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Questions/Comments on the Quran / Re: Need some help understanding...« on: October 22, 2012, 07:38:12 AM »
"O ye Children of Adam! whenever there come to you messengers from among you, rehearsing My verses (Arabic: ayati) to you, those who are righteous and mend (their lives), on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve" here yes
guidance from Allah continues
We said: Go down / forth, all of you, from hence; but verily there comes to you from Me a guidance; and whosoever follows My guidance, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve
He said: Go down hence, both of you, one of you an enemy to the other. But when there comes to you from Me a guidance, then whosoever follows My guidance, he will not go astray nor come to grief
And those who disbelieve are driven unto hell in troops till, when they reach it and the gates of them are opened, and the warders of them will say to them: Came there not to you messengers of your own, reciting to you the revelations of your Lord and warning you of the meeting of this your Day? they say: Yes, verily. But the word of doom of disbelievers is fulfilled
We send the messengers only to give good news and to warn: so those who believe and mend (their lives), upon them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve
This can also be noted with respect to Prophet Noah (pbuh) who must have had support as there is a reference to a plurality of messengers.
The people of Noah rejected the messengers
And the people of Noah, when they rejected the messengers, We drowned them and We made them as a Sign for mankind and We have prepared for (all) wrong-doers a grievous Penalty
Please also note the plurality in the following verses:
The Ad (people) rejected the messengers
The Thamud (people) rejected the messengers
The people of Lut rejected the messengers
"The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers"
It is clear that there seems to be more than one 'messenger' working in tandem and as an aid to the 'central figure' delivering the message of God to these communities. This is further seen in the plurality of messengers in Surah (Chapter) Yasin when two messengers were sent and were then strengthened with a third (36:14)
It appears from these verses that anyone who assists in delivering the message or acts as a henchman along with the appointed messengers, is also referred to as a Messenger
This is good explanation with regards to 07:35 & 33:40. and also 10:47 - And for every nation a Messenger.......


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Merry Making: Nearly-No-Cost Holiday Decorations
December is the only time I feel compelled to decorate for a holiday, but I'm not about to spend a lot of money on things I'll only use one month of the year. Fortunately, with a little creativity, my and your shrunken sweaters, old mail, and leftover yarn can become colorful holiday ornaments, garland, wreaths...etc., etc.
Scrap paper, including old mail, catalogs, and newspapers, is your best resource for inexpensive and quick decorations. Snowflakes cut out of test prints or office paper are classic. Trim your paper into circles and staple it, and you've got an ornament (Image 4). Cut it into strips and tape or glue it, and it's a simple garland (Image 8). You can also make your place more festive with handmade newspaper trees (Image 6).
Similarly, you can let your friends and family do the work for you with their holiday cards. I'm a fan of the simple card swag approach (Image 5), but there are lots of options for displaying them.
Your stash of fabric, yarn, and containers can be useful too. Image 2 shows a menorah made from re-purposed and spray-painted bottles, and the pom pom garland in Image 1 is festive but subtle.
Finally, winter is as good a time as any to bring nature indoors. Trees and cut greenery are great, of course, but fallen pine cones are free and make quick ornaments (Image 7). A strategically used, inexpensive bag of cranberries adds Christmas color (Image 9).
Images: 1. Elsie Marley via Creature Comforts 2. Ready Made 3.Bugs and Fishes 4. Lauren Smith and Derek Fagerstrom for Design*Sponge 5. Elizabeth for Apartment Therapy 6. Martha Stewart 7. Air Kiss 8. Martha Stewart 9. Better Homes and Gardens 10. Ready Made

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I believe that there is sometimes a misunderstanding about the performance and evaluation of traditional kata and the performance and evaluation of kata in traditional tournaments. I hear people say things like "They don't teach traditional kata, they teach tournament kata." I would certainly agree that the performance of kata in "open tournaments" is often unrealistic, theatrical, and wholly lacking in good technique. However, the type of kata seen at tournaments which adhere to a traditional paradigm of performance and evaluation are the antithesis of this.
Many people do not realize that contestants must devote many years to continuous training in order to be successful, and kata judges must devote years to rigorous training and testing in order to receive their license. This May, at our GKK Tournament, I heard a local Shotokan nidan complain about a kata performance and the judging of that kata. He complained "That person left a section out of Bassi Dai and changed its kihon. Those judges didn't even see it." Whereas this individual is knowledgeable in Shotokan, he was unaware that the contestant performed the Shito Ryu version of the kata, and did it correctly. The judges are required to know the differences between the two and the proper kihon for each.
Sometimes the misunderstandings people have of "tournament kata" come from attending "open tournaments", and sometimes it comes from a lack of understanding about other traditional styles of karatedo. Below are the standards for judging traditional kata which have been agreed upon by many of the world's leading people in the major traditional Japanese styles of karatedo. This should help clarify the traditional nature and the rigorous standards for performing and assessing kata.
"Kata will be in accordance to the schools of karate recognized by the WKF based in the Goju, Shito, Shoto, and Wado systems... The kata must be performed with competence, and must demonstrate a clear understanding of the traditional principles it contains. In assessing the performance of an individual or a team the judges will look for:"
1. a realistic demonstration of the kata meaning
2. understanding of the techniques being used (bunkai)
3. good timing, rhythm, speed, balance, and focus of power (kime)
4. proper and correct breathing as an aid to power (kime)
5. correct focus of attention (chakugan) and concentration
6. correct stances (dachi) with proper tension in the legs and feet flat on the floor
7. proper tension in the abdomen (hara) and no bobbing up and down of the hips when moving
8. correct form (kihon) of the style being demonstrated
9. the performance should also be evaluated with a view to discerning other factors
10. in team kata, synchronization without external factors is an added factor
1. Realistic Demonstration of Meaning
- "A kata is not a dance or theatrical performance."
- "A kata must adhere to traditional values and principles."
2. Understanding of Techniques
- "It [kata] must be realistic in fighting terms and display concentration, power, and potential impact in its techniques."
3. Timing, Rhythm, Speed, Balance and Power
- Timing is important in combat, and that same type of timing must be demonstrated in kata.
- Dachi, technique, and breathing must be coordinated.
- Few katas have a single rhythm and speed (the Wado version of Chinto is an exception).
- Most katas have a varied rhythm and speed alternating between fast and slow.
- Goju katas (and some Shito) demonstrate both hard and soft techniques.
- Flow and grace – a kata should flow and possess grace (not be choppy).
- Balance is critical; any loss of balance is a salient error.
- Power must be commensurate to the realistic use of the technique being executed.
- "It [kata] must demonstrate strength power and speed as well as grace, rhythm, and balance."
4. Proper and Correct Breathing to Aid Power
- Breath and technique are synchronized.
- Exhalation ends with the completion of a thrusting technique (Tsuki waza, Kansetsu or Sokuto- gari).
- Exhalation continues through a "snapping" technique (Uchi waza, Mae-gari).
5. Focus of Attention and Concentration
- One's attention must be directed toward the direction of the attack/defense.
- A kata must demonstrate complete concentration throughout.
- Zanchin – (remaining mind) must be demonstrated (just as in kumite).
6. Dachi and Proper Tension
In proper dachi there is a relationship between a person's shoulders, feet, knees, big toe, etc for each stance. Feet are "rooted" – knife edge, toes, and heal are all in contact with the floor. Inward tension, outward tension or "natural" tension is demonstrated. Sanchin – (inward tension) Zenkutsu (outward tension) and han-zenkutsu Shiko (outward tension) Neko Ashi (quasi inward tension) Kokutsu (outward tension) and han-kokutsu
7. Tension in the Hara
- In some dachi (sanchin) the hara is pulled upward.
- In transition from one dachi to another the hara moves in a straight line.
8. Correct Kihon
- Each style has its own kihon.
- To perform Seipai with Shoto kihon is improper; to perform Seienchin (Shito) with Goju kihon is improper.
9. Other Discerning Factors
- A kata is an individual expression and no two people will perform a kata exactly the same.
- The spirit (ki) that a person puts into a kata is an important factor.
- The evaluation of kata is not limited exclusively to the factors listed above.
Goju Shitei Kata
A kata performed in a shitei round can not be performed in a Tokui round.)
- Saifa
- Seipai
Goju Major Kata List (Tokui Kata)
(Any kata once performed can not be repeated.)
Sanchin , Saifa , Seiyunchin , Sanseiryu , Shisochin, Seisan, Seipai, Kururunfa, Suparimpei, Tensho


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UNH Wildcats are confident about weekend NCAA hockey regional in ManchesterBy KEVIN GRAY
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 26. 2013 9:47PM
For the University of New Hampshire hockey team, "a whole new season" begins Friday night at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.
The 10th-ranked Wildcats (19-11-7), who haven't played their best hockey since January, received an at-large bid for the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship and face No. 12 Denver (20-13-5) in the Northeast Regional opening round at 8 p.m. UMass Lowell plays Wisconsin in the early game at 4:30 p.m.
Coach Dick Umile's team hasn't played since getting bounced by Providence in the Hockey East tournament quarterfinals March 17.
"We had an excellent first half, but just a .500 second half. It's a whole new season. The positive of it is that our team got a little bit of a rest. I think we're anxious to get back playing, and playing at the Verizon," Umile said. "We love playing over there. It's an American Hockey League Arena. The people go out of their way to make us comfortable. We not only get fans from the Manchester area, but with UMass Lowell being there, it should be one of the best venues. It usually is one of the best regionals because of the fan base and the excitement of college hockey."
The Wildcats, who failed to earn an NCAA bid last season, have a record of 13-17 in the NCAA tourney under Umile. They've won a regional first-round contest in each of their past three appearances, including a 3-1 victory against Miami in 2011.
Sophomore defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk recently earned Hockey East First Team honors, while sophomore goaltender Casey DeSmith of Rochester and junior forward Kevin Goumas earned Hockey East Honorable Mention. Goumas scored a hat track when UNH beat Denver, 6-4, in November.
Which UNH team will show up Friday?
"Overall, we know what we are capable of doing. We need to put together 60-minute games and not have lapses," Umile said during a Tuesday teleconference. "We've had a good week of practice, a little bit of rest and the excitement of knowing this team is playing in the NCAA tournament and needs to win a couple of games to get to the Frozen Four."
UMass Lowell, led by Hockey East Coach of the Year Norm Bazin, has stayed hot since December. The River Hawks (26-10-2), the regional's top seed, have lost only three games since Dec. 8, leading to a Hockey East championship at TD Garden last weekend.
A year ago, UMass Lowell beat Miami in the NCAA opener and lost to Union in the regional final. The 2012-13 squad is more balanced and experienced - and perhaps the favorite to win the region. Freshman goalie Connor Hellebuyck was lights-out in the Hockey East semifinals and final, stopping 70 of 71 shots as the River Hawks captured their first Hockey East Tournament title.
Friday night's winners advance to the regional final on Saturday (6:30 p.m.) at the Big V.
"We feel we're a stronger threat than we were last year," Bazin said. "Wisconsin is going to be a great opponent. It seems like our whole bracket is chock full of great teams. We feel Hockey East has been such a great league this year that it's prepared us well."
The River Hawks, much like UNH, feel they have a home-ice advantage in the first round. It's just over 30 miles from Lowell to Manchester.
"We're ecstatic about allowing our fans to be part of the experience," Bazin said. "I'm sure UNH will have a great following and UMass Lowell will have a great following. It could be one of the best regional sites in the country as far as fan support and energy in the building."
Tickets for the Northeast Regional can be purchased at UNH's Whittemore Center Box Office, the Verizon Wireless Arena or by logging onto NCAA.com/frozenfour or by calling 1-800-745-3000. The three-game package is on sale at $77 for adults and $57 for children ages 2-12 and seniors.


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Good Friday: Jesus Forsaken
Just one name. Just one Love.[more]
Just one name. Just one Love.[more]
In April 2000, on "this day that is so special for all Christian" Chiara Lubich stopped to "meditate, contemplate and seek to relive the mysteries it reveals".[more]
On Saturday, March 10 Bishop Michael Mulvey celebrated a Mass held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church to welcome members of the Focolare Movement, who have relocated to the Diocese of Corpus Christi.[more]
By David Shaheed
The last phrase in the Indiana Oath of Attorneys reads, "I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless, the oppressed or those who cannot afford adequate legal assistance; so help me God."
People become lawyers for many reasons. The Code of Professional Responsibility in most states of […]
"Jesus is the greatest gift of all": with this spirit, thousands of children throughout the world remind us that "Jesus has been dislodged," and invite us to make him once again the focus of Christmas. In St. Peter's Square on 20 December, there will be a Children's Jubilee with the blessing of their statues of Baby Jesus.
A video produced by the Gen 4 International Centre in Rome.
16 year old Caitlin Rowley from Houston, Texas, shares how she lives with Crohn's Disease, overcoming her fears. An experience which emanates strength and light.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the death of Chiara Lubich (March 14, 2008-March 14, 2018), the Focolare communities worldwide are preparing to celebrate it by renewing the commitment to bring the "charism of unity" to society.[more]
By drawing on the Gospel, we ourselves can become generous sources of love for everyone. Four short experiences of Gospel life.[more]
The international Gen Verde band launched its video clip, "TURN IT UP!" together with 465 boys and girls from 31 cities of 21 countries in 5 continents.[more]


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Idina Menzel Live - Barefoot at the Symphony
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"Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot At The Symphony" features Tony® Award-winning Broadway star ("Rent" and "Wicked"), television actress ("Glee") and recording artist Idina Menzel, with an orchestra masterfully led by legendary composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch, filmed at The Royal Conservatory's beautiful Koerner Hall in Toronto, Canada.
Known as a show-stopping performer, Menzel takes viewers on a special journey through a diverse repertoire of classic pop and musical theater favorites, including a fresh spin on contemporary songs. The concert is woven together by Menzel's irresistible appeal, wit and unparalleled vocal prowess.
Recently called the "Streisand of her generation" by The Denver Post, the singer has captivated audiences at sold-out concerts across the country. This show reflects all of her musical and life influences.


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Mar 23, 2012 at 1:10 pm
I support all firebirds/trans am in the challenges these are lendgendary sports cars why did pontiac give up on them beats me. Good luck!
Jul 12, 2011 at 10:50 am
dude u got the best garage ive seen on here. my familly has FBs and TAs from the 80s but we are big fans of FB and TA i personaly have the 85 FB but i also want a 99 and a 78. im acctuly getting a job just so i can get my G! and fix up my truck so i can tow a 98 home if my bro buys it lol. have lotta fun with ur TAs and FBs
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The bonfire was gathering strength on the river bank, popping and crackling in the cool morning air. A fog hung over the Ganges. It was my first day in Varanasi, India; and, for the person inside that fire, it was their last.
I had been in India now for more than a week; and, to this point, my visit had been one of personal firsts, eye-popping surprises and unexpected delights. Delhi's swirling market bazaar was enough to keep me busy for days. It is a magical and chaotic labyrinth of colours, tastes and smells, incredible for bargain hunting, and a thrilling place to spend an afternoon following a morning of checking out the city's countless temples and mosques. A few days later, in Jim Corbett National Park, India's first tiger reserve, I'd ridden an elephant over the savannah through a small storm of creatures, including monitor lizards, wild elephants, jungle fowl, eagles and pheasants, barking and Sambar deer, wild boar, macaques and langurs. All that, definitely a first for me. But a human cremation? This was not only a personal first. It was, at least for the first few minutes, deeply off-putting.
It was well under way on that foggy morning on the Ganges when Shyamlal, a quiet man whose withered face strained slightly as he rowed, pulled the boat to and steadied us in the gentle current. We were only a stone's throw from the fire. I could see an adult's feet sticking out of the flames. As a backdrop, farther up on the river bank, the city of three million was just starting to wake up. The chai-coloured Ganges was as smooth as silk. Every half-minute a carp broke the surface. Then, still again. The fire was a single point of brightness in the breaking dawn. I was riveted, concerned, fascinated. Who was that in there?
The men of the Dalit caste who tend these pyres, once known as Untouchables, fed the flames with cordwood; another tidied the site, collecting scraps and stacking wood for cremations later that day. Three family members of the deceased stood to the left, watching quietly. Three boys tossed a ball back and forth, their voices travelling the short distance over the water. These cremations are not a private affair. They are open to the public. And come the public does. The only rule is no cameras.
A calm spirituality runs through the old streets of Varanasi. You can't help but feel it everywhere, despite the mayhem of pedestrian and ricksaw traffic that seems to teeter perpetually on the point of total collapse. It is one of the seven most important cities in Hinduism and one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. It is a place where you do not die, I was told, but where you attain death, for dying in Varanasi brings moksha, or the final release of the spirit. The hospices up and down its old streets are filled with the elderly and the sick who come from all over India to wait their turn.
Cremations are, with their high-impact shock value for the outsider, the single most striking aspect of Varanasi. Yet there is nothing moribund or sorrowful about the city. It is a thoroughly alive and exciting metropolis. Its market bazaar is every bit as thrilling and hospitable as the one I picked through in Delhi. At the Shanti Silk Emporium, for example, Mr. Ajay, its charismatic owner, showed me how to tell silk apart from its cheaper, petroleum-based imitators. (He held a lit match to a scarf's tassel, then waved the smoke under my nose. It smelled of burning hair. When he did the same with a different scarf, it smelled of burning plastic.) The city is also home to over 250,000 temples and shrines, most of them as small as a figurine placed in a grotto at the side of a shop or perched, incongruously, in the crotch of a tree; the famous Monkey and Golden Temples draw visitors from around the world; and only a short drive from here is Sarnath, the site where Buddha is said to have taught his first sermon.
On my last day in Varanasi, after a morning at the Manikarnika Ghat, I climbed to the rooftop terrace of the Fuji Ganga Home restaurant and saw the sky was aswirl with dozens of children's kites. A landscape of rooftops receded in three directions. Just a few blocks east, the Ganges rolled on under a pleasant winter sun. My waiter that afternoon was a 31-yearold man named Pramed. He was in no rush to leave the rooftop after he brought my lunch. It was slow that day, and he seemed as taken by those kites as I was.
"Looks like the whole city's flying one today," I said.
The boys of Varanasi were practicing for an upcoming kite festival, he explained. It was a big deal. "Prizes. Very important. Lots of money." He smiled and looked up again.
I leaned against the parapet and took in the city one last time. Tomorrow I was hopping a plane back up to Delhi. With my eye I traced one of those thin kite lines down to its owner, a small boy standing on a nearby rooftop. Then I noticed other children standing on the buildings all around me. In a city of rooftops, it seemed each held a boy cupping a ball of string, fishing line in fact, at the end of which swam a swirling kite somewhere up there in the clouds, dipping and pulling, like spirits on their way.
Air India offers daily non-stop service from Toronto to New Delhi with frequent connecting flights to Varanasi.
Radisson Hotel; the Mall, Cantonment, 221002; from $130
Most restaurants are still very cheap in India. Street food is ubiquitous; but unless you're a seasoned pro it's commonly recommended you don't go there. Stomach issues for those unaccustomed can end up ruining your trip. It's simple enough to find a great, safe restaurant meal for well under $10. For the same reason, stick to bottled water only.
- Phulwarie Restaurant and Sami Cafe D37/33 (Near Bright Studio) Godowlia; this charming and inexpensive outdoor patio, overflowing with palms and good vibes, is a great place to fuel up on delicious curries while taking a breather from the hectic street just beyond the crumbling stone arches.
- Ganga Fuji D5/8 Kalika Gali, Dashaswamedh; excellent and affordable with a basic but well-positioned rooftop patio that offers a breathtaking view of the city and the mother Ganges.
- Lotus Lounge 14/21 Mansarowar Ghat; international cuisine on a terrace overlooking the Ganges.
In north-central India, the thermometer in summertime often reaches the mid-40s and winter months can be cold and damp. Autumn and early springtime are your best bets to go.
Dennis Bock was a guest of Air India and the India Government Tourist Office.


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German intel officials discuss NSA spying with US
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and German officials say their top intelligence officials are meeting in Washington to devise new guidelines on how the allies share intelligence — including whether they spy on each other.
A spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says Tuesday that German and U.S. intelligence officials are meeting this week, trying "to further intensify and strengthen cooperation," as directed by President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The meetings follow an outcry for an end to surveillance by the National Security Agency of U.S. allied leaders' communications, revealed in documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
A German official says they are pushing for new limits on NSA.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the record.


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With temperatures expected to exceed 100 degrees, Santa Anita Park officials have canceled Thursday's eight-race card but are hopeful racing can resume Friday and continue through the weekend.
Weather.com is forecasting a high of 102 degrees in Arcadia today, about 30 degrees above normal. Temperatures are expected to taper off to 97 on Friday, 89 on Saturday and 82 Sunday.
First post Friday isn't until 3 p.m., when it's expected to be a bit cooler. The track has planned a big Preakness Stakes party for Saturday, when it will give away California Chrome baseball caps to the first 10,000 fans.
The high in Arcadia on Wednesday was 99 degrees.
"In consultation with all of our stakeholders, the Thoroughbred Owners of California, California Thoroughbred Trainers and the Jockey's Guild, we feel it is best to cancel Thursday and resume racing as originally scheduled on Friday," Santa Anita president Tom Ludt said in a prepared statement. "The good news is that beginning Friday, temperatures are expected to cool and with our twilight first post time.
"We're confident we'll be in good shape, weather-wise."
The Daily Racing Form reported three of today's best races will be brought back as part of Sunday's racing program.
Racing secretary Rick Hammerle characterized this week's weather as a "fluke" to the Racing Form and said racing was canceled to preserve the safety of horses, horsemen and fans.
Hammerle said Sunday's original eight-race card will be expanded to at least nine races and will include three races scheduled for today's program — a maiden race for 2-year-old fillies, an allowance event for California-bred fillies and mares and a turf allowance race for fillies and mares.
Santa Anita will be open as usual today for simulcast racing.
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SUNDERLAND, England (AP) -Ten-man Arsenal held on for a 1-0 victory over Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday to provisionally move fifth and stay in contention for a Champions League spot.
Santi Cazorla fired the Gunners ahead in the 35th minute after Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott combined to set up the Spaniard on the edge of the box, and he drilled a low shot past Black Cats keeper Simon Mignolet.
Arsenal lost defender Carl Jenkinson in the 62nd minute for a second yellow card at the Stadium of Light, and Sunderland pressed for an equalizer the rest of the way.
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny produced an excellent save five minutes from time to keep out Steven Fletcher's goalbound header and Sunderland defender Titus Bramble could have snatched a point seconds later but failed to direct his close-range effort at goal.
Arsenal is two points ahead of Everton which plays at Manchester United on Sunday.
In a promising start, Sunderland midfielder Alfred N'Diaye looped a first-minute header over Szczesny's crossbar, and only seconds more had elapsed when Theo Walcott forced Mignolet to make the first of what proved to be a series of important saves.
Walcott was making life difficult for left-back Danny Rose and Mignolet came to the rescue once again with four minutes gone after the England international ran in on goal.
But as the half wore on, the Black Cats started to make an impression and it took an important block by Jenkinson to repel Stephane Sessegnon's firmly-struck 16th-minute effort after he had escaped from Nacho Monreal and Mikel Arteta on the right.
Fletcher sent a looping header towards Szczesny's goal seconds later, but as play switched swiftly to the other end, Olivier Giroud dragged a left-foot shot wide of the far post.
Mignolet threw himself to his left to turn away Ramsey's stinging 32nd-minute drive, but the respite proved only temporary.
The visitors finally took the lead three minutes later through Cazorla with a fierce low drive.
Wilshere's 50th-minute substitution removed one threat for the home side, but added Abou Diaby's physicality to the mix.
Sunderland should have been level in the 58th after Aaron Ramsey was caught in possession on halfway to allow Sessegnon to race upfield and lay the ball into Fletcher's path. The Scotland international looked odds-on to take his tally to the season to 11, but uncharacteristically sliced his left-foot effort wide of the post.
Cazorla almost made him pay three minutes later, but sent his drive past the far post.
However, Sunderland received a boost seconds later when Jenkinson, who had been booked for a ninth-minute foul on Jack Colback, scythed Sessegnon down and received a second yellow card.
Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill went for broke with 22 minutes remaining when he sent on Danny Graham to rapturous applause, in stark contrast to the reception he received on his last appearance at the Stadium of Light as he closed in on his move from Swansea.
Arsenal should have extended its lead with Diaby and Cazorla going close and Walcott hitting the post after chipping an effort over the advancing Mignolet.
Szczesny kept out Adam Johnson's injury-time effort with another good save.


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Aaron will move content about and adjust sentence structure to get right to the point. He rarely deletes content, rather, prefers to move it to new pages.
Aaron generally cares a great deal about the projects he works on and would very much enjoy talking with people about things.
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Aaron has enjoyed using applications made in KDE and QT for quite some time, and has posted bugs, which in general are viewed as controversial and then later accepted as being a real bug. He would like to be considered a usability contributer and is attempting to set up a build environment to actually fix some of the behavior he cares deeply about.
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I am about to do a pushrod tube replacement on my 1971 R75/5 with the SoCal airheads group.
I went to buy parts for the job and Irv Seaver BMW (orange county) mentioned they could no longer get Drei-Bond in stock. They said that they had the following available:
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Does anyone know if this sealant is ok to use? Is it tested/good/ok? I dont want to use this stuff and find out my engine leaks because of the silicone sealant material.
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SOCHI, Russia — Seventeen years of skating together, learning together, growing up together.
Seventeen years since an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old were thrown together as an ice dance team, a pairing that irritated the younger member, Charlie White. He already had been doing it for six months, and Meryl Davis was just starting, so he was back to dance square one while she caught up — quickly.
Seventeen years during which Davis said there never was doubt about whether they should stick it out.
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Seventeen years leading to a free dance so physically and mentally demanding it left them looking as if they had spent 17 years of energy on the four minutes of skating, unable to do anything but collapse into each other's arms when it was over Monday night at the Iceberg Skating Palace.
Seventeen years for the moment when the scores were announced and two kids from Michigan realized all that work and time with each other had made them the first U.S. skating couple to win an Olympic gold medal, either in dance or pairs.
"You dream of the opportunity, and being able to put in the work every day to make it happen is a tribute to our partnership," White said.
Said Davis: "We prepared ourselves so well for what we wanted to put onto the ice and focused so hard on that we weren't really prepared for what might happen."
Such relentless effort was needed for Davis and White to beat the 2010 Olympic champions, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada, who had become not only fierce rivals but friends during the decade they trained together under the same coaches in Canton, Mich.
"The struggles, the rivalry, knowing if you're not perfect then you can forget about your dreams, with that constant striving for perfection, you have to look in the mirror and figure out every day what it is going to take to get there," White said. "You mature a lot quicker under that kind of pressure."
Virtue and Moir had been the first North American ice dancers to win Olympic gold. Both couples had become so good they would lose only to each other in the four years beginning with the Vancouver Olympics, when Davis and White were the silver medalists.
"We're linked forever," White said.
But he and White have separated themselves from the Canadians in the judges' eyes. Skating the free dance to music from the ballet "Scheherazade," the U.S. couple continued a dominance over Moir and Virtue that has reached six competitions.
Davis and White won the short and free dances with season bests, their total score of 195.52 beating Virtue and Moir by 4.53 points.
"No athlete likes to sit in this position," Moir said, referring to second place, "but it is easier when you know how hard these guys worked."
Virtue and Moir have said this will be their last season as competitors, while Davis and White have made no decision. Both U.S. skaters have been intermittent students at Michigan.
The next great dance team clearly is going to be Russians Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov, who took third with the most compelling free dance of the night. Their interpretation of "Swan Lake," full of poses and movements that turned the arena into the Bolshoi Theater, was utterly balletic and seamless.
The intensity of the "Scheherazade" sections Coach Marina Zoueva chose for Davis and White suited perfectly the power and athleticism that have come to define their skating. The most striking feature of the way they performed it was a feeling for tempo, their skating changes of pace matching the shifts in the music's speed. That is an understanding White said they had not developed until three years ago.
Virtue and Moir's free dance music was a mash-up of Russian classical pieces.
Davis and White skated last. Two Russian couples had gone immediately before them, sending the crowd into its usual partisan paroxysm.
"The moments before we take the ice are difficult," White said. "It is probably the most nervous you will be in a lifetime."
Or at least in 17 years.
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Short highwaist shorts
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pattern from Burda 6/2011 N° 111
i made them from a little leftover of fabric so they weren't long enough to hem anymore.
more pictures on my blog
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Jul 14, 2011, 10.17 PMby peaches2218
I'm glad to see this pattern outside of the magazine. I'm even more convinced that I want to make them now. What about hemming with a facing? That way you'd not lose any length.
Jul 11, 2011, 11.26 PMby aluckmann
Great fit :)
Jul 11, 2011, 09.27 PMby ichigogirl
Very nice, I love the high waist, and they seem to fit really nicely. Thanks for posting these, I need to make a second pair of shorts, I'm loving my high waisted shorts to bits, this pattern looks almost just like them (as I suspected), great to get a preview apart from the one in the magazine! Can't believe your story about the photo-shoot, it looks like eden… (no eden without a poisoned apple, or at least a bug or two, or pollen, I guess).
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HAMMOND, La. (AP) Antonnio Benton and Jeremy Campbell combined to score 30 points on 13-of-16 shooting, and Southeastern Louisiana used a 17-2 run midway through the second half to pull away and defeat Louisiana College 91-49 on Tuesday.
Benton finished with 15 points - he shot 7 of 7 from the field - and 11 rebounds, and Campbell also scored 15. Roosevelt Johnson and Jeffery Ricard added 12 points each as the Lions (1-3) won their 31st consecutive nonconference game at home under coach Jim Yarbrough.
Doc Welsh and Anthony Gaines Jr. scored 10 each for the Wildcats (0-1).
Louisiana College trailed 44-23 at halftime but cut the lead to 48-36 on a steal and layup by Welch with 14:20 remaining, but could get no closer. Campbell scored the next six points for Southeastern Louisiana before consecutive steal-and-dunks by Johnson and Benton, respectively, gave the Lions a 58-36 lead.


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NYB Type 85 Multi-Seed SD Bread
When I was up in Santa Rosa last February, I passed through Petaluma and paid a visit to Della Fattoria, which some folks consider the best bakery in America. While there, I tasted several of their breads, including their multi-seed wheat loaf. I loved the bread so much that I had to reproduce it, which I did using NYBakers Craft Flour Type 85. The recipe follows:
Wheat sour (60% hydration) 150g (18.75%)
Type 85 Flour 300g (37.5%)
Warm water 180g (22.5%)
Hand mix and let the sponge develop for 8-12 hours or overnight. If you like your breads really sour, refrigerate for another 10-12 hours.
Sponge from above (630g)
Type 85 Flour 500g (62.5%)
Water 400g (50%)
Sea salt 16g (2%)
Toasted pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax seeds, poppy seeds 50-70g each, to taste.
Mix the sponge, flour, water and salt by hand until smooth. Stretch and fold every 20-30 minutes until the dough doubles in bulk and shows bubbles, about 3 hours.
Gently turn the dough onto a well-floured board, flour hands and gently knead the seeds into the dough, spreading them on the top surface, folding, spread, folding, etc., until about 80% of the seeds are incorporated.
Bench the dough and set aside to proof until doubled in bulk, with well-defined bubbles under the surface, about 2 hours.
Preheat your oven to 500F/260C with a steam pan. Just before baking, add 1 cup/225ml of boiling water into the steam pan.
Brush your loaves with water, sprinkle on remaining seeds, slash and load oven. 3 minutes into the bake, add another 1 cup/225ml of boiling water and reduce oven temp to 450F/235C. Bake for another 20-25 minutes, until bread colors and reaches an internal temp of 205F/97C.
The crumb is very tender, the bread combines sour, sweet, nutty with a touch of salty. Love this with cheese, smoked fish and meats, or just buttered.
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I guess we have our strategy to attract young readers to Philly.com -- the launch of a pro-marijuana column! I'm pinching myself here, but apparently Philly420 -- featuring "cannabis news" -- is going to be a regular feature of this news organization! (Smoking pot is still illegal in Pennsylvania, right? Just checking.) If nothing else, maybe Chris Goldstein can divert some of my more negative commenters for a few minutes here and there.
Here's the thing: I thought the column was not only provocative but very good, calling out some of the hypocrisy in the failed "war on drugs." In particular:
The statistics are amazingly accessible. Of the 4,226 adults arrested for marijuana in Philly almost half were between the ages of 18 and 21. Of those, a striking 3,495 --82 percent -- were black, according to the Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Report.
Available data shows that white and black people consume cannabis at nearly equal rates. So the age and racial disparity highlights what's wrong with marijuana policy in Philadelphia.
Goldstein noted that in the early 1970s, a former Pa. governor -- Raymond Shafer -- led a presidential panel that urged the decriminalization of pot, but President Richard Nixon would have none of it:
Shafer and the members of the commission accurately predicted that placing cannabis in the CSA would create a massive imbalance in the equation of federalism and put the government directly in the way of personal freedom for Americans. Nixon ignored the commission's warning out of cultural fear and simple racism; he wanted a reason to arrest hippies and black people. Forty years later this policy has a complex, global impact. But in 2011 the Philadelphia Police Department pretty much fulfilled Nixon's ideals of marijuana prohibition enforcement.
Reading that on Philly.com....well, to coin a phrase, it blows my mind. (Next they'll be running topless photos...whaaaaa?). Apparently this is not a Jimi Hendrix 70th birthday prank.
Look, marijuana should be legal -- just like alcohol. That means it should be taxed -- just like alcohol. And people who drive stoned should be thrown in the slammer -- just like people who drive drunk. And kids need to know that long-term overindulgence of pot can ruin your health -- just like alcohol.
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The Blues dropped down to fourth after their 2-0 loss to the reigning Premier League champions, and face a battle for Champions League qualification with both Tottenham and Arsenal finding form.
And the Spaniard has described the west London outfit's showing at the Etihad Stadium as not good enough.
|Chelsea are 11/4 with Paddy Power to finish outside the top four this season
"On Sunday it wasn't enough, the job that we did, and what we have to do now is just carry on, the season is not finished yet.
"When you play teams like Man City you have to perform at your best. We tried but in the first 25 minutes they were better at pressing us.
"At the end of the first half we changed the game a little bit and after we had a few chances, and in the second half it was an important moment with the penalty and Joe Hart did a very good save."
Mata's team-mate Gary Cahill, meanwhile, expressed his belief that fixture congestion handed Roberto Mancini's men the advantage.
"At the start of the season we had spark and we had zip and sometimes a little bit of fatigue plays its part," said the defender," he said.
"Man City had a clear week before the game and we didn't and they were a lot fresher and sharper than us.
"It does take its toll, we have not had a clear week for many weeks and you are expected to go into games 100 per cent fresh, trying to push on for every competition.
"You don't want to make excuses but it is a fact. It is something we have to deal with."


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The new plant in Huizhou, together with BASF's existing eight dispersions plants located in China, Indonesia, India, Japan and Australia will expand BASF's regional manufacturing footprint and dispersions capacity. It will meet the growing demands of key customers who serve Asia's fast growing consumer markets, according to the company.
"This new dispersions plant strengthens our commitment to the fast growing paint and coatings market in China, and the increased capacity helps to expand the local production network," said Gops Pillay, senior vice president, dispersions and pigments, Asia Pacific, BASF. "BASF will continue to strengthen the research and development footprint in China that equips us with more resources to develop innovative products to tap into additional market opportunities."


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I struggle for ways to acknowledge this solemn anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Should I ignore the date on my calendar, or try to write something profoundly moving?
Usually I ignore the date in my emails and on my blog, which seems more appropriate for my audience. This year I had an idea to use this space to focus on one of my top values and priorities: community.
Community is a value I absorbed from my mother and is something we cherished following September 11, 2001.
The Strength of Artists as a Community
I am inspired by a quote from Christy MacLear, Executive Director of The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. In a 2012 article in The New York Times, MacLear said of Rauschenberg:


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Interfax reports that a group of Russian Orthodox Christians attacked an erotic art museum in Moscow, apparently because the museum has supported the punk band Pussy Riot in their fight to avoid prison at the hands of the Russian government.
Orthodox Christian activists have attacked the erotic art museum in central Moscow, museum director Alexander Donskoy wrote on his Facebook page."Orthodox Christians have just attacked the Erotic Art Museum on the Arbat. They had bricks in their hands. The museum administrator fled her workplace, fearing for her life," Donskoy said in a post he made on Tuesday night…
"No one has the right to impose their will and threaten other people. Today the Orthodox militants punish us for our support for Pussy Riot, send us death threats and rip clothes off ordinary passers-by, and tomorrow they will start destroying churches of other religious denominations and slay atheists," the statement said.
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The exploits of the magnificent Mo'ne Davis have the sports world aflutter, in the best of ways.
The 13-year-old Philadelphia phenom has already accomplished so much: a shutout in the Little League World Series, the cover of Sports Illustrated, towering TV ratings and global attention for an overdue, refreshing mix of athletic talent and beyond-her-years humility.
Now that she and her Taney teammates have bowed out of the competition, we'll all wonder what comes next for Mo'ne. In the meantime, though, we can revisit what has come before.
This year, Davis and Emma March, a Little Leaguer from Vancouver, Canada, continued a tradition of girls in the Little League World Series that dates back 30 years.
I spent the week attempting to track down as many of these pioneers as I could (other than Mo'ne and Emma, whom I figured were busy enough already, and other recent competitors who are still in their young teenage years). I managed to get in touch with four of them. Here's a little bit about them and the rest of this elite 18:
1984: Victoria Roche, Belgium: There always has to be a first, and Roche brought an appropriately worldly background to the history books. She was a 12-year-old born and orphaned in Seoul, South Korea, and then adopted by British parents living in Brussels. The 5-foot, 94-pound sparkplug whose manager said she beat out nine boys for her spot on the team because "she's no schlepper" made it to Williamsport with her teammate brother, 11-year-old outfielder Jeremy, and immediately expressed distaste with all the attention she was getting for being the first girl in Little League's biggest dance.
"We were watching me on television last night," she told The Associated Press in 1984. "It was pretty awful. I'd rather be just like the other boys."
1989: Victoria Brucker, San Pedro, Calif.: Another Little League World Series, another first -- well, make that four firsts. Brucker, who's now wife and mom and teacher Victoria Ruelas, was the first girl to start a game, the first girl to pitch, the first to bat cleanup and the first girl to get a hit in a LLWS game. Her team lost in the U.S. championship to the club from Trumbull, Conn., that featured future NHL star Chris Drury and would go on to win the LLWS title.
"There was always something about playing with guys that made it more fun," Ruelas told the Los Angeles Times in 2008. "If guys have a problem with you, they'll tell you straight out, whereas if girls have a problem, you'll hear it through the grapevine two days later; it's all chit-chat behind everybody's back. That wasn't me."
1990: Kelly Craig, Trail, British Columbia, Canada: Craig became the first girl to start a Little League World Series game on the mound when she pitched the '90 opener against Mexico. Future three-time All-Star Jason Bay was one of her teammates. Her dad, Neil, was the coach of the team, and he said back then that his daughter was playing baseball and other sports as soon as she could walk.
"When neighborhood kids would have scrub games, she'd be right there," Neil Craig told the AP in 1990. "She played hockey, too, until a couple of years ago, and she still plays basketball."
1991: Giselle Hardy, Saudi Arabia: Giselle is American but grew up in the city of Jeddah because her father was a pilot for Saudi Arabian Airlines. Her local team made it to the LLWS when she was hardly 11. Now's she's barely 34, married, the mother of a little girl and boy, and a teacher at an international school in Istanbul, Turkey.
I reached her by email and she called her experience in Williamsport "overwhelming."
"Being a shy person, I was not ready for the attention I got for being a girl," she wrote. "I can remember my teammates becoming resentful of the fact that I was being interviewed constantly just for being a girl. I can understand in retrospect that it's a story every time a girl goes to the LLWS, but at the time it was attention that not only put a lot of pressure on me, but also created bitterness between myself and my teammates."
I also asked her if she's still involved with the game.
"Funny that you mention that," she wrote. "I was just at an office today asking the community here in Istanbul to put a baseball field up near my house. Now that my son is older I am trying to organize a T-ball team. In the next few weeks we will be having our first practice and we will see from there. It will be a tough start, as there is no baseball culture here, but we'll do our best.
"I still play catch from time to time with older kids and it's still very comfortable, like an old glove."
1994: Krissy Wendell, Brooklyn Center, Minn.: She's now Krissy Wendell-Pohl, and she's more known for ice hockey than baseball, but, well, that's what happens when you're on the United States Olympic Team that skates to a silver medal at the Salt Lake Games in 2002 and the captain of the bronze-medal-winning squad at the 2006 Games in Torino.
Wendell-Pohl is now a mom and an assistant high school hockey coach along with her husband, John, and she'll soon host a local TV show featuring high school sports in Minnesota.
Long before all of this, Krissy Wendell was the first girl to start at catcher in a Little League World Series, and I spoke to her over the phone this week about those experiences. She remembers first-year network ESPN2 broadcasting the tournament in the midst of the Major League Baseball strike and beating a team from Northridge, Calif., whose community had just been devastated by an earthquake.
"There was also all this attention because I was only the fifth girl to compete there," she said. "My dad was the coach, and I remember having the discussion with him, you know, 'OK, at what point can I go swim with the rest of the guys?'
"I hadn't felt different because I played with all the guys for so long, in baseball and in hockey, and they just viewed me as Krissy, but Williamsport was weird because of all the interviews."
Wendell-Pohl said she was assigned an "aunt" to make her feel more comfortable around the Williamsport compound, which included an arcade and the pool she so badly wanted to visit.
"All I wanted to do was swim and hang out," she said. "It was like a two-week vacation hanging out with your buddies all day."
1998: Sayaka Tsushima, Osaka, Japan: She entered the Little League World Series with a flourish and left her mark for years to come. Tsushima took the stage with her Kashima team and beat the defending champion from Guadalupe, Mexico, in her team's first game en route to a LLWS run that would fall one game short. Japan lost the final to the team from Toms River, N.J., that featured future big leaguer Todd Frazier of the Cincinnati Reds, but Tsushima had become the first girl to play in a LLWS championship game.
Tsushima went 0-for-3 in the final, but she made noise in the opening game, hitting a single, drawing a walk and scoring two runs in Kashima's 6-1 victory.
"She's the No. 1 fighter on the team," her manager, Atsushi Ohkawa, told reporters.
1999: Alicia Hunolt, Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany: I caught up with Alicia Hunolt over the phone during rare down time from her studies. She's 27 years old and working on a Ph.D. in Environmental Science (focus on air and water quality) at Virginia Tech. She hadn't heard what Mo'ne Davis was doing because, as she said, "I don't allow myself on the Internet to do fun things much."
Fifteen years ago, she did fun things on a baseball field, though, and her team from Ramstein (her dad was in the Air Force) ended up in Williamsport. She, like most girls who make it to the LLWS, wasn't quite ready for the publicity fixated on her gender.
"I was young, but I was old enough to know I was getting more attention than everybody else even though I wasnít playing as much as them," she said. "I also remember the free ice cream. That was the best part."
After Little League, Hunolt played baseball through her freshman year of high school but transitioned to softball in hopes of getting a college scholarship. It worked, and she played for Auburn for four years and earned a Masters degree.
She said she has stayed involved with the game, coaching Little League and giving lessons, but she's getting the itch to play baseball again because it's a bit slower than softball.
"After I graduate, I might look into the community leagues," she said. "I want to play baseball because I'm old now."
2001: Tatiana Maltseva, Moscow, Russia: Maltseva made two kinds of history 13 years ago. She was the first girl from Russia to play in the Little League World Series, and she was on the first Khovrino Little League team to make it to Williamsport.
Then, when she got there, Maltseva, the Moscow club's backup catcher, was not made available for interviews because she was too shy.
"She is such a terrific little girl and a very good ballplayer," manager Mikhail Kornev told USA Today in 2001. "[But] because she is younger than the other catcher, she usually plays two or three innings a game."
2002: Sanoe Aina, Waipahu, Hawaii: Her mother was so sure that her team would make it to Williamsport that she bought plane tickets from Honolulu before the regionals were even complete. Then, when Sanoe arrived in Pennsylvania to meet her club, her mom, Laurie, had more to say.
"I don't know what kind of reaction she will get from boys from other countries," Laurie Aina told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 2002. "but she has always been kind of a tough skin. She will get up there and hit a home run and show them who she is."
Sanoe didn't hit a homer, but she did create a lasting memory as the ninth girl to suit up in the LLWS.
"Sometimes, I don't like all the attention," Sanoe told the AP at the time. "People are going, 'You're the girl from Hawaii, aren't you?' And I'm just a player like anyone else.
"I don't think of myself as anything special ... I just want to play baseball."
2003: Merced Flores, Agana, Guam: These days, Merced Flores is a 23-year-old student majoring in criminal justice and making headlines in her native Guam as a fast-pitch softballer and -- get this -- a football player.
Yep, Flores is the starting quarterback for the Island Stunnerz of the Women's Football League (slogan: "Stun one, stun 'em all") and is having a blast on the gridiron.
"I wanted to try something new and fell in love with football," she wrote me in an email. "The last time I played baseball with the boys was at age 15."
She enjoyed every minute of her Little League experience, though, and takes particular pride in having made it to the LLWS.
"The most memorable moments in Williamsport were having the chance to actually step on that diamond, meeting kids from all over the world, and giving autographs and interviews," she wrote.
2004: Meghan Sims, Owensboro, Ky.: Sims, 22, has been fielding a few phone calls these days asking about her Little League World Series exploits 10 years ago, and she admitted in one interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer that she still has posters from that time on her bedroom walls.
"It's one of the highlights of my life," Sims, who played softball at Murray State and is now pursuing a degree in nursing, told the Inquirer. "When I'm telling people what I've achieved, that's always one thing that I list because nobody else really gets to do that. Nobody gets to play with Japanese players, European players. You don't get to do that every day."
2004: Alexandra Bellini, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Bellini played in the tournament the same year as Sims. In fact, the two pitched against each other in a consolation game, making even more history.
Bellini acted like an old pro at the age of 12, cracking a smile while telling MLB.com late in the tournament that, "The first few interviews were awkward, but I'm used to it now."
2008: Brielle Meno, Yona, Guam: Meno became the 13th girl to play in the LLWS, the first in four years, and the second from Guam, following in Flores' spiked steps. She also provided one of the more understated answers to the barrage of questions she received from the media as the only female player in Williamsport that year.
"It was nice," Meno told the AP after seeing Lamade Stadium for the first time. "It looked bigger than I thought."
2009: Bryn Stonehouse, Saudi Arabia: Stonehouse was born in Texas but moved with her family to Saudi Arabia. She arrived at the Little League World Series at the age of 13 with pride at what her team had accomplished as well as one non-baseball goal, which she stated to ESPN.com: to "go out and eat food that you don't get to eat when you are in Saudi Arabia."
Stonehouse is in Texas again, now a college student embarking on studies in social work, according to The New York Times.
"I am really proud and extremely blessed to be a part of this select group," she told the newspaper, while adding that she hopes to play intramural softball in her time away from classes.
2009: Katie Reyes, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Reyes had an oustanding game on the last day of pool play in the 2009 LLWS, becoming the first girl to drive in a game-winning run when she hit a two-run single to beat Germany, 14-13. Reyes' Vancouver team didn't make it to the next round, but she had three hits and three RBIs in the game and made the final out at first base.
"I was excited," she told the AP afterwards. "I was shaking."
Reyes has continued her love of the game, signing a letter of intent in February to play softball at Howard College in Big Spring, Texas.
2013: Eliska Stejskalova, Czech Republic: Stejskalova might have been the only girl at last year's tournament -- which was noticed in a tweet from Katie Couric -- but it didn't come by accident. In an interview with local TV station WNEP, Czech Republic coach Pavel Chadim explained.
"She is good," he said. "That is why she is here."
So good, in fact, that she beat out a family member for the spot on the roster.
"She has two brothers," Chadim said. "One is her twin. He is not here and she is. It means she is very good."
2014: Emma March, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: With all the Mo'ne talk, it's been easy to forget that there was another girl on the grounds this week. March, who cited fellow Vancouverite Katie Reyes as her baseball hero, did some pitching and played a little first base for her team in Williamsport, got to know Davis pretty well, and had some inspiring things to say when it was all said and done.
"I hope other girls will continue to play baseball because I know when I started, I was timid and I was shy, but I want other girls to know that you can play baseball because girls can do anything boys can do if you just work hard and practice," March told ESPN.com.
"You have to love the sport, of course, and have fun. It's a great sport."
2014: Mo'ne Davis, Philadelphia: What more is there to say about this trailblazer in braids? We simply look forward to the next chapter.


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BERLIN (AP) — A scientist who was infected with Ebola while working for the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone began receiving treatment Wednesday in a Hamburg hospital after being flown overnight to Germany.
The man, whose name and condition are being withheld for patient privacy reasons, is being treated at the U.N. agency's request in city's University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, home to the well-known Bernhard-Nocht Clinic for Tropical Medicine.
"Hamburg has a special expertise in caring for tropical diseases," said Internal Medicine director Ansgar Lohse. "That's the reason the request was addressed to us."
WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib identified the patient as a man from Senegal infected while working for the agency as a consultant.
To date, WHO says more than 240 health care workers have developed the disease in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria; more than 120 have died.
Dr. Stefan Schmiedel, who is helping oversee the treatment, said the clinic would not be using experimental medicine, instead concentrating on "supportive care" such as fever reduction and fluid management.
"In West Africa the patients die relatively quickly of the illness, or survive and then return to health," he said. "How that will go under our medical supervision, we can't yet estimate."
Christy Feig, director of WHO communications, said a team of two experts was sent Tuesday to investigate how the infectious disease expert was exposed to the Ebola virus.
She said the epidemiologist was a surveillance officer, a job that typically involves coordinating the outbreak response by liaising with local health workers, lab experts and hospitals but not direct treatment of patients.
"He wasn't in treatment centers normally," she said by telephone from Sierra Leone. "It's possible he went in there and wasn't properly covered, but that's why we've taken this unusual measure — to try to figure out what happened."
She said the team is checking if there is an infection risk in the living and working environment that has not been uncovered.
"The international surge of health workers is extremely important and if something happens, if health workers get infected and it scares off other international health workers from coming, we will be in dire straits," she said.
Associated Press Medical Writer Maria Cheng contributed to this report from London.


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Bruce had a pair of bases-loaded singles on Wednesday that sent the Cincinnati Reds to a 1-0 victory in the conclusion of a suspended game and an 11-2 win in the later one.
The Phillies wound up getting swept by the Reds for the first time since 1996, a bad stretch set up by some very bad offense.
"Our game is not together," manager Charlie Manuel said. "It seems like ever since the season started, we've been out of whack. Things haven't been working for us."
Nothing went well for them on Wednesday.
First, they lost a game suspended overnight by rain. Several hundred fans were in the stands to see Phillippe Aumont (1-2) pick the game up in the bottom of the ninth and give up Bruce's bases-loaded single only four batters later.
"It's frustrating to go out there and the game's over," Aumont said. "Now I have nine innings to think about what I've done wrong."
A lot more went wrong in the second game.
The crowd was 16,467 for the series finale, which started an hour and a half later. Bruce had a big hand in that one, too. He had a bases-loaded single to right field - just like the last one - that highlighted a five-run rally in the second inning off left-hander John Lannan (0-1), who was bothered by a sore left knee.
Lannan said he's had tendinitis above the knee, but it didn't bother him when he warmed up. He aggravated it during the first inning, and it got worse as he went along. He'll be examined on Thursday.
"I'm not going to go out there and do that again," Lannan said.
Reds starter Mike Leake (1-2) drove in a run with his first career triple during Cincinnati's 10-batter second inning. The Reds had two singles, a double, a triple, Todd Frazier's homer, a walk and a hit-by-pitch during the rally.
Leake, who leads all major league pitchers with 49 hits over the last four seasons, also had a pair of infield singles. The three hits matched his career high - he also did it in Philadelphia in 2010. Leake allowed three hits and didn't walk a batter in seven shutout innings.
The Phillies managed only four runs and 13 hits while getting swept in Cincinnati. They didn't even get to swing the bat during the conclusion of the suspended game.
Aumont was warming up to face Zack Cozart for the bottom of the ninth inning when heavy rained moved in on Tuesday night. Eighteen hours later, Cozart finally got his at-bat and singled to start the winning rally.
Joey Votto walked and center fielder Ben Revere lost Brandon Phillips' sinking liner in the sun, letting the ball go off his glove for an error that loaded the bases. Bruce finished it with his first-pitch single.
"That's baseball for you," Revere said. "I was shaded toward right field. I just stuck out my glove and hoped it (the ball) would hit it. It's a shame it has to go down like that. If the sun's not there, I make the catch."
Left-hander Aroldis Chapman (2-0) got the win without even warming up on Wednesday - he'd retired the last three batters before the rain came the previous night.
A measure of Philadelphia's offensive woes - it ended up with as many hits as there were renditions of the national anthem in the suspended game. The Phillies managed only two singles off Homer Bailey and Chapman.
The Reds allowed fans who attended the game on Tuesday to come back for the finish. There were several hundred of them in the stands when clubhouse assistant Josh Stewart sang the national anthem - the second one of the game.
The public address announcer went over the lineups again. Umpire Wally Bell was back behind the plate when the game resumed.
It was the Phillies' first suspended game since Game 5 of the 2008 World Series, when rain halted their matchup against Tampa Bay in the sixth inning. The only suspended game in World Series history wasn't resumed for two days, when the Phillies won it for the title.
The Reds' last suspended game was in 2004 against Houston, a game that was halted in the top of the 11th inning by rain. Cincinnati won it in 13 innings.
NOTES: Leake became the first Reds pitcher to score three times in a game since Danny Jackson scored four runs on Sept. 4, 1988 against the Cubs. ... Former Reds infielders Barry Larkin and Aaron Boone threw ceremonial pitches before the regular game. ... Phillies OF Domonic Brown had a sore back after making a diving catch in the first inning and will be examined on Thursday.


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|Physical Description
|Images of Nori
Nori was one of Durin's folk and likely dwelt in the northern Blue Mountains with Thorin after the latter has settled there.[1] He was one of the thirteen Dwarves of Thorin's company who journeyed to Erebor to challenge the dragon Smaug. After the death of Smaug, Nori lived with his share of the treasure at the Lonely Mountain.[2]
Family and birth
Nori's parentage is unknown although he was a remote kinsman of Thorin and a member of the House of Durin.[1] His birth year is also unknown. However, from Bilbo Baggins' account of the quest to Erebor it is known that the brothers Fíli and Kíli were the youngest of the thirteen "by some fifty years"[3] and that after Thorin had been captured, Balin was "the eldest left".[4] Since Fíli was born in T.A. 2859 and Balin was born in 2763,[1] this would put Nori's birth between 2859 and 2763, and he would have been between 132 and 178 years old during the quest to Erebor. Nori (and Dori) shared Bilbo's opinion that meals should be plentiful and frequent.[5]
The Quest of Erebor
Nori was one of the five Dwarves in the fourth group to arrive at Bag End. He wore a purple hood. During the evening when Thorin called for music, Nori (along with Dori and Ori) played the flute.[6]
When Gandalf was telling the story of the company's adventures to Beorn, Nori and Ori were the second two Dwarves to show up.[7]
Nori fought in and survived the Battle of Five Armies. He was given his share of the treasure by Dáin Ironfoot, and made his home in Erebor.[8]
Later Life
Nori lived a wealthy life after the quest as one of the reclaimers of the mountain. He was still alive during the War of the Ring,[2] and may have fought in the Battle of Dale. His date of death is unknown.
Nóri is a dwarf from the Dvergatal. It most likely means "Little shaver, small bit of something".[9]
Portrayal in Adaptations
1966: The Hobbit (1966 film):
- Nori is omitted. Thorin Oakenshield only travels with an unnamed guard and the princess of Dale.[10]
1968: The Hobbit (1968 radio series):
- Nori is played by Antony Viccars.
1977: The Hobbit (1977 film):
- Nori's voice is provided by Jack DeLeon.
1979: The Hobbit (1979 radio series):
- No actor is specified for the role of Nori.
1982: The Hobbit (1982 video game):
- Nori is omitted; Thorin is the only companion of the player, Bilbo Baggins.[11]
2003: The Hobbit (2003 video game):
- No actor is credited for the role of Nori.
2012-3: The Hobbit films:
- Nori will be played by Jed Brophy.[12]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Many Meetings"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Over Hill and Under Hill"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Barrels Out of Bond"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Roast Mutton"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Queer Lodgings"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Return Journey"
- ↑ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", published in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4, pp. 939-967
- ↑ "The Hobbit.mp4" dated 5 January 2012, YouTube (accessed 10 January 2012)
- ↑ ZX Computing, 8304 (April/May 1983), p. 76, accessed April 24 2011
- ↑ Peter Jackson, "Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit" dated 20 March 2011, Facebook (accessed 23 December 2011)
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Google is no stranger to experimenting – and the latest rumours courtesy of WSJ's sources suggest that the search giant is working on a wireless home entertainment system.
This will be the first time that Google has marketed a product under its own brand – we've mocked up a Sonos wireless music system with a touch of Google goodness above to give you an idea of what the reported system could look like.
It's likely that features will include streaming music from your Android device as well the ability to access Google Music's cloud server library.
Could this be the beginning of an onslaught of Google-made products? We'd like a Google saucepan that comes up with tips and tricks to compensate for our culinary ineptitude. What products would you like to see the big G stamp its mark on? Let us know on Twitter.
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Kiara Faniel knows she's lucky.
The 14-year-old freshman softball player at Morgan Park High School was shot in the right leg after a game Tuesday on the Far South Side.
"It could've been a lot worse," Faniel said Wednesday while sitting on the front porch of her Far South Side home with her leg wrapped in a thick bandage and her 5-year-old niece at her side.
Faniel, a right fielder and shortstop on Morgan Park's "frosh/soph" team, said she was shot just after 6 p.m. while she and her teammates celebrated with members of the varsity team after watching them beat Chicago International Charter School–Longwood in Oakdale Park.
Faniel said that just before the shooting, a man in the bleachers who had been heckling the Morgan Park team throughout the game shouted out his disappointment over Longwood's loss as its players were leaving the park, in the 900 block of West 95th Street.
Moments later, while Faniel's back was turned to the man, she and her teammates heard gunshots and dived to the ground as their coach yelled at them to get down. Several of Faniel's teammates then saw the man running from the field, she said.
Faniel said she felt a burning sensation in her right leg while lying on the ground but didn't realize she had been shot until a few minutes later when she saw blood seeping through her softball pants as she rode the team bus back to Morgan Park.
"I didn't want to panic," Faniel said. "I just knew my leg was hurting bad."
Faniel's mother met her at the high school and took her to MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, where she was treated and released. Faniel said the bullet fell to the floor in the hospital while doctors examined the through-and-through wound.
Chicago police said no arrests have been made in the shooting.
Robert Lang, director of schools at Longwood, said school officials do not believe the shooter has ties to Longwood. Lang was not at the game, but he said coaches and other staff who were there said the game was a normal, uneventful contest and that the shooting "came out of the blue."
Police said the shooting occurred while Morgan Park players were celebrating their win.
Faniel said she and her teammates engaged in their customary post-victory ritual -- trading high-fives with the opposing team then taking part in celebratory chants.
"We weren't saying anything bad about the other team," she said. The shots rang out while the team was packing up its gear after they had finished their chants, she said.
Faniel said she was peppered with questions about the shooting while she limped through classes Wednesday. She wore her green Morgan Park softball sweatshirt to school, her last name and the number 13 printed in orange on the back.
Faniel said teachers and friends went out of their way to support her, but she said her emotions ranged from fear to shock as the day went on.
"I was just thinking, 'Why me? You shot somebody over a softball game?'" she said. "If I would've jumped or something, I probably could have gotten hit somewhere other than my leg."
Faniel's mother, Corinthia, said her daughter earns A's and B's in school and stays busy playing softball and helping instruct students at her former elementary school in cheerleading and jumping rope. She expressed shock over the shooting.
"It was a game," the mother said. "There's going to be winners and losers. But you shoot into a crowd of children? What are you thinking?"


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Top 50 Mystery Movies
For every crime, there has to be a criminal. And what criminals Hollywood has produced! Nine classics introduce you to the witty, the misunderstood, the ruthless, and the violent. Discuss Gangster and Robber Movies
Public Enemy
1931; James Cagney, Edward Woods, Leslie Fenton, Joan Blondell, Mae Clark, Jean Harlow
1932; Paul Mini, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, and Boris Karloff
They Live by Night
1949; Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, and Howard de Silva
White Heat
1949; James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, and Edmund O'Brien
Bonnie and Clyde
1967; Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and Michael J. Pollard
The Godfather
1972; Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, James Caan, and Talia Shire
Dog Day Afternoon
1975; Al Pacino, Charles Durning, James Broderick, John Cazale, and Carol Kane
The Sting
1976; Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould, Ray Walston
1990; Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, and Paul Servino


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My personal blog as a 'grown-up' Goth and Romantic living in the Highlands of Scotland. I write about the places I go, the things I see and my thoughts on life as a Goth and the subculture. Sometimes I write about music I like and sometimes I review things. This blog often includes architectural photography, graveyards and other images from the darker side of life.
The Gothic subculture is not just about imitating each other, it is a creative movement and subculture that grew out of post-punk and is based on seeing beauty in the dark places of the world, and looks back to the various ways throughout history in which people have confronted and explored the macabre, the dark and the taboo, and as such I'm going to post about more than the just the standards of the subculture (Tim Burton, Siouxsie Sioux and Anne Rice et al.) and look at things by people who might not consider themselves anything to do with the subculture, but have eyes for the dark places. Goth should not be limited by what is considered "goth", inspiration comes from all places, the key is to look with open eyes, listen carefully and think with an open mind..
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A look at filming in and around the area.
What: Chronicles the life of jazz pioneer and cornet player Buddy Bolden.
Notes: The film began production in 2007 and has since returned for additional reshoots. Offices have been opened at the EUE/Screen Gems studios.
What: A supernatural cop drama in which Ichabod Crane, a Revolutionary War hero, is mysteriously transported to modern times to face off with the Headless Horseman and the coming apocalypse. A 20th Century Fox Television production.
Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter
Notes: The show has been renewed for a second season set to air in fall 2014. It filmed a horseback chase scene at Bellevue Cemetery this week.
What: Racy comedy follows a pot dealer who creates a fake family to smuggle his product across the Mexican border. A New Line Cinema film.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Nick Offerman, Molly Quinn, Will Poulter
Notes: The film is still surprising analysts with more $145 million at the box office. It will be released on Blu-ray and DVD Nov. 19.
What: Raunchy HBO comedy series about a former Major League Baseball pitcher who returns to his suburban hometown. Produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.
Stars: Danny McBride, Katy Mixon, Steve Little
Notes: The season's third of eight episodes aired last Sunday on HBO.
What: TV movie developed for ABC tells the story of an ailing woman whose husband constructs a Ferris wheel in their backyard for the perfect Christmas present. The film is Hallmark Hall of Fame's 250th production.
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Andy Garcia, Mandy Moore
Notes: ABC announced the film will premiere on Sunday, Dec. 1.
'The Remaining'
What: An independent film that follows a group of friends scrambling to survive after a global disaster.
Stars: Alexa Vega, Shaun Sipos, Johnny Pacar
Notes: The film initially came for a month-long shoot in February but returned to film additional scenes last week. Shooting only lasted a few days.
Now ON DVD
'The perfect summer'
What: A teenager is forced to move to a beachfront town where he learns that his grandfather is a surf legend.
Stars: Eric Roberts, Jason Castro, Adam Horner, Sydney Penny
Notes: Originally aired on UP.
Coming to DVD
What: A sci-fi CBS TV series based on a best-selling Stephen King novel about a small New England town that's mysteriously shut off from the world under a transparent dome.
Stars: Dean Norris, Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Aisha Hinds
Notes: Season one hits Blu-ray and DVD Nov. 5. Production on season two is scheduled to return to the area early next year for a summer premiere.
– Staff reports