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Which recent Orioles are the managers and coaches of the future?
With Jason Giambi having interviewed for the Colorado Rockies' managerial job (which went to Walt Weiss) and Mike Redmond being named the Miami Marlins' manager on Nov. 1, it seemed appropriate to look at other recent players who could find themselves back on a big league bench in the future. Consider this the Orioles version of "Who's Next?" for careers in coaching, managing or in the front office. This list certainly isn't complete. Surely, there are others who have the desire and ability to be a coach, manager or front office executive if given the opportunity. But here are 16 former Orioles who come to mind -- plus six more who were with the team this season. The only requirement is that they played for the Orioles from 2001 to 2012, while I covered the team. I did not include three former players I covered that are currently working for the Orioles: Alan Mills (minor league coach), Calvin Maduro (scout) and Brady Anderson (special assistant to the GM). It seems unfair to comment on them as they make their way through the organization, but all three are highly thought of by the club's brass. The funny thing is Anderson wouldn't have made this list three years ago -- and not because he wasn¿t qualified. He was one of the more analytical and intelligent ballplayers I've ever covered. It's just that he had so many other things that interested him that I didn't see him focusing on baseball as a vocation. And he now may be the brightest star of all going forward. That's the same mindset I had with some others that I left off this list. There are some guys who I just don¿t envision putting in the necessary time to get to the majors as a coach or manager -- even though they could do it. They just have other aspirations which don't involve minor league bus rides or 16-hour coaching days. So here's my list in alphabetical order with the potential job in parentheses (and the 2012 Orioles at the end). -- Dan Connolly
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Mathematics, Engineering & Computer Science
The primary purpose of the Mathematics and Engineering Department is to provide students an opportunity to meet the degree requirements in mathematics for majors and/or minors in the various liberal arts curricula, business administration, education, sciences, pre-professional, engineering and mathematics.
Students planning to major in mathematics or pre-engineering at South Plains College should have completed two units in algebra, one unit in plane geometry, one unit in trigonometry, and at least one unit in advanced mathematics upon graduation from high school. Students who do not have sufficient background in mathematics may have difficulty in the college mathematics courses required and may be delayed in completing their educational objective. Engineering majors should have completed one year of physics and one year of chemistry prior to high school graduation.
Students who pass the math portion of the TSI test may enroll in any math class for which they qualify according to prerequisites of the course. Students who do not pass the math portion of the TSI test must enroll in the appropriate developmental math courses.
A student will NOT be allowed to take a math course if he/she has not completed the prerequisite for the course as described in the SPC General Catalog.
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NHL scouts take shot at picking first round of draftby Mike G. Morreale
There should be plenty of debate and intrigue when NHL Central Scouting starts its final meetings Wednesday in Toronto as they come together to set the final rankings for the 2014 NHL Draft.
While those rankings won't be released until next month, NHL.com has recruited two veteran NHL scouts, one from a team in each conference, in the interim to provide their first-round projections in exchange for anonymity.
The following mock drafts might be the closest thing you'll see anywhere on the Internet in terms of how the opening round of the 2014 NHL Draft at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia turn out.
The draft order in place for this exercise was based on inverse order of the standings on March 18.
Things certainly could change between now and when the teams arrive in Philadelphia for the draft, but our scouts were more than willing to give it a shot.
What are the key questions a scout must ask himself when grading a blue-chip prospect?
"The NHL projection factor is always the key component, particularly with players ranked in the first round. Does he have the skills, assets and intangibles to translate his game, production and style of play to the National Hockey League?" NHL Director of Central Scouting Dan Marr said. "A scout can break down the player's assets into what they feel is most important for that particular player to get to the NHL. That emphasis can include skating, size, skills, hockey sense and competitiveness as it applies to that player's strengths and areas to improve."
Perlini's success a family affairBy Aaron Vickers - NHL.com Correspondent
Brendan Perlini shoulders the heritage of an impressive hockey lineage on his back. Literally. READ MORE ›
The difficulty in determining the best prospect available this year was evident right at the top. Our Western scout feels center Sam Reinhart of the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League will be the first player off the board. Our Eastern scout believes defenseman Aaron Ekblad of the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League is the logical No. 1 pick.
Both scouts believe Boston College freshman goalie Thatcher Demko, who had the seventh-highest winning percentage (.738) and 14th best goals-against average (1.15) in the nation, will be the first American-born goalie drafted in the first round since Jack Campbell by the Dallas Stars in 2010.
Our Eastern scout believes as many as six European players will hear their name called in the opening round, while the Western scout projects five European prospects taken among the first 30 picks.
Both scouts agreed on picks for three teams: The Nashville Predators will choose center Leon Draisaitl of the Prince Albert Raiders of the WHL; the Phoenix Coyotes will select left wing Sonny Milano of the United States National Team Development Program under-18 team; and the Anaheim Ducks will pick center Nick Schmaltz of the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League with their second pick in the first round.
The Ducks are the only team right now with two picks in the top 30; they have the Ottawa Senators' pick through the Bobby Ryan trade last summer.


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Fernhill House installs three pioneering technologies to help residents and families
A luxury £8 million care home in Fernhill Heath near Worcester is installing three up-to-the-minute technologies aimed at ensuring residents' wellbeing, keeping families informed and making the best use of staff time.
Fernhill House, which is due to open in the spring, is to become one of the first in the UK to use a specialised acoustic monitoring system aimed at ensuring residents receive prompt overnight attention without compromising their privacy.
The system, which has been used in the progressive Netherlands for the past 30 years, is available at only a handful of homes this side of the channel. The technology is designed to keep a virtual eye on residents while they are asleep and alert staff to any unusual activity – such as falling out of bed or being distressed.
This means residents don't need to be disturbed by staff checking in on them unnecessarily, with an added benefit that time otherwise taken up doing this can be directed where it is most needed. The £60,000 system, which will be installed in all 66 bedrooms, is activated when noises reach a higher than expected level and triggers an alert to staff.
The second technology is aimed at keeping families informed around the clock on the day-to-day wellbeing of their relative. A secure portal, requiring password sign in, will detail activities, meals, medications and state of mind. Fernhill House will be only the 270th home out of 22,000 in the UK to have the Relatives Gateway smartphone tool.
It replaces old fashioned notes, which are not only time consuming to complete but also can miss vital elements as they can be completed several hours after the event. All information can be shared to the central computer making it instantly available for all members of the team. A social network element enables them to communicate with the staff and send and receive pictures.
Fernhill House manager Peta Mandleberg explained: "Its key benefits are that all activities are completely transparent, it cuts down on paperwork, thus increasing face-to-face time between staff and residents, and enables those with dementia to keep in even closer contact with their families. Although other electronic care planning systems have been around for a while, the Relatives Gateway is very new technology."
She estimates this system alone will save an hour per day per team member – which can then be used in increasing time spent with residents. The third technological advance is an e-medication admin record - Wellpad. All pills and medicines are bar coded to ensure residents have precisely the right dose at the right time and remove any margin of error.
While this is used in a few hundred care homes up and down the country thousands do not have such a system. Fernhill House, which aims to put the fun back into retirement living, opens in the spring with 36 beds for those living with dementia and 30 for over 65s. In the meantime, the marketing suite is open from 10am to 4pm daily by appointment.
Watch an instructive video introducing the benefits of the acoustic monitoring system here http://www.clb.nl/uk/home and find out more about the Relatives Gateway here: http://www.personcentredsoftware.com/products/relatives-gateway/


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Oct. 26, 2004
WASHINGTON, Pa. - MIT water polo returned to the Division III Eastern Championship for the fourth consecutive year, although the Engineers were unable to duplicate last year's magic as they fell to Johns Hopkins, 14-6, in the tournament final. Dave Lohrey and John Rogers combined for 29 goals as MIT raced to a 3-1 record over the weekend.
As soon as the Engineers walked on the pool deck at Washington and Jefferson College for the Division III Eastern championship they knew they were in for an uphill battle. The championship tournament was being played in a shallow/deep pool, and MIT was the only team in the tournament that didn't practice in such a facility.
First up for MIT was Grove City College, which the Engineers used a balanced scoring attack to easily win 18-2. Seven different players scored two or more goals led by Dan Jacobs, who punched in three. Andrew Whitehead had six steals and five assists in the match, while freshman Robert Traux had six saves in goal.
In the quarterfinals, the Engineers played against host-Washington and Jefferson. MIT raced out to a 4-0 lead at the end of the first quarter playing offense in the deep end, but in the next frame the Presidents mounted a comeback. Despite MIT's struggles in the shallow water, the Engineers were able to pull away and win the game 15-10. Leading the way was John Rogers with five goals and Dave Lohrey with three goals. Grady Synder added great defensive presence and Andrew Whitehead added another five-assist effort.
In the semifinals, the Engineers faced a determined team from Penn State Bernard. In a game that was tied at seven at halftime, MIT jumped on the back of Dave Lohrey, who scored a career high eight goals for the Engineers. John Rogers added five goals to give MIT a 16-11 victory and a return to the Championship game for the fourth year in a row.
"We had a tough time adjusting to the officiating and the pool" said senior Alexi Zykov. "We scored most of our goals in the deep end which made up for our struggles in the shallow part to help get us into the finals".
In the finals, the Engineers grabbed an early 3-2 lead after the first quarter, but the Jayhawks pulled away and capitalized on MIT's offensive miscues in the shallow end to seal a 14-6 victory.
"While the loss was disappointing, we are not worried about it so much" said Assistant coach Felix Mercado. "We set out all season long to finish top four at Northerns and try to finish in the top four at Easterns, so we will bounce back from this. John Hopkins played well and we didn't adjust. The good thing is no more shallow deep pools!"


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The Photographic Experiments of Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo)
The career of Frederick Rolfe as a photographer began about the same time he became Baron Corvo. Although, as Hadrian the Seventh bears witness, he would continue to cherish hopes for it, in reality his career in the Church had just come to an ignominious end, and at least for the time being he needed a new sacred calling to which to devote his talents. Art seemed to be the obvious choice.
Having been given an ultimatum in mid-April, 1890, to remove himself from the Scots College, a seminary in Rome for training British candidates for the priesthood - his expulsion being based evidently on unspecified "violations of rules" and perhaps more to the point, the running up of sizeable personal debts for which tradesmen were importuning the College - Rolfe took to his bed and refused to budge. His tactic of passive resistance failed; as the day of the ultimatum, May 3, drew to a close, the servants at the College deposited him on the sidewalk in front of the seminary, bed and all. Later that month Caroline, Duchess of Sforza-Cesarini, the British-born widow of an Italian noble and, like Rolfe, a convert to Catholicism, to whom he had probably gotten an introduction through a nephew of hers who had been a fellow-student with him at Oscott, his previous seminary, offered him her hospitality at her villa at Genzano. It was she who, Rolfe claimed, that summer bestowed on him the title Baron Corvo, by which he was to be known henceforth.
At Genzano he met the Italian boys whom he would eventually immortalise in Stories Toto Told Me and In His Own Image. He listened to their talk, but he also painted them, and photographed them, in what was evidently his first serious photographic work. Rolfe was self-taught as a photographer, and while we know he was involved with the medium while in his first seminary at Oscott - he left behind a chemist's bill there for photographic supplies - there is no previous work by him known.
Among the boys Toto Ephorus especially enchanted Rolfe; the later books are effusive in their descriptions of all the boys, but particularly Toto, and one very telling study the newly-created Baron took of him - apparently nude, although a sprig of leaves leaves one in doubt - is preserved, and can be found reproduced in Miriam Benkovitz's Frederick Rolfe: Baron Corvo (Putnam, 1977) as plate IVa. The same study of Toto, and four more of the photographs of the boys from that idyllic summer near Rome are reproduced in Donald Week's Corvo: Saint or Madman? (McGraw Hill, 1972), including one of Tito Biondi, another of the youths, with Guido, Toto's younger brother. These two photographs also are reproduced in Brian Reade's Sexual Heretics (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970).
All good things must come to an end; somewhere around November Rolfe was back in the cold of England.
These photographs, vaguely reminiscent of artistic snapshots, and thus apparently so commonplace to our eye today in regard to their technique (the subject matter being quite another matter; as nudes of persons apparently under the age of 18, if done today in The Netherlands today they would earn Rolfe a long prison sentence for child pornography!) were rather revolutionary for their day, in two respects. The first is that they were done in plein-air. In 1890 photography (particularly portrait photography or nudes) was still largely something done under the tightly controlled conditions of a studio, where one could be sure of having the all-important lighting correct. There were, of course, subjects which had to be photographed outdoors - battlefields, pyramids and temples, cityscapes - but these, like most of the nudes as well, reveal the second difference. Prior to 1890 photography was basically conceived as a medium which was in the service of other goals - a "mirror of nature" which provided topographic records, reference studies for artists too poor to hire models, etc. - and not as a medium for artistic expression in and of itself. There were other photographers of about the same date who were also calling this view of the nature and use of photography into question. One was Thomas Eakins, in the United States, who moves beyond reference studies and pictorial notes for future paintings to create photographs which appear intended as works of art in their own right. F. Holland Day, also in America, and with him those who would become the Photo Secessionists (Stieglitz, Clarence White, Steichen), were enunciating a whole aesthetic specifically for photography. In England there was F.W. Sutcliffe, whose studies of village life in Whitby - including groups of boy nudes such as "Water Rats" and "His First Bathe" - did not depart too greatly from the prevailing aesthetics of genre painting in the day. There were still other photographers who did not look to a new and separate photographic aesthetic, but reached back to the prevailing academic conceptions of art, and tried to translate them directly into the new medium; a name that comes immediately to mind there is that of another Baron - one with a rather better claim to his noble title than Baron Corvo - who was just getting his career under way in Italy at that date, Wilhelm, Baron von Gloeden, in Taormina. Although their aesthetics were somewhat different, the two Barons had two things in common - working in Italy, with good light, they both took their work into the open air; and they both saw photography as a medium for creating art in and of itself.
Rolfe's photographs were startling enough to earn them a place in the art journals of the day. Gleason White, the editor of the British journal The Studio, illustrates his article "The Nude in Photography," in the issue of June 15, 1893, with two prints by Rolfe, one from the 1890 series from Rome, and a second later one made after his return to England. A further portrait of a thirteen-year-old boy - Gleason White's son Eric - is reproduced a month later, on July 15. The same, June 15 article on the nude is also accompanied by the first prints by Von Gloeden to ever be published in England, and the same issue contains Sutcliffe's "Tail Piece," the clothed buttocks of 15 village boys leaning over a wall. Writing of Rolfe there, the White says "[He is] an amateur photographer who brings artistic instinct into play, and knows the right moment to choose for representation."
Although he is not mentioned in any other modern histories of photography, Rolfe is extensively discussed in Emmanuel Cooper's Fully Exposed: The Male Nude in Photography (Unwin Hyman, 1990), where still another of the Italian photographs - by all appearances, again of Tito and Guido - is reproduced as plate 125. Writing of Rolfe's work, Cooper says, "The studies are soft and misty in a blend of pictorialism and aestheticism, sensual rather than sexual, with a romantic rather than materialist air. All are to some extent portraits, in which setting and pose are vital to the expression of `natural innocence' and unspoilt but worldly charm. None shows details of genitalia, nor are they directly solicitous of the viewer's sexual interests... all evoke a misty, slightly veil-like purity, seen as if in a dream." (p. 154). It is here that the distinction between the aesthetics of Rolfe's nudes and those of Von Gloeden and his contemporaries in Italy, Pluschow, d'Agata and especially Galdi, comes to the fore; the overt sexuality and physicality present in their male nudes is absent from Rolfe. Rolfe makes, then, somewhat strange company in the other modern study to mention him - Thomas Waugh's Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography (Columbia, 1996), with still another shot of Tito and Guido in posing pouches (plate 2.11). The eroticism that is there - and there clearly is an eroticism present - is quite subtle and indirect. Only one of these images - that of Toto reclining legs apart on a garden seat - is sexually provocative, in both the pose and the direct gaze into the camera, but unlike similar pictures by Von Gloeden and his contemporaries, the genitals are masked by the leaves. It is possible that for Rolfe this had something to do with the ages of the boys; one must, in light of the infamous Venice letters, assume that the photographs referred to in his correspondence (but evidently now lost) Rolfe took of his somewhat older gondoliers, Carlo and Zildo, in the last five years of his life, were rather more sexually explicit. Still another and related point to bear in mind is that Rolfe's work - perhaps several hundred negatives at the most - was largely undertaken for his own enjoyment, unlike the commercial production of the Italians, which had to appeal to a distinctly homosexual clientele.
Rolfe had a second use for his photographs, which came more into the foreground in his later work in England. This was in a sense a more traditional use than his Italian studies, intended as art in themselves. The same writer, in The Studio, makes reference to this when he says of the English photograph reproduced there: "The reclining figure, taken by the same artist, is so good as a decorative motive that it is given with no reference to its intrinsic value as a photograph, although distinctly good on that ground."
Although Rolfe by no means abandoned photography, after his return to England in the autumn of 1890 he shifted more to painting. However, as A.J.A. Symons observed in a 1926 lecture on Rolfe, almost with understatement, "draughtsmaship was his weakness." Rolfe was evidently aware of this, and tried to compensate by projecting photographs or lantern slides of models on the wall or canvas, and drawing by tracing around these. There is no particular shame in that - artists have used similar means for generations (the camera obscura; and David Hockney has, for instance, recently suggested that the proper understanding for the century's old `slander' against Caravaggio, that he `frequented dark cellars for painting,' is that he was using a camera lucida); Rolfe was simply applying the very newest technology to solving an old problem. In the collection of Donald Weeks there is preserved, for instance, a photograph of Cecil Castle, the 21-year-old cousin (and likely lover) of Charles Kains-Jackson, a member of the British Uranian circle and acquaintance of Rolfe's at Christchurch, Hampshire, where Rolfe fetched up in 1891. Nude except for a knitted cap, his is caught on one leg rushing up the beach - "flying" - in a "spontaneous" pose; Rolfe has pencilled in a spear, shield and wings, and used it as the basis for a wall-hanging of St. Michael, for his decoration of the local Roman Catholic Church. Kains-Jackson writes in the magazine The Artist of another arras there done from a photograph of an Italian boy "of the most exquisite physical development" who had been caught mid-air in a leap into Lake Nemi, near Rome. Cecil also posed for Saints Sebastian and George, and is, according to Weeks, likely to be the model in the "decorative motive" that appeared in The Studio as well.
This practice could on occasion go badly wrong, however. Later, in another doomed artistic venture, the decoration of St. Winefride's Shrine in Holywell, Wales, Rolfe used the same method of projection to prepare the figures of a banner of Caradoc, the son of the prince of Penarlag, striking off the virgin Winefride's head after she resisted his attempts at rape. Unfortunately, in his haste and excitement while working on this banner, Rolfe failed to remember that lantern slides, if not projected with the correct side facing the screen, reverse their orientation, so that on the banner Caradoc is committing his crime wielding his sword with his left hand, rather than his right.
Rolfe has another point to his credit in photographic history, as one of the early experimenters with colour photography. The photography journals at the turn of the last century were full of reports from various experiments, and some of these, in The Artist of July and August, 1891, concern work by Rolfe. He indicates that he began his experiments in the summer of 1890 in Italy. The "discovery" was evidently accidental, and by no means replicable; Rolfe indicates that he was able to obtain colour prints from about 30 out of 300 negatives tried. In typical Corvine fashion, despite a lot of huffing and puffing, he will tell nothing of the actual procedure ("I know nothing and wish to know nothing of formulae, which are to me a stumbling block and cause for offence"), but does reveal his discovery had something to do with peculiarities of ferro-prussiate printing paper, which normally would produce a blue image, not unlike the cyanotype still known today. The results, according to those who saw them at the time, were indeed awe-inspiring; a portrait of a boy, the same model as in The Studio for July 15, 1893, evidently reproduced the flesh tones of the face perfectly, against a background of fawn browns. Further reports of Rolfe's colour work surface in Holywell in 1897, and Donald Weeks speaks of the process being "perfected" by that date, saying "The secret of his final process was an emulsion with which both plates and paper were coated, without the use of any foreign pigment or coloured lenses." (p. 143) It would appear that Rolfe never attempted to take out a patent on the process; it is likely he himself never understood how it worked. Whatever his process was, it did not involve the three layers of emulsion each sensitive to one part of the spectrum - a solution which Rolfe publicly scorned - which ultimately was the answer to the problem of colour photography. After Holywell, both colour photography, and to a large extent photography itself, vanish from Rolfe's concerns as he turned to literature for his livelihood, or at least such livelihood as it would provide him.
One last word needs said about some reputed photographs by Corvo, which appeared in the April, 1934, issue of The Bookman, accompanying an article by Leonard Moore, "More about Corvo." Moore was Rolfe's last literary agent, during the final year of his life. With his final letter to Moore, of October 3, 1913, less than a month before his death, Rolfe sent him a packet of photographs which included "two hideous libels of me" - one a nude of Rolfe - and nine others. Moore assumed the others to be by Rolfe, and later published them as such. In actuality, according to Weeks (page 407), although they were taken with Rolfe's camera they must be attributed to Rolfe's last companion, Thomas Wade-Browne, who would also be the man who found Rolfe's body. He later crossed paths with Norman Douglas, who in Looking Back describes him as possessing "a rich store of memories and a crapulous turn of mind." It is in some strange way fitting that Rolfe's "last photographs" should not be his own.
Rolfe was part of that era in photography when it was easier to be original; there were fewer role models around. In the course of his brief career as a photographer - eight years at the outside - he indeed produced original work which earns him at least this footnote in photographic history. He never made any particular money from his career - but for that matter, neither did his writing make any real money for him while alive. It's just that his career as a writer did last longer, and is his real claim on posterity.
1) This is the English text of an article by D.H. Mader, 'De Fotografische experimenten van Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo)' which originally


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Mike Myers and Wife Expecting Their Second Child
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Baby No. 2 is on the way for Mike Myers and his wife Kelly Tisdale, People reports. TMI! Celebrities who overshare "We are thrilled," the couple tells the magazine. The Saturday Night Live vet, 50, and Tisdale, 36, are already parents to 2-year-old s… Read more


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2013 Division III football playoffs
December 21, 2013 The 2013 Division III football playoff bracket The 2013 Division III semifinals featured a pair of thrilling, one-point games. The following week, it was a different story.
December 21, 2013 Warhawks channel near perfection UW-Whitewater's offense channeled near perfection on Division III's biggest stage, and Mount Union discovered just how unforgiving Warhawk momentum can be.
December 20, 2013 After bending, Mount Union defense broke It took one possession and less than four minutes for Mount Union's defense, which bent as far back as it could to preserve a perfect season to this point, to break.
December 22, 2013 ATN podcast: We wrap up the season In addition to wrapping up the game, Keith and Pat talked about which players might have played themselves into All-America status, discussed how they would rank the top teams after the playoffs and announced the postseason awards.
December 20, 2013 A player's final thank-yous On the eve of his final career football game, Zach Howard had some touching things to say in thanks to his teammates, coaches and family. We suspect many D-III football players feel the same.
December 18, 2013 Recharged Warhawks ready to return One year removed from a 2012 campaign that saw the Warhawks' 46-game winning streak snapped and the team out of the postseason, Whitewater is back in a familiar place. A Road to Salem feature by Joe Sager.
December 17, 2013 Purple Raiders offense follows its leader Driven by a loss from last decade that still bothers him, Mount Union's fearless quarterback, Kevin Burke, has done nothing but succeed in a Purple Raider uniform. A Road to Salem feature by Adam Turer.
December 17, 2013 Burke gets a Heisman vote Kevin Burke surely appeared in the top two on a number of the Gagliardi Trophy ballots. But he also received a second-place vote for the Heisman Trophy. Why? We asked the voter.
December 16, 2013 ATN podcast: 2x1 = 8 With Mount Union and UW-Whitewater needing two one-point games to reach their eighth Stagg Bowl meeting, it should be clear that the two are very close to the pack. Pat and Keith talk more in this week's podcast.
December 14, 2013 Same as it ever was: MTU, UWW to reunite at Stagg In two thrilling one-point games, Mount Union and UW-Whitewater each punched their return tickets to Salem and will face each other for the title for the eighth time.
December 14, 2013 Mount Union holds on with 31-second drive Game story: Quarterback Kevin Burke threw a touchdown pass with just over a minute to play to rally No. 1 ranked Mount Union to a 41-40 win over No. 4 North Central.
December 14, 2013 Warhawks top Crusaders, back to Stagg Bowl This isn't a formula UW-Whitewater would like to continue or anyone would want to copy, but the result is what counts. For the second week in a row UW-W fell behind, then came back to win, beating UMHB 16-15.
December 12, 2013 Purple Raider secondary battle-tested The young Mount Union defense has been tested, sometimes burned this season, but has always done enough to win. Adam Turer takes a look at the Purple Raiders in a Road to Salem feature.
December 11, 2013 UMHB QB situation goes from 404 to A-OK Replacing LiDarral Bailey hasn't been easy for UMHB. The quarterback situation seemed a little lost in September, but the Cru may have found a formula that works. A Road to Salem feature by Joe Sager.
December 19, 2013 Triple Take: Our Stagg Bowl predictions Our Triple Take crew is joined by others this week as we continue a D3football.com tradition that's been running since 1999: our Stagg Bowl predictions.
December 11, 2013 Stagg Bowl re-ups for Salem The Stagg Bowl will remain in Salem through 2017.
December 11, 2013 Facing champs, North Central 'D' needs its 'A' game The talk leading up to the Cardinals' first national semifinal game centers on their uptempo offense. But how do they plan to stop Kevin Burke & Co., and with whom?
December 11, 2013 Rising to the occasion Jake Kumerow wasn't necessarily expected to be Whitewater's top receiving threat when the season began, but the Warhawks have needed him to step up and he has. A Road to Salem feature by Brian Lester.
December 10, 2013 The postgame show D3reports, highlights and postgame interviews from the quarterfinals, including D3reports from all four games, as well as highlights.
December 9, 2013 ATN podcast: Down to the final four Pat and Keith analyze all four quarterfinals and preview the national semifinals in this week's podcast. What did they see on Saturday and what do they see for the next? Tune in.
December 7, 2013 Three No. 1 seeds and a No. 2 advance to semis Wesley gave Mount Union all it could handle, while UW-Whitewater rallied past Linfield, UMHB put St. John Fisher away in the second half and North Central cruised past Bethel.
December 5, 2013 St. John Fisher goes on the road again Winning on the road in the postseason isn't easy, but St. John Fisher has been up to the challenge -- four road wins in 2011 and 2013. Now they face No. 2-ranked UMHB at their "Cruthedral."
December 4, 2013 North Central again has a big opportunity The Cardinals have come into the postseason highly touted several times, but have never advanced to the semifinals. Saturday, they face Bethel with another chance, and this time, they say they're more mentally tough.
December 3, 2013 Coming into their own Concern was in the air for both Mount Union and Wesley, although the teams experienced it at different points in the season. Brian Lester has more in a Road to Salem feature.
December 2, 2013 The postgame show D3reports, highlights and postgame interviews from the playoffs, including reports from Wesley, St. John Fisher, UW-Whitewater and UMHB as well as highlights from Bethel, Mount Union and North Central.
December 1, 2013 For this year's quarterfinals, we rounded up the usual suspects Over the past eight years, the Division III football quarterfinals have looked surprisingly similar. And it's not just the color purple, either. But indeed, 53 of the last 64 spots in the Elite Eight can be summed up in simple groupings.
November 30, 2013 Wrapup: Linfield rallies, Bethel survives, Fisher rolls Linfield scored the final 28 points to rally from a 21-3 deficit, while Bethel lost its starting quarterback but held Wartburg out of the end zone on their final play. St. John Fisher pulled the predicted upset. Full playoff wrapup.
November 27, 2013 Hobart, Fisher square off in other's backyard Backyard football games are a tradition for many during Thanksgiving week. For St. John Fisher and Hobart, just an hour apart, they'll take the backyard game to a new level Saturday. A Road to Salem feature.
November 27, 2013 For trip to Linfield, Tigers must adjust on the fly Hampden-Sydney has been playing with its backs against the wall for weeks, but boarding a plane from Virginia to Oregon to face No. 2 Linfield is a new challenge. A Road to Salem feature.
November 27, 2013 Stanek and Kelly making the most of it Spencer Stanek of North Central and John Kelly of UW-Platteville each overcame missed time in their careers. Now they lead two of D-III's top offenses into the biggest clash of the Round of 16. A Road to Salem feature.
November 27, 2013 The rare Ohio showdown When Wittenberg and Mount Union take the field together Saturday, it will be for the first time since 2001, and in front of a big crowd. More in a Road to Salem feature.
November 26, 2013 Pooch punt goes awry Generally a pooch punt is a good way to pin a team deep. Problem is when the punt is fielded. And then returned. It's the D3football.com Play of the Week.
November 26, 2013 Knight and day difference for Wartburg Wartburg's journey to the IIAC title hit a speed bump with a loss to conference rival Coe. But since that loss, the Knights' ground game and defense have propelled them to the second round. A Road to Salem feature.
November 24, 2013 ATN's Snap judgments: Who answered the bell Some of those who shined in the first round of the 32-team playoffs weren't the nationally elite teams who have a chance at a Stagg Bowl a month from now, but those who were seizing the day.
November 23, 2013 Wesley wins in final minute, JCU out The first round of playoffs had a couple of thrillers, with Ithaca, Franklin and Wesley rallying, as well as St. John Fisher doing what St. John Fisher does in November. That and more in our full wrapup.
November 22, 2013 Triple Take: We predict the scores All 16 games are big games, so we can't tell you what the big games are. Instead, our three-headed prediction team will predict the scores. High scoring? Close game? Split decision? Find out.
November 21, 2013 New life for St. John Fisher Cody Miller sat anxiously, surrounded by a handful of teammates and coaches. Fingers tapped and feet bounced in nervous anticipation. They were all waiting to hear the same thing.
November 21, 2013 Around the Great Lakes: Sirianni seeing familiar faces Former Mount Union player and assistant coach Mike Sirianni sees the Purple Raiders fairly often as coach of Washington and Jefferson. More in Around the Region.
November 21, 2013 ATN: Our playoff picks, surprises, disappointments In this annual feature, Keith, Pat and others give their playoff predictions: Who will be the surprise teams, who the disappointments and who will be the last team standing in each bracket?
November 21, 2013 2013 playoffs: Mount Union bracket From Mount Union to Washington and Jefferson, how the eight teams in the top-left bracket shake out.
November 20, 2013 Around the West: PLU gets another shot Hoping for a better outcome this time around, Pacifc Lutheran is making another trip down to Linfield, this time with hopes of advancing.
November 19, 2013 Around the Mid-Atlantic: Maryville makes history In just two seasons at the helm of the Scots, Mike Rader has done something that hadn't been done in decades: win a conference championship. And he's done it twice, this year earning the team an 11th game with a Round 1 playoff trip to Hampden-Sydney. More in Around the Mid-Atlantic.
November 19, 2013 2013 playoffs: Bethel bracket From Bethel to St. Scholastica, how the eight teams in the bottom-left bracket shake out.
November 19, 2013 2013 playoffs: Mary Hardin-Baylor bracket From Mary Hardin-Baylor to Endicott, how the eight teams in the bottom-right bracket shake out.
November 19, 2013 2013 playoffs: UW-Whitewater bracket From UW-Whitewater to St. Norbert, how the eight teams in the bottom-left bracket shake out.
November 18, 2013 ATN podcast: Breaking down the field Why aren't we even talking about UW-Oshkosh? Did Johns Hopkins get shafted or get a good matchup? How would we make the playoffs better? Keith and Pat break it down in this week's podcast.
November 18, 2013 Football committee chair takes questions With the selection show cut down to less than eight minutes of actual content, there's no analysis, no breakdown. So that's left to the rest of us, like our friends at In the HuddLLe.
November 17, 2013 Join the bracket challenge! Once again this season, the folks at d3photography.com are hosting a Division III football bracket challenge! Make your picks now. Deadline noon ET on Saturday!
November 17, 2013 Playoff bracket released! The Field of 32 is out. Surprised? If you read our projection last night, you shouldn't be, as we correctly projected all of the teams going.
November 16, 2013 Albion, Mount Union, Hampden-Sydney and more punch tickets There were 10 automatic bids left to be handed out today. Some got in via head-to-head wins, while one team only got in because it got some help. Check out the full list of 24 automatic qualifiers.
November 16, 2013 Our 2013 playoff projections Will the committee break the mold and put a two-loss team in the field? We believe they should. Here's our projected playoff teams, and how they could be paired up.
November 14, 2013 Around the East: Ithaca leaves 2011 in the past Just two years removed from the worst season in decades, the Bombers have clinched a spot in the playoffs and have rejuvenated the program's status. More in Around the East.
November 13, 2013 Around the Great Lakes: Albion builds off 2011 run Two years ago, the Britons took a shellacking in the postseason and used it to learn to be a better team. Now, with one more win, the Britons will be back in the playoffs. More in Around the Great Lakes.
November 13, 2013 Around the West: Saints hope to go one step further St. Scholastica's season has had a recent habit of ending in the first round of the NCAA playoffs. This year the Saints hope to get through that Week 12 barrier.
November 7, 2013 2013 Division III football championships handbook This handbook is no longer publicly available on the NCAA website. However, we've posted it here for your use. It does contain errors and we have contacted the NCAA about the inconsistency: There are five Pool C bids this year.
October 21, 2013 Playoff field: 24 automatic bids The NESCAC will not accept an automatic bid to the Division III football playoffs this year. This shouldn't be big news, but it is, because the NCAA's championships handbook offers one.


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Saturday, June 9, 2012
My Non Lettering Project
I have not posted new lettering on this blog in a long time. Early in the year I decided to work on a garden project with a waterfall, stream and pond. Eventually this area of the garden will be filled with blooming flowers.It may be several months from now before I post any new lettering as I am going to be in the garden when not involved with commercial projects. It's good thing to spend time away from the computer on activities that benefit the mind, body and soul.
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Bill would name NY post office for fallen soldier
ALDEN, N.Y. — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Chris Collins have introduced legislation to name a western New York post office after a soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
Sgt. Brett Gornewicz, who died in 2012, was a native of Alden, 20 miles east of Buffalo. Gornewicz enlisted in the Army Reserves in 2006 and was deployed to Iraq, where he served from 2007 to 2008.
After returning, he earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Buffalo State College. He was working for a Tonawanda company when he was assigned to a second deployment to Afghanistan.
He died along with fellow New Yorkers Staff Sgt. Dain Taylor Venne and Specialist Ryan Jayne. All three were assigned to the 444th Engineer Company based in Oswego.
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So far Stack Overflow seems like a great place to help out fellow programmers and get excellent answers. Is the reputation one earns from this process marketable? Would you as a potential employer hire someone based upon data from Stack Overflow?
What would you be looking for? Good answers? Good Questions? Both?


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Back in July, Cynthia Fox — one of the great ladies of album rock radio — was let go by KLOS (95.5 FM) as that station works through an identity crisis. At the time I wondered if there might be room for her at The Sound (100.3 FM); programmer Dave Beasing said no, no open positions at all, though he admitted she would be a perfect addition to the station. A Sound addition, if you'll pardon my pun.
Well, one month later, she's back on the air at The Sound. She filled in for Rita Wilde on Aug. 26, then a few days later — once the HR department cleared everything — Fox was officially an employee. Her own first shift was Aug. 31. More than 1,000 "likes" were on The Sound's Facebook page after the announcement was made, all within a few hours.
She is on weekends and fill-ins for now, and for a while, as Beasing is definitely happy with the current weekday lineup. But it sure doesn't hurt to have one of the best album-rock DJs of all time ready to pounce on the next opening.
Hear Fox Saturday nights from 8 to midnight.
KFI troubles
One month was supposed to be a fluke. But two down months — what the heck is going on at KFI (640 AM)? And where are the talk fans going?
KFI has been the perennial AM leader in Los Angeles for years. And still is, actually. But just a short time ago it was the top station in town, beating even the FMs, and it has tended to be in the top three or so in every ratings report of recent memory.
Then came summer. There was a sudden drop in the Arbitron ratings that hit in July that was only partially made up in August, which culminated in the station staying out of the top 10 for the second month in a row. Since March, KFI is down a full point, to 3.2 in August from its 4.2 share just five months before.
What happened? Probably nothing. KFI is still a well-programmed station with a solid news department and an amazing presentation. It still dominates the local talk arena.
My guess is that it is a lack of any real hot-button issues that haven't already been played out. And it's not like talk fans went to the talk competitors: KFWB (980 AM), KTLK (1150 AM), KABC (790 AM), KRLA (870 AM) and even KNX (1070 AM) were essentially flat over the summer, and about the same as in March.
There is one possibility that only a fan of particular shows on the station would appreciate, though. The union.
KFI is a union station with talent represented by SAG-AFTRA. That means the station offers air talent benefits such as good pay along with medical and dental insurance (though it never discloses that fact on the air). And using the same logic as what I have heard on KFI, if ratings are down — in this case almost 25 percent — it must be the fault of its union. Yes, I am being facetious. But I can argue just as illogically as the station can.
Richard Wagoner is a San Pedro freelance writer. Send questions to him by email to email@example.com.


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Dark567 wrote: As far as preventative care(in the US sense), most countries don't do it as extensively as we do. It has mostly been found to be a waste of money which is why in a lot of countries you don't see things like annual physicals and the testing(and liability) culture we have in the US. In most of the other systems of the world, you only go to the doctor when something is already wrong not for preventative medicine(although there are a few exceptions like Pap smears and colonoscopies that are done every 3 instead of 1 year). The idea of US style preventative medicine majorly reducing payouts is a myth, in fact, it is mostly the opposite and an unneeded expense.
I have no professional experience with medicine, so I guess I wasn't familiar with the definition of 'preventative care,' but I'm an American and I would've assumed that 'preventative care' meant diet and exercise and other lifestyle changes. I think if we had a system that pushed this kind of care from doctors or more effectively covered work with the appropriate experts, payouts absolutely would go down.
I mean seriously, having the highest obesity rate in the developed world isn't really helping us with medical costs, just for one example.


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|Corner of the lower of the three walls.
|View from the lower wall, looking WSW down Rolands Canyon.
|The second or middle wall as seen from below.
|The third or upper wall, medium brown in the upper left of the photo.
|View from the upper or third wall, with the first and second walls below.
My jeep is no longer visible.
|Now we've gone back to the bottom of the hill, and are looking straight upward at all three walls.
|From just above the jeep parking location, only the first and second walls can be seen.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Allergan Inc. surged on Tuesday on a merger bid from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. while Netflix Inc. got a strong lift from quarterly results.
Allergan AGN, +25.36% shares rallied 15%. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. US:VRX said Tuesday it submitted an offer to merge with Allergan in which each Allergan share would be swapped for $48.30 in cash and 0.83 shares of Valeant common stock. Valeant and Pershing Square Management, which owns a 9.7% stake in Allergan, said Monday they intended to seek a merger with Allergan. Shares of Valeant were up 7.4%.
Netflix Inc. NFLX, -2.89% shares rose 6%. The video-streaming company said late Monday its first-quarter profit topped forecasts, earning 86 cents a share versus a consensus estimate of 81 cents in a FactSet survey. The company also said it plans to hike prices in the U.S. by $1 to $2 for new members.
Harley-Davidson Inc. HOG, -0.31% shares added 6.7%. Harley-Davidson said it earned $1.21 a share in the first quarter, beating analysts' estimate of $1.08 in a FactSet survey. Revenue rose to $1.73 billion from $1.57 billion.
Shares of Manchester United Ltd. MANU, -1.25% rallied 6.1% after the Premiere League football team fired its manager David Moyes. ManU said veteran player Ryan Giggs will be in charge until a permanent replacement is found.
Revance Therapeutics Inc. RVNC, +5.19% shares climbed 25%. The specialty pharmaceutical company on Monday announced positive results from a phase 1/2 study of "RT002" injectable botulinum toxin type A to treat wrinkles.
Other big gainers were Wynn Resorts Ltd. WYNN, -2.51% and Genworth Financial Inc. GNW, -2.77% which were both up at least 5%.
Pentair Ltd. PNR, -0.22% shares fell 6.6%. The water-treatment and storage-systems maker on Tuesday reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of 73 cents a share, in line with expectations. The company also forecast second-quarter adjusted per-share-earnings of $1.02 to $1.05, up 13% year-on-year. But revenue is likely to be flat or down 1% at $1.95 billion.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB, -0.70% shares retreated 2.3%. The consumer-products company said Monday its first-quarter profit rose to $1.41 a share from $1.36 a share a year ago but revenue slid 0.8% to $5.28 billion.
Bebe Stores Inc. BEBE, +0.00% shares slumped 9% as the company issued a profit warning. The company now expects a loss of 29 cents to 32 cents a share in the fiscal third quarter.
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MCD: McDonald's Corp. MCD, +0.88% shares were fractionally lower after the fast food chain said Tuesday its first-quarter profit fell to $1.20 billion, or $1.21 a share, from a year-ago profit of $1.27 billion, or $1.26 a share, as income-tax benefits from the prior year weighed on earnings. Revenue edged up to $6.70 billion from $6.61 billion a year earlier. Results fell short of analyst expectations. The company said it expects global same-store sales to be "modestly positive" for April.
CMCSA: Comcast Corp. CMCSA, -1.95% shares rose 2.2%. The telecommunications company said Tuesday its first-quarter results beat expectations, with per-share adjusted earnings rising to 68 cents from 51 cents on revenue that increased 13.7% to $17.41 billion. Comcast said its profit growth stemmed from strength in its high-speed Internet and business-services units.
LLY: Eli Lilly & Co. LLY, -0.23% on Tuesday agreed to buy Novartis AG's animal-health division for about $5.4 billion. Eli Lilly shares were off 1.1%.
XRX: Xerox Corp. XRX, -0.17% shares recovered to rise 2%. The company on Tuesday lowered its full-year expectations for adjusted earnings to a range of $1.07 to $1.13 a share and forecast lower-than-expected second-quarter earnings. Xerox also said its first-quarter profit dropped 5.1% as earnings fell 1.6%.
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While most of the sporting public spent the weekend watching football and perfecting the art of changing channels the moment yet another incessant campaign ad overtook their TV screens, baseball's free agency period officially opened for business.
You most likely didn't hear a whole lot about it, because as anyone who follows baseball knows, no free agents actually sign the moment free agency begins. This isn't the NFL, and Ted Lerner didn't have his private jet gassed up and ready to hit the skies at 12:01 a.m. Saturday in pursuit of the Nationals' top target.
No, baseball operates at a slower, more calculated pace than other sports on the field, and the same holds true off the field over the winter. Players want to test the market and see just how many teams are willing to pay how much for their services. And general managers want to wait and see just how things play out around them and not overpay in a fruitless effort to pounce on a guy before he has a chance to talk to anyone else.
Truth be told, the Hot Stove League won't really kick into high gear for several more weeks, not until the Winter Meetings (Dec. 3-6 in Nashville) draws closer. But any good GM has already put together his wish list and knows what he's looking for well before the holiday shopping season arrives, and Mike Rizzo is no different. The Nationals GM was already putting together his free agency board before his team was eliminated from the postseason.
Rizzo doesn't reveal his list publicly, but it's not too difficult to speculate what names likely appear on it. With the Nationals' offseason needs -- a No. 5 starter, a lefty reliever, potentially a center fielder -- no secret, let's take a look at some of the free agents Rizzo is most likely targeting this winter...
Greinke might well be the biggest prize on the market, one whose contract could easily surpass the $100 million threshold. Are the pitching-rich Nationals really going to spend that kind of money on another starter? Though there are reasons to believe they won't, the possibility shouldn't be discounted for one simple reason: Rizzo really likes Greinke. He made every attempt to acquire the right-hander via trade prior to the 2011 season, offering the Royals a package that would have featured several players off a list that included Jordan Zimmermann, Danny Espinosa and Drew Storen. Greinke nixed the whole possibility, saying he wanted to pitch for a team that had a chance to win right then, and wound up in Milwaukee. Given the current state of the Nationals, you have to believe the 29-year-old feels differently about this organization now than he did two winters ago. It still may cost far more than the Nationals are willing to spend, but if the price was right, Rizzo wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger on a move that would give his team unquestionably the best rotation in baseball.
This is a name that has been linked to the Nationals for quite a while, going back at least to July 31, 2011, when Rizzo sought to pry him away from Houston at the trade deadline. The Nats have long been searching for a classic, leadoff-hitting center fielder, and Bourn perfectly fits the mold. But the need to acquire such a player may not be nearly as great now as it was 15 months ago. Bryce Harper certainly appears capable of playing center field every day in 2013 (and perhaps beyond). Brian Goodwin (currently tearing up the Arizona Fall League) could be ready to take over that position in 2014. And if they re-sign Adam LaRoche and choose not to trade Michael Morse, the Nationals won't have any openings in their outfield to begin with. Given the kind of contract agent Scott Boras is going to seek for the 30-year-old Bourn -- five years -- this connection appears less and less plausible.
A veteran right-hander with a decent track record of durability coming off a fantastic season with a playoff participant? That sounds exactly like what the Nationals want in a No. 5 starter. Trouble is, Lohse is coming off the best season of his career at age 34 and his agent (Boras, again) is going to want to parlay that into as many years as possible. The Nationals are less inclined to make a long-term investment in another starter ... unless that starter is viewed as a true cornerstone arm like Greinke.
He's made at least 31 starts, thrown at least 195 innings and posted a sub-4.00 ERA each of the last three seasons. That's an ideal No. 5 starter who could be had much cheaper than Lohse. The Nationals saw plenty of Sanchez at his absolute best against them when he pitched for the Marlins -- he's 8-0 with a 1.97 ERA in 19 career starts against them -- so you've got to believe they have a favorable impression of him.
It was a wild weekend for Haren, who at one point appeared to be headed to the Cubs via a trade but ultimately was allowed by the Angels to become a free agent. The 32-year-old is everything you'd want in a free agent starter: durable enough to make 30 starts for eight straight seasons, dominant enough to post a .565 winning percentage and a strikeout-to-walk ratio better than 4-to-1. The only red flag with Haren -- the only one -- is his back, which acted up some this season and probably contributed to his fastball velocity dropping all the way down to 88 mph. It would be a bit of a gamble, but a healthy Haren is as good as just about any pitcher in the game.
Here's another name who has been linked to the Nationals for what feels like ages. Rizzo inquired several times about trading for Upton, but the Rays' asking price was always too high. Now he's available via free agency. Again, though, the Nationals must decide whether the 28-year-old Virginia native who still hasn't realized his true potential is worth the price ... and whether he's a significant upgrade over whoever off their current roster would have to go to make room for him.
Kuroda may simply accept the Yankees' $13.3 million qualifying offer and return for a second season in the Bronx. Or he may want to return to Los Angeles, where his big-league career began. But if there's any chance of convincing the 37-year-old to come to D.C., Rizzo might want to try it. Kuroda is a highly reliable veteran whose performance didn't drop at all after moving from spacious Dodger Stadium to cozy Yankee Stadium. And he won't require a long-term deal, perhaps willing to sign for only one year (though at a hefty price). At those terms, he would seem a really good fit for the Nationals.
The Nationals would love to re-sign Sean Burnett. But if they can't, they're going to be in the market for another left-handed reliever, and Affeldt is the only other quality one out there. The 33-year-old was fantastic for the Giants, both during the regular season and postseason, and he'd certainly be a valuable piece to the Nats' bullpen. But given the lack of good lefty relievers on the market this winter, neither Affeldt nor Burnett will come cheap.
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Latrell Higgins� photographs look like a typical newborn�s pictures. He looks dreamy and innocent as he perches on an airy white bed in all the traditional poses: cupping his face, drifting off to sleep, even one with his feet curving around the end of the bed.
CRESTVIEW � Latrell Higgins� photographs look like a typical newborn�s pictures. He looks dreamy and innocent as he perches on an airy white bed in all the traditional poses: cupping his face, drifting off to sleep, even one with his feet curving around the end of the bed.
Nothing is out of the ordinary � except he was 13 years old when the photos were shot.
What began as a joke among the 10-member Higgins family has become a worldwide sensation with a deeper message.
Latrell�s mom, Kelli Higgins, is a professional photographer. The family was talking about an upcoming newborn photoshoot when Latrell commented how he wished he had baby photos.
Latrell and his sister, 7-year-old Chanya, were adopted by the Higgins family about two years ago after being in foster care.
The Higginses� 12-year-old daughter suggested making Latrell�s wish a reality.
�We were just laughing hysterically about all the newborn poses he�d be in,� Kelli said.
The next day Latrell had his newborn photo session, courtesy of Kelli. Kelli posted a collage of the photos on Facebook on Jan. 29 with the following message: �Here�s my sweet not so little newborn! His name is Latrell and weighs 112 lbs.�
About a week later, Kelli woke up, clicked on her iPad and stared in shock at her Facebook page.
As of Friday afternoon, 13,141 people liked the photos on Facebook, 2,242 commented on them and 5,201 shared them. The Higgins family has been featured on the Huffington Post and People Magazine websites and in other media outlets around the world.
Kelli attributed the photos� fame to its sweeter, softer message.
�The photograph shows the softer side of a boy who needs love and security and a family just like any newborn does,� Kelli said.
Growing up, Kelli always felt a calling to adopt. Most people looking to adopt opt for infants or younger children, Kelli said, but the Higginses already had five biological children. She wanted to give an older, harder-to-place child or children a family of their own.
The family first saw Latrell and Chanya in an emailed photo. They had the forced smiles of children hoping to be chosen by a family, Kelli said.
�It just broke my heart,� she said.
After meeting the Higginses at a McDonald�s with their case worker, Latrell and Chanya soon moved in with the family. The adoption was finalized about 90 days later. Kelli also found out she was pregnant.
Kelli hopes the photos change people�s minds about adopting an older child. They�re just like any child, she said, they just want someone who cares.
�Once you have children, you have a relationship for a lifetime,� Kelli said.
Daily News Staff Writer Lauren Delgado can be reached at 850-315-4445 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @LaurenDnwfdn.


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Here comes the sun: dawn over the rooftops of Alfama, Lisbon. Photograph: Getty
Take me there: Alfama, Lisbon
Why go?
A ride on the rickety yellow "Tram 28″ through the steep, narrow streets of Alfama is on every tourist's to-do list, but the opening of a new boutique hotel is the perfect excuse to delve deeper into this atmospheric hillside neighbourhood.
What to do
Get a bird's-eye view of Lisbon from the ancient ramparts of Saint George's castle or the Portas do Sol miradouro (viewpoint). Learn about two of the city's most distinctive art forms – azulejo tiles and fado music – at the Tile Museum (museudoazulejo.pt) and Museum of Fado (museudofado.pt), which often has live music in its café.
Where to stay
Since it opened in September, the rooftop winebar of the Memmo Alfama, with its striking red swimming pool, has become the place in which to hang out in Lisbon. Bedrooms are simple but stylish (from €115 a night, memmoalfama.com).
Where to eat
With its comfortable sofas, books and artsy, laidback vibe, Pois Café (poiscafe.com) is something of a local institution. It serves up brunches, light meals and cocktails.
Insider tip
Célia Pedroso, food writer and co-founder of Eat, Drink, Walk (eatdrinkwalk.com) which offers culinary walking tours of Lisbon, recommends Patrono for "simple, honest Portuguese food", such as arroz de marisco – or seafood rice – and salt cod (Largo di Chafariz de Dentro, 20). Finish off with a cocktail at Chapitô à Mesa (Costa do Castelo, 7). "This circus school has one of my favourite terrace bars for a sunset drink overlooking the city," she says.
Winter wonderlands: Teepees are this season's favourite pop-up
In certain neighbourhoods of London, Manchester and Brighton this summer, you would have struggled to find a car park or factory roof that hadn't been transformed into an urban beach, supper club or even a hot-tub cinema. But just when you thought the pop-ups had packed up, a new breed of winter spin-offs has arrived on the scene, complete with reindeer skins, hot punches and open fires.
Summer saw a disused factory in Hackney taken over by the team at Forza Win, which creates seasonal "dining experiences" in offbeat spaces. Now they're back on the rooftop with an Italian winter feast featuring minestrone soup and wood-roasted porchetta (until 21 December, forzawin.com).
Also in east London, WigWamBam (pictured), the popular rooftop bar at the Queen of Hoxton, is back with a Nordic flavour, including a candlelit tipi adorned with deer hides, and a menu of Arctic-inspired goodies including wild boar sausages and marshmallows for toasting (until March 2014, queenofhoxton.com/wigwambam).
Continuing the Nordic theme, Brighton Music Hall bar and restaurant will launch a Tremendous Tipi Christmas Festival in an 8m teepee on the seafront (weekends from 23 November to 22 December, brightonmusichall.co.uk).
In Manchester the Oast House restaurant's Curious Teepee bar is spreading seasonal cheer on Spinningfields (theoasthouse.uk.com), and Bath will host its first-ever "après-ski" bar at the Abbey Hotel, with schnapps and falling snow (28 November to 20 December, abbeyhotelbath.co.uk).
For the great outdoors, head for… Snowdonia
Plas Curig, Capel Curig Wales's first five-star hostel packs a big design punch with bespoke bunkbeds, Welsh-wool blankets and wooden floors. The lounge area wouldn't be out of place in a boutique hotel, and there's a large kitchen and dining area. Plas-Y-Brenin, the National Mountain Centre, is just around the corner, for climbing, canoeing and kayaking. From £22.50pp (snowdoniahostel.co.uk)
Y Golchdy (The Laundry), nr Bets Y Coed (pictured) This former dairy and coach house has recently been converted into a cosy retreat for two, surrounded by 14 acres of Victorian parkland on the Ffin y Parc estate. Explore the grounds and you'll discover an art gallery specialising in 20th century and contemporary Welsh art and a coffee shop serving lunch and afternoon tea. >From £62 a night based on a four-night midweek break (underthethatch.co.uk/laundry)
Castell Deudraeth, Portmeirion This intimate boutique hotel in a Victorian castellated mansion makes great use of the surrounding resources, from the Welsh slate floors to the locally sourced food in the restaurant. It's a great base for exploring the Llyn Peninsula and the fantasy village of Portmeirion, backdrop to cult 60s TV show The Prisoner and also the setting for Festival No. 6. From £109 (portmeirion-village.com)
Ffynnon, Dolgellau From the honesty bar to the Butler's Pantry, where you can make yourself a cup of tea or a snack, the owners of this classy B&B in a Victorian rectory work hard to make their guests feel at home. The market town of Dolgellau and Snowdonia National Park are on your doorstep, but you could stay in with a book in the cosy library or soak in the outdoor hot tub. From £150 (ffynnontownhouse.com)


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La MaMa & The Faux-Real Theatre Co Present OEDIPUS REX XX/XY, Beginning 3/7
The Faux-Real Theatre Company (FRTC) who have been bringing avant-garde theatre to populist audiences since 1994, will present their newest production: the ancient play OEDIPUS REX with a gender bending twist. It's classic theatre performed exactly as Sophocles intended...sort of. Preview performances of OEDIPUS REX XX/XY will begin Thursday March 7th prior to an official press opening on March 10th at La MaMa's First Floor Theatre (74A East 4th Street) in Manhattan. Mark Greenfield, FRTC's Artistic Director, will direct.
Driven by the belief that what was traditional in 429 BC is radical today, FRTC performs Oedipus the King exactly as Sophocles intended... sort of. Men play all of the roles (including Love Interest/Mom Jocasta) just as the Greeks would have wanted it; only with Faux-Real, the role of Oedipus is played by a woman. Searching beyond the Freudian notions of "boy loves Mom," Faux-Real re-examines Oedipus with modern eyes (pun intended) and ancient techniques, to shed new light on this classic tale of sex, power, murder and the dark urges lurking inside of us all.
Ancient Greek plays were presented at three-day-long Dionysian competitions (think "American Idol" but with everyone drunk and half-nude). In order to win these Bacchanalian Battles of the Bards, the performances had to be entertaining as well as edifying!
The cast is spearheaded by Stephanie Regina (as Oedipus) and Tony Naumovski (as Jocasta). The diverse multi-generational cast includes: Justin Dobies, Gökçen Gökçebag, Eric Gravez, Matt Ketai, Ara Morton, Jy Murphy, Aidan Nelson, Jason Scott Quinn, Eric Rasmussen, Alejandro Santoni, Dorian Shorts, Manuel Simons and Derek RoBert Smith.
Design team for OEDIPUS REX XX/XY is Bessie Award winner Michael Casselli (set design), Lynda White (mask design), Irina Gets & Constance Tarbox (costume design), Kobun Kaluza (lighting design), with original music by Macedonian folk musician Tony Naumovski.
The Faux-Real Theatre Company has been making cutting-edge theatre exciting and accessible to New York audiences since 1994. Shows created include FUNBOX Times Square, Htebcam (Macbeth backwards), and William Shakespeare's Haunted House (a walk-through theatrical event that ran seasonally in NYC from 1996-2005). FRTC was most recently featured at SummerStage 2011 with their original adaptation of Jason and the Argonauts, performed in parks and amphitheaters throughout the city. In addition to his work with FRTC, Mark Greenfield has directed for and performed with Gorilla Rep, been the on-set writer for Drew Barrymore's film Whip It, and was the lead-actor in VEGAS: Based on a True Story (Official Selection, Venice Film Festival 2008). Mark can be seen in the upcoming 2013 film 200,000 Dirty co-starring with the Grammy winning rap artist Coolio.
La MaMa is a remarkable arts institution with a world-wide reputation for producing daring work in theater, dance, performance art, and music. Founded in 1961 by theater pioneer and legend, Ellen Stewart, La MaMa has produced and presented more than 3,200 theatrical productions to date and is a vital part of the fabric of cultural life in New York City and around the world. La MaMa provides a supportive home for artists and takes risks on unknown work. Artists such as Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Harvey Fierstein, Blue Man Group, David and Amy Sedaris began their careers at La MaMa. La MaMa has been honored with more than 30 OBIE Awards, dozens of Drama Desk and Bessie Awards, and, in 2006, Ellen Stewart was recognized with a special TONY Award for "Excellence in the Theatre."
Scheduled March 7th through March 24th, OEDIPUS REX XX/XY will have a performing schedule of Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees at 2:30pm at La MaMa's First Floor Theatre (74A East 4th Street). OEDIPUS REX XX/XY runs 75 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are $18 general admission, $13 students and seniors, and can be purchased by calling 212-475-7710 or online at www.LaMaMa.org.
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Two Hope College athletes have received weekly honors from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) — volleyball's Courtney Earles and football's Cody Lindemulder.
Earles is the MIAA Position Player of the Week in volleyball. The senior middle hitter from Kentwood (East Kentwood HS) totaled 21 kills for an attack percentage of .556 and six blocks last week. She helped the Flying Dutch win two matches to move into a share of first place in the MIAA standings.
Earles totaled 12 kills and three blocks as Hope rallied to defeat Calvin in five sets, ending the Knights' 49-match MIAA winning streak dating back to 2010. Then, she had nine kills in 11 attempts (.818 percentage) and three blocks in a sweep of Saint Mary's.
Earles is being honored as Player of the Week for the first time in her career.
Lindemulder is the MIAA Defensive Player of the Week. The junior from Mulliken (Lake Odessa Lakewood HS) made nine tackles, including six solo stops, intercepted two passes and forced a fumble in the Flying Dutchmen's 43-23 road win at Alma.
Lindemulder is second on Hope with 58 tackles this season, including 32 solos. He shared the team leads with three interceptions and 2 ½ sacks.
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LAS VEGAS -- The Las Vegas Athletic Club (LVAC) may no longer be able to offer free enrollment to women if it does not do the same for men. The Nevada Equal Rights Commission (NERC) has forwarded a complaint about the practice to the state's attorney general's office.
The complaint is actually one of three filed against LVAC by Todd Phillips. NERC determined the other two complaints were not justifiable, says Chad Smith, executive vice president of LVAC.
NERC reviews complaints and then forwards those it deems justifiable to the attorney general's office. Smith plans to meet with the attorney general, Catherine Cortez Masto, in the next week to see if she plans to pursue the complaint.
LVAC normally charges a $99 enrollment fee, but during special promotions, it offers free enrollment to women and a $10 enrollment to men.
"The bad debt or failure on the men's membership fees are higher for men than women," Smith says. "It's easy for us to justify giving them a better break because our costs are lower for women than men."
One of the unjustified complaints was related to the club's women-only areas. The LVAC offers a women-only workout room with trainers who have education in women's health issues. The area also displays graphics and information about breast cancer—graphics that Smith says are not appropriate for the eyes of 16-year-old boys in the main area of the club. The women-only area also includes a sauna and steam room. The club used to have sauna and steam rooms in the men's locker rooms, but closed those due to inappropriate behavior. However, Smith says he did not want to penalize women for that inappropriate behavior, so he kept the women-only sauna and steam room.
Phillips' third complaint was that LVAC retaliated for his complaints by revoking his membership. However, Smith says that Phillips expressed dissatisfaction about the situation at the club, so management offered to release him from his two-year contract. Smith says that Phillips agreed to the release but then filed a complaint about it.
Smith is concerned about the repercussions a ruling against his club might have in the state. If his club cannot offer discounts based on gender, then businesses such as night clubs and insurance companies also would not be allowed to offer discounts based on gender, he says. In addition, discounts for age could also come under review, which could negate senior citizen discounts offered at restaurants, dry cleaners and other locations.
Right now, Smith is holding tight. He says he owes it to his female membership not to fold because of one man's complaint. Smith says the club will abide by whatever decision the attorney general makes.


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The cyber threat landscape has matured over the past 10 years, due in part to the proliferation of new technologies and an increasing reliance on the Internet for personal, business and governmental needs. Wielding their keyboards, cyber criminals exploit new and existing technologies for financial gain, to exact revenge or to carry out political coups. In their wake, they leave behind the tattered remains of unsuspecting individuals' life savings or companies' intellectual property, or the potential for disruption of national infrastructures.
Narus, Inc., a leader in real-time traffic intelligence for protecting governments, service providers and enterprises against cyber threats and the risks of doing business in cyber space, recently compiled a top 10 list of the latest cyber threat trends that will likely pop up over the next few years. Many on the list originated in the last decade, and have been fine-tuned to create more chaos in the years ahead.
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I plan on being there Friday to check out all those legend machines....
Quote from: 68camaroz28 on June 15, 2013, 12:36:44 AMI plan on being there Friday to check out all those legend machines.... Chick...if you see a Rally Green Z in the Bow Tie section, stop by and say Hi. In a week or so, I have a concrete floor going into my former stable area thank to your inspiration! When is your car going into the Camaro Nationals?David
Will see ya there Jerry!! I will be there Wednesday cause I want to get outta here LOL. Been looking forward to this. Stop by the blue trailer and Have some Buds and a Bubba burger!! Chick that goes for you also,I got plenty of food and beer!!


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This is the Simplicity 2451 skirt pattern that I previously used for my Houndstooth Mini Skirt. The main difference is the length - for this skirt, I went with View C instead of D. The longer length is still cute, but a bit more comfortable to move around in.
Some other details of this skirt include pleats in the front, pockets, a vent in the back, and darts along the back. One problem I have encountered with this skirt is that there is some extra poof of fabric between the waistband and where it hits around my hips. It looks like it might need a sway-back alteration, from what I've read, but I'm not sure if I have a sway back? Anyone else run into this problem?
One other feature of this version is the exposed zipper. I used a great tutorial that I found here on Pattern Runway. Which reminds me, I am super excited that Project Runway is back on - I think this teams idea is going to lend itself to some excellent drama - lol. Anyways, there you have it! Happy Jungle January everyone!


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Re: hlsearch being off not respected
I have the hlsearch box deselected in Tools->Options->ViEmu. It seems to turn on/off the functionality correctly if I toggle the state and press OK, but if it's off, when I restart VS, hlsearch is always back on (though when I go into Options the checkbox is correctly saved as unchecked).
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Very good write up. Thank you for doing this.
As you mentioned, one area where Straight Talk could improve their website is their maps coverage. The "Androids" map coverage is laughably wrong. It's like they have not even thought about updating their maps from back when ALL their Straight Talk branded Androids ran on Sprint.
They need to trash that outdated "Androids" map entirely.
And even though the genius BYOP (Bring Your Own Phone) SIM plan is so totally different from the rest of Straight Talk, that it has its own URL -- StraightTalkSIM.com -- all the links are so intermingled with the "regular" Straight Talk website (and their outdated maps) that it's too easy to think if you are bringing your own state-of-the-art Android phone to Straight Talk it will have almost no coverage. On StraightTalkSIM.com, the "coverage" link at the TOP of the page is accurate for BYOP. The "coverage" link at the BOTTOM of that same page is for Straight Talk-branded phones only, not the BYOP. VERY confusing.
And it comes with the latest Android software from Google, 4.1 Jelly Bean while not many Android phones even have 4.0 ICS. Most Android phones still are running on 2.3 Gingerbread. The Galaxy Nexus has great specs, and the newest software -- and is still onlly $349. For an unlocked new Galaxy S III or HTC One X or latest iPhone you would be paying around $600 or more.
The Galaxy Nexus (< designed by Google engineers to be an Android showcase) still gives the newer Samsung Galaxy S III a run for the money:
Second Look: Samsung Galaxy Nexus can go toe-to-toe with the S III
However, while 3G Watchdog is good, in my opinion My Data Manger is better.
Shows you how much data you are using over mobile or wi-fi. Lets you set multiple alarms, daily and monthly, as you approach the limits you set. Lets you sync with your billing cycle. Shows you via chart, lists, graphs what is using the most data.
AND, if you wish, My Data Manager lets you set a self-governor so you don't exceed a certain level of data usage over mobile. If you desire, you can set a daily/monthly limit to automatically cut yourself off before Straight Talk throttles you. Others have said 3G Watchdog does not have that feature, and they have to download a 2nd app for that functionality. My Data Manager has it all.


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