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Activities & Facilities
These are the following activities when available:
- Morning and sunset drivesare available at Twee Rivieren, Nossob, Mata-Mata and the Kalahari Tented Camp; enquiries can be made at the reception desks.
- Drives require a minimum of 2 adults in order to go out.
- Please note that, due to availability of staff, drives are not always available 7 days per week; please enquire at reception regarding schedules.
- Nossob 4x4 Eco Trail - for information and bookings, please contact the reception desk at Twee Rivieren.
Please note: The gravel sections of the road via Vanzylsrus are badly corrugated. The road via Upington to the Park is tarred and in a good condition.
Please note that all game drives and guided walks are subject to availability.
4 x 4 Routes - when available
- Nossob 4 x 4 Eco Trail - 214km
- Bitterpan trail - 120 km
- Mabuasehube Wilderness Trail - 155km
- Wilderness Trail (starting at Polentswa) - 257km
- Direct Route – Nossob Riverbed to Mabuasehube - 170km
- Direct Route – Kannaguass to Kaa - 85km
Community Fund
A community fund of 1% will be added to the cost of all accommodation and activity reservations arriving on or after the 1st of June 2012.
- Laundry tubs and ironing facilities (no iron) in camping area of Twee Rivieren, Nossob and Mata-Mata.
- Twee Rivieren, the largest rest camp and administrative base, has a swimming pool, shop and cell phone reception.
- Restaurant - serves breakfast and dinner (A-la-Carte)
- ATM facility available at Twee Rivieren only.
- Predator centre at Nossob.
- Hides at water hole at Nossob and Mata Mata.
- The camps have limited freezing facilities and cannot provide a freezing service to tourists.
- Shops in Twee Rivieren, Mata-Mata and Nossob sell commodities that you would find in your local supermarket, including fresh meat, milk, cheese, eggs, bread, wine and beer.
- Petrol (Unleaded) and Diesel is available at Mata-Mata, Nossob and Twee Rivieren. Premium petrol will only be available at Twee Rivieren rest camp.
- All cards, credit and debit cards are accepted at the fuel stations within the park.
- Five picnic sites throughout the Park with barbecue facilities and communal ablution (no water available).
- Swimming pool in Twee Rivieren and Kalahari Tent Camp, Mata Mata and Nossob.
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lunch at a makguksu noodle restaurant
The weather is still quite hot and humid so we had lunch at a buckwheat noodle restaurant (막국수 makgugsu). I'm not usually a fan of cold noodles. Naengnmyeon is a very popular cold noodle dish but to me it's a bit boring – the dish varies from place to place but generally speaking it's composed of noodles and spicy sauce with a slice of radish and half an egg on top. The thin noodles are quite chewy but at the end of the meal I don't feel like I've eaten anything. However, I really like makgugsu. It's similar to naengmyeon but better, to me anyway. These noodles are often served at takgalbi spicy fried chicken restaurants but at the restaurant we went to, which recently opened near our house, they specialise in noodles. On the menu, they have four cold buckwheat noodle dishes with vegetables and one hot noodle dish served in a thick sesame broth. They also have a variety of dumplings and savoury jon 전. Before the noodles arrive we are served a pot of hot brownish coloured water – the water that the noodles were cooked in. Noodle restaurants usually serve this 'noodle water'. The condiments on the table are mustard, vinegar, and soy sauce (for the dumplings). This (below) is 비빔막국수 bibim makgugsu. The noodles are served with a slightly sweet but spicy chilli sauce, thinly sliced radish, cucumber, egg, and dried, crispy seaweed and sesame seeds. Bibim means mix, so the noodles and sauce and vegetables are all mixed together with chopsticks before they are eaten. The noodles are really long so you can either cut them with scissors first or just cut them with your teeth! This (below) is 물막국수 mulmakgugsu – buckwheat noodles served in a cold beef broth ( the broth is kept in a very cold fridge so that ice forms in it – so when I say cold broth, I mean really cold!) There's sliced radish, green radish leaf kimchi, cucumber and half an egg on top with sesame seeds and dried seaweed. The presentation looks so nice it's almost a shame to start mixing it all up, but it has to be done to make the noodles taste good. The broth has a vinegary, savoury taste which is very refreshing in the summertime and mustard can be added to make it spicy. It's the perfect lunch in the summertime. Read more about makgugsu here.

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Beijing, China, Forbidden City, Imperial Garden, Imperial Palace, summer, Tian'an Men, touring, travel, trips
UPDATE Huh? Where did all my introduction to the post go? Really, WordPress, are you trying to be annoying today? Well, anyway, I just basically said that I went to the Forbidden City and, much as I expected, it turned out to be not that interesting at all. Now, read on!
The Tian'an Men Square, still (of course) with a massive head of Mao presiding over it. Emerging from the metro station (Beijing metro may not be as modern as the Shanghai one, but it's so wonderfully cheap – only 1 yuan per ride, wherever you go!) and seeing all the crowds, I experienced my first "let's get the hell out here" moment. But I was tough and I stayed.
The good thing was I still had my student licence from Hangzhou (hmm, I think it might have actually been the first time I used it in the whole year…) and so only needed to pay half the price. Also a nice surprise: despite the huge crowds milling about in front of the entrance, individual tourists like myself don't actually have to queue up that long – there's not that many of them and they've a separate counter.
So this is it. You cross the Gate of the Heavenly Peace – and this is what you see, just like in "The Last Emperor" or "Hero", only with guided tours instead of chanting soldiers.
And then you cross the next gate, and there it is – erm, basically the same view… And then again… and again… Seriously, it all looks the SAME.
So the first opportunity you get to escape into a sideway alley, you take it, and it gets more interesting straight away – but only for a second, because then it turns out those little courtyards also look exactly alike…
The Hall of Abstinence, where the emperor would go for two days before making his offerings to Heaven and fast – by abstaining from wine, onions, chives and garlic. I mean – oh my, what a horrible and self-denying regime! I now understand much better why Heaven turned Its back on the Qing Dynasty and let it get such a beating (then again, I've read the palace kitchens were so far away that by the time the food got to the imperial table it was usually cold, so maybe the lack of these basic condiments was something to really bemoan…).
I did like the colours, though, especially when set off be the green foliage (then of course the one courtyard with some greenery in it was closed for visitors…)
All in all – I had more or less known what to expect outdoors, but I had really been hoping for a glimpse of the court's private life: the private chambers etc. – and in this I was thoroughly disappointed (it is possible there were some to see on the left, but I went to the right and it was just too bloody far to walk, so maybe I was just unlucky in my geographical choices). You know when you're touring some historical residences or palaces and you're wondering if you could live there (I mean, the view's pretty, but what about plumbing?)? Well, the Forbidden Palace is the one place I had not even a shadow of a doubt that I might ever enjoy and I can't imagine any sane person would either. Hell, I wouldn't stay there for holiday, even if they paid me. It's a thoroughly depressing place, designed only to impose and confine.
But look what you find the second you leave through the back gate and cross the street! The old Imperial Garden, which is now a municipal park, entry – 1 yuan. So much nicer!
There's a hill with a pagoda inside it, from which you get the view of the Forbidden City. It looks much nicer from the distance (this isn't a representative view, since this photo was taken about halfway up).
Of course some people only seemed to have climbed all this way up so they could… take a nap…
Seriously, don't ask. I'm not even trying to understand… Maybe it's here to stress the ancient Chinese history?
Nice and green, with a lot of shadowy spots to hide from the sun (and let me tell you, Beijing in summer can be pretty hot).
So, to sum-up: let this be a lesson to all of us, that the much-vaunted attractions are often not really worth the bother, whereas much nicer and more interesting places are usually sitting quietly just around the corner. Amen.
And no, I have no idea what's with the weird layout on the top of the post, and why the photos organised themselves the way they did, but I have a serious cold and can't really struggle with it now, so… let it be.


text: CPD: Round 3 Results Jarrod Beckstrom / March 21, 2011 / March 21, 2011 College Premier Division - Week 3 Scores and Stats The third round of the College Premier Division had a little bit of everything. A few dominant displays, some nail-biters, and an upset. BYU put the hurt on two Colorado teams, University of Colorado and Air Force, putting themselves head and shoulders above their Western Conference competition. BYU #8 Ryan Roundy set a CDP record, scoring 7 tries against Colorado only to be overshadowed by his halfback in the Cougars' matchup with Air Force. All-American Shaun Davies set another CPD record scoring 36 points against the Zoomies. In the East, drama unfolded in the "Barnburner" as Penn State's Joseph Baker nailed a drop goal in the 81st minute to go ahead of in-state rivals Kutztown and win 29-30. Delaware took care of Rutgers to earn themselves a top spot in the Rugby East conference. The Mid-South had their share of drama as the Fightin' Irish upset LSU 15-11 in Notre Dame's CPD debut. Top Stats for Week 3 of CPD play: Tries: Ryan Roundy, BYU, 7 tries*; Shaun Davies, BYU, 4 tries*; Michael Haley, St. Mary's, 3 tries Conversions: Shaun Davies, BYU; 8 conversions* Penalty Kicks: Allen Alongi, LSU; 2 penalty kicks Drop Goals: Joseph Baker, Penn State; 1 drop goal For player and team stats, conference standings, and fixtures, visit the CPD Stats Portal. * BYU played two games one on Thursday and one on Saturday. In the interest of fairness, these top stats are from a single game only. Boxscores: Colorado 5 BYU 94 Tries: Lahman Lubbe, Harrison, Kafe (2), Vimahi, Roundy (7) Conversions: none Davies (6), Webber (2) Penalty Kicks: none Davies Bookings: none none Air Force 8 BYU 93 Tries: Ollis Webber, Forrester, Harrison, Kuchin, Kafe (3), Leaaetoa, Davies (4), Nicholls, Tuaone, Vuikadavu Conversions: none Davies (8), Webber Penalty Kicks: Cleveland none Bookings: none Lomu (yellow) St. Mary's 46 San Diego State 5 Tries: Haley (3), Wallace, Bouey, Brophy (2), McGowan Shea Conversions: Heath (2), Brewer none Penalty Kicks: none none Bookings: none none Rutgers 15 Delaware 29 Tries: Rubenstein (2), Hussey Kowalski (2), Gearity, Benedetto, Brotz Conversions: Kowalski (2), Matthews Kowalski (2) Penalty Kicks: none none Bookings: Malanka (yellow) none Kutztown 29 Penn State 30 Tries: Tracey, Acker (2), Lourens (2) DeFalco, Karas, Goulding (2) Conversions: Acker (2) Baker (2) Drop Goals/Penalty Kicks: none Baker (2) Bookings: Lourens (yellow) LSU 11 Notre Dame 15 Tries: Savage Mullan, O'Connor Conversions: Peterson Penalty Kicks: Alongi (2) Peterson Bookings: none none Arkansas St. 58 LSU 0 Tries: Caswell (3), Sullivan, Raath, Gericke, Oliver, Bates, Paterson none Conversions: Caswell (5) none Penalty Kicks: Caswell none Bookings: none none CPD Schedule for March 26 Rugby EastRutgers at Navy Noon EDTDartmouth at Penn St. 1 pm EDTArmy at Kutztown 1:30 pm EDT Mid-SouthTexas A&M at Tennessee 1 pm EDTArkansas St. at Oklahoma 1 pm CDTLSU at Life 3 pm EDT WesternColorado St. at BYU 1 pm MDTArizona at Arizona St. 7:30 pm MST PacificCal Poly-SLO at San Diego St. Noon PDTCal at Central Washington 1 pm PDTClaremont at St. Mary's 1 pm PDTUCLA at UC Davis 1 pm PDT Follow USA Rugby on Facebook and Twitter (@usaeaglesrugby) For player and team stats, conference standings, and fixtures, visit the CPD Stats Portal. Proud Partners of USA Rugby About College Premier Division The College Premier Division is an elite collegiate rugby competition sanctioned and administered by USA Rugby. The CPD is modeled after NCAA competitions and features 31 elite men's college rugby programs competing in four conferences, Rugby East, Mid-South, Western, and Pacific. The regular season sees all teams in the conference play one another, with the two top seeds qualifying for the playoffs. Playoffs are single elimination and the two unbeaten teams advance to the CPD final. The winner of the CPD will be declared the National Champion. CPD Quarterfinals | May 7, 2011 |Various Locations CPD Semifinals | May 14, 2011 | Infinity Park | Glendale, Colorado CPD Championship | May 21, 2011 | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, Utah About USA RugbyFounded in 1975, USA Rugby is an official member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the International Rugby Board (IRB). The organization has approximately 90,000 members and is responsible for the development of the boys, girls, high school, collegiate and club rugby programs, and ultimately all of the national teams representing the U.S. in international competitions. The current structure of USA Rugby comprises seven Territorial Unions (TU) and 34 Local Area Unions (LAU) that compete for regional and National Championships. USA Rugby's national headquarters is located in Boulder, Colo., and is run by full-time staff under the direction of current CEO and President of Rugby Operations Nigel Melville.


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When Pac-12 officials opted to adjust the final score of Utah's loss to USC on Saturday — choosing to go with 23-14 instead of 17-14 nearly two hours after the game was finished — it created problems for the folks in Las Vegas.
— The Orange County Register's take on the Utah-USC game and the changing score.
— Bud Withers of the Seattle Times looks at the week that was in the Pac-12.
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Nokia Cooker is a PC software reserved to the Cookers, which allows to modify the files containing the phone's firmware to create customized firmwares versions named Cooked-Firmware.
Nokia Cooker can modify data which is located in:
- CORE (ROFS1 data only)
- ROFx
Not all the ROFS/ROFx can be modded!
Modding a protected ROFS/ROFx you'll risk to brick the phone.
If you aren't sure that your ROFS/ROFx can be modded, don't do it.
The modding of the UDA, instead, is always a safe operation.
For more info...
Download NokiaCooker:
Informations for Developers about Plugins:
When NokiaCooker launches your application it will pass the 4 command-line parameters below:
1) the file currently selected in the window on the right side
2) the path where the fw files have been extracted (eg: c:\nokiacooker\files\n8fw_extracted\)
3) firmware filename (eg: RM-596_011.012_U01.01_79.92_prd.uda.fpsx)
4) firmware type (UDA, ROFS, CORE, UNKNOWN)
How to read the arguments depends on the programming language you're using:
- for Delphi you should use ParamStr() ParamCount()
- for C# you can find the source code of a skeleton Plugin inside \NokiaCooker\TestPlugins\
NokiaCooker Change-Log:
- Fixed: Extend ROFS1 feature was broken due to the 2.5 changes related to the Unlock ROFS.
- Fixed: sometimes the following message was wrongly shown when saving the fw file "Error repacking fw, Block position has changed!"
- Improved: Unlock ROFS feature has been rewritten to support a larger set of core files.
- Improved: NokiaCooker adds its own signature to the file \resource\versions\customersw.txt
- New: I've only added a personal message to Cookers It will be shown after the fw has been repacked.
- Fixed: the final CRC value was still wrong for some fw files.
- Fixed: a quick, but important, bug-fix. In the previous version, the changes to the ROFS1 (CORE) were not applied.2.3:
- Fixed: a quick, but important, bug-fix. In the previous version, the changes to the ROFS1 (CORE) were not applied.
- New: added new option to extract the ROM. You can find it inside the menu "Advanced > Extract ROM to File..."
- Improved: reports an error when trying to open corrupted firmware files.
- Improved: slightly changes to the fw parsing engine.
- Fixed: the final CRC value was wrong for files < 1Mb
- Fixed: "Can't detect Partition Data" error when opening an unkown image format.
- New: you can extend the ROFS1 partition to the maximum size.
- New: added Yellow status for the Estimated Size.
.When it is marked in Red, the repack will probably fail and you'll be forced to remove some data.
.When it is marked in Green the repack will probably complete successfully.
.When it is marked in Yellow, the size of the current data is near to the limits of the Partition, so you have to try to repack the fw to know exactly if it will be repacked successfully or not.
.In any case, NokiaCooker will never let you write outside of the Partition Size limits, so it will be always safe to flash the repacked fw.
- Improved: shows a confirm dialog when you attempt to close the fw file and it has not been saved yet.
- Improved: in order to grand a safe repack, 2 different checks are performed when repacking the data to be 100% sure that the new data will not exceed the maximum partition length.
- Improved: toolbars settings (text and icon size) can be customized using the right mouse button.
- Improved: added expand all / collapse all commands in the treeview.
- Improved: avoid TreeView flickering when the directory selected contains a lot of files.
- Improved: computation of the final CRC takes less memory, allowing to process bigger UDA files.
- Improved: better computation of the new blocks needed during repack.
- Improved: ROFS1 partition size detection.
- Fixed: message "NokiaCooker is running as Administrator" was wrongly shown when UAC was disabled.
- Fixed: after removing some data from the ROFS1, the filesize of the repacked fw was still unchanged.
- Fixed: shows an error when trying to repack an unsupported UDA-MMC (BlockType49)
- Fixed: drag&drop was disabled after selecting a recent fw file that didn't exist anymore
- Fixed: for some fw, the rebuild corrupts the header informations
- Fixed: forgot to remove some debugging code that raises some errors when rebuilding images.
- New: it is now possible to cook ROFS1 too
- New: unlock ROFS1 / ROFS2 / ROFS3 feature (aka "ROFS Recalibration")
- New: Estimated Size and Partition Size are available for FAT image too
- New: added the "Explore Files" button in the toolbar
- New: added main icon
- New: added a context menu to both TreeView and Grid
- Improved: performances when viewing folders containing lot of files
- Improved: performances when deleting the temporary files
- Improved: performances when computing the estimated size
- Improved: performances for the treeview control
- Improved: grid component has been replaced with a new one
- Improved: error handling when opening bad fw files
- Improved: computation of the original CRC has been refactored to use less memory
- Improved: added marker (*) to the fw filename to notify fw needs to be saved
- Improved: Header Parsing
- Improved: log window contains more details
- Improved: minor changes in the GUI
- Improved: realtime detection for the changes in the file-system. The GUI will be automatically updated when you add/remove/rename contents directly using Explore.
- Fixed: Detection of the Partition Size
- Fixed: Computation of the Estimated Size
- Fixed: Wrong CRC computation for some UDA files (eg. N95)
- Fixed: Error when repacking an empty ROFS
- Fixed: support for large UDA files too (N8 - 16Gb File) but it will takes a lot of time to process them.
- Improved: NaviFirm+ plugin updated to 1.1 version
- Improved: ROFX repack seems to work properly (E71)
- Improved: ROFS repack is more accurate. Supports the attExtra attribute (N8)
- NOTE: you can't flash the modded N8 ROFS yet.
- New: Shows the maximum ROFS partition size and the ROFS extimated size.
- Improved: NaviFirm plugin updated to 0.9 version
- Improved: the "Allow ROFS Resize" option is not needed anymore and it has been removed.
- Fixed: the "Allow ROFS Resize" option sometimes corrupted the ROFS rebuild process, causing strange issues in the Cooked Fw.
- New: File > Recent Files
- Improved: NaviFirm plugin updated to the latest version
- Fixed: The "Advanced > Repack using rofs data: ROFS.ROM" option wasn't working properly when packing a ROFS bigger than original
- Fixed: Due to some recent changes the CRC-Fixer routine wasn't working properly anymore.
- Fixed: Removed tooltip from the "add/remove plugins" button.
- Improved: The CRC-Fixer routine will fix the fw CRC to match the one contained in the .vpl file (if the .vpl file exists) otherwise will match the original CRC if the .vpl file doesn't exists.
- Improved: Unpacking Speed.
- New: Support for 3rd party Applications/Plugins. You can Drag & Drop any executables to the Plugin's toolbar to add them to NokiaCoooker
- Fixed: for some UDA, the bkupBootRecord wasn't handled properly showing the message 'Root Cluster is NOT Supported!'
- New: Added a smart CRC-Fixer: There will be no more CRC warnings in Phoenix!
- Improved: Replaced checkbox with button for ROFS resize
- Improved: Sligtly GUI improvements
- Improved: Better performances when showing folders with a lot of files
- New: you can now create cooked fw for N8 (UDA/FAT only)
- New: added a checkbox to allow resizing of ROFS/ROFx images.
- Fixed: FAT/UDA editor wasn't working properly.
- Improved: Log Window can be resized
- Improved: The OBY is created trying to keep the same file order as in the original firmware.
- Fixed: Warnings raised from the RofsBuild.exe command will be shown in the log window and the repack will complete successfully. If the RofsBuild.exe raised an error, the repack will not be completed.
- Fixed: Some ROFS file were skipped during the Rebuild if the file was in a very long path like:
"C:\Documents and Settings\Root\Desktop\NokiaCooker BETA 0.4.1\Files\private\10203636\security\trustroots\d evice\certificates\TMO_trusted_third_party_certifi cate.cer"
- Improved: Shows warning messages raised from the RofsBuild.exe command
- Improved: ROFX Rebuild
- New: FAT32 file-system is now supported. (X6 UDA is in FAT32 format)
- New: Extension Column in the grid. So you can easily remove unneeded languages files from the ROFS
- New: Experimental ROFx support... It should work but NEEDS TO BE TESTED!
- New: Automatically creates a Backup File when repacking firmware.
- Improved: FAT Detection
- Fixed: ROFS Rebuild for N97
this tool is very easy to use, but it is always a tool for experts and smart people, it is not for everyone!
If you remove or replace some critical system component, your phone will dead at 100%, you have to know exactly which is the purpose of the files that you remove/replace!
Additional Disclaimer:
You use this tool at your own risk.
If, for any reason, your phone explodes in your face, don't complain to me.
If you don't like this policy, nobody forces you to use this tool... just don't use it!
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In a small manufactured home in south Phoenix, 6-year-old Jonathan Hendrix is hiding behind a chair, pretending to be shy.
"I don't want to go to the doctor," he mumbles to his mother, when a stranger arrives at his house to talk about his medical condition.
Jonathan has chronic asthma. He's intimately familiar with the doctor's office. What started as an attack that landed him in the hospital when he was 2 has led to years of breathing treatments, missed school days (despite his mother Jennifer's best attempts) and, too much of the time, shortness of breath.
Janet Napolitano
This kid has an understanding of his disease that goes beyond his years. He can lay out all of the equipment that helps manage his asthma and demonstrate how to use each piece. His mother, who works more than 50 hours a week for the U.S. Postal Service, says Jonathan's asthma isn't as bad as she's seen in other kids, but still, they've had some scary moments.
She wishes her son didn't have to think about his next breath.
"When I see him breathing like that, I feel myself taking less breath. When he takes his inhaler and he holds it in and counts to 10, I hold it in," she says. "I'll never know what it feels like. Maybe like choking."
In Arizona, which has the second highest asthma rate after Maine, according to the American Lung Association, Jonathan's story is a familiar one for school-aged children especially in low-income school districts. Janet Napolitano got headlines in 2003, early in her administration, for talking about asthma and other environmentally triggered hazards to children, but as her first term comes to a close, the governor's done almost nothing to change public policy.
She's too late for one little girl.
Earlier this year, a fifth-grader at Rose Linda Elementary School in south Phoenix died of an asthma attack triggered by bad air while she played outside during recess. By all accounts, the school did what it was supposed to sent the 10-year-old home with strict instructions to her mother that she needed to go to the hospital. But because the mother is an undocumented immigrant, she kept her daughter home and tried to stop the attack herself.
The child was not taken to the emergency room until the next morning, and by then, it was too late.
Of course, not every child who has an asthma attack at school dies, but many are unable to sit through class. Mary Chick, head nurse for Roosevelt Elementary School District, which includes Rose Linda, says that in 2004 there were more than 10,000 missed school days in the Roosevelt district because of asthma. She estimates that she treats at least 12 asthmatic children a day, and that only counts those who come in for daily medication. Even more come in complaining that they can't breathe.
It took a death to create public policy, and even then it hasn't reached beyond a school district in this case. Roosevelt School District has implemented a flag program, modeled after a successful endeavor in California's San Joaquin Valley, that helps schools monitor air quality.
Each school flies an air quality flag: Green means the air is good, yellow is cautionary, and orange and red indicate poor to very poor air quality. Children are not supposed to play outside on orange and red days, and highly sensitive kids should stay inside on yellow days as well.
If the flag had flown the day of the fifth-grader's death, it would have been orange. The flag system may have prevented her asthma attack and saved her life, yet even now it's not mandated statewide, and it's up to individual Roosevelt principals and the superintendent to enforce it.
The state's not involved in such efforts at all.
As soon as she took office in 2003, Janet Napolitano gave Steve Owens, her newly appointed director of the state Department of Environmental Quality, an initiative to focus on children's health.
Owens and his staff at DEQ came up with the Children's Environmental Health Project. They kicked it off with a lot of hype at a press conference that April.
One month later, DEQ followed up with Arizona's first Children's Environmental Health forum, which pulled together policymakers, university researchers, private health advocates like the Arizona Asthma Coalition, parents, and teachers to talk about children's health and figure out what issues DEQ should focus on. There have since been two additional forums.
From the 2003 forum, DEQ developed four main goals: to fight environmental triggers of asthma, to improve air quality in and near schools, to address lead in drinking water, and to lower or eliminate the use of pesticides in schools.
Asthma was the Number 1 priority.
Lori Faeth, the governor's policy adviser for natural resources, agriculture and environment, says this is an issue Napolitano thinks is important.
"The governor is really committed to the children of Arizona, and obviously health issues with children has an impact on the ability to study, so she thought it was an important place to dig in," Faeth says. (Napolitano's deputy chief of staff Michael Haener said it wasn't necessary for New Times to talk to the governor about the issue, since Faeth had already been interviewed.)
But four years later, the only asthma prevention programs in the state are voluntary, pesticides are still used freely in schools, and no substantial attention has been paid to lead in drinking water.
To a lot of people, the forum goals and the governor's attention to children's health sounded great. At first, there was a lot of momentum around the project.
And yet, virtually nothing has happened. Attention for the program dropped off, after that first big press conference and forum. No legislation has been passed as a direct result of the project. No departmental mandates have been given to school districts to improve student health.
Sandy Bahr, conservation outreach coordinator for the Sierra Club, says the lack of attention to the program is disappointing.
"The governor has made child's issues and education a big deal," she says. "But they can't learn if they can't breathe."
One of the best asthma programs in the state, the Breathmobile, has nothing to do with Napolitano. The mobile asthma unit, operated by Phoenix Children's Hospital and funded by corporate sponsorship, serves families in the Roosevelt, Creighton and Phoenix Elementary school districts. According to Judy Harris, director of the Breathmobile program, the mobile provides complete treatment, including pulmonary function testing, medication and asthma education, for areas of Phoenix that are medically underserved and underinsured.
It does more for parents like Jennifer Hendrix than any DEQ program. Hendrix says she was delighted to discover the free service the care and information provided to her from Breathmobile staffers and nurses has made a big difference in Jonathan's life. She'd like to see a similar program made available to more schools and families.
"Napolitano, I would say if she's talking about people's health and asthma and poor quality of air, maybe she should start a program just for asthma. Even start something like that [the Breathmobile]," says Hendrix, who adds that she did vote for Napolitano in the last election and probably will this time as well.
One of the Breathmobile's greatest virtues is that it's free for the families that use its service. Still, it currently is only able to serve 19 schools, and many parents in areas with high asthma rates do not have access to health insurance. Financial disparity between high- and low-income school districts places asthmatic kids on some very uneven ground.
Without funding, many low-income schools can't implement the program. And it's the poorest schools, like the ones in Roosevelt School District, that have the highest asthma rate. Many low-income schools sit near industrial sites and freeways and are exposed to high levels of pollution. Nurse Mary Chick feels that while more money for schools would be nice, it's not the only answer. And she'd rather not wait around for money that probably won't be coming from the Capitol any time soon. She says that what is really needed is stronger enforcement of environmental policies, and mandatory, not voluntary, programs.
"I don't think the state is doing their part at all," says Chick. "There's no enforcement. Unlike California, where they have laws mandating certain things helping asthmatics, Arizona doesn't have any laws (although Arizona's asthma rate is higher). It took something like a child dying to say, hey, we've got to do something. Make it mandatory, not voluntary, that these children are not sent outside when the air is bad."
Mandatory regulations and strict enforcement won't cure Jonathan's asthma, and they might not have saved the Rose Linda fifth-grader's life, but they would cut down on asthma attacks in schools and certainly would decrease the number of school days missed.
The Sierra Club's Sandy Bahr has worked on environmental issues like air quality and pesticide exposure for a long time, through several gubernatorial administrations. This past legislative session she helped to get a bill passed that will regulate pesticides in schools. She was at the Children's Environmental Health project's kickoff forum, and was encouraged at the time, though she says the buzz has disappeared.
"In the beginning, there was excitement about this opportunity to make a difference," she says. "Interest has waned, and I'm not sure why. People get discouraged. They think, 'The Legislature stinks so there's nothing we can do.' This is when we have to get creative."
The project's one significant success is a voluntary school-bus-idling program that requires school buses to turn off their engines rather than idling outside schools pumping exhaust into the air children are breathing. The program started with just seven schools and has increased to 144.
Not bad for a voluntary program, but that still leaves more than 1,500 schools not participating.
DEQ has also implemented a voluntary program to cut down on pesticide use. Working with University of Arizona entomologist Dawn Gouge, the department is trying to educate schools about integrative pest management an exterminating approach that avoids mass spraying of pesticides. Often, when dealing with a pest problem, schools will just contract with the least expensive extermination company. Gouge says this is an ineffective practice that ultimately winds up costing a lot of money (because the pests don't go away) and can harm kids.
"You need to know what pesticide to use on which organism, and that's not what usually happens when you contract with a low-bid pest management company," she says. "Integrated pest management is about resolving the reasons why pests are there in the first place as well as giving sensible remediation."
But because integrated pest management is more involved than blanket pesticide spraying, it's also more expensive. Currently, 14 school districts in Arizona are able to participate in the program. There are others, like Roosevelt School District, that have shown an interest, but do not have financial resources to implement IPM strategies. Gouge says DEQ does a good job supporting the program on a voluntary basis, but the program will need monetary support from the state if it's going to expand.
"They [DEQ] should be supported better than they have been in the past," she says. "We are at our limit. For us to expand, we're going to require new resources."
And while Gouge and her co-workers never ask the schools they work with to pay for their expert advice that's taken care of by a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency schools are responsible for remediation costs to fix any problems.
"For some schools," Gouge says, "that's just not possible."
California has laws in place to protect children's health, including the aptly named Children's Environmental Health Protection Act of 1999. California is also the only state in the Environmental Protection Agency's region nine (including Arizona, California, Nevada and Hawaii) that has a strategic asthma plan.
DEQ's Steve Owens says mandates and regulations for schools were never the goal of the project. Part of the problem would be enforcement his office is already understaffed.
"If you have a mandatory program, you have to get into the question of how you would enforce it," Owens says. "It's one of those things that are tough to enforce from a regulatory perspective. For a lot of schools, one of the most useful things we do is give them the tools they need to do this stuff themselves."
Another problem is funding. DEQ and the Legislature are far from compatible in 2004, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee actually tried to sunset the agency and getting any funding through the Legislature, let alone passing an actual environmental bill, is tough. The funding DEQ tried to pass this year, part of which would have gone toward retrofits for diesel school buses for cleaner engines, was not approved. A 2005 bill that focused on air quality in school buildings (Senate Bill 1009) was passed but virtually gutted when provisions for air quality inspections in schools were removed. This year's Senate Bill 1350, which forces schools and child-care facilities to notify parents when pesticides are going to be sprayed and give them the option to keep their children home, made it through the Legislature, but only because Bahr and other environmental lobbyists fought hard.
Barbara Burkholder, the policy and advocacy committee chair for the Arizona Asthma Coalition, has worked with the Children's Environmental Health Project since its inception and understands the reasons for the funding and lack of implementation beyond volunteering.
"The legislators are really keeping DEQ on a short leash," she says. "It's a revolving door the agency can be criticized for not carrying out its function, but if you . . . don't give them enough money, it says, 'We don't appreciate everything you do.'"
A common sentiment throughout environmental and public health circles is that, as far as children and the environment go, Napolitano is "better than the alternative."
But the Sierra Club's Sandy Bahr says that's not a good standard. If Napolitano could rally some of her political capital and make environmental health a top priority, Bahr is certain she could get bipartisan support in the Legislature and really begin to make a difference.
"Right now we're at crisis management. That's how we do everything," Bahr says. "The governor could be nudging agencies to do more: Draft legislation. Look into putting some funds for preventative maintenance and invest in better equipment up front. Look for opportunities for cooperation on legislation and help highlight new information. What would the people of Arizona rather have healthier kids or some little tax cuts? I think most people would rather have healthy kids."
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But the governor's office agrees with Owens that there is not a need to create and enforce any new regulations.
"There's no need to mandate issues associated with these programs," says Faeth, the governor's environmental adviser. "The bigger focus is coordination of the agencies that have to do with children's health."
Bahr and others working on the ground disagree. While cooperation and dialogue between agencies is essential, Bahr says it's just not enough.
"I think if one child dies because of bad air quality, it's too much. The fact that we accept it is so wrong," she says. "Industry people try and turn things around, and they love the cost-benefit analysis. But if it's your kid that dies from asthma, how do you do a cost-benefit analysis on that? The fact is we're not doing a good job."


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Automatic video editing startup Magisto grabbed yet another major investor today: massive Russian email and web portal Mail.ru Group.
Magisto's service lets you create a professional-looking one-minute movie by uploading 10 minutes of rough video footage, five photos, and an audio track. More recently, the company debuted an update allowing you to guide all that raw media to help craft a more personal movie. The entire process takes up to seven minutes to complete, which is much faster than editing it manually for the majority of people.
The startup's last funding round came from Sandisk and Qualcomm and led to Magisto's technology being integrated into both high-end digital cameras and memory cards. Those integrations have helped the company double the number of registered users since September to 20 million. (It's worth noting that registered users aren't the same as active users, which Magisto hasn't disclosed.) Magisto said it's also now seeing users creating 3.5 million Magisto-edited videos per month.
But the latest round, a $2 million investment from Mail.ru, might present an even greater opportunity for Magisto to grow interest among consumers.
Along with the funding, Magisto announced that its tech will be integrated into Mail.ru-owned social network Odnoklassniki. Initially, this might not seem like a big deal because most people (in the US anyway) haven't heard of Odnoklassniki (and probably couldn't pronounce it — g'head and try; no one will hear you, probably). However, it's actually the largest social network in Russia, with 33 million unique visitors per day. That means there's a huge opportunity for Magisto to pull in new users.
Founded in 2011, the New York-based startup has raised a total of $20.5 million in funding to date.


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Big night tonight. Sporting Kansas City's official 2013 primary kit will be unveiled to season ticket holders and media members at an event sponsored by Budweiser. And with only three days until the season opener, you have a chance to win the club's official new threads.
It's easy. After the unveiling, tell us why you want the new jersey. Tweet at @SportingKC with #GetTheKit, and you'll automatically be entered in a raffle to win the 2013 primary kit. The winner will be announced at the Official Watch Party on Saturday. RSVP here.
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Goh Ying Ying identified the body of a boy found in Port Klang yesterday as her son.
PETALING JAYA: The mother of six-year-old William Yau confirmed that the body of a boy found in Port Klang yesterday is her son.
Berita Harian reported that Goh Ying Ying identified Yau based on the shorts and underwear worn by the corpse, which appeared to be the same as the last clothes worn by the boy.
However, Subang Jaya district police chief Yahaya Ramli said he would wait for the DNA test to be concluded before confirming the matter.
On Jan 16, Yau went missing after his parents left him and his siblings in the car to purchase a washing machine at Putra Heights.
It was said that he went looking for his parents after his younger sister started crying in the car.
Yesterday, police found the body of boy at Sungai Sireh and sent it to the Klang Hospital for identification.
Yau's disappearance had generated widespread media coverage, with the public also lending a hand in locating his whereabouts.
However, Nottingham University communication professor Zaharom Nain did not blame the media exposure.
He instead questioned the police's role in solving the case.
"What measures have the police taken? The Nur line is full of rubbish," he said, referring to the hotline managed by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry with the cooperation of the police.
The line was established after the kidnapping and murder of six-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin in 2007.
"The moment the identity of the missing boy was known everyone tried to help," he said.
He added that the kidnappers probably panicked over the publicity that Yau had received because kidnapping was an offence punishable by death.
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Cambodia's influential former king Norodom Sihanouk died Monday in Beijing at the age of 89, reports Reuters.
Sihanouk was a well respected figure thorough much of Cambodia's tumultuous history. He began his rule over Cambodia in 1941 and led the country to independence from France in 1953.
He held onto the throne until 1955 then abdicated but took up the throne again in 1993, reports the BBC.
In 2004, Sihanouk said his health was failing and abdicated in favor of his son, Norodom Sihamoni.
Prince Sisowath Thomico, a royal family member and Sihanouk's assistant, told AP that the former king had suffered a heart attack at a Beijing hospital.
"His death was a great loss to Cambodia," Thomico said. "King Sihanouk did not belong to his family, he belonged to Cambodia and to history."
Sihanouk was an active figure in Cambodian politics for 60 years. He oversaw the country's transition from French rule to independence, and to the brutal regime of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge to the constitutional monarchy it is today, reports CNN.
In the late 1960s, Sihanouk was unable to stop Cambodian involvement in the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge "killing fields" that followed.
According to Reuters, the Khmer Rouge held Sihanouk prisoner in his own palace after their 1975 victory. At least 1.8 million people died of starvation, disease, murder or torture during the four years of brutality.
Sihanouk left Cambodia from 1979 to 1991. He was restored to king in 1993 after the country held its first parliamentary elections and Cambodia became a constitutional monarchy, reports CNN.
Author Elizabeth Becker told CNN that Sihanouk's legacy was both good and bad for the country.
"He threw his prestige and politics behind the Khmer Rouge when they started the rebellion and it was his name that helped convince a lot of peasants to go along with the Khmer Rouge," she said.
"Then later, after the Vietnamese invasion, he continued to help the Khmer Rouge at the United Nations with political prestige, so his is a very checkered legacy."
Sihanouk ruled mainly as a figurehead until ill health caused him to leave the throne in 2004.
His body is expected to be returned to Cambodia for an official funeral at the royal palace in Phnom Penh, a Cambodian government spokesman told AP.


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ChevronTexaco in Discussions with Somerfield to Sell UK Service Stations
SAN RAMON, Calif., Feb. 16, 2005 -- ChevronTexaco Global Marketing today announced that Texaco Ltd., a UK subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corp., and Somerfield plc, the fifth-largest food retailer in the UK, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on an exclusive basis to negotiate the sale of approximately 140 Texaco-owned service stations in the United Kingdom to Somerfield.
The proposed agreement is part of ChevronTexaco Global Downstream's strategic direction to improve returns by focusing on areas of strength and enhancing and managing three world-class brands – Chevron, Texaco and Caltex. As part of this strategy, Texaco Ltd. is reducing capital invested in certain retail assets. Following the proposed sale, Texaco will maintain a marketing presence in the United Kingdom as a branded wholesaler, supplying fuel to 1,100 Texaco-branded third-party service stations, one of the largest branded fuel networks in the country.
Under the proposed agreement, Texaco would continue to supply the approximately 140 Somerfield-owned service stations with fuel, and the forecourts would still be branded Texaco. The convenience stores would operate under the Somerfield brand.
"This proposed agreement will allow us to concentrate our resources and capital on enhancing the performance of our refining and distribution network," said Shariq Yosufzai, president of ChevronTexaco Global Marketing. "Our customers will still receive the same high-quality fuel products they have come to expect from filling up at a Texaco-branded site and will also benefit from Somerfield's excellent fresh food and retail expertise."
The two companies will now undertake detailed discussions with the goal of finalizing the agreement, subject to all necessary approvals and following consultation with employees.
ChevronTexaco Corp. is one of the world's leading energy companies. With more than 47,000 employees, ChevronTexaco conducts business in approximately 180 countries around the world, producing and transporting crude oil and natural gas, and refining, marketing and distributing fuels and other energy products. ChevronTexaco Global Marketing is a division of ChevronTexaco Global Downstream LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corp. ChevronTexaco is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information on ChevronTexaco is available at chevrontexaco.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to ChevronTexaco's plans for retail and wholesale refined product marketing in the United Kingdom. These statements are based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections about the petroleum industry; are not guarantees of future performance; and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control and are difficult to predict. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include finalizing the sales agreement; failure to close the sale as anticipated; selling or finding an alternate use for additional company-owned stations in the United Kingdom; and general economic and political conditions. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Unless legally required, ChevronTexaco undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Mark Emmert is on Mike & Mike this morning, and the show asked listeners to submit questions for the NCAA president on Twitter, tagged #AskEmmert. It has, predictably, turned into a mini-revolt against the NCAA.
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You will be surprised to learn that Emmert did not select any of these queries, but sometimes the questions are more important than the answers. Emmert did, however, say that scholarship athletes are taking seats from paying students. So.


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Beauty blogger banishes dark circles in five minutes – using 50p everyday item
A VLOGGER shared her super speedy hack for getting rid of unwanted eye bags.
Make-up fan Darshika Patel discovered an ingenious way to turn a popular household item into an inexpensive beauty product.
Uploading a tutorial to her YouTube page Darsh's Bites, the Kiwi blogger revealed that you don't need to splash the cash on soothing eye serums – just head to your kitchen cupboard and grab some baking soda.
Along with the everyday cooking ingredient, Darshika grabbed a small bowl, some water, a teaspoon and a packet of baby wipes to complete her hack.
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Demonstrating the technique in a four-minute video, Darshika used one teaspoon of baking soda which she mixed with water so it's not too harsh on the eyes.
The YouTube star advised viewers to thicken the mixture until it became the consistency of "sugar syrup" .
She spread the paste onto her face using the back of the teaspoon, but she was careful not to apply the mixture too close to her lower lash line as that's a sensitive area.
Instead, Darshika swept the white liquid under her eyes and all the way along her cheekbones.
Then you should wait for baking soda concoction to dry until it feels dry and crusty, which should take between five and 10 minutes.
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Clements sculptor Rowland Cheney has a dream for the empty lot at the southeast corner of Lodi Avenue and Cherokee Lane.
It's a life-sized bronze statue of William G. Micke, a Lodi farmer and businessman who was also responsible for the creation of Micke Grove Park and Zoo. The city of Lodi hasn't approved the idea for the Micke statue, but Lodi Arts Commissioner Ben Burgess asked the San Joaquin County Parks and Recreation Commission to consider contributing up to $150,000 for the project on Tuesday night.


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Since 29-year old track Olympian Lolo Jones discussed her commitment to virginity before marriage on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" a month ago, every media outlet from People.com to the Washington Post has had something to say about her "bombshell" statement. Most have said Jones "deserves praise" for her personal commitment to "the hardest thing" she has done in her life. But she has also been roundly criticized for her statement.
And why? Because Jones said her commitment wasn't just for her own sake — but for God, her future husband, and the bond she hopes to have with him. Her reasoning would have been easier to swallow if she had just said she was doing it for herself.
Perhaps without realizing it, critics of Lolo Jones' reasoning have highlighted the real crux of our cultural struggle around sexuality and marriage. If there is one thing Jones learned growing up with a single mom of five children who had to move eight times in eight years to make ends meet while her father spent much of his time in state prison, it is that decisions about sexuality influence far more than one's personal life.
And is she right? For decades now researchers have known that pre-marital sexual relations and cohabitation are each predictors of divorce. Jay Teachman's seminal work in 2003 found that women who had premarital sex had a significantly higher risk of marital break up than women who were abstinent. If a woman had premarital sex and cohabited only with her future husband, there was no statistically significant increase in divorce rates. But women who cohabited only with their future husband were also much more likely to have had sexual relationship with someone other than their husband (73 percent vs. 41 percent). Every sexually intimate relationship prior to marriage with someone other than the future husband seemed to increase the likelihood of divorce later on.
But this is not the message our culture communicates to those like Lolo Jones who are making decisions now that will dramatically affect their future romantic happiness. Students I taught at a large state university confessed after hearing these statistics that the strongest message they heard about romantic relationships before coming to college was that this was their last chance to live it up and that they needed to do things for themselves now because they would be tied down in the future. What we may not realize is that when we communicate the "do what feels good to you now" message, we handicap their ability to realize dreams for future happiness in family life.
Thankfully, Jones is not alone in her reasoning. Comparisons of sexual behavior across the period from 1995-2002 showed a significant decline in the proportion of teens who had ever had sex. From 2002 to 2006, the decline continued, though it was not a significant change. And what is the most common reason given for not having had sex? Similar to Jones, 41 percent of females (48 percent of non-Hispanic white females) and 31 percent of males identified something higher than themselves — saying it was "against religion or morals." In contrast, teens were least likely to choose important but self-protective reasons like "I don't want to get a sexually transmitted disease" as the reason for not having had sex.3 comments on this story
In spite of strong messages to the contrary, teens and college students are taking stands against the "do what you want now" culture of promiscuity. In 2005, a group of students at Princeton University started a student society that led to a host of abstinence advocacy student groups across The Ivy League including Harvard, MIT, Yale and Stanford. The catalyst? Their own university sponsored safe-sex education, which seemed more like institutional encouragement of promiscuity than institutional efforts to protect students' safety or relationship happiness. Princeton's Anscombe Society has drawn on philosophical-ethical arguments as well as psychological and sociological rationale to make a strong non-religious case against pre-marital sex and found that many students at other universities hunger for the same reasoning.
Like Lolo Jones, these students have dreams of creating the kind of bond with a future spouse that their children's hearts can rely upon. And they recognize that creating that solid bond means a commitment to something beyond themselves. Though critics may not realize, it is precisely because these students realize that their sexual behavior today affects future others that they are willing to make such personal effort.
Jenet Jacob Erickson teaches in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University.


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In a rather surprising oversight, it seems British diplomats didn't get round to editing - or indeed listening to - Tom Odell's song Another Love before they let David Cameron give it to his fellow G8 leaders as gift, part of a compilation playlist of contemporary British music.
The song contains the line: "So I'll use my voice, I'll be so f****** rude, words they always win, but I know I'll lose". Perhaps the PM thought Vladimir Putin's English wouldn't be good enough to pick up the sweary words.
Of course lots of songs have been edited to mask naughty words before being allowed to be played in public - here's our playlist of the top 10.
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The Beautiful South - Don't Marry Her, Have Me
The track, which spent 10 weeks in the UK Singles chart, was originally called Don't Marry Her, F*** Me. However, the lyrics were changed to Don't Marry Her, Have Me to ensure the song received airplay on radio and television.
Johnny Cash - A Boy Called Sue
The phrase 'son of a b****' was censored in the radio edit of the track. 'Damn' was also blanked out from the final line of the song.
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Some radio stations decided to blank the line 'That little faggot with the earring and the make-up' from the song.
The Kinks - Lola
The original song had the words "Coca-Cola" in the lyrics. However, because of BBC Radio's policy against product placement, the band was forced to change the words to "cherry cola" for the single release.
Britney Spears - If You See Amy
Britney had to change the name of her hit single to If You See Amy after the original title If U Seek Amy was found to have quite a naughty meaning when spoken (go on, try it, we dare you...)
James Blunt - You're Beautiful
The phrase 'f****** high' in the second verse of this number one hit was changed to 'flying high' for the radio edit.
Prince - Sexy Motherf*****
The f***** part of the word was bleeped in the radio edit of this song, which reached number four in 1994. However, the censorship did not stop the song receiving plenty of airplay.
Cee-Lo Green - Forget You
This number one hit was originally called F*** You. However, its lyrics were changed to Forget You for the radio edit.
Black Eyed Peas - Lets Get it Started
The track, which appeared on the band's 2003 album Elephunk, was originally called Lets Get Retarded. Not surprisingly, the title was changed for its releas as a single.
The Pogues featuring Kirsty McColl - Fairytale in New York
In 2007 the BBC dubbed out 'faggot' and 'slut' from the track after putting a ban on the words to 'avoid offence'. Kirsty McColl's mother called the ban 'too ridiculous'. However, the Pogues said they found the decision 'amusing'.
Listen to the playlist below.


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i need an appraisal on a 56 lp special i have + a few other non lp guitars...
for insurance purposes
i know about gruhns but are there others that are viable (and maybe less expensive - $50 each - ouch)
i need an appraisal on a 56 lp special i have + a few other non lp guitars...
for insurance purposes
i know about gruhns but are there others that are viable (and maybe less expensive - $50 each - ouch)
I think $50 is cheap for a guitar worth more than $10k.
If you wouldn't say it in person, don't say it online
I don't know too many who would fool with an appraisal for $50 much less for any less than that. Gruhn is good to use because he appraises high, usually well over market value and recognized as "the authority" by most insurance companies and those casually aquainted with vintage. Some other dealers may be just as reliable but thier appraisals will hold little weight and some just flat out worthless when it comes to name recognition and credibility.
gruhn has a lot of power and most people feel safer with an appraisal from him
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I agree: I have delt with many insurance claims even on appraisals thay I have done as a Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide Participant. The insurance companies are not dumb. As long as all of the issues are addressed in an appraisal the insurance companies will try to replace the instrument with one with the same value. The insurance companies have more concerns on other not so cataloged collectible items .
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Damn, he's done bumped his price $15.00 since my last appraisal and I have documentation ready for another that's been laying on my bench since last year. This is what happens when one procrastinates!
"Real amps glow in the dark."
Just for an experiment, I sent out pics of a very rare guitar I owned to several appraisal experts, a Gibson, but not a Les Paul. The results were, as they say, very surprising and telling. What it told me was this - rely on myself!
It's not suprising at all to find appraisals that vary like mad because there isn't a standard that has to be met (in many businesses). As a result, anyone can perform the (dis)service of writing an appraisal and often times it's not worth the paper it's written on. You wouldn't believe what I see in my business.
thanks for all the replies.....looks like gruhns it is....i'm only about 1 1/2 hr away from there....$50 might be reasonable but i've got about 6 that i need appraised...and the sudden increase to $50 threw me....
Insurance companies will insure for either the value YOU place on the guitar or a replacement value.
It depends on the company and what you want.
Shop around.
Gruhn is now apprasing much closer to market. I know he uses ebay a lot to look at prices.
Also if you have six or so guitars, he will probably do a deal. He did 6 for me and charged for 5.
It depends on who you're insuring with. The home insurance companies, it tends to be a bit of a crap-shoot. They're supposed to replace with a like quality item, or pay the going rate. But right now, just about any guitar you name (including bursts) has seen at least one example sell for way under market, and a savvy insurance company could jump on that to torpedo your claim. Heritage, on the other hand, is pretty good about relying on experts that they trust (so, for example, if Dave's Guitars or Ganzler signs off on the value, that's what they'll pay). I don't know how they feel about Gruhn's, I've had troubles trusting him since he (or at least his shop) did such a hatchet job of describing my 58 Custom. Still, for a straight forward guitar with an established market, he'll do fine. If you know another reputable vintage dealer, you might ask them if they'd do an appraisal...
I will, however, be glad to look at guitars in my shop, and if possible, I will give free advice and "verbal appraisals".
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Favre fined $50,000 by league
Commissioner Roger Goodell �could not conclude� that Favre violated the league�s personal conduct policy based on the evidence currently available to him.
The league said forensic analysis failed to establish that the 41-year-old Minnesota Vikings quarterback sent objectionable photographs to Jenn Sterger. �The review found no evidence to contradict the statements of both Favre and Sterger that they never met in person, nor was there anything to suggest that Sterger engaged in any inappropriate conduct,� its statement announcing the fine said.
The NFL said its sole focus was on whether Favre violated workplace conduct policy, not to �make judgments about the appropriateness of personal relationships.�
Goodell determined Favre was �not candid in several respects during the investigation resulting in a longer review and additional negative public attention for Favre, Sterger and the NFL,� the league said. The NFL�s investigation began in early October.
The commissioner also told Favre that if he had found a violation of the league�s workplace conduct policies, he would have imposed a �substantially higher level of discipline.�
Favre�s fine will help fund a new training program on workplace conduct around the NFL, Goodell said in a memo sent to clubs Wednesday, though for the multimillionaire QB the penalty is a pittance. Even while sitting out of Tuesday�s game at Philadelphia because of post-concussion symptoms, Favre essentially earned $50,000 over about five minutes of action.
Favre�s NFL record for consecutive starts was snapped at 297 after he sprained throwing shoulder kept him out of a Dec. 13 loss to the New York Giants. He then sustained a concussion against Chicago on Dec. 20. He may be playing his last game on Sunday, when the regular season ends, if he is healthy.
There was no immediate comment from Favre or his agent, Bus Cook.
Sterger�s attorney, Joseph Conway, said that �my client and I are extremely disappointed, but not surprised� by the ruling. He added that they �strongly disagree� with Goodell�s finding of insufficient evidence to show a violation of league policy.
�It clearly shows that an NFL star player was given preferential treatment and tells all other players that failure to cooperate may cost you some money but will not result in other punishment,� said Conway, who added there was �ample evidence� the photos were of Favre.
�Additionally, today�s decision is an affront to all females and shows once again that, despite tough talk, the NFL remains the good old boys� league,� he said.
The league said its probe dragged out because of difficulties in setting up interviews with �certain key individuals,� the complication of retrieving and reviewing electronic records and Goodell�s decision to meet with both Favre and Sterger before reaching a conclusion.
The allegations against the three-time MVP surfaced on the website Deadspin, which posted a video Oct. 7 that included text messages and voicemails allegedly left by Favre for Sterger in 2008 when they both worked for the Jets, including one in which he invites her to his hotel. The video ends with several below-the belt photos�said to be of Favre�which were allegedly sent to Sterger.
A former model who was a Jets gameday hostess and later appeared on the Versus television network, Sterger refused to speak on the record to the website. Weeks after the story broke, she talked with league investigators and cooperated fully, according to her manager.
Deadspin editor in chief A.J. Daulerio acknowledged paying a third party for the material it posted on Favre and said that he could not guarantee the material was genuine.
Fox Sports reported earlier that Favre admitted to NFL investigators that he left the voicemails but denied sending the inappropriate photos.
The league also reviewed media reports that Favre pursued two massage therapists who worked at the Jets� facility in 2008. But the NFL said that claim could not be substantiated because people with �potentially relevant information� declined to be interviewed or cooperate with investigators.
The league said its investigation included the following: �an analysis of publicly available reports; a series of interviews with knowledgeable individuals, including Sterger and Favre; a review of communications between the two furnished to our office; and independent forensic analysis of electronically stored material.�
It said the investigation was limited in several respects because the matter was not brought to its attention until two years after it allegedly occurred.
Favre has consistently refused to answer reporters� questions about the allegations.
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The great Blackberry/Slacker crash crisis was solved today after I took the generous advice of Radio Survivor commenter ilikepizza and installed an 8GB Micro SD memory card on the device. That gave my Curve 8330 the cache it needed to run smoothly. As I mentioned in my earlier post, Slacker was crashing the OS. Clearly a memory problem at play.
Glad I took the trouble, too, because Slacker sounds fantastic coming out of my Curve, especially when hooked up to speakerphones.
If you are a non-geek like me, these adjustments don't come easily. But I went over to my local Verizon store and they helped me install the card. The photo on the left shows where the card needs to go. You've got to open the back, pull out the battery, lift up the SD card slot inside the circled area, and slide it in.
Far better instructions here at crackberry.com ("The #1 site for blackberry users and abusers").
I was impressed that a couple of tech support people from Slacker also contacted me after my earlier post to offer advice. Thank you Slacker, Anders Steele of fortythreepr.com, and ilikepizza for your assistance. What a team!
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NEW YORK — The third-seeded George Washington men's basketball team used balanced scoring, precision from the three-point line and timely defensive stands in building a double-digit lead. The Colonials then kept Massachusetts at bay down the stretch for an 85-77 victory in the Atlantic 10 tournament quarterfinals Friday night in front of 8,755 at Barclays Center.
In avenging a loss to their longtime conference opponent in the first round of last year's tournament and a loss at Smith Center this season, the Colonials advanced to Saturday's semifinals, where they will play Virginia Commonwealth. George Washington split two regular season meetings with the Rams, who beat Richmond in an earlier quarterfinal.
"That was a nice win for us," Colonials Coach Mike Lonergan said. "Great turnout by GW fans. We really wanted to keep them here for at least another day. Our guys played really hard, got a nice lead at halftime. I thought we rebounded real well in the second half, missed a lot of free throws and had some bad turnovers, but give [U-Mass.] Coach [Derek] Kellogg credit. They kept in that game."
The Colonials (24-7) overcame 19 turnovers to win their fourth in a row and for the fifth time in six games thanks to six players reaching double figures. Senior forward Nemanja Mikic had his best scoring game in more than three months with 14 points, including 3 for 5 on three-pointers, and sophomore forward Patricio Garino had 15 points, five assists, four rebounds and two steals.
Senior forward Isaiah Armwood had 15 points, five rebounds and two blocks, and sophomore point guard Joe McDonald had 12 points and a team-high seven assists with one turnover in helping the Colonials to a 75-57 cushion with 4 minutes 7 seconds to play. GW's largest lead of the game soon began growing uncomfortable, though, when the Minutemen turned to full-court pressure.
Chaz Williams got No. 6 seed Massachusetts (24-8) within 83-75 via a pull-up three-pointer on a fast break with 1:25 left in regulation, but the dynamic senior point guard shortly thereafter committed a turnover and missed a layup and a three-pointer that allowed GW to keep its distance. Williams finished with a game-high 19 points, although he missed 11 of 17 shots and had six turnovers.
Leading by nine at the break, GW got a reverse layup from Kevin Larsen (Montrose Christian), and graduate guard Maurice Creek's three-pointer from the right side went through for a 47-34 advantage with 18:33 left in regulation. The Colonials' lead soon was cut in half, but GW responded with seven in a row, beginning with Garino's layup.
Armwood scored the next five on his own despite playing much of the game with foul trouble. The transfer from Villanova who was the first impact player Lonergan added when he started his program rebuild in Foggy Bottom first made 1 of 2 foul shots, then dunked two-handed before scoring a layup as the shot clock buzzer sounded.
Massachusetts reeled off 10 of the next 12 to get within 56-48 with 8:09 to play. The Minutemen got a three-pointer from Demetrius Dyson and a three-point play from Maxie Esho during the surge, but Creek's three-pointer reclaimed a double-digit lead for GW. Creek and Larsen each finished with 12 points.
Williams made a three-pointer to trim the margin to 63-55 with 6:46 left before GW scored eight straight and added another two field goals moments later for the 18-point lead that was its largest of the game.
The Colonials had been hinting about getting another shot at Massachusetts in the tournament, seeking redemption for GW's only loss this season at Smith Center. GW came out with just that purpose in mind, particularly Mikic, whose consecutive field goals from beyond the arc began a run of eight straight points early in the first half.
"I've had a lot of open shots lately. They just didn't go in the last couple of games," Mikic said. "Coach, teammates believed in me. They passed me the ball when I was open, and they dropped down tonight."


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Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins Shift Leader job in Kissimmee, FL
- Company
- Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins
- Job Title
- Shift Leader
- Job Type
- Full-time, Part-time
- Location
- 5889 West Irlo Bronson Mem Highway
Kissimmee, FL 34741
A Shift Leader has the same responsibilities of the Assistant Store Manager, but requiring less experience. They perform duties in accordance with prescribed policies and procedures. They ensure compliance with standards for customer relations, brand equity, food costs, safety, sanitation, and product preparation and merchandising. They will manage the business unit during low or high volume periods, opening and closing hours, etc. The Shift Leader assumes overall responsibility for the operation of the business unit in Store Manager or Assistant Manager's absence.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist the Store Manager in the interviewing, hiring, training, and maintaining records of all new employees using approved HR guidelines.
- Responsible for monitoring performance/customer service of employees.
- Responsible for managing the sales floor during peak hours of operation to ensure courteous, accurate and efficient service.
- Complete weekly food and paper inventory.
- Maintain all databases, and POS systems, ensuring that they are up-to-date.
- Assist in the daily cash management functions.
You are applying for work with a franchisee of Baskin-Robbins, not Dunkin' Brands, Inc. or any of its affiliates. Any information you submit will be provided solely to the franchisee. If hired, the franchisee will be your only employer. Franchisees are independent business owners who set their own wage and benefit programs that can vary among franchisees.
Additional Info
- Driving
- Valid Driver's License
- Minimum Age
- 18+ years old


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Hamas Blocks Egypt Solidarity Demonstrations in Gaza, Says Rights Group
Human Rights Watch reports that Gazan police thwarted local efforts to protest Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Hamas authorities prevented demonstrations in the Gaza Strip aimed at showing solidarity with anti-government protesters in Egypt, Human Rights Watch said late Monday.
Throngs of Egyptians have taken to the streets in the last week demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, in what observers are calling the largest protest movement to sweep the country in the last quarter-century. Egyptian security services have tried to stem the wave of unrest, to no avail.
Police arrested six women and threatened to arrest some 20 other would-be demonstrators who arrived at a park in Gaza City in response to a Facebook-planned demonstration, the group said citing witnesses. Police allegedly ordered the women to sign pledges not participate in unsanctioned demonstrations, witnesses told the human rights group.
"The Hamas authorities should stop arbitrarily interfering with peaceful demonstrations about Egypt or anything else," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Human Rights Watch's Middle East director. The ruling Islamist group has so far been reluctant to comment on the demonstrations in Egypt demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
On January 20, a group of young people in Ramallah who wanted to demonstrate their support for the Tunisians were thwarted by Palestinian Authority police.
After organizing themselves using Facebook and e-mail, they informed the police 48 hours in advance of their intention to gather in Manara Square - only to learn that public demonstrations in support of the Tunisian people had been forbidden.
Some of the young people arrived at the square anyway, at the scheduled time. When one of them was seen carrying a Tunisian flag, policemen rushed over and dispersed the crowd.
Demonstrators in front of the Egyptian Embassy in north Tel Aviv on Friday expressed support for the anti-government protests taking place in Egypt and demanded that President Hosni Mubarak resign immediately.
A few dozen young people of various faiths carried Egyptian, Palestinian and Tunisian flags aloft, held signs in Arabic and Hebrew and chanted slogans denouncing the Mubarak regime. Israeli police kept a watchful eye from across the street but did not interfere.
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Here is a tutorial which will show you how to add album art to your songs and also to edit their tag information. Tag information is the information which is displayed when you play the song such as artist name, album name, etc... Most music players have support for a certain level of tag information such as artist name, album art, etc... Nokia Music Player and LCG Jukebox are two examples of music players for S60 that have such a feature including support for album art.
This tutorial makes use of a tag editor known as Mp3Tag. You can download it from Secured URL.
Install this program and then follow the steps. I do not own a Macintosh and so am unable to help users with a Mac. It is suggested that you look for alternatives to mp3Tag, same goes for Linux users unless you can make it work with Wine.
NOTE: Take a backup of your music incase you do something wrong later on. Just to be safe
1) Open Mp3Tag, and you will be presented with the window as shown below:
2) Open your selection of music for a certain album or a single song that you wish to edit the tag information or add album art to. You can do this by either dragging the selection or by using the menu or the icon in the toolbar. Then you should have something which looks like this:
3) After selecting your music, drag the album art picture to the 'album art' box and then click on save icon on toolbar or select it from the menu. You will see a message like below followed by a success dialog box.
4) You can now test your music in LCG Jukebox or in the Nokia Music Player if it supports album art. As my N80's default music player does not support album art, I was not able to provide my own screenshot for this but rather got another screenshot from google which showed how it looked. However I have tested the music in LCG Jukebox, and it works great.
5) EXTRA STEP if you want to edit tag data. Select the music you wish to edit tags of, and then edit the tags using the options provided on the left hand side of mp3Tag and the click on save either using the toolbar icon or from the menu. A similar "Saving tags" window will appear as shown above followed by a 'success' dialog box.
This is supposedly the soon-to-be FAQ:
Q: Why did you recommend mp3Tag specifically and not (insert mp3 tag editor program here)?
A: This has been tested and provides the exact ID Tag version readable by Nokia default Music Player.
Q: I am having trouble editing single mp3 files, can you help me?
A: Select one song at a time, edit the tag, and then click save. It is a little troublesome for single files but its possible. Remember to make backups just in case something goes wrong.
Q: What size of album art picture do you recommend?
A: Depending on your screen resolution and mobile phone processor speed. A bigger album art picture will take longer to load. You can easily test this with LCG Jukebox. Something in the range of (150*150) to (300*300) should do fine.
Q: What version of ID3 Tag can the default music player read?
A: I am not very sure of this, but I think its v2.3 .
Q: Where can I find album art for (insert your favorite album here) ?
A: This thread is just to show you the process. To find album art pictures, you can use Google image search or other sites such as CDCovers or Amazon.
Q: I did everything you said in the tutorial, but I still can't see album art on my phone. My phone is N80, E65, N71, or another Symbian phone with left-handed music controls. What is wrong?
A: I am sorry to dissapoint you my friend, but your default music player does not support album art. I suggest you use LCG Jukebox which can be found over at our applications section. I did not provide links as various versions work with various phones only. For my N80, only v2.12 works fine, the others look stretched on my screen. Of course I am referring to the cracked versions.
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Thats all the FAQ I could think of at the moment. Please note that this is my first ever guide to be posted on the internet and so your critcism is highly appreciated in helping me improve my guide further.If you have any suggestions, you are very welcome to post them. And if I feel they will help improve the guide, I will include them in my guide and give you credit respectively.
You may post this guide on other forums you visit for the sake of helping others but just remember to include credits. If you need a name, you can use K12 or MKH or Khalid Hussain.
And before I forget, if mp3Tag has helped you, please consider donating a small amount for further development of the application. I am not endorsing it or anything, but I feel I have to post this as its such a great application provided free of charge.
This guide has been written from the ground up including screenshots (except the QVGA music player screenshot) by Mohammad Khalid Hussain (or K12 on some forums).


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Boat Review November 2012 Issue
A Look at Sailboat Design: Fin Keels vs. Full Keels
Details like keel design count when considering cruising sailboats.
When a keel tears away from a sailboat�s hull, it makes the loss of a rig or rudder seem like a minor inconvenience. History shows that it�s an uncommon occurrence, but because we now annually hear of such incidents, we�ve decided to take a closer look at keels and see what keeps the ballast where it belongs. Keeping the keel attached is as important as keeping the crew safely on board. And for the offshore monohull sailor, preventing a keel loss, like preventing crew overboard, requires some informed forethought.


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Much like almost every other carmaker planning to debut a new or a refreshed model at the rapidly approaching New York Auto Show this year, Dodge too has cropped an image of one of its world premieres, the 2014 Durango, to be precise, and tossed it our way…
Said picture shows the facelifted 2014 Durango's brand new rear light clusters that adopt similar "racetrack" style LED tail lamps to the Dart compact saloon.
Like its 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee sibling that was revealed at the Detroit motor show earlier this year, the updated three-row crossover is expected to feature a restyled front end, a revised and upgraded interior with higher quality materials and trim, plus a new 8-speed automatic transmission used across the range. Whether Dodge will also introduce a V6 diesel options remains to be seen.
Not that you'll learn anything, but here's Dodge's press statement that accompanied the teaser image:
"Dodge Durango, the ultimate 'no compromise' three-row SUV, is about to get even better. Built on the Dodge brand's pillars of style, performance and innovation, the new 2014 Dodge Durango will deliver state-of-the-art technology in both form and function. Building upon its Best-in-Class attributes, Durango adds several new class-exclusive features for 2014 making it the Dodge brand's most technologically advanced, fuel efficient and stylish Durango ever."


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Panthers force Spartan errors, beat Somerset 10-1
After her seventh inning strikeout, Somerset's Erin Dodor went into the dugout and cried. It was symbolic of the frustration the Spartans felt in their 10-1 loss to St. Croix Central last Thursday.
This game was the opener for both teams in the WIAA Division 3 regional tournament bracket. With the win Central advanced into Tuesday's second round of regionals against St. Croix Falls.
The two teams took vastly different approaches to the game. While Somerset's girls were taking extended, wild swings at the pitches of Central's Justina Bisch, the Panthers decided to play "small ball." The Panthers were bunting the ball whenever they got someone on base, and it eventually forced the Spartans into making mistakes.The Panthers then tried to steal whenever possible, just as they've done in most of their successful games this season.
"It's a simple fact, St. Croix Central outplayed us," said Somerset coach Jane Driscoll. "They hit the ball and we didn't and they made the plays on defense and we didn't."
Somerset didn't get a hit until the fifth inning. Six of Somerset's first nine outs were on strikeouts.
Central went quietly in the first two innings, but all that changed in the third inning. Jenna Heinbuch reached on an infield single. Annette Zwald then walked. Jill Hawkins then singled up the middle. Heinbuch scored on the hit and Zwald scored when there was a throwing error on the relay. Hawkins then scored when Allison Fedie lined a single up the middle.
Heinbuch again led off the fourth inning, reaching on an error. Zwald then singled, Marie Nelson then put down a bunt, but the ball was thrown away. Hawkins then walked to load the bases, with Justina Bisch following with an rbi-single. Fedie then cracked a two-run double, raising the lead to 6-0.
That bottom of the order started the rally again in the fifth inning for the Panthers. Heinbuch walked and Zwald singled. Nelson then bunted again, and two runs ended up scoring on the play when the ball was thrown into right field. Hawkins then bunted, and she reached when the throw was mishandled, allowing Nelson to score to make the score 9-0.
The Panthers scored their final run on a walk by Ella Olson, two stolen bases, and a sharp single by Dayna Brown.
Central coach Brian Daniel said he was pleased with the attitude the Panthers took toward the game, especially coming off a game against Boyceville where the offense struggled.
"This game was a reflection of how our team really is," he said. "The girls had the killer instinct. We did almost everything right and Somerset panicked at times."
The Panthers compiled 10 stolen bases during the game. Those steals plus the numerous bunts put Panthers in scoring position and it continually put pressure on the Somerset defense.
The difficult loss was the end to a largely positive season for the Spartan girls.
"It wasn't the way the seniors wanted to end things," Driscoll said. "We didn't bat well and St. Croix Central played really well."
St. Croix Central 10, Somerset 1
Martin 3b 2-0-0, Steinlicht cf 3-0-0, Dodor c 3-0-0, Belisle 1b 3-1-1, Potting ss 3-0-0, Blue lf 2-0-0, Hatch 2b 2-0-1, Larson rf 2-0-0, Peterson dp 2-0-0. Totals 22-1-2.
M.Nelson 3b 4-1-0, Hawkins ss 3-2-2, Bisch p 3-1-2, Fedie dp 4-0-2, Olson c 3-1-2, J.Nelson lf 4-0-1, Brown cf 4-0-1, Heinbuch rf 3-3-1, Zwald 2b 3-2-1. Totals 31-10-12.
2B-Belisle, Fedie. RBI-Hatch, Hawkins 2, Bisch, Fedie 3, Brown.
Somerset 000 010 0=1
St. Croix Central 003 331 x=10
Johnson (L) 6 12 10 5 6 5
St. Croix Central
Bisch (W) 7 2 1 1 1 8