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I don't think she'd have much problems with the guys . . . Kristen is so beautiful. That's like asking the girls if they have a problem with Rob playing Edward. The face comes first, then the acting. ahahahaha, in most cases that would be accurate.pharmer4 wrote: Lastly, out of interest, how many of the people who don't like Kristen playing Bella are male?
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The update on Dirk Hayhurst's surgery appears positive — fraying labrum, repaired, out most of the season but possibly not all of it. All in all, probably couldn't have been better.
Now I'm not criticizing anybody's name (I have never completely mastered pronouncing mine, although I have not misspelled it since about 1963), but the surgeon was Dr. Mark Schickendantz? I mean, how could you not go into orthopedic surgery at least with a weak smile on your face contemplating the fact that your surgeon's last name includes the words "chicken dantz"?
The fella who took out my appendix two and a half years ago was named Kimmelstiel, complete with the "steel" pronounciation. A guy allowed to use scalpels, named Kimmelstiel. Heckuva surgeon, by the way.
Dr. Schickendantz.
UPDATE: The author-pitcher quickly regained typing ability (one-handed) and reports himself feeling pretty good, all things considered, but with control of the remote ceded to the Mrs., he says he did briefly consider trying to get a hold of the anesthesiologist for a booster.
FROM A RESEARCHER'S NOTEBOOK: Just stumbled across this in the Fall 2009 edition of The Society for American Research Journal: a law student at the University of North Carolina named Trent McCotter busted his research hump to analyze the official scoresheets from all of Ty Cobb's games, to generate his splits. It is startling to consider that Cobb, in 2,109 games in which he faced righthanded starters, batted .375 lifetime (.347 versus lefties). Perhaps more impressive, Cobb's numbers in games started by the pitching legends he faced:
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Walter Johnson 92 .380
Rube Waddell 21 .354
Cy Young 25 .354
Babe Ruth 21 .338
Eddie Plank 54 .333
Remember, Cobb hit .367 lifetime. He did better than that against Johnson, whom he always claimed he could hit because he knew Johnson wouldn't pitch him inside because he was mortified at the thought of hitting batters in the pre-helmet days – and killing one of them. He actually managed a .454 on base percentage against The Big Train.
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Schickendantz if he wants to, schicken leave his friends behind.
@brendanr – too funny!! Hi Keith! Schickendantz? Really? That is amazing… and rather funny as well. My real name is slightly unusual (not really funny, just unusual) but if you Google it, you get the Unabomber. Or at least you used to. As odd as my name is, there was a woman who worked on that case who had the same name, with the same odd spelling. Love the historical bits – sounds like Ty Cobb was an amazing hitter, and perhaps he psyched himself up even more if the pitcher was known to be good – or maybe he just did a lot of homework on them. Fascinating, either way. Two last notes…. first of all, would you please update us someday on how your father is doing? It would be greatly appreciated. 🙂 Last, but definitely not least, I love the new picture! Best one yet, to my mind. Have a great Superbowl Sunday! Thanks!
So is it your first name that gives you trouble, or your last?
Sorry, sorry–just kidding, really. Couldn't resist that low-hanging fruit.
Not as clever as yours, brendanr: hats off.
I read the Ty Cobb piece too (in the latest issue of SABR's Baseball Research Journal). Mr. McCotter broke down Cobb's career hitting stats by American League ballpark, but conspicuously left Washington's Griffith Stadium off the list…
Am glad to hear your father's okay!
It has been such a busy winter for me work wise, especially this past month – so much so that I had to put baseball on the back burner for a bit. (I was finally able to see your Special Comment from last night a few minutes ago).
I'm just now catching up on your baseball articles here and it is really fascinatinig sitting here on a late snowy winter evening, reading them all. You have put a great deal of work into this blog and I wish all baseball fans would stop here for a while and enjoy all the stories you share with us.
Jose Santiago. I don't think I have heard his name mentioned in over 40 years. Doesn't seem possible it's been that long. I remember him like it was yesterday. I am at that time of year where I'll be shopping for a few new baseball books to read between Spring Training and Opening Day. You have mentioned quite a few books here in the past year which I intend to purchase. For me there's nothing quite like going back in time and revisiting these baseball players from generations ago.
I was given a beautiful book to read a few months ago about the Baseball Hall of Fame. Looks like I'm finally going to get there this spring. Thanks for the inspiration from your memorable trip there last summer. I can't wait to finally get there.
Baseball games are like snowflakes and fingerprints, no two are ever alike. – W. P. Kinsella
Looking forward to another new season of baseball with you all.
Love the historical bits – sounds like Ty Cobb was an amazing hitter, and perhaps he psyched himself up even more if the pitcher was known to be good – or maybe he just did a lot of homework on them. Fascinating, either way. Flour Mill
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Judge-elect Stan J. Rumbaugh received his law degree from the University of Puget Sound in 1978. He has tried hundreds of cases in private practice. Judge-elect Rumbaugh has been on the Board of Governors for the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association for nine years and was Washington State Law and Politics magazine's Super Lawyer four different years. His civic involvement includes service on the Tacoma Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, Bates Technical College Board of Trustees, Centro Latino Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood of Western Washington Board of Directors, governor's task force on longterm disability, the City of Tacoma Human Services Strategic Planning Group, the World Trade Council, and moderator for the PBS television program "South Sound View."
Judge-elect Jack F. Nevin received his law degree from Gonzaga University. He was appointed to the Pierce County District Court Bench in 1997. Judge-elect Nevin was the Presiding Judge of the United Nations Detention Review Commission Kosovo in 2001 and was on active and reserve duty with the Judge Advocate General's Corps United States Army from 1978 to 2009. Judge-elect Nevin also served as Chief Judge (IMA) United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals and was the Commanding General of the US Army Reserve Legal Command (Prov). His civic involvement includes service on the State of Washington Board of Judicial Administration, faculty at the Washington State Judicial College, Adjunct Professor for Trial Advocacy at Seattle University School of Law, the Tacoma Narrows Rotary, Board of Directors for the Family Renewal Shelter, Board of Advisors for Gonzaga University School of Law, and Paint Tacoma Beautiful.
Judge-elect Jerry T. Costello was born and raised in Illinois. He is a 1983 graduate of California Western School of Law and began his career in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps, which brought him to Seattle and Guam. Following his military service, Judge-elect Costello did civil litigation work with Bogle & Gates in Seattle. From 1989 until present, he has worked as a Pierce County Deputy Prosecutor, handling assignments including Chief Criminal Deputy, Chief Administrative Deputy, Lead Attorney for homicide cases and Special Assistant United States Attorney. Judge-elect Costello is married to Kris Costello and they have two daughters, Jessica and Keri. When not working, Judge-elect Costello might be found fly casting for trout.
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Cook the Book: Salted Butter Break-Ups
After baking a batch of these Salted Butter Break-Ups from Dorie Greenspan's Around My French Table all I could think about was how much more fun they were than a typical butter cookie, both in flavor—salty-sweet to the max and in how they're meant to be eaten—broken up at the table and plenty messy.
The Break-Ups are essentially a giant salted butter cookie baked whole and meant to be broken up at the table. This gives everyone a chance to grab their favorite part of the cookie, whether it's the slightly darker outer edge or the tender interior. Butter and salt are the two primary flavors in these cookies, so quality counts. A rich French butter is the way to go, and Greenspan recommends sel gris, a slightly moist sea salt with large crystals for this recipe, but any sort of kosher or coarse salt will do. If crumbs are a concern and tabletop breaking isn't your thing, you can certainly roll out the dough and cut them into individual cookies—but that wouldn't be nearly as fun.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of Around My French Table to give away this week.
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- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
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Scrape the dough onto a work surface, form it into a square, and pat it down to flatten it a bit. Wrap the dough in plastic and chill it for about 1 hour (or for as long as 3 days). When you're ready to bake, center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
Remove the dough from the fridge and, if it's very hard, bash it a few times with your rolling pin to soften it. Put the dough between sheets of plastic wrap or wax paper and roll it—or pat it—nto a rectangle that's about 1/4 inch thick and about 5 x 11 inches; accuracy and neatness don't count for a lot here. Transfer the dough to the lined baking sheet.
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Leave today for comp. Dehydration completes today, no carbs (except for what's in protein shakes), no fruit, no water. Protein Shakes, vitamins, black coffee and whiskey only. This doesn't work for all of us, but found it works for me in the last phase.
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Went into work at 6AM to get orders out without any make-up or even running brush through my hair (just threw it up in a clip). For those who know me well .... that makes me totally comp batty, lol
Funny thing is I am going into this comp at my highest fitness level, but feel the worst. Of course those who follow my journals on the BBing boards are prob aware there is much more going on then comp prep.
Gotta wash some more tan off this AM, managed to get comp tan on the couch ... exactly how do I get that out???? So I am now properly comp tanned (i.e. look ridiculous in person), gotta pack and I'm off. Large show and still "little" compared to the other gals, but I get exposure and modeling jobs since I stand out. So not expecting to "place" but expecting work out of it.
I'll apply another layer of tan tonight at motel, wash off excess in am, two coats or bronzer in AM, coat of posing oil before stage, bronzer and posing oil before PM show.
Chosen comp music for "T-Walks" (evening show): Barbie Girl mix (Barbie Girls, goes into Click Click Boom finishes with I'm a Barbie Girl), Little Red Riding Hood, Ladies & Gentleman, and Foxy. 5 Divisions in all (don't get to choose music for 1). There are NO RULES on my bikini and athletic wear choice (except no thongs allowed at USA shows). So wearing micro bikini for bikini round and "boy shorts" and top for athletic round. I figured the more they can see of the hard work the better, lol Let's see what they say FYI 5 divisions means going on stage 10 times (AM & PM shows) and holding poses (keeping everything tight) each time under hot lights, while dehydrated and totally depleted.
Photo shoot day after comp .... hope comp tan will not interfere with results.
Thanks for all the support from my friends! You all are fantastic!
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What's the best glass for wine? The one you're holding.
We're only half joking. Wine in a plastic cup on vacation always tastes delicious, and the tumblers at our favorite Italian place are just fine with that big carafe of rustic red wine. It's also true, though, that an elegant, comfortable and well-designed glass can make the experience of wine that much more pleasant. And there's good news here: There has never been a wider selection of good stemware available at affordable prices.
For almost a decade now, our everyday glass has been Spiegelau "Vino Grande" Burgundy, which is so comfortable to us that it seems like an old shoe. Everybody needs new shoes from time to time, though, so we decided it was time to conduct a broad search to find a new everyday glass. We shopped in person and online.
While there are many different kinds of glasses for many different kinds of wine — flutes for sparklers, small glasses for dessert wine and some boast that they deliver specific wines best to specific taste buds and so on — everyone needs a good, solid, everyday glass to use for both reds and whites without thinking about it. You know: the kind of stemware you just reflexively pick up when you come home after a long day. That's what we were looking for in this tasting. Here were our parameters as we searched:
— Twenty ounces or more. We like large bowls in which our small pour of wine, whether red or white, has plenty of room to breathe and we can swish and swirl to our hearts' content. We eliminated any glass that was less than 20 ounces or, online, didn't reveal the size.
— Clear glass. We want to see our wine. In addition, thin glass is better than thick glass because we like to taste wine instead of glass and thick stemware can get heavy.
— Long stem so we can hold it comfortably. Those stemless tumblers we see at restaurants sometimes are fun as a change of pace, but we wouldn't use them as everyday glasses.
— Slight inward curve at the top. This focuses the aromas.
— $15 or less. In fact, almost all of the glasses we liked were $12.50 or less, and many were less than $10. We don't want to spend too much on our everyday glasses because then we don't have to worry about breaking them; the angst would make using them less pleasurable.
With those fences around our choices, we ended up with 25 different glasses. We bought them at places as disparate as Wal-Mart, Target and Sur la Table. In the past, we have bought some lovely stemware at Costco, but we haven't seen special glasses there in some time and didn't see any when we were searching this time. We found the widest selection, of course, at wine-specific Web sites such as wineenthusiast.com. A number of glasses we picked up are from the various Riedel lines. Riedel is the big name in fine glasses and now it has all sorts of different, well-crafted lines at various price points.
A fine everyday glass, to us, is like great movie music. It doesn't demand attention on its own but enhances the mood and action at every moment. It's a very personal issue of how it feels in our hands and how it delivers the smells and tastes of the wine. We want a glass to be both sensual and unfussy, which can be a difficult trick.
We placed all 25 glasses on the table and studied them. It's amazing how different yet similar they were, truly an outstanding cornucopia of wine glasses. We quickly eliminated 14 from our competition. There wasn't anything dramatically wrong with any of them, but we found some too heavy and thick; some too narrow (so tastes and smells got trapped); some too wide (so tastes and smells got away from us) and some simply boring. Some teetered on stems so thin and tall that they frightened us. We also eliminated a glass from Schott Zwiesel called "Tritan Diva Burgundy," even though we both liked it. We thought with its particularly long stem that it felt simply too big and grand for everyday use, not to mention that six of them would pretty much fill our entire kitchen. Still, we thought they'd be fun glasses to use when we have company and they'd be great with very big, young reds that needed plenty of air. They simply seemed a bit overwhelming for everyday use.
We then spent several days using the remaining 11 glasses with a variety of red and white wines. We wanted something that felt comfortable to us, with nice balance, some elegance and which added to our enjoyment of the wine. All of that is highly personal — as personal as wine itself — so others might have chosen differently.
We're happy to say that our five favorites came from four different producers and five different stores. Our favorites, and the reasons we liked them, are listed in the attached index. Having used all of them now for a few weeks, we can tell you we're quite fond of all of them and happy to have them as part of our household.
A nice set of stemware is always a good gift — for novices or experts, for people who have few glasses in the house or many. As wine lovers, we can assure you that we can never have enough everyday glasses. But don't wait for someone to give you glassware. Our guess is that most wine lovers out there — like us — use their everyday glasses for years, until they break them. We'd urge you to spend some time this weekend buying a new set of everyday glasses for yourself. Just because they are a little bit different, they will make your wine-drinking experience a little bit fresher, a little bit more pleasurable, a little bit more fun. And all that for the price of one good bottle of wine.
The Dow Jones Everyday Wine Glass Index
In a test of everyday wine glasses that cost $15 or less and would be good for both reds and whites, these were our favorites. We have listed the price we paid and where we got them. Some of the glasses might be available at other places, and prices vary. We did not include Spiegelau "Vino Grande" Burgundy glasses (six for $52.95 at wineenthusiast.com) on this list because it has been our everyday glass for almost a decade and we were looking for something new. It's still an outstanding glass and we'd certainly recommend it. For the same reason, we also didn't include the very similar Spiegelau "Vinovino" Pinot Noir glass (four for $37.95 at wineenthusiast.com). The Riedel company owns Spiegelau. We bought all of these online except the Target glasses, which we bought at a store.
Schott Zwiesel 'Tritan Cru Classic' Bordeaux.
Set of six. $72. 9 3/8″. 28 oz. Sur la Table (surlatable.com).
Best of tasting. Somewhat unusual shape, something like an egg, means that everything tasted a little bit new and different to us. "This feels great, comfortable in my hand," Dottie said. It's deceptive: It's big yet it doesn't feel too big. Great balance. All wines seemed a little bit more special in this glass. Great for swirling and sniffing.
Crate & Barrel 'Elite' Chardonnay.
$5.95. 8 3/4″. 22 oz. Crate & Barrel (crateandbarrel.com).
Best value. Not quite as thin and elegant as the others, but generous, well-designed and clearly durable. The shape and feel reminded Dottie of restaurants in Italy, which is certainly a good thing. Terrific price. It's also the only glass on this list that we could buy by the individual stem instead of a set.
Robert Mondavi by Waterford Bordeaux.
Set of two. $24.99. 10″. 25 oz. Bed, Bath & Beyond (bedbathandbeyond.com).
Looks very much like the Tritan above, but a little taller and, to us, just a tad too heavy compared to it, but, still, a real winner. "Wow, this is such an interesting glass," John said, and Dottie said, "This looks like it's built for anything you could pour into it." Wine swirls beautifully in it and opens up so nicely. (We no longer can find this on the Bed, Bath & Beyond site, but we see that itis available elsewhere, such as Waterford.com, at a much higher price.)
Riedel 'Vivant' Bordeaux.
Set of two. $29.99. 10″. 25 oz. Target (target.com).
Envision a classic wine glass and this looks like it — elegant, symmetrical and tall. All-purpose shape. Lovely glass that doesn't call attention to itself and lets wine show well. "So comfortable and easy," Dottie said. "It's sort of second nature — like home." After our tasting, as we were researching the "Vivant" glass, we discovered the identical "Vivendi" Bordeaux glass made by Nachtmann, another division of Riedel. A set of six sells for $35.98 at nachtmann-online.com. (A spokeswoman for Riedel confirmed it is the same glass.)
Riedel 'Wine Collection' Pinot-Nebbiolo.
Set of four. $49.95. 8 3/4″. 25 oz. Beverage Factory.com (beveragefactory.com).
Pretty, beveled stem, which often we don't like — too fussy — but this one is understated. Nicely big at the bottom, with a good curve at the top that helps aromas concentrate well.
This article was adapted from a Tastings column by Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher published in October 2009.


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"I sit here as a testament to those people who were committed to saving a Jewish child's life."
— William Donat
Irena Sandler In the Name of Their Mothers is the story of a group of young Polish women, who outfoxed the Nazis during World War II and saved the lives of thousands of Jewish children.
Irena Sendler, a petite social worker, was not yet thirty years old when Nazi tanks rolled into Warsaw in September of 1939. When the city's Jews were imprisoned behind a ghetto wall without food or medicine, she appealed to her closest friends and colleagues, mostly young women, some barely out of their teens. Together, they smuggled aid in and smuggled Jewish orphans out of the ghetto by hiding infants on trams and garbage wagons and leading older children out through secret passageways and the city's sewers. Catholic birth certificates and identity papers were forged and signed by priests and high ranking officials in the Social Services Department so that the children could be taken from safe houses in Warsaw to orphanages and convents in the surrounding countryside.
The scheme was fraught with danger. The city was crawling with ruthless blackmailers, and the Gestapo were constantly on the look out for Jews who had escaped from the ghetto. "You are not Rachel but Roma. You are not Isaac but Jacek. Repeat it ten times, a hundred, even a thousand times," says Irena, who knew that any child on the street could be stopped and interrogated. If he was unable to recite a Catholic prayer he could be killed.
Magda Rusinek tells us how she taught the children "little prayers that every child knows in Polish. I would wake them up during the night to say the prayer," says the Sendler collaborator who had joined the Polish Resistance as a teenager. "And then I had to teach them how to behave in a church, a Christian Church."
"They treated me like their own child," says Poitr Zettinger, recalling how the sisters would warn him when the Gestapo came to the convent. "They would tell me when I should hide so I'd run up to the attic. I'd hide in a cupboard there." William Donat, a New York businessman, describes the conflicts inherent in the extraordinary situation. "I was baptized and I was converted and, became a very, very strong Catholic. I was praying every day for perhaps a little more food and for Jesus to forgive me for the terrible sin that I had been born a Jew."
Sendler and her cohorts kept meticulous records of the children's Jewish names so that they could be reunited with their parents after the war. Donat was one of the few whose parents survived.
In 1942, as conditions worsened and thousands of Jews were rounded up daily and sent to die at the Treblinka death camp, less than hour outside Warsaw, Sendler and her cohorts began to appeal to Jewish parents to let their children go. Sixty years later, Irena still has nightmares about the encounters. "Those scenes over whether to give a child away were heart-rending. Sometimes, they wouldn't give me the child. Their first question was, 'What guarantee is there that the child will live?' I said, 'None. I don't even know if I will get out of the ghetto alive today."
Irena Sendler
Died: May 12, 2008 (aged 98)
Warsaw , Poland
During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an ulterior motive.
Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried.She also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck, for larger kids.
Irena kept a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.
The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking which covered the kids/infants noises.
During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. Ultimately, she was caught, however, and the Nazi's broke both of her legs and arms and beat her severely.
Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she had smuggled out, in a glass jar that she buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and tried to reunite the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.
In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected. Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming.
Later another politician, Barack Obama, won for his work as a community organizer for ACORN.
In MEMORIAM – 65 YEARS LATER
I'm doing my small part by forwarding this message. I hope you'll consider doing the same. It is now more than 67 years since the Second World War in Europe ended.
This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, In memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated!


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Shopping For Replacement Windows and Doors in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Searching for replacement windows and doors isn't something people do every single day. The choices are vast and the process can be a bit stressful for some. The right replacement windows and doors can transform spaces in your home. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind as you start this process.
Find your inspiration – doing a bit of research and finding photos of your vision are important to achieving what you have in mind. Take a walk around your neighborhood or take a look at your friends and family's homes. You never know when you'll find that look you've been striving for.
Visit your Eau Claire Showroom – this will give you the opportunity to view all the choices available to you and allow you to try them out. Not only will this give you a better feel for the functionality, but can help you get an up-close look to see if it's what you had thought it would be.
Prioritize your needs – replacing your windows and doors is an investment. But it can help lower your heating and cooling costs and increase security. New windows and doors can also raise the value and curb appeal of your home, reduce outside noise, and make cleaning simpler. Prioritizing the benefits you value most can help steer you toward the right door or window for your home.
Talk to an expert – once you've done your research, give the experts at Pella Windows and Doors a call at 715-836-9301. It's important to get the information you need to answer all of the questions you have. That way you can review all of the details and get a better understanding of the cost associated with your plans.
Looking for the right replacement windows and doors starts with finding the best options to fit your home and budget. Once you know where to look, you can start creating a home you'll enjoy for a long time.
Whether it's an in-home consultation, or a quick visit to the Showroom in Eau Claire, the specialists at Pella Windows and Doors are here to listen to your needs and offer insight on the possibilities available to you. Then, you can feel confident that you are on the path to making your vision come to life. Have a few questions that you need answered quickly? Give the specialists at Pella Windows and Doors a call at 715-836-9301, they are more than willing to work with you to transform your house in to the home you've always envisioned.


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SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The next-to-last day of the Sochi Olympics was one of record achievements by nations and individuals. It was also a day of what might have been for U.S. hockey.
With only three finals remaining to be contested at the first Winter Olympics ever held in Russia, the host nation moved to the brink of wrapping up the race for the most medals won.
Victories in two very different kinds of sports along with a bronze at the speed skating oval gave the Russians 29 medals, two more than the United States.
It became all but a certainty that Russia would finish with the most medals after the Americans suffered through a bad day. The U.S. hockey team was overwhelmed in the bronze medal game against Finland, Ted Ligety fell in the second run of the slalom final and only one of the United States teams could move into medal contention during the first two bobsled runs Saturday.
If Russia does collect the most hardware, it will be just the second time that has happened since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The 29 medals won thus far are six more than the previous Russian record set in Lillehammer 20 years ago.
No one, however, can reach the all-time record of 37 medals won by the United States in Vancouver.
The gold medal title in Sochi is up for grabs with Norway and Russia going into the last day with 11 each. Both will be have competitors in the 50-kilometer cross-country race on Sunday and Russia took the lead on Saturday midway through the four-man bobsled event.
These Olympics will end with a new all-time leader in most medals won in the Winter Games and there will be a co-record holder for most golds and most medals won by a female.
In addition, the Netherlands completed an accomplishment that should set a standard for generations to come. The speed skating events came to a close with the Dutch speed skaters having won 23 out of a possible 32 medals.
The newest of the the medal records that have been established at these Olympics came Saturday from Marit Bjoergen of Norway, who won the 30-kilometer cross-country gold and led a sweep for her country.
She has 10 career Winter Olympics victories and six gold medals. No female has ever won more in either category.
Bjoergen tied a pair of athletes from the old Soviet Union for most medals and most golds. Raisa Smetanina won 10 medals in cross-country races during an Olympic career that ended in 1992 and speed skater Lidia Skoblikova earned six golds over the course of two Games in he 1960s.
It had already been determined before Saturday that Norway's Ole Einar Bjorndalen would leave the Olympics with the most medals in the history of the Winter Games. But Bjorndalen was unable to add to that total Saturday when he and his teammates finished fourth in the biathlon relay.
Bjorndalen had a chance to break a tie with cross-country skier Bjorn Daehlie for most gold medals won, but they will remain tied with eight. Bjorndalen, however, has the overall medal record with 13, thanks to wins in these Games in the sprint race and the team mixed relay.
He had a chance for as many as four more medals and came up just short in two of those races.
When it comes to unbeatable records, the Dutch speed skaters added to their heroic efforts Saturday with wins in both the men's and women's team pursuit races.
In 2008 the Austrian alpine skiing contingent won 14 medals and that appeared to be a Winter Olympics record that would stand the test of time. The Netherlands will finish the 2014 Olympics with 23 speed skating medals, eight of them being gold.
Irene Wust won her fifth medal in Sochi, more than anybody else, by leading the women's pursuit team to victory.
One of the more entertaining moments of the entire Olympics came a week ago when the United States and Russia played a hockey game that involved eight shootout rounds before the Americans pulled out a victory.
Neither of those teams, however, wound up with a medal.
Finland proved to be the culprit in both cases, defeating the Russians in the quarterfinals and then blasting the Americans Saturday in the bronze medal game.
Finland won 5-0 with 43-year-old Teemu Selane capping his international career and his sixth Olympics by scoring twice.
The United States appeared to be gathering momentum throughout the tournament and easily dispatched the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals. There was not a single goal for the Americans, however, in either the semifinals or finals.
Among the medalists in the men's and women's snowboarding parallel slalom finals Saturday was Vic Wild, who captured his second gold of the Olympics. Wild was born in Washington state, but became a Russian citizen three years ago when he married Alena Zavarzina. He has been living in Moscow ever since.
Zavarzina, who won a bronze medal in the women's parallel giant slalom earlier in the week, but finished only 13th in the regular slalom on Saturday.


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Shoestring operations and impending "sequestration" budget cuts would deal the Army an $18 billion blow to non-combat operations and maintenance accounts over the last half of fiscal year 2013, former colleague Lance Bacon reports in the new Army Times, a sister Gannett Co. paper.
Lance reports that unless the money is restored, Army budget trims will include the following:
*Four out of five brigade combat teams will be unable and unprepared to meet the needs of combatant commanders. Combat Training Center rotations and joint exercises will be canceled.
*Only a handful of aircrews will have sufficient flight hours for proficiency and qualifications. Flight school will see a reduction of 500 students. It will take more than two years to overcome the backlog.
*Six divisions -- the 3rd Infantry Division, 4th ID, 10th Mountain, 25th ID, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and 82nd Airborne Division -- will not have the gear they need. Roughly 1,000 tactical wheeled vehicles, 14,000 communication devices and 17,000 weapons will sit untouched at depots.
*Only units headed to Afghanistan, Korea or assigned to the Global Response Force Brigade Combat Team will be fully equipped.
*Some soldiers will report directly to units from boot camp without Advanced Individual Training. As many as 4,000 military intelligence soldiers will fall into this category.
*Fifteen field artillery training courses will be canceled, though the number of soldiers will not diminish.
*Professional Military Education will decrease for all ranks, which could create a culture of "haves and have-nots" that affects promotions and assignments for years to come.
*Installation services will be cut back. Mess halls will merge. Funding for soldier and family programs such as the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program, Soldier Family Assistant Centers and the Army Substance Abuse Program will be reduced.
In addition, Lance reports, "Thousands of civilians will lose their jobs. The remaining 251,000 civilian employees will face long furloughs, meaning they will have four weeks or more without pay."
Operations and readiness would take disproportionate hits, Lance notes, because the Army "will not touch combat operations, preparedness for those scheduled to deploy, and critical soldier and family programs." That's according to a "senior Army official with in-depth knowledge of the Army budget," Lance said. Those programs make up 43 percent of the annual O&M budget.
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Wii U Will Launch With 24 Games This Sunday
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Nintendo's newest console is out this Sunday, and there are already people lining up outside retailers to get one.
There are 24 games available for the Wii U at launch. Some are highly anticipated Nintendo staples, like New Super Mario Brothers U, and some are interesting and creative titles from third-party developers, like Scribblenauts Unlimited and ZombiU. Many games already out on other systems are being released for the Wii U as well, including Assassin's Creed III and NBA 2K13; some of these games even have extra functionality that's been added to take advantage of the Wii U GamePad.
If you don't see a game in the gallery above that you thought was coming to the Wii U, it's because many announced games will be available in the "launch window", a broad period from now until March. That's when games like Pikmin 3 and LEGO City Undercover will come out.
If you haven't preordered a Wii U from a large retailer, many places will still have them available at launch day. Expect long lines at larger retailers though.
Are you planning on purchasing a Wii U this weekend, and what games do you most want to buy? Let us know in the comments.


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China disaster relief exercise to be hosted by the U.S. Army
US Army to host China disaster relief exercise
Posted: Oct 31, 2013 2:19 AM GST
HONOLULU (AP) – The U.S. Army will host China's military in Hawaii next month for an annual disaster relief exercise.
U.S. Army Pacific said Wednesday the two countries will practice providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to a fictional third country during the Nov. 12-14 exchange.
Last year in Chengdu, China, U.S. and Chinese officers sat around a table facing a video screen and discussed how they would respond to an earthquake in a fictional third country.
This year for the first time, U.S. Army and People's Liberation Army soldiers will train together in a field environment.
U.S. Army Pacific strategy and plans officer Col. John Lee says the event is aimed at showing the countries can work together and cooperate on disaster management, which is important to everyone in the Pacific.


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Bomb in southwest Pakistan kills 11 people
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a bomb that appeared to be targeting paramilitary soldiers has exploded in a commercial area in southwest Pakistan, killing 11 people.
Senior police officer Zubair Mehmood says the blast Thursday also wounded 27 people, including three security officials. The attack took place in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.
Another police officer, Mohammed Rafique, says the bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying paramilitary soldiers.
Baluchistan has experienced a decades-long insurgency by nationalists who demand greater autonomy and a larger share of the province's natural resources. It is also home to many Islamist militants, including the Taliban.


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CHILDREN'S MALTREATMENT DISCLOSURES, RECANTATIONS, AND SUPPORTING EVIDENCE OF MALTREATMENT by Ann M. Reyes Robbins A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SOCIAL WORK) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Ann M. Reyes Robbins
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|BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Research about children's maltreatment disclosures has largely focused on sexual abuse, which accounts for 9% of maltreatment cases. Reaching a level of understanding about the correlates to child maltreatment disclosure necessitates an inquiry beyond childhood sexual abuse. In light of recent evidence that ecological factors play a role in the disclosure process for sexual abuse, the current study explored the potential for ecological variables to impact children's disclosures for other types of maltreatment cases. METHODS: Constructivist grounded theory guided original research that included an exploratory content analysis of court documents from Los Angeles County. A purposive sample of 55 cases involving 4-9-year-old children was drawn from a larger study that measured children's willingness to disclose adult transgressions. Methods of analysis included exploratory description of children's disclosures, a geographic information science (GIS) inquiry, and illustrative case studies that examined in detail the court records for three children alongside their levels of endorsement of disclosure. Research questions considered variables related to the individual child, the child's family, the community in which the child resided prior to court intervention, and potential societal influences. RESULTS: Differences in children's disclosure rates and endorsement of disclosure were identified within the sample based on geographical boundaries.; Emerging themes also included the influence of sibling disclosure on a subject child's decision to disclose, a subject child's increased likelihood of disclosing some type of maltreatment in cases in which physical abuse was alleged, and the high rate of disclosure of some type of maltreatment among Latino/a subject children whose cases involved one or more of the following allegations of neglect or precipitating factors to neglect: failure to supervise, unsanitary residence, failure to provide, medical or dental care neglect, or a parental mental health concern. CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS: This study breaks new ground with comprehensive exploratory methods arising from quantitative data, qualitative data, and GIS contextual data. The findings serve to guide future studies on child maltreatment disclosure and move the field forward to consider additional ecological variables and other types of maltreatment beyond sexual abuse. The findings further highlight the complexity and challenges inherent with studying child neglect disclosure.
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Dark Room (Pete Montgomery) Mass Market Paperback – February 26, 2008 by Andrea Kane (Author)
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On Christmas Eve seventeen years ago, Morgan Winter was traumatized by the discovery of her parents' brutally murdered bodies in a Brooklyn basement. When shocking new evidence overturns the killer's conviction, Morgan is forced to face the horrifying realization that the real killer is still out there.
Trapped between past nightmares and present danger, she hires Pete Montgomery, the former NYPD detective who once promised the helpless young Morgan that he'd find her parents' killer. With nothing more than an old case file and crime scene photos, Monty enlists the specialized skills of his son, Lane, a photojournalist who performs covert image analysis for the CIA. In a cruel twist of fate, they expose the devastating secrets of the dark past, only to discover that while the dead may be buried, danger lives on . . .


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Q. Hey, Mr. Anaheim. Your column about Boysen Park left out the most interesting part. You should tell your readers about the airplane. Most of those who grew up going to that park simply know it as "Airplane Park."– Gary Adams, Anaheim HillsA. Ah, great story, Gary. You're right. As a quick refresher for those who didn't catch the original story, I answered a question a couple weeks ago about how Boysen Park, at 951 S. State College Blvd., is named after former Anaheim Parks Superintendent Rudy Boysen – also the man behind the popular berry hybrid that Walter Knott named in his honor, the boysenberry.
But those driving by the park – and those who've spent hours playing there over the years – mostly know it for the Navy jet in the playground. It's one of those rare playground features that captures imaginations and sparks a lot of legends: Like the one about how the plane actually made an emergency landing nearby and so the Navy let it stay in Anaheim (not true).
The city's communications team actually made a fun video a few years back about the history of the plane. You can catch that on the City of Anaheim YouTube page.
The history of the plane in Boysen Park dates to the early 1960s, when the city contracted with the Navy to have the abandoned plane shipped, in 1959, by rail from Arizona to Anaheim.
The cost: $250.
Hard to imagine in these days of billion-dollar budgets, but that's all it was to cover the cost of rail transportation. The Navy donated the plane, a Grumman F9F Cougar used in the Korean War for reconnaissance missions.
Keith Murdoch, Anaheim's city manager from 1950 to 1976, explains in the video that the plane was initially installed in the playground as is. Kids could climb through the tailpipe of the plane and into the cockpit, which was still outfitted with its controls and instrumentation. City officials determined that the mechanisms for the ejection seat were even still intact – those were quickly removed. But soon after, the plane began to show its age. Wiring became exposed and rivets came loose, creating a real safety hazard. The plane was fenced off from public use in 1966. Work crews covered the plane in gunite so that it could keep its shape while becoming a safer place to play. It reopened to the public in 1967.
One commenter on the video wrote: "I was just a kid in '67 before they covered it in cement, and I played on that airplane for many, many years. I lived only blocks away from 1965 until about 1977. I later became a pilot myself, and I owe a good part of that to the mystique I experienced as a young boy, playing on that F9F."
The plane has undergone several renovations and paint jobs, but the original plane still exists underneath all that cement. "It's Boysen Park now," Murdoch says in the 2009 film, "but it's always been known as 'Airplane Park' ever since the plane was here."
Q. I understand that the city wants more people to participate in City Council meetings and local politics. But with such a large Hispanic population, shouldn't they consider communicating better in Spanish? I mean, I know people will say, 'They need to learn English,' but seems like a good start to get more people involved. – Sally Trejo, Anaheim
A. Sally, the city is taking steps toward better catering to its Spanish-speaking population. The City Council in January unanimously approved a plan for Spanish-language translation services at all council meetings, according to city spokeswoman Ruth Ruiz.
City staffers are now providing Spanish-language translation during the public comments portion of the council meetings (at the start of the public sessions) for those who want to speak to the council. Attendees of the council meetings who want to hear translation of the meetings into Spanish can listen on headsets.
Other languages are translated on an as-needed basis. Those wanting translation other than for Spanish are asked to arrange it with the city by 10 a.m. the day prior to a meeting by calling 714-765-5166.
Factoid of the week: The city has employees who are certified in at least nine languages, including Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese.
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Jenny McCarthy has been officially announced as the new Co-Host of 'The View' and we couldn't be more excited about it! She will be a great addition to the show and it will be quite a 'spectacle' to watch!
Here's the announcement from Barbara Walters on The View which is spreading all over the news with images of Jenny McCarthy wearing Alexander Daas eyeglasses 'Hayes' in dark tortoise / blue (dtbb).


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The London Stock Exchange has said its new Linux-based system is delivering world record networking speed, with 126 microsecond trading times.
The news comes ahead a major Linux-based switchover in twelve days, during which the open source system will replace Microsoft .Net technology on the group's main stock exchange. The LSE had long been criticised on speed and reliability, grappling with trading speeds of several hundred microseconds.
The record breaking times were measured on the LSE's Turquoise smaller dark pool trading venue, where trades are conducted anonymously. That network switched over to Linux from Cinnober technology two weeks ago. Speed is crucial as more firms trade automatically at lightning speed, using advanced algorithms.
The 126 microsecond speed is "twice as fast" as its main international competitors, the London Stock Exchange said. BATS Europe and Chi-X, two dedicated electronic rivals to the LSE, are reported to have an average latency of 250 and 175 microseconds respectively. Netiher company immediately provided details. But many of the LSE's older and more traditional rivals offer speeds of around 300 to 400 microseconds. Nevertheless, Linux is now standard in many exchanges.
Millennium Exchange is set to go live on the LSE's main exchange in 12 days' time, on 1 November. The LSE has already conducted one live 'dress rehearsal' last weekend, and announced it would hold a second dress rehearsal this weekend and one the Saturday after, two days before the go-live.
The third dress rehearsal was pegged in after some of the LSE's customers, which number 300 trading firms in total, this week requested more time to test their systems live on the new Linux network. While it is understood the LSE's technology ran largely successfully on the first test, the migration is complex for customers and may be presenting some challenges.
If the third test is successful, the LSE will open on Linux on 1 November, otherwise it will postpone the launch for a fortnight.
David Lester, CEO of Turquoise, said that alongside the 126 microsecond average latency, 99 percent of orders would be processed within 210 microseconds, and only 0.1 percent will take longer than 400 microseconds.
He said the the speed demonstrates the LSE has "made it clear we intend to compete, and compete strongly".
Update: LSE delays Linux launch after live test
Now read:London Stock Exchange Linux record breaking system faces new high-speed challenge


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5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213.
•Acting Up! Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater club at the center. Call center to confirm attendance. Free.
•American Indian Experience. Second Mondays, 1 p.m. Call center to register.
•Another Way to See It Laughter Club. Mondays, 9 a.m. $2 instructor fee at class each week.
•Brain Fitness-Neurobics. Tue., July 31, 10 a.m. Strengthen your brain. Free.
•Bunco! Fri., July 27, 10:30 a.m. Simple dice game. Free.
•Canasta. Mondays, 1 p.m. Card game of the rummy family.
•Chess. Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
•Computer Seniors of America. Day classes available for basic, advanced and specialized courses.
•Drop-in Sewing Circle. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Free.
•Duplicate Bridge. Tuesdays, noon. Free.
•E.S.L. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Help improve your conversational English. Participate in small groups with tutors. 410-313-7213. Free.
•Gathering of the Arts. Mondays, 1 p.m.; and Thursdays, 9 a.m. Drop-in class, bring your own supplies.
•Health Insurance Assistance. Weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Information and counseling services. Medicare beneficiaries, people age 60 and older, and those with disabilities age 55 and older. 410-313-7391.
•Howard County Leadership U. Thu., July 26, 11 a.m. Students from Leadership U spend the day at the center.
•Let's Walk and Move. Tuesdays, 1 p.m.
•Mah Jongg. Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
•Music Appreciation. First and third Fridays, 10 a.m. The 30 Greatest Orchestral Works. Free. Call center to reserve a seat.
•Parkinson's Support Group. First Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. For individuals with a diagnosis of early onset Parkinson's disease. Malcolm Wolf, 301-490-7288 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
•Ping pong. Call center for availability.
•Scrabble. Tuesdays, 1 p.m.
•Sixty-Plus Wills/Legal Screening. Third Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Services include simple wills, powers of attorney, living wills, small estates and deed changes. 410-313-1400 to schedule an appointment.
•Wii Club. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Improve hand-eye coordination and get exercise while competing against peers. Free.
•Work up the Beat. Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. Freestyle dancing, no instructor. Free.
East Columbia50+ Center
6600 Cradlerock Way, Columbia. 410-313-7680.
•Belly Dance. Tuesdays, 1 p.m. $28.
•Bid Whist. Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
•Bridge. Fridays, 1 p.m.
•Farmers Market Coupon Distribution. Tue., July 17, 9 a.m.
•Latin Jam Dance Movement. Thursdays, 1 p.m.
•Mah Jongg. Mondays, noon; Wednesdays, 10 a.m.
•Reflexology. Fridays, 9 a.m. $53 an hour.
•Tai Chi for beginners. Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
Elkridge Senior Center
6540 Washington Blvd., Elkridge. 410-313-5192.
•Age Well Exercise. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. Low-impact exercise designed for any fitness level. $32 for 16-week session.
•Bone Density Screenings. Fri., July 20, 10 a.m. Free.
•Book Club. Second Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
•Cards and games. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
•Computer Seniors of America. Day classes available for basic, advanced and specialized courses. Stop in or call for description and offerings.
•Golden Corral Bingo Breakfast. Second Fridays, 8:30 a.m. Breakfast for $7.95; free bingo.
•Just Bead It. Second Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Make a craft with beads. $6 per craft.
•Legal Aid Help and Assistance. Second and fourth Fridays, 10 a.m. Free.
•Line Dance. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m.
•Rummikub. Second Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m.
•St. Augustine Bingo Lunch. Third Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free homemade lunch and cash bingo.
Ellicott CitySenior Center
9401 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. 410-313-1400.
•Ask the Pharmacist. Mon., July 30, 11 a.m.
•Blood Pressure Screening. Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon.
•Friday Flicks/Documentaries. Fridays, 1 p.m.
•Insighters Group. Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m.
•Needlework Club. Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m.
•Pinochle. Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m.
•Sixty-Plus Wills/Legal Screening. Fourth Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Services include simple wills, powers of attorney, living wills, small estates and deed changes. 410-313-1400 to schedule an appointment.
•SPRING Insighters Group. Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m.
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2400 Route 97, Cooksville. 410-313-5440.
•Billiards. Weekdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
•Drop-in Basketball. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.
•Drop-in Painting. Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Free.
•Duplicate Bridge. Mondays and Wednesdays, 1 p.m. $1.
•Ice Cream Demo. Fri., July 27, 10 a.m. $6. Registration requested.
•Pinochle. Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
•Silver Sneakers Walking Club. Weekdays, 8 a.m.
Recreation Center
3300 Norbert's Way, Ellicott City. 410-313-7311.
•Bingo. First Fridays, 1 p.m. Ages 55 and older.
•Bridge. Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. Ages 55 and older.
•Community Knitting and Crocheting Group. Second and fourth Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m. Knit and crochet afghans, blankets, baby wear and more for local charities, hospitals and senior centers.
•Duplicate Bridge. Wednesdays, noon-3:30 p.m.; and Fridays, 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Drop in for a few hours of duplicate bridge. Bring a bag lunch; coffee, tea and treats will be available.
•Mah Jongg. Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Ages 55 and older. Free.
•Pinochle. Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:30 a.m. Ages 55 and older.
•What to be Alert to After Signing up for Medicare. After signing up for Medicare, learn how to get the most out of coverage and reduce problems or confusion. To register, 410-313-7391.
Longwood Senior Center
6150 Foreland Garth, Columbia. 410-313-7217.
•Art Therapy. Second and fourth Friday, 11 a.m.-noon.
•Coffee and Game Social. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
•Computer Classes. Monthly, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Call center for dates and description.
•Group exercise. Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Free.
•Line Dance. Mondays, 1-2 p.m.
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9411 Whiskey Bottom Road, Laurel. 410-313-0380.
•Agewell Exercise Class. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. Sixteen classes for $35.
•Billiards. Weekdays, 9 a.m.
•Blood Pressure Screening. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.
•Computer Classes. Call for descriptions of offerings.
•Enhance Fitness. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:15 a.m. Sixteen classes for $51.
•Exercise Counseling. Second Thursday, 10 a.m. Call the center for an appointment.
•Handbuilding with Clay. Mondays, 1 p.m. Four classes for $42.
•Line Dance Drop-in. Tuesday, 11 a.m. $1.
•Mah Jongg. Fridays, 12:30 p.m.
•Open Art Studio. Mondays and Wednesdays, noon.
•Sit, Stitch and Give. Fridays, 11 a.m.
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•Spring Bereavement Group. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Find comfort in this short-term group for anyone mourning the loss of a loved one. Nominal fee. Karen Hull, 410-313-7466.
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•Maryland Access Point (MAP) — Part of the Howard County Office on Aging, is an information and assistance gateway for older adults, people with disabilities, family members, caregivers and professionals. Information on respite and home care, long-term care, in-home evaluation, aging in place/home modifications, retirement/planning for the future, Medicare and health insurance, chronic disease management, housing, transportation, income management and legal services. Appointments are conducted at the Columbia office, at senior centers or in your home, weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact MAP at the number above, email@example.com or http://www.howardcountyaging.org.
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•St. Michaels. Aug. 1, 8 a.m. A driving tour of St. Michaels, narrated cruise along Choptank River and more. Ages 55 and older. $99.
•Ward Museum. Aug. 7, 7 a.m. Trave to Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art. Ages 55 and older. $99.
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•A Day in D.C. Aug. 21, 8:30 a.m. Several stops in D.C. Ages 6 and older. $45.
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This past weekend, the Tire Rack Championship Tour packed up from a long weekend in Lincoln, NE and sought out Seneca, NY for the Tire Rack Finger Lakes Championship Tour. Participants applauded the long-awaited return to the Seneca Army Depot, a local favorite among autocross sites.
In a mix of BMWs, Chevrolet Camaros and a lone Ford Mustang, Austin Don took the F Street victory, his first Champ Tour win, in a BMW M3. He led after day one and was able to hold on against chargers Chris Dressler and Ido Waksman for a 0.410-second victory. Dressler and Waksman finished second and third respectively for the remaining trophies in the nine-driver class.
In Super Street R, James Yom took the victory over Grant Reeve by 0.557 second, calling it a "war of attrition" as both, along with Matthew Braun, were dirty on their first two runs on Sunday. Yom was able to lay down a 57.720-second hero run compared to Reeve's 58.254 and Braun's 57.991. Reeve held on to second place, Braun slotted into third, and Jeff Hurst claimed the final trophy position in fourth.
C Street showed the continued success of DJ Alessandrini, who is proving to be one to beat in the class at every event he's entered in this season. His co-driver, Dennis Barrett, was second in the 13-driver class, 2.372-seconds behind. Win-hou (Tony) Chow put up a good fight for second in his NC Hardtop MX5, just 0.075 second behind Barrett. Devin McCuen claimed the fourth and final trophy position.
In A Street, Cody Hunt prevailed after having a shock failure on the morning of Saturday competition. Stop us if you've heard this story before. Fellow Corvette owners, Larry Casey and Sam Strano offered help and Cody ended up competing with Sam Strano's spare front shocks (mismatched from Cody's rear shocks.) Earlier this year, Cody finished in the 4th trophy position at the NJ Pro after suffering shock failure on the way to the event and switching to Sam Strano's spare shocks at that event as well. Erik Carlson, Todd Kean, Hank Wallace and Mark Sarcevicz claimed the second through fifth place trophies respectively in the nearly Spec Chevrolet Corvette on BFGoodrich tires class.
Street Touring Xtreme was a story of perseverance as Eric Simmons suffered engine trouble in his Scion FR-S. He went on to finish second in the car of the eventual winner, James Tatad. Simmons' codriver, Mark Labbancz finished third after switching to Andrew Chow's BMW 323i. Chow finished in the fourth and final trophy spot.
D Street Prepared is always a great class to watch with Sam Strano and John Vitamvas driving the BMW 330ci and Tamra Hunt in her Mazda RX-8. On day one, just 0.007 second separated the eventual winner Sam Strano and car-owner Vitamvas. Hunt set the fastest day-two run to secure second, but it wasn't enough to catch Strano. Vitamvas finished third, though his final run had the scratch time to win—had it not been for the early cone.
E Street Prepared saw a unique winner—the Mazdaspeed6 of Clint Griest and Johanna Foege, one of your 2018 Wendi Allen Scholarship Recipients. The car suffered rear differential issues on day two, causing Clint to win the class on his first run, and Johanna to make adjustments during a mechanical to try to make the car work to stay in the trophies. Unfortunately, she finished one out of the trophies in fourth.
Complete 2018 Tire Rack Finger Lakes Championship Tour results can be found here.
Overall Top 10 in PAX:
- Sam Strano (DSP)
- Tamra Hunt (DSP)
- James Yom (SSR)
- John Vitamvas (DSP)
- Mike Aversa (SM)
- Mark Dudek (STR)
- Grant Reeve (SSR)
- Matthew Braun (SSR)
- Randall Wilcox (SSM)
- Jeff Hurst (SSR)
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Hello everybody
For a research project (study) I'm searching math tasks ordered by difficulty (easy to hard) and average time needed to solve. I think and I hope that there is also some ordering according to difficulty level in the GMAT / GRE / SAT tests. I would prefer if the difficulty level is inferred from the analysis of the performance of participants instead of the estimation of a single person (but latter would also be acceptable).
Does somebody know a resource which provides such an ordering of difficulty level and perhaps also the average time to solve for the tasks?
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A common refrain emerges during the "Superheroes" chapter of "Pioneers of Television," the PBS documentary series returning this month that nostalgically looks at the medium's past.
In almost every program — from "Wonder Woman" to "The Incredible Hulk" to "The Greatest American Hero" — performers talk about chafing against interference from "the network," which invariably wanted to make the shows lighter, broader, more comedic.
This impulse to tone down material might have been maddening, even infantilizing, but it wasn't wholly misguided, since back then kids still represented a major part of the networks' primetime audience. And while it's clear a more mature approach has resulted in better TV and movies — there's no comparing the campy '60s Adam West "Batman" played to Christian Bale's "Dark Knight" — excising children from the equation is one of the least understood elements in the darkened nature of our media.
Kids haven't been forgotten, of course, but rather sequestered — segregated onto their own brightly colored island, where they can safely pick from a bountiful menu of items like Pixar movies and Nickelodeon. Even disadvantaged kids have more options, as marketers eagerly slice the youth audience into tiny niches, from preschool to tweens.
Blocking access to baser media amounts to a giant technological game of Whac-a-Mole, but parents serious about governing their young kids' media needn't worry quite so much about children idly flipping on the TV looking for something to watch. In this personalized environment, it's all waiting there for them, mediated by devices or services like DVRs and Netflix.
As for kids seeing inappropriate fare on broadcast TV, for all the media children under 12 devour, they're simply no longer a significant component of the audience.
During the current season, a mere handful of primetime shows on the major networks average a 2 rating or better among kids, and they're a pretty innocuous bunch: "Sunday Night Football," "The Voice," "Once Upon a Time," "The Big Bang Theory" and "The Simpsons." A decade ago, the number was six times that high.
Networks are more than happy to ignore tykes because — like most of their grandparents — they can't sell them to advertisers. The watershed moment came in the 1990s, when Fox began scheduling edgier fare earlier in the evening, and NBC moved "Mad About You" and subsequently "Friends" into the 8 p.m. slot.
The so-called "Family Hour" had always been an ephemeral notion — advanced mostly by cultural scolds — but as TV exec Garth Ancier said at the time, "When Fox started moving shows that did well with adults (to 8 p.m.), it was like a dam was broken, and everybody started programming differently."
Removing kids from the conversation, however, leaves those fretful about the relationship between media and society with at best a wobbly leg to stand on. Politically speaking, protecting children has always been a winner — the kind of argument it's difficult to rebut.
Seeking to curb what adults choose to watch is more problematic. Granted, some might think Fox's new serial-killer drama "The Following" pushes too far into the realm of grim and icky, or find CBS' "2 Broke Girls" too raunchy, but others won't. Beyond speculating about what might potentially inspire disturbed minds, such a debate is purely subjective.
Concerns pertaining to children represented the system's one reliable brake to restrain entertainment standards, for good and ill. With that responsibility diminished (if not, perhaps, wholly removed), the foundation for policing content begins to crumble. Sure, slap on ratings or advisories to assist parents, try shaming those who deserve it, but after that it's let the marketplace decide and the media buyer beware.
Some critics won't easily relinquish the gauzy ideal of a collective hearth where families gather around the TV together — an image as dated as a clunky old cathode-ray-tube set.
Even so, shifting technology and exploding choices have conspired to undercut "Save the children" as a battle cry for those alarmed by a perceived coarsening of the media environment.
That's not to say such considerations lack merit or don't warrant discussion. Still, for those who see the steady drip toward greater creative license as a tide of raw sewage, invoking the kids won't turn back the clock to TV's pioneer days.


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Some of the battlemaps I'll be watching most closely heading into next week… My favorite look right now is the RUT. The dueling morning stars and evening stars is a pattern we have seen throughout this bear in different sectors and indices. The pattern is a little more obvious on IWM or TNA. These dueling stars usually resolve in battle around the mid point between the opposing patterns that can last a few days. Guess which side usually wins? A close over the wave 5 channel and 800 still remains the key battle line. The bears control the momentum in the medium term for as long as they hold that trench.
Note how the ES includes a more bullish interpretation of the primary yellow wave 4 or new wave 1 channel. I think this is the alternate with the flatter retrace on the SPX and RUT retrace being more likely.
On bonds, so far we have a FAIL for BB's attempt to break the 55 day. That pattern of shrinking pins the past 3 days has a Japanese Candlestick name that I can't recall, but it's not bullish. That said I am going to bail on a breakout and close above the 55 day. My divisions there already took a beating and anymore bond bullishness and it will be time to bring them home to rehabilitate them in safer trades.
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Wow, Doc, love the charts, especially the RUT showing the "Stars." The bond chart looks frightening, I think Bernanke is going to have problems breaking that down channel, but we'll see. I agree it would be the best thing for America for the bond market to call him on his money pumping.


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