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- By Troy Patterson
On Monday night during the ESPN broadcast, the announcers brought up the idea of Bobby Abreu as a potential Hall of Famer. I've had this debate before and thought it might be a good time to look over the numbers again.
The case for Abreu will be an interesting one, as he doesn't have the huge home run numbers, the 3000 hits or even a .300 average. Abreu would be the poster child of the modern player with great power and speed in his prime and one of the best eyes at the plate.
From 1996 to 2012 Abreu walked in 14.7 percent of his plate appearances and his 0.8 walks for every strikeout both rank him high among his peers at the time. His career OBP stands at .397, which is top twenty among his peers of that time period.
Obviously getting on base wasn't just enough as Abreu totaled 285 home runs so far. Abreu probably won't reach 300 home runs this season, but if he can find a team for 2013 he might make that milestone.
What Abreu has done this season to push his hall of fame case is reach a plateau that has a fairly good prediction of reaching the hall. This season Abreu's fWAR* total has reached 63.
This 63 fWAR is interesting because looking back over the history of Hall of Fame voting any player with 63 WAR or more is voted into the hall 84% of the time. Now there is some reason to question this a bit as according to Baseball-reference.com his WAR is 57.7.
This discrepancy along with his less than stellar stat totals will probably leave Abreu on the Hall of Very Good list, but not in the Hall of Fame. He never finished top ten in MVP voting, only had two All Star games, one silver slugger and was largely known as a terrible fielder after he hit thirty years old.
On top of all of that after his 30/30 season in 2001 his power took a dive during the height of the steroid talk in 2002. His power really didn't fall that much as his SLG only fell from .543 to .521, but with only 20 homers many labeled him a potential steroid user.
With all the negatives Abreu just doesn't have the push to get him in the Hall. Even hanging on for the 300 home run level and reaching 63 WAR in baseball-reference calculation won't be enough to get him the votes.
On top of this he has company in the 63 WAR range waiting for him on the ballot. Kevin Brown, Tim Raines and Mark McGwire all sit between 63 and 65 WAR. This group would be a barometer for Abreu and the voters. While Abreu doesn't have the stain of steroids to the level of McGwire his voting would probably go very similar to whatever happens to McGwire.
If I was a voter I would have a very tough choice with Abreu, but I would lean to not voting for him. He's definitely a very good player and his career is very underrated, but he's just not that clear yes vote. If he got in though I wouldn't consider it a travesty and it definitely wouldn't be the worst the voting committee has done.
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Adventist Women's Ministries Emphasis Day is on the Church's Calendar of Days and Events and falls on the second Sabbath each June. It is an opportunity for women to lead out in a worship service and a chance to educate the church regarding the purposes of Women's Ministries. It is an ideal time to introduce your leaders and committee to the church family and to invite women who have not been involved to join.
The Women's Ministries leader should meet with the pastor at least six months prior to this day to discuss special plans for this Sabbath. This is a possible opportunity to plan a full day of activities including Sabbath School, the worship service, a fellowship dinner, and perhaps an afternoon program. The leader may also want to use this time to honour women in the congregation who have done something unusual or outstanding. Resources for this purpose are available through the Conference Women's Ministries director.
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ATLANTA --- A veteran federal judge who was arrested after authorities said he tried to buy cocaine and other drugs to use with a stripper is expected to plead guilty today in Atlanta to some of the charges he faces.
Senior Judge Jack T. Camp, who was arrested in October, plans to plead guilty to some of the charges at a hearing in U.S. District Court, said his attorney Bill Morrison. The attorney declined to disclose which of the charges Camp will plead guilty to. He also would not say whether Camp will step down.
The charges against Camp, 67, who is married with two grown children, were laid out in a shocking eight-page affidavit released days after his Oct. 1 arrest. The judge faces four drug-related charges and one count of possessing firearms while illegally using drugs.
Authorities say a stripper, who previously had a felony drug trafficking conviction, had been secretly working with the FBI since the spring to build a case against the judge. In exchange, prosecutors vowed not to charge her.
Camp's relationship with the dancer, who was only identified as CI-1 in the documents, appears to have begun earlier this year when he received a lap dance from her at an Atlanta strip club, according to the affidavit. Authorities say he returned to the Goldrush Showbar for more dances the next day -- and added sex and cocaine to his tab.
The relationship unraveled in October. The dancer asked Camp to follow her to a parking lot to meet a drug dealer. Camp gave the stripper $160 to buy the drugs from an undercover officer.
Within 10 minutes, FBI agents swarmed the judge's car when he drove to a nearby night club. They recovered the plastic bag containing blue pills and a white substance, along with two guns from his front seat.
Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan from the District of Columbia, was assigned the case because other judges have recused themselves.
It's unclear whether any of the decisions Camp made while he was being investigated will be revisited, but several attorneys have filed appeals or signaled they would do so.


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text: Johannesburg - Jackie Selebi's corruption trial was adjourned briefly on Monday morning when his brother interfered with court proceedings, making comments and pacing up and down the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.Former police commissioner Selebi was being cross-examined by prosecutor Gerrie Nel when his brother George made gestures and told Nel that Selebi "can't answer".This prompted Judge Meyer Joffe to order Selebi's counsel Jaap Cilliers to "deal with him"."Is he part of the Selebi camp? I need you to deal with him. I'm not going to have his comments or interjections in court," said Joffe.Brief meetingCilliers said he was not sure if the man, who was seated with Selebi's relatives, including Selebi's wife, was a family member.He then followed the man outside court, along with Selebi and other family members for a brief meeting.The man's interjections followed an argument of some sort between Nel and Selebi when Selebi took time to answer questions relating to a police reservist who was also being paid as a police informer.The man, Paul Stemmet, was a registered police source who worked closely with Glenn Agliotti to give information to police relating to the smuggling of drugs and contraband goods into the country.Nel had wanted to know why a police reservist was also being paid as an informer.When Selebi stalled, Nel said: "For record purposes, you [Selebi] are not answering... standing hands on hips, staring at me".At this Selebi's brother stood up and walked towards the exit, gesturing with his hands.He then opened the door as if to walk out but then walked back in and went to sit with other family members.FileWhen Selebi eventually answered, he took out a thick file and started reading some printed emails from it. Nel said it was not acceptable for Selebi to read from papers that were not filed with the court.Selebi later explained that Stemmet was being paid as both a police informant and a reservist because the police had used the reservist title as a cover.Nel then asked Selebi why Stemmet was an exception, considering he had taken offence when being told that Paul O'Sullivan worked as both a police reservist and head of security at the OR Tambo International Airport."O Sullivan is Irish and Stemmet is South African," answered Selebi.When Nel probed further and asked if O'Sullivan being Irish was the only reason Selebi had had a problem with him being a police reservist, Selebi kept quiet and that is when his brother shouted, "He can't answer."Selebi was facing a count of corruption and another of defeating the ends of justice in connection with at least R1.2m he allegedly received from Agliotti and others in return for favours.The trial continues.


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WILDFLOWERS AND BIRD WALKS: Members of the Indian Trail Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist program will lead wildflower and bird walks. Participants should bring drinking water and binoculars. 9 a.m. Monday. Mockingbird Nature Park, 1361 Onward Road, Midlothian. Free. txmn.org/indiantrail.
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Gary Barlow: I want to do Hillsborough single
POP legend Gary Barlow last night issued a "come and get me" plea to bosses behind the Hillsborough single.
I'm a big Liverpool fan so I'm here and available if anyone wants me for the Hillsborough single.
The star made his appeal after he received the 21st Music Industry Trusts Award at a bash at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
The 41-year-old revealed: "I'm a big Liverpool fan so I'm here and available if anyone wants me for the Hillsborough single."
The Reds supporter performed with his Take That pals at the bash, where some-time bandmate Robbie Williams, 38, and Paloma Faith, 27, also took to the stage.
Gary's X Factor judge pals Nicole Scherzinger, 34, Louis Walsh, 60, Tulisa, 24, and host Dermot O'Leary, 39, pitched up as even Prince Charles sent a video branding Gary a "national treasure" for his work at June's Jubilee gig.
Gary received the award on behalf of Nordoff Robbins and The BRIT Performing Arts & Technology School from Sir Elton John, 65, who joked: "I love you so much Gary. If you were gay I'd marry you."
Gary, who was honoured for services to British music and charity, said: "The reason we're here is because of the great places this money goes to. Music is an old format but it's still great and it still moves people."
He said Take That will return in 2013 - and Rob may yet join them.
Gary added: "That conversation might happen in the new year, when we'll start recording and planning."
And he revealed he loves his X Factor role, despite having just one act left.
He said: "Some weeks I come home feeling amazing, some weeks I'm annoyed. It's just one of those shows."


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- Transcript of this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm_soPcyZcQ)from October 11, 2009 (TW for domestic violence and anti-jewish crap)
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- When I decided to switch my main account from gogreen18 to lacigreen, I realized I had over 3,000 unread messages from you guys. Yeah, I'm still not sure whether or not it was against my better judgement to actually go through them.
- black and white Laci: [Yo shawty! Were you like, you know, high in that video? What were you, what what were you doing?]
- Didn't you watch my sleepover video? I wasn't high, I was smoking crack! Wait, are those considered the same thing no?
- [Laci Green, Laci Green, I think I saw you in New York! I think you're in my Accounting 101 class! Did I see you at my school the other day? Laci, was that you fucking my dad?]
- No guys, that wasn't me…well except maybe the last one.
- [Laci Green, I think you're really annoying, but only 'cuz you're so Jewish.]
- You think I'm Jewish?! Is my nose really that big? *covers nose with sweater*
- [Laci Green, you're so beautiful, your boyfriend must love you so much!]
- He loves me…even though he beats me every night.
- *We see a pair of arms grab Laci by the shoulders and scream "GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN" as Laci screams*
- [Laci Green, this might seem kind of weird, but last night I had a dream about you, you climbed into my bed and we-]
- Oookay, too far! (whispering) call me!
- [After watching all of your videos, only one word comes to mind: Loud.]
- Well (sighs), they don't call me a screamer for nothing.
- [Dear Laci Green, my name's Jake! What's your name again?]
- Dear James, my name is Laci
- [Dear Laci, will you subscribe to my videos?] [There is a montage of Laci asking herself to subscribe to channels, check out videos, etc]
- I'm not gonna rage….UGH! (punches at camera) Not gonna rage.
- In the comments below or in a video response, tell us the craziest or otherwise most entertaining comment or email that you've ever gotten on YouTube. Peace!
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Renaud Bedard and I showcased an experimental game at Prince of the Arcade last year but, between Volkenessen, Diluvium and Waiting for Horus, only got back to release it now. It is simply called Pico Battle and like our other Pico titled game - this game plays with colours; but this time, in multiplayer.
Unlike our last game, text heavy Diluvium, Pico Battle is wordless. There is no contextual hints within the game, but an audio tutorial that starts automaticaly in the lobby.
Upon launching the game, you will find yourself in the Lobby, a temporary haven. You should look for an hexagon floating about the edges of your screen (right click drag to rotate around the planet) and click on it to practice against the AI. You might see circles too, they are other players and could challenge you as soon as you raise your shield.
To protect yourself against incoming attacks, find the patch of dirt marked by a black & white circle, and connect a node to it. The shield will light up, eating away at the incoming bullets with a similar hue. In the lobby, you are invisible to potential attackers as long as your shield is unpowered.
To win against your opponent, locate a patch of mushrooms and connect nodes to it — this is your cannon. It needs a minimum amount of power to be able to fire, and based on the incoming nodes, will fire bullets of various sizes and colours; easier or harder to defend against. The idea being to match the colour of incoming bullets with your shield, and to differ as much as possible from the opponent's shield colour (which is indicated by the contour of his circular icon) with your cannon's bullets.
Pico Battle is an entirely wordless game, and might seem offputting or hard to grasp at first. In the lobby, a robotic voice will explain the basics of the game, and take your time there to experiment with the controls and the scarce UI elements. As you get familiar with the game and its interface, you will discover strategies and enjoy it even more.


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Lloyd Strickland, a guard with Alberta's Red Deer College Kings, drained four three-pointers in less than 30 seconds to nearly pull off a miraculous comeback in the final of the Canadian college championship tournament.
Red Deer trailed B.C.'s Langara College Falcons 81-74 when Strickland hit his first three-pointer off an inbounds play that began with 28.3 seconds left in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men's basketball final in Squamish, B.C., on Saturday.
The Stirling, Alta., native's 12-point run put his team in position to tie or win the game on its final possession, trailing 88-86 with 4.9 seconds to play. But Red Deer could not get a shot off before the buzzer.
Strickland finished with 34 points.
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You probably take for granted that you can view videos on your smartphone, tablet, PC, or DVD/Blu-ray player and connect to the Internet without being tied to a cable. That works because the industry came together years ago to define common technical standards that every firm can use to build compatible products for video and Wi-Fi. Motorola and all the other firms that contributed to these standards also made a promise to one another: that if they had any patents essential to the standards, they would make their patents available on fair and reasonable terms, and would not use them to block competitors from shipping their products.
Motorola has broken its promise. Motorola is on a path to use standard essential patents to kill video on the Web, and Google as its new owner doesn't seem to be willing to change course.
Microsoft telling Google to not be evil.
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Through six weeks of the 2000 high school football season, one sure thing has emerged among the six District 3-5A teams.
Monterey is the team to beat.
The Plainsmen are off to a 4-1 start, with convincing victories against Midland (34-10) and Odessa Permian (31-13). Monterey's lone setback was a 24-14 loss to Abilene, which is ranked ninth in Class 5A by The Associated Press.
After that, though, figuring which of the other five 3-5A clubs will surface when postseason spots are decided is pure speculation.
Lubbock High, at 3-2, is the only other district team with a winning record heading into this week's opening action. Perennial playoff contenders Amarillo and Coronado are 2-3 and 1-4 respectively.
San Angelo Central (2-3) appears to be a legitimate postseason threat if quarterback Sol Southall, who missed three weeks with a sprained shoulder, can return to form quickly.
Despite their struggles, one constant remains for the Sandies: They can play some serious defense.
Amarillo leads the district in team defense, allowing 258.2 yards a game. But the Sandies have proven to be susceptible to the pass, as evidenced in losses to Permian (35-14) and Midland (17-10 in double overtime).
The Amarillo offense has struggled to produce, averaging just 217.8 yards and 15.2 points a contest. Quarterback Matt Jones has been effective through the air, passing for 655 yards with only two interceptions in 90 attempts.
For the Sandies to secure their ninth consecutive playoff berth, they will have to establish a stronger running game. If that doesn't happen, Amarillo's postseason streak will end.
In one word, the Mustang offense has been bad. Coronado is last in the district with 184.6 yards a game and its 54 total points scored is the fewest in the district. CHS has already been shut out three times this season after not hanging a zero since 1992.
The Mustangs haven't been able to consistently generate anything on the ground, producing only 101 rushing yards a game. Senior Marlon Walker has shown flashes of the form that made him a breakaway threat before a season-ending knee injury in 1999.
While the Coronado offense has been lethargic, its defense has gotten much better after a rocky start. The Mustangs lost the season opener to Abilene Cooper, 37-0, and surrendered 35 points to El Paso Del Valle, but just 14 total points in the other three games.
Linebackers George Smitherman and Keegan McInroe rank 1-2 in the district in tackles with 75 and 64, respectively. Those two will have to continue to stand out, and someone will have to emerge as the Mustangs' leader on offense if they hope to return to the playoffs.
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Despite the loss of quarterback Matt Porras, who led Class 5A in passing in 1999, the Westerners are leading the district in passing yards (180.8 per game) and total offense (364.4 yards per game).
Senior quarterback Damian Draper has been the ringleader, piling up a district-best 1,230 total yards despite playing with a nagging knee injury. Sophomore Michael Moody has also been a key, with 251 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Julius Williams has blossomed into Draper's go-to receiver with 21 receptions for 410 yards which both lead the district.
On defense, LHS is led by tackles Jordan Bass and Ty Tipton, along with linebackers Luis Ledesma and Michael Perez.
For the Westerners to snap a district-worst 24-year postseason drought, they will have to find a way to overcome the late-season losses that have cost LHS a spot in the playoffs the last two years. Any combination of victories against Amarillo, Coronado and Central could get the Westerners back to the postseason for the first time since 1976.
The stage seems to be set for the Plainsmen to nab their first district championship since back-to-back unbeaten seasons in 1994-95.
Monterey has ridden an opportunistic tough-as-nails defense to the 4-1 start, with the key victories versus Midland and Permian that snapped a nine-game, four-season losing streak to District 4-5A foes.
Sparked by linebacker Jamaal Hamilton and a talented and experienced secondary, the Plainsmen have forced a district-best 13 turnovers -- three of which they've returned for touchdowns.
The Monterey offense has sputtered at times, but senior Nathan Nash and junior Kevin Anderson give the Plainsmen different looks in a two-quarterback system.
If the Plainsmen can keep getting big plays from their defense and can establish consistency on offense, they should maintain their edge on the rest of the district.
San Angelo Central
As has been the case the last two years, the Bobcats played a tough pre-district schedule. Unlike the last two seasons, though, Central has found ways to win.
The Bobcats advanced to the playoffs in 1998 and '99 despite 0-5 starts to each season. This fall Central owns victories against Odessa and Abilene Cooper.
One key for Central is tailback Roy Bishop, who leads the district with 679 rushing yards and nine TDs. He has rushed for 492 yards in the Bobcats' two wins and only 187 in their losses.
If Southall can stay healthy, Central should be in the mix for a playoff spot.
Despite a stunning upset of Hereford early in the season, the Rebels are allowing 27.2 points and 361.8 yards a game and are producing just 12 points and 238.4 yards.
Quarterback James Merrell has been a bright spot, throwing for a district-best 710 yards.
Stephen McCormick paces the Tascosa defense, with 11.4 tackles a game. But he hasn't gotten much help in losses to Dumas, Borger, Randall and Abilene Cooper.
Unless the Rebels pull off several more major upsets, they are likely a few years away from competing for a postseason berth.
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London - A bitter dispute between two London-listed mining giants over copper assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo has shone a spotlight on business risks in one of the world's most corrupt countries.
At the centre of the dispute are the rights to a copper mine in Kolwezi, in the southeast of the DRC, that were owned by First Quantum Minerals (FQM) before it was stripped of them by Congolese authorities in August 2008.
To make matters worse, a year later the rights to the mine were sold on at a bargain basement price to rival Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), which is listed in London but controlled by Kazakh capital.
London and Toronto-listed FQM has appealed to international tribunals and says it is suing ENRC for "billions" of dollars.
FQM says there is "no legal basis" for its ejection from the DRC market, which saw it lose the rights to three mines, and has alleged that it was ejected because it refused to pay bribes.
The company is waiting for a ruling from the International Court of Arbitration in Paris, and this week its chief executive Clive Newall said he would take the matter to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington, promising to "fight to the bitter end," according to a source close to the company.
For its part, Kinshasa has said it is examining "irregularities" in FQM's business and is investigating "information suggesting the leaders of the company were involved in embezzlement."
Despite some shareholders expressing public disapproval over its conduct, ENRC said that pragmatism sometimes had to prevail in the ruthless world of business.
It bought the mine for $175m in August 2009 through an Israeli subsidiary when copper prices were at a record high.
"There have been some questions involving morals. But I think we can defend our position clearly," ENRC chairperson Johannes Sittard told the Financial Times on Thursday.
A key figure in the dispute has been one of ENRC's directors, former GlaxoSmithKline president Sir Richard Sykes, a City veteran.
The Sunday Times last week accused Sir Richard of betraying the confidence of investors by approving the purchase of the Kolwezi mine.
The affair also highlights the dangers of doing business in the DRC, with the Sunday Times quoting a World Bank official as saying that it "raises the red flag."
Resource-rich DRC is plagued by instability and is ranked among the world's 20 most corrupt nations by governance watchdog Transparency International.


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From: "Margaret Hobler" <>
Subject: Re: Fw: [Q-R] French-English Dictionaries
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:31:12 -0500
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In my German settled area, with few if any French descent people (myself
excluded), I have had no problem purchasing French-English dictionaries
from the HALLMARK store. I purchased two over the past several years.
They both are Larousse. This store has this type dictionaries for many
A few years ago I purchased a book NTC'S DICTIONARY of CANADIAN FRENCH.
Words are listed as in Quebec and in France with English. It is very
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Subject: Re: Fw: [Q-R] translation help again please
> In a message dated 10/29/03 08:18:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
> > Hello - In the English schools we were taught Parisian French and when
> > combining the language around the house and neighbourhood we learned a
> > mixture of both. What would you say was the dialect that was used say
> > New Brunswick as I found it different from either Quebec or Paris types.
> > Cheers Joyce Crete
> When I was teaching French in High School in a certain city in New
> the parents of some students would often ask "Do you teach Parisian
French, or
> Canadian French?" I would answer their one question with two of my own.
> "Have you ever heard the ordinary people of Paris speak French?" and "How
> generations ago did your ancestors leave Quebec?" Invariably, the parents
> asked that question were of Quebecois ancestry. The answer to my first
> was always "No." The answer to my second question varied from "My parents
> came here when I was a kid." to "My grandparents came here when my parents
> kids." So, my next question was "Do you ever listen to Radio Canada?"
> answer was usually "Yes". "To the hockey games, or to the good music
> "Well, I listen to the hockey games, but the wife likes the good music
> programs." "Do the hockey announcers speak the same language as the good
> announcers?" "No, they don't. Well, yes, they do, but their accent is
> - rougher - than the good music announcers."
> "Mister Dubois , the difference between the hockey announcers and the good
> music announcers is less a matter of dialect than of refinement. And the
> is true in Paris. The ordinary people of Paris speak French like the
> in Brooklyn or South Boston speak English. It is genuine, but unrefined.
> Educated people, whether in Paris, in Montreal, in Brussels, in Algiers,
or in
> Abidjan, speak in accents that reflect their education, but retain some of
> local character of their places of origin. My purpose is to teach your
sons and
> daughters to speak refined, educated French, that can be understood by
> speaking people anywhere in the world. It may well be that their speech
> reflect their history - that they have been taught French up to now by
> teachers whose accent reflect their Irish-American heritage. But, now
that they're
> in high school, we can polish their accents as well as their vocabulary,
> syntax, and their ability to engage in real conversation."
> It is the second generation and third generation descendants of immigrants
> who refuse to allow their children to learn the languages of their
ancestors who
> deprive the next generation of an important part of their cultural
> I was reading earlier today that it is difficult to find French
> and French-English dictionaries in some places because French is no longer
> part of the high school curriculum. I was looking to replace a 20 year
> French-English dictionary and an even older Larousse Illustré a few weeks
> but Waldenbooks and Borders had neither on their shelves. It is a shame.
> This response has been long, but I trust that it is not off-topic for this
> forum. One of my 8G Grandfathers was Bernard Deniger dit Sansoucy, from
> Bordeaux, in the Province of Guyenne. Some of his descendants are known
> "Denisha". On the other hand, another of my 8G Grandfathers was Jonathan
Haynes of
> Haverhill, Bay Colony, Province of New England. His son, captured and
brought to
> Quebec, was known thereafter as "Joseph Hains". In both cases, something
> lost in the translation. (And I know I'm not the only one who shares
> with those two forebears.)
> Fr. Owen Taggart
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Keith Cerny, general director of the Dallas Opera, announced the upcoming season for the company (its 59th) at Hamon Hall inside the Winspear Opera House this afternoon.
Among the guests present were out composer Jake Heggie, pictured, who wrote the world premiere Moby-Dick for the DO, which closed the company's inaugural season in the Arts District in 2009-10. As had been previously announced, Heggie has reteamed with librettist Terrence McNally to compose a new opera, Great Scott, which will launch the 2015-16 season on Oct. 30.
For the first time in the DO's history, a Broadway musical — not an actual "opera" — will be on the slate: Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern's 1927s hit Show Boat. The show is best remember for the song "Old Man River," which has often been a signature performance for powerful operatic baritones, including Paul Robeson and William Warfield, who performed it memorably in the MGM film adaptation in 1951. (See a video of Warfield's rendition after the jump.) It will be performed April 15-May 1. It will close out the season.
Among the other productions slated for the new season: Puccini's Tosca, Nov. 6-22; a second world premiere, Mark Adamo's Becoming Santa Claus, Dec. 4-12; Manon by Jules Massenet, March 4-12.
The current season continues later this month with two one-act opera: La Wally and the new creation Everest, both set on mountaintops.


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Santos nails down first save with Blue Jays
Santos nails down first save with Blue Jays
Santos entered the game in the ninth with runners on second and third and one out, and he finished the game by striking out Kevin Youkilis and getting David Ortiz to ground out to short to secure the win.
After blowing his first two save opportunities of the season -- and being booed by a packed house at Rogers Centre for Toronto's home opener -- this outing was a relief for Santos.
"It's nice to finally have my first good outing in front of these fans," Santos said. "I know they're passionate. ... They're passionate about their sports and that's good, that's all you ask for."
John Farrell believed Santos' struggles may have been the result of overthrowing his fastball, but the skipper saw something different in his hard-throwing right-hander Wednesday that allowed him to work his way out of the high-leverage situation.
"He threw his slider almost exclusively to Youkilis to get the strikeout, and it's a pitch that he doesn't necessarily overthrow at times," Farrell said. "His fastball, he can get amped up, and that's where we've seen some elevated fastballs. But the slider just allows his fingers to stay on top of the ball and he gets down in the strike zone. That was the difference today."
Santos believes his ability to locate the slider is essential moving forward, as the pitch is a strong complement to his mid-to-upper-90s fastball.
Farrell knows the kind of stuff his closer has, and knew it was only a matter of time before Toronto's big offseason acquisition made a positive impact.
"For a closer, you got to have short-term memory," Farrell said. "The first two appearances for him didn't go as planned. ... We have confidence in him."
It was a nice send-off for Santos, who will temporarily be away from the team until Saturday, as his wife is expected to give birth to the couple's third child Thursday.


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"With some of Vedanta's idled iron ore, copper and aluminium assets now operating, we believe that the worst is past for Vedanta even as commodity prices remain broadly flat," said Alan Greene, Moody's Vice President - Senior Credit Officer.
Moody's said Vedanta's rating outlook has been carrying a 'negative bias' since August 2010.
The rating outlook was also under review for potential downgrade as the company embarked on debt-funded buy of Cairn India and when Vedanta was slow to pre-arrange funds for the repayment of a convertible bond in April last year.
Notwithstanding these events, the underlying operations have continued to make progress and the presence of Cairn India is a major factor in stabilising the overall business, Moody's said.
"While we expect Vedanta's performance and credit metrics for the year just completed to be softer than for FY'13, we nevertheless take the view that a downgrade from the current Ba1 level is increasingly unlikely and have therefore stabilised the rating," he said.
Apart from taking steps to reinforce its credit profile, Vedanta has also simplified its group structure through the formation of Sesa Sterlite Limited in August 2013 and improved its liquidity profile.


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Many residents of Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory (NT), are canceling Christmas dinner, having been advised that a hurricane — called a cyclone Down Under — will make landfall around p.m. on Dec. 25.
Those old enough to remember Cyclone Tracy, which 37 years ago to the day devastated the NT capital, Darwin, killing 65 people, are likely taking evasive action.
Cyclone Grant was expected to approach the Australian coast on the day after Christmas, also known here as Boxing Day after the English tradition derived from boxing presents for the poor.
News.com.au quotes weather bureau regional chief Andrew Tupper as saying the storm will pass to the east of the capital, Darwin, but will be felt strongly there. The Australian quotes him as saying "reasonably wild conditions" were expected.
Wind blasts of 80 miles per hour were expected to hit the Tiwi Islands to the north of Darwin, home to small communities, according to the Australian.
Tracy, which hit Christmas Eve 1974, resulted in renewed public respect for weather warnings, especially at this time of year, as well as better home construction techniques, according to Australia's ABC News.
The ABC quotes Darwin resident Stephanie Brown — whose baby sister was killed as her family sheltered under a mattress as the roof of their house was torn off by Tracy — as saying:
"We have a really solid house. I feel quite confident that it is a safe building and we've got enough room inside if we have to move inside," she said. "I never take cyclones lightly."
However, they do breed 'em tough in Australia's so-called "Top End."
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Brown says any potential cyclone will not spoil her plan to host 30 people at her Darwin house this Christmas.
"Mum and my sister get pretty nervous. I think we all get nervous about it but forewarned is forearmed," she said. "We know what we have to do and we do it.
"The last scare we had my sister and my mum came and stayed with us and we had a party, cooked some really good food, drank good wine."


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The award of an MBE to a Bedford Hospital consultant who once triggered a fraudulent research scandal is being reviewed at the highest level.
Anjan Kumar Banerjee received the prestigious award for services to 'patient safety'.
But he was struck off the medical register for gross misconduct in the early stages of his career.
A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "We are currently looking into the MBE awarded to Dr Banerjee. Like any other nomination, it will have been considered on merit based on the information provided to the relevant independent committee, in this case the health committee."
Mr Banerjee, 54, acts as a locum surgeon at Bedford Hospital, where his title is honorary consultant surgeon. He is also listed as deputy MD of life sciences consultancy Pope Woodhead.
He achieved notoriety in medical circles 14 years ago after being found guilty of serious professional misconduct for publishing dishonest results into Crohn's disease research.
A statement from the hospital said: "We can confirm that he carries out sessions in our endoscopy department but he's not employed by Bedford Hospital on a full-time or substantive basis."
In 2000, the General Medical Council found Mr Banerjee declared research in a medical journal asserting his findings were from urine samples taken from "12 healthy adults" The truth was that all the samples were his own urine.
Rodney Yates, chairman of the GMC professional conduct committee, said at the time: "Medical research is central to the advance of medical practice and must always be conducted with scrupulous honesty and integrity."
He added: "It is highly irresponsible, and potentially dangerous for patients, for a doctor to falsify research."
Then in 2002 Mr Banerjee was found to have lied about NHS waiting times, resulting in falsely inducing patients to pay for private operations.
The two misdemeanours resulted in the then junior doctor being suspended or struck off the register for a total of five years .
Mr Banerjee said: "I deeply regret the actions that led to my suspension from the medical register in 2000 and erasure in 2002.
"Following a rigorous clinical re-entry programme from 2007-12, in 2012 I was re-appointed to a (part-time) NHS consultant surgeon position and moved to Bedford in February 2014.
"All the hospitals I have worked at since 2007, and all my employers since 2002, have been fully informed of my past."


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The Canadian dollar closed slightly higher Thursday as economists sounded a note of caution regarding a rebound in the latest retail sales data.The loonie rose 0.11 of a cent to 97.63 cents (U.S.), coming off an earlier climb of 0.53 of a cent.
The report from Statistics Canada said that retail sales rose 1 per cent in January to $38.9-billion on higher sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers.
That beat the 0.9 per cent that had been expected by economists, but the gain came due to higher prices, not increased sales volumes, prompting a tepid welcoming for the news.
"Consumers didn't buy more in January; they just paid more for it," noted CIBC world Markets economist Emanuella Enenajor.
"Stripping out the impact of higher prices, sales were flat, suggesting consumers weren't rushing back to stores in droves after a relatively disappointing holiday season."
Also on the radar is fear that the crisis in Cyprus will intensify. The European Central Bank has threatened to end emergency support of the nation's banks next week unless leaders can secure more funding.
Cyprus must raise about $7.5-billion in the next four days to avoid bankruptcy. Several plans have failed, including a proposal to tax deposits held by the nation's banks. If the Mediterranean banking haven is unable to secure a bailout, its banks will fail and it could be forced to leave the euro currency.
In commodities, copper continued its pullback on uncertainty over European demand. The May contract lost 0.12 of a cent to $3.435 to pound. The TSX base metals sector dropped 1 per cent.
The May crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell $1.05 to settle at $92.45 a barrel, as energy stocks fell 0.7 per cent.
Gold stocks led the gains, as April bullion rose $6.30 to $1,613.80 an ounce.


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Gillard defends environment summit
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the United Nations Earth Summit achieved important outcomes, denying the Brazil summit was a failure.
The summit has adopted a 53-page document, The Future We Want, which aims to lay the groundwork for a green economy and replace the UN's Millennium Development Goals from 2015.
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon calls it a blueprint for making the world a brighter, safer place.
But green groups have criticised the agreement because it only lays out broad aspirations for improving environmental protections.
Ms Gillard says collective action is hard and global collective action is even harder, but there have been important agreements at the talks.
"There is a commitment to address the subsidies which lead to overfishing," she said.
"There is recognition of the effects of climate change on our oceans and recognition we need to address the management of our oceans beyond the exclusive economic zones of individual nations.
"I can certainly understand that there are many groups and many people around the world who would have had an ambition for more progress at this meeting.
"The nature of global action is that it needs to be collective, it needs to embrace and involve everyone. And this is the process that embraces and involves everyone."
Rio+20 was the biggest UN summit on sustainable development in a decade.
Its statement highlighted the many perils facing a planet whose human population is set to surge from seven billion today to 9.5 billion by 2050.
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The long list includes climate change, desertification, fisheries depletion, pollution and deforestation, and the danger that thousands of species will go the way of the dodo.
But critics say the summit was a historic opportunity which had been thrown away.
British economist Lord Nicholas Stern, author of a landmark study into the costs of global warming, said: "The two defining challenges we face today are eradicating global poverty and managing the risks of climate change.
"But the conference has failed to acknowledge the compelling evidence about the scale and urgency of action required."
Greenpeace's executive director, Kumi Naidoo, said: "Rio+20 has been a failure of epic proportions."
But youth organisations in the Pacific responded positively to the outcomes of the Rio+20 conference, despite the lacklustre response of many world leaders to the summit's environmental declarations.
Founder of Samoa's Future Rush Environment Group, 14-year-old Brianna Fruean, told Radio Australia's Pacific Beat program that the vibe at Rio+20 was "very alive".
"I see all the world leaders that have come in today and yesterday and I find it a place of change," Ms Fruean said.
"A lot of change can happen from Rio+20 and it's all really in the hands of our leaders."
Ms Fruean attended Rio+20 in Brazil as one of around 3,000 youth members at two youth summits.
Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama addressed the summit on Thursday, and spoke about the challenges facing Fiji such as safe energy supplies, biodiversity and disasters related to climate change.
He also called on "the world's most advanced nations" to assist small island nations in "addressing matters of environmental and economic development and security".
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution (1-2-1, 4 pts.) has a bye week in the schedule this week, and returns to action next Saturday, April 13, with a road match at Seattle Sounders FC.
This week, the team will participate in a charity fashion show with all proceeds going to America SCORES Boston. Revs players and several players' wives will model spring and summer fashions from Ted Baker London at BOND at The Langham Hotel on Wednesday, April 3. WHDH-TV anchor Sara French will emcee the show, as Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes, Andy Dorman, Lee Nguyen, Saer Sene and A.J. Soares model looks for charity. Information about the show, including ticket information, can be found HERE. Media interested in covering the event should contact the Revolution Communications office for more information.
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Postgame Quotes: FCD 1, Revs 0
Heaps wants improvements in "all areas"
Heaps: "Everyone has to be better start to finish"
Revs step off field, onto runway for charity
On Wednesday, April 3, several Revs players, wives and Rev Girls will model looks from Ted Baker London's Spring/Summer line to raise money for America SCORES Boston … held at BOND at The Langham, Boston (250 Franklin Street), and emceed by WHDH-TV anchor Sarah French, the fashion show will feature Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes, Andy Dorman, Lee Nguyen, Saer Sene and A.J. Soares, along with Nicole Dorman, Nicole Guy and Geenamarie Shuttleworth … Dellaria Salons & Spas' talented hair and make-up artists will style the models, while DJ Joe Bermudez will provide the musical backdrop for the evening … tickets to the 21+ event can be purchased online for $25 HERE … a limited number of tickets will be available at the door the night of the event … tickets are also available for a special VIP reception at 6:30 p.m. for $50, which will include a one-hour reception with sweet treats and cocktails, courtesy of Bombay Sapphire.
Revs boast league's best defense
Entering this week's bye weekend, the Revolution boasts MLS' top defense with a 0.50 goals against average through four games … the Revs have allowed just two goals, while posting two shutouts … only four teams in MLS have a team goals against average below 1.00: New England (0.50), Sporting Kansas City (0.60), LA Galaxy (0.75) and Montreal Impact (0.80).
Backline consistency paying off
The Revs have run out the same four-man backline to start each of its four games this season: Kevin Alston at left back, Jose Goncalves and A.J. Soares at center back and Andrew Farrell at right back … the consistency has paid off, as the backline has helped the team post MLS' best defense despite the Revs' top two goalkeepers – Matt Reis and Bobby Shuttleworth – splitting time in goal this year, each playing two games … the last time the Revs started the same four defenders along the backline in four straight games? August 12-29, 2012 when Chris Tierney (left back), A.J. Soares and Stephen McCarthy (center back) and Kevin Alston (right back) started.
Best defensive start posted
With two goals allowed in four games, the Revs have posted the best defensive start to the season in club history … the team's previous best start was in 2006, when the team allowed three goals goal through four games … that year, the team went on to allow an MLS-low 35 goals in 32 games (1.09 GAA) with 10 shutouts.
Matt Reis is Mr. Clean (sheet)
Despite missing two games with knee irritation, Matt Reis has posted shutouts in both of his outings in 2013 … in the season opener at Chicago, Reis made four saves in the shutout … after missing the Philadelphia game (March 16), Reis made four saves against Sporting KC for his second shutout in as many tries … going back to 2012, Reis has posted shutouts in four of his last five appearances: Sept. 1, 2012 (0-0 vs. Philadelphia Union), Sept. 5, 2012 (2-0 vs. Columbus), March 9, 2013 (1-0 at Chicago) and March 23, 2013 (0-0 vs. Sporting KC) … overall, Reis has 72 career shutouts (63 with the Revs) to rank fourth all-time in MLS history.
- On Wednesday, March 27, the Revs loaned four players to the Rochester Rhinos as part of the teams' affiliation agreement: defender Bilal Duckett, midfielder Gabe Latigue, forward Matt Horth and defender Tyler Polak.
- On Friday, March 29, Polak scored a goal – assisted by Latigue – as the Rhinos posted a 4-0 win over Syracuse University's men's soccer team in preseason action.
- Rochester's final preseason match will be played on Saturday, April 6, against Cornell University at 3 p.m.
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After a bye in their schedule last weekend, the Revolution Academy youth teams return to action this weekend when they travel to Maspeth, N.Y., to face Met Oval Juventus on Saturday, April 6 … the Under-14s kick off at 10 a.m., followed by the Under-18s at noon and the Under-16s at 2:30 p.m.
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Heading into this weekend's games, the Under-18s are 9-2-2 (29 pts.) overall and rank second in the Northeast Division of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy's East Conference based on points per game … the Under-16s hold a 7-2-4 record (25 pts.) and are currently in fourth place in the division … the Under-14s are now 7-2-0 (21 pts.), which is good for third in U.S. Club Soccer's Northeast Pre-Academy League based on points per game.
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The Revolution Academy's Player Development Programs are now enrolling for summer sessions, with locations all over New England … the Revolution Academy trains players of all abilities in all aspect of the game, including ball mastery, speed of play, coordination and balance and movement with and without the ball … the objective of all the training programs is to replicate the speed, tempo and environment of the Revolution Youth Teams' training sessions … through the age-appropriate player development sessions, the Revolution Academy fosters an atmosphere that is competitive, challenging, demanding and fun … encouragement and support from the professional coaching staff allows every player to gain a better understanding of – and continued passion for – the game … more information, including the full spring and summer schedule, is available HERE


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Studying assistive technologies -- including their creators and users -- can offer fresh and provocative insights into the intersection of science, disability, medicalisation and bodies in the twentieth century. Synthesising approaches from the history of disability and the history of medicine can offer a way of addressing significant questions as to how, why, and with what effects people with physical and sensory disabilities have been medicalised by assistive technologies.
Assistive technologies, as understood by their creators, offer a means of rectifying and normalising a body that is deemed in need of ameliorative assistance. At the same time, these technologies 'medicalise' what was previously non-medical, often demanding new forms of behaviour from their users, which may provoke complex responses. Assistive technologies have therefore become in many instances a matter of deep political controversy. Our approach to the history of the field focuses on these users, opening up new, exciting paths to explore the social, political and cultural histories of disabled people.
CHSTM is a vibrant locus for this exciting field: we have hosted conferences and workshops featuring international speakers from the history of disability. Julie Anderson is one of the founding members and Chair of the Disability History Group UK and Europe and has published widely on the history of disability including guest editing, with Ana Carden-Coyne, a special edition on the history of disability of the European Review of History (December 2007). Julie Anderson has also advised and appeared on a number of radio and television programmes on the history of disability.
Julie Anderson and Lisa O'Sullivan. "Challenging images: historical representation and contemporary sensitivity in displaying the history of disability through medical collections". In Sandell et al, Re-presenting disability: museums and the politics of display. London: Routledge, 2009.
Julie Anderson. "Voices in the dark: representations of disability in historical research" (review essay). Journal of Contemporary History, 2009, 44(1): 107-116.
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Julie Anderson and Neil Pemberton. "Walking alone: aiding the war and civilian blind in the inter-war period". European Review of History, 2007, 14(4).
Julie Anderson and Ana Carden-Coyne. "Introduction: enabling the past". European Review of History, 2007, 14(4): 447-457.
Julie Anderson. "Innovation and locality: hip replacement in Manchester and the Northwest". Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 2007, 87(1): 155-166.
Julie Anderson. "British women, disability and the Second World War, 1939-1946". Contemporary British History, 2006, 20(1): 39-55.
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Carsten Timmermann and Julie Anderson, eds. Devices and designs: medical technologies in historical perspective. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
JS Metcalfe and John Pickstone. "Replacing hips and lenses: surgery, industry and innovation in post-war Britain". In Andrew Webster, ed, New Technologies in health care: challenge, change and innovation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
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Jewish people worldwide are still being persecuted
In response to the letter, "Peace in the Middle East will never be attained," the writer states: "In the history of mankind there were no people who have ever been persecuted, based on ethnicity, as much as the Jews in the past and the Muslims at present."
Sadly this is quite incorrect. According to the Anti-Defamation League, in 2012 there were 927 anti-Semitic incidents across the United States. In Spain, 72 percent of the people polled held anti-Jewish views, up from 64 percent in 2009. In Hungary, 63 percent hold anti-Semitic views, up from 47 percent in 2009. In Poland, 48 percent show anti-Semitic attitudes, about the same as in 2009. And in Sweden, in 2012 as reported by the Swedish Council for Crime Prevention, there were 66 anti-Jewish crimes committed by young Muslim men who come from other countries, where there are racist, anti-Semitic TV programs. This is just the short list.
Throughout Europe, distorted and one-sided news coverage has created an Israel that is aggressive and evil. The European Union says Muslims are responsible for half of all attacks on Jews in Europe. Muslims outnumber Jews 10-to-1 in France.
Muslims continue to create terror around the world. One needs only to open the newspaper or turn on the computer to see the terror in India, Sudan, Indonesia, England, Holland, Israel, America and the list goes on. Their goal: to establish a worldwide Islamic Empire or Khilafat. It is reminiscent of Nazi Germany as Hitler's goal was to become the world's ruler.
Peace in the Middle East? When the Khilafat goes away and the respect for all people in the Middle East and around the world is given.
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Rivals100 wide receiver Marlon Brown is used to a busy schedule. When he isn't playing football he is playing basketball for his high school or his AAU team and he never seems to have a spare moment. As active as he is, it makes sense that Brown has already got his calendar packed with official visit plans.
Last weekend, Brown got his visits kicked off with an unofficial trip to Tennessee and despite the loss to Florida, he had a good time in Knoxville.
"It went real good," Brown said of the trip. "I talked to Coach Fulmer Coach Drayton and Coach Scott before and after the game. When I got there I was at basketball practice for a little bit. I talked to Coach Pearl too."
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Brown is not finished with Knoxville. He anticipates heading back to Tennessee for an official visit at a future date. The Volunteers join four other schools that top Brown's list, all of which should expect official visits. Along with Tennessee, the list consists of Georgia, Ohio State, LSU and Florida and Brown is not wasting time getting his visits started.
"I'm taking my first official visit this weekend to Georgia," he said. "I'm real excited about getting down there."
Brown has been texting and talking with Georgia quarterback commit Aaron Murray and he expects to meet the fellow Rivals100 member on the trip to Athens. The tour will then continue on.
"The next one is going to be Ohio State," he said. "I'm going there the 11th of October. The next one after that will be Florida on the 15th of November but then I have no idea about the LSU visit or the Tennessee visit again."
While Brown concedes that the five schools that he is visiting consist of his favorites, he hasn't singled anyone out among the group.
"It's the same old, same old," he said. "I'm all even right now to be honest."
On all of his visits, like his Tennessee unofficial, Brown expects to meet with the basketball coaches as two sports remain a serious desire of his. He also has a tentative date on which he hopes to have his decision by: Jan. 31.
In between visits, Brown is picking up right where he left off from last year on the football field and he is even getting more opportunities than he has in the past in the passing game.
"We are 4-1 right now," he said. "I think I have like eight receiving touchdowns and 3 or four rushing touchdowns. This year I'm getting a lot more passes. I'm doing everything, curls, slants, streaks, all that stuff. For some reason this year teams feel so bold they're just playing me man and I'm eating them up."


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The Kennedy Center is stretching its artistic offerings in the 2011-2012 season to attract younger audiences with performers such as hip-hop violinist Miri Ben-Ari and vocalist Nellie McKay.
In its expansive programming for 2011-2012, the center is also offering marquee artists in plays and concerts. Among the highlights announced Tuesday by the center, are the return of award-winning actress Cate Blanchett, starring in the only U.S. engagement of "Uncle Vanya" from the Sydney Theatre Company. Holland Taylor, most recently in the much-talked-about television series "Two and a Half Men," will portray Ann Richards in a play about the Texas governor.
For those who consider Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" a seminal part of their musical lives, John Legend and The Roots, with the National Symphony Orchestra, will recreate the only time Gaye performed the entire album. That concert happened one night in 1972 at the center.
As always the crowd-pleasing musicals of Broadway will have a spotlight at the center. And the 2011-2012 schedule is extremely crowded. The center is producing its own revival of "Pal Joey," the Rogers and Hart classic of "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" fame. The script, originally done by John O'Hara, is being given a new treatment by Tony Award winning playwright Terrence McNally. The center is organizing a reunion of many of the voices from its celebration 10 years ago of master lyricist Stephen Sondheim's plays. The new season will also mark the 5th anniversary of Barbara Cook's "Spotlight," a program Cook curates with talented Broadway voices. Next season she'll add her own.
The touring musicials will include "Memphis," the 25th anniversary production of "Les Miserables," as well as "Billy Elliot the Musical," "La Cage aux Folles," "Come Fly Away" and "The Addams Family."
In the 2011-2012 season the center will mount an international festival called "The Music of Budapest, Prague and Vienna," with appearances by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonia and gypsy music from Hungary's Katona Jozef Theatre. The center will also produce "Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America," where entertainers will branch out across the region, including visual artist Nick Cave and dancers Project Bandaloop. The jazz programming will have a two week festival of swing music, called unsurprisingly, "Swing, Swing, Swing." The center's Grand Foyer will be opened to dancing. The jazz festival will include a tribute to the late pianist Billy Taylor with Ramsey Lewis, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Danilo Perez.
Speaking of the festival, Michael M. Kaiser, the center's president, said, "The three all have strong music traditions but the composers' music sounded different from each other. There are other connections -- Mozart was born in Austria, and debuted Don Giovanni in Prague in 1787," Kaiser said.
The outreach to younger audiences is a formal initiative, funded by a new $10 million gift from center chairman David M. Rubenstein. The Rubenstein Arts Access Program features The Millennials Project, geared to build audiences between 18 and 30 through younger acts. The gift also supports MY-TIX, which opens up the center and reduces its ticket prices, for some performances, to the underserved, underprivileged and armed services members.

As part of this effort, on September 10, the center will have a free ticket giveaway in honor of the center's 40th birthday, and a raffle for tickets to the Kennedy Center Honors and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
The digital generation has been missing at the center, said Rubenstein, the chairman of the center since May 2010. His new gift brings his current donation to $20 million, the largest single donor to the center. "This is a downpayment on the effort to bring younger people to the center, and also people of all walks of life," said Rubenstein. "This is designed to say we are serious about this."
The older demographic, however, is not going to be neglected. The National Symphony Orchestra is saluting the 75th birthday of go- go meister Chuck Brown at the NSO annual Labor Day concert at the U.S. Capitol. The evening is called "Legends of Washington Music: Sousa, Ellington and Brown."
The NSO, conducted by music director Christoph Eschenbach, will open its season with Joshua Bell.. The orchestra will also premiere a new work by composer and musician Bill Banfield, delivered by Washington's favorite a capella group Sweet Honey in the Rock. The NSO Pops season will feature it new principal pops conductor Steven Reineke.
In ballet, the center will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet company. The Paris Opera Ballet, who haven't performed at the center since 1993, will be among six companies appearing. Contemporary dance will be showcased through seven companies, including the Mark Morris Dance Group. Morris will stage its signature: "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato."
There will be some bittersweet moments in the dance programming, said Kaiser. "The appearances by the Merce Cunningham Company will be the last performances by his company, which is closing in December," said Kaiser.
The Washington National Opera, which earlier this year became an official part of the center's affiliates, will mount five productions that it hasn't done in Washington, and also present evenings with Deborah Voigt and Angela Gheorghiu.
The performances for young audiences, which are nominated for two Helen Hayes Awards for last season, will have three commissioned works. VSA, the organization on arts and disability, will continue its playwrighting program and its annual young soloists program.


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Fuji ceases film sales as digital continues to take over movie industry
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Fujifilm has decided that the time has come for it to move on from film for motion pictures after 78 years. Starting in March of 2013, the last Japanese producer of negatives (for shooting) and positives (for projection) will cease sales of the majority of its film products for movies. Specifically, that means both color and black and white positives and negatives, intermediate film, sound recording film, and processing chemicals (the latter only in Japan, for now) will no longer be available from the company — essentially a complete pull out from the market. Rather surprisingly, Fujifilm thought it necessary to reaffirm that it will continue to sell film for still photography.
The move comes in the midst of a continuing sea of change as filmmakers transition to digital cameras and a ever-growing number movie theaters stock digital projectors in place of film. As digital movie cameras like those from frontrunners Arri and RED have increased in quality, the cost, size, and convenience savings offered by digital have swayed filmmakers. There are still holdouts, and purists will continue to stick with film, but for Fujifilm it was clearly a business decision. It says it couldn't keep production costs low enough in the face of severely dwindling demand to maintain the business.
Fortunately, Fujifilm will continue to offer its archival film — rated for 500 years — which is still one of the best ways to preserve movies for future generations. Additionally, the company will remain in the movie industry, offering its array of lenses for filming and projection as well as its on-set color management system. For those who want to continue to shoot on film, there are still options out there, but the loss of a major player isanother clear sign that the industry is moving on.
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Currently, the fastest possible.
Developpers have not yet managed to implement a reliable environment and tend to compensate by allowing the PC to turn into a polymath.
A reliable environment, which the PC could use steadily, would allow slow levelling up. But so far, most of the possible interactions with the gaming world has to go through the PC. The PC is the one to craft his own gear, his own potions etc The game world provides those items randomly and not on command.
As the PC is the only reliable provider to himself, the faster he can achieve reliability, the better it is.
Slow levelling up, at the moment, only provides a false sense of achievement as what must be acquired quickly is acquired slowly.
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ReviewFor starters folks, if your looking at a used Beetle be prepared to put a little time and money into it. I have found so many things that the first 2 owners never took care of it's crazy. My Beetle has 90,000 miles on it and it's never had the cabin filter changed, the plugs and wires where still O.E., the fuel filter had never been replaced. I don't blame the car for these issues I blame the previous owners for not taking good care of the car. Since changing out the items mentioned I average 28 mpg in town and 33-34 mpg on the highway.
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Yeah, we know. We know. Another Kardashian Story, blah blah blah. But say what you will, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's adorable bouncing baby girl North West just turned 2 years old and we think she's totally worth celebrating. I mean, lets face it, she clearly got all of their good genes.
As the most pampered toddler in social media Hollywood, the Kardashian-Jenner Empire shared some of their favorite snaps, including a few from friends as well. We also came across a shot from today when Kim, Kanye, Kylie and Tyga went to Disneyland with the birthday girl! Take a peek at the pics from today's Kardashian Roundup:
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Saint Leo University is one of the largest and most innovative Catholic universities in the United States. Saint Leo enrolls students at the traditional University Campus, at more than 40 education centers and offices, and through the Center for Online Learning. University-wide, Saint Leo enrolls students from 49 states, the District of Columbia, three U.S. territories, and 86 countries. Saint Leo University ranks as one of the nation's leading providers of higher education for active duty military and veterans, and it is a nationally recognized leader in online education.
The Department of Human Services is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time, tenure track or non-tenure track, faculty position to teach Human Services courses at the Ocala Education Center in Ocala, Florida.
This is a twelve (12) month, year round, full-time faculty appointment at the Instructor, Assistant, or Associate level, with eight (8) weeks release time to be determined in consultation with the department chair and center director.
This position is pending final budgetary approval for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Review of candidate materials begins immediately for anticipated start date of July 1, 2015. To apply, submit letter of introduction documenting successful teaching experience; curriculum vitae; three letters of recommendation (all should be professional references and at least one from a recent superior); values statement (500 words or less) and teaching philosophy (500 words or less), which highlights how your teaching and administrative philosophy and practices fit the Mission and Values of Saint Leo University; official transcripts (including WES evaluation if from an international university); and student evaluations from the last year (at least six classes, an even mix of graduate and undergraduate).
An exceptional candidate possessing a doctorate degree with experience may be considered at the Associate level.
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Doctorate in Human Services, Social Work, Psychology, or other related social science degree is required.
Experience working with individuals, groups, or families in human services agencies in a variety of roles or capacities as either a clinician or administrator is necessary. Work with children, adolescents, adults or the elderly is acceptable. Candidate will possess the ability to translate this experiential learning to students in a classroom setting demonstrating the knowledge, values, and skills of the Human Services profession.
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