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Another player lost.
James Darnell, who had started five of the Padres last six games after being promoted from Triple-A Tucson, departed Thursday night's 8-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers after falling hard on his left shoulder while attempting a diving catch in left field.
Darnell suffered a subluxation, or a partial dislocation, of the shoulder.
The 25-year-old outfielder-third baseman finished last season on the disabled list following arthroscopic surgery to tighten the capsule of the same shoulder after he damaged it diving for a ball while playing third.
"It's not the same injury I suffered last season," said Darnell, who had X-rays Thursday night and will have a more extensive MRI exam this morning.
"Last year when I dove, my arm popped up. This time I crashed shoulder first into the ground. It didn't fully dislocate and once the trainer (Paul Navarro) started going to work, it felt better . . . it didn't feel like last time, because it sort of jammed itself back into place."
"It's a shame," said Padres manager Bud Black of Darnell's injury. "He had a much better feel for the game this season. We saw spurts of good play from James late last season. He looked much more comfortable this season."
Darnell's injury is the same as twice suffered by pitcher Dustin Moseley last season. Moseley also had surgery to strengthen the capsule.
The injury could result in Darnell becoming the 11th player – and third left fielder -- on the Padres disabled list.
Carlos Quentin had knee surgery on March 19 and has yet to play -- although general manager Josh Byrnes Thursday said he hopes Quentin, whose knee has improved since having a cortisone injection on Wednesday, will be activated during the club's next road trip.
Kyle Blanks is out for the season after having surgery on his left shoulder on April 24.
Darnell was 4-for-17 with a double and a home run since being promoted from Tucson on May 11. He had made four starts in left and one at third base.
Meanwhile, the Padres bid to win three straight games for the first time this season ended as the Dodgers avoided their first three-game losing streak.
The key to the Dodgers win was 33-year-old native San Diegan and former Padre Aaron Harang.
The right-hander blanked the Padres on four hits over seven innings. Harang didn't walk a hitter and struck out six in his third appearance against the Padres this season. The Patrick Henry High and San Diego State product is 1-1 against the Padres this season with a 2.77 earned run average.
Reserve catcher John Baker had two of the Padres four hits against Harang and is 7-for-12 in his last three starts. Second baseman Alexi Amarista had an infield single in his first start as a Padre.
Harang, who was 14-7 with a 3.64 ERA in 28 starts for the Padres last season, signed a two-year, $12 million contract with the Dodgers last winter after he and the Padres agreed not to exercise their mutual option for 2012 at $3.75 million.
Harang's victory Thursday night was his first over the Padres since July 30, 2005 at Petco Park.
The Dodgers scored twice in the first against Padres starter Edinson Volquez, who allowed five runs (two unearned thanks to a dropped line drive by center fielder Cameron Maybin in the fifth) on seven hits over five innings.
Volquez issued three walks, with inning-opening passes in the first and second resulting in Dodger runs.
The Padres had won the past four games started by Volquez, who is 0-2 in three starts against the Dodgers this season.
"Edinson didn't quite have the command of all his pitches tonight," said Black of Volquez, who had a 1.42 ERA over his last four starts. "His stuff was fine, but he didn't pitch as well.
"But the story tonight was Harang."
Another former Padre, Tony Gwynn Jr., was one of four Dodgers with two hits.
The Dodgers are now 7-2 against the Padres this season and 17-4 over the last 21 games.


text: meet grace and parson. after seeing my work on a cup of jo, they flew all the way from hong kong for an engagement session. how cool is that? grace had been to the states before but this was parson's first time! crazy. when we arrived at their bed and breakfast in santa monica, they were waiting outside, impeccably dressed. huge smiles on their faces. friendly waves. we knew right then and there that this was going to be a good day. the beach, only minutes away, provided the perfect backdrop. and streamers only added to the fun. we hope their time here was well worth the trip. one day we'll get to go to hong kong. and it'll be so nice to know that we have 2 friends there, who will no doubt greet us with those huge smiles and friendly waves again… mw

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Is Your Preaching Up to Snuff?
I want to examine one place where there is entirely too much mediocrity in the church of Jesus Christ: preaching. For about 40 weekends each year I am with some body of Christ somewhere in the world. Often I am not able to get out on Saturday, so I will attend the service of the local congregation (when I am not scheduled to preach). What I am about to say will probably get me into trouble, but I am convinced it needs to be said. I am saddened and distressed to say it, but I am tired of hearing boring, inadequately prepared theological lectures, delivered by uninspired preachers reading manuscripts, all done in the name of biblical preaching.
I am not surprised that peoples' minds wander. I am not surprised that people are struggling to keep attentive and awake. I am surprised that more aren't. They are being taught by one who has not brought the proper weapons into the pulpit to fight for them and with them. Preaching is more than regurgitating your favorite exegetical commentary, recasting the sermons of your favorite preachers, or reshaping notes from one of your favorite seminary classes. It is bringing the transforming truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ from a passage that has been properly understood, cogently and practically applied, and delivered with the engaging tenderness and passion of a person who has been broken and restored by the very truths he now stands to communicate. You simply cannot do this without proper preparation, meditation, confession, and worship.
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Mary Herberger, retired State Supreme Court clerk
Oct. 17, 1957 – Dec. 28, 2013
Mary E. Herberger, of Strykersville, a retired New York State Supreme Court clerk, died Saturday in Mercy Hospital after a short illness. She was 56.
A native of Buffalo, the former Mary E. Kelly was a graduate of Mount Mercy Academy and Hilbert College. She retired in 2009 after a 31-year career in the courts.
She was the widow of Daniel Herberger, a former Erie County sheriff's deputy and state court officer.
Survivors include two daughters, Lauren Richards and Erin Larazinski; two sisters, Katherine Kelly and Patricia Carcaci; two brothers, the Rev. John Kelly and Michael Kelly of West Seneca; and five grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Gabriel Church, 5271 Clinton St., Elma, following prayers at 8:45 a.m. in the Urban-Amigone Funeral Home, 7540 Clinton St. at Girdle Road in Elma.


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The next Arizona Systems Management User Group meeting will be this Thursday, October 26, 2006 in the Microsoft Office here in Phoenix (2929 N. Central Ave., Suite 1400) from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Javier Rodriguez and I will be covering Windows Vista and the Business Desktop Deployment Tool.
I will not be validating for parking, so please plan accordingly as the parking garage does charge $1 / half hour. Also, it would be helpful if you are able to get to the office by 5:15 or so as the elevators do "turn off" after hours and will require badge access to get to the 14th floor. If you can't get there by 5:15, don't worry as I will be checking on a regular basis to let people up.
Also, as an extra incentive, I have over 40 SMS 2003 Administrator Companion books to give out to everyone who attends. If we have more than 40 folks, this will be a great reason for me to get more books.
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I am new to Linux. I am not full Linux yet. I have tried many versions of Linux (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Knoppix, Redhat, etc) but this has got to be the best I have ever tried. I have even tried version 12 of Mint and it was nothing like version 13 (it was good but not this good). I have tried most every version of Linux going over the years but nothing compares to this one. I had to come here and tell you why I am so impressed with Mint 13. I have a nettop. Acer Aspire. 250GB hd, of course only 1GB ram, 10.1" screen and a single core w/HT Atom firstname.lastname@example.com with Windows 7. This thing says it can play HD video. Well it does.....sort of. It plays 1280x720 HD with lots of pausing and freezing. Play 1920x1080 and the audio plays but the video just freezes and never really starts to play. I put Mint 13 on a thumb drive and booted my nettop with that. I then plugged in another thumb drive with a 1080p movie on it and it actually played. Froze a little but still it played. So I decided to install Mint on my nettop to see how well that would work. I couldn't believe it. 1920x1080p played without freezing or pausing! I brought up the system monitor. It pause playing for about 1 second while the hard drive was being accessed and then resumed playing. System monitor said cpu was at 96-98 percent. Thats where Windows 7 was with 1280x720! If Windows 8 isn't revised and the taskbar and start menu restored, this is what will be on my 5 computers (2 desktops, 2 laptops and my nettop). I'm sure I can find alternative software for what I use in Windows.
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Local author's wine book gaining traction
Author combines industry experience and certifications to write an introduction to wine
Since the Summer 2013 release of the new book Nose, Legs, Body!, Know Wine Like The Back of Your Hand, tasting rooms and wine country merchants nationwide have embraced local author Len Napolitano's new wine guide for beginners. In its first seven months, over 100 locations across 18 states have added the book to their gift shop shelves.
"Nose, Legs, Body! is an entertaining and informative addition to our gift shop and has quickly become one of our top selling wine educational publications," says Catherine Bannister, the visitor center manager at The Hess Collection in Napa, California.
Nose, Legs, Body! Know Wine Like The Back of Your Hand (Wineology Press, 186 pages, $14.99 retail) has already been recognized three times for its quality of content and format. It won a Gold Award, the highest honor issued by the Non-Fiction Authors Association, a Benjamin Franklin Digital Award Silver Seal of Excellence by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), and a QED Seal of Approval by the Digital Book Awards. It was also chosen as one of the best booze books of 2013 by 805 Living Magazine.
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Napolitano believes as readers begin to understand wine and appreciate its potential to complement so much in life, new possibilities open up for joyful experiences in socializing, dining, and everyday living. The book helps strengthen readers' passion for wine by knowing its most pertinent terms, processes, and styles while helping them gain confidence in making wine selections at restaurants, wine shops, or online. It improves wine and food pairing experiences and teaches wine subtleties through experiential instruction inside each chapter.
Napolitano says, "I've earned certification by two national wine education organizations, taken classes at U.C. Davis, and made wine at home, but it's my ten years of personal selling directly to winemakers that has given me the most practical wine knowledge."
The author, a wine columnist for Sonoma, CA-based Wine Country This Week magazine and former "wineologist" on TV's Fine Living Network, takes readers from wine beginner to wine savvy, fitting a bounty of useful information into 50 concise answers to common, yet critical, wine questions. He lives with his wife Kathy Kelly in Templeton, CA.
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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by 440roadrunner, Sep 13, 2009.
I have an older craftsman Industrial floor model with the skinny belt and its worked fine for almost 20 years now in home use,And yes there is a difference or at least WAS a difference between their Industrial and home owner power tools bigger shafts ,bearings etc. in the industrial I have the manual someplace and there was a jack shaft set up available for some of the presses but without the book in front of me I'm not sure how they fit.
After reading your post I had to go look at mine. It's a standup, floor model, 1 H.P., 15", Craftsman. Has a 5/8" chuck,12 speeds, speed range: 250-3100 RPM. The belt looks to be a 3/8", but the pullies look like they would accept a 1/2" belt. I bought it NEW from a cousin 20 years ago for $100.00; he was having $ trouble at the time. I've NEVER used it! Butch/56sedandelivery.
I've used one for 35 years and never had a problem with the belt.I destroyed the bushing on the chuck shaft trying to use it for a mill.bbtom30
If belt slippage is a problem you can get clear round polyurethane belts like from http://www.pyramidbelts.com/rbelts.php
I've had my Craftsman Model 113.24611 floor model drill press since early 1977. Under the model number is the date code, mine is 12-76. It is a 8 pulley 380 to 8550 speed 1/2" chuck that used belt #91745, 3/16"X45". First belt lasted a couple of years, went to Sears and bought two, one as a backup. Still haven't used the backup. Never had a problem with belt slippage and when it's not in use I release the tension on the belt. It's been a good shop press. No problems. The FOGGER
HAd one,,and was great
I looked everywhere for the 1/4" belt, and could not find one, I finally settled on a 3/8" belt that rides on top of the edges of the pulley sheaves, and it has been working that way for years.
Ive been had a fan belt on my drill press for the past 12 years and its worked great.
Same with my band saw, super primitive but it works, never bogs down or slips even cutting 1/2 plate
i have a commerical floor model from 1972, i bought it for $100 (with a new motor ) about 7 years ago and it has the black 1/4 belt (sorta like a sewing machine belt). i've never replaced it, it's never slipped or anything and i used it at work but it's home now.
Craftsman has never MADE anything. It's just a brand name on someone elses stuff
I have an old Craftsman press, it looks A LOT older than the one from 1972 pictures above.
It uses a 1/2" belt, but one of the mounts that holds the motor on and in position was broken when I got it (free about 20 years ago!). Anyway, the belt slipped for a long time, never paid it much mind until I decided to replace the belt because it got really hard and it was hard to turn.
I put a new belt on, and managed to get it where it would not slip, and in short order I figured out that I liked it BETTER when it was slipping because when the belt would slip, the piece I was drilling was less prone to beat the shit out of me when the bit would stick...
I "fixed" the belt so it would slip again...
Food for thought...
any good bearing house can get you a belt. i use german metric belts and have to wait sometimes but i can get them and they are 1/2 the price and same O.E.M. belts right down to the brand. the internet is your friend google width and length and you might find one. durabelt 1-800 770 23 58 hillard oh. what is length and do you have picture of belt?
You can get the belts from Sears Online.
Agree with 39 ALL FORD. A little slip is OK.
One of my friends has a gear driven drill press. I like it because you can slow it down to 45 RPM. Good for hole saw work. But it shows no mercy when the bit hangs up.
Well that's right around the age of mine about 1974 and it's still running on the same skinny belt put on 1 week before I bought if from the company I worked for because some clod hit the side of the chuck with a piece of steel and broke the lower spindle bearing.mine has a lever on the motor mount so you can release the belt tension easily I just loosen the belt when it's not being used.
hell the only way I remember is I've had the drillpress longer than my youngest kids been living for some reason 35 years and 1974 gotta be worked out in my mind too. for us the 70s wasn't that long ago was it ?
I bought a nice, used older model Crafstman drill press out of the newspaper bargain box a few years ago and was shocked when I got it home and seen how thin that drive belt was. No belt problems yet, though (knock on wood!). I do wish I could slow the thing down even slower for hole-saw work, large drill bits, etc. A lot of people think the test of a good drill press is Max RPM but that's a huge mis-conception. The TRUE test of a good drill press is how SLOW you can get the spindle to turn. I would like to install a jack-shaft on mine if possible for slower spindle speeds. Oh yeah, a quick safety tip is that I have a friend that like to install a "dead man pedal" on his drill press for operation. It's a great idea actually.......a simple pedal wired in to the motor that must be stepped on for operation. If you get in situation (and it DOES happen!) where the bit grabs the work and you have both hands occupied, all you have to do is step off the pedal and it kills the power. Great, simple idea that can save a finger or two!
Get your belts quick and return your broken ratchets .Sears isn't doing that well. I heard this.
I have never had a problem with sears telling me who manufactured a product for them this started 35+ years go when I tried getting parts for a craftsman 1/4 HP compressor now when I check on a part from them I ask who made the particular tool.If something happens to Sears that still leaves you a way to get parts.Find out where your power tools are made now.
The speed reducer for your drillpress is Craftsman Catalog No. 9-24646. It reduces to 140 and 210 rpm, includes a pulley that mounts on top of the column and two belts.
Fits the following models;
113.24580 thru ***82
113.24590 thru ***92
113.21300, **310, **370,**371
113.24610, **630
Hope this helps.
Sorry, just checked this part has been discontinued.
You may be able to find replacement V-belts at a True Value Hardware store.
I had no probs getting a pair of belts for my lathe there.
Add a short bolt with thick (3/16"+) washer and use it for a brace/stop when you're drilling a small enough piece that you can hold it down by hand.
Shown here is a stainless tray JB Welded to a couple pieces of 1" square tubing and bolted to the drill press base.
Very handy.
If you look close at the above pic, you'll see part of a Vise-Grip one jawed piece that they make for use as a drill-press clamp.
I have a second one that's screw operated, but seldom use it cuz the Vise-Grip model is so handy.
Note too, the drill press is a bench model mounted on a home-made stand.
Very handy and in some aspects, handier than a floor model drill press.
1" x 2" x .120 wall rect tubing fwiw.
Another pic of the stand, note the leveling bolts.
Most importantly, also shown is the drill press vise.
Goes a long ways toward safer operations.
This one is the adjustable angle model, not often used, but handy at times.
A non adjustable drill press vise doesn't cost much.
Not shown are the thin (1/16" and 1/8") aluminum angle pieces to pad the vise when you don't want to chance scratching up the workpiece.
The T-bar shown here makes for a handy height stand.
Worked out well since the bench vise wasn't too far away.
You do need a height adjustable support for the really long stuff.
A shorter one is handy for the bandsaw if you have one.
10 years and no problem with mine, if yours has been slipping a long time for what ever reason, the pulley grooves might be all glazed. Take some Scotchbrite pads and remove the glaze and then replace the belt, should be O.K.
Good info in this thread....I recently picked a press up of this vintage for $40....all works well but I'll be using this info to order a spare belt or two
I hear you on the workpiece getting away from you.
The stop works well on thin strap and the like as well as allows you to use one clamp where two would normally be used on other workpieces.
Found a pic of the Vise-Grip hold-down clamp.
I need to get a 2nd one, but keep forgetting.
The drill-press I have is a Taiwan made one and imo much better quality than the Chinese imports I've been seeing.
It's about 30 + years old and I bought it from Santa Fe Tools in San Fernando.
What makes it especially nice is the Taiwan copy of the self-locking Albrecht type chuck.
Only a 1/2" capacity and I do miss the 5/8" chuck I had on the press, but no big deal, I just machine drill shanks down in the lathe so they fit a 1/2" chuck.
Guess I'm not the only one, got a 1 3/8" diameter bit for a dollar at the local swap and somebody had cut it down to 1/2"....
Craftsman belts can be ordered from sears parts online. They are under $10.00 if memory is correct.
Here's a pic of a Delta Vise-Grip type drill press clamp.
A little different and it looks like a little less capacity than a genuine Vise-Grip.
If that doesn't work, here's the main page, scroll to the bottom.
More than likely you can find Vise-Grip at Home Depot and similar.
We have several of those at work and the Skinny belt works just fine, ours are probably seventies vintage, Old BD maule bought what he could find on sale or junked or thrown out and fixed em. We probably have the oddest assortment of drill presses anyone has ever seen, everything from the usual old craftsman, to oddball Swedish presses and Finnish presses no one has ever heard of. I think we had to replace one of those skinny belts one time, that was after who knows how many hours, I remember one was split in half the belt was whipping around, and the dam thing still held up for a year. Had to order them from sears though.
Of course not they bought K-fart, been in one of those stores lately? it will depress you. Sears isn't sears anymore, if they would do things the way they used to, they would be fine, but they are more interested in selling womens clothes then tools. Tractor Supply reminds me of the old sears.
Mine has the little 1/4" belt, works fine... No problems.
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If it came down to it, you could probably find 3/8" sheave replacement pulleys without too much trouble.
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The Escondido Public Library's annual Food for Fines program begins after Thanksgiving.
Instead of paying fines on overdue materials, patrons may donate food items that the library will give to Interfaith Community Services in Escondido. Interfaith distributes food to needy families throughout North County.
Typically, the library collects about 100 boxes of food during the monthlong program.
Patrons may clear up to $15 in fines through food donations. Expensive items such as canned hams and powdered infant formula may count for up to $5 in fines per item. Nonperishable items such as canned vegetables, tuna and dried pasta will count for up to $1 in fines per item. Non-nutritious items such as candy and chips, damaged cans and food that has passed its expiration date will not be accepted. Food donations may be used only to clear library late fines, not fees for lost or damaged books.
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Christchurch, New Zealand (AFP) June 13, 2011
A series of strong quakes, including a 6.0-magnitude tremor, rocked New Zealand's Christchurch on Monday, causing one building to collapse and fraying nerves in the stricken city.
Prime Minister John Key said power had been cut to some 6,000 homes after the quakes, in which 10 people were injured by falling debris but no-one killed, according to initial figures gathered from emergency personnel.
The US Geological Survey and New Zealand authorities measured Monday's biggest quake at magnitude 6.0, placing the epicentre nine kilometres (5.6 miles) deep and within 14 kilometres of the country's second largest city.
The major aftershock followed a string of earlier tremors, including a 5.2-magnitude jolt which caused building damage in the city, which is still recovering from a magnitude 6.3 quake in February which killed 181 people.
"These latest aftershocks have caused a renewed level of concern and upset for Christchurch residents who have found them frightening and unsettling," the prime minister said.
"However, today's event in no way weakens the government's long-term commitment to rebuild Christchurch and its surrounding areas."
Christchurch mayor Bob Parker agreed it had been "a nasty shake".
"People will be shaken. I don't think we are going to come out of this completely unscathed," he told Sky News.
Police confirmed that a structure had fallen over in central Christchurch, much of which is still blocked off after the major earthquake earlier this year, but said nobody was trapped in the rubble.
Fire officers rescued two people from St John's Church in Latimer Square in the city centre, which was damaged by the quake.
The 6.0-magnitude shock prompted police to fully evacuate an area of the damaged central city known as the red zone, while rock falls closed several bridges and prompted the closure of one police station.
Police urged residents to check on friends and neighbours, and to stay at home and avoid travelling if possible, but residents gridlocked the roads as they attempted to find their way home and reach family.
Empty cars stood abandoned on the roads towards Christchurch, while traffic lights were out in much of the city.
Local Richard Wills said he was inside his apartment when the first quake hit, knocking items off shelves.
"The second one was appreciably more violent," he told AFP.
Wills said the series of quakes, following earlier tremors, was preying on people's nerves, many of whom had their homes or businesses destroyed by the February upheaval and were still experiencing regular aftershocks.
"I feel very, very sorry for them, I wouldn't like to be in their position," Wills said.
The series of quakes came just hours after the opening of an inquest examining why an office block collapsed in February's earthquake, killing more than 100 people, including 65 foreign students.
When the first tremors hit around lunchtime, lawyers and relatives of those killed when the Canterbury Television (CTV) building toppled and then burst into flames on February 22 fled the building as windows rattled.
Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepson said people would have been shaken quite strongly after New Zealand's South Island had endured much seismic activity in recent months.
"It seems like they are going to keep happening. Since they had that really big earthquake it seems to me like it activated all these different faults. But it's just a guessing game what is going to happen next," he said.
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A New Zealand inquest starting on Monday will look at why an office block collapsed during February's Christchurch earthquake, killing 106 people, including 65 foreign students. The Canterbury Television (CTV) building collapsed then burst into flames when a 6.3-magnitude quake hit the country's second largest city on February 22, killing those trapped inside the twisted wreckage. The st ... read more
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I'm posting some picture of my 2 singer sewing machines. The 1 singer, I've had for a while. The other singer machine, I bought today for $30.00. The women said she's taken care of it, and had thing's done to it to keep in good running condition. I don't know why I bought it. Now I have 2 singer's, and 3 Husqvarna/viva/victoria/viking. And 3 irons. I was telling a friend, and she said it this way. BOYS AND THERE TOYS. I never thought of it that way.. Take care everyone, and WELCOME to the new members. Don-isewman
My 1st singer sewing machine. I use the heck out of it also.
A close up view of my singer..
The little seat that came withe the singer I bought
A picture of the sewing machine. I will have 2 close up picture, that are a little closer.
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Russian footballer Andrey Arshavin is reportedly set to quit football when his contract at Arsenal comes to an end this summer following his increasing disillusionment during his final season at the club.
Arshavin, who has two months left on his current deal which he signed after joining the Gunners for a record 15 million pounds in February 2009, will not be offered a new deal despite his initial popularity among fans, the Independent reports.
According to the report, Arshavin has grown so disillusioned with both the absence of viable alternatives and the game itself that he is contemplating walking away altogether from the game, adding that personal reasons such as a split from his wife may have contributed to his decision.
The report also said that Arshavin faces an uncertain future as no clubs have shown an interest in him, adding that although Arsenal have widely circulated is availability, the clubs' lack of interest may be centred partly on the footballer's high wages, which is approximately 95,000 pounds a week.
According to sources, Arshavin's fall from grace may have arisen from the club's boss Arsene Wenger habit of frequently playing the footballer out of his normal position.
Arshavin's most memorable contribution came against Liverpool in April 2009 when he scored all four goals in a dramatic 4-4 draw at Anfield.
Building on an impressive series of performances at Euro 2008, Arshavin appeared ready to take the Premier League by storm but his effectiveness gradually eroded, the report added. (ANI)


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While the final running order has yet to be set, 20 stories have been selected from between 1913 and 1914 for inclusion in Volume 2 of The Best of Adventure series.
The stories, include authors both familiar and forgotten to today's readers, represent historical and modern-set fiction (modern as in circa 1914) in all corners of the globe.
Those stories selected are:
"Orders Gray" by Marion Polk Angellotti [Medieval Italy]
"The Black Violin" by Nevil G. Henshaw [New Orleans]
"The Capture of Lone Bill" by Hapsburg Liebe [Western]
"Paid" by W. Townend [Afghanistan]
"The Shanghaied Policeman" by S.B.H. Hurst [New York]
"The Sea-Wife's Challenge" by Henry Oyen [Brooklyn; North Atlantic; some fantasy elements]
"In a Righteous Cause" by Talbot Mundy [India]
"Messire Richard" by Warwick Deeping [Medieval England]
"The Word of Borgia" by Raphael Sabatini [Renaissance Italy]
"The Getting of Boh Na-Ghee" by Gordon McCreagh [Burma]
"Clearing a Snarl" by Frederick William Wallace [North Atlantic fishing]
"Down the River" by G.W. Ogden [Colonial Mississippi]
"The Impulsiveness of Black Douglas" by Stephen Chalmers [Northwest Mounties]
"The Chang-Hwa Pearl" by H.D. Couzens [China; South Seas; Hawaii]
"Queen of the Species" by Prince Sarath Ghosh [India]
"The Taking of Peter Pan" by George Brydges Rodney [Mexico; humorous]
"Ultimate Inheritors" by Berg Bellair [Mojave Desert; science fiction]
"A Maker of Wars" by Edgar Wallace [Africa; humorous]
"Safe or Out?" by Hugh S. Fullerton [Ohio; baseball; humorous]
"The Greenstone Mask" by Allan Dunn [South Seas]
As we near the late July 2011 publication date, check back for future announcements about the Best of Adventure, Vol.2— 1913-1914 in the offing.


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Patrick makes up for sister's exit
Patrick Jack and his sister Katherine had contrasting fortunes at the Clubworld Travel Ulster Junior Open tournament at the Boat Club yesterday.
Patrick progressed to the second round of the boys Under-16 singles with a tense three-set win over Joe Davis of the ATT club in Ballymena.
In a marathon two-hour battle, the Boat Club player prevailed on a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 scoreline to set up a meeting with Warrenpoint's Ben Lavery.
Unfortunately his younger sister was unable to make it a family double success as she bowed out of the U-12 girls event. Katherine went down in an equallly exciting contest as she lost 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to CIYMS player Julia Baxter.
In the U-18 boys singles, Boat Club's Thomas Armstrong was also involved in a three-setter as he came from behind to beat Johnny Evans 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Armstrong's hard-fought victory has earned him a difficult quarter-final tie with second seeded Hilden player Peter Corrie.
Earlier in the day, Armstrong advanced in the U-16 age-group as he had a 6-3, 6-7, 6-0 win over Sullivan Upper schoolboy Harry Morris.
Dublin visitor Megan Mulgrew will meet Hawarden's Jessica Leeman in the U-16 quarter-finals after coming from a set down to defeat Dundalk's Roisin Kelly 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
The action continues all week with the finals scheduled for Saturday with brothers Matthew and Ben McClurg seeded to meet in the U-18 final while Donagadee's Lucy Octave is the favourite to lift the corresponding girls title.
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A snap to make for crocheters and even NON-crocheters, this jingle bell garland would be the perfect accompaniment to your homemade ornaments. PDF: Jingle Bell Garland.
Here's what you need to make it:
- one package (50 count) 15mm jingle bells
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Thread yarn onto the darning needle and thread ALL the jingle bells onto the yarn. Work the bells down the yarn a few yards or more, so you don't run out of yarn as you chain. I actually spaced the bells out. So there was a half a dozen at two yards out and a half dozen two yards after that. As I worked, I just scooted the bells along.
Form a slip knot, insert hook and bring the first jingle bell down to the knot.
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*Bring the next jingle bell down to the hook and chain 15. Repeat from * until all the bells are used. Secure with a knot. A drop of glue hot glue on the knot doesn't hurt either!
If you've never crocheted before, or if you need step by step instructions, follow this link to Curbly for an in-depth how-to.


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The Courier Journal is a regular normal every-day newspaper out of Louisville, Kentucky. James K. Willmot is a normal every-day former science teacher at a Goshen Kentucky school. He works in a lab now in Britain, but he's from Louisville. The following Op Ed in the Courier-Journal by James Willmot should be sobering for anyone living in the readership zone of that paper, or anyone with kids in the area:
There is a great educational injustice being inflicted upon thousands of children in this country, a large percentage of whom come from the Kentucky, Ohio and, Indiana areas. The source of this injustice is a sophisticated Christian ministry that uses the hook of dinosaurs, the guarantee of an afterlife, and the horrors of hell to convince children and their families to believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible. The tax-exempt ministry, Answers in Genesis, and its new $28 million creation museum in Boone County has become the de facto source of science information to thousands of Christians who are throwing away reason and 500 years of scientific inquiry and replacing it with ignorant dogma.
If adults want to believe in a 6,000-year-old Earth, that dinosaurs and humans lived together in harmony (all dinosaurs were vegetarians, you see) and that Noah saved all of the Earth's animal species by placing them on his ark, then they have the right to do so. What I object to is that thousands of children, particularly the growing number of Christian home-schooled children in this country, are visiting the museum in droves, much to the delight of the museum's founder, Ken Hamm.
Willmot continues with some comparisons between the US and Britain, where ne now lives, the fraudulent nature of the Creationism Museum, and the issue of reconciling religious objectives including home schooling and science.
The story is located here, and you can certainly go there and add a comment to the growing discussion!
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The packed room at state Supreme Court in Mineola was quiet as a riveting closing argument was delivered. The trial -- a lawsuit in which a young man sued a computer college for deceiving him into enrolling -- had gone on for nearly two hours. Each three-member legal team presented opening and closing statements, introduced documentary evidence, questioned witnesses and argued evidentiary objections.
Now, the counsel for the plaintiff finished an impassioned five-minute presentation and sat down. All eyes turned to the judge for the verdict. I fidgeted in my seat, feeling anxious.
This wasn't an actual trial. It was the New York State Bar Association's annual High School Mock Trial Tournament. Despite its name, the proceeding feels like the real thing.
As a practicing attorney, I've had the privilege of acting as volunteer coach of the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School team for a decade. Each year is rewarding, and this season's team put in countless hours of preparation despite many other academic and personal commitments.
The team consisted of eight seniors and four juniors -- a plaintiff's squad of three lawyers and three witnesses and a corresponding defendant's squad.
From the moment it received the detailed materials for the fictional case of Martin v. CPU in December, the team treated the case like a matter of life or death. The students practiced just about every weekday afternoon, on most weekends, and sometimes at the ungodly hour (at least for teens) of 8 a.m. They emailed and texted me constantly with ideas to improve their arguments.
Their passion, focus and commitment paid off as both parts of the team advanced from the initial round of 45 schools to the quarterfinals.
In the case at hand, the no-nonsense John Kase -- who recently retired as supervising judge of Nassau County Court -- finally spoke from the bench. With little explanation, he ruled against our client and in favor of the team from Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence. And just like that, our season was over.
Afterward, there were hugs and crying. And some unwarranted but predictable self-recrimination.
"We should have practiced longer," one student said.
"I should have known the rules of evidence better," said a second.
"I should have been more aggressive with my objections, even after the judge overruled me," said another.
And I berated myself for failing to prepare the team for an unexpected argument that came up from the defense.
At our post-trial dinner at Grimaldi's in Garden City, I urged the students to focus on the positives: They'd honed skills that will serve them well in life -- reasoning, writing, persuasive argument in public, thinking on their feet, working together. They also learned a painful lesson: No matter how competent and prepared you are, there may be times when even your best won't be good enough to succeed. But that doesn't make you a failure. Sometimes, your opponent is just a little better. And, sometimes, life just isn't fair.
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I have had the Sony Ericsson T300 for a month now and I easily get fed up of phones. This one i haven't. The features are endless and even if you are bored of the current applications, it is simple to download new ones. The style of the phone is very nice. Being a retro style. The only problem i had was that it gets scratched very easily so make sure you keep it in a cover. A good point is the screen quality. If you are very technical about phones, you will realise that the phone has less screen colours than most Nokia's for example. It has 256 colours whereas the most common is 4096. I had a Nokia 3510i before this phone. I don't notice the difference in the screen quality. The games on this phone are terrific. There is Erix, Space Invaders, Black Jack and Mini Golf. They all give a good representation of the screen quality. Polyphonic ringtones on the whole are on the hole, quieter than monophonic ringtones. The T300 takes these sounds to a whole new level by giving it a louder ring. The joystick gives fantastic mobility throughout the phones's menus. Above all these good points, there are two bad points. 1. The joystick can be hard to get used to and complicated to use when you first get the phone. 2. The battery has a slight slight spring to it. This has been a common problem and is a fault, it isn't supposed to be like it. Rather than fitting snugly, it pushes the back cover out ever so slightly. If the problem occurs, return the phone. All in all, the T300 is a fantastic phone and is far better than any of the Nokias.


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An old British IT hack speaks out!
There's nothing intrinsically wrong with a new medium, although new things always have their critics. But rapid, radical change will often shake up the status quo, and not always in a good way. File sharing has scared the living daylights out of the music, film and TV industries, with
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Before all you Web-evangelising readers get your hackles up, I should explain a few things. I come from a print journalism background. I've been writing about the IT industry for over a decade, and spent five years editing the UK's number one-selling computing monthly,
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But you'd be wrong. I'm not arguing that the Web is ruining the quality of writing or the ability to find a good story. I actually believe there is more chance of a meritocracy on the Web, where good writing and clever scoops can prevail over corporate interest and politics – because readers have more chance of deciding directly which stories make quality journalism.
Although I might bite my own head off if I read another over-excited article about the "wisdom of crowds" (Surely they're teaching James Surowiecki in kindergarten now?), it is pretty common sense that the more people there are trying to do something, the more chance it has of happening. It's just the million monkeys and typewriters cliché all over again.
There's a much more dangerous threat from online journalism, however. As
rather convincingly a few months ago
there are some pretty well established websites out there which will go to much greater lengths to win advertising than print ever would have when I was a magazine editor. Whilst print titles have become increasingly desperate in the last few years as advertising revenue drops through the floor, and their standards might well be slipping too, this still doesn't make it a good thing. In fact, it's a crisis which could destroy the whole idea of truthful product review journalism.
Let's look at all this from the varying perspectives of the major parties concerned, starting with the advertisers. If you're an IT company with X amount of money to spend on promotion, and a website with a few million readers is offering not only to run your banner ads for a given fee, but to publish a certain number of articles as well, that sounds like a great deal. If another website will give you favourable coverage for merely sending a product in and
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, why bother advertising at all?
This is all brilliant for an advertiser –- you can use your money to influence the market, and get coverage for your products so they sell better than those of companies with less money to spend. The IT company will be happy, and the website will be happy as it wins ad revenue away from other more scrupulous sites -- and print magazines too.
The websites in question don't see this as unethical at all, in large part because their first job in journalism was on their own website. Here is the argument given to explain how they don't quite see the line between editorial and advertising -- and this is quoted virtually word for word from one website editor I've discussed this with in the past:
"You're sent two products, and you only have time to review one. Surely it makes sense to review the one from the advertiser who supports your website financially, rather than the one which doesn't?"
Sounds quite reasonable, right? Well, it makes some commercial sense. But it's already well on the way down a slippery slope away from editorial content you can trust. If you're going to do your readers a proper service, you really should review both products, and not be afraid to publish even if the non-advertiser's product is better. That is your job as a journalist.
Anything else is morally reprehensible on a number of levels. From a journalist's perspective, having to write articles because of the deal a salesperson has made, rather than because the topic is newsworthy and of interest to the audience, is at its very best a reversal of the way things have traditionally been in journalism. The articles are quite likely to be boring for the reader, too.
At its worst, though, this arrangement is a complete enslavement of the truth to the corporate purse and industrial interests. Sure, you can say that you will still print the truth, whether it annoys the advertisers or not. But how is that really going to work if the advertiser was sold editorial coverage as part of their advertising deal? The advertiser is definitely not going to pay their bills if the articles they were promised turn out to be against them. So, in reality, there will be pressure on the journalist to pull their punches, rather than report things as they are and provide the audience with an unbiased article.
From a reader's perspective, the situation is even worse. You won't be able to trust that the products, which you are being told are the best, aren't just those from the company which paid the website for the most coverage. Why should you trust anything these websites say? And, unfortunately, if enough websites have this attitude, how will you know which ones to trust, if any at all? You might become entirely disillusioned with the Web.
This is the crisis journalism currently faces, and it needs to be rooted out. Right now, some advertisers are regularly favouring websites which sell editorial along with advertising. Why wouldn't they? They get more for their money. But in the long run this is selling the product-buying public down the river.
When reading information from the Web, it's very easy to treat it as a level playing field, because you can't always tell if one very well-coded website is actually run by a clever 19-year-old in his bedroom, whilst another more clunky one is the result of a respected publisher which hasn't quite got grips with Web technology yet. And the 19-year-old really could be doing more thorough testing and writing better articles than the lumbering old publishing company.
Nevertheless you, as web readers, need to be aware of what could be going on behind the scenes, and if a website looks fishy, make sure word gets around. Post on forums, blog it, make your own YouTube video. But this linking of editorial and advertising must be nipped in the bud before it's too late. Otherwise, this fantastic democratic Web medium will actually be a puppet of the company with the biggest bucks, and you won't be able to trust anything you read at all.
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MALIBU, Calif. - Connor Brewer does not have the strongest arm and he's not the biggest quarterback out here and the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Chaparral standout knows it, careful to know his limitations. That's one of the things that make him so good.
Brewer, who committed to Texas in February, had his best moments at the Elite 11 during 7-on-7 action when he could read the play, go through his progressions and make the right throw. Intelligence is not lacking with Brewer, who at 6-foot-2 and 195 pounds is by no means tiny but was not one of the bigger quarterbacks at the event.
"I don't have the biggest arm and I'm not 6-4, I'm not the biggest kid out here so I was excited to come out here and make my progressions and study and do everything," Brewer said. "I came out and started a little slow and ended pretty good so it was fine. It's definitely something to build on.
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"You can't do anything about your size. You're born how you are and you just have to play within yourself and make the throws you're capable of.
"You have to be careful not to force anything and that's a big mistake that all these undersized kids try to overuse their arm and they get picked off a bunch. You just have to use your head and study a lot and make up for the things you're lacking."
There is no doubt Brewer is one of the more cerebral quarterbacks in the 2012 class and that helped him throw for 2,677 yards with 37 touchdowns and six interceptions in his junior season. As a sophomore, Brewer had 1,896 yards with 20 scores and six picks.
Rivals.com rates Brewer as the fourth-best pro-style quarterback, No. 123 in the 2012 class and third in the Arizona state rankings. Alabama was a top contender and schools from the Pac-12, SEC, Big 12 and other conferences were recruiting him but the Longhorns were always considered a favorite and he ended things in February.
His relationship with new co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Bryan Harsin, who came from Boise State, has gone well and Brewer said he cannot wait to learn even more from Harsin once he gets to Austin.
"Ever since he started recruiting me I really liked him," Brewer said.
"I like him more each time I talk to him. He's one of the smartest football minds I've talked to on the phone or when I went on an unofficial visit and we met up there. I'm excited to get up there and learn some offense from him."
Brewer said he considers last season's 5-7 record - including a 2-6 mark in the Big 12 - more of an aberration than anything else for the Longhorns and sees things getting righted this season. He's confident Texas will turn it around quickly and he hopes to be a part of it soon.
"It's a blip," he said. "It was a big blip for Texas. They're headed in the right direction though.
"I'm not sure they're at the No. 1 national championship spot at this point but they're on the track for that. They've hired all the right guys and coach (Mack) Brown is doing a great job with the guys and Texas is right on track to be one of those top contenders."


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ORCHARD PARK, NY - This may look like a bunch of kids playing in the snow, but there's much more to it than that. These students are taking part in a recent winter camp prepared for them by Earth Spirit, a local environmental education service.
On this day, the group was building a simple snow shelter. Ryan Lohr, one of the students, describes what's going on. "Today we're making quinzees, which is a snow shelter. It looks much like an igloo, but it's not an igloo because it isn't made of ice, it's made of snow. We're also going to make a fire and have a cookout."
Kristin Santillo of the Orchard Park Recreation Department says it's a fun way to learn about some valuable skills that are quietly becoming lost in a blizzard of technology. "So much of our lives revolve around technology and being indoors and using the computer, which is great, but oftentimes they miss out on just being able to be a kid -- to explore the outdoor environment, to get outside and work with their hands, learn how to do things."
These aren't just skills kids can use in the woods; they're gaining important knowledge they can wield in every aspect of their lives.
"Skills out here can be applied to anything," says Jon Roth, one of Earth Spirit's dedicated educators. "You come out here and learn team work, team building, working with individuals, learning to resolve conflict with one another."
Santillo agrees: "The self-esteem, learning how to work with one another, and the teamwork and the conflict resolution, whether you figure out the design or how do we move snow from one place to another, they're all life skills that you don't learn when you're on technology, when you're using an I-Pad."
As they get older, many of these students will pass on the things they've learned to the next generation, perpetuating the health and stewardship of our planet, as well as the legacy of groups like Earth Spirit.
Jodie Kelly of Orchard Park is one of those budding stewards. "You can teach the kids and they'll learn from you, and they can do it," she said. "If the kids that we teach can take our places, that would be cool."
Ryan Lohr is also one of Earth Spirit's protégés." It feels good that we're helping to bring a new generation in and help the future in science."
Roth added, "It's like a little fire inside you, and once you get that fire inside you … you have to pass it on, you pass the torch onto somebody else, you spread that fire wider and wider, and pretty soon, the whole state will be in flames ... in a good way !"
Earth Spirit Educational Services offers a wide variety of outdoor programs for both schools and the public. For more information, visit their website at : www.earthspiritedu.org.


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An Open Letter to Roger Waters: Why Israel Is Not an Apartheid State
I know that your father and my grandfather, who saw and experienced so much pain, bloodshed, and death, would agree that a complex political conflict such as this one deserves a peaceful, productive, and equally complex solution.
Dear Mr. Waters,
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Photos: Mercy Johnson's Waist Cincher Photobombs Her Sexy Shoot At Lagos Hotel
March 18, 2015 – Pictures: Mercy Johnson's Waist Cincher Photobombs Her Sexy Shoot At Lagos Hotel
Nollywood Actress Mercy Johnson Suffers Minor Wardrobe Malfunction
Nigerian actress Mercy Johnson Okojie took to the web last week to share some cropped photos of her hot post-baby body with fans. The beautiful mother of two told fans she took the pics at the intercontinental hotel where she went to grant an interview.
Last night, a source sent NaijaGists.com the full photos the actress probably doesn't want fans to see.
In the full pics, a big contour in MJ's lower belly almost disfigured the whole shoot.
The source said the visible contour in the above photo was caused by her Waist cincher and sadly her photographer didn't notice it.
See more photos below
Mercy Johnson is not to be blamed here, the cameraman should have seen it before it gets to the media.
For the record, Waist Cincher is used by women to reduce their mid section for a perfectly elegant look.
She is still a super hot woman.