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March 6, 2013
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6 Ways We'd Change the WBC
1. Make it a Four-Day Tournament to Replace the All-Star Game
Why not just make the WBC an eight-team single-elimination tournament? It can be run in July replacing the All-Star break and game, and you'll get to see most of the same players—in midseason form. Pick two different cities on either side of the country to host the quarterfinals and semifinals and to exploit the time zone differential. On Day 1, there are two games at 1:00 and 7:00 in each park (or whatever works for TV). On Day 2, the semifinal games would be played at night. On Day 3, it's a travel day to the city hosting the final on Day 4, in prime time. —Russell A. Carleton
2. Make Qualifying Rounds True Double-Elimination
In all three other qualifying pools, it didn't matter, since the zero-loss team beat the one-loss team in the championship game. So apologies for this sounding like a homer rant. It shouldn't be surprising that a tournament that's ultimately decided on a pair of best-of-1s values expediency over having the best team win, but in the qualifying rounds, they should take the time to play one more game if necessary. —Zachary Levine
3. Make the Best Players Play
4. Allow Countries with No Baseball Experience to Participate
So I'm pro-WBC, but I'm not much more likely to, well, watch it than I am to tune in to a given game in the Grapefruit League (though I am hoping to see some WBC action on a trip to Arizona this weekend). There's no easy fix for my apathy. I can't come up with a solution to raise the stakes—the tournament will always take a backseat to the regular season—but I can think of one way MLB could make me want to watch: permit countries with no professional baseball presence to participate.
Yes, this would lower the quality of play, but that's precisely the point. We all have plenty of experience watching bad baseball players play each other; most of us have been those players. What we rarely see is bad baseball players playing really good baseball players. That makes it hard to tell how good major leaguers really are, since they're always squaring off against other major leaguers, or something close to it. Well, I'm sick of seeing supremely talented athletes throw 98-mph fastballs with movement to other, equally gifted athletes who somehow manage to hit them hard. Instead, I want to see someone look like me out there, cowering at the sight of Craig Kimbrel. And that's something that can happen only if the WBC opens its doors to the cream of the extremely thin crop from countries that have hardly heard of baseball. Micronesia, come on down.
It's a facetious suggestion, but it would work for me. If you're still not persuaded, think of it this way: It's the closest baseball could come to Cool Runnings. Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme. Get on up, it's baseball time. —Ben Lindbergh
5. No More Petty and Shallow Complaints About the Tournament
The exposure and spread of baseball is a positive for professional ballplayers, period. It means more leagues to play in and more money to make. Belittling the tournament because it's an "exhibition" and "manufactured" is shooting the sport in the foot. So let's stop. —Larry Granillo
6. Re-Name it the World Honkbal Classic, and Have Vin Scully Call the Action
First, as Ian Miller expertly pointed out on Tuesday, "honkbal"—the Dutch word for "baseball"—is tremendously awesome. If the tournament's broadcasters were required to mention the word "honkbal" several times per inning, I might tune in. But such a fantastic word deserves a fantastic voice to pronounce it. Thus, I propose that Vin Scully be given full reign of the World Honkbal Classic game-calling duties. Aside from allowing viewers around the world to hear one of the greatest broadcasters of all-time, isn't it fun to imagine the bits of trivia and anecdotes Scully might dig up for countries like Team Israel and Team South Africa? —Stephani Bee
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"Belittling the tournament because it's an 'exhibition' and 'manufactured' is shooting the sport in the foot. So let's stop."
Mar 06, 2013 05:34 AM
In many jobs, you get paid a salary and are still allowed to do things like attend conferences and/or publish papers that might not necessarily be work-related but are related to your industry. Same concept with baseball. Playing in the WBC doesn't directly help their team but it does help the sport and also helps the player grow. It's little different than Apple sending a programmer to an IT conference.
Mar 06, 2013 06:28 AM
My guess is that Apple sends the programmer to the conference to make the programmer a more productive and valuable employee.
Mar 06, 2013 07:29 AM
Yeah and if a team bars a player from playing, it may lead to animosity when contract negotiations come up. Meanwhile, if a team lets a player play, it increases their happiness i.e. "job satistication". Besides, teams send players to the WBC for the marketing opportunity which could lead to merchandising and/or future international recruits.
Mar 06, 2013 10:38 AM
I wouldn't think that marketing opportunity would confer enough of a benefit to outweigh the negatives of not having my players in my camp getting ready to help my team win games, but that's just my perception.
Mar 06, 2013 10:58 AM
Look at how much the Yankees have profited in terms of merchandising and player acquisition from their international reputation.
Mar 06, 2013 11:10 AM
I'm not dismissing "international reputation" generally, I just wonder if having my players in the WBC is a major factor therein. Ichiro was a Mariner and they surely benefited in many ways from his international stardom, but what role did the WBC play in that? If Ichiro eschewed this year's WBC, would the Yankees see a discernible drop in their brand's international presence?
Mar 06, 2013 11:23 AM
The WBC is still too young to see what the full implications of it are. However, if countries are building stadiums and televising baseball, it makes sense that a kid in those countries could latch onto a favorite player from the WBC and start following their major league career.
Mar 06, 2013 12:06 PM
I'm not talking about "once the season ends." I'm talking about Feb 26 (or whenever the contractually-obligated reporting date is) through the last game of the season or post-season.
Mar 06, 2013 12:30 PM
Actually, Kent's clause was "no riding motorcycles".. but when he broke his wrist riding a motorcyle, that's where he lied and said he was washing his truck.
Mar 06, 2013 12:41 PM
Here's an article by Ken Rosenthal about some of the ways the WBC is benefitting the teams and baseball in general, especially in the absence of baseball as an Olympic sport.
Mar 06, 2013 11:18 AM
Rosenthal doesn't even address the key issue, i.e., the obligation of the players to do the job for which they are being paid.
Mar 06, 2013 12:18 PM
As a claims adjuster I am in fact allowed to take time off from handling claims to attend conferences and seminars because they allow me to earn continuing education credits which keep my license in force. This is not an exact parallel because my attending a conference doesn't impair my ability to perform for my company they way missing spring training does for a pitcher, there's no risk of injury as there is for a pitcher, and the benefits of my attending the conference accrue to my company, not to the general welfare of the insurance industry.
Mar 11, 2013 21:34 PM
But all baseball is manufactured, so I don't entirely understand why one manifestation of it is inherently more repulsive than another. Professional baseball came about because business leaders in Cincinnati were tired of watching their local team lose all the time, so they went out and bought the best players across the country. That was completely manufactured, yet it ended up leading to something pretty amazing.
Mar 06, 2013 07:21 AM
I was just referring to the quote in the article re: "manufactured exhibition." Whether MLB can be defined as "manufactured" is beside the point, which is that MLB players leaving their teams' camps to play in the WBC is repulsive to me. But hey, that's just my perception, everybody's got their tastes and preferences, etc.
Mar 06, 2013 07:34 AM
Love the WBC - I would watch it even if no MLB players participated.
Mar 06, 2013 05:55 AM
Roger that - I would be much more inclined to watch it if no MLB players participated. If a Futures Game type team played in it, I'd be all over it.
Mar 06, 2013 06:27 AM
Me too. I went to one of the original series in AZ and it was an amazing experience. I think it's one of those things that you have to go see at least once to really appreciate. It's like being a baseball fan and never going to the stadium. You're a fan, but you're missing something important.
Mar 06, 2013 06:28 AM
Isn't a diminished WBC infinitely better than no WBC for the growth of the game? That being said I completely understand the economic argument.
Mar 06, 2013 06:29 AM
Shaun P.
I would like to see Ben's idea taken in a different direction, with a hat tip to robustyoungsoul. Instead of changing the talent composition by inviting nations with no baseball experience, or eliminating all major leaguers from the tournament, limit each team to having no more than 10 current major leaguers on their roster.
Mar 06, 2013 06:40 AM
I really like Mr. Carleton's idea about the four-day tourney to replace the all-star break. I'm 100% on board with that.
Mar 06, 2013 08:09 AM
Ha, I'm going to the Italy v. Angels game today. It's a little weird to see Italy play Baseball and not Soccer, it will be fun. The WBC does need better players though. Why not reward organizations based on how many players they send to the WBC? Mid-late round draft picks, luxury tax relief (although that really only applies to two teams), certain amount of cash for every player they send into the tournament. I'm sure teams would then be trying to get their players into the tournament. Also, have the rewards proportional to the players salary/WARP so teams that send a 25 million player or high WARP player into the tournament, get a bigger piece of the revenue generated by the classic. MLB needs to invest money in trying to get teams to encourage their best players to go, that's it.
Mar 06, 2013 08:42 AM
I agree with Stephani Bee - Vin Scully needs to broadcast some games (at least the finals!)
Mar 06, 2013 10:22 AM
Beau Giles
Simplest positive change would be to stream the tournament on the internet without requiring viewers to subscribe to MLB Network to view it. The event is going to be heavily ignored in the US simply because MLB Network has such small market penetration or regular viewership.
Mar 06, 2013 10:42 AM
I would pay to watch over the internet, but we do not have that option. Correct?
Mar 06, 2013 11:55 AM
The easiest improvement would be cancelling it altogether. Every year, we are witness to a great tournament featuring the finest players from all over the world. You may have heard of it. It's called "Major League Baseball". Silly marketing stunts (yes, I'd kibosh the All-Star Game too) are entirely superfluous.
Mar 06, 2013 14:33 PM
I missed it. I missed the opportunity to see a bunch of really good players and unique styles of play that I never get to see in MLB. Baseball is worse off for thinking that the only thing that counts is MLB, and that nothing that happens outside of MLB is worthwhile. Too often the powers-that-be in MLB "know" that baseball has to be played a certain way. Other countries often don't suffer from this certainty.
Mar 07, 2013 05:41 AM
Am I the only one to support Zachary Levine's idea? Maybe I, too, am a homer. I had a friend on Team Israel. I streamed all of their games and was shocked to learn that they didn't get a second chance to lose. Severe bummer.
Mar 06, 2013 17:01 PM
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Nathan bounces back with spotless ninth
DETROIT -- By now, in his 14th big league season, Joe Nathan has accepted the fact that the closer is an easy scapegoat on any baseball team.
"When things go bad, they're all over you," Nathan said Sunday, a day after he gave up three runs in the ninth inning of a tie game that the Tigers eventually lost to Cleveland. "When things go well, they cheer."
This time, Nathan was the recipient of cheers after his 1-2-3 ninth ended the Tigers' 5-1 win over the Indians.
Nathan has been an enigma this season, and his rough night Saturday forced manager Brad Ausmus to answer questions regarding Nathan's status as the team's closer. The veteran has retired the side in order only four times in his last 18 appearances, a far cry from the shutdown closer many Tigers fans envisioned they were getting when the team signed Nathan last offseason.
Meanwhile, the most attractive internal alternative for the closer role, Joba Chamberlain, pitched a scoreless eighth for the second consecutive day.
The Tigers are also reportedly in the market for bullpen help from the outside as the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline approaches. In 2011, Nathan was attempting to come back from Tommy John surgery the year before, and it was then that he learned a valuable lesson -- don't worry about the trade rumors.
"I didn't concern myself then, and I'm surely not going to do it now," Nathan said.
This season, Nathan's name isn't popping up as a candidate for a trade, but any deal for relief pitching could certainly leave him on less-than-level footing.
"I'm way too old to worry about that stuff," Nathan said. "I've done too much in this game, too much in my career. I think it'd be unfair to myself to beat myself up over that kind of stuff after all the things I've been through in my career. That's part of the game and I know stuff's going to be talked about, but that's not for me to worry about."
Ausmus had hinted that rust could have played a role in Nathan's rough appearance on Saturday, as he went over a week without pitching. But he showed no signs of that on Sunday.
"It was crisp," Ausmus said of Nathan's effort. "He was down, got strikes in the bottom of the zone, good slider, looked like he was throwing downhill. I thought he pitched very well."
Matt Slovin is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Bridgwater Mercury 18, Hendford 56
MERCURY took to the court on Saturday with another new line up, but this did not dampen their determination.
With three under-14s, Darcie Dunn (C), Emily Rossiter (GD) and Yuste Mockeliunaite (WD) playing their first senior game for the club, the match was going to be a challenge against a very strong Yeovil side, Hendford.
Captain, Norah Lewis (GA), tried a number of combinations to try to strengthen Mercury's play, which didn't lack effort.
However, the final outcome was an 18-56 loss.
Joint players of the match were Aerin Phillips, Hana Middleton and Cerys Etheridge.
Saturn 31, Babylon 41
SATURN put in a fighting display against Babylon, but it wasn't enough to prevent a ten point defeat.
With accurate shooting and great movement around the attacking circle from GA Imogen Setter and GS Sammy Kemmish, Saturn were only down by three goals in the first quarter.
Some swift play by centre court players Hazel Hucker, Karis Holleron and Michelle Stone, allowed Saturn to keep the gap tight and not let Babylon get the better of them.
Changes made in the third quarter saw Katy Cheese come on at GA and Imogen Setter move to C, which changed the game for Saturn.
Tight defence in the circle from Sally Haysham (GD) and Julie McClean (GK) kept the ball out of the opposition's reach, minimising Babylon's shots, which meant that Saturn drew level and at one point were ahead of Babylon. But Babylon managed fought back in the last quarter to take the win.
Neptune 46, Dolphins 42
A STURDY performance in the final quarter saw Neptune pip Dolphins by just four points on Saturday.
Fantastic interceptions from Bex Dunn (GD) shook up the opposition and kept Neptune slightly ahead at half time, 21-19.
Neptune had to push harder in the second half of the game as Dolphins made some tactical team changes.
This didn't phase the excellent shooting combination of Katy Cheese (GA) and Lianne Fothergill (GS) – as the duo worked the ball well around the circle and crucially finished the shots, keeping Neptune ahead at the end of the third quarter.
In the final period, Neptune really stepped up their game with Hollie Cornish (WD) pressurising Dolphins' attack.
Solid defensive work led to a number of vital interceptions, as Neptune held on for the win.
Venus 34, Wyndham 49
VENUS slipped to a 15-point defeat at the hands of Yeovil's second team, Wyndham.
The first quarter was strongly contested and Wyndham were only ahead by one goal at the end of the first quarter.
Strong defensive play from Coleen Bartlett (GK) and Morgan Middleton (GD) continued to place pressure on their opposing shooters, making some great tips and marking from both players.
Hollie Cornish (WD) was a good source strength and support in both the defensive and attacking ends of the court but Wyndham extended their lead to 22-16.
Venus stepped up a gear in the third quarter and the combined shooting skills of Mattie Williams (GS) and Sarah Perry (GA) ensured Venus increased their score.
Venus continued to pressure Wyndham in the final quarter, with Chris Shaw (WA) and Alisha Gardener (C) working tirelessly and executing some great interceptions and precise feeding into the shooters.
However, Venus were unable to close the gap and Wyndham went on to win 49 - 34.
Mars 31, Reckleford 33
MARS were beaten by the narrowest of margins on Saturday, as they lost 33-31 to Reckleford.
Solid defence from Emily Harwood (GK) and Saskia Middleton (GD) helped Mars to a first quarter 8-7 lead.
Reckleford's persistent defending didn't stop Mars' attacking players retrieving the ball, as they finished the second period 18-15 ahead.
Mars' centre court players were strong throughout the game, turning over centre passes frequently, but Reckleford closed the gap to finish the third quarter 25 apiece.
Both teams continued to push hard to the final whistle - but Mars lost the battle.


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Youth unemployment in Sutton has fallen by 31 per cent since 2012, according to new figures.
The number of 16 to 24-year-olds claiming jobs seekers' allowance fell from 790 to 545 between November 2012 and November 2013.
The reduction is greater on average than both London and the UK, which recorded drops of 28.7 per cent and 26.4 per cent respectively.
Councillor Jayne McCoy, chair of the housing, economy and business committee, said: "Sutton is leading the way when it comes to tackling youth unemployment, and we are outperforming the averages for London and the rest of the UK.
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Born in Ankara in 1956, Adnan Oktar writes his books under the pen name of Harun Yahya. He is a world-renowned man of ideas. He has dedicated his life to telling of the existence and oneness of Almighty Allah, to disseminating the moral values of the Qur'an, to the intellectual defeat of materialist and atheist ideologies, to propagating the real Ataturk way and to defending the permanence of the state and the unity of the nation.
Mr. Adnan Oktar lived in Ankara until he finished high school. His attachment to the morality of Islam grew stronger during his high school years. During this period, he read almost all the works of the Islamic scholars and had an in-depth knowledge about Islam. Again, during these years he decided to speak about the morality of Islam to all people and call them to the truth.
To continue his education, he entered Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University in 1979 coming in third from among thousands of candidates. Mr. Oktar, a talented artist since childhood who regards art as a manifestation of Allah's superior creation, painted surrealist pictures from time to time and gave away a large number of paintings as gifts to friends. In addition, Mr. Oktar numbers animals, plants and flowers among his spheres of interest, as well as horticulture, interior design, and décor.
1.1 Mr. Adnan Oktar's Photographs
1.2 Mr. Adnan Oktar Tells How He Spend His Day
The forefathers of Adnan Oktar immigrated to Caucasia during the Hulagu sedition, and during the Ottoman-Russian wars and Russian-Caucasian wars, they took refuge in the Ottoman lands and settled in the Bala province of Ankara.
1.3 Information about Mr. Adnan Oktar's Sayyidism and his genealogy
When Adnan Oktar entered Mimar Sinan University, it was under the influence of various illegal Marxist-communist organizations. Aggressive atheist and materialist trends predominated among students as well as the academic staff. Indeed, some members of the teaching staff would seize every opportunity to propagandize on behalf of materialist philosophy and Darwinism, even though these subjects had nothing to do with the curriculum.
This environment accorded religion and moral values no respect, and rejected them almost entirely. The materialist view predominated. But Adnan Oktar began telling those around him of the invalidity of Darwinism, of the existence and oneness of Allah, and was the only person who prayed openly in the Molla Mosque, adjacent to the university.
At night—as his mother, Mediha Oktar, relates—Adnan Oktar would sleep only a few hours and spend the rest of his time reading, taking notes and writing. He read hundreds of works including those dealing with Marxism, Leninism, Maoism, communism and materialist philosophy, and carried out detailed studies of the classics as well as more seldom-read texts. He also performed wide-ranging research into the theory of evolution—the alleged scientific foundation of these ideologies. Mr. Oktar collected considerable quantities of documents and detailed information revealing the increasing dilemmas faced by these superstitious philosophies—their quandaries, contradictions and falsehoods, all based on a denial of Allah—and used his accumulated knowledge to invite people to reality and truth. He spoke to everyone, university students and staff alike, about the existence and oneness of Allah and the moral values of the Qur'an. In conversations at the university canteen, and in breaks between classes, he outlined the deceptions of materialism and Darwinism, citing direct quotations from these ideologies' original texts. These cultural activities of Mr. Oktar's had a great impact, and positive changes took place in the ideological thinking and beliefs of a great many people, including some members of the academic staff.
Adnan Oktar attached special importance to refuting the theory of evolution. That was because he saw that ever since Darwinism's first appearance, it had been subsumed by materialism and atheism. Aware that today, those same circles are still defending Darwinism and striving to keep it alive for ideological reasons, Adnan Oktar believes that eradicating Darwinism will hand those movements a major defeat.
2.1 The Mimar Sinan Years in Adnan Oktar's own words
To that end, Adnan Oktar concentrated on proving the invalidity of this deception that for more than a century had turned people away from religious moral values. He realized that since Darwinism advanced itself in the name of science, the most effective means of revealing its true face was through science itself. Based on that viewpoint, he brought out a pamphlet entitled The Theory of Evolution, a summary of his wide-ranging research and study, and personally bore all the printing costs by selling property inherited from his family, and distributed the pamphlet free of charge to other university students.
Using an accessible and comprehensible style, this pamphlet demonstrated that evolution was a deception, with no scientific validity. Many people who read the pamphlet and spoke with Adnan Oktar came to agree that no living thing could come into being by chance, and that Almighty Allah created the universe and all living things in it.
Nonetheless some students in the university, blindly devoted to materialist thought, continued in denial, despite having seen the clear truth. Some militant students openly threatened Oktar, saying his life would be in danger unless he ceased his activities. Yet this only increased Oktar's determination and devotion to Allah. The harsh reactions and alarm evinced by materialist circles were significant proof that he was on the right path.
In a university in which terror ruled, dominated by atheist and materialist movements, devout individuals were harassed for their beliefs. During those years, while many young people in Turkey were ruthlessly slaughtered because of ideological tensions, Adnan Oktar openly preached the existence and oneness of Allah and of the truth of the Qur'an. In a university where no one had the courage to state his beliefs openly, he continued to pray regularly at the mosque, unwavering in the face of reactions and threats.
When Adnan Oktar began communicating Islamic values, he was quite alone. For more than three years nobody at Mimar Sinan University backed up his views, yet that did not alter his determination. Knowing that Allah was his only friend, he did all these things solely to gain His approval.
He devoted all his time, energy and means to a single purpose: earning the good pleasure, mercy and Paradise of Allah, and telling all mankind about religious moral values.
In 1982, the first few students at Mimar Sinan University decided to align themselves with Adnan Oktar in his intellectual struggle. As months passed, the numbers of people adopting these ideas rose. Adnan Oktar held conversations with these young people on love of country; the importance of following in the great leader Ataturk's path; the proofs of Creation; the exemplary moral values of our Prophet (saas); the moral values revealed in the Qur'an by our Lord; and the invalidity of materialism, atheism and Darwinism. From this time onward, Adnan Oktar was a vehicle by which many people came to believe and live by the moral values of religion.
4.1 The messages sent by people who came to have faith in God by means of the works of Mr. Adnan Oktar
His intellectual activities opposing materialism and atheism began to elicit reactions from wider circles. Certain groups, alarmed by Adnan Oktar's nationalist and religious activities, set up a major conspiracy against him. Their plot coincided with the publication of his work Judaism and Freemasonry, which provoked an enormous response.
In the summer of 1986, Adnan Oktar was arrested, with no rightful legal ground whatsoever, for having stated, "I am a member of the Turkish People, and of the Nation of Ibrahim," in an interview carried by a newspaper. Again under the influence of the circles mentioned above, deceitful reports, groundless information and slanders about him began appearing in various publications.
Adnan Oktar was first arrested and imprisoned. He was confined in a one-man cell for nine months. He was then chained by the foot to a bed in the Forensic Medicine Department for 40 days. He was then transferred to the Bakirkoy Mental Hospital on the grounds of being mentally unhealthy and placed under observation in ward 14A, poorly maintained, filthy, and used to house the most dangerous inmates. Ward 14A, which housed 300 mental patients, was in a stone building left over from the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid and could be entered only by passing through a number of locked iron doors, since killings among patients were viewed as nothing out of the ordinary. During Mr. Oktar's time there, seven murders were committed.
In addition, he was forcibly given drugs blurring consciousness. Those who managed to visit him witnessed that he had lost none of his determination and enthusiasm at this time. Postgraduate students, nurses and even doctors were prohibited from seeing him, out of concerns that he would turn them to Islamic moral values. Shortly afterwards, his relatives and friends were also banned from visiting him, and even telephone calls were forbidden. He was threatened with spending the rest of his life in the hospital unless he abandoned his intellectual activities. Certain circles strongly suggested that if he ceased publication of Judaism and Freemasonry, he could immediately be released from hospital and spend the rest of his life in comfort. Financial incentives were also offered if he would hand over all the book's research materials. But he rejected all these offers, refusing to bow to the threats and pressure that only enhanced his determination.
After Oktar had been detained for 19 months, the Prosecutor's Office determined there was "no offence in the statements uttered." He was declared innocent and released.
The report issued by the Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) confirming Adnan Oktar's SANITY, however, was never once mentioned by the press. After being depicted as mentally ill for 20 years, a Military Hospital report confirmed that he was completely sane.
During this period, Mr. Oktar continued his work on revealing that Darwinism is a terrible deception. In 1986 he collected all his research on Darwinism's true face in the book Living Things and Evolution, which for many years, was used as the sole reference showing the scientific invalidity of the theory of evolution.
5.1 In order to see the conditions of the mental asylum where Mr. Oktar stayed, please refer to:
5.2 Mr. Adnan Oktar Relates His Days in the Mental Asylum
5.3 Mr. Adnan Oktar's Clean Bill of Health issued by the Gulhane Military Hospital
Again in mid-1991, certain circles made uneasy by his cultural activities made him the target of a conspiracy. At the time, he was preparing a most important manuscript on the history of Freemasonry and world-wide Masonic organizations. Police, searching the home he shared with his mother in Istanbul's Ortakoy district, discovered a packet of cocaine in the very first book they opened-in a library of some 2,000 books!
Adnan Oktar was immediately detained in Izmir where he was together with a few friends, then transferred to the Istanbul Security Directorate, and after 72 hours, was sent to the Forensic Medicine Institution for drug testing. It was announced that Adnan Oktar's blood showed a high level of a cocaine by-product.
However, all the evidence submitted later showed that this was nothing more than slander; and that the cocaine allegedly found in Adnan Oktar's library was part of this conspiracy. Shortly before the arrest, he had felt that secret moves against him were afoot. Leaving his home in Ortakoy he called his mother Mediha Oktar to warn her of a likely plot against him and asked her to clean and search his house with a few other people as witnesses. His mother called her neighbor and janitor, and together they cleaned her son's home from top to bottom, dusting all the books in his library. Although Adnan Oktar did not return after that cleaning, 16 police officers carrying out the search operation "found" a packet of cocaine among his books as soon as they entered the house. The neighbor and janitor later made a sworn statement, saying jointly that "We cleaned Adnan Oktar's library together, and there was no such packet there."
The second phase of the conspiracy-the cocaine by-product in Adnan Oktar's blood-was refuted by scientific and forensic evidence. Adnan Oktar was kept in the Security Headquarters for 72 hours before the analyses was performed. Scientifically, however, it can be calculated how much cocaine a man has taken and how many hours before by measuring the cocaine by-product in his blood. In Adnan Oktar's blood, that level was so high that had he taken that much cocaine 72 hours before, it would have killed him. This showed that the cocaine had entered his body much sooner, by being mixed with his food while he was in detention.
This was confirmed by some 30 international forensic medicine institutions, including Scotland Yard. To the file sent to them for examination, all gave a common response: The cocaine had been administered while Adnan Oktar was in detention by being mixed with his food.
Subsequently, the Turkish Forensic Medicine Institution confirmed that the incident was a conspiracy, that the cocaine had been administered during the detention period, and Adnan Oktar was cleared by the court and released.
However, this incident revealed that forces hostile to Adnan Oktar intended to employ all kinds of dirty tricks. These forces, who previously sought to intimidate Adnan Oktar with prison and oppression, were now conspiring against him.
You can see the originals of some of the reports issued by health institutions proving that the cocaine entered Adnan Oktar's body less than 72 hours before, in other words, while he was under detention.
6.1 The psychological war methods employed in the cocaine conspiracy hatched against Mr. Adnan Oktar.
After 1991 Adnan Oktar dedicated all his time to writing and spent all his time at home.
Under the pen name of Harun Yahya, he has written hundreds of valuable books. Those that presented scientific refutations of Darwinism provoked particularly strong reactions in the scientific world. The 22 April 2000 issue of New Scientist called Mr. Oktar an "international hero" for communicating the fact of creation over the fallacy of evolution. The author's intellectual struggle against materialism and Darwinism has often been mentioned in such mainly evolutionist publications as National Geographic, Science, New Scientist and NSCE Reports. The English and German editions of National Geographic's November, 2004 issue referred to his works concerning the fact of creation, and included the following quotation from The Evolution Deceit: "The theory of evolution is nothing but a deception imposed on us by the dominators of the world system."
Adnan Oktar's works have been translated into many languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Urdu, Chinese, Arabic, Albanian, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Uigur, Indonesian, Azeri, Bengali, Bulgarian, Danish, Polish and Malay, and enjoy a world-wide readership in a great many countries, from India to America, Great Britain to Indonesia, from Poland to Bosnia, Spain and Brazil.
Through these books, a great many people have come to appreciate and to grow more deeply in their faith. Everyone who reads and studies his work is affected by this profound difference and benefits from his sincere, wise and easily accessible style. Each book is characterized by proven, definitive facts presented with honest clarity, which nobody can refute-features that doubtlessly stem from a striking wisdom vouchsafed by Allah.
Mr. Adnan Oktar's most influential book against Darwinism has been the Atlas of Creation. This giant work that includes the pictures of hundreds of fossil samples have documented that living beings have not evolved but remained the same for millions of years. These documents have stirred up a great shock in the Darwinist circles. Especially following the fact that the book has outreached many European countries, a Darwinist panic was experienced. The Atlas of Creation that reveals that Darwinism has no scientific grounds with solid findings have had great repurcussions in many countries such as America, China, Brazil, Holland, Belgium, England, Italy, Sweeden, Switzerland, Spain and Denmark. Innumerable newsreports, columns, television programs, Internet websites displayed the ideological impact of the book.
French being the foremost, European Darwinists have expereinced a cultural shock. In the face of the blow Darwinism - which has become instrumental in the spread of irreligion for the last 150 years- has received, the European materialists have been alarmed at the utmost level. The European Convention convened, reports were issued. The ministries of Education issued declarations. European Darwinists were unable to give any ideological response to Atlas of Creation and they, in their own mind, tried to find solutions to get rid away from the book. Indeed they immediately abandoned their liberal traditions they had been advocating for centuries and embraced a prohibitive and repressive identity. Indeed, they even attempted to ban the book. However these effort were futile, for Europe had already started to be enlightened!
The prominent newspapers and magazines of France covered the news of the Atlas of Creation with dreadful expressions. Le Figaro, L'Express, Le Monde and La Croix covered the issue with headlines expressing horror and panic such as "earthquake", "raid", "impact of a bomb". They expressed the defeat and devestation of Darwinism with statements such as, "The greatest defeat in French history." This magnificient work caused an "ideological earthquake" in Europe among those circles who blindly advocate Darwin's theory.
France, Science & Vie Science Magazine,
"Atlas, made the impact of a cold shower…"
France, Le Point
"Save Darwin!"
Fransa, La Liberation
"(Atlas of Creation) stirred up a whole panic in a single move. "
Germany, Stern Magazine,
"A book like a clap of thunder."
Belgium, A Voix Autre Newspaper,
"Creationist literature has never been so powerful."
Holland, Radio Netherlands Internet Site
the Atlas of Creation has stirred up a "deluge" in all of Europe.
Italy, Corriera Della Serra Newspaper
… we do know for certain that we will be the losers…"
Italy, La Stampa Newspaper,
"Goodbye Darwin"
The Atlas of Creation initiated a real enlightenment in Europe. The European nations who had remained under the pressure of Darwinist and materialist movements for around one and half centuries have started to realize that the theory of evolution has no scientific value and that it is kept on the agenda for purely ideological concerns. The surveys conducted in various countries revealed that there is a significant decrease in the number of people believing in Darwinism. For instance, in a survey by Science Actualité, the percentage of people who believe that human beings have not evolved is 92 percent, whereas the rate of people believing in evolution is 5 percent. The survey by the German newspaper Süddedeutsche Zeitung revealed that the rate of people believing that human beings are a work of a Creator is 85 percent, while those believing in the validity of the theory of evolution is 9 percent. Meanwhile, 86 percent of people answered the question , "How do you think life evolved?" in the survey of Die Welt newspaper answered, "God created." Another survey that disclosed the ideological change in Europe was the Switzerland Blick's survey. In this survey, the rate of people believing in Creation was 85 percent, while the believers of the theory of evolution was 8 percent. The De Morgen Gazzette published in Belgium wrote, "Eight out of ten people think that the theory of evolution is nonsense." Extra Bladet Gazzette in Denmark conducted a survey and asked the question, "Do you think human beings descended from apes?" 88 percent of the Danish people answered this question, "No." In a news report that appeared in Swiss Factum magazine, it is stated that the Swiss people also wanted Creation to be included in curriculums. The surveys conducted of teachers in England revealed that teachers think that Creation must also be taught in schools. The Guardian and the Independent gave wide coverage to this report. What is most striking in all these reports is that Europeans expressed that it is the Atlas of Creation that became instrumental in this change. Indeed, in the last months of the year 2008, the Vatican declared that they thanked Muslims because they "reintroduced faith in God to Europe."
This great ideological awekening that the Atlas of Creation started became instrumental and also had its impact on European leaders and statesmen. Tony Blair's statements about his interest in religion, Sarkozy's words about his faith in God exemplify the positive changes that occurred in the European leaders.
Nicholas Sarkozy: "In every individual's thoughts and heart there is the Almighty God. It is God Who constantly conveys the message of humility, love, peace, brotherhood, tolerance and respect. In the face of man's unmeasured arrogance and insanity, it is God that remains as a city wall. It is God Who does not captivate man, but sets him free."
Tony Blair: "Save religion and help it become a force for good."
Tony Blair: Mr. Blair called for religious faith to be rescued from extremism and put at the centre of solving the world's problems. Religion could awaken the world's conscience and help achieve the millennium development goals of eradicating poverty and hunger.
In order to see the extraordinary worldwide impact the Atlas of Creation has made, please refer to:
8.1 It is Mr. Adnan Oktar who ideologically defeated Darwinism
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A POOR bowling display cost Bridgwater dear at The Wyvern on Saturday as they went down by 49 runs to Taunton St Andrews.
After winning the toss, the home side amassed 264-6 thanks to an unbroken 111-run stand between Rob Contreras (94no) and the hard hitting Dave Reading (64no), who both punished some indifferent bowling.
Cam Williams (2-37) was the most successful bowler, supported by Andy Roberts, whose first spell of six overs had produced a miserly 1-13. However, the last 15 overs saw no further wickets fall as all the bowlers toiled in the heat.
Bridgwater's reply was very positive as Andy Hallaran (27), Mitch Windsor (26) Chris Gange (31) Steve Davis (20) and top scorer Josh Vickery (43) all got in, then out, in the face of very defensive fields and unfortunate dismissals - as the pitch became more difficult to bat on.
Saints slower bowlers did the majority of the damage, with Luke Poole claiming 4-51. Bridgwater were dismissed for 215 with four overs to spare and left ruing the earlier inconsistent bowling performance.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will monitor the economic impact of a strengthening euro, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Thursday, feeding expectations the climbing currency could open the door to an interest rate cut.
After the ECB left its main interest rate at 0.75 percent on Thursday, Draghi said the exchange rate was near to its long-term average but went further than many analysts had expected.
"The appreciation is, in a sense, a sign of return of confidence in the euro," Draghi told a news conference.
"The exchange rate is not a policy target, but it is important for growth and price stability and we certainly want to see whether the appreciation is sustained and will alter our risk assessment as far as price stability is concerned."
The euro hit a 15-month peak of $1.3711 on February 1. It traded below that level on Thursday and fell to a one-week low against the dollar and sank against the yen after Draghi's comments.
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday the euro zone must develop an exchange rate policy to protect the currency from "irrational movements". Germany has been cooler to any thoughts of exchange rate action.
By linking the euro's exchange rate to growth and price stability, Draghi achieved a deft piece of verbal intervention, analysts said.
"This hints that euro strength -- if sustained -- could eventually trigger a rate cut," said Nick Kounis at ABN Amro.
Carsten Brezeski at ING added: "Draghi successfully tried to talk down the euro exchange rate and opened the door for possible policy action."
Last month, Draghi unwound earlier expectations of a rate cut by citing a batch of improving economic indicators. But since then the euro has appreciated further.
The ECB's room for manoeuvre is limited, however. Even if it wanted to, the bank's statutes mean it is ill-equipped to join a currency "race to the bottom".
Furthermore, the world's other top central banks are expanding their balance sheets by printing money, or at least not reversing course, while the ECB's balance sheet is tightening, partly due to banks paying back early cheap money the central bank doled out last year.
A by-product of that could be to drive the euro yet higher.
Although it took no monetary policy action, the ECB and Ireland reached a compromise on a long-standing dispute over the cost of servicing money borrowed for a failed bank.
Dublin rushed through emergency legislation early on Thursday to liquidate failed Anglo Irish Bank as part of a compromise to avoid paying 3.1 billion euros a year until 2023 on money it took for the stricken lender during a meltdown of the main Irish banks in 2008.
Draghi merely said the ECB "took note of the Irish operation" but Irish premier Enda Kenny stood up in parliament and declared the deal done that could go a long way to allowing Ireland to quit its bailout program this year.
Draghi gave a similar view on the state of the euro zone economy to the one he gave in January. Economic weakness was "expected to prevail in the early part of 2013" but later in the year, activity should gradually recover.
He said the recent move by banks to pay back early about 140 billion euros of cheap three-year money the ECB gave them last year was a positive sign.
"This reflects the improvement in financial market confidence," Draghi said, adding that the ECB would watch to see if the money market tightened conditions by stealth.
"We will closely monitor conditions in the money market and their potential impact on the stance of monetary policy, which will remain accommodative," he said.
A Reuters poll of economists last week suggested official rates would not change until at least July 2014.
Draghi was pressed about what he knew of the derivatives scandal at Siena's Monte dei Paschi bank, and what he did about it when he headed Italy's central bank from 2006 to 2011.
Italy's third largest and oldest bank has been at the centre of a financial and political storm, facing losses of about 1 billion euros from a series of derivatives and structured finance trades and after a 9-billion-euro acquisition of smaller rival Antonveneta which left it badly weakened.
Draghi said there was no implications for the ECB's future role as a European bank regulator.
"The IMF has publicly stated that their preliminary view is that the Bank of Italy took timely and appropriate action within the limits of legal framework to address problems at (Monte dei Paschi)," he said. "Oversight was close and supervisory action escalated appropriately as (the bank's) problems became acute."
A senior Italian central bank source told Reuters this week that Draghi was informed of doubts raised by Bank of Italy inspectors but had little control over what has been widely criticized as ineffective oversight of the stricken lender.
He has already faced criticism with former Italian economy minister Giulio Tremonti said it was "stupefying" that in his role as supervisor of Italy's banking system Draghi failed to discover or prevent loss-making derivatives trades at Monte dei Paschi.
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On the line right now, Dr. Robert Williscroft, and we have had you on a few times. How are you doing today?
Dr. Williscroft
I am doing just fine, thank you.
That's good. Now before we start there have some listeners asking how you know so much about everything from the environment to nuclear war to government. So I directed them to your bio but they want to hear it from you.
Well, I think that is a pretty fair question. I would be asking the same thing myself!
My background includes having been a nuclear submariner for a full career in the Navy. I was the nuclear weapons officer aboard a nuclear submarine, and as such was involved on a daily basis with nuclear weapons, knew them intimately. Even today in my dreams, I could walk my way through the warheads, the multiple re-entry vehicle warheads that we had on those submarines. That is the nuclear side of it, and of course the nuclear propulsion of the submarine itself is something that all of the officers are thoroughly trained in, so I had the background in that.
After I left the submarine service, I joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and spent three years in the arctic doing research establishing a baseline, a biological baseline, for the whole arctic region. I spent a year on the equator researching Manganese nodules and whether or not there was any commercial viability in their production and mining, and then I spent a year at the South Pole in charge of the National Science Foundation atmospheric research at the South Pole.
And when I wasn't doing those things, I was involved in diving research on both coasts for the balance of my career.
Wow, so you have seen a lot of things, I must say.
As they say, I've been there and done that. [Laughs]
Okay, so let's just get right to the nitty-gritty where we left off last time. We were right about at the point of talking about nuclear war, and whether this is actually a possibility.
When you say nuclear war, of course it is because if somebody launches a nuclear weapon, or we are in a war that has nuclear weapons, then that is a nuclear war. But I think the real fear that people have today is not so much that a legitimate nation is going to do this as that, perhaps, some of the terrorists can get hold of a nuclear weapon and cause serious damage to our nation, or your nation, or one of the other nations in Europe where something like this would really be horrific.
Yes. So should we be worried about this? Is it possible?
Well, let's approach it like this: Is it possible? I suppose a qualified yes, it is possible, however, and this is a great big however, the fellows who are out there trying to hurt us so badly have no capabilities whatsoever in nuclear engineering. In fact, I"m not sure they could build a viable bicycle so I am really not concerned about their developing and building a nuclear bomb. So that means where are they going to get one from, because they are going to have to get it.
And we have ours completely under control, especially our little, our small backpack nukes they are called, and there is no chance at all that they are going to get one of these. The only real source comes down to what the old Soviet Union had years ago, and while it is possible that they might get their hands on one of the backpack nukes, or even one of the larger multiple re-entry type warheads that they had on their intercontinental ballistic missiles, there is a real problem there. These bombs are designed so that they have a sphere that is made up of plutonium, and inside the sphere is a gas called tritium. The sphere has layered shaped charges on it and they all go off in such a way that the pieces of plutonium arrive at the center of the sphere simultaneously which causes a nuclear explosion which ignites the tritium and causes a hydrogen bomb explosion.
But tritium is a very, very sneaky gas. It constantly has to be recharged in the weapons that we, and the British, and the French and others have, and there is absolutely no way for a group of terrorists to get their hands on tritium. You just can't do it, it is not available. It takes a huge government and major resources; even Osama bin Laden with his financial resources cannot get enough tritium to charge even one of these. So if they can't recharge them, there is no way they can explode them and you end up with really something that would just be a bang and a fizzle and would not give you a nuclear explosion.
Okay, speaking with Dr. Robert Williscroft, check out his web site chickenlittleagenda.com. Now what about countries like Iran that are starting their enrichment programs?
I think that's a fair question. Iran has been telling us all along that they are not building nuclear weapons. I don't think any of us seriously believe that statement, but they are still quite a ways from doing it themselves. The enrichment centrifuges that they have been talking about gives them material that is sufficiently pure so that they can then put it into the devices, like what I was just describing, making the plutonium ball, or it could be done with certain isotopes of uranium as well. So that in principle they could do that, they still have the problem of where are they going to get the tritium? They have to buy it from somewhere, or it is possible to refine it from the atmosphere, but it is just a huge, huge problem and it takes resources beyond that the Iranians have right now.
So are they building one? I think they are working very hard to do it. Will they have one at some point? Probably. Will it be a threat to us? Well it costs them so much to make, I do not see them giving it to terrorists, and I do not really see them taking the risk of selling it to terrorists either, and if they did it is going to be big. It is not something that can be carried on a small plane, it is not something that could be carried in a backpack. It would have to be carried on a ship or in a large container so that the problem is not, even the worst case scenario is not, one where suddenly we have a nuclear bomb going off in the middle of Manhattan. Worst case scenario would be, perhaps, something going off in Long Beach Harbor or something of that nature which, of course, is horrific, but it is very different from what is being talked about in the news.
So do you think we should be afraid of Iran, and possibly if they actually make a nuclear bomb would they use it?
I think we should be afraid of Iran not because they are going to use it against us, they can't get it to us. I think we should be afraid because of the saber-rattling they have done against Israel, and the very real possibility that if saner heads don't take control over there that they might very well try to launch something like that against Israel. And I am certain that the Israeli's are very, very concerned about that, and actually I have no doubt that before it gets to that point, they'll have to do something about it.
Absolutely. So what she would we – I do not want to say, "What should we most fear about terrorists?" – but what is the biggest threat when it comes to terrorism?
You know I think the biggest threat is fear. The whole point of terrorism is to try and frighten people, to make people stop living their lives in a normal fashion, to tie up a country, to tie up transportation, hospital facilities and so on.
And I think the biggest thing that we can do to thwart what they are trying to do, and I look to the Israelis again because they are doing it. The Israelis live with the daily threat of suicide bombers, but they live their lives in a normal fashion. They don't let it destroy their ability to live a good life. And that is what we have to do, we have to focus on that instead of focusing on the fear factor.
Alright, we are almost out of time, but do you think the media is a big proponent in causing fear in our minds, or do you think we are being scared unnecessarily?
I think the media, I am not pointing fingers in a way saying that they are doing this maliciously, but my goodness, a story about a bomb exploding is much more exciting than a story about "Hey folks, don't be afraid."
So you think there really is, I mean we have been hearing here in Canada that we are next on the list to have a terrorist attack, and we should be bracing ourselves because it is going to happen any day now. Do you think people should buy into that, or should we just keep living our lives and not fear that?
I say to my good friends up north, "Live your lives, be vigilant." If you see something that really looks weird, you tell a person in authority about it, but don"t let them make you cower under your desks or hide in your basement because then they are accomplishing what they want without having done anything at all.
Alright, well we are just out of time. If you want to check out Dr. Robert Williscroft's web site, chickenlittleagenda.com, and we would love to have you on to talk about more issues and Chicken Little stories that you have in your book.
I would be delighted.
Thank you so much for your time.
You're welcome.


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What do you think about Peyton Manning's move to Denver? Happy that he's out of the AFC South but the Texans will play the Broncos this fall so we'll get a look at the legend again. The Titans held out hope they'd land Manning and bring him back to Tennessee but it just wasn't a fit. Denver is . They have good young receivers and Manning may get a few buddies back together again as well. He'll get a deal done and then the Broncos will shop Tim Tebow around. Keep an eye on Jacksonville but that's not a slam dunk either
What do you think about the Texans first week of Free Agency? Loss of Mario (expected), Brisiel ( not expected), and he surprising release of RT Eric Winston. here's 1560's John Granato and ESPN 97.5's Carl Dukes in studio on SPORTS SUNDAY with me talking about the Texans.
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It's never too late to go back to school as one NFTE teacher is proving. Congratulations to Kara Brown, who works with NFTE's Greater Los Angeles program office, from the Boys & Girls' Clubs of Oxnard. She earned a full scholarship to attend a master's program in management at the University of Phoenix.
"I really think that entrepreneurship is a game change for the youth, especially in Oxnard," Brown told the Venture County Star. "Entrepreneurship opens doors they would have never dreamed of entering before being in this program."
Learn why, in this article, Brown says teaching youth about entrepreneurship is a pathway to success.
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ACIPD poll of more than 3,000 employees found that more than a third of those questioned would consider changing jobs in the next year.
This recession is unlikely to be different to previous downturns in that, as soon as workers feel confident enough to stick their toes back into the job market, all their pentup frustration at having to stay where they were during the recession will lead to a massive game of musical chairs.
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- Be proactive. If you wait for the perfect opportunity to land in your lap you will wait for ever. So speak to your manager and HR department about career possibilities, invest in training yourself if necessary, organise your own relevant work experience, ring up potential employers etc. You have to make it happen – no-one else is going to do it for you!
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PGA Philadelphia Section release
PHILADELPHIA -The Philadelphia section of the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) recently met to decide which of the many special award nominees would be honored at the Section's Spring Meeting on Monday, April 1 at Green Valley Country Club in Lafayette Hill, Pa. For the third time in his career, University of Pennsylvania women's golf coach Mark Anderson will be recognized as a leader in his field.
Anderson -- who is a PGA Teaching Professional at The Philadelphia Cricket Club and recently became Director of Golf Instruction at the Maple Zone Sports Complex in Boothwyn, Pa. -- was named PGA Philadelphia Section's 2012 Teacher of the Year. He has served his role at the Cricket Club for more than five years, growing a client base through innovative programs such as his "Breakfast Club" which provides early-morning instruction during the week. This marks Anderson's third PGA Philadelphia Section award, having previously won the Bill Strausbaugh Award (2007) and the Horton Smith Award (2008).
In addition, Anderson was recently awarded Trackman University Master status. He joins a select group of 22 professionals around the world and only 11 in the United States to achieve the Master level through Trackman University. Of the 11 in the United States, four are Top 100 Teachers. Click here to learn more about Trackman.
Anderson is in his fifth season coaching the Penn women. He led the Quakers to their only Ivy League Championships team title, in 2010, and last year the women placed second at the Championships. This fall, Penn won the team title at the Sacred Heart Fall Classic, and junior Olivia Chang was the individual co-medalist at the ECAC Championships.


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I'm trying to generate permutations of digits 1-9 to filter it further. At the moment, I have got:
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from itertools import permutations as perm
print(list(perm(range(1, 10))))
This works fine. It generates a long list of tuples containing permutations of the digits. I've got a few ideas that I can't implement:
a) Is it possible to output it straight into a list of integers (not tuples)?
b) Is it possible to filter out even numbers straight away. I don't need even numbers (I don't mean digits, just numbers, eg. I don't need 987654312)
I know I can do it afterwards (ie. store all of it in a variable and then play with it) but I'd like to shorten the generation time.
Thank you.


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A SCHOOL has been broken into twice in the last two weeks, prompting a call by the police for local residents help.
Accrington's St John with St Augustine CE Primary was targeted on Friday, July 18, when a group of men broke into the school and stole a safe.
The men in their 20s, described as white, were wearing dark clothing when they approached the school between 11.35 and 11.55pm through the grounds of St John's Church.
Police said the men broke into the school office after cutting a padlock to gain access to the playground but were disturbed when leaving with the safe, worth £500.
Officers said the gang left the area in a silver Peugeot 205 which was found abandoned a short distance away with the safe in side.
The Maudsley Street school was also targeted overnight on Friday, July 11. Police said the thieves approached the school through the grounds of the church and cut a padlock to gain access to the playground.
A brick was thrown through the office window before the room was searched. It is thought the thieves were disturbed before they could steal anything.
Officers have now promised to increase patrols around schools and warned thieves who target schools in the holidays that they will take 'robust action' against them.
A spokesman said: "It's more important at this time of year than at any other that residents keep an eye out for anything suspicious around schools."
During the summer period last year, there were 10 school break-ins and 16 cases of damage, compared with none at other times of the year. Anybody with information should call police on 101.


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They won't do an entire expansion on the ocean, especially not after Vashjr and the amount of hate that place got.
They won't do an entire expansion on the ocean, especially not after Vashjr and the amount of hate that place got.
Reading this forum makes me glad that Watcher has his head screwed on correctly.
I suppose I have to come in yet again and say the majority of the sub losses were in China. So whatever the reason, its irrelivent to the rest of us.
Likely the reason they all quit is due to how they pay for WoW - essentially paying per minute. A bunch of Free To Play games popped up all across Southeast Asia, and they all switched to that instead. Simple explaination.
It doesn't mean MoP 'failed', or casuals are leaving, or hardcores are leaving. It means the Chinese market changed.
I wouldn't expect subscriptions to go back to 10 million or higher though, that's a bit too much. Subscriptions will continue to drop for a while.
This whole MoP "detour" has been complete garbage. Once again they create brilliant ideas with hilariously bad execution. LFR being able to obtain legendaries drops is just the beginning of the end. No guild cauldrons, no 300 stat feasts, having to grind pointless charms every week because it's required in guilds that are even remotely decent at this game, and scenarios are waste of design. They didn't give us more content, they gave the artificial feeling of actually having content with gated dailies, pet battles, and useless scenarios no one even does.
I predict Garrosh will have tentacles coming out of him most likely because if anyone ever goes mad it isn't because they are actually a villian. It's usually because of blizzard tentacle fetish porn with the old gods.
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Spend some time in prison and have a guy twice your size decide you're his new girlfriend, and then let me know if that's the word that comes to mind when you're mad at a video game.
you are feeling very sleepy..it would be a shame if anything started playing up in the emerald dream again..especially with it's most senior guardian now severely weakened :P
It will be the same as every other expansion to date...
Pre release: Best thing ever
During: Worst move Blizzard ever made
Next expansion: The previous expansion was the best thing ever
I just wanna point something out for the people going ''lalala all sub drops were in Asia lalala doesn't affect me lalala'' well..for one they only said most sub drops were in Asia, that could be 51% of the sub drops and for two, the great majority of the subs are in Asia so it's only logic that most of the subs lost came from there.
If a cataclysm wipes 1/4 of the worlds population in a uniform distribution of life losses, which country do you think woulod lose more people? China.
Also, mayority =/= all. NA and EU lost subs too.
MoP is failing hard, harder than Cataclysm.
Dailies, no more dungeons, making the game for hardcores with huge grind, stupidly hard raids, etc, all thing that made several of my friends (not from China) quit.
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This time the news is from Deceased Online who have sent out a pre-release statement telling us that they have just completed the data for a total of 41 burial sites in Fife, Scotland. This data included churchyards as well as the usual cemeteries. 80,000 names dating back to 1635, they have all got to be on someone's family tree.
Also they have hinted at exciting news about some major data releases that are going to happen in February and March. I have been lucky enough to be allowed to announce one of the major releases whilst on the Unlock The Past Genealogy Cruise in February, can't tell you what it is, but it is very exciting !! Still time to book a cabin aboard Voyager of the Seas and find out ahead of the official announcement


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If living beings do no use their bones, meaning their feet and hands, the bones in these limbs begin to dissolve, a process known as osteoporosis. Under normal conditions, this situation occurs in living beings that go into hibernation. However, research on black bears has uncovered the existence of a system that protects these animals against bone degeneration during their long periods of hibernation in winter. At the same time, this research has become an inspiration for new methods in the treatment of people with loss of bone cells due to lack of physical activity or old age.
Scientists under the leadership of Seth Donahue, from the Michigan Technological University, located in Houghton, Michigan, observed the bone development of the black bear species (Ursus americanus), which do not suffer bone loss during their winter sleep that lasts for three to five months. (Seth Donahue et. al, "Bone formation is not impaired by hibernation (disuse) in black bears [Ursus americanus]" The Journal of Experimental Biology, 1 December 2003, vol 206, p. 4233) Researchers focused on the openings and closings in the genes which regulate the bone metabolism of five separate bears. Donahue and his colleagues, in the end, found that bone production in bears is stable and it can even reach to a peak with the bears becoming active again. The research also showed that there is no weakening or thinning in the bone density of bears due to old age.
This efficient system seen in bears during hibernation is not the first. In a research published by Nature magazine in the year 2001, the studies on bears of the same species showed that bears suffered less muscle loss (atrophication) in comparison to other living beings, during their winter sleep. (Henry J. Harlow et. al., "Muscle strength in overwintering bears" Nature, 22 February 2001, p. 997) Scientists who examined the bears for four years calculated that bears lost only 22% of their muscle power and 10-15% of proteins at the end of their winter sleep of five months. In striking contrast, a person who spends the same amount of time bedridden is predicted to lose 85% of muscle power and 90% of proteins.
Scientists note that the calcium that is in the bears' bodies, and that forms the basic element of their bones has a very efficient cycle of transformation and that their bones are protected thanks to this system. The next target of Donahue and his team is to compare the structures of the two hormones used in bone production in bears and human beings respectively, and then attempt to develop new methods for bone treatment.
A bear's weight is in the hundreds of kilograms. The bones inside the body of a bear that stays motionless for months is under such a high amount of stress, and additionally the muscles made up of softer tissues that touch the surface of the floor carries even more weight.
Research conducted on black bears uncovered the existence of a system that protects these creatures against bone degeneration during hibernation that lasts for months. This study is also an inspiration for new methods for the treatment of people who suffer loss of bone cells due to lack of physical activity, and potentially for treatment of the loss of bone density which naturally occurs in humans with advanced age.
What Happens to a Person Who Stays in Bed For the Same Amount of Time?
In terms of this, paralyzed people at the hospital are greatly in need of care. Nurses move them throughout the day and ensure that their body weight is diffused to different parts of their body in order to prevent the bruises that may occur. While a person cannot stay motionless for even a single day, the fact that a bear, tens of times heavier than any man can sleep without eating or drinking for weeks and months, and yet suffer any illnesses of bones and muscles, is truly a miracle.
There is a system that automatically provides the care nurses and doctors provide for a paralyzed patient to bears. While bone cells process functions in a way to use calcium as efficiently as possible, the same metabolism of the bear keeps muscle loss at very low levels.
Muscle loss is a condition that may be unavoidable and can be lethal for people who suffer from malnutrition. The swelling in the bellies of children who suffer from malnutrition is the result of water accumulation due to muscle fragmentation inside their bodies with the fat tissues having been already depleted. But there is no such fluid accumulation in the bodies of these animals, and so bears are saved from such a situation that can so easily prove fatal to humans.
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So how could the bear's muscle and bone cells achieve such complex arrangements? How could these cells, which have no ability to think, hold the movement of calcium inside and outside the membrane in so conscious an arrangement? How does the muscle degeneration suffered by starving people not affect bears, despite their hunger that lasts for months?
Of course, this consciousness observed in cells does not belong to molecules that form the cells. Atoms like oxygen, carbon and nitrogen do not understand the bears' needs and cannot plan such arrangements. In this situation, it is obvious that the consciousness in cells belongs to a being with a superior intelligence. There is no doubt that Almighty Allah, Lord of the worlds, is the One Who creates this living being out of nothingness, and Who grants them the metabolisms necessary to take care of them during their long winter sleep. Allah reveals in one verse of the Quran:
"Does He who created not then know? He is the All-Pervading, the All-Aware." (Surat al-Mulk, 14)


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Return to field could come soon for Beltran
NEW YORK -- Designated hitter Carlos Beltran could start a throwing program soon as he tries to work his way back to playing the outfield this season.
Beltran has been limited to designated hitter duties since hyperextending his right elbow in April, an injury that required a stint on the disabled list. He described the feeling in his elbow since his return as tight but not painful, and insists he feels fine.
Injuries have limited Beltran to 63 games this season, the first of a three-year, $45 million contract he signed during the offseason. Not only did his elbow cause him to miss time, swelling in his right knee kept him out of the lineup for a few days earlier this month, and on Friday he returned from the seven-day concussion DL.
"I'm OK," Beltran said. "I think everyone right now at this point is not feeling 100 percent, but at the same time, it's not time to think about it."
The Yankees would like for Beltran to return to the outfield in order to free up the DH spot in the lineup. Manager Joe Girardi would like to give some players partial days off, among them Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki, both of whom are 40, and Mark Teixeira, who has had his own injury issues.
Beltran started a throwing program in June but was shut down late in the month after he started experiencing some tightness in his forearm.
For now he is still trying to adjust to not playing the field for the first time in his career.
"It is what it is," he said. "I have to come to the ballpark and focus on the things that I can control right now, and right now I'm not playing in the outfield, so I can not be thinking about that. I've got to be thinking about [how] DH-ing is my job, and I need to just focus on that."
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Out of 20 elite swimmers during her time, she says four were sexually abused by their youth coaches.
Her story is one of many in a shameful history that reached a boiling point with Penn State's Jerry Sandusky, convicted of sexually abusing children in the so-called charity organization 'The Second Mile' foundation he created.
Part of the shame comes from that fact that people who knew looked the other way. Crime Fighter John Walsh says that needs to change.
"Look what happened with Sandusky. Here's a 60 year old man, 6'3", sodomizing a 10-year-boy in a locker room at 10:30 at night and the University doesn't do anything about it when a coach reports it. They decide, 'Let's not tell the campus police,'" said Walsh, whose son Adam was kidnapped and murdered in 1981.
He added, "We've got to get over this culture of, "It doesn't involve me, I'm not going to say anything, I'm going let it happen, I'm going to hope it goes away, there's too much money involved. All of that is B-S. Those are all excuses,"
He says all youth organizations need to have mandatory background checks for starters. Walsh is a guest speaker at The Safe To Compete Summit, hosted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.
"After the events of Penn State, our foundation realized that as we grew, that those interacting with children were the right people," said Ripken.
The Center's CEO John Ryan says 65 percent of predators who sexually abuse children are in positions of trust. They are often family members, neighbors, clergy or coaches and thought to be outstanding members of the community.
"Youth centered organizations are a popular hunting ground for people who want to abuse children, especially those who have their guard down," said Ryan.
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Synopsis: Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya is a love saga between two aspiring singers Vikram and Abirami. Despite both having a musical family background, politics and vengeance in the industry provides them a roller coaster experience.
The story revolves around the hardships in the life of a girl, who tries to bring up her family's financial status with her musical talent. The male protagonist has a strong musical and financial background, but his life takes a turn after meeting the love of his life. The crux of the story is how their love for each other gets tossed during their musical journey.
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