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Some barriers to earning a degree are gone but main hurdle remains cost
By Christine Armario
AP Education Writer
MIAMI (AP) — Araceli Cortes had made up her mind: After being brought to the U.S. as a child, graduating from high school and attending some college in California, she was going to return to Mexico to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor.
She quit her job, bought an airline ticket and reserved a seat to take a medical school entrance exam.
Then, a week before her departure, President Barack Obama announced that young illegal immigrants like Cortes would be given the chance to remain in the United States and obtain a work visa. Cortes canceled her ticket and decided to stay.
Last week, she and thousands of other immigrants began the application process. But she and many other student immigrants could face some tough obstacles.
"It's not giving me much," Cortes, 20, said. "It's just a two-year permit."
Obama was clear in announcing the order: This was not a path to citizenship, but rather an opportunity to avoid deportation and work.
For the students who are illegal immigrants and have graduated from college, the new policy means they will have the opportunity to work in their field of study, something they could only do as independent contractors or unpaid interns before.
For younger immigrants like Cortes — as many as 65,000 of whom are estimated to graduate from high school each year — some barriers to earning a college degree will be removed. The main hurdle, however, will remain cost. Federal loans and grants, the largest source of aid for college students, require students to have a green card or U.S. citizenship.
"There's still going to be a challenge for these students to pursue higher education," said Deborah Santiago, co-founder and vice president for policy and research of Excelencia in Education. "I don't think the numbers are going to be high."
Children who are illegal immigrants have been guaranteed the right to a K-12 education since the 1982 Plyler v. Doe Supreme Court decision.
A growing number of those students are now entering adolescence and early adulthood. They speak English, are part of after-school clubs and sports, and have the same aspirations to attend college as their peers. Yet around the age of 16, they stop having the same opportunities. When most teens get a driver's license, a first job and start thinking about college, illegal immigrant students start to become aware of their status.
"They stay stuck while their friends are moving forward," said Roberto Gonzales, a sociologist at the University of Chicago. "And that has tremendous implications on their own ability to achieve any upward mobility, on issues of self-esteem and on emotional and mental well-being."
The Plyler v. Doe ruling did not address higher education. Rather, individual states and colleges have set their own policies on whether to allow illegal immigrants to attend.
Among illegal immigrants who are high school graduates between the ages of 18 to 24, 49 percent are in or have attended some college, compared with 76 percent of legal immigrants and 71 percent of U.S.-born residents, according to a Pew Hispanic Center study of 2008 census data.
Jane Slater, who teaches English as a second language at a high school in Redwood City, Calif., said fewer than half of the students who are illegal immigrants at her school go to college.
"There's that sort of hopeless feeling of 'Why go?'" she said.
The price of tuition and fees increased 439 percent between 1982 and 2007, while the median family income rose 147 percent, according to the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Parent and student loans, grants and scholarships help the average student pay about 55 percent of the cost, according to a report by Sallie Mae, the largest private lender to students.
Students with no legal status in the U.S. have access to just a slice of those resources. Selected private scholarships are often very competitive because of the limited number available. In a few states, they also qualify for state aid. But in most, they end up having to pay significantly higher tuition. Only 12 states allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state rates.
The majority of those who do enroll attend community colleges but often can afford only one or two classes a semester, or may have to take breaks in order to work full time. That means it takes significantly longer for them to graduate.
Katharine Gin, co-founder and executive director for the Education for Fair Consideration, is optimistic more scholarships from corporations and other funders will become available.
"They were moved by their stories. They felt like they deserved things but said, 'How can I justify putting money to these students when they cannot work in the end?'" Gin said. "I think that will change."
Cortes took AP classes in high school and was accepted to every University of California school she applied to. And while California is one of the states that allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition, she said it was still too expensive. A private school offered her a $14,000 scholarship, but that would have covered only half the annual costs.
She decided to go to community college instead and found a full-time job as a cashier at a car wash to help pay. Like at many community colleges, the classes she needs to enroll in to study medicine — biology, chemistry — fill up quickly and to get in, she needs a higher credit standing. That means taking classes in other subjects, essentially paying for courses that will have little to do with her medical degree.
Frustrated, she started looking for other options. Her father, who lives in Mexico, helped her fill out the paperwork to apply for a medical school there, but because she canceled her plane ticket, she lost her seat for the exam and won't be able to take it again.
Cortes has read through dozens of news articles online and recorded Obama's speech on the White House lawn, watching it repeatedly and trying to figure out what to do.
"He was very specific in saying, Don't think the wrong way about this," she said. "This is nothing for residency or citizenship."
Cortes went to the Mexican Consulate, which put her in touch with an organization, Dream in Mexico, that helps students find educational opportunities in Mexico. She applied to El Tecnologico de Monterrey and is waiting for a reply.
If she gets accepted and is given a scholarship to cover her fees, she's leaning toward going, even though she applied to stay in this country.
Cortes figures she'll save time, money and could still end up practicing medicine one day in the United States.
"As much as I want to stay here and be with my family, I have to think of the future," she said. "I have to think what's best for me."


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The Trial of Muad'Dib (9-12 May 2011)
Special Report
For anyone who has been following the extraordinary case of Muad'Dib, the "Not Guilty!" verdict rendered yesterday must be seen as a win for the Truth about 7/7 and for justice in the Courts.
Muad'Dib, or John Anthony Hill (JAH), is the producer of a documentary film entitled "7/7 Ripple Effect" about the 7/7/2005 London bombings, which was released to the internet on the 5th of November in 2007. In less than an hour, using mainstream media news reports, the film exposes the false flag operation that took the lives of 56 innocent people that day and injured close to 800 others. Muad'Dib, who was extradicted from Ireland for sending his study to officials of the Court hearing a case against associates of the alleged "suicide bombers", and others have been interviewed multiple times on "The Real Deal" regarding this ordeal, which has lasted for over two years thus far.
The Background
Muad'Dib was arrested in February, 2009 in Ireland on the authority of an EU arrest warrant, supposedly for "doing an act tending and intended to pervert the course of justice contrary to common law". This trumped-up charge was officially for sending DVDs of his film to a UK court to prevent a miscarriage of justice after the judge and QC BAR-rister in the case lied to the jurors from the outset about the guilt of the 4 alleged 7/7 bombers (Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Germaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain). Muad'Dib then fought extradition from Ireland to the UK to face this malicious and politically motivated charge for more than 20 months until the British-controlled Irish Supreme court ruled to extradite him to the UK on the 11/11/2010 at an 11:00am hearing.
Thanks to a British legal system that so desperately wanted to keep him under lock and key that on 4 occasions they didn't deliver him from prison to his scheduled bail hearings, he spent a total of 157 days in prison.
Supposedly this was for sending DVDs of the "7/7 Ripple Effect" film to the UK court that was trying 3 innocent terror patsies whom the British government falsely accused of "helping" the 4 alleged 7/7 bombers. In reality the British government was punishing Muad'Dib for making the film and hoping that they could silence him by throwing him in one of "her majesty's" dungeons. What they didn't bank on though was that Muad'Dib would challenge their entire system, including the sovereignty of Elizabeth A.M. Battenberg/Mountbatten, who is known by the criminal alias "Elizabeth II" and "the House of Windsor". She is the richest woman on the planet and has been pretending to be the monarch for over 58 years.
Elizabeth A.M. Battenberg is not only the head of the Church (of England) and State (the U.K. and the British Commonwealth), but she is also head of the BAR (British Accreditation Registry), the head of the Committee of 300 and of the New World Order (NWO). And the very last thing the NWO wants is for someone to expose their false flag operations, the way Muad'Dib's film "7/7 Ripple Effect" has done. If you haven't seen the film yet, please go to http://jforjustice.co.uk/77 and download it now. It's a free tutorial on how these false flag operations are pulled off.
Confronting the Queen
Why would Muad'Dib challenge the entire system instead of focusing on the trumped-up charge they had used to lock him up? Because he has rock-solid proof that Elizabeth is a fraud and exposing her would put a major spanner in the works of the NWO endless war of terror machine and their plans to exterminate over 90% of the world's population of "useless eaters" (or "consumers", if you prefer that word).
So what does the richest, most powerful woman on the planet do when she is about to be embarrassed and exposed as a fraud? She cheated, that's what she did. Please see the following link for a summary of how the first day of Muad'Dib's Trial went, where Elizabeth's sovereignty and the jurisdiction of "her majesty's" courts were questioned.
There was no way THEY* could let of a jury see the irrefutable evidence and proof of her fraud that Muad'Dib has, so they first had a corrupt judge deny Muad'Dib's witness application behind closed doors and then purportedly send the paperwork to the wrong address so Muad'Dib wouldn't learn of it before the trial. That was followed up by the presiding judge at the trial denying Muad'Dib the basic right to a jury in the preliminary matter of his challenge to the jurisdiction and sovereignty of Elizabeth.
*THEY = The Hierarchy Enslaving You
Please think about this for a moment. Every judge in the U.K. has sworn an oath to Elizabeth. Every judge in the U.K. draws both their salary and their authority from Elizabeth. It should therefore be obvious that no judge in the U.K. could be impartial in a matter that questioned Elizabeth's authority and thus called into question the judge's authority as well. It's a blatant conflict of interest and that's exactly why Muad'Dib had lawfully requested a jury to decide the matter.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Coronation, 1953)
You can ask for a jury trial for a traffic citation, so why couldn't someone request a jury trial to decide a matter impossible for a judge to fairly decide? Are you starting to see just how afraid of this evidence THEY really are?
So THEY cheated and the judge ignored Muad'Dib's Challenge. THEY were anxious to move on to the trial, get a conviction on this ridiculous charge, and get Muad'Dib back in one of "her majesty's" prisons to silence him and teach everyone else to think twice before challenging the system.
Confident in their plan, THEY decided it would be in their best interest to finally allow their government controlled propaganda machine to let the story out, which they did on the 10th, as the trial on this trumped up charge of attempting to "…pervert the course of justice…" proceeded. Please see http://mtrial.org/node/131 or google "7/7 bombers 'were innocent patsies'."
The Flaw in their plan
The one big flaw in their plan though was a complete lack of evidence of any wrongdoing on the part of Muad'Dib. But hey, what are lawyers/barristers for if not to put on a convincing show for the jurors in the complete absence of anything of substance.
And that's exactly what THEY did. The prosecution spent hours going over DNA evidence, fingerprints and witness statements linking Muad'Dib to the DVDs that were sent to the UK court despite Muad'Dib readily confirming he sent the DVDs multiple times. A previous judge had ordered the prosecution months ago not to waste any more time or taxpayers' money on a completely unnecessary investigation of this very clearly established and undisputed fact.
So sure of themselves, the prosecution next decided to show the jury the "7/7 Ripple Effect". Finally a productive use of everyone's time. Apparently it did not have the desired effect that the prosecution had anticipated, but we'll get to that in a moment.
The prosecution then presented as evidence audio files from the "7/7 Ripple Effect" extracted from Muad'Dib's computers that had been stolen during his initial arrest back in February of 2009. It was very kind of them to work so diligently to dig those files out of Muad'Dib's personal computer so that the jurors could hear again those parts of the film which have been in the public domain since the 5th of November 2007.
The "Case Cracker"
Then came the case cracker. The prosecution described to the jury how an "expert" had examined the http://jforjustice.co.uk website and email addresses, and found the website contained an identical copy of the "7/7 Ripple Effect" to the DVD copies of the film that were sent to the Kingston Crown court. Some more amazing detective work which we can only hope wasn't as costly as the totally unnecessary DNA evaluation. Of course the prosecutor could have simply asked Muad'Dib, who would have confirmed that the film content was the same online as on the DVDs, but that wouldn't have provided the drama that the prosecution was going for with the jurors. Remember, when you don't have any real evidence, you have to try to dazzle your audience/jurors with tricks and nonsense.
The prosecution ran out of undisputed facts to prove, so they rested. Muad'Dib took the stand.
Muad'Dib (aka John Anthony Hill)
What Muad'Dib shared wasn't really much different than what has been shared during the interviews he has done on "The Real Deal". He shared the story of how and why the film was made, and mentioned that he had seen the film "9/11 Ripple Effect" by Dave von Kleist from the Power Hour, an independent American TV show, which impressed him and inspired the title of the "7/7 Ripple Effect".
Muad'Dib explained that he had been motivated to send the DVDs of his film to the Kingston Crown court after learning of the misleading and outrageous statements made by Judge Peter Gross and QC Neil Flewitt at the first Kingston trial in their attempt to mislead the jurors into thinking there was no doubt that the 4 alleged bombers (Khan, Tanweer, Lindsay and Hussain) carried out the 7/7/2005 London bombings. How could a judge and a QC/prosecutor not be familiar with the presumption of innocence? The 4 alleged bombers have never been proven guilty in a court of law, or in any legitimate and independent public enquiry, and millions of people doubt the official government conspiracy theory. The 4 alleged bombers have only been tried in the government controlled propaganda machine, also known as the mainstream media.
"In Care of the Court"
Back to the Southwark Crown court and the case of Regina vs. Muad'Dib, we were then told that the DVDs sent to the judge and the jury foreman were sent IN CARE OF THE COURT, giving the Kingston court complete discretion over whether the material was then forwarded on to the judge and the jury. So how could sending information through the proper channels to the court to correct lies being told to the jurors by the judge and prosecutor be considered a crime? Well it certainly couldn't be considered improper to address information to the judge in care of the court because the judge should be able to determine whether the content of the film was relevant or not to the case in question. The judge at Southwark agreed and so that charge/count was dropped during Muad'Dib's Testimony.
The prosecution then moved on to the BBC hit piece, which the government controlled propaganda machine had used to try to discredit Muad'Dib in the hope of reversing the popularity of the "7/7 Ripple Effect" which was in the process of going viral. The prosecutor wanted to know why Muad'Dib had not participated, acting as if he had something to hide.
Muad'Dib pointed out that he had given the BBC his conditions before participating, which were that the BBC show the film unedited in its entirety on prime time, a condition they did not meet, and therefore Muad'Dib told them he would not cooperate with them in any way. The BBC then stalked him and ambushed him outside his home, which backfired on them as the "7/7 Ripple Effect" became even more popular as a result of the BBC hit piece.
But maybe the most telling story of all was the prosecution's admission that the film was made in such a way that it "changes the minds of the people who see it".
Isn't that the real reason THEY are so afraid of the film?
In the movie "Dune" Muad'Dib trained The Fremen/Freemen to use The (Weirding) Way of battle. The reason that it sounds "weird" to people is because it is the TRUTH, which cuts through all of the lies and can most definitely change the minds of the people who "see" and "hear" it.
Isaiah 33:19 "Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a ridiculous (weird sounding) way of talking [The Truth], [that thou (the majority who believe they are human) can] not understand."
(For a more detailed explanation of the movie "Dune", please visit http://jahtruth.net/dune)
The prosecution may not have understood the Truth contained in the "7/7 Ripple Effect" and in the testimony of Muad'Dib, but the jury sure did. They saw through the prosecution's smoke and mirrors and found Muad'Dib not guilty, just as one would expect a fully-informed jury to do in such a clear-cut case of political persecution.
No wonder THEY were afraid to have a jury decide Muad'Dib's Challenge of the court's jurisdiction and Elizabeth's sovereignty. As George Orwell said, "in times of universal deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act" or a (weird sounding) way of talking to most. If you haven't seen the Ripple Effect films, it's high time that you learn The (Weirding) Way and watch them both.
"9/11 Ripple Effect" about the September 11th, 2001 false flag attack in the U.S.
"7/7 Ripple Effect" about the July 7th, 2005 false flag attack in the U.K.
Hopefully people will build on this victory and help to dismantle the NWO/Global Elite before Elizabeth and her evil colleagues are able to complete their plans to kill most of us off through WW3 and poisoning us in various ways. The time to fight them is now, and the man to show us The Way is Muad'Dib.
Long Live The Fighters!
This special report was prepared with the assistance of Rob, a follower and close friend of Muad'Dib who, along with Nicholas Kollerstrom, the author of TERROR ON THE TUBE (revised and expanded edition, 2011), has kept me informed of developments in this case. For more, listen to my archived interviews with them on "The Real Deal", http://radiofetzer.blogspot.com

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Metroid's Mother Brain didn't really need to be any more horrifying than she already was, but artist Cig Neutron decided to amp up the ugly with his sculpture of the blue eyeshadowed space pirate. And he's got a pretty freaky rendition of the Mario Bros. villain Bowser to boot.
Neutron based his Mother Brain on her appearance in the cartoon series Captain N: The Game Master, giving the brain in a jar a deformed body. You can see the uncensored version (with nipple) at Neutron's site. He also has some spectacularly sleazy monster sculptures of his own invention — creatures known for binge drinking and butt-grabbing. My personal favorite is Bingebug, a parasite that attaches itself to a hosts head and forces it to consume loads of drugs and alcohol. You can also purchase many of Neutron's sculptures (including a Bingebug beanie) from his Etsy shop.
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Greensboro Coliseum to book Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum events
Wake Forest will still handle its sports events
Greensboro Coliseum officials will book events and performances at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the next five years, Wake Forest University officials announced Thursday.
The booking is part of a management contract the Greensboro Coliseum Complex entered with Wake Forest, which is effective immediately.
Greensboro Coliseum officials will book, manage and market non-Wake Forest sports events at Joel Coliseum. Wake Forest will still handle all its sports events.
Greensboro officials also can book non-sports events at BB&T Field, Wake Forest Baseball Park and the Wake Forest Tennis Complex.
Wake Forest will pay $115,000 a year to the coliseum complex, which could get bonuses if events are sold well, the News and Record reported.
LJVM seats more than 14,000 people. Winston-Salem City Council voted to sell LJVM to Wake Forest in May.
Greensboro Coliseum officials said the agreement hopefully will give the Triad the chance to host more live entertainment events by giving more flexibility to promoters.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2013 News Releases > May 2013 > Wayland recognizes exceptional students at chapel
Wayland recognizes exceptional students at chapel
May 1, 2013
PLAINVIEW -- Wayland Baptist University held its annual Recognition Chapel at Wednesday
morning, awarding outstanding students for their work in the classroom and around
The annual awards chapel culminates with the recognition of the Citizenship of the Year award for one male and one female student who have exemplified strong Christian character both in the classroom and out.
The 2013 Female Citizenship Award winner is Libby Saultz.
A native of Amarillo, Libby is the daughter of Sharon and David Saultz. She came to Wayland after graduating from Amarillo High School in 2009. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in molecular biology and a minor in mathematics this spring. While at Wayland, Libby has been an active member of the American Chemical Society, the Mathematical Association of America and Student Foundation.
The Male Citizenship Award winner for 2013 is Keenan Harris.
A native of Perryton, Keenan is the son of Keith and Dorla Harris. He came to Wayland after graduating from Perryton High School in 2009 and will graduate this spring with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematic education and a minor in History. While at Wayland, Keenan has served as a President's Ambassador and been involved with recruiting for the School of Education. He has been a student leader for Koinonia and other events on campus. Keenan is currently the college minster and leads music at Colonial Baptist Church and he coaches track at Plainview Christian Academy.
The Association of Former Students also recognized an outstanding male and female student as Freshman of the Year as voted on by the Wayland faculty and staff. Laura Castillo, of Plainview, was named Freshman Woman of the Year and Brandon Argueta, also of Plainview, was named Freshman Man of the Year.
Wayland also recognized students with other special awards. Award winners were:
Spinning Wheel Awards: Philip Avants, Katie Bice, Lorenzo Dolphus, Janelle Durrough, Krista Lennox, Angela Lichtie, Nicholas Morales, Aubrey Pedigo, Jenna Swift and Lance Williams.
Senator of the Year: Jaclyn Alford
Religion: Thomas Estes
Religious Education: Laremy Simmons
Recreation and Camp Management: Jessica Martinez
Timothy Award: Matt Molina
English: Rebekah Brown
Spanish: Tim Stone
German: Caitlin McCulloch
Chinese: Lindsay Inscore
Latin: Amanda Page
Biology: Libby Saultz
Chemistry: Jessica Kenneson
Mathematics: Caleb Schumacher
Geology: Hunter Green
Political Science: Michael Holubik
Justice Administration: Ian Mather
Sociology: Brianne Anderson
Psychology: Alyson Lockhart
History: Rachel Laue
Elementary: Carissa Clower
Secondary Education: Victoria Herbert
Middle School Education: Jancee Cotton
Special Education: Krisann Earp
Exercise and Sport Science Education: Trevor Burkhead
Exercise and Sport Science Fitness Management: David Cone
Accounting: Rebecca Day
Business Administration: Scott Langford
Management Information Systems: Samantha Garcia
Management: Ashley Rima
Marketing: Caitlin Walker
Economics: Anders Ellingsberg
Finance: Maria Carrillo
International Management: Nathalia Valencia
Excellence in Art: Monte Ratchford
Piano Award: Andrea Hamric
Vocal Music Award: Christopher Kirby
Choral Music Education: Gerardo Olivares
Church Music: Benjamin Ufford
Instrumental Music Education: Clint Lockhart
Theory and Composition: Brian Spruill
Excellence in Theatre: Coleman Scroggins
Excellence in Communication Studies: Rachel Smith
Excellence in Media Communications: Jordan Herrod
Who's Who Award: Angel Azua, Hildon Boen, David Brousseau, Rebekah Brown, Hailey Budnick, Trevor Burrow, Connor Carpenter, Charles Carr, Carissa Clower, David Cone, Jancee Cotton, Rebecca Day, Catherine Dunn, Kendra Dunn, Taylor Eaves, Anders Ellingsberg, Thomas Estes, Matthew Evans, Samantha Garcia, Keenan Harris, Victoria Herbert, Angel Hernandez, Jordan Herrod, Michael Holubik, Lindsay Inscore, Sarah Johnson, Jessica Kenneson, Chris Kirby, Scott Langford, Rachel Laue, Angela Lichtie, Clint Lockhart, Elizabeth Miller, Matthew Molina, Gerardo Olivares, Amanda Page, Monte Ratchford, Jon Riddle, Ashley Rima, Damaris Rios, Michelle Ritter, Jarrett Ross, Libby Saultz, Caleb Schumacher, Coleman Scroggins, Joanna Shutts, Brian Spruill, Morgan Switzenber, Ben Ufford, Devin Valentine, Caitlin Walker, Lance Williams, Jenna Wilson, Kaylie Young
Pioneer Scholars: Taylor Eaves, Thomas Estes, Keenan Harris, Victoria Herbert, Lindsay Inscore, Angela Lichtie, Alyson Lockhart, Clint Lockhart, Ian Mather, Ashley Rima, Libby Saultz, Brian Spruill, Jenna Wilson.
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In a matchup of starting pitchers coming back from serious injuries, the offense grabbed the spotlight.
Adam Eaton had four hits, Aaron Hill added three, Eric Chavez knocked in three runs, and A.J Pollack homered and drove in two runs in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 11-9 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday
Starting pitchers Brandon McCarthy of the Diamondbacks, and Chicago's John Danks struggled, but their spring training numbers aren't the main concern now.
McCarthy is coming back from a skull fracture and other head and brain injuries, sustained in September when the 6-foot-7 pitcher was struck by a line drive off the bat of Los Angeles Angel infielder Eric Aybar.
On Saturday, his third outing of the spring, McCarthy went three innings against his former club, allowing four runs and seven hits, and striking out one.
"I was kind of out of sync. I just didn't feel like mechanically it was great," McCarthy said. "If it was the regular season there are some things I might do differently. It wouldn't be an acceptable outing in the regular season."
Because of left shoulder problems and season-ending surgery in August, Danks pitched in only nine games in 2012 - the last on May 19. The 28-year-old made his second spring start on Saturday.
The lefty allowed four runs - three earned - seven hits and two walks. He struck out two in his 2 1-3 innings and threw pain free.
"It is still a work in progress," Danks said. "I wasn't throwing as hard as I anticipate throwing before it is all said and done, but I threw all four pitches and there weren't any restraints.
"I'd be lying if I didn't look at results. In the grand scheme of things the most important thing was just going out there and being healthy."
Arizona's six-run, seven-hit fourth inning gave the Diamondbacks the lead for good. The 11 runs and 17 hits were both the most they have had this spring.
"We had a lot of good hitting," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. "I wanted to get my lefties against lefties. That is why I DH-ed Hinske, and I had Chavey (Eric Chavez) in there."
Tony Sipp pitched a scoreless inning for the victory. Rommie Lewis threw a perfect ninth to earn the save.
Matt Thornton gave up six runs and five hits, and got only two outs in the loss.
Paul Konerko went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run, and Josh Bell added a two-run shot for Chicago.
NOTES: The Diamondbacks will play a "B" game on Sunday against the San Francisco Giants. Among the pitchers scheduled to throw is Josh Booty. Booty is in camp following his win on the reality show "The Knuckler." Under the tutelage of former knuckleball pitcher Tim Wakefield, contestants learned how to throw the pitch. The hurler deemed to have the best knuckler was allowed to participate in the Diamondbacks' training camp. Booty has also been throwing a fastball, which tops off at around 89 mph. ... Konerko extended his streak of getting a hit to eight at-bats with a leadoff single in the second inning. It ended in the third when center fielder Eaton made a diving catch of Konerko's sinking line drive.


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Under clear skies and a snowy landscape, the temperature plunged to 14 degrees at Vance Brand Airport at 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning, smashing the previous record low for the date of 24, set in 1989.
The morning low is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Longmont during the month of May, according to Times-Call weather consultant Dave Larison. Previously, the lowest reading for the month was 18 degrees, set on May 1, 1989, and May 5, 1917.
A slow warm-up will begin today, with sunny skies and a high near 44. Tonight will be mostly clear with a low around 23.
Friday will be sunny with a high near 59. Friday night will be partly cloudy with a low around 31. Northest winds will turn to being out of the northwest in the evening.
Saturday will be partly sunny with a high near 55. A northwest wind of 5 to 10 mph will become north-northeast winds in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph. Saturday night will bring a 10 percent chance of showers before midnight and a low around 32.
Sunday will see a 10 percent chance of showers after noon. Otherwise, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 56. Sunday night will be partly cloudy with a low around 35.
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2011 CPP Truck Cruise - Web Exclusive Photo Coverage
Classic Performance Products in Anaheim, California hosted over a hundred classic trucks for a cruise, show, and shop tour this past Saturday, March 12th. Those brave enough to come out for the early morning meet up got to cruise along with the long line of trucks that wound through Fullerton, heading towards their shop on Freedom Ave. Once there, the staff quickly got us all parked so we could stretch our legs and check out those who had gathered. Shop tours of the incredible CPP facility were given throughout the day, highlighted by free Carls Jr for lunch. You can't get between a magazine guy and free lunch!
I opted to co-pilot for the day so I could snap some pics while Danny Valenzuela drove his '69 Ford pickup, a truck we should see more of in the coming months...
Check out CPP's website (www.classicperform.com) for upcoming cruises and to check out all the gear they sell for us classic truck guys!


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Signups for the Paxton Ski & Snowboard Program are underway for Paxton kids, grades 3-12. Bus transportation to and from Wachusett Mountain is provided on seven Saturdays, beginning January 5, at a cost of $60. A Wachusett Mountain ski ticket is provided for those days at the price of $192 if purchased before November 30, and $202 if purchased after that date. Applications are available at Town Hall and Paxton Marketplace. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com with questions.
The Ski Program provides a chaperone at the base lodge for skiers in need of help. Skiers are largely unsupervised; children not capable of operating independently must be accompanied by a parent. Rental equipment and lessons are available from Wachusett Mountain.


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Sunday October 26, 2008
Heinz Field - 4:15 PM EST
This game is filled with intriguing story lines: Burress eager for his return to Pittsburgh, Eli vs Ben (Draft class of 2004), #1 Rushing Offense vs. #1 Rushing Defense, #2 Total Offense vs. #1 Total Defense and Defending Super Bowl Champs come to Pittsburgh! Regardless what headline you pick this is going to be a great game and a match-up of two great teams. Ultimately this game will probably come down to which team can capitalize on the others mistakes.
The Steelers offensive line has really picked up their game since the Eagles game 3 weeks back. Since that game Ben has only been sacked 6 times in 3 games, 3 each by the Browns and Jags and 0 last week by the Bengals. That is a huge improvement considering he was sacked 8 times alone against the Eagles. The line has also been opening up some nice holes for backup RB Mewelde Moore who has been filling in for the injured Willie Parker. Moore has been presenting an impressive case on why he should be the starter in Pittsburgh. He's only rushed for 219 yards in the last two games he has started for an average of 5.9 yards per carry which is almost a whole 2 yards more than Parker. You're probably saying "It's only 2 yards, what's the big deal?" Well, when the team is facing a 2nd and 4 compared to a 2nd and 6 the play book can really be opened up and it gives Ben his chances to go down field. As of today, it looks like Parker will be returning this Sunday, but we can expect to see a lot of Moore as well and maybe even some Najeh for those tough yard situations.
The Giants responded last weekend after being embarrassed by the Browns on Monday night two weeks back. Although last week they had to come from behind late in the game to beat the 49ers who have been struggling all year. Being the Giants have been in a bit of a slump the past two weekends makes this match-up even scarier because you know a team like the Giants are not going to be in a slump for forever.
The key for a Steelers win is simple:
- Pressure Eli and force turnovers
- Capitalize on turnovers
- O-Line continue to protect Ben as they have been
Join us this Sunday afternoon as we talk about the game and cheer our Steelers to a victory!


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Sharp increases in premiums for federal flood insurance on the way has some homeowners willing to play the odds that it will be some time before the next big storm hits.
TOPSAIL BEACH (AP) � Bill Cherry has seen his share of storms batter his house and his Breezeway Restaurant and Motel on this slip of a barrier island just more than two blocks wide.
But, with sharp increases in premiums for federal flood insurance on the way, he�s willing to now play the odds that it will be some time before the next big storm hits.
He says he will probably self-insure his house on the mainland side of the island.
�Hazel was bad and Fran was next, but you�re looking at 50 years between those storms,� he said, discussing the storms that have hit and rising flood insurance costs in the lobby of his motel that was once a military barracks. �You�re better off self-insuring and hope you�re caught up enough so you�re covered� when the next storm hits, he said.
As many as 1.1 million property owners nationwide with subsidized flood insurance face premium increases as the government works to erase a $24 billion shortfall in the flood program. About 17,300 of those policyholders are in North Carolina. In all, there are about 138,000 federal flood policies in effect in the state.
The subsidized insurance helps pay the cost of insurance for homes and businesses pay in flood zones before there were many rules about building close to the water.
An Associated Press analysis shows that, since the mid-1970s, the program has paid more than 75,000 claims for about $997 million in North Carolina.
Topsail Beach, with a year-round population of 368 but which blooms to about 10,000 in summer, is in the federal flood zone. About 25 percent of island flood policyholders face sharp rate increases, a total of 289. There are about 1,300 structures in the town, most modest beach bungalows. Over the years, there have been just over 2,100 flood insurance claims in Topsail for which about $21 million was paid out.
President Obama last week signed into law a measure easing the immediate impact of the rate increases, phasing them in over several years. Still, rates would increase 18 percent a year for people whose primary home is in a flood zone and 25 percent for people�s second homes and businesses until reaching a level consistent with their real risk of flooding.
Mayor Howard Braxton says there will be hurt for people who have had properties on the island for years.
�They just cannot afford to pay those sharp increases. They just can�t do it,� he said. �Some of the bills now will be more than what some mortgages are.�
He said some property owners are from off island and rent their houses in the summer to pay the mortgage. Some who planned to retire here may not now be able to afford to do so, he warned.
�Those people may just have to stay with renting or just have to sell,� the mayor added.
Town Manager Tim Holloman said he sees a time when the government will prevent the building back of beachfront homes damaged or destroyed in storms. �I think they are going to try to limit repetitive losses in the future,� he said.
Braxton feels lawmakers are unfairly singling out coastal areas.
�We live down on the beach and they say we can afford it more than other people and that�s not true,� he said. �People down here are paying for their retirement� by renting homes.
Cherry put it another way:
�You hear a lot of people across the country saying we don�t want to pay for insurance for those hurricanes or rivers flooding,� he said. �I say look, we don�t want to pay for tornadoes or mudslides or whatever else across the country. Everybody has their disaster and we have to take care of everybody.�


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By Stefanie Herweck
In the coming weeks President Obama will make one of the most fateful decisions of his presidency: whether or not to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project. The pipeline would transport liquefied tar sands across the United States for export on the Texas Gulf Coast.
On Sunday protesters formed a human chain around the White House in an effort to remind the president of his own words on the campaign trail: "Let's be the generation that frees itself from the tyranny of oil."
"Tar sands oil is the dirtiest oil on Earth," says Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, and it is hard to imagine how mining, transporting, and burning it will help bring to life Obama's words. It is also hard to think of a project with more terrible consequences for Texas, and for the world.
A Canadian corporation, Transcanada, wants to build the 1,980 mile long pipeline from the tar sands oil mines in Alberta, Canada across the American heartland to the Texas Gulf Coast. Because the pipeline crosses the U.S. – Canada border, it is up to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to approve or reject it.
The tar sands underlie 54,000 square miles of boreal forest that is prized for its biodiversity. Every spring more than half of North America's birds flock there to nest. As a boreal forest, it is also uniquely suited to absorb carbon emissions, and it stores twice as much carbon as a tropical forest.
Since the tar sands lie near the surface, these forests are completely obliterated during the mining process. As these forests are destroyed, critical habitat is lost and stored carbon is released into the atmosphere. Where the forest once stood, companies dig massive open pit mines and create toxic tailing ponds so big they can be seen from space. As of June 2009, 32,000 square miles of boreal forest had been leased to companies for tar sands extraction.
In the ground tar sands are a mixture of 90 percent sand, clay and water and 10 percent bitumen, a thick hydrocarbon liquid. Steam is used to extract the bitumen, which requires 4 barrels of water and a significant amount of natural gas for every barrel of oil. The lakes of waste water left over from this process cover 22 percent of the mined land and are so toxic that they have killed entire flocks of birds that were unlucky enough to land on them.
Because the bitumen is so thick – the consistency of peanut butter – it must be diluted with volatile natural gas compounds in order to make it flow through a pipeline. It is heavier and more corrosive than conventional oil, so the Keystone XL pipeline would be far more likely subject to leak. In fact, the first stage of the Keystone tar sands pipeline had 14 accidents in its first year of operation.
The pipeline's path across the Ogallala aquifer makes the potential for leaks especially alarming. More than a quarter of the water for crops grown in the United States comes from this aquifer, and millions depend on it for drinking water. Nebraska's Republican Governor, Dave Heineman, has called upon the State Department to deny Transcanada's permit request out of fear that spills of tar sands oil could prove catastrophic for the state's water supply.
The proposed path of the pipeline will also cross hundreds of heartland farms. Transcanada is already suing landowners in Nebraska, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas under eminent domain, even though the project has not been approved. Many have questioned whether a foreign corporation can use eminent domain against U.S. citizens, but the flurry of lawsuits has not slowed.
When tar sands oil arrives at a refinery it is laden with toxic chemicals like benzene, toluene, and metals like mercury, lead, nickel and vanadium. Refineries in Port Arthur that process tar sands will therefore produce, and release, much more hazardous waste than conventional oil refineries.
According to the EPA, the entire process of extracting and refining tar sands oil from well to gas tank produces 82 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional oil. Transporting and burning the Keystone XL pipeline's tar sands would add 27 million tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere per year.
Beyond this, the sheer scope of the tar sands deposits make Obama's pipeline decision a grave one indeed. The tar sands are the second largest pool of carbon on the planet. If we begin tapping them rather than switching to renewable energy sources, it would mean, in the words of James Hansen, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, "essentially game-over" for all hope of reversing climate change.
Thanks to the drought, we already have a taste about what out-of-control climate change could do to Texas. Most climate projections show a continued decline in precipitation for Texas and an increase in temperatures. This is likely to have serious economic impacts in a state with a $100 billion agricultural sector that employs 1 out of 7 workers.
Warming temperatures and thermal expansion of the ocean led to a tripling of sea level rise during the 20th century. If greenhouse gas emissions continue to escalate, Gulf Coast waters could rise as much as 1 meter by 2100, a rise that could submerge Texas coastal communities and make others far more vulnerable to storms. One study of the Houston-Galveston area found that sea level rise could displace 100,000 people over the next 100 years and mean a loss of $12 billion in infrastructure. The beaches of South Padre Island could disappear beneath the waves.
Some are claiming that in these tough economic times, we should sacrifice the environment for energy security and economic benefits. Unfortunately, the Keystone XL pipeline provides neither.
Reducing America's reliance on Middle-eastern oil is one argument that Transcanada has repeatedly put forward. Though they have denied that Keystone XL is an export pipeline, analysts have determined that the diesel fuel most easily refined from tar sands oil will only find lucrative markets in Europe and Latin America. In fact, the published business model for the Valero refinery at the end of the pipeline explicitly states that the diesel would be exported to foreign markets, rather than put into U.S. gas tanks.
The United States won't derive significant tax revenue from the tar sands oil before it heads overseas because the refineries at the pipeline's end are located in Port Arthur, Texas. Port Arthur's designation as a foreign trade zone means that the refined diesel can be exported tax-free. The benzene and other pollutants released by the refining process are all that will stay in Port Arthur.
Transcanada has claimed that 100,000 jobs would be created by its pipeline. As pressure on the Obama administration to stop the pipeline has gone up, Transcanada's job estimate has soared to as high as 250,000. The American Petroleum Institute, which lobbies on behalf of oil corporations, has gone so far as to claim that, "U.S. jobs supported by Canadian oil sands development could grow from 21,000 jobs today to 465,000 jobs by 2035." Of course, these rapidly inflating numbers all come from the company who stands to reap huge profits from exporting tar sands oil oversees without paying any export taxes if they can sell the administration on their pipeline.
For those of us who do not serve on the board of directors of Transcanada or Valero, any economic benefits from the pipeline will be minimal. An independent analysis of the economic impacts of the pipeline estimated that nationwide there would be between 500 and 1,400 temporary construction jobs would come from building the pipeline. Once the pipeline is up and running those jobs would evaporate, and it would take as few as 50 full time employees maintain it.
While those 50 people may be happy to receive a paycheck, their side of the balance sheet is far outweighed by the health costs of those who will be exposed to toxic chemicals in Canada and Texas, not to mention the millions of coastal residents around the world whose homes and communities will be threatened by rising seas.
This is why the Lower Rio Grande Valley Sierra Group is supporting protesters from the Rio Grande Valley who boarded the Rio Bravo Wildlife Institute's vegetable-oil powered bus for the long drive to Washington DC. They joined thousands of other Americans to demand that President Obama uphold the vision and the promises that got him elected.
The ultimate decision will be President Obama's. Will he cave in to corporate pressure and approve the Keystone XL pipeline, or will he stand with the American people, and people around the world, who will suffer the terrible consequences if this pipeline is built? This is not a political question to be decided by poll numbers and the next election. President Obama's decision will have a real impact on human lives, on human health, and on the world that our children grow up in. This may be the most important decision that President Obama makes, and it is up to all of us to ensure that he makes the right choice.
Stefanie Herweck is chair of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Sierra Group. She lives in McAllen. This article originally appeared in the Rio Grande Guardian.


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text: Thursday, May 10, 2012 ACR Guidelines Call for Individualized Exercise Programs for Knee, Hip OA The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) recently updated its 2000 recommendations for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) and developed new recommendations for hand OA. The guidelines include nonpharmacologic therapies, such as exercise supervised by a physical therapist for knee and hip OA. The guidelines, which use clinical scenarios representing patients with symptomatic hand, hip, and knee OA are based on the "best available evidence of benefit and safety/tolerability" of both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions, in addition to the consensus judgment of clinical experts from a wide range of disciplines. They are published in the April 2012 issue of Arthritis Care & Research. According to the Technical Expert Panel, patients with symptomatic knee and hip OA should be enrolled in an individualized exercise program commensurate with their ability to perform these activities. The panel also calls for the use of thermal agents and manual therapy in combination with exercise supervised by a physical therapist. Because there were few high-quality randomized controlled trials of interventions for hand OA published in the peer-reviewed literature, the panel made no strong recommendations for this indication. However, the panel recommends that all patients with hand OA be evaluated by a health professional, either their primary care provider or a physical therapist or occupational therapist for their ability to perform activities of daily living. Based on the evaluation, patients could receive assistive devices as necessary, instruction in joint protection techniques and in the use of thermal agents for relief of pain and stiffness. APTA members G. Kelley Fitzgerald, PT, PhD, and Carol A. Oatis, PT, PhD, served on the panel. Free, full text of the guidelines is available from ACR. Comments Thanks a lot for the guidelines. It's very important for health care professionals to know about recent research, because in our busy world we have no time to go through all the literature; however, we urgently need this information to provide high quality services to our patients. I have a question regarding your guidelines. You say that for pharmacologic management of hand, hip and knee OA you recommend the use of Tramadol; however you don't recommend or have no recommendations for opioid analgesics, but Tramadol is an opioid analgesic. Did you mean opioid analgesics except for Tramadol? Can you, please, explain. Please, e-mail me with the answer. It's important because the most of my pts have questions regarding OA pain management and I have to be able to answer, Thanks, Marina Balabanov Posted by Marina Balabanov, DPT on 5/12/2012 5:22 PM


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The Smurfs (2011)
[last lines]
Gargamel: [Waking up from Azrael licking his face] Smurfs... Smurfs...
[to Azrael]
Gargamel: I wish I could quit you. Get out of here.
[Notices the fourth wall]
Gargamel: What are you looking at?
Gargamel: I am not obsessed with Smurfs, thank you. I simply can't stop thinking about the miserable beasts every single minute of every single day!...
Azrael: Meow!
Gargamel: But I need them! It's only by capturing the little wretches and extracting their happy blue essence that my magic will finally become... not infallible...
Azrael: Meow!
Gargamel: INVINCIBLE, yes, thank you! I shall become the most powerful wizard in all of the world!
[Gargamel and Azreal cackle]
Gargamel: Yeah, but you're milking it, don't milk it.
[first lines]
Narrator Smurf: There is a place. A place that knows no sadness, where even feeling blue is a happy thing. A place inhabited by little blue beings three apples high. It lies deep within an enchanted forest, hidden away beyond the medieval village. Most people believe this place is made up, only to be found in books or children's imagination. Well, we beg to differ.
Gargamel: [playing with puppets] La la lala lala, sing a happy song! La la lala lala, this is so wrong! "Oh, I'm Papa Smurf. I'm the head of a small group of blue people, and live in the forest with 99 sons and one daughter! Nothing weird about that, no no, totally normal!" "And I'm Smurfette! And I think I'm so pretty! And I betrayed Gargamel, and I don't even care! And everything is just sunshine and rainbows!"... But all of that is about to change!
[Azrael bathes himself]
Gargamel: Ahem. I said, "But all of that is about to change!" Azreal, that's your cue!
Brainy: Well, at least they're not coming after us...
[Azrael falls through the portal into a pond, the Smurfs scarper]
Gargamel: Azrael? Are you dead?
Gargamel: [Odile is giving a demonstration of her anti-aging cream] I see no transformation. Your potion has no power. She's still an eye-offending dogfish if you ask me.
Odile: This is my mother who you speaking of!
Gargamel: I'm so sorry, I didn't realize. How sad for you in thirty years.
Gargamel: Must... have... SMURFS!
[jumps through the portal]
Gargamel: [upon arrival in Central Park] What manner of freakish hell is this?
Patrick Winslow: SMURF, SMURF, SMURFETY, SMURF!
[all the Smurfs are shocked]
Gutsy: There is no call for that sort of language, laddie!
Jokey: What do you get when you cross a Smurf with a cow? Blue cheese!
Smurfette: [shocked at seeing a stall of stuffed horses] OH! So that's where all the unicorns went...
Smurfette: [traps Azrael in a cage] You smurfed with the wrong girl!
[Gargamel looks for a laboratory in New York City]
Gargamel: [climbs into a port-a-potty] Oh. Yes. It's a bit small, but it should do nicely! Oh, it's even got its own cauldron.
[tries some magic... ]
Gargamel: What died in here?... OPEN! OPEN! OPEN! OPEN! OPEN! OPPEEENNNN!
[finally falls out]
Gargamel: Somebody's been working in dark and terrible magic in there...!
Gargamel: [escaping prison in a cloud of flies] So long, scallywags!
Gargamel: Oh, Azrael, we've come so far, yet I am haunted by the same familiar problem: how to find the Smurfs. If only I had a...
[Azrael hacks and coughs]
Gargamel: I'm sorry, is my thinking interrupting your vile habit? If only I had something of theirs: a drop of spittle, a fingernail, some hair even, then I could use my magic to hunt them down!
[Azrael coughs out a hairball]
Gargamel: Very nice. Are you done now?
Azrael: Meow!
[points at the hairball]
Gargamel: I don't want to look at it! What? YUCK! WHAT?... Is that...? No. No, it can't be... it is! The tiny locks of Smurfette! Oh, sweet follicular ambrosia! Oh, sweet strands of joy... mixed with a fair amount of cat vomit.
[holds up the hair]
Gargamel: [at Belvedere Castle] Daddy is HOME!
[Gargamel gets hit by a bus]
Azrael: Are you dead?
Gargamel: [playing with a Smurfette puppet] "Oh, great one!" Yes, lying, deceptive, horrible little Smurfette? "After all your years of Smurfless searching, however do you expect to find us?" Oh, I'm very glad you asked, my dear! For, you see, I have a magical map, that shows me exactly where the Smurf village is! I shall now use my formidable powers to magically transport us here!
Azrael: Oh, no...
Gargamel: There you are! By all means, relax here in the fresh air and the sunshine, while the missing Smurfs could be anywhere!
Azrael: Meow!
Gargamel: What? Where?
Gargamel: I am but a simple wizard with a simple desire: limitless power and world adulation! So why does it have to be so hard?
[seeing New York City for the first time]
Smurfette: Oh... my... Smurf.
Papa: I'm 546 years old... I'm getting too old for this.
Grouchy: [about to leave New York] I hated it... so much less than I expected.
Patrick Winslow: Bye, Grouchy.
Grouchy: Don't get me wrong, I still hate it here!
Papa: Well, Master Winslow, thank you. You saved my whole family.
Patrick Winslow: Actually, I think it was the other way around.
Papa: Well, I should get going. I've got a Smurf village to rebuild. Your village has given me some ideas...
[Patrick and Papa Smurf hug]
Patrick Winslow: Goodbye, Papa.
Papa: Goodbye... papa.
Smurfette: I kissed a Smurf, and liked it?
Gargamel: Ye gods, Azrael! You're a boy?
Odile: The whole world will know the name that is Garbagesmell!
Gargamel: Gargamel.
Odile: With my help, the whole world will know the genius that is Gargamel!
Azrael: Meow?
[breaks into laughter]
Clumsy: Just because your name IS Grouchy, doesn't mean you always have to BE grouchy.
Grouchy: Yeah. It does.
Gargamel: Son of a Smurf!
Smurfette: [to Grace] I never had a girlfriend before. I'll never forget you.
Gutsy: NO Smurf gets left behind!
Gutsy: I'll not soon forget this place. Especially not with these!
[shows he has "I love NY" sequined on his backside]
Grace Winslow: High four.
Smurfette: High four.
Narrator Smurf: And so the Smurfs left this great city of New York. And I think they left it a little sweeter, a little wiser, a little smurfier. And as that portal began to close for the last time...
Grouchy: Hey! Seriously, stop!
[pulls Narrator Smurf through the portal]
Narrator Smurf: BYE!
Smurfette: Hey guys! How do you like my new dress?
Smurfette: [sees dolls' dresses] I can have more than one kind of dress? What?
Grouchy: Let's get our Smurf on!
Papa: I'm sorry, Master Winslow, but we badly need to borrow your stargazer.
Patrick Winslow: I don't have a stargazer, okay? It's not something people of this century just have, especially here.
Grouchy: Not happy.
Patrick Winslow: Now if you excuse me, I have to work.
Papa: Well, perhaps we can sing to help things along. And then we'll get the stargazer. Come along, Smurfs.
[La la la la la la Sing, a happy song La la la la la la Smurf the whole day long]
Patrick Winslow: Stop. Stop! Come on. None of you find that song just the tiniest bit annoying?
Grouchy: I find it annoying.
Papa: Well, what do you sing at work?
Patrick Winslow: I don't sing at work.
Smurfette: [gasps] What?
Gutsy: And you have to wear a leash. Harsh.
Smurfette: I know. How about if we hum?
[they begin humming the song]
Patrick Winslow: Please stop humming.
Grouchy: Don't get your petals in a twist.
Grouchy: I'm tired of the whole dating game! Just say who you are, and be who you say, right?
Patrick Winslow: Do you guys drink coffee?
Papa: Is a Smurf's butt blue?
Patrick Winslow: So, tell me... that weird guy in the tatty bathrobe, at the toy store?
Papa: Gargamel?
Patrick Winslow: He's not really a wizard, is he?
Papa: Not the smartest of sorcerers, but dangerous just the same! Back home, I could hold him at bay with a spell or two. But here, without my books and potions... well, today we got lucky, but next time who knows?
Patrick Winslow: What are you gonna do?
Papa: I'll do anything and everything I can do to get my Smurfs home! I won't ever give up! They're my family, and you never give up on your family!
Patrick Winslow: Doesn't it freak you out sometimes? I mean, all those little guys depending on you... I mean, what if you screw up? How do you know when you're ready?
Papa: Let me ask you something: why did you come for us today when your Grace called?
Patrick Winslow: She needed me, and I heard it in her voice.
Papa: That's what being a papa is. It comes time, you just do.
[points at his head]
Papa: Knowing what to do doesn't come from here... it comes from here, where it matters most.
[points at Patrick's belly]
Patrick Winslow: My spleen?
Papa: No, your heart! I'm trying to have a moment here, you whippersnapper!
Patrick Winslow: You're a good papa, Papa.
Papa: You'll be a good one, too.
Papa: [laughs] Here, come sit on Papa's lap!
Patrick Winslow: Uh...
Papa: Oh, yeah. Right. Scratch that.
Patrick Winslow: Yeah, probably not the best idea...
Vanity: I'm too beautiful to die!
[bangs Gargamel in the face with a frying pan]
Patrick Winslow: And you're all named after your personalities? Do you get your names when you're born or after you've exhibited certain traits?
Smurfs: Yes!
Grouchy: [to Gargamel] You have our Papa. Prepare to get smurfed!
Papa: GARGAMEL!
[hurls a fork at him]
Gutsy: [sees Gargamel slam into a cab] You've had that coming to you for over thirty years!
[seeing New York City for the first time]
Brainy: Wow! Palaces everywhere!
Grouchy: [sees someone dressed as the Statue of Liberty] Wow! A green goblin!
Smurfette: [sees someone dressed as Elmo] Wow! A red troll!
Gutsy: [sees a giant TV screen with Bar Rafaeli] Wow, look at that giant princess!
Gutsy: Smurfabunga!
[Grace and Smurfette try to sneak past Gargamel, but Azrael pounces on Grace]
Grace Winslow: No no no no no!
Smurfette: You again! Get your paws off me!
Grace Winslow: You bad kitty!
[swipes Azrael away]
Smurfette: [runs off] I hate that cat!
[Grouchy falls into a pile of blue sweets, and gets a mouthful]
Grouchy: YUCK! Smurf droppings! These are disgusting... ly tasty!
Patrick Winslow: To review, you guys come from a magic forest where you live in oversized mushrooms...
Papa: Yes.
Patrick Winslow: ...and you're being chased by an evil wizard...
Papa: Yeah.
Patrick Winslow: ...and you're trapped in New York until there's a blue moon...
Papa: Very good.
Patrick Winslow: ...and you like to use the extremely imprecise term "smurf" for just about everything.
Brainy: Smurf-xactly!
Kicking Girl: Hey, that's mine.
[kicks Patrick]
Kicking Girl: Mommy.
Grace Winslow: How can you be the girl in the village?
Smurfette: Well see, I wasn't brought by a stork like the others. I was created by Gargamel to trap the other Smurfs.
Grace Winslow: Wow! And then what happened?
Smurfette: Papa saved me. He cast a special spell, and then helped become the Smurf I was meant to be.


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The latest issue of Ariadne (61) had a number of papers related to open access which I've decided to spend a few minutes reading through.
How to Publish Data Using Overlay Journals: The OJIMS Project
Sarah Callaghan, Sam Pepler, Fiona Hewer, Paul Hardaker and Alan Gadian describe the implementation details that can be used to create overlay journals for data publishing in the meteorological sciences.
I was drawn to this article on the back of the workshop for academic staff I've been working on in the last couple of weeks. Whilst this workshop has now been pushed back to March '10, it did re-awaken my interest in the reuse of repository and open access publications as overlay journals. A few years back it seemed these were going to be huge, a major growth use of open access materials, but since then very little seems to have emerged. This paper was looking at a slightly different aspect, that of open access data journals. Interestingly one of the early issues that emerged from this study was the need for a dedicated journal staff to support the longer term role of any title. I did like the idea of using the seasons as a guide to the level of peer review items had been subjected to, brining in elements of Web 2.0 collobarative review. That the work established a business case for data journals, which will doubtless find itself referenced once more than a pilot title is established.
Enhancing Scientific Communication through Aggregated Publications
Arjan Hogenaar describes changes in the publication and communication process which will mean that the role of authors will become a more prominent one.
On a similar theme, this paper looks at aggregation of open access publications and data along a shared theme – termed Enhanced Publication by the author. Again the social interaction (semantic web) with the research community is noted, with the ability to comment and extend the peer review process for life rather than simple as a static event that happens once in the publication cycle. I can imagine this idea of ongoing review and comment may feel very alien for some authors, while for others it is a very natural iterative process. The suggestion that the biggest problem with achieving this is not a cultural but rather a technical one is not something that I agree with 100%; looking at my own experiences in the field of open access. However, it is a valid point that the tools to achieve this kind of successful aggregation are still emerging and have yet to be tested for true robust delivery and access.
UK Institutional Repository Search: Innovation and Discovery
Vic Lyte, Sophia Jones, Sophia Ananiadou and Linda Kerr describe an innovative tool to showcase UK research output through advanced discovery and retrieval facilities.
This paper looks at the Intute RS search, a service about which I have mixed feelings. Given that open access discovery is focussed on making research globally accessible, developing a search tool that exclusively looks at UK research seems counter productive. However, that said the next generation features that this search tool offers are of considerable interest – I've long wished for a resource that allows me to manipulate and refine my OA search results, and maybe (just maybe) filter out metadata only records. For that reason I approached this paper with two minds. It was an interesting overview, and I found the case example given of the academic searcher well fleshed out – although I'd have been interested in a broader range of alternative end users – members of the public, government, corporate researchers. It was an interesting overview, and useful background reading for anyone working in the repository world, but hardly an essential read.
The RSP Goes "Back To School" Stephanie Taylor reports on the three-day residential school for repository managers run by the Repositories Support Project (RSP), held on 14-16 September 2009 in Northumberland.
I wasn't able to go to this even due to other commitments, but Steph's guide to the event at least gave me a flavour of what I missed. Some interesting sessions, and some not so by the sounds of it. Hopefully there'll be another one in 2010 that I might get the chance to attend.


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Happy Halloween!
It's the 31st of October 2008 and the Redwolf Airsoft Spooky Ghost Hunt is on! Find the 3 ghosts and decypher what they are trying to say to win some fabulous prizes at Redwolf. Check the line-up:
These 3 ghosts will be hiding-out in 3 places (1 ghost per place):
1st hiding place: Our main website www.redwolfairsoft.com
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3rd hiding place: Our Blog page img.redwolfairsoft.com/upload/blog/
They will each have a message. Although each message is coded, an anagram of something airsoft/gun-related. You will need to work out what the airsoft/gun-related "thing" is.
Once you have 3 answers, send them to email@example.com
Only the correct answers will win. The first 3 people to send in the correct answers will win.
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Denison Witmer will be performing with special guests Ordinary Neighbors in the DeWitt Center studio theatre at HopeCollege on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 8 p.m.
Denison Witmer lives and records in Philadelphia, Pa. He has been recording and performing for almost a decade since being discovered by Don Peris, producer and guitarist for Innocence Mission. His music is often likened to 1970s singers/songwriters such as Cat Stevens and Nick Drake.
Denison's shows are known for being intimate and beautiful. "College Music Journal" described him by saying, "[His] gentle guitar and soothing voice are deceptively powerful, enough to put even the most jaded indie rockers in touch with their inner James Taylor."
Ordinary Neighbors consists of husband-and-wife songwriters Josh Banner and Susanna Childress. The project began as they wrote songs together during their long-distance engagement in 2004 and 2005. Their music drifts between and seeks to justify their influences in both folk music and electronica.
Tickets for the concert are available at the Hope College Ticket Office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, and cost $5 for the Hope community and $10 for members of the general public. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be called at (616) 395-7890. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The studio theatre is on the ground level of the DeWitt Center, which is located at 141 E. 12th St., facing Columbia Avenue at 12th Street.
The doors will open at 7:30 p.m. the night of the concert.


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Rifampin and Efavirenz Interactions in Older Children
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Beware the Data, II
A couple of months ago I warned about the dangers of having government gather and publish growing reams of information in the name of making education better. Sure, it sounds great – help people get as informed as possible! – but the dangers are legion. You can read about several such pitfalls in that old post. You can also get a sense of the great wealth of data already out there in this op‐ed. What I haven't discussed – and what might concern many Americans more than anything else – is the threat that massive data collection poses to our privacy.
Articles over the last week or so have started to draw significant attention to the growing education‐information complex and its connection to long‐standing efforts – especially federal – to accumulate information on Americans from birth to boardroom. Gaining particular traction has been a story about how student data collected in New York could be sold to companies or other entities outside of school districts. Even more concerning is a story by Joy Pullmann in the Orange County Register about lots of data collection and mining that is either already happening or under consideration nationwide.
What's especially troubling to some people, including Pullmann, is that not only is there ever‐growing centralization of curricula such as the federally backed Common Core, as well as centralized testing of knowledge, but there are also moves to assess students' "affect" that could include wiring them to "facial expression" cameras and "skin conductance sensors." Contemplating such things, it's hard not to conjure up images of A Clockwork Orange.
When you read the federal report that proposes using "affective computing methods" such as skin sensors, it doesn't appear that the authors have nefarious, big‐brother intentions. The object of the report is to examine how students' "grit" and perseverance can be improved, and that is a reasonable goal. Similarly, furnishing information about the academic status of incoming freshmen at a college, the amount they learn while in school, and how well they fare after graduation, is driven by good intentions.
But we must never feel content with good intentions. We must care primarily about the effects of the policies stemming from our golden goals, and as I've written previously, there are likely big, negative, immediate effects that would go with empowering more government data collection. There are also potentially even worse long‐term consequences, including that government would begin to try to adjust students' feelings and attitudes if doing so might produce better test scores or some other, politically determined, outcome. Indeed, such affect‐engineering arguably already takes place with huge increases in ADD and ADHD diagnoses that lead to personality‐altering drug‐taking.
It's easy – and almost always innocent – to say that we need more information so that we can make things work better. But with that comes very big potential dangers we must never ignore.
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I am military- and photograph-confused and have read some very impressive research on this board from scottvez and many others. I need help with the identification of this soldier. It's a cabinet card taken in Kansas so I am guessing it's probably from the Spanish American War era instead of Civil War.
I've looked at hundreds of photos and can't identify the head gear insignia or the uniform. Also, is that just a watch fob on the vest or could it be a medal?
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Set in the heart of an arts and craft hub which typifies Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland, the small rural town of Palmwoods is at the crossroads of the region's tourist network. Set in a mosaic of avocado, custard apples and pawpaw orchards, orange groves, and banana plantations, Palmwoods is only a few kilometres south of Nambour. It's within comfortable driving distance of Buderim and the charming Blackall Range villages of Maleny, Montville and Mapleton.
Complete with village green, art gallery, stained-glass studio and museum, Montville is just 10 kilometres from Palmwoods and is the south-eastern gateway to the Kondalilla National Park. The mountain park is graced with a cliff-top picnic area, swimming pool and matchless views over the Kondalilla Falls which tumble into rugged terrain dressed in ancient forests of cedar, mahogany, bunya and hoop pine. Five kilometres to the south of Palmwoods, the village of Eudlo is distinguished by a Buddhist monastic retreat.
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Kasina Basic Session Editor Version 1.5 Released
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After a long and extended development period (with many sleepless nights) the new version of the Kasina Basic Session Editor is ready to let out into the wild!
It offers a vast set of new features to make KBS session editing more powerful. There is also utilities to manage and control most aspects of Kasina SD card management and firmware updating. Videos tutorials are online with many more coming.
Please try out the software and report any bugs that you find through the 'Report a Bug' menu item under Help.
As the initial release version 1.5 is self documenting by opening the Help window and hovering over the item you wish to learn about.
I learned many things from this release that will help expand future MindPlace software to ever greater heights.
The software is available for download here: http://mindplacesupport.com/kasina/.
Detailed release notes are included in the download as well as on the download page. A video player for the tutorials is there too or on our YouTube channel.
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I Like to Watch (Instantly): Lovely, Still and Bonneville
Acting-powerhouse sentimental dramas from the Netflix Watch Instantly world
Lovely, Still (2008)
Directed by Nicholas Fackler
Cast: Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Adam Scott, Elizabeth Banks, Mark Booker, Candice Rose, Har Mar Superstar
Lovely, Still follows the life of eighty-something grocery store employee Robert (Martin Landau) as he strives to get through another Christmas by himself. Luckily, he meets Mary (Ellen Burstyn), a white-haired woman of the same age, and as they embark on a bumpy relationship, Robert learns—or rather, remembers—secrets about his past.
The film has a genuinely touching vibe, and Landau and Burstyn produce performances that are both tear-jerking an believable. The script has a few moments of awkward misdirection, but the simplistic dialogue also adds a nice sentimental touch and transcends the thin line between drama and reality on which the film sits. Not to mention the must-see ending. Overall, a one-of-a-kind cinematic treat.


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John Carpender: The man and his movies
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This is great wee documentary on one of cinema's finest directors, John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning…The Man and His Movies, which examines the great man's work over 4 decades.
Carpenter is an auteur in the style of Hitchcock, Hawks, Walsh and Fuller, who has managed to maintain his independence and singularity of vision against the fickleness of box office audiences and public taste. He also has a tremendous grasp of film history, which he references in his work: from Donald Pleasance's doctor in Halloween taking the name of Samuel Loomis from Hitchcock's Psycho, to re-interpreting Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo via George A Romero's Night of the Living Dead in the classic Assault on Precinct 13.
John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning…The Man and His Movies interviews the maverick director and has contributions from Jamie Lee Curtis, Kurt Russell, Adrienne Barbeau, Debra Hill, and includes a look at the making of such favorites as Escape From New York, The Thing and The Fog.
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan wants a jury to decide if she's guilty of stealing a necklace from a Venice, California jewelry store, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Her lawyer informed the Los Angeles District Attorney's office Wednesday afternoon that the actress was rejecting a plea deal.
"She has a strong defense and we are confident that a jury will listen to the evidence fairly and acquit her," Shawn Chapman Holley said.
A judge gave Lohan until Wednesday to decide if she would accept a plea deal that would send her to jail for a felony grand theft charge.
"Ms. Lohan has maintained her innocence from the moment this case was filed and she has never wavered," Holley said. "Though many advised her to follow the safe route by taking 'the deal,' the truth is, Ms. Lohan is innocent."
A preliminary hearing is now scheduled for April 22 for a judge to hear evidence to decide if the theft case should go to trial.
The same judge will also decide if Lohan violated her probation for a 2007 drunk driving conviction by being charged with the felony.
The actress is accused of walking out of Kamofie and Company with a $2,500 necklace around her neck on January 22.
The well-publicized case took a twist this month when it was revealed that a representative of the jewelry store that accused Lohan of theft talked to a book agent about a possible book deal.
This came after the jewelry store sold the rights to the security video of Lohan in the store to a media outlet.
Steve Sadow, a criminal defense attorney who successfully defended Howard K. Stern in the Anna Nicole Smith case, said these developments could affect the case.
"The pursuit of a book deal, coupled with the sale of the surveillance video, clearly demonstrates that the owner is interested in money and publicity, and has trumped up the allegations against Ms. Lohan to further his own interests, not to seek justice," Sadow said.
The penalty for a felony grand theft conviction ranges from 16 months to three years in a California state prison. The exact term would be based on the value of the property stolen and the criminal record of the defendant.
Shoplifting offenses are charged as petty theft if the property taken is valued at less than $950. The store owner claims the "one of a kind" necklace is worth $2,500, police said.
Lohan has been in court nine times in the past 10 months, mostly for hearings related to probation violations for her drunk driving case.
She did a short stint in jail last year, but also checked into substance abuse rehab twice under court order.
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WALTHAM, Mass. – In a non-conference softball doubleheader today, host Brandeis and visiting Wheaton College each picked up a win on Marcus Field. The Judges (15-9) extended their winning streak to 10 games in the opener by a 5-4 score, but the Lyons (15-15) rallied for a 6-3 victory in the nightcap. In the process, Brandeis senior 1B Marianne Specker (So. Windsor, Conn./Westminster School) drove in four runs and became the sixth player in school history with 100 career RBI.
In game one, the score was 2-1 after the first frame, as Wheaton got a pair of solo home runs from rookie Noelle Christmas (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth South) and junior Megan Roy (No. Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), their third and second of the season, respectively. Brandeis senior SS Brittany Grimm (Perkiomenville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) answered with her team-leading fifth blast of the season in the bottom of the inning.
Brandeis made the decisive inning the third, as the Judges batted around and scored four more runs. With one out, junior DP Casey Ducinski (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) manufactured the tying run all by herself. Ducinski singled to shortstop and moved to second as the Lyons were slow in getting the ball into the circle. As she danced off second with the next batter at the plate, Ducinski drew a throw that sailed into center field deep enough to allow her to score all the way from second.
After that, the next four Brandeis batters singled, with Specker recording career RBI numbers 98 and 99 to give the Judges a 4-2 lead. Senior pitcher Caroline Miller (Bala Cynwyd, Pa./Harriton) drove in the Judges' fourth run of the inning and made it 5-2.
Miller also held Wheaton at bay until the fifth inning, retiring nine in a row. After Aimee Avila (No. Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional) led off the fifth with a single through the left side, Miller got the next two outs, but sophomore Jenna Rocha (Rehoboth, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional) singled to cut the deficit to 5-3. Christmas followed with a double down the left field line that allowed Rocha to score all the way from first, but Miller would strand her in scoring position. The Lyons put runners on base in the sixth and seventh, but couldn't advance them past second base as the Judges hung on for the win.
Miller improved to 8-4 on the season with seven innings of seven-hit ball. She struck out five and did not walk a batter. Wheaton's Allison Baker (Orange, Conn./Amity Regional) fell to 9-10 by giving up 10 hits and five earned runs. She fanned six and walked one.
Brandeis rookie RF Amanda Genovese (North Haven, Conn./North Haven) had three hits to lead the Judges, while Grimm went 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI. Her home run was Brandeis's only extra-base hit of the game. Christmas (2-3, HR, 2B, 2 RBI) and Roy (2-3, HR, RBI) were the only multiple hitters for Wheaton.
In game two, Wheaton again jumped on top with a first-inning home run, with Rocha doing the honors on the third pitch of the game from Brandeis sophomore Melissa Nolan (Windsor, Conn./Loomis Chaffee School). Rocha went deep again in the third, this time a two-run blast that gave her seven on the season. The Lyons threatened again in the frame after Christmas reached when a dropped third strike was thrown away on the play at first. Brandeis got some fortunate bounces, however, as a bunt single attempt hit a batter for the first out of the inning, and, following another Roy double, a grounder to short saw Roy and Grimm collide, with the runner being called out for interference.
Brandeis's first big threat came in the bottom of the third, when they loaded the bases with one out, but rookie Emily Berardi (Boston, Mass./Boston Latin School) and the Lyon defense got a nice 5-2-3 double play to escape trouble. It looked like Wheaton might blow the game open with a similar bases-loaded, one-out situation in the top of the fourth, but Christmas topped the ball off the plate, allowing Brandeis catcher Cori Coleman (Burr Ridge, Ill./Hinsdale South) to step on the dish and fire to first, where Christmas was called out for being in the basepath when the throw hit her in the back.
The Lyons had another chance to open up some distance in the fifth when Ashley Brillon (Attleboro, Mass./Bishop Feehan) walked to lead off and moved to second on a wild pitch. After Roy singled to put runners on the corners, Ducinski entered the circle in relief. Roy stole second, but Ducinski got a strike out, a sharp grounder to third and a pop up to keep it a three-run game.
The Judges got those three runs back in the bottom of the fifth. The rally started with one out on a solo home run by sophomore 2B Leah McWilliams (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial). The laser to left field was the first of her career. After a pair of bunt singles by Ducinski and Genovese, with a wild pitch and steal in the mix, the Judges had runners on second and third. Christmas came in to pitch from left field. She got a grounder to second for the second out, bring up Specker. The senior fouled off three two-strike pitches before singling through the right side, tying the game and reaching the 100-RBI plateau in the process. She leads the Judges with 30 RBI on the season, a career-high.
Wheaton bounced right back in the top of the sixth, however. After Drury walked with one out, Christmas lined a sharp single to center that reached the fence two batters later, but Brandeis senior CF Lauren Porcaro (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) did a nice job of getting the ball in quickly to hold the runner at third. Brillon answered with a two-run double to left that plated the game-winning runs, while Roy's second two-bagger of the game and 13th of the season pushed the lead back to three runs at 6-3.
Christmas stranded to Brandeis runners in scoring position in the bottom of the sixth and got the Judges in order in the seventh to earn her sixth win of the season. Ducinski's one tough inning dropped her to 2-3 on the campaign.
McWilliams (2-3, HR, 2B, RBI) and Genovese (2-4, R, SB) were the top offensive performers for Brandeis, while Roy (3-3, RBI, 2 2B) and Rocha (2-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI) led the Lyons' attack.
Brandeis is back in action tomorrow afternoon when they take on third-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University at 4 p.m. in a doubleheader in their first road games since March 24, while Wheaton is at WPI for a NEWMAC twinbill Friday afternoon at 3 p.m.


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Perfect for New Dads: The Scout Nomad Knapsack {A Giveaway!}
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Ok – if you haven't finished shopping for Father's Day yet, now is the time. We've brought you 2 amazing weeks of items that would be perfect for the brand new dad in your life – since dads are in fact, dudes, we personally don't think he should have to suffer by carrying around an overly frilly, bright pink, plastic-covered diaper bag. You totally know the ones I'm talking about, don't you?
Thankfully, the folks at Petunia Pickle Bottom understood the need for dad to have a rugged, functional bag that can take him, well, almost anywhere. Which is why I'd like to introduce you to our final giveaway in honor of Father's Day – the Scout Nomad Knapsack.
Check out some of the awesome features of the Scout Nomad Knapsack:
- Teak-coated cotton canvas shell exterior with wipe-able nylon interior, and black cotton straps.
- Fully adjustable straps take you from backpack to messenger bag in not time flat.
- Large handle at the top to grab-and-go, antique brass hardware, leather trim and red stitching throughout.
- Front zippered pocket includes a cell phone and MP3 player pocket and two snap-expandable exterior bottle pockets.
- The interior of the Scout Nomad Knapsack includes two bottle pockets, two organizational pockets, one large flat pocket with a snap enclosure, and a monogrammed plastic wipes case in a coordinating color.
Sounds pretty awesome, right? I couldn't agree more.
If you've already entered to win the Scout Walkabout Baby Carrier and the Scout Satellite Sling and haven't received the "congrats – you're a winner!" email – then this is your last chance to enter to win a gift for dad this Father's Day! We have partnered with our friends at Petunia Pickle Bottom to give this awesome bag away to one lucky Hatch reader. The contest runs from June 4th through June 12, 2012 at 11:59 pm PST – so be sure to enter using the widget below! Good luck!


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