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The Senate has passed an immigration bill, and now all the great and good are urging the Republican-led House to pass it, too. It should decline.
The Senate has passed an immigration bill, and now all the great and good are urging the Republican-led House to pass it, too. It should decline.
That bill would substantially increase immigration into the United States, especially the number of low-skilled immigrants � something that Americans don�t want, that serves no pressing economic need and that will make assimilation harder.
The bill�s guest-worker programs subvert civic ideals by creating a large class of people who work here but can�t be full participants in American life. Its provisions against illegal immigration are weak � the Congressional Budget Office�s most optimistic take suggests the bill would reduce future levels by only half � and there is reason to think they will be set aside as previous enforcement promises have been.
The status quo, flawed as it is, is preferable to passing this bill. What would be better, though, would be for Congress to pass an alternative.
Like the current bill, an alternative would include provisions to enforce the laws against illegal immigration. But it could differ in refusing to simply throw money at the border, and it could take the problem of people who come to the country legally and then overstay their visas more seriously.
Also like the current bill, the alternative would include an amnesty for undocumented immigrants � but a less sweeping one, applying only to people whose illegal stay began while they were children and who have otherwise followed the law. This amnesty shares the assumption of the so-called Dream Act proposed in several recent Congresses: These people didn�t do anything wrong and have no other home.
It would go further than the Dream Act, though, because it wouldn�t require young people to go to college or join the military to get permanent residency rights. The path to citizenship for these young people should be more rapid than the one in the Senate bill, which stretches out the process for no purpose other than to be punitive.
The danger of a more sweeping amnesty is that it would encourage new illegal entrants by signaling that they will eventually be legalized, too. Congress should therefore hold off on that step while making sure that enforcement is up and running � and that the political forces that are supportive of amnesty have an incentive to make enforcement work rather than subvert it. Limited amnesty would be a good-faith gesture to show that the promise of future legalization isn�t merely words.
An alternative also should take a different approach on legal immigration. It should encourage immigration by highly skilled individuals, especially scientists and engineers, for the sake of higher economic growth. It should at the same time cut back on immigration based on reuniting extended families, which is nice but shouldn�t be a national priority. In fact, we should stop reuniting adult siblings altogether until we have brought in the backlog of spouses and children of legal residents.
And, finally, the alternative shouldn�t include a guest-worker program. We don�t need to import a helot class.
Such a bill might have a better chance of being enacted. It would offer a better chance of enforcement actually taking place. Supporters of the current approach would have a better shot at getting the amnesty they want. And Silicon Valley would have a better chance of getting the high-tech workers it seeks.
To make such an alternative a reality, opponents of the current Senate bill have to hold firm and keep anything like it from passing the House. Having then failed for a third time with this approach, supporters of the bill might be willing to try a new one.
But opponents would have to do something else, too: Accept a limited amnesty now and a bigger one later. Some House Republicans would surely balk, thinking that any amnesty is a retreat from the rule of law and that there is no demand for such a package of reforms in their districts.
Polls suggest that the public favors tougher enforcement, is open to amnesty for some undocumented immigrants and opposes major increases in immigration. The public seems to me to have the right instincts on all these matters, and it can get what it wants if Congress writes a new bill.


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I read some of your pre-draft scouting reports the last few days. Some mentioned you being able to possibly play catcher at some point? I know you are considered a plus defensive 3B, but would a switch even be realistic?
Before I was drafted, I heard some people talking about maybe switching; but the White Sox were never a team that wanted to make me a catcher and I haven't heard anything from them about switching positions.
More at the link. Speaking of Morel BA's AFL Notebook mentions him:
Morel only has one extra-base hit in 17 AFL games, but he put on an impressive power display in batting practice on Saturday. He's also a good defensive third baseman with an above-average arm. During the minor league season, several Carolina League managers praised Morel for his solid all-around tools and approach to the game. …

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Check out this fantastic story of Green Bay Packer fan…ness, if you will. (Thanks Roger…)
Devotion to Packers…it's in the blood
11 Responses to "Devotion to Packers…it's in the blood"
Joe Says:
January 26, 2010 at 6:52 pm |
"Ten of his 11 children are Packers fans"
The man is obviously a failure as a father 🙂
foundinidaho Says:
January 26, 2010 at 9:17 pm |
Awesome story. My dad has a similar condition, discovered by accident when something else happened to him. It's kind of weird to have to be "bled" every so often – seems like medieval times.
Travis Says:
January 26, 2010 at 11:13 pm |
what does the blood get sold/used for if it's basically like bad blood?
foundinidaho Says:
January 27, 2010 at 12:02 am |
The blood in and of itself isn't bad. My understanding is that the person with the issue will continue to have his iron level go up and that causes other problems, where if they have blood drained periodically it keeps the iron level in their body lower. Or something like that.
Travis Says:
January 27, 2010 at 2:20 am |
So basically this rare type of blood causes iron level to increase, and too much iron can be fatal? Thats pretty crazy, and to find that out by your loyalty to Green Bay, is pretty amazing. This person was definately meant to be a Packer fan for life.
Doug in Sandpoint Says:
January 29, 2010 at 1:20 pm |
Great story. It makes sense that God would orchestrate something like this through His team. I'd give my right nut for another super bowl but I never thought of giving blood for season tickets. Perhaps the Packer Pro Shop should start dealing in organs and body parts to make it more convenient for the fans.
Joe Says:
February 3, 2010 at 3:07 pm |
Waiting for the break down of Rodgers' Pro Bowl performance …
Cindy V Says:
February 3, 2010 at 8:24 pm |
Me, too.
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Gbpfan Says:
February 4, 2010 at 6:03 pm |
Great story. Always nice to see stories like that these days.
Go Pack Go!
Nick Says:
February 5, 2010 at 6:48 am |
here's another heartwarming story


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This year's Festival will include 85 feature films and 47 short films, chosen from 5,050 submissions. The Ninth Annual TFF also features a wide array of panel discussions, valuable networking opportunities for filmmakers and the industry, as well as free, community events, including the three-night Tribeca Drive-In (April 22 through April 24), the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day [Saturday, May 1, 2010], and the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair [Saturday, May 1, 2010].
New this year, Family Festival-goers can walk an official TFF red carpet, catch a free (ticketed) screening of the Tribeca Family Festival feature film, Snowmen, and enjoy a variety of performances and activities inside and outside of BMCC Tribeca PAC at the Street Fair. For the first time, Washington Market Park will also host storytellers, puppeteers, stilt walkers, and other Family Festival favorites.
Now that your dance card for the weekend is totally full, make sure you are 'camera-ready' to roll!
The free events are as follows:
Thursday, April 22 – Saturday, April 24, 2010
World Financial Center Plaza
The following films will be featured at the Tribeca Drive-In, TFF's outdoor screening series for film enthusiasts of all ages. Co-sponsored by Caesars Atlantic City and hosted by Brookfield, owner of the World Financial Center, this free evening of cinema under the stars is open to the public, and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. The programs will also begin at 6:00 p.m., with screenings starting at dusk, approximately 8:15 p.m.
El Espiritu de la Salsa
(The Spirit of Salsa)
Thursday, April 22
To celebrate the world premiere of this invigorating documentary, live salsa bands, local dancers and salsa pros will come together to strut their stuff for a night of salsa under the stars. Movie-goers will enjoy salsa lessons, dance contests and percussive revelry for all ages.
Lonely hearts from all over New York City -- from an ER doc and an equities trader to a construction contractor and a cop -- meet in Spanish Harlem once a week at Santo Rico Dance School, where they learn the rich art of salsa. Under the great salsa dance teacher Tomas Guerrero's tutelage, they have only six weeks to rehearse for a public performance. Directed by Francisco Bello and Tim Sternberg. Produced by Jon Alpert, Francisco Bello, Matthew O'Neill and Tim Sternberg. Featuring music by Tito Puente, Eddie Santiago, Héctor Lavoe, Norah Jones, and more. World Premiere, Documentary (USA) Suggested for ages 8 and up. An HBO Documentary Films presentation.
Friday, April 23
At Tribeca's official family night, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will present a special screening of the beloved family comedy "Big," in honor of the studio's 75th anniversary, a year-long celebration that will honor Fox's library and legacy of fan favorite films. Everyone will have a blast enjoying classic carnival-style fun on the waterfront including face painters, fortune tellers, games, trivia contests, music and more before the screening of this beloved comedy.
At a carnival on Coney Island, young Josh Baskin (Tom Hanks) wishes he was big-only to awake the next morning and discover he is! With the help of his friend Billy (Jared Rushton), Josh lands a job at a toy company in Manhattan. There, his inner wisdom enables him to successfully predict what children want to buy, making the awestruck, naïve Josh irresistible to a beautiful ladder-climbing colleague (Elizabeth Perkins). But the more he experiences being an adult, the more Josh longs for the simple joys of childhood. Directed by Penny Marshall. Written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg. (USA) A Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Presentation.
The Birth of Big Air
Saturday, April 24
BMX street tricks and freestyle demonstrations will take place on the upper and lower plazas to highlight the world premiere of this new ESPN Films documentary. Stick around for a spectacular stunt extravaganza featuring BMX pioneer Mat Hoffman, a.k.a. "The Condor."
In 1985, at the tender age of 13, Mat Hoffman entered into the BMX circuit as an amateur. By 16, he had soared to the top of the sport. Throughout his prodigious career, Hoffman has ignored conventional limitations; instead focusing his efforts on the purity of the sport and the pursuit of 'what's next.' Academy Award® nominee Spike Jonze and extreme sport fanatic Johnny Knoxville, along with director Jeff Tremaine, showcase the inner workings and exploits of the man who gave birth to Big Air. World Premiere, Documentary (USA) An ESPN Films '30 for 30' Presentation. Suggested for ages 8 and up.


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How Burn Out affects the guild…
This really is one of the most frustrating and heartbreaking sights that a guild leader could ever see. It comes down to a matter of facing the burn-out for a lot of players. When most of your guild is absent, those that are left behind tend to leave. There are a lot of factors in why this has occurred but it boils down to the same thing.
I lead Age of the Phoenix through the end of the Burning Crusade, but it wasn't difficult. We had approximately 3 level 70's which meant that for the majority of my guild, there was something else to other than the over-run, under-powered end game content. So it wasn't the same setting as it is now. I doubt it will be the same setting two years from now when it comes to the end of Cataclysm. It took me 3 characters in 3 years and I still haven't experienced all the quests, so for a while, there will be something new to do. But for now, I have this staring me in the face.
The Burn Out & You
Being the guild leader makes it really complicated to think about having the burn out. You have the end of the expansion blues and boredom, yet responsibility. There is a certain level of obligation that you begin to feel alongside an apathetic feeling. These can quickly be overcome by remembering why it is you play this game to begin with. Don't think of logging on as an obligation, it is still your time to do what you want to in game. Leaving the game as a guild leader does have its consequences. Did you know that as a GM, if you are absent for an extended period of time, a guild member (I'm unsure if they must be of officer standing) can file a ticket with a GM requesting ownership? I've seen it happen. I've seen it rip asunder a strongly found guild. A guild of friends, disintegrated to ashes by GM absence.
Warning Signs
1. One-by-one your officers fade away
I currently have one active officer out of a "staff" of 7. On top of that I have 1 out of 3 representatives active, and they play another character! The icing on the cake of the disasterous burn-out was my second in command, my boyfriend, canceling his account. It was the saddest day in my WoW history. We started playing together, started this guild together, etc. and now he is gone…from the game.
2. Drop in Activity
This is an apparent factor in this particular situation but is a major factor. This takes into consideration all members of the guild, GM included. When everything you wanted to accomplish is done, it becomes okay to prioritize not logging on. Day after day, one more person decides not to log on and a waterfall effect begins to take place until the loneliness the people left begin to feel is overwhelming. This is not to say that the game should ever be more important than your real life, but sometimes we may or may not put logging on and playing above watching the latest episodes on television or that really tiny load of laundry. Sooner or later, people haven't been on in months and your guild log and info looks like an abandoned mining town, leaving only 3 or 4 people visiting every now and then.
3. Lack of Unity
Unity is something that I have always striven for with Age of the Phoenix. I want people to believe that they are part of a family when they join this guild. We are warm and helpful and really enjoy doing things together. We discussed raiding as a guild, we run heroics as a guild, we did a few old world raids as a guild, we partake in the joys of sharing our professions, etc. We love to work together, as a solid unit, but at some point this begins to falter and it is a negative sign. It isn't a matter of not wanting to do things together, it is more of an issue of the lack of numbers to do said thing as well as varying interest*.
I don't mean varying interest like raiding, questing, etc. Rather I mean interest in the game and depth of what you're experiencing.
What can you do?
Facing this situation is a true problem. But…to every problem…there is a solution.
And you do have a couple of options, it isn't like this road is set in stone.
1. Build Up
When you are down to the nitty gritty, you simply have no where to go but up. Every guild starts with just a few people. Maybe you started it with only you, maybe there were 3 of you, but regardless, you started somewhere…and now it is time to start again. No one can tear your guild down.
The difficulties you face with this option are similar to the same ones you experiences when you got the guild started in the first place. How do you keep the people you have interested while you recruit more members? What do you have to offer in your current state (i.e raiding with 4 people)? What about rules and policies? When you are banking that people will come back, what can you say about attendance? How will you handle the situation when they do return?
If you feel you can face all of those questions head on, starting from the bottom is a great way to work your guild up!
2. "Leave of Absence"
That is the best term I can use to describe it. If you know your people will be back, and the ones you have now will stick around, accept that it is okay to do your own thing for a while and still be there for each other. Make it known that you don't expect to raid, recruit, etc. until the expansion is up and ready. Always hold your doors open for those interested but put your best foot forward and admit where your guild is going and where you are to the people you have.
What I Chose
It isn't a matter that I can't answer the questions necessary to build my guild up from scratch, but I know my friends will be back. I know that my 2nd in command will be back. And some days, I see my other officer's, they're coming back. So I did choose to put my guild in a form of stasis, waiting and biding time until they all return. I give a BIG BIG thanks to Barreb, my strong-holding officer for sticking it out with me!
Someday, when we are all worgens, we plan to have a congregational guild on the opposite faction so we can still do it all together, someday we will raid and when we're 85 maybe we will be Kingslayers, but for now, we're just holding down the fort.


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In the span of a day, Marco Rubio has gone from apparently being off the list of potential running mates for Mitt Romney to being back on.
Tuesday evening, Mr. Romney told campaign reporters at an unscheduled stop in Michigan that Senator Rubio of Florida was "being thoroughly vetted as part of our process."
Just that morning, ABC News had cited "knowledgeable Republican sources" saying that Romney's vice presidential search team had not asked Rubio, one of the party's rising stars, to complete any questionnaires or turn over any financial documents, the usual procedure for a possible running mate. The Washington Post confirmed the report with an "outside Romney adviser," who nevertheless left open the possibility that Rubio could still be vetted.
So is Rubio under consideration or not? It never made sense for him not to be, or at least for the Romney campaign to appear to be considering him by asking for the usual documents. Rubio is a young, charismatic, Hispanic conservative from a top battleground state, Florida. In recent weeks, his star had waned as a possible running mate, as safer choices emerged as more likely – people like Sen. Rob Portman (R) of Ohio and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) of Minnesota.
Rubio, the new conventional wisdom went, is too young (early 40s) and untested. In short, he could have become another Sarah Palin, a choice that electrifies the conservative GOP base but isn't widely perceived as being ready to be president on Day One if need be. Romney's management style suggests that he's not a gambler like 2008 GOP nominee John McCain, who selected Ms. Palin, the charismatic but (at the time) nationally untested governor of Alaska.
More likely, the reasoning goes, Romney will select a running mate who reinforces his own attributes – experienced, maybe a tad boring, but someone with economic experience who projects maturity and reassurance to an anxious public.
Still, in recent presidential cycles, nominees have always made it known that they were casting a wide net for a running mate, and always made clear that the list was diverse, including women and minorities. Throwing out names of people who don't have a serious chance is considered par for the course.
It's possible the unnamed sources cited by ABC News were wrong. That was Romney's message Tuesday evening.
"I can't imagine who such people are," Romney told the campaign press pool at a stop in Holland, Mich., referring to ABC's sources. "But I can tell you this: They know nothing about the vice presidential selection or evaluation process. There are only two people in this country who know who are being vetted and who are not, and that's [longtime aide] Beth Myers and myself. And I know Beth well. She doesn't talk to anybody. The story was entirely false."
But it's also possible that word had indeed slipped out that Rubio wasn't in the running, perhaps as a way to ease into the eventual selection of someone else. If so, the leak was ill-timed.
Last Friday, President Obama electrified the political world by announcing a new policy that will help hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants – a majority of them Hispanic – stay in the United States legally. Polls show the move is popular with the broad electorate, and could help light a fire under Mr. Obama's Hispanic base. Obama is already winning Hispanic voters by a wide margin, but there have been questions over whether they will turn out in sufficient numbers to make up for his deficit among white non-Hispanic voters.
Putting Rubio on the ticket would by no means guarantee anything for Romney with the Hispanic vote. Rubio is Cuban-American, which doesn't necessarily win him points among Mexican-Americans, who face immigration issues that Cubans don't. But the symbolic importance of having a Hispanic running mate – the first in American history – would still mean something.
In the end, it's possible that Rubio indeed wasn't being vetted, but in the frenzy after the ABC report, the Romney campaign decided to change the narrative and announce that of course Rubio is being vetted. The bad news for Rubio is that the furor erupted the day his memoir was released. What Rubio no doubt had hoped would be a big moment in the sun turned into a day full of questions about an apparent snub.


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TransVision 2010 Presentation by Riccardo Campa
The Transhumanist Movement: a Sociological Overview
The central transhumanist idea of self-directed evolution can be coupled with different political, philosophical and religious opinions. Accordingly, we have observed individuals and groups joining the movement from very different persuasions. On one hand such diversity may be an asset in terms of ideas and stimuli, but on the other hand it may involve a practical paralysis, especially when members give priority to their existing affiliations over their belonging to organized transhumanism. In my lecture, I shall discuss the outlines of those internal differences.
|Riccardo Campa is Professor of Sociology at the University of Cracow. He possesses two Master of Arts degrees, in Political Science and Philosophy, from the University of Bologna and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. He founded and is currently president of the Italian Transhumanist Association, and is a Fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
TransVision 2010 is a global transhumanist conference and community convention. The event will take place on October 22, 23 and 24, 2010 in Milan, Italy with many options for remote online access.
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Mayor Alvin Brown is making an urgent plea asking for Jacksonville residents to help ease the crowding problem at Animal Care and Protective Services by adopting one of the 90 dogs crowding the facility.
"It's taken a lot of hard work for this city to reach a no-kill status and we want to make sure we keep it that way," the mayor said in a press release Feb. 19.
Division Chief Scott Trebatoski said with 50 to 100 dogs entering the facility each day, the shelter is becoming too crowded. The current adoption fee through the end of the month is $14 for any dog or cat, which includes spaying or neutering, rabies vaccinations and microchips. It does not include the $20 city licensing fee.
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You probably know Jonathon Sawyer as one of Cleveland's high-profile celebrity chefs. But this week, at least, he's also playing the role of workplace advice columnist. Mr. Sawyer, whose restaurants include The Greenhouse Tavern and Noodlecat, is among the contributors this week to a Washington Post web feature called "On Small Business," in which a panel of young entrepreneurs offers answers to questions faced by small business owners. This week's questions, as it happens, are all about workplace/employee-employer issues. For instance, this question asks for tips on simple, inexpensive methods that can make a workplace more employee-friendly. Mr. Sawyer's response, in part: "We've found the most success in mutual respect, and we work hard to create an educational environment. … I think the most effective chefs are just like the best teachers. Utilizing positive reinforcement and encouraging creativity makes the kitchen a place of collaboration and development, not a factory of uninspired, insipid garbage food. We also encourage all of our employees to work hard and constantly advance their skills and knowledge." Here, the panel is asked for advice on enforcing employee hours. "We only care about employees being on time and/or early," Mr. Sawyer says. "Our salaried managers definitely abide by a 'get the job' done policy, but as it is in the restaurant world, they work long hours and their passion keeps them in the office/kitchen until the job is done. We do monitor servers and hourly employees in order to keep labor costs in line, but if you're a motivated employee and ready to work, we have no problem with overtime or extra hours." To help retain top talent Mr. Sawyer suggests that companies make significant investments in training, in addition to offering competitive pay and benefits. "We also believe in performance-based bonuses for operating managers, and partnering in as profit partners for mid to upper-level employees," he says.
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Americans are really unhappy with their jobs, according to a survey of more than 700 employees by Right Management, the talent and career management expert within ManpowerGroup. A startling 86% of the employees polled said they plan to look for a new position in 2013, while another 8% said they may do so and are already networking. Only 5% says they are firmly committed to staying in their current position, according to the survey. I suspect the numbers represent people's feelings rather than their actual plans. Even so, Right Management finds that the percentage of workers responding that are actively seeking new positions has risen consistently from 60% in 2009, when the job market was very tight. "At a minimum, the survey findings are a sign of considerable job dissatisfaction throughout North America," says Owen Sullivan, CEO of Right Management, in a statement. "The constant drumbeat of downsizing coupled with the expectation to do more with less has put an added amount of stress on workers," he says. "Ongoing economic uncertainty and volatility around job growth and job security have warranted the exploration of new positions. This kind of frustration may not be unusual, even in a strong job market. But the levels of discontent we're now finding have to be without precedent. … When more than four-out-of-five workers seem so unhappy it ought to concern top management."
Forbes.com runs a good, succinct analysis of a fantastic New York Times investigation of the $80 billion that American states, counties and cities offer to businesses each year in job-creation incentives. The bottom line: "In many cases such programs are totally wasteful and in some they are positively counterproductive." From the Forbes.com piece: Take, for instance, the so-called transplants set up by Japanese auto companies in places like Ohio and Kentucky. Though the incentives have been spread around these corporations' keiretsu affiliates and are therefore difficult to quantify, it is clear that the sums involved have been enormous. Yet they have also been utterly unnecessary. Why? Because the decision by the Japanese to set up assembly operations on American soil was based primarily on political rather than economic considerations. Even if no state had offered any incentives, the Japanese would have come anyway. Their concern was to soothe trade tensions and spike the guns of protectionist interests. The net effect of all the subsidies was further to undermine jobs in an already devastated Michigan. Forbes.com concludes, "Americans used to thinking in terms of maximizing their individual private interests rarely consider the big picture. But there is a big picture and it is becoming increasingly troubling."
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I know there is the Casual Campaign Ace, but:
- What are all possible titles?
- What are the requirements for each?
- If you first achieved one, and then you play the campaign again, can you get another (higher I assume, as there is only one slot)?
I'm talking about this thing in the profile:


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Dancing With The Stars co-host Brooke Burke called into the Ryan Seacrest Radio show today. She's excited about this season's all star cast being it's "all over the place" with returning champions, some who got close to winning, and some people who went home too soon. She's says the competition level is going to be insane. More below as well as her thoughts on her new IntiMint line and a Ladies Night Out event that she's co-hosting next week with Ellen K.
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- 6 ounces gingersnap cookies
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 2 cups fresh blueberries, divided
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 pint peach ice cream, softened in refrigerator for 20 minutes
- 2 cups whipped cream (made from 1 cup heavy cream)
- 1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger
Recipe Preparation
Finely grind cookies in a food processor (you should have about 1 1/3 cups). Transfer crumbs to a medium bowl. Add butter and cream; stir to coat. Press firmly onto bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie dish. Chill until firm, at least 30 minutes.
Toss 1 3/4 cups blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a medium bowl; let macerate at room temperature for at least 1 hour.
Transfer blueberry mixture to a large heavy saucepan and cook over medium heat until berries soften and juices are released, 10–15 minutes. Strain berries through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium bowl. Cover and chill juices and berries separately until cold.
Mix softened ice cream with chilled cooked blueberries. Scrape ice cream mixture into crust; smooth top. Freeze until firm, at least 6 hours. DO AHEAD Pie can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and keep frozen.
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Highest Paid Latinos in MLB
Next time Torii Hunter not only should have a better choice of words but also his facts right.
The Angel outfielder should know that the latest sensation to come from Latin America Cuban left-handed Aroldis Chapman was signed to a 6-year, $30 million deal by the Cincinnati Reds.
Hunter should no better that is not true that Major League Baseball prefers scouting and signing Latino players because they are willing to sign "for a bag of chips."
Again he should ask his fellow Angels Latino teammates whom Arte Moreno is not paying them in corn or potato chips.
As of the end of 2009, seven of the best 10 paid players in the Majors according to a report from The Associated Press are Latinos.
Just for the facts, these are the best 10 Latino Players paid in Major League Baseball.
Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees: $33,000,000
Manny Ramirez, Los Angeles Dodgers: $23, 854,494
Carlos Beltran: New York Mets: $19, 243,682
Carlos Lee, Houston Astros: $19,000,000
Magglio Ordoñez, Detroit Tigers: $18,971,576
Johan Santana, New York Mets: $18,876,139
Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs: $18,750,000
Alfonso Soriano, Chicago Cubs: $17,000,000
Aramis Ramirez, Chicago Cubs: $16,650,000
Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees: $15,000,000
Hunter should know some history too.
Among the top 25 Major League Baseball players who have earned over $100 million total salary over their career through the end of 2009, not including bonuses, 10 are Latinos. The earnings definitely are not "bag of chips".
Alex Rodriguez: $231,416,252
Manny Ramírez: $186,112,763
Pedro Martínez: $147,259,585
Carlos Delgado: $146,299,000
Sammy Sosa (retired): $124,068,000
Iván Rodríguez: $116,573,932
Mariano Rivera: $114,530,125
Vladimir Guerrero: $112,430,000
Magglio Ordoñez: $105,644,770
Bernie Williams (retired): $103,100,001


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Rudolph D'Angelo
Sept. 6, 1941-Nov. 21, 2013
Pleasanton, California
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Rudy D?Angelo, 72, passed away on Nov. 21, 2013 at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California.
Rudy was born on Sept. 6, 1941 in Pennsylvania to Jerry and Marie D?Angelo. He grew up in California, Pennsylvania in a home upstairs from his grandparents and at ten years old he moved with his Mom and Dad to Perryopolis, Pennsylvania.
His early years were filled with big family dinners on Sundays, swimming in the Monongahela River and trapping in the woods. He graduated from South Union High School in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in 1962.
After high school Rudy enlisted in the Marine Corps and just a week after graduation he left for basic training at Parris Island. During his time in the Marines, Rudy qualified as an expert marksmen and also trained as an under water demolition expert. Throughout his life, Rudy remained proud of his military service and always lived by the Marine Corps motto "Semper Fi."
In 1966 Rudy married Joyce Komlo. After a honeymoon in Miami, Florida they started their lives together in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As their family began to grow Rudy started a career in auto marketing and finance that would last 40 years. Job opportunities would take them across the country to Delaware, Idaho and California. Together they raised two daughters. Rudy and Joyce were happily married and the envy of all who knew them for 47 years.
Rudy was an active member and past president of the Italian Catholic Federation branch 285. He also belonged to Saint Augustine?s Church where throughout the past 40 years he has given his time and talent to the church choir, the parish council and the Knights of Columbus.
Anyone who knew Rudy described him as an incredibly kind man who would make time for anyone. He enjoyed just taking the time to sit and visit and would entertain his family and friends for hours with his talent for telling a story.
Rudy loved to read, watch movies and cook. Whenever possible he loved to travel. Rudy especially enjoyed visiting Hawaii and had an impressive Hawaiian shirt collection. With his five grandchildren close by he spent many hours on the soccer field, in the stands at football games and at music and ballet recitals and was his grandchildren?s biggest fan.
When you sat with Rudy to talk for a while he would tell you he had a wonderful childhood. That he was blessed with a wonderful wife and daughters and that his grandchildren were his pride and joy He would say it was a wonderful life.
Rudy is survived by his wife Joyce of Pleasanton, California; his children Denean Hanson (Wesley) of Livermore, California, and Paige D?Angelo of Sacramento, California; his grandchildren Wesley, Claire, Rachel, Luke and Julia Hanson; and his many cousins, nieces and nephews. Rudy was preceded in death by his parents Jerry and Marie D?Angelo and his sister Phyllis D?Angelo.
Services were held at St. Augustine Catholic Church on Nov. 30, 2013 and the burial was at St. Augustine Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Rudy?s name to the Toys for Tots, the John Paul II building fund at CCOP, Salvation Army or a charity of your choice.
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Multi-Core Cpu Architecture and WoW / Lag and Graphical tweaks...Guide
The TLDR version of this guide
Also, as a little side note. If you decide to edit your config file you obviously need to open it. Right click on it, click open with, and open it in notepad, word, or any other text editor.
Updated for 4.0:
They changed wow in 3.1 to run on more processor threads. Originally it was running on 2 main threads with several smaller threads handling simpler tasks. As of 3.1 there are now 3 main threads, and many more smaller threads. This means that forcing wow to run over all 3 cores may prove more beneficial then having it run over only 2 cores, as now you can"force" it to use all of the available cores.
If you want more information on what exactly setting the masks values does, and how it works, look in the CPU stuff section of the article.
These are the new recommended affinity mask values taking into account three available cores:
i7 Qudcore with Ht- 84
i5 Quadcore which does not have HT - 14
i5 Dualcore with HT- 5 (note - wow will default run over both availabile processors in dual core systems - no gain may be experienced)
Dualcore with HT- 5 (note - wow will default run over both availabile processors in dual core systems - no gain may be experienced)
Dualcore without HT - 3 (note - wow will default run over both availabile processors in dual core systems - no gain may be experienced)
I7 - Hex core (6 logical / 6 virtual) - 1344
AMD tricore - 7
AMD quad core ( Phenom series ) - 14
AMD hex core - 56
TCPAckFrequency portion of the latency fixes can be done manually or by using the Leatrix utility. Look at the bottom of this post for the steps or download Leatrix's Latency fix from WoWInterface. Its verified to work, and does exactly what the manual steps illustrated below will do. I have examined his code myself, it's visual basic, and it emulates the exact functionality that I go over in this thread. If you're lazy and like using apps, try his. If you prefer to learn and do things yourself, take a look at the lag stuff portion of the article.
However, the Leatrix tool will not be able to to the TCPNoDelay tweak, that one must be done on your own. As mentioned, the steps are listed below.
So I have some news. That above line is totally inaccurate as of today.
Up until now there has been two parts to the Latency tweaks. Part 1 is installing the Leatrix TCPAckFrequency tweak. Part 2 was to manually do the TCPNoDelay in the registry - Nagle Disable ...
Well, I have looked further into it and I found a way to incorporate the TCPNoDelay tweak into Leatrix's original script.
So, I have edited it and added in both of the lag tweaks into a single .vbs script!
This means and end to having to dig through the registry in order to do the lag tweaks.
Figuring out where to host it now, and will update the OP when I do.
Without further delay below are the download mirrors:
If you are a windows 7 user, you may have to run the following .reg file. (I created this, so its safe)
or here
That will add the proper msmq keys for you. Then run the naglefreq script form above.
Run script / reboot - easy peasy.
The CVAR value which controls what cores wow ill run over is SET processAffinityMask ""
If fore whatever reason this is missing from your config file you can manually add it, by copying and pasting it from above. In between the quotes is where the number for the mask value goes. For example, SET processAffinityMask "84"
This should clear up any confusion some people were having.
I recently have been toying around with assigning certain running processes on my computer to certain cores on my PC via Affinity I/O controls. I have an Intel i7 quad core. I know a lot of people use this processor, and a few others use AMD phenom cores. In any event whether you use dual core, quad core, or hexcore the following information pertains to you.
Config.wtf is located in the WoW/WTF game folder. Contained in this file is CVAR's a.k.a console variables or in some cases referred to as configurable variables. These variables allow you to manipulate program settings often found in games and other applications. I used to edit this config file a lot in the past to manipulate camera settings but never really paid much attention to the CVAR's. There is a ton of variables that can be changed and manipulated within this file, but for the purpose of this write up we will only talk about AffinityMask CVAR.
WoW is a threaded application meaning it can take advantage of more than 1 single core. However, no matter how many cores you have, WoW cannot take advantage of more than 3 main threads(after patch 3.3.3). After monitoring process activity on each core, I saw that when I started WoW, core 1's activity spiked while my other cores were remaining pretty low. The majority of applications that run on my computer are not threaded meaning that for the most part they either default to core 1 or windows will dictate which core the application is processed through. Having WoW run on core 1 as well as all my other programs run on it seems counter productive as the other cores have no work load. This is the main point behind why you want to set affinity mask values. So that you can force WoW to run over less busier cores therefore reducing any type of cpu bottleneck that may occur during heavy gaming sessions.
The whole point of this is we can force WoW to run on whatever cores we want, up to 3 cores in total. We can change the Affinity CVAR value from the default which is 3. The default value of 3 has wow running over cores 1 and 2. You have to think though that this isn't really running over physical cores 1 and 2. Instead it is running over 1 physical core/ and one virtual core.See below chart I put it in quotes:
A Dual Core processor :[CORE1][CORE1Virtual][CORE2][CORE2Virtual]
Core numbers: 1 2 3 4
A Quad Core: [CORE1][CORE1Virtual][CORE2][CORE2Virtual][CORE3]
Core numbers: 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8
This is what is called hyper threading which basically splits each core into 2. 1 physical core and 1 virtual core. Which means that on quad cores we have a total of 8 cores. It isn't really a virtual core, but for the sake of argument we can call it that. Each core on the chip has circuitry on it that splits that core into two separate entities in software. Look up hyper threading if you want more of an explanation its to long to write out and really off topic for this.
This is also the reason the default value of 3 is not recommended. If you reference the above chart, a value of 3 has wow running over only the first core. Which means that's, even in a dual core system, the second core is not being utilized.
If you have a dual core processor with hyper threading you can stop reading here and set your CVAR value for affinity mask to 5. What this does is force wow to run over the actual hardware cores of your computer instead of having it run over 1 physical and 1 virtual. Make sense?
Dual core set your value to 5 and your done. This will force WoW to run on cores 1 and 3 which in actuality represent the 2 physical cores in a single processor w/ dual cores.
For single processor/ quad core it becomes somewhat more complex because instead of being
it turns into
4 phyiscal cores / 4 threaded (virtual) cores = 8 logical cores (the chart above also shows this)
The mask/CVAR values also become more complex. See my chart below.
Logical Cores: |C1|C(v)1| |C2|C(v)2| |C3|C(v)3| |C4|C(v)4|
Core Number: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Mask Values: 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128
Binary translation: We have to reverse the processor cores around since binary is read right to left, like Hebrew.
|C(v)4|C4| |C(v)3|C3| |C(v)2|C2| |C(v)1|C1|
In dual core systems setting the value to 5 would allow you to make wow run on physical core 1 and core 2, which we already went over. The default value of 3 has wow running on 1 physical core and 1 virtual core which are both parts of the same core in reality, which we also went over. In quad core systems you can set it to 5 as well like we do for dual cores, but you can also set different numbers. You want to stay away from running the game on virtual cores and run it only on 3 out of the 4 physical cores. The beauty of quad core is that we do not have to run anything on core 1, like you do with dual core processors. Core 1 is the most used core of all the 4 physical cores since it is the default core most applications run on. In my case I wanted wow to run over physical cores 2/ 3/ 4.
I typed in 80 which would be cores 3 and 4 as per the above chart, you have to add the decimal values that I listed in the chart above that correspond to the core numbers that you want to enable. Now if you convert 80 to its binary equivalent 1010000 *Remember binary is read from right to left* Now if you match up that number to the binary translation chart.
for cores 3/4 - CVAR value 80
|C(v)4|C4| |C(v)3|C3| |C(v)2|C2| |C(v)1|C1|
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
for cores 2/4 - CVAR value 68
|C(v)4|C4| |C(v)3|C3| |C(v)2|C2| |C(v)1|C1|
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
you could even have it run on cores 1/4 if you wanted with the value 65
|C(v)4|C4| |C(v)3|C3| |C(v)2|C2| |C(v)1|C1|
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
For most people I would recommend a value of 84. Cores 2, 3 and 4 are used virtually never.
People who have done this tweak report, in some cases, double their fps.
I have been using this for a while, and I noticed substantial results with it. If you have random lag spikes, lag all the time, or internet problems this may help you out a bit.
Its kind of old school now, but a lot of people don't seem to know about it though so figured I would include it here. Depending on your system settings it can drastically improve ping times due to TCP/ACK response times.
Basically at the root of this tweak is changing the frequency at which TCP ACKS's or acknowledgments are sent out, it also disables NAGLE. Most know that TCP/IP works with data packets, the header of the packet contains destination port information as well as source port, followed by sequence and acknowledgment numbers, data offset, and then lastly the data itself.
By default the TCPackfrequency is set to 2 in windows. Other programs that you might have installed can manipulate this number though, some network drivers for certain cards also can edit it as well. A value of 2 means that for every 2 tcp packets you computer receives an acknowledgment packet is sent. It basically tells the sending end, in the case of wow the server, that I received the data you sent me. The below reg tweak changes this value from whatever it is set to on your PC to a value of 1. It takes about a total of 2 minutes to make this change anyway, it is very simple.
TcpAckFrequency defaults to 2. At this setting, copying a
250 MB file from the server takes 45 seconds. That's not a terrible
result, but I'm just establishing a baseline.
Microsoft Windows 2003 performance guidelines recommends a setting for TCP
ACK of 13 for gigabit Ethernet. Setting TcpAckFrequency to 13 on the
client yields copy time of 20+ minutes!!
Microsoft recommends a TCP ACK setting of 5 for 10/100 networks. Setting
to 5 yields copy time of 18 minutes!!
Finally, I tried setting to TcpAckFrequency of 3. This yields copy time of
13 minutes.
In the case of wow a much higher number will generate a retarded amount of lag while a lower number should remove it.
The second part of the hack is TCP no delay. Setting this value to 1, disables the Nagle algorithm in the TCP stack. The nagle algorithm buffers up TCP packets and arranges them in a way that balances the size of the packets with the delay in sending it. It can rearrange different packets of different sizes coming from different programs on your computer and it sends out the bits and pieces that are easier to send first. It prioritizes and it also will wait for a packet to fill until sending it. Its kind of like QOS on a router, prioritizing certain pieces of data over others.
This is normally a good thing as it balances the load of a network if you have multiple PC's going at a time, and the delay is typically not noticeable with normal internet surfing etc. However, with WoW, any bit of lag is noticeable. Any bit of delay can mean the difference between living and dieing, wiping the raid or being the hero. On our level of internet usage, the TCP buffer/prioritization from nagle can affect performance. The second part of the tweak disables this. Instead of allowing Nagle to do its thing we are basically telling it, "choke and die, do not buffer the packets and wait to send them, just push them out NOW!!! NO u no u."
Here are the actual tweak steps:
-TcpAckFrequency -
Type "regedit" in windows "run.." dialog to bring up registry menu
Then find:
There will be multiple NIC interfaces listed in there, find the one you use to connect to the internet, there will be several interfaces listed (they have long names like{7DBA6DCA-FFE8-4002-A28F-4D2B57AE8383}. Click each one, the right one will have lots of settings in it and you will see your machines IP address listed there as one of the values.
-Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value, name it TcpAckFrequency, then right click the entry and click Modify and assign a value of 1.
You can change it back to 2 (default) at a later stage if it affects your other TCP application performance. it tells windows how many TCP packets to wait before sending ACK. if the value is 1, windows will send ACK every time it receives a TCP package.
Again make sure you set it to 1.
- TCPNoDelay -
This one is pretty simple
Type "regedit" in windows "run.." dialog to bring up registry menu
Then find:
Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value, name it TCPNoDelay, then right click the entry and click Modify and assign a value of 1.
Click Ok and close the registry editor, then reboot your PC.
If you prefer to do the below tweak yourself manually you can. However, I have created a .reg file that will add the appropriate keys for you. You can find it here.
I just want to note that the MSMQ key DOES NOT EXIST IN WINDOWS VISTA/7 HOME BY DEFAULT. If you cannot find the MSMQ key, then please do this instead:
Open up notepad and paste in the following:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
Save the file as Lag.reg ---- Run the file, say yes to the prompt. This will automatically enter all the above reg values for you.
This section is dedicated to core parking. Core parking is a feature that will disable cores in real time that are not being used, as a power saving feature. The OS will then switch them back on as needed.
This poses a problem while gaming at times, because if you are out farming herbs/ore and their isn't very much graphical intensive activity going on some of the cores on your cpu may be disabled.
Lets say you then take a queue for Tol Barad, and you are shot right into the midst of angry battle. Fire is raining from the sky, green little lasers are flying at your face, and there are 25 angry alliance bum rushing your node. The OS will then flick the cores back on again.
The problem is that sometimes this process of turning the cores on and off causes noticeable video lag or screen tearing. Neither of which you want to deal with especially in pvp.
The following steps will disable this annoying feature.
Shut off Core parking:
- Go to Regedit
- Find this key:- " 0cc5b647-c1df-4637-891a-dec35c318583 "
- Within this key, there is a value called: " ValueMax "
- This value represents the % number of cores the system will park - the default 100% ie: all Cores are potentially park-able
- Change the value from 64 to 0 so the " ValueMin " and " ValueMax " are both zero
- You will have to find the key a few times and repeat the process for each time it is found - the number of instances will depend on the number of power profiles in your system
- Do a full shutdown and power-off and cold-re-start
If you have a graphics card that supports DX11, and are running on Vista/7, then you can potentially unlock a 20-30% gain in FPS while playing WoW by doing the following:
-Open your config.wtf file (located in ...\World of Warcraft\WTF\) with notepad.
-add the line SET gxApi "d3d11"
This will unlock experimental dx11 support for wow(full support will probably be implemented in a future patch), it made me jump from 80fps to 100fps. Not a noticeable increase to my eye.
There have been numerous articles linked in the pages that follow this guide about how many FPS the human eye can actually see. Some say 30, some say 60, some say 200. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and so is your sensitivity to FPS. Some of us who have a more acute sense of sight may notice the jumps in fps even at higher values like I mentioned above.
In conclusion, the above DX11 tweak is definitely beneficial, and you have absolutely nothing to lose by trying it out. You have nothing to lose by trying any of these tweaks out as all of them are completely reversible.
Thank you for reading, and please post in the thread or send me a PM if you have further questions on something written here. Feel free to recommend adding things to the guide. I will certainly try and keep up to date on any type of new tweaks, or changes in the game and update the guide with further suggestions in the future.
1/26/11 - Cleared up a lot of misinformation in the OP, cleaned up some of the steps.
2/7/11 - Added additional steps for setprocessoraffinity CVAR in the spu section.
2/17/11 - Added download link to the NEW latency script which does both TCPAckFreq as well as TCPNoDelay. Ty Leatrix for doing the leg work with the VB script. I simply added upon and augmented the existing design.


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The "Splash" star parked her biodiesel Tomcar ATV vehicle on the side of the Pacific Coast Highway last week in a bid to keep it safe from the wildfires blazing near her home in Malibu.
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Dirtworks is a locally owned paving and excavation company serving Cape Cod, USA. Owned and operated by Mike Escher, Dirtworks offers paving services that include everything from driveways to parking lot construction and road building. Dirtworks also offers a full line of site work including septic system installation and repair, drainage installation, land clearing and grading, and cellar holes. We are also fully licensed and insured for demolition.
Overall - none of the below sites pinpoint what we want - but each of them has one or two elements that we like. Hopefully the description above combined with what we give you below will inspire you to create a great site.
http://thompsonengineering.com/ - I'm not that crazy about this site, but it has a serious look too it and it's simple. We do want the full width banner, but I wouldnt want our site to look too much like this one. Ours will also have a black background for the logo to rest on at least at the top...
http://arpaonline.ca/ - sort of like the textures around the banner. They were also a little bit original with the way the banner is not just a solid rectangle. Otherwise... I'm not that crazy about this site either.
http://www.biberltd.com/ - The section under the banner is divided in a similar fashion to what I'm looking for ... company info, services, portfolio / testimonials -- overall the text on the site seems to small
http://www.mikeebee.com/ - Again - His sections are divided nice and simple and clean - Like the dark background although we would like to use subtle textures in our design
http://www.lovicks.com.au/ - Like the top dark area alot. I like the use of texture. We defintely wnat a call to action button somewhere but we would want it to stand out more.
http://www.seeclearjax.com/ - Like the top where the phone number and email sit. We would like something like that that really brings out that contact info. The services across the bottom of the banner are pretty cool although that may be something we code into the banner itself. So that when they click on the word the banner image changes. If you do decide to do something with the services you can find them in the intro to this information or on the site.
This will be a home page. The things that would need to be on their homepage are as follows: they need a slider type banner at the top that goes all the way across. They will have pictures of their work inside of here. They need some sort of call to action button that says "Free Quote", and a place where their phone number and email can show prominently. They would like an area for a brief company intro, list of services provided, testimonial's and possibly an image from their work portfolio or at least an area or button that emphasizes it -- If this could all fit.
TEXTURES, COLORS: The type of work they do involves asphalt and dirt. Black and yellow with touches of red would work well as a color scheme like in their logo. Textures could be dirt, asphalt, yellow lines like on a road... etc -- but used very subtly!. Their logo sits on a black background so plan on making the background -- at least where the logo is - black.
Remember this is a business site. It can be fairly conservative. Even though there will be black in the design we don't want the business to have to much of a "dark" or "edgy" feel. The images in the banner will also brighten things up.
Navigation would be:
Home -- About Us -- Services -- Portfolio -- Testimonials -- Contact
OVERAL FEELING: We want the site to have a strong, well established, professional feel. We want to have subtle textures and a nice clean look. Nothing wacky or cute.
Site width - We like 960px width on the site.
We will need the layered PSD and a jpg of the finished design


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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. -- The United States, powered by a strong singles performance, captured its third consecutive Junior Ryder Cup, 14 1/2 to 9 1/2, Tuesday afternoon at Olympia Fields Country Club. The U.S. Team, which opened its final session with a two-point advantage, won seven of the 12 singles matches and halved another.
The Junior Ryder Cup, a premier international team match-play competition, features 12 junior golfers from the United States hosting their European counterparts.
The United States now owns a 4-3-1 overall record in the Junior Ryder Cup, and has not lost since 2004 at Westfield Country Club in Westfield Center, Ohio. The matches were halved 6-6 in 2006 at The Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales.
The United States battled to a 7-5 lead after the first day of foursomes and mixed four-balls, then sprinted out in singles Tuesday by winning four of its first five matches. Leading the way were Alison Lee of Valencia, Calif., with a 6 and 5 conquest of Linnea Ström of Sweden; and Karen Chung of Livingston, N.J., who downed Germany's Quirine Eijkenboom, 4 and 2.
U.S. Captain Roger Warren was overwhelmed by the entire experience of serving as team leader and came away impressed with the performance of both teams.
"We are really fortunate to have won, because these teams are so evenly matched and each have such a wealth of talent," said Warren, who was the 34th president of The PGA of America. "We came because we wanted to compete and win. But in the end it was all about friendships and goodwill between the teams that made this a truly special experience."
Alison Lee, who finished runner-up in the 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship, clinched the winning point for the United States team.
"I had to come out this morning and finish my four-ball match so that helped me warm up a bit," said Lee. "I felt really comfortable all day and to make that clinching point was so awesome. It feels great to know that I helped the team."
Karen Chung, Esther Lee of Los Alamitos, Calif., and Casie Cathrea of Livermore, Calif., won all three of their matches at the Junior Ryder Cup.
"It's exciting to know that I was able to close out my first Junior Ryder Cup with three points and winning all three matches," said Cathrea. "This whole experience has been incredible and it's not over yet. We still get to play Medinah tomorrow and that should be great, too."
Both teams will play a "Friendship" Match" Wednesday at Medinah (Ill.) Country Club, site of the 39th Ryder Cup.
The "Friendship" Match will feature a combined mixed four-ball, with six groupings of four players that includes one girl and one boy from both Europe and the United States. The teams will play a composite course of 10 total holes, blending both front-nine and back-nine holes. Play will begin on the first hole.
The European Team was led in the singles matches by Ireland's Gavin Moynihan, who posted a 4 and 3 victory over Jim Liu of Smithtown, N.Y.
European Captain Stuart Wilson enjoyed his experience as Captain and is looking forward to being Captain again in 2014 when the Junior Ryder Cup visits Blairgowrie Golf Club in Perthshire, Scotland.
"The players really enjoyed themselves this week and we battled all the way down to the final match," said Wilson. "It will be an honor to Captain the team again in 2014 when we go to Scotland and we will hope for a better result."
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There is much wisdom to be found in this brilliant yet simple book. The lessons offered by Sakyong Mipham are like spiritual vitamins that will nourish the runner's soul.
–Jerry Lynch, Ph.D, author with Al Huang of Spirit of the Dancing Warrior and the best-seller, Thinking Body, Dancing Mind
Running With the Mind of Meditation is a delightful and welcome addition to contemplative literature. We often forget that movement is a natural complement to meditative practice, and helps us avoid what has been called the 'stone Buddha' syndrome. This book is a profound guide to the integration of mind and body."
-Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Words: the Power of Premonitions and The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things


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State securities regulators are throwing their support behind FINRA in its battle to overturn a decision by the self-regulator's hearing panel that allowed Charles Schwab & Company to prevent its customers from participating in class-action lawsuits.
The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) on Wednesday filed an amicus brief with FINRA's National Adjudicatory Council (NAC), the national committee that reviews initial decisions rendered in FINRA disciplinary and membership proceedings, supporting FINRA's efforts.
"Charles Schwab's attempt to unilaterally alter its account agreements to include the class-action waiver is an obvious attempt by the firm to insulate itself from liability to its own clients," said Heath Abshure (right), NASAA president and Arkansas securities commissioner, in a statement. "This ruling would essentially allow broker-dealers to prohibit participation in class actions against them by their customers. That's wrong on the merits and bad public policy."
The Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), AARP, the National Consumer Law Center and Public Justice also filed similar amicus briefs the same day supporting FINRA's efforts to overturn the hearing panel's decision.
NASAA argued that the FINRA hearing panel erred by refusing to enforce FINRA rules prohibiting the use of class-action waivers in customer agreements. "In doing so, the hearing panel ignored FINRA's statutorily duty to enforce the organization's rules, relied on an erroneous application of the Federal Arbitration Act, and placed investors in imminent harm by precluding their ability to seek redress for small dollar claims," NASAA's brief said.
"Our interest in this case stems from our strong belief that investors should be free to join with other investors through the representative class action process to resolve claims that are too costly to bring independently," Abshure said. "The hearing panel's decision deprives investors of this choice through an erroneous application of the Federal Arbitration Act and should therefore be reversed."
NASAA also told Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Jo White in a May 3 letter to use the authority granted to the agency in Section 921 of the Dodd-Frank Act to prohibit or impose limits on the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in broker-dealer and investment advisor customer contracts.
In the letter, Abshure wrote that "it is essential" for the SEC to act given the recent decision by Schwab to expand its forced arbitration contracts to require that investors waive their right to participate in class actions.
Read Is Schwab's Arbitration Win Really a Loss? by Bob Clark on AdvisorOne.