bowels of him with illness of him and he is dying in ailments evil ones and not they made for him people of him burning as burning of fathers of him
So, I would translate the above to "normal" English as follows:
And after a very long time, two days before the end his bowels fell out due to his sickness, and then he died as a result of his evil illnesses, and his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
The "two days" appears to be in agreement with your interpretation. I take the (correct) view that God is not the author of confusion so I always try to resolve apparent contradictions by referring back to the source documents and applying common sense and logic, and so far I have always succeeded in resolving them in doing so.


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The introduction to the verb "estar" and new vocabulary to describe conditions are the main focus of this program. Also included are prepositions, days of the week, and a review of "tener" expressions and future actions with the verb "ir".
17) Ser y estar
Program begins with an extensive review of the days of the week, prepositions and the verb forms of "ser" and "estar". Continues with an introduction to the different uses of "ser" and "estar". Includes a variety of exercises using the verbs "ser" and "estar".
18) Comparaciones
Program includes a comprehensive review of the verbs "ser" and "estar". A new list of interrogative words is introduced. The program concludes with making comparisons and a variety of activities.
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MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. — Kohl's Corporation reported fourth quarter diluted earnings per share of $1.66 compared with $1.81 for the fourth quarter of 2011. Net income for the fourth quarter was $378 million compared with $455 million a year ago. For the year, net income was $1 billion ($4.17 per diluted share) compared with $1.2 billion ($4.30 per diluted share) for fiscal 2011.
Total sales for the quarter were $6.3 billion, an increase of 5.4% over sales of $6 billion for the same period last year. Same-store sales for the quarter were up 1.9%.
For the full year, total sales were $19.2 billion, an increase of 2.5% over sales of $18.8 billion for the same period last year.
Kevin Mansell, Kohl's chairman, president and chief executive officer, said, "Sales for the fourth quarter developed very late and, as a result, came at a cost to profitability. We were, however, able to end the quarter with levels of inventory appropriate for a strong transition to Spring. Our associates across the company did an excellent job in managing expenses throughout the year."
Kohl's ended the quarter with 1,146 stores in 49 states, compared with 1,127 stores at the same time last year. During the year, the company opened 21 new stores, including 1 relocated store, closed 1 store and completed 50 remodels.
Based on assumptions of total and comparable-store sales increases of 0% to 2%, the Company expects earnings per diluted share of $4.15 to $4.45 for the year. For the first fiscal quarter, the company expects earnings per diluted share of 55 cents to 63 cents per diluted share based on assumptions of a total sales increase of 0.5% to 2.5% and a comparable-store sales increase of 0% to 2%.


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Black Friday's top political books
Attention all shoppers! Assuming you haven't already been trampled to death at the usual Black Friday meccas, you're probably on the hunt for holiday gifts. Maybe someone in your circle is jonesing for a political book, or maybe you've voiced that desire to someone else. If you're up for some recommendations, here's my thumbnail list of the year's best:
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. OK, this seminal book is seven years old, but it's online and on the store shelves in a new paperback edition, a timely tie-in to the Lincoln movie. Steven Spielberg's film plucks one chapter from the book - Lincoln's passage of the constitutional amendment banning slavery - but Goodwin tells the complete story of Lincoln's mastery of the art of politics, his willingness to sometimes employ ignoble means to achieve noble ends. Her book, a celebration of the democratic process at its best, is a great narrative read.
It's Even Worse Than It Looks by Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein. If you're wondering why today's Congress is so dysfunctional, these authors - two of the most respected political scholars in Washington dating back 40 years - will set you straight. The key passage: "The core of the problem lies with the Republican Party. The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition. When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges." Yeah. What they said.
Do Not Ask What Good We Do by Robert Draper. Speaking of Capitol Hill, the well-sourced Draper is the perfect guy to serve up true gossip about the loons who made the 2011-2 Congress such a rat's nest. Great laugh material about Eric Cantor's struggles to knock some sense into his tea-party pals ("We're working hard to educate our guys," he tells Draper); about Democratic camera hog Sheila Jackson Lee (whenever she rose to speak, which was always, her colleagues put coins in a Sheila Jackson Lee Money Jar); about Anthony Weiner (regarding you know what). One wonders whether even Lincoln could've herded these cats.
The Obamas by Jodi Kantor. The private dynamics of the First Relationship have impacted the public ever since John Adams paid heed to Abigail. It's no different today, with Barack and Michelle. During the first term, she influenced him and he influenced her. Cantor's book tells us how and why - although, with each passing day, and given the recent uptick in Obama's political fortunes, the first-term tensions already seem to be receding into the mists of history.
Watergate by Thomas Mallon. This is an historical novel, as a opposed to a straight history. But Watergate resonates anew in this book, because Mallon - one of the rare novelists who lives in Washington and writes about Washington - animates the real people who were sucked into the scandal. Many of history's villains are made human, and thus sympathetic. Even Richard Nixon. And especially his prime victim on the personal side of the ledger, Pat Nixon.
47 Percent by David Corn. This is an ebook, an autumn quickie authored by the journalist who broke the story about Mitt Romney's infamous remarks to a fat-cat audience. If you were rightly disgusted by the plutocratic candidate's dissing of nearly half the American people, you might want to read the inside skinny on how Mitt's 'tude was exposed to the world. If you're still stewing about Mitt's loss and blaming it on Chris Christie or Nate Silver or greedy Latinos or whatever, then skip the ebook.
Passage of Power by Robert Caro. The fourth biographical volume about LBJ is predictably insightful about Johnson's manifold contradictions - his compassion, monomania, pettiness, grandeur, and virtually every other adjective in the English language. Hard to imagine this book being a page-turner, but it is. What's most amazing, from the perspective of 2012, is how corrupt he was - he leveraged his public power to build a private fortune - and how quickly that behavior would be outed in today's Twitterverse. Yet he frequently induged the better angels of his nature as well, to our betterment. (Vietnam aside.)
The Oath by Jeffrey Toobin. The New Yorker's legal affairs chronicler has written his second book on the John Roberts court, and, in doing so, he reminds us why a president's choices are so consequential. Toobin says that the Republicans, and their legal think tanks, have a very specific judicial agenda: "expand executive power, end racial preferences intended to assist African-Americans, speed up executions, prohibit all forms of gun control, welcome religion into the public sphere, deregulate political campaigns and, above all, reverse Roe v. Wade and allow states to ban abortion." Those priorities were rarely discussed during the election season, but rest assured that if Obama nominates new people during his second term, he will do his best to keep that agenda at bay.
Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power by David Sanger. Republicans used to own the national security brand, but no longer. Sanger, a veteran New York Times national security writer, explains why they've lost it: "There was nothing in Obama's personal history and little in his campaign rhetoric that prepared his supporters or his allies for his embrace of hard, covert power, nothing that suggested he would dramatically escalate America's drone wars, or secretly launch the country into a new era of cyber combat." The liberal Democratic wing is discomfited by Obama's moves - with some justification - but his hard-power assertiveness cemented his commander-in-chief creds and helped him win re-election.
And Unlikely Liberal: Sarah Palin's Curious Record as Alaska's Governor by Matthew Yencey. Seriously, check this one out. Zencey, a longtime Alaska newsman (and an affable acquaintance of mine), has penned a counterintuitive examination of the Palin policy oeuvre. Prior to her prime-time makeover, she actually did some good things. Her current acolytes and Foxfans will be horrified by Zencey's clearly-explicated evidence.
Meanwhile, these books are destined for the remainder shelves at bargain prices:
The Teavangelicals: The Inside Story of How the Evangelicans and the Tea Party are Taking Back America by David Brody. As if. The belly laugh book of the post-election season.
No Apology: The Case for American Greatness by Mitt Romney. Yeah, whatever. Say goodnight, Mitt.
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LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- Officials in a western Ohio city are collecting about $227,000 as part of a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer of a herbicide that ended up in the municipal water supply.
Lima, a city of around 39,000 residents, is getting the money as the result of a settlement with Swiss-based Syngenta, the largest manufacturer of the weed killer atrazine.
The Lima News (http://bit.ly/XYFXQk ) reports that Syngenta was ordered to pay a total of $65 million to 1,100 municipalities for the cost of removing the chemical from drinking water. It ended up in the water supply because of farm runoff.
City officials say residents were never in any danger because levels of atrazine did not approach the limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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American Composers Orchestra Announces Orchestra Underground: Time Travels, 1/18
American Composers Orchestra (ACO) performs its second concert of the 2012-13 concert season, Orchestra Underground: Time Travels, on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 7:30pm at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. The concert, led by ACO Music Director George Manahan, features music that explores the concept of time – its mutability, importance, and role as an organizing principle. Lukas Foss' 1960 masterwork, Time Cycle, is the centerpiece for the program, with soprano Jennifer Zetlanas the soloist. The evening also includes the world premiere of composer and sopranoKate Soper's now is forever: I. Orpheus and Eurydice for Voice and Orchestra featuring the composer as soloist, the world premiere of Kyle Blaha's Triptych, and the US premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Zhou Long's Bell Drum Towers.
Lukas Foss' Time Cycle examines the multiple significances of time through a collection of poems and texts including "We're Late" by W.H. Auden, "When the Bells Justle" by A.E. Housman, an excerpt from a 1922 entry in the diaries of Franz Kafka, and "O Mensch! Gib acht!" from Friedrich Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra. Kate Soper's new piece for ACO also sets poetry, this time by American poet Jorie Graham from her 1987 book The End of Beauty. Soper's now is forever explores the instant in which Orpheus turns back to look at Eurydice in that familiar myth. Zhou Long's Bell Drum Towers is inspired by the bells and drums used during the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China to tell time. Kyle Blaha's new work, Triptych, is in three movements, each of which explores a different aspect of composition – harmony, melody, and texture – through the lens of time and shifting tempi.
Orchestra Underground is ACO's subversive and entrepreneurial exploration of the orchestra as an elastic ensemble that can respond to composers' unhindered creativity in experimental and innovative ways. Orchestra Underground embraces new technology, eclectic instruments and influences, altered spatial orientation, new experiments in concert format, and multimedia and multi-disciplinary collaborations. Since the opening of Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall's subterranean state-of-the-art auditorium, Orchestra Underground has played to sold-out audiences, with over 75 world premieres and newly commissioned works.
Founded in 1977, American Composers Orchestra remains the only orchestra in the world dedicated exclusively to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers. To date, ACO has performed music by more than 600 American composers, including more than 200 world premieres and newly commissioned works.
Lukas Foss: Time Cycle
For more information: www.carlfischer.com/fischer/fossbio.html
A true Renaissance man, Lukas Foss (1922-2009) was a rare musician, equally renowned as a composer, conductor, pianist, and educator. As a composer, Foss eagerly embraced the musical languages of his time, producing a body of over one hundred works that Aaron Copland described as including "among the most original and stimulating compositions in American Music."
Foss' Time Cycle was premiered by the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein in 1960. Time Cycle is a landmark of the American avant-garde, one of the most influential works of the 20th century. It marked a turning point in Foss' compositional approach. He said, "I was at UCLA. I was professor of composition, and I wanted to get my students away from the tyranny of the printed note. So I invented a form of non-jazz ensemble improvisation. It was meant to change my students; well, it changed me."
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Soprano Jennifer Zetlan is swiftly garnering recognition for her artistry and captivating stage presence. She has debuted on the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, and Florida Grand Opera. She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Emily Webb in Our Town at Aspen Music Festival and with Juilliard Opera Center; The New York Times reported, "Jennifer Zetlan . . . sings beautifully and affectingly. The part could not be in better hands." Committed to performing new works, she sang at the 2007 Opera America New Works Showcase, participated in New York City Opera's VOX Showcase of American Composers in 2008 and 2009 and is frequently involved with the new works initiative co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater. For more information, visit www.jenniferzetlan.com.
Kate Soper: now is forever: I. Orpheus and Eurydice for Voice and Orchestra
(World Premiere, ACO/Peter Heller Fund Commission) For more information: www.katesoper.com
Kate Soper (b. 1981) is an Ann Arbor-born, New York-based composer with a diverse background. She was a composer participant in the 2011 Underwood New Music Readings, and was also a featured performer during SONiC, ACO's massive 2011 new music festival. Soper is a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in Cambridge MA, and is Managing Director and vocalist for Wet Ink. She is a recipient of a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship and winner of the 2012 Lili Boulanger Prize. She has also received awards from the Koussevitsky Music Foundation, the Fromm Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chamber Music Amerca, and the Music Theory Society of New York State. She has been commissioned by Carnegie Hall, the Tanglewood Music Center/Boston University Tanglewood Institute, the Museum of Biblical Art, Yarn/Wire, Alarm Will Sound, The Knights, and Dinosaur Annex, among others. As a singer with experience in Western Classical, Indian Carnatik, pop and folk singing, she performs frequently in her own works as well as those of her colleagues.
Kate Soper is ACO's Music Alive: New Partnerships resident. Soper describes her piece as, "expanding a moment out into a universe of speculation about the nature of time and the unreliability of desire . . . In dealing with this text I'm trying to find a way to paint the still core at the center of both the poem and the moment it describes – the single slice of time in which the chain of events (Orpheus turning to look at Eurydice and her consequent banishment back to Hades) has just flickered into possibility but is not quite inevitable."
Kyle Blaha: Triptych
(World Premiere, ACO/Jerome Foundation Commission)
Kyle Blaha (b. 1981) received his D.M.A. in May 2011 from Juilliard and his B.M. from Eastman School of Music. He has studied composition with Darrell Handel, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Samuel Adler, Philip Lasser, and Robert Beaser. The artistic director of the Making Score composition program with the New York Youth Symphony, Blaha is also on the faculty at the European American Musical Alliance Program in Paris. He has received multiple ASCAP Young Composer Awards and awards for study in Germany, including a Fulbright grant and a D.A.A.D. grant. His work has been premiered by the Juilliard Orchestra and the New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute, and he has received commissions from the New York Youth Symphony, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and the New Juilliard Ensemble.
Blaha says of his new work, "Using time as an inspiration, all three movements begin with the same harp material, which develops into three contrasting movements. I was interested in exploring how the same pitch and rhythmic material could be incorporated into three different tempi and various textures, while also falling within a standard three-part musical form."
Zhou Long: Bell Drum Towers
(US Premiere)
Zhou Long (b. 1953) is internationally recognized for creating a unique body of music that brings together the aesthetic concepts and musical elements of East and West. Deeply grounded in the entire spectrum of his Chinese heritage, including folk, philosophical, and spiritual ideals, he is a pioneer in transferring the idiomatic sounds and techniques of ancient Chinese musical traditions to modern Western instruments and ensembles. Among the ensembles that have commissioned him are the Bavarian Radio, BBC, Kansas City, Honolulu, California Pacific and Singapore Symphonies; the Brooklyn, Tokyo, China Philharmonics; the New Music Consort; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; the Kronos, Shanghai, Ciompi, and Chester string quartets; Ensemble Modern; PRISM Saxophone Quartet; New York New Music Ensemble; Chanticleer; Opera Boston; Beijing Music Festival; and musicians Yo-Yo Ma, Lan Shui, Long Yu and Leonard Slatkin. In 2011 Zhou Long was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his first opera, Madame White Snake. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance and also serves as music director of Music From China (NYC).
Zhou Long says of the new piece, "Bells and drums were musical instruments in ancient China. Later they were used to tell time and became watches for the officials and common people as well . . . Although today the bell and drum towers have lost their function of telling time, these silent towers always fascinated my curiosity and imagination of hear the lingering of the ancient bells and drums sometimes from hazy wind, sometimes as a peal of thunder. In Bell Drum Towers, I am exploring my fantasy, the pulse of the drums beating. Gradually, new patterns develop, each time in a faster tempo, building to a climax that brings the presto wind-like section. Finally, the hazy wind rang the lingering bells."


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We weren't even 24 hours removed from LeBron James saying flopping isn't even a "bad thing" before we got this Flopping Hall of Fame moment in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday.
Here it is in .GIF form, if you'd prefer.
(GIF via The Big Lead)
As a refresher, here's what LeBron had to say on flopping: "It hasn't been a problem for that many guys. I don't really pay too much attention to it. I think it's been good. It's Year One, so you are not just going to go cold turkey. Guys have been accustomed to doing it for years, and it's not even a bad thing, just trying to get the advantage. Any way you can get the advantage over an opponent to help your team win, then so be it."
James went on to foul out on what many believed was a questionable illegal screen call late in the 99-92 win for the Pacers.


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Miro Pajic who records under the name Hypnotizer for my label was in my studio today. I hooked up my Nintendo DS and let him rock out with Jam Sessions for a while. To make it sound even better I ran it through Izotope's incredible Trash plug-in.
Miro is a legend in the techno scene with over 80 releases, many on the infamous PCP label and these days on Klikhaus. Check him out here:


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Showtimes for Tuesday, January 29, 2013
DJ's Dance 'n Drive» Mobile Dance Party
Shows at 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:00pm, 6:00pm, and 7:00pm
Disney's Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular» Broadway-style show
Shows at 12:40pm, 2:20pm, 4:45pm, and 6:20pm
Five & Dime» Jazzy musical performers
Shows at 10:05am, 11:05am, 12:20pm, 1:25pm, 3:00pm, and 4:05pm
Minnie's Fly Girls Charter Airline» Song and Dance Show
Shows at 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:25pm, 3:25pm, and 4:25pm
Phineas and Ferb Rockin' Rollin' Dance Party» Themed Dance Party
Shows at 10:30am, 11:25am, 12:25pm, 2:45pm, and 4:10pm
Pixar Play Parade» Parade with Pixar Characters
One showing at 5:15pm
Red Car News Boys» Newsies-style singing paperboys
Shows at 10:30am, 11:35am, 12:45pm, 2:20pm, 3:30pm, and 4:30pm
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Battling the debt demon: One veterinarian's quest to survive
Emily Southward, DVM, DACVECC: Battling the debt monster
Age: 44
An internship in anesthesiology followed, with a salary less than $20,000. At the cost of accruing interest, Southward had to defer her loans during the internship. Her understanding of her loans and repayment options were limited at that time. The next two years were spent in private clinical practice and she began to repay some of the debt.
Being set in her professional goals, in 2001 Southward began an emergency and critical care residency with a master's degree. During those four years, she placed her loans on deferment for economic hardship because her salary started at $20,000 and gradually increased to $32,000.
Since completing her training in 2005, Southward has been practicing as a critical-care specialist in Southern California, earning on average $150,000 yearly. While earning what would be considered by most to be a respectable salary, once all loans entered repayment, Southward could barely afford living expenses while making the minimum required payments. She also found that her lenders were inflexible in terms of reducing her monthly payments to a level that would allow a reasonable level of take-home pay.
Things were at least manageable until Southward lost her job and subsequently her home in the midst of the economic downturn. Since regaining full-time employment, she continues to struggle with loan payments—a struggle that extends far into the foreseeable future. Since she's not considered a "new borrower" under Obama's student loan forgiveness program, Southward will be ineligible for forgiveness as well as the newer pay-as-you-earn programs.
As is true for many of us, Southward experienced mixed emotions about her loans and what they represent. The means to fulfilling her goals has become a tiresome burden. "The loans weigh heavily upon me as I got a great education and I am practicing veterinary medicine," she says. "I do not want to be in debt to anyone. I worked and trained hard to be the clinician I am today."
Southward received little to no financial education during the critical time when she was taking on loans to fund her academic and professional goals. While she concedes that she incurred the debt willfully, she urges prospective veterinarians to exercise extreme caution in planning for their financial future. "Have a financial plan ready to go when the loans come due," she says. "Understand interest rates and compounding interest. Get a financial planner to help manage the repayment of loans."


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Alibaba IPO in 2013?
A leaked internal memo from Alibaba Group reportedly shows that the company plans to go public in 2013.
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