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U.S. 281/Loop 1604 interchange is now Easy Street
All four connectors open.
Just in time to alleviate the holiday traffic and nearly two years after construction began, all four direct connectors are open at the U.S. Highway 281/Loop 1604 interchange.
Experts believe the connectors will save drivers an average of 40 hours a year they used to spend in traffic at the congested intersection.
"It's a great present to the community when you can give them back a week of their lives," said Leroy Alloway, spokesman for the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority.
No closures are planned through Dec. 27.
The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority, which oversaw construction of the $131 million project, paid for by a mix of federal stimulus funds and state dollars, announced this week that construction on the 1604 East and West ramps to 281 South was finished Friday, ahead of the Feb.7 deadline.
The entrance ramp from Stone Oak to Loop 1604 was opened Saturday, after months of detours and heavy traffic in the area because of construction at the interchange.
Alloway said planners realized weeks ago that an early opening was a possibility.
"But with the wind and cold weather and other things that can cause problems, we didn't want to publicize it and be in a position where we over-promised the public and under-delivered.
A little more than 24 hours after the opening, Jacob Theesfeld, general manager of Bill Miller's BBQ at 1604 and 281, wasn't ready to praise the changes, but seemed pleased with them.
"It's getting better. Congestion is a lot less than what it used to be," he said. "But they just opened yesterday and it's still a little early to tell how it will affect business."
By 5:30 p.m., Don Haynes, general manager of Alamo Toyota at the busy crossing said he had a showroom full of people and had serviced nearly double the number of cars typical for a Saturday.
"Traffic is flowing extremely well," he said. "There are no cars piled up in front of us on 281 anymore."
Haynes had said in earlier stories that the construction caused business to dip about 30 percent after the project started in March 2011.
"But if this is any indication, we're looking for a really good year next year," he said.
Alloway said the free-flowing lanes could take some getting used to and that some drivers are likely avoiding the historically congested area.
"Part of that is so folks can get used to the new connectors, and partly it's recognition that it's the holidays, and the last thing people want is to get stuck in construction," he said. "So we're giving everyone a break for about a week, giving our crews time to spend with family."
While there still are some projects to complete in the area, the 1604-281 interchange was the largest. Alloway said drivers can expect work to resume after the holidays and continue through the end of May.
Staff Writer Vianna R. Davila contributed to this report.


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DOI releases details of Wyoming shoot-on-sight wolf plan
Wolves to be targeted as unwanted predators for most of the yearCHEYENNE, Wyo. (08/03/2011) -
The U.S. Department of the Interior released more details today about its agreement with Wyoming on a wolf management plan that would allow wolves to be shot on sight across most of the state for most of the year. Under the plan, wolves would only have a reprieve in a small northwest corner of the state, but even there they could be hunted with a license.
The following is a statement from Suzanne Stone, Northern Rockies representative for Defenders of Wildlife:
"Allowing wolves to be shot on sight across the vast majority of Wyoming is completely unjustified. It was this attitude that led wolves to become endangered in the first place. Wolves are an essential part of healthy ecosystems in the region and should be treated as such.
"Moreover, granting wolves a reprieve in only a small part of the state could severely limit their natural dispersal to prime wolf habitat in surrounding areas. And sanctioning aerial gunning and the killing of pregnant females and newborn pups is not only a clear violation of fair-chase hunting ethics, but also a drastic and unwarranted step that could seriously harm the long-term viability of the population.
"Wyoming has settled on the indiscriminate shooting of wolves as the primary management tool in the state, which is a huge step backwards. Instead, the state should be working with all stakeholders to promote tolerance and prevent conflict by implementing nonlethal, proactive management tools.
"It seems that this is no better than a similar plan rejected by the Fish and Wildlife Service under the Bush administration. If it was no good then, it's no good now."Background:
According to the details of Wyoming's wolf plan, wolves will have year-round dual-classification: "trophy game" status in the northwest corner of the state where wolves can be hunted with a license, and "predator" status everywhere else where wolves can be shot on sight. The plan includes a restricted-kill zone that extends the trophy game boundary from mid-October through February when some wolves disperse into new areas. Yet any wolves that survive or attempt to establish a pack can be shot on sight again as soon as denning season starts. For the rest of the year, wolves will have "predator" status in this region and can be shot on sight. Wolves in the Trophy Game Management Area surrounding Yellowstone will also be subject to aerial gunning by the state in addition to wolf hunts.
The plan also requires that at least 100 wolves or 10 breeding pairs be maintained in Wyoming outside of Yellowstone National Park. But with a current population of 246 wolves outside the park, that means almost 150 wolves—nearly 60 percent—could be eliminated. Based on the latest population estimates (see USFWS 2010 Annual Report), there are 97 wolves within the boundaries of Yellowstone that will remain protected while they are in the park.
Read the latest Wyoming wolf status report
Learn more about Defenders' Wolf Coexistence Partnership
Get the latest wolf news updates on Defenders' blog
Contact(s):Suzanne Stone, 208-861-4655
John Motsinger, 202-772-0288

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The Rebate
|Turbine Points up for Grabs - 5 TP each for exploring 10 subzones and a 10 TP bonus for finishing all of them
What the Turbine Points do reliably get you is a bit of a "rebate" on your purchase price. In Enedwaith, I snagged 75 Turbine Points (around 15% of what I paid in Turbine Points for the zone). The Isengard expansion was more costly, but there are probably around 200 TP in easily-obtained deeds (quests, exploration, reputation).
I've never run an alt high enough to matter, but theoretically such a character would be earning the same rebate for content that I don't need to pay for a second time. The catch is that there are some things that I do consider reasonably useful (especially the second millstone and the decrease on map cooldown) that you pay for per character, but at a minimum I suppose said character could be run on a Turbine-Point neutral basis.
The Downside of Selling Services
The virtue of doing business with someone who sells content is that they make money when they make content, which is generally a win/win for players. However, Turbine also sells "services" - I'll expand on this shortly - and people who are in the business of selling services make money when they create or maintain demand for the purchase of services.
|Marginally related - the "terms and conditions apply" asterick under "access to ALL quests"? Quests from three and soon to be four paid expansions are an additional fee. Minor terms and conditions, really.
In fact, quite the opposite, Turbine has worked harder to monetize more of the longstanding design shortcomings in the game.
|My current supply of rep tokens - a few are unbound but most are bound to character
- Inventory? During 2012, Turbine will be rolling out two major features - a recently-released "premium barter wallet" and the first expansion to player base inventory in the game's history - for a total cost of 2000 Turbine Points (roughly $20 - and NOT included for people who still subscribe). Bear in mind that these things are only necessary because the game generates excessive numbers of tokens, crafting items, etc - of all my MMO's, the two Turbine games are the only ones where inventory is a consistent struggle.
- Travel? For several hundred Turbine Points here and there you can unlock the previously mentioned teleportation options, and this week's patch opens the system up for players to purchase as many as eleven destinations for instant teleportation. This solution is definitely excessive compared to the problem, but it also allows Turbine to collect roughly $40 in points PER CHARACTER from interested buyers.
- Finally, we have the Legendary Item system. The Sypster said he was "0% sure why Turbine felt it necessary to complicate an already complicated system" with yet another way of enhancing items that are designed to be disposable, rather than "legendary". And yet, Turbine added yet another mechanic in Starlight Crystals, which immediately went to the cash shop.
Finally, there's the issue of bundling. From the earliest days of the Turbine system, many of the best-selling unlocks were one-time purchases. Unfortunately, this may have created a situation in which many customers are not worth a lot of recurring revenue once they have their basic stuff unlocked. In response, we've seen a steady trend of increasing prices on unlocks, moving stuff that would typically be included in patches into the cash store (see the two inventory features), and now a trend towards ever-more expensive expansion bundles. You can theoretically pay for your expansions a la carte with Turbine Points, but these options are priced to make them as unattractive as possible when compared to the price of points.
The Isengard expansion offered all of the new stuff for $30. After this was a success, DDO followed suit with the just-released Underdark expansion, in which the cheapest bundle that contains everything other than the cosmetics cost $50. (As an aside, DDO also made an odd decision to offer "epic levels" that do relatively little to everyone so they can claim that the level cap is still free, while splitting off a huge portion of the increase in character power from levels 20-25 into a separate "Epic Destiny" system that is included in the bundles, but costs prohibitively extra a la carte. I don't get why they didn't just say that the cap increase required the expansion, as a level 25 without Epic Destinies won't be getting far.)
A year later, LOTRO's Rohan expansion was announced with a base price tag of $40. These bundles were received poorly for coming in at a higher price than the previous year's editions, while offering less than the comparably upgraded packages. Turbine eventually added more Turbine Points and a promise to throw in the forthcoming instance cluster (which they most likely hoped to sell for an extra fee, since Turbine's marketing department has basically never failed to mention something that is included), but the place they would not budge on was the price tag. If they're only going to get paid once per year by some (many?) players, they're going to do everything the can to increase the minimum size of that one sale.
I ultimately decided to put some money into my account during this weekend's point sale, so that I will have the balance on hand to pick up the barter token wallet the next time it goes on sale. It irks me to pay for something that is free in most other games, especially when Turbine willfully exacerbates the problem with multiple new tokens in each zone, but it's no longer worth my time to work around the two dozen stacks of bound tokens wasting over a third of the space in my vault. As to the bundles, well, I guess I'll do what I always do, which is wait for a sale and pay substantially less so that I'm not out-of-pocket for the fluff they crammed in to justify the higher price tag.
At the end of the day, the problem I run into with LOTRO is the same one I had prior to the game's revamp - I will gladly pay for as much content as Turbine can produce, but they just can't make new content all that quickly. With the new model, I'm able to get much more flexibility in terms of when I can play the content (i.e. anytime after I purchase it, rather than shackled to a monthly subscription) but I'm occasionally forced to pay for stuff I don't want as Turbine tries to keep the books roughly balanced. That said, if your biggest complaint about an MMO is the pricing, you're usually in a salvageable situation, because eventually the price will come down in some fashion - if the game's not worth playing, that problem is unlikely to get better.


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swanwick necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 169 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
We will likely work with the winner for follow-on icon, web design, flyer design, etc.. work. SI sells online products based around famous speakers. We sell through speaker bureaus (agency that connects speakers with customers much like real estate agents do for homes).
Speaker Interactive
I would like a Logo that can be used (possibly with slight modifications for each medium) for web site, flyers, bus cards, etc.. Our products are reasonably cutting edge selling to businesses that are not very tech savvy.
Products include: podcast interviews with speakers, Merged/filtered RSS info from around the internet about the speaker, Live web events with the speaker, videos of the speaker to be sent to audiences before/after live events.
- Brand should represent: Respected, Dependable, New / modern, Forward Thinking / Progressive, Technology
- Modern style: needs to definitely give an impression of leading (not necessarily bleeding) edge. Should still be business professional ie. not skater rad
- Tagline is "Professional Speakers in Digital Form", but that need not be included with logo. Also, if you think you have a better tagline, feel free to give it a shot.
- No specific color, but possibly should be strong. Speakers have pretty big egos and certainly are not wallflowers. They often consider themselves the center of everything
- I initially liked this image because I get a sense of an important person who is speaking, but after reviewing some of the logos contributed to this site, I have no doubt that you guys can do better
- Here are some web wireframes for context
- If you are going to show a representative image of a person (bust), please do what you can to make it seem "special" (tie might be a good start)
- Here are some in-house attempts that we are not planning to use: Version 1, Version 2
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PiperB needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 378 designs submitted by 84 freelance designers.
PiperB is a new cosmetic company looking for clean and stylish logo. We focus on skin care, not make-up.
We look forward to your entries and will provide plenty of feedback!
Women of all ages who want to look young and beautiful
Please see the attached project brief for some examples of logos that have elements of what we are looking for:
We think fresh "water blue" colours would be good. It must have enough contrast to stand out on a white background, but can't be too close to a primary colour. We need light and fresh. Greens could work as well.
A gradient is fine in the logo. It will primarily be a web based brand, but, the logo must also look good in grayscale when printed on letterhead in black and white.
We think the Piper and the B should be differentiated by colour. Not necessarily completely separate colours, but if they were both blues, then you would need to be able to see the colour differentiation.
Font Style:
We like a clean, thin, sans-serif font.
Logo Component:
A combination of 'P' and 'B' could be interesting.
If we were to have an image component to the logo, we think a water drop, or possibly a flowery element might fit with the company concept. Whatever it is, it has to be subtle; nothing too cliché or obvious.
Font Treatment:
We would be interested to see what you can do with applying a drop, or something else "cosmetic companyish" to the dot in the 'i'.
Be sure to look at the attached PDF as it has some examples that should help you to understand what we are looking for.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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The Website is under construction...
Come explore what we have to offer: Start with a choice of a complete range of accommodations, from magnificent five-star resorts, to comfortable and family-style hotels and inns, to private seaside villas. Conveniently within reach of tantalizing restaurants, spirit-enriching spas, and world class water sports, golf and activities.
All set against the backdrop of our legendary aqua-marine waters and miles of uncrowded powdery white beaches – called the Best in the World.
Easy to get to. Difficult to leave. Find out for yourself what others are discovering every day.


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Sheryl Sandberg spoke at the "Class Day" of Harvard Business School yesterday.
(Class day is the event that leads up to its commencement day.)
We're trying to get a full transcript now, but David Whitford at CNNMoney has some notes from the speech.
There are two great lines that stand out.
Sandberg said, "When you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat, just take it." Good advice for all the students graduating.
And then, "As you and your classmates spread out across the globe and walk across this stage tomorrow, I wish for you four things: First, that you keep in touch, via Facebook. This is critical to your future success. And we're public now. So can you click on an ad or two while you're there?"
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Throughout its nearly 20-year reign, Saturn experienced highs and lows. The brand started with a bang in the early 1990s but failed expectations, even with its drive to succeed. The brand eventually met its demise in 2009.
Saturn Origins
The Saturn brand came out of General Motors' attempt to reclaim the market share that was lost to Japanese imports in the 1980s. In 1982, Alex C. Mair devised the new revolutionary concept that he called Saturn. The brand launched as a "different kind of car company," one that would distinguish itself from the competition with its smaller, inexpensive cars along with a friendly atmosphere and no-haggle pricing structure.
In 1983, General Motors Chairman Roger B. Smith and President F. James McDonald went public with Saturn in hopes of igniting new excitement to the GM brand and providing a viable competitor to Japanese imports. By 1984, the company unveiled the Saturn demonstration vehicle. One year later, plans were in motion to launch its first vehicle in the early 1990s.
The Saturn brand was set to operate independently from GM. It created unique automobile models and a different company culture than what the industry had previously witnessed. In 1985, Saturn became an official GM subsidiary, and it acquired its first assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tenn. Three years later, the plant was completed and within two years, 3,000 workers were hired with dealers appointed. In July of 1990, the first Saturn was manufactured and driven by Smith and United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber.
Saturn Through The Years
Though many predicted success for Saturn, others were less than enthusiastic about GM's new thrust. The Wall Street Journal called the project "too ambitious" because "everything at Saturn is new: the car, the plant, the workforce, the dealer network and the manufacturing process. Not even Toyota, everyone's candidate for the world's best automaker tackles more than two new items on any single project."
Even though Saturns were popular in the 1990s, the projected sales failed to meet expectations. The recession contributed to faltering sales as well as Saturn's prices, which were considerably higher than the vehicles being made in the U.S.-based Japanese factories.
Despite a rocky start, Saturn persisted in its "no haggle" pricing message and launched its first models as part of the S-Series. Buyers were familiar with Saturn's unique approach, which led to a few years of expansion. In its first 10 years, Saturn produced one new redesign, and although it did experience some growth, it did not manufacture any new automobile series. By 2000, Saturn had manufactured 2 million vehicles, launched the L-Series, and entered the Japanese market.
The turn of the century proved to be a downward slope for Saturn. Disappointing sales figures and a lack of new products sent the brand into a tailspin. Throughout the first nine years of the 21st century, Saturn attempted to boost product quality and manufacture more vehicles. Unfortunately, despite a valiant effort, the brand collapsed in 2009.
Saturn Models
In 1991, the Saturn S-Series was born and lived to see three different models: coupe (SC), sedan (SL), and wagon (SW). The first generation S-Series vehicles were manufactured until 1994. The next generation of vehicles included first generation exteriors with second generation interiors. The automobiles looked like the original S-Series on the outside but were housed with interior changes such as larger gauge faces and new consoles. Other than the few interior changes, the second generation S-Series was virtually identical to its predecessor. In 1997, sport coupe models changed to a scooped headlight front.
Saturn L-Series vehicles that only lasted from 2000-2005. The L-Series cars were strategically manufactured to recover lost sales and revive the faltering brand. During this period, Saturn also launched other vehicles: the Vue, an SUV; and the Relay, a minivan. The Ion also made an appearance and was touted as a viable replacement for the S-Series. Saturn entered the hybrid market with its Vue Green Line. Some other models included the Aura sedan, Outlook crossover and the Astra hatchback. Many of these vehicles were manufactured as Saturn's last attempt to succeed in 2009, but the brand folded that year.
Saturn Products and Technologies
The original Saturn S-Series engines maxed out at only 124 hp, but these cars were fuel efficient at 40 mpg for manual transmissions.
The original Saturns were constructed of the Z-body platform, housed the Saturn 1.9-liter inline-4 engine, and showcased dent-resistant body panels that made redesign simple, even though the brand did not capitalize on this benefit.
Saturn's products also included two categories of vehicles: Red Line, which was oriented toward higher performance; and Green Line, the environmentally-friendly vehicle featuring mild-hybrid technology.
Though Saturn boldly strived to meet the desires of the consumers while competing with imports, the brand could not sustain profitability. GM was initially slated to sell the brand to the Penske Corporation, but the deal fell through and the end was inevitable.
Saturn Astra
2009-2008 | Compact, Hatchback
Like many of the world's best-known automotive companies, Saturn has a unique history.
Saturn Aura
2009-2007 | Hybrid, Midsize, Sedan
The Saturn Aura is a midsize car manufactured from 2006 to 2009 by General Motors and sold under the Saturn brand as a successor to the Saturn L-Series.
Saturn ION
2007-2003 | Compact, Coupe, Sedan, Wagon
Following its own tradition, the Saturn Ion is known for the improvements made to the car during its lifespan.
Saturn ION Quad Coupe
2007-2003 | Compact, Coupe
Necessity is the mother of invention, or so the saying goes.
Saturn L-Series
2005-2000 | Midsize, Sedan, Wagon
Saturn began production of the L-Series cars in 1999 for the launch for the 2000 model year.
Saturn Outlook
2009-2007 | SUV, Utility/Offroad
Like many of the world's well-known automotive companies, Saturn has an interesting and unique history.
Saturn Relay
2007-2005 | Minivan/Van
The Saturn Relay from General Motors (GM) was an attempt by the company to create a more rugged-looking minivan along the lines of an SUV rather than a bland shuttle.
Saturn Sky
2009-2007 | Convertible, Minivan/Van, Sports
Smart, effective companies take steps to meet the needs of business and the public they serve.
Saturn S-Series
2002-1995 | Compact, Coupe, Hatchback, Sedan, Wagon
Saturn's history is unusual among most well-known automakers.
Saturn VUE
2009-2002 | Hybrid, SUV, Utility/Offroad
The Saturn VUE first appeared in 2002 and represents the brand's first home-grown entry in the small sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment.


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A tight shift in votes for the Indian Wells Valley Water District board of supervisors left district candidate with a sheer 11-vote lead in Kern County over Leroy Corlett Monday.
A tight shift in votes for the Indian Wells Valley Water District board of supervisors left district candidate with a sheer 11-vote lead in Kern County over Leroy Corlett Monday.
Kern County Elections Division released its unofficial update Monday evening, giving Decker the overall edge for the district's third available four year-term seat.
Results from San Bernardino county showed that Decker had 19 votes to Corlett's 23 votes.
The tally between the two counties results puts Decker 7 votes ahead of Corlett in a race where every vote counts.
Overall, Chuck Cordell and Don Cortichiato remain in place as two of three four-term seats on the IWV water board. Cortichiato did fall in fourth in San Bernardino with 23 votes.
"I was surprised at the results and after this morning I called the elections office," Decker told the Daily Independent Tuesday.
She said she had been told nothing was final until the votes were certified on Dec. 4.
"So at this point it would be premature to say anything," Decker said.
Corlett said that he did not expect the overall results to change.
"I think Ms. Decker ran a hard campaign, worked diligently and deserves to win," Corlett told the Daily Independent Tuesday.
Charles Griffin led the San Bernardino County votes with 29 votes, but he still remained way behind in Kern County election results with 3,981 votes. Fellow candidate Randy Jenkins netted only 10 votes in San Bernardino County, adding to his 2,043 votes in Kern County.
According to Karen Rhea, Kern County's elections division chief, some provisional ballots still remain uncounted. She could not provide a number at the time.
Rhea said a majority of Kern County's challenged and damaged ballots had been counted, along with a fair number of remaining provisional ballots, accounting "for a good chunk of the ballots."
She said they hope to be nearly complete with the 32nd Assembly District, which is represented by state Assemblywoman Shannon Grove.
A final unofficial update is expected next week.
San Bernandino's election division website reported 36,000 provisional ballots remained uncounted. The next scheduled update is today at 3 p.m.


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This session will provide students with important information
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Students who would like to receive financial aid for
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'Pretty Little Liars' Recap: 'Who's in the Box?'
'Pretty Little Liars' is back with its winter premiere!
Now that the liars know that a certain someone is alive, they begin to tackle another mystery: Who is buried in their friend's grave?
The girls are struggling to deal with the fact that their deceased friend Ali (Sasha Pieterse) is actually alive and in hiding. Could she be A? Who is she so terrified of that she can't return to Rosewood? Does anyone else know she's alive?
With all this in mind, the girls begin to wonder whose body was found under the gazebo, the one wrongly mistaken as Ali's. And if there was a body found, that means someone put it there on purpose to convince the world that Ali was in fact dead.
To put this theory to the test, Hanna (Ashley Benson) locates a missing girl named Sara Harvey who is roughly the size of Ali, blonde, lives in the same area and disappeared around the same time as Ali on Labor Day. In an effort to find out information, she contacts the missing girl's friends.
Emily (Shay Mitchell) talks to Mrs. DiLaurentis (Andrea Parker) and finds that Jason (Drew Van Acker) is currently out of town. Possibly missing. Or you know, possibly busy acting on 'Devious Maids.'
Spencer (Troian Bellisario) tries to locate him because she's worried -- he is her half brother -- about going to her father, and in turn Jason's (Nolan North), to request his help. In return she must promise him to stay away from Mrs. DiLaurentis.
The liars get a surprise when Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) returns from his spin-off program 'Ravenswood' to visit with Hanna and whisper sweet nothings about how much he missed her.
Unfortunately, he can't really explain what's happening to him in the other town, and this puts a strain on things. Especially when Caleb tells her he needs to return to Ravenswood. Hanna seems to think this has something to do with Miranda (Nicole Anderson), the girl she left him behind to protect. An upset Caleb leaves because he can't pull her into the secrets of Ravenswood. Because ghosts. A crying and single Caleb is last seen driving back to Ravenswood. Sorry, Haleb fans.
Once a date is set for coffee, Emily and Hanna meet with Sara's friends and learn that Sara was last seen the day after Labor Day -- meaning she couldn't be the body in Ali's coffin.
Hanna arrives home to find that Mrs. DiLaurentis has hired her mother (Laura Leighton), who has been having trouble finding a job since being wrongly accused of murder. When Hanna asks why she made the decision, Mrs. D. says that Ali told her to do it. In her dreams.
Meanwhile, Toby (Keegan Allen) is still trying to figure out the mystery of his dead mother and finds that the Radley mental institution is owned by a mysterious corporation named Declodyne, who appear to have been paying off Radey's former employees to keep Toby's mother's staged suicide a secret.
Toby and Spencer head to Declodyne and hint that they will leak information about how the company is paying their former workers to keep quiet about their more sinister practices. Unless, that is, the company admits that Toby's mother did not commit suicide -- a challenge which they win.
According to Spencer's father, with the paperwork they gained from their threat they have enough cause to get Radley shut down. For good. So why does he want to get involved? Is it just because Spencer spent time there? Or is something else at play here?
As if he wasn't sinister enough, Ezra (Ian Harding) gives a lecture to his English class about 'Jekyll & Hyde,' the story of a man with a monstrous side he keeps hidden from society. Ezra keeps Aria (Lucy Hale) alone after class and apologizes to her for pushing her away. He suggests that after they both leave Rosewood High they might be able to make a go of their relationship again.
Perhaps making his guilt more incriminating, (remember, he may be A), Ezra has a very veiled conversation with Mona (Janel Parrish) about how she's looking for a mentor. During their conversation she heavily intimates that she knows his secret, and isn't it interesting how all his reading material is about wearing masks? At which point he vaguely threatens her, ruining all hopes of a team up.
This makes it even creepier when Aria calls him out of the blue asking for a ride and Ezra takes her to a secluded location where he works, which conveniently has no internet or cell service. This will most likely be important later. Ezra suggests they keep the cabin a secret between just them (also important!), and even though she is dating someone else, she and Ezra share a passionate kiss.
Later on in the evening, Aria looks pensively out the window while Ezra keeps apprehensively looking at a door hidden in the floorboards -- a door which a mysterious hooded figure will open at the end of the episode.
Back in the mausoleum the following day, Hanna reveals to the girls that she has a diary of Ali's that she took from the lair in Ravenswood. She hid it because of the information it contained about them all. Unfortunately, in true 'Liars' fashion, the scene cuts away before we can find out what it says.
Tune in next week to maybe find out what's hidden under that trapdoor, and possibly what is written in Ali's diary. Hopefully. Fingers crossed. See you then!


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Contact Dance Company was founded in 1998 by Artistic Director and Choreographer Francesca Abela Tranter. CDC tours with a company of 7 dancers, this combination of people offer a variety of workshops, events and performances. CDC has created work aimed specifically from extensive workshop elements culminating into site specific events, these can be performed in unusual spaces, environments and high profile theatres.
CDC exists to explore and express an idea through dance, which reflects it's Mediterranean society. Its philosophy is to create innovative work by using sources outside mainstream dance traditions and to communicating the diversity of dance vocabulary to its wide range of audiences. CDC's repertoire ranges from fast, dynamic, bizarre, intricate, lyrical and sometimes physically brutal. Constantly evolving they have received reviews from some of the most articulate and visually stylish comments on their dances. Contact Dance Company thrives to keep on the cutting edge of dance making.
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Stolen and Faked Heartland Documents: Letter from General Counsel
Source: Heartland Insitute
February 18, 2012
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Re: Stolen and Faked Heartland Documents
Dear Mr. DeMelle:
On or about February 14, 2012, your web site posted a document entitled
?Confidential Memo: 2012 Heartland Climate Strategy? (the ?Fake Memo?),
which is fabricated and false.
On or about the same date, your web site posted certain other documents
purporting to be those of The Heartland Institute (?Heartland?). Heartland has not
authenticated these documents (the ?Alleged Heartland Documents?).
Your site thereafter has reported repeatedly on all of these documents.
Heartland almost immediately issued a statement disclosing the foregoing
information, to which your web site has posted links.
It has come to our attention that all of these documents nevertheless remain on
your site and you continue to report on their contents. Please be advised as
1. The Fake Memo document is just that: fake. It was not written by anyone
associated with Heartland. It does not express Heartland?s goals, plans, or tactics.
It contains several obvious and gross misstatements of fact. Publication of this
falsified document is improper and unlawful.
2. As to the Alleged Heartland Documents your web site posted, we are
investigating how they came to be in your possession and whether they are
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authentic or have been altered or fabricated. Though third parties purport to have
authenticated them, no one ? other than Heartland ? has the ability to do so. Several of the
documents say on their face that they are confidential documents and all of them were taken
from Heartland by improper and fraudulent means. Publication of any and all confidential or
altered documents is improper and unlawful.
3. Furthermore, Heartland views the malicious and fraudulent manner in which the documents
were obtained and/or thereafter disseminated, as well as the repeated blogs about them, as
providing the basis for civil actions against those who obtained and/or disseminated them and
blogged about them. Heartland fully intends to pursue all possible actionable civil remedies to
the fullest extent of the law.
Therefore, we respectfully demand: (1) that you remove both the Fake Memo and the Alleged
Heartland Documents from your web site; (2) that you remove from your web site all posts that
refer or relate in any manner to the Fake Memo and the Alleged Heartland Documents; (3) that
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Heartland Documents; (4) that you publish retractions on your web site of prior postings; and (5)
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After earning the first win and the first save of his career this past week, the Ivy League has recognized Greg Lyons as the co-recipient of the Pitcher of the Week award. The sophomore right-hander posted a 1.17 ERA in 7.2 innings of work in two outings against Rhode Island and Army. Lyons shares the honor with Eric Eadington of Harvard.
Lyons started his week against URI on Tuesday, closing out a 10-5 win against the Rams. The 6'4" righty allowed just two hits in four scoreless innings, striking out five batters and walking none to tally his first career save.
Lyons would allow just one earned run five days later against Army, scattering four hits over the final 3.2 innings to allow the Bulldogs to rally past the Black Knights for 9-6 win. The big Texan struck out for batters and once again did not issue a walk to record the first win of his career.
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VIIRS extends and improves upon a series of measurements initiated by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).
Accurate satellite measurements of ocean pigment concentrations and sea surface temperature (SST) were first demonstrated with the Nimbus-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) and the NOAA-7 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) launched in 1978 and 1981, respectively. Subsequent missions like the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) have provided high quality time series of these and other properties by expanding the spectral information and calibration accuracy, and by improving the processing algorithms.
Like MODIS, VIIRS is a multi-disciplinary sensor providing data for the ocean, land, aerosol, and cloud research and operational users. VIIRS spectral coverage will allow for data products similar to those from SeaWiFS as well as SST, a standard MODIS product. SST is an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) and, through validation with instruments traceable to NIST standards, is a Climate Data Record. Also, as with SeaWiFS and MODIS, the VIIRS scan and orbit geometries will provide global coverage every two days.
The VIIRS design incorporates a SeaWiFS-like rotating telescope assembly which protects the optical components from on-orbit contamination. This will result in greater on-orbit stability than other designs. VIIRS also has a solar diffuser assembly with a stability monitor similar to MODIS for tracking on-orbit performance in visible wavelengths, and a MODIS-like black body calibration target for the infrared bands.
Two-day coverage is a general requirement for ocean ecology and carbon research because microscopic marine plant (phytoplankton) concentrations are highly variable, particularly in coastal zones. The VIIRS 750 m resolution across the entire scan will provide twice the coverage of MODIS and SeaWiFS, which is a substantial improvement for coastal and estuarine studies in particular. VIIRS also has shortwave infrared bands that can be used for turbid water aerosol corrections.
Measurement of pigment concentrations, water clarity, suspended particulates and other properties in coastal regions are critical for coastal zone management, fisheries management, and naval operations. Specific applications that VIIRS can continue include operational forecasts of harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico, detection of areas at high risk for coral bleaching due to temperature, assessing fish recruitment and climate impacts, and assessing primary productivity and ecosystem health in ocean basins and coasts.
Similarly, accurate estimates of SST are essential for many applications such as hurricane prediction and weather forecasting. The VIIRS SST data will be used to continue the decadal global SST time series currently derived from the AVHRR, MODIS and other sensors that is critical for climate change research. VIIRS products will augment other satellite products to provide important real-time ocean products for the U.S. Navy.
VIIRS ocean products will be used to understand, monitor, and forecast coastal processes as part of the Navy's 3-D ocean nowcast - forecast modeling system. Specifically, SST products are used in real time for characterizing ocean fronts and water masses. Additionally, SST from VIIRS will be assimilated into real time ocean circulation models for global and regional ocean prediction of currents and fronts. Similarly, real time ocean color products such as surface chlorophyll and optical properties are used for defining water clarity conditions on global and regional scales. Real-time VIIRS bio-optical products will provide daily model initialization fields with are assimilated into ecological models and used for ocean optical forecast and predicting 3-D coastal bio-optical properties. Ocean optical and circulation forecast systems are used daily to support navy operations.
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It was always intended that the NPP VIIRS instrument would provide a bridge between EOS MODIS and the operational JPSS (formerly NPOESS) VIIRS. In that context, the land science of VIIRS will build and expand on the heritage of land science from the NOAA AVHRR and EOS MODIS.
The strength of these systems lies in their time-series of daily multi-spectral observations, which are used to characterize and monitor the land surface at regional to global scales. MODIS provided a new standard in calibrated, science-quality, coarse-resolution satellite observations which will continue with VIIRS. Although the primary goal of the VIIRS instrument design was to the meet the needs of the operational weather community, much of the MODIS for capability for land science has been retained.
The science VIIRS will address centers on four major areas: energy and water balance, vegetation dynamics, land cover land use change and the cryosphere. These research areas map to the NASA Science Focus Areas. Energy and water balance studies include quantifying surface albedo, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), land surface temperature, evapotranspiration and the associated radiative forcing and surface atmosphere exchanges. Such data are used to parameterize regional to global scale climate and hydrological models.
The study of vegetation dynamics, including phenology will involve the use of products such as the Vegetation Index, Leaf Water Content and Leaf Area Index. These products are used in global dynamic vegetation, carbon and agricultural production models. The study of land cover change includes the use of Land Cover and Fire products. The former are also used as a basic stratification data layer, for example to initiate regional to global climate and integrated assessment models, and the latter are used to quantify vegetation disturbance and as inputs to model emissions from biomass burning. Cryospheric science utilizes the Snow and Ice products (land and sea-ice) to determine both their extent and inter-annual variability and as inputs to hydrological models.
Evaluation of the planned operational land products to be generated from the VIIRS (Environmental Data Records) by the science team indicates that new and enhanced products will be needed to meet the needs of the science community. Land science use of the VIIRS Products will depend on a well-calibrated and characterized instrument, operational product quality assessment, and a well-supported program of product validation, building on the experience and protocols developed for MODIS. Validation requires the collection of independent data from other sensors and field measurements.
To continue the science products from MODIS, which utilize both TERRA and AQUA data (e.g. Albedo, LAI, LST), will require the integration of VIIRS data with equivalent data from other coarse sensors such as METOP and Sentinel 3. Land science from VIIRS will also involve the use of multi-sensor and multi-resolution data. For example, the combined use of VIIRS and LDCM will enable the detection and quantification of land cover change. Measurement of land surface trends in the context of climate change will involve linking the VIIRS measurements to those from AVHRR and MODIS in the form of long-term data records.
VIIRS data will be used to expand upon the MODIS applications to fire and air quality monitoring, agriculture monitoring and production modeling, carbon modeling and flood and sea ice mapping.
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In general, clouds cover about 70 percent of the planet on any given day. They influence the amount of sunlight reaching the surface, and they regulate the amount of energy--both solar and thermal--that reaches space.
Since 1980, polar-orbiting weather satellites have included both imagers and sounders. These types of sensors record data continuously, using different wavelengths to infer information about clouds on a global scale. They can determine cloud top height and thermodynamic phase (ice or water particles), and make estimates of microphysical and optical properties that indicate the amount of water and ice in the cloud layer.
The cloud products derived from VIIRS and CrIS will serve a range of communities. For example, information on cloud cover is needed by the solar energy community to optimize energy production. Cloud products are being used increasingly in nowcasting models (up to 9 hours in the future) and in numerical weather prediction models (perhaps several days in the future). Such products are used to determine the probability of precipitation or severe weather.
Since such models requires that cloud products be available soon after the data are collected, data reduction must be timely and efficient. On a longer time scale, these cloud data are used to build climate data records that are critical for establishing a decadal record of cloud properties. Technical issues associated with deriving a long-term data set of cloud properties require continual work on sensor calibration and refinement of algorithms.
Historically, cloud information was provided by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the High resolution InfraRed Sounder (HIRS). On the NASA Earth Observing System Aqua and Terra platforms, such measurements are provided by the MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). Over time, the technology behind these imager and sounder sensors has improved, with the latest imager being the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS).
VIIRS will provide information about clouds, aerosol, and surface properties at a spatial resolution of about 750 m for most spectral measurements. VIIRS records data at a set of discrete wavelengths from the ultraviolet (0.45 _m) to the infrared (12 _m). CrIS is a hyperspectral (> 1000 spectral wavelengths) sensor that will provide complementary information about clouds, especially in complex regions such as the poles, over bright surfaces such as snow/ice, and in areas that have strong temperature inversions.
The cloud properties from VIIRS, and in some regions from VIIRS combined with CrIS, will maintain continuity with the decadal cloud record from 1980 to the present that is provided by historical and current sensors such as AVHRR, HIRS, MODIS, and AIRS. VIIRS cloud products will be available at higher spatial resolution, and will be well-calibrated, which is essential for its use in continuing the climate record.
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Cards can look to '82 for hope of bouncing back
BOSTON -- It was the first World Series for Bud Selig as owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.
It was the first World Series for USA TODAY, the national newspaper which had been launched the month before on Sept. 15, 1982.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- It was the first World Series for Bud Selig as owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.
It was the first World Series for USA TODAY, the national newspaper which had been launched the month before on Sept. 15, 1982.View Full Game Coverage
And it was a World Series in which the St. Louis Cardinals were hammered by the Brewers, 10-0, in the first game and rebounded to win the championship in seven games.
So as the Cardinals lick their wounds after being crushed by Boston, 8-1, in the first game of this year's Octoberfest, all they have to do is look back to 1982 to gain a measure of hope.
Or as losing pitcher Adam Wainwright put it after Wednesday's jarring setback at Fenway Park: "That's the thing about baseball. You have to be able to turn the page. We've had some tough series before. We were down two games to one to Pittsburgh. I don't know how many elimination games we've had over the last few years, but it's a lot. And we've responded well to tough losses every time."
Easier said than done.
In '82, the Cards won three games at home, and they didn't lose there after the 10-0 debacle. The Brewers managed just two wins at old Milwaukee County Stadium.
The Cardinals this year have three games at Busch Stadium (beginning Saturday) and the Red Sox can play as many as four at fabled Fenway.
The 1982 Series brings back a myriad of memories.
Many reporters had never heard of USA TODAY when we arrived on the scene at Busch Stadium.
I was the baseball editor then and decided it would be great for the new national newspaper to have an authoritative voice at our first World Series.
I talked Bill Veeck into coming aboard, and having him around was more rewarding than watching the Cards rebound from the deep hole they dug in Game 1. He related baseball stories by the hour and at times drew a bigger audience from the media than the players.
Regardless, Veeck had enormous insight into that World Series. His contribution turned out to be a terrific way to introduce the infant newspaper to baseball and our readers.
Veeck helped put USA TODAY on the map that October. Arguably baseball's greatest promoter and/or maverick, he was in his glory in St. Louis. Because it was there Veeck owned the Browns, who were unable to compete with the Cardinals. He finally threw in the towel and sold the franchise to Baltimore after the 1953 season and the Browns became Orioles.
It was in 1951 that Veeck sent Eddie Gaedel, a dwarf, up to bat for the Browns, a story that bring laughs and will live forever. Veeck had just sold the White Sox the year before when I asked him to join our 1982 World Series team. He quickly accepted, adding he hoped to own another team. It didn't happen. Veeck died Jan. 2, 1986.
Paul Molitor had five hits and Robin Yount chipped in with four in the 10-0 rout in the opener at Busch Stadium.
"That game wasn't as close as the score," Veeck said. "I'll guarantee you that's the kind of game a team can put behind quickly. Close losses, heartbreakers, are more difficult to overcome."
I thought about that Wednesday night as the Cards played like they had first-night jitters, dropping balls, making errors, losing big.
Veeck, reaching back in his memory after the 10-0 loss, talked about how in the 1945 Series opener, the Cubs blanked the Tigers, 9-0, and in 1959's first game, the White Sox sent the Dodgers reeling, 11-0.
The losers weren't so overwhelmed after all. The Tigers won the 1945 Series, and the Dodgers won their first World Series in California in 1959.
So this is all legitimate fodder as the Cardinals attempt to rebuild this Series. Of course, it has to be mentioned. The last time St. Louis played at Fenway Park in 2004, the Red Sox were on their way to a four-game sweep that exorcised the "Curse of the Bambino."
The flip side of that is it was 2004 when the Red Sox, down three games to one in the American League Championship Series, began one of baseball's greatest comebacks, riding David Ortiz's two-run homer to victory. They went on to win the ALCS and added the World Series title at the expense of St. Louis.
After the numbing 8-1 loss, St. Louis manager Mike Matheny called it a wake-up call.
"That is not the kind of team that we've been all season," Matheny said. "And they're frustrated. I'm sure embarrassed to a point. We get an opportunity to show the kind of baseball we played all season long and it didn't look anything like what we saw tonight. You're going to have games like that periodically. But if you begin to accept that, then this could not really go anywhere."
The 1982 Brewers were managed by Harvey Kuenn, and because they hit 216 homers during the regular season, the team was nicknamed "Harvey's Wallbangers."
But trailing 4-2 midway through Game 2, the Cardinals came to life and won 5-4.
In Game 3, Joaquin Andujar was working on a three-hit shutout when a line drive off Ted Simmons' bat struck him just below the kneecap in the seventh inning and he was finished -- for that game. The Cards, however, coasted to a 6-2 win.
After the Brewers took Games 4 and 5, the Cardinals, managed by Whitey Herzog, breezed, 13-1, in Game 6, and Andujar returned with a solid effort in Game 7. The Cards won, 6-3, and celebrated the championship.
Darrell Porter, who batted .286, drove in five runs with a homer and two doubles, was MVP.
For Selig, who's now MLB Commissioner, that was his only trip to the World Series as a team owner.
Hopes were high after the smashing 10-0 first-game win. But that changed in a hurry.
The 2013 Cardinals should take notice.
Hal Bodley is the senior correspondent for MLB.com.


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Christian Bale Calls Up Young Batman Fan Suffering From Leukemia
Christian Bale is not exactly known for being the warmest and fuzziest of stars in Hollywood, but he's sure doing his best to change that image.
'The Dark Knight Rises' star called up a young Batman fan battling leukemia the other day and talked about – what else? – Batman.
Zach Guillot, 8, loves Batman, so Bale chatted him up. When Zach told Bale that he thinks he really is the Caped Crusader and even has his own homemade Batmobile, Bale responded by saying:
The whole point of the movie is anybody can be Batman. Anybody can be as strong as that and help people and put good out into the world."
Bale, who is known for his now-legendary tirade while on the set of 'Terminator Salvation,' seems to have a real soft side for kids. Last year, he footed the bill for a four-year-old boy with leukemia to meet him at Disneyland and this past summer he showed up in a hospital to see several people shot in the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting. At this rate, Bale might be singing 'Newsies' tunes to fans on the street. Hey, we can dream...


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Apple Sells More Than 2 Million iPhone 5s in China
It was not a cold reception after all for the iPhone 5 in China.
Despite a wintry and mostly deserted launch on Friday in Beijing, Apple Inc. said it sold over two million iPhone 5s over the weekend. That's almost equivalent to the 2.1 million iPhone 4S units it sold in China for the whole of the third quarter, according to statistics from research firm Analysys International.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in a statement the sales numbers were a new record for "first weekend sales" in China, and that "China is a very important market for us." Apple's China sales hit $5.7 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter through September, roughly 16% of the company's global total.
Demand for the new iPhone indicates Apple still holds considerable cachet among middle- and upper-class Chinese consumers, though its rivals are gaining dominance in the lower-end segment of the market. Many vendors interviewed in recent months said they were confident of good sales once the new iPhone came out, while some others were a bit more worried, pointing to the popularity of high-end smartphones made by companies like Samsung Electronics Co. Sales of the iPhone 4S had also slowed ahead of the iPhone 5's launch.
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Dangeroo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 77 designs submitted by 36 freelance designers.
Need a professional logo design which will be incorporated in a website for a start up software house. We create software for the logistics, fashion sector. Logo must be sleek, modern and sophisticated (could even be 3D), fresh, minimal, clean, simple and elegant. I am looking for a logo that has a wow factor. Please do not use stereotypical images like a truck, plane, dress.
Mohavee - the word was a derived from the Native American Mojave Indians. We create web-based software for the logistics, fashion sector. Our specialisation is in custom design for logistic companies. We try to provide a new, fresh prospective on how logistic companies communicate with their existing customer base.
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LaurenceVD needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Established importer of scientific instruments and equipment into New Zealand. We have been running for 10 Years in December this year. We have experienced good growth over the last 3 years and its time to celebrate our 10 years and be born again! We like to be a little different to everyone else and stand out.
General science community, esp academics, science researchers, environmental labs, chemical and biological companies.
Prefer bold colours that also print well in black and white. Current colour is blue but that can change. Dont want red as the main colour.
Prefer simple graphics and not too cliche.
Logo will be used on all printed mateial and our website. http://www.nzscientific.co.nz
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MACON, Ga. (Nov. 11, 2013) – Continuing ETSU Soccer's tradition of success both on the field and in the classroom, senior goalkeeper Ryan Coulter (Dublin, Ireland) and sophomore defender Kristoffer Ibsen (Aalborg, Denmark) have been named to the Academic All-Atlantic Sun Conference Team.
Coulter, a co-captain for the Buccaneers, recorded a conference-best nine shutouts during the regular season, becoming the Atlantic Sun's all-time leader for shutouts with 24 career clean sheets.
An Interdisciplinary Studies major, Coulter maintained a program-best 0.82 goals against average through 17 games this year, making 54 saves.
Ibsen, who earned a spot on the A-Sun All-Freshman First Team last season, emerged as a versatile two-way defender for ETSU in his sophomore campaign.
In 16 appearances for the Buccaneers, Ibsen scored two goals while helping anchor an ETSU defense that set program records for goals against average (0.82) and shutout percentage (0.53).
A Political Science major, Ibsen made 14 starts en route to helping ETSU to a second-place finish in the league standings.
As a team, the Buccaneers have earned the NSCAA Collegiate Team Academic Award the past two seasons.
ETSU will be back in action Friday, Nov. 15 at 4:00 p.m. in the 2013 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Championship Semifinals. The Bucs will play the winner of Wednesday's No. 3 Lipscomb vs. No. 6 Jacksonville match.


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November 11, 2006
Monon Bell battles have been won in almost every imaginable way. Wabash College's Little Giants may have added another with a late safety to defeat DePauw, 23-20, and keep the Bell on the Crawfordsville campus.
It was the 75th battle for the Bell in the 113th meeting between the two schools. A new attendance record was set again this year with 11,669 packing Little Giant Staidum. Wabash, which finished 8-2, now leads the overall series 53-51-9. DePauw has a slight edge 35-34-6 edge since the 300-pound bell became the winner's trophy.
View more pictures of the Bell battle here: Photo Album 1, Photo Album 2 But the Monon Bell game is more than just a game. Click here for views of all the color and excitement. Click here for a look at all the pre-game tailgating action.
"It never gets old; winning never gets old, especially winning the bell," senior running back Billy King said. "Our senior class hadn't been able to win it at home; we lost it our sophomore year so it's definitely thrilling.
"The atmosphere was phenomenal; our fans were great as always. What can you say about Huff, our wide receiving corps, our line - it was just awesome. It's been a great season, but it's over. It's kind of tough one to swallow but there is no better way going out than winning the bell."
The 6-4 Tigers, trailing 14-0 at halftime, rallied with two scores to open the second half to tie the game. But Wabash responded on the next series. With Dustin Huff throwing the ball on 13 of 16 plays, the Little Giants moved the ball from their own 14 to score on Huff's 10-yard strike to mike Russell, 21-14, headed to the third quarter.
It looked like Wabash might again seize control of the game when Andy Deig picked off Spud Dick's pass on DePauw's next play but the Tiger defense held. Each team had two possessions that made little progress before Frank Knez made a game-clinching play.
DePauw took over after a Wabash punt on its own 8-yard line. Dick dropped back to pass and was chased by the Wabash line. Knez finally got to him for the two-point safety with just under five minutes to play. The Portage, Indiana, senior credited something the coaches saw from the press box.
"I was being blocked pretty good all day," Knez said. "Coach (Neal) Neathery talked to me about some technique and I got to him. Heck, I didn't even know he still had the ball so I was pretty happy."
DePauw had one more chance with just 2:37 remaining and the ball. But after an incompletion, Dick was intercepted by Adi Pynenberg and Wabash took over on the Tiger 21-yard line. Huff threw an interception to end that possession.
Dick then hit two long passes, a 42- and 31-yarder to Bryan Mulligan before connection from four yards out with David Araiza for the final score. The Tiger kick hit the uprights and fell wide.
Huff closed out his first full year at the Little Giant helm with another 300-plus yard day. He threw for 304 yards on 30-of-49 attempts and two touchdowns.
"Obviously we wanted to go into the playoffs but this being our last game, this is a nice way to end the year - on huge victory and bring home the Bell."
The Wabash quarterback had to withstand considerable pressure on the pocket all day. Tiger lineman Dustin Hertel let DePauw with 14 tackles, had numerous pressures and two sacks.
"They have a good defense," Huff said. That number 98 (Hertel) is a heck of a player, He's one of the better players we've seen on defense and they got some pressure on me. They're good team too."
Junior receiver Mike Russell had another big day with nine catches for 90 yards, Shane Keffer and Ray Green had seven catches apiece.
Wabash didn't get much going on the ground. All 47 of the Little Giant rushing yards came in the second half.
The defensive effort was led by Deig and Pynenberg with 11 and 10 tackles, respectively. Bren Banach was credited with 7 stops and Josh Gangloff added six. Chad Peterman and matt Kraft had five tackles each.
The Bell remains in Crawfordsville for the second straight year.
In Photos: Upper right: Knez brings Spud Dick to the ground in the endzone for a safety. At center left: Tiger Jeremiah Marks gets stopped by the Wabash defense. At lower right: Wabash students keep it noisy in the endzone.


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Amla remains firm in tight contest
South Africa 309 and 145 for 3 (Amla 57*, Steyn 0*) lead England 315 (Bairstow 95, Bell 58, Morkel 4-80, Steyn 4-94) by 139 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
This was an unforgiving day of Test cricket: unforgiving for Jonny Bairstow as he fell five runs short of a deserved maiden Test century, unforgiving for Jacques Kallis as two decisions he will rue for a lifetime continued his poor Lord's record in what could be his last Test on this ground and unforgiving for England's bowlers as the combination of a docile surface and sweltering heat made their task of bowling out South Africa a second time doubly difficult.
In such taxing circumstances, with the title of the world's best Test side at stake, South Africa and England are scrapping to the last. It has been a wonderful Test, slow at times but immensely combative and benefiting from the sense that something important is at stake. At the close of the third day, South Africa held a lead of 139 runs, with seven wickets remaining. They bat long and because of the extra cutting edge of their attack feel a touch ahead of the game, but the job is far from done.
A rag-tag of an English cricketing summer, ruined by poor planning and even poorer weather, is reaching a marvellous climax, played out before expectant, thoroughly contented capacity crowds.
Matt Prior, England's wicketkeeper, will also have cause to reflect on cricket's unforgiving nature. He dropped Hashim Amla when he was 2, a spring down the leg side and a full glove as he glanced Stuart Broad. Amla reached his half-century with a straight drive in the final over of the day and his blissful cover drive against Broad off the penultimate ball of the day reminded England that here was a player who could take the game away from them very quickly.
But England have removed Kallis, lbw to Steve Finn. He was convinced that he got a thin inside edge and referred umpire Simon Taufel's decision immediately, but technology discovered only ricochets against pads and the verdict was upheld. In the first innings he fell victim to what can only be described as a brainstorm by the third umpire, Rod Tucker, so his frustration was understandable. England's delight at his removal knew few bounds.
South Africa have also lost their indomitable captain, Graeme Smith, lbw on the sweep to Graeme Swann. England's plots to dismiss have foundered in this and every previous series and he grimaced and growled and worked the ball through the leg side with the immense determination of a man who sensed that his long-awaited ambition - the rise of South Africa to No 1 in the Test rankings - was nigh. But this time, Swann's strengthening of the leg side and encouragement of the sweep to break the stranglehold - not one of Smith's strengths - worked a treat.
Swann was pitted against South Africa batsmen who by and large have played him with supreme confidence, but three raucous lbw appeals in one over as Kallis and Amla built their stand of 81 showed that he was capable of fighting back.
England were so desperate to remove Smith that earlier they gambled wildly - and lost - on a referral for a catch at the wicket. The ball from Swann turned sharply and with more hot weather forecast spin could come to the fore in the last two days. So could reverse swing - and Broad found a little of it to have Alviro Petersen lbw.
England's tail-enders withstood a barrage of short-pitched bowling from Dale Steyn (also struck painfully on the left-hand himself when acting as a nightwatchman shortly before the close) to steal a lead of six runs on first innings.
England added another 107 after beginning the third day on 208 for 5. The match situation was pressure enough for Bairstow, as was the fact that he owed his place to England's stand-off with Kevin Pietersen, and the relentlessness of South Africa's attack added to it.
South Africa's fast bowlers first squeezed him dry and then silenced him, Morne Morkel striking his middle stump 20 minutes before lunch to leave England looking on in anguish. He made 95 from 196 balls and produced an innings of pluck and craft in the most challenging of circumstances. He has an easy manner, a deft, enterprising approach and in his late father, Bluey, follows one of the most popular Yorkshire cricketers who ever lived.
South Africa had adjusted their thinking against Bairstow overnight. Gone were the short balls with which they had peppered him the previous day in recognition of his troubled introduction to Test cricket against the West Indies quick Kemar Roach. Morkel's final delivery to him was in keeping with their adjusted approach, fast and fullish, and Bairstow, searching for his favourite leg-side, was found wanting.
England lost Prior and Broad to the second new ball and Bairstow, his responsibilities weighing heavily, managed only one run in the last 40 minutes before his middle stump tumbled and his captain, Andrew Strauss, on the Lord's balcony, held his hands to his face in disappointment.
He had reached 90 with a clip through mid wicket off Vernon Philander, his best moment of the morning, but his next boundary was a thick edge wide of the slips and, on 95, two indecisive wafts at short and wide deliveries from Morkel illustrated his tension.
That Prior and Bairstow were still around when the second new ball was taken nine overs into the morning was to England's advantage, but the advantage only lasted one ball. The first ball, from Philander, curled away from Prior and he obligingly chased it, as if transfixed by its newness, and edged to second slip.
Broad bats these days as if he has not been to the crease for years and, trying to shovel Steyn off his body, popped up a catch to Amla at short leg. Swann, on 12, successfully overturned Steyn's lbw decision and, although Steyn returned with fresh fervour after lunch - hitting Anderson on the elbow before bouncing him out and Finn on the helmet - a spirited last-wicket romp of 32 gave England a crowd-cheering first-innings lead.
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by Roslyn Mirrington of Bloom
The muted prettiness of 'Aster Manor' by 3 Sisters combined simply with linen, pearl buttons and ric-rac make up this dreamy little pillow.
Finished size: approximately 12″ x 20″
1 x 'Aster Manor' by 3 Sisters honey bun (3990HB)
0.5 yard linen or linen/cotton blend fabric
1 x rectangular cushion insert, 30 x 50 cm (12″ x 20″)
7 x cream pearl buttons (I used Moda's 'Bag of Buttons')
0.75 yard ivory 0.5″ cotton ric-rac
lightweight fusible fleece (I used Vilene H 630 made by Freudenberg)
piping cord
ecru DMC embroidery floss
From the fusible fleece, cut a rectangle 12.5″ x 20.5″.
From the honey bun, choose 7 strips. From each of these strips, cut a 12.5″ length.
Lay the rectangle of fusible fleece on ironing board, with fusible side up. Lay the first fabric strip along one short edge of the fleece, and fuse.
Lay the second strip on top of the first strip, right sides together. Pin in place.
Using a 0.25″ seam, stitch the strips together to the fusible fleece.
Open the strips, & flip the second strip onto the fusible fleece and press.
Cut a 12.5″ piece of ric-rac. Pin the ric-rac in place on the second fabric strip.
Sew ric-rac in place using a 0.25″ seam.
Lay the third strip on top of the second strip & ric-rac, right sides together. Pin in place.
Flip the pillow cover over. Stitch the third strip in place by stitching just inside your previous row of stitching.
This ensures that the row of stitching holding the ric-rac in place does not show when you flip the third strip back and press.
Using this method, add a further 4 fabric strips to the pillow panel, with a second row of ric-rac between the 3rd and 4th fabric strips.
Making the piping
Cut a 12.5″ strip from one of your honey bun strips. Press the strip in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Place the piping cord along the fold on the inside of the strip. Pin.
Using a zipper foot, and moving your sewing machine needle far to the right, sew a row of stitching as close as you can to the piping cord.
Trim the fabric strip to 0.25″ from your stitching line.
Pin your piping to the last fabric strip of your pillow panel.
Again, using the zipper foot, stitch the piping to the pillow. Try to stitch just inside the previous row of stitching.
From the linen fabric, cut a rectangle 12.5″ x 13.5″. Pin the linen rectangle to the pillow front. Flip the pillow panel over & sew the linen to the panel by stitching along the previous row of stitching which secured the piping.
Press the linen back across the fusible fleece & fuse.
Button embellishment
Seven pearl buttons are hand-stitched on the sixth strip of the pillow top. Place a small pencil mark 1.75″ in from the top and bottom edge. Mark every 1.5″ between.
Using 3 strands of ecru DMC embroidery floss, work a running stitch along the centre of the sixth strip, stopping at each pencil mark to secure a pearl button.
Making the pillow back
Cut one rectangle of linen fabric, 8″ x 12.5″. From a honey bun strip, cut one 12.5″ length. Pin the honey bun strip to the 12.5″ edge of the linen rectangle, with the right side of the strip towards the wrong side of the rectangle – I know this sounds weird, but stay with me! Stitch with a 0.25″ seam.
With the wrong side of the honey bun strip facing up, press 0.25″ seam under.
Fold the honey bun strip back over to the right side of the rectangle.
Topstitch this honey bun strip, 1/8″ in from either edge.
Cut another rectangle of linen fabric, 17″ x 12.5″. Turn the 12.5″ end of the rectangle in 1.25″ towards the wrong side and press. Turn in a further 1.25″ to give a double hem. Stitch this hem, 1/8″ in from either edge.
Lay the two back rectangles, with the honey bun strip trimmed piece overlapping the hemmed linen piece. Overlap the rectangles until the total width is the same as your pillow front. Pin in place.
Stay-stitch the backing pieces together at the overlap, top and bottom, using 1/8″ seam.
Making the ties
Choose a honey bun strip for your ties, and cut into four equal lengths (approximately 10.5″ to 11″). Fold each strip in half lengthwise, right sides together and press. Stitch across one short end and along each long side using a 0.25″ seam. Turn the tie right side out and press. Make four ties.
Pin two of the ties to one side of the back panel, centred at 4.25″ and 8.25″ from the top. (The raw edge of the tie will be against the ruler).
Stitch across the end of the tie to secure.
Fold the ties back over themselves and pin.
Topstitch the ties in place as shown below to enclose the raw edge.
Repeat for all four ties.
Completing the pillow
Place the pillow front and back right sides together. Keeping the ties well out of the way, stitch around the entire pillow using 0.25″ seam. Overlock or zigzag the seam to strengthen if desired.
Turn pillow cover to right side through the back opening. Put cushion insert inside cover and your pillow is complete. The front side should look something like this:
The back of your pillow should have two nifty little bow ties.
Each honey bun will yield approximately 10 of these pillows.


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It's always fun to pick a winner. It's more fun when the pick is right.
Every year, I try to pick the winner of the Toshiba Classic. I've been doing it for the past six years. Only once did I get it right: Fred Couples in 2010.
This year, I've decided to play it safe and name five contenders who have the clearest shot of winning the 19th annual tournament that takes place at Newport Beach Country Club from March 11 to 17.
To be fair, I will make one pick, but to cover my bases, so to speak, I'll name my top five contenders.
Tom Lehman — The contenders must include Lehman, who is the back-to-back Player of the Year on the Champions Tour. Lehman finished tied for 22nd last year. But he showed he's capable of finishing near the top when he was tied for third in 2010. Toshiba Classic defending champion Loren Roberts is not on my contenders list. Even Roberts knows that Lehman is the man to beat. Roberts says the stats don't lie, Lehman is the best on the Champions Tour (but he's still not my pick).
Bernhard Langer — The German knows how to play at Newport Beach. He won the Toshiba Classic in 2008 and finished tied for second with Tom Kite and Mark Calcavecchia last year. Langer already won this year, collecting his 17th victory on the Champion Tour at the ACE Group Classic Feb. 17. His 17 Champions Tour wins is 15th all-time in tour history. Langer has not finished outside of the top three in his first three starts this year. He has been among the top 10 in his last seven events, as well as in the top-10 in 17 of his last 18 tournaments dating back to late March of 2012. He is the early leader in the Charles Schwab Cup points race that he won in 2010.
Fred Couples — If Couples is not the overwhelming pick to win the Toshiba Classic, he is definitely the fans' favorite at Newport Beach. He won't be hard to find on the course on Pacific Coast Highway. He'll be the one with the big gallery following him. Those fans will help provide momentum for Couples, whose ball-striking is capable of being the best on the Champions Tour when he is healthy. Couples, who spent a time in his life as a Newport Beach resident, was the Toshiba Classic champion in 2010. He tied for eighth last year and tied for fifth in 2011.
Rocco Mediate — The Champions Tour "rookie" didn't waste any time earning his first victory in his debut at the Allianz Championship at Broken Sound in Boca Raton, Fla. Feb. 10. More than four years have passed since his memorable U.S. Open battle with Tiger Woods, but Rocco continues to draw fame from that event. Truth be told, he always be remembered for those moments against Tiger.
John Cook — The 55-year-old is no stranger to Newport Beach, as he owns a home in Corona del Mar and spends a great deal of time throughout the year in the area. Cook is seeking his 10th win on the Champions Tour and his second victory of year. He is second in the Charles Schwab Cup race. He won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai to open the year. Cook is my pick to win the 19th annual Toshiba Classic.
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Summer is always the hottest jet-set season and we are so envious of all the Instagram and Twitter pictures that the stars post from all the best summer destination spots! Whether it is Cara Delevingne having fun with her friends in Paris, Chrissy Teigen vacationing with hubby John Legend in Italy, or Kendall Jenner playing with her sisters in Mexico, we know these model babes are always looking hot in their luxury swimwear!These three hotties are some of the biggest names in fashion right now and they definitely know how to jet-set the right way!
Cara Delevingne always seems to be goofing off and having the time of her life with her hot model friends! While she may be silly, she puts on a serious face as she walks the catwalk for some of the biggest designers such as Chanel and Burberry! The Indian Summer perfectly embodies Cara's carefree attitude and light spirit. The classic triangle gets a little bit of edge with a unique print that you could wear from the beaches of Hawaii to the beaches in France! We know Cara would look beyond amazing in this designer swimwear bikini while swimming in the Mediterranean or relaxing on a yacht!
Gorgeous model Chrissy Teigen's fame has skyrocketed in the last year because her fun personality makes everyone want to be her friend! Not to mention, she has a hot musician hubby, John Legend that writes the most romantic songs about her! They are always jet-setting to the most exclusive, private locations and we think she would look amazing in the Rock the Boat bikini! This fun suit is perfect for any woman that loves to have a little bit of fun with her swimwear and stand out. The multi-colored chevron print is this summer's hottest trend and would make anyone feel super confident!
While the Kardashians often get criticized for being famous simply because they are famous, Kendall Jenner is proving everyone wrong by working her booty off in the fashion world! She has graced the covers of magazines, walked at Paris Fashion Week, and has her own line of clothing with younger sister, Kylie! She may only be eighteen, but Kendall has been spotted all over the world this summer and she shows no signs of slowing down! The Strawberry Shortcake bikini is the perfect summer suit for Kendall. The sweet pattern is perfect for vacationing with her friends and family! This bikini is the perfect balance of sweet and sexy for this summer!


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- Lotus news
D'Ambrosio eyes race return
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Jerome d'Ambrosio says he is "still working" on trying to find a race seat for the 2013 season.
After a season with Marussia (then Virgin) in 2011, d'Ambrosio was signed as the Lotus reserve driver for this season and made one race appearance when he stood in for the suspended Romain Grosjean at Monza. Lotus is yet to confirm Grosjean's seat for next year, but there are only other drives left at Force India, Caterham and Marussia and d'Ambrosio said he was still chasing one of those slots.
"Not everything is confirmed yet; we're still working on it," d'Ambrosio told Autosport. "It's tough. We'll see what happens. Time will tell. With the season finished, the remaining people who have everything in their hands will take their decisions."
D'Ambrosio admitted that the sheer number of drivers with race experience competing for seats means competition for places is high.
"It's very difficult. There are a lot of drivers out there without seats. Some experienced ones, some less experienced ones. All I can say is that I really love Formula One, I loved being on the grid last year even if it was not in a top car. I enjoyed being in the car at Monza very much. It's what I love to do and I will fight to stay in Formula One as long as I can."