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POWAY --- The Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation has put a major endowment fund into the hands of a San Diego organization known for its ability to increase the financial value of such funds.
After doing extensive research, the Poway foundation's board of directors decided the San Diego Foundation was the best organization to manage its endowment and help it grow.
Valued at $345,000 now, the Poway fund is expected receive another $200,000 in the next couple of years, under the terms of a financial pledge made last year by a Northern California couple.
Until now, the foundation has managed the endowment.
Increasing that fund to $2 million is one of the Poway foundation's long-term goals. Its board of directors also wants to make sure interest generated by the endowment fund is used for the purposes its donors intended for years to come, said board Chairman Marc Davis.
"Today, we have people on our board that probably could manage those funds very well," he said. "But we want this to go on forever. Long after we're gone, we want to know and feel confident -- and want the donors to feel confident -- that the money is going to go where they want it to go and is going to be managed based on their desires."
The nonprofit Poway arts foundation handles all professional programming at the city-owned Poway Center for the Performing Arts. The foundation also offers arts education programs for local youth and adults.
The organization's nonprofit status means it often struggles to make financial ends meet. Last year, the city got the endowment started with $45,000 that was to provide a steady source of interest income for the foundation.
The interest from the fund, which includes a sub-fund that honors the late Michael Putnam, is used to help pay for youth arts education programs at the center. The arts foundation's full-time executive director, Putnam died last year.
Northern California residents Theodore and Elizabeth Schmidt added to the endowment last year with another fund that honors former foundation Chairwoman Betsy McCool, who is the couple's daughter. The Schmidts pledged $500,000 over a three-year period, $300,000 of which the foundation has already received, Davis said.
Interest from the McCool fund helps with the arts education outreach programs.
Members of the Poway foundation's board who have financial experience put the endowment funds into conservative stocks, bonds and other investment vehicles and spent the last year monitoring their performance, Davis said. The job is a time-consuming one, and there is no guarantee that future board members will have the expertise needed to make the money grow, he added.
The San Diego Foundation is the region's largest charitable foundation. Founded in 1975, the organization manages close to $400 million in assets.
The organization's standing, financial experience and community connections put it in a good position to help the Poway arts foundation achieve its endowment goals, Davis said.
The decision to transfer management of the endowment to the San Diego Foundation does not mean arts foundation will stop trying to raise money at the local level, center officials said.
"We are still very much involved in fund-raising," said Michael Rennie, associate marketing director for the Poway foundation. "Our annual goals necessitate that we continue to campaign for individual and corporate gifts, so that will not change."
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Justin Bieber Pisses Into A Mop Bucket At A Restaurant, Is Officially The Worst
Do you have any faith left in Justin Bieber growing out of this erratic teen monster phase and becoming the kind of young man a parent or a nation could be proud of? Well bring it over here and put it on my anvil, because I'm about to crush that delicate, ill-advised faith to smithereens.
Earlier this year, Justin and his pack of underaged friends were leaving a night club and they were ushered out through the club's restaurant kitchen in order to avoid the crowds and paparazzi. I'm just gonna take a quick pause here to point out that letting him leave this way was already a courtesy that the club was extending to Bieber. They could've easily insisted that he and his friends go out the regular way, but they did him a solid and let him sneak out through an employee area. As a reward for this kindness, Justin made a small donation in his own name to the restaurant…in the form of pissing into a mop bucket.
YEAH. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. JUSTIN BIEBER PEED INTO A MOP BUCKET AT A CLUB. Listen. I know I snark a lot and make hyperbolic statements about some of these celebrities, but this is actually the worst. This kind of behavior honestly nauseates me. Instead of walking to the club's bathroom or holding it like a normal person, this tiny millionaire decided to A. make a minimum-wage worker's life miserable, and B. to act like he was doing the place a favor. One of his friends caught the whole embarrassing event on video, which is available over at TMZ, but here's the transcript. I doubt everything you hear in the video is said by the same person, but if they're all gonna act like the same rich, entitled asshole, I'm gonna treat them like one, too:
"Quick little piss break, you know — quickest restroom he could get to. We swagger, man, you know? This is just a little walk to piss. That's the coolest spot to piss. You know, you'll forever remember that. You're not gonna remember him pissin' in the restroom! Like everybody does that. What are we, bro? We the fuckin' Wild Kidz, yo! WILD KIDZ! Wild Kidz in this bitch! (While spraying a photo of Bill Clinton with something that looks like Windex) Fuck Bill Clinton! Who stole my beer?"
These were the things being shouted as Justin pissed into a mop bucket. On video. I just…I can't believe I need to even write that sentence. It's so effing foul. I can't even come up with the right words for this because I'm so disappointed in his actions. I feel like a parent right now, because the only thing going through my head is that this kid needs to learn some consequences. I'd like to say that this isn't a world where you can just abandon your pets all over the world and threaten to kill paparazzi with impunity and force people to come into physical contact with your urine because you're acting like a lazy, arrogant piece of shit asshole, but unfortunately that's not the case.
For Justin, this is absolutely a world where all those things can happen, because they do. There are no consequences to his actions, so this kind of behavior will increase in frequency and intensity until he's facing legal action ala Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes. And based on this video, I'm sorry to say that I hope that day comes sooner rather than later. He might still be young enough that an arrest would be sufficient to change his behavior. But who knows. Once you're literally pissing on someone's livelihood and proud of yourself for it, it might already be way too late.
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All i gotta say is that i love Niikii, yeah imma Barbie, call me fake call me plastic, wanna hate have a nice time i wasn't born to make you happy i was born to be the next nicki minaj! Kisses
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Santa Clara, CA, United States, 2008/11/06 - Wireless and mobile industry casts 2,300 votes for Mobile Star Awards, and rates Agitos RoamAnywhere Mobility Router, customer Anthony Marano Company highest in their respective awards categories.
Agito Networks, Inc., the company delivering new technology in enterprise mobility, today announced that it swept its two nominated awards categories in the 2008 MobileVillage® Mobile Star Awards program, earning top honors as a result of industry voting. MobileVillage is a 15-year leader in market development and news services about mobile technology.
The seventh annual Mobile Star Awards program honors and promotes the top companies, products, deployments, and leaders in mobile and wireless technology. Winners are chosen by subscribers of Go Mobile®, MobileVillages twice-monthly newsletter sent to technology executives, mobile professionals, IT managers, developers, and top technology journalists. This year, more than 2,300 votes were received as part of the program.
Earning a Gold Star Award, Agito Networks RoamAnywhere Mobility Router received top honors in the Enterprise Software: Fixed Mobile Convergence awards category. In addition, one of Agitos enterprise FMC customers, Anthony Marano Company, also earned a Gold Star Award by receiving the most votes as the best wireless networks success story for 2008.
We were pleased with the response to this years Mobile Star Awards program, especially the record number of industry votes we received weighing in on the best mobile products, success stories and visionaries in the industry, said Gary Thayer, Content Editor, MobileVillage. We congratulate Agito Networks and its customer Anthony Marano Company for winning Gold Star Awards and for being selected by the industry as the best FMC product and wireless success story of the year. Its clear that the industry recognizes the enterprise FMC innovation brought to market by the RoamAnywhere Mobility Router, which is being leveraged by enterprises such as Anthony Marano Company to solve mobility challenges and improve the productivity of todays growing mobile workforce.
Anthony Marano Company serves the Midwest with fine fresh produce from its state-of-the-art distribution center, which deals in more than 1,400 types of fresh produce. However, the 400,000 square foot metal and concrete facility makes cellular communications impossible for the staff, which is constantly on the move between inside produce areas, shipping docks, receiving docks and internal offices. Now with Agitos RoamAnywhere, Anthony Marano Company enables continuous high-quality voice coverage over its wireless LAN for its mobile staff, which needs to be accessible at all times to receive and fulfill a daily average of 3,000 orders, 90 percent of which are shipped the day they are received.
Agito Networks award-winning RoamAnywhere Mobility Router uniquely fuses Wi-Fi, cellular, IP telephony, and location information, improving the accessibility and responsiveness of mobile workers, while drastically reducing mobile costs. RoamAnywhere uses the industrys most complete set of proactive, location- and policy-based metrics, in addition to reactive metrics, to deliver fast and automatic, sub-100ms handover of mobile voice between WLAN and cellular networks. Purpose-built for the enterprise, RoamAnywhere uniquely offers high availability, redundancy, security, enterprise scalability, and the industrys broadest mobile handset and IP-PBX support. It works with all cellular network technology, and natively integrates with enterprises existing equipment, including WLAN infrastructure and directory stores.
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Marketing experts and media companies throughout the world use our patented Mobile Engagement Platform to generate, manage, and measure intelligent mobile campaigns that revolutionize business as we know it. With ScanLife, products and promotions work smarter, thanks to mobile triggers, from QR Codes and Microsoft Tag to UPCs and NFC that gather valuable data on how, and where customers interact around the clock. Since 2008, companies such as Coca-Cola, Hewlett Packard, UPS, Nestle, Home Depot, The London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, and hundreds more around the globe have integrated ScanLife Mobile Engagement Platform technology into their profitable business strategies and systems.
Headquartered in New York City, Scanbuy operates local offices in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Spain, and the UK. We're proud to hold the largest and oldest patent portfolio of any company in the industry, with over 40 rights granted, covering the entire barcode strategy. The company is privately held, and our distinguished list of investors includes Motorola Mobility Ventures and Motorola Solutions Ventures, Hudson Ventures, and Masthead Venture Partners.
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Dolce & Gabbana has once again chosen the lovely Scarlett Johansson to front one of their ad campaigns.
The actress appears in ads for the fashion brand's cosmetic line of eye makeup. She also appears in the latest campaign for the fragrance The One Desire, which is designed to be worn in the evenings for a special night out.
The 28-year-old star is not new to the world of Dolce & Gabbana. The fashion empire has chosen Johansson to be the face of several of their campaigns over the last few years. Luigi Feola, Vice President at Dolce, described The One Desire as "a new blockbuster fragrance." He continued, "This [scent] is for the woman who wants to feel unique, beautiful and sensual. She owns the room when she enters. She's not just noticed, she attracts the attention of everybody and is sexy but not vulgar."
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- Antidepressants for depression in stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease: a systematic review of pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety with recommendations by European Renal Best Practice (ERBP)Evi V Nagler
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Nephrol Dial Transplant 27:3736-45. 2012..We aimed to systematically review available evidence of the pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety of antidepressant drugs when used in patients with CKD3 to CKD5 (CKD3-5)...
- Diagnosis and treatment of hyponatremia: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and consensus statementsEvi V Nagler
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BMC Med 12:1. 2014..Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte disorder. Multiple organizations have published guidance documents to assist clinicians in managing hyponatremia. We aimed to explore the scope, content, and consistency of these documents...
- Bisphosphonates for preventing bone disease in kidney transplant recipients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsEmmanuelle B Versele
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Transpl Int 29:153-64. 2016..Data on important health outcomes are lacking, surrogate outcomes poorly reflect bone quality in kidney transplant recipients, and serious adverse events are not studied and reported systematically. ..
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cheeky bastids
EU law states 2 year warranty... yanno.. by law
in Italy Apple only offered 1 year and charged for the second...
Apple warranty case sparks EU on consumer protection | Apple - CNET News
just though we should collate them
i see a lot of backlash against them from various sources...
this isnt a rant, but definite anti apple goings on in one of their potentially biggest markets (if they release a cheaper iphone5 like rumoured
The People's Daily newspaper, the party's traditional mouthpiece, in a front-page article on Monday accused the electronics maker of declining journalists' requests for interviews and issuing an "empty and self-praising" response to a recent critical report by China's national television broadcaster. The article was accompanied by a cartoon with a figure representing the company, saying, "Apple statement: empty."
Apple's response to Chinese warranty complaint draws ire | Apple - CNET News
i think the line "and fully complied with local laws and regulations." can in every instance be translated as "we're trying our hardest to circumvent, bend and otherwise wilfully ignore the wishes of the customer, in favour of skirting around the slack laws to increase profit"
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cheeky bastids
EU law states 2 year warranty... yanno.. by law
in Italy Apple only offered 1 year and charged for the second...
Apple warranty case sparks EU on consumer protection | Apple - CNET News
the same Apple who says fuck you as they're getting 30% of your £3700?
Policeman turns in son who ran £3,700 iPad bill - Telegraph
How did the 13 year old child get hold of his father's credit card details?
Sounds like you are.
$2 billion over budget and counting...
so *$5* billion in total... DOUBLE FAAAAAAK
Citing five anonymous sources, the publication notes that the stretched budget would make Apple Campus 2 more expensive than the World Trade Center complex currently under construction.
Apple Campus 2 nearly $2 billion over budget and behind schedule, says Bloomberg | The Verge
EDIT: though i will point out that the finances of Apple Inc are in vastly better shape than the U.S and A
one thing that annoys the hell out of me are the constant pop ups for other games and apps that plague you if you go for a "lite" or free version of an app.
so tackling that - id be all for it
but pulling the plug on a single app out of the blue when it had been accepted and been on the app store for a substantial length of time is a bit much
not to mention if they were actually gonna enforce the rules a good quarter or more of the apps on the app store would have to be pulled
Why Is Apple Cracking Down On App-Discovery Services? - Forbes
Earlier this week Apple unceremoniously dropped AppGratis, a popular curation service with 12 million users, from the App Store, affecting 45 employees and leaving its CEO stunned. Apple didn't give too much explanation other than that AppGratis violated two clauses from its App Store Review Guidelines.


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61 Granville Street, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, C1N, Canada
Neil MacQuarrie HouseSilver Fox Inn
1890/01/01 to 1892/01/01
The Neil MacQuarrie House is a fine example of High Victorian architecture located at the corner of Granville and Belmont Streets in Summerside, PEI. The designation includes the house and its large, landscaped lot.
The community of Summerside values the Neil MacQuarrie House because of its connection to two prominent citizens. The house was built for Neil MacQuarrie, a successful lawyer, between 1890 and 1892. MacQuarrie became one of the most distinguished members of the legal profession in PEI and was appointed Judge of the County Court of Prince County in 1915. When MacQuarrie died in 1928, the house was sold to Wilfred Lecky, one of the town's successful fox breeders during the prosperous silver fox industry era. In honour of this connection, the house was renamed the Silver Fox Inn when it became a bed and breakfast in 1981.
Further heritage value lies in its association with William Critchlow Harris. Harris was a Canadian architect of considerable merit who was raised in Prince Edward Island and apprenticed in the field of architecture with David Stirling of Halifax. Harris was a High Victorian Gothicist whose style was both distinctly personal and continually evolving. The Neil MacQuarrie house is a good example of his style as it emerged in the 1890s. The house is one of three Harris-designed homes in Summerside and was heralded by a local newspaper as "a model of architectural beauty and convenience."
Source: City of Summerside Heritage Property Profile
The house is a fine example of William Critchlow Harris's 1890's High Victorian style and as such the following elements are important:
- rectangular plan
- major and minor "transepts" on the front elevation (Harris's design has been compromised by a 20th century addition of a front porch and Doric-columned balcony on the front façade)
- variety of triangular gables and peaks
- paired and stacked bay windows on the north elevation and the single stacked bay on the south elevation
- variety of siding materials used, including cedar shingles on the main floor, a board and batten string course between the first and second storeys, scalloped shingles on the second floor and board and batten in the third storey gables
- decorative trim, including under eave brackets and bargeboards with holes to create patterns of light and shadow
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Rays manager Joe Maddon was ejected in the 8th inning after a prolonged argument with 2nd-base umpire Bob Davidson, after he called out Rich Thompson trying to steal second.
Thompson appeared on replays to have been on the base before Derek Jeter tagged him.
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Facilities include a foyer with a safe, a currency exchange facility and a cloakroom. There is also a bar, a café and an air-conditioned à la carte restaurant. Business guests may use a conference room and public Internet terminal. The tasteful air-conditioned rooms come with an en-suite bathroom, a double bed and a minibar. A hire safe, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV and Internet access come as standard. Guests may select their breakfast from an ample buffet.
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The Government must implement road reforms to ensure the trucking industry is able to continue increasing its productivity, the CEO of the Australian Trucking Association, Christopher Melham, said today.
Mr Melham was releasing the ATA's submission to the Government's Competition Policy Review.
"Between 1971 and 2007, trucking industry productivity increased six-fold due to the uptake of high productivity vehicles like B-doubles. But the industry's productivity has plateaued due to government regulation and policy decisions," Mr Melham said.
"With the national freight task set to grow by 80 per cent between 2011 and 2031, governments must take action on policy reforms to enable the industry to improve its productivity, including by using longer, safer trucks on appropriate routes."
The ATA submission recommends implementing road planning and funding reforms to optimise road infrastructure funding efficiency.
"The industry needs the right roads at the right price, with the right level of access," Mr Melham said.
"We want to know that funding for road infrastructure provides value for money, with better processes to assess how effectively it is spent. This would include improving governance arrangements for public infrastructure projects, project benchmarking, and additional cost benefit analysis.
"Our submission also urges the Government to examine road supply and management services provided by road agencies, with an eye to improving transparency and productivity in this area."
The submission also calls for competitive neutrality between government and industry trucking accreditation schemes.
"The competition review states that government businesses should not hold a competitive advantage purely because of their ownership. The Government should reflect this with fair and comparable treatment of industry accreditation schemes owned by industry (such as TruckSafe) and government (such as NHVAS)," Mr Melham said.
Mr Melham said developing fair and effective heavy vehicle charges were an essential foundation for reform.
"The trucking industry pays for its use of the roads through fuel tax and registration charges. However, issues with the charging system mean that truck and bus operators will be overcharged by $117 million in 2015-16," he said.
"The NTC has already put forward options to solve this problem, which should be implemented as soon as possible. Government should also hold back proposed direct road user charges until it has proven that the system is revenue neutral, will improve road investment decision making, and does not burden the heavy vehicle industry."
The submission is available at http://www.truck.net.au/advocacy/submissions/competition-policy-review-submission.
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Banjos start the opening track "Fist Magnet." I guess this could be called techno country bluegrass punk, but it really defies even that category. What hits me about this band is that I have never heard anything like it. Really. And I've heard a lot of stuff.
Even though I can't really identify what it is, I can tell you what it isn't. It's not standard AAA, Alternative Country, No Depression material. I have seem them touted in all the right places, like No Depression magazine. Apparently, this record is different than past releases which are a bit more standard alternative punk country fare.
The song "Looky Here" has interesting interwoven spoken word samples around a sampled beat with banjo. The song builds and ends with a fuzz, Richard Lloyd, Television-like guitar thing. "Love Songs Suck" again is noteworthy for what sounds like sampled drum sounds, spoken word and lyrics that show intelligence and a real sense of humor. "The Legend of Sawdust Boogers" follows. I'm sorry. The song is hilarious and a sign that these guys could give a rat's glass about what I think or what anyone thinks.
I must admit that I favor bands that seem to be doing their own thing regardless of the opinions of fans or critics. For artists like The Bad Livers, its about creating something new, and, in this case, new is not an overused adjective. When I say new, I mean…not done before. If there are other artists in their genre who have mastered technology like this, I haven't heard it. They are pushing the envelope and should be applauded for it.
The stuff they are attempting here is really groundbreaking because of the unique use of sequencing, samples and audio editing all over it. The recording sounds great.
You'll hear a lot of bands cop some of the ideas on this recording. For now, I would recommend this recording to the listener who likes No Depression bands but is not looking for a traditional alternative country recording. If you like diversity, maybe even drum and bass or artists such as The Beastie Boys, you may be into this. These guys are breaking down the barriers whether we like it or not. Open up your ears and rise to the challenge. You'll be glad you did.
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First performed in 1947, Brigadoon was the earliest major musical hit for Frederick Loewe and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, the team that went on to create Camelot and My Fair Lady. Though the libretto for Brigadoon is slight and sentimental, the show is filled with wonderful songs -- some as famous as "Almost Like Being in Love," others such lesser-known treasures as "There But for You Go I."
In the play, Tommy and Jeff, two hip and cynical New Yorkers vacationing in the Scottish highlands, stumble onto a village called Brigadoon, a magical, out-of-time place that appears only once a century because every night, while the villagers sleep, a hundred years pass. (Lerner and Loewe took this story from a German tale, and there's nothing of the real Scotland about their Brigadoon. It's a setting shaped by pure Hollywood fancy and filled with bonnie lasses, leaping lads, mists, tartans and heather.) As the New Yorkers enter the village, preparations are under way for the wedding of bonnie Jean and her Charlie, and they serve as a pretext for a lot of folky, dancey stuff. Tommy, naturally, falls for Jean's beautiful sister, Fiona. Harry, a local youth hopelessly in love with Jean, provides the show's dramatic tension.
There are also a lot of dumb sexist jokes that reveal the embedded-in-the-social-fabric misogyny of the time.
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The weakness of the script really doesn't matter much when the songs are being borne aloft on the voices of the CU Opera's talented cast, but it does derail the ending. Brigadoon raises a lot of plot points that are too easily disposed of, as well as ideas that -- no matter how light and romantic the context -- could use more exploration. Harry's attempt to defect from Brigadoon is driven not only by Jean's rejection of him, but by a desire to learn more about the world. It's an implicit comment on the stifling insularity of purely romantic dreams. But Lerner and Loewe dispose of Harry violently and abruptly, without bothering to concoct a reasonable explanation for his death or allowing it to cloud the rest of the proceedings. (In contrast, consider how Jud's rage at being rejected in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! adds a deeper tone to the musical's palette, shading the rest of the action.) Though Tommy adores Fiona, he has reasonable concerns about giving up his entire life for the unreal beauties of Brigadoon -- but such worries melt away too swiftly and easily in the final scenes.
The lighting in this production is problematic, the set -- although mechanically ingenious -- ugly and crowded, and the costumes functional. Some of the blocking feels raw. But many of these folks can really sing. They do so joyously, energetically and unmiked. Christopher McKim is a fine, strong Tommy, and he's well matched by Leslie Whistler's gracious Fiona. Their voices marry beautifully on such songs as "The Heather on the Hill" and "Almost Like Being in Love" and remind us of the deep satisfaction provided by an old-fashioned duet. McKim brings real poignance to "There but for You Go I."
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As bridegroom Charlie, Don Groves is another standout. He has a rich, luscious tenor, but even more than that, a genuine exuberance that lights up the stage. His rendition of "Come to Me, Bend to Me" is a showstopper. Carolyn Miller plays Meg, the kind of woman they'd have called "round-heeled" in those days, and she performs her two comic songs with skill and spirit. Jeff's is the non-singing voice of cynical rationality; Joe Hurst gives an appealing performance in the role. And there's a haunting bagpipe solo from fifteen-year-old Galen Priest.
The debonair Dennis Jackson, whose hand has guided the CU Opera for two decades and who recently announced that he'll be leaving to head a program in North Carolina, plays the schoolmaster, Mr. Lundie, with aplomb.
There's some of the messiness and shuffle you expect from a student performance here. A successful production of Brigadoon requires visual appeal -- elegant scenery, balletic dancing. (In the film, which starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse, dance was emphasized at the expense of the singing.) Though the movement design is skilled, choreographer Marilyn Cohen clearly lacked access to the caliber of dancer she needed. Brigadoon features a couple of dance majors, at least one of whom does very well, but the dreamy setting calls for a level of light-footedness and musicality that's not in evidence here.


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Seventy Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers will take part in the show Dr Dolittle, staged at St Swithun's School on April 10-12, with backstage support from the Chesil Theatre.
Several of the animal cast members had a photo shoot recently at Marwell Wildlife, and dressed in character from frogs to leopards, and were even joined by their very own Dr Dolittle.
Jo Ashwell, leader of 1st Kings Worthy Guides and Downs Rangers, is producing the show, and said everyone is really looking forward to it.
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Two years ago Girlguiding Winchester staged 'Annie', but this performance promises to be their biggest yet – they have even hired an all important 'push-me-pull-you'.
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Major League News for September 14
Yesterday's Results
Today's Games
Game of the Day
Yesterday's Home Runs
Player News
Yesterday's Results
American League BAL 4 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 8 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 6 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 11 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 1 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 9 LAA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 10 SEA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 7 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 6 ATL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 FLA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 CHN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 10 CIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 6 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 2 PIT 1 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 5 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 4 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 9 SF 8 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today's Games
Visitors Home Starts (EDT) SD - Hensley C. (8-11, 3.87) CIN - Harang A. (13-10, 3.83) 12:35 pm LAD - Kuo H.* (1-4, 4.46) CHC - Miller W. (0-1, 12.00) 2:20 pm COL - Cook A. (9-13, 4.14) SF - Cain M. (12-9, 3.94) 3:35 pm MIN - Bonser B. (5-5, 4.50) CLE - Lee C.* (12-10, 4.53) 7:05 pm TB - Shields J. (6-7, 4.71) NYY - Wang C. (17-5, 3.60) 7:05 pm BOS - DiNardo L.* (1-2, 7.42) BAL - Loewen A.* (5-5, 5.32) 7:05 pm PHI - Moyer J.* (2-1, 3.95) ATL - James C.* (9-3, 3.57) 7:35 pm LAA - Escobar K. (10-13, 3.57) TEX - Volquez E. (1-4, 6.75) 8:05 pm SEA - Washburn J.* (8-13, 4.39) KC - Perez O.* (1-3, 5.48) 8:10 pm
The graphics next to each team are called "sparklines." They depict each team's performance over the last month. Each "up" bar is a victory and a "down" bar is a loss. There are horizontal lines for home games and red bars represent games decided by two runs or less. "PWins" is short for Projected Wins, based on each team's Run Differential, and is often a better measure of a team's true strength. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East Pwins Diff NYA 88 56 .611 0.0 86 2 BOS 77 68 .531 11.5 73 4 TOR 76 70 .521 13.0 77 -1 BAL 63 82 .434 25.5 63 0 TB 57 88 .393 31.5 58 -1 American League Central DET 87 59 .596 0.0 86 1 MIN 85 60 .586 1.5 82 3 CHA 84 62 .575 3.0 83 1 CLE 68 76 .472 18.0 79 -11 KC 56 90 .384 31.0 56 0 American League West OAK 83 62 .572 0.0 77 6 LAA 78 68 .534 5.5 75 3 TEX 74 72 .507 9.5 77 -3 SEA 69 76 .476 14.0 69 0 National League East Pwins Diff NYN 90 55 .621 0.0 84 6 PHI 74 71 .510 16.0 75 -1 FLA 73 73 .500 17.5 74 -1 ATL 69 76 .476 21.0 74 -5 WAS 63 83 .432 27.5 62 1 National League Central STL 77 68 .531 0.0 73 4 CIN 72 73 .497 5.0 69 3 HOU 71 74 .490 6.0 73 -2 MIL 66 80 .452 11.5 64 2 PIT 60 87 .408 18.0 63 -3 CHN 58 88 .397 19.5 60 -2 National League West LAN 77 68 .531 0.0 78 -1 SD 75 69 .521 1.5 75 0 SF 73 72 .503 4.0 73 0 ARI 69 77 .473 8.5 72 -3 COL 68 77 .469 9.0 73 -5 Wildcard Standings American League MIN 85 60 .586 0.0 CHA 84 62 .575 1.5 National League SD 75 69 .521 0.0 PHI 74 71 .510 1,5 SF 73 72 .503 2.5 FLA 73 73 .500 3.0 CIN 72 73 .497 3.5 HOU 71 74 .490 4.5
Game of the Day
Francisco Liriano left the game with elbow problems, is out for the rest of the season, and will perhaps have Tommy John surgery in the future. But I bet you already knew that.
As for the actual game itself, Oakland's Danny Haren struck out 7 in 8 IP, allowing only 1 walk, 3 hits, and no runs. The only run scored occurred soon after a controversial call when Twins's Luis Castillo tagged Milton Bradley before he hit second base on a steal attempt, but umpire Randy Marsh called Bradley safe. Inevitably (in the eyes of many Minnesota fans, I suppose), Bradley then scored on a ground-rule double by Jay Payton.
OAKLAND (1) VS MINNESOTA (0) - FINAL OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Kendall c 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .296 M Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .244 M Bradley rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .275 F Thomas dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .280 J Payton cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .300 E Chavez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .243 N Swisher 1b-lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .255 B Kielty lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .272 D Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .235 M Scutaro ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .247 Totals 35 1 9 1 1 8 14 BATTING: 2B - J Payton (27, M Garza); F Thomas (9, M Garza). RBI - J Payton (54). 2-out RBI - J Payton. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ellis 2, J Kendall 1, E Chavez 2. GIDP - F Thomas. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: SB - M Bradley (7, 2nd base off M Garza/M Redmond). FIELDING: Outfield assists - M Bradley (J Morneau at 2nd base). MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg L Castillo 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 N Punto 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .296 M Redmond c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .331 M Cuddyer rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .277 J Morneau 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .325 T Hunter cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .272 J Rabe lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 a-J Mauer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .348 L Ford lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 J Tyner dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 J Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .327 Totals 29 0 3 0 1 7 5 a-lined out to left for J Rabe in the 8th. BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hunter 1. Team LOB - 3. FIELDING: E - N Punto (12, throw). DP: 1 (J Bartlett-L Castillo-J Morneau). ---------------------------------------------------- OAKLAND - 000 001 000 -- 1 MINNESOTA - 000 000 000 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era D Haren (W, 14-11) 8 3 0 0 1 7 0 3.79 H Street (S, 32) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.06 MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era F Liriano 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.16 M Garza (L, 1-5) 5 2/3 8 1 1 1 4 0 5.50 D Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.99 J Rincon 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.96 F Liriano pitched to 1 batter in the 3rd. Pitches-strikes: D Haren 101-74; H Street 14-8; F Liriano 29-20; M Garza 92-63; D Reyes 15-10; J Rincon 2-2. Ground balls-fly balls: D Haren 6-10; H Street 1-2; F Liriano 3-1; M Garza 7-6; D Reyes 1-0; J Rincon 0-1. Batters faced: D Haren 27; H Street 3; F Liriano 7; M Garza 25; D Reyes 3; J Rincon 1. UMPIRES: HP--Mike Everitt. 1B--Tom Hallion. 2B--Randy Marsh. 3B--Alfonso Marquez. T--2:38. Att--18,902. Weather: Indoors
The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs.
Yesterday's Home Runs
The following stats are provided by Hit Tracker, which logs the projected distance of each home run (if it were to land uninterrupted at field level) and its "standard" distance, which is corrected for weather conditions. You can read their daily updates at the Hit Tracker Blog.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist. Std. Dist. HR # Rodriguez, Alex NYY Hammel, Jason TB 453 435 33 LaRoche, Adam ATL Lieber, Jon PHI 428 432 31 Snyder, Chris ARI Armas, Tony WAS 440 429 6 McCann, Brian ATL Lieber, Jon PHI 416 422 20 Matthews, Gary TEX Maroth, Mike DET 422 420 17 Jenkins, Geoff MIL Chacon, Shawn PIT 404 414 12 Doumit, Ryan PIT Sheets, Ben MIL 396 414 5 Drew, Stephen ARI Armas, Tony WAS 419 409 4 Brown, Emil KC Betancourt, Rafael CLE 411 409 14 Rollins, Jimmy PHI Hudson, Tim ATL 407 408 20 Davies, Kyle ATL Wolf, Randy PHI 418 404 1 Berkman, Lance HOU Hancock, Josh STL 425 403 40 Lee, Carlos TEX Verlander, Justin DET 406 403 33 Lee, Carlos TEX Grilli, Jason DET 399 398 34 Fielder, Prince MIL Chacon, Shawn PIT 384 398 25 Zaun, Gregg TOR Baek, Cha Seung SEA 388 392 10 Millar, Kevin BAL Wakefield, Tim BOS 397 386 13 Hudson, Orlando ARI Armas, Tony WAS 395 386 15 Stairs, Matt TEX Maroth, Mike DET 386 383 11 Piazza, Mike SD Shackelford, Brian CIN 393 380 22 Furcal, Rafael LAD Guzman, Angel CHC 397 379 12 Jackson, Conor ARI Armas, Tony WAS 387 377 13 Sizemore, Grady CLE De La Rosa, Jorge KC 357 371 24 Cano, Robinson NYY Hammel, Jason TB 372 370 10 Baldelli, Rocco TB Lidle, Corey NYY 393 366 11 Crawford, Carl TB Lidle, Corey NYY 364 363 17 Blum, Geoff SD Lohse, Kyle CIN 365 358 4 Ruiz, Carlos PHI Hudson, Tim ATL 366 355 3 Young, Michael TEX Grilli, Jason DET 353 351 14 Zaun, Gregg TOR Jimenez, Cesar SEA 338 341 11 Willingham, Josh FLA Glavine, Tom NYM 349 334 25
Player News
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Gary Matthews Jr. walked into the clubhouse and his Texas teammates were waiting. Matthews received a drenching of a celebratory beer bath after hitting for the cycle Wednesday night and leading the Rangers over the Detroit Tigers 11-3. Matthews did it in order, too. He led off the game with a single, doubled in the second inning, tripled in the fourth and hit a 418-foot homer leading off the sixth. The All-Star center fielder also walked in the eighth. "It's special," Matthews said. "Everything lined up tonight. To go out and have days like this is really just the icing on the cake."
Francisco Liriano has heard plenty about Cy Young during a spectacular rookie season. Now that he is out for the rest of the season, another pitcher might be entering the conversation — Tommy John. Liriano's highly anticipated return to the Minnesota rotation came to a sudden halt because of elbow problems Wednesday and Dan Haren pitched eight shutout innings, leading the Oakland Athletics over the Twins 1-0. "Obviously he won't be pitching again," manager Barry Bonds hit one ball over the fence and another almost through it, yet the San Francisco Giants lost ground in the playoff races, falling to the Colorado Rockies 9-8 Wednesday night. Bonds hit his 732nd career home run and 24th this season leading off the ninth, pulling the slugger within 23 of tying home run king Hank Aaron's record 755. Bonds connected against Brian Fuentes for the second time.
Derek Jeter extended his hitting streak to 22 games on Wednesday against Tampa Bay, the longest run by a Yankees player since current batting coach Don Mattingly had a 24-game string in 1986.
Jake Peavy continued his domination of Cincinnati hitters to help the San Diego Padres beat the Reds 10-0 on Wednesday night. Peavy (9-14) is 4-0 in six career starts against Cincinnati. In his only previous start against the Reds this year, he pitched a two-hitter in the Padres' 7-1 victory Sept. 2 in San Diego. He allowed three hits over six innings on Wednesday.
Freddy Sanchez got three hits and raised his NL-leading batting average to .342, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader.
Brad Penny became the first 16-game winner in the National League to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 on Wednesday night. Penny (16-8) cruised for the easy victory. He pitched seven scoreless inning, scattering seven hits. He struck out six without allowing a walk.
Cubs reliever Glendon Rusch was diagnosed with a blood clot in his lung and will miss the rest of the season. A team trainer said the condition was not life threatening. Rusch was sent to Northwestern Memorial Hospital during Tuesday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. "He is out of danger," Cubs trainer Mark O'Neal said. O'Neal said the clot could have been life threatening if it not been diagnosed in time. "This was caught early and obviously we are very thankful that we didn't sit on it and that he was evaluated last night," said O'Neal. Rusch will be in the hospital for at least two days and will be on blood-thinning medication from three-to-six months. The size of the clot and where it came from is still being determined.
Houston Astros left-hander Andy Pettitte had a cortisone injection in his elbow on Wednesday, a day after leaving a game in the third inning. Pettitte returned to Houston a day ahead of the team to be with his father, who was undergoing a surgical procedure. He also underwent an MRI exam that team doctors said revealed tendinitis in the elbow. "We're hopefully that he'll make his next start this weekend," general manager Tim Purpura said. "But we're going to take it day by day." Pettitte, 13-13 with a 4.37 ERA in 195 2-3 innings, is scheduled to pitch next on Sunday against the Phillies.
San Francisco closer Armando Benitez is done for the season because of inflammation in his right knee. The Giants planned to place the right-hander on the 60-day disabled list Thursday, after the club said Tuesday it hoped he could come back before the end of the year. Benitez returned to Miami on Wednesday to begin physical therapy. Benitez had been unable to pitch for eight straight games because of sore knees. By making the move now, the Giants hope he will be ready by spring training. "We were kind of on the fence which way to go," trainer Stan Conte said. "He won't be back this year. We're optimistic for him regaining strength and getting the knee calmed down."
Mariners reliever Rafael Soriano will not pitch again this season, the result of being hit in the head by Vladimir Guerrero's line drive two weeks ago. Soriano's third C-T scan was deemed normal on Wednesday by Dr. Rich Ellenbogen, chief of neurosurgery at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center, and Dr. Stan Herring. Herring is a Seattle Seahawks team physician who specializes in head trauma injuries. Soriano still has minor headaches and is unable to perform physical activity. The right-hander will be monitored the remainder of the season by the Mariners' medical staff. Soriano sustained a mild concussion after being hit just below and behind his right ear in an Aug. 29 game against the Los Angeles Angels. Soriano tried to protect himself but couldn't get his glove up in time. The sound of the ball hitting Soriano was audible throughout the stadium, and the ball caromed to near the Angels dugout. He was on the ground for several minutes as the Mariners' training staff and medics rushed to the mound.
Noah Lowry lost his second straight start on Wednesday against Colorado, going only 4 1/3 innings after lasting just five innings in his previous outing.
Jason Jennings (8-12) ended a seven-start winless stretch in which he had dropped his last three decisions since beating the Padres on July 30 with a victory on Wednesday at San Francisco. He also reached the 200-innings mark for the second time in his career — a feat accomplished only eight other times in franchise history. Jennings, who had four straight no-decisions against San Francisco since beating the Giants on June 5, 2004, at Coors Field, allowed five runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings, struck out three and walked two.
Tony Armas (8-11) failed to make it four innings for the seventh time in 14 starts on Wednesday in a loss at Arizona. He allowed four runs and six hits in 3 1/3, striking out two and walking three.
Leave it to an ex-National to finally give the Arizona Diamondbacks a victory over Washington. Livan Hernandez blanked his former teammates for seven innings and four Arizona players hit solo home runs to help the Diamondbacks beat the Nationals 4-2 on Wednesday. Hernandez retired 21 of 22 batters from the first to the eighth before giving up a pair of runs on Robert Fick's pinch-hit double. "Boy he was something," Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin said. In the teams' final meeting, Arizona beat Washington for the only time this season. The Nationals came from behind to beat the Diamondbacks in the other five contests. "They tried to come back in the eighth again today," Hernandez said. "That's not an easy lineup. They've got a good team. They're going to be good next year."
Adam LaRoche (hamstring) returned to action in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Wednesday vs. Philadelphia and hit his 31st homer. He was 2-for-4 in the game.
Tim Hudson allowed five runs on nine hits with four walks and six Ks over five innings in a loss on Wednesday in Game 2 of a doubleheader against the Phillies.
Jon Lieber won the game that completed a doubleheader sweep, then joined his teammates in pointing toward Philadelphia's comeback in the opener. "Just watching those guys battle back the way they did in the first game after being down like they were, that's huge," Lieber said. Lieber (8-9) has four wins and three no-decisions since his last loss on Aug. 5. He pitched 7 1/3 innings and allowed eight hits and two runs. He struck out two with no walks. "I definitely feel I'm a much better pitcher than I was in April or May," Lieber said. "It's exciting. One reason I signed here is to help this ballclub get into the playoffs."
Tom Glavine allowed six hits and four runs in six innings with six Ks in a no-decision on Wednesday against Florida.
Scott Olsen allowed three runs on six hits over eight innings for Florida in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Mets.
The Rangers roughed up Justin Verlander for 10 hits and six runs in 4 1/3 innings on Wednesday. It was his shortest outing since April 13 when he went 2 2/3 against the White Sox. "Justin wasn't good tonight. He didn't have his good stuff and his command wasn't there," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.
Kevin Millwood (15-10) gave up three runs and seven hits in seven innings with six Ks for a win on Wednesday at Detroit.
Cory Lidle lasted only four-plus innings and failed to qualify for a win on Wednesday against Tampa Bay. He gave up four runs and nine hits, which couldn't have helped his dwindling chances to earn a playoff start.
Jason Hammel allowed six runs and six hits over 4 2/3 innings in his sixth big league start in a loss on Wednesday against the Yankees.
Alex Rodriguez hit a long homer and the New York Yankees beat the overmatched Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-4 Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory. Rodriguez went 3-for-4 with two RBI as New York trimmed the magic number for clinching its ninth consecutive AL East title to seven.
Phillies starter Randy Wolf had the shortest of his nine starts in his return from Tommy John surgery on Wednesday at Atlanta. He gave up gave up six hits and five runs, four earned, in two innings, but four relievers combined for seven shutout innings.
Tom Gordon pitched the ninth inning for his 29th save in 33 chances on Wednesday at Atlanta.
Kyle Davies hit his first career homer but also had a short outing, giving up three hits and three runs in 2 2/3 innings on Wednesday against the Phillies. Davies called the loss "real tough."
Mike Stanton could be in line to be the Giants; closer going forward with the news that Armando Benitez is done for the season because of inflammation in his right knee. Stanton has been pitching the ninth inning in Benitez's place, converting saves in five of his last eight outings.
San Francisco will purchase the contract of right-hander Billy Sadler from Triple-A Fresno. The Giants expect the pitcher to be in town for Thursday's afternoon game, the series finale against the Colorado Rockies.
Cubs starter Angel Guzman (0-6), who has yet to win a game in the majors, gave up five runs and eight hits in four-plus innings in a loss on Wednesday against the Dodgers.
Eric Milton, who left Tuesday night's game after five innings with stiffness in his left elbow, got a cortisone shot Wednesday. He is expected to take his regular turn Sunday.
Ken Griffey Jr. was out of the Reds' lineup for the seventh straight game on Wednesday night against the Padres due to a dislocated toe.
Reds starter Kyle Lohse (2-3) allowed seven runs and eight hits in 2 1/3 innings on Wednesday against San Diego.
Jake Westbrook allowed four runs and 11 hits over six innings on Wednesday against Kansas City.
Jorge De La Rosa pitched five solid innings to help Kansas City beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2 Wednesday night as the Royals gained their first road series sweep in more than three years. De La Rosa (3-2) allowed two runs on four hits and three walks in his first start in eight days.
Manny Ramirez missed a third straight game with a sore right knee on Wednesday, but the Red Sox aren't ready to shut him down for the season. "I guess we could get to a point where the trainers say that it is the right thing to do, but I have not heard them say that yet," manager Terry Francona said.
Erik Bedard pitched seven innings of two-hit ball and the Baltimore Orioles spoiled the return of Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield by beating the Red Sox 4-0 Wednesday night. Making his first appearance since July 17, Wakefield (7-9) yielded four runs on 10 hits in five innings. He was activated from the disabled list before the game after being sidelined nearly two months with a stress fracture in his rib cage.
Francisco Cordero pitched the ninth for his 12th save in as many chances since being acquired by the Brewers July 28 on Wednesday at Pittsburgh.
Ben Sheets kept getting better and better, and pretty soon he was approaching perfection. Sheets retired the first 18 batters before Chris Duffy led off the seventh inning with a single, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Wednesday to split a doubleheader. "Things were going good. I ain't going to lie. It definitely crossed my mind," Sheets said. "If it's your day, it's going to be your day, no matter what you do. I had a good day," he said. Sheets (5-6) gave up two hits and struck out 10 in eight innings. He did not walk a batter. One pitch after Duffy singled, Sheets picked him off first base. "We got into the seventh inning and I started thinking, 'He's got a real shot at a no-hitter here with his stuff,'" Brewers manager Ned Yost said. "The first inning, the first couple of hitters he was just OK. And then all of a sudden, it just clicked for him and he started getting stronger and stronger and stronger. He just had really good stuff today: Good breaking ball, real good fastball, really good changeup, spotting well."
Cha Seung Baek (3-1) allowed five runs on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings for a loss on Wednesday for a loss against Toronto.
A.J. Burnett and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 10-0 Wednesday. Burnett (8-7) allowed six hits in eight innings. He struck out a season-high 11, walked two and hit a batter. Burnett didn't allow a batter to reach third base until there were two outs in the seventh. Justin Speier finished the combined shutout.
Joe Saunders allowed seven runs on eight hits and three walks over 3 1/3 innings in a loss on Wednesday against the White Sox.
Given a big lead, Freddy Garcia could afford to simply throw strikes. Unhittable strikes, mostly. Garcia pitched perfect ball until Adam Kennedy singled with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-0 Wednesday. "I knew I had a no-hitter going, but I was trying not to think about it and keep making my pitches," Garcia said. Garcia improved to 14-3 with a 2.25 ERA in 24 regular-season career starts against the Angels. He also had a complete-game victory against them in Game 4 of last year's AL Championship Series. The Angels have scored just one run in 24 innings this year against the two-time All-Star.
After his six-game homer streak ended on Tuesday, A's DH Frank Thomas went 1-for-4 with a double on Wednesday.
Dan Haren pitched eight shutout innings Wednesday to lead the Oakland Athletics over the Twins 1-0. Haren struck out seven and allowed three hits.
Lance Berkman hit his 40th home run, helping the Houston Astros bounce back from a dispiriting loss to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 Wednesday. Berkman was 0-for-8 in the first two games of the series with five strikeouts before going 3-for-4 with a walk in the finale. He was a triple shy of the cycle.
Jason Marquis (14-15) pitched on three days' rest for the eighth time in his career and lasted only 10 batters in a loss on Wednesday against Houston. He allowed four runs on five hits with two walks in only one inning.
Roy Oswalt pitched shutout ball into the ninth inning, helping the Houston Astros bounce back from a dispiriting loss to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 Wednesday. Oswalt gave up one run on seven hits in 8 1/3 innings. He struck out three and walked two.
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|2007-03-01, 09:44
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: England
i have many!
- Sasuke , Sakura and Naruto trying to unmasked Kakashi
-Lee Vs Gaara
-Itachi Intro
- Itachi Vs Kurenai ,Kakashi
-Itachi meeting Sasuke again,also when he saw Naruto and Naruto thought he was Sasuke xD awww
-Sasuke vs oro in the forest
-Sasuke Vs Gaara
-First time Sasuke used the cursed seal
-Sasuke Vs Naruto
Spoiler for and also:
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|2007-03-01, 16:24
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Konoha's ANBU
Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 31
Mines are:
Kakashi vs Zabuza (the way he made Zabuza look like a fool (with his Sharingan) was simply awesome.
Naruto entering the Chuunin Room (where all shinobi are) and telling them all that he is Uzumaki Naruto and that he isnt going to lose to any of them!...with Sakura choking him and apoligizing.. (stupid girl ...she tries to cheer him up then try to kill him)
Gaara in the Forest of Death...the entire scene of his massacre with Team Shino...scared to death...being saved in the end..
Ino getting dissed by Neji (after he found out where they were...+ the scene where they try the pretend-that-you-didnt-notice)
Sasuke feeling inferior to Naruto (thinking in the hospital...)
Sasuke getting beaten up by Itachi...+ Gai kicking Jiraiya..
Naruto meeting Tsunade for the first + second time in the cafe.
|2007-03-02, 08:06
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REdiculous (see profile)
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: I live in a freakin' desert...not even a cool desert with cacti and stuff...just a whole lot o' nada
Age: 34
EDIT: Oh...and when Sasuke freaks out just before the Zabuza-Kakashi fight and says "If I stayed here for an hour, I'd go insane!" That was choice.
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Senior Member...ish
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: CA
Age: 33
Hmm, it's such a great anime for scenes and it's been going so long that there are just so many great scene. I'll just throw out a few that come to mind though
Gaara walking past Naruto and Shikamaru on his way to fight Sasuke. The pure silence with just his footsteps, I can imagine their fear after he promised he would kill them.
I'll go ahead and say Rock Lee's dropping the weights followed by the reactions of those watching. His drunken fist as well. Such a great character.
Hinata's reaction after being seen training naked by Naruto when he is telling Kiba he saw this "ultra-pretty girl" near the waterfall. I thought the poor girl was gonna die of embarrassment.
I used to like Sasuke before he left team 7 so I liked the scene with him kicking the two chuunin in the face when the were escorting the bridge builder in thier first real mission. It gave him some cool points.
|2007-03-04, 08:26
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Konoha's ANBU
Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 31
AHHH I totally forgot about it! THat was definetly one of the best (filler moments)
With Shino replying to Naruto all the time: [STARE!!]
Naruto! I am the leader of this team. I will have you do as I say on this mission.
Naruto cant reply to it!
|2007-03-04, 12:11
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Gotta kill 'em all!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Denmark
The hole sound 5 arc. That was absolutely incedible. I thought they where all gonna die... And the Kimmo versus drunk Rock Lee... and the Naruto vs Sasuke..
god. that was the best.
and the first 5 minutes of shippuuden... It really gave me that "naruto is back" feeling.
|2007-03-07, 15:46
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Dominican Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Charlotte
When Maito Gai appeared and did Konoha Whirlwind on Kisame's jaw....lol,
Kisame: WTF!!!! imma beast his ass
Itachi: Ummm no he is nasty with his taijutsu, ...... he will pwn you...
Kisame: (mumering)
Itachi: ight lets bounce...
|2007-03-29, 20:37
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Join Date: Dec 2006
I thought it was so cool when Sakura finally stopped being scared and stood up to the sound 3 in the chunnin exam forest. She didn't have a chance but it was cool finally see her fight at the time.
Also I liked when Naruto grabbed Haku's hand when he tried to hold back his chakra then bashed his face.
|2007-03-31, 11:50
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: In past i lived in konoha but now-a-days..... well i can't tell you.... its a secret
my favourite moments................ well for the first 1
1. Episode 52. i think, when jiraiya is followed by naruto...... and when naruto does that sexy jutsu in front of Jiraiya. that was hilarious.......
2. When jiraiya thinks about his training with Sarutobi..... when tsunade and orochimaru go.............. for a moment both of them are quite n then Jiraiya say......... Sarutobi sensei. you are pervert......... that was damn hilarious.
3. When itachi enters the konoha willage with Kisame,,, episode 81... return from the hidden mist............ that was my favourite episode......
4. Episode 101............ i never stopped laughing for a minute watching that episode....
5. I think it was episode 161.... in which some tries to be like Gai n lee....... and naruto trains with them all day................. that was hilarious
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When my coworker Donsa was promoted, we decided to celebrate. Her boss called the baker and ordered a cake.
"Two questions," said the baker. "Is Donsa a man or a woman? And what do you want the cake to say?"
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Altered levels and function of gamma-aminobutyric acidergic interneurons that coexpress the neuropeptide somatostatin (SST) are consistently found in major depressive disorder (MDD). In this review, Fee et al. (pages 549--559) highlight evidence linking SST cell deficits to cortical inhibitory deficits underlying emotion and cognitive disruptions in MDD, f ocusing on recent insights into SST cell roles in cortical microcircuits. They then discuss the putative origins of SST cell deficits and implications for targeting this cellular pathology in the development of antidepressant therapies.
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Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
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Allostasis (1), a stress-related dysfunction of the brain –body connection that is closely related to interoception (i.e., processing and integrating body-relevant signals together with external stimuli to affect motivated behavior) (2,3), plays a major role in the pathophysiology of mood and anxiety disorders (4,5). However, our understanding of the com putational processes associated with the disruption of the brain–body connection is still developing (6). Thus, examining how stress affects the computational processes underlying functional and dysfunctional adaptation is important for bringing allostasis into...
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NIGHTWISH / KAMELOT - Floor Jansen Injects New Vibrancy: Tour Ends In Florida
October 16, 2012, 4 years ago
By Mark Gromen
It began at Universal Studios, in California, last January and concluded outside Disney World, across the continent, in Orlando (on October 14th). Despite the amusement park locales, the members of NIGHTWISH would certainly not characterize the Imaginerum US tour as magical ("Bit of a survival tour," said founder/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, prior to the gig). In fact, the nightmarish scenario (scaretale?), of dismissing singer Anette Olzon mid-stream (replaced on-the-fly by former AFTER FOREVER/ REVAMP vocalist Floor Jansen), launched a roller coaster ride to rival any found within those family friendly parks, or the one in a fantasy film based on their most recent studio album. NASCAR would be proud, retread and keep racing at high speed!
This was my sixth Nightwish show this year and apart from the pyro-laden spectacle, in a filled German hockey arena, it was easily the most vibrant. Much of that has to do with Jansen's stage presence (and renewed spirits from the guys). It's obvious that she's a rocker. At her best, the departed Olzon had a perky playfulness (sadly missing of late). Few in North America got to see the band with original singer Tarja Turunen, but her opera background instilled a commanding aura onstage. Part cheerleader, sultry vixen and headbanger, Jansen's movements never seem forced. She could be excused for a static choreographed performance, but it never materializes. When the music warrants, Floor offers pinwheeling hair or fists in the air. Given she's only been in the band a couple of weeks, the fit is amazing. Can't wait to see what comes from protracted rehearsals.
Early Sunday evening at the House Of Blues in Downtown Disney, the collective of adult eating/drinking establishments outside the gates of the nearby Magic Kingdom, doors opening at 6pm and Florida natives KAMELOT onstage an hour later. Upstairs, in the nearly 2000 standing room-only capacity wooden theater, the Finns and crew members (apart from guitarist Emppu Vuorinen) are hunched around a table littered with one dollar bills, "gambling" with a set of poker dice. No one is going to amass a fortune, nor will anyone become destitute with such minimal stakes. Rolling a Royal Flush elicits everyone breaking into the Indiana Jones theme! It's more a way to while away the hours and bond with one another, pre-show. Four unopened bottles of Layer Cake Shiraz are on the catering table, along with sandwich fixings, tortilla chips and salsa, bottled water and a couple of Coronas. Party mode is reserved for afterwards.
The merch table (offering $10, end-of-tour discounted T-shirts) was more crowded than some shows I've attended, the line snaking down the stairs. Not sure which screams of pleasure were louder, the Disney bound tots aboard the flight down to Orlando, or the squeals from the front row, each intent on seeing their favorite characters. The audience was absolutely bonkers, from the get-go! Virtually a hometown gig for Kamelot, they stroll onstage as the intro rolls, drummer Casey Grillo hammering his fists down on the cymbals to emphasize the emotions pumping through the band. The new line-up, is punctuated by singer Tommy Karevik (SEVENTH WONDER), who displayed his humorous side this evening, cracking jokes on more than one occasion, to the delight of a rabid audience. 'Rule The World' opened, followed quickly by 'Ghost Opera'. Mostly red, the lights improved for 'The Human Stain', once we photographers left. With a trio of birthdays in the past week, the House Of Blues sang "Happy Birthday' to Grillo, bassist Sean Tibbetts and back-up singer Elize Ryd (AMARANTHE). The blue hued 'Sacrimony', which everyone would be able to purchase, a few days later (on Silverthorn), featured three singers: Karevik, Ryd and the death metal growls of Alissa White-Gluz. Storming through their allotted 45 minutes, Karevik often sang from a crouch, at the front of the stage, getting as close to his public as possible. Well, not really, as 'Forever' began with the vocalist in the photo pit, singing from the rail. Purple, accented by strobes, the crowd thrust hands skyward, Oliver Palotai (keys) and corn rolled Tibbetts hair flailing before Karevik got everyone to sing along ("whoa whoa"). Then he punched out the titular rhythm on Thom Youngblood's fretboard. Finished, the guitarist gave him a pick, which the singer deposited into the crowd. A "Kamelot" chant broke out, Karevik blowing kisses to the crowd. Two winged, snare drumming females kicked off the blood red lit 'March Of Mephisto', their finale, much to the chagrin of the crowd ("We want one more!"). As they took their final bows, Thom held his young son in his arms. Now they start a headlining tour of their own. The band is hot: Kamelot have never been better onstage!
Stunning, given the 11th hour drafting, but in the Internet age, when everyone's a critic, that there really hasn't been any negative commentary about Floor Jansen's performances. Speaks volumes to her professionalism. In addition to a new front woman, the song selection (mixed throughout the tour) is stronger, including older favorites 'Dark Chest Of Wonders' and 'Ever Dream' in the early portion of the set, bookending the similarly lively 'Wish I Had An Angel' and Amaranth'. Since his joining the band, Marco Hietala has done a major portion of the speaking to the audience. Will be interesting to see if this continues with Jansen aboard, she more used to fronting a band on her own than either of her predecessors.
A deafening roar greeted Holopainen's entrance, dwarfed only by the Amazonian Jansen stepping onstage, in red pleated mini-skirt and sleeveless black top, a cape/train from the waist down. She towers over the affable diminutive guitarist Vuorinen ("She's like two of me," he tells me afterwards, smiling the whole time, unfazed by the situation). Surprise, 'Dark Chest Of Wonders' followed the opening 'Storytime'. The leggy singer justified with broad grin upon completing the high vocal acrobatics. Hietala referenced the line-up change, adding that Jansen is their angel. Cue, 'Wish I Had An Angel.' 'Ever Dream' started with Jansen alone, center stage, as the keyboard accompaniment kicked in. When the side-to-side shake of the head doesn't send the hair flopping across her shoulders, Jansen musses her 'do by running fingers through her bangs.
Time for bar stools onstage, for the subdued, jazz lounge 'Slow Love Slow'. As a thunderous applause ends the unexpected hit, piper Troy Donockley slides into a newly appearing chair for 'I Want My Tears Back', with band and fans clapping their hands overhead. The high back stools return, Jukka Nevalainen vacating his place by moving in front of the kit, to hand drum a rhythm box for 'The Islander' and acoustic rendition of 'Nemo'. Holopainen donning a top hat and Donockley opting for a tin/penny whistle for the later, which actually needed no vocals at all, the crowd singing it from start to finish. A short, spotlit solo for Donockley leads into 'Last Of The Wilds', the blue lighted instrumental featured a bombastic bottom end.
Jansen stalks the stage, commanding your attention. Never butch, at the right moments she can also be demure. She's entirely comfortable (confident) having the eyes of the audience on her, whether surrounded by bandmates or solo. Never really felt that was the case with Anette (still not enough interaction between them, although Emppu playfully taps her on the shoulder as passes behind her, causing Floor to look the wrong way). Anette never really hung out with the guys, like Floor was doing with the pre-gig dice game. Then again, five years down the line will Jansen be doing the same?
All the musicians leave the stage, which goes red, for the intro to 'Planet Hell', Jansen pinwheeling her hair once more. 'Ghost River' and 'Song Of Myself' follow. There's no encore tonight, simply ending with the appropriately entitled 'Last Ride Of The Day', Floor reminding everyone this is the final night of the tour. During the song, all the members of Kamelot come onstage. Their trio of singer, armed with an extra microphone, join Marco and Floor. The final bow is a mixing of the two bands, arm-in-arm, hugs, handshakes and celebratory drinks are exchanged, to yet more wild roars from those who witnessed it.
Glad I can say I was among them!
More photos from Florida can be seen here.
And now Nightwish are officially on "holiday" as a new band update from today reads: "We've settled down here in Florida for a while to have our vacation. This is what we wanted to tell you after North American tour: Thank you! Good times, intense shows and lots of laughter and love. They'll keep us going for a long time, and there's even more to come. Let's recharge and bring our particular heaven and hell to UK soon! Cheerio!"


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A day after the trailer showed up a bit early on Amazon, Activision has officially announced a new Transformers game for later this year called Rise of the Dark Spark. The announcement was made at the New York City Toy Fair.
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC, and 3DS later this year. While the developer was not announced at the event, Loadout developer Edge of Reality is said to be taking over for High Moon.
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MONDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The number of annual household cleaning product-related injuries in children treated in U.S. emergency departments decreased nearly 50 percent between 1990 and 2006, though the overall number of injuries remains high, according to research published online Aug. 2 in Pediatrics.
Lara B. McKenzie, Ph.D., of the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and colleagues extracted records from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System 1990 to 2006 database on unintentional, nonfatal injuries related to a wide variety of household cleaning products, such as drain cleaners, ammonia, bleach, metal polishes, turpentine, detergents, swimming pool chemicals, oven cleaners, and disinfectants.
The researchers estimated that there were 267,269 children age 5 years or younger treated in emergency departments for injuries related to household cleaning products during the study period, 72 percent of them in the 1 to 3 age group. These injuries showed a downward trend, with 22,141 injuries in 1990 declining to 11,964 in 2006, a 46 percent drop. The product most commonly linked to injuries was bleach (37.1 percent), and the primary mechanism of injury was ingestion (62.7 percent). The most common source/container was a spray-bottle (40.1 percent), which showed a constant trend over the study period, while injuries from regular bottles or original containers and kitchenware decreased.
"Although our findings demonstrate decreases in household cleaning product-related injuries over time, efforts to prevent these types of injuries are still needed," the authors write.
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Where winter finishes spring opens up with a fragrance of wisteria, the generous flower of friendships which, with its abundant bunches, decorates the romantic catwalks of the Miss Blumarine children's shows. Anna Molinari, in a play of colours and emotions, contrasts white, ivory and blue creating garments in cotton piquet and knits decorated with delicate trims, the same that decorates the headbands. Precious applications make variants of natural tones more beautiful, perfect for the first summer days and for voyages to the fascinating land of Africa: écru, ivory and white intersect and layer in combinations of tulle and pearls and linen gauze with pearls and sequins. Proposals which are light yet at the same time substantial, practical and chic when worn with a jute gauze hat. The atmosphere is always bon-ton and is shaded with nuances of pink and blue: the freshness of cotton and silk voile, the elegance of embroideries and lace and the glimmer of the sequins become the passe-partout for a style that is perfect for any latitudes. Just mention the word Sangallo and we have the sensation of swaying between memories and poems with tender white roses on yellow backgrounds to wrap with cardigans and sweaters in embossed cotton. Ideal solution for the summer en plein air? The total white of the airy sundresses in cotton muslin, Sangallo lace and linen decorated with stones covered with the same fabric. Then, on a wave of emotions, explodes the symbol of love par excellence: a pink coloured heart inlaid on the white of the evanescent fabrics and the silk crêpe.
June 25th 2009, 11.00, Sala delle Nazioni at Pitti Bimbo, Florence: the curtains go up on the Spring/Summer 2010 Miss Blumarine fashion show.
With magical lighting effects and cascades of soft wisteria, special guest on the catwalk is the little Miss Ginevra Gilardino, daughter of the Fiorentina striker Alberto Gilardino and his beautiful partner Alice Bregoli.
Ginevra is only 15 months but is already determined, sociable and cute. She has definitely got her mum's lovely blue eyes and, no doubt, gets her feistiness from her dad.
Princess for a day in the enchanted world of Miss Blumarine, under the watchful eyes of her mother, father and grandparents.
(Thursday, 25 June 2009) | kidswear
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