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NEW YORK -- As usual, Jason Bateman is calm in the midst of chaos.
Sitting down for lunch at Robert De Niro's Greenwich Hotel in Tribeca, Bateman's 2-year-old daughter, Francesca, wants to play with dad. His wife, Amanda Anka (the daughter of singer Paul Anka), stops by. Publicists want to discuss his appearance later in the evening on Letterman.
But Bateman is composed and serene -- just as he was in "Arrested Development" and again is in his new film, "Extract." Both plop him in the middle of a small universe of eccentric characters.
The director of "Extract," Mike Judge, marveled that there's not a hint of nervousness about Bateman on set, "not even close." A life in TV and film has made him unusually at ease amid the bustle of film sets; it's been a kind of home for him ever since his child acting days began at the age of 10.
Asked what he remembers of those days, Bateman says:
"The only thing that really sticks with me is an innate sense, an intangible sense that this is all very normal. And that gives me relaxation and comfort and ease which just simply allows me to let my instincts come out."
Decades after Bateman was a child star on "Little House on the Prairie," "Silver Spoons" and "The Hogan Family," it's clear that another chapter has unfolded in his career. It was spawned by "Arrested Development," the acclaimed but ratings-deprived series that ran for three seasons from 2003-2006.
Since then, Bateman has chosen his roles carefully, charting a revival as an in-demand character actor with impeccable comedic timing. He's played a husband fearful of adulthood in "Juno," a super hero's PR aid in "Hancock" and a sleazy D.C. insider in "State of Play."
In "Extract," he's playing the lead role (as a factory owner undergoing a crisis of conscience) in a film for the first time in 20 years. More big parts are on the way, too, starting with "Up in the Air," an Oscar-hyped film starring George Clooney and due out this fall.
He has a small part in Ricky Gervais' upcoming "The Invention of Lying." Next year, he'll star alongside Jennifer Aniston (an old friend of Bateman's) in the romantic comedy "The Baster," and with Vince Vaughn in "Couples Retreat."
Laying out his career plan, Bateman says he's trying "to figure out a responsible, a respectable way to box-office relevance."
"I feel like I'm now gaining the courage to take a bigger piece of business and see where that takes me," he says.
Bateman speaks thoughtfully and ambitiously about his future; earning respect, he says, is the "fuel for longevity." But he knows it all started with "Arrested Development."
"It put me here, literally," he says. "Without that show, I don't really know what I'd be doing. You couldn't ask for a better resuscitation of one's career than what that show did for me."
Following his youth stardom, Bateman's spent much of his 20s living out his teenage years -- drinking too much, having too much fun. His acting career stalled and he became known in the industry for one unsuccessful pilot after another.
Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator of "Arrested Development," didn't think he wanted to make "another Jason Bateman pilot," but he was blown away by the actor's audition.
"He's just a very honest, real actor," says Hurwitz. "I think he'd been -- as he often says -- performing in some sitcoms instead of acting -- which happens to everyone in front of an audience."
Added Hurwitz: "He has the benefit of 30 years experience even though he's 40."
Playing Michael Bluth on "Arrested," Bateman was a marvel of a straight man. Surrounded by an absurd family of characters, he gave the most unadorned performance on the show as a suit-clad do-gooder and single father. But as the show went on, Bateman revealed Bluth to be nearly as flawed and delusional as the rest.
"There's nothing funny about someone who's completely secure," says Bateman. "Vulnerabilities and cracks in the armor are what's funny. And what's really funny is someone who's attempting to hold a shield up to those things and thinking that they're pulling it off."
"Arrested" was hugely acclaimed and Bateman won a Golden Globe in 2005. The show's cult status is firmly lodged now, perfectly illustrated by a photo that recently circulated online of a young man among health care protesters holding up the sign: "Obama, bring back 'Arrested Development.'"
The president may not have seen the sign, but Hurwitz and Bateman did after fellow "Arrested" actor Jeffrey Tambor forwarded it to them. Hurwitz is currently writing an "Arrested Development" film, which the cast has reportedly all signed on for.
Among Bateman's fans on "Arrested" was Judge ("Beavis and Butt-head," "Office Space").
"It's just funny to watch him react to things," says the writer-director. "He's able to have this crazy stuff going around him but make it all believable. That's harder than it looks and he makes it look easy."


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{mosimage}Burton Bauchner is seeking election to a second three-year term on the Warren Board of Selectmen. A Yale graduate, Bauchner had a career in business before retiring to pursue additional studies at Yale and NYU; in 2000 he moved to Warren. His wife joined him here in June 2003 after retiring from her career as a professional fund raiser in Philadelphia. They have two children and five grandchildren.
These past three years on the select board have been interesting. I think I have been able to make a positive contribution to the board and the town. This last year was one of negotiations, serving as lead negotiator for the town in the new Rootswork lease and the new Teamsters Contract. Rootswork has worked its way through some contentious issues and is now moving forward as a stronger organization to the benefit of the town and townspeople.
We have been negotiating the town's first contract with the Teamsters Union Local 597; the Union was certified as the exclusive bargaining representative for the Town of Warren Highway Department employees in April 2007.
The right of labor to organize is a fundamental human right. I do not believe it is helpful to question the motivation of the members of the road crew in voting to organize. As a negotiator for the town, I wish to represent the town's best interests, while achieving an agreement that is fair to all parties. I am happy to report that after more than 25 negotiating sessions, we are near a successful conclusion. I am hopeful that the contract, as negotiated, will be beneficial to our employees and to the town.
Many problems can be solved by listening carefully to what people have to say. In my role as a member of the select board I have made it a point to listen to people express their thoughts and opinions. However, the select board is the legislative body for the town and each member must exercise his/her best judgment in voting on the issues that come before us.
Some issues have a very long and substantial effect on the nature of life in town. These I believe should be referred to the voters for democratic direction. That is why I have pushed for an article at Town Meeting concerning the future of our gravel roads. It is unlikely that we would ever wish to pave all the public roads, but there is a reasonable question about a program to reconstruct and pave the main arteries. Some will argue that this will be a major change in the nature of the town, and they will be correct. The question to be determined at Town Meeting is whether it is a desirable and cost-effective change.
Warren faces a number of challenges in the coming years. Among these will be the pressure for growth in the town and the challenge of managing it wisely. We need to continue to provide the best possible education for our children while realizing that the townsfolk do not have an unlimited capacity to pay taxes. We need to investigate all possibilities for economic efficiencies while maintaining quality education. Our system of American democracy is under serious stress; it will certainly fail if we do not educate the next generations. The globalized economy is a fact; quality education is a necessity.
We need to pay serious attention to the creation of a diversity of housing, business and employment opportunities in the town and The Valley. We need to balance the rights and needs of property owners with the larger needs of the community and our environment. In the larger scale of things, each of us is here for only a short time. We should not poison the air, water and earth as we pass through. We need to encourage environmentally and economically sustainable development so that current residents and future generations can live good lives here.
The select board must continue to address the basics of maintenance of town roads, buildings and other facilities, within the scope of the Town Plan. Many of the issues facing the town also confront The Valley as a whole. We will need increasing cooperation between the Valley towns. As a small example, we need to purchase a significant piece of equipment that is used only irregularly: a wood chipper capable of handling a fair size tree. We are seeking a joint venture with other Valley towns.
On a national scale, I think it a national disgrace that we do not have a viable system of medical care accessible by all Americans. I am opposed to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and to the insidious pressure to expand them into Iran and Pakistan. I object to many of the provisions of the U.S. Patriot Acts, to presidential signing statements and to blatantly political manipulation of our judicial system. I do not believe we can save our country by destroying our traditions of individual freedom and democracy or by honoring our Constitution only when it suits our political purpose. I would never have believed that the use of torture would ever be under public discussion in the United States.
I am in favor of public funding of elections to avoid the notion of "the best Congress money can buy" and the undue influence of special interests. I am in favor of a fair system of taxation that encourages the growth of the middle class and the small businesses that have been the strength of our country and our economy. I am opposed to tax policies that promote the concentration of wealth in the hands of very few. I do favor revisions in Social Security but not its privatization. I know most of these issues have little to do with the select board, but people whom I am asking to vote for me have a right to know how I think and what I believe.


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Ibrahim Langoo wasn't expecting to find a body part inside his KFC chicken, yet he did.
The 19-year-old musical theater student was lucky (or unlucky) enough to split his piece of chicken apart before eating it while having lunch at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Colchester, Essex, because inside it lay a body organ, The Sun reported Sunday.
"I have a habit of picking the chicken off the bone with my fingers and as I pulled the second piece apart, I saw this horrible wrinkled foreign body, Langoo told The Sun. "I threw it down onto my tray immediately. It looked like a brain. I suddenly felt grim and really sick."
The student took a picture of the stomach-wrenching piece of chicken and complained to the staff who in return offered him free vouchers for more KFC food. Langoo is not expecting to use these anytime soon.
"KFC say they are sorry and are concerned to hear of my experience as they have 'rigorous standards' but I'm still not impressed," he told the newspaper. "I never want to eat KFC again - in Colchester or anywhere else. I'll eat chicken at home, where I can see how it's been prepared."
A spokeswoman for KFC apologized for the "unsightly" event and guaranteed that KFC "always [tries] to ensure the highest standards in all of [their] restaurants." Adding that an expert analysis has struck down the possibility of the organ being a brain.
"Although we haven't received the product, it appears from a photograph that unfortunately on this occasion a kidney, and not a brain as claimed, was not removed in the preparation process."


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Fondazione Mondiale Piloti per la solidarietà Onlus is an evolution of "Club Italia Piloti" born in 1979 from an idea realized by the director Mario Di Natale and consolidate in 1981 thanks to the support of the President and of the great F1 driver Riccardo Patrese.
In an interview realized in Monaco in 2012, the president Mario Di Natale told the idea "came up after a phone call from a friend of mine in December 1980. He needed 2 millions of Lire for a seven year-old child who had to go to the United States for a serious surgery.
He asked me if we could help involving Riccardo Patrese as well. So I spoke with Riccardo and I said him all my doubts: it was a foggy winter, we had less than a month to organize and to advertise the event. Finally Riccardo agreed and we had a football match. I remember that a lot of drivers came to the event and among other I remember Elio De Angelis and Vittorio Brambilla though, as expected, few people participated and we could only collect 800.000 Lire. In the dressing room the drivers asked me about the charity fundraising: I told them that, unfortunately, the result was not as expected and that we needed to contribute personally. Thanks to their great heart we collected 3.200.000 Lire! After this event I asked to Riccardo if we could have a permanent football team. He brought me to the box and from there the team was born!"
In 32 years of activities the "Fondazione Mondiale Piloti per la solidarietà Onlus" played 221 matches: 116 won, 86 drawn and only 19 lost: 565 goals realized and the best scorer of the team is Giancarlo Fisichella thanks to 65 goals realized.
Thanks to the amazing passion, enthusiasm and efforts made by the President Mario Di Natale, by the staff, by all drivers who, despite their commitments, decided to support the projects and to help people who need help and thanks to the thousands of people in the stadiums around the world, Nazionale Piloti has achieved 15.800.000 Euros, very closed to the important milestone of 16.000.000 Euros!
A long history lived thanks to the same principles, the same determination and the same enthusiasm from everybody: the historical protagonists such as Riccardo Patrese, Ivan Capelli, Michael Schumacher, Gabriele Tarquini, Max Biaggi, Matteo Munari, Maro Engel, Christian Montanari, Kristian Ghedina, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Emanuele Pirro, Luca Badoer; the new champions generations, the actual motorsport world champions such as the 4 times F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel, the Ferrari man Fernando Alonso, the new Williams driver Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg, Sergio Perez, Jules Bianchi and with the most talented young drivers Luca Filippi, Stefano Coletti, Johnny Cecotto, Julian Leal, Fabio Leimer, Sam Bird, James Calado, Antonio Felix Da Costa, Kevin Ceccon, David Fumanelli, Giovanni Venturini, Raffaele Marciello, Gianmarco Raimondo, Cesar Ramos, Riccardo Agostini, Eddie Cheever and many others.
Not only the biggest motorsport champions but also the strongest sports protagonists such as the tennis player Novak Djokovic, the skier Giuliano Razzoli, the football players Angelo Peruzzi, Simone Barone, Bernardo Corradi and also a lot of stars like Albert II of Monaco, the Princes Charlotte Casiraghi, Andrea Casiraghi and Pierre Casiraghi.
A very strong media coverage of the events: some international television channels such as the Italian sat tv Sky Sport, the Italian Tv Rai and some other European channels like the English Sky Sports, RTL; Sky Sport Deutschland Eurosport, BBC, Canal+, TF1, Antena 3, Fuji TV, Televisa Mexico, TV Globo. A great media coverage from newspapers like La Gazzetta dello Sport, Il Corriere dello Sport, La Stampa, Nice-Matin, Autosportmedia.be, RMC, Championat.ru etc.
Not only a classic media coverage. In fact Nazionale Piloti is present also on the net: the official website www.nazionalepiloti.it in Italian and in English and first of all on the social networks, the virtual place where a lot of fans around the world can meet. In the two Facebook spaces ("Nazionale Piloti Onlus" in Italian and "Official Page Nazionale Piloti in English) more than 11.000 fans are present and they come from Italy, Germany, Hungary, Spain, USA, Brazil, France, Mexico, United Kingdom, Turkey, Argentina, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Switzerland, Russia, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia and Romania.


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Officials: Attacks kill 8 people in Iraq
Authorities in Iraq say shootings and bombings targeting security forces have killed eight people in northern Iraq.
Police officials say that the deadliest attack occurred Friday afternoon when gunmen opened fire on an army checkpoint near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, killing five soldiers. Officials say two police officers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded by their car on a road near the northern city of Mosul. In another attack in Mosul, authorities say gunmen killed an officer at a checkpoint.
Medical officials confirmed the death toll for all attacks. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Violence has been on the rise in Iraq during the past few months. Security forces are a favorite target for insurgents.


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Zack Greinke reports no trouble with right elbow after start
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke threw four innings in a minor league game Wednesday without any trouble in his tender right elbow.
If there aren't any setbacks, Greinke would start April 5 at home against Pittsburgh.
Greinke had not pitched in 2 1/2 weeks because of discomfort in his elbow. The former Cy Young winner, who signed a $147 million, six-year contract as a free agent in the offseason, had a platelet-rich plasma injection to help his recovery.
Greinke said his "arm felt really good today, really strong."
"I wasn't worried about it today," Greinke said. "I wasn't worried about it the last time I pitched. My pitches aren't 100 percent crisp yet, but I don't know if anyone in the locker room is yet."
Greinke gave up two hits against minor leaguers from the Chicago White Sox.
"He threw 42 pitches in four innings, that's pretty good," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said a 7-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals. "That's 10 pitches an inning. He didn't give up any runs. It sounded like he used all of his pitches."
Mattingly said Greinke's fastball was clocked in the 91-93 mph vicinity, "which is pretty much his range."
"Everything went good today," Mattingly said.
He has pitched in just two major league spring-training games for a total of five innings.
Mattingly said Greinke is scheduled to start exhibition games Monday against the Royals and March 30 against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim.
"We'd like to see him in the front fields," Mattingly said. "I think he wants to see himself on the front fields, too."
Greinke should be up to 90 pitches for his regular season debut.
"Ninety pitches is pretty much a full outing," Mattingly said.


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text: Nicolas Poussin is one of France's greatest painters. Venus and Adonis is an important example of the mythologies he painted in Rome during the 1620s. In Rome, the artistic centre of Europe, Poussin absorbed the lessons of classical antiquity and the Italian masters. Poussin's innovation was to merge these influences with an often astonishing realism, refined through extended on-site study of nature and the figure. Venus and Adonis presents an idyllic depiction of the ancient world. Seen at sunset, Venus and Adonis share their love in a landscape peopled with cherubim. Both landscape and figures are painted with a free and light touch. In this way, nature weaves all together: the humid haze of the Italian summer evening, the vibrant sun that dances indiscriminately over and warms foliage and bodies, and the lovers. However, scholars have determined that the original painting was cut in two, the left hand side showing a river god in a landscape is now in a private collection. This might account for the enigmatic nature of the Musée Fabre's painting and its narrative, where a series of figures, seemingly lost in worlds of private pleasure, are both entangled in the richly described landscape yet isolated from each other.


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Learn to walk before you run
WE'VE ALL seen those annoying infomercials bragging about the simplicity of losing weight and looking buff with new and innovative exercise gear that is apparently so easy the people using them have the energy to flash a cheesy smile at the camera.
But despite the roaring trade in these machines, the majority of them end up gathering dust in their advertised "easy storage" place under the bed.
My take on why anyone would buy a product from such irritating ads is that the promise of an easy but effective workout is far too enticing for many to refuse.
But there is a painfully obvious factor that people who fall into these traps tend to ignore, myself included, and that is that exercise is not meant to be easy.
This may come as a revelation, but getting fit takes work and most importantly, it takes dedication and motivation - which unfortunately can't be bought over the phone with a convenient two-for-one deal.
The truth is that spending hundreds of dollars on an abdominal machine or a gym membership does not guarantee you a quick fix, even if that super-buff man with the rippling abs covered in Vaseline says so.
So if you want to get into shape for the summer but the thought of sweating it out in front of an audience at the gym makes you cringe; next time why not try starting off with the at home basics rather than throwing your money at the TV?
If you're one of those people who, like me, lack motivation, ease into it before you go spending a fortune on the latest high-tech equipment.
There are always the traditional equipment free exercises that in my opinion are highly under rated.
By starting out with a combination of push-ups, sit ups, lunges, squats and chair dips, not only are you giving your whole body a good work out, but you're doing it for absolutely no impact on your wallet.
Try keeping a diary of your exercise and pushing yourself that extra bit further each day with the number of repetitions you carry out.
If you want to take things to the next level but don't want to spend an arm and a leg in the process, there is a whole bevy of cheap exercise equipment out there that will help you maintain that rocking body.
With equipment like handgrips, skipping ropes and 1.5 kilogram dumbbells generally under $10, plus medicine balls, resistance tubes and a range of brand name exercise clothing under $50, Rebel Sport has your work out needs covered for whatever your budget.
While it all depends on how much you're willing to pay, one thing that people tend to spend a lot on is brand name gear- which is a bit of a conundrum considering its sole purpose is to get covered in sweat.
Often there is very little to no difference in comfort or superiority when it comes to the clothing we work out in.
For example, if you've decided to take it to the streets and start jogging, there's an excellent range of comfortable, quality and reasonably priced runners out there that are a steal for between $10 and $40 - a bargain compared to the $100 runners belonging to brand names.
The main suggestion here is to do your research and try the cheaper non-brands on for comfort because the truth of the matter is, that is the main priority.
No matter how much you spend, depending on the amount of exercise you do, chances are you'll need a new pair in a matter of months.
My final tip for exercising on a budget is having a look around the house and making your own substitutions.
We've all heard the old "using baked bean cans as weights" trick, but how many of you have actually tried it?
Admittedly the prospect of doing bicep curls using a couple of baked bean cans in each hand sounds ridiculous, but after trying it myself for 10 minutes, I did feel the burn.
While I'm not sure whether that's a statement about how effective the exercise was or how weak I am, there are still plenty of other household items that can aid in developing your fitness.
Skipping ropes can work wonders for cardio and if you happen to have an old basketball or soccer ball lying around, it can easily be turned into a medicine ball by filling it with sand.
So next time you find yourself contemplating a ridiculously expensive machine advertised by an early Arnold Schwarzenegger look alike on the late night home shopping channel, remember you need to learn to walk before you run.


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Meet the ultimate gearhead in the making — Tyson, who can spot a turbo and he's just two.
According to the uploader, his kid let out his turbo-appreciation completely off the cuff.
This is my 2 year old son hanging out with me and a few buddies around my car. First time I have ever asked him to show me where the turbo was at, he did pretty well.
We've always encouraged people to get their kids into cars, but this takes things to a new level. We bet he'll be building his own racecars in no time.
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LITTLE ROCK — Missouri's No. 15 is uniquely qualified to trim years off the time normally required to build a football rivalry.
He is Dorial Green-Beckham, ranked the No. 1 wide receiver in the country out of high school, and the reason some Arkansas media — convinced that Green-Beckham would be a Razorback — traveled to Springfield in February 2012 to document his commitment. Razorback fans who envisioned the 6-foot-6 Green-Beckham on the receiving end of dozens of Tyler Wilson passes were crushed when he decided to remain in his home state.
Fast forward to Thanksgiving week 2014 and the run-up to the first Southeastern Conference meeting between two teams based 300 miles apart. Early on, Green-Beckham will be asked about picking the Tigers over the Razorbacks and re-affirmation of his choice would start the ball rolling. Add in a Green-Beckham pass reception for the winning touchdown in the final minute, a follow-up quote from the receiver, and, presto, a rivalry is born.
The animosity between the two schools in basketball does not rubber stamp the football game with such passion. Football needs something more sport-specific, a rallying point on one side or the other. The basketball rivalry was born when Mike Anderson left Missouri for Arkansas and grew when Anderson and his successor, Frank Haith, exchanged words last March.
Geographically, the game is a natural whereas Arkansas vs. South Carolina of the Eastern Division every year was simply a convenience that occurred when both entered the SEC. Razorback coach Bret Bielema mentioned this week that Arkansas and Missouri cross paths while recruiting, but a heated rivalry needs a reason for one fan base to despise the other team. A traitor who rubs in it would provide such legs.
Swapping Missouri for LSU on the holiday weekend might not sit well with Arkansas fans who fret about the loss of national television exposure, but it should benefit the Razorbacks in the long run.
First, it is easier to beat the Tigers from up North than it is to defeat the group from down South. Second, Missouri football is inferior to that at South Carolina. Third, if Arkansas is 9-2 or 10-1 in late November, CBS will make room for the Razorbacks vs. Missouri. Finally, Arkansas vs. LSU on Nov. 15 — a week after the traditional LSU-Alabama showdown — will be on national television if the game merits such exposure.
Half-joking, Bielema said Arkansas' open weeks prior to both Alabama and LSU might have been part of a compromise for moving Arkansas-LSU away from Thanksgiving.
Arkansas vs. Auburn in the 2014 season opener is part of an SEC plan to have teams play conference games in the first three weeks of the year, Bielema said prior to his appearance at the Little Rock Touchdown Club. Nine of the 14 teams meet that standard and three others play league games in the fourth week. Tennessee and Missouri do not begin league play until Sept. 27.
Based on the current power structure in the SEC, the 2014 schedule is more fair to Western Division teams in pursuit of Alabama than the 2013 edition. This year, Arkansas has Florida and South Carolina while LSU has Georgia and Florida, and Alabama meets none of the three teams in the upper echelon.
Next year, Arkansas' only game against one of the big three is Georgia. LSU drops Georgia and Alabama picks up Florida. Auburn is the only team in the Western Division with two of the top three from the East. Neither of the Mississippi schools play the Gators, Bulldogs, or Gamecocks, but both have a game with Vanderbilt.
Other than rearranging the Thanksgiving weekend opponents of Arkansas and LSU, there is nothing definitive beyond 2014. A year from now, another one-year schedule is likely. After that comes the long-range schedule.
Harry King is sports columnist for Stephens Media's Arkansas News Bureau. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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Researchers sent photons into deuterium nuclei to try to produce pentaquarks. If pentaquarks had been produced, sensitive detectors would have measured a particular mix of Kaons (K-mesons) and protons; neutrons could have been inferred from the data. The researchers did not detect this reaction.
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New, higher precision data that could only have been gathered at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) shows the Theta-plus pentaquark doesn't appear in another place it was expected. This intriguing finding contradicts evidence previously presented by Jefferson Lab researchers that they had sighted a pentaquark, a particle built of five quarks. Volker Burkert, a Jefferson Lab Experimental Hall Leader, will present this preliminary result in a talk reviewing world pentaquark data at Lepton-Photon, the XXII International Symposium on Lepton-Photon Interactions at High Energy, in Uppsala, Sweden, on Friday, July 1.
The result comes from a very carefully crafted experiment that was designed to repeat Jefferson Lab's original pentaquark search with a factor of ten higher statistics. Researchers in Jefferson Lab's CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) collaboration took data with a high-energy photon beam on a deuterium target March 13 - May 16, 2004. Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in its nucleus. An earlier probe of this same region by CLAS revealed a possible signal for a pentaquark with mass 1542 MeV.
The new experiment searched for pentaquarks in this same channel at a level of precision at least 10 times higher, or one order of magnitude better, than the previous published result and found no pentaquarks. "The earlier results on the Theta-plus can not be reproduced in the analysis of the high-statistics run," Burkert says.
Faced with this result, the collaboration re-analyzed the data from the original experiment, taking into account a new understanding of the background obtained from the recent run and improved statistical analysis software. The re-analysis revealed a much weaker signal for the pentaquark in the original experiment.
"One of the problems with the first pentaquark finding is that we didn't completely understand the background," Burkert says, "The statistical significance stated in the earlier result is likely due to a combination of statistical fluctuation with an underestimate of the background. We eliminated that problem with the second, higher-statistics run and a more rigorous analysis."
The first pentaquark sighting was announced by SPring-8 researchers in the spring of 2003, and the same year, Jefferson Lab, ITEP and ELSA researchers announced that they, too, may have spotted tantalizing hints of the particle in data previously taken in other experiments. Several experiments since then have backed up these early sightings, while others have failed to confirm them. Jefferson Lab researchers are currently in the midst of several dedicated hunts for the pentaquark.
Most ordinary matter is built of quarks. They're usually found in twos (as particles called mesons) and threes (as particles called baryons, such as protons and neutrons). While the pentaquark's five-quark configuration is not forbidden by the theory of the strong interaction, finding one would be the first sighting of an exotic baryon.
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YANKEES: Hamels, Phillies beat Bombers
TAMPA, Fla. -- Cole Hamels allowed one unearned run over two innings in his first spring training start to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday.
The lone hit off Hamels was a two-out double in the second by Francisco Cervelli that tied it 1-1. The left-hander struck out two, walked one and hit a batter during his 33-pitch outing.
"It's fun anytime games start," Hamels said. "It's a lot better than practices. Getting the hitters in there, getting the game rolling. That's something that's very hard to simulate. It was good."
The Phillies have assembled a starting rotation that is being compared to some of the best in baseball history. Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Hamels would be the ace on many staffs.
"I'm fortunate," Hamels said. "You never have enough baseball knowledge. We're always trying to learn. You have guys that have success, you'll probably learn a little bit more."
Yankees starter Bartolo Colon gave up one run and two hits in two innings. The right-hander threw 23 of 36 pitches for strikes.
New York reliever Joba Chamberlain, bidding for a setup role in front of eighth-inning man Rafael Soriano and closer Mariano Rivera, threw a perfect third inning. He reached 94 mph with his fastball.
"It's a great sign for me," Chamberlain said.
Dane Sardinha put the Phillies ahead 5-4 in the eighth with a two-run bloop single to left.
Mark Teixeira, who was hit on the top of the right big toe by Hamels in the first, hit a fifth-inning RBI triple. The first baseman expects to have a toe bruise, but added he was OK.
"I get hit all the time," he said. "That's part of the game."
Teixeira played the final month last season with a broken right pinky toe, which was caused by a pitched ball.
Colon, out of the major leagues since 2009, is competing with Freddy Garcia, Ivan Nova and Sergio Mitre for one of the final two rotation spots behind CC Sabathia, Phil Hughes and A.J. Burnett.
"I thought it was a good first step," Colon said through an interpreter. "I'm going to continue working hard and see what happens."
The 37-year-old right-hander was released by the Chicago White Sox in September 2009 after going 3-6 with a 4.19 ERA in 12 starts. Colon went 21-8 for the Angels in 2005 and won the AL Cy Young Award, but he is 14-21 since.
The Yankees held a pregame ceremony to honor former team owner George Steinbrenner, who died last July at the age of 80. This marked the Yankees' first spring training game at George Steinbrenner Field since his death.
Steinbrenner's wife, Joan, and the couple's two daughters -- Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal and Jessica Steinbrenner -- placed roses on the interlocking N.Y. behind home plate. Steinbrenner's granddaughter, Haley Swindal, sang the national anthem.
"Since his passing last summer, the support and compassion shown to us by countless others has brought us great comfort, and today was another example of it," the Steinbrenner family said in a statement.
Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner also took part. Co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner, George Steinbrenner's oldest son, missed the event because of an illness.
Notes: Spring training instructors, including Yogi Berra, Rich "Goose" Goosage and David Wells, were introduced before the game. Reggie Jackson, who had back problems over the winter, missed the spring training opener, but he is scheduled to join the team before camp ends. ... Phillies 2B Chase Utley (sore legs) didn't play. ... New York C Russell Martin (knee) is set to DH on Monday. ... Yankees INF Jorge Vazquez hit a two-run homer over the batter's eye in center field during the seventh inning.


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Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash to attend Dwight Howard meeting
In hopes of convincing Dwight Howard to stay, the Lakers will lean on his teammates to provide a few assists.
Both Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash plan to attend the Lakers' meeting today with Howard at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles, according to league sources. The meeting will also include Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak and coach Mike D'Antoni, and possibly even executives Jeanie and Jim Buss.
"I hope Kobe, Steve, Coach D'Antoni, Mitch, Jim and Jeanie Buss can get @DwightHoward to stay with the Lakers!" Lakers legend Magic Johnson tweeted.
If the Lakers make any last-minute additions to their meeting, it won't include Johnson. He's vacationing in Europe and has no plans to participate in any campaign efforts toward Howard. Except tweeting of course.
"@DwightHoward Stay," Johnson tweeted on Monday. He then added the hashtag #StayD12, the phrase the Lakers coined on the seven billboards featuring Howard's likeness throughout Los Angeles.
Nash wasted no time on Monday typing out in 140 characters why Howard should re-sign with the Lakers to a five-year, $118 million contract, instead of a four-year $88 million with any other team.
"Flying from NYC to LA," Nash tweeted. "@DwightHoward we're coming for you. You're going to love the statue we build for you outside Staples in 20 yrs!"
Howard spent Monday visiting with the Atlanta Hawks and the Golden State Warriors, marking the second consecutive day he's met with other teams intent on hearing how they'd help him win an NBA title.
The Hawks have plenty of cap space, but are considered a longshot despite Howard growing up in Atlanta. It's unlikely Golden State could acquire Howard, considering its lack of cap space would require a sign-and-trade with the Lakers. They've indicated privately and publicly they won't do such a thing.
The more likely candidates could include the Houston Rockets (who hosted a dinner for Howard on Sunday night) and the Dallas Mavericks (who will visit with Howard today before he sees the Lakers). That's why Kupchak has mounted an aggressive campaign toward luring Howard.
Kupchak met with Howard for a brief informal discussion for the past two days, according to a league source familiar with the talks. They met on Saturday and again on Sunday evening, shortly before Howard's scheduled dinner with Houston.
A day later, an official from one of the teams courting Howard marveled at Kupchak's strategy.
"A lot of these guys are really sensitive and feel like they've been disrespected," the official said. "Little things like that mean a lot. Give Mitch a lot of credit for being there."
The Lakers appear to be pulling out the stops for their meeting today, too. Representatives from Time Warner Cable SportsNet also plan to attend the meeting, according to a source familiar with the proceedings.
It's unclear what role the Lakers' flagship channel will play, but NBA rules prohibit them from offering Howard additional compensation. It's possible the channel could discuss with Howard various television opportunities.
Before this fullcourt press, Howard's teammates have remained deferential.
Bryant has mostly spent this offseason rehabbing his torn left Achilles tendon, while Nash has rehabbed a right hamstring injury. When Bryant became a free agent in 2004, he considered leaving the Lakers and possibly even joining the Clippers. But a face-to-face meeting with late Lakers owner Jerry Buss convinced Bryant to stay.
Despite their bumpy on-court chemistry with Howard, Bryant and Nash could play a similar role.
Kupchak recently called Bryant's free agency in 2004 "very similar" and "scary close" to Howard's current situation. At that time, Kupchak described the Lakers as feeling on "pins and needles" when Bryant initially considered joining the Clippers.
"There was a lot of uncertainty about what Kobe would do, a lot of rumor," Kupchak said. "Very similar to what's going on right now. When the phone call came in, we really didn't know which way it was going to go.
"There was a period where Kobe was earning his stripes in Los Angeles. Here it is, seven, eight or nine years later, and I think that's what would happen with Dwight once he puts his roots down and says this is the place I want to be."


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.Happy Sunday Sue, beautiful card to enchant us.
Congratulations to comment game winners. Well done all.
Elaine, good news that Andrew is feeling a little better. A break at the caravan and maybe some fishing will do him the world of good.
Our little twin Jack had his first cookery lesson at school on Friday, he made apple crumble and brought grandma some yesterday. It was lovely although he doesn't eat anything like that. He is a reluctant cook whereas Ryan loved his 6 months. No apron card for him then. They really are so different, height, personalities.
CraftySue, sorry about your bad news, but good positive attitude regarding your crafting.
Nearly time for the Gang of Nine meeting up, hope everyone especially Norah will be well enough for it.
Laine and Yvonne, you are both awfully quiet, missing you gals.
Hugs to all especially our poorly and missing friends.
Tina and NannaTina, thinking of you both.
Morning Sue, a gorgeous card I love it love the colour too.
Congratulations ladies on your super win.
Nancyd xx
Hi Sue
A beautiful card such a lovely soft colour.
Congratulations to the winners.
Jan x
Pretty card today. Congratulations to all the winners.
Pretty details and dies!
Good morning Sue
Beautiful card and in such pretty colours. I love using micro beads, as you know, it's one of my favourite mediums to use.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Hugs x
Heather T
Pretty card for today
Lovely card Sue.
Very pretty card Sue.
Annette x
Sleepy Sunday smiles coming to you Sue. I've read and re-read the 'how to' on this beautiful delicate card above, my eyes have had a few very long blinks, and I've had so many 'head bobs ' that I feel I now have whiplash lol I keep mis-reading my clock so when I see 5am both me and the dog get up only to realise that when my eyes focus properly it's really 4am ! Once I'm up that's it, I'm up !! So I thought of our Sam and the boys knowing they get up at this silly O clock too. Now I have the problem that all my brain cell is seeing is paper piecing ! I can't get to grips with the instructions which gives me the perfect reason to come back and visit this beauty later - quite a bit later ! It's a real beauty Sue I love to see your papers included, it really does add to the delicacy. I shall congratulate the winners and send you a big hug hoping you're having a fabulous time. I shall now click the 'publish' button as I actually started my post at 6am !! That was a massive blink !!! xxx
Hi Sue
A lovely card.
Congratulations to the winners.
B xx
GM Sue. Great card. Love that backing paper.
Lovely card today. Just the right size for my charity cards too. BarbaraC
A very pretty card Sue, and useful to show those people who can't cope with large cards that it is possible to make lovely smaller ones too!
A pretty card
Great card!
Congratulations to the three winners! Debra x
Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, really lovely card today, wisteria is not only a beautiful colour but a lovely flower too.
Congratulations to all the winners.
CraftySue, something always comes good from something bad, as Pam says you have the right attitude, looking forward.
Elaine, I am sure the fishing will do Andrew and Helen good, sounds like he is a little better.
Special hugs to all who need them yes you know who you are.
Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx
A very pretty card Sue. I love how you have used the patterned paper for the flower. Thank you. Have a good day. Xx
Hi sue as always a very nice card and don't very often think of using bias binding for a box l will have to try and remember to do that
Congrats to the winners
Love the wisteria card, Sue, and with your papers
make a lovely card. Congrats to the other winners, too!!!
Doreen x
Sorry supposed to say bow not box
Hi Sue, very pretty card today. Love the flower. It is a good example of a smalll card can be good as well as large ones.
Barbara V
Lovely card it's really sweet Congratulations to all the winners xx
Beautiful card Sue.
Congratulations to this weeks winners.
Marion S x
A beautiful card Sue lovely soft colour and the flower looks lovely cut from the backing paper .Congrats to the winners .
Catherine xx
Morning sue love your papers on this beauty the colour is lovely and the dies thank you sue congrats to the winners
Love always june horrocks xxxxx
Morning Sue. A beautiful card made with your stunning papers. Love the way you have made the flower with the same background paper. Making the card very elegant. Watched Johns shows yesterday he did some great demos and i learned some new techniques but its not the same wish you could have done the show. Keeping my fingers crossed that you are doing next weeks show. Congratulations to this weeks winners.
Best Wishes.
Denise T x
Good morning Sue,
Absolutely stunning card, I love the colour combination. Congratulations to all the comment winners. Yvonne xx
Good morning Sue today's card is gorgeous I love it. Congratulations to all the winners. Take care. Hugs Jackie
Lovely card Sue x xhazel
Hi Sue
A very pretty card,, love the soft colours and the beautiful flower. Congratulations to Izzy, Cheryl and Doreen enjoy your prizes
Love and hugs to everyone
Good morning Sue
Gorgeous card today, Wisteria card is my all time favourite, beautiful flower with the flower die and I must dig out my micro beads and try this card. Thank you xx
Dawn Searle
Hi Sue,
I'm really enjoying your run of cards made with some of the older dies and this is no exception, love the wisteria and white colour scheme too and funnily enough I'm also playing with my Peony dies at the moment!...
...and I'm one of your Comment Game winners this week!...how exciting...congrats to Cheryl and Doreen too...
Beautiful card, really like the flower made out of the background paper.
Congrats to the winners.
Hi Sue - a beautiful card and the wisteria is my favourite coloured card at the moment. It is such a pretty colour and goes perfectly with your paper pad and it's nice to see the micro beads being used. Congratulations to the three lucky winners today. Sending best wishes
Gorgeous card love the colour
Such a pretty card today and loving the wisteria blue card, a real favourite of mine.
Well Sue you know what they say less is more. Although small & simple this card is lovely. Your background papers are so pretty & using them for the flowers also brings the design together. Thank you .Sue.
Congratulations to the comment winners.
Hi Sue
What a pretty card today, lovely to see more of the beautiful background papers and the return of the microbeads! Loveing the flowers too. Thank you for sharing.
Love Diane G xxx
Echoing Pam again today xxx
Congratulations to the lucky winners especially Cheryl, what a treat xxx
I keep forgetting to make flowers from patterned paper - they look so effective. A very pretty card today, Sue.
Anne (Northampton)
Good morning Sue,
Another stunning card. Your paper pad is beautiful Sue.
Congratulations to the winners.x
Morning Sue what a beautiful card and the is wonderful and I love the colours are gorgeous
Have a lovely day
Debs Cards xx
Morning Sue. Beautiful card. Well done to this weeks winners. My prize came the other day and I must say the stamps are beautiful. Thank you very much.
Morning Sue,
Gorgeous card, love the delicate colours.
Well done to the winners.
Good Morning Sue and all. A very pretty card this morning with the lovely soft pastel colour. Love how you have created the flower to match. Congratulations to the winners. Wendy
Beautiful card, love it
Hello Sue, a very elegant and beautiful card, love the background paper. Well done to the comment game winners. Have a great day all. Bx
Gorgeous card Sue, I love the bow and flower embellishments, congrats Izzy, Cheryl & Dj2908 x x x
Another classic Sue and gorgeous post....very classically elegant and chic...
Congrats the winners...
Morning Sue, I love today's card. Wisteria is such a pretty colour. Nice to see the pattern papers, I guard mine very carefully, only using it on special cards.
Love Rosemarie X X
A lovely card Sue.
Nice to see a smaller card, I rarely make the large cards so this is a nice change.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Hi Sue, Lovely card . love Jean Z xxxx
Lovely card Sue.
Hi Sue
Love wisteria, love micro beads.....sorted! Gorgeous card. Thanks for sharing.
Have a great day everyone.
Good morning Sue
A very pretty card indeed! Wisteria card is in my top 5!
Congratulations to the comment winners... enjoy!
June x
Happy Sunday Sue
Loving your card gorgeous , well done to the comment winners.
Helen got Andrew to the caravan early Yesterday , sadly it was dry at home and wet in Wales lets hope the rain stops and the sun comes out today for an hour or two of fishing .
Echoing Pam again today, thank you Pam.xxx
Big hugs all round
Elaine H X
great card ,stunning
Good Morning Sweet Sue, a beautiful card this morning and I love how youve created the illusion of the rolled edges. hugs Shirleyxxxxx
A lovely card Sue. John did you proud on Hochanda- loved the demos with the basket so I've ordered it.
Hello Sue
Very pretty card this morning!
I love the soft colours of your papers and how you have created the beautiful flower
from the Wisteria paper.
Lesley S x
Hi Sue
Lovely to see a smaller card today. Love the colours and the dies you've used. Must get your paper pad out again and have a play.
Congratulations to the comment winners especially Cheryl.
Hi Sue,
Well what a lovely surprize this morning to read I am a winner! Thank you so much my dear heart.
Another gorgeous card from you too. The dies, colours, etc are fantastic and the flowers oooh, stunning. I had forgotten all about making them with patterned papers.
Patricia provided us all with some patterned flowers and gave us a demo of her roses at the very first Cotswold Café Retreat in 2015, which was the precursor of the Gang of 9's meet-ups that take place now.
I am in my craft room today so will try my best at my version of your card.
Gentle hugs and healing prayers to all our poorly ladies and their families.
Love 7 hugs
Cheryl xxx
A very pretty card made with one of
my favourite colours.
Congratulations to the comment game winners.
Rosemary xx
A very pretty card and in my favourite colour too Well done to the winders of the comment game
Morning Sue, it may be smaller than your usual size card but it is still beautiful. Love the backing paper.
Hi sue and friends
Great card this morning. Such pretty colours too. Loved watching John demo ur dies yesterday he done u proud although I'd have preferred to watch u tho lol.
Love to all xx
Ps congrats to all the winners this week xx
Gorgeous card love the colour. Well done to the winners.
Hi Sue
Absolutely love today's card, the colour and style are 'on point', as always!
Congratulations to all of the lucky winners xxxx
Hi Sue, a gorgeous card. So pretty and feminine. I love the colours and your patterned paper background. Congratulations to the lucky winners.
Hi Sue and everyone
Lovely card today, simple yet still has impact.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Love Helen xxx
To My Wonderful Dear Friend Sue,
Beautiful Card, Beautiful Colours, Fabulous Products,
Products Used In Today's Card:-
"Classic Elegance Paper Pad"
"Sticky Adhesive Sheet"
"Coconut White/Wisteria Foundation Card"
"Micro Beads"
"White Seam Binding"
"White Pearls"
"The Bruges Die Set"
"The Pierced Flag Set"
"The Perfect Peony Flower Die"
Today's Outstanding Card:-
Extremely Beautiful, Even Though A Little Small For Me, I Would Extend It With Adding Something Else,
I Do Understand That Not Everyone Likes Larger Cards, Like Myself, But I Do Understand
Everyone Is Different And Many Prefer Smaller Cards.
I Love How You Started "Today's Truly Remarkable Card" By Using A Piece Of Paper From Your
Stupendous "Classic Elegance Paper Pad" Once You'd Cut It To The Size You Required You Then Covered
It With "A Sticky Adhesive Sheet" Sue, Then You Used The Outer Die From "The Bruges Die Set"
To Create An Aperture, Sue, Then You Peeled The Backing Off The Sticky Sheet, And Coated Your Paper
With "The Luxurious Micro Beads" You Then Added Mounting Foam To The Back To Raise It.
Sue With A Piece Of The Very Elegant Wisteria Card You Cut Out The Decorative Centre Piece Out Of
It, Next You Cut "The Bruges Die In Coconut White And Cut The Centre Out, You Then Glued Into Place
Over The Decorative Cut Out, In The Backing Of The Wisteria Card, Sue You Added The Background
With The Aperture Over It Trimming away Any Excess, Sue You Then Stamped Your Sentiment And Cut It
Out Using "One Of The Tremendous Pierced Flags Dies" Then You Attached This Across Your Card.
Sue, Then You Made A Scrumptious Flower Using "The Perfect Peony Die Set" Cutting It Out Of The Same
Paper As Your Background, You Then Tied a Messy Bow From "White Seam Binding" And Then You Placed
Your Tremendous Flower On The Knot Of Your Bow And Attached To The End Of Your Sentiment Flag.
Adding Pearls Here And There, Coconut White/Wisteria Card Mat/Layering Plus Your Signature Piercing.
Sue thank You For Sharing Today's Card This Show's Everyone That Your Cards Can Be Small Or Large
It's Completely Up To The Them. Thank You Yet Again For Sharing And The Daily Inspiration I For One Truly
Appreciate Everything You Do.
Sue Take Great Care
Wonderful Warm Fond Wishes To Colin And Heather
Sue Lots Of Love And Huge Hugs 🤗 For Yourself
Love From Sam xxx
Congratulations To This Weeks Comment Winners "Enjoy Your Tremendous Gift"
"Steph Sorry You Got Up So Very Early... This Morning Charlie Came To Me And Just Stairing At Me And Guess The
Time 3 o'clock, I Leaned Over And Archie Was Curled Up Fast Asleep, So After a Little Chat In Charlie's Ear I Told
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Hi Sue
Lovely card so pretty.
Congratulations to all the lucky winners
Hugs to all
Annx without an "e"
Pretty card and I love the flower. xx
Hi Sue
Such a pretty caerd today. Love the colour
Heather R Oxfordshire
Stunning card Sue. I love the flower. It's so dimensional. x
Congratulations to you lucky winners, love the card Sue, the depth & colour are really set off by your gorgeous flowers. X
Sweet little card today, Sue, very pretty. But do prefer biggies!!
Elaine - yes, still raining here in Wales (SW).
Nannieflash. Craftysuetoo and Lynda Brock - wishing you all well.
Great to see three of Sue's treasured regulars as comment winners - well done!
Missing the deadly duo.
'P' in Wales
Really love the card. Pretty colours. x
Hi Sue,
What a pretty little card. Your backing paper is especially effective.
Thank you for sharing.
Véronique L
Lovely card and just my size too! Congratulations to the lucky winners.
Hi Sue, a very pretty and stylish card. The peony looks lovely cut in your patterned paper.
Owlish - Sue's seam binding is not the same as British bias binding. You wouldn't get the same beautiful result with bias binding.
Congratulations to this week's comment game winners - Izzy, Cheryl and Doreen - well done and enjoy playing with your prizes.
Hi Sue Another beautiful card. Thanks Helen xx
Very pretty card Sue, thanks for sharing. Love the micro beads and the effect they give the card. Congrats to the winners enjoy!
Ahh, more of a USA sized card. This size certainly limits how many layers one can add to the card. Today's card is lovely. Thank you for sharing your design.
Hi Sue,
Sheer beauty and elegance. I love this card (and your paper pad is gorgeous).
Hugs, Rose
Love the soft and delicate colors!! Very serene! Congratulations to this week's comment game winners! TFS!
it's beautiful Sue.
Gr Karin
Beautiful card Sue. Thank you for sharing this. Congratulations to all the winners today. Enjoyed John's shows yesterday using your dies. Thank you for all these wonderful dies. I really like the basket die and can think of lots of uses for it. Echoing Pam's words again.
Very pretty :)
Hi Sue, A very pretty card, lovely colours and lovely die-cuts.
Congratulations to the lucky Comment Winners, enjoy your goodies.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Another beautiful card, loving the colours and great design.
Congratulations to the lucky winners.
Aw! Pam how sweet of Jack to save some Apple Crumble for his granny.
I echo all Pams comment in her wonder summary.
Cheryl I still make flowers, have been making loads of them today for projects during the week.
Off back to the flower making.
Have a great afternoon everyone
Patricia xxx
Hi Sue. Beautiful, lovely colour and great to see a smaller card. Congratulations to all the winners today. Hugs to all. Sue xxx
Hello Sue,
A really pretty card today and by your standards fairly small and simple! Lol! It's beautiful though. I do love that flower . It amazes me the number of different flowers which you manage to make from one Die set! Thank you!
Pam - I can just imagine that little face looking at you intently as you tasted what he had made! These are precious memories aren't they!
We have a beautiful moon here tonight which has just peeped over our high wall . Quite dramatic!
Congratulations to today's winners , Izzy, Cheryl and the lady with the numbers and letters!
PP and Laine - miss you and I do hope you aren't unwell. Hope it's not the nasty migraine again.
Elaine - I do hope Andrew and Helen have enjoyed their time at the caravan.
I need to go and clear up now as I've been Die cutting today . I've cut out a whole flock of sheep!! If you can't sleep and need to count sheep , you know where to come!
Love to all,
Myra xx
Sue this is beautiful and looks fab with that pretty background
Absolutely perfect.
Hi Sue Pretty card I love the paper and the flower
Congratulations to the three winners
Hope you have all had a good weekend
so pretty card!
Congratulations to the winners
H Sue, a very pretty card with lovely background. Thank you
Wendy xx
Good evening lovely Sue and her crafty crew!
Superb little corker! Some people really appreciate a dinkier card for postage and practical reasons....i personally like them big and bold as well....so this little card will appeal to many. How nice to see clear micro beads again, they look really effective over your gorgeous lilac patterned paper, adding a little bit of texture to the proceedings....love the flower created with the matching paper too. Beautiful card Sue, thankyou for yet more valuable inspirationxxx
So sorry for my inexcusable absence of the past couple of days, its been hectic and at times positively manic but i was determined to find some me time to devote to the blog this weekend. I do hope that i havent missed too much and that everyone is happy and well:-)
Watching the final of Crufts just now, as you know i am a die hard cat person but i do love to see the various breeds of canine at their peak....the love and appreciation everyone concerned has for animals is lovely to behold.
P, that reminds me, i have been praying furiously for little Harry and i so hope it helps him and you. Brodie appears to have had an altercation, he returned home with a matted ear with fur missing....all my Mum could say to him was "did you win baby?" :-)
Had a bit of a splurge yesterday, John was very persuasive with Sues dies....not that i needed any convincing!....it is really great to see them in action with a professional though i would have much preferred Sue to be demonstrating he did a good job. I bought the Arched window and accessories bundle, the bundle with the two frames and tags dies and Crysanthamum die plus the two pinpoint EFs and scene stamps for the window die....well, i had been feeling a little deprived of late and went slightly mental, besides, who knows when my Mum will next be so accommodating?
Elaine, hope the weather was kind for Andrew today and he managed to get his rod out:-)
Saba, still stroking that rope are we?:-)
Yvonne, good to catch up, even if it was only briefly its the quality of the chat that counts! Hope you are recovering nicely still and maybe we can have a lengthier bitchfest soon:-)
Pam, glad you enjoyed your apple crumble, i was promised some today and got jam and coconut sponge instead....still feeling mildly disgusted, nay annoyed! Hope you are well, thanks for missing me, you're all on your own there though i think:-)
Myra, hope you are okay dear, pass on my love to Maureen, miss her....
Carmen, have you been lost without me? I know, it was wrong of me to put you through the unnecessary pain and heartache, but I'm back now honey so you can stop crying:-)
Huge hugs to Pat, Maria, Frances, Norah and the Naughty Nine, Deb C, tracy, June, Lynda and anyone else in need of a hugxxx
Love and crafty hugs
Lovely card today Sue. Maybe simple but still eye catching. Congrats to all the winners! .
Lovely card today Sue. Maybe simple but still eye catching. Congrats to all the winners! .
Very pretty card sue
Lovely card today Sue. Maybe simple but still eye catching. Congrats to all the winners! .
Hi Sue
Sorry I've not been around much lately...hectic & chaotic!!!
Gorgeous card...very pretty!!!
Hello Sue,
Such a lovely card, a bit smaller than usual but beautiful nonetheless. The Classic Elegance paper makes a lovely background and a stunning flower. Add micro beads and a messy bow, a stunning die and wisteria card and you get a little masterpiece! Thank you Sue.
Pam how proud Jack must have been serving up his crumble to his granny, a lovely memory for you to keep tucked away.
Myra when people tell you to count sheep they don't expect you to cut them out first!
Laine good to have you back, penniless though you now are. I've given up stroking my rope, I just kiss it goodnight now!
Yvonne get well soon, hope chatting to Laine hasn't set you back.
Congratulations to the lucky ladies, enjoy.
Love and hugs for all
Saba xxx
Good evening Sue
A very elegant and stylish card the colours are so very beautiful, your flowers is quite simply perfect, I must keep practising my flowers.
Many congratulations to the ladies today whom you have chosen to receive one of your generous gifts, do have fun with them.
Saba I hope you are leaving your wonderful rope safely at home when we meet up!
Margaret xxx
Very pretty card indeed Sue....luv Ursula xxx
Hello Sue,
I love this card, it's such a lovely soft colour and the flowers are so beautiful.
Thank you for sharing, love Brenda xxx
Hi Sue
Lovely cute card,thanks for the idea,
Congratulations to winners
Best wishes
Karen M
Evening Sue. Beautiful card, your paper makes a gorgeous background. Xx
Hi Sue sorry still having trouble publishing my comments so fingers crossed
Gorgeous card Sue as usual love love it . It's so elegant anyone would love to receive this beauty.
Love & Hug'Lynda Brock xx
Congratulations to the comment game winners especially Cheryl enjoy your gifts.
Big Hug's for all my blog friends xx
Hug's for Tina Nanna Tina Elaine hope Andrew enjoyed his fishing xx
PP & Laine hope your both ok Hug's xx
Lovely card. The flower made from the patterned paper is gorgeous.
Congratulations to the comment game winners.
Take care everyone.
Hi Sue,
Beautiful card for a Sunday. Simple and elegant. Pretty colors. I really like the flower. I love small cards ... Good things come in small packages!
Congratulations to comment game winners!
Pam – He really loves his granny! I am sure that even a short visit from twins makes granny happy, right Pam?
Laine – Sorry to be so late here, I watched Broadchurh ...I have my priorities! So ... you are back! I didn't know we have such a strong connection ...you felt my pain, tears ... Oh Laine, you are a very sensitive person! Yes, I am in pain. My whole right side is in pain (head, ear, neck and shoulder) since Friday. It was really cold in the office. The A/C is not my BF. Wait a second ... did you think that pain and tears were because I missed you? Oh, petal (this is from Broadchurch!)! I am not blaming you for dreaming ...To dream is free ... so far.
Yvonne – Hope you feel better. We miss you.
Best wishes everyone,
Still a newbie to Craft / Not longer the newest and the only across the pond Wilsonette
Hello Sue and all
Lovely to see the messy bow and the flower again. Great colours and design - really like this card a lot.
Congratulations to the winners
Muriel x
Very pretty card Sue xx love Kim D
Hi Sue,
What a beautiful card. Lovely colours.
Congratulations to the winners.
Love Dorothy
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text: Show Hide image Politics 8 August 2012 John Pilger: How the Chosen Ones ended Australia's sporting prowess and revealed its secret past Australia's sports administration and Olympian "stars", from Nick D'Arcy to John Booth, are sad relics of a racially biased past that produced Shane Gould, Evonne Goolagong and Cathy Freeman. Sign-up The ferries that ply the river west of Sydney Harbour bear the names of Australia's world champion sportswomen. They include the Olympic swimming gold medallists Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould and the runners Betty Cuthbert and Marjorie Jackson. As you board, there's a photo of the athlete in her prime, and a record of her achievements. This is vintage Australia. Often shy and never rich, sporting heroes were nourished by a society that, long before most other countries, won victories for ordinary people: the first 35-hour working week, comprehensive child benefits and pensions, secret ballots and the vote for women. By the 1960s, Australians had the most equitable spread of personal income in the world. In modern-day corporate Australia, this is long forgotten. "We are the chosen ones," sang a choir promoting the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Freedom rides One of the ferries is named after Evonne Goolagong, the tennis star who won Wimbledon. She is Aboriginal, like Cathy Freeman, who won a gold medal in the 400 metres at Sydney. For all their talent, both fit into a carefully constructed façade, behind which Australia's secret indigenous history is suppressed and denied. The late Charlie Perkins, an Aboriginal leader who played First Division football in England, told me: "There's an ambivalence that consumes many of us. I was so pleased to be back home, seeing that wonderful light, hearing the birds, seeing my mates, but I felt the racism more than ever. For one thing, no white person ever invited me home for a meal, for anything. Blacks weren't even allowed in the grandstands, not even in the blacks-only sections." In the 1960s, Charlie led "freedom rides" into the north-west of New South Wales, where "nigger hunts" were still not uncommon. Abused and spat at, he stood at the turnstiles of swimming pools and sports fields and demanded that the race bar be lifted. "In South Africa, at least you knew where you stood," he said. "In Australia, you can have a friend and an enemy all in one person, especially if you're like me, of mixed blood. Someone will call you his mate one minute, then before you know it, you feel an indifference, a coldness you can't explain. It's what drove my brother to kill himself." Wally McArthur was one of the "stolen generation", the victim of a eugenics-inspired campaign to "breed out the black", Wally was taken from his mother as a small boy and was destined to become a servant in white society. His gift was speed. Running without shoes, he was the Usain Bolt of his day. Wally was never selected for a state or national team. Eddie Gilbert's story is similar. A dazzling fast bowler, he was given special permission to play outside his Queensland "reserve" and took five wickets for 65 runs against the West Indies. He later faced Donald Bradman, the world's greatest batsman, and bowled him for a duck. Thereafter the secretary of the Queensland Cricket Association wrote to the Protector of Aborigines: "The matter of Eddie Gilbert has been fully discussed by my executive committee and it was decided, with your concurrence, to return Gilbert to the settlement." The letter noted that his cricketing whites "should be laundered and returned". Eddie was committed to an asylum where he was mistreated and died. The great Aboriginal boxer Ron Richards died a prisoner on Palm Island off the Queensland coast. He had won most Australian titles in the 1930s, and when he became the British empire middleweight champion, the Chief Protector stepped in. "Like many other crossbreeds," he wrote, "he is unstable of character and inclined to be gullible." On 30 July in London, the Aboriginal light-heavyweight Damien Hooper stepped into the ring for his Olympic bout wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the Aboriginal flag: the same flag now approved to fly on public buildings in Australia. The Australian Olympic Committee did not share his pride and demanded that he make a public apology – a profanity in keeping with the enduring humiliation of Aboriginal people. Wearing the shirt was said to have breached the Olympic Charter; Coca-Cola would have been acceptable. A sports writer for the Sydney Morning Herald called it a "stunt" by an opportunist. "I'm representing my culture, not only my country," he said. "I'm very proud of what I did." Obstacle race In his 1995 book Obstacle Race, Professor Colin Tatz, who has charted Australia's genocidal history, says that, of the 1,200 Aboriginal sportsmen and women he studied, only six – 0.5 per cent – had access to the same opportunities and sporting facilities as whites. I asked him what had changed since then. "A few things are better," he wrote. "The figure now is about 1 per cent." On the day Hooper was forced to apologise, the Australian swimmer Nick D'Arcy failed to make the final of the 200 metres butterfly. Few in the crowd were aware that this "chosen one" was a thug convicted of smashing the face of his fellow swimmer Simon Cowley in an unprovoked assault in 2008. Ordered to pay his victim A$180,000 (£120,000) in damages, D'Arcy declared himself bankrupt and paid not a cent, nor showed any remorse. Yet the Australian swimming authorities duly lifted his ban and allowed him to compete in London. After all, said a Liberal MP, " Nick has paid a terrible price for his indiscretions." Josh Booth rowed in Australia's eight that came last in the final. To a Chosen One, last is unacceptable, so Booth went on a rampage in Egham in Surrey, smashing windows. He later described it as an "emotional outburst". The Sydney Morning Herald shed a tear for "the pain of a young man who lost an event that only comes along every four years". Unlike those original Australians, who are forced to defend their rights and apologise for their distinctiveness, both D'Arcy and Booth have enjoyed every advantage and privilege. Their "indiscretions" and victimhood are the other side of a sense of entitlement that has shredded the national myth of "fair go", not to mention an Olympic prowess of which we all were once proud. John Pilger, renowned investigative journalist and documentary film-maker, is one of only two to have twice won British journalism's top award; his documentaries have won academy awards in both the UK and the US. In a New Statesman survey of the 50 heroes of our time, Pilger came fourth behind Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela. "John Pilger," wrote Harold Pinter, "unearths, with steely attention facts, the filthy truth. I salute him." Subscribe For more great writing from our award-winning journalists subscribe for just £1 per month! This article first appeared in the 13 August 2012 issue of the New Statesman, The New Patriotism SUBSCRIBE More


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So i started out doing lots of research and buying several books before I started. I picked up a starter kit and an American Pale Ale from my local brew shop. On brew day, I brought 3.5 gallons of water to 150 degrees and placed the grain bag in for 30 minutes. Turned off the heat and added the malt extract, then brought to a boil. I added the bittering hops and had a boil over...I will be better prepared next time for this. The rest of the boil went without a problem adding the aroma and finishing hops at the prescribed times. I used an ice bath to cool down the wort and when it showed 75 degrees I poured it into the fermenter along with 2 more gallons of water. The OG at this point was right on at 1.055 The temp at this point was around 70 degrees so i pitched the yeast. I added the stopper and placed it in the basement where it came down to 66 degrees and stayed there for the duration. The only issue I had during this time was the bubbles only lasted a few days then stopped. I kept it in the fermenter for 14 days then took a gravity reading. It was at 1.013. I let it sit another couple of days and checked the gravity again and it still was at 1.013. I then attempted to bottle at this point. My issues came when trying to siphon. For some reason I just had a hard time getting it started...I finally figured it out but I was worried I had allowed to much splashing. Not much I could do at this point so I finished bottling. Beer has been in about 10 days so I opened my first bottle and was pleasantly surprised at the flavor. I had tasted it when bottling and it was pretty bitter, but had mellowed out alot during the brief time in the bottles. The color was nice with a good head on it. I am looking forward to my next batch without the mistakes I had made the first time. Any hints or tips you guys might have would be appreciated.
Most very excellent! Doing your homework has paid off for a first brew! You get an A+ today! Fermentations can and do happen fast, even at lower temps. Stronger beers take longer. But for a 5% beer you are usually ready to bottle or keg at 7-10 days though you can wait a few more days. The primary phase of fermentation usually only takes three days at most- the rest is winding down and conditioning.And I'm not convinced at the ferment temp being higher than ambient if you have the air circulating. So a gently blowing fan in your basement will help a great deal.
Welcome aboard! I'm a new brewer as well and can tell you you're in for a ride. I'm 2 months in with 3 batches so far and I'm already plotting out how to move to 10 gallon all-grain brews.
How do those of you who live in the hotter climates do your fermentation?


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Utah's Wasatch Powderbird Guides saw a 53-percent increase in reservations in 2010/2011 thanks to its expansion of operations in Park City. In addition to its original base, a state-of-the-art heliport between Alta and Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon, WPG now offers operations out of Canyons Resort. Both offer access to WPG's 80,000 acres of terrain.
With a typical guide-to-guest ratio of 1:4, WPG selects terrain based on the group's ability, whether it's bowls and basins or chutes and steeps. Sign up a week after a storm, when the resorts are skied out, and WPG will fly you to sheltered, north-facing goods where you'll choke on Utah powder for seven hours.
In addition to their Utah operations, WPG also runs an international heli-ski operation in Greenland and South America.
If You Go:
Travel: Near Snowbird Ski and Mountain Resort, located in Little Cottonwood Canyon just 29 miles from Salt Lake City International Airport.
Basic Package: Continental breakfast, seven runs, après-ski lunch.
Years in Biz: 40
Size of Tenure: 80,000 acres
Snowfall: 500 inches
Size of Group: Eight skiers, plus two guides
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Serie A leaders Juventus secure 3-1 win at Cagliari
Two injury time goals give Juve three points after they had fallen behind
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores as PSG extend advantage in France
Adrian scores only goal as Atletico Madrid win in Spain
Defending Serie A champions Juventus strengthened their grip on this season's title with a last-gasp 3-1 win at Cagliari Friday.
Injury time goals from Alessandro Matri and Mirko Vucinic secured an unlikely three points for the leaders, who had trailed until the 75th minute to a Mauricio Pinilla penalty for the home side early in the first half.
The late scoring burst takes them ten points clear of Inter Milan with 44 points after 18 games.
Inter can cut the gap with a victory at home to Genoa Saturday.
Pinilla scored on 16 minutes after Arturo Vidal had fouled Marco Sau in the penalty area, but Cagliari were reduced to ten men with half an hour left when Davide Astori saw red for a second yellow card.
Matri, playing against his old club, leveled and added another in the second minute of injury time.
Vucinic then sealed the three points.
"I have waited for this moment for a long time," Matri told AFP. He had not scored since the end of September.
Pescara beat Cagliari 2-1 in the other game played Friday to move clear of the relegation zone.
Read: Malaga hit with UEFA ban
In France, big spending Paris Saint Germain scored a 3-0 win at Brest to extend their advantage over Lyon and Marseille to three points.
Victory for Carlo Ancelotti's team guaranteed they will go into the winter break as Ligue 1 leaders.
Brest were reduced to ten men when Abdou Sissoko was red carded after half an hour, but it took until the 55th minute for PSG to make the breakthrough.
Swedish international star Zlatan Ibahimovic found the target for his 18th league goal of the season.
Substitute Kevin Gameiro added the second before Bernard Mendy then put through his own goal in the second minute of stoppage time.
Lyon host Nice and Marseille are at home to Saint Etienne in weekend fixtures as they attempt to draw level on points again at the top.
I n La Liga, Atletico Madrid kept up their pursuit of Barcelona with a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo in the Vicente Calderon.
Adrian scored the only goal late in the second half after an exchange of passes with Radamel Falcao.
Barcelona lead the standings by six points ahead of their trip to Valladolid Saturday.
In the other match played ahead, Valencia beat Getafe 4-2.