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"The Church has a teaching and a doctrine and Catholics must adhere to it. The Catholic politician and legislator must be aware of this and must act accordingly," the cardinal said during an interview on Colombian radio, in reference to the proposed law that would legalize abortion in cases of rape and life of the mother. The law was put forth two months ago by a group of lawmakers who also support the legalization of homosexual unions.
Cardinal Trujillo—who said during the Synod of Bishops that Catholics who defend policies that are against life, especially Catholics who are in public service, have no right to receive Communion—explained that the teaching of the Catholic Church on abortion and on same-sex unions has remained unchanged and that Catholic politicians must have what he called "ecclesial coherence."
During the radio interview, Cardinal Trujillo emphasized that he was not saying such individuals should resign from office, but rather that "they cannot have access to Communion, they should re-think things and start a new process, and that the Church is accompanying them as they reflect and continue down a better road."


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Sounds like you have not had the best of luck... I'm sorry to hear this. I and many others have not had any problems. The bad thing about forums is you really get a biased opinion of autos. it is true that most owners without problems don't go onto forums at all. Only, for the most part except myself, people searching for information about an issue or advice post on these places so one can hardly call forums accurate in showing how a vehicle really is.
Honda does make a great product. My wife's civic is great but don't think the Ody is without problems. They had a huge problem with people loosing their transmissions between 80K to 110K. They even had to extend the warranty though many owners were not covered. There are a lot of other problems as well. Honda's quality has been sleeping a little lately and Toyota has overtaken them in many ways. Kia's problems seem to be the little things, which can be very frustrating, but it does seem the powertrain is pretty darn good.
As far as you paying 30K for the 06... my lord what were you thinking? Maybe you had not choice but man that is 11k more then I paid.
To answer a few questions you had.
There was a TSB on the a/c pulley making a knocking sound which was an easy fix.
Ticking on startup there was a TSB on the timing chain tensioner to be replaced, annoying sound but was not causing any damage. It is normal to have a little valve noise on DOHC motors on startup especially when cold or sitting for a bit. All the oil flows back down to the oil pan and has to be pumped back up into the engine when you start for for a sew seconds there is some valve tapping. Some engines are more prone to this then others and it is just the way they are designed. Running a full synthetic will help reduce this and is much better oil anyway.
Your screech sound on startup I have never hear of that is unique.
Again people have had problems with both Kia, Toyota, and Honda. All 3 are far from perfect. The [non-permissible content removed] do have much better resale value but less warranty and a good deal higher price. What you get for your money Kia is far the best, though the few with horror stories will disagree I am sure.
Just my .02
siennami Posts: 116The resale is exactly what I was afraid of, and that's why I traded mine so soon and got back in a Sienna. My 9 month old Sedona was valued at the same amount as the three yr.old VW Passat that I'd traded the year before! Crazy! I figured it would only get worse, so I went ahead and traded it, which was crazy in and of itself, but I got a Lifetime Warranty on the Sienna, and it gets much better gas mileage than the Sedona did. I had a much better experience with the Kia dealership; the salesman was great; in fact, I wish the ones at Toyota were more like him. I just prefer the Sienna. It's what I had before the Passat, and it's what I like.
I think what it boils down to is if you plan on keeping a van for a while and are not looking to trade in every other year. If not then the depreciation does not really matter much. I plan on getting my moneys worth and driving this thing to the ground.
egkor Posts: 24We own an '07 Honda Odyssey. Love it. Need another van, can't afford another Ody, so looking at the Kia/Hyundai vans.
Rented a '07 Sedona LX from Enterprise in summer of '07 to drive from LA, CA to LV, NV and back. Surprise, we loved it, it was great transportation for our family of 4.
So here at the new year '08 I considered buying one, and just about had myself talked into it. Except, dealers in our area still want too much, given the instant drastic depreciation.
And the new and used Ody's from Honda dealers are also too expensive for us, so I will have to wait and watch prices.
-Gary K
galatea Posts: 1I called around today and asked for a new 2007 LX with power sliding doors and roof rack. They all told me MSRP $25,490 and offered me $3000 below invoice. Edmunds is telling me $23,980 invoice for this car, so minus $3000 makes $20,980. Since I saw this post saying $19,200 paid for this car without the power doors, I figure right around $20,000. So I asked them for $19,000 to see what they would say. I'm waiting for a couple of call backs, but one guy told me straight out that he just could not go below invoice, and another told me $21,414 was his best offer.
What are you guys saying to get $19,500 (or $20,xxx with the power doors)?
Incentives are less for the 07's compared to when I purchased my 06. I think the Sedona is catching on more now I see a lot more on the road now compared to 8 months ago. Probably getting close to 21k for power doors on the LX.
cokekiller1 Posts: 2You can use the low resale value to your advantage. Just switch it around in your mind. I just got a fully loaded 2006 EX with 18k miles for $17.5K and loving it so far. You won't find as many EX's for sale though so you have to be on the lookout.
The only problem is the 10/100k powertrain warranty is not transferable. Resets to 5/60 for subsequent owners. How stupid is that?
What, no 10/10000 transfer....
...yet one more way for Kia to GET you!!
I've had my '07 since Oct 1st. Now it is an EX,but in exc condition and only 4000 miles - drum roll please - current value...only $13500 on trade!!! I can't even trade the #@*! thing in!! I hate the thought of having to deal with a lawyer for the whole lemon law issue, but it's quickly becoming my only option (read my posts on mileage and brake issues if you want details).
My advice...........DON'T DO IT!!! Buy a used Odyssey or even a used Grand Caravan first. You'll be doing yourself a favor and saving yourself a lot of grief and frustration in the long run.
snjdoglover Posts: 13If it's a lemon get the attorney. I am on my second kia ex (the loaded model) and my 04 was a POS and so is my 06. I have had problems since day 1 with both vans. I settled with Kia on the first for sticker for sticker trade..in which now I know I was RIPPED off because I paid 30+K sticker for my 06. I invested 6K more to get the 06 than I had already paid for my 04. Since day 1 my 06 has broken down over and over. I am on my second lemon law filing. Lawyer said she's taking this to court. i want alllllll of my money back and will NEVER eever ever ever buy a kia again. I've had nothing but days lost in the shop. I thought hey nice van with great safety rating..lots for the money. But like the old saying goes..you get what you pay for! It would be a nice little van if it was reliable and things didn't go wrong that they constantly say they can't duplicate..or it's normal. (yeah it breaks down and won't start over and over and they can't duplicate---I go pick it up on their lot after saying it won't start--they say started for them---and it won't start for me to bring it home, but service was closed. The sales guy said sorry we can't give you a free rental to get you home so you can leave it here..call a taxi). Does that say enough?
THANKS!!!! Atleast now I don't feel like I'm insane. We were trying to decide whether to go with a lawyer or bite the bullet and wait 'til I could trade it (prob 3 yrs), but this discussion site has helped me make up my mind!! I couldn't believe the number of people having the same or similar problems...just wish I had seen this first. I, like you, thought - good safety ratings, nice little van for the $. You're right...you get what you pay for!! My sales experience was SOOOOOO bad that I almost walked out on it, but we had invested so much time that I didn't want to do that...thought I was just being impatient. But now I know better....hind sight is wonderful, right!??! Guess I can say that Pres Bush did something for me since he's sending what will be my retainer fee. Hope this doesn't take FOREVER!!
Good luck with yours!
johnpaulwynn Posts: 1I was surprised to see one of my local KIA dealers still has four 07 Sedonas and we are almost in May. Does anybody have any idea what I should expect to pay for one of these? I'm currently trying to get information on what options are installed on these vehicles. Two are LX's and two are EX's. The site here only lists 2008 models for invoice and "what others are paying" pricing. Thanks in advance!
kitagrl Posts: 7We are in Philly area and we just got an '07 EX that was a demo car with only 1500 miles on it for like 22,500 but that was "out the door"...taxes, tags, and including, unfortunately, $1000 that our previous 2004 Kia was upended on the loan (because we didn't do as much homework on that purchase, didn't get quite as good of a deal). This EX is loaded with everything including dvd player. It is technically "used" but the title is new so its sort of used/new. So to finance 22,500 (I guess that makes original price around 19,500) was actually pretty good for this luxury model, we are happy with it. The dealership did have two brand new '07 models but for some reason could not quite give us the price we wanted for them. Since the demo car was slightly more "used" we were able to get what we could afford yet still just as nice..and the actual "new" ones did not have DVD which will be great for the kids this summer during vacation! The warranty is still good minus the 1500 miles of course.
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jakeneff Posts: 2I just picked up a new 2008 Kia Sedona LX (with power sliding doors) for $23,300 out the door, including $2000 rebate. Tax is over 7% here (Denver area). It's not a steal, but it seemed to be the best deal I was going to get without waiting for the 09's to push out the 08's.
joebert Posts: 22Is the lack of action in this thread an indicator that Kia's aren't selling real good right now? That's not a good sign for Kia. I think the dealers are needing the incentives right now, because (it seems) Kia's aren't moving and there will be a lot of 2008s being sold early in 2009 (from looking at Kia inventory).
rats Posts: 4has anyone bought one recently with the $4000 rebates available? If so how much and what model trim?
I know minivan sales have been hit hard due to gas prices and new crossovers so I'm thinking you can find some incredible deals. Seems like a good buy for people that drive less than 10K miles a year.
typer_801 Posts: 28Edmunds lists the rebate at $5K in my area (click here) and that's exclusive of any dealer discount on the vehicle. You could easily get $7K off. This is like early 2007 all over again.
But in Kia's defense, they had to do something this aggressive as Honda is secretly offering $3500 in marketing support dollars (click here) to dealers to move '08 Ody's.
si88 Posts: 39Bought a 2008 Sedona EX with every option except tow pkg.
Got $5000 rebate and another $800 employee pricing discount off of invoice.
After TT&L my OTD price was $26,845. Best deal in New Orleans area was a Banner Kia in Mandeville, LA.
I negotiated with Sienna and Honda and closest I came for a middle of the road options packacge was $30K after TT&L.
I'm pleased so far and just hope the Sedona hold up over time.
Good Luck to everyone.
damnkids Posts: 1My wife just bought a Lx model with the roof rack, cross bars, floor mat options for $17,420. Sticker price of $24,820. They had the base model for a couple grand cheaper. This was at Quirk Kia in Braintree, Ma.
I have been pleasantly surprised by the ride in this van.
My brother just picked up an 2008 LX with 8,000 miles on it, was an exec. car, for 14,200.00 What a deal. Man I wish they had slightly used ones when I got mine. Only downside is the 10/100,000 is not transferable. You only get the 6/60,000 which is still great.
This was near Atlanta, Ga .
fleabler Posts: 1Just bought a 2007 LX with 13,000 miles in Phoenix for $10k.
The ride is very nice. The seller told me this is slightly more than he could expect to receive at auction.
pvanman Posts: 10Just bought a 08 Sedona lx, with power sliding doors, MSRP $25,890, $5,000 off factory rebate, $1,000 off Christmas special, $1,000 off dealer special, $2,000 off POS Dodge Neon trade in, final price $16,890, not including tax, tags, etc
We found a similarly equipped Chrysler Town and Country for $35,000 MSRP and Odys and Siennas in the high $20s with no where near the rebates offered at Kia.
Plus we are pleasantly surprised at the power and the 5 star safety ratings of the Kia. Plenty of room and storage compartments galore!
easygoing77 Posts: 1I just gave deposit for 08 Sedona LX with Rear Entertainment and Power Sliding doors for $18,400 + TTL.
I researched Toyota Sienna and Honda Odyssey, finally decided to pull the trigger on this one. Do you guys think it is a good deal.
2008SedonaLX Posts: 1After Kia $5K rebate; paid 15,888
mcz Posts: 1I just quoted and get an OTD price of $16998 of 08 Sedona LX without aany options.
Where do you live? I am in Kansas City, KS.
Thanks. :confuse:
I received a quote for an 2008 LX with no options of $16,099. Now getting a quote for one with DVD and power sliding doors is another story. One dealer told me that I have to get an EX with those options (wrong).
Can anyone recommend any Kia dealers in the Chicagoland area? Or maybe even ones to avoid?
vtskingolf Posts: 1Just bought a Sedona at Quirk in Braintree, MA yesterday. I paid $15,890 for a Sedona LX with Dual Power Doors and Rear Entertainment System with my $1500 trade in. This works out to be about $8400 below MSRP.
alaazz Posts: 3was $15890 the OTD price? I live in TX and my OTD quote is 19,000, no options
I just bought a new '08 Kia LX with power sliding doors, roof rack, floor mats, DVD system for 19,230+TTL. I thought that was a good deal until I saw the 15890 above. I am LOVING it so far!
That is not a bad price. Probably a bit more then others. I paid $18,200.00 2 1/2 years ago for my 06 and now have 22,000 miles on the van. It has been great and I really enjoy the vehicle. I think the MPG could be a little better but besides that I am happy. My brother picked up a dealer exec 08 LX with 8,000 miles for only $13,000.00
You will enjoy the van and the MPG will get better as the miles break the engine in. Just be easy on it for the first 500 miles. Edmund's long term test got the best mileage at 25,000 miles they were able to see as high as 29 mpg on some highway driving.
A K&N filter and pump your tires up to about 35 / 36 psi will improve MPG a little as well.
I did not get the dvd system from Kia. I Chose to go aftermarket with a new touchscreen head unit and a 10.3 inch screen in the back. very nice and for only $800.00

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I haven't gotten a chance to post a couple things SO, it's time to change that. I have a couple art pieces I have done recently and wanted to post it and wanted to get up some pics from the Service Street Fair, which I did yesterday.
The monster guy a week ago. I like him but see the flaws. I kinda forced him a little and it shows. There are fun things about him but there are some things that nag me.
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Ghost Stalker
Un libro in lingua di Michelle Whitedove edito da Atlasbooks Dist Serv, 2003
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Travel across America with psychic-medium Michelle Whitedove, as she shared the visions and conversations she had with ghosts still haunting their favorite places: a beautiful woman, murdered by a jealous lover in the woods behind an elegant lodge; a black slave, hanged for poising her master's family; a hotel-owner's mistress, cruelly chained to a radiator in his private quarters.Ghost Stalker is a psychic's personal journey to some of America's most haunted locations. As an investigator, Michelle Whitedove wanted to demystify the supernatural and answer age-old questions: "Why do ghosts choose to remain earthbound? How do they travel from place to place? Why are they visible to so few people? What kinds of messages are they trying to relay? Are all earthbound souls evil? Why do some ghosts reenact the same scene, night after night? The author is able to answer these questions, because she has the ability to see and directly converse with those souls who live between this world and the next.
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- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Ghost Stalker
- Sottotitolo: A Psychic Medium Visits America's Most Haunted Sites
- Lingua: English
- Autore : Michelle Whitedove
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Khartoum - Armed men abducted a civilian peacekeeper in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday, hours after envoys from the UN Security Council arrived in the region, his force said.
"Today, in the evening, armed men entered the residence of four civilian staff members in downtown El Fasher (the capital of North Darfur). They tied up two of them and made away with the other two in a vehicle. One man escaped and the other is still missing," said Kemal Saiki, spokesperson for the joint UN/AU Unamid force.
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US President Barack Obama says Russia must "move back" its troops from the Ukraine border and start negotiating.
Obama told CBS News that Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to assemble forces on the border may "simply be an effort to intimidate Ukraine, or it may be that they've got additional plans."
Although estimates of troop numbers vary vastly, Obama said that "to de-escalate the situation" Russia should "move back those troops and begin negotiations directly with the Ukrainian government as well as the international community."
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Obama's comments as Putin congratulated the Russian armed forces for their role in the takeover by Moscow of Crimea from Ukraine, saying they had shown the new capacities of the Russian army.
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Menkhorst started his career with Federal Express in 1991 and shortly after moved to DHL where he held several senior positions in Europe, USA and the Asia Pacific Region. "I have been impressed with the transformation of A.P. Moller-Maersk's port division into a solid multi-customer business over the past few years, and I look forward to my new role leading the company in this dynamic region", commented Charles Menkhorst.
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The sad fact is that many Senate Republicans instinctively overstate the difficulty of confirming any nominee whom Democrats label controversial. These Republicans, many of whom present themselves as conservatives, are highly risk-averse and see an issueless campaign as the easiest path to re-election. From their perspective, making the case for a controversial nominee creates a potential election issue. Far better, therefore, quietly to convince the President and the nominee that the nomination should be withdrawn (or not resubmitted).
It is this narrowly self-interested thinking, I believe, that explains why Senate Republicans failed to make judicial confirmations an issue in the past election. Never mind that it would almost surely have helped Republicans as a whole—including troubled Senate incumbents and some challengers.
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Andy is best known as the founder and administrator of the Old Songs Festival in Altamont, New York, called "truly sublime" by Sing Out magazine. Andy and Bill were instrumental in founding Albany's Pick'n and Sing'n Gather'n. Bill, who plays multiple instruments, is best known as a virtuoso hammer dulcimer player. His bands and recordings played a major role in the revival of the hammer dulcimer.
The word "Eisteddfod" is Welsh, connoting a gathering of poets and musicians. It was adopted by Howard Glasser, the founder of this festival, when he began these gatherings of singers and musicians four decades ago.
The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. / New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational corporation, an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society of America. It is run by a volunteer Board of Directors, elected by the membership. It runs concerts, weekends, classes, singing parties, and get-togethers, all with an emphasis on traditional folk music of all flavors.
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Malaysia Flag
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According to Wikipedia, there is no substantive connection to either flag. However, from the remarkable similarity between the two flags, it is highly likely that the Malaysia flag designed by Mohamad Hamzah of the Public Works Departmen was inspired by the flag of the United States of America.
There are similarities between the two countries in that both have large immigration population or decendents of immigrants, and both are federations of various states. The great difference is that USA stress on assimilation of immigrants and learning and using English while Malaysia allows each races to keep their culture and languages. Malaysia do make Malay (now called Bahasa Malaysia) the official language and Islam the official religion.
According to the original Malaysia Constitution, Malaysia is a secular state with Islam as the official religion, but because of the need to counter the oppositon party PAS (Pan Malaysian Islamic Party or Parti Islam SeMalaysia) which was pushing hard for Malaysia to become an Islamic country, the former Dr. Mahathir declared that Malaysia is already? an Islamic country because Malaysia has assimilated Muslim values in the Government administration, in the Banking system, etc.
There is great fear among the non-Muslim population of the creeping Islamisation of the country as demonstrated by the Lina Joy case, Revathi's case and many other cases. Look at these for example:
Candlelight vigil for Revathi (and for Malaysia)
Candlelight vigil for Revathi (and for Malaysia) Part 2
Unity threatened by continuing infringements of religious freedom booklet.
Families have been broken up because of religion and minor children converted to Islam without the consent of the non-Muslim spouse when the counterpart converted to Islam.
And look what some hardliners are saying and getting away with:
This is a Muslim country, leave Malaysia if you don't like it, says Jerai Member of Parliament.
Update 20 July 2007: The Deputy Prime Minister made a very disturbing announcement that despite what is written in the original Constitution, Malaysia has never been a secular state, but is an Islamic state. And according to Malaysiakini, the Internal Security Ministry has confirmed that they have given a directive to all mainstream media not to publish any news on the issue of Malaysia being an Islamic state. And here is the "clincher": "However, he said newpapers can still publish statements from Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his deputy Najib Abdul Razak on the country being an Islamic state."
Note: free question mark graphic trying to express my exasperation at the things that goes on in our country with us pretty much being unable to do anything was taken from Free Emphasis Graphics, a link put here as appreciation to be allowed to use their graphic.
Update 21 July 2007: To balance the issues raised here, I will like to add that not all Malaysian Muslims share the view of our Deputy Prime Minister. Here is a courages Muslim blogger Haris Ibrahim who posted an interesting rebuttal to the Deputy Prime Minister statement. I will paste some extract from his article at Najib, bring forth your proof.
"Your late father, according to history, was part of the 1956 delegation that went to London to secure our independence.
Truly, this nation is indebted to your late father, the late Tunku and every freedom fighter of the era for securing independence for our nation.
And a secular Federal Constitution.
Yes, secular.
Have you not read the Reid Commission report, that document that bears testimony to the selfless work of our leaders of days gone by?
Tun Salleh Abas did, in extenso, in the case of Che Omar Che Soh. I have referred to this in an earlier post entitled 'Historical and Constitutional Position of Islam Judicially Examined'.
Let me reproduce for you here the relevant excerpt from Tun Salleh's judgment.
'…we have to set aside our personal feelings because the law in this country is still what it is today, secular law, where morality not accepted by the law is not enjoying the status of law. Perhaps that argument should be addressed at other forums or at seminars and, perhaps, to politicians and Parliament. Until the law and the system is changed, we have no choice but to proceed as we are doing today."
"Tunku said : 'The country has a multi-racial population with various beliefs. Malaysia must continue as a secular State with Islam as the official religion'.
"'Former Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn has supported Tunku Abdul Rahman's view that Malaysia should not be turned into an islamic state…"The nation can still be functional as a secular state with Islam as the offical religion," he said"
"As one who, like you, professes a belief in Islam, I must ask that you desist in these unfounded contentions.
As you also well know, God in the Holy Qur'an commands that when there is a dispute on an issue, it is proper to call in the evidence of the respective parties.
You say Islamic state.
I say secular.
I have produced my proof.
'Have you any knowledge with you? If so, bring it forth' - Surah 6 verse 148 of the Holy Qur'an
Please note that I have refrained from invoking the last part of the verse above. At this juncture, I shall assume you were merely mistaken.
I am obliged to say here that if you insist on continuing to make these assertions without bringing forth your proof, I shall invoke the curse of God as commanded in Surah 3 verse 61 of the Holy Qur'an"
Harris Ibrahim is indeed a brave Muslim blogger. I pray he will not get into any problems.
As usual, I will contact Harris Ibrahim if he has any objection to me putting excerpts of his post here, and will remove them if he object.


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Discussion in 'Ballroom Dance' started by samina, Apr 25, 2007.
bolero during a tornado watch...it was...nice
added another lift and more dramatic samba rolls... arabesque spin... a bit of an AT close embrace thing... and the dramatic context for the dance, which is sweet... i can hardly believe i'm doing this... for someone who spent most of her life wildly inhibited when it comes to dancing & performing, this is a marvel to me...
Sounds awesome. How many lifts are in your routine?
two, one which feels "bigger" to me because only my left arm is around his shoulder and all the rest is trying to look graceful in the air in some fashion, and the other which is lower to the ground, with my left leg wrapped around his middle somehow and my other leg hanging. i can't imagine how either of these could possibly look good... but i'm doing my best.
right now the hardest things for me to get are the samba rolls and the spinning arabesque...
Two! I'm impressed!!!
well... don't be premature on that... lol... i feel like i'm executing much of the routine like a drunken troll... that's not quite the impression i want to make...
I'll bet you're doing better than you think. And, knowing your pro, he won't let you look like a drunken troll. :wink:
Currently working on an east coast swing/jive/charleston/lindy routine to "In The Mood".
Sounds very cool! I love "In the Mood".
Finally finished choreography for my VW showcase. First showing is June 1, at the studio, then in competition in August.
3 lifts, several tricks, lots of "real" dancing. I'm happy with the routine. Wish I could have pulled off the originally choreographed end-lift, but lacked the strength for basically an overhead press lift... Its been replaced with a simpler lift, still nice, but lacking some of the impact. Got me heading to the gym more regularly so I don't have to wimp out next time
you'll be able to hoist oprah in time for the xmas showcase...
Samina - lifts - this is great!
The lady has to look graceful while performing her part of a serious strength role. Glad I have only the simple part!
Here's a general question to all:
what's the shortest time you worked on a routine before performing it (please give # of hours practiced, what dance it was, and success or not)?
well, uh...TWO weeks ago pro and I decided to do a bolero showcase THIS weekend...and we had a comp last week...I would say that by the time we do it we will have put a whopping 12 hours into it...actually, it's looking pretty good...go figure
i'll let you know when i've managed it... lol
lol...there is NO way it's happening in my world...don't get me wrong he's really buff but, uh...well, check size comparison in avatar...again, I continue to propose that I lift him....it STILL isn't going over very well
lol... my own pro does a latin showcase with one of his students where she lifts him... actually, at the start of the routine she jumps into his arms and he holds her (she's larger than he is), and then at the very end he jumps into her arms... it's quite adorable.
i would imagine it has a lot to do with the sort of stuff you already have under your belt, which you can leverage for a routine. me... ttt!... hardly anything... not the sort that can rummage something up quickly like fasc, or nik (same day??? omg...)...
pro is not a showcase person anyhow...he would never go for it
how'd the bolero showcase originate? did you have to persuade him...?
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Magiq employs quantum technology for secure encryption
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NEW YORK Magiq Technologies Inc. has employed quantum information processing techniques in its development of an uncrackable encryption system for communication lines, slated for delivery early next year. The fiber-optic link updates its encryption key encoded as quantum bits every second, and cannot be eavesdropped on without detection.
"Today we are limited to 30 kilometers [18.6 miles], but we think that with just some engineering improvements we can reach to 50 to 60 kilometers [31 to 37.2 miles], and eventually as far as 100 km [62 miles] in just a few years," said Alexei Trifonov, vice president of research and development at Magiq, based here.
Magiq's technology is the first commercial use of quantum cryptography after almost a decade of government and university research. By relying on Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, quantum cryptography ensures that communications cannot be eavesdropped upon without introducing errors that can readily detected by the receiver.
Only the encryption key, not the transmitted information itself, is quantum-encoded in transmissions at a rate of hundreds of bits per second. The necessity of transmitting single individual photons limits the speed of transmission due to the lack of available off-the-shelf components, Trifonov said. Magiq had to make some of its own low-level components because it could not locate quantum component suppliers, he said.
Magiq's Navaho communications link consists of two "black boxes" connected by a 30-km fiber-optic link that implement the BB84 quantum encryption code proposed by namesakes Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett in their 1984 paper, "Quantum Cryptography: Public Key Distribution" (IEEE Transactions).
With BB84, each bit fed into a Navajo black box is encoded as a mixture of two equally likely non-orthogonal quantum states. According to Heisenberg's principle, it is impossible to distinguish with certainty between two non-orthogonal quantum states without making a measurement that can be detected by a receiver.
All other popular encryption methods depend upon a key that is so large that no eavesdropper will have enough computer power to crack it. In contrast, Magiq's BB84 technology offers a secret key distribution method that can never be cracked no matter how big a computer the hacker is using. The encryption method is a variation on the "one-time-pad" encoding that is changed every second.
"We can also tell if someone is trying to tamper with the box itself. This will be the most secure communications link possible with today's technology," said Andy Hammond, Magiq's vice president of marketing.
Navajo is currently in its alpha stage, but Hammond promised beta units for selected sites in the first quarter of 2003. The company is backed by $6.9 million in seed funding from investors that includes Amazon.com founder and chief executive officer Jeff Bezos; Wall Street trader and Magiq founder Robert Gelfond; Goldman Capital Management president Neal Goldman; Guaranteed Overnight Delivery chairman Walter Riley, and others. Hammond said the $6.9 million would be used to launch Navajo commercially in the second half of 2003, and to identify and acquire other intellectual property in the field of quantum information processing.


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If you wanted more variety for the Ravens' pass rush, you got it Thursday.
The Ravens used a blend by scheme and number. While they only sacked Weeden once in 53 passes, they knocked him down on 9 other occasions, generated an intentional grounding penalty, and induced a hold. It's not time to start worrying about the pass rush after a game where the QB takes that sort of a beating. Weeden played well, but his 59.8 rating was impacted by the Ravens' rush.
By my scoring method, Pees attempted 9 deceptive blitzes, but the Ravens generated QHs by Ray Lewis on only the first two (Q1, 13:20 and Q1, 9:48). Pees called 3 7-man rushes and given none of them dropped Weeden, it's a good thing the only damage was a 20-yard swing to Richardson (Q4, 15:00).
Some of you probably see snap count reported from other sources. There are minor differences in definition, which bear a moment to explain. I eliminate any plays that are not run competitively for purposes of average yard calculations or personal statistics. It's always been my position that plays such as kneels or spikes should not be part of the numerator or denominator when calculating yards per play.
I count snaps where the play goes off and results in a penalty, but I report snap counts excluding penalties in this column. By comparison, Pro Football Focus (a site I highly recommend), counts snaps including all penalties and noncompetitive snaps. This can lead to significant differences (87 snaps for Flacco on Thursday as opposed to 77 as I record them). If you are looking at PFF snap counts, they record pre-snap penalties as run snaps. Neil's team and I are each counting the same things (and have often shared participation data); we just have a different set of definitions.
The Browns had 69 competitive snaps (excluding Weeden's late spike):
Versus the Run: 17 plays, 43 yards, 2.5 YPC
Versus the Pass: 52 plays, 314 yards, 6.0 YPP
Overall: 69 plays, 357 yards, 5.2 YPPA
By number of defensive backs:
3 DBs: 2 plays, 16 yards, 8.0 YPPA
4 DBs: 34/185, 5.4 YPPA
5 DBs: 28/162, 5.8 YPPA
6 DBs+: 5/-6, -1.2 YPPA, 1 sack, 1 TO
By number of pass rushers:
3: 3 plays, 10 yards, 3.3 YPP, 1 sack
Individual Notes
- Ngata had another fine night rushing the passer. He beat Lauvao for a pressure when he hit Weeden's arm as he threw. He drove back Pinkston then peeled off to the inside to flatten Weeden as he threw incomplete and was charged with intentional grounding. On the game's final play (Q4, 0:02) he again registered a QH on Weeden. His run highlight was a takedown of Ogbannaya for a loss of 2 (Q2, 1:03) when he penetrated past Mack.
- Kemoeatu won the starting NT job from Cody in the preseason, but he didn't look good on his 9 run snaps Thursday. To briefly review by play (55 = Mack, 62 = Pinkston, 66 = Lauvao)
- Driven back and pancaked (Q1, 15:00) by 55, 66
- Pancaked by 55 (Q1, 13:57)
- Pinned by 55, driven back by 66 (Q1, 2:16)
- Penetrated away from run, then blocked by 66 (Q2, 12:53)
- Sealed by 62 as Richardson dragged McClain for 7 yards (Q2, 4:31)
- Not factor on Richardson's 1-yard TD (Q2, 2:37)
- Driven left by 55 (Q3, 9:49)
- Doubled by 55 and 62, but forces bounce outside by Richardson where McClellan tackles for 2-yard gain (Q3, 7:05). This was his only positive result of the night.
- Pinned by 55, driven back by 66 (Q4, 13:04)
He's not going to contribute with pass rush, so he needs to hold his ground much better in the run game.
- Cary Williams played well after a poor showing against New England, when he led the team in tackles (never a good thing for an outside corner). Williams' pick-6 (Q3, 0:27) was the first of his career and easily the game's biggest play. Weeden set it up by staring down Benjamin for more than a second before releasing the ball, allowing ample time for Williams to break. Williams had a very solid PD rate last season, including 9 of his last 54 after he surrendered his last TD pass in week 9 at Pittsburgh. The interception was only his 2nd PD this season in 31 times targeted. He surrendered a 43-yard pass to Little up the left sideline (Q2, 5:57). On that play, he was in press coverage, but didn't put his hands on Little at the LoS, didn't have safety help, and Weeden threw his best pass of the night. He was only targeted 2 other times among 52 passes.
- For the last several years, it has seemed like the Browns have gift wrapped each game for the Ravens. Here is a link which might bring back some memories:
- The 7 drops are a solid addition to this legacy, but you have to like the way the secondary came up big on the final drive. On that drive:
- (Q4, 1:05) Gain of 13 over the middle. Watson got to the sideline by outrunning Lewis.
- (Q4, 0:56) Webb strips Norwood
- (Q4, 0:53) Ellerbe out of position on short pass right to Norwood for 27 yards (3 + 24 YAC) and out of bounds
- (Q4, 0:45) Zone collapses well on 17-yard in-bounds completion to Cameron. Spike takes clock to 0:23.
- (Q4, 0:23) Reed thumb-tip PD saves TD to Norwood
- (Q4, 0:15) Smith good coverage on Little, PD, should have made interception
- (Q4, 0:10) Reed/Williams PD back of end zone. McClellan does not jam a receiver among trips left
- (Q4, 0:02) Reed and Webb had excellent position in back of end zone on overthrow to end game
- The Ravens played a few snaps of dime on Thursday, their first of the season. Ihedigbo was in as the 6th DB on 4 plays that included both Kruger's sack (Q2, 9:12) and Williams' interception (Q3, 0:27). Graham also played as the 6th DB for 1 play (Q3, 7:02). Despite this success, Pees preferred to have Ellerbe on the field with a nickel for the entire final drive. Ellerbe made a very poor play (Q4, 0:53) to allow the Browns into Hail-Mary range.
- Despite the late Unnecessary Roughness penalty, Kruger had a fine game as a situational pass rusher. Upshaw and McClellan are the outside linebackers for running situations. As a group they (Kruger 43, McClellan 34, and Upshaw 51) accounted for 128 of 138 potential OLB snaps. Paul had 2 PDs (Q1, 13:20 and Q2, 6:01), a sack when he beat Schwartz outside aided by the pressure from Ngata, shared a QH with McPhee (Q2, 0:59), and also drew a holding penalty on Joe Thomas (Q1, 2:50) that negated a 10-yard run. After the penalty gave the Browns an additional chance, he bulled Thomas back to Weeden and disrupted the final throw with a tug on QB's jersey. Rushing the passer is tiring and what Kruger does best. With his snap count reduced to 70% of what it had been in his first 2 games, Kruger responded with his best game of the season.
- McClellan continued to impress and led the team with 8 tackles in 34 snaps. He worked off the block from Watson (Q1, 11:04) to take down Cribbs for a gain of 2 on a WR screen. He pushed aside the block of Cribbs to take down Little for a loss of 2 (Q1, 9:04). He forced Richardson to loop further outside where he was tackled by Webb (Q2, 9:57) for a gain of 3. He contained the left edge on Richardson's 2-yard run middle (Q3, 7:46). He worked past Thomas' block of Ngata to take down Richardson for a loss of 1 (Q4, 13:04). He didn't rush the passer often, but provided some pressure from the back side (Q4, 13:11) by beating Watson on Weeden's incomplete to Cameron.
- The Ravens 3 most important defensive plays:
- Williams' pick-6 (Q3, 0:27)
- Reed's thumb-tip PD (Q4, 0:23)
- Ngata's forced intentional grounding (Q4, 5:32)
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Privatizing public housing in Canada, A public policy agenda
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The new Progressive Conservative (PC) government in Ontario is planning to sell the 84,500 units (using the UK model) of public housing that it owns. This paper presents an evaluation of the programs to sell off public housing in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. After a comparative evaluation, the author makes several recommendations for the Ontario government. The author argues that Canadian public-housing tenant characteristics are different from those in the UK. Ontario's public-housing tenants are too poor to purchase these units. They would be unable to maintain the unit and carry the costs (property tax, insurance, and utilities) even if the units were given to them free.
The author concurs that the sale of public housing units in the USA and the UK may have generated some revenue and saved some costs. However, he points out that in the long run, the modest financial gains will be offset by higher operating costs. The sale of the best units and those that are easy to maintain, along with the loss of higher-income tenants, will no doubt result in higher average operating costs for the remaining Units. Such unintended consequences of the sale should be avoided by the Ontario government. The author recommends that the province develop a comprehensive and multi-purpose plan covering an array of programs (including the sale of some units) rather than concentrate exclusively on the sale.
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I received a number of questions regarding my last post about the growing number of federal prosecutions involving fraud in disadvantage business enterprise ("DBE") programs. Do the same rules apply to MBE and WBE contractors? Yes. MBE's and WBE's are both DBE's. MBE stands for minority business enterprise. WBE stands for women (owned) business… Continue Reading
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The Growing Prosecutorial Interest in DBE FraudPosted in Public Contracts
Yesterday, I "attended" an American Bar Association webinar on "Minority Contracting Programs: A Growing Criminal Risk to Corporations." The message was clear – federal prosecutions of DBE fraud are on the rise. Indeed, federal prosecution of DBE fraud has occurred in recent years in the following states: Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio,… Continue Reading
OSHA Summer Safety InitiativePosted in OSHA
OSHA has announced a "no-notice" "Construction Incident Prevention Initiative" campaign to "curb construction fatalities." OSHA will be focusing its compliance inspections on construction sites in the Delaware Valley. According to OSHA's Press Release: "During campaign periods, OSHA sends all of its compliance officers into the field to conduct immediate inspections when unsafe working conditions involving… Continue Reading
The War Against West VirginiaPosted in Infrastructure Construction
The Obama Administration's War Against Coal economic impact on the State of West Virginia is well known. But has the Obama Administration actually declared war on the entire State of West Virginia? It certainly seems like it now that the Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to place the "Diamond Darter" on the endangered species list. Moreover, the Energy Law… Continue Reading


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Saxophone Professor Presents Faculty Recital Jan. 31Jan. 24, 2002
by Richard Veit
Michael N. Jacobson, professor of saxophone at Baylor University, will perform a faculty recital at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in Meadows Recital Hall of the Glennis McCrary Music Building.
He will be assisted by his wife, violinist Suzanne Blaker Jacobson, Kathryn Steely, assistant professor of viola , Elvia Puccinelli, assistant professor of piano, and pianist Douglas Claybrook, senior lecturer in academic studies.
The recital will open with a seven-movement suite called Picnic on the Marne, written in 1983 by American composer Ned Rorem. This will be followed by a work by Evan Chambers, his Come Down Heavy! from 1994.
After intermission, Jacobson will perform Robert Schumann's Märchenerzählungen from 1853, originally scored for clarinet, viola, and piano.
The recital will close with a triptych from 1991 by Argentine composer Astor Piazolla. The movements of his Histoire du Tango are titled "Bordello 1990," "Café 1915" and "Night-club 1960."
Michael Jacobson joined the Baylor music faculty in 1984. He holds a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University, a master's degree from Indiana University and a doctorate from the University of Texas.
This recital is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Baylor School of Music at 710-3991.
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Why auto sales dug into restaurant sales despite more spending
Why restaurant sales are important
Food services and drinking place sales are an indicator that's published monthly by the US Census Bureau. Analysts often follow this data to get a sense of where the overall restaurant industry's sales are headed. When the industry does well, it tends to help companies within the industry. On the other hand, poor industry performance often spreads to companies.
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August sales follow July's increase
In August, eating and drinking place sales totaled $45.9 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis—up 0.34% from the $45.72 billion in July. While August's data was an improvement from July's, it still remains roughly $200 million below the record of $46.1 billion we saw in April. Compared to the monthly growth rate of 0.53% in July, August's increase was moderate. It was likely negatively affected by car sales—a trend we've been seeing since April that has benefited car companies like Ford and General Motors.
On a position note, year-over-year growth turned higher in August, rising from 3.69% in July to 3.81%. The three-month moving average, though, remains in a downtrend. Analysts often use year-over-year growth to get a sense of how fast sales are expected to grow annually, which they then use to estimate earnings growth. The National Restaurant Association currently estimates 4.0% annual growth in 2013 if monthly employment is in the 180,000-to-200,000 range.
The impact of year-over-year growth on share prices
Since peaking at ~9.0% in 2011, year-over-year sales growth has declined. Because share prices often move on the growth rate, lower growth has negatively affected the stock performances of companies like McDonald's (MCD), Panera Bread Co. (PNRA), Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG), and Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI). While some companies managed to produce strong gains, they were outliers.
Consumers focusing on other goods
In the short to medium term, restaurant companies as a whole may underperform other retail stocks as people decide to spend more on discretionary goods. With 47% of people saying they're not eating at restaurants as much as they like, according to National Restaurant Association's September statistics, there's still room for restaurant companies to increase sales.
Investors can rotate in and out of stocks and industries if they see emerging changes to consumers' spending behavior. However, that can take up quite a bit of time. Investors can use ETFs such as the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector ETF (XLY) and iShares Dow Jones Consumer Services ETF (IYC) to gain exposure to other consumer industries like autos while still investing in restaurants.


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NEW YORK, May 29 (UPI) -- Pete Rose has admitted in a broadcast interview to betting about $2,000 a game on the Cincinnati Reds while managing them, Sports Illustrated says.
Rose, who was banished from baseball in 1989 because of his gambling, said on the Dan Patrick Show, "It was like $2,000. That's it. And it didn't change" no matter who was pitching. It was the first time he had admitted to betting that much.
"I didn't care who was pitching for me or who was pitching for the opposition," he said. "I just made it easy for the guys making the bets and just bet this much every game and that's the way we did it."


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Out today on Fedora's official update servers are a slew of new stable packages. The updates out today include: gnome-utils-2.14.0-4.fc5.1, file-roller-2.14.2-1.fc5.1, gnome-menus-2.14.0-1.fc5.1, rhythmbox-0.9.4-1.fc5.1, setools-2.3-3.FC5, and anthy-7500b-1.fc5. There is also a Fedora Core 5 security update for Ethereal -- ethereal-0.99.0-fc5.1. Fire up yum or the pup package updater.
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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:07:50 +0200
Hello there Listers,
I am looking for information on Margaret Marnewick born around 1905/1906 Cape Province. That is all information I have on her but would like to know more about the family.
If there are any listers with Marnewick in their family trees please can we exchange information.
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I only watched the first half hour or so... I though ST was a hoot! I thought he was going to be a hot mess, but was pleasantly surprised.
On the other hand, I don't get some of those they let thru in the short time that I watched. They were singing and I thought that is not that good and next thing you know they are getting a ticket. :wow
The 15 year old was one of those I thought would not go thru. She was okay, not great by any means. I think in a few years and more training she would be there. Than again we got to hear Randy's "but you're only 15" :rofl


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Silicon semiconductors' reign as the king of microchips for computers and smart devices could be numbered, U.S. researchers say.
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a rival to silicon, indium gallium arsenide, has led to the creation of the smallest transistor ever built.
Despite being just 22 nanometers (billionths of a meter) in length the transistor performs well and is a potential candidate to replace silicon in computing devices, an MIT release reported Monday.
Shrinking the size of transistors allows increasing numbers of them to be squeezed onto microchips.
"The more transistors you can pack on a chip, the more powerful the chip is going to be, and the more functions the chip is going to perform," Jesus del Alamo of MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science said.
Researchers have been actively investigating alternatives to silicon -- like indium gallium arsenide -- that could potentially operate as transistors at increasingly smaller scales.
The MIT researchers have shown it is possible to build a type of transistor most commonly used in computer applications such as microprocessors using the material.
"We have shown that you can make extremely small indium gallium arsenide MOSFETs with excellent logic characteristics, which promises to take Moore's Law beyond the reach of silicon," del Alamo says.
Moore's Law -- the prediction by Intel founder Gordon Moore that the number of transistors on microchips will double every two years -- had almost reached its limits using silicon technology, researchers said.


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Champaign, IL based garage-psych rock band DEATHTRAM released a pretty badass s/t cassette this year on Error Records and over six tracks of droney vocals and fuzzed out guitar meanderings make a mission statement that we're guessing is something along the lines of "let's get fucked up." This is music that would be best listened to with a smoke machine at full crank. Let's hope they bring one.


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Notes: Dealing with the DH conundrum
Notes: Dealing with DH conundrum
NEW YORK -- The Twins not only have had problems finding a consistent designated hitter over the past few seasons, they've had problems finding players who actually like hitting in the spot. The DH hasn't been a concern for the Twins over the past three games, because they have been playing in National League parks, but it hasn't prevented the issue from disappearing. Jeff Cirillo admitted after Tuesday night's game that he has felt more comfortable at the plate, in part due to seeing more time at third base.
"I honestly think playing third base has been a factor," Cirillo said. "I tip my hat to the DHs in the league. You sign up and say, "Oh yeah, just DH and get at-bats that way. But it's not that easy. ... I think, in part, it's just a matter of sweating. You go up there and DH and feel like it's the first swing during [batting practice]. Maybe not that drastic, but I think that playing third base has helped." The Twins had the same problem with outfielder Rondell White last season. Though White had signed to play for the club exclusively in the DH spot, he had trouble adjusting to the position. Instead, White found himself hitting better after he returned to playing the outfield. "It's never going to be easy for a guy that's been playing in the field," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "The good thing about Cirillo is that he's got a great glove, and we can play him around the infield when he's healthy." Cirillo has started to get hot over his past two games, raising his batting average from .208 to .253. He was slotted in at third base for the second straight day, but Gardenhire said that Cirillo will likely see action in more spots once they return to American League play. "We can mix him in at third and first like we've done," Gardenhire said. "But you can't lose [Justin] Morneau's bat in these National League games." Clean sweep: Twins TV broadcaster Bert Blyleven made good on his promise and let Johan Santana give him a buzz cut on Wednesday afternoon. The two had made a wager that if Santana threw a complete-game shutout, Blyleven's hair would be gone. Santana used his talented left arm to wield the clippers and buzzed Blyleven's hair to just a layer of mere fuzz. The entire ballclub stood and watched as the haircut took place inside the visitors' clubhouse. Accompanied by a few "Circle me Bert!" exclamations from Santana and some cheering from the crowd, Blyleven seemed to take the haircut in stride. "You hadn't thrown a shutout in nearly two years, so I thought it was a pretty safe bet," Blyleven said. "That's why this isn't Vegas," Santana retorted with a smile, as he buzzed away.
Gardenhire got his own kick out of the event. Though the skipper didn't know about the wager until after the game, he joked that it might have altered his plans."If I had known about it during the game, he might have thrown about 150 pitches [to get the shutout] just so we could see Bert get his head shaved," Gardenhire said with a laugh. "I mean, I'd challenge just about anybody to a nine-inning shutout, but not Santana. Even though he hasn't done it in a few years, you're challenging the wrong guy, probably." Short a dozen: The Twins had discussed the possibility of adding a pitcher to the roster at some point during the current road trip due to the bullpen being a tad overworked. But Santana's complete game helped give that bullpen a much-needed rest, and led the club to put off such a move. "The pitching adjustment we were worried about, we don't need to do that now," Gardenhire said when asked about a possible off-day move. "We can get by." The plan is to remain at 11 pitchers for at least the rest of this trip. But that will change once the Twins get back to American League play, which includes four home games vs. Toronto followed by a three-city road trip heading into the All-Star break. Gardenhire said that the club will likely go back to 12 pitchers, especially considering that they will play a doubleheader at Chicago on July 6. One pitcher that Gardenhire ruled out as a possibility was Glen Perkins. The left-hander still has not thrown from a mound, and the club wants to give him plenty of time to stretch his arm before returning. "When a guy comes off an injury like that, you've got to make sure [he's ready]," Gardenhire said. "So, yeah, he's going to need some time." No panic: The Twins have relied on Luis Castillo to be the catalyst of their offense, but recently, he's struggled at the plate. Castillo entered Wednesday's game in an 0-for-21 skid, the longest of his career. Known for beating himself up for poor at-bats, Castillo was noticeably upset the past few days. Gardenhire said that he tried to talk to the second baseman during batting practice on Tuesday about not being so hard on himself. "He believes that when he gets on base, that's how we win games," Gardenhire said. "And he's about right. So I like to see a guy who cares that much, and he does." It didn't take long for Castillo to rebound. He hit a double off Mets starter Oliver Perez to lead off the first inning on Wednesday. Twins tidbits: White made progress in his rehab for the second straight day, reporting no soreness or tightness in his calf while running. The Twins are still uncertain when he will get back to playing games. With all of the club's affiliates now in league play, White must start his official rehab assignment in order to take the field, and the team wants to make sure he's ready before that happens. ... The Twins held an open tryout at the Metrodome this past week and signed right-handed pitcher Mark Hamburger. The 20-year-old, who was attending Mesabi Community and Technical College in Virginia, Minn., will report to the Gulf Coast League rookie club. Down on the Farm: Jason Miller pitched four innings and gave up just one unearned run in Triple-A Rochester's 5-4 victory over Columbus on Tuesday. Jose Morales went 3-for-4 and drove in four of the Red Wings' runs. ... Jesse Floyd and J.P. Martinez combined to give up seven runs in Double-A New Britain's 7-6 loss to New Hampshire. ... Yohan Pino pitched eight scoreless innings in Class A Fort Myers' 2-0 win over Tampa. Steve Tolleson and Luis Ugueto each drove in a run for the Miracle. Coming up: The Twins will enjoy an off-day in Miami on Thursday before beginning a three-game series with the Marlins. Right-hander Boof Bonser (5-3, 4.33) will get the start in Game 1 of the series as he faces Marlins left-hander Scott Olsen (5-6, 4.89). First pitch is at 6:05 p.m. CT.
Kelly Thesier is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Market Message from the Volatility Index (VIX) ...
Oftentimes, the VIX sends important messages about the market at critical points.
One critical level for the VIX is 15.23 which is the support floor that was established on April 12, 2010.
The day that the S&P started its upside run that took it past its recent resistance (see the circle), is the same day that the VIX finally closed below 15.23.
Since that event on April 20th, the VIX has had 4 days below 15.23 and 4 days above 15.23.
So, it is dancing around that important level and it needs to make a definitive direction choice very soon.
*** The eight days that were spent hovering around 15.23 had an upper/lower range of 14.27 to 16.42, so these are the important numbers to watch now in order to see which way the VIX will tip for its directional decision. So, the above information is the important background reason why you should put 14.27 and 16.42 on your VIX radar during the next few days.


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William Violett: William is one of those rare individuals who is dedicated to squeezing every ounce of knowledgeout of his educational experience. His enthusiasm for what we do in class is evident each and every day. William is responsible, hard working and truly a shining example of dedication and determination. He makes me want to be a better teacher. — Gary Mohr
Channing Simpson: She has been an incredibly confident and empathetic young lady in class this year. She has a friendly and helpful demeanor with other students who either need extra help with their work or who have disabilities. She has remained excited about the work she completes, and is willing to spend her extra time in class helping others and communicating misunderstandings with her teachers. She is extremely qualified as a student-hero here at Millswood! — Adam Auerbach
Corrin Clemons: I find Corrin always positive and ready to learn. She is always in her seat when the bell rings and ready to go when class begins. She is not afraid to ask questions and learn as much as she can about Spanish. She corrects me when I make typos on the whiteboard. She is very personable and is well-liked in the class. She displays leadership abilities and contributes to class discussions based on her knowledge and experience. Go Corrin! — Curtis Robinson