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Pedroia, Sox battle but fall to Halos in 19 innings
Second baseman central in effort; replay upholds Angels' walk-off
ANAHEIM -- In a marathon game that marked the longest contest in Angel Stadium history, it was the Red Sox who were left hanging their heads when Albert Pujols hit a game-winning solo home run in the 19th inning in a 5-4 loss to the Angels on Saturday night.
Red Sox manager John Farrell questioned whether the ball cleared the fence, but a replay review confirmed the long ball.
After going through their entire eight-man bullpen, Brandon Workman came in to pitch the 19th, even though he was scheduled to start Wednesday's game against the Reds.
"As hard fought as we played this game, as did they, sometimes these extended games when you come out on the short end can feel like two losses," Farrell said. "I couldn't be more happy and proud of the way we continued to battle the entire night."
Saturday's contest marked the longest game in the Majors this season at six hours and 31 minutes, and the 10th time in franchise history the Sox have played 19 or more innings.
"I think the adrenaline of the game keeps you going, but certainly you're going to feel it tomorrow. When you're just standing on your feet so long, even if you're not seeing a lot of action, it's a different workload than you're used to," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "If you did that every day, it might not affect you the next day, but we're used to playing nine innings and we played 19. Was it 19?"
The Red Sox looked to have things wrapped up in the 14th inning, when Dustin Pedroia led off with a single and stole second base with David Ortiz at the plate. Pedroia immediately popped up after being called safe, realizing that with the Angels' infield in a shift toward right field because Ortiz was up, no one was covering third base. An Ortiz sac fly to left field then plated Pedroia to give Boston a 4-3 lead.
The play epitomized Pedroia, who has always been known for his heart and hustle during his nine-year Major League career.
"I knew it was a possibility," Pedroia said. "Either the catcher or the pitcher head over [to third]. I popped up and peaked over and no one was there. I took a chance."
"Any time the opposition is in an overshift, that is a possibility. It was a great heads-up play on his part," Farrell said. "Fortunately we were able to go ahead, but we gave it right back the next inning."
Junichi Tazawa came in to close things out in the 14th after Pedroia's gritty play, but had trouble from the first batter. Pinch-hitter Chris Iannetta belted a double before a walk to Efren Navarro and a single by Kole Calhoun loaded the bases.
Things were then left up to the heart of the Angels' order with the bases loaded and none out. Mike Trout grounded into a fielder's choice that scored Iannetta. With two outs, Josh Hamilton struck out swinging and sent the game into the 15th inning.
The Angels' first chance against the Red Sox bullpen came in the 10th inning, when Collin Cowgill led off with a single, and a sacrifice bunt put him in scoring position. However, Craig Breslow got Hamilton to pop out to third base with two outs and end the threat.
In the 13th inning, left-hander Tommy Layne surrendered a triple to Erick Aybar with two outs, but got pinch-hitter C.J. Cron to ground out to first base.
In the 17th inning, with Heath Hembree on the hill for his third inning of work, the right-hander surrendered a double to Hamilton before two intentional walks loaded the bases for Cron. He hit a fly ball to left field, but Hamilton chose not to test Yoenis Cespedes' arm in left field, keeping the bases loaded with two outs for Iannetta, who promptly grounded out.
Hembree, in his first appearance with the Red Sox since being traded from San Francisco, tossed a total of 62 pitches in four innings of work.
Clay Buchholz tossed eight solid innings for the Red Sox, allowing three runs on six hits. He also struck out eight.
"When I fell behind in counts tonight, I was able to use my curveball and changeup and give the hitter something else to think about," Buchholz said. "That's pitching, and it makes you realize how hard it is when you don't have [all your pitches]. "
It looked like it would be more of the same struggles for Buchholz after the Red Sox right-hander surrendered two runs to the Angels before he'd even recorded an out.
His last two outings were anything but stellar, lasting just five innings and allowing seven runs in each. Yet, unlike those two, Buchholz was all business after allowing three straight hits to the first three batters he faced, including a two-run double to Pujols.
Buchholz then retired the next 11 batters he faced until a two-out walk to Howie Kendrick in the fourth inning. The Angels' next hit didn't come until a single by Trout to lead off the sixth.
"I thought tonight was probably his best outing of the year. He was outstanding. He had a good curveball when he was in fastball counts and slowed some hitters down," Farrell said. "He had three distinct pitches tonight and looked like the Clay Buchholz we know."
Trout would once again get the best off Buchholz in the eighth inning. Above the 100-pitch mark, he allowed a solo shot to Trout with one out to even things up at 3.
"That's why he is who he is," Buchholz said. "Only a few guys in the game can hit that pitch. If I would have known the game would have gone as long as it did, I promise you I wouldn't have given up a home run. I would have walked him if I had to."
Buchholz had to pitch at a high level with right-hander Garrett Richards on the hill for the Angels. Richards kept the Red Sox hitless through the first six innings, facing just one batter over the minimum.
However, Pedroia started things off in the seventh with a base hit up the middle, before scoring on an RBI double by Ortiz.
It was just the beginning of what would turn into a wild and whacky seventh after a single by Yoenis Cespedes put runners on the corners with none out. Back-to-back errors by Aybar and Kendrick allowed the tying run to score and the inning to continue, before Xander Bogaerts hit a deep fly ball to center field to give the Red Sox a 3-2 lead with the sac fly.
"We were going against one of the best starters in the league this year," Farrell said. "We finally break through in the seventh, but one guy after the next they brought out got the job done."
Quinn Roberts is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the wood woad is a plant. They resemble big, burly, bestial men made entirely of wood and bark bearing no foliage. They always carry part of a tree trunk for a shield and a large branch for a club. They are similar to treants.
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Wood woads are brutish and dim-witted, but are not actually evil, being merely protective of small patches of forests and having little interest in affairs outside of their own. If harm comes to their forest, however, they become deadly and curious opponents. The creatures have the ability to bend and warp wood with their minds to make walls and doors and barriers, and typically use this ability to create obstacles for their foes while the Wood woad closes in to bash them with its branch club. Wood woads are also capable of entering trees, much like a dryad (some view them as the masculine, aggressive, more bestial equivalent of Dryads), and can also teleport between tree to tree in their territory.
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During the mid-80s, Michael Grace worked as a writer on the TV Hit Series THE LOVE BOAT. He wrote many of the two hour special featuring great stars of the past, including Lana Turner, Claire Trevor, Anne Baxter, Ethel Merman, Alexis Smith, etc. The public's access to these stars, in familiar dramas and comedies, made them want to go on a cruise. They could see the stars in an ordinary world as "regular" people. The phenomenally successful series was responsible for creating the cruise industry as we know it today. By the time he was writing for Love Boat, the great steamship companies and their liners were flying hand me down foreign flags, painted like old whores, scrapped or doing three day cruises to the Bahamas. He had sailed on over thirty ships and liners with his parents, aunt and grandmother in late 50s to early 70s. The very successful CRUISING THE PAST website has been an outgrowth of Michael's strong interest in cruise and social history. Drawing on his own knowledge and a vast maritime and social history collection, he is able to produce a very successful website. Michael is part of the award winning team that created the internationally performed award winning musical SNOOPY, based on PEANUTS by Charles M. Schultz. He has written for television and films. Read more by going to "About" (on the above dashboard) and clicking "Editor"…


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AUSTIN, Texas — Though it is only three years old, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department water and boater safety program reaches more than 10,000 children per year.
Junior Boater was started for kids younger than age 12 in an effort to reach those who are not old enough to be eligible for Boater Safety certification.
"We wanted to make children aware that the water is great fun but there are also dangers that kids need to watch out for and take precautions against," said Jack Dyess, TPWD's statewide boater education coordinator.
These precautions are taught by the program, which requires kids to succeed at four of the following tasks to attain Junior Boater certification:
- Throwing a Personal Floatation Device (PFD) to a target.
- Completing a PFD relay, where kids are on teams and try to find a PFD that fits them best, fasten it on, and then tag their teammate who does the same.
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- Identifying water-related items as safe or hazardous and why.
- Learning about weight distribution in a boat.
- Identifying water pollutants.
- Learning basic boating directions and terminology.
- Being able to recognize the intended movement of a watercraft based on signals.
TPWD is hoping that leadership-type groups that take the class, like boy scouts, girl scouts and 4-H groups will fan out across Texas and teach the course to others. TPWD loans out all supplies, including life jackets and manuals with directions for instructors. All anyone has to do is request a kit and specify a time and place.
"Children have the ears of their families and friends. This is a way for us to reach a lot of people with basic safe water and boating messages," Dyess said.
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Great Britain will send a team of 56 athletes to the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month after announcing its final series of selections on Wednesday.
The team, which has been set a target of at least three medals, includes four reigning world champions in curler Eve Muirhead, freestyle skier James Woods, short track speed skater Elise Christie and skeleton star Shelley Rudman.
And Rudman's skeleton team-mate Lizzy Yarnold will go to the Games as another big favourite having won four of the seven World Cup races to date this season - and medalled in the other three.
The squad beats the number sent to Vancouver in 2010 by three and is one of Britain's biggest in history, although exact comparisons are complicated by the status of some sports in previous Games as demonstration events.
Great Britain Chef de Mission Mike Hay believes the squad for Sochi is one of the strongest and could seriously challenge for three medals for the first time since the 1936 Games in Garmisch.
Hay said: "We understand expectations and we take it as a vote of confidence that this could be the most successful delegation since 1936.
"To think we could challenge for three medals shows how far we've come since Vancouver, because we could not have delivered that four years ago. It's a challenge but it's certainly possible.
"I don't want to put undue pressure on the athletes. We don't have the depth of other nations and we are fragile at the top and we need to stay focused.
"You don't want to make excuses but there is an unpredictability with winter sports, they are high risk and I'm on the cautious side."
Few if any British athletes will have gone into a Winter Games with as much expectation as Yarnold, whose performances this season have raised hopes she can become the fourth consecutive Briton to win a medal in women's skeleton, after Rudman, 2010 gold medallist Amy Williams, and Alex Coomber, who started the streak by taking bronze in Salt Lake City in 2002.
Yarnold said: "This really is a dream come true - my whole life I have dreamt about becoming a British Olympian and for the last five years since I took up skeleton, competing at Sochi 2014 has been my primary focus.
"This season has been great for my preparation, I am in a good place both physically and mentally, and I can't wait to get back on the Sochi track, go over the lines and maintain my focus.
"I don't take part in races to come second, so I will approach the Olympic Winter Games as I do every race and give it everything I've got."
Big hopes also revolve around the 13-strong freestyle ski and snowboard teams which have secured a series of podium finishes over the past two seasons including an overall ski slopestyle World Cup title for Woods.
Woods said: "I am always incredibly proud to represent the United Kingdom in everything I do. To be given the opportunity to go to the Winter Olympics to do just that is amazing."
There was relief for skier Chemmy Alcott, who will go to her fourth Olympics after convincing the Great Britain selectors that she is fit enough to compete.
The 31-year-old Londoner broke her leg for the third time in August 2012 and only returned to full-time training in December.
Alcott, who will be joined by slalom skier Dave Ryding at the Games, said: "I am so excited and thankful to have been named in today's fantastically strong and competitive Team GB for next month's Winter Olympics.
"Since Vancouver I have done everything I could have done to be in Russia. Preparations were far from ideal but with my self-belief and confidence and support I can't wait to get into that Olympic start-gate."
Selection also represents a remarkable feat for Great Britain four-man bobsleigh pilot John Jackson, who snapped his Achilles tendon during summer training but battled back to claim a World Cup silver medal in Lake Placid in December.
For the first time since 2002, Team GB will have two four-man squads at the Games after Lamin Deen's GB2 sled squeezed into a qualification place following a hectic final weekend on the World Cup circuit.


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Discover the tools and techniques today's teachers and classrooms are using to prepare students for tomorrow -- and how you can get involved.
What should collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking look like in a modern classroom? How can parents help educators accomplish their goals? We hope this guide helps bring more parents into the conversation about improving education. (And when you're done, don't miss our Home-to-School Connections Guide.)
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Attention all NFTE teachers, alumni, students, and entrepreneurs! Steve Mariotti, the founder of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, has just co-written another book about entrepreneurship with Dr. Caroline Glackin. This award-winning team's new book is called Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. In this book theypresent difficult economic, financial and business concepts in a manner easily understood by a variety of students. Based on a proven curriculum from the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, it is organized to follow the life-cycle of an entrepreneurial venture—from concept through implementation to harvesting to replication. Filled with examples from a broad range of careers, it moves further into the entrepreneurial process—discussing the business plan and also the details of managing and growing a small business.
For information on how you can buy a copy of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management be sure to visit the Pearson website.
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Restaurant Revisited: Kalico Kraziness at Kalico Kitchenby Maria Russo in Shows, July 14th, 2013
Not long after arriving at Kalico Kitchen in Douglas, Mich., Robert Irvine realized that the negative tension and long-standing animosity between owner Catherine Wilt and her employees was as much of a problem at the restaurant as its dusty dining room and greasy kitchen. This over-30-year-old eatery was once making nearly $1 million in sales, but it recently acquired a $400,000 debt, something that Catherine learned when she returned after a four-year leave of absence. Over the course of two days and with a $10,000 budget, Robert and his Restaurant: Impossible team attempted to mend the strained relationships at Kalico Kitchen; plus, they gave the space a much-needed deep cleaning, design overhaul and updated menu with fresh, quality ingredients. FN Dish checked in with Kalico Kitchen, and a server, Laura — on Catherine's behalf — shared how the restaurant is doing today.
"Business went from $200-$300 per day to $2,000-$3,000 per day," Laura explained. Not long after reopening, Catherine "had made enough money to pay the mortgages to keep her from foreclosure."
Since the renovation, "the kitchen staff is keeping the kitchen clean and the wait staff has a much better attitude," according to Laura. The restaurant has enjoyed a mix of returning and first-time diners, and Laura added that many customers have been impressed with the updated decor. In terms of the new menu, she told us that Kalico is "in the process of updating the old menu, and adding some of the specials on the paper menus."
Despite Catherine's hopes to improve her professional rapport with her staff, the situation has remained largely the same. "Catherine feels that her relationship with her employees has not changed. She doesn't feel that she has changed at all. Her relationship with Donny hasn't changed either," Laura said.
"Financially, things are looking up, and we are very appreciative of Robert coming out and saving the restaurant," Laura said. "Catherine believes that she would have lost the restaurant by now had he not come here …. She feels she owes her gratitude to Restaurant: Impossible and the local community for standing by her through these rough times and continuing to patronize the restaurant."
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Mom & Dad's Italian Restaurant (May 12)
Smitty's Restaurant (April 28)
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Joe Willy's Seafood House (April 14)
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Maniaci's Italian Restaurant (March 10)
Dinner Bell Restaurant (February 27)
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Sapori D'Italia (January 23)
Windseeker Restaurant (January 16)
Whiskey Creek Steakhouse (January 2)
Rising Sun Bistro (December 19)
Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Missouri (December 9)
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Rohrer's Tavern (November 28)
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Valley Inn (October 10)
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The Crap We Missed – Thursday 5.29.14
Welcome to Thursday's The Crap We Missed which has no breasts in the lead-off spot, so right away you can tell what kind of content day it's been. Other than JWoww's hilariously grotesque face, which we should all agree to freely mock and not give a pregnancy pass to because she's basically just a garbage patch of leftover human parts, I'm not sure any of these other pics should be in here. Oh wait, is that a terrified Seal screaming like someone put a thumbprint on his Leica while his son laughs in delight? Yep, that goes in.
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In the West, warmth lingers across the southern half of the region, but much colder air has invaded the interior Northwest. Developing drought remains a concern with respect to rain-fed winter grains in the Northwest.
On the Plains, a few rain and snow showers are affecting central portions of the region. Markedly colder weather is slowing winter wheat emergence, which has already been hampered by extremely dry conditions across the northwestern half of the Plains.
In the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms in the vicinity of a strong cold front stretch from near Lake Erie into Missouri. The rain is slowing corn and soybean harvesting but providing additional moisture for newly planted winter wheat. Meanwhile, sharply colder weather in the front's wake has resulted in freezes this morning throughout the Dakotas, much of Minnesota and Nebraska, and northern Iowa.
In the South, warm, mostly dry weather favors summer crop harvesting and other fieldwork. Isolated showers are confined to the lower Southeast.
Outlook: The coldest air of the season will continue to overspread much of the nation, with weekend freezes expected across much of the Plains and Midwest. Meanwhile, lingering warmth will be limited to the Pacific Northwest, the Desert Southwest, and the lower Southeast. Widespread showers will accompany the surge of cold air into the South and East; event-total rainfall could exceed an inch in a few locations from the Mid-South into the Northeast. In the front's wake, most of the U.S. will experience cool, dry weather, although some light rain and snow may develop across the northern Plains and the Midwest during the first half of next week. The NWS 6- to 10-day outlook for October 10-14 calls for below-normal temperatures in central and southern California and the Midwestern, Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in the southcentral and northwestern U.S. Meanwhile, near- to above-normal precipitation across the majority of the nation will contrast with drier-than-normal conditions across the northern Plains and the Northwest.


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DORSET County Council has come under fire for 'staggering' pay-offs to staff leaving the authority.
The council's own accounts show that in 2010-11 it shelled out a total of £1.03million on seven 'exit packages' with the total cost of the packages ranging from £100,000 to £242,000 – but they refuse to say who got the cash.
Tough times to come as council backs £11m cuts plan
The payments come at a time when the council is aiming to save around £39million over three years and shed 500 jobs as local Government face unprecedented cuts in funding.
However, the council insists reports that it had spent £1.03million on of 'pay-offs' to top executives was misleading.
A spokesman for the authority said the seven payments all related to staff who took voluntary redundancy in the 2011/12 financial year and were paid a total of £333,107, with individual payments ranging from £35,000 to £73,000.
He said a further £455,733 was paid by the council into the Pension Fund to cover the 'pensions strain' caused by the fact the individuals were all over 55-years-old.
Robert Oxley, campaign manager of the TaxPayers' Alliance hit out at the pay offs.
He said: "The council has forked out a staggering sum of money on redundancy pay outs at a time when it has to find savings.
"Overly generous pay offs cost taxpayers dearly and run the danger of undermining any benefits of making staff redundant.
"In many cases, the terms and conditions provided to senior staff at councils such as Dorset are terrible value for taxpayers' money.
"Axing these gold plated deals must be a priority when replacing staff."
The council did not reveal which posts the payments related to. The spokesman said: "The total one-off cost was £818,840.
"The ongoing savings arising from these redundancies amounted to £471,000 a year.
"No additional cost falls on the taxpayer as Dorset's policy is only to allow voluntary redundancy where the 'pay-back' from the ensuing savings is less than two years.
"In this instance the average payback was 21 months."
He added: "All councils are having to make substantial savings as a result of cuts in public spending.
"Dorset has made savings of £43 million in the last two years and shed more than 500 full time equivalent posts.
"Voluntary redundancy is just one of a number of tools available to councils to enable the necessary re-structuring of services."
DORSET branch secretary for the GMB Union Gary Pattison said he believed the figures reflected an 'injustice' in the way redundancies were handled by the authority.
He said a number of senior managers took voluntary redundancy when the pay off they received used a redundancy multiplier of two-and-a-half times the national minimum.
The redundancy multiplier has now been reduced to 1.75 and that was the package that many lower paid staff were left with and some of them were compulsory redundancies.
Mr Pattison said: "We had senior managers who were well aware there was a risk of cutting the multiplier going ahead a taking voluntary redundancy while lower level staff when out with 1.75."There is a sort of imbalance."
Dorset branch secretary for Unison Pamela Jefferies said she will be seeking more details from the council on what the payments relate to and their long term impact.
She said: "It is a lot of money of money but if it's been done to save money as well.
"From a staff point of view it's probably better to see these high figure posts and keep more front line posts for people that work hands on delivering services."


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Left fielder's two-run shot ties it, Inge drives in go-ahead run
MILWAUKEE -- As the saying goes, having Mark Melancon and Jason Grilli in their bullpen is allowing the Pirates to shorten games to seven innings.
The rest of the National League only wishes that were true -- even the dreaded Brewers. Without an eighth inning, there'd be no Ambush Alley and not many wins.
Maybe you wouldn't even notice that Brandon Inge is around.
Wednesday afternoon, when the Bucs again came alive with four runs in the eighth off another bullpen in their bull's eye for a 6-4 victory, the winning blow again belonged to Inge, who singled for the go-ahead run.
For Inge, the encore to Starling Marte's tying two-run homer earlier in the inning, the RBI was his third since he joined the Pirates on April 23 in Philadelphia, after completing his Minor League rehab from a cracked right shoulder blade. All three have driven in go-ahead runs. All three, of course, have come in the eighth inning to cap comebacks.
"I like this team -- a lot," said Inge, looking around the clubhouse at his still-new teammates. "The thing I can relate to the most -- like some of the good teams I've been on in the past, no matter how many runs we're down, we keep battling and pushing back. That's the sign of a good ballclub, and that's awesome."
There was definitely an element of awe to the manner in which the Pirates interrupted their Miller Park misery.
Can't say the win ended the misery. At still 46 losses in 54 games, it was merely put on pause.
"It's a start," said Pirates manager Clint Hurdle, "but we don't make it as big as everyone else. The guys who weren't here [when the domination began in 2007] don't feel the baggage. They just hear the noise."
Most of Wednesday's early noise was made by the Brewers, whose rookie right-hander, Hiram Burgos, allowed solo homers to Pedro Alvarez and Michael McKenry and still had a 4-2 lead to turn over to his bullpen after seven innings -- against the Bucs, not a high-percentage development.
After Marte tied it at 4 with a two-run homer off John Axford, the Bucs stayed after the former Milwaukee closer turned setup man. Jose Tabata singled, and with two outs engineered a costly steal of second: He had to leave after apparently jamming his left foot on the slide. But pitcher James McDonald pinch-ran and scored when Inge dumped a single into short right.
"I'll take 'em any way I can get 'em," said Inge, a veteran who lives for such opportunities. "I love being up in key spots. Doesn't matter how long you've played, those are the situations you dream about."
Inge, who continued on to third while second baseman Rickie Weeks kicked the ball, then scored the insurance run when Alvarez greeted left-handed reliever Mike Gonzalez with a single.
Right out of the gate, spot starter Jeanmar Gomez complicated the game plan. He was pegged to go on the watch list at about 60 pitches -- and needed half that just to get through the first. And many of those 30 pitches were high-pressure deliveries, as he needed to get out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam after the Brewers had already scored on Ryan Braun's RBI single.
"He was taxed, because they challenged him. They wouldn't chase [pitches out of the strike zone]," Hurdle said.
Gomez needed only 29 pitches to get through the next two innings. But that got him near that 60-pitch red zone. Sure enough, Carlos Gomez and Yuniesky Betancourt led off the fourth with back-to-back homers, on his 65th and 66th pitches.
It was the third time this season the Brewers connected on back-to-back homers -- all three coming in this series.
Gomez made it through that frame, but that was it. Only the two homers were earned runs -- shortstop John McDonald's throwing error had set up the first-inning score -- and he had two walks and three strikeouts.
Gomez's effort was by far the best by a Pittsburgh starter in this series, which saw Wandy Rodriguez and James McDonald surrender seven runs each.
"Every time he has taken the ball, he has done a very professional job," said Hurdle, lauding Gomez.
Justin Wilson was sharp for two innings in relief of Gomez, but was chased by Jean Segura's RBI single that gave Milwaukee a 4-2 lead in his third inning of work.
Bryan Morris bailed Wilson out of the rest of the inning. The eighth-inning rally earned Morris the win, his first in the Majors, which Melancon and Grilli preserved.
"Shows you how crazy this game is," said Morris, who checked in Tuesday (taking the place of Jonathan Sanchez, whom the Pirates had designated for assignment) just in time to absorb his first Major League defeat. "Then I throw two pitches today and get my first win."
The second of those pitches was a cutter, grounded by Braun to Inge at second, for an inning-ending double play.
Grilli improved to 11-for-11 in save situations -- something else that couldn't have happened if they turned out the lights after seven.
But that's just when the Pirates start turning theirs on.
"A lot of teams, down two, three runs, roll over and die. This team has not done that once," Inge said. "It's a good thing. It means you're not panicking."
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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PHILADELPHIA – Three weeks ago, the University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team hung with Harvard for about half of the first half in Cambridge, before the Crimson blitzed the Quakers en route to a blowout victory.
On Friday night at The Palestra, Penn again hung around into the second portion of the opening period. And while Harvard's run wasn't quite as dramatic as it was three weeks ago, it was nearly as emphatic. In the end, the Crimson defeated the Quakers, 83-63.
Penn fell to 6-16 on the season, 3-5 in Ivy play. Harvard (21-4 overall) remains in a first-place tie with Yale, both teams at 9-1 after the Bulldogs won at Cornell tonight.
Penn was down just 17-15 with 9:35 left after Tony Hicks hit a jumper. Over the next four minutes, Harvard went on an 11-2 run that moved its advantage to double digits. The Quakers were able to climb back within shouting distance, however, and were down by only six with 1:39 left before the break after Dau Jok hit a three-pointer.
Harvard scored the last six points of the half. Then the Crimson used a nine-point run early in the second period that made the score 53-32 and effectively ended this game. Penn never got closer than 17 points after that, and Harvard's lead ballooned to as much as 26 points.
Fran Dougherty was one of Penn's few bright spots on Friday night; he finished with team highs in points (15) and rebounds (5), and was 6-of-9 from the field. Hicks scored 13 points, while Miles Jackson-Cartwright had 10 points and five assists.
Perhaps the only other note from this night came from freshman Matt Poplawski. A member of Penn's Ivy League champion men's soccer program, he joined the basketball teamon Wednesdayfrom the JV program due to the Quakers' spate of injuries. On Friday night, he not only got into the game, he scored. He had the last points of the game, on two free throws.
Harvard placed four players score in double figures and had two others score nine points. Steve Moundou-Missi had 14 points and five rebounds, while Lauren Rivard added 13. Siyani Chambers dished off 10 assists and had just one turnover.
Penn returns to action again tomorrow night, hosting Dartmouth at The Palestra at 7 p.m. The Big Green (9-14, 2-7 Ivy League) fell at Princeton on Friday night.
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Hefner delivers, but Mets fall short vs. Dodgers
NEW YORK -- When the Dodgers arrived at Citi Field this week for a three-game set, they looked at the schedule, saw Jon Niese and Matt Harvey pitching Games 1 and 2 for the Mets, and likely figured their surest shot for a win would be against Jeremy Hefner in Game 3.
Hefner was determined to prove otherwise.
"When the guys come to the park and they see my name, I don't want it to be, 'Oh man, we've got to score 10 runs because Hef's pitching,'" Hefner said of his Mets teammates. "I want it to be, 'Oh, Hef's pitching today. Let's just grind out a couple, and we'll be in it."
That is precisely what happened Thursday afternoon at Citi Field, even if the end result was not as Hefner envisioned. The Mets' fifth starter gave them seven effective innings, but a sluggish offense and ineffective bullpen sunk the Mets in a 3-2 loss to Hyun-Jin Ryu and the Dodgers.
"I don't like mediocrity," Hefner said. "I don't settle for mediocrity. So I've been really trying hard in between starts in my bullpens to make things sharper, trying to clean my mechanics up a little bit. The results of that are kind of what happened today."
Andre Ethier came up with the winning hit for the Dodgers, lining an RBI single off Scott Rice to snap a 1-1 tie in the ninth. Rice opened the inning by serving up a double to Nick Punto, then intentionally walked Matt Kemp with one out to set up Ethier's hit. A batter later, Juan Uribe plated another run on an infield hit off Bobby Parnell.
"This is the type of win we haven't been grinding out the last week or two," Ethier said of the scuffling Dodgers. "We kept after it. Maybe this is the turning point in getting us the feeling we can win close games."
It was all Los Angeles needed considering the performance of Ryu, who started strong before losing some effectiveness as the game progressed. The Korean lefty retired seven in a row to start the game, had that streak snapped on Justin Sellers' fielding error, then set down another three in a row. But the Mets rallied in the middle innings, converting Ruben Tejada's leadoff walk into their first run on David Wright's sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Tejada played a significant role throughout that rally, moving to second base on Daniel Murphy's hit and scrambling to third on a wild pitch that did not stray far from home. That allowed Wright to plate him without the benefit of a hit.
But the Mets squandered a golden opportunity to take the lead in the bottom of the eighth, putting their first two men on base against Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen. Wright struck out, Lucas Duda flied out and Marlon Byrd whiffed, and just like that the threat was complete. Ike Davis opened the ninth with a homer off Dodgers closer Brandon League to make it a one-run game, but the next three Mets went down quietly.
"You give credit to them," Wright said. "They kept us off-balance. Their bullpen came in and did a nice job today. You're talking about those close games, and they did a better job than we did with some of that situational hitting."
After plunking the game's first batter and allowing him to score on Kemp's RBI single, Hefner was nearly untouchable through seven innings. The right-hander retired nine straight and 13 out of 14 over one middle-innings stretch, giving way to a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the seventh. He struck out four and walked three, using three double plays to his advantage -- with Tejada involved of each.
Despite the loss, Hefner's performance was critical for the Mets, who entered the game with an 8-2 record in games that Niese and Harvey started and a 2-7 record in games that they did not. Hefner in particular had been a primary culprit, struggling through a schedule that saw several of his starts pushed back or abbreviated due to weather and rotation issues. Once, he pitched in relief.
Now that the schedule has stabilized a bit, the Mets are going to need Hefner, Dillon Gee and Shaun Marcum at their sharpest if they want to compete consistently in the NL East this summer. That does not necessarily mean imitating the styles of Harvey and Niese; it simply means keeping the Mets within striking distance, as they were Thursday.
"I'm not going to be Matt Harvey," Hefner said. "I'm not going to throw up those types of numbers. So I have to go and mix speeds, keep the ball down, keep the ball in the yard -- kind of all of the things that I've been really working on for me to be successful."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Cops: Spurned boyfriend took Xbox at gunpoint
Updated 8:36 am, Monday, December 3, 2012
A couple's breakup led the recently rejected ex-boyfriend to break into his ex-girlfriend's apartment armed with a shotgun and take an Xbox 360 from inside, police said.
The victim, 29, told police that she had been dating Rudolfo Cardenas for three days and broke up with him after they had an argument.
After she ignored his phone calls and text messages, Cardenas, 34, went to her home last week armed with a shotgun and ordered her to open the door, the woman told police.
She said he kicked in the door after she refused and pointed the gun at her.
The woman told police he then grabbed an Xbox 360 from the living room and ran out of her apartment.
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Cardenas was arrested last week and charged with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony. He remained in jail today in lieu of $75,000 bail.
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Add some sizzle to your spread with one of these tasty and toasty Thanksgiving cocktails and mocktails.
Add some sizzle to your spread with one of these tasty and toasty Thanksgiving cocktails and mocktails.
Warm up the Thanksgiving festivities with one of these hot cocktails and mocktails. We love to serve one or two with the appetizers before dinner, but especially love the idea of serving a few at dessert time.
Kids will enjoy the special drink made just for them as much as the adults will appreciate the warm libation as they watch the football game or catch up.
Fall Harvest Martini
First on our favorites list is Expert Shawn Rabideau's fall harvest martini. All the delicious flavors of the season are rolled into one scrumptious sip with this mix. Shake it up for guests pre-feast to get their palates ready.
Apple Whiskey Mash
Citrus flavors paired with apple cider and a shot of whiskey make this a perfect cocktail to greet travel weary guests with. After a long trip they'll appreciate this hot cocktail to warm their bones and spirits. Leave the whiskey out to make this drink kid-friendly.
Ginger Snap Cocktail
Amp up the festive feel at your feast with a ginger cocktail. Not overly sweet, this ginger honey tea gets a burst from the bourbon we had to become one delicious drink that's ideal for Thanksgiving festivities.
Asian Pear Margarita
And you thought margaritas were just for summer parties! Resident Cocktail Therapists Tracey Toomey and Leanne Shear shake up a margarita that's bursting with winter fruit flair, taking this drink from the pool to the Thanksgiving table in one sip.
Vanilla Apple Tea Mocktail
Keep the kids happy with this special tea mocktail infused with apple and vanilla flavors. It's a great way to top off dessert.
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This warm winter punch recipe serves a crowd. Though it's an oldie, we've put a modern spin on this drink recipe and incorporated a bit of a kick with the addition of peppercorns.
Cucumber Dill Martini
Rounding out our list, a cucumber dill martini definitely stands out from the bunch. Light, cool and refreshing it's a good cocktail choice for that time between appetizer overload and main meal madness.
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HOUSTON - One woman is asking Amy to help resolve a standoff of sorts. It's an eastside homeowner versus the city, fighting over a dead tree and exactly who has to clean it up.
After almost two years of back and forth, KPRC Local 2 investigative reporter Amy Davis clears up the mess once and for all.
Every time Mary McClain steps out her front door, she gets ticked off all over again.
"It looks like a mess," said McClain, staring out across her front lawn. "I've looked at it for so long, and it just ruins the look of my front yard."
The mess is what's left of an old oak tree. Hurricane Ike got the best of it in 2008. When the tree fell down across the roadway, McClain called the city.
"Next morning, they came and cut it up, hauled it off, but they left this," said McClain, pointing to a huge uprooted tree stump at the edge of her property, near the street.
"I let it go because I thought they were coming back with heavier equipment to get it up. And then since January, I have called almost every other week," she said.
McClain didn't hear a word for nearly two years. Then she got a bright orange violation notice and letter from the city of Houston. The letter lets McClain know the dead stump is a violation of a city ordinance and that if she doesn't remove it, she'll be fined.
"They say even if it's on their property, it's still my responsibility to move it," McClain said.
The lines are drawn, but in this case they're a bit blurry.
McClain said her husband planted a stake years ago to mark where the city's easement, or right of way, starts in their yard. She said the oak tree has always been in the right of way, and she thought that made it the city's problem.
"They've got me so confused. I don't know what they're talking about," said McClain.
City Attorney David Feldman said right of way or not, the city's not picking it up.
"Even if was within a right of way, since it is private property, the city would have no responsibility to remove it unless it was an obstruction of some kind," Feldman explained.
He said the city only removed part of the tree because it was blocking the roadway and that crews would also clear debris off of public sidewalks. McClain's stump isn't blocking either.
But we didn't want to leave McClain up a tree, so to speak. Neither did Martin Spoonemore of Affordable Tree Service, who offered to grind the stump free of charge.
"You know, times are hard for everyone," said Spoonemore. "It's not the first time or the last time I'll ever do something like this, Ms. Davis."
"I think it's wonderful of them," said McClain as she watched from her porch.
Part of the problem was an apparent change in policy. KPRC Local 2 was told that in previous years the city would remove dead trees in the city's right of way even if they were not an obstruction. But the city employee told Davis, "If this is the way the new administration is doing it, I can't argue."
If you want to figure out where the city's right of way starts on your property, you can always look up your plat at the county tax office or even online at the Harris County Appraisal District's website.
Feldman said most right of ways in Houston are 40 feet wide. Using the center of the street in front of your home, you would mark 20 feet in each direction. Everything in between is usually the easement.
If you have a consumer question to "Ask Amy," send her an e-mail.Copyright 2006 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's governors are warning that Capitol Hill's latest budget stalemate is threatening economic progress in their states.
State leaders from across the country are gathering in Washington this weekend for the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association. Republican and Democratic governors joined on Friday to condemn massive automatic spending cuts -- known as the "sequester" -- that are set to begin on March 1.
White House officials warn that inaction could lead to widespread flight delays, shuttered airports, closed seashores and more than 1 million furloughed employees.
Congressional Republicans say they're willing to let the automatic spending cuts take effect. They oppose President Barack Obama's blend of targeted savings and tax increases to tackle federal deficits.


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The 7 Flavored Liquors Actually Worth Drinking
There is just too much. There are just too many exciting phenomena happening in the world of American dining right now. Fabulous Peruvian food, a German wurst palace, lots of shrimp and grits, the continued onslaught of Italian. Cronuts. To try to ascribe a singular meaning to it all would be like trying to drink a pork chop. So we've done something far more useful: distilled what's important and innovative and fun right now into a simple list, A to Z. Twenty astonishing new restaurants highlight this abridged encyclopedia. The rest is just really good gravy.
Betony, New York
You step off the Fifty-seventh Street sidewalk into a soaring dining room lined with cozy tufted banquettes; shafts of soft light slide down faux-antique moldings and painted brick walls. Behind the twelve-seat bar, bottles rest on stacks of ascending backlit cubicles. Servers outfitted discreetly in black and white buzz around Eamon Rockey, the friendly, utterly professional general manager, impeccable in Brooks Brothers. Guests know not to dress for some gastrodive on the Lower East Side.
The wine list by sommelier Luke Wohlers — who, like Rockey and chef Bryce Shuman, is a veteran of the vaunted restaurant Eleven Madison Park, downtown — is fifty pages well-thought-out, and to consult him is to engage in gentlemanly conversation. No menu item tops $36, and some people just nosh at the bar on small dishes, which include tantalizing whipped-foie-gras bonbons marinated in Calvados brandy, with a crunchy bark of candied cashews revealing a cool, soft center and a dusting of black pepper and cinnamon sparking them up. There's also a canny play on the tuna melt, transformed here into a round of brioche layered with sushi-grade tuna, chive mayonnaise, creamy melted Valle d'Aosta fontina cheese, tomato, and a dash of wood sorrel. Canny and addictive.
Shuman wants every ingredient to reinforce the others and pack a surprise. He cooks short ribs in beef fat to a rosy succulence at 135 degrees for two days. The ribs, now suffused with flavor, are then seared over charcoal and paired with nubbins of sweetbreads and romaine. It is a stunning sublimation of beef that joins a pantheon of iconic dishes that include Daniel Humm's foie-gras-stuffed roast chicken at the Nomad and Daniel Boulud's truffled DB Burger.
Betony is a signal that fine dining can thrive without pretense or ridiculous prices when driven by a brilliant young American chef and buoyed by a staff eager to grant each guest's request.
41 West Fifty-seventh Street; 212-465-2400; betony-nyc.com
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Event: Bollywood actress Esha Gupta was snapped at the airport.
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Date: 22-Jul-2016
Bollywood actors Sara Ali Khan & Sushant Singh Rajput were spotted at director Abhishek Kapoor's office for their upcoming film KEDARNATH.
Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn promoted his upcoming film BAADSHAHO.
Bollywood celebs like Malaika Arora Khan, Arjun Rampal, Yami Gautam, Harshwardhan Kapoor, Amrita Arora, Karisma Kapoor were spotted at different spots in Bandra
Suniel Shetty spotted with his family wife Mana Shetty & son Ahan Shetty at Bastian in Bandra. However, daughter Athiya Shetty was missing.
Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor was spotted with aunt Padmini Kolhapure dining together at Bastian in Bandra.


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Thought I would share this Photo that I found on FaceBook....
Thought I would share this Photo that I found on FaceBook....
I have seen some very uneak and intresting mounts latley... Need to Win the Power Ball to have A Big Trophey Room and the money to have mounts like this.
Very unique trophy indeed. You are right, there has been some interesting stuff out there lately.
Where did you see this? This exact mount is for sale at one of my suppliers here in Reno. It's a very awesome mount.
Hahahah well I answered my own question. You said face book. There also is another by the same artist. Ill try and get a pic
I have seen it in person. It's a beast of a mount and awesome looking.
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That is a great mount! Looks very expensive.
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A $13.5 billion 2014 budget for New York area transit, including Metro-North Railroad, was approved today.
As announced earlier, the spending plan for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority comes with a four-year financial plan that calls for fare increases of about 4 percent in 2015 and 2017. Those increases were originally expected to be 7 percent, but were slashed in the spending plan, announced last month.
Most of the budget goes to New York City subways and buses. Metro-North Railroad's share is $1.1 billion.
The MTA, the nation's largest transit agency, also includes Long Island Rail Road and nine bridges and tunnels.
At the same time, fare increases are coming for the Rye and Port Chester stations in January. They will rise 2.5 percent for travel to and from Manhattan, as fares on the Connecticut portion of the New Haven Line increase 5 percent.


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Happy Sunday everyone and Happy Friend's Day for tomorrow!
That's right, in Finland we celebrate "Friend's Day" - we send cards to our friends and thank them for their friendship. I love this idea and I think it's all-inclusive and there is no need for "singles parties" or "Anti-Valentine's Day". This isn't a day for lovers only, this is a day to celebrate all friends you are fortunate to have in your life.
I made these tea cakes to celebrate Friend's Day. They are like little cupcakes, but spelt flour makes them slightly spongy and that's why the tea soaked fruit with a big dollop of minty yoghurt is a perfect companion to complete the dessert. I've used a beautifully fragrant tea from Swedelicious Tea called Freya's Passion. It is organic black tea with passion fruit, kumquats and blueberries made extra special with rose buds, sugar hearts and marigolds. I couldn't think of a better tea for these cakes!
Happy Friend's Day to all of you and thank you for your friendship and support!
Passionate Tea Cakes
(Makes 8-10)
1 cup almond meal
1 cup white, unbleached spelt flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 large free-range eggs
1/2 cup organic fat-free yoghurt
200 ml unsweetened apple sauce
200 ml passion fruit pulp (about 3 passion fruit)
300 ml Freya's passion tea, brewed strong and cooled
1 tsp natural vanilla extract
a drop of rosewater
{Tea soaked fruit}
1 cup Freya's passion tea, brewed strong
1/2 cup dried fruit (apricots, apple, figs)
1 tbsp raw honey
{Minty Passionfruit Yoghurt}
250 ml organic fat-free yoghurt
pulp from 2 passion fruit
3 tbsp fresh mint, finely chopped
Preheat oven to 180C. Combine the almond meal, flour and baking powder in one bowl and the wet ingredients in the other. Then add the wet ingredients into the dried and stir well to mix. Spoon the batter into muffin tins and bake for about 15-20 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
For the tea soaked fruit, place the tea and the fruit along with the honey in a saucepan, bring to boil and simmer for a couple of minutes. Leave to cool and set aside.
For the minty yoghurt, drain the yoghurt for about 30 minutes, then combine with the passion fruit pulp and mint. Serve with the cakes.


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Radford Downs Liberty, 10-2, Earns Series Sweep
Radford earned a series sweep over visiting Liberty on Wednesday, hitting five home runs on the way to a 10-2 victory over the Lady Flames at RU Softball Field.
The Highlanders are now 15-19 on the season, including 9-3 in Big South play, after posting their sixth straight victory. The Lady Flames fall to 6-34, with a 1-14 conference mark, after their seventh consecutive setback.
Radford's Jessie Hutchens went 4-for-4 with a double, two homers and five RBIs, while Whitney Davis batted 3-for-3 with two home runs and three RBIs. Becky Mantel scored three runs and hit one round tripper.
For Liberty, Grace Nordan went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored. Blair Lawrence hit 2-for-3 with one RBI, and Megan Robinson drove in one run. Katie Zavodny and Kelby Allen had one hit apiece.
Abby Morrow (7-4) earned the win, pitching three innings of one-run, three-hit relief, while striking out six batters. Radford starter Rachael Walters tossed three innings, allowing one run on three hits and fanning four.
Alyssa DiMartino (3-12) yielded 10 runs on 11 hits, with two strikeouts and one walk in five innings of work.
Zavodny led off the game with an infield single, and went to second on an errant throw. Walters then retired the next three batters in order.
Radford scored once in the bottom of the first inning. Mantel was hit by a pitch, and made it to third after a sacrifice bunt and a passed ball. A wild pitch sent Mantel home for a 1-0 Highlanders lead. Hutchens and Davis hit back-to-back singles, but were left stranded after two groundouts.
The Highlanders boosted their lead to 5-0 by staging a two-out rally in the second frame. After Radford loaded the bases on two infield singles and a hit batter, Hutchens hit a grand slam to right center field. DiMartino got out of the inning by getting Casey Burns on a groundout to short.
Nordan hit a leadoff single in the third, and Walters then hit Marybeth Sciolino with a pitch. Lawrence gave Liberty a bases-loaded situation with a one-out bunt single. Robinson grounded to second, plating Nordan to trim the deficit to 5-1, before an Allen groundout ended the at bat.
DiMartino kept the Highlanders scoreless during the bottom of the third, striking out Mantel with runners on the corners and two outs.
Radford added two runs to its total when Davis hit a two-run homer to center with one out in the bottom of the fourth.
Nordan led off the fifth with a double off of reliever Morrow, and the senior shortstop stole third. After two strikeouts, Lawrence singled on the infield, drawing the Lady Flames to within 7-2. Morrow then fanned Robinson, ending the rally.
Mantel sent a solo home run over the wall in left with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, boosting the Highlanders' edge to 8-2.
Radford ended the game via run rule with back-to-back homers from Hutchens and Davis to start the sixth inning.
Liberty returns home, where the Lady Flames will host Gardner-Webb on Friday and Saturday. Friday's first game of a doubleheader will begin at 2 p.m., and will serve as Liberty's "End It" game to raise funds and awareness to help end modern day slavery. On Saturday, the Lady Flames will honor their five seniors with a pregame senior day ceremony.


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In 1919, visionary Hilo women responded to the need for safe housing for young women, founding the YWCA of Hawaiʻi Island as part of a national and worldwide women's movement. Over the years, the needs of women and their families have shaped the programs and services provided by the YWCA. Today, the YWCA remains a place of hope and positive change for women and their families.
YWCA of Hawaiʻi Island is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. YWCA Hawaiʻi Island is a not-for-profit membership organization and a United Way partner.


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Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has been a dedicated and knowledgeable UNDP Goodwill Ambassador since 2003 with ambitions to help close the gap between the rich and the poor worldwide.
"I accepted the invitation to become a Goodwill Ambassador for UNDP, because I strongly believe that all people are equal and should have equal rights to realize their potential as human beings," said the heir to the Norwegian throne during a visit to Burundi with UNDP in October 2007.
In Burundi, Haakon met with refugees who had returned from Tanzania after years of exile. There he learned about the challenges of rebuilding homes and lives and how poverty today is the biggest threat to long-term stability and peace. "Development is about fighting poverty, and fighting poverty is about expanding people's possibilities and choices," he explained.
Advocating for progress toward the Millennium Development Goals is at the core of Crown Prince Haakon's UNDP engagement. He has used his ambassador status to express that even though development is a long-term process, the international community has to live up to the promise of achieving the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) by 2015. When a journalist asked him whether he thought the goals were too ambitious, during his visit to Guatemala in April 2006, he simply said they were not too ambitious. He added that we had to go even further than the MDGs, as it was not acceptable for anyone to live in extreme poverty.
Haakon has taken field visits as an opportunity to learn about UNDP's work on the ground and bring the world's attention to the challenges and successes on the road to the Millennium Development Goals. In February 2005, he visited Sierra Leone, reminding the international community that even though peace was finally brokered, Sierra Leone would need continued support to consolidate the peace and stand on its own feet. He has also visited Cambodia and Tanzania.
Haakon also engages in the work of the Human Development Report Office. He was on the Advisory Panel for the 2007–2008 report, as well as on the panel for the Human Development Award 2007. "Human Development is key for moving the world forward," he said. "We need to be inspired by the people who have taken leadership and have shown us a way through which we can improve the living conditions for everyone."
The only son of King Harald V and Queen Sonja, Haakon was born 20 July 1973. In 2001, he married Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby with whom he has two children: Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus. He has received his bachelor's degree from the University of California in Berkley and his master's in development studies from the London School of Economics.


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Congratulations are in order for a special group of girls that battled to capture the California State Championship in rainy Cathedral City. In the semifinal match against Tustin, they overcame a 0-1 halftime deficit by scoring 3 goals in the second half to win 3-1 and advance to the finals. In the championship they faced a tough Camarillo team, where Santa Monica scored the initial goal and led 1-0 at half. However, the girls were forced to come from behind yet again after Camarillo scored back-to-back goals. As they had done many times in these playoffs, coaches Gary Berry and Adam Jensen brought the girls together for one final push and the girls responded by tying the game at 2-2 with just a few minutes remaining. As you would expect from two high-quality teams, the game went to overtime where Santa Monica prevailed 3-2 to bring home the Championship.
We are proud of not only their victory, but how they demonstrated sportsmanship, teamwork, passion, quality soccer skills and winning the right way. Well done Girls of the U-12 Extra team and coaches Berry and Jensen!!!


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Simply the best St Patty's day shirt out there. *love*
It is just a cute little St. Patrick's Day addition!Tags: bottle openers, irish, ireland, St. Patrick's DayAdded 7 Years Ago from Amazon.com
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They actually use real pressed flowers in their jewelry and the customer gets to choose the color! Really attractive designs too!Tags: jewelry, irish, ireland, St. Patrick's DayAdded 7 Years Ago from Irishisbest
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Dresses with eyelet embroidery usually look fresh and clean to me! The cut of this dress is very flattering and the color is obviously good for St. Patrick's but honestly it is also just a nice spring dress!Tags: dresses, irish, ireland, eyelet lace, St. Patrick's DayAdded 7 Years Ago from Gaelsong
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A sterling silver necklace that incorporates three Irish elements... the Claddaugh, Celtic interlace and the Shamrock of St Patrick.
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Classy and reasonably priced scarf! It would be a great everyday item!
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Stanley's stainless steel Classic Flask holds 8 oz of your favorite whistle-wetter.
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If you're going to be Irish for a day... you'd better know the difference between football and futball.
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Perhaps Ireland's most famous imports to the states is the Limerick. This tiny little pocket-sized book of dirty limericks will help you brush up on your rhyming skills between rounds at the pub.


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Australia suffers from the paradox of being a young and vibrant democracy governed by an outdated constitution frozen in time. The effects on government have been so crippling that two giants at opposite ends of the political spectrum, John Howard and Gough Whitlam, came to the same conclusion: Australia would be better off if states were scrapped and we had one central and many strong regional governments.
The problem, as Howard conceded in 2005, is that it would be ''unrealistic'' to pursue such a big change. How could anyone overcome states' inevitable opposition to win the required public support in a referendum? No referendum has succeeded since 1977. While Whitlam proposed radical change in the '70s, Howard merely mused: ''If we were starting Australia all over again, I wouldn't support having the existing state structure. I would actually support having a national government and perhaps a series of regional governments …'' Most agreed with Howard's view that ''there's a lot of dysfunctionality about the federal system'', but his remarks excited little public interest.
What does get public attention are the chronic problems in policy areas where Commonwealth and state roles now overlap - especially hospitals and schools. The way the Federation works is completely different from the ideal of a partnership between the Commonwealth and ''independent and self-reliant states'' enshrined in 1901. Ironically, two other opposing political titans, John Curtin and Robert Menzies, who deprived the states of taxing powers, paved the way for the huge income disparities that build dysfunctionality into federal-state relations.
A century ago, the Commonwealth budget was only about a 20th of state and local governments' combined spending. By World War II, Canberra's spending had risen to half that total and the states received 14 per cent of their income from the Commonwealth. Last financial year, 47 per cent of their income was from federal sources and combined state and territory budgets were just over half as big as the Commonwealth's. The constitution was not designed for such an imbalance.
The High Court, in addition to upholding the Curtin and Menzies governments' moves on income taxes, increased Canberra's domination in other ways. A far-reaching 1926 decision enabled the Commonwealth to use its power under Section 96 of the constitution to make grants to the states ''on such terms and conditions as Parliament thinks fit''. This covers the use of funds even in areas for which it has no direct constitutional responsibility. In recent decades, the court has further extended the Commonwealth's ability to get its way.
The upshot of all this is that the Federation today would be unrecognisable to its founders in 1901, despite a barely altered constitution. As early as 1902, future prime minister Alfred Deakin identified funding as the constitution's Achilles heel. In a letter to The Age, he wrote: ''The rights of the states have been fondly supposed to be safeguarded by the constitution. It left them legally free, but financially bound to the chariot wheels of the central government. Their need will be its opportunity. The less populous will first succumb, those smitten by drought or similar misfortune will follow and finally even the greatest and most populous will, however reluctantly, be brought to heel.''
By the 1990s, then Queensland premier Wayne Goss argued that the funding-driven shift of power might lead to ''the de facto abolition of the states''. GST revenue slowed but did not halt the trend, nor did it end the states' unhealthy reliance on regressive and economically damaging revenue sources such as payroll, gaming and property taxes.
In 2010, the Senate established the Select Committee on the Reform of the Australian Federation. It concluded in 2012 reporting that much of the dysfunctionality flowed from one of the most severe disparities in revenue between central and state governments of any federation. ''The result of this vertical fiscal imbalance is a 'breakdown in accountability for cost-effective service delivery as different levels of government seeks to attribute poor service delivery to each other's failings'.''
This is not news to the public. Research has found ''a substantial majority of Australian adults [up to 86 per cent] believe that the current system does not work well''. States cannot fund their constitutional responsibilities for schools and hospitals, let alone all the other areas. Canberra now holds sway over industrial relations, universities, the environment, primary health and aged care. Federal judicial authority has grown.
While most of its work fell squarely in the ''too hard'' basket, the Senate committee's findings on the neglect of local government have had a response. A referendum on the constitutional recognition of local government is on the cards. Canberra can direct funding through the states, but would love to bypass them, if only to ensure it gets public credit for local services and projects. If that were to happen, the states would be further diminished. So why not scrap the states when estimates of potential savings on the cost of governing Australia are as high as $50 billion a year?
It's not that voters think state governments do a good job. A few years ago, surveys in NSW and Queensland found voters strongly favoured a new two-tier system, of national and regional governments, over the status quo.
However, a compelling reason for retaining and reforming the Federation goes to the balance of powers that underpin our democracy. Each tier of government is a check on the other's excesses, which includes attacks on the rights of citizens. The value of this protection has not diminished since 1901. That leaves the alternative reform, of funding, as an urgent but neglected priority: the Senate committee recommended action on the ''level and structure of taxation in Australia to provide the states certainty regarding revenue raising and their capacity to meet their responsibilities''. This is the problem at the heart of the brawl over Victorian hospital funding. So why is there so little political will or public pressure to fix the Federation?
John Watson is a senior writer.


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NYC Generation Tech (GenTech) participated in AT&T's Internet of Things Hackathon on September 27 and 28. 25 GenTech students and 35 additional middle and high school students spent an intensive weekend working with developers to build mobile apps. The hackathon event brought students and tech professionals together to solve problems and create prototypes in a fun and stimulating work environment.
GenTech students put their coding skills to work as participants of the main hackathon event: Create Your World. The challenge was to create an app that involved an All-in-One PC (AIO PC) and mobile phones to build an interesting interactivity model. The event also had a specific focus on education – teams with education-related apps were eligible for additional prizes.
We are incredibly proud that our GenTech students were members of the three winning teams:
- Direct2Me (1st Overall) is a web application that allows mall shoppers to conveniently get deals from their favorite stores on their mobile device. Through an interactive map on an AIO PC, shoppers scan a QR code, identify favorite stores, and select deals to be pushed to their phones. GenTech students, Timotius Sitorus and Daetuan Snagg, were members of Direct2Me.
- NYC Edventures(2nd Overall; 1st Education)is an app that uses geolocation to connect academic content to real-life material in an interactive game platform. The app streamlines the collection of content gathered on the web and at real-life sites to make for an easier and more efficient experience. GenTech students, John Bernagene, Fernando Flores Hernandez, and Anne Liang, were members of NYC Edventures.
- Word Nado (3rd Overall; 2nd Education)is a mobile game that is a variation of scrabble with major changes to game play, rules, and interface. The AIO PC acts as the game board and users send their word submissions from their mobile phones. GenTech students, Jayson Isaac and Anear Nahar, were members of Word Nado.
First place winner, Direct2Me, received over $4,000 in prizes, including a new Dell XPS AIO PC for each team member. AT&T and other major sponsors including Intel, Plantronics, and Pearson provided over $7,000 in prizes. Congratulations to all the participants!
Running alongside the main hacakthon event was the Student Lofi Hackathon. 35 students interested in programming learned how to prototype apps using appery.io, a cloud-based tool that offers an easy-to-use app builder platform and simple backend services. Encouraged to build products that address frustrations in their own lives, students created a variety of prototypes including an app that helps students organize their day around events, responsibilities, and transportation needs; and another that serves as a college guide, which integrates a map feature and reviews by college students themselves.
Next Sunday, October 20th, GenTech students will continue to hone their coding skills and work with developers at a Game Jam, a hackathon for making games, sponsored by TreSensa and Kik. We are so excited to see the products they create!
For more information about GenTech visit us at www.nycgenerationtech.com.


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Damien Oliver will be out of the saddle for 10 months for having a bet, which has tarnished his reputation, but as the evidence in the case becomes more clear, it is Racing Victoria's image that has been trashed.
Oliver used the system to ride throughout the Melbourne spring carnival after allegations of the infamous $10,000 bet first appeared in Fairfax Media on October 14. From that point, the words ''due process'' and ''natural justice'' were used to support inaction by Racing Victoria.
All right in the courts, but racing inquiries have different rules and can compel licensed persons to give evidence or be stood down.
Instead of acting swiftly, Racing Victoria allowed the Oliver case to become a soap opera running in concert with the biggest races of the year. Revelations of his admission of guilt or otherwise played in the media.
Racing Victoria chief executive Rob Hines told Fairfax on November 14 in the lead-up to the Oliver hearing, ''Full details of the case will be explained and will be aired [after the hearing].''
He denied any suggestion Oliver was given special treatment.
''This process has been conducted as quickly as possible. The suggestion in the media that admissions were received prior to this point, an admission was received yesterday [on November 12, the Monday following the end of the Flemington carnival] and the investigation has been ongoing. We have acted as quickly as we could following sufficient evidence to lay the charge.''
The way Hines put a spin on the story should serve him well as he becomes a media consultant for Racing Victoria next year. But the facts are starting to show that statement was spun more than a Shane Warne leg-break.
When Oliver's penalty was handed down on November 19 and Racing Victoria released a statement that read, in part, that the investigative committee ''formed the view that its best prospects of securing a certain conviction was to obtain an admission of guilt from Oliver. Accordingly, the option of standing Mr Oliver down prior to the laying of charges was not pursued … on the basis that this would have most likely jeopardised an admission being obtained, which would be admissible in any stewards inquiry.''
That seems remarkable in light of last week's admissions from steward Rob Montgomery, who chaired the Oliver betting hearing. He said Mark Hunter, who placed the bet on Oliver's behalf, had been granted concessions for evidence he had supplied.
''Yes, Hunter had helped us during the course of the inquiry. And he had earned concessions for doing so. After all, it was his information that brought about the Oliver case, however, it is still an ongoing situation,'' Montgomery said.
Hunter was interviewed on October 25 by the investigating panel. That his evidence was not considered enough to stand down Oliver seems extraordinary.
Investigations into how the case was handled were started by Victoria's Racing Minister, Denis Napthine, immediately after the Oliver penalty was handed down.
''In the interest of natural justice and due process, I was careful to make sure the Damien Oliver inquiry ran its course without government interference,'' he said. ''However, I was very concerned about allegations of mishandling and delays into resolving the Oliver inquiry.''
The Melbourne carnival is the jewel in the crown and in an effort to protect it, Racing Victoria was misguided, at best, in protecting an individual over the sport as a whole.
Oliver has accepted his penalty - whether it was enough is open to debate - but Racing Victoria continues to deny it got anything wrong.
Hines admitted on November 14 that the image of Racing Victoria was tarnished. ''Well, obviously it's disappointing at this time of year, in particular, to have these issues, but perhaps short-term pain for long-term gain,'' he said.
If only he had come to that view a month earlier, we might not still be discussing the handling of the affair.


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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
When we are confronted with a problem, we typically look for a solution by thinking about past problems that we have encountered. Because a certain solution worked last time, we are confident that it is the best. This is uncreative thinking.
A creative thinker thinks about the problem from many different angles. This gives them a number of possible solutions to choose from, which helps them find a unique elegant solution.
The next time you are confronted with a problem (even a very tiny one), instead of jumping to the first obvious solution, take a step back and see if you can find several alternatives. At first this is going to be difficult to do, but with practice you will be able to come up with many alternative solutions to your daily problems.
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Place all ingredients except for the Edensoy and dill in a medium soup pot, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the flame. Blend in a blender. Place back in the soup pot, add the Edensoy and reheat, but do not boil. Place in serving bowls and garnish with dill.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Ariane Lelong-Mainaud knows an artful way to teach our dysfunctional financial markets the difference between a bogus tweet and a real ticking bomb: Buy and sell stock the way we buy and sell art. "The way art is bought and sold has not changed for centuries, maybe thousands of years," Lelong-Mainaud told me over a luxuriously slow Japanese meal. "There is nothing electronic. The auction house is in the middle. There is a buyer. There is a seller. There is a price. It's done."
Lelong-Mainaud has art in her blood. She's not only the president of the Paris-based Association Pour la Defense de L'Oeuvre of Joan Miro, she grew up in a family of gallery owners in a world of modern masters such as David Hockney, Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois as well as Miro himself. In fact, she knew the artist well as a child; so well that -- without much exaggeration -- she can spot a fake Miro a mile away. "People who own Miro bring me in to confirm they are real before they are bought or sold," Lelong-Mainaud said. "Twentieth-century art is much harder than older art to make a forgery. So it's very simple to tell if it is not real." I asked what happens when she spots a fake: "I tear it up," she said flatly. "People cry. The picture may have been paid for with millions. But if it is a forgery, I destroy it." This stone-cold sense of the real from the fake makes Lelong-Mainaud the go-to woman for authenticating Miro at the world's heavy-hitting art auction houses, including New York's Sotheby's ( BID) and London's Christie's. She will not comment on specific pricing, buyers and sellers. But my talks with her over the past several months revealed a rare, inner glimpse of the dark world of how prices are set, buyers are found and information is distributed in the roughly $50-billion-a-year worldwide art market -- which, by the by is as absurd as absurd gets by contemporary, digital information-based financial market standards. Think about it: There is no underlying cash flow or enterprise value to price with art. No product revenues to factor in. In fact, there are really no products at all.
"Art's value does not come from an underlying asset or income stream. It's all about what the next person will pay for it," Marion Maneker, publisher at New York-based trend-tracker Art Market Monitor, explained to me over the phone. "That makes a large portion of the market private and unknowable. Yet it's interesting how many people are drawn into it."


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Did you know?
Dinokeng means 'place of rivers' in the Batswana and Bapedi languages.
Pretoria's surrounding areas give visitors the opportunity to explore the Gauteng province. There's Johannesburg just 45 minutes away (along the highway), the Dinokeng area, the Magaliesberg, the Cradle of Humankind and Hartbeespoort Dam.
Of all the areas surrounding Pretoria/Tshwane, Dinokeng offers the widest variety of fun attractions. Here you can go on game drives, nature walks, visit the Cullinan mine (where the world's largest diamond was found), learn about Ndebele culture, visit the Khuwana Tavern and spend time at a bona fide Buddhist Temple. It's no wonder then that this tourism region has been touted as 'Africa in one day'. The town of Cullinan is part of this route and is a great place for a relaxed lunch.
The Cradle of Humankind is also an easy drive from Pretoria and here you'll find a number of attractions including the Sterkfontein Caves and the fascinating Maropeng Visitor Centre. There are also wonderful eateries in the area – with Roots restaurant at the Forum Homini boutique hotel leading the way.
Hartbeespoort Dam, located along the R512, is a great place for water sports, golf and weekend getaways. There are a number of attractions close to the dam including the Elephant & Monkey Sanctuaries, an aerial cableway, snake parks, craft and curio stores and a number of spas.
The Magaliesberg with its ancient mountains, agricultural lands, craft routes and country hotels is a wonderful place to get away from it all. There are quaint country hotels, friendly B&Bs, as well as a choice of eateries.
En route to Brits, book a tour of the De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre, stop by well-stocked, smaller game reserves, or try your luck at the Carousel Entertainment Complex for gambling entertainment.
There's also the suburb of Irene, near Centurion, where you'll find the home of former General Jan Smuts on Doornkloof Farm. Here there is an excellent organic market and an art gallery well worth visiting.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Pretoria/Tshwane Tourism Information Centre
Tel: +27 (0)12 358 1430
Tshwane Tourism Association
Tel: +27 (0)12 841 2593
How to get here
You'll find Dinokeng along the N4 to Witbank – follow the Rayton/Cullinan signposts along the R515. If you want to visit the Cradle of Humankind, Hartbeespoort Dam and Magaliesberg take the N4 west.
Around the area
The Cradle of Humankind and the Magaliesberg. For a quick stop-over the Rietvlei Dam is a good option.
Tours to do
Head out on the Magaliesberg Meander, take a trip along the Crocodile Ramble or book a tour at De Wildt Cheetah & Wildlife Centre.
Get around
Hiring a car or 4x4 vehicle is a good idea and guarantees your independence.
What will it cost
There's an entrance fee into Maropeng Visitor Centre of R125 for adults and R70 for children (4-14).
Length of stay
Take three to four days exploring the Gauteng countryside.
Where to stay
Forum Homini boutique hotel in the Cradle of Humankind is an excellent option if you are wanting something upmarket. The Valley Lodge in Magaliesberg is excellent value for money, and the Hys Rex (linked to Janharmsgat se Agterplaas in Cullinan) is a great self-catering option.
What to eat
Book a decadent Sunday buffet lunch at the Mount Grace Hotel & Spa in the Magaliesberg. De Hoek, another charming Magalieberg establishment, is also known for its fine cuisine and peaceful country surroundings.
Best buys
The roadside galleries near Hartbeespoort sell a wide variety of arts and crafts.


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I wanted to give you a heads-up about a new sidebar unit we are experimenting with on Wikia. We've been looking again at our Answers websites, and have just redesigned them to have a similar look to other wikis, and to make it easier to match the theme to a similar regular wiki.
Next we would like to point people toward a wiki's corresponding answers site via a box on the right hand rail of the wiki, similar to the Recent Activity box.
This box is a bit like the the Answers widget we introduced last year, but is simpler and just shows a list of questions recently asked or answered on the corresponding answers site, much like one would expect to see on "Wiki Activity" if one were actually on the answers site. For this test, the box would only show to logged-out users.
We've chosen wikis with plenty of activity and an Answers wiki on the same subject - ut if we've chosen the wrong Answers Wiki to link to please let us know. If you are logged out, and see the "Recent Questions" box, feel free to give us your feedback! --daNASCAT (help forum | blog) 18:56, May 4, 2011 (UTC)
- I just logged out to test this, but couldn't find anything. Please let me know if it has been activated or, if checking for usage of a "correct" Answers Wiki is the main task, just link to it here. That aside, I wonder if this really is a useful feature for this Wiki. We already have a good deal of information, and even a Reference Desk to ask for more. It seems as if that new feature will just draw visitors away from a working site to a nonworking one. -- Cid Highwind 22:25, May 4, 2011 (UTC)