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The Lady Flames return five starters from last year's Big South champion team.
The two-time defending Big South tournament champion Liberty volleyball team aims for another successful campaign in 2013. The Lady Flames field a veteran team, which boasts five returning starters, three all-conference players and seven players with NCAA Tournament experience. Once again, Liberty is the preseason favorite to win the Big South volleyball title, as voted on by the league's head coaches. It marks the ninth time overall, and third year in a row, in which the Lady Flames enter a campaign as the No. 1 team in the Big South preseason coaches' poll. Redshirt sophomore Caroline Douglas was named Big South Preseason Player of the Year. Last season, Douglas became the first volleyball student-athlete to be voted Big South Player of the Year and Big South Freshman of the Year during the same campaign. Senior setter Jade Craycraft, a three-time all-conference setter and 2012 Big South Tournament MVP, was tabbed to the Preseason All-Big South team. Liberty also returns two-time All-Big South player in senior outside hitter Lillie Happel. "We're excited about the season," said 10th-year head coach Shane Pinder. "We have some veteran players in the gym, one of the more veteran teams we've had in a long time, with four seniors. We have a lot of experience there. It's all going to start with their leadership and the tone that they set every day." Liberty continued its recent run of success in 2012, going 25-8, including 12-2 in Big South play to earn its sixth straight Big South regular-season title. In the process, the Lady Flames went 9-0 at home, dropping just one set at the Vines Center while extending their home winning streak to 14. The team has now won 20 or more matches in each of the last six seasons. The Lady Flames advanced to the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship, competing against national No. 8 seed Minnesota in the first round. Despite falling, 3-0, Liberty took the Golden Gophers to the limit in set three, a 34-32 marathon. This year's schedule opens against No. 23 Ohio State on Friday, providing an early test in a challenging non-conference schedule. Overall, Liberty will face three NCAA Tournament qualifiers (Ohio State, Kentucky, East Tennessee State), seven 20-win teams and one conference regular-season champion. The Lady Flames will compete in tournaments at Northern Illinois, Kentucky, Duke and West Virginia, providing strong preparation for conference play. "We want to put ourselves in positions to be challenged and to potentially do things that have never been done in the history of the program," Pinder said. "Unless you go out there and challenge it, you never know. We're excited about the challenges on this year's schedule." The conference portion of the schedule opens on Sept. 27 at Radford, while the Lady Flames host Coastal Carolina on Oct. 19, a rematch of the 2012 Big South Volleyball Championship final. "It's an exciting conference schedule," Pinder added. "It's one that has a lot of challenges for us. I think we have the pieces to the puzzle to be successful night in and night out, but that's not guaranteed, because at the end of the day, everybody is giving us their best shot. I believe our league as a whole is getting better." The 2013 Big South Volleyball Championship will be hosted by Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., Nov. 21-24. The winner of the conference tournament receives the Big South's automatic qualifying bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship. A position by position preview follows.
Setter Jade Craycraft, a three-time all-conference setter, returns to handle the setting duties as a senior. She was named the 2012 Big South Tournament MVP, in addition to first-team mention by VaSID and the Big South. She led the team with 1,152 assists and 11 double-doubles in 2012, while guiding the Lady Flames to a program-best .250 team hitting percentage. "Jade has started since the day she came in the door, so we have a lot of experience in that position," Pinder noted. "She's put a lot of hard work into this program. Her command of the offense has gotten better every year, so I expect us to have our best offensive numbers this year since she's been here." Sophomore Caila Stapleton enters the season as Craycraft's backup after competing in six sets last season. Against VCU, she posted a team-leading 22 assists, in addition to five kills and one block. "Caila is a player with good size, at about six-foot, with really good hands," said Pinder. "She's a very deceptive setter. She has a pretty good-sized block. She has to take this year and get better each day, and get ready for her opportunity."
Outside Hitter The Lady Flames boast two of the top outside hitters in the conference, in 2012 Big South Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year Caroline Douglas and two-time all-conference selection Lillie Happel. Sophomore Haley Jeffcoat also returns, and will look to challenge for time on the outside. In addition to her Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors in 2012, Douglas was named to the AVCA All-Region honorable mention squad as a redshirt freshman. She led the conference in kills overall (3.69 kps) and in conference play (4.18). Her .281 hitting percentage ranked first among Big South outside hitters last season. Douglas recorded 27 10-kill matches and two 20-kill matches last year. "Caroline is a very physical attacker," Pinder said. "We're excited about her, because, last year being her first full-time role in that position, she led the conference in kills. She has the ability to score a lot of points for our offense and get us out of a lot of situations." Happel earned Big South All-Conference second-team mention as a junior last year, after making the first team in 2011. She finished 2012 ranked seventh in the Big South in kills during conference play. She sent down a career-high 26 kills at Radford, tying Douglas for the most kills by a Big South player last season. Happel is currently 54 kills away from becoming the 14th player in program history with 1,000 career kills. "Lillie Happel is a four-year starter, who had some injuries which she has had to fight through, especially last year, to get back on the floor. She's been in a lot of big matches, and we're going to call on that experience this year in big moments." Jeffcoat competed in 31 sets as a true freshman last season, making three starts. She set a career high with eight kills against Saint Francis (Pa.), hitting .333 during the victory. "Haley is a little undersized in the position, about 5-9 or so, but she has a really good jump," Pinder said. "She is a great serve-receive passer, defender and a deceptive attacker. She is committed to the daily process."
Middle Blocker In the middle, the Lady Flames will have to fill in for graduated senior and three-time all-conference selection Loren Thomas. Liberty has a pair of returning players who have seen extensive time at middle blocker, in redshirt senior Kendle Rollins and junior Melissa Racz. Joining them will be a pair of freshmen, Susan Babcock and Nzea McQuitery. Rollins has been a strong presence at the net during her first three years at Liberty, averaging 0.99 blocks per set for her career while also attacking at a .297 pace. After injuries shortened her 2011 season, she started all 33 matches last season, finishing second on the team with 123 blocks. She is currently ranked eighth in program history with 310 career blocks. "Kendle brings speed to the position," said Pinder. "If we can pass the ball well enough, stay in system enough, she becomes really effective, because it's hard to close on her in the seams. She's usually one of the top blockers on our team, and also in the league." Racz has spent time at both middle blocker and right-side hitter while competing for the Lady Flames. After appearing in all 117 sets and making 25 starts as a freshman, injuries derailed her sophomore campaign. She played in 36 sets last year, and hit .308 during Liberty's three-match run to the Big South Volleyball Championship title. "Melissa has played both positions, more right side for us because she's really good off of one foot," Pinder noted. "She's a great slide attacker. She presents issues when we start stacking patterns, and we can run her on quick plays behind, which is probably her best ball. She is a really good blocker on the right side as well." Babcock joins the Lady Flames from Ronald Reagan High School in Pfafftown, N.C., after being named CAP-8 Player of the Year as a senior. As a senior, Babcock played for Triangle Club's top team. "Susan has great lateral movement for her size," Pinder said. "She has a high volleyball IQ. She's a very committed athlete who is going to work hard. I think she has the potential to come in and fight for time immediately." McQuitery competed at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, N.C. She was a CAP-8 All-Conference selection as both a junior and senior, and played for both the CCVC Club and Club Red. "Nzea is very athletic, with long arms," Pinder said. "Once she learns how to best use her size and speed, she has the potential to be very good. She reaches high, has a good jump, and is very fast at pin-to-pin blocking."
Right-Side Hitter Sophomore Monica Johnson and junior Melissa Racz appear to be the top options to take the right-side hitter position. Johnson appeared in 57 sets as a freshman last season, gaining valuable experience on the right side. She tallied career highs of 11 kills and six blocks during a win at Charleston Southern on Oct. 12, before hitting .312 with seven kills at Coastal Carolina to be named Big South Volleyball Freshman of the Week. "Monica is a right-side attacker, a lefty, which is nice on that on that right side," Pinder added. "She's our highest jumper in the weight room, and plays high at the net. She's a very physical right-side blocker with big hands. She's one of our stronger players in the weight room. She has a big upside." Racz, who is also a candidate for the middle blocker position, has spent time on the right side during her career. She has posted some of her top performances late in the season and during the postseason.
Libero/Defensive Specialist The Lady Flames field a deep and talented group of back-row specialists, including senior Becca Haraf, junior Gabrielle Shipe, sophomores Allie Reynolds and Rachel Smoltz, along with freshman Kate Corson. Shipe served as Liberty's starting libero last season, leading the team and finishing fourth in the Big South with 510 digs. She was twice named the Big South Defensive Player of the Week in 2012, and averaged 4.51 digs per set during conference play. She reached double-figures in digs 25 times, including in each of the last 13 matches of the season. "We're excited about this year with Gabby's experience, and having that year at libero in under her belt," said Pinder. "She's a really good serve-receive passer, and a great defender. Gabby is just a playmaker, and has a knack to just be in the right spots. She brings a ton of energy to the floor." Haraf was voted the 2012 Big South Volleyball Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and was also named to the VaSID Academic All-State team. She competed in 120 sets, ranking seventh in the Big South with 0.33 aces per set. Haraf finished fourth on the team with 235 digs, recording nine 10-dig matches. "Becca is a great serve-receive passer," Pinder said. "She brings a lot of stability to that back row. She's a really good defender, reads really well in terms of behind the block. She's one of those players that, as the games get bigger, tends to start making more plays and gets a lot of touches." Reynolds made 11 starts as defensive specialist during her freshman campaign in 2012, and placed sixth on the team in digs with 71. She collected a career-high 14 digs at UNC Asheville, and started seven matches in a row during October. "Allie is a very athletic player, with pretty good footwork," Pinder said. "She is very physical in the weight room. She is a very flexible student-athlete, so she has the ability to have great range of motion and go make plays. Again, she's someone who works extremely hard." Smoltz joined the Lady Flames' team last season as a freshman out of King's Ridge Christian School in Alpharetta, Ga. An all-state player and school record holder in high school, she did not see match action in 2012. "Rachel came into our program last year, had a great fall campaign, but got an injury in the spring," Pinder said. "She is someone who just wants to get better. She adds a lot of value to what we do." Corson, a freshman libero/defensive specialist from Gloucester, Va., and Christchurch School, was twice named Virginia Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year while in high school. "Kate has a great serve-receive platform, and has great defensive instincts, in terms of reading the ball and being in position," Pinder added. "She has really good range of motion, and can take up space and make plays."
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There was a time, when I was a teenager and in my early twenties, when I used to think about fashion the way The Guardian's Tanya Gold details in a recent article: that it was a foolish realm of fantasy for people who would never give me the time of day.
The oddest thing rescued me from fashion. It was that I got fat. Never mind why; that is a story for another page. But I got so fat that even fashion wouldn't pretend it could fix me. You can get so fat they don't actually want you in their clothes. It is bad marketing; if very fat people wear their clothes, thinner people won't buy them. There was no point rattling through the rails any more, seeking a satin redemption – nothing would fit my unfashionable bulk. I was consigned to M&S smock-land, across the River Styx. And it is lovely here; no heels, no stupid dresses-of-the-moment, certainly no thongs. Fashion has died for me, with an angry little hiss. Ah, peace.
I can look at the clothes on the catwalk now and laugh at their imbecility. They are not for me.
I can't speak for Gold, but when I felt like this I wasn't really angry at the gods of fashion, though I felt that "angry little hiss." I was angry at myself for being insufficiently thin, insufficiently feminine. I was angry at my body for growing too much hair and too much flesh, at my feet for hurting in pointy shoes, at my hands for not being deft enough for perfectly applied eye makeup. This is not to say that I didn't recognize the harmful practices the beauty industries — including the ones Gold describes, which so many of us have experienced — but my anger was still not borne out of a sense of being harmed psychologically, but of being rejected physically. Why bother, well, bothering when I was clearly never going to succeed? The idea of failing and succeeding at looking a certain, very specific way completely permeated my attitudes about fashion.
My dislike of fashion basically ended when I started taking baby steps toward accepting my body. The more I liked what I looked like, the more interested I got in adorning myself; getting dressed was no longer about correcting my supposed deficiencies but playing with my self-presentation. FJ and I spent some fantastic time in college hitting malls, thrift stores, army surplus stores, anywhere we could get our hands on clothes that spoke to us and fit our bodies, "too fat for fashion" though they may be. Eventually I moved to the Pacific Northwest, where feeling like a freak was as point of pride for many people, and the fashions reflected that. I dyed my hair bright red not out of rebellious angst (as I had done in high school), but because I loved having a dash of red near my face. I got glasses that stood out on my face instead of blending in. In other words, I built my own style, and even became known among my friends as having a strong fashion sense — words that my younger self would have furiously disbelieved. Fashion started to seem less like an enemy conspiracy and more like an artistic world that, like other art forms, has elite circles, everyday practitioners, and a lot of people in between.
In fact, despite the notorious anti-fat norms of most of the fashion world, it was an interest in fashion that led me to live body acceptance in my everyday life rather than just giving it lip service. I joined the Fatshionista community on LJ, got voraciously addicted to outfit posts, made several incredibly stylish and intelligent friends, and realized that the politics of fashion weren't only something that happened to me without my consent when I put on clothes.
All of this is basically a long-ass way of introducing a wonderful response to Gold by a fashion blogger I think is just phenomenal, Tavi of Style Rookie. You may have heard of Tavi; she's been getting a lot of press lately because she is a popular and charming style blogger who is also 13 freaking years old. 13! What were you doing when you were 13? Granted, I am 100% positive that if blogs had existed when I was 13, I would have had one — but I can guarantee you it would not be fashion-positive, much less fashion-forward. (It would have featured a lot of terrible poetry, is what it would have done). Here's part of Tavi's response to Gold's lament:
Ms. Gold speaks about how she discovered fashion at 13 and then dressed in a way she knew she was supposed to dress. "How I enchanted. How I belonged. I thought I looked just like the effortlessly beautiful girls at school. Except I didn't. And, very soon, I realised that I didn't. All that weekend job money and childish angst and still I looked like me. That was the first seduction – and the first betrayal." I don't believe Ms. Gold "discovered" fashion; she discovered middle school and teenagerdom. She said that before that, she dressed as Andy Pandy and was happier.
I find the idea of dressing as Andy Pandy pretty awesome. It's creative and it's fun, and that sounds fashionable to me. What Tanya Gold and many others, including myself, hate is the everyone-has-to-look-the-same-and-also-sexy philosophy, which is NOT fashion.
This is by no means written with the intentions of a personal attack on Ms. Gold, but rather, a kind of response to this idea that I see coming up often. I think that the problem with fashion isn't fashion, but how others decide to see it. The same "fashion" magazines that offer advice about pleasing men might decide that fashion isn't for overweight people, but it's Tanya Gold's fault for believing it, and if she really wanted to have fun with clothes she could. Same goes for the idea that clothes HAVE to make you look sexy. Not if you don't want to! Isn't that amazing!
Don't you wish this girl were your niece or your friend's daughter? She's seen through the sexyface plastic facade of fashion advertising — the part that uses the desire to conform to sell you things — to the part where people get to have fun with their own looks, and all before starting high school. Instead of desperately apprenticing herself to grownup sex appeal, as girls are pressured to do younger and younger, she creates an outfit (to pick just one recent example) as an homage to Edward Gorey.
My friend Coco perfectly summarized Tavi's great appeal for feminist fashion-lovers: "What I love most about Tavi – and I'll be heartbroken when it changes, as it will most certainly change – is the fact that she is still very much a child who is enjoying her childhood. She dresses like a 13 year old girl with fantastic and interesting style, as opposed to a miniature version of an adult woman. She rejects the notion that fashion is for making us sexier and rejects that being sexy is the objective in womanhood at all. In today's culture where we make thongs for 8 year olds, and "boyfriend jeans" for toddlers, this is positively radical."
I agree. While I have great sympathy for Tanya Gold's rejection of the mandates of fashion, I think Tavi is a great face for personal creativity and self-respect in style. Fashion is not just about what gets pictured in "women's magazines," which are by definition handbooks in compulsory femininity. Style blogs are, I think, a great antidote to the orders "to buy a dress, and a bag and then perhaps some stupid, unnatural shoes and feel a kind of brief, bright burst of self-acceptance, which always evaporated as soon as I was home," as Gold puts it. You don't have to buy those things. You don't have to be sexy. You don't have to be pretty. You don't have to look like everyone else — in fact, you don't have to look like anyone else but your own damn self. You can wear a character from My Neighbor Totoro as a brooch and look like a million bucks. You get to decide what fashion means to you.


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If you want to rock GTA, tune in to our Grand Theft Auto video game streaming. On our GTA page, you'll find videos from some of the top GTA gamers showing you how they play and how you too can become a pro at Grand Theft Auto—the game, not the crime. Grand Theft Auto V follows the story of three criminals who need to pull off heists in order to set their lives in order and avoid the wrath of a drug lord. While crime and the constant threat of death aren't experiences you want to explore in the real world, in this video game, you can experience the thrill of fast driving and the intrigue and rush of planning a heist. GTA 5 allows you to play from the perspectives of all three main characters as you go through the story, a feature that has drawn the praise of many players. When you view our Grand Theft Auto video game broadcasting, you can learn from other gamers and reach the end of the game or just improve your skills. GTA 5 has been highly acclaimed, and one of the features included is the ability to play online with about 30 other gamers at once. When you learn more about GTA by watching the best of the best, you can increase your skills enough to use the multiplayer feature and become friends with other gamers. While video games is often thought of as an activity that one does alone, when you connect with others online, you can make connections and friendships that can benefit you in your life outside of video games. Some of your friends and family might get tired of your chatter about the latest games or may not understand what you mean, but your online friends will.Play the videos on this page to start learning, and then vote for your favorite videos so VideoGameBroadcasts.com can post the videos that are most helpful and enjoyable for you.
Grand Theft Auto V is an Action Adventure Video Game Series. It's Creators are David Jones and Mike Daily. However the titles that were released later on were created by Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. The games are developed by Rockstar, which few know was formerly DMA Design. The basis of the name is based off of Motor Vehicle Theft, that happens in the United States on a Daily basis. The game is based on a fictional city called Sand Andreas. However, it's franchise has appeared in several other fictional cities as well, including Vice City and Liberty City. The three Cities essentially stand for California, Miami and New York City. The game play is focused on an open world, that you can pretty much do anything and everything in. This page focuses on the Transformer Mod. The graphics are unbelievable, featuring action adventure, driving, third person, role playing, racing and even stealth elements. Many different criminal protagonists attempt to rise through the underworld. Original designers came from the British company DMA Designs, that actually began in 1997. In 2014 the franchise already had up to eleven stand alone games and four expansion packs. It's unique ability to play in a 3D world has users continuing to come back for more and more, year over year. This game franchise will clearly go down in history as one of the greatest ever. It has evolved over the years to not only show the bad in the video game virtual world, but also the good.
GTA V ranks in the same tier of the greatest GTA games as Vice City and Red Dead Redemption. The attention to detail and the addition of truly accurate aviation puts this game as a must own in a gamer's portfolio of games. Another unique quality of GTA V is the ability to morph between three different characters at any given time. Each character has it's own extensive amount of missions, however, certain missions require you to switch between all three during a single mission. This game combines all of your favorite attributes from each of the previous GTA games, but in typical GTA sequel fashion, they've added a myriad of new detailed functions that makes this game addicting putting your personal life at risk for a good two weeks minimum. GTA V allows for different views of first person or third person shooter capabilities, whichever you prefer. I give this game 4.5 stars out of 5.
Whether by air, by land or by sea, Rock Star has officially given you, the gamer, a bit of everything in GTA V. With new concepts including flight lessons, jet-ski racing, or just robbing your local liquor store, GTA has once again demonstrated to the gaming world why they are the pinnacle of video game excellence. GTA V rolls up all of the series into one big ball providing for the ultimate criminal experience. You want to go deep sea diving exploring underwater bunkers for chemical weapons? There's a mission for that. You want to utilize heavy machinery through a marine salvage yard picking up cargo? There's a mission for that. You want to hunt wild-life throughout the great outdoors? There's a mission for that. How about testing the stock market by buying and selling stocks to try to improve your cash flow? Well, you can do that at any time. Or maybe you're into just lounging around the house watching TV or playing with the dog. You guessed it….you can even do that as well. This game breaks down the proverbial borders of limitations as it relates to gaming. Important to note is the graphic nature and language of the game which takes it to an all-time high or low depending on how you look at it, but make no mistake about it….much like that 90's Pringles commercial: Once you start, you can't stop.
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No, it isn't a trip but Citizens Bank Park baseball shifts from the Rockies to the Marlins.
Adam Eaton had his second straight solid start last night and the offense delivered again giving the Phillies a sweep of the Rockies. Glad we are finished with the hurting Rockies (LF, SS, 2B, RF starters on the DL) for the season. When they get healthy, Rockies will put a hurting on teams and it won't be us.
Chase Utley had a great April, cooled a bit and is red hot again with the bat. In the last four games: 6 hits (3 homers), 13 RBI. He leads all NL players in voting for the All-Star team and it should be that way. Phillies fans need to make sure he continues to garner the most votes.
Hard to believe that the season is nearly two months old and the Phillies are facing the Marlins for the first time. Being a team in the same division, the two meet 18 times this season, starting tomorrow night. Attendance should be over 40,000 for each of the weekend games.
The Marlins are on a tough division trip, three in New York, three here and four in Atlanta.
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Seven more days to the First-Year Player Draft.
Yesterday, Marti Wolever (Director, Scouting) and his crew gathered around a large rectangular table, the first of day-long meetings. Each person is equipped with his own lap top computer. All scouting reports are computerized compared to 20 years ago when huge and heavy three-ring binders contained hard-copy reports.
The Phillies have over 800 names in the computer. The process is to rate the players from top to bottom in four categories: college pitchers, college position players and the same for high school players. Every player eligible for the draft is assigned a number. When draft day comes, the team's announce: "We select # 167, Larry Shenk, a burly right-hander from Myerstown, PA, high school."
The perimeter of the room contains eight large magnetic boards. Each player has a magnetic name plate, complete with name, height and weight and school. As they started discussing college pitchers yesterday, the magnetic name plates got shifted around into a top-to-bottom order.
With the Phillies at home through the first day of the draft, Marti and his crew get to watch some major league baseball, compared to the hundreds of high school and college games they've been watching since February.
Minor League Review
Lehigh Valley's DH-1B-3B-OF Mike Cervenak and LH reliever R. J. Swindle are this week's player and pitcher of the week winners in the Phillies minor league system:
Every major league team signs minor league free agents in the off-season. Idea is to look everywhere for possible big leaguers and to help stock AAA and AA rosters. Both Cervenak and Swindle fit that mold, although the Phillies actually signed R. J. last season out of the independent Atlantic League.
Cervenak, a former 3-time Big Ten selection at Michigan, started his pro career in 1999 in the independent league. The following year, he was signed by the Yankees to a Class A contract. He's never made it to the majors and spent 40 games two years ago in Korea.
Swindle doesn't have over-powering stuff (fast ball: 79-81; slider: 69-72; curve ball: 52-54; yes, a slow curve) but he keeps tossing zeroes. He's allowed 2 runs this season between Reading and LV. His control is spectacular, 2 walks (1 intentional). In four minor league seasons, he's walked just 19.
Why sign players who have been in the independent leagues? See Chris Coste. His first five pro seasons were in those leagues.
This Date
In Phillies history
1965 With a blast that carries far over the Coca-Cola sign atop the left-center field roof at Connie Mack Stadium, 3B Dick Allen smashed one of the longest home runs ever, an estimated 529 feet. It came off the Cubs' RHP Larry Jackson who lost to the Phillies, 4-2.
1985 Mike Schmidt switches to first base, rookie Rick Schu comes up from Portland to play third base.
1986 Greg Gross gets 100th career pinch hit as Phillies edge Giants, 54.
1989 Mike Schmidt announces retirement from baseball in tearful press conference in San Diego. Returns to Philadelphia for press conference next evening with Philadelphia media.
1993 Terry Mulholland pitches first NL shutout in Mile High Stadium, 60, over the Rockies.
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Mike Cervenak is very deserving of the honor…met him in Spring Training and had a very fun conversation with him. He was looking rather like he had been run over by a large truck after practice and I asked him, jokingly, if he was going to be ok. He went on about what a tough practice he had and how hard the coaching staff had worked him that day. Really though, this guy pushes himself very hard…he's had to in order to hang in this long. He does remind me a lot of Chris Coste..similar work ethic, personality, and the same determination…I really hope he gets his shot at the bigs someday. He's earned it!


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I kindly ask those of you, dear Archers, who are familiar with FreeBSD (or perhaps other BSDs), to name relative pros and cons of both solutions, perceived by you. Especially all the possible advantages of BSDs over Arch or Linux in general are of interest to me.
I have already found some quite old ML thread, mentioning some of Arch's advantages over FreeBSD.
My biggest qualm is that, while FreeBSD has quite a few binaries, there are a large chunk of "uncommon" apps that require you to build from source. In a way, it's like a user-less AUR.
My biggest complaint with FreeBSD is the amount of time it takes to upgrade.
I run it as my ftp/smb/dhcp/named/router/firewall/proxy server and it works great!! Stable, solid as a rock and fast! You would never believe it is running on an AMD K6/2 350. :-
When upgrade time comes though.....It takes about 8 hours or so to do a buildworld. I only do that twice a year though so it doesn't bother me that much. Which, incidentally is the only time it ever gets rebooted. lol.
I hear it takes only a couple of hours to buildworld on a more modern machine.
True it can take a while on older machines, but you dont really need to be upgrading your server box (which is imho where it excels) every two days now do you ?
Personally, I've found FreeBSD to be very slow on my computer. (not to toot my own horn, but I build my boxes from the finest hardware) No, I'm not talking about compiling things, just generally slow. I notice a HUGE difference between FreeBSD and say, Gentoo or Arch. It was enough to make me try FreeBSD 3 times now and each time kick it to the curb within the first week. I like responsiveness.
Maybe it's something I did wrong, but even bash seemed to be very slow to respond to my commands. Imo, it needs a good overhauling to be brought into today's standards.
I am using NetBSD on my server at home. IMHO it is more work to set up than Arch but then again it is robust and even more basic than Arch, which I like in a server-system. And of course NetBSD runs on all possible devices, including some toasters.
Arch, for a difference, is just better suited for tinkering and Desktop-machines because of the bleeding-edge and rolling-release system. It is really a matter of taste and time.
Todays mistakes are tomorrows catastrophes.
True it can take a while on older machines, but you dont really need to be upgrading your server box (which is imho where it excels) every two days now do you ?
You're right...But like I said, I only update it twice a year.
FWIW, I've heard many glowing recommendations for FreeBSD and OpenBSD (never met anyone who uses NetBSD!) for server use. I've heard that they're both very robust and secure OSs, and that if you can set up Slackware or Arch Linux then you'd definitely be able to run BSD. However, I reckon as a desktop OS, Arch is hard to beat. You've got to remember that there are some things that are only available on Linux, and not BSD. A good example would be the Macromedia Flash Player, I don't think that there is a BSD version of this - you'd have to try your luck with GNASH instead, I guess.
Also, and I'm heading off into the realm of speculation here, I'd imagine that most free software apps (especially GPL ones) are developed and run more on Linux, so maybe there will be support issues for some of the less popular apps, if you use any. But this is only a suspicion of mine.
The best thing to do is probably to install it on a spare partition/machine or put it on an emulator. Nothing beats first-hand experience!
Bralkein, there's really no problem with flash on freebsd and most other programs that run on linux run on freebsd also because of it's linux-binary-compatibility. FreeBSD has this tool that enables you to run most Linux programs on FreeBSD as if they were native to FreeBSD and there's no difference in performance.
In Linux there are no secrets!
Hum, "linux-binary-compatibility" has its limits. Cedega won't run fine at all on FreeBSD, just like Vmware. FreeBSD is good mainly for server purposes since it's very stable. But in my opinion, it's just way too limited/complicated for nothing: oldish appearance (still sh and sendmail??); many commands doing the same thing, but some of them not being recommended which can screw a system (pkg_remove vs pkg_delete for instance); nothing user-friendly such as colors, by default; expect having to compile stuff, and to see those compilations failing pretty often, etc. Thus, use it if you like trouble.
I prefer OpenBSD to any linux. Why? Way better documentation, more KISS, secure by default, consistent, the focus of correctness, better firewall (pf), better philosophy.
It's lacking in 'desktop' area, no hardware acceleration as there is no BSD-licenced drivers and flash is hard to set up. I don't care much for these features but OpenBSD's lack of utf8 support is a minus for me (the complete lack of locale support don't bother me much).
Only reason I run Arch Linux on my primary laptop is that it needs ACPI to boot. OpenBSD probably get ACPI-support when 4.1 is released and I migrate then.
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I like Arch for the desktop, and I've been messing around more with OpenBSD and have been very impressed. When I learn more, I'd definitely feel comfortable relying on it for a server, but would't want to try and use if for an everyday personal desktop machine. Each has it's own purpose and place...
What does Arch have over FreeBSD, in what respect?
For a Server or a Desktop ?
Arch Linux since 2006
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I love my FreeBSD Server. The upgrade might take a while, but only the base system. All applications I am using can be updated with a few commands.
There is a great tool called "portaudit" which checks for the software which has known security issues. Then you can just upgrade one by one and you are done. For me there has never been a reason to upgrade my FreeBSD-Box. Its running, its working, its fast.
To be honest, if Arch wouldnt be similar (rc.conf etc) to FreeBSD, I maybe wouldnt use it.
FreeBSD is great for servers (I dont like Linux-Servers too much) and it does a great job. Its stable, up to date and very fast.
Just wanted to give my two cents.
I've got a FreeBSD server and I love it to death. Not planning on getting rid of it any time soon. However all my desktops run Archlinux. Every single one.
Maybe a combination of the two is healthy?
Interesting topic. I have never installed of the BSD's, other than PC-BSD, which does not like my hardware.
I understand that much of what makes Arch boot so fast is a philosophy based in part upon BSD boot scripts, though I do not know enough about either to comment further.
I have been intrigued by BSD for a while, but it seems a bit awkward on the desktop, from what little exposure I have had to it.
Arch is really tough to beat in my experience. It is so much faster and cutting edge than any other distro, with a rolling release cycle.
My biggest complaint with FreeBSD is the amount of time it takes to upgrade.
As of FreeBSD 6.2, you can now do binary security and version upgrades using the freebsd-update tool provided you haven't compiled any applications using ports. Admittedly, I only started playing with FreeBSD about 2-3 weeks ago, and I'm quite impressed with it. From a server orientation, I would highly recommend FreeBSD. In contrast, I don't think it would ever replace Arch on my desktop.
That's interesting! I'll check into that. I started using FreeBSD when 5.4 was released and have been upgrading ever since by changing the stable-supfile, getting all the new stuff with cvsup, then rebuilding world. I'm on 6.1 now and have been since it's release. Since 6.2 was released a couple of weeks ago, I'll be upgrading to that in a few weeks.
Arr, I've got this strange urge to fiddle with something (apparently boosted by the recent release of FreeBSD 6.2). Arch can get boring over time - when everything just works ;-)
Alas, FreeBSD's support for envy and xfs is still dubious, which effectively stops me from fiddling with it on my desktop. On the other hand, my server has been running Arch flawlessly for some time - as they say, "if something isn't broken, don't fix it". Playing with it in vmware or qemu just doesn't seem challenging/rewarding enough.
In this case it seems I'll have fight off my urge and wait either for FreeBSD 7 or for to my server to die ;-) It's hard to get anything better than Arch, anyway - at least for a bleeding edge desktop.
Stinky, check this out.
FreeBSD 7.X will include native support for Xen Virtualisation. Something I'm really looking forward to. I'm in the process of rolling out a production server using Xen, and it's unfortunate that FreeBSD doesn't currently support Dom0.
I just spent a bit of time with FreeBSD 6.1
The BSD methodology is completely different to the linux one. The greatest difference is that the their is a firm separation between kernel, base userland, and third party apps. This probably contributes to the stability of the system
I also like the layout of freebsd alot better than most linuxes. All third party configs go into /usr/local/etc. In fact, the local subdirectory is used for anything not part of the base world packages. I prefer this to the standard linux where everything you install dumps it's config in /etc and it's bin straight in /usr/bin. I much prefer the separation of operation-neccessary apps and configs and the rest of the third party crap I install.
The ports systems is quite nifty technically, but I think it's a bit dated. This is one area where FreeBSD can improve. To be able to conveniently manage the update of many packages, you need to use portupgrade or something similar, which is technically third party software. This also has a database separate to the standard package DB, which needs to be synced and checked on separately. FreeBSD needs one standard, official, default, and convenient tool for updating and install packages. Similarly, there is an application you can use to update world and kernel (GENERIC) using binaries, but it is third party as well. Package updating can be pain as well. There are binary updates, but as someone said, not for all apps, and often they are a version behind. This sort of thing differs between BSDs though. IIRC OpenBSD promotes the use of packages and often it's ports are behind packages. Also, Linux source distros have this same problem, but updating in FreeBSD can be a pain compared to Arch (e.g. make gnome-desktop).
FreeBSD also lacks some linux functionality like udev etc, but it has it's own hotplugging system, and I actually learned alot writing scripts to deal with auto mounting of usb drives etc.
Overall, I had a lot of fun on the system. It's good to see how this side of the world works. I felt I could gather alot more reading man pages now than when I first started on linux. Multimedia wise, it has an nvidia driver and sound worked fine for me, but it only has ext2 support so my media drive was not journalled. My media players are all supported, so there I had no issues there. I didn't try beryl, but it exists for FreeBSD so for some it can be a suitable desktop system. There is something nifty about it that caught my attention during my distro hopping adventures.
The BSD methodology is completely different to the linux one. The greatest difference is that the their is a firm separation between kernel, base userland, and third party apps. This probably contributes to the stability of the system
I'd like to add to this point. The other major difference between BSD and Linux is how the entire system is packaged together. Most BSD distributions have a CVS where all development takes place. The kernel and userland utilities are synced, and developed together. In contrast, the Linux kernel is developed independently of GNU userland utilises which is then packaged together by independent developers who create a distribution. Specifically with FreeBSD, there are three "branches". Unstable, Stable and Release. The Release branches are supported for a minimum of 12 months (By supported, I mean receive security and bug fixes).
One gift for all OpenBSD lovers ;-)
Don't tell anyone they 0wned me!
PS: I have nothing against OpenBSD, but I found this really funny :-)
One gift for all OpenBSD lovers ;-)
Don't tell anyone they 0wned me!
PS: I have nothing against OpenBSD, but I found this really funny :-)
Only one remote hole in the default install, in more than 10 years!!
One gift for all OpenBSD lovers ;-)
Don't tell anyone they 0wned me!
PS: I have nothing against OpenBSD, but I found this really funny :-)
hahaha nice...


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Briefly on Amy
For those new to the site, please also see the FAQ: Amy Winehouse married a man alleged to be the heroin dealer to the UK music industry, a loser in the truest sense who needs to junk her up to keep her in his grasp. He was expected to face charges on Monday for beating the sh*t out of some dude in a bar and was arrested yesterday after a dramatic house raid for attempting to thwart the legal system by paying off a witness. Worst part is – she is completely addicted to him. Amy Winehouse is sad smut. Period. The End.


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This is probably the shortest recipe I have posted here. Simple and so easy to make. Great for meals accompanied by salad or a vegetable dish. Lechon means a roast, while paksiw is a Filipino cooking method of stewing meat in vinegar. This dish is more or less a way of recycling pork lechon using the roasted meat and its accompanying liver sauce. Although for me this is the only thing I wait for in a pork lechon. I'm not really fond of the roast itself.
When we moved to HongKong, I looked for a substitute for the Filipino pork lechon and found a worthy one in the regular Chinese roasted pork. I have to adjust the soy sauce of course because the Chinese version is much saltier than the home variety. So in case you're using the regular lechon, double the soy sauce measurements. I used the Mang Tomas brand of regular liver sauce. They have the spicier version as well which you can use to give it a little kick.
Lechon Paksiw
500 g Chinese roast pork - cut into roughly 1-inch cubes
2/3 cup lechon liver sauce
1/3 cup vinegar
1/2 - 1 Tbsp dark soy sauce
1 Tbsp firmly packed brown sugar
2 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp peppercorns
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup water
- Mix all ingredients in a saucepan (preferably non-metal).
- Bring to a boil. Turn down heat to low and simmer for about 40 minutes or until meat is very tender.


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WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of the nation's population, 186.1 million people to be exact, live and breathe in communities with dangerously high levels of air pollution, new research shows.
"Six out of ten Americans live in areas dirty enough to send people to the emergency room, to shape how kids' lungs develop and even dirty enough to kill," Charles D. Connor, president and CEO of the American Lung Association said during a teleconference Tuesday to present the findings of the association's State of the Air 2009 report.
"Forty million Americans live in counties where the air quality has failed every single test," he continued. "Even as our nation explores the complex challenges of global warming and energy independence, we still must recognize the problems we have with old-fashioned air pollution."
Although there have been some improvements in the nation's overall air health over the past decade, those gains are leveling out, said Janice E. Nolen, assistant vice president of national policy and advocacy at the lung association.
And recent measures that are not yet having an effect (but likely will) are counterbalanced by the world's insatiable need for more electricity, she added.
"It's not nearly the direction that we need to take," Nolen said.
But there was good news for the residents of Fargo, N.D., which won the top spot as the nation's cleanest city overall -- the only one to pass the grade in all three categories of air pollution: ozone pollution, year-round particle pollution and short-term (24-hour) particle pollution.
Seventeen other cities ranked high in two of the three categories: Billings, Mont.; Bismarck, N.D.; Cheyenne, Wyo.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Farmington, N.M.; Ft. Collins, Colo.; Honolulu; Lincoln, Neb.; Midland-Odessa, Texas; Port St. Lucie, Fla.; Pueblo, Colo,; Redding, Calif.; Salinas, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Santa Fe-Espanola, N.M.; Sioux Falls, N.D.; and Tucson, Ariz.
Los Angeles is the nation's dirtiest city, keeping the spot it has held for a decade now.
"It will likely remain on top of the most-polluted list for ozone for a long time, but they have made improvements," Nolen said.
Other dirty cities for ozone: Bakersfield, Calif.; Visalia-Porterville, Calif.; Pittsburgh-New Castle, Pa.; and Fresno-Madera, Calif.
Eighty million more Americans (175 million) than last year live in areas with unacceptably high smog (ozone) levels too many days of the year, reflecting both a warmer climate as well as new ozone standards.
"Ozone causes inflammation by burning the lining of the airways. It's like getting sunburn in your lungs," said Dr. Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the lung association. "Ozone pollution can cause premature death, shortness of breath, chest pain when inhaling, wheezing and coughing, asthma attacks, increased susceptibility to lung infection and increased need to receive medical attention for lung diseases like asthma or COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]."
Even short-term exposure to particulate pollution can be deadly, from lung disease as well as heart attacks and stroke.
New research from California has tripled the number of estimated premature deaths from particulate matter, according to the lung association.
On the other hand, Edelman added, one nationwide study found that the average life expectancy in 51 cities had increased by five months between 1980 and 2000 as a result of air pollution reductions.
To aid the cause, consumers can use less electricity, drive less, avoid burning wood or trash and push for clean-up of old diesel bus fleets in their communities, Connor suggested.
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Writer/director Lee Breuer, a founding co-artistic director of the New York-based experimental theater company Mabou Mines, explores the work of Tennessee Williams in a workshop production of "Glass Guignol: the Brother and Sister Play" Saturday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. at CFA Theater at Wesleyan University in Middletown.
The work is conceived and adapted by Breuer and Maude Mitchell. The work features Obie Award-winners Mitchell and Greg Mehrten, as well as Jessica Weinstein '02 and Eamonn Farrell from Anonymous Ensemble, and Luly Santangelo.
This follows Breuer's 2011 staging of Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" for the Comedie Francaise in Paris,
The production is described: "Following the French guignol tradition of taking realism to the breaking point of horror and hilarity, Glass Guignol: The Brother and Sister Play is an exploration/excavation of the multi-faceted fictional refractions arising from the writer's erotic, voyeuristic relationship with his sister, Rose Williams. This production uses The Two-Character Play as a frame, and constructs "the play within the play" with texts from other Williams works, including Out Cry, The Glass Menagerie, A Cavalier for Milady, and Suddenly, Last Summer."
Tickets are $25; $20 for senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff, and non-Wesleyan students; and $6 for Wesleyan students.
There will also be a free discussion on "Tennessee Williams After 'Iguana'" on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 4:15 p.m. at CFA Hall featuring Breuer, Mitchell, and Thomas Keith, Editor, New Directions Publishing and dramaturg of Glass Guignol: The Brother and Sister Play. It will be moderated by Wesleyan professor of theater Ronald Jenkins.


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1945 : Marines raise the flag on Mt. Suribachi1945 : Marines raise the flag on Mt. Suribachi
On this day, during the battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, the highest point on the island of Iwo Jima and a key strategic point. Later, Marine commanders decide to raise a second, larger flag, an event which an Associated Press photographer captured on film. The resulting photograph became a defining image of the war.
The amphibious landings of Marines, after severe and relentless bombing of the island, began the morning of February 19, 1945, as the secretary of the navy, James Forrestal, accompanied by journalists, surveyed the scene from a command ship offshore. As the Marines made their way onto the island, seven Japanese battalions opened fire on the 9,000 Marines headed for them. By that evening, more than 550 Marines were dead and more than 1,800 were wounded.
In the face of such fierce counterattack, the Americans reconciled themselves to the fact that Iwo Jima could be taken only one yard at a time. A key position on the island was Mt. Suribachi, the center of the Japanese defense. The 28th Marine Regiment closed in and around the base of the volcanic mountain at the rate of 400 yards per day, employing flamethrowers, grenades, and demolition charges against the Japanese hidden in caves and pillboxes (low concrete emplacements for machine-gun nests). Approximately 40 Marines finally began a climb up the volcanic ash mountain, which was smoking from the constant bombardment, and at about 10 a.m. on February 23, a half-dozen Marines raised a small American flag on the peak--but not before disposing of a Japanese officer who attempted to prevent them. With Mt. Suribachi claimed, one-third of Iwo Jima was under American control. This first flag-raising was photographed by Marine photographer Sgt. Louis R. Lowery. On Lowerys way down Mt. Suribachi, he ran into AP photographer Joe Rosenthal and two other Marine photographers, PFC Bob Campbell and PFC Bill Genaust, who was shooting movies, informing them that the flag-raising they were looking for had already occurred, but encouraging them to check out the view from the top of the hill. The three men continued up the volcano.
Once atop Mt. Suribachi, Rosenthal attempted but was unable to find the soldiers involved in the first flag-raising, deciding instead to photograph the second flag-raising, which featured a much bigger and more photogenic Stars and Stripes. Lowery's film was sent back to military headquarters for processing via ordinary army post--and took a month to arrive. Rosenthals film was sent by seaplane to Guam, and sent from there via radio-photo to the United States. The photograph so impressed President Roosevelt that he ordered the men pictured in it to return home for a publicity tour. Rosenthal later won a Pulitzer Prize for the photo, but for years was forced to deny erroneous reports that he personally staged the second flag-raising and attempted to pass it off as the original.
Although the famous photograph has long led people to believe that the flag-raising was a turning point in the fight for Iwo Jima, vicious fighting to control the island actually continued for 31 more days.
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Inside the Orioles clubhouse, a tub of champagne on ice sat in the middle of the room, a black tablecloth covering it. Plastic covers were rolled atop the lockers, ready to be unraveled to cue a celebration 15 years in waiting.
Hours later, anticipation was met with validation. While traveling to their final regular-season series in Tampa Bay, the Orioles received word that they had clinched their first postseason berth since 1997 with the Los Angeles Angels' loss to the Texas Rangers Sunday evening.
After suffering through 14 straight losing seasons, the Orioles have clinched at least one of the two AL wild-card spots. They still have a greater goal within their grasp before the regular season's end: an American League East division title.
"I think everybody knows where the finish line is and we're not there," said Orioles manager Buck Showalter. "You don't do what these guys have done without emotions involved, but they've always been funneled in the right direction, and that's at the opposition and the challenge ahead of us each night and each day. We've got three really tough challenges ahead of us here in Tampa and once the smoke's cleared we'll see what's left for us and know that we're playing more than 162 games."
Said Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette: "Hats off to Buck and the players. They know we have more work to do and they're going to do everything they can to not only have a playoff game in Baltimore for the fans, but do everything they can to realize the goals and dreams of the organization."
Before boarding their team charter, Orioles players stood on the field after the final out of their 6-3 sweep-sealing win over the Boston Red Sox in their final regular-season home game. Along with the announced 41,257 that packed Camden Yards, their attention turned to the stadium video board for a reason to party.
As the final weeks of the regular season dwindled to days, the Orioles' mantra has been to handle their own business. Win out and they go to the playoffs for the first time since 1997, no matter what the other contenders muster. Win out and worse-case scenario, clinch a one-game playoff for an AL East title.
But given the bizarre set of circumstances that arose Sunday – which included their team charter having to make a precautionary emergency landing because of smoke coming from the oven on the plane -- the Orioles needed help in order to celebrate a postseason berth in front of their home crowd, able to clinch a wild-card spot with an Angels loss in one of the two games of their day-night doubleheader against Texas.
And with the Angels one out away from defeat, the Orioles and their fans watched together as Torii Hunter hit a game-winning two-run double to give Los Angeles a 5-4 win.
"Our goal now is to figure out a way to play more baseball games here at Camden," Showalter said.
Fans filtered out of the stadium for the final time this regular season. The Orioles retreated to their clubhouse to prepare for their pivotal three-game series in Tampa Bay — unfulfilled.
"There was a chance there [for a special scene]," said closer Jim Johnson, who converted his 50th save. "Now is a time where I think we are paying more attention to the scoreboard, obviously. There's a lot of different scenarios that could still play out so, like I said, we were going to be doing the same thing the fans were doing so might as well stay out there with them.
"It means a lot to the city. It's been a long time, and I think it was important."
The Angels' loss in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader clinched a postseason berth, but the O's definitely wanted to send their fans home with reason to celebrate — especially considering what Baltimore baseball fans have endured through 14 straight losing seasons.
"We came back in here and it was really awkward," said starting pitcher Joe Saunders. "You don't want to try to rely on other teams helping you out. If we take care of business in Tampa Bay, and against a really good team and a really good pitching staff, we're going to earn this and it will be on our terms."
The Orioles' (92-67) larger goal remains. Their win kept them in a first-place tie with the New York Yankees atop the AL East, and they entered the evening just ½ game behind the Rangers for the AL's best record.
"You're in, you're in," center fielder Adam Jones said. "I don't care, nobody cares. We can do it at home or we can do it on the plane. We are going to party somewhere."
Saunders, who was an Orioles fan growing up in Northern Virginia, did his part to clinch at home, recording his fourth straight quality start — but just his first win in that span — allowing three runs on eight hits with five strikeouts and no walks over 7 1/3 innings.
The Orioles hit three homers off Red Sox pitching, each to lead off an inning. Of the Orioles' 31 runs over the past four games, 24 of them have been scored by home run.
Left fielder Nate McLouth set the tone early with his third leadoff homer of the year, taking a 2-1 pitch from Red Sox starter Zach Stewart into the left-center field seats.
J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis added solo homers and Jim Thome drove in two runs on a pair of RBI singles against Boston's shift defense.
Davis' 31st homer of the season opened the fifth and marked his fifth homer in the past four games. Davis has also homered in four consecutive games, tying Nolan Reimold's team-high mark set April 13 to 17.
Saunders allowed two homers — Cody Ross' solo shot to lead off the fourth and a two-run line drive to left by Daniel Nava in the seventh — but the 31-year-old left-hander tipped his cap to acknowledge a standing ovation as he walked off the field with one out in the eighth.
Darren O'Day got the final two outs in the eighth — with a little help from catcher Matt Wieters, who threw out Dustin Pedrioa trying to steal second from his knees — and Johnson tossed a perfect ninth to seal the win.
"You want to have the chance to roll the dice in October," Showalter said. "Our guys have played very confidently with no fear."
And after watching a little baseball on the video board, the Orioles traveled to Tampa Bay to face a Rays team that is still pushing for a wild-card spot.
The Orioles' emergency landing in Jacksonville, Fla., was a precautionary move. The plane was inspected and the Orioles reboarded and got back in the air shortly after a brief delay en route to St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport.
A little delay, but after 14 years, what's another hour?
"We've had to fight for everything this year," Johnson said. "With the way that game finishes up, this [season] is going to come down to the wire. Look at how last year finished, March Madness in September. This game is crazy, you never know what's going to happen and that's the way this team has been fighting all year."


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- Fonds
- 1919-1995
This fonds is divided into 4 series: Research, Miscellaneous, Reviews, Miscellaneous.
Stubbs, Roy St. George
2 résultats avec documents numérisés Afficher les résultats avec des objets numériques
This fonds is divided into 4 series: Research, Miscellaneous, Reviews, Miscellaneous.
Stubbs, Roy St. George
The content of the fonds consists primarily of correspondence, but also includes photographs, postcards, and a Royal Canadian Air Force service and paybook.
Polson, Archibald John
The collection consists of one object, a University of Manitoba Towel.
University of Manitoba
The collection consists of one object, a Manitoba Agricultural College Pennant.
University of Manitoba
The collection consists of eight sports letters and a track trophy awarded to Donald Carruthers during his time at the University of Manitoba.
University of Manitoba
The collection consists of three University of Manitoba crests from a Science '63 jacket.
University of Manitoba
Henry Herbert Cosman collection
The collection consists of two letter "M's"; a University of Manitoba crest showing the staff of Caduceus; a University of Manitoba varsity crest showing a downhill skier; the program for the Medicine class of 1948 farewell party; and a program fo...
University of Manitoba
This collection consists of a handmade stuffed University of Manitoba bison.
This collection consists of a hockey sweater, a fabric letter "E" and a 1998 reunion poster made up of old photographs.
University of Manitoba
Fonds contains one hockey goaltender stick used by Art Puttee while goalie for the Canadian hockey team (the University of Manitoba Grads) that won the 1931 World Championships in Krynica, Poland. Handwritten on one side of the handle is the text,...
Puttee, Arthur T.
The fonds contains one (1 ft.x1 ft.) hand-embroidered flag with the University of Manitoba and the crest stitched in the middle.
Fenny, Walter J.
The fonds is divided into seven series: 1) Susan Goyer's correspondence, notes and reports 2) Reports and minutes of the North Ritchot Restoration Committtee & North Ritchot Action Committee, community organization projects, and assistance and...
Goyer, Susan
The fonds is related to Evan and Mary MacPherson's instigation and recording of many séances during the period 1933 to 1936 as well as recordings and transcriptions of a number of séances from 1939 to 1952. In addition the fonds contains recording...
MacPherson, Hannah Mary
The fonds consists of farm records, legal documents, geneaological information, diaries, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to the Jellis family farm. The material contains a variety of land deeds and titles, oil leases and indentures, grain ...
Jellis Family
The fonds contains correspondence, assorted news clippings, a photo album, and typed drafts of his published manuscripts: Sarah Binks, Tower of Siloam, Willows Revisited, Doubting Castle and For the Birds. Included is an original typescript with r...
Hiebert, Paul
Manitoba Cattle Producers Association fonds
The fonds consists of the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association's records, in its many different incarnations, and other related material dating as far back as 1924. The records consist of correspondence, memorandums, news releases, committee...
Manitoba Cattle Producers Association
The collection contains 30 unpublished research papers submitted to Professor Peterson by his leading students between 1976 and 1991 on the broad subject of Manitoba political studies. Topics addressed include the following: the Manitoba Developme...
The fonds consists of subject notes taken by Parkinson while he was a student at the Manitoba Agricultural College 1911-1916, a list of Manitoba Agricultural College graduates from 1908-1955, Manitoba Agricultural College and Faculty of Agricultur...
Fred F. Parkinson
Ogilvie Flour Mills Company fonds
The fonds consists of twenty four series: A.W. & W.W. Ogilvie Co. Ltd. (1847-1973), Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Ltd. (1900-1983), Seaforth Milling Co. Ltd. (1909-1978), La Boulangerie Nationale Ltee. (1913-1972), Consolidated Bakeries (1914-1980),...
Ogilvie Flour Mills Company
This collection is comprised of three series. The first series, "Reports," contains scripts of reports Lionel Moore completed for the CBC as agricultural correspondent. The files are arranged chronologically and those with no specific da...
Lionel Moore
This fonds consists of short histories written and submitted by the families included in the aforementioned history, early drafts of various sections of the book, a publisher's draft of the book, and a binder of photostats of pictures and ima...
Don Parker
Dauphin Agricultural Society fonds
The fonds consists of ledgers, cash books, minute books, cheque journals, auditors reports, and account books of the Dauphin Agricultural Society and associated agricultural clubs.
Dauphin Agricultural Society
The fonds is divided into three series. A single article about Suzanne Muir, her sister and Reverend Wood comprises the biographical series. The second series contains lectures that Suzanne Muir gave at the Spiritualist Church that congregated at ...
Suzanne Muir
Indigenous Languages of Rupert's Land Collection
The collection consists of ephemeral publications and audio recordings related to the Indigenous languages of Rupert's Land. Many of these were originally produced for language instruction and included teacher's manuals, readers, workboo...
Indigenous Languages of Rupert's Land
The fonds consists of four series. The first series consists of newspaper clippings about Kathleen Rice. Because of the condition of these clippings, they have been photocopied. The second series consists of an exerpt about Kathleen Rice from a bo...
Kathleen Rice
The collection consists of Kathleen Shafer's graduation bracelet.
The fonds contains articles, speeches and course notes.
William H. McEwen
The fonds contains various newsletters, pamphlets and publications on UFOs, occult societies, psychics and natural healers. It also contains Rasch's scrapbook of the Monarchy; as well as a scrapbook collected by Dora Dibney of Margaret Hamilt...
Bernard M. Rasch
This fonds consists of records relating to the daily functions of the Post family farm. Materials include account books and receipts documenting grain and livestock production, Canadian Wheat Board permit books, as well as federal and municipal ta...
Post Family
The fonds is divided into ten series. They include biographical information and awards, publications, John M. King research, lectures, sermons, course notes, correspondence, writings by others, oversize material, and photographs.
Harland, Gordon


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Why having gratitude can change your life
Your mother was right.
There's a growing body of scientific evidence that expressing thanks isn't just nice for the person on the receiving end, it's fantastic for the person doing the thanking. It can actually permanently alter their sense of well-being in big ways.
And what better time to try this out than during the holidays?
Here are seven reasons why gratitude is important:
1. It's a mood-booster
Social scientist Robert Emmons developed a 21-day program for increasing thankfulness in his book, "Gratitude Works! A 21-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity." It involves keeping a gratitude journal, writing gratitude letters to kind people and sharing those letters in a face-to-face meeting to express thanks.
People who went through the program said they felt more optimistic, more connected to others and described better moods.
Taking note of everyday thoughtfulness boosts relationships.
2. It's a relationship-strengthener
When couples kept gratitude journals, chronicling the things their partner did that they appreciated, there was a measurable positive change in their perception of their partner. It was a change that lasted, in part because it translated to a greater willingness to talk through concerns, said Brigham Young University social scientist Nathaniel Lambert.
"It really transforms your perception of that person," Lambert said.
But why? Lambert's hypothesis:
"We naturally have this scarcity mentality. When we write a gratitude journal or express gratitude, we transform our perception of reality from one of scarcity to one of abundance."
3. It enables you to bounce back from life's setbacks
Studies of women undergoing treatment for breast cancer and veterans who have suffered post-traumatic stress show that keeping gratitude journals helped them get through difficult times more quickly.
The term psychologists use is "resilience." It means the ability to bounce back.
People who are more resilient take the worst that life has to throw at them without allowing themselves to be defined by their setback.
Optimism, forgiveness and gratitude are all useful tools for building resilience.
4. It's good for your grades
Higher measures of gratitude were significantly associated with better academic performance, greater interest in school and more involvement in extra-curricular activities, as well as a lower chance of high-risk behaviors, such as drug use and sexual activity, in a recent Nova Southeastern University survey of African-American youth 12 to 14.
The act of writing down kindnesses can help lift depression. Leading to ...
5. It's a depression fighter
One study found that the simple act of writing down three things that made participants feel grateful was as effective at increasing a sense of well-being as spending an hour in therapy.
Another study, at Massachusetts General Hospital, found that suicidal inpatients assigned to gratitude exercises showed clinically significant therapeutic improvement.
6. It helps you achieve your goals
Study participants who kept gratitude lists over two months were more likely to report completion of key goals, Emmons, at the University of California, Davis, found.
"Grateful people report higher levels of positive emotions, life satisfaction, vitality, optimism and lower levels of depression and stress."
7. It elevates your social standing
University of Miami psychology professor Michael McCullough has studied the subject extensively.
On a survey of gratitude intensity and frequency, he found that participants who rated highest for gratitude also had the highest capacity for empathy and were rated as more generous and helpful by people in their social networks.
So share this. And ...
You're welcome.


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New Study Reveals Women Entrepreneurs in STEM in LAC are on the Rise
January 23, 2020
The study commissioned by the IDB Lab also shows that 54% of women entrepreneurs in STEM have raised capital Women entrepreneurs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are on the rise in Latin America and the Caribbean, with 54% successfully raising angel or venture capital and almost 80% planning on scaling up their company internationally in the next five years, according to the new study "wX Insights 2020: The Rise
IDB launches report detailing steps to help avoid social conflicts
September 10, 2018
A new report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) identifies ten key elements that can help projects improve their sustainability and reduce potential social conflicts, from proper community engagement and legal foundations to adequate monitoring of results.
IDB and Calvert Foundation partner to fuel small business growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
November 18, 2015
Innovative partnership enables U.S. individuals to invest in small and medium enterprises in the region The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Calvert Foundation announced today the lauch of the Inter-American Opportunity Facility (IOF), a groundbreaking $20 million investment partnership designed to reduce poverty and promote economic growth at the base of the economic pyramid.
IDB loan to to benefit low-income public-sector employees in Colombia
July 07, 2014
Financing will enable Bayport Colombia to scale its existing portfolio and provide credit for home improvements, working capital, education, health, and agricultural expenses A loan of $15 million from the Inter-American Development Bank's Opportunities for the Majority (OMJ) sector to Bayport Colombia, S.A.S., a non-bank financial intermediary that focuses on rural areas and financial inclusion for families at the base of the socio-economic pyramid (BOP), will provide financing for a variety of needs for low-income populations throughout the country.
New IDB study reveals success factors in business models for low-income family housing
June 25, 2014
Report outlines innovative schemes that invigorate the market, with private sector participation
Colombia to increase access to credit for vulnerable populations in Atlantic and Pacific regions with IDB support
November 19, 2013
$20 million will support Brilla program developed by Promigas S.A. With a loan of $20 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), up to 1.4 million families will benefit from expanded access to credit for the purchase of household appliances, school supplies and financing for technical education in Colombia.
IDB promotes socially inclusive businesses
June 06, 2013
At a conference on the base of the pyramid market held in Medellin MEDELLIN, Colombia – Latin America and the Caribbean's 400 million people-strong, modest income majority has a collective purchasing power of $500 billion a year, said Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno today at a conference on the region's base of the pyramid market.
IDB closes $3.6 million syndicated loan to provide access to finance for smallholder farmers
July 05, 2011
As many as 10,000 small farmers in nine countries to benefit from IDB loan to FOPEPRO The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has closed a $3.6 million loan to provide access to finance for smallholder producer groups and farmers associations in nine Latin American countries through a loan to the "Fund for Small Rural Producers in Latin America" or "Fondo para los Pequeños Productores Rurales en América Latina (FOPEPRO)."
IDB to support expansion of CEMEX microfinance program for low-income families
June 28, 2011
More than 750,000 low-income families in Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic to benefit from the project Patrimonio Hoy, the housing microfinance program of CEMEX, will expand lending to low-income families in Mexico and four other Latin American countries with a partial credit guarantee of up to $10 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). As many as 750,000 families over the next five years are expected to benefit from this project.
IDB releases its 2010 Development Effectiveness Report
March 23, 2011
Report evaluates Bank's efforts in measuring its development impact in Latin America and the Caribbean The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has made strides to boost transparency, accountability and enhance the development impact of its investments in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the new edition of the IDB's 2010 Development Effectiveness Overview.


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We calculate market data using a trademark methodology that draws on our intimate knowledge of global and local markets.
How you benefit
Our regional market data allows you to objectively evaluate your customer distribution and turnover as well as the performance of your sales territories and locations. These market indicators also illuminate regions with untapped potential so you can further grow your business.
Why choose us?
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After picking up his 10-year old daughter from school yesterday afternoon, Nashville resident Mark Duren was driving home when he was suddenly and intentionally rammed from behind by Harry Weisiger. Enraged at the sight of Duren's Obama bumper sticker, Weisiger gave Duren "the bird" and then hit him from behind, leading to a violent series of events. Nashville's WKRN reports:
"He pointed at the back of my car," Duren said, "the bumper, flipped me off, one finger salute."
But it didn't end there.
Duren told News 2 that Weisiger honked his horn at him for awhile, as Duren stopped at a stop sign.
Once he started driving again, down Blair Boulevard, towards his home, he said, "I looked in the rear view mirror again, and this same SUV was speeding, flying up behind me, bumped me."
Duren said he applied his brake and the SUV smashed into the back of his car.
He then put his car in park to take care of the accident, but Weisiger started pushing the car using his SUV.
Duren said, "He pushed my car up towards the sidewalk, almost onto the sidewalk."
Watch a video of the report:
Weisiger has been charged with felony reckless endangerment.


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Because of my fascination with underwater photography for more than 10 years, I am used to paying attention to macro subjects. Their variety, their colors and esthetism made me become a big fan of small critters.
Then i realized at the same time how difficult it was to observe tiny critters with the naked eye, and how it was easy to look at the same tiny critters on the camera, once the pictures have been taken. I really got into it during the last five years, and decided to continue to photograph invisible critters in order to share pictures around me.
But what has it got to do with Liquid Art Photography ?
It's quite simple, and you'll see that we might draw the same analogy to macro underwater photography.
Everything started when i decided to participate in a contest, organized by my employer. The theme was "Water". It's Hard work to find an underwater picture where water element is clearly visible… Well, except for "mid-air, mid-water" pictures, it's impossible to see water element in an underwater picture. So i looked at water pictures on internet, tutorials, and then i saw a water drop tutorial and i started to make a few pictures. I was very satisfied with the first results.
Here is my first water drop picture, which won the contest
So, one thing led to another, by looking at tutorials on internet, i came across pictures of Corrie White, Markus Reugels, and other famous water drop photographers who began photographing waterdrops a few years ago.
By looking at their pictures, i realized at the same time that i would be addicted by this new activity.
Then i have practiced a lot during several months (since december 2012), enough time to understand that water collision was difficult to observe with a naked eye, and that High Speed Photography allows to observe a fantastic show : amazing shapes, colors, so attractive… Like underwater photography.
In the end, i realized that water drop photography was quite similar to underwater photography : discovering the amazing nature that the eye cannot see by itself.
And now, the adventure continues by showing you my first pictures on this website.
I hope to discover many many things in the future. This activity seems to be an infinite area of imagination.
Now you know everything, do not hesitate to contact me for any question or if you wish to give feedback about the website. Many Thanks.
You can also follow my work on Facebook and Flickr.


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Ruffled & Rose Scarflette @ Hannicraft
Wash Your Hands Sign @ DK's Craft Cafe
Tooth Pillow @ The Brown Eyes Have It
Comfy Fleece Cardi @ Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom
DIY Gift Wrapping @ Meecha Meecha
Clothespin Magnets @ Vixen Made
Soft and Chewy Snicker-doodles @ Laughter and Grace
Pretzel Bread Rolls @ The Rickett Chronicles
Cute Toes @ Fit, Crafty, Stylish, and Happy
Ruffled Flag Pillow @ Twigg Studios
If you were featured please grab a button.
Also there is still time to meet some new blogging friends and link up to the Sunday Blog Hop.
Now I must say good night...
that comfy couch and hubby are calling me.
Tonight is The River and I am excited for a new episode. Anyone else watching the river?
Seriously so good. Right?!?!
Nighty Nighty Lovelies!


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This is the second set in my series of custom modular Castle sets. It is similar in size and part count to what an official set would be. The wall can hinge and features a breakable wall panel for the ballista to knock down. The ballista actually works and is surprisingly powerful. Total piece count, including figs is 168 parts. See the ballista in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLqT9A29F90
All prices include shipping to anywhere in the US. Price for the complete set is 25$ Without the minifigs: 19$ For just the wall and defending soldier: 18$ And for just the ballista and attacking soldier: 10$
More pictures:http://brickbuilt.org/2014/Ballista-Siege.php
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What Happened: @ September 1st, Boston Jive User Huddle @ DemandwareSusanZRN Sep 2, 2011 8:42 AM
Seven+ huddlers last night with some great ideas. Read on for more and invite the huddlers to add their own below!
Next meeting:
- Post Jive World to debrief and discuss, 3rd or 4th week of October
- Location will be offices of PTC in Needman MA. Thanks Dan Marotta!
John Dalton, Demandware
Kevin Griggs, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Dan Marotta, PTC
Bob McGinness, Demandware
Don Rivard, Demandware
Deborah Sacks, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Susan Zellmann-Rohrer, Demandware
and Andy Rose, Analog Devices attended in spirit while stranded in traffic on 128.
- Intrigued by Stackoverflow's surgical (and funny) badge program. Dan overcomes the badge limit in Jive by providing 'avatar'-based badges. See his 'up for a Groundswell Award' community here.
- Bob talked about Karl Cyr's proactive request for support feedback from Demandware. Great that Jive is listening to 'emerging' customer needs.
- Very diverse views and plans for Jive 5. "Users are not social media savvy; too much of a change." "Planning to migrate but looking for more guidance on architectural strategy; yet to be provided." "Launching on 5."
- Best way to use the huddle?
- Great way to reality check issues, challenges and plans with other practitioners.
- Able to act as 'consultants' for each other - bring broad and deep expertise across domains to help each other. (Tech, retail, health, finance)
- Useful way to focus and document issues common to 'mid-sized' users to collaborate with Jive on solutions.
- Analytics/reporting still not clean for anyone.
Thanks to all for the time and conversation. Look forward to meeting again in October and in Las Vegas (baby) if you're attending.
Hope you all fared well over the weekend. Demandware fared very well and we are looking forward to our informal huddle this Thursday at 4:45 pm in our Burlington offices.
- Shortest directions in the universe assuming 93 is the source of all visitors ( )
From Route 93:
Take exit 37B to merge onto I-95 S.
Take exit 33A toward US-3 S/Winchester.
Merge onto Cambridge St./Massachusetts 3A S.
Turn left at Wall St. Follow signs to 5 Wall St.
- Map link here.
- Our insanely great office manager has asked me to confirm the number of folks who plan to attend. No stress. Just want to make sure we have enough refreshments. Could you take a moment to reply and let me know if you are coming and if you are bringing guests.
- If you have any questions, please reply here or feel free to give me a call: 617-957-9257.
Hope we'll have a chance to meet and exchange updates, resources, ideas.
[Can't imagine how fast time flies: At Diane Hessan's yearly summer Communispace party. Recognize anyone?)
We are delighted that we can host an informal gathering of Jive users on Thursday, September 1st in our Burlington offices.
The agenda
- Basically it is to connect in real time with other local community professionals and to exchange experiences and ideas.
- 4:45 - 5:15 pm Get here, grab a bite and relaxing beverage, catch up
- 5:15 - 5:45 pm Introductions & 3 Questions:
- What about your community is excellent and why? Learning to share.
- What challenge or issue is keeping you up at night and why?
- Jive 5; Yes/No and why?
5:45 - ~6 pm What are useful ways to stay connected and help
Who is Demandware? What is our community investment?
- Our XChange community launched in June and is truly global; supporting clients, partners and employees in 755 cities around the world.
- We provide on-demand ecommerce sites for leading brands from Barneys and Fredericks of Hollywood to Playmobil and Burton Snowboards.
- We recently migrated to 4.5.6 and have active plans to migrate to Jive 5 over the next 6 months.
Should you attend?
- Absolutely. We value your experience and perspectives.
- It's a nice time of year to reconnect.
- Please RSVP so we know how many hors d'oeurves and bottles of beverage to order.
Map here! The address is 5 Wall Street. Directions (from our web site) are here:
Detail below:
- Folks that are interested in a brick and mortar tour are encouraged to come a bit early. We'll show you the creative den for all things on-demand retail.
1. We're looking forward to connecting with other very smart community folks; gee, maybe you have an answer for us. Hopefully we can assist one another. To help forge ahead with introductions hoping you'll take a moment to answer a question as part of your RSVP. Here's the softball: What is one (or more) truly amazing fact about you that 90% of the world doesn't know? (I'll start as part of community best practices).
- Was a camera woman on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
- Called the Johnny Appleseed of digital movie production by Newsweek Magazine
- Wrangler of 2 African Lion Hounds, several bad horses and 1 wreck-less goat.
2. Demandware is hiring a storm of folks. See the list here. In particular we are looking for a Jive developer to join our engineering team. Also seeking an Oracle DBA and Developer Community Manager. Know anyone? Send them my way!
Updated agenda coming later this month.


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WORSHIP TIMESSaid Mass Sunday at 8:00 a.m.
Sung Mass Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
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If you're curious about what a truly nurturing community of believers is like, then we invite you to explore this website to find out how you can get involved. We hope you join us.
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Orpheus Titan §§ Les Gentlemen Ténébreux §§ Friday 14/10/2011, 12:17
Gail Ld makes her return to Clint TV with a new and even more ground-breaking concept for a show. Every week, she'll invite two clan members and get them to debate subjects as broad-ranging as the economy, show-business and ice-cream flavors. Then at the end, as no one will have understood anything anyway, there'll be a fight to decide just who was right and who was wrong. Clint TV, the television of tomorrow...for you today!Gail Ld is a legendary character who is only available by carrying out missions associated with her. To obtain this character, you must unlock her last mission before November 13th.
TacticalChi Imperator Friday 14/10/2011, 13:42
Can someone let us know when it starts counting the round wins for the first mission please
Herm_Blackfire Titan Friday 14/10/2011, 13:52
Locked for me too
erwink Titan Gamerz Sanctuary Friday 14/10/2011, 13:56
Mine is also locked? any idea why?
alakama Colossus E X C A L I B U R Friday 14/10/2011, 14:11
Unlock 1st mission, please.
DerMagus Legend Tequila Sunrise- UR Friday 14/10/2011, 14:14
Same here... first mission does not actually start at all.


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NATO itching for war with Russia
NATO wants Europe to upgrade its roads, bridges and rail networks. Not because of dilapidated infrastructure, or to make it easier for people to travel across the continent – let alone their own countries – but so they can handle the weight of its heavy tanks and military equipment for what it deems an inevitable invasion of Russia. Though it has yet to commit a single crime, up to 10,000 NATO troops have amassed on Russia's border states, in lieu of a war that hasn't happened yet.