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|2009-05-13, 11:30
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Blackbeard and his crew most likely hijacked one of the battleships that picked up Ace. Apparently, he sucked up a bunch of marines in his black hole and spat them back out when he arrived at the prison. As for why a VA didn't stop him..... well, just because there's five VAs, that doesn't necessarily mean that they're all on seperate ships. In fact, they're probably all gathered on a single ship so they can keep a closer eye on Ace. Therefore, Blackbeard and his buddies can jack a ship without anyone noticing......
Edit: Heh, junte86 beat me to it, but at least now we know for certain how Blackbeard arrived.
|2009-05-13, 13:25
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but Meh we will truly know in due time.
|2009-05-13, 14:28
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Wow. What an unexpected development this is. Blackbeard and his crew showing up at Impel Down is freaking awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing exactly what his intentions are over there.
Laffite having wings certainly explains how he was able to intrude in the Shichibukai replacement meeting at Mariejoia. Mariejoia is located at the very summit of the red line, and with him being a pirate, it's not like he would be granted access at the front entrance since it is heavily fortified. With that being said, him flying up there and sneaking through undetected makes perfect sense.
As for the guardian beasts each getting taken in out in one hit, I totally saw that coming. I knew that besides Magellan and Shiryuu, Impel Down's staff would simply be no match for Luffy's new team. It's exactly like the zombie general incident at Thriller Bark, and I think it's a good thing Oda is accelerating the pace here because there are far more pressing matters at hand right now (i.e. Whitebeard's impending attack and Ace's execution) than having time spent dealing with cannon fodder (crappy guardian beasts).
|2009-05-13, 14:38
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You guys notice time is fading....It's 5 hours till execution of Ace and team "save me" is only on level three. MarvelB and James0246, seems your precious Luffy won't make it to the Holy Land.
|2009-05-13, 14:58
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Oh that's not your definition of forgotten now is it. I had this same discussion with you in the Bleach thread about "forgotten characters."
We can consider Mihawk dead cause the dead tell's no tails. Mihawk has had no dialogue for eternity.
|2009-05-13, 15:37
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^What does Mihawk really need to say? He is one of only 4 "Named" characters (Whiterbeard = Stongest; Dragon = Most Wanted; Aokiji = most powerful admiral (or was that a translation error?); and Mihawk = Greatest Swordsman), after all. He already stands at the top, and the only way he can go down is if Zoro (and consequently Luffy) manage to climb up there and knock him off. So, there isn't much he can actively say without potentially giving away to much info before his arc comes into play (to put it another way, Itachi didn't even appear for the first 100 plus chapters of Naruto, yet he was a constant pressence throughout every scene with Sasuke, and then after he dealt with Sasuke, he didn't appear for another 100 or so chapters).
That being said, I have never claimed that Luffy was going to be the one that stops the execution (or at least, I have made no such claims since Luffy nearly died a few chapters back ). Right now, Whitebeard is going to be the one to stop the execution (with the off chance that Luffy will be the one to actually frees Ace later (i.e. if the execution is postponed because of Whitebeard's attack)). But, for the sake of argument, it only takes a few hours to travel in-between the Marine bases, so as long as Luffy can set out sometime in the next 1 to 1.5 hours, he should be able to get to the "Holy Land" on time.
|2009-05-13, 15:43
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So Blackbeard don't look as if he will take part in this battle against the Strongest man in the world, O well we still got Mihawk, Doflamingo and Admirals who ain't scared of nothing.
|2009-05-13, 16:14
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|2009-05-13, 16:29
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|2009-05-13, 16:35
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|2009-05-13, 18:07
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BTW people, Aohige stated Onigumo is the VA escorting Ace to Marineford, and they arrive at the gates!!
Glad the story is moving....
|2009-05-13, 18:08
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I was discussing this manga series with my friend, and it was quite funny. He said: "Oh One Piece will never end, Luffy will find One Piece but on that note it shall say 'psyche, go back to first checkpoint'". Or the usual Lufyy is never ever going to find One Piece drill. This manga has been going on for quite a while O_o.
|2009-05-13, 19:32
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Heh, according to a little summary that aohige gave at AP, Jinbei tells Luffy that he's a much more effective fighter underwater than on land. Of course, this isn't really new info (Kuroobi told Sanji that merpeople are stronger underwater way back in East Blue), but I think this really gives us an idea of how powerful he really is. If he's strong enough to OHKO one of those guardian beasts on land, he'll probably show off even crazier abilities when fighting in the ocean. I'm still hoping that he has a powered-up version of that "ocean splitter" attack that Kapoty of the Foxy crew used......
So anyway, despite the fact that Blackbeard and his homies are at ID, I'm actually predicting that he and Luffy may not actually meet each other.... they'll probably take different paths through the prison. Like maybe Teach will take that elevator straight down to level 6 while Luffy and the rest of the escapees are busy rampaging through the prison. I'm pretty sure that we'll be seeing Shiryuu fight against Luffy's group as well, since we still don't really know what abilities he possesses aside from his swordsmanship skills. Whether or not Blackbeard will eventually ask him to join his crew is still up in the air (though it's definitely possible, since Magellan told Shiryuu that he's going back to death row after he takes care of Blackbeard).......
|2009-05-13, 19:52
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Shiryuu has a high chance of joining BlackBeards Crew, afterall he needs a zoro counter..
-Jimbei said he's more powerful in water.. i guess we will see soon how powerful he is underwater? He could sink down marine ships with ease.
- What is magellan going to do? Those named prisoners at lv 6 will they be a part of the mix? He could bribe them but i could see those people joining BB or something.
Blackbeard recruiting members? He needs more crew members..
|2009-05-13, 20:18
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|2009-05-13, 20:40
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And here I thought I was the only one..........
|2009-05-13, 20:45
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For some reason i could see Blackbeard being at Impel Down to taunt Ace's execution at Luffy, but of course thats just my own fantasy of how events will play out. At this point i wonder why Sengoku would be suprised at anything that the shichibukai do, they can clearly get away with "Bad" behavior.
|2009-05-13, 21:17
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...Besides the top members (Mr. 2 on down) of Baroque Works, the entire organization was weak...
...Besides the top Priest and Enel, the entire Skypiea organization was weak...
Need I go on?
There is an old expression that goes "Par for the course." Impel Down is par for the course. No more, and no less.
|2009-05-13, 21:21
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It actually kinda makes sense that the ID staff isn't full of powerhouses. The real danger of the prison comes from the various "hells" themselves. I mean seriously, just level 1 alone is pretty crazy..... a forest full of bladed trees, needlelike grass, and poisonous spiders? It's really no wonder the place is widely feared. Yeah, strong guys like Luffy and Crocodile can take the punshment with no problem, but we also have to remember that they're the minority..... we already saw in past chapters how several other prisoners had broken spirits and whatnot......
....And back to the staff, I'm not going to belittle them because they were simply outclassed. The guardian beasts themselves definitely weren't pushovers..... once again, I point out all the effort it took just to KO the minotaur alone. But when you've got a Logia and a merman karate master on your side...... well, the poor animals had no chance. In other words, I'd say that the ID staff's downfall boils down to them simply being unprepared. I mean, Luffy was the first intruder the prison's ever had, and they didn't exactly factor in several of their prisoners living in a secret tranny hideout. There was simply so much confusion that they couldn't handle the situation on their own. If they were aware of Luffy's arrival from the get-go, they would have found it expedient to receive extra help from the marines (maybe station a few VAs in the prison or something, y'know?). But as things currently stand, Magellan and Shiryuu are pretty much the only ones capable of stopping Luffy's group now (I'm not counting Blackbeard's crew.... yet).
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Military Land Rover: 1948 Onwards
Pat Ware
Gênero : HistóriaAssuntos : Transportation, Automotive, General Problema : 31/12/2012 Editor : Publisher : Haynes Publishing Formato : Capa dura Páginas : 160 Idioma : pt Dimensões : 10.63 x 8.27 x 0.87 in ISBN-10 : 9780857330802 ASIN : 0857330802
Land Rovers have been used by the military since they were introduced, in Series I form, in 1948. The Land Rover's rugged, 'go-anywhere' reputation has led to its use in a vast number of military roles, from general-purpose workhorse to special forces reconnaissance vehicle, ambulance, communications vehicle and weapons platform. Additionally, a number of one-off prototypes have been produced for various trials. This manual provides a unique insight into the world of military Land Rovers, with an emphasis on military operation and equipment.
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Pat Ware is one of Britain's foremost authorities on military transport. He is a former Editor of Classic Military Vehicle magazine, and has written numerous books about military vehicles. He is an authority on military Land Rovers, and has previously written a pictorial history on the subject for Ian Allan.
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February 12. 2013 8:02PM
State police raise issue with proposal to bar employers from viewing job applicants' social media
By BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
CONCORD - Proposals to limit the ability of prospective employers to check up on job applicants demanding access to social media sites may need to be reworked after hearings before a House committee Tuesday.
The House Committee on Labor Industrial and Rehabilitative Services heard two similar proposals that would bar employers from asking applicants for passwords in order to go exploring in their accounts on Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites.
State Rep Peter Sullivan, D-Manchester, a sponsor of the bills, said they were filed because of the fear that employers will start demanding the right to see what possible new hires have been doing with their lives since the day they signed up for an account.
"This is designed to protect the fundamental privacy of workers," Sullivan said. " We as a society, especially here in New Hampshire, take our right to privacy seriously, you should not have right to to compromise that privacy by having people turn over their social media passwords."
Another sponsor, Rep. Katherine Rogers, who compared the social media of today to the custom of sending letters in previous centuries, noted that she might not have been offered a job as county manager for Dukes County, Massachusetts, had she been forced to give up social media passwords early in the process.
"If they had know before that I was overweight, older, and had a medical condition, would they have offered me the job,?" Rogers said.
The Concord lawmaker turned down the job with the county that encompasses Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands.
But committee members had a lot of questions about scenarios, ranging from the ability of employers to get the information anyway through monitoring of computers it owns, to the effect on hiring teachers or public safety officers, positions in which potential problems might be caught through the type of background check that unfettered Facebook fact-finding might reveal.
Lt. John Marasco, head of recruiting for the New Hampshire State Police, said the agency opposes the limits on social media access.
"It is important to go to public media; it should be explored because it can give you information about a candidate that should not be wearing a state police uniform," Marasco said. "People do not act the same way when they anonymous behind a keyboard and a screen as when they are before you for an oral (hiring) board or going through a screening process."
Committee members also worried that the restriction might place businesses that hire people to work with sensitive financial information at risk. Committee members also noted that employers in the financial services industry often want to the ability to track computer use among employees. Barry Glenning, director the state Bureau of Securities Regulation, which oversees securities trading, said regulators had an issue with the idea because of potential conflicts with laws intended to protect the integrity of financial market transactions.
"Everything must be open to inspection," Glenning said. A number of committee members asked witnesses in support of the legislation if they knew of any actual instances in which persons being hired had been asked to supply social media passwords.
Only one had specific examples, Devon Chafee, executive director of the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, cited instances of a public safety officer in Maryland; hiring procedures in the city of of Bozeman, Mont., and press accounts of a statistician from New York who was asked for social media information.
Other than the head of hiring for the state police, neither witnesses nor committee members were aware of any instance in New Hampshire where an employer demanded a social network password as part of the hiring process.
Diana Lacey, of a public employee union, warned the committee that if employers adopt the practice in the future, gaining access to one potential hire's Facebook account would give them access to private messages which would mean free reign to rummage through the private lives of people they've never even heard of.
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Pacemakers: Historic numbers on the horizon
In springtime, there were lofty goals and aspirations floating in the breeze, but then real accomplishments started growing all over baseball as the regular season played into summer.
Now, the numbers that will define players and teams destined to make 2013 a season to remember are taking shape.
In springtime, there were lofty goals and aspirations floating in the breeze, but then real accomplishments started growing all over baseball as the regular season played into summer.
Now, the numbers that will define players and teams destined to make 2013 a season to remember are taking shape.
By the time fall arrives and the regular season concludes, we'll know if Chris Davis has the power to block Miguel Cabrera's historic bid for another Triple Crown, and we'll know how the Red Sox, Braves and Dodgers will conclude what have been remarkable seasons for different reasons.
With about one-tenth of the season remaining, here's a look at some of the impressive numbers being generated, the pace they're on for a full season and how they might stack up against history.
Beantown turnaround: The overhauled Red Sox already have won 19 more games than last year's 69, and they need only two more wins to eclipse the greatest turnaround in team annals. That one was turned in by the "Impossible Dream" team of 1967, which gained 20 games off the previous season at 92-70 en route to the World Series, which they lost in seven to the Cardinals.
Boston would have to win out to equal the Majors' all-time mark of 35 games of improvement set by the 1999 D-backs in that franchise's second year. Those D-backs added .216 to their winning percentage, while the Sox have added .177 to date.
Braves' saves: One of the key reasons the Braves have gotten back to winning like the old days of their runaway division titles is that the ninth inning has become a zero-tolerance zone.
Craig Kimbrel, the 25-year-old with 40-plus saves in each of his three full seasons in the Majors, has reeled off a club-record 36 consecutive successful save attempts since May 7, allowing just one run and 22 hits over 46 1/3 innings pitched, striking out 66 during that time. That's good for a 0.19 ERA and 12.8 strikeouts per nine innings as he leads the Majors' best bullpen.
Call him Crush: Roger Maris' American League record of 62 might be a bit of a long shot, so to speak, but Davis remains in pursuit of homer history.
The Orioles' first baseman has 49 homers and has been hitting bombs at a rate of one per every 12.2 plate appearances. With about 80-90 plate appearances remaining, he's on pace for another six or seven homers -- he'd have to really go off for another 13.
At his current rate, Davis might approach the most homers hit by an AL player since Alex Rodriguez hit 57 in 2002 for the Rangers, or at least the back-to-back 56-homer seasons by Ken Griffey Jr. for the Mariners in 1997-98. Davis is just two homers shy of besting Brady Anderson's 1998 club record of 50, and he is one double shy of the first 40-40 season in Orioles history.
No-E O's: One more Baltimore notable number is the 42 errors the team has committed this season, well on the way to a Major League record. The fewest errors in a 162-game season is 65 by the 2003 Mariners, and if the Orioles maintain their .992 fielding percentage they would eclipse the previous mark of .989 by the 2007 Rockies.
Crowning touch: Without the crushing presence of Davis, Cabrera would be very much in line for a second straight Triple Crown -- and he's not out of it yet with numbers on pace to eclipse his 2012 totals in all three categories. A second such feat would match him with Hall of Famers Rogers Hornsby, Ted Williams and Frank Robinson as two-time winners, but none of them went back-to-back. There were Triple Crowns in consecutive years in 1933-34 (three) and 1966-67, but by different players.
Not to be left out, Mike Trout is doing it again, too. Put 2013 together with the best rookie season on record, and Trout is the youngest player ever to have two 20-homer, 30-steal seasons, and he's the first player ever to post 50 homers and 70 steals before turning 22, according to Elias.
Maxing out: The Tigers' Max Scherzer is three starts and counting into his 20-win watch, but really that began months ago. At 19-3, his winning percentage of .864 stands as the highest since Cliff Lee (.880) in 2008. It would take three more wins without a loss to match Lee at .880, four without a loss to pass him with an .885 percentage.
The Detroit right-hander is already out of the running to match Atlanta's Greg Maddux (.905) and Seattle's Randy Johnson (.900), who both put up those numbers in 1995. Oh, and this year, the Dodgers' Zack Greinke is right behind Scherzer at 14-3, .824.
Blue them away: The Dodgers have been sensational since the All-Star break, running away with the NL West while Yasiel Puig has become a household name and pitching is once again the name of the game for the Dodgers. At 38-12, for a .760 winning percentage, after the break, the Dodgers are second only to the 1954 Indians (55-16, .775) and 2001 A's (58-17, .773) in second-half success.
Extras, extras: Through Tuesday, there have been 217 games that have gone beyond the regulation nine, putting the 2011 single-season record of 237 extra-inning games in jeopardy. Even with the spate of late-late games last weekend, the pace has slowed a bit down the stretch, but the game is still on track for 242 games going into free baseball in 2013, which would set a new standard.
Runs away, runs away: As pitching continues to dominate, runs scored per game are down, back down after a mini-spike a year ago, and down all the way to levels not seen in two decades.
There were 4.19 runs scored per game in 2013 through Monday, a mark that is well below last year's 4.32, almost a run lower than the peak of 5.14 in 2000, and very much in the same ballpark as the most recent low-water mark of 4.12 in 1992. ERA as a whole is down, too, at 3.88, which would be the lowest since 1997's 3.75.
Talking #whiff: Another indicator of how the pendulum has swung toward pitching: the steady rise in strikeouts. And we're headed for a second consecutive record-setting season. Last year's total of 36,426 strikeouts, or 7.50 per game, set an all-time mark and continued a steady trend. Through Monday, there were 32,262 strikeouts, or an average of 7.51 per game.
Ouch: The Giants, currently 15 games under .500, stand to post the worst record for a defending World Series champion since the 1998 Marlins went 54-108. The Astros, meanwhile, appear destined to become the first team to lose 100 games three consecutive years since the 2004-06 Royals.
October glory: Lest we forget, two lengthy postseason droughts could come to an end. While the Pirates clinched their first winning season since 1992, they won't be satisfied until they reach the postseason for the first time in those same 20 seasons. If the Royals manage to keep pushing their way deeper into the AL Wild Card race, they'd end an even longer postseason drought, one of 27 seasons, dating back to 1985.
Nothing's settled yet, but some preseason aspirations are coming true as the season winds down, turning into season totals that will go into the books in bold letters and numbers.
John Schlegel is a national reporter for MLB.com.


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Following a near-perfect regular season in which they won 20 straight contests after a season-opening loss to Class 2A Irrigon, the Horizon Christian High Hawks boys basketball team continued its stellar success in league playoffs over the weekend. The No. 1-ranked Hawks (22-1 overall, 9-0 Big Sky West Division), guided by coach Darrin Lingel, captured a fourth consecutive district title with a 74-64 win over the Ione Cardinals Saturday at Hermiston High School.
"The kids played real hard and I'm extremely proud of them for accomplishing one of our goals," said Lingel. "It was a hard-fought championship contest versus Ione with both teams competing very tough in a well-played game. We had a good game plan, which was to keep Jailin Conboy (nine points) under control and not allow him to score too much and the kids executed it very well."
As district champs, the Hawks earned a first-round playoff bye and will host an OSAA/U.S. Bank/Les Schwab Tires second round state playoff contest March 1 against an undetermined opponent, at either 6 or 7 p.m., at the "Hawks Nest" at Horizon Christian High School.
If Horizon wins Saturday, it will advance to the state tournament quarterfinals March 6-8 at Baker High School and will be seeking to win a second 1A title in three years. Horizon won the 2012 title and lost in the finals last year.
Horizon led all the way in the district championship game versus the Big Sky East Division Champion and No. 8-ranked Cardinals (18-5, 11-3 Big Sky), led by the dynamic duo of junior Mason Bloomster (19 points, 13 rebounds, four steals) and senior Matt Totaro (23 pts., 10 rebs.)
"Going into districts, we felt really strong, confident and we had a high level of team unity and we all felt really good about our chance to win the title," said Totaro. "We played great defense in the first game then our confidence level was really sky high going into the championship game against Ione. They're a very good team too and I wouldn't be surprised if they qualify for the state tournament in Baker, too."
Horizon senior point guard Micah Engel led the Hawks with seven assists and scored four points. Junior Ryan Aldrich scored nine points off the bench to help contribute to the Hawks offense.
The Hawks opened the district tournament Friday and won 49-32 over the Nixyawii Golden Eagles (17-5, 8-2 Big Sky).
The 49 points by Horizon was its lowest point total of the season. Much like the Ione contest, it was the one-two punch of Bloomster (15 pts., 10 rebs., five blocked shots) and Totaro (18 pts., 10 rebs., four assists, four steals) that helped lift the Hawks to the victory. Junior Wes Johnston also scored nine points to contribute to the Hawks offensive attack.
"The two goals we set this year were to win districts and win the state title," said Totaro. "We got our first goal and now we're going to try for our second one. It's a huge advantage having to play just one playoff game to reach the state tournament and it's a nice bonus having it at home too. We're all feeling pretty good, we're playing at the top of our game and everyone is making significant contributions and we're getting strong play off the bench."
Totaro and Bloomster received All Big Sky Conference First Team Awards for their performance; Engel earned an All Big Sky Honorable Mention Award.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A poet jailed for a verse considered offensive to Qatar's ruler harshly denounced the Gulf nation's legal proceedings on Monday after an appeals court reduced his life sentence but still kept a 15-year prison term.
The rant in court — rare in the tightly controlled Gulf Arab states — underscored the free speech battles across the region as Western-backed authorities take strict measures against perceived political dissent in the wake of the Arab Spring.
From Kuwait to Oman, dozens of people have been arrested in the past year for social media posts deemed insulting to leaders or calling for political forms. For Qatar, the case also could bring added pressure from rights groups looking into labor conditions and other preparations for football's 2022 World Cup, which will be by far the most prominent international event hosted in the Gulf region.
"Unjust," shouted poet Muhammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami in the heavily guarded courtroom in Qatar's capita, Doha, after his appeal to drop the conviction was denied. The court cut the life sentence handed down in November and imposed a 15-year term instead.
Al-Ajami faced specific charges from a poem posted online in 2010 that discussed the traits needed for a good leader — which apparently was seen by authorities as a challenge to Qatar's emir and the ruling family.
He was more widely known for an Internet video of him reciting "Tunisian Jasmine," a poem lauding that country's popular uprising, which touched off the Arab Spring rebellions across the Middle East. In the poem, he said, "we are all Tunisia in the face of repressive" authorities and criticized Arab governments that restrict freedoms, calling them "thieves."
Al-Ajami still can appeal the remaining prison term to a higher court.
"This sentence will not stand," said his brother Hasan. "When you strip away everything, this is just a case about power and pressure."
Qatar's attorney general, Ali bin Fetais al-Marri, told Al-Jazeera English that state prosecutors also will seek to restore the life sentence.
"We accept the ruling," al-Marri told the network. "However, we, as public prosecution, will resort to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment, hoping to restore it as was, a life term. However, in any case, we will honor the (decision) of the court."
Earlier this month, a Kuwait court sentenced three former opposition lawmakers to three years hard labor for insulting the country's ruler during speeches at political rallies. In January, a Kuwait blogger and online journalists received two-year sentences in back-to-back convictions for posts deemed "insulting" to the emir.
In November, the United Arab Emirates set stricter Internet monitoring and enforcement codes. They include giving authorities wider leeway to arrest Web activists for offenses such as mocking the country's leadership or calling for demonstrations.


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Montgomery police say a charter bus carrying University of Alabama cheerleaders was involved in a wreck that left one person with life-threatening injuries. Authorities say the crash happened about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday on the Western Boulevard at Interstate 65. Police say the accident involved the cheerleaders' bus, which was carrying 31 people; a car; and a pickup truck.
A University of Alabama student suffered life-threatening injuries in an accident involving a charter bus taking University of Alabama cheerleaders home from the BCS championship game in Miami.
Natalie Baine was in critical condition at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery, a hospital spokeswoman said. She was one of four students who were in a pickup truck involved in the crash.
The other passengers were not injured, said UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen. The vehicles were not traveling with the charter bus, she said.
The crash happened around 10:20 p.m. at Interstate 65 and Western Boulevard in Montgomery. The three-vehicle accident involved the bus, which was carrying 31 people, a car and a pickup truck.
Police say no one on the bus was hurt.
Lt. Regina Duckett, a Montgomery Police spokeswoman, said that the crash is under investigation.
Officials say the cheerleading squad was headed back to Tuscaloosa from the BCS title game in Miami, an 800-mile ride. The football team flew home earlier Tuesday.


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Things got off to a great start with PASS President Wayne Snyder coming on stage to the tune Born to Be Wild with appropriate video clip and real motorcycle (and don't forget the shades!). Lots of awesome things coming soon to a database server near you. Joe Webb has a great summary of this morning's Keynote.
Given my current work situation, I play a lot of different roles, so I fully expected to be bouncing around between the four different tracks that we have here (DBA, Application Development, BI, and Professional Development). But today turned out to be a mostly DBA-track kind of day. It started off with a session by Greg Low of SQL Down Under talking about Avoiding Recompilations. Without even running Profiler, I can tell you right now that some of the systems I have inherited have this problem. Given the abundance of temporary tables that are used in stored procedures, and the tendency for past developers to use multiple temporary tables at various points through lengthy procedures practically guarantees that we have recompile issues.
By the way, did you know that when comparing two ad-hoc SQL statements to determine whether a cached plan can be reused, that something as simple as an extra space can make the system generate a new plan rather than reuse a cached plan?
After Greg's session we broke for lunch and the Exhibit Hall opened. It was great to see all the vendors and to meet in-person some of the sales folks I have been talking to on the phone over the last couple of years. Microsoft is doing some mini sessions that they call Chalk Talks, and I watched part of one on the subject of writing Custom Reports to be used in SQL Management Studio. I'll have to go lookup some of the fine points that I missed by standing so far away, but this was definitely good info.
After lunch I went to Brad McGehee's DBA 101 talk. It was a little bit of déjà vu as several of the points he was making I had just gone through and cleaned up on several servers. Due to recent staffing changes, we have had some areas of risk that needed to be addressed. There were also several tips and suggestions that I will incorporate to make sure we have the basics covered.
Next was Joe Webb's talk on Identifying Performance Bottlenecks. You know how some people are really skilled in an area but cannot explain it to anyone else, and then there are others who are both skilled and able to teach others? Joe definitely falls into the latter category. Having been both a student and a teacher for a few different subjects, it's something that I am attuned to, and Joe did a really good job. Performance tuning is an area I need to get into deeper. Unfortunately, it's one of those topics that could probably fill a whole day (or two, or three...) so Joe could only go so far with it in his 75 minutes. But it was enough to get me started on better monitoring and spark some ideas that I can work with right away. So, did you know that you can put together a combined view containing SQL Server Profiler information synchronized to PerfMon results? Great demo, Joe!
To finish the day I was headed to Upgrading to SQL 2008, but it was a packed room (SRO) and my knee was bugging me so I opted out of that. I did spend about 20 minutes in a session on building Super Reports (also SRO), where one report can meet the needs of a variety of folks with a little creative coding of Expressions to hide portions of the report and to dynamically change the sorting and grouping. That is something I am getting ready to dive into, also, so it was nice to see some examples of just what I was thinking of doing. And the Linked Report option in RS 2008 so you can have one actual report file published to a variety of locations with different parameter sets, subscriptions, and so on is really cool. It is likely that our first production installation of SQL Server 2008 will be a new corporate Reporting Server.
As you can see it was a busy day, and a very valuable one, too. Looking forward to two more days just like it! If you're not here, start making plans to be here next year. Or to go to the European Summit next Spring. It's worth it!
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Voters OK Spending $2B on Future Water Projects
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas voters have backed a plan that would use $2 billion in reserve funds to help the state meet the future water needs of its booming population and economy.
Tuesday's ballot measure was widely expected to pass. It had the backing of environmental groups and most of the state's top elected officials, including Republican Gov. Rick Perry.
The measure amends the state constitution to move $2 billion from Texas' rainy day fund to its water infrastructure fund. The money would help defray the borrowing costs on large-scale water infrastructure projects, including creating reservoirs, laying new pipelines and replacing older ones.
The state estimates it will need $53 billion to implement a plan that would meet its water needs for the next 50 years.
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By Jon Herskovitz
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers should look at arming commanders and easing restrictions for carrying weapons on military posts in the United States in the wake of a deadly shooting at the Fort Hood base in Texas, a prominent congressman said on Sunday.
The remarks came as the Fort Hood Army base set up a mental health hotline over the weekend for those who carry emotional scars or feel traumatized after suspected gunman Ivan Lopez, 34 and under psychiatric evaluation, shot dead three people, wounded 16 and then turned the gun on himself in the second deadly rampage at the post in five years.
"We should be looking at the idea of senior leadership at these bases, give them the ability to carry weapons. They defend us overseas and abroad and defend our freedom abroad," U.S. Representative Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas and chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, told Fox News Sunday.
"So, the idea that they're defenseless when they come home on our bases, I think Congress should be looking at that and having a discussion with the bases about what will be the best policy," he added.
The shooting at Fort Hood was the third such incident at a military base in the United States in about six months.
"It requires a review, re-analysis of the force protection policies that we have at our military installations to see how can we better secure them," McCaul said.
Lopez purchased the weapon used in the shooting, a .45 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun, on March 1 at the same shop near the base where former Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan bought the weapon used in the 2009 rampage at Fort Hood. Hasan shot dead 13 people and wounded 32.
Military officials have defended policies that largely bar private weapons from being allowed on military posts in the country.
"I believe that we have our military police and others that are armed, and I believe that's appropriate," Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday.
Military investigators said Lopez illegally smuggled a weapon onto the base. He then got into a heated argument before using the recently purchased pistol in the shooting rampage.
They did not provide a motive for the killing or the details of the arguments. Friends of Lopez told Reuters last week the soldier had been angry at his commanders for only granting a 24-hour leave to attend his mother's funeral in Puerto Rico last year.
The Army Criminal Investigation Command declined to comment on Sunday about any developments into its probe conducted with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas Rangers.
White House aide Dan Pfeiffer said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama would attend a memorial service at Fort Hood on Wednesday.
The new Fort Hood hotline is for those who require "assistance locating behavioral health assistance at Fort Hood or in the surrounding communities."
It comes after the shooting raised concerns about whether enough is being done to heal the mental scars of those sent into combat areas.
"We have been short of military health professionals in the military just as we are dramatically short throughout the country," Michael Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
Lopez had been battling depression and anxiety, and was being evaluated to see if he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, military officials said. He had been deployed to Iraq for four months in 2011 but saw no combat, they added.
In Killeen, the city that houses one of the largest U.S. Army bases in the country, churches were crowded with those offering prayers to the wounded and the three people killed: Army Sergeant Timothy Owens, 37, of Illinois, Staff Sergeant Carlos Lazaney Rodriguez, 38, of Puerto Rico, and Sergeant First Class Daniel Ferguson, 39, of Florida.
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By Irene Klotz
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Almost 40 years to the day after the Apollo 17 crew snapped the famed "blue marble" image of Earth floating in space on December 7, 1972, NASA has unveiled "black marble" video views of the planet by night.
The cloud-free pictures, taken with a high-resolution visible and infrared imager aboard a NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite, capture the night lights of Earth in unprecedented detail.
The sensor can capture the equivalent of three low-light images simultaneously, giving researchers the opportunity to study Earth's atmosphere, land and oceans at night.
"It's very high-quality data," NOAA scientist Christopher Elvidge told reporters at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.
"I rate it six times better spatial resolution."
The so-called day-night band of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, or VIIRS, can distinguish the night-time glow of Earth's atmosphere as well as a light from a single ship at sea. The resolution is far sharper than what has been available previously.
VIIRS is aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, which orbits about 500 miles above Earth's poles.
Scientists used the day-night sensor to watch the superstorm Sandy, illuminated by moonlight, hit the New Jersey shore on October 29. It also captured the power outages that plunged the area into darkness as the storm tore into populated areas.
The National Weather Service is starting to use the VIIRS day-night sensor to forecast fog in coastal regions, including San Francisco.
Some VIIRS images have surprised scientists. The sensor, for example, captured light from the upper atmosphere illuminating clouds and ice in visible wavelengths - by night.
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Music History 102:
The Classical or Viennese Period
The Rococo
The contrapuntal practices of the German Baroque began to give way in the first half of the eighteenth century to a highly ornamented style of melodic instrumental music, especially in France. This style has come to be called Rococo, after the same movement in the visual arts. The paintings of Boucher, Fragonard, and Watteau are prime examples of the visual style of the time. This refined but ornamented style could already be heard in the music of French composers Couperin and Rameau, and pervades the music of Italian composer Giovanni Pergolesi (1710-1736). It is evident as well in the music of the two sons of Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) and Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782). J. C. Bach eventually made his home in London and became known as the "London" Bach in order to distinguish him from his older brother. Johann Christian's many keyboard concertos had a profound influence on the eight year old Mozart when the two met in London in 1764. Likewise, C. P. E. Bach's expressive keyboard sonatas came to influence the piano sonatas of later composers Franz Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven. Each of these masters made the Austrian city of Vienna their home, thus equating the Classical style with the Viennese style.
With the increasing emphasis of the age on reason and enlightenment, the writings of thinkers like Voltaire, Diderot, and Jefferson served to fuel a sense of mankind's being in charge of its own destiny -- that through science and democracy, people could choose their own fate. Such prevailing philosphy and thought likely triggered such events as the French and American Revolutions. The results of these events brought to the artistic world an expanded freedom of thought, in which artists' creative impulses began to find a freer rein of imagination and felt less constrained to abide by the established "rules" of the preceding ages. Earlist among these thinkers in the realm of music was the "great reformer" of opera, Christoph von Gluck
The rise of the Symphony
About the middle of the century in Mannheim, Germany, composer and conductor Johann Stamitz (1717-1757) and his followers began to develop the orchestra and the art of orchestration, basing their music on the Baroque homophonic style, but now with chords played in unison rather than contrapuntally. The Baroque figured bass was now fully written out in specific parts for all of the instruments, rather than being left to the discretion of the players. Basing these larger works on the Baroque three-part sinfonia (overtures to operas), other elements were introduced, such as the contrasts of dynamics and tempo within movements. This kind music became the basis for the Classical instrumental sonata, string quartet, and orchestral symphony, and reached its apex in the works of Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The elegance and courtly grace of the early Classical period may well be best exemplified by the familiar strains of the Minuet from the String quintet op. 13, no. 4 by the Italian composer, Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805). Known during his lifetime as an exceptional cellist, Boccherini is not considered a composer of any real import today. But he did compose a great deal of chamber music and concertos of great charm and melodiousness. Later in the period and spanning the turn of the century, Viennese composer Franz Schubert further developed the symphony and string quartet in his own style, operating as he was under the shadow of the great Beethoven. Schubert also transformed the German Lied (song) into an art form.
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Did Any of Those Stars Actually Want to Appear in Movie 43?
Doesn't seem like it.
Not that Movie 43 is something that looks like it'll hinge on positive reviews, but the New York Post has the exact right article for everyone counting the days till this project gets slaughtered in the press. Producer Peter Farrelly denies that the studio is using the typically grim month of January to bury the star-studded movie featuring the likes of Halle Berry, Richard Gere, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Emma Stone, Terrence Howard, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Uma Thurman, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pratt, Anna Faris, and lots more — essentially none of whom have promoted the film whatsoever. But Farrelly does admit George Clooney told him "no fucking way" he'd appear in it. Even South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone* couldn't find something for themselves in the R-rated sketch-fest, dropping out along the way. Richard Gere agreed to take part, then stalled for a year. "They clearly wanted out! But we wouldn't let them," Farrelly says of many actors roped in via acquaintanceship. When Colin Farrell canceled his plans to play a particularly unfunny-looking role alongside Gerard Butler, he made a weak excuse. "It's like, c'mon, Colin, you saw sense and backed out — admit it," Farrelly says. He also says the unwieldy, confounding title has no meaning. None.
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Yoga is about living a more mindful and intentional life.
I started doing yoga in 2004, and the idea of living a more mindful and intentional life was partly the reason I got into it. I was certainly attracted by the physical side; from the outside, it looked a bit like gymnastics, and ever since kindergarten I had always wanted to be gymnastic star.
However, the body-mind connection I had heard so much about is what really brought me to that first class in the yoga studio. De-stress? Quiet the mind? Develop better awareness? I didn't know how we were going to do any of that, but it sounded good to me.
The first thing the teacher said in the first class was, "We'll start by taking a moment to set an intention for your practice." I drew a total blank. I had no idea what setting an intention meant. I intend to get better at yoga. I intend not to look like a fool in this class. I intend to pick up a latte on my way home. Clearly I didn't quite get it.
Over the following years, as I learned and grew in my yoga practice, I continually struggled with the basic concept of setting an intention. I would often throw something out there like, "I'm here to dedicate this hour to myself; "I'm here to escape my stressful life"; "My intention is to sweat"; usually not with a lot of thought behind it and always with a self-centered approach.
It wasn't until I attended my yoga teacher training with the inspiring Paul Dallaghan that I finally really got some value out of setting an intention for my practice. He didn't actually word it as setting an intention; and perhaps that's why it seemed less confusing for me. But every morning, before practice, we spent a few moments reflecting on three powerful categories, which I share with you below.
It's important to note that we didn't spend 10 minutes thinking about this stuff everyday (who has that kind of time in the real world anyways?); but two to three breaths per category, which is enough, especially if you're doing it every time.
Gratitude: Even in stressful or impossibly tough times, we are lucky to have something in our lives. These are the things that make life a little easier, a little more enjoyable and that make you a happier person. Take a few breaths to focus on the things, the people and the situations in your life that you are grateful for.
Forgiveness: Let's face it: none of us are perfect. We've wronged people, and people have wronged us. Its not always intentional and unfortunately, it's just the way the world works. Take a few breaths to reflect on the things you'd like to be forgiven for, and sending a few forgiving thoughts towards people who have wronged you. In short, this just means letting go. Holding onto bad feelings just doesn't do us any good.
Guidance: In life, we can't do it all alone. Sometimes we just need help. Reflecting on this helps us to realize that we need help (which is half the battle sometimes!) and makes us much more likely to look in the right places for help. Take a few breaths to think about what you need help with.
Reflecting on these three categories has become integral to my practice, and often forms the beginning or end of the sequence when I'm teaching. It links my yoga practice to the other important things in my life. It also reminds me to put things in perspective and gives a much deeper meaning to those few moments at the beginning or end of my yoga practice when I let go of the stress of my day and focus on what I came to do: my practice.


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Thank you so much for the sig!
I love it, but I don't know how to use it.
Can someone help me please? TNX.
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Some signatures for you to use..
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it is ok. This is not the first time I have had to explain how to do this so don't be embarrassed.
you highlight the address then right click on it and click on copy the go to your profile and in the sig box right click and then click on paste
Cotton, you're gonna hate me...I just know it.
I went to the image shack web page that Jim's lost daughter
sent me in a pm message. I highlighted the address and clicked
copy, then I went back to the profile section here and pasted the
address in the signature box, then I clicked submit...and everytime
it shows the address and it doesn't show the picture. I've tried
clicking on the address and it doesn't do anything. I'm really sorry
to keep bugging you like this, but I suck at figuring this out.
Please help...(after all of this I owe you one.)
Ok copy and paste that to your sig box(including the img brackets) then delete the space before and after the address. Then scroll down and click update
If I didn't use those spaces the banner would have been in my post instead address.lol
hey guys.. having some trouble? I wish i could do it for you but i guess there is no way. anywho., im glad you like it.
Thanks for the thought; I really love my sig.
Unfortunately, I have a problem with my sig box in my profile;
that's the reason why I've had so much trouble. TNPihl is helping
me fix it though, so hopefully I'll be able to use it soon.
TNX 2 Cotton also for his help.
Thanks again JLD!
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Despite Danielle Staub's firing from the Real Housewives of New Jersey, it seems Caroline Manzo continues to get dragged into her mess.
The latest is a new report by RadarOnline, which details Caroline's recent testimony against Danielle in a Federal defamation lawsuit filed against Danielle by her ex-husband, Kevin Maher. Kevin is accusing Danielle of defaming him in media outlets and in her memoir, The Naked Truth.
In her testimony, Caroline, who was called to testify on behalf of Kevin, recalled the many tales Danielle told her about him. "She depicted him as a monster," said Caroline during the July 22 deposition. "She depicted him as someone who would beat her daily, as someone that put her in the hospital due to the beatings, I want to say on more than one occasion."
Caroline continued, "She claimed to have been hiding in a tree at some point, afraid that when he came home he would find her and beat her. She claimed to be the victim of prostitution due to his demands, that he put her into that world, again depicting him as an absolute monster. And the only reason she stayed with him, because she feared for her life if she left."
According to Radar, Danielle has filed a motion with the court to have the case dismissed. An hearing for that has been set for September 27.
In other news, Danielle continues to talk to any media outlet willing to listen. The latest is her claims that she has not one, but two spin-off shows in the works! Danielle is claiming one of the shows will be a reality show based on her life a la Bethenny Getting Married, while the other will have her hosting a show a la Jerry Springer.
Danielle, pictured above on Friday snagging freebies at a MTV VMA retreat (feel free to check out the items in the photo background), told RadarOnline her reality show will be better than that of Bethenny Frankel. "It's going to be better because it's actually going to keep people awake and on the edge of their seats," Danielle told Radar. "They're going to want to see what I'm doing, where I'm going, who I'm wearing, what I'm wearing, who I'm chewing up and spitting out, maybe who I'm dating, maybe who I'm not, what is going on in my real life … and the one thing people say, love me or hate me, I keep it real and you're paying attention."
Danielle also shares she will be revealing her sexual orientation on her show. As for her other show, Danielle says she will be hosting it. "It's going to be over the top and definitely something that I think people are going to be quite surprised that I'm going to be able to do and who I'm replacing."
And while we continue to remain suspicious about Danielle's "two shows," HollywoodLife is reporting today that Danielle had a camera crew in tow during an OK magazine event last night. Danielle revealed to the site that one of her shows will be titled Social and will air on the WealthTV network. And no, we've never heard of the WealthTV network either, just in case you're wondering.
"I'm replacing Robin Leach basically, of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, but with a twist," she says. "There will be more socializing with the rich and famous celebrities and we'll show how they give back as well." Danielle says she will tape the first episode this Thursday — and will tape for 26 straight weeks. "Each week I'll have a different celebrity or billionaire," she says adding, "I'll be filming anywhere from New Jersey all the way to India. We have a lot of celebrities lined up but I can't tell you their names yet. Lori Michaels [her rumored girlfriend] will be a part of this too."
Danielle confirmed to HollyWoodLife that her kids will appear on both shows. Poor kids.


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hey. i dont know if anyone else noticed this, but the "blooper" section on this website has almost NOTHING to do with bloopers. when the editors miss something in a movie and a hat moves, or things suddenly dissapear, those are mistakes in editing. (eggs) they are NOT bloopers. bloopers are mistakes made while filming the movie, that are clear and often funny but they are never in the final cut of the film. they only make it onto blooper reels.
so unless you have video clips things that went wrong during the filming, such as Jim screwing up his lines, then you really should not have a blooper section on this site. thats all. spanks.

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Well Tom, now that you've put things under such perspective, I will have no other choice but to remove the entire section from the site. Right now. Happy?

Actually, the errors you mention don't necessarily have to do solely with editing, but can be on-set continuity mistakes. Something that wasn't properly registered on the continuity book, and ended up slipping unnoticed until it was too late to fix it. For example, if it's something that has to do with wardrobe, it means that the Set Costumer did a sloppy job on that particular scene.

But really, the term "blooper" is many times times used indiscriminately to refer to all types of movie mistakes, so maybe, just maybe, we could be excused for it too, uh??

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GREENVILLE, Ill. – Greenville College Athletics and GC Baseball honored six seniors on Saturday for the four years of effort and dedication that each has put forth while wearing the Black & Orange. However, the celebration was short-lived as Spalding took the double-header 13-3 and 5-1 to complete the series sweep of the Panther club.
Seniors honored included Wes Letiza, Daniel Covert, Kyle Hobar, John Wesley Flatt, David Massengill, and Justin Hubbard.
Spalding was quick to spoil the celebration in game one, jumping out to a 9-0 lead through the fourth inning. The Golden Eagles added another four insurance runs in the sixth and seventh to cruise past the Panthers 13-3.
Sophomore pitcher Derek Reckmann was charged the loss in the seven-inning bout, serving three innings while allowing six earned runs on four hits.
David Massengill produced a timely 2-for-3 effort on his senior day, as he led Greenville offensively despite the loss. Massengill notched two RBI and a run scored, helping to account for all three of the clubs runs.
In the second half of the afternoon double-dip, the Panthers again struggled offensively, offering little help to the GC rotation. Greenville tallied only one run in seven innings and was out distanced by SU once again, this time 5-1.
Lefty Cody Hinterscher was dealt the loss, pitching four and one-third innings while giving up five earned on seven hits.
Denver, Co. native Kenny Trager led the efforts at the plate in the loss. The sophomore third baseman went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Outfielder Cole Lawson also did his part with the bat, poking three hits in three at-bats in the 5-1 defeat.
Although ending the 2011 regular season with three consecutive losses, the Panthers are riding some momentum heading into the SLIAC tournament. The Black & Orange posted a record of 16-8 in the conference and finished third in the regular season standings, while winning nine of their last twelve games and clinching the number two seed in next weeks SLIAC tournament.
The Panthers will next gear up for the double elimination format 2011 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball tournament held at Highland, Ill. Greenville is slated to clash with Fontbonne University at 5:00 pm on Thursday, May 12, and will be the first of a scheduled double-header with play pending tournament result.


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If you had a good time at last night's Chicago Fire Foundation White Party, jump in the air.
For the second year in a row, the White Party was a big success, with nearly 700 attendees and raising over $40,000 for the Chicago Fire Foundation.
One day I hope the American travel ban to Cuba is broken. If not, I'll always have the memory of wearing the cabana outfit I sported Thursday night. Big props to the Fire Communications and Digital Team on dressing quite well.
(PHOTO: Me, Chrissy Koob, Leo Flores, Brendan Hanna, Nick Sintich and Eunice Kim)
It was good to see Fire captain and Foundation board member Logan Pause at the event as well:
More props to the @MLS_Insider, Josh Whisenhunt for gracing us with his presence for the evening…
And even more to Foundation Director Jessica Yavitz (pictured below with me) and her great staff Jen Van Sparrentak, Jack Sheehan, Jamie Miller and Andrew Steffen.
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Gold has made modest gains this week, closing about $21 higher than Monday's spot prices. Silver made big gains, having climbed about $2, a gain of nearly 7%. The news about the world economy was mixed with most headlines pointing toward continued, but slow growth. The outlook is optimistic for growth in the U.S. economy, which could be pushing silver prices up.
One week ago, the S&P announced downgrades to its credit ratings of several major European nations, but European markets reflected little concern for the downgrades. Markets initially opened low but soon turned up. The euro zone's potentially good news revolved around the results of a French bond sale, which was surprisingly brisk considering France's credit rating downgrade last Friday. Fixed-income strategist Orlando Green said, "The bill auctions have been carried out without a problem, which is helpful for market sentiment toward the euro area. The reaction to the S&P downgrade has been somewhat muted. The move wasn't a surprise and was well-flagged for a number of the issuers." The downgrades came as no surprise, as speculation had been in the news for a while. Steen Jakobsen at Saxo Bank said, "Effectively, the S&P did what it was supposed to do: It ignored the 'PowerPoint presentation' from the EU and looked only at the accounts. The accounts speak clearly for themselves: no progress, no real plans."
The China GNP increased by 8.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011, which was better than expected. Since China's economy is primarily export-based, the increase is a good sign for the global economy as well. This news has provided a boost for commodities which include precious metals. Prices of precious metals also are being helped by good news out of Germany, which has provided a boost for the euro against the U.S. dollar.
Unemployment and jobs reports are key indicators of domestic economic growth. In data released on Thursday, the number of jobless claims decreased more than 50,000. Stocks opened on a higher note in conjunction with the feeling that the Fed has done enough to insulate the American economy from the euro zone debt crisis. The S&P 500 has gained 4%, the most since 1987. James Dunigan, chief investment officer for PNC Wealth Management, echoed that sentiment, saying, "Europe is important, but it's not the end of the world if they see a recession. … We're starting to see that modest economic growth expectation for this year."
A true economic recovery this year in the U.S. is promising, thanks to an improved housing market. Homes are affordable, and the labor force is growing based on reports of a lower unemployment rate. Lawrence Yun of RBS Securities said, "December was a nice finish to a tough year in 2011. If that can be sustained, we are talking about a genuine recovery in 2012."
Gold: Spot Gold prices opened this week at $1,643.90. The high was on Thursday, Jan. 19th at $1,670.60, while the low for the week occurred on Monday, Jan. 16th, $1,631.90. Gold ended the week up $24.90 at $1,668.50. This week, the most popular Gold bullion products were 2011 Gold American Eagles, 1 oz. Pamp Suisse Gold Bars, and 2011 1 oz. Gold Maple Leafs.
Silver: Spot Silver prices opened this week at $29.46. Silver reached a high of $31.72 on Friday, Jan. 20th, while this week's low for Silver occurred on Monday, Jan. 16th $29.46. Silver ended the week up $2.80 at $32.26 The most popular Silver products on APMEX.com this week were 2011 Silver American Eagles, 2011 Silver Maple Leafs, 1 oz. Silver Buffalo Rounds and 10 oz. APMEX Silver Bars.
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Palladium: Spot Palladium prices opened this week at $640.00 and ended the week up $40.00 at $680.00. Palladium investors preferred 1 oz. Pamp Suisse Palladium Bars and Palladium Canadian Maple Leafs this week at APMEX.com.
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The obverse of the Palladium Maple Leaf features the depiction of Queen Elizabeth II by Susannah Blunt. The reverse displays one of Canada's national symbols, the beautiful single maple leaf. This Maple coin contains a full troy ounce of .9995-fine Palladium and bears a face value of 50 Canadian Dollars. Considered more precious than Silver and of a higher rarity than Gold, Palladium's market worth is closely tied to the manufacturing sector. Palladium also fills a key niche in the jewelry industry as one of the two components used to produce white Gold (Palladium mixed with Gold).
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Ireland's top bishop says a summit with Pope Benedict XVI on the clergy sex abuse scandal is a first step toward repentance for the predominantly Catholic nation.
Armagh Archbishop Sean Brady, the primate of all Ireland, told Vatican Radio that the two days of meetings beginning Monday are part of a journey of renewal for the Irish church, for centuries a pillar of that nation's society.
Brady is one of 24 bishops who will each speak to the pontiff about their views and knowledge of decades-long sexual, psychological and physical abuse of minors by parish priests and by clergy in Catholic orphanages, workhouses, and other institutions.
Two reports last year documented decades of abuse as well as cover-ups.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
ROME (AP) - Irish bishops one-by-one will give an accounting to Pope Benedict XVI of their views, actions or knowledge about decades of sexual abuse by clergy, a participant said Sunday, but resignations were not on the agenda for the Vatican's extraordinary summit over the scandal.
"A casualty of all this has been the truth," Clogher Bishop Joseph Duffy said on the eve of the two-day summit. "The fullness of the truth must come out, everything must be laid on the table."
Duffy, a spokesman for the Irish Bishops Conference, said the church was "admittedly slower than in needs to be" in grappling with a "culture of concealment."
Last year, an investigation revealed that church leaders in Dublin had spent decades protecting child-abusing priests from the law while many fellow clerics turned a blind eye. A separate report in Ireland had been released months earlier documenting decades of sexual, physical and psychological abuse in Catholic-run schools, workhouses and orphanages.
The revelations shocked and disgusted the predominantly Catholic nation, and victims quickly demanded certain Irish bishops resign. Several have agreed, including two who stepped down on Christmas Day, but others have flatly refused.
Among the 24 bishops at the summit will be Martin Drennan of Galway, who has rebuffed calls that he stepped down.
Duffy said the Monday-Tuesday summit with the pope was not intended to deal with the issue of resignations.
"Precise questions of resignation is not on the agenda of the bishops because that is not our prerogative," Duffy told reporters.
He said the summit would deal with the "enormous injustice and cruelty" to the victims and the Irish faithful at large.
In the Dublin report, investigators determined that a succession of archbishops and senior aides had compiled confidential files on more than 100 parish priests who had sexually abused children since 1940. The files had remained locked in the Dublin archbishop's private vault.
The reports follow a campaign by the archbishop of Dublin and primate of Ireland, Diarmuid Martin, to confront abuse allegations and deal honestly with the cover-up and victims' suffering. Martin, who heads the Holy See's office on justice, had welcomed the bishops' resignations last year.
But Galway's Drennan, insisting he did nothing to endanger children, has clung to his office.
Drennan and the other summit participants will each have seven minutes to have their say before the pope, who will listen to the Irish prelates in group sessions on Monday and Tuesday.
Among the Holy See officials joining the summit is U.S. Cardinal William Levada, who heads the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a key Vatican office that reviews abuse claims against clergy worldwide. The pope himself once held the office, when he was known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
Asked how explicit the bishops' discussions with Benedict would be, Duffy said they would be frank.
"It is my information that the pope is very well clued in on this issue, that even before he became pope he had access to the documentation, and that he know exactly what was in the documentation, and that he wasn't living in a fool's paradise," Duffy said.
Benedict has signaled he intends to purify the priesthood and, while still a cardinal, had denounced "filth" in the church as the abuse scandals exploded during the papacy of John Paul.
During Benedict's 2008 pilgrimage as pope to the United States, he met privately with sexual abuse victims.
In recent weeks, a new sexual abuse scandal involving clergy has stained the Catholic church in Benedict's homeland, Germany.