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Coming in: Ruben Tejada (to play second base), Pedro Beato (to pitch better than Igarashi) and Nick Evans (to back up at first and third).
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text: Haden ruling turned tide against mines By Ken Ward Jr. March 5, 1999 Story Share Coal operators and environmentalists agreed Thursday that a judge's ruling to block the largest permit in state history is a major turning point in the battle over mountaintop removal mining.Officials from Arch Coal Inc. said they have some serious decisions to make about strategy for court appeals and timetables for potential employee layoffs.Lawyers for environmental groups say they finally have official vindication of their argument that thousands of acres of mining have been approved in violation of federal laws.The ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge Charles Haden II could delay the company's Spruce No. 1 Mine by more than six months. Arch Coal says it is losing $1 million every month that it can't open the mine, and that more layoffs are possible soon without the new permit.In a 47-page ruling, Haden granted a preliminary injunction that halts the 3,100-acre mine proposed for Pigeonroost Hollow near Blair, Logan County, as an expansion of the Dal-Tex mining complex there.Haden said permanent destruction of mountains, streams and wildlife outweighed any short-term economic losses to Arch Coal subsidiary Hobet Mining and its employees."It changes the whole tenor of the debate over mountaintop removal," said Jim Hecker, a lawyer for the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy."All we have heard all along from the industry and [the state Division of Environmental Protection] is that they are fully in compliance with the law," Hecker said. "This says that isn't true - that there are major changes needed in the program and major violations of federal law that are having a major effect on the environment." Mountaintop removal mines blast off entire hilltops. Huge earth-moving equipment digs out valuable, low-sulfur coal reserves. Leftover rock and earth is dumped into nearby valleys, burying streams.In July 1998, the Highlands Conservancy and a group of coalfield residents filed suit to curb mountaintop removal. They accused the state Division of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of a "pattern and practice" of approving permits that don't comply with federal environmental and mining laws.Cindy Rank, mining chairwoman for the Highlands Conservancy, praised the judge's ruling, especially portions that described what Haden saw in a flyover of mountaintop removal sites."I find it encouraging to know that someone who has not been involved in the debate to date - an objective bystander with the credibility the judge has - can look at it from that view and see what he saw," Rank said. "It validates the gut reaction that some of us have but don't often have supported by people in positions of authority." The preliminary injunction issued Wednesday remains in effect through the end of the trial.Hobet's lawyers from the firm Jackson & Kelly filed a notice of appeal Thursday, indicating that they will ask the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out Haden's injunction.But Roger Wolfe, lead lawyer for Hobet, said he is no longer confident the coal industry will win the "pattern and practice" case that challenges mountaintop removal permitting. "I can't be real optimistic about the chances of Judge Haden ruling differently on the same kinds of issues in the pattern and practice case," Wolfe said Thursday."This is the most scrutinized permit in the history of the state of West Virginia," Wolfe said. "If if doesn't pass, what does that say about the others?"Wolfe, however, added that he disagrees strongly with Haden and will challenge the judge on appeal."It is my belief that the judge is mistaken," Wolfe said. "I think the DEP did as good a job and the Corps of Engineers did as good a job reviewing this permit as they could have done."Ben Greene, lobbyist for the West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association, described the judge's ruling as "cruel and unusual.""He locked up the whole process, which is fairly punitive and penal," Greene said. "He gives no consideration to the employees down there, which is very unfortunate." Michael Gheen, chief of permitting for the Corps office in Huntington, said he doesn't think his agency will join in Hobet's appeal of the injunction.DEP Director Michael Miano said his agency probably won't appeal either, but stuck by his view that mountaintop removal mines are being legally approved."I feel that we were properly reviewing permits and that permits were properly issued," Miano said. "I still believe there are no significant impacts from mountaintop removal and valley fills."I do not believe that a change in topography is a major environmental impact."To contact staff writer Ken Ward Jr., call 348-1702. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Trump rebuffs coal industry; CEO claims promise broken 2 Trump's Interior Department moves to stop mountaintop removal study 3 Nick Casey says firing was unexpected, fuming that Gov. 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Surgeon General's Warning
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The Surgeon General's Warning, a modern-day staple of United States tobacco sales, is yet another way for cigarette companies to ensnare you in their cancerous death-grip. Originally implemented by the United States in 1966, the marketing technique has become an integral piece of tobacco sales worldwide, and as of late is continuing to grow.
edit Essence of The Surgeon General's Warning
Currently, it is United States law that every cigarette pack in the country is not to be sold unless it is affixed with a small warning message on the corner of the box. This message is to be one of several approved by the Surgeon General, that allegedly alert smokers and potential smokers to the hazards of the product they are consuming. However, in recent years, it has been speculated that, as the warning labels have become more lenient on their implications, so too have the consumers on their aversion to death and destruction. Political correctness, as well as bribes by the cigarette companies to just about every corporation in the world, related or not to the issue of tobacco use itself, have created a subtle "niceifying" of these formerly informative labels. For example, here is one of the original labels put onto cigarette boxes:
In addition to the more blatant nature of the text, original warning labels generally covered 95% of the entire package, mainly due to the fact that Phillip Morris and JR Reynolds had not yet devised their "say 'cool,' 'fresh,' 'smooth,' and 'mild,' as many times as you possibly can in order to fill up the box" strategy for tobacco sales, as well as the fact that most of America did in fact agree at the time with the messages being written on the labels. Even those Godless hippies would rather be doing something safer, such as smoking weed, or tripping on LSD, or tying ropes around each of their limbs to cut off circulation and get a huge headrush, than smoke a cancer-stick.
However, as the hippies gradually turned into activists, and as the activists subsequently turned into hippies who actually gave a shit, people started to get the ridiculous idea that the tobacco giants should be given reprieve from their tumultuous persecution. All but the tobacco companies themselves, it seems, as at the time, they were just glad they weren't being put out of business. This mindset ushered in the new era of Surgeon General's Warnings.
edit The New Era, The Ushering In Of Which Has Been Previously MentionedThe initial influx of the newer style of warning labels was obnoxious, yet mostly harmless. Subtle changes to the text were made more annoying by the introduction of commercials, signs in 7-11's, billboards, and psychedelic LED Light Shows in the park, that urged the consumer to pay close attention to the warning on the pack before purchasing cigarettes. Of course, due to the fact that all cigarettes were being sold behind the counter, protected by a locked glass, the consumer was required to actually purchase the product in order to read the warning, warning them not to purchase it. This is an example of one of the earlier tricks of the business, which was actually an afterthought of using the glass to prevent children from putting the cigarettes up their noses.
As the New Era continued on, it inevitably lost its newness, subsequently ushering in other new eras, as the old ones didn't have a very long shelf life, and started to smell bad if they were left out for too long. Along the line, the cigarette companies began to wise up to the potential of Surgeon General's Warnings to help them sell their cigarettes, and their newfound fortune and independence was becoming a factor that could seriously benefit their proceedings in this matter. A particularly short-lived, but successful strategy, came in the early 1980's, with the introduction of a celebrity endorsement campaign, consisting of warning labels accompanied by pictures of pop culture figures such as Farrah Fawcett, Breakin' star Lucinda Dickey, Mr. T, and popular cartoon characters Strawberry Shortcake and Rainbow Brite. An even shorter-lived resurgence of this method was used after the success of Rick Astley's 1987 hit, Never Gonna Give You Up, however, the star was then used as a blatant endorsement ("I'm Rick Astley, and I'm never gonna give Kool brand cigarettes up. That's right, you knew it was true. I'm a black man at heart.), rather than a subliminal warning label slip-in. The Mr. T campaign was of particular note, as Marlboro would use this famous line on their cigarettes for much of 1983 and 1984:
Accompanied by a picture of Mr. T's smiling face, and a thumbs up, cigarettes experienced their greatest surge in sales in recorded history. In addition, most archeologists believe that, since big tobacco had only been around for so many years, it was also in fact the greatest surge in unrecorded history, but due to lack of records from unrecorded history, we can't be absolutely sure.
edit Another New Era, Which One I Can't Be Sure, I Lost Count There Somewhere
Nineties cigarette warnings took on similar form to the early eighties form, though rather than specific celebrities, the pictures were of generic citizens, usually adorned with the clothing and slang of a particularly targeted group, such as black people. This eventually came to an end, when the Surgeon General once again deemed the cigarette companies should receive a reprieve, making the required size of the warning label to be so small, a picture could not be inserted into one recognizably. This further influenced the dilemma of requiring the purchase of cigarettes in order to have any idea what the label said, and those with poor vision or disabilities always ended up fucked in the end anyway. Correspondingly, an influx in smoke-related deaths among blind people was recorded in 1995, fueling the new-age anti-smoking campaigns that dominated late-nineties television advertisements.
By the time the 2000's rolled around, cigarette companies were allowed more liberties in the placing of these labels, and the text they were to include. As long as the text on the label could be verified as true by the Surgeon General, it could go into the circulation of 25 or so warning's that randomly appeared on cigarette packs. Phillip Morris, nearly fully aware of the potential of their industry by this time, began to take this route for increasing cigarette sales, printing messages on their cartons that were anywhere from thought-provoking, to downright insulting to the reader. Messages such as these were not uncommon:
Promoting things like education and community service alongside these warnings was also commonplace, and helped to sway the far-right's view on the matter towards something along the lines of "well, I don't like it. But I guess it's not so bad. Just keep it away from me."
By 2008, as the rest of the world was escalating into depictions of gruesome death and destruction covering up to 115% of the space on each individual cigarette, as well as that of the small boxes carrying them, United States tobacco brands were reduced to just a simple warning, written in 8pt font in italics on the bottom of the package:
Cancer-related deaths took a steep plunge that year, but aside from that, smoking was as prevalent as ever, ushering in yet another new era of what was pretty much no change whatsoever. Lobbyists for the tobacco industry would continually state that people could make their own decisions about tobacco and smoking, but the courts were unconvinced. One final blow at the Surgeon General, by this point merely a figurehead of the tobacco industry, called for an enhancing of the previously used message, to be slightly more specific in its implications. Modern Surgeon General's Warnings consist of a small cardboard label taped to the bottom of the carton, which reads (in red Sharpie):
The situation rectified, the majority of Americans went on with their lives. The tobacco industry took a small hit, but even a resurgence in Luke Perry's appearances on television could not bring the unsuspecting public to suspect the dangers in which they were taking part. Sources close to big tobacco companies have indicated that as of now, Phillip Morris and JR Reynolds have almost become entirely aware of the potential these labels have to offer them.


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President Barack Obama, among others, champions the idea that every U.S. citizen needs a post-secondary education to prosper and to help keep America strong. In this view, colleges and universities must organize the curriculum around marketable job skills sought by employers. In the current economic climate, in which joblessness continues at painfully high rates, this idea has an obvious attraction.


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Ilkley residents have been told to expect all-day closure of the main A65 road and severe disruption when the Tour de France cycle race rolls through town this summer.
A sparsely-attended public information session organised in Ilkley by Bradford Council heard the main road could be shut from early in the morning until late in the afternoon on July 5, and roads leading directly onto the A65 are also likely to be closed to traffic.
Blue-light emergency vehicles will be given access to the road, and pedestrians will be able to cross, except when the race itself comes through the town.
The A65 could also be closed from Skipton Road in Ilkley to beyond Addingham the following day, when the next stage of the Grand Depart cuts south through Addingham.
Bradford Council Network Co-ordinator, Darren Badrock, told the meeting, last Thursday, at the King's Hall, the A65 may be closed from 7am on July 5, and may remain closed until 4pm, or later. He advised residents to treat the day as a "bad snow day".
"The general message we're trying to give out, is on the day there will be severe disruption," said Mr Badrock.
Further disruption on the roads may come later on July 4 or in the early hours of July 5, as cycling fans make a beeline for Ilkley by car, in an attempt to grab a parking space.
Special parking sites are expected to be set up, and Bradford Council is also organising parking spaces for residents.
Mr Badrock said the council would write to all premises affected by road closures, telling residents and businesses what was happening.
Information releases are expected from the council both before and on the day.
The route is expected to be "sterile" hours before the race arrives, and cars left parked on the route could be towed away.
One resident living on the North side of the River Wharfe was unhappy to see the town "cut in two" all day.
He said: "I don't think it's a very clever move. From 7am, one side of Ilkley is totally cut off from the shops and restaurants."
Mr Badrock also spoke of the potential oportunities for Ilkley residents and businesses to make money – from catering for the expected huge influx of visitors to converting a garden or driveway to camping or parking space, subject to legal considerations.


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FULLERTON, Joe Weston: It is time for a serious, broad-based third party to develop in the United States. The two-party system has transformed national governance into something like a football game, with a red team and a blue team, in which two entrenched viewpoints battle in a "them" versus "us" contest with little opportunity for ideas beyond the predisposed opinions of the opponents.
The influence of a third party could help guide deliberations and form coalitions around ideas and concepts to solve problems based upon national need, instead of following rigid allegiance to party dogma, irrespective of the national need.
Great resistance to this idea would be expressed by all who benefit from the status quo. But moderate members of Congress could come together to commence the slow process to establish the third party.
Since the two-party system is neither pre-ordained nor established in our founding documents, the only real roadblocks to developing a major third party are sloth, fear and familiar comfort with the current patterns of political organization.
The recent and present stalemates in congressional and presidential deliberations are certainly reasons enough to explore and implement the formation of a major third party.
Tax repercussions
LAKE FOREST, Scott Cahill: Letter-writer Chuck Feeney argues the Bush-era tax cuts did not keep us from recession and did not bring us prosperity ["As fiscal cliff nears, to tax or not to tax?" Letters, Dec. 8]. He also says that higher taxes do not cause worker layoffs. He is wrong on both counts.
From 2001 to 2008 the unemployment rate averaged 5.1 percent. The historic unemployment rate since 1948 is 5.8 percent. The deficit went from $413 billion in 2004 down to $161 billion in 2007. Today it stands at more than a trillion dollars.
Further, in 1990, President George H.W. Bush and a Democratic-controlled Congress passed a luxury tax that decimated the boating industry when those most likely to buy a luxury boat decided not to buy or simply bought overseas. More than 100 American companies went out of business, and Viking Yachts cut its staff from over 1,600 employees down to 40. The luxury tax affected behavior and that behavior led to many middle-class workers losing jobs.
Amnesty is unfair
FULLERTON, Pat Shuff: No matter whether the illegal immigrant is from Russia, China, Ireland, Mexico or elsewhere, the laws already on the books should be enforced ["Door open to fix immigration," Columns, Dec. 17]. I believe in the rule of law. The United States admits 1 million legal immigrants a year.
It's a foolish idea to reward illegal immigrants. Even as the U.S. and states are deeply in debt, illegals are allowed to attend college and receive grants in our state – to the exclusion of citizens. Each college student who pays in-state tuition is subsidized by taxpayers.
Children of illegal immigrants should not benefit from the illegal acts of their parents. No one who is here illegally should receive benefits.
Sowell on inflation
LAGUNA BEACH, Dave Connell: Thomas Sowell's column "Taxing the poor" [Opinion, Dec. 13] should be read by everyone, particularly students of economics. Few, if any, will grasp the significance and destructive power of government-generated inflation, but as they mature and actually experience it, the information may be of great value in planning their futures.
Sowell is right that inflation adversely impacts the poor more than the rich, but the people it hurts the most are retired, worked a lifetime, were frugal with their hard-earned money and denied themselves many pleasures to save every dollar they could for their old age.
However, unless they are former government employees who have generous retirements with even more generous annual cost- of-living increases, the dollars the retired person struggled to save buy less and less with each passing day, which changes their former middle class status to near-paupers with no way to replace their vanishing savings.
For those wise enough to buy homes during their working years, at least they have a place to live. But now with Democrats in total control, who plan to destroy Proposition 13 so they can tax the retired out of their homes, the future looks bleak for everyone caught between inflation and tax increases.
Stifling garage sales
ANAHEIM, Ted Taber: Anaheim has decided, on the advice of an appointed six-person panel, to restrict the number of garage sales you can have to four a year ["Anaheim limits garage sales to four weekends," News, Dec. 5]. They have also decided that there will be designated days when they will be allowed – on four weekends each year. You will be allowed one advertising sign that cannot be larger than three square feet, which means that anyone driving around looking for garage sales won't be able to see them, even if they knew where to look.
I moved here in 1976 from a state where personal rights were terribly infringed upon, and California was such a breath of fresh air. It's a sad thing for me to see our state becoming just another oppressive place where you find you have fewer rights every time you pick up the newspaper.
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His "fair share" ruse was not so much to get a few more dollars; it was to persuade the masses to vote for him.
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One question asked is, "Where was God?" Many of us would answer that, over the years, we have deliberately taken God and prayer out of our schools and culture, and this has fostered an atmosphere of callous disregard for moral values expounded in our founding documents, an insensitivity that is expressed in the violent genre of many films and video games so accepted as just entertainment.
If we continue as a culture to mock collective morality and godly values and there is no context for "evil," even though we might use the term at tragic events like this, it can have no meaning unless there is an unyielding standard for what is decent, right and good.
Newtown heartbreak
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We are all residents of Newtown now.
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2 Taste mampoer in the Groot Marico
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Hartebeespoort is like an inland ocean, where fishing, boating, water skiing, jet-skiing, parasailing and swimming are enjoyed by visitors from the surrounding towns. Picnicking around the edge of the dam is just as popular, especially in summer when the outdoors beckons. more
5 Zipline through the tree tops
It's the closest thing to Tarzan's world, swooshing through a tree canopy suspended from a couple of wires. This is a wonderful and unforgettable treat for young and old and you'll discover its delights in the Magaliesberg mountain range. more
6 Do the Magalies Meander
Browse the arts and crafts outlets, while away a long lunch at one of many appealing eateries and get to know the creative souls who live in this laid-back corner of South Africa. more
7 Ride on the Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway
Restored to modern-day standards, this popular tourist attraction has had a magical overhaul and now offers awesome trips to the top of the Magaliesberg for a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside. Eateries for the family, a playground and restaurant add to this fun outing. more
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OPPOSITION parties in Wyre Forest have released their alternative budget proposals to the ruling Conservative's 2013/14 plans.
Wyre Forest District Council's Labour group's proposals include appointing an empty homes officer, paying council staff a living wage and scrapping plans to cut the Disabled Facilities Grant.
Labour Parliamentary spokesman Howard Martin said: "People who have a disability are entitled to have stairlifts, walk-in showers and better access to their property."
Both Labour and the Liberal and Independent group have planned to reinstate the community fund.
Mr Martin added: "The community fund gives each councillor £1,000 for small community work. I think most of the opposition parties want to stop this cut in front-line services.
"We also plan to reduce councillors allowances to the level recommended by the independent review panel. Some councillors give the money back to the community but these cuts would go a long way into funding what we want."
Independent Community Health Concern (ICHC) councillors would also like to see reduced allowances.
ICHC Parliamentary spokesman Graham Ballinger said: "We're proposing the largest of the budgets and would like to make more savings. We believe the council is not in a secure position and it needs to have more resources."
ICHC are proposing 50 free car parking spaces in Kidderminster, Stourport and Bewdley and putting business starter units in Stourport Civic Hall.
Mr Ballinger added: "Out main saving would be management restructure. WFDC has more chiefs than Indians. The cuts in staff should come from the top so we are looking at the chief executive level."
The Liberal and Independent group leader Fran Oborski said: "In a period of austerity when the grant the council receives from central Government has been drastically reduced it is necessary to look at ways of cutting costs."
The group plans to consider using unused property including the former Magistrates Court and Coventry Street offices for business or residential use and to reconvene a car parking review panel.
It also wishes to make meetings at the council paperless.
Mrs Oborski added: "It really is time that the council saved on paper, printing and postage by joining the 21st century."
The Liberals and Independents also wish to withdraw the issue of free car parking passes to council members.
The budget proposals are currently being scrutinised and a decision will be made by full council on Wednesday, February 27.
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A9 TV; 15 November 2011
(About the news that every 80 minutes an American soldier who returns home after serving in Iraq or Afghanistan suffers depression and tries to commit suicide, and about a video tape showing American troops in Afghanistan amusing themselves by mistreating a sheep)
These people are crazy. People like that can do anything. They can kill themselves or other people. Classic crazies. That is what comes of a Darwinist, materialist education. These idiots will cause America terrible problems. America must first of all renounce Darwinist, materialist education and adopt a form of education that teaches the existence of Allah. It must teach the dead-end nature of materialism and the falsity of Darwinism. If it does not do that, such tragedies will come one after the other. Someone who does not believe in Allah or the hereafter, who does not love Allah, will feel himself to be totally without responsibility. And then they turn out to be sadists like that. Materialist thinking does not regard human beings as human at all. It regards them as things, objects. So they have no love, and are cruel.
A9 TV; 15 November 2011
People who act out of logic sink themselves. People who act out of logic become polluted and dark. But people who act out of conscience are highly attractive. Logic looks like it will bestow some kind of advantage on people, as if it will be very accurate. Logic pollutes people. It darkens them and drags them down. But conscience makes them fertile and lovely. It always looks as if people will lose out when they act from conscience. But in fact, they always win in the end, insha'Allah. But one has to be patient, of course. Patience is very important, and a characteristic of Muslims. You cannot have good conscience if you have no patience. Patience and good conscience go hand in hand.
A9 TV, 24 September 2011
Envy is immoral. Jealousy is immoral. They portray it as something quite legitimate. "I am jealous," someone says. Am I then to say "Well done"? That would be very wrong. What is there about jealousy to boast about? It is as wrong to boast of being jealous as it is of being a thief or aggressive. It is not acceptable. It is a base character trait. A lack of character. An evil thing. That is why none of the people I love have any jealousy in them.2012-10-31 14:33:23


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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors today appointed M. Gail Ledford, PhD, as director of the Department of Administration for Human Services (DAHS). Ledford, who lives in Fairfax County, will begin her new position on Dec. 21.
Throughout her career within Fairfax County's human services system, Ledford has worked in a variety of roles, and has created partnerships among local and state government agencies, nonprofit and for-profit vendors, service providers and the community.
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EASTON, Pa. - Senior Sarah Hasson scored a pair of goals, but it was not enough as the University of Pennsylvania field hockey team fell to No. 13 Lafayette, 5-2, Wednesday night at the Leopards' Rappolt Field.
Lafayette (9-1) got the scoring started 10 minutes into the game when Haley Keenan netted an unassisted goal off a rebound. Hasson tied things up at the 23-minute mark off a corner, putting her shot left and high to beat Leopards goalie Jessica Deutsch. Helene Caniglia was credited with an assist.
Lafayette went up 2-1 with eight minutes left before halftime off another rebound, this time Deanna Dicroce doing the honors.
Jenna Seybert made it 3-1 for the Leopards just 1:38 into the second half, with Dicroce and Emily Valeo assisting. Just 27 seconds later, Valeo scored unassisted to make it 4-1. A little more than four minutes after that, Keenan netted her second of the night and it was 5-1.
Hasson got Penn back on the board with 5:08 left in regulation, taking Emily Corcoran's pass and beating Deutch to her right.
Lafayette outshot Penn, 19-7, forcing Quakers goalkeeper Carly Sokach to make 11 saves. Deutch had four at the other end. For Penn, Caniglia put two shots on goal while Julie Tahan had two shots (one on goal).
Penn is back at home for its next two games, starting Sunday when the Quakers host Radford at 1 p.m.
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PHOENIX -- There was a fairly rigid plan in place for Andrew Cashner's return to the Padres' rotation on Saturday after he missed two-plus months on the disabled list, meaning he was afforded a little wiggle room.
Just not nearly as much as he wanted.
After Cashner reached the 88-pitch mark following five innings, Padres' manager Bud Black told him that he was done for the night. Cashner, however, wasn't interested in hearing it.
"He pleaded after the fifth to keep going," Black said.
Cashner wasn't around for the end of the D-backs' 5-2 victory over the Padres before a crowd of 30,583 at Chase Field, a victory punctuated by a three-run home run by Didi Gregorius in the eighth inning, but there was plenty of reason for optimism for Black, Cashner and the Padres.
Cashner, who missed 51 games with right shoulder soreness, allowed two runs on seven hits over those five innings. He walked two and struck out one, despite not having what he considered his best location, especially early on.
"Tonight was a big grind for me," he said.
The plan was to have Cashner throw between 70 and 90 pitches and he did that, though Cashner felt he was just starting to find something after a slow start when Black told him his night was over.
"I never want to give up the ball," Cashner said. "I feel like the day you give up the baseball is the day you give up your job."
That's not going to happen anytime soon, as the Padres have been patiently waiting for Cashner -- their Opening Day starter -- to get back in the rotation.
Cashner allowed a run in the first inning, as he opened the game by allowing consecutive hits, including an RBI single to Cliff Pennington. Cashner, who mostly used his fastball and changeup in his two rehab outings before this start, showed a fastball that, at times, hit 97 mph, but mostly sat around 94 mph.
"The start was a little rocky, he fell behind some hitters and the command of his fastball wasn't there," Black said. "He struggled early then righted the ship. Cash competed."
The Padres (59-69) had trouble doing so against D-backs pitcher Vidal Nuno, who took a one-hit shutout into the eighth inning.
But Nuno wavered in that inning, hitting Rymer Liriano with a pitch and, one out later, allowing a single to Cameron Maybin. Finally, he walked Alexi Amarista to load the bases, thus ending his night.
The D-backs (55-75) brought in Oliver Perez, who struck out pinch-hitter Jedd Gyorko and got ahead of the next batter, Yangervis Solarte, 0-2. But Solarte banged a two-run single up the middle to tie the game.
"He made a bad two-strike pitch to Solarte," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said.
It didn't stay tied long.
Rookie reliever Kevin Quackenbush walked Andy Marte with one out and then allowed a single to Jake Lamb, who hit his first big league home run earlier in the game. He got ahead of Gregorius 0-2, though he couldn't get a fastball in on the hands of Gregorius enough, as the ball sailed over the right-field wall.
"I just missed my spot," Quackenbush said.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Former NSW premier Neville Wran loved a verbal stoush, but was a self-described "cream puff" at the thought of an actual punch-up.
He was a man with a keen understanding of the people but a puzzle to those closest to him.
He was a Balmain battler, a pinstriped barrister, a thwarted actor, a merciless political adversary, a champion swearer and a loved father and husband.
The many facets of Mr Wran, premier of NSW from May 1976 to June 1986, were celebrated by almost 1500 people at a state funeral in Sydney on Thursday.
Former prime minister Paul Keating told mourners Mr Wran was "forever crackling with ideas".
Mr Keating, who arrived at the service with former PM Bob Hawke, said Mr Wran "possessed an almost lethal dose of inner confidence" that kept him on top of the game, and had a PhD in "poetic profanity".
"He was a champion swearer, but he knew how to employ the profane with much creative flourish," he said.
But Mr Keating also credited Mr Wran's new approach to "the top end of town" with making his own job easier in Canberra.
"(It was) a change which eased the way and made less controversial the wholesale overturning of the old, non-business model by Bob Hawke and me on coming to government in 1983," he said.
Mr Keating and Mr Hawke were among a host of Labor Party identities at the service, including former premiers Bob Carr, Kristina Keneally, Nathan Rees, Morris Iemma and Barrie Unsworth, alongside current Liberal NSW Premier Mike Baird.
Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten and his NSW counterpart, John Robertson, were also present.
Mr Carr, the only premier to serve longer than Mr Wran, credited Mr Wran with transforming NSW's cultural and natural assets and delivering services to western Sydney, all while not losing touch with the public.
While Mr Wran's Labor family loomed large, his real family - his second wife, Jill, and children Kim, Hugo and Harriet - gave tributes.
Mrs Wran said her husband was "a work of nature" - a Balmain larrikin she had met at a Paddington dinner party - who lacked the dexterity to change a light bulb or the patience to play chess.
Mr Wran loved the jousting of political contest, she said, "but he was, as he said, a cream puff when it came to the prospect of a real punch-up".
However, just as former colleague and High Court judge Michael Kirby told the crowd Mr Wran had been a friend but never close, Ms Wran said her husband remained a puzzle even to her.
"I must tell you, I never quite worked him out," she said.
Ms Wran described the onset of Mr Wran's dementia in 2003 as "nothing short of tragic that such a vital man and brilliant thinker should suffer such a long and debilitating illness in the years before his death".
Mr Wran died at a Sydney nursing home on April 20, aged 87.


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Hi Karen and Mary,
I agree with Mary that genetically modified organisms are a topic that
usually interest students however they are often full of misconceptions.
Unfortunately their perceptions are driven by what they see on TV, read in a
magazine or hear a parent or friend say. I have found that most of out time
in class on this subject is spent on clearing misconceptions. I took a
class a year ago with a professor from the University of Rhode Island on
genetic engineering. I will say that he also worked with a couple of
biotech companies and had personally developed a few genetically modified
plants himself (he developed a cross between a scallion and garlic that was
easy to work with like a scallion but tasted like garlic, he called it the
Italian Scallion), so I am sure he was a supporter of the idea, but one
thing he kept coming back to in the class was that there has never been any
study or work done showing that organic foods were any better for you than
any other food. He was a strong supporter of companies having data to
support their claims. I mention all of this because I believe it gets at
the heart of the problem in that no one is completely sure of the long term
health risks or benefits of the genetically modified organisms.
The video showed the work being done with the golden rice and the addition
of beta carotene to teh rice. I also thought it was an interesting point
that many people in the third world countries who are lacking the vitamin A
also have many other health problems that could lead to their inability to
utalize the vitamins they would be receiving. Just like many of the ideas
presented in this video series this one will be an important part of our
future and something we will all have to learn to live with. It is also a
topic that still has many uncertanties and will need much more research and
study in the future.
Lastly, on the topic of animals I would have to say that I disagree with
Karen when it comes to genetically modified animals for food. I personally
do not believe that animals have the same rights as humans. The idea of
animals producing more and healthier milk, or meat that is better for you, a
low cholesterol egg, or the many other possibilities could have a tremendous
impact on out future. Obviously there needs to be monitoring of the work
and ethics committees overseeing everything but as Karen stated that we have
been selectively breeding plants since the time of Darwin, I beleive we have
been doing the same with plants. Look at what we do today with the
different species of dogs and all the cross breeding and new breeds being
created. I believe that genetically modifying animals in the lab is just a
way to speed the natural process of the evolution of many of these species.
>From: "Karen Blaustein" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion list for REDISCOVERING
>To: "Discussion list for REDISCOVERING BIOLOGY"
>Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Unit 13 : Genetically Modified Organisms
>Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:19:26 -0400
>Greetings Mary and Ed,
> Selective breeding has existed long before it was even identified
>as "selective breeding". The process of farmers breeding animals and
>plants for certain advantageous characteristics helped Darwin better
>understand the process of natural selection. However, now we have the
>understanding and technology to manipulate genetic material to produce
>desirable characteristics much quicker than ever before. While some
>genetic engineering can be beneficial to humans, we must put limits on
>cloning to prevent the social implications of human cloning to "perfect"
>the human race.
> As Mary commented genetic engineering has saved millions of lives
>by producing vaccines to treat diseases such as diabetes and prevent
>viral infections. Also, there are many plants that have been
>genetically engineered to produce desirable characteristics for both
>food production and for aesthetic purposes. As a gardener, I love to
>look at the catalogs produced by nurseries that carry numerous varieties
>of plants that come in all different colors, sizes and shapes. However,
>what exactly and how has it been modified? I would very much shy away
>from foods that were stamped genetically modified. But as Mary mentioned
>at least 70 percent of our food has been genetically modified. What
>types of modifications in the foods we eat are acceptable? These
>questions are subjective, but I think we should have more access to this
>information. Accordingly, if they were "stamped" genetically modified I
>would most likely not buy the product. It looks like we have already
>lost control over the farmers or companies notifying us what foods have
>been modified. These modifications may not be a problem, but I think
>there should be some controls on the types of modifications and give the
>consumers this information in order for them to determine if they are
>interested in buying these altered products. Personally, modifications
>in plants do not bother me, but animal genetic engineering to produce
>food is not acceptable.
> As with animals, genetically modifying humans with desirable traits
>is not morally ethical. I hope it is appropriate to assume that the
>human race will never legally approve the cloning of humans.
>From: email@example.com on behalf of Mary Johnston
>Sent: Mon 4/2/2007 3:52 PM
>To: email@example.com
>Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Unit 13 : Genetically Modified Organisms
>Dear Karen and Ed,
> Genetic engineering is a fascinating subject and one that is just
>coming to the forefront in the U.S. One of my students happened to do a
>a paper recently on what was dubbed "Frankenfood". This is the name for
>crops genetically modified to express certain characteristics. She cited
>a statistic that 70% of our food is genetically modified in some way.
>Obviously there is benefit in making hardier, disease-resistant more
>productive crops. This is especially true in places where famine is
>pervasive. Can you imagine engineering a food crop that would need
>little rich soil and not much water and thrive in the harsh desert
>conditions of some parts of Africa? This could solve many social ills.
> The use of genetic engineering has already saved countless lives.
>Think about the bacterial vector that is used to make insulin to save
>the lives of thousands of diabetics each day. Think about the vaccine
>research and cancer research that depends on the use of recombinant DNA
>techniques in order to make progress. However, I believe there is also
>a downside to this research. I remember that scientists were able to
>grow a human ear out of a mouse's back when I was at UMASS. While an
>interesting experiment, there is the potential for abuse and
>unneccessary experimentation. Often in text books you will see things
>like a tomato plant that glows due to genetic recombination with the
>enzyme luciferase that makes a firefly light up. Kids always think this
>is cool and it piques their interest, but usually then leads to
>questions like "Could we do that in a human?". I thnk there is a danger
>here that if humans start engineering too much, we will try and "design"
>children in the future to meet our needs. We will take away the
>delicate beauty of "Mother Nature" and revert to trying to design
>perfection. This should not be. Therefore, while I am a fan of
>progress, I am not a fan of genetic engineering just for the sake of
>seeing what will happen or to improve upon so-called minor flaws. I
>hope that genetic engineering will only be used to cure diseases and
>stop maladies not to engineer people and try to achieve the elusive
>ideal of perfection. Let me know your thoughts.
>Mary Johnston
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>From: "Mary Johnston" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
>Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Unit 12: Biodiversity
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>Hi Karen and Ed,
> This week's unit was biodiversity and what an expansive topic this
>is! It's funny that this was the topic for the week because my husband
>rented the movie "Happy Feet" and we started watching it. At the
>beginning is a fairly long commercial targeted at the overfishing of our
>oceans and how this is contributing to the loss of biodiversity. There
>is a campaign for restaurants and even seafood companies to label their
>products with a seal of approval which basically indicates that the
>seafood caught met current fish/wildlife preservation guidelines. It was
>good to see a big budget commercial movie that actually had a
>conscience. I have thought many times about over-fishing myself because
>my husband and I sometimes like to go deep sea fishing and the captain
>of the boat is always using radar to target the schools of fish, so it
>is essentially always a "big catch" day. Probably a large number of
>people don't eat what they catch. It is more for the glory of getting
>the big fish. In any case, I can see seafood prices going on the rise
>as they become even more scarce or as with certain types of fish have to
>be raised in fish farms because there has been so much oevr-fishing in
>the wild.
> I was also thinking about the movie "Medicine Man" with Sean
>Connory. This is a fictionalized account of a scientist who finds an
>accidental cure for cancer while in the rainforest, but due to human
>encroachment and other issues, he cannot ever seem to find it again and
>his work is lost. The scientist is against anyone else coming in and
>trying to "help" him because he realizes that once many people arrive,
>they will start destroying the habitat and that is exactly what happens.
>In the end, the cure eludes the scientist and it is a sad story of the
>loss of so much biodiversity and so much hope for a cure for cancer.
>This movie probably isn't appropriate to show to kids because it has
>severe language in it and some students might be immature about the
>dress of the native tribes in the film, but I think the general theme
>fits right in with this week's topic.
> The more we explore nature, the more variety of living things we
>find. These living things are a critical part of our global community.
>Understanding and preserving them could prove key to many of our
>unaswered questions, particularly in medical science. For example, in
>recent years it was dicovered that the Japanes Yew tree can be used to
>make the drug taxol which has some anti-cancer effects. If we destroy
>or fragment habitats in which this organism and many others thrive, then
>we are perhaps hurting our chances of saving many lives and finding
>cures to diseases that plague us.
> I know that with population sizes always on the rise and the
>ever increasing demand for new buildinggs and restaurants and
>technology, that it seems logical for us to keep building more and more.
>However, we are all familiar with the idea of carrying capacity. That
>is, we reach a critical mass and then begin poisoning ourselves.
>Perhaps more preservation and protection laws will make us better
>utilize already developed land. For example, instead of destroying
>farms to build companies and highways, let's revitalize urban areas.
>They are already developed, so if new buildings are put there the impact
>on the wildlife will not be so severe and it will provide jobs for
>people in the local community. Our own district of Haverhill is
>attempting to do this. Instead of just developing the rural part of the
>city, there is a group of citizens trying to push for revitalization of
>the urban areas. I think this is a great idea. Do you two have any
>suggestions to the loss of biodiversity dilemma? Let me know.
>Mary Johnston
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Gaharey was a term in the Devore language. It was used by the xenophobic Devore Imperium to describe people or vessels that were not part of their Imperium. It was the only word in the Devore language that the universal translator was not able to translate.
Devore Inspector Kashyk translated the word as "stranger" but it had a slightly more negative connotation. It implied "outsider", a permanence which the Devore Imperium simply could not reconcile. Every time the Devore soldiers contacted the ship, they addressed Captain Kathryn Janeway on the bridge of the USS Voyager using the phrase "gaharey vessel." (VOY: "Counterpoint")


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PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A man accused of blurting out a battle cry and delivering a jumping kick to a police horse will spend 15 days in jail.
Joseph Cruz, 29, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to interfering with a law enforcement animal in Portland, Oregon. Cruz was arrested in July near Northwest Sixth Avenue and Hoyt Street.
Police said Mounted Patrol Unit officers were talking to a group of people when Cruz ran up to the horse named Olin, yelled out a "karate-like" battle cry and jump-kicked the horse's right thigh.
Cruz had an outstanding arrest warrant at the time, according to Portland police.
He originally faced additional charges of disorderly conduct and tampering with a police animal, but those charges were dropped when he pleaded guilty in court Wednesday.
Along with 15 days in jail, Cruz was ordered to undergo drug and alcohol treatment.
Police said Olin wasn't fazed by Cruz's kick. The animal outweighed the suspect by about 1,000 pounds.
Officers said police horses go through extensive "nuisance training" so they're prepared for any sudden situation while on patrol, including attacks.


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HOUSTON - Two people were killed and another was hurt in a shooting at a north Houston apartment complex, investigators said.
Houston police said a concerned co-worker of one of the victims went to a unit at Pine Lakes Apartments in the 1300 block of Green Road about 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday. The door was open, so the co-worker went inside, found blood on the walls of a bedroom and called 911, detectives said.
When officers arrived, they found a man and a woman dead. Another man was critically injured, police said.
All of the victims appeared to have been shot in the head, investigators said.
"My nephew was kind he was a loving person he just didn't deserve that he was at the wrong place at the wrong time," said a man who said he's family of the victims gunned down in their apartment late Wednesday afternoon.
The man said he is trying to figure out why they were targeted. He said his relatives lived in the apartment at Pine Lakes off Greens parkway.
A 5-month-old baby girl found in the apartment was alive. She was found stuffed under a bed.
"As patrol officers explained to me, that is the only way the baby could have gotten there, been slipped under the bed probably as a precaution," said John Zitzmann of the Houston Police Department.
The baby girl was taken to a local hospital. She was later released to relatives.
Detectives have not released any information about possible suspects, but officers said there were no signs of forced entry into the home.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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I happened to stumble across a recipe that perhaps you may like to try if you are a turkey fryer fan. The recipe is entitled Deep Fried Pork Roast; it includes the injection mixture as well as how to make a gravy for it. The cooking time is about 8 minutes per pound. Looks like this might be a good idea at Thanksgiving for those not so fond of turkey?
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France and Germany have a long history of battling it out on the world stage and it is certain that tomorrow's match will be another exciting chapter in their national team's histories.
The French have been going about their business rather effectively in Brazil, avoiding extra time will certainly help them due to some extra rest after Germany were taken to extra time by Algeria.
Germany will also be expected to make a slight suffel in their starting XI as Joachim Low could continue to use the versatility of Philipp Lahm to his advantage and move Jerome Boateng to the bench while injecting Sami Khedira in to the holding midfield spot.
France also are likely to make a few changes with Mamadou Sakho expected to be fit and ready to reclaim his place alongside of Rafael Varane in the center of the defense and Antoine Grizmann could replace Olivier Giroud to see Karim Benzema as the lone striker yet again.
It is expected to be a tough contest between the two neighboring nations and could yet be another match that goes to extra time this summer.
France Starting XI: Lloris: Debuchy, Varane, Sakho, Evra; Pogba, Cabaye, Matuidi; Valbuena, Benzema, Grizmann.
Germany Starting XI: Neuer: Lahm, Mertesacker, Hummels, Howedes; Kroos, Khedira, Schweinsteiger; Ozil, Muller, Gotze.
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