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Fukushima Residents Plagued by Health Fears of Nuclear
Threat in their Midst
Justin McCurry (in Fukushima)
Friday 9 March 2012
A year after the power plant's triple meltdown,
conflicting official information leaves families
confused and fearful for their future
The noise levels soar inside Fukushima city's youth
centre gymnasium as dozens of nursery school children
are let loose on bouncy castles and pits filled with
plastic balls.
The handful of teachers and volunteers on duty are in
forgiving mood: for the past year, the Fukushima nuclear
accident has robbed these children of the simple freedom
to run around.
Instead, anxious parents and teachers have confined them
to their homes and classrooms, while scientists debate
the possible effects of prolonged exposure to low-level
radiation on their health.
"Many parents won't let their children play outside,
even in places where the radiation isn't that high,"
said Koji Nomi of the Fukushima chapter of the Japanese
Red Cross, which organised the event. "Unless they have
the opportunity to run around, their physical strength
is at risk of deteriorating.
"That in turn puts them at risk of succumbing to stress.
Some are allowed to play outside for short periods every
day, but that's not enough."
Hundreds of thousands of children in the area have been
living with similar restrictions since the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant's triple meltdown last
March, sending radioactive particles over a wide area.
The immediate threat of a catastrophic release has
passed, but residents of several towns, including those
outside the 12-mile (20km) exclusion zone, say they live
in fear of the invisible threat in their midst. Kumiko
Abe and her family evacuated from Iitate, 39km from the
power plant, weeks after the accident after a study by
Tetsuji Imanaka, an associate professor of nuclear
engineering at the Kyoto University Research Reactor
Institute, found unusually high pockets of radiation in
the village.
They now live in private accommodation in Fukushima
city, but Abe says she continues to take precautions to
protect her nine-year-old daughter, Momoe.
"We have stopped eating rice grown by my husband's
parents, and I never buy locally grown vegetables," Abe,
46, said. "I started buying imported meat, and we drink
only bottled water. I try not to hang out laundry on
windy days ... I'd like to be able to air our futons,
but I can't."
Her concerns centre on her daughter, who has a tiny lump
on her thyroid gland. Doctors have assured her it is
benign. "Even though they say there's nothing to worry
about I'd like her to have more frequent tests," Abe
Her anxiety is compounded by conflicting messages from
experts about the risk of exposure to low-level
Shunichi Yamashita, a professor at Fukushima Medical
University who acts as an adviser on radiation risk
management to the local government, angered parents when
he said exposure to 100 millisieverts a year - the level
recommended for nuclear plant workers in an emergency -
was safe, even for children. He has since claimed that
his comments were taken out of context.
A cumulative dosage of 100 millisieverts a year over a
person's lifetime increases the risk of dying from
cancer by 0.5%, according to the International
Commission of Radiological Protection.
No study has linked cancer development to exposure at
below that level, but there is agreement that the
Fukushima case is unprecedented.
Much of the unease stems from the wildly varying levels
of radiation recorded in the same areas: in parts of
Fukushima outside the evacuation zone, readings vary
from negligible to as high as 50 millisieverts a year.
Normally, the Japanese are exposed to about 1
millisievert of background radiation a year.
The emergence of thyroid cancers in children living near
Chernobyl is on many parents' minds, despite UN data
showing that exposure to radioactive iodine, an
established cause of the condition, was much lower in
Campaigners said this week that Japan's government had
been too slow to providing health checks and information
to residents.
"A year on, we are really not seeing basic health
services being offered in an accessible way and we are
not seeing accurate, consistent, non-contradictory
information being disclosed to people on a regular
basis," Jane Cohen, a researcher for Human Rights Watch,
told Reuters.
"People have to at least be equipped with accurate
information so that they are evaluating their situation
based on real facts."
The government has tried to ease health concerns with
the launch of a testing programme in Fukushima
prefecture that will include 360,000 children aged up to
18. They will undergo thyroid checks every two years
until they are 20, and every five years thereafter. In
all, 2 million residents will be screened over the next
30 years, but so far only a fraction of those eligible
have been tested. Serious threats
"Our children have all been wearing glass badges [to
measure radiation absorption], but only a few of them
have been screened," said Mitsue Shiga, a teacher at a
kindergarten in Fukushima city's Watari suburb. "We
don't allow the children to play outside at all."
Medical professionals in the area say they lack the
specialist equipment to quickly test and reassure
residents. "We have just one whole body radiation
counter, but we need three," said Tomoyoshi Oikawa,
assistant director of Minamisoma municipal general
Anti-nuclear campaigners accused the authorities of
putting children's health at risk by ignoring calls to
help women and young people leave at-risk areas outside
the evacuation zone. "We are finding that radioactive
contamination is concentrating in many places, creating
hot spots that pose serious threats to health and
safety," said Jan van de Putte, Greenpeace's radiation
"These spots are worryingly located in densely populated
areas, but people do not have support or even the right
to relocate, and decontamination work is patchy and
inadequate at best."
According to preliminary estimates, the doses of
radiation received by people living near the nuclear
facility were probably too small to have much of an
effect on health, even among those who were in the
vicinity during the meltdowns.
But the relatively small doses measured so far could
pose problems for long-term attempts to properly gauge
the Fukushima effect.
"There is no opportunity for conducting epidemiological
studies that have any chance of success," John Boice,
the incoming president of the US national council on
radiation protection and measurements, said recently.
"The doses are just too low. If you were to do a
proposal, it would not pass scientific review."
For a more comprehensive assessment of the accident's
impact on health, Fukushima residents will have to wait
for the UN scientific committee on the effects of atomic
radiation to publish its findings in May 2013.
Iitate residents say the conflicting information has
left them confused and fearful about the future. "Young
children were living in the village for months after the
meltdown," said Toru Anzai, a rice farmer who now lives
in temporary housing on the outskirts of Fukushima city
said: "We're being treated like lab rats. The
authorities should have told us as soon as they knew the
reactors had melted down and helped us leave
immediately. That's why people here are so angry."
Anecdotal evidence suggests that fear of radiation,
rather than contamination, is triggering stress-related
problems among evacuees.
A handful of children from Iitate suffered nosebleeds,
despite having no history of the condition, and blotches
on their skin, according to Anzai, who says he has had
stomach pains, pins and needles and hair loss since last
Tadateru Konoe, president of the Japanese Red Cross,
said parents from Fukushima were living in an
"information vacuum".
Abe was dismissive of promises by Iitate's mayor that
the village would be decontaminated and that some
residents would be able to move back in the next few
years: "I have a young child so I don't think I'll ever
go back. There will always be some contamination left,
especially in the mountains. It's no place to bring up a
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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
How To Execute Improved Email Marketing Campaigns at Your Dealership
Successful email marketing campaigns are typically defined as such because of their higher open and response rates, and ultimately sales and service revenue generation. Car dealership BDC, Internet, Marketing and Sales Managers busy with everyday tasks often need a little help — a blueprint leading them to results from their email campaigns that they would define as "successful."
Listed and outlined below are several suggestions to help automotive marketing professionals responsible for dealership email marketing to craft better email campaigns:
1. The Subject Line is Key
We have all heard the phrase, "Don't judge a book by its cover." Unfortunately, the reason that saying is so commonly used is because it is a natural instinct to make snap judgments.
First impressions are critical in all forms of communication. When people receive an email, the first thing they see is the subject line, which has the potential to either gain or lose their interest. Subject lines that include your dealership's name as a reference and provide specifics supporting your email topic will typically gain higher open rates.
2. Pay Attention to Who it's "From"
To understand how important this is, think about your own email inbox. Would you be more likely to open an email sent from "advertising@ xyzcorp.com" or from "firstname.lastname@example.com"?
People don't want to feel like they are receiving an automated email. If readers don't see you putting time into personalizing the "from" address, they won't spend time considering what you have to say.
3. Email Merge Fields
People love to see their own names. It makes them feel as if the email was written to them personally and not sent to recipient #432. Lead Management Tools, CRM apps and white-listed email service providers have simple options to directly insert specific customer record "merge fields" that pull in customer specific data from your contact database using a template editor.
4. Variety
Sending an email can be one of the most effective ways to grab customers' attention. However, if you abuse the efficiencies that email marketing provides, your dealership's customers and prospective clients will stop showing interest in your emails. Consistency is essential with any marketing campaign, yet variety is equally important.
How often do you send out dealership newsletters, sales event invites and rebate/incentive updates that aren't just soliciting a purchase? Are you getting an active response from recipients? If not, try something new.
Be conscious about how many emails you send out each week or month. How are individuals interacting with your emails? Are you following up accordingly? How are you engaging the people that seem uninterested? Many of the popular white-listed email marketing services (ie: ExactTarget, ConstantContact, MailChimp, etc.) include click-through analytics that monitor which email recipients spend time with your dealership's emails or forward them along to family, friends or colleagues.
5. Quality Over Quantity
Especially for car dealerships, it is far more important to send out content-rich emails than it is to send out long-winded or multiple emails. When you provide dealership prospects and customers in your contacts database with quality content, they will be more inclined to read your emails and even forward them to friends. Gain the trust of your customers and prospective clients by emphasizing quality of communication sent out by your dealership over quantity.
One option is providing information that they can use immediately. A dealership with a big truck sales market share might offer a series of summertime trailering and hauling tips so that when a prospect is in need of planning to tow their boat to the lake for the first time in the Spring, they will be likely to think of the insightful tips that the dealership's email marketer sent out.
6. Content Suggestions
How can you personalize your message content? Listen to your readers.
The people who take the time to contact you are the ones most likely to become better customers. Study their emails, questions, likes and dislikes. Build or improve your dealership's email content with your customers' input and they will notice that you appreciate them and they will be more likely to remain loyal.
Social media monitoring is one easy way to listen to and engage your dealership's email readers. Pay attention to what customers are saying online about the vehicles you sell, your service department and other dealerships in your area, and use these insights to create valuable email content.
7. Test Everything...
Test the way your email appears, not only through your own email service provider but through several providers. Send a preview test email to your Gmail, Yahoo and mobile device email accounts. Then, test all links and phone numbers that appear in your message to make sure that they work.
Also test your graphics. Images are a great way to grab someone's attention, but remember that they don't always show up in email messages. Test the effectiveness of your emails by viewing them in an email client with images turned off and making sure that your message remains easy to understand and that the call to action is clear.
Finally, test your email with a spam-check tool before sending anything. Spam-check services review email content to see what might get caught in spam filters.
With dealership based email marketing, you never need to settle for one formula because you will often have the flexibility to make improvements as you go. So, make taking advantage of automotive marketing trends and new technology in your automotive digital marketing programs as they will help you achieve more tangible results with your email marketing campaigns.
Adapted from an article written by: Nicole Merrett - vice president of CRM marketing for Sage North America, a supplier of business management software and services for small and mid-sized businesses. Source: www.websitemagazine.com
Want to learn more about Email and Digital Marketing for Car Dealers? Then you should attend the AutoConnections Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas at the Aria Resort and Casino Conference Center from September 5th to the 8th. You can register over the phone by calling Carrie Hemphill at 908-601-6475 or register online at http://AutoCon2012.com/registration/
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Anytime Kim, always here to help my fellow marketers!
I want to thank Steve Murphy for taking time out of his busy day to review two of my email campaigns. He provided some wonderful tips!
Hi Kim, Ralph is right -- it's important to send out content rich e-mails. Add relevant, easy to read general-interest consumer car articles alongside your service specials, rebates etc., in order to gently guide your audience to desired click through actions. I'm an automotive articles content provider. For your Chrysler Group agency I'll be happy to provide you at no charge 3 articles of your choice. I can suggest the following, but feel free to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com for other material too.
1. Gone Fishing -- Jeep J12 is `Old Man Truck'
2. Why the Dodge Dart Comeback? Because the Name Sticks
3. Chrysler: Minivan King Maker with a Town & Country
We have tons of templates in the back for ADP. Anyone have any samples for service and vehicle specials/rebates, etc?
For those seeking examples of emails, in the ADM Forum is a discussion thread at http://www.automotivedigitalmarketing.com/forum/topics/email-templa... which has been used by thousands of ADM members to exchange and share the best email templates and phone scripts.
Great Steve. I will take you up on that.
Kim - I'd be happy to brainstorm with you and review specific examples! Feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and we can look at some real life email marketing elements and metrics.
I agree. But having samples whether informative or promotional and its success rates would still help. So many articles tell you to have compelling titles but never give examples of what that would look like. Many of us aren't copywriters so it takes time to learn.
Kim + Dave - It's hard to show examples of "successful" emails without knowing what the goal of the email was. I've always seen higher click through rates on informative emails vs. promotional emails, but a promotional email will usually get clicks from prospects deeper in the funnel. Each email I craft tries to solve a different problem, and the components (subject line, call to action, copy) all vary based on the campaign.
A mantra that I stick by for email marketing (and any other content) is "What's in it for me?" Honestly evaluate your your content and ask if it solves a problem or fills a need for the customer. If you can do this, you'll see much better metrics for all different kinds of emails you send out.
I agree! Sample emails with compelling subject lines and content.
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My, this summer is sizzling HOT! The grass on my lawn is tanned to a crisp and ice cubes aren't being formed fast enough to satisfy our lust for cold, cold drinks. The heat has made me lethargic and so this blog has been dozing on its virtual hammock as well.
Amid the El Nino heat though, Percy Jackson was good company for ice cream binges and beach trips.
Author : Rick Riordan
Publication Dates : 2005-2009
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
The Review :
I'm opting for not writing a synopsis this time, as I have given one for the first book, The Lightning Thief, several weeks ago. (My review here. ) I find that giving a summary of a book in a series (other than the first one) sometimes gives away the ending of the plot before it. So, it won't do to spoil anyone's reading pleasure with some guess of a previous book's ending now, would it?
On this note, I shall review the series as a whole, which is a set of five action-packed books for kids aged 9-12 years. However, the story is so interesting that even li'l ole me was hooked from page one!
Despite being written as a children's series, the story actually appeals to a wide age range, from kids to their parents; hey, maybe even grandparents! Why the appeal?
First of all, the books are hip, fast and made for light reading. Riordan makes sure he tickles his young readers' funny bones with humor specifically geared toward the target age bracket. Although some of his jokes may seem too corny in some places for mature readers, these I'm sure sit quite well with those in their preteens and early teens. But hey, he does have some well-placed wit that would make anyone chuckle from time to time.
Second, the interesting concept of Greek mythology modernized with 21st
century culture is just too different to pass up. Kids and adults alike have an enjoyable time escaping in a world where Olympus is the invisible 600th floor of the Empire State Building; Poseidon's son is a regular kid at school with a ballpoint pen for a sword; Hermes has winged sneakers; Dionysus wholly drinks diet soda ; or one of The Furies may just be your strict, scary pre-Algebra teacher.
Third, there seems to be something for everyone. Stuffed with scrapes and adventures , the story revolves around characters who rely on their individual powers and magical stuff to make fights and getting-out-of-tight-spots interesting and fun. Those inclined toward Greek mythology would have an amusing time with Riordan's modern take on them. Those who don't have a clue would actually find they have missed out on some really great ancient legends and perhaps get themselves to surf on who these dudes were : Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, etc. Then, there's a budding romance to delight young girl readers. However, parents would be so relieved to note that this series is quite wholesome. There isn't a whiff of mature content, implied or stated, that sometimes sneakily plague a great many YA books.
Fourth, there are a lot of pretty cool characters to like and relate to. Hey, even the monsters are great!
I feel Riordan's strongest books were the first and last ones, where his writing style was most entertaining. Moreover, he ended his series quite well. Vastly entertaining for both young and old, this series is one of those you may not want to miss out on.
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Typekit at Adobe: One year on
One year ago today, we announced that Typekit would be joining Adobe. It was a thrilling day for us, both for the acknowledgement it represented and the potential we could see.
When a startup goes through an acquisition, it can be either an exit or a boost. Sometimes, a small group of people build something really cool, hand it over to a bigger company, then take a deep breath and move on to build the next thing. Other times, merging can unlock the potential of the smaller company, and things really take off. Reflecting on the last 12 months, bringing Typekit to Adobe has been an absolutely huge boost.
We've seen a tremendous amount of growth, and have been rebuilding almost every one of the systems that make up Typekit. After we joined Adobe, we immediately launched a redesign of our font browsing interface to accommodate our ever-growing library of typefaces. Next, we added a way for you to tag your favorite families, making it easier for you to collect inspiration for projects and for us to understand which fonts are most popular. To make it even easier to find fonts, we collected the best of our library into topical lists and launched an all-new search engine. On the backend, we replaced our identity system for logging into your account. And while we were at it, we completely rewrote our entire font serving infrastructure, ensuring we remain the fastest hosted web font service available. So yeah, we've been busy!
The big news, however, is how much we've grown. Typekit is now in use on 1.4 million websites, and in the last month alone we served fonts on over 8 billion pageviews for our customers. Our biggest increases have come from our enterprise business, which has tripled in size since the acquisition. We don't expect this growth to slow down at all. A year ago, only 7% of the world's top 1,000 sites used web fonts; it's twice that now. And while that's great, it also shows how much fertile ground remains.
Moving into a new company is a huge change for a product, but even more so for the people who make it. We remain deeply committed to Typekit, and you'll see some exciting new things in the coming year: integrations into more Adobe products, some amazing new partnerships, and a bunch of stuff we're not quite ready to talk about yet. What won't change, of course, is our passion for typography and for a better, more beautiful web.
Thanks again for all the support.
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A year ago I expressed my skepticism about the merge with Adobe, and today I'd like to say that I was wrong about Adobe. Props to Typekit and Adobe for partnering and maintaining the best type resource online. Stay awesome!
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Real Housewives of Miami
"Brazilian Bridezilla"
October 14, 2013
Dios mio, chiquitos, I don't even know what to say about this episode. Adriana has una wedding and everything is late porque Latinas, but in the end, Adriana and Frederic are married married, el end.
Pero, I suppose that is not bueno enough for un blog entry, so let's just put some palabras on the page and make the best of it, ¿sí? Sí.
Alexia meets Lo Peor, Joanna y Lisa at the beach in the middle of the week porque these mujeres have nothing better to do than hang out at the beach in the middle of the week. Literally. Alexia called them all here today to dissect for los cameras the cumpleaños fight between Lo Peor and Marysol and Lisa and Ana. Lo Peor contends that Marysol was just looking for dramaz, that her complaints that Lo Peor made no effort to reach out to La Bruja had nothing to do with La Bruja and everything to do with La Marysol. Alexia is not convinced, though, and reminds todas that Marysol isn't exactly the kind of mujer that goes looking for a fight para no reason. But Lo Peor is unable to accept that, maybe, tal vez, quizás, she should have reached out to La Bruja whom she considers such a good amiga, and flatly insists that Marysol is simply trying to make Lo Peor look like lo peor, eso es todo, el fin. Lo Peor y her turban are NOT GOING TO DISCUSS IT ANYMORE. And then everyone runs into the surf for some reason.
Later, on the dia of Adriana's wedding, Joanna goes over to Lo Peor's palacio where the two of them sit in Lo Peor's closet and talk disingenuously about how they hope Adriana and Frederic live felices para siempre. They are not particularly believable.
The dia before the wedding, Adriana yells at Frederic about El Hijo's shoes and how they are mucho too grande porque that is Frederic's fault somehow. Adriana explains that most of her familia couldn't be bothered to come to her fake wedding, especially since they probably attended los otros dos when they were real, ¿and there is a limit of how many weddings, real or otherwise, one is expected to attend for la same familia member, sí? ¿We can all agree on that, sí? Then they give each other shots of some sort, no se, and there is some talk about what kind of Brazilian wax Adriana is going to get, which, ¡no gracias! ¡no por favor! ¡that is bastante! ¡I neither need nor want to have that information made available to me!
Día del Wedding (Complete with time stamps porque ¡Muy Importante!: the wedding is scheduled for 6 p.m., the reception at 9 p.m.)
1:37 p.m. Adriana and the one hermana and sobrina who could be bothered to attend arrive at the Biltmore hotel. Marysol soon follows, bearing a cosmetics case that ¿she is selling? ¿is una of her clients? No se. But Marysol clearly intends to get some sweet free national airtime for this cosmetics case which she is obviously affiliated with in some fashion but whose name I'm not going to include because I am not interested in shilling your estupido products, mujeres, pero also porque ¡¿DIOS MIO, IT COSTS $400?! ¿FOR A BUNCH OF CLEAR ACRYLIC? LO SIENTO, PERO YOU HAVE GOT TO BE BROMEANDO WITH ME. I'm pretty sure I could get the same thing at Target for 25 bucks.
Adriana has not done her hair or makeup.
3:32 p.m Alexia arrives at the hotel. Alexia and Marysol's hair is piled up on top of their cabezas in giant buns, which Marysol compares to testículos with elephantitis porque she had clearly just heard about The Man with the 132 lb. Scrotum on TLC. ¡He uses a hoodie as pantalones!
Adriana has not done her hair or makeup.
4:10 p.m. El Hijo arrives at the hotel while Adriana instructs the hair people to give her hermana un side pony. Adriana begins to freak out that ¡SHE HAS TO DO TODO! ¡SHE CAN NOT GET UN MASSAGE! ¡SHE HAS TO TAKE UN SHOWER! ¡¿DONDE IS LISA?!
Adriana has not done her hair or makeup.
4:11 p.m. Lisa arrives. There is still some residual tension between Lisa and Marysol, pero they both pretend that it's no big deal. FOR NOW.
Adriana has not done her hair or makeup.
4:53 p.m. Frederic and his padres arrive looking for Adriana. Las damas de honor shriek that he's not allowed to see the bride before the wedding, ¡pero he's francés, so it doesn't count! I did not realize that this was a rule. You learn something new every day.
Adriana who has, finalmente, taken a shower, emerges like this:
And todas are all, "¡¡¡DIOS MIO!!!" porque they've never seen a facial mask before, sure.
Adriana retreats to the bedroom and collapses on the bed in a fit of dizzies while everyone around her yells at her to get up and get her mierda together already.
Adriana has not done her hair or makeup.
5:50 p.m., Also known as: 10 minutes before the wedding. Minor miracle: Adriana is finally having her makeup done. One of the groomsmen yells at her that the pastor warned that the wedding will get started at 6:05 with or without una bride. And considering that this is NOT A REAL WEDDING, it shouldn't much matter if Adriana is even there. Adriana is unmoved.
6:05 p.m. Adriana is still having her makeup done.
6:55 p.m. Adriana is still having her makeup done.
Lenny texts Lisa to find out WHERE ARE THEY ALREADY, and Lisa replies that they are getting Adriana into her dress now so just CALM DOWN.
Adriana emerges in her dress, a poofy grey one-sleeved numero that really is very lovely, and proceeds to FREAK OUT about how her veil is not designed the way she wanted. To this end, Adriana rips la veil into pieces and throws what remains, a shred of tulle, over her head and announces herself finally, finally ready to walk down the aisle. And I'm not saying that the veil thing was bullmierda, pero I'm pretty sure it was bullmierda.
7:25 p.m. Adriana and Frederic get fake-married — or renew their vows — however you want to look at it.
8:00 p.m. Everyone hurries back across the street to the hotel to get changed in the hotel's boutiques, parking lot, whathaveyou, for el estupido Great Gatsby-themed reception. Adriana and las damas de honor retreat to the hotel suite to change.
10:09 p.m. Adriana is still upstairs re-doing her hair and makeup. Alexia commends Lisa and Marysol for getting over themselves, and Lisa is all, "Oh do not get it twisted, Alexia, I'm still cabreado." The dos rehash the cumpleaños argument: Lo Peor should have reached out to La Bruja; Marysol didn't have to humiliate Lo Peor at the fiesta de cumpleaños. Marysol argues, again, that it's none of Lisa's business. Lisa disagrees. I am bored.
10:35 p.m. Adriana is still re-doing her hair and makeup. Frederic rushes upstairs to inform her that PEOPLE ARE GOING HOME, porque seriously though. Adriana whinges that SHE IS GOING AS RÁPIDO AS SHE CAN, HAVE THE HARPIST PLAY SOMETHING. Frederic informs her that the harpist has run out of things to play, having played for DOS HOURS STRAIGHT ALREADY.
10:45 p.m. Alexia and Lisa come downstairs where Lisa learns that Lenny ¡está hecho! and going home. ¡Buenas noches! Lisa is outraged and insists that he stay, ¿WHY WON'T HE STAY? Lenny explains that he's been up and on his feet for 17 hours and is officially done now, gracias, but Lisa refuses to relent. HE WILL STAY.
10:55 p.m. Finalmente, FINALMENTE, M. and Mme. Marq arrive at their own party, Adriana sewn into some sort of bespangled corset better suited for la boudoir. After Los Marqs make their grand entrance, Lenny discreetly slips out porque seriously, though, this is ridiculous and he is muy tired and his tummy tuck is hurting. Lisa stomps after him and begs that he stay just through dinner. Because it is 11 p.m. AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD DINNER YET. So Lenny agrees, and comes back to the table and everyone is like, "¡Hooray, it's Lenny!" and there is an inept waiter who can't do that thing with the champagne and the sword and there are toasts and then there is some baile and there are sparklers and dios mio, ¿can we go home yet? Lenny and I are ready to go home now.
The Real Housewives of Miami airs Monday nights at 10 p.m./9 p.m. Central on Bravo.
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Some new things to talk to y'all about. First, the fundraiser event called Unhinged is underway! Alot of great gacha items to go pick up there! More information on the event in here. Secondly, Cynful has out a new hoodie which I am sporting here. Its so casual and of course 100% mesh. Comes in several different colors. Also Exile has released 3 new hairs the other day. Sporting one of them, I'll show you the rest later this weekend! ❤
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Huge tree migration begins across Western U.S. as a result of global warming, insect attack, diseases, fire, finds new OSU-led study
CORVALLIS, Oregon
November 3, 2011
(press release)
– A huge "migration" of trees has begun across much of the West due to global warming, insect attack, diseases and fire, and many tree species are projected to decline or die out in regions where they have been present for centuries, while others move in and replace them.
In an enormous display of survival of the fittest, the forests of the future are taking a new shape.
In a new report, scientists outline the impact that a changing climate will have on which tree species can survive, and where. The study suggests that many species that were once able to survive and thrive are losing their competitive footholds, and opportunistic newcomers will eventually push them out.
In some cases, once-common species such as lodgepole pine will be replaced by other trees, perhaps a range expansion of ponderosa pine or Douglas-fir. Other areas may shift completely out of forest into grass savannah or sagebrush desert. In central California, researchers concluded that more than half of the species now present would not be expected to persist in the climate conditions of the future.
"Some of these changes are already happening, pretty fast and in some huge areas," said Richard Waring, professor emeritus at Oregon State University and lead author of the study. "In some cases the mechanism of change is fire or insect attack, in others it's simply drought.
"We can't predict exactly which tree (species) will die or which one will take its place, but we can see the long-term trends and probabilities," Waring said. "The forests of our future are going to look quite different."
Waring said tree species that are native to a local area or region are there because they can most effectively compete with other species given the specific conditions of temperature, precipitation, drought, cold-tolerance and many other factors that favor one species over another in that location.
As those climatic conditions change, species that have been established for centuries or millennia will lose their competitive edge, Waring said, and slowly but surely decline or disappear.
This survey, done with remote sensing of large areas over a four-year period, compared 15 coniferous tree species that are found widely across much of the West in Canada and the United States. The research explored impacts on 34 different "eco-regions" ranging from the Columbia Plateau to the Sierra Nevada, Snake River Plain and Yukon Highlands.
It projected which tree species would be at highest risk of disturbance in a future that's generally expected to be 5-9 degrees Fahrenheit warmer by 2080, with perhaps somewhat more precipitation in the winter and spring, and less during the summer.
Among the findings:
Some of the greatest shifts in tree species are expected to occur in both the northern and southern extremes of this area, such as British Columbia, Alberta, and California.
Large declines are expected in lodgepole pine and Engelmann spruce, and more temperate species such as Douglas-fir and western hemlock may expand their ranges.
Many wilderness areas are among those at risk of the greatest changes, and will probably be the first to experience major shifts in tree species.
Some of the mild, wetter areas of western Oregon and Washington will face less overall species change than areas of the West with a harsher climate.
More than half of the evergreen species are experiencing a significant decrease in their competitiveness in six eco-regions.
Conditions have become more favorable for outbreaks of diseases and insects.
Warming will encourage growth at higher elevations and latitudes, and increased drought at the other extremes. Fire frequency will continue to increase across the West, and any tree species lacking drought resistance will face special challenges.
"Ecosystems are always changing at the landscape level, but normally the rate of change is too slow for humans to notice," said Steven Running, the University of Montana Regents Professor and a co-author of the study. "Now the rate of change is fast enough we can see it."
Even though the rate of change has increased, these processes will take time, the scientists said. A greater stability of forest composition will not be attained anytime soon, perhaps for centuries.
"There's not a lot we can do to really control these changes," Waring said. "For instance, to keep old trees alive during drought or insect attacks that they are no longer able to deal with, you might have to thin the forest and remove up to half the trees. These are very powerful forces at work."
One of the best approaches to plan for an uncertain future, the researchers said, is to maintain "connective corridors" as much as possible so that trees can naturally migrate to new areas in a changing future and not be stopped by artificial boundaries.
Also collaborating on the research was Nicholas Coops at the University of British Columbia. The work has been supported by NASA, and the study is being published in two professional journals, Ecological Modeling and Remote Sensing of Environment.
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"I should have played Stranglehold more so I could compare," the previewer thought to himself, as he made a lady with two pistols jump over a table and shoot two guys on opposite sides of an Asian-themed room in slow-mo.
If Wet isn't going to turn out to be the game action-move master John Woo would make, it sure seems like it could at least be one Quentin Tarantino would create. It gives that impression with its non-stop action, its love of the gunfight, its car chase, its use of 70s film grain, its kick-ass heroine, and its diva in the diva hall where shooting is about to start, who begins her song by screeching: "Are you ready to rock bitches? One, two... fuck you!"
I also wouldn't expect Tarantino to code a better jumping mechanic.
What Is It?
Wet is a September-dated single-player action game from Artificial Mind and Movement, a third-person shooter with an emphasis on slow-motion shootouts, a la the Midway-developed John Woo's Stranglehold. It's also one of the games Activision chose not to publish when it assumed control of games formerly being published by Vivendi. But I didn't hold that against the fun 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand, so why would I against the now Bethesda-backed Wet?
What We Saw
Not even a day before our Michael McWhertor dove into the game in Germany, I tried three sections of the game in New York: The intro, a car chase and rage mode.
How Far Along Is It?
The game is coming out on September 15, so even though I did not play a retail build, this thing is done.
What Needs Improvement?
Mid-Air Movement: It might be too late for the developers to do anything about this, but that's fitting as this problem is about how it is too late for Wet's heroine, Rubi, to control her movement once she has committed to a leap. This is an issue in a game that presents the player with the ability to have their heroine jump, climb, wall-run, swing from polls and do just about everything else a Prince of Persia would be able to do — and do it in slow-mo, and let them shoot guns with each hand while doing so AND include a scoring system that encourages you to only fight using such techniques — but doesn't let you auto-correct an accidental slow-mo jump that is going to land you in the wrong spot or off the side of a skyscraper. If she's going to be nimble, let her be nimble.
Target Confusion: Rubi can shoot two dudes at once. That's cool. She's got a pistol in each hand (or a shotgun in each or a crossbow in each, etc.). But jumping in the air and trying to target two enemies involves trusting the computer to select one of them for you. Then you manually aim at the other one. Pressing the trigger fires at both. I killed dozens of characters this way and still don't understand what determined which character was auto-targeted and how I could use that to my advantage.
What Should Stay The Same?
Devil May Care Attitude: I like a game that has it's heroine dropping down a ladder head-first in slow-mo with guns out, shooting at thugs. To be clear, any time Rubi jumps or slides and starts shooting, the game's in slow-mo, so we've got a game that feels like it's always trying to be stylish. Why not? I like a game that offers, as its health power-up, its heroine taking a swig of what looked like a Jack Daniels bottle and then tossing the bottle in the air and shooting it for good measure. Whether it's Grindhouse, House of the Dead: Overkill or whatever your B-movie-inspired passion, Wet feels designed to satisfy that same taste. Why else would she also take a sword into battle?
Eccentric Detours: Wet would appear to be everything I described above, except when it turns into a long, scripted, violent car chase sequence that has Rubi jumping from speeding car to speeding car, shooting bad men in black vehicles and dodging tractor trailers (orchestrated with quick-time-event button-presses and real-time shooting)? And except when the story calls for Rubi's face to get splashed with blood, switching the graphics to a molten take on Sin City (pictured up top) with its action sped up, Rubi's health increased and the kill-count multiplier capable of hitting double digits?
Final Thoughts
A Bethesda rep suggests this game will be about eight hours long, which sounds short (8-10 to be specific). But it seems like it could be quite the ride. It's not clear to me that Wet is a game its players would re-play, but its showing a verve that might make some control oddities tolerable and its gameplay a blast while the action lasts.


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PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars rover Curiosity now has a view of a patch of exposed bedrock scientists selected for a few days of close-up study, the first such study since the rover began its long trek to Mount Sharp two months ago.
Curiosity reached the crest of a rise informally called "Panorama Point." From Panorama Point, the rover took photographs of a pale-toned outcrop area that the team chose earlier as "Waypoint 1" on the basis of imagery from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Five selected waypoints dot the mission's route southwestward from the "Glenelg" area, where Curiosity worked during the first half of 2013, and an entry point to the lower layers of Mount Sharp, the mission's next major destination. Waypoint 1 lies about one-fifth of the way along the approximately 5.3-mile (8.6-kilometer) route, as plotted from examining orbiter images.
Curiosity advanced 464 feet (141.5 meters) on Sept. 5 in the longest one-day drive so far in the 13-month-old mission. The drive toward the elevated Panorama Point combined two segments. For a long initial segment, engineers chose the path from images examined on Earth ahead of time. That was followed by a 138-foot (42-meter) segment, for which the rover autonomously navigated its own path based on images taken during the day's drive. That Sept. 5 drive plus the next one -- 80 feet (24.3 meters) on Sept. 8 -- brought the rover to the top of Panorama Point.
For the Sept. 5 drive, "we had a long and unobstructed view of the hill we needed to climb, which would provide an overlook of the first major waypoint on our trek to Mount Sharp," said Jeff Biesiadecki, a rover planner on the Curiosity team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We were able to extend the drive well beyond what we could see by enabling the rover's onboard hazard avoidance system."
In the Glenelg area, Curiosity accomplished the mission's major science goal by finding evidence of an ancient environment favorable for microbial life. The evidence came from analysis of rock powder drilled from two outcrops in a shallow depression called "Yellowknife Bay." When the rover examines multiple rock layers of Mount Sharp, researchers hope to learn more about ancient habitable environments and major changes in environmental conditions.
"We want to know how the rocks at Yellowknife Bay are related to what we'll see at Mount Sharp," said the mission's project scientist, John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. "That's what we intend to get from the waypoints between them. We'll use them to stitch together a timeline -- which layers are older, which are younger."
The science team is using images taken from Panorama Point to select precisely where to pause for a few days and use instruments on Curiosity's arm to examine Waypoint 1. The rock targets being considered are still about 245 feet (75 meters) southwest of Curiosity's Sept. 9 position.
The trek to Mount Sharp will continue for many months after the planned work at Waypoint 1.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.
More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ . You can follow the mission on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity .
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Toyota is bringing an arsenal of custom vehicles to SEMA 2011, including three pickups and one very cool Yaris B-Spec Racer. The pint-sized bruiser is based on the 2012 Yaris SE and should be bashing fenders with the rest of the SCCA B-Spec class contenders soon. Toyota says that Jamie Bestwick, of BMX fame, will campaign the car in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America in Elkhart, Wisconsin. The car features all of the hardware necessary to meet spec, including an eight-point SCCA roll cage, fire-suppression system, race seat, and six-point harness.
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Mohapatra (left) discussed corporate transparency and disclosure at the U.N.'s Gender Equality for Sustainable Business panel, with the proceedings opened with a keynote address from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
"At Calvert, we really believe that corporations are often more powerful than national governments in their ability to secure and protect women's rights around the world and really unleash women's economic capacity," Mohapatra told AdvisorOne in an interview a day before her visit to the United Nations.
"While we're longtime proponents of board and executive diversity, we believe you have to transform a company's culture to address the issues that are at the heart of inequality."
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BOSTON >> Doug Fister rebounded from a miserable start with seven shutout innings as the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 Monday in a matchup of teams with the AL's best records.
The Tigers won despite missing Miguel Cabrera for the third straight game. He has been sidelined by a strained abdomen, though general manager Dave Dombrowski said the Triple Crown winner has been more hampered by a groin problem.
Prince Fielder and Andy Dirks each drove in a run for the AL Central-leading Tigers, who won for the fourth time in five games.
The AL East-leading Red Sox lost for just the second time in nine games.
Fister (12-7) held Boston to four hits, struck out four and walked four. He gave up 13 hits and seven runs in a loss to Oakland in his previous start on Wednesday.
John Lackey (8-12) was the tough-luck loser, giving up three runs on seven hits over 7 1-3 innings. It was the 11th time Boston's been shutout, six coming when he's pitched.
Jose Veras, the fourth Tigers pitcher, worked the ninth for his 21st save and second with the Tigers, finishing the six-hit shutout.
Detroit broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the seventh. Victor Martinez singled leading off and scored on Dirks' triple to the triangle just over the glove of center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury. Dirks scored on a double-play grounder, making it 2-0.
Fielder's sacrifice fly made it 3-0 in eighth.
The Red Sox didn't get their first hit off Fister until Daniel Nava, who went 3 for 3 with two doubles, singled with two outs in the fourth.
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Austin Jackson opened the game with a double, but Lackey got the next three hitters — with help from second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who ranged far to his left to make a play on Martinez's inning-ending grounder.
NOTES: Cabrera took batting practice with the Tigers' starters and looked as if he was swinging freely. He was smiling when he walked off. He stopped to sign autographs and take a few pictures with fans on the field near the Tigers' dugout. ... Fielder hit third for the first time since Aug. 3, 2010. ... A male fan was hit in the head by a foul ball off the bat of Victorino in the sixth inning, but he walked up for medical help with a towel over his face. ... Red Sox manager John Farrell said RHP Clay Buchholz, on the DL since early June with a strained neck, will make his third rehab start Thursday instead of Wednesday because his wife is expected to have labor induced for the birth of their second child. ... Tigers manager Jim Leyland spoke highly of SS Jose Iglesias, acquired from Boston in a multiplayer deal on July 30. "He's very gifted, he's very competitive and very instinctive," he said. "This kid's a very interesting guy, very talented. We're very fortunate to have him. We were lucky to get somebody like that when we were in dire need of somebody." ... Leyland gave closer Joaquin Benoit the day off after he pitched in three of the previous four games.


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Actress Tanisha Mukherjee, whose proximity with Armaan Kohli during their stay in the "Bigg Boss" house hogged headlines, has dismissed any romantic talk by saying that he is her "best friend".
The grand finale of "Bigg Boss - Saath 7" was aired on Colors Dec 28.
At a post finale press conference, Tanisha was questioned about her relationship with Armaan and she became visibly angry.
"Armaan is a friend and that's all I have to say. Armaan is my best friend, he was very supportive for me in the house and that is all that I have to say about it," Tanisha said here.
However, the winner of the reality show, Gauahar Khan, has a different story to tell.
"The difference is that they couldn't say what exactly are the feelings that they share for each other. But I was in the house and I can say that Armaanji and Tanisha really love each other, respect and value each other," she said at the press meet.
"I would like to wish them all the best. They are great together, (they are) each other's support system and I would want them to have a future," added the model-actress, who was seen getting romantic herself with co-contestant Kushal Tandon.
The "Bigg Boss - Saath 7" grand finale saw Gauahar walk away with the trophy and a cash prize of Rs.50 lakh. Tanisha was the first runner-up.
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Horizon Bancorp, Inc. is an independent, commercial bank holding company serving Indiana and Michigan through its commercial banking subsidiary, Horizon Bank. Horizon Bancorp, Inc. may be reached online at www.horizonbank.com. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HBNC.
Michigan City, Indiana (NASDAQ GM: HBNC) - Horizon Bancorp, an Indiana headquartered community bank holding company, announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Heartland Bancshares, Inc. (OTCBB: HRTB) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Heartland Community Bank, based in Franklin, Indiana. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Horizon has agreed to issue 0.54 shares (subject to adjustment) of its common stock for each share of Heartland common stock outstanding at the effective time of the merger. Based upon the closing price of Horizon's common stock of $18.00 on February 8, 2012, the indicated value of the transaction was approximately $9.72 per share of Heartland's common stock. Subject to Heartland's shareholder and regulatory approval, the companies anticipate the transaction will close in the second quarter of 2012.
"We are enthusiastic about the opportunity to expand our presence in Central Indiana, which is an attractive, growth-oriented market." said Craig M. Dwight, Horizon's President and CEO. "Heartland, which has the No. 1 deposit share in Johnson County, will provide a strong foothold in Central Indiana and further establish Horizon's position as an Indiana-focused financial institution."
Heartland Community Bank has reported total assets of approximately $246.0 million, total deposits of approximately $217.9 million and total loans of approximately $137.7 million on December 31, 2011 (all amounts are unaudited).
Dwight added, "Horizon anticipates the acquisition will be accretive to earnings per share after transaction costs. By consolidating back-office capabilities, Horizon anticipates a 25% operating cost savings compared with Heartland's current operations." Dwight also indicated that Horizon has a successful track record of integrating acquired companies, such as American Trust & Savings Bank (acquired in 2010) and Alliance Financial Corporation (acquired in 2005), and believes they will be equally successful in integrating the Heartland operations into Horizon's.
Based on Horizon's closing price per share and Heartland's total dilutive shares outstanding, the acquisition pricing is approximately $14.0 million on February 8, 2012, based on 1,442,727 outstanding shares of Heartland common stock.
This merger will be a tax-free exchange for Heartland's shareholders. In addition, Horizon has agreed to redeem all of Heartland's outstanding preferred Series B and C Shares held by the United States Treasury Department under their Capital Purchase Program.
The merger agreement provides that Heartland Bancshares, the holding company of Heartland Community Bank, will be merged into Horizon Bancorp and that Heartland Community Bank will merge into Horizon Bank, N.A., the wholly-owned bank subsidiary of Horizon Bancorp. The banks will operate under a single Horizon Bank charter, and the bank will operate in Central Indiana as "Heartland Community Bank, a Horizon Company." Heartland serves Central Indiana, south of Indianapolis, and has the No. 1 deposit market share in Johnson County.
Completion of the transaction is subject to certain conditions, including the approval of Heartland's shareholders, the receipt of all necessary banking agency approvals, the maintenance of Heartland's level of certain past due or adversely-classified loans at or below certain dollar thresholds, the satisfactory completion of reviews by Horizon of the title to and environmental status of the real estate properties of Heartland, and the satisfaction of other terms and conditions. The exchange ratio may be decreased if and to the extent that Heartland's consolidated common shareholders' equity (subject to certain adjustments specified in the merger agreement) is not maintained at or above a certain level through the time of closing. The exchange ratio may also be adjusted in the manner prescribed in the merger agreement based upon the closing of certain commercial loans prior to the closing of the merger and a significant decrease in Horizon's common stock price.
Dwight commented, "This merger is consistent with Horizon's philosophy of acquiring other banks that have corporate cultures and core values similar to Horizon's and a commitment to serving their local community. We anticipate that retaining the Heartland name will enable us to capitalize on the visibility and goodwill Heartland has built since opening its doors in 1997. We expect Horizon to contribute a higher level of capital strength, operational efficiency, and earnings strength to the resulting combined organization."
Heartland's co-founders, Steve Bechman, President and CEO, and Jeffrey Goben, Executive Vice President, will continue to manage Heartland's operations in Central Indiana. In addition, one member of Heartland's Board of Directors will be added to Horizon Bank's board, and a local advisory board will be established shortly after the closing.
Horizon Bancorp is a locally owned, independent, commercial bank holding company serving Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan. Horizon also offers mortgage-banking services throughout the Midwest. Horizon Bancorp may be reached online at www.accesshorizon.com. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol HBNC.
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In connection with the proposed merger, Horizon will file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that will include a Proxy Statement of Heartland and a Prospectus of Horizon, as well as other relevant documents concerning the proposed transaction. SHAREHOLDERS AND INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE MERGER WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
The proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents Horizon has filed with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the documents Horizon has filed with the SEC by contacting Mary McColl, Shareholder Relations Officer, 515 Franklin Square, Michigan City, Indiana 46360, telephone: (219)874-9272 or on Horizon's website at www.accesshorizon.com under the tab "Investor Relations" and then under the heading "Information Requested". The information available through Horizon's website is not and shall not be deemed part of this press release or incorporated by reference into other filings Horizon makes with the SEC. This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
Horizon and Heartland and certain of their directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Heartland in connection with the proposed merger. Information about the directors and executive officers of Horizon is set forth in the proxy statement for Horizon's 2011 annual meeting of shareholders, as filed with the SEC on a Schedule 14A on March 23, 2011.
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Stanek gets start for Team USA on Saturday
Split squads to meet twice
University of Arkansas pitcher Ryne Stanek is slated to start for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in the Prospect Classic on Saturday in Durham, N.C.
Saturday's game is set to begin at 6:05 p.m. at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
For the games on Friday and Saturday, the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team and the USA 18-and-under National Team will be divided into two squads, the Stars and Stripes. Stanek is a member of the Stars squad.
On Monday and Tuesday, the Collegiate National Team will play the USA 18U National Team.
A native of Overland Park, Kan., Stanek is pitching for the USA Collegiate National Team for the second summer. He was an alternate last year and pitched in two games, including a start. He recorded a 1-0 mark with a 1.00 ERA.
Saturday's game will be aired on a delayed basis at 10 a.m. Tuesday on the MLB Network. The game will be streamed live on USABaseball.com and MLB.com.