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PROVO, Utah — The BYU softball team will host Houston this weekend in a non-conference three-game series at Gail Miller Field on Friday at 6 p.m. MDT and Saturday at 1 p.m. MDT.
BYU quick hits
BYU is currently on a five-game winning streak, its highest of the season, after winning its home opener against Marist and sweeping San Diego in its conference opener last week.
BYU started the 2012 home season with an 8-0 record. Overall they were 17-1 at home, with the lone loss coming against No. 20 Hawai'i. This year they are 1-0.
Senior shortstop JC Clayton broke the all-time hit record at BYU in the team's four-game series against USD. Clayton has 269 career hits and a team and conference-leading 44 hits this season. Clayton was named PCSC Player of the Week for the third time this year.
Senior Hannah Howell was named the College Sports Madness Pitcher of the Week for the PCSC. Howell went 2-0 last week alongside a 0.93 ERA and 13 strikeouts. She also got the first hit of her career against San Diego.
BYU has an all-time record of 1-3 against Houston and has never played them in Provo.
Opponent notes
The Scarlet Cougars are sporting a record of 19-9 this season with an 8-1 record in the Conference USA standings. The team is led by head coach Kyla Holas who has headed the team since its inception in 1999. Since then, the team has had 11 consecutive winning seasons, five NCAA Regional appearances and two NCAA Super Regional Appearances. The Scarlet Cougars have four players who are hitting over .300 in senior Holly Anderson, freshman Katie St. Pierre, junior Haley Outon and senior Reina Gaber. With a .394 clip, Anderson leads the team in total bases with 56 and has a team-high seven stolen bases on the year. Outon brings power to the lineup with eight home runs to pad her .815 slugging percentage. Outon is also ranked 61st in the NCAA in home runs per game, fifth in walks, 16th in on base percentage and 12th in sacrifice flies. Houston has four pitchers on its staff who have made appearances this season but are led by redshirt junior Bailey Watts. Alongside an impressive ERA of 1.66, Watts has compiled an 11-2 record this season with the help of 71 strikeouts and a .181 opponent average. Watts numbers have placed her on the NCAA watch as well, ranking 51st in shutouts, earned run average and victories.
With the same number of games under each team's belts, BYU has out-hit Houston 229-200 so far this season, but the Scarlet Cougars have an advantage in extra-base hits with 43 doubles to BYU's 27 and 17 home runs to BYU's 8. BYU has an advantage at the mound with 157 strikeouts on the year to Houston's 125 and in the field, turning nine double plays to the Scarlet Cougars' six. Houston will welcome No. 4 Alabama to its home field Wednesday night before traveling to Provo for the three-game series Friday and Saturday.
They're back
It was a slow start to the season for the BYU pitching staff, but after going 5-0 in its home and conference debut, the staff looks to be gaining confidence on the mound.
Tori Almond earned two wins in solid performances against Marist and San Diego. She pitched 13.1 innings and gave up only one earned run on seven hits. She held San Diego hitless in her 3.1 innings of work Saturday and ended the week with 12 strikeouts and a 0.53 ERA.
Hannah Howell, who picked up a majority of the innings due to injuries in the preseason, also got back on track. She earned two wins against San Diego and added 13 strikeouts and an ERA of 0.93 to her weekend stats.
Consisten Clayton
Clayton has been as consistent as they come for BYU softball. The California native made an impact right away for the Cougars, starting in 54 games her freshman year. She had a career-high 80 hits that season alongside a .430 batting average and a career-high 56 runs scored. Her consistency throughout the season helped lead BYU to its first ever NCAA Super Regional against Arizona.
In her sophomore and junior seasons she started in every game and continued to add to her impressive freshman stats, leading the Cougars to two more NCAA Regional appearances and two conference championships.
In her first three years at BYU, Clayton garnered Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, Mountain West All-Conference First Team, Easton Second-Team All-American, NFCA All-Region First Team, All-WAC First Team and two BYU Offensive Player of the Year accolades.
At the beginning of this season, she was named to the Top 50 Watch List for the 2013 USA Collegiate Softball Player of the Year. With four hits against USD on Saturday, she surpassed Angie Quiocho to hold the new all-time hit record with 269 career hits. Clayton also set a game record in game two on Saturday against the Toreros for stolen bases in a game with four.Comment on this story
"JC has been a cornerstone on our team for four years now," Eakin said of her accomplishment. "She is a complete player. This record could stand for a very long time."
Clayton is also second in career batting average with .403, fourth in career runs scored with 169, second in career triples with 9 and third in career stolen bases with 38. She has also won three of the seven PCSC Player of the Week honors so far this season.
Where to watch
Friday's game will be broadcast live on BYU Radio-Sirius XM 143, while Saturday's doubleheader will be broadcast via BYUtv.
Jamie Morris is the softball sports information director for BYU Athletic Communications.


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Fans looking forward to reunion tours and albums from two of the biggest rock bands of all time, may just have to wait a bit longer.
In two reports published within 48 hours of each other, both Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour appear to have squashed persistent rumors of the two most anticipated rock reunion tours ever...at least for now.
Hopes for what would undoubtedly be record shattering tours by the enduring classic rock giants were raised in recent years by a pair of one-off reunion shows. Most recently, Led Zeppelin reunited last year for a London tribute concert for the late head of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun. The classic lineup of Pink Floyd, including both Roger Waters and David Gilmour, meanwhile played together for the first time in twenty five years at Bob Geldof's 2005 Live 8 benefit concert, which was televised worldwide.
"There have been all sorts of farewell moments in people's lives and careers which they have then rescinded, but I think I can fairly categorically say that there won't be a tour or an album again that I take part in," Gilmour responds to the lingering rumors, in a report published Tuesday at MSN.com.
"It isn't to do with animosity or anything like that. It's just that I've done that. I've been there, I've done it." Gilmour will release David Gilmour Live in Gdansk a double concert album and DVD on Sept. 23 for Columbia Records. The set includes live versions of such classic Floyd songs as "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Echoes."
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Rosebud Tea by Shuang Le
Before I start this review let me tell you that I am not the biggest fan of rose tea. There has been an occasional black rose tea that I have enjoyed, but for the most part, anything with the word "rose" in it usually makes my mouth feel like I've swallowed some of my grandmother's old perfume.
Well, I like this tea so much that I actually refused to believe it was roses. I had it first at a tea shop and while I could clearly see the red buds (which someone identified as roses) I said there was no way it could be as it tasted nothing like roses. I realized I was wrong when I ran to the store to get my hands on some of this delicious "red flower" tea and found out indeed it is roses.
The real difference here is that it is rose buds, not the full flower. It is a small difference, but I think it makes a big change in the flavor. As roses mature they get more flowery/perfume scented, but when picked and dried while they are still young it has a very different flavor.
The first thing that comes to mind when I taste rosebud tea is, don't laugh, strawberry fruit roll-ups I ate when I was a kid. I know it sounds a little strange, especially as the tea tastes nothing like strawberries, it's just that there is this citrus-y tang to the tea that I remember being in the fruit roll-ups. As you lift the cup up to your mouth you can smell the fruity tang and immediately my mouth begins to salivate in anticipation.
It does smell and taste slightly flowery (my husband says he can taste it right away) but I feel like it is more subtle then most flower teas. Even if you leave it to steep for a long time, the taste is very light and fresh. Because there is nothing added the tea brews to a nice light yellow color.
The flowers also look quite nice in the cup. They are tight closed buds, but after you steep them for awhile they open slightly and get richer in color. These are one of those teas best served in a glass teapot so everyone can enjoy looking at it as well as drinking it.


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Earlier this week, original JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was interviewed on "Elliot In The Morning", the morning radio talk show hosted by DJ Elliot Segal. You can listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below.Asked if people may have misconstrued what JUDAS PRIEST said in late 2010 about not wanting to do any more extensive touring ever again, PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton said during an appearance on "Rockline": "We, uh, lied. [laughs] The statement we made was we're gonna do no more world tours. As we said before, it takes a massive chunk out of your life. It's pretty arduous out there — almost two years, the last one, playing two and a half hours every night, four or five shows a week. But we enjoyed every second of it. And we said that at the end of it, we weren't gonna do any more world tours, but we didn't' rule out any dates. And we just got so enthused with the new album and everything that we put some dates in and we'll see where it goes from there." Asked by "Rockline" host Bob Coburn if it's fair to say retirement didn't work out for the band at all, Tipton replied: "We lied. We lied. We didn't mean to." Halford added: "Actually, it's [new guitarist] Richie Faulkner's fault; let's blame Richie. We can't overemphasize the importance of having Richie with us at this point in our career." He continued: "When Richie joined us for the 'Epitaph' tour, extraordinary things were happening night after night after night. And that, accompanied with some of the things that Richie was doing backstage before the show, laying down licks with his little portable recording gear, it was just this energy that was just out of control. So, naturally, when you come off a tour like that and you digest everything, you're just raring to go and we couldn't wait to get into the writing mode and start making music for [the new JUDAS PRIEST album] 'Redeemer Of Souls' together." Faulkner joined PRIEST in 2011 following the departure of the band's founding axeman Kenneth "K.K." Downing. Prior to hooking up with PRIEST, Faulkner was the guitarist in the backing band for Lauren Harris, daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris. JUDAS PRIEST's 17th studio album, "Redeemer Of Souls", sold around 32,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 6 on The Billboard 200 chart.
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[FONT=Cambria]If the [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Cambria]State of the Climate[/FONT][FONT=Cambria] is The Form, then The Elements are [/FONT][FONT=Cambria]the structures in the eco-system regulating the climate[/FONT][FONT=Cambria] which are [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]either striving to hold the climate in its current state, or striving to push the climate into a new state. There are millions of examples of such structures, we will consider three: The rainforests which trap carbon dioxide, and the polar ice caps, which reflect heat from the sun back into space. The factor of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the earths atmosphere is an element which is striving to push the state of the climate into a new state.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]For hundreds of years, human activity has changed the nature of these elements. The concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere has increased due to the use of coal and oil as fuel.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]On the other hand, Rainforests have been cut down and have had their potential as carbon sinks weakened. [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Some sources claim that deforestation has already wiped out roughly 90% of West Africa's original forests" and on the other side of Africa "Ethiopia has lost 98% of its forested regions in the last 50 years...[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]In South Asia, about 88% of the rainforests have been lost
In Central America, two-thirds of lowland tropical forests have been turned into pasture since 1950 and 40% of all the rainforests have been lost in the last 40 years
As of 2007, less. than 1% of Haiti's forests remained Wikipedia article deforestation[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Cambria]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]The increased concentration of Carbon Dioxide has warmed the planet, and has melted huge areas of the polar ice caps, weakening their potential to reflect heat back into space. [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]The Elements which strive to hold the climate in its current state have been steadily weakened over the last few hundred years. But there were no obvious changes in the overall State of the Climate over this time period, because the elements which strove to hold it in its current state overpowered those which strove to change it.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]As the elements change, they turn into their opposite, they become elements which strive to change the State of the Climate. As ice caps melt, dark seas emerge to replace them, which absorb heat into the earth rather than reflect it. As rainforests are wiped out, their potential to trap carbon is turned into its opposite: zero potential to trap carbon.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Dialectics teaches us how all things are connected and change over time - The form changes when the relationship between its elements change. The State of The Climate will change when the elements which strive to change the State of the Climate overpower those that strive to hold it in its current state.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Whenever a form changes, there is a period of phase transition. For long periods of time, as the dominant elements are being weakened, and the dominated elements are being strengthened, there is no apparent change to The Form. As the relationship between the elements shifts, as the dominant becomes dominated and the dominated becomes dominant we see symptoms of phase transition. I.e. as the structure of Water changes from Liquid to Gas, water begins to bubble in the period of phase transition.[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Cambria][/FONT][FONT=Cambria]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Over the last decade, the symptoms of Climate Change have become more frequent and obvious. Thus the period we are living in now, in relation to the development of the Climate, is a period of phase transition between the current State of the Climate, and a new State of the Climate.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]The nature of the new State of the Climate, whose emergence is being prepared for as we speak, cannot be predicted accurately. However, it is obvious that it will be different from what we have now and are comfortable with. Even a few degrees increase in temperature would devastate the world economy and human populations. [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]The possibility exists that the new State of the Climate could wipe out the human species completely.[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Cambria][/FONT]
[FONT=Cambria]The entire scientific community admits the reality of climate change and that the cause is human activity, but only Dialectics can show us just how near we are to experiencing this catastrophe. [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Unfortunately, the capitalists, who control the media as well as scientific media, decided long ago that Dialectics could not help them, and thus it was banned from public display. They did this because Dialectics proves that the next form of society to emerge will come about through the overthrow of the capitalists.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Although the scientific community tried its best to warn society about climate change, it was impossible to do anything about it on the basis of Capitalism.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]On the one hand, Capitalists did nothing to make their industries more environmentally friendly. They would rather continue to receive the entire value of their enormous profits, than reduce them to ensure the safety of the entire world's population. The capitalist system itself generates this decadent morality and it is impossible to expect anything more from these parasites. Every capitalist is in competition with other capitalists, and if one were to cut into his own profits, he would be ruined by his competition. The Capitalist resembles the captain of a sinking ship, who is unable to accept what is happening.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]But If the Capitalists could not change, surely the governments would force them to? Unfortunately in capitalism, the governments are merely a part of the state machine, whose role is to legitimize and enforce the property relationship of wage-slavery - of the domination of the capitalists over the working class. [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]All the world's 'leaders' met in Copenhagen last year to make new resolutions on managing Climate Change. All the worlds 'leaders' at this noble conference were, for what seems like the first time in an eternity, united. They all chose not to make any cuts into the profits of their own national Capitalists. They were united in their inability to do anything whatsoever about the impending crisis which threatens the future of humanity, in the most technologically advanced period in the whole of human history, our great 'heroes of democracy' could not even agree to [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Cambria]try[/FONT][FONT=Cambria] and give our future a chance.[/FONT][/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]The Capitalists tried hard to make it seem like Climate change was everybody's fault and the solution was the responsibility of every individual. They encouraged us to buy environmentally friendly cars and solar power so as to reduce our 'carbon footprints'. If only we could buy ourselves out of this catastrophe, unfortunately the working class has been impoverished by wage slavery and cannot afford to pay for these ideal remedies.[/FONT]
[FONT=Cambria]The Solution to this problem is not the responsibility of every individual. Capitalists can do no good here whatsoever. The Working class and youth exclusively have the potential to be the solution, for the only event that can stop Climate Change is the Communist Revolution.[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Algerian]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]As wage slaves, the majority of the world's population are excluded from owning the means of production and are thus by definition, excluded from participating in decisions concerning production. [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Under communism, when the entire population had a choice as to what sort of measures are implemented at [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Cambria]the source of production[/FONT][FONT=Cambria], surely they will make sure that production, the basis of all society, is not paving the way for society's ruin.[/FONT][/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Under Communism, the entire scientific world will be united, and will be given immeasurable recourses to develop the technology required to reverse the effects of Global Warming[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Under Communism, the value of the products of every worker's labor will be returned to them in full, making all workers hundreds of times more wealthy and able to afford environmentally friendly options.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]Under Communism, the world will share its recourses. All countries with rainforests will be able to stop clearing them to make way for farm land, as they will be given free food from countries like the USA instead.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]If Capitalism continues to exist, the climate will change its state, and humanity may end.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]We can choose to accept defeat, or we can rise to fulfill our historic mission of implementing the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Rise to fulfill your heroic potential, join the Youth Dialectic in the fight for Communism.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria][/FONT][FONT=Cambria]Jamie Mathews[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Cambria]September 2010[/FONT]
Very nicely written, I'm sure that environmentalism will help catalyze future revolutions.


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Ayodhya dispute: claims and counter-claimsSeptember 29th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will Thursday give its verdict on the Ayodhya land row. Here are the claims and counter-claims of the contestants in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute:
Birthplace of Hindu god Ram:
- Hindu litigants say the disputed site in Ayodhya is the birthplace of Ram.
- Muslim litigants argue there is no historical, archaeological or religious proof for this. They say even Hindu religious bodies and 'akharas' in Ayodhya are not unanimous on this issue.
Ram temple:
- Several Hindu organisations claim a Ram temple was built at the site in 10th-11th century A.D. This was destroyed to raise the Babri mosque in the 16th century.
- Muslim groups say there is no historic evidence to back this. According to them, Turkish sultans found a mound at Ram Kot in Ayodhya in 1194.
Temple or mosque:
- Hindu groups claim the Ram temple was razed by Mir Baqi, a general of Mughal emperor Babar, to build a mosque in 1528.
- Muslim groups say there is no evidence to back this assertion.
Archaeological evidence:
- The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which carried out excavations, said in a 574-page report that there were distinctive features associated with a 10th centrury north Indian temple beneath the Babri mosque site.
- Muslim groups and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board challange the ASI findings. They say the ASI ignored the discovery of glazed tiles and pottery, besides two graves, which proved that Muslim settlements existed there even before Babar's time.
Possession rights:
- Muslim groups claim they have held the title of the land at the site for centuries. They say that regular prayers were offered at the mosque till Dec 22, 1949.
- Hindus argue that Muslims got possession of the site during Babar's time.
Legal limitation:
- Hindus argue that the Rule of Limitation applies to the suit filed in 1961 by Muslim litigants and organisations. Muslims protected their title though adverse possession.
- Muslim groups argue that they have the legal title. One cannot go back to several centuries ago on the argument of adverse possession.
- Sunni Waqf Board moves apex court against Ayodhya order (Lead) - Dec 14, 2010
- Ayodhya verdict: Okay to Ram temple, land to Muslims too (Roundup) - Sep 30, 2010
- Factsheet: Timeline of the Ayodhya Dispute - May 09, 2011
- Kalyan Singh to launch Ram temple movement - Sep 07, 2010
- End it all, please, says veteran Muslim litigant - Oct 01, 2010
- Babri demolition anniversary passes off peacefully (Roundup) - Dec 06, 2010
- 19 years after Babri demolition, Ram temple on backburner? - Dec 05, 2011
- RSS prefers out of court settlement on Ayodhya: Spokesperson - Oct 08, 2010
- What structure should disputed site have - Some views - Sep 23, 2010
- Ayodha ruling a triumph for Hindus, says Pakistani paper (Lead) - Oct 02, 2010
- Congress welcomes court decision to defer Ayodhya verdict - Sep 23, 2010
- Ayodhya verdict an answer to those who doubted us, say BJP leaders - Oct 01, 2010
- Sahmat slams Ayodhya verdict, finds it 'gravely disturbing' - Oct 01, 2010
- Supreme Court stays 'strange' Ayodhya verdict (Second Lead) - May 09, 2011
- VHP to move Supreme Court against Ayodhya verdict - Dec 07, 2010


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There aren't many corner stores these days where the lady behind the counter knows your name, said Jennifer Tolson.
But when she stops at Number One Market in North Augusta to stock up on fruit juice for her toddlers, she said it's like visiting friends.
"The people here are always friendly. They know who you are, and they treat you better than a clerk at a gas station," Tolson said.
For 15 years, the Moore family has run Number One Market Bait and Tackle – a few miles from the Savannah River – with a mom-and-pop feel. They've seen a change in their customers' needs and what it takes to compete with the big-box stores, but their mission has stayed the same.
"We're almost obsessive about it," owner Diane Moore said. "We call you by your name; we say hello. It's old-fashioned service and old-fashioned people that we like."
Moore and her husband, Dean, bought the property at U.S. Highway 1 and Cherokee Drive around 1997. They started out selling mostly cigarettes and beer but soon expanded to provide bait and tackle.
When they opened, Dean Moore said, they were one of the few convenience stores along that stretch of highway. As drugstores popped up and competition with chains grew, the family had to change their strategy.
Today, customers come in to buy anything from beef jerky to fishing hooks. The store has a hardware section, live crickets for bait, boiled peanuts, mulch, soda and snacks. It also makes spare keys.
The family said they lost some business and found that distributors are now reluctant to sell to mom-and-pop stores, but faithful customers have kept them going.
"If we don't sell a little of everything, we wouldn't be here," Dean Moore said. "We have people come in every day saying, 'I had no idea y'all were out here,' and just want to take a look around."
The Moores' son, Dustin, 21, began working full time at the store after high school. He used to help his dad at the register during the summers and learned how to ride his bike as a child in the parking lot.
Dustin Moore said he treats every customer as a regular, and some show up every day. He knows many by their first names and others only by nicknames, such as Country and Marlboro Man.
Dustin and Dean began fishing in tournaments several years ago to get the word out about the store. The hundreds of fishermen who flock to Thurmond Lake and the Savannah River for the bass and bream now buy their live worms and speciality hooks at Number One Market.
"We cater to the local people the way the big stores really can't," Dean Moore said. "We know what's here in the water, and we know what to give the customers. But they'll never tell what they're fishing with. They keep it secret."
The store has a rustic wood exterior with deer head and fish plastered on the walls inside. The Moores don't do much advertising, and most of their customers come by word of mouth.
They are working on a Web site but said the store speaks for itself.
"This is like a home to us, and that's what we show our customers," Dean Moore said. "We want to try to continue that – to grow and make a living and be happy."


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SAVANNAH - Saying he can't be a good father, husband and legislator at the same time, state Rep. Tom Bordeaux is retiring after 16 years in the state House.
Dean of the Chatham County delegation, Bordeaux bowed out at a news conference Monday at his Ardsley Park Home.
"It's been the thrill of a lifetime," the Savannah Democrat said, as daughter Annie Lillian, 5, and son Thomas, 3, took turns bouncing in his lap.
Ironically, they each had on green Bordeaux for House campaign T-shirts. A "101 Dalmations" video sat on a nearby stool.
Bordeaux had often admitted being torn between his legislative and family duties, and that had fueled speculation about his political future.
"Lots of dads as they get older get to re-establish their lives with their children," he said. "I'm not going to have that. I'm 52 years old."
"... When I come home from my three months in Atlanta ... my little boy is a lot taller than when I left. And my little girl's writing her letters and numbers a lot better than before, and she learned that without me."
Bordeaux would have been an overwhelming favorite for re-election in his Democratic-leaning mid-to-south Savannah district.
Now, the winner of the July 18 Democratic primary likely will win the job in the November general election. Among those who have expressed interest in running is Chatham County Democratic Vice Chair Joe Steffen.
Bordeaux said he plans to remain active in Chatham County politics and work to get Secretary of State Cathy Cox elected governor.
But most of all, he said, glancing toward his wife, Nelle, "I want to be a good dad and a good husband."
The veteran lawmaker drew salutes from fellow legislators from both parties.
"We're going to miss him terribly," said State Sen. Regina Thomas, D-Savannah. "He brought a wealth of knowledge and wisdom to the table. He accomplished great things for Chatham County."
State Rep. Ron Stephens, R-Savannah, acknowledged that he and Bordeaux often voted differently.
"Even so," Stephens added, "I've leaned on his legal expertise. He reads a whole lot of stuff between the lines. His legal expertise will be missed.
"But you could tell the last couple years his heart was back in Savannah. I know how hard it is to do this job with young children. It's the right decision for him."
An attorney, Bordeaux was elected to the House in 1990.
Former Gov. Zell Miller named him assistant floor leader in Bordeaux's second term, making him the most junior member to hold that post.
Later, he chaired several committees.
As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he blocked passage of tort reform bills to rein in awards in medical malpractice lawsuits.
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While i didn't get to test my little experiment yesterday. Further reading into it, i don't it would have worked anyhow.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/cus ... es/1056248 - Customizing the Linux bootup and shutdown processes
The /etc/shutdown.allow file is a text file that contains one username per line. Each user named in this file is allowed to use the shutdown command.
The way i'm reading this, my experiment will not do anything, it will simply tell Mint i have persimmon to "shutdown". And will simply do it's Restart instead. I do not believe this is the file to fix this.
In scientists link, the "sudo shutdown -P now" Should work. The second suggestion i may try as well. Anyone trying this, make a backup of grub file before editing. Or comment out old with #
than make the change.
Somewhere in a text file is a single Letter doing this, from -r when it shoulda been -P


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Finally Something New In The Craft Beer World
As some of you know, I'm a bit of a beer aficionado, so I decided to write a blog about it. Don't worry, I'm not about to waste your time with talk about Budweiser, Coors, or any of the main stream beers, cuz that ain't how I roll.
I'm talking about craft beers. Not the experimental crap some dude half-ass made in his garage, but the stuff that breaks the mold of the mainstream beers and surpasses 'home-brew' standards.
Look, let's be honest: There's not much difference between the standard American beers. When I graduated high school in 1983, American beers were all I knew. I liked them ok I guess, until I joined the Army and found myself in Germany drinking European beers at the tender age of 19.
Above: My 1st day in the army.
How would I describe the European beers? In a nutshell, they're pretty fucking awesome. It was in Germany that I learned what true variety and quality is. In the US, variety seemed like nothing more than the spelling of the beer itself. My beer purchases ended up being based on what was on sale that week, because that was the only difference.
But you want to know what's better than the European beers? The craft beers made in small home-town breweries. I'm talking about folks that have actually figured out how to brew beer that competes with top-tier beers both foreign and domestic. If you want to take it a step beyond the beers, we can talk about bitters and ales from the UK.
You know how wine snobs talk about which wine goes with which food? There's an ale for that. And a bitter, and a lager and a pilsner... You get the point.
Too bad all that is all the way on the other side of the Atlantic... or is it?
My years of tastings, brewery tours, and online research led me to these two dudes from the UK who started brewing and bottling their own beer.(BrewDog.US) They sold some to local pubs and it instantly became a massive hit.
Fast forward a few years and these same two guys are now a world-wide operation. The good news is they are finally coming to the good ole US of A.
They're setting up shop in Columbus, OH with a kind of crowd-funding backing through stock sales. The campaign "Equity For Punks" turns the company into an-employee owned operation! The brewery is even offering some additional perks like free brewery tours, discounts, and tons of other awesome merchandise. (i.e. check it out so you don't miss out)
Here's the bottom line: I like beer. American beer is ok if that's all there is. UK beer is much better, and craft beers are the best. So a Craft UK beer is the holy grail!
I would love for the US market to start seeing more variety. I would love to send a message as a consumer to the mainstream US beer companies: "Your beer sucks big green donkey dicks. Get with the program or get left behind."
Who doesn't love a company that releases this beer during the 2016 Olympics?
Got something to add? Hit me up in the comments. I'll try to respond to all the comments (as long as they are relevant to the blog).
Here's an idea: If you have some experience with the craft beers, write a blog about it and maybe we can talk about food pairings (like the wine snobs do).
As always, happy blogging fellow ebaumers, and please drink responsibly!


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Welcome to the new version of the Normandy Friends Website. Much work has been done behind the scenes to improve the site. I would like to thank all the members who were involved in making suggestions and testing the site. Without their help, it wouldn't have happened. If you have a problem logging on, it is possible that your details didn't migrate to the new site. Unfortunately, this does mean that you will need to re-register. If you have any problems with the site, please contact us and we will do our best to resolve them.
A new chat facility has been put in place which is more reliable. The only limitation is it has a maxium of 10 users at once. IMPORTANT: If you use the chatroom and don't want your full name to appear, go into your account and change your full name to your nickname. As before, the chatroom and the forum are for registered users only.
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Download a poster, print it off and display it in any place where you think it may attract new members. You can download the PDF version HERE or the Word version HERE Also, if you are a member of any other forums, please tell other people about this site. You can also bookmark it using your social bookmarks (in the left hand panel), or Tweet it.
Normandy friends is a social networking site set up to give ex-pats in Normandy somewhere to link up. If you have been looking for somewhere you can meet other people online who are based in Normandy, this is for you and other ex-pats and French friends to meet. In fact, anyone of any nationality is welcome, the common thing is that you speak English and that you have a connection with Normandy.
Registration is free and once registered you will have access to a forum where you can have discussions with other members, a live chat room, an events calendar where you can let us know what events are on and others can find out what's happening in Normandy on the social scene. You will also be able to post your profile so that other members can find out more about you and a personal messaging system.
If you have registered using a Hotmail address and haven't received your confirmation email, please check your spam box as it may have ended up there. If you still can't find it, contact us via the contact us link and we will activate your account.
This isn't just a Normandy Dating Website or a Normandy Singles Website. Everyone is welcome to join in and socialise. The only requirement is you live or have a property in or near Normandy. However, if you are single and are looking for friendship, you never know, you might just meet that special someone. There is only one way to find out. Register Now!! We have now also included a live chat which can be accessed once you have registered and logged in. You will find this at the bottom of the page.
If you have any suggestions that will help to improve the site, please let us know by using the Contact Us link.
Do you know of any events that are happening in Normandy that may be of interest to other visitors to the site? For example social events, music nights, sporting events, or even a mobile fish and chip shop. If so, please let us know via the contact us link giving as many details as possible including dates, times, description etc. We will be pleased to include them on our events calendar along with a link to a website if required. We welcome submissions of events from anybody, even is you are not a member.
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If you know of any websites that would be of interest to people living in Normandy, please let us know and we will include them in our links section.
Please be assured that privacy is something we take seriously. The information you enter on to the website will only be seen by other members.
So why not go ahead and register and make some new friends.
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NEWLY-engaged Billy Castle has booked a date with Jordan Winbourne in next month's Town Championship semi-finals.
But last year's runner-up was pushed all the way in the quarter-finals by an inspired Paul Tavender at Bitterne Conservative Club.
"I will win it this year," vowed Castle, who eased past Terry Azor (Chandler's Ford Central) 2-0 in the last-16.
While Tavender (Park Gate RBL), who had never been this far in the competition before, reckoned he "played all right" in his shock 2-0 victory over Mitch Wade (Eastleigh Rail).
The last-eight clash took just 39 minutes playing time.
Tavender's breaks of 26 and 35 forced Castle to concede with three reds left in the first frame.
After squaring the match, Castle compiled a 43 break in the decider and Tavender missed chances to lay the required snooker on the pink. "Paul played better than me," insisted the 20-year-old Churchills star. "It's the best I've seen him play."
Castle got down on one knee to girlfriend Betsie Kempster, 20, on Christmas Eve.
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Ali Reynolds is traveling that same blistering, lonesome highway, looking forward to putting her past behind her. But her cheating husband is in a hurry for a divorce, and the television network that wrongfully dismissed her for the sole sin of being over 40 will face her in court as well.
As she passes the site of a horrifying accident, Ali is grateful that it's no longer her job to report the news, until she finds out that the news is her own: the victim is Ali's cheating husband. And soon she'll find herself the prime suspect at the center of a terrifying web of evil.
A twisted and lethal drama of heart-pounding suspense, Web of Evil asks the question: If hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, just what punishment could that fury unleash?
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A little different from normal J A Jance style, but an excellent book! I enjoyed it very much - stayed up all night listening to it, couldn't put in down!
"Waste of time and money"
Worst book I have ever downloaded. Author trying to appear "hip and cool" with latest trends, "blogs", sudoku" etc and comes off as laughable, pretenteous, preachy and just plain ridiculous. Drifts off story constantly to preach morales or whatever pops into mind. Plus narrator is boring and uncreative with voices. At some parts she was just reading in monotone. I got 1/4 through and just turned it off and deleted from my library. Don't waste your money.
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On Long Island a family is celebrating the return of a missing member. The family dog disappeared in the chaos caused by Sandy, but tonight he's exactly where he should be. News 4's Pei-Sze Cheng has more.
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Butler University men's basketball announced Saturday that the team has named Brandon Miller as head coach.
Miller has been an assistant coach under outgoing coach Brad Stevens, who is taking the top job with the Boston Celtics. Stevens, 36, has become the youngest coach in the NBA.
Congratulations to the Millers. Brandon is an inspiring person and coach - just like he played! One of BU's all-time greats.— Brad Stevens (@BCCoachStevens) July 6, 2013
Miller is a 2003 Butler alum. As a Bulldog, he played point guard and became one of Butler's all-time leaders in points, three-point field goals and assists. He later returned as assistant coach.
"There is something special about somebody who has been a part of this program for a long time," Butler director of athletics Barry Collier said. "Brandon is incredibly bright and has utmost integrity."
In 2007, Miller helped take the team to a 30-4 record. That season, Butler was ranked in the national top 25 for 20 weeks, reaching as high as No. 8.
He was away from the team for five years, during which he worked under Thad Matta, a fellow Butler alum, at Ohio State.
Last season, Miller worked as a special assistant for the University of Illinois' head coach John Groce. Miller returned to Butler as assistant coach in April.
"I'm not Brad Stevens. I am Brandon Miller," Miller said. "The same goals that we had a week ago are still our goals today."


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City says "no" to Mirbeau-Hummel
No vineyard and winery.
No cottages, townhouses or duplexes.
The city council unanimously denied Monday night the proposed Mirbeau-Hummel development, overturning the plan commission�s narrow approval in November of the rezone and general development plan.
Resounding applause followed the decision.
The Mirbeau-Hummel plan goes against the requirements of the city�s master plan and south neighborhood plan, said Alderman Gary Dunham, who moved to deny the rezone and general development plan. There was no other discussion.
But that�s likely not the last the city will hear from Mirbeau-Hummel representatives. The developers filed a notice of injury against the city April 7, saying the city council violated their rights by asking voters to weigh in on the proposed development.
�We�re not going anywhere,� project executive John Terrell told The Janesville Gazette upon filing the notice. �We intend on protecting our property and procedural rights.�
Voters overwhelmingly defeated the advisory referendum, 1,377-414, on April 1.
To bring legal action against the city, Mirbeau-Hummel has to file a notice of claim. The city could then deny the claim, which would give Mirbeau-Hummel six months to file a lawsuit.
The developers were confident the city council would approve the plan because it �meets and exceeds� the requirements of the city�s master plan, Terrell said.
The proposed Mirbeau-Hummel development divided city residents from the start.
Some said it would be too much, too fast. Some said it would be detrimental to the environment. Others said the proposal would allow the city to control its growth through one developer over the next 15 to 20 years.
The Mirbeau-Hummel plan calls for a 100-room boutique hotel with 12 villas, a spa, banquet and conference facilities, 57 single-family cottages, a vineyard and winery, a restaurant, retail and 882 homes on 710 acres on the city�s south side.
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Old and closet cosplay!
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- This was back in July 2010. Our Luka's house was really artsy, so we utilized her place for all the angle shot. It was during the FIFA semi-finals so all of us kept running back and forth to check the score (and I kept on running after her dog)
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It's hard to keep a secret, especially for two years. For the last few weeks, Arsenal has been sending out newsletters and suggesting the SAM7SF will be the most finely tuned and advanced member of its SAM family the AK community has every known. The result of Arsenal's secret project, called "The Game Changer," was shown to the world on August 7th, 2013.
Before that date, a select group of evaluators at Guns & Ammo were given a first look at the very first sample. It's finished in black, wears a U.S.-manufactured Bulgarian-style handguard with gas tube cover, and looks like it should already be a member of the SAM7R family. But if you look closely, you'll see why Arsenal is particularly proud of this one.
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For more than a decade, Europe has been accustomed to relying on German leader Angela Merkel for strength and stability. But with her bid to form a new government in tatters, the continent may have to look elsewhere for leadership.
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A Beaufort woman is scheduled for a first appearance in Carteret County District Court today on a charge that she stole $70,000 from her mother and failed to pay for her care in an area nursing care facility.
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Betty Loftin, 80, died on March 1 at the facility, which is now known as Heritage Healthcare at Taylor Place.
A Beaufort woman is scheduled for a first appearance in Carteret County District Court today on a charge that she stole $70,000 from her mother and failed to pay for her care in an area nursing care facility.
Martha �Elizabeth� Loftin, 55, was arrested Friday by Beaufort Police Department on a charge of felony exploitation of an elderly person. She was placed in the Carteret County Jail under a $15,000 bond and remained there as of Monday morning.
Police said her arrest is the result of a nearly three month investigation into a report the department received from the Carteret County Department of Social Services in December that Elizabeth Loftin�s mother, Betty Loftin, had been staying at Taylor Extended Care Facility in Sea Level since February 2011 but the facility had not received any payments for her care.
Elizabeth Loftin was previously granted power of attorney for her mother and was receiving her mother�s Social Security checks while she was at Taylor Extended Care and allegedly cashing them without using the money for her mother�s care, according to a news release issued by Beaufort Police Department on Monday.
Even after Loftin�s power of attorney was taken away by the court, she continued to cash her mother�s Social Security checks and failed to pay Taylor Extended Care, police said.
Loftin is also accused of cashing a check her mother received from her late husband�s estate and not using it for her mother�s care.
According to information from the police department, Loftin used a total of $70,000 of her mother�s benefits and money for her personal use.
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With his sophomore album due out next week (June 18), J. Cole has been subject to the bright spotlight once again. When the Hot Morning Crew met up with Cole backstage at Hot Jam 2013, the rapper talked all about how critical the spotlight can be, how he embraces his own imperfections, and how he is continually working to better himself as a person.
Cole's latest single is the TLC-enhanced "Crooked Smile," and while the rapper really does have a crooked smile, the message of the song is bigger than his own imperfections.
"The song is bigger than just my thing, it's about everybody's thing," he explained to DJ Buck and Nancy B. "Society tries to tell you there's something about you that makes you inferior to the images they're trying to put out there. [The song] is really me embracing my [imperfections] and trying to get other people to embrace theirs."
Cole's not the only celebrity who's trying to embrace who they are as completely as possible. Beyonce recently opposed airbrushing in her H&M ad, and Cole actually experienced a similar predicament.
"Billboard, they gave me the cover, but they tried to airbrush my eyebrows. They tried to Photoshop my eyebrows, but I was like 'Yo, leave them thick!'," he joked. "They're almost connected, I need people to see that."
Part of embracing imperfections, though, is figuring out what you CAN change to make yourself a better person, and the rapper said education is one aspect of his past he IS looking to improve upon.
"I was a student that got good grades, but I should've paid attention more," Cole admitted. "I was really good at passing a test. I knew what I had to do to get the grade but I didn't retain [the information]. I would get an A, but I probably couldn't tell you what was on the test the next week!"
Cole attended St. John's University, receiving a degree in Communications with a minor in Business. Though he did well at the Queens, N.Y. university, he still has the same regrets as in high school.
"I killed college and got by the same way, but I am even more upset because I really could've learned," he said. "I just did enough to get the good grades. Now as a grown man, there are some things that I should've paid more attention to. I wish I would've really read that book instead of just going to CliffsNotes!"
Cole is determined to retain more the second time around. After the release of Born Sinner, Cole plans to hit the books one more time.
"I am going back to school," he said. "I tried to go last year, but I didn't have the time. I am just looking for the right time."


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RAF Benson says it may have to shoot red kites after two military helicopters hit birds in the last two months.
The base was granted a licence by Natural England last year to shoot the birds but it has not yet used it.
Wing Commander Colin West, the base commander, said: "A growing number of bird strikes, coupled with the size and nature of the red kite, mean that the threat to aircraft safety has increased."
The birds, reintroduced into The Chilterns in a conservation project after becoming extinct, have become increasingly widespread across the area.
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I guess what I'm getting at here is that no, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia -- I'll never get used to writing out that whole thing -- really isn't very good.
If your family is blessed/cursed with the ability to pierce through the veil and see the spirits of the dead, a tragedy-laden stop on the Underground Railroad might not be the greatest place to play house. ...but, hey, the realtor didn't get into all that when Andy (Chad Michael Murray) was negotiating. Heidi (Emily Alyn Lind) keeps going on and on about a kindly old man named Mr. Gordy who no one else can see. An imaginary friend, right? Precious! It's just that everything he tells the young girl comes to pass, from an old swing that used to be hanging up there all the way to a cache of valuable coins buried in the garden. Aunt Joyce (Katee Sackhoff) encourages Heidi to explore these ancestral gifts; her mom Lisa (Abigail Spencer), meanwhile, follows in her own mother's footsteps and chemically suppresses them, teetering on the brink of insanity as a result. Is Mr. Gordy a figment of Heidi's imagination or is he a phantom that's crossed over into the realm of the living? Is he the benificent spirit this wide-eyed young girl believes him to be or something far more sinister? What other secrets are buried in the grounds of this historic home? What with The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia being a paranormal thriller and all, you probably don't need me to tell you that shit goes south. Wait, why wasn't that the tagline?
The most frustrating thing about The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia is that on so many levels, it's actually put together pretty well. I mean, Yaron Levy's cinematography looks fantastic, and I stopped a couple of times to marvel at how strikingly composed the camerawork can be. Even though the movie was shot a couple states over from Georgia, some of the exteriors are still wonderfully atmospheric and unmistakeably Southern. Everyone in the cast generally holds their own, and that's always a good thing. Because Ghosts of Georgia opts for mood, atmosphere, and tragedy over cranked-up-to-eleven supernatural scares, the effects work plays nicely with the film's limited budget. Apart from having the most ridiculous title this side of The Last Exorcism II, there's
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Despite being saddled with a fairly lackluster bitrate, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia doesn't suffer for it. Clumsily stylized flashbacks and SpiritVision™ aside, this Blu-ray disc looks terrific all around: sharp, richly detailed, and surprisingly colorful. No real complaints.
Single layer disc. AVC encode. 2.39:1.
This 24-bit, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack hits all the right marks. The surrounds reinforce the movie's atmospheric approach to horror, with strange, skittering sounds in the woods and haunting whispers approaching from behind. There are also some impressively smooth pans across the front and rear channels. The stings in the score, meanwhile, are reinforced with every bit as much bass as you'd expect. The level of distinctness and clarity offered here far outclass anything DVD could ever hope to deliver. The movie's dialogue is generally reproduced well, although some of the Southern-fried line readings early on are mumbled to the point of barely being discernable. The mix deliberately isn't as aggressive as most fright flicks, but the fidelity and sharp sound design earn all kinds of stars in the sidebar over there.
No dubs or alternate mixes. Subtitles are offered in English (traditional and SDH) and Spanish.
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Thanks for posting this.
I ASSUMED the article would be from some nobody's blog.
It's from the "Des Moines Register - A Gannett Company".
Says so right up top of the web page. IIRC it was a Gannett Company that recently posted the addresses and a map showing where gun owners lived.
He says he's spoken up for gun control in the past after a tragedy...
And in every case the main effect was a spike in gun sales.
Well who does he think is buying the guns? The NRA??? It's PEOPLE! Citizens, folks, guys and gals. Shouldn't that make him think? How can he possibly think everyone buying a gun is deranged? How many MILLIONS of gun owners are there in the country. How can he possibly think they are all wackos?
(And my apologies if I offended anyone with the 'it's people' Charleton Heston quote from the movie Solent Green. I couldn't resist.)
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The Promenade Temecula has opened two new stores, G by Guess and MAC Cosmetics. G by Guess is the latest brand from denim GUESS. It will offers tops, tees, denim and accessories specific to the world-wide brand. MAC Cosmetics is a national cosmetic company that offers professional makeup artist-quality cosmetics. For more information regarding For more information on stores at Promenade Temeculavisit PromenadeTemecula.com or call 951-296-0975.
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The Harlem Ambassadors are scheduled to bring their Harlem-style basketball show with flying slam dunks, ball-handling tricks and comedy routines to Canyon Crest Academy for a communitywide fundraiser May 5.
The team of men and women, including women's basketball hall of famer Lade Majic, play an entertaining game while promoting the "values of staying in school, staying off drugs and fostering racial harmony" as their mission statement says.
For nearly 15 years, The Harlem Ambassadors have worked with hundreds of nonprofits nationwide and around the world.
The event, hosted by the Del Mar-Solana Beach Sunrise Rotary, is 7 p.m. at the academy's gymnasium, and Del Mar Heights and Carmel Valley roads.
Tickets are $10; $8 seniors and $5, students in K-12. They're available at dmsbRotary.com. Game day tickets are $2 more. Parking is free. Proceeds benefit the Canyon Crest Academy Foundation and San Dieguito Boys & Girls Clubs.
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Why another issue on minimalism? Haven't we heard enough? Frankly, yes, we've heard enough of unsubstantiated claims, personal testimonials and gurus calling us to give all our shoes to the poor, be born again as minimal runners and come and follow them. We've also heard enough reactionary responses from old-guard podiatrists, coaches and athletes.
Over the past five years, minimal shoes have gone from an option to a fad to a religion, polarizing the discussion. As often happens in religion, adopting minimalism has become about adherence to the sacred tenets of the cult (different for every guru, of course), which has obscured the end goal: to run faster, farther and longer without injury.
Stepping away from the "ism," what appears clear from research is that the best runners run with a light, efficient stride similar to how barefoot kids the world over run naturally. Also increasingly borne out with research is that wearing less structured shoes (lower heel-to-toe drop, more flexible, less material between the foot and the ground) can encourage this type of stride, if you're able to handle such shoes.
What's been lacking from this discussion is much meaningful guidance on that last "if" – short of trying new shoes and getting injured, how do you know if you're ready to go minimal? And, if you want to get more ready, what can you do to improve? Furthermore, what injuries are common to those who are transitioning to minimalism, and how can you avoid them? This is what we're hoping to contribute to the topic this issue, in a series of reasoned articles that avoid the religious rhetoric and guide you to better running.
One contribution of this movement, which will hopefully endure long after the fad is history, is a greater range of shoes than ever before. Gone is the day when running shoes differed only in which type of squishy material made up the midsole – now you can choose from a wide range of options, even within the fast, minimal family, as each company creates its interpretation of how to best protect the foot while allowing it freedom to do its thing. We present a review of several new fast-running shoes in our spring performance shoe guide, along with the data you need to make the best choice based on your scoring on the readiness tests, your level of comfort with each variable and your preferences.
If you're tired of shoes and stride and just want some inspiration, don't despair. We've got a fun profile of American 5,000m champion Lauren Fleshman, Parker Morse's analysis of the U.S. Olympic marathon trials, and a plethora of training advice that will help you run better whatever your age or the shoes on your feet.
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Tony Oliva to throw out first pitch at Beetles' game
One of the greatest baseball players to ever suit up for the Minnesota Twins is coming to Knute Nelson Park. The Alexandria Beetles are proud to announce three-time Major League Baseball batting champion Tony Oliva will headline "Minnesota Twins Night" at the ballpark on July 30. Oliva will be on hand before the game to sign autographs and meet fans, and will also throw out the first pitch. Gates open at 5:05 p.m., first pitch is at 6:05 p.m.
In 1964, Oliva earned Rookie of the Year honors, hitting .323 with a career high 43 doubles and 109 runs scored. He won batting titles in 1964 and 1965, becoming the only player in MLB history to win back-to-back batting titles in the first two years of a career.
In 1991, Oliva had his jersey retired; his picture and number six still hang from the Metrodome rafters.
"Twins Night" will also feature 'TC', the official team mascot, and Sue Nelson, the Twins' organist.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at the Beetles Office, 1210 Broadway #100, at the ballpark prior to all home games, or by calling 320-763-8151.


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Say you're sitting at the food court devouring your Big Mac when all of a sudden some guy walks up to you with a turtle neck, glasses, looking like the next Steve Jobs, and he offers you an iPhone for $50. Even with this guy's looks, no one offers something that valuable away for that cheap of a price – it is almost surely stolen.
According to The Huffington Post, this type of thing is precisely what police in San Francisco are doing to counter theft. Officers in plain clothes are walking around areas known for stolen good purchases and offering people cheap, openly stolen iPhones. Don't say yes though, or you will be arrested – this is all a test and a way for police to close the market for stolen goods.
As San Francisco Police Capt. Joe Garrity told The Huffington Post, "If they steal the phone but can't sell it, there's no market. We're cutting the head off the snake."
Not all people are too happy with the police's methods in capturing the criminals, with some people claiming that it is encouraging people to commit crime. Police, however, are quick to note that the areas that they focus on – the corner of 7th and Market streets are notoriously linked to the global trade in stolen iPhones and people who buy from there know exactly what they're purchasing.
Smartphone theft is getting so bad that 50% of thefts in the area are of smartphones and it is even being compared to the ongoing war on drugs. The San Francisco District Attorney, George Gascon, still isn't convinced these types of sting operations are effective, telling The Huffington Post that "This is like the drug war – the more arrests you make for drug use, the more drug use seems to go on."
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Bardwil Touts Holiday Lines for Lenox, Vera and Tommy
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As the current season marks the major holiday market for Bardwil Industries, the company is presenting a hearty serving this week of new table linens and kitchen textiles for harvest and Christmas.
"It just gets bigger for us each year," she said. "And this year is a special year."
New additions to the Lenox line include "a significant expansion" in holiday bath offerings, with an emphasis on new bath rugs, she said.
The three new bath ensemble collections for the season are: Holiday, a green holly leaf and red berry pattern on an embroidered towel featuring a contrasting red border; Winter Greetings, a cardinal and pinecone pattern depicted on an embroidered and appliquéd towel with a contrasting green border; and the whimsical Snowman, the third in a group that includes Christmas Tree and Santa, interpreted on an embroidered towel.
Each of these three new ensemble collections coordinates with an all-cotton tufted sheared bath rug, said Linda Kulla, vp, bath division.
Table linens and kitchen textiles are also part of the new holiday-oriented Lenox lineup, with an expanded offering of stand-alone placemats and napkins that tie back to three patterns — Holiday, Winter Greetings and Opal Innocence Carved.
Also, Bardwil is growing its Lenox Holiday Nouveau Cutwork collection, which first launched at September 2009 market and is now hitting retail shelves for the first time.
The Lenox kitchen textiles program offers new aprons, kitchen towels and oven mitts, which are making a comeback after the category debut for the brand last year.
Vera, Bardwil's licensed program with The Vera Company for its vintage designs by the late Vera Neumann, is being enhanced with "a whole new lineup for harvest and Christmas," Kristoff said. For the harvest season, there is the new Turning Leaf tablecloth, six new harvest placemat collections, and six new kitchen textiles collections that comprise kitchen towels, aprons and pot holders. The Christmas assortment includes three new collections — Vera Wreath, Candy Dish and Vintage Poinsettia — that each encompasses tablecloths, placemats, runners, aprons, napkins, kitchen towels and pot holders.
While the Tommy Bahama collection of resort-like tropical looks doesn't typically speak to holiday styles, Bardwil has come up with two gift sets for men that each includes an apron and oven mitt, as well as two novelty Christmas hardboard placemat designs — Santa Golfer and Toucan Santa.
For its own house line, Bardwil is responding to recent trends. "Harvest appears to be getting stronger again, so we've added in quite a few new prints" that can retail at more aggressive price points, Kristoff said.
In addition, the company is showing six new Christmas prints, "and we've really expanded our embroidered appliqué line, adding a lot of accessory components like runners, round placemats, etc."
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Sure, it would bring an end to the colorful language of political posturing under the Georgia Capitol's gold dome, meaning the people of Georgia wouldn't get to hear things like their governor comparing the proposed elimination of the state's car tag tax to the "Wright brothers jumping off of Kitty Hawk and designing an airplane on the way down."
That's a small price to pay, however, if the state Senate does what it should do without delay, which is to pass the car tag tax legislation that's already passed the House, and put the issue in the hands of Georgia voters.
By way of explanation, the car tag tax can't be eliminated by legislative action alone. Because eliminating the tax requires an amendment to the state constitution, voters would have the last word on the issue.
In the wake of House passage of the car tag tax bill, both Gov. Sonny Perdue and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who presides over the Senate, have expressed reservations about the proposal. In addition to offering up some colorful language on what he sees as a misguided attempt at tax reform, the governor recently has revised state revenue estimates. Based on lackluster tax collections during recent months, Perdue is estimating that the state will take in $310 million less than projected for the next 18 months, and has proposed corresponding cuts in the state budgets for the current fiscal year and the coming 2009 fiscal year. For that reason, he has dubbed the car tag tax proposal "irresponsible."
For his part, Cagle has indicated that he favors a broader approach to tax relief, saying in a prepared statement that he is interested in "working with the House on a broad economic stimulus plan. ... I believe we can develop a plan that cuts taxes for every Georgian, regardless of whether they drive an old Ford truck or a shiny new Porsche."
In addition to their economic arguments, it's also likely that Cagle and Perdue are taking a political shot at House Speaker Glenn Richardson with their stands against the car tag tax. Richardson took the lead on property tax reform in advance of this year's legislative session, albeit with a goofily grandiose scheme for massive property tax reform that steadily has been trimmed back to the point that it encompasses only the proposed elimination of the car tag tax, along with provisions for eliminating the relatively small property tax levy that goes to the state government, and for freezing local property tax assessments at 2008 levels, except for increases of 2 percent on residential property and 3 percent on business property.
Against that kind of political and rhetorical backdrop, it's becoming clear that the only place where a rational decision might be possible in connection with the car tag tax is the hands of the voters. House Speaker Pro Tem Mark Burkhalter, R-Johns Creek, was right in saying last week that he is "absolutely confident that Georgians are smart enough to determine whether or not they're deserving of a tax cut."
The individual impact of eliminating the car tag tax would, of course, vary widely, as the tax is based on the value of a vehicle. On a statewide basis, though, elimination of the tax would carry a hefty price tag. According to an analysis by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that does research on the state's economic health, cutting the tag tax and the state's portion of property taxes would cost $772 million. The institute notes that such a cut would represent 10 percent of the state's K-12 education funding, or around 30 percent of the state's higher education funding, or more than half of its corrections funding.
With stakes that high, voters would have to exercise some real judgment in connection with cutting the car tag tax, weighing whether the elimination of that annual bill would be worth the potentially dire consequences that could befall public education or other government services.
But, because the potential for eliminating the tax has been dangled in front of them, and because it is their money, voters should get a chance to be heard on what is, for better or worse, the only meaningful tax reform proposal that is likely to come out of this year's legislative session.
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