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Graduate education in the Department of Economics & Business is organized around two programmes: the PhD Track (including the MRes and the Ph.D programme), which aims to train research scholars for careers in either academia or the business and government world, and the Master programmes, more applied in nature and less oriented toward careers in academia. Master programmes are offered through the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and the UPF Barcelona School of Management. Every year around 150 new students enroll in the graduate programmes, creating a truly international atmosphere with about 90% of students from abroad.
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MIDDLESBROUGH will complete the 3.5m Euros signing of Spanish striker Kike next week, and head coach Aitor Karanka will now press ahead in the hope of adding another front man to his squad.
Boro announced yesterday they had agreed a deal with Murcia for Kike – full name Enrique Garcia Martinez – after the 24-year-old agreed personal terms.
The transfer will be completed when the striker, who finished last season as the second top goalscorer in the Spanish second division, joins up with the Boro squad for a training camp in Marbella on Monday, subject to a successful medical and international clearance.
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Kike's arrival demonstrates a major breakthrough for Karanka having missed out on other targets earlier in the summer, but the head coach wants another front man to boost his attacking options – and Genk's Jelle Vossen is still a target.
The Belgium outfit want £7m for the striker after they reportedly rejected an initial offer of £3m from the Teessiders last weekend, but The Northern Echo understands Boro will continue to pursue their interest in Vossen, as well as monitoring Danny Graham's situation.
Vossen has been a long-term target of Boro – the Teessiders had a £4m bid rejected for his services last summer - and despite shelling out around 3.5m for Kike, they could go back to Genk with an improved offer in the coming days.
If so, it will be a show of real intent from chairman Steve Gibson, who is eager to get the club back into the Premier League after a five-year hiatus.
The striker is keen on a move to the Riverside after seven years with the Belgian Pro League outfit, but they do not want their star man to leave cheaply and are holding out for a fee in excess of £7m.
Vossen spoke out against his club yesterday, insisting they had gone back on an agreement to let him move on this summer.
"I'm bitterly disappointed at what Genk's president said," Vossen told told Belgian newspaper Het Belang van Limburg. "He gave the impression it's all about the money. I'd expected some more respect.
"In January, Rubin Kazan had offered Genk £7m plus add-ons. Genk rejected it and I didn't make a war. We've made the agreement that if there was a good bid in the summer, I would be allowed to go.
"We put an amount on paper and I must admit it's higher than £4m [which Middlesbrough offered], but there was that promise. It's a shame they don't want to fulfil it.
"Four million is a good amount for a Belgian striker, and the add-ons aren't included. If they're waiting for a bid of £7m, they could be waiting for a long time. Certainly after last season. I've lost my place in the World Cup squad and we aren't even playing in the Europa League. I'm ready for a transfer abroad and I would find Middlesbrough a good challenge."
With Kike's arrival and Karanka's desire to sign another striker, Lukas Jutkiewicz looks set to complete a move away from the club next week with Burnley his most likely destination.
The newly-promoted side have agreed to pay around £1.5m for the striker as they look to build a squad to compete in the Premier League after the likes of Bolton Wanderers and Derby were priced out on a move.
While Karanka is in the market for a second striker, the Boro head coach is also looking to bring in a right-back and a central midfielder with Huddersfield Town's Adam Clayton top of his list.
The Terriers are looking for around £3m for the 25-year-old, but their interest in Kei Kamara could help Karanka land his man.

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Home | 18.013A | Chapter 25
We saw when discussing numerical differentiation that when we have a sequence of numbers which are approximations to a number whose errors decrease by a given factor from term to term, we can extrapolate the sequence to get a more rapidly converging one.
The general extrapolation rule is: to get rid of errors that decrease by a factor of , take the current result times minus the previous result and divide this difference by .
Here for example, if we look at the answers provided by the trapezoid rule for values , say, we get a sequence of approximate answers whose errors can be expected to decrease by a factor of roughly 4 each time. If we denote these answers as and look at the sequence , given by , (for to 5) the terms in that go down as a factor of 4 will cancel out in each and we will be left with the higher order terms only.
If we apply this procedure here to the trapezoid rule, we get the Simpson's rule approximations previously defined.
Exercise 25.3 Verify this statement.
But we know that the leading terms in Simpson's rule decrease by a factor of 16 each time and we can play the same game with them.
We can form
defined by
, for
to 5, and get a "Super Simpson's rule approximation", the leading terms in which (in the power series expansion) decrease by 64 from term to term.
Well we can keep this up twice more: and get for and 5, and , and this is about the best we can do as an approximation with 16 intervals.
25.4 Use the results of Exercise 25.2 which give the
's to compute the
's to
's. Compare their accuracy on an integral whose value you know. (For example
to 1.)
Please be aware that these methods while very good are particularly effective on .
25.5 Can you find a function for which this approach to integrating is lousy? What might you do to improve it?


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A BARRY schoolboy has been earmarked as a possible future star of Welsh disability sport, after being called up to the national football squad for players with learning difficulties.
Seventeen-year-old Richard Smith, who attends Ysgol Maes Dyfan, was spotted during football coaching sessions at the school and has since progressed to the extent that he could soon be lining up in a Welsh shirt to play in international matches and competitions, including the home nations tournament next Easter.
Welsh Learning Difficulties National Squad manager Grant Kalahar, who works for the Welsh Football Trust, said: "I have been really pleased with Richard's progress both as a player and a person since he was selected for the South Wales Learning Difficulties Regional Squad recently.
"It is a great feeling to see him step up to the National Squad because he has worked so hard on his game and his life skills.
"He is a deep lying midfielder with an eye for a pass and has a great game understanding."
Proud that Ysgol Maes Dyfan may soon have an international footballer on their books, teacher Chris Chaulk said: "We play all sports in the school and this is an excellent achievement for Richard.
"He works very hard at his sport and loves his football. It is thoroughly deserved."
Richard's soccer skills have been nurtured by football coaches Andy Davies, Edryd Thomas and Adam Fowler who have been going into Ysgol Maes Dyfan on a regular basis during the last year to run football sessions for boys and girls at the school.
In sessions arranged in partnership by the Welsh Football Trust, Post2Post Coaching and the Vale Council's sports and play development team, they identified Richard's potential and invited him along for extra training at Dinas Powys FC, where Andy also coaches.
Andy said: "At Dinas Powys we welcome players with learning difficulties and cerebral palsy to join the club and play in five-a-side and seven-a-side tournaments against other local disability football clubs.
"We also run a new 11-a-side integrated team which features players with learning difficulties alongside non-disabled players from the club's second team and under 18s squad.
"The new integrated sessions are already proving to be hugely successful for all involved," added Andy.
"The players with learning difficulties such as Richard have really benefited from playing alongside mainstream players, and have also enjoyed the opportunity to play regular 11-a-side matches, something which is not always possible in disability football.
"The new integrated team will be playing fixtures against Cardiff City FC, Newport County FC and Treforest FC, and we would welcome any new players who are interested in joining our club."
Chelsea fan Richard took his first steps into international football by attending a training camp late in September at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff, before a second training camp in October which will involve a behind-closed-doors match with a professional club.
* To find out more about Dinas Powys FC's integrated football squad for players aged 15+ call Edryd Thomas on 07540 349036.


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FishbowlDC has gotten our hands on the candidate statements for the 2008 elections for president and three seats on the executive board of the White House Correspondents' Association. We've also written them to get their take on Pool Report–Gate and will let you know their stances on the issue.
Join us after the jump…
USA Today's David Jackson: "Managing the transition to a new administration is the top priority in the next year, and I have the experience to meet that challenge. … Keeping down travel costs and improving access to senior administration officials are my two main issues."
Washington Times' Jon Ward: "If elected, I would focus my efforts on minimizing travel costs, maximizing access to White House events and personnel, and on being responsive to questions, concerns, requests and ideas from each member of the association. Issue number one for next year's board will be establishing good relations with the next administration. … I'll also try to bring whatever quickly dissipating hipness I still may have to the planning of the annual dinner."
C-SPAN's Steve Scully: "The White House Correspondents' Association works because each board member brings to the table his or her own strengths & experiences. This allows us to collectively carry out our primary mission: Insuring our interests are heard and addressed by the administration. The transition from a Bush to an Obama or McCain administration will present itself with a number of new challenges, and I've had a little bit of experience dealing with these matters."
ABC News' Stephanie Smith: "I will work hard with the new administration to make sure we set a precedent to allow normally closed events open. … One of my pet peeves is press conferences with the president and foreign leaders where only two to three questions are allowed per side. At the risk of alienating my friends (and losing votes) from the wire services, it is also unfair that those few questions go to the same group of reporters every time. … [M]y other primary concern is the rising cost of foreign and domestic travel while news budgets continue to go in the other direction. … [W]e also need to have more access on foreign survey trips where we can be part of the decision-making process."
NYT's Doug Mills: "I will work closely with Board President Jennifer Loven to make sure that access and coverage concerns are heard and that the needs and interests of the photographers and videographers who cover the White House are fairly represented."


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The U.S. Senate has just passed a bill that would take the teeth out of online and mobile stalking by creating new rules for location privacy.
The bill, first brought to the Senate by Sen. Al Franken, would keep companies — apps, OS makers, and mobile carriers — from secretly monitoring your location. If the bill becomes law, consumers will have to give consent for any location information can be shared or even collected.
Most reputable applications, such as Google Maps, Foursquare, and Facebook, already take steps to get your consent. But the bill would make that mandatory.
"I believe that Americans have the fundamental right to control who can track their location, and whether or not that information can be given to third parties," Franken said. "But right now, companies — some legitimate, some sleazy — are collecting your or your child's location and selling it to ad companies or who knows who else."
Franken says the practice can lead to or enable stalking and even domestic violence — and the fact that many companies do location-gathering and location-sharing in a way that actually promoted such behavior is something we've talked about quite a bit in the past.
The bill was first brought to Congress back in June 2011. A few legislators have expressed concerns about the wording of the bill, but most said they'd be willing to work with Franken to get the bill passed into law.
Here's the full text of the bill:
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Guillermo del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' has Comic-Con poster released
Oh how I wish I was at Comic-Con. I'm hearing tons about this upcoming Guillermo del Toro movie Pacific Rim. Now I just saw the Comic-Con 2012 exclusive poster for it; it has me even more intrigued.
First off, Guillermo del Toro is directing it, so you know it's going to be visually impressive. Pacific Rim stars Idris Elba (in a role that originally Tom Cruise was linked to), Ron Perlman (who worked with del Toro on the Hellboy movies), charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, and... Charlie Day? The guy from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? I guess we know who the comic relief is going to be.
So what is Pacific Rim about? It's about humans battling an alien attack on Earth by piloting giant robots. Sold. Anything that even sounds like it is kinda like Exosquad is a win for me. The official synopsis from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures about this sci-fi action adventure is:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Is it possible for me to be even more sold? This movie and all its parts are adding up to be an epic film. And a little geography lesson here: the Pacific Rim refers to places around the edge of the Pacific Ocean — so the aliens are likely to be emerging from the Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Rim is set for a July 12, 2013 release date. Stay tuned for more information.
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ump is a graphical, easy to use math program, which works with complex
numbers, matrices, functions and much more.
WWW: http://u-m-p.sourceforge.net/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/math/ump/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install ump-math
cd /usr/ports/math/ump/ && make install clean
pkg install ump-math
PKGNAME: ump-math
SHA256 (ump-0.8.6.tar.bz2) = 89454b16a9ab55f223f6ce9f24facbc56f4ec6325dcd58fd9528b5636551d378
SIZE (ump-0.8.6.tar.bz2) = 135253
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
gmake pkgconfig tar:bzip2 gnome
Number of commits found: 35
Revision bump of all ports with USE_GL after consolidation of mesa-libs
Approved by: swills (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10845
Remove useless WRKSRC definitions.
While there, correct DEV_WARNINGS when they occur.
Sponsored by: Absolight
math/ump: Finish original "fix on current"
Back on 10 OCT 2014 when the PR was opened, this unmaintained port
didn't build on current. The PR stagnanted due to an unanswered
question and the port was eventually fixed by amdmi3 on 21 NOV. Let's
go ahead and make the remaining changes which include adding a license
(GPLv2), defining desktop entries, tweaking pkg-descr, and make real_frac
function match its changed header (for clang).
Submitted by: Ports Fury
- Fix build with clang
Cleanup plist
math/ump: Fix build on DF, FreeBSD 10+ (explicit linking issue)
Update the default version of GCC in the Ports Collection from GCC 4.7.4
to GCC 4.8.3.
Part II, Bump PORTREVISIONs.
Tested by: antoine (-exp runs)
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
1: Stagify.
2: use @sample, bump version.
Convert a bunch of USE_BZIP2 to USES=tar:bzip2
Approved by: portmgr (not really, but touches unstaged ports)
Reset maintainership for ports not staged with no pending PR
With hat: portmgr
Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus minor
COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. A few Makefiles where not
included as they contain Latin-1 characters that break the Phabricator
workflow. Category M.
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
- Fix package name collision
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
Add explicit dependency on pkgconf (27 ports)
- update png to 1.5.10
- Get Rid MD5 support
- update to 1.4.1
Reviewed by: exp8 run on pointyhat
Supported by: miwi
- update to jpeg-8
- Switch SourceForge ports to the new File Release System: categories starting
with M
- bump all port that indirectly depends on libjpeg and have not yet been bumped
or updated
Requested by: edwin
- Remove conditional checks for FreeBSD 5.x and older
- Remove duplicates from MAKE_ENV after inclusion of CC and CXX in default
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Remove unneeded dependency from gtk12/gtk20 [1]
- Remove USE_XLIB/USE_X_PREFIX/USE_XPM in favor of USE_XORG
- Remove X11BASE support in favor of LOCALBASE or PREFIX
- Use USE_LDCONFIG instead of INSTALLS_SHLIB
- Remove unneeded USE_GCC 3.4+
Thanks to all Helpers:
Dmitry Marakasov, Chess Griffin, beech@, dinoex, rafan, gahr,
ehaupt, nox, itetcu, flz, pav
Tested on: pointyhat
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Remove USE_XLIB/USE_X_PREFIX/USE_XPM in favor of USE_XORG
- Bump PORTREVISION
Approved by: portmgr (xorg cleanup)
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
- Update to 0.8.6
- The project has got a new website (http://u-m-p.sourceforge.net)
Approved by: alexbl (mentor, implicit)
- Updated email address in my ports
Approved by: alexbl (mentor)
- Fix build problems
PR: ports/15365
Submitted by: email@example.com (Nicola Vitale) (maintainer)
Update to latest version.
PR: ports/105258
Submitted by: Nicola Vitale <email@example.com> (maintainer)
Approved by: flz (mentor)
Update to 0.8.4
Submitted by: Nicola Vitale <firstname.lastname@example.com> (maintainer)
Remove email address
PR: ports/98703
Submitted by: maintainer
Approved by: lawrance (mentor, implcit)
Fix duplicate LATEST_LINK with www/ump
Submitted by: Nicola Vitale <firstname.lastname@example.com> (maintainer)
Add ump 0.8.3.2, a graphical, easy to use math program.
Submitted by: Nicola Vitale <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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David, Drake top RHS '12 grads
Patrick David is valedictorian and Victoria Drake salutatorian of the 124-candidate Rockdale High School graduating class of 2012.
Commencement exercises, w ith featured speaker, Olympic swimmer Josh Davis, begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Tiger Field, according to RHS Principal Joey Geletka. In the event of bad weather the ceremony will be moved indoors to the RHS gym.
David compiled a 4.3773 grade-point average during his four-year RHS career, according to Geletka.
The valedictorian is the son of Dwayne and Kelly David.
Geletka said grades are based on a 4-point system and grades higher than 4.0 are possible due to "weighted" honors courses.
Drake's average was 4.2565. She is the daughter of Tom and Sandra Drake.
SPEAKER— Commence- ment speaker for the Class of 2012 will be Olympic swimmer, turned motivational speaker.
Davis, who swam for the University of Texas in college, won five Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000.
In the 1996 Atlanta games he was the only male athlete from any nation in any sport to win three gold medals. He went on to capture two silver medals in the 2000 Sydney games.
Davis and his wife, Shauntel, have five children.
TOP GRADS—Geletka announced honor graduates with 90-and-above averages as follows:
• Douglas Mauldin 4.2250, son of Buzz Juarez and Lorena Mauldin.
• Cody Skubal, 4.1717 son of Paul and Chloe Skubal.
• Virginia Flores, 4.0886 daughter of Robert and Lisa Flores.
• Kirk Williams, 3.9891, son of John and Stacey Williams.
• Mackenzie Hirt, 3.9833, daughter of Troy and Kim Hirt.
• Anna Gay, 3.9636, daughter of Michael and Judy Gay.
• Haley Leopold, 3.8958, daughter of Paul and Regina Leopold.
• Cirilo Castillo Jr., 3.8500, son of Cirilo Castillo and Esperanza Castillo.
• Reginald Hamilton, 3.8390, son of Sharon Crawford and Reginald Hamilton.
• Carlynn Hill, 3.7918, daughter of Rhona and Charlie Weyler.
• Zachary Garza, 3.7783, son of Carlos Garza and Mary Woodward.
• Kandace Wilson, 3.6021, daughter of Rick and Jennifer Wilson.
• Matthew Reline, 3.6000, son of Dale Miller and Lori Reline.
• Jill Young, 3.5708, daughter of Tammie Young and Larry Young.
• Miguel Alonzo, 3.5600, son of Carmen Gonzales and Herby Alonzo.
• Miranda Urban, 3.5477, daughter of Scott and Cindy Urban.
• Amanda Coumont, 3.5476, daughter of Ronda Coumont.
• Erin Daniels, 3.4978, daughter of Dr. Steve and Mickie Daniels.
• Nicholas Aaron Montelongo, 3.4848, son of Albert and Beverly Montelongo.
• Heather Atchley, 3.3700, daughter of Buddy and Trish Atchley.
• Caleb Tarver, 3.3700, son of Buck and Emily Tarver.
• Mara McAdams, 3.3694, daughter of Miranda and Larry McAdams.
• The 25th-high ranking student declined to have name or GPA published.
• Ty Kirk, 3.3568, son of Joe and Nikki Kirk.
• Arlene Ramos, 3.3537, daugh- ter of Manuel and Sylvia Ramos.
• Martha Bocanegra, 3.3320, daughter of Cecilio and Martha Bocanegra.
• Lukas Schweitzer, 3.3163, son of Matt and Monette Schweitzer.
• Duke Schneider, 3.2886, son of Patti and Myron Schneider.
• Koltyn Woolverton, 3.2565, son of Ruby and Russell Woolverton.
• Abbigal Matthews, 3.1860, daughter of Eric and Lachelle Matthews.
• Francisco Romo, 3.1688, son of Francisco and Catalina Romo.
• Corey McDonald, 3.1479, daughter of Tresla Davis.
• Victoria Garza, 3.1386, daughter of Hope Garza and Gene Garza.
• Britni Newlin, 3.1192, daughter of J. D. and Jessica Newlin.
• Traci Fisher, 3.0761, daughter of Wayne and Wanda Fisher.
• Cinda Baggerly, 3.0689, daughter of Jackie Baggerly-Lacy and Tim Burns.
• Nicholas Baggerly, 3.0652, son of Lori and Roger Baggerly.
• Keyanna Russell, 3.0267, daughter of Lynetta Russell.
• Jessica Schmidt, 3.0192, daughter of Gladys Schmidt.
• Daniel Brooks, 3.0043, son of Tony and Sharon Brooks.


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Cards keeping faith despite no days off
Cards keeping faith despite no days off
Seemingly compounding the challenge is that the Cardinals aren't getting a day off over the season's final 31 games.
Impossible to catch up? No. Improbable but possible? The Cardinals believe yes.
"It's good to be part of the excitement that you're still alive," manager Tony La Russa said before Monday afternoon's makeup game against the Marlins at Sun Life Stadium.
"But you understand that you've got to get hot. Playing against the Cubs [and losing three straight] is not hot. Winning three of four from the Padres is hot."
La Russa recalled that the Cardinals were nine games out of the division lead in August 2006, the year they won the World Series. And he saw how the Mets had a major collapse the following September, with the Phillies capitalizing.
"Fourteen games is a lot of games," La Russa said. "Let's see what we do with them."
One good sign: the Cardinals have gone through 17 games of their 31-game gauntlet, and La Russa said any lack of endurance hasn't been a factor so far.
"I've heard no complaints, and we're not a tired ballclub," he said.
He knows he doesn't have to worry about endurance with a lot of his players, most notably catcher Yadier Molina, still playing despite a balky knee.
"At the position I play, something is always going to hurt," Molina said. "You've got to be tough enough to play through it. We want to finish strong."
La Russa thought of one potentially good thing about no days off the rest of the way.
"If you get hot, no distractions," he said.


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Esther Diamond's year gets off to a rocky start when NYPD's Detective Connor Lopez, who slept with her and then didn't call, shuts down the Little Italy restaurant where Esther works between acting jobs and gets her arrested. Once she's out of handcuffs, Esther takes a small role in a grad student's film project in Chinatown—where her friend, semi-retired hit man Lucky Battistuzzi, is hiding out in a Chinese-Italian mortuary.
Esther and Lucky soon realize that something… (more)
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SALT LAKE CITY — Win. Lose. Win. Lose.
The Salt Lake Bees were once again on the wrong end of the back-and-forth pendulum that has dictated the outcome of their games for the past two weeks, suffering an 8-5 loss to the Las Vegas 51s Tuesday at Spring Mobile Ballpark.
After recording a six-game win streak in the middle of June, the Bees have followed a win with a loss 15 times in their past 17 outings, falling to 50-43 overall and 5-5 against Las Vegas.
The 51s got off to a hot start, recording a Ruben Tejada single, a Zach Lutz double, and a Mike Baxter triple in the first four batters to score two runs in the top of the first inning.
Fast forward to the sixth inning, when Las Vegas second baseman Rylan Sandoval singled to center field, followed by two Bees fielding errors, and the 51s extended their lead to 5-2.
Two more singles, a double and a couple of defensive miscues led to three additional 51s runs in the top of the eighth inning.
In spite of giving up the early extra-base hits, Salt Lake starting pitcher Jarrett Grube gave up just four hits total and struck out five batters in his four innings on the mound. However, a collection of fielding and mental errors impeded the Bees' efforts.
Salt Lake countered with a single run in five different innings but could never establish enough momentum to take over. Third baseman Chris Nelson doubled in the second and eventually reached home on a Matt Long sacrifice fly to center, and then center fielder Kole Calhoun doubled in the third and moved around with a two-out single by Nelson.Comment on this story
After three scoreless half innings, first baseman Efren Navarro made it safely to first after hitting into a fielder's choice and made it home on a Roberto Lopez single two batters later; Long tripled in the eighth prior to a Tommy Field RBI single; and John Hester hit and RBI single to score Luis Rodriguez in the ninth.
Field finished 4 for 5, Calhoun 3 for 5 and Nelson 2 for 2.
Winning pitcher Jacob deGrom allowed eight hits but gave up just two runs and struck out four in six complete innings. The Bees totaled 17 hits, a handful more than the 51s output of 10 hits, but left 13 runners on base and were just 5 for 18 with runners in scoring position.
Sarah Thomas earned a degree in Mathematics from the University of Utah and is currently pursuing an MBA at Westminster College. She has been covering sports for the Deseret News since 2008.


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Annie Cobetto has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing at VeryVera. The Augusta resident was previously the manager of the mail order department. Her new responsibilities include directing the development of the VeryVera brand on regional and national levels.
Bill Frischmann has been promoted to major at Wackenhut Services Inc. at Savannah River Site. His new responsibilities include supervision of the Perimeter Protection Department.
John Flock has joined MCG Health Inc. as director of design and construction. He was previously employed by Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Miss. His responsibilities include overseeing new developments, renovations and other construction projects for the medical center.
Alicia Heath has been promoted to assistant vice president/human resource benefits and recruiting administrator at Security Federal Bank. The Aiken resident has previously served as a human resource assistant.
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It can't be real. That's my gut instinct. This very very confusing and concerning rumor circulating that Will Smith is going back into the studio to record a new rap album. Yes, as in "I'm-finna-drop-16-bars" studio. Your man Will Smith. Rapping. Again. What?
Some guy we've never heard of is saying he's been busy in the studio with rappers blah, blah, blah, and oh yea, Will Smith.
Exact quote via XXL magazine: "We're working on Will Smith, bringing him back. That's actually him on the other line right now," said Mars of the production group 1500 Or Nothin. Who? Yea, my point exactly. He doesn't even have a Wikipedia page!
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I was going to call this guy out for reckless gum flapping, but considering the respect I hold for XXL, I'm going to have to give a shred of truth that Will Smith might be considering a rap comeback. To which I say: WTF.
Staging a hip-hop comeback seems like an unnecessary hobby for Will Smith right now. Tired of churning out $100 million blockbusters? Filming on Men in Black III not going well? Bored of micromanaging the meteoric rise of your wee clones? I really can't imagine why Will would seriously consider putting out an album right now, if ever.
Not to say that Will is a dreadfully horrible rapper, but I think most allow him to continue to call himself a rapper as a "respect your elders" thing. Though he does have some Grammys under his belt, this isn't 1998. Let us review:
1988 – Music history is made. Will Smith and DJ jazzy Jeff win the first Grammy for best rap performance for their song "Parents Just Don't Understand" (Smith would go on to win 3 more Grammys). Will Smith becomes known for his light and humorous rapping style, covering topics as overbearing parents, summertime fun, and imagined run-ins with Freddie Krueger. It's appropriately light rap that allows Will Smith to crossover to wider audiences.
1990 – Smith expands his talents to acting with the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, another runaway hit to add to his resume. It airs for 6 years, 148 episodes, and syndication galore. To this day, the average American can still rap the intro theme song.
1996 – Smith is officially a movie star, headlining his first blockbuster film Independence Day. It grosses over $800 million worldwide.
1997 – Smith marries his world of music and acting with Men in Black. The movie does $587 million worldwide, the accompanying album goes 3x platinum. A sample of Patrice Rushen's classic "Forget Me Nots" makes the eponymous novelty single bearable, but begins Smith's foray into a genre I like to think as dance rap, that is, a rap song that accompanies a dance. It is an annoying but profitable living.
1998 – Riding the Men in Black success, Smith doubles down with Big Willie Style, his first solo album sans Jazzy Jeff, and the album responsible for "Getting' Jiggy Wit It". An enormous hit on the scale of the Macarena and Who Let The Dogs Out. Like Chinese water torture, it tricks you with its evil simplistic. You think you can endure. You cannot. A song that immediately burrows itself into your consciousness, then taunts you for hours on in with "na-na-na-na-nana-na." Do you know Nas helped write that song? Yea, thanks for that, God's Son. With three hit singles, this album went an astonishing 9x platinum.
2001 – Nominated for his first Academy Award for his performance in Ali. He would be nominated once more in 2006 for The Pursuit of Happyness.
2005 – Three albums after his astronomical debut solo album success, Will Smith can't seem to find that same footing in the industry. Subsequent albums underperform to that 9x platinum standard (though the record industry bust is somewhat responsible), and his last recorded studio album Lost and Found reveals a more serious Will Smith, rapping about extremist Christianity, not being taken seriously by black radio, taking shots at his critics (he lobbed a few light ones at Eminem), and senseless street violence. Whoa. Pretty heavy stuff from a dance rapper. Needless to say, this album was dead on arrival.
My guess? Will Smith lucked out with his late 90s success. Back then any and everyone was going platinum; pop music was at an all-time high. Then he got mad when years later, no one rolled out the red carpet for another Big Willie album. Now he's thinking he can reclaim the crown in 2011? A loooong shot buddy. Sounds more like a mid-life crisis to me.
I respect a hobby. No problem with jumping in the studio if you have the time and means to do. But staging a "comeback" to the industry? Doubtful. Play to your strengths in front of the camera Will Smith, not the sound booth.


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Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of forward and reverselogistics for a diverse range of finished goods and replacement parts, announced that Panasonic has transferred close to 1,000 parts and accessories accounts to Encompass for parts supply.
In December, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company appointed Encompass to serve as a master distributor of both warranty and non-warranty spare parts and accessories for its comprehensive consumer electronics line. Panasonic has notified the bulk of its parts account holders that effective April 1, 2014, they should begin ordering parts through Encompass instead of Panasonic direct.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic, March 11 (UPI) -- Former tennis star Martina Navratilova, who defected to the United States during the Cold War, said she has regained Czech nationality.
Navratilova, a nine-time Wimbledon champion, said she made the decision after she became embarrassed by the administration of U.S. President George Bush, The Times of London reported Tuesday.
However, she did not renounce her citizenship in the United States, a move that could prevent her from living in the country in the future.
The tennis champ said she moved to the United States in 1975 because she was embarrassed by communist rule, but she has now feels that way about the U.S. government.
"The thing is that we elected Bush. That is worse! Against that, nobody chose a communist government in Czechoslovakia," she said.


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Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Notre Dame is one of the top programs, not just out West, but nationally as well. This year's squad is loaded and no player has meant more to the Knights than two-way standout Shane Horton.
Horton, 6-1, 205 pounds is one of the state's most versatile players and could play a number of positions in college. He's a three year starter at receiver and defensive back and even filled in at quarterback this year when standout junior Dayne Crist missed five games due to injury.
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He's also an elite safety prospect, which is where we think he'll end up in college. Horton has a great frame and is a physical player with plus cover skills as well.
On the recruiting front, Horton is a player who we thought would have double digit offers by this point in the year but that hasn't been the case.
"Wyoming, Ohio and Utah State are my offers right now," Horton said. "I'm also hearing from USC, Washington, Fresno State, UNLV, Arizona State and Oregon but none of them have offered yet.
"To be honest, I'm not even worried about it and I never have worried about it. "I'm just focused on team goals and I know the recruiting thing will take care of itself down the road. I'm in no hurry to make my decision, I'm going to play out and take all my visits. Right now, I'm just wide open and don't have any leaders, I'm open to whoever wants to recruit me."
The Knights have a huge second round playoff game this Friday with perennial power Long Beach Poly.
"We're new to Div I and Poly is a powerhouse every year," Horton said. "It's going to be a tough game for us and we've never beaten them before but we're confident and looking forward to the matchup."


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Hershey Trust Company Hires New Investment Chief
Feb 28, 2012, 14:12 ET from Hershey Trust Company
HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hershey Trust Company has hired a 20-year veteran of the institutional investment management industry to oversee the $8.5 billion Milton Hershey School Trust, which funds Milton Hershey School.
Eric Henry, who had been the chief investment officer of the $55 billion UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust, will take over management of HTC in mid-March.
"Eric Henry is a top investment professional with exemplary experience who is the right person to position the Trust's portfolio for the future," said Bob Cavanaugh '77, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hershey Trust Company and Board of Managers of Milton Hershey School. "He will work closely with the senior administration of Milton Hershey School to ensure we have the funds to operate the School today and into perpetuity."
Since 2009, Henry was responsible for building and implementing an institutional investment program for the United Auto Workers' newly created retiree medical benefits trust fund. The fund was created by the courts to manage postretirement health care obligations and assets from GM, Ford, and Chrysler. All retiree health care benefits were transferred to the Voluntary Employee Benefits Association.
Before taking over the helm of the UAW Trust, Henry served as Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer at the $15 billion Texas Municipal Retirement System.
He previously served as executive director of the $30 billion Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System, leading it through a comprehensive fiduciary audit. During his tenure, the retirement system consistently earned top-tier investment returns. Prior to that, he was executive director of the $5 billion New Hampshire Retirement System, guiding it through a comprehensive retooling of investment and administrative processes.
"I am thrilled to return to Pennsylvania, and I look forward to ensuring the mission of Milton Hershey School continues, just as Milton Hershey intended it to," said Henry, a Central Pennsylvania native.
Henry will serve as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Hershey Trust Company and report directly to the Board.
"I look forward to working with Eric to ensure that we have the resources we need to serve our current students well, while continuing to increase the number of students we serve," said Dr. Anthony Colistra '59, president of Milton Hershey School.
Milton Hershey School, founded in 1909 by chocolate magnate Milton Hershey and his wife Catherine, provides a home and an education to more than 1,850 children from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade who come from families in poverty.
Hershey Trust Company serves as trustee for the Milton Hershey School Trust, the endowment which supports the School.
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Recap - Washington Defeats San Diego 2-1
Washington grabbed a 2-1 win over San Diego on Saturday, as John Lannan was credited with a win at PETCO Park.
Washington won as a -101 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Washington got 6 1/3 innings from John Lannan, who gave up 1 earned run on 6 hits, while striking out 1. He earned the victory, while the Nationals got 1 RBI from Danny Espinosa in the win.
San Diego's starting pitcher Clayton Richard worked 7 innings, giving up 5 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 1 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Anthony Rizzo in a losing cause.
San Diego outhit their counterparts 6-5 in the game.
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Yeah, I know it's really UFN11, but the MMA gods have been hammering this event almost as hard as UFC67. Originally this card featured Spencer Fisher vs Din Thomas and Mike Swick vs Jonathan Goulet. Spencer got canned with a bad case of mat rot, and now Mike Swick is out with a rib injury. UFC brass managed to pull things out of the fire a bit, replacing Fisher with feisty contender Kenny Florian, but Mike Swick's replacement is much less impressive: Dustin Hazelett.
Who? Yeah, I know how you feel. Hazelett's biggest accomplishment in the octagon was getting kimura'd by the Tony the Geiko Caveman DeSouza. Past that he's beaten two undercard opponents who are even more obscure than he is.
Of course, it's not surprising … Mike Swick was fucking stupid to accept a fight against Jonathan Goulet to begin with, and it's just as bad of an idea for any other prominent welterweight. Despite some goofy losses (and even goofier haircuts), Goulet has some serious skills. But he's not good enough that you'd actually get much glory for beating the guy. In fact, a loss to Goulet (who's just returning to the Octagon after a 13 month exodus) would dump you back at the bottom of the totem pole with TUF noobs and undercard rejects.
Anyways, it's too bad Swick/Goulet has been canned … their fighting styles made for fight of the night material. I don't know enough about Dustin Hazelett to say much about the match now, except that I'm not really excited to see this fight any more. At least I'm no longer conflicted about wanting Goulet to win.


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Stephen Colbert in a Dance Dance Revolution Dance-Off!
TIME magazine recently released its list of the top 100 most influential people and needless to say, comedian Stephen Colbert wasn't very happy with the results. With first place going to video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto (Wii creator) and second place going to Korean pop star Rain, Colbert's heart sank when he saw his third place ranking. And what's a man to do when he feels like he's been robbed of a prestigious title? Take it to the dance floor, for a little Dance Dance Revolution competition! Colbert finally got Rain to show, and well. . . here's what happened!


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"To be a book collector," Canadian novelist Robertson Davies wrote, "is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser."
A healthy throng of fiends and misers gathered at Dawson's Books in Larchmont recently on the first day of a sale that ultimately closes the doors of the 105-year-old L.A. bookstore. For seven hours, shelves and boxes of books on Californiana and photography were dissected, as buyers — some of whom have enjoyed a personal relationship with Dawson's for decades — made off with the good stuff.
Losing a bookstore this way is like pulling off a hangnail: It's painful but also fascinating to watch which way the blood runs.
Californiana, the study of lost and neglected corners of state history popularized by Huell Howser, was most readily available. The only thing missing was Howser himself, looking sad and giving his "Gee, whiz!" exclamation an entirely different dimension.
One set of shelves overflowed with volumes published by Arcadia Press, the company that cranks out those soft, hazily arcane paperbacks about things you never knew could fill a book, like vintage postcards of Long Beach, or photo studies of L.A. County lifeguards.
The scope of the books at the sale beggared belief, and most were written by nameless authors for a different world now increasingly lost to time. Some titles: Ghost Towns and Relics of '49, Common Marine Fishes of California, Violence in the City — An End or a Beginning (Report by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots).
Ancient maps and historical-society pamphlets further fattened boxes brimming with the sweet and friendly stink of age; the key word here was "ephemera." Americana & World Ephemera, 50 percent off; California Ephemera, 50 percent off; Native American ephemera 50 percent off.
Eight-foot-tall bookshelves burnished by time began to resemble gaping mouths with increasingly fewer teeth. The art from the Dawson's exhibitions was gone, leaving the walls white and bare, and the sounds that echoed through the space were that much deeper, that much lonelier.
As for the structure itself, owner Michael Dawson says, "We own the building, and we're in the process of leasing the space. ... If one of the deals that we're negotiating goes through, I'll probably be out by October 1."
Dawson plans to work out of his home for the time being, and will have an online presence. But he won't have a store. "I've done this full-time for almost the last 30 years — and I don't think that, for me, the retail model works anymore."
Asked why the store is closing, he pauses, then explains: "The Internet has really changed the landscape for both new and out-of-print books and, to a large degree, rare books. And if you put the overhead of a retail space in, the numbers go lopsided.
"I'm doing a lot of appraisal work. I also do collection development, and I'm moving more toward a service-based model rather than a collecting-'things' model.
"The thing that's the difficult model is that of a general used-book shop," Dawson says. "I've never been quite that; I've never been the highest-end antiquarian business. When I realized it was sort of the end of this era was when one of my rare-book colleagues, Heritage Books, closed."
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Does closing Dawson's Books send a bad message to other bookstores in L.A.? "There's a fellow over in Atwater, Patrick Paper, who just opened Alias Books East. He's 20 years younger than I am, he's energetic and he has a good business model. There's Jonathan Brown, who has Lead Apron and specializes in rare photographic books."
The door shut at 5 p.m., but people still wandered in, looking for something to read beyond the "Sorry, We're Closed" sign.
"I think it's like when you reach the point of a certain age, you say, 'I'm going to be on a declining scale as opposed to an inclining scale' " of work, Dawson adds. "I just don't want to be tied down to a place where I have to come in at 10 a.m. and leave at 5 p.m. Simply put, it's just time for a change."
It is the end of a bookstore's life, ironically, that truly differentiates a bookstore from just a storehouse of books. After all, no one goes to a funeral for the corpse.


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Kim Zolciak-Biermann has her hands full these days. The reality star and mom of six shared a picture of one of her twins via Instagram on Monday, Jan. 12. It's unclear if she's cuddling with Kaia or Kane.
"How I spend my mornings doesn't get any better than this! I rarely get pics of me with the kiddos cause I'm the 'photographer' sooo thx @sweetiehughes for secretly snappin away!" she captioned.
The former Real Housewives of Atlanta star gave birth on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Zolciak, 35, and husband Kroy Biermann, 28, are already parents to daughters Brielle, 16 and Ariana, 12, and sons Kroy Jr., 2, and Kash, 17 months. "It was a Toss up for the twins names," the singer admitted via Twitter on Monday, Jan. 6. "Sage/Sienna was another option but our girls voted Kane/Kaia."
Zolciak was hospitalized last week with the flu. "I feel so much better today! Amazing what some IV fluids can do for you! Thx you guys for the well wishes u r the BEST tweet hearts!" she tweeted on Friday, Jan. 10. After returning home, she posted a picture of her elder son taking a nap in his little sister's carrier. "KJ get out of Kaia's chair don't worry hunni you will always be my baby!!!" she wrote.
Although her twins are less than two months old, they've already begun to show their uniqueness. "Kaia is a diva, honey! She's much more demanding. She loves to be snuggled all the time," Zolciak recently told Life & Style magazine. "And Kane is the easiest baby ever. Just feed him and change him and he's happy. Their personalities are definitely very different."


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BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Mary Orlando could better understand what happened if her daughter had been raped before she was murdered.
The pain affects Joan Grider no less: She has forced herself to visit the scenic overlook where her daughter was gunned down, hoping for a revelation.
"I used to sit here for the longest time just by myself and think and think and think. There's a million ifs," she said.
Five months have passed since Mary Orlando, 15, and Jennifer Grider, 17, were shot dead as they settled on the hill above Lehigh University to eat the takeout food they had just bought at a nearby stand.


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Just Don't Cause Him Any Trouble
Israel's democracy is very sick, because without healthy political parties, it is beyond repair - a mere empty shell.
These lines are being written before the big speeches, but it's easy to guess their content - disappointment. After all, with this speaker, it's the situation that dictates the words, and he has no intention of changing it, just as it hasn't changed him. God, You have chosen us to have a useless government.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stand on Capitol Hill and speak in praise of Israeli democracy, which is the only one in the entire Middle East and America's only ally. When he says "our common values," they'll melt there in Congress. They'll heap compliments on each other. The flattering comparison to Syria, Libya and Yemen will do the job: It will flatter us and reap applause.
But even Israel's democracy leans more toward the East than the West. It is ridiculous to praise a country that maintains a regime of occupation alongside it, that tramples human rights every day under the heels of its boots. It was not by chance that many empires rid themselves of the millstone of colonialism around their necks when they had to choose between continued expansion and degeneration and the beginnings of sobriety and renewal.
And it is sheer foolishness to praise a democracy that lacks a serious chief opposition party, one that provides an ideological and practical alternative. Just when the world is being born anew, the national consensus is standing tall and casting its shadow, which covers all the crimes.
What kind of a democracy looks more like a plutocracy, controlled by 10 families? There are those who dirty it for NIS 1.5 million a month, and there are those who clean for NIS 1,500. A day will come when the pyramid-structure companies that rule us will open and our democracy will be revealed as a sarcophagus.
This is a democracy whose minorities are excluded and shortchanged; whose weak populations are easy prey for the national disorder of privatization; whose personal status is placed in the hands of clerics and abandoned to petrified whims dating from ancient geological-theological eras; whose political system suffers from constipation and has trouble excreting, such that the excrement gets stuck and rises to the surface; in whose barrel large and rotten apples are multiplying, yet which grants immunity from investigation to a prime minister who stumbles.
Though it moves like a democracy and quacks like a democracy, it's still a duck. Last week, yet another party of chiefs without Indians was launched here, a party of envoys without dispatchers and without a mission. The chairman - arrogant and confident as befits a defense minister before Nakba Day - demanded far-reaching powers for himself and received them. Even Napoleon's dreams sometimes come true: He still has the High Court of Justice and B'Tselem exerting to contend with, but he has now dispensed with the blight of a party central committee. Ehud Barak will navigate, just as Avigdor Lieberman does in his party, and decide unanimously.
Kadima too, with its 28 shabby MKs, was created in the image of the caudillo. Ariel Sharon collected its representatives like abandoned eggs and put them all in one basket, on condition that they not cause him any trouble; most were then bequeathed to his successors.
Yisrael Beiteinu's 15 anonymous legislators were handpicked by Lieberman. Shas' 11 dishrags were gathered by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Had they not wiped his boots, they would not have made it onto his slate. United Torah Judaism's five Jews were invented by the rabbis, who tell them "thou shalt" and "thou shalt not." A strange professor, like Big Brother, ranked Habayit Hayehudi's three tenants with a perceptive scientific eye. And we have already mentioned Aztmaut's five menservants and maidservants. That gives us a total of 67 MKs - a majority - who represent democracy for show and not for use, a democracy operated by the method of launch it and forget about it.
Our democracy is very sick, because without healthy political parties, it is beyond repair - a mere empty shell. The parties must be rehabilitated, not buried.
But all that is just between us: Don't tell them in Washington.
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"But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there."
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"In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years."
"So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram."
"And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window."
"And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD."
"Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication."


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We've talked frequently about our enjoyment of Artek product, particularly as it relates to the manufacture of Aalvar Alto designs. This stool breaks the mold, a bit for us anyway, and introduces a new collaborative effort between the maker and Japanese firm Beams. Zhang wool in the style of Finnish textile designer Johanna Gullichsen. A nice deviation from what we're used to, and proof of the potential of this brilliant base.
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Michael K.wrote a review of ZOIC Navaeh Bike Short - Women's on June 19, 2013
Great Shorts both on and off the trail!
Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Bought these for my wife. Her review: Wonderful shorts plus great liner--what a great deal. Love the stretchy fabric that dries quickly. Lots of pockets that you can actually use. They fit great and look good. I love them so much I just wear them around the house. The liner can easily be worn with other pants so this set is very versatile! Highly recommended to all of my friends.


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Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday as investors looked to bellwether U.S. companies and China for guideposts to the strength of recovery in two major economies.
Oil prices jumped above $79 a barrel to a 2009 high, while the dollar edged down against the yen and euro. Wall Street futures pointed to a higher open in the U.S.
Most of the region's markets recouped falls from early in the day that came after quarterly reports Friday from Bank of America and General Electric showed American businesses and consumers were still struggling with debt, suggesting growth in the world's largest economy would remain weak.
U.S. company results will once again be in focus this week, with consumer companies like Apple, McDonald's and appliance maker Whirlpool Corp. due to release third-quarter earnings.
Investors will also being eyeing clues about China – whose fast-growing economy has helped bolster markets this year – with this week's release of figures about manufacturing, retail sales, investment and economic growth.
"People believe the growth will be still strong, and that could continue to support the markets in the short term," said Peter Lai, investment manager at DBS Vickers in Hong Kong. Still, he cautioned the momentum seem to be slowing after the recent advance in markets.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng added 175.90 points, or 0.8 percent, to 22,105.80. China's Shanghai index rose 2 percent to 3,036.29.
Markets in South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand were modestly higher.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 stock average shed 21.05 points, or 0.2 percent, to 10,236.51. Australia and Singapore stocks also traded lower.
In oil, benchmark crude for November delivery rose as much as 52 cents to $79.05 a barrel but later fell back and was up 6 cents at $78.56 in Asian trade. The contract added 95 cents on Friday.
The dollar lost ground to 90.59 yen from 91 yen. The euro climbed to $1.4928 from $1.4891.
U.S. futures pointed to a higher start on Wall Street Monday. Dow futures were up 26, or 0.3 percent, at 9,950.
Friday on Wall Street, the Dow fell 67.03, or 0.7 percent, to 9,995.91. The broader S&P 500 index fell 8.88, or 0.8 percent, to 1,087.68, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 16.49, or 0.8 percent, to 2,156.80.


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- Sam Bird's GP2 column
'A good foundation'Sam Bird May 13, 2011
- Race:
- Turkish GP2 round
- Championship:
- GP2 Series
- Drivers:
- Sam Bird
It was nice to get the season up and running with a good start. There was some anticipation but in terms of the build-up it was just another race weekend; I didn't put any added pressure on myself to perform. My aim was simply to get the ball rolling with a good points haul for a foundation on which to build a championship challenge, and we've done just that.
The running on Friday morning was done in the rain, and we hadn't done much testing in wet conditions so it was a chance to try out the wet tyres. They seem quite good when they're new but then they go off quite quickly. I qualified in second position for the first race itself, which was dry. I started on the dirty side of the track - against the pit wall which is very rarely used during the weekend - and, like most people on that side, I struggled to get grip off the line and dropped to third and then there was a safety car due to a big crash on the first lap. Once the safety car came in I was able to get past the car in second quite easily and quite quickly on the first lap after the restart, so I set about trying to maintain or close the gap to Romain Grosjean in the lead.
My first stint was strong considering I was on used tyres and Grosjean had started the race on new, and I was able to consistently maintain the gap. On my way to the pit stop I informed the team I wanted to change all four tyres while Grosjean only changed his rear tyres. While my pit stop took longer the Grosjean's because of that, it was still the right call as I was able to catch up with him and get within less than a second and although he made a small mistake a couple of corners form the end, he then took a defensive line and I was unable to capitalise. I obviously wanted to win, but I wasn't going to have a hopeful lunge because I knew that I had also secured the point for fastest lap and third place was 35 seconds behind. You have to measure risk against reward and there are situations when you need to put it all on the line and take a risk but this was not one of them.
The second race was a different drive from my perspective because I started further down the field in 7th with the top 8 reversed from Saturday's result. I knew that the car had the speed so I took a patient approach and just waited for the right time to make my move on each of the cars ahead of me. It was an exciting race and to get third in the very last sector of the last lap was very nice and really rewarding for the team.
Starting that last lap after a safety car period, my team-mate Marcus Ericsson went for a rather optimistic move on the inside of the final corner and collided with me. The team had a word with Marcus after the race and he and I also had a man to man chat. In the end we gave each other a hug and that was it. Bygones... It happens in racing. Marcus is a really good driver, a great team-mate, we get on very well and I don't want this to effect things.
It was a good start to the season and it showed that all the hard work that we did in the winter is paying dividends. It's nice to be up there at the top of the table but at this stage of the season it doesn't really matter who's leading the championship. It's where I am at the end of the year that really matters to me. We've built a good foundation and we need to keep on doing what we've done so far: getting good points on the Saturday and following it up with more points on the Sunday. If you're constantly accumulating points then you're going to be up there.
After the second GP2 race I watched the Grand Prix from the Mercedes motorhome and thought it was a really exciting one. It's the magic of the rear wing, and I know that some people have said that the overtaking may have been too easy but it's a tactical game and people were getting within a second of the car in front to give themselves a chance to overtake. Maybe the DRS zone was too long in Turkey, perhaps it could have been used after the kink on the back straight but the rule is new to everyone this year. There is always going to be some trial and error but I think that the FIA has got it right everywhere so far and it made for another exciting race.
I just want to end this week's column with a message for Davide Rigon who was injured in the second race on Sunday. I probably speak on behalf of the whole of the GP2 grid when I wish him a very speedy recovery and hope to see him back on track competing with all of us at some point this year. Nobody ever wishes injury on another driver and it was difficult to watch it back afterwards - I like to watch the races back afterwards and I had to fast-forward that bit because it's not nice seeing a fellow competitor getting hurt. So best wishes to Davide and good luck mate; I hope you get better soon!


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This parents and carers resource shows you what can really make a difference to
your child.
Find out about Children and Young Peoples' views
on Safeguarding.
The "Munro Review of Child Protection: A child centred system", sets out the important
role that Local Safeguarding Children Boards have in monitoring how professionals
and services are working together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
It recognised that they are key to identifying emerging problems, through learning
from practice and overseeing efforts to improve services.
Ensuring the safety and protection of children, and promoting their welfare continues
to be a key challenge for all agencies. Those involved in safeguarding and child
protection needs access to up-to-date knowledge and evidence of good practice which
will improve outcomes.
What do we do to help?
The expectations on LSCBs are huge and C4EO is well placed to provide sector specialist
"peer to peer" Tailored Support to help local areas review practice and move forward.
Following a range of successful safeguarding assignments across the country, C4EO
is in a strong position to assist LSCBs including the review and development of
performance management.
Read how C4EO can support
Local Authorities and the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) (509Kb PDF
file, 4 pages)
The work on this theme was shaped and guided by a Theme Advisory Group.
Click here for more information about theme advisory groups and the membership
for this theme.
For more information about this theme contact C4EO on 020 7843 6358 or email us
at email@example.com
You can also sign up for regular email updates.
The Safeguarding summary is a concise and accessible overview of C4EO's current
work in this theme for directors of children's services.
The effective practice to protect children living in 'highly resistant' families
knowledge review summarises the best available evidence from 2000 to 2009 that will
help service providers to improve services and, ultimately, outcomes for children,
young people and their families.
This film examines working with highly resistant families.
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At the 2010 Safeguarding events we presented some of the comments from families
interviewed for the Children's commissioner's report 'Family Perspectives on Safeguarding'.
Please check again later for more events...
As with all C4EO themes, C4EO recognises that not all useful knowledge about 'what
works' and why, is to be found in research reports and papers. We are therefore
keen to hear about practice that is leading to significantly improved outcomes for
children, young people and their families.
We will incorporate validated local practice examples into our full reviews on what
works, which will be shared with other decision-makers in the children's services
field. We will also include them as a special body of evidence on this website.
To be validated, practice examples need to be supported by some evidence which shows
the outcomes and changes that have been achieved.
If you would like to submit an example of effective local practice, please:
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Stapleford Grange standing in just over four acres of grounds is an fineexample of an impressive Edwardian period country house.
Originally built in 1921 for the Whiterod family who farmed extensively in the immediate area the site for building was specifically chosen due to its commanding elevated position with breathtaking panoramic views of the River Granta on the edge of the Gog Magog Hills and an area of beautiful Cambridgeshire countryside.
During the ownership of the current vendor, comprehensive refurbishment and restoration has been carefully undertaken to retain and enhance the architectural integrity of the house, including the construction of a large
mahogany conservatory. The house was also completely rewired and re-plumbed in 1991 and benefits from gas central heating to all rooms.
The principal rooms enjoy fine, period architectural features, including an impressive Carrera marble fireplace in the drawing room, high ceilings and excellent natural light with exceptional far reaching views over the gardens to the countryside beyond.
The kitchen has an extensive range of units, Miele appliances and an impressive marble floor, which is well positioned for the dining room. Overall, the accommodation has an attractive spacious quality, ideal for entertaining in the well appointed reception rooms.
There is a burglar alarm and fire alarm system along with a purpose converted alarmed strong room.
Stapleford Grange is constructed of red brick elevations under a slate roof with the front elevations under a slate roof, with the front elevation boasting finely balanced proportions and faces south-west. The exceptional oak double doors with an intricate display of beautiful stained glass panes, which the current owner has had expertly copied for the conservatory's 24 fanlights, creating and enhancing the attractive and original features of the house.
It is approached through wrought iron gates with large ornamental brick pillars, leading to a delightful carriage drive to the front of the house, which continues round to the rear.
The property stands in attractive mature gardens. To the rear of the house is a York stone terrace and beyond is a fine substantial detached outbuilding in matching red brick and slate construction with a double garage, single garage, workshop, log store and machinery store, formally a loose box with stable door and brick floor. Within the grounds is a separate wine cellar with power connected and a greenhouse with power and water supply.


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Energy Battle is a new game that may be the solution to training a younger generation to save energy at home. It was developed by graduate students at Delft University of Technology.
The gaming behavior learned from it can lead to household savings of up to 45% on electricity consumption and create better energy-saving habits.
A competitive player finds ways to reduce energy consumption such as switching off unnecessary lights, using energy-saving bulbs and unplugging electrical equipment.
Once the game is over, energy use in most of the game households increased but remained below the baseline recorded prior to starting the game.
It seems to stimulate energy saving in the short term, with longer lasting effects.
The people at Delft University will next try Energy Battle on larger groups, such as families with children. How about them calling the next version Energy Hunger Games!
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Bob: I'll submit your idea about off peak to Delft for use in the next version of Energy Battle.
How about an element of the game to shift power use to off peak periods?
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Hi everybody, I've been using blog engine 2.0 since the release version and it was working fine.
Today, I tried to update it to 2.5 version, the setup (run the sript to database, and upload the files) was fine but the access to administration area stopped working. I didn't change my password, it just stopped working.
Is there anything I can do to fix it ? or is it advisable to go back to version 2.0 ?
Did you try signing in again after upgrading to 2.5? It's a different cookie that is used, so logging in is required.
If you did try logging in again, the problem might be related to a different encryption being used in ASP.NET 4.0.
If you're using the DbMembershipProvider, your username/password is stored in the be_Users table in the DB. I would clear out the password, with something like:
UPDATE be_Users SET Password = ''
And then restart the blog for any cached data to get cleared out. You can restart the blog by making any change to the web.config file (add a space, etc). And then you should be able to login using the default password -- admin.
Hi BenAmanda, thanks for your help.
I clean the password collumn in my database (mysql) like you said.
And I change something simple in my web.config (a space) to restart the blog and tried to access the blog with default password (admin), but it still does not work.
Is there any other thing I can do?
Thank you!
Are you using the web.config file that was included with BE 2.5?
Is your default MembershipProvider in the web.config file set to DbMembershipProvider or XmlMembershipProvider? The default one will look like what you see below (the important part is what the default provider is -- in this example, it's XmlMembershipProvider).
<membership defaultProvider="XmlMembershipProvider">
If you are using DbMembershipProvider, then you updated the correct spot (be_Users in the MySQL table). If it's XmlMembershipProvider, then users.xml file in the App_Data folder is used.
Also, when you say that the password "does not work" .... does that mean you get a "Login Failed" message, or does it mean that you do not receive this type of error message, and it just redirects you back to the homepage? What if you try entering
an intentionally incorrect password, do you then see "Login Failed"?
If you're not seeing a "Login Failed" message and being redirected to the homepage upon entering your password, then the password check is probably working. My next guess is what I asked in my previous email about whether you are using the web.config
file that came with BE 2.5. If you're using a different web.config file (e.g. BE 2.0 or a custom one), then the login cookie might not be recognized.
Hi Ben,
Yes, I get a web.config file from 2.5 and change it, I changed a connectionstring to my MySql database, add a reference to MySql.Data.dll (version 6.2.3).
I changed "defaultProvider" to DbMembershioProvider like you said too.
My username is: Felipe Oriani
I don't know if is there any problem to have a "space" in my username, in other versions there's no problem.
I`m getting a message "Login falied", I don't get a redirect to default page.
I'll try to reinstall it again, if you have any other suggestion, I`d like to try!
Thanks Ben!
Hi Ben, now it's working. I reinstall everything and change the configuration in web.config file. Now everything is fine.
But, there's another problem, some pages that uses razor (.cshtml) doesn't work for me! Have I need to upload some dll file on bin folder?
Thanks for your help!
BE 2.5 includes 6 DLL files for the BIN directory needed for Razor support.
5 DLLs starting with System.Web
Are you getting any errors? Can you view the Dashboard?
Yes, these dll files are there in Bin directory:
When I try to access Dashboard, I got 500 error, with a message something like this 'Can not find the Web page' (but in my language, portuguese... I'm trying to translate).
Thank you!
You might already have the error details there on the page. Or you might be seeing a generic error message from error.aspx. One thing to try which could help is in your web.config file, change the "mode" on <customErrors> to "Off" (it's
case sensitive). So it would look like:
<customErrors Mode="Off" .......>
This might possibly show more error details. Then again, you might already have all the error details already.
Olá Ben, sorry for wait... but I disable the customErros, and the message shows is: "No support for the request." (but in portuguese). There's no exception page,only a white page with this message.
My server support .Net 4, but I don't know why it's happing!?
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Education is serious business in Brunswick County, and quality education from kindergarden to Ph.D and life-long learning opportunities are available for Brunswick County residents.
Brunswick County School System
The mission of Brunswick County Schools is to prepare all students to be successful and productive citizens in a highly technological and diverse society. Brunswick County Schools reflect a strong child-centered program. Students achieve academic excellence through curriculum offerings based upon their abilities. Programs ensure that the needs of all students are met, and that they are challenged to their individual limits. The schools' instructional staff demonstrate skill, professionalism, dedication and a caring attitude.
The vision of Brunswick County School system is to build futures together, their schools will be learning communities where every day each child experiences individual and cooperative success, learning lessons of academic, social, and cultural value, and feels a sense of belonging.
Elementary Schools:
Middle Schools:
|Bolivia Elementary
Bolivia, NC
|Shallotte Middle
Shallotte, NC
Lincoln Primary
Leland, NC
South Brunswick Middle
Southport, NC
Southport Elementary
Southport, NC
Supply Elementary
Supply, NC
|North Brunswick High
Leland, NC
Union Elementary
Shallotte, NC
|South Brunswick High
Southport, NC
Virginia Williamson Elementary
Bolivia, NC
|West Brunswick High
Shallotte, NC
Waccamaw Elementary
Ash, NC
|Brunswick County Academy
Bolivia, NC
Jessie Monroe Elementary
Calabash, NC
|Brunswick County Early College High
Bolivia, NC
Brunswick Community College
Three Campuses - Supply, Leland, and Southport
Technical Programs
Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Technology
Aquaculture Technology
Basic Law Enforcement Training
Business Administration
Electronics Engineering Technology
Health Information Technology
Industrial Maintenance Technology
Information Systems
Office Systems Technology
Practical Nursing
Turf grass Management Technology
Welding Technology
College Transfer programs are also available.
Community College and Employee Training Programs
Brunswick Community College (BCC), established in 1979, is located on a 200-acre main campus in Supply, NC. Brunswick Community College offers more that 20 programs to serve the changing needs of its community. BCC has state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories, administrative offices and a 1500-seat auditorium.
In addition to curriculum programs, BCC assists both new and existing businesses and industries with specially designed occupational skills training through continuing education, particularly in its Leland Training Center.
Leland Industrial Training Center is located off of Highway 74/76 in the Leland Industrial Park. This 26,000 square foot facility has two computer labs, an information Highway room, a computerized basic skills lab, classrooms, multipurpose meeting rooms, an industrial maintenance lab and industrial production bays.
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Located next door to Brunswick County, UNC Wilmington is world renowned for its marine sciences programs and quality education.