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The Southern Cross of Honor was a military decoration meant to honor the officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates for their valor in the armed forces of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. It was formally approved by the Congress of the Confederate States on October 13, 1862, and was originally intended to be on par with the Union Army's Medal of Honor.In respect to gravestones, the U.S. Veterans Administration issued Confederate stones with the Southern Cross of Honor symbol engraved at the top. It is only issued by the V.A. for graves of Confederate veterans.
The design for the face of the medal consists of a cross with a Confederate battle flag surrounded with a laurel wreath, with the inscription "The Southern Cross of Honor." On the back of the medal is the motto of the Confederate States of America, "Deo Vindice" ([With] God [As Our] Vindicator), and the dates 1861 [and] 1865.
Another form for the Southern Cross of Honor is a cast iron reproduction of the medal described above. It is usually atop a metal rod and placed in the ground at the Confederate soldier's grave. This cross is often placed on Confederate graves by local chapters of Sons of Confederate Veterans. This form of the Southern Cross of Honor is sometimes referred to as the "Iron Cross of Honor" or "SCV Iron Cross." Douglas Keister noted in his book titled Forever Dixie: A Field Guide to Southern Cemeteries & Their Residents, that thousands of these iron crosses have been placed in cemeteries across the South.
In most of the local cemeteries I've visited, however, there is often no Southern Cross of Honor found on a Confederate veteran's gravestone. Many Confederate veterans have no mention of their service on their gravestones at all. Sometimes the service is recorded on the gravestone, but it is still not accompanied by a Southern Cross of Honor. In many cases, stones recording the service of the veteran were clearly added years after his death.
In slightly fewer instances, V.A. issued headstones are found. These may have the Southern Cross of Honor engraved on top, or the engraving may be of a traditional cross. In these cases, the Confederate service is recorded in varying degrees. I presume this is based on how much information is known since these stones, too, were sometimes clearly added many years after the death of the veteran.
The cast iron Southern Cross of Honor is rarely seen in my local cemeteries. I cannot give a particular reason for this. Maybe the local chapters of Sons of Confederate Veterans or United Daughters of the Confederacy do not have the funding to provide these memorials. (I have heard of both of these organizations bestowing Southern Crosses of Honor to veterans' gravesites.)
On a recent trip to Hillcrest Cemetery in Reynolds, Taylor County, Georgia, I saw many examples of the Southern Cross of Honor. Here are the ones I recorded:
Died May 19, 1910
Age 64 Yrs
[no mention of service on tombstone; iron Southern Cross added]
R. Crawford Paris
Died January 1, 1909
[no mention of service on gravestone; iron Southern Cross added]
Matt H. Barrow
Co K
62 Regt
GA Inf
1837 - 1929
[Southern Cross engraved on V.A. stone]
William Wiley Ricks
Co K
25 GA Inf
[Southern Cross engraved on headstone; iron Southern Cross added at foot]
Emanuel Aultman
Born Jan 27, 1830
Died May 29, 1915
Asleep In Jesus
[no mention of service on tombstone; iron Southern Cross added at foot]
W. H. Christopher, M.D.
Sept 25, 1818
Nov 8, 1885
[new stone with iron Southern Cross]
Thomas Jefferson Marshall
Capt Co E 6 GA Vol Inf
Crawford Co Greys
Confederate States Army
Feb 21, 1834 - Jan 8, 1905
[iron Southern Cross at head; no mention of service on first gravestone; new stone with Southern Cross engraved and information added]
Henry Theodore Coleman
May 4, 1848
Apr 29, 1904
[no mention of service on gravestone; iron Southern Cross at head]


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 18, 2012) – The ETSU women's basketball team will be gunning for its fourth straight home win on Thursday night when the Lady Bucs host Belmont inside the MSHA Athletic Center. Tip is set for 7 p.m.
ETSU (4-13, 3-4 A-Sun) opened the 2012 portion of its schedule with three straight home conference wins prior to suffering back-to-back losses in Jacksonville this past weekend. The Lady Bucs hope returning home to the Dome – a place where the Blue and Gold have won 37 of their last 41 A-Sun games including eight straight – is something that can turn things back around into a positive direction.
Prior to heading down to Jacksonville, senior Natalie Pickwell (Kingsport, Tenn.) helped lead the charge for the Lady Bucs during the three-game winning streak as she averaged 17.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 2.7 threes in the wins over USC Upstate, Mercer, and Kennesaw State. Overall, ETSU received strong team play during this stretch as six players averaged 7.0 points in the wins, while the Lady Buccaneer defense held the three teams to 57.0 points per game.
Like the Lady Bucs, Belmont (5-13, 4-3 A-Sun) has enjoyed success at home, but seen some bumps on the road. The Bruins – who are coming off a 65-58 win over Stetson in Nashville – have dropped eight of their nine road games on the season.
Belmont is led by all-conference performer Haley Nelson who ranks second in the A-Sun in blocks (1.8), third in rebounding (7.9) and field goal percentage (51.6), and is tied for third scoring (14.5). Nelson is coming off A-Sun Player of the Week honors after averaging 17 points and 11.5 rebounds in games against FGCU and Stetson.
Since suffering a 69-57 setback to Belmont in the 2007 A-Sun Championship game, the Lady Bucs have rattled off nine straight wins over the Bruins – including seven by 10 points or more. Overall, the Lady Bucs lead the all-time series, 12-5.
Last season the Lady Bucs defeated the Bruins, 58-49, in Johnson City, while handing the Bruins a 90-86 double overtime loss in Nashville. Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) only played in the first game last season, but posted 16 points, 10 rebounds, and two steals in the nine-point win inside the Dome. Meanwhile, Gwen Washington (Manassas, Va.) put together two solid efforts last season en route to averaging 13 points and 8.5 rebounds in 25.5 minutes of play against Belmont. The Manassas, Va. native finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds, and two assists in the double overtime win in Nashville.
Fans unable to make the trip to Johnson City can listen to all the action on WXSM-AM 640 The Extreme Sports Monster as "Voice of the Lady Bucs" John Stevens will carry the play-by-play. Live video will also be available via A-Sun.TV, while live stats will be offered on GameTracker.
For more information on Lady Buccaneer hoops, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.

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Raise your hand if you've ever bought a skin-care product (or five) because it promised perfection, but then you got it home and it discovered it was a total dud. Yeah, us too. Despite our best efforts, we so often wind up with products that don't address our most pressing skin issues. Or, are the wrong formulation for our skin type. Part of that boils down to our own vision of our skin: We may think large pores are our biggest concern, but we might be missing the bigger issue of fine lines or hyperpigmentation.
And, while a dermatologist can be invaluable in helping you to pinpoint your exact skin woes, not all women have the constant access they need to a professional, to suss out a personalized skin-care regimen. Enter DDF's new DermCode: This new skin-analysis system uses an advanced skin-grading technology to help users determine their skin type and what their specific complexion needs actually are.
Users log on to the DDF site, then fill out a brief profile including age, family history, sun exposure, and lifestyle habits. They are then guided through a questionnaire that helps them determine their skin's sensitivity, wrinkle depth, pore size, clarity, tone, and texture. And, rather than rely on descriptions, which can feel entirely subjective, the tool uses pictures to help you see clearly what the different degrees of severity are for things like hyperpigmentation, pore size, and wrinkles. Once your profile is complete, the system then recommends a personal protocol for each user, based on skin type and current concerns.
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The Bisons basketball team opens practice for the 2011-12 season Friday at 5 p.m. in Allen Arena.
This will be the second launch of practice this fall for the Bisons. In August Lipscomb received ten days of practice in preparation for their foreign tour to the Dominican Republic. The Bisons played four exhibition games on the tour.
Coach Scott Sanderson returns only four players with playing experience in the Lipscomb uniform.
Preseason All-Atlantic Sun selection Jordan Burgason averaged 10.8 points last year shooting 41.8 percent from beyond the arc. Guard Robert Boyd averaged 5.4 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists as a freshman. Senior Justin Glenn scored 2.4 points and had 2.6 rebounds in 10.9 minutes of action per game. Junior Jacob Arnett started 22 games last year averaging 3.4 points and 2.3 assists.
Also returning are freshmen Damarius Smith and Carter Sanderson who redshirted last season.
Junior Deonte Alexander joins the Bisons after two standout seasons at East Mississippi Community College where he scored 952 points. He led them to a 52-12 record and two appearances in the national tournament.
Lipscomb's roster wasn't settled until late this fall. After the departures of freshman Stephen Hurt and sophomore transfer Cory Stanton from the team, Sanderson added two walk-ons. Zack Ellis is a 6-foot-5 sophomore forward from Franklin, Tenn., and Chad Johnson is a 6-foot-0 freshman guard from Edmond, Okla. Senior Brett Staal decided in August to not return for this season.
Lipscomb plays its first exhibition game on Tuesday, Nov. 1 against Freed-Hardeman in Allen Arena. The game will be carried on 102.5 The Game presented by Jackson.
The true freshmen players are:
Zavion Williams is a 5-foot-10 guard from West Creek High School in Clarksville, Tenn.
"Zavion is extremely fast," Sanderson said. "He is one of the best at anticipating where the ball is going to go. He has quick hands. He can really guard the ball in the open floor which is going to benefit us a lot.
"The best thing I can say about him is he is a winner. He loves to compete on a high level. Right now he is trying to figure it all out. He is trying to figure out what he needs to do to help us be successful."
Zavion benefited from the days or practice as the Bisons prepared for their trip to the Dominican Republic.
"He played well in the Dominican, but he knows he has a lot of room to improve," Sanderson said. "He knows he doesn't have it all figured out yet, but he is getting it. He is learning how to listen."
Zavion helped lead West Creek to both the District 10 and Region 5 championships. He was the most valuable player in both tournaments.
"Zavion made average teams better," Sanderson said. "A lot of it had to do with how he played on both ends of the floor."
Martin Smith is a 6-4 forward from Clarksville Academy.
He is the twin brother of Bisons newcomer Malcolm Smith.
"A lot of people wondered why we signed him," Sanderson said. "There were some people wondering if we signed him so we could also get his brother."
Sanderson was adamant from the beginning of recruiting that he wanted to sign both of them, but that they would welcome either one.
"Martin has a huge upside on both ends of the floor," Sanderson said. "He can really, really shoot the basketball. He is a pretty good passer. He can defend multiple positions with his size and his length."
The challenge for the Bisons coaching staff is to help Martin to realize how good he can truly be as a player. His 190-pound frame was one of his biggest problems in high school. He knows that he must pay the price in the weight room in order to improve."
"He has a slender build," Sanderson said. "The only thing that hampered him in high school was his lack of strength. He had the skills.
"I don't want him to be hampered by anything. He hangs on every word that you say. We are trying to get him to understand how much potential he has."
Malcolm Smith is a 6-5 forward from Clarksville Academy.
"Malcolm was the player of the year in Tennessee for the 2010-2011 season.
"Malcolm is very gifted physically," Sanderson said. "He led us in scoring in the Dominican. He can score with his back to the basket and with his face to the basket.
"His biggest value is his versatility. He is still learning what he is supposed to do. He has a lot of wasted energy offensively. He has to learn to define what he can and cannot do."
Sanderson expects Malcolm to challenge for the free throw record because of his style of play.
Marvin Williams is a 6-8 power forward from White Station High School in Memphis.
"Marvin can score with his left or right hand around the basket," Sanderson said. "He also can score in multiple ways. He has a very good feel of where he is offensively and you can't teach feel.
"He is a very good passer. He is O.K. rebounding the ball. He understands how to play. He has to get in better shape. He can have a major impact in what we are doing."


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There's been some interesting speculation involving a popular GPU vendor and a certain Internet-bookstore-turned-cloud-provider. According to this piece published on Oct. 4, Amazon purchased more than 10,000 NVIDIA Tesla K10 boards for its AWS EC2 cloud.
While normally these boards, which pair two "Kepler" GK104 GPUs with 8GB of GDDR5 memory, sell for around $4,000, Amazon is said to have negotiated the price down to somewhere between $1,499 and $1,799 per card, bringing the total amount paid (or allegedly paid) into the $15 to $18 million range.
But there's more: Amazon reportedly subscribed to a warranty program worth almost as much as the GPGPUs. For an extra $500 per board per year, NVIDIA will immediately replace any faulty units. The two-year deal brings the total contract price up to a cool $25-28 million.
The author who made these detailed claims based them on "sources close to the company." He added that while NVIDIA was mainly interested in the single-precision K10s they're also looking at buying some K20 boards for the subset of HPC users who require double-precision performance. This K20 is the same GPU inside petascale behemoths like Titan and Blue Waters. It has a lower retail price of $3,199, but due to high demand, significant volume discounts are difficult to come by.
Are the rumors true?
If the buy happened, why not shout it from the rooftops? It's a win-win for both companies. For Amazon, it gives cred to the HPC cloud model and affirms the company's 2010 decision to enter the GPU supercomputing space. And for NVIDIA, this is a huge single-customer sale, even taking into account the volume discount. There's even speculation that NVIDIA's stock price has been influenced on the basis of this story alone.
The level of detail in the source article belies the usual rumor mill pap. The author even mentioned that the boards "look a bit different" from the standard issue press photo. And there's a logic to the story – it certainly could be true. Still, this is essentially an unvetted piece, one that our source at NVIDIA denied and our AWS contact was unwilling to comment on. Perhaps NVIDIA and Amazon signed a non-disclosure agreement. Maybe one or both are planning a grand announcement and don't want to spoil the surprise.
For the record, a number of NVIDIA partners are making the power of GPUs available as a service. Amazon Web Services, PEER1/Zunicore, Nimbix, SoftLayer and Penguin Computing all offer GPU-based supercomputing on-demand.
As is stands now, Amazon's Cluster GPU Instance comes with a pair of NVIDIA Tesla M2050 "Fermi" chips, each of which contains 448 CUDA cores and offers 1.03 teraflops of single-precision floating point performance with 148 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth. The Kepler architecture, which fits two Tesla K10 GPUs on a single accelerator board, has 3,072 cores total (1,536 per GPU) and delivers an aggregate 4.58 teraflops of single-precision performance and 320 gigabytes per second memory bandwidth.
Amazon will need to upgrade its GPU offering sooner or later, and Kepler is the logical choice if they want to stay current to the needs of high-end users.


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Creativity in the mathematics classroom is not just about what pupils do but also what we do as teachers. If we are thinking creatively about the mathematical experiences we offer our pupils we can. . . .
Kirsti Ashworth, an NRICH Teacher Fellow, talks about her experiences of using rich tasks.
Presentation given at the MEI conference in Reading 2005
Here are examples of how two schools set about the task of ensuring that problem solving was an integral part of their curriculum.
Jenny Piggott reflects on the event held to mark her retirement from the directorship of NRICH, but also on problem solving itself.
In this article, Jennifer Piggott talks about just a few of the problems with problems that make them such a rich source of mathematics and approaches to learning mathematics.
Need some help getting started with solving and thinking about rich tasks? Read on for some friendly advice.
In this article, the NRICH team describe the process of selecting solutions for publication on the site.
This is the section of stemNRICH devoted to the advanced applied mathematics underlying the study of the sciences at higher levels
This article is based on some of the ideas that emerged during the production of a book which takes visualising as its focus. We began to identify problems which helped us to take a structured view. . . .
This article stems from research on the teaching of proof and offers guidance on how to move learners from focussing on experimental arguments to mathematical arguments and deductive reasoning.


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Hope Matis '06
Hope would know. Since graduation, she has worked at General Electric's Global Research facility as a chemical engineer, taking on several projects in a variety of fields "side by side with some of the most brilliant scientific minds in research."
She has worked on a carbon dioxide scrubber for fuel cells, vanadium removal from heavy crude oils, evaluating protective coatings for flexible solar cells, a dry-feeding mechanism for coal-biomass mixtures for gasification, and anaerobic digesters.
Her extensive hands-on opportunities were among the reasons Hope is so comfortable in her current lab. "As a member of the Honors Program, I was able to do research during the summer before my freshman year under Prof. Gregory Campbell," she explains. "I continued to work with Prof. Campbell for my Honors thesis throughout my years at Clarkson." Working with professors also helped Hope win an award from the EPA's Student Design Competition for a proposal on using biodiesel in school buses, which was part of a team effort led by Prof. Andrea Ferro and Prof. Susan Powers.
Hope's education was further enhanced through internships at Argonne National Lab in Idaho and IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development fabrication facility in lithography.


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wats_happenin Titan Casual Grind Thursday 15/11/2012, 05:36
Hi guys, so as you may have read...I hate the current ELO....alot. So I've decided to issue a challenge to those of you daring enough to be a man (or very strong woman) and step outside of your comfort zone.
My challenge is simple
Play in ELO with:
- No standard cards at all
- No cards that are considered definite staples
For instance my current deck is Montana/Fang pi
Now obviously 'definite staple' is very ambiguous...but I'll define it to 'no card that ever appears on the temp ban list'
Take All stars for example
Randy/Robb Cr/Saki are definite staples...Karen and Kang are not
Challenge Issued
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Sunday 25/11/2012, 18:46
Most of my UR time this week was consumed by the event, but I wanted my 10 credits, and decided to throw together something in the spirit of this competition.... So even though it did not follow the rules, I give you my Ulu/FPC deck. https://www.urban-rivals.com/presets/?id_preset=2475949
I have to say that I really like this thing!! This deck has a few strong threats, and a couple of mitigating cards that can pinch hit. While it suffers against SoA, it also has a decent chance of sneaking in a 3-round win against it. Overall I was surprised at how well-rounded the deck felt. The lowest draw I had was 10 stars, and that was a win for me.
My whole run since switching to this deck was an almost uninterrupted win streak, by the way. Go underrated clans!
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Sunday 25/11/2012, 18:53
Posting the run, screenshots available upon request. 19 consecutive games, 1 loss, 1 draw.
11:29 Elo you narrowly escaped from fubusek1, Deadly Gods (8-7): 1314 ELO
10:47 Elo you beat 0 sawyer, The Flying Spirit (9-5): 1297 ELO
09:53 Elo you crushed NI-K4LER, ☆★ Novum Initium ★☆ (14-0): 1279 ELO
09:48 Elo you beat Fatshady (11-2): 1261 ELO
00:55 Elo you beat TUAN 86, les pictaviens (12-: 1248 ELO
00:52 Elo you drew with Pt-Pikachu00H, LA COUR DES LORDS (8-: 1237 ELO
21:25 Elo you won by forfeit against agemoy, The Knife (11-10): 1235 ELO
21:22 Elo you won by forfeit against X_KiRiToKun_X, Masters of Battle (12-14): 1213 ELO
21:21 Elo you lost by default against LoA ScarFace, Legends of America (8-14): 1192 ELO
17:50 Elo you crushed tegondrius, Gilda a 5 Stelle (10-0): 1202 ELO
12:46 Elo you narrowly escaped from Wirard1, Community (8-7): 1188 ELO
12:41 Elo you narrowly escaped from yesman12345, Les Rats (11-10): 1175 ELO
11:58 Elo you won by forfeit against UoS_Romeo, UNION OF THE SUPREMES (7-6): 1159 ELO
11:51 Elo you beat Kyogenru, Ojo Azteca (6-0): 1141 ELO
02:08 Elo you crushed SL-Neophyte, Söhne Luzifer´s (13-1): 1130 ELO
01:53 Elo you narrowly escaped from drpiller, URBAN MADNESS (5-2): 1114 ELO
01:48 Elo you beat SPIRITHAPPY, WinAge (7-3): 1097 ELO
01:43 Elo you won by forfeit against M3toS, U.F.O. (14-11): 1086 ELO
01:42 Elo you narrowly escaped from PLdranzer31, Pinoy Locals (6-5): 1071 ELO
MobiusWyrm Titan Iron Lords Monday 26/11/2012, 02:08
So looking at attempting this challenge again, but I have one question, how do you define a staple for a clan that you don't see frequently? So I am going to post what I am looking at, and ask for input.
My current plan is to use these guys:
Keanew, Otakool, Taham, Veenyle Cr, Bree, Buck, Gabrielle, Shayna
Let me know if I have put in any staples, as I typically don't see either clan in ELO, thought I would check before ELO gets going.
0_4DPaladin Veteran Monday 26/11/2012, 04:33
In spirit of a challenge, I'll use mono-Bezerk this week Gonna be quite the opposite of using Piranas, hopefully I don't start to like it
Don't have the guts of all the other partakers, I'm gonna use staples, I'm not good enough to pull off 1300 how you guys are doing it lol. I'll post my deck after I decide on it
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Monday 26/11/2012, 04:48
@Mobius: I think you did fine. "Staple" is kind of hard to nail down, but for a rough definition, how's this: the two cards that sound like the best picks when you think of any given clan and star level are staples. 2's not a magical number though -- any cards that seem like they're on the same level with those 2 are still staples (ex: Pan, Edwin, Cutey) or, if you can't think of 2, it's entirely possible that the clan has just one great staple for that slot (ex: Melanie.)
MobiusWyrm Titan Iron Lords Monday 26/11/2012, 14:55
@ghelas Thanks, figured it would be fine, and I expect it to be rough going.


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2013 Arcona 400
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- Year:
- 2013
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- Length:
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The ARCONA 400 is the most popular boat in the Arcona range since her introduction at the Stockholm Boat Show, where she was she was awarded Boat of the Year. With stunning modern looks, technically advanced construction and performance to die for, she optimises cruising and racing and is easily sailed by a short-handed crew.
Structurally, Arconas are built to withstand the toughest of sea conditions. At the heart of their build lies a substantial galvanised steel cross frame to which the mast, rigging and keel are firmly attached. This cradle takes all the dynamic loads on the hull, which can consequently be made lighter to improve her performance under sail.
The hull and decks are made from 20mm thick Divinycell foam, sandwiched between a tough water resistant multi-axial polyester laminate. The bulk heads and interior are laminated to the hull and deck to give additional strength and rigidity.
The level of craftsmanship throughout reflects our Swedish roots. Below decks the Arcona 400 offers: beautiful Khaya Mahogany varnished to a high satin finish; a high level of interior comfort, a spacious and bright saloon, different cabin layouts, a well-fitted galley, generous chart table, and a heads compartment with a shower and wet-clothes locker.
Designed for family living despite her racing credentials, the Arcona 400 offers 2 or 3 cabin versions and 1 or 2 toilets:
- Three cabin version – with two large aft cabins, spacious double berths and comfortable forecabin (with optional additional head)
- Two cabin version with one light and roomy aft cabin, comfortable forecabin (with optional additional head) a separate shower compartment and huge cockpit locker on the starboard side.
In summary she is an all round winner, blending together the seemingly contrasting qualities of enviable speed; ease of handling and total comfort. Indeed the Arcona 400 effectively sums up what the Arcona experience is all about.
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Designer: Stefan Qviberg
Keel: Other
Hull Shape: Monohull
LOA: 39 ft 4 in
Beam: 12 ft 6 in
LWL: 34 ft 5 in
Minimum Draft: 6 ft 11 in
Maximum Draft: 7 ft 5 in
Dry Weight: 15432 lbs
Engine Options
Engine Option 1: 1x Yanmar 3YM
Fresh Water Tanks: (68 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (39 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (14 Gallons)
Sail Areas
I: 15.95m
J: 4.25m
P: 15.35m
E: 5.50m
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DALLAS (AP) After trading away two of their top offensive catalysts, the Dallas Stars have managed to remain in the Western Conference playoff race by using a more balanced attack.
Ray Whitney and Vernon Fiddler both scored twice during Dallas' four-goal third period, and the Stars broke open a tie game and routed the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Whitney snapped a 1-1 tie just 52 seconds into the third, and the Stars poured on the offense en route to their third straight win.
Seven players have scored the 13 goals the Stars have tallied during those victories.
One week after dealing veterans Jaromir Jagr and Derek Roy before the NHL trade deadline, the Stars moved into ninth place in the West - two points behind Detroit in the last postseason slot.
Fiddler had just one goal in his previous 36 games, but he has two goals and five assists in his past four.
``I'm not here to score goals, but it's always nice to contribute,'' he said. ``We've lost some guys that produce offense, and some of us have to step up and contribute. It seems things are clicking. We've found a little bit of chemistry and we have to keep it going if we want to make the playoffs.''
Alex Goligoski also scored and Trevor Daley added two assists for the Stars, who entered the night with the worst home record in the West. They improved to 9-9-2 at home.
``I thought that we came out in the third, and getting that goal early certainly helped,'' said Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said, whose club has won three of four against the defending Stanley Cup champions this season. ``(We) got a little energy from it and kept going. When you're spreading the scoring around, it gives everybody else a little bit of confidence.
``That's all guys need, and this is the right time of year to have it.''
Richard Bachman, who had played a total of 35 minutes since his previous start on Feb. 26, stopped all 22 shots he faced after replacing Kari Lehtonen 14:18 in.
``It was fun playing again, that's for sure,'' said Bachman, who made 16 saves in the second period. ``Confidence-wise, it's huge for me. And more importantly, I hope I gave them some confidence if they need to have me in there, that I can help get the job done.''
Lehtonen started his 19th straight game but left because of a lower body injury after making seven saves and allowing one goal.
``It's mild and we'll reassess it (Wednesday).'' Gulutzan said.
Drew Doughty scored for the Kings, who came off a 4-3 shootout loss at Anaheim on Sunday and dropped to 5-2-2 in their last nine games. Jonathan Quick made 26 saves.
``The third was just a terrible period for us,'' said Kings leading scorer Anze Kopitar, who was on the ice for all four Stars goals in the third period. ``Our line, we can't get scored on four times in one period. It definitely wasn't good.
``We can't just forget about this period. We've got to address it. A period like this, it's unacceptable.''
Whitney scored 52 seconds into the final period, taking a pass from rookie Alex Chiasson and sending a wrist shot from the high slot over Quick's glove to give Dallas its first lead.
Robyn Regehr's giveaway in his zone set up Dallas' Stephane Robidas for a slap shot from the right point. Fiddler deflected the puck out of midair while in front for his first of the night at 7:58.
``It was a great shot by Robi,'' Fiddler said. ``I just do what I do, stand in front of the net and hope it goes in off me.''
Another turnover by Regehr led to Whitney's ninth of the season at 11:06, a one-timer into an open net from in front after he took a pass from Loui Eriksson.
``We didn't come out and play in the third period the way we wanted to,'' Regehr said. ``My two plays there were directly responsible for two goals against, and we just can't have that, not in a very tight hockey game like that.''
Fiddler closed the scoring with his fourth of the year at 13:56 when he fired the puck from the left corner into the crease, squeezing its way past Quick to make it 5-1.
``We turned the puck over pretty regularly,'' Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. ``Every time we lose bothers me, but with the schedule, we don't have time to get our top players to play better. Unfortunately, some of them have not played very well against Dallas this year.''
Dallas got into trouble early when Eriksson was whistled for a four-minute, high-sticking penalty just 34 seconds in. It took the Kings just 39 seconds to capitalize, as Kopitar fed a cross-ice pass to Doughty in the left circle for a wrist shot that beat Lehtonen over the glove at 1:13.
With the Kings still on the power play, Dallas nearly got one while short-handed at 2:25 when Fiddler raced into the Los Angeles zone on a 2-on-1 rush with Eric Nystrom. With Doughty taking away the pass option, Fiddler fired a wrist shot from the slot that Quick stopped with his pad.
The Stars tied it at 11:16, just six seconds after Jordan Nolan's cross-checking penalty expired, when Goligoski retrieved a loose puck in the left circle and blasted a slap shot that beat a screened Quick just inside the right post.
NOTES: The Stars honored former G Eddie Belfour as part of their 20th anniversary All-Time team. Belfour played just five of his 18 NHL seasons in Dallas, but was a key component of the teams that won the Stanley Cup in 1999 and returned to the finals the following year. ... The Kings are 16-2-2 when scoring first. ... Robidas and Daley were both plus-4. Kopitar and Kings captain Dustin Brown were minus-4.


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Gender Role Reversals at the Gym
Being a female my entire life, I have never really understood what goes on in the minds of males. I have gained a little understanding having to live with five males, but I'm afraid I may never really grasp the strange things that testosterone makes them do. I sit back and watch my boys always try to one up each other. If one jumps off the bottom two steps, the next one wants to jump down five steps, and the last one wants to jump down the whole flight. There is no end to always trying to out-do each other.
Females on the other hand are full of estrogen that sometimes makes them a tad bit emotional. We always seem to be comparing ourselves to every other female we meet. We tend to be self-conscious, and always want to look good no matter what we are doing, even if we are doing something that is very unattractive.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the roles were reversed? If males were self-conscious, always worried about what they looked like and trying to watch their figure? What if females were more concerned about building muscles, looking tough and oogling men in their spandex? Well, wonder no more.
Joy Larson is a mother of four boys, graduate of The University of Montana, animal lover and writer.


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I'll just be myself on Boogie Woogie: Sargun Mehta
Asked if her fiance Ravi Dubey, who hosted reality show India's Dancing Superstar, has given her any tips, she said: "He keeps telling me, 'Sargun, when you are in front of the camera, it's not like you have to put on anything, just be yourself'."tv Updated: Nov 25, 2013 12:42 IST
Sargun Mehta will step into the anchor's shoes for dance reality show Boogie Woogie. She says she will just be herself instead of imitating any other person.
She is nervous but excited to host the show. "I think when you forcibly try to connect with someone, it does not work. In my real life also, I am very bubbly and chirpy, so I feel that just being my normal self, I will be able to make a good connection (with participants and viewers)," the 25-year-old said.
Asked if her fiance Ravi Dubey, who hosted reality show India's Dancing Superstar, has given her any tips, she said: "He keeps telling me, 'Sargun, when you are in front of the camera, it's not like you have to put on anything, just be yourself'."
"He just tells me that don't try to be anyone else, or any other host. So that's what I am going to do. I'll just be myself," she added.
The actress has been part of shows like 12/24 Karol Bagh, Phulwa and Kya Huaa Tera Vaada. She recently joined the cast of popular TV show Balika Vadhu as Ganga, a character earlier essayed by actress Sriti Jha.
Sargun says playing Ganga came as a huge challenge to her because she is just the opposite of the character in real life. "The whole idea of walking slowly, talking softly is very difficult. Some people are genuinely like that, but I am not even one percent of it! So, it is a struggle for me. I keep forgetting all these things - that I have to walk slowly, I need to blush, I have to feel shy," she said.
With her real life wedding just around the corner, Sargun says she is juggling with her personal and professional life.
"Right now, I am struggling a lot. I am getting married in December and I have two shows in hand, so basically I am juggling all," said the actress, who has been dating Ravi for two years.
Sargun and Ravi had also participated in celebrity couple dance reality show Nach Baliye 5. The couple's wedding will happen in Chandigarh, Punjab, but they are planning a reception in Mumbai as well.
"It's a huge task for us right now and we have too much to do in so little time," Sargun said.
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Player gets 2nd chance in majors after beaning
(AP) - Adam Greenberg struck out on three pitches Tuesday night when he batted for the first time in seven years after the Miami Marlins gave him a second chance. Greenberg signed a one-day contract before the game and stepped to the plate as a pinch-hitter leading off the sixth inning against New York Mets 20-game winner R.A. Dickey. After Greenberg received a standing ovation from the modest crowd and his teammates, Dickey threw him three consecutive knuckleballs. Greenberg took the first for a strike, then swung at the next two and missed. The game was Greenberg's first since his major league debut in 2005, when he was hit in the back of the head by the first pitch he saw - a 92 mph fastball that derailed his career.
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Many diseases of national and international interest have stimulated private organizations dedicated to a single or a few conditions. Trachoma, a chlamydial disease, is an international problem of major proportions, particularly in the developing nations. The organization provides information to the public and mobilizes resources.
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Happy St. David's Day!
St. David (Dewi Sant, in the Welsh language)
He lived during the 6th century, and is the Patron Saint of Wales. Today is his feast day.
Welsh natives celebrate this day in many ways.
My favorite is that the women wear daffodils and the men wear leeks on their lapels.
|St. David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales
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At emotional State Dept. hearing, Nebraskans vow to keep fighting
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- The activists and ranchers who aligned to push Keystone XL from obscurity to the top of the nation's energy agenda yesterday carried a message to its backers through blinding snow: Even if the pipeline gets a presidential seal of approval, they don't plan to stop fighting.


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Just two months ago our special report on the growing skills gap in this country showed how good jobs are going unfilled for a lack of qualified workers.
Business editor Tim Landis� report presented a picture that must change if our economy is to grow and unemployment is to drop.
The challenge, as reported, is to train workers in new skills to take the jobs that pay well with good benefits.
It came at a time when long-term unemployment was at a six-decade high at the end of the summer, according to federal government statistics.
With that backdrop there have been success stories, and perhaps none have been bigger than what took place at Lincoln Land Community College last week.
It was front page news for a good reason with a strong headline, �Back to work.�
All 10 long-term unemployed students in the first class of a Lincoln Land accelerated training program got job offers, even as the class continues until January.
The frustrations had mounted for the students prior to this free six-week class.
�It�s really exasperating because you want a job,� said Doug Longstaff, an Air Force veteran who said his job applications were rejected or ignored over the past year, and the openings were mostly part time.
The Lincoln Land training has been the ticket for Longstaff and classmates. When they complete coursework next month they�ll receive certification in commercial truck driving, warehouse logistics and forklift operations.
Their job offers are for truck driving, which can be a difficult choice for families. But they are for full-time work.
New classes are being planned for the spring and fall of 2014, said Lincoln Land program coordinator Bob Howard.
The class is free for trainees, other than the cost of outside certification tests. The program is funded through a $200,000 federal grant funneled through the state Department of Economic Opportunity.
Applicants for the class must have been out of a job for at least 27 weeks, the federal definition of long-term unemployment, and cannot have earned wages outside of jobless benefits during that time.
�We had a lot of good folks we had to turn down because they worked part-time jobs, but it was reportable wages,� Howard said.
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Reclaimed Wood Outdoor Furniture
There's something very fitting about using reclaimed wood furniture in an outdoor setting. Maybe it's the natural beauty of the wood, or the idea that it comes from cast-off scraps, from bits of trees and old wood considered useless, even garbage. Yet when re-worked by the hands of an artisan, these wood scraps become shining examples of how nothing in nature is useless, and everything has beauty.
Top Row:
1. Recycled teak table and chairs by Mamagreen, featuring teak wood reclaimed from old buildings and sheds on the island of Java.
2. Reclaimed oak wine barrel outdoor table handmade by a local artisan for Viva Terra. Weather proof and made in the USA.
3. Reclaimed barnwood dining table from Woodland Creek Furniture. Tables are finished with an eco-friendly water-based exterior finish that allows for outdoor use.
4. Reclaimed barnwood adirondack chairs crafted by Newberry Furniture and Kitchen Accessories from old growth cypress.
5. Cyclone Lounger by Uhuru. Part of Uhuru's Coney Island series, featuring furniture made from reclaimed wood taken from the Coney Island boardwalk. All of Uhuru's handcrafted furniture comes with amazing stories of reclamation.
Bottom Row:
6. Carved oak tree swing made from reclaimed oak dunnage, which I learned traditionally lined the interior of ships to protect ship cargo. How cool is that? Each swing is made to order by Dzierlenga Furniture.
7. Colorful outdoor folding chairs made from reclaimed cedar decking boards by Laughing Creek Productions.
8. Reclaimed barnwood bench from Vermont Studios. Bench can be customized upon request.
9. Outdoor bench and table from Viva Terra's Reclaimed Contempo Collection. This particular series features outdoor furniture crafted from old-growth cypress reclaimed from tobacco barns in Tennessee.
10. Cedar slab bench handcrafted from old-growth cedar by Urban Green.
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Developing Wind Energy Projects in Alaska: Wind Powering America Lessons Learned
April 8, 2013
Wind Powering America asked Rich Stromberg, wind program manager for the Alaska Energy Authority, to share lessons learned while working to further wind development in the state.
Alaska has a high cost of energy because of imported diesel fuel. How important has wind energy development been for the state in terms of mitigating energy costs and emissions?
The cost of diesel fuel in rural and remote Alaska is driven not only by the price of oil and diesel fuel at the pump but also by the cost to deliver that fuel via barge or in some cases by air. As fuel costs increase, the delivery costs increase, so the cumulative impact is even greater. These transportation costs also impact construction costs related to the mobilization of heavy equipment and the delivery of foundation materials, wind turbine components, power poles, conductors, transformers, etc. The challenge remains to design a project that has a positive payback over the 20-year economic life of a project.
Wind turbines in the ~100-kilowatt (kW) size range typically cost $12,000 to $17,000 per kilowatt to install and integrate. Remanufactured turbines can be installed from $6,500 to $11,000 (per kilowatt). Megawatt (MW)-scale turbines cost around $5,000 to $6,000 (per kilowatt) to install and integrate, but as turbine sizes increase, so do renewable energy contribution levels (to the overall peak demand). High-contribution systems have not yet been proven in Alaska.
Wind energy has been a viable option in several parts of Alaska, but our higher fuel costs don't necessarily make the installation of a wind turbine the "slam dunk" solution some might expect.
Also, Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have a more difficult time developing wind projects in Alaska because the state is exempt from some of the FERC1 rules in the Lower 48. Utilities don't have to accept wind power from an IPP even if it costs less than the avoided cost.
The state has a harsh climate in terms of cold and moisture. How does that impact the evaluation of the wind resource?
The primary impact is making sure that someone from the local community goes out to the met tower site and actually pulls the data. Harsh weather can make people less than eager to walk or snowmobile out to the site.
One issue is icing of the vanes and anemometers. The higher we go in elevation at sites near the coast, the more severe and frequent is the icing. We don't have solid data to tell us how to treat icing periods in our data. Simply deleting the icing period and synthesizing the data gap likely overestimates actual wind turbine production with icing.
Our climate can cause wear and tear on data cables, wiring panels, and instruments, but we typically can get 2 years of successful operation out of these systems and 5 years or more out of the tubular towers and guy wires.
Anchors and tower base support can be difficult in an area with solid frozen ground in the winter and a wet active layer in the top 3 feet of permafrost in the summer.
What lessons have you learned in terms of selecting and maintaining turbines for the Alaskan climate?
Turbine tip brakes can be problematic. Low-temperature lubricants are a must, as are controllable heaters in the nacelle. Low-temperature steel is needed in many parts of the state. Remote SCADA2 with good Internet connectivity is an absolute requirement to allow for quick troubleshooting.
Tell us about the Kodiak Wind Farm.
Kodiak was the first project to install megawatt-scale turbines in the state. Kodiak Electric Association is a high-functioning utility, and the initial 4.5 MW of wind power installed was small enough to make this a low-contribution system. Kodiak was able to set the benchmark of how well a wind project could perform compared with what the modeling tools predicted. In a Class 7 wind site, Kodiak Electric Association achieves between a 33% and 35% net capacity factor3.
Can you discuss wind project logistics in Alaska compared to the rest of the country? What lessons have been learned?
It can be very difficult to combine nearby projects to achieve economies of scale. In many locations, heavy equipment must be mobilized and demobilized when the ice is out and barges can access the beach. Unfortunately, most places have permafrost, and the ground must freeze before the heavy equipment can be moved out to the construction site. This prevents using the same equipment for multiple villages in the same construction season. It also increases equipment rental costs when heavy equipment must sit idle for 6 to 8 months waiting for freeze up or waiting to be barged out. It's not like the Lower 48 where you only have to pay for a crane for a few weeks.
Are there any other lessons about wind energy in Alaska that you would like to share?
- We now differentiate between very-low and low-contribution levels. Only contribution levels of 8% average wind or less can be controlled simply with the diesel gensets. Greater contributions of wind require turbine curtailing, batteries, or secondary loads and controls.
- Proper sizing and dispatch strategies for secondary loads can make a huge difference in whether a wind project achieves the modeled performance goals.
- Harsh conditions can delay the arrival of technicians and spare parts. The most remote communities like St. George, Savoonga/Gambell, and the western Aleutian communities can see travel delays of 1 or 2 weeks. Meanwhile, equipment downtime accumulates.
- Distributed generation of power requires a more thorough analysis of the entire wind-diesel system to ensure good power quality control.
- It is relatively straightforward to install and connect a wind turbine. Integration of power at average contributions of 20% to 50%, as seen in Alaska, is a much more challenging task.
For more information and lessons learned pertaining to Alaskan wind energy, see the Alaska Energy Authority's Guidelines for Conceptual Design Reports and wind resource data.
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. It should also be noted that wind projects in the Lower 48 are driven by state renewable portfolio standards more than FERC rules.
- Supervisory control and data acquisition; a type of computer-controlled system that monitors and controls industrial processes.
- See the Technical Challenges page for more on this topic.
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Stone Cold's say on his most memorable moment as a wrestler and his future
Steve Austin, popularly known as Stone Cold, recently spoke to "The Ministry of Slam" team while promoting his movie The Package, available in DVD and Blu-Ray.
On being asked what memory of his career he would pick as an unforgettable one, Steve said:
"Man, you're talking about trying to pick something from close to a 15-year body of work, but one of the most personal highlights for me would be cutting the promo in the basement of a Holiday Inn with ECW back in 1995. A bunch of the ECW guys were there, and I'd watched them cut their promos. Paul E (Heyman) was there too, and he was the guy who gave me that platform to talk, which I did for around 7 minutes. One take, one time and that was it, I put it all on the line. For me, to finally get that platform to vent and talk about the frustrations I was feeling, as well as where I aspiring to go, I look back on that as a very important part of both my life and career."
Remembering the multitasking Paul Heyman and his current role, he added:
"I don't know how many hats he's wearing while he's there, but yes. You can talk to a guy till you're blue in the face, and if anybody can get through to them, it's Paul. I mean in terms of getting inside a guy or gal's head, helping them unlock their potential and letting them see things that they didn't see themselves. He's very good at doing that. I think probably the most important thing that he can continue to do is remain there, in that ring, and deliver the kind of electric performance that he's doing. So, my point is that if the kids could just sit there and watch that guy work, they're gonna' soak that knowledge in. As long as WWE keep Paul around for talent to watch him, and pick his brain afterwards or at lunch – I mean, he's a valuable asset to the company just as a talent anyway – but what can rub off onto those kids is even more valuable if you ask me."
With the striking similarities between Wrestling and backstage Hollywood politics, Steve seemed absolutely unconcerned:
"I'm a pretty private, streamlined person, so I don't really go out and get my nose into a bunch of horses–t in Hollywood – playing the games many people like to play. I live in Los Angeles, but that's where it starts and stops. I dig the weather and it's easy to take meetings, which is pretty much it! When you have the movie industry and then take professional wrestling, basically the entertainment industry, they are just parallel that run right beside each other. One is a little bit bigger than the other; obviously Hollywood and the movies is a bigger street, but make no mistake, the traps, shenanigans and horses–t are exactly the same as wrestling. To me, they mirror each other."
With his movie finally out in DVD and a lot of other TV show offers headed his way, Stone Cold was very lucid in his plans for the future:
"I've been 7 months out, healing up my ACL and PCL, so I'm waiting till Summer to film my next action movie. We've signed a two-picture deal through my company, Broken Skull Ranch Productions with Anchor Bay Entertainment. I'm looking forward to doing those, because I have full creative control and can let the s–t really fly. I've also got a couple of other reality TV projects I'm working on which will be released in the next couple of months. I love reality television, the atmosphere that it creates is just a bad-ass and fun way to spend time doing something you love to and getting paid for it! I'm also spending more time at my ranch; deer season is over till next year, but I'm kicking ass on my leg, feeling good and getting ready to film season 3 of Redneck Island in April. I'm as busy as I wanna' be, feeling fortunate and also doing pretty god darn good in terms of my health!"


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Strong Group of Maidens Kick off Thursday Card
Get 'Ready'
"I thought he ran super. He just got beat by a really nice horse," Gorder said. "No excuses there."
Nevertheless, he's going to try things a little differently this year while preparing the 4-year-old son of Lion Heart for another try in the 2014 Donn, set for Feb.8.
First and foremost, Bourbon Courage, who ran in the Donn last season without a prep, will be entered Thursday for a start in Sunday's $100,00 Harlan's Holiday as a prep for Gulfstream's most prestigious race for older horses.
"He's lightly raced this year," Gorder said. "Last year, he ran in the Woody Stephens, the West Virginia Derby, the Super Derby, the Indiana Derby and the Clark. We'd had a heavier schedule last year."
After getting "banged up" during a fourth-place finish in the Alysheba (G2) at Churchill Downs last May, Bourbon Courage was sidelined until returning to action with a second-place finish in a Churchill allowance. The Kentucky-bred colt came back to finish fourth in the Clark Handicap (G1), in which he trailed the field at the top of the Churchill stretch and closed strongly to finish fourth, 3 ¾ lengths behind victorious Will Take Charge.
"We're coming off a decent race in the Clark against Will Take Charge and Game on Dude," Gorder said. "My horse was real relaxed early in the race and was just too far off the pace. He was 15 or 16 lengths off the frontrunners and closed to within three lengths or so to be fourth."
Gorder will equip Bourbon Courage with blinkers for the Harlan's Holiday with the hope that his stretch-running horse will be a little more focused during the early stages of the 1 1/16-mile stakes. Javier Castellano, who rode Bourbon Courage in the Donn last season, will be back aboard.
"Javier came up to Palm Meadows to work him the other day and he worked super," said Gorder, who served as exercise rider and assistant for Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg in the 1990s before going to work for WinStar Farm.
In addition to Bourbon Courage, the Harlan's Holiday field is expected to include Neck 'n Neck, Csaba, Purple Egg, Reveron, River Seven, Sr. Quisqueyano and Joshua's Comprise.
Strong Group of Maidens Kick off Thursday Card
Thursday's card will start off strongly when a well-bred group of maiden colts goes postward in a seven-furlong contest. Nine juveniles were entered for the first race, including a pair of first-time starters from the Todd Pletcher barn. They are Coach Inge, a son of Big Brown owned by Repole Stable that cost $150,000 earlier this year; and Whisper Hill Farm's Hollywood Idol, a $650,000 yearling by Smart Strike out of millionaire Hollywood Story.
"He's very well-bred," Pletcher said of Hollywood Idol. "I think he will probably benefit from longer distances down the road, but this is a good starting point."
The juveniles breezed in company last Saturday at Palm Meadows, where they went a half-mile from the gate and were timed in 48 seconds flat.
"[Coach Inge] has been a little more forward and precocious," Pletcher added.
Coach Inge will break from post three and will be ridden by Javier Castellano. Hollywood Idol has the services of Joel Rosario and drew the eight hole.
Also in the field is Darley homebred Empower, who boasts a series of good works for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. The chestnut colt is the second foal from the talented Magnificience, who was purchased as a broodmare prospect by for $1 million.
"He's ready to run and he should run well, but we're not great with first-time starters," McLaughlin cautioned. "He's a big, leggy long horse that wants to run all day, and I feel he's going to take a race or two to figure it all out. Our barn thinks he's going to win, but our second-time percentage is huge.
"He's a two-turn horse for sure and we hope he's a graded-stakes horse," McLaughlin added. "He's like a grown-up, really tall teenager that isn't quite there yet. It's a tough race. We do like him, but he's not a speedball."
The morning-line favorite at 5-2 is trainer Eddie Kenneally's second-time starter H Town Brown, who completed the exacta under the lights at Churchill Downs in his November 16 career debut. Owned by Jake Ballis, the $145,000 yearling purchase is a half-brother to the accomplished sprinter D'Funnybone. He will break from the rail under Julien Leparoux.
Get 'Ready'
The ninth race on Thursday attracted a full field of juvenile fillies that will go a mile on turf under optional claiming conditions. Trainer Chad Brown is hoping the feature is a confidence booster for his charge, Ready to Act.
The chestnut filly scored first time out at Saratoga in July and held a clear lead in the Grade II Natalma Stakes at Woodbine on September 14, only to duck in and drop rider Rajiv Maragh. Sent to Santa Anita for the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, Ready to Act disputed the pace on her way to a sixth-place finish.
"She's come out of everything alright," Brown said. "We just want to get her back on track in an allowance race."
Javier Castellano, who rode the filly in her career opener, will be back in the irons on Thursday.


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Am I the only one who has gotten very tired of David Zurawik's remarkably inane and churlish nitpicking over the quality of the broadcasts of the Ravens games ("Ravens victory Sunday sets new high in Baltimore viewing," Jan. 21)? The first thing that one concludes from reading his tirades is that Mr. Zurawik is not really a sports fan. If he were, he would know that true fans watching a game do not analyze the coverage, they are wrapped up in the game and find the comments of the "team in the booth" quite satisfactory, and, dare I say, even appropriate.
What in the world is wrong with the cameras going to the owner's box after a Patriots touchdown instead of "showing the players on the field or what was happening in the field?" Was this sucking "up to the bosses?" I certainly would never think that. And Mr. Zurawik was "angry" because "everyone connected with the telecast was certain New England was going to win." I have news for Mr. Zurawik, virtually every other sports authority thought that New England was going to win, and that is why they were picked by a substantial margin.
I do not understand why The Sun wastes news space with these annoying rantings, but I hope that this trend does not continue, and I also wish that Mr. Zurawik would stick to something that he really knows about. The telecasters are former football players and coaches. They know the game, and they know what the fans expect. Clearly, Mr. Zurawik does not!
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How Did The iTunes Terms Of Service Become A Cultural Phenomenon All Its Own?
from the have-you-read-it? dept
For some reason, however, the terms and conditions associated with Apple's iTunes service have taken things to an entirely new level, to the point where it appears the iTunes terms have become a cultural icon entirely separate from iTunes. CNN recently asked some lawyers to go through the 56-page document to pick out the bits and pieces you should actually be aware of, but probably aren't. But that's nothing.
Plenty of folks saw the recent episode of South Park, in which the entire basis was built off of parodying the fact that no one reads the iTunes terms:


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by John Goralski
Sports Writer
Brian Chambers cut through the gates on Mt. Southington like a runaway train. Bobby Chambers finished his runs just a single breath behind him. On the girls course, Casey Abraham was elbowing past Erika Florian in another highly-contested battle atop the race standings.
On Monday, Feb. 4, the best skiers in the state converged on Mt. Southington for the first of two competitions to qualify for Team CT, but it seemed like just another race for the locals. In a field that consisted of all-state level athletes, Southington was competing with seven of their varsity racers.
Three finished in the top five. Six finished in the top 10, and all but one advanced to the final showdown. The Blue Knights have come a long way since they battled the powerhouse teams for a single entry to the Team CT Shootout. This year, they sent enough to field a state-level co-ed team…with one skier to spare.
"We have some good skiers, and they all skied pretty well so we're pretty happy," said Blue Knight ski racing coach Sean Florian. "Each team nominates kids that they think can make it to the top 30 of the GS Shootout, and then those that actually make the top 30 go on to race for the top 12 spots. That's the state team that goes to the high school championship."
Southington qualified four entries into the boys competition, and three of them advanced to the next level of competition. They were scheduled to compete in the Slalom Shootout on Monday, Feb. 11, but the winter storm pushed the competition to Feb. 24. Brian Chambers (46.47) missed the overall title by just three tenths of a second. Bobby Chambers (47.01) placed sixth, and Sebastian Doughty (47.07) claimed the eighth spot overall to advance to the final competition.
"Bobby and Brian are obviously skiing well, but Sebastian has really come around this year," said Florian. "He grew a lot, and that makes a difference. The bigger you are, the faster you can go."
All three are in a good position to finish in the top 12 after two races to earn a spot on the Team CT roster. Casey Abraham (47.13) is also in the running with a second place finish in the girls race, and Erika Florian (47.18) scored a sixth place finish to give herself a great opportunity to qualify. Anna Schneider (50.73) has work to do at the next race to climb into the top 12 positions, but her 30th place finish was good enough to earn her a chance.
"It's reasonable that all of them can make it, but we won't know what that means until more racing goes on," said Florian. "We'll see which kids are qualifying through other events in the USSA. The championship is on the same weekend this year as those other races. Every single championship race for all levels is on the same weekend, so it kind of stinks. There are going to be a lot of kids on Team CT that won't go."
Mike Schneider (52.17) was the only Knight that didn't advance to the next round, but his time was good enough for a top 50 finish. This was the most participants that Southington was ever able to produce. Just over 100 of the best skiers in the state qualified, and the Knights fielded seven.
That's why Florian is so pleased with his team despite the lack of top 5 finishes in regular season races. On Wednesday, Feb. 6 both teams finished seventh in a field of 10-12 teams. The top 10 places were littered by Blue Knights, but it wasn't enough to carry them to the top of the standings. Florian isn't concerned.
"We have some that have quite literally just begun skiing, so it's not really about winning," said the coach. "It's about getting these kids to learn how to ski and getting them skills that they can use for the rest of their lives. We're not out there trying to make sure we win. Sure, it would be nice, but you need a lot of depth for that."
Abraham (46.33) led the girls with a second place finish. Erika Florian (47.18) finished fourth, and Anna Schneider (48.24) placed ninth overall. Carolyn Zesut (64.64), Marissa Tedeschi (66.76) and Ashley Navis (80.78) scored. Megan Enright (83.04) and Melanie Tedeschi (103.92) contributed.
Brian Chambers (43.6) edged Bobby (44.03) for second place in the boys race. Doughty (45.29), Zach P)almer (55.94), Austin Gentile (59.51), Ian Jacobs (60.54), and Kolton McLinnis (63.06) scored. Austin Coley (64.45) and Tanner Walsh (72.71) contributed.
Two teams were unable to score the six skier minimum in order to place at the event, but the Southington teams each had two scores to spare.
"We've come a long way. We're finishing races, and we've become competitive," said Florian. "They're all getting better each week, and as long as they're having fun that's all that matters."
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Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure, (born Oct. 14, 1767, Geneva, Switz.—died April 18, 1845, Geneva), Swiss chemist and plant physiologist whose quantitative experiments on the influence of water, air, and nutrients on plants laid the foundation for plant biochemistry.
Saussure was the son of the geologist Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, whom he assisted in a number of experiments and expeditions. Saussure's work built on that of Joseph Priestley, his teacher Jean Senebier, and Jan Ingenhousz. In 1797 he published three articles on carbonic acid and its formation in plant tissues in the Annales de chimie ("Annals of Chemistry"). In Recherches chimiques sur la végétation (1804; "Chemical Research on Vegetation"), Saussure proved Steven Hales's theory that plants absorb water and carbon dioxide in sunlight and increase in weight. He was thus one of the major founders in the study of photosynthesis. He further demonstrated that plants are dependent upon the absorption of nitrogen from soil. Beginning in 1808 Saussure published a series of important articles that chiefly analyzed biochemical reactions in plant cells. He received numerous awards and, by 1825, was an associate member of almost all the European academies.


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Andrews University recently named Dr. Allen Stembridge the new dean of the School of Business Administration (SBA). Stembridge will be taking the position over from interim dean Charles Tidwell, who took on the role when former dean Annetta Gibson made the decision to return to teaching full-time last year.
Stembridge, however, is not new to Andrews or to the School of Business Administration. He served as a faculty member from 1988-1999, including nine years as the Management and Marketing Department chair, and five years as the school's assistant dean. Stembridge then went overseas where he served as a professor of management and Business Department chair at Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies in the Philippines. In 2002, he returned to the States where he began his current position as Business Department chair and professor of business administration at Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Tex. Stembridge has also taught at Helderberg College in South Africa and Solusi College in Zimbabwe.
Stembridge is a double graduate of Andrews, having received his MBA in management in 1982 and his EdD in Administration in Leadership in 1984. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of South Africa, and a business diploma from Helderberg College.
"I am honored to accept the position of Dean of the School of Business Administration at Andrews University," states Stembridge. "My vision is for the SBA to be recognized as the world-wide leader in quality Adventist business education, to be recognized by the Adventist Church and the business community as a supplier of competent, ethical, creative and productive full-time employees, supportive alumni, as well as volunteer contributors of their expertise and means in serving the Church and their community," Stembridge states. "Recognizing the investment that parents and students make in their education, the SBA will provide the best opportunity for students to develop their strengths and God-given talents as they prepare for their careers and witness in the Church, the community and the business world."
Stembridge will officially begin in his role as dean on August 1, 2007, but will teach an MBA course in Strategic Management in July.


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Every year, at some point in October I stop shaving my face, in the odd case that I may need a beard for a Halloween costume.
This year was no different. It got big, grisly and utterly annoying, but it payed off as a perfect Gorton's Fisherman:
Then it had to go. Good riddance. Everyone I know has a beard, and every girl I
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There has been much talk that we are speeding toward a federal fiscal cliff, our nation's budget driven by Thelma and Louise, our politics inspired by James Dean's famous cinematic game of automobile chicken.
There has been much talk that we are speeding toward a federal fiscal cliff, our nation's budget driven by Thelma and Louise, our politics inspired by James Dean's famous cinematic game of automobile chicken.
Meanwhile, at the state level, we are required to balance our budget every year, which means that when revenues don't meet projections, painful cuts must be made – we cannot run a deficit. That's exactly what happened two weeks ago, when Governor Patrick pared roughly $250 million out of the budget approved just a few months back, with fears for another $250-million cut if tax shortfalls continue. Everything from special education to hospital reimbursements to local aid is on the chopping block.
For me, both our state and federal "cliffs," real or contrived, rise from the same fundamental ground: The disconnect between how we raise taxes and where prosperity in our communities has concentrated over the past 30 years. A vision for the future, goals that unite us for a greater common good, will allow us all to agree that funding government is necessary, vital -- and needs to be done fairly.
On the federal side, President Obama was clear during the campaign, and is holding to his position as the conflict continues. He believes that those earning more than $250,000 a year should pay a little more, that middle class families should not see any hikes, and that across-the-board cuts in Medicare and Social Security benefits should not be part of our solution for balancing the budget.
Here's hoping that those basic principles win out in the negotiations, as they did at the ballot box.
At the state level, I wish I could say that Massachusetts has defied national trends as far as a top-heavy economy goes, but the facts say otherwise: Of all states, Massachusetts has one of the largest income disparities between the wealthiest few and the many we count as friends, neighbors, colleagues, and co-workers.
Yet to date there has not been a willingness at the State House to reform our tax code to acknowledge this truth. And so we reach our own mini-version of a fiscal cliff. The conversation and decisions become all about how to cut, who to hurt, and where to renege on past promises, rather than looking at who has benefited most, how they should support our important priorities, and what contributions and sacrifices all of us should make in realizing a vision that will benefit us all.
The state doesn't have many of the tools available to the federal government when it comes to revenue. Our state constitution prohibits us from creating a graduated income tax, for example – I believe we should change that, and voted in favor of holding a constitutional convention to do so. And most of us understand that the main source of revenue for our towns, property taxes, is far from the fairest way to support our communities because it does not make the best, direct connection between the capacity to pay and taxes owed.
But where there's a will, there's a way. Smart strategies to invest in our communities exist. False choices and dire dramas at the edge of a precipice can be avoided. Austerity is important, and clearly a goal, but it is not a vision for our future. It does not ensure fairness or progress. And it doesn't inspire us to do more together, to rise to a higher place.
So as we peer over this so-called "cliff," my hope for the next State House session is that we can take a big step back, turn around, and look to the horizon: Build consensus on a vision that includes putting people to work rebuilding our infrastructure, funding public education, improving public transportation, and supporting people in need.
Once we do that, we can ask everyone to contribute to those goals by raising revenue honestly, without holding working people, poor people, or the elderly as hostages at the edge of a "cliff" of our own making. We just need to acknowledge how much the economic structure of our country has changed, and adjust our tax policies to reflect that.


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I rode my bike with Chris Horner for a second time. Got dropped on a climb and called him mean.
I rode my third Levi's GranFondo. Even though I was signed up for the medio route, I stuck with the piccolo and worked at improving my time over the first two times. I was successful.
I started recovering from my severe depression that began in July/August and by December decided that I was going to buy a house. By mid-January I had started the house hunting. I quickly learned that navigating the paperwork and such of buying a home is a daunting task for anyone. As a person with a TBI, I felt at times like I was drowning. I couldn't have done it without the support of friends.
Also in mid-January I met a guy (whom I'll refer to as J) and we've been dating since. Things moved quickly which was, again, very overwhelming for me. It wasn't long before we were shopping for road bikes in his size. J ended up buying one used from someone I know. It had to be shipped from Missouri and as a thank you gift to him for helping me move at the beginning of May, I had the beautiful Cannondale CAAD9 built up for him. We've only managed to get out and ride about three times though. He drops me every time. Someday, I'm going to just stop and see how long it takes him to realize I'm not behind him.
Being in a new-to-me home has been a completely rewarding and very scary experience. I'm quickly learning that there are a lot of things that can go wrong even with thorough inspections. Many repair people to wait for, delivery people to wait for, etc. It's left little time for riding my bike, but when I'm on, I'm feeling good.
Wish I had more to say to everyone aside from asking you to hound me about riding my bike because I have three months to train for Levi's GranFondo and I need to get off my sofa and in the saddle!