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Central Florida businesses that have filed for liquidation...

November 6, 1989

Central Florida businesses that have filed for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the federal bankruptcy code:

- Palm Springs Weight Loss Clinic, 6067 Cardiff Ave., Cocoa. President: Walter L. Lawson. Assets: $71,7875. Debts: $110,057. Major creditors: Denise Smith, Lancaster, Pa., $21,200; Household Finance, Melbourne, $3,630; Net Realty Holdings Trust, Boston, $4,293. Creditors meeting: Dec. 8.

- All Seasons of Kissimmee Inc., P.O. Box 2263, Kissimmee. President: Ronald Ferrara. Assets: $727. Debts: $52,119. Major creditors: Codisco Inc., Sanford, $16,472; Florida Air Conditioning, Ocoee, $18,796; Banc One Leasing Corp. of New Jersey, Parsippany, N.J., $3,590. Creditors meeting: Dec. 8.

- Cataquet Enterprising Moving and Storage, 12001 Chervil Court, Orlando. President: Ramon Roldan Cataquet. Assets: $21,130. Debts, $245,905. Major creditors: Trailer Marine Transport, Jacksonville, $17,436; DSJ Realty Co., Orlando, $98,398; Garcia Trucking, San Juan, $9,568. Creditors meeting: Dec. 8.

Central Florida businesses that have filed for reorganization and protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code: - Hickerson Flowers Inc., P.O. Box 1148, Apopka. President: Norman Hickerson. Assets: $7,270,000. Debts: $3,335,189. Major creditors: Yoder Brothers, Brotherton, Ohio, $169,504; Everglades Sod & Landscape Co., Miami, $102,341; Apopka Truck Brokerage, $82,139. Creditors meeting: Nov. 27.

- Allright Moving & Storage Inc., 150 Highland Drive, Longwood. President: David Biebel. Assets: $60,100. Debts: $176,800. Major creditors: Gran Alley Co. Inc., Goldsboro, N.C., $2,200; Aetna Workers Comp., Centerport N.Y., $6,100; Rose and Alvin Const, Orlando, $3,000. Creditors meeting: Dec. 4.

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Lack Of Excitement

November 6, 1989|By Vicki Vaughan of The Sentinel Staff

- INDUSTRY HONOR. Carol Banga, assistant director of sales at the 813-room Hilton Hotel at Walt Disney World, has been chosen salesperson of the year by the Hilton Corp.'s national sales staff.

Banga has been in the hospitality industry for 12 years. She previously was senior sales manager at the hotel.

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Fund-raiser Is Music To Ears Of Florida Symphony's Lake Affiliate

November 12, 1989|By Joan Wollin

Symphony extraordinaire: I didn't think it could happen, but this year's Symphony Ball topped last year's. The maestro of the Florida Symphony, Michael Krajewski, and his wife, Darcy, personally attended the black-tie dinner and dance. The proceeds went to support the projects of the Lake County affiliate of the Florida Symphony.

Talk about glitter. Every woman in attendance looked beautiful and shiny in spectacular clothes. I wore the same fancy dress I wore last year because I never get to go anywhere else where I can wear it. Dressed in all their splendor were Theresa and Joe Caridi, Rosemary and Jack Purdum, Dr. Cathy Keller and husband, Terry Jenkins, Barbara and Carter Parkins and Linda and Tom Grizzard.

Jack Kiley was the master of ceremonies and Judy Kiley served on the ball committee. Looking lovely at the reception table, Carol Sue Daniel and Jan Visconti greeted the guests and directed them to their seats.

Chamber music was provided during dinner by Matson Toper, Lee Foster, Barbara Rizzo and Rebecca Evans, all members of the Florida Symphony Orchestra.

A silent auction was held, and patrons had the opportunity to bid by number for a dinner for two at Vic's Embers, golf for three at the Black Diamond Ranch, a man's gold bracelet, diamond stud earrings and a romantic weekend for two at the Omni Hotel in Orlando. Dan Robuck, Wayne Bailey, Bill Ohme and Bill Routt all won door prizes.

Ed Nichols, father of golfing great Nick, paid a special tribute to Bob Hux for his contribution to organizing the Lake County Affiliate Committee of the Florida Symphony Orchestra. Michael Levine was recognized, again, for his leadership as co-chairman of the Symphony Ball.

This year, the Florida Symphony plans to introduce more than 1,500 fifth-graders in Lake County to serious music. The fund-raising event was quite a gala but we all missed its staunchest supporter, Barbara Faunt, who died earlier this year. She was there in spirit.

Can you top this? The wedding ceremony of Mayra Santiago and Keith Berger was held at Temple Ohev-Shalom and officiated by Rabbi Rudolph Adler. The cantor was Getzel Mularsky. The groom, dressed in a white suit, was escorted down the aisle by his mother and father in the Jewish tradition. The bride, dressed in a beautiful beaded lace gown with semi-cathedral length train and fingertip length veil, was escorted by her parents.

The bridesmaids, matron of honor Daphne Santiago, maid of honor Melissa Berger, Linett Fontan, Lourdes Fontan and Allison Berthinet were dressed in soft pink gowns with matching headpieces. Best man Craig Berger and groomsmen Jeffrey Berger, Steven Kanfer, Tim Griner and Henri Berthinet wore light grey tuxedoes. Daphne Santiago's daughter, Diana, was the 3-year-old flower girl along with Sara Rodriquez. Stephanie Luna and Javier DeGracia were the ringbearers.

The newlyweds rode in an open vintage Rolls Royce to the reception at Lili Marlene's Parlor at Church Street Station.

Ramonita and Miguel Santiago, the bride's parents, and Phylis and Maurice Berger, the groom's parents, presided over a sumptuous dinner and dancing.

Madelaine Hernandez caught the bouquet and Jeffrey Berger caught the garter.

Some of the guests included Roberta and Frank Alvarez, Barbara and Ray Winn, Helen and Gene Carr, Diane and Robert Little, Anna Cowin and son, David, and Connie and Tully Patrowicz.

Last week was the Horan-Singer wedding and this week the Santiago-Berger wedding. If this keeps up there will be no room for holiday partying.

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Call Of The Wild Continues At Park

People - Lake reflections

November 27, 1996|By Ormund Powers, Sentinel Correspondent

People who worry that development is driving out wildlife will be glad to know that the state continues to acquire land to provide a wide corridor from the Wekiwa Basin Geo Park to the Ocala National Forest.

There now are about 45,000 acres in the park, which covers parts of Seminole and Orange counties, as well as a large section of Lake County. Most of the property being acquired now is in Lake County. (Originally, the area was called Wekiwa Springs State Park.)

The long dispute over whether the word is ''Wekiva'' or ''Wekiwa'' has been settled by state authorities, who decreed that anything pertaining to the springs be spelled with a ''w'' and that anything pertaining to the river be spelled with a ''v.'' The Creek Indians had only one word for the water, and that was ''Wekiwa,'' meaning spring of water.

One of the park's big attractions are the Indian middens, estimated to be from 3,000 to 5,000 years old. These mounds were the refuse heaps of the Native Americans and are protected by law.

All of the middens along the Wekiva River are on the Lake County side. Two of the large middens - called the twin middens - can be reached via a four-mile walk from the parking area at Rock Springs Run State Preserve, where the entrance is about six miles west of Sanford off State Road 46.

Horse lovers will be interested in the news that the state is building the longest horse trail in Florida, a 26-mile trail complete with camping areas for rider and beast in the Wekiwa Preserve. A shorter horse trail and camp already is available in the Rock Springs Preserve.

Among the fascinations of the Wekiwa area are the bird-watching opportunities - from wood storks and various herons to scrub jays and woodpeckers.

Canoeing Rock Springs Run ''provides excellent bird-watching throughout the year,'' a state leaflet states. ''You may catch a glimpse of the rare Limpkin, and you are certain to observe a variety of herons including the Great Blue Heron, Green-backed Heron and Little Blue Heron.''

At Lake Prevatt, several kinds of ducks can be observed along with wading birds and ospreys.

Throughout the year, the leaflet continues, the upland communities of Wekiwa Springs provide habitat for blue-gray gnatcatchers, tufted titmice, Carolina chickadees, and many species of wood warblers. Red-headed woodpeckers can be seen in the open flatwoods, pileated woodpeckers in hammock areas, and red-bellied and downy woodpeckers throughout the park. Common hawks are the red-shouldered and the red-tailed hawks.

In winter, the uplands are host to many winter residents, including yellow-rumped warblers, ovenbirds, palm warblers, ruby-crowned kinglets, cedar waxwings and eastern phoebes. Bald eagles frequent the park from October through March, the state reminds us. The preserve is under control of the State Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Parks and Recreation.

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Harsh Fumes At Post Office In Cocoa Send 8 To Hospital

March 12, 1997

COCOA — Eight people were taken to the hospital Tuesday after being overcome by some form of chemical irritant inside the U.S. Post Office at 1114 Lake Drive, police said.

The victims, including postal workers and customers, began complaining of stinging, burning and difficulty breathing at about 2:30 p.m. All were treated and sent home from Wuesthoff Hospital in Rockledge a short time later, according to a hospital spokesman.

The building was evacuated and searched for suspicious packages, but none was found. Police said the irritant was similar to pepper spray or mace. The source had not been determined late Tuesday.

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Mexican Consul Responds To Reese

March 27, 1997|By Martin Torres, Special to the Sentinel

From the very first sentence of a recent column about Mexico's certification on drug-fighting cooperation by President Clinton, Charley Reese advanced a conclusion from a false premise: If the U.S. government had conducted World War II as it is conducting the war on drugs, Americans would be speaking German and Japanese.

Based upon value judgments, Reese also described Clinton's decision to grant full certification to Mexico as ''absurd.'' Then he stated another value judgment as a fact: Corruption in Mexico ''is as common as tortillas.''

In fairness to Mexico, I would like to provide the following facts for the Sentinel's readers.

During 1996, Mexico seized 1,006 tons of marijuana, an increase of more than 16 percent from the year before; seizures of cocaine totaled 23,571 kilograms, a 6.3 percent increase from that seized in 1995; law-enforcement agencies in Mexico captured 383 kilograms of heroin, an almost 90 percent increase from 1995; our government seized 3,948 firearms used by criminals either for drug trafficking or in the smuggling and illegal use of arms, a 25 percent increase from arms seizures in 1995.

Mexico has the most-effective crop-eradication program in the world, an effort that contributes substantially to a reduction in the supply of illegal drugs arriving into the United States. In 1996, my country destroyed 56,242 acres of marijuana (4.5 percent more than in 1995) and about 37,065 acres of opium poppy; last year, Mexican authorities arrested and charged 11,245 people with crimes against public health; 28 of those individuals arrested are considered top drug lords.

And, yes, indeed, as Reese states, Mexico's former drug czar was removed from his post and arrested on charges of being linked to drug traffickers as soon as the wrongdoing was discovered.

All of this is clear proof of my country's full commitment to combatting the cancer of drug-trafficking and to the rule of law.

Reese declared cooperation as nonexistent between our two countries. In fact, international cooperation is one of the guiding principles in Mexico's Constitution for the conduct of its foreign affairs. This principle especially applies in the case of the fight against drug trafficking because the problem is global. We cooperate with the U.S. government as well as with many other governments in the world because this is a struggle that no one can pursue alone. But first and foremost, we fight drugs not to get certification from anybody but because it is in our own national interest to fight them. In so doing, we abide by other sacred principles, with sovereignty the most important of all. The denial of permission for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents to carry firearms in Mexico is not new: Their activities in my country are fully regulated because they are there to cooperate technically in a mutual effort, not under an extraterritorial-police capacity. Sovereignty and other principles impose limits to what others would like to understand as ''full'' cooperation.

Finally, more than 100 Mexican federal agents and army personnel have been killed in narcotic-related, violent deaths in the past two years. Their loved ones would deeply resent Reese's comments about the cheap price in lives he believes that Mexico has paid fighting drug trafficking.

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Coaches Change, Rivalry Remains Same

Orange sports - GAME OF THE WEEK

Coach Chip Gierke Leads Unbeaten Dr. Phillips Against Apopka, His Former Team.

October 30, 1997|By Bill Buchalter of The Sentinel Staff

For 15 years, Chip Gierke coached Apopka High School to some of its fondest football moments.

Friday night, he faces Apopka as the head football coach for Dr. Phillips.

But it's no big deal, say both Gierke and Jim Kremer, the man who succeeded him at Apopka two years ago.

''Our players are aware of it, I'm sure,'' Kremer said, ''but this game means a lot more than two coaches.

''It's for district contention and playoff spots. Certainly those things outweigh who is coaching,'' Kremer said.

''I went through that the first year as defensive coach (at Dr. Phillips),'' Gierke said. ''That was one of the hardest things I ever had to do in coaching.''

Dr. Phillips (7-0, 4-0 in Class 6A, District 4) is in the district driver's seat on the road to the playoffs. Apopka (5-2, 3-1) remains alive in the chase for the two state playoff berths.

The touch of controversy in last year's game may also serve to motivate both teams.

A controversial taunting penalty wiped out Dr. Phillips' apparent game-winning touchdown and played a role in Apopka's upset victory.

Throw all these factors into the mix and it's clear why both coaches say there's enough motivation without worrying about who is coaching who.

Both salute their players.

Gierke is high on a youthful defensive group of no-names who have emerged as Orange County's top big-school defensive unit, allowing fewer than 200 yards per game.

Kremer is high on his improved defense, his unheralded offensive line and a group of tough kids who have fought off injuries to find ways to win.

''We told our defense it needed to step up, and the guys did. When Antorie (Hughley) and Chaz (Williams) were hurt at quarterback, Rustin Robinson just went in with a lot of courage, a 10th grader who came in during one of the biggest games of our season.

''But for the most part, our defense has kept us in the game while we tried to get into sync offensively.''

Hughley will be starting against Dr. Phillips.

Kremer credits the improved play of the offensive line for offensive yardage on the ground. The line is focused around Brandon Page, a gutty 155-pounder, and Rod Washington, Robert Hewlett and John Matthews, a trio of bowling ball-like blockers who knock over defenders like duck pins.

Gierke's concern and Kremer's game plan is to control the ball.

''We go into every game wanting to control the ball, and certainly against them it's important because they have done a tremendous job offensively,'' Kremer said.

''They took a first-year quarterback (Calvin McCall) and he certainly doesn't look like a first-year quarterback. And those two receivers (Doug Gabriel and Mike Bonneville) have been work horses.''

Gierke doesn't see an advantage facing his old offense.

''Certainly I understand triple-option football, because I was a part of it,'' he said. ''But what they have done is a nice job complementing it with Wing-T principles.''

Gierke's no-name defense is built around linebackers J.B. Wilt and Chris Supinski, middle guard Larry Wright, tackles Wayne Mayes, Chris Brooks, Lee Hudson and Anthony Sheppard, plus Sean Walker and Doug Hurt. Sheppard and Hurt are the lone seniors in the defensive line.

''They're not real big, between 220 and 230, but that's what makes them so unique. Sure, you would like the Marquis Gibsons, Kennard Ellises and Rodney Wellses, but what you like is relaying on guys who can run and hit. This defense is extremely young. It will be good next year.''

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Jaguars Gladly Pick Up Banks

Iowa Running Back Tavian Banks Feels He Has Something To Prove After He Was Passed Over Until The Fourth Round.

April 20, 1998|By Juliet Macur of The Sentinel Staff

JACKSONVILLE — When Jacksonville Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin went shopping Sunday, he just couldn't pass up a good deal.

On Day 2 of the NFL draft, he went straight for the most obvious second-day special, drafting Iowa running back Tavian Banks as the Jaguars' first pick in the fourth round.

``The value in that pick was such that we didn't feel we could pass that up,'' Coughlin said. ``I'm really excited about this pick. No one expected this guy to be there.''

And for most of the time during the two days and seven rounds of the draft, Coughlin felt the same way. The Jaguars began the draft on Saturday by choosing Florida running back Fred Taylor as the first of their 11 picks, then deviated little from their draft plan. By the time it was over on Sunday afternoon, they had managed to satisfy nearly all of the team's needs.

They drafted five defensive players and six offensive players, hoping to improve the Jaguars' 23rd-ranked defense and seventh-ranked offense. Seven of those players were picked during Sunday's four rounds.

``I do feel I have something to prove. A lot of running backs went before me and that's something I really didn't like,'' said Banks, who will give the Jaguars some needed speed on offense with a 4.47-second 40-yard dash. ``I was hoping I would be drafted in the second round somewhere.''

Banks, who Coughlin called a home-run type of running back, dyed his hair blond last year to stand out during the Hawkeyes' season. But he may not need that kind of help with the Jaguars. Coughlin already tagged him as a player who he can call on in crucial third-down situations.

``There's no secret that the back coming out of our backfield on third down has been a missing element in our passing game,'' Coughlin said. ``I think this will give us another weapon.''

In addition to Banks, Coughlin hopes that at least a few of the Jaguars' 11 selections - second only to the New York Jets' 12 picks - will make an immediate impact on the team, especially on the defensive end. The Jaguars were last in the league last season in stopping opponents inside the 20-yard line and also on third down.

But that deficient defense didn't stop the Jaguars from choosing three offensive players in their first five picks overall.

``You must address the circumstances you find yourself in,'' Coughlin said.

After starting running back Natrone Means went to San Diego as a free agent, James Stewart was the only player left at that position, so the Jaguars knew they needed to fill that void before bolstering their defense. That's why they picked up Taylor on Saturday, then Banks on Sunday.

Once those running back needs were met, the Jaguars moved on during day two, grabbing defensive tackle Harry Deligianis from Youngstown State; Marshall center John Wade; Minnesota defensive end Lamanzer Williams; Auburn fullback Kevin McLeod; North Carolina State receiver Alvis Whitted; and Georgia linebacker Brandon Tolbert.

``The draft is a weird thing. Sometimes you get people like [ Denver running back] Terrell Davis who was drafted in the later rounds,'' said Williams, who led the nation with 18.5 sacks last year, but was drafted in the sixth round. ``I was surprised [to get drafted so late], but not really angry because I couldn't ask for a better situation. It's a dream come true.''

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Here's How To Build Extra Green

Business - Briefcase

Construction Professionals Can Get Credit For Two Courses That Look At Environmental Issues.

July 5, 2001|By Charlene Hager-Van Dyke, Sentinel Staff Writer

Construction-industry professionals wanting to earn extra continuing-education hours can choose from two two-day classes offered by the University of Florida and Volusia County Cooperative Extension Services July 17 and 18 and July 19 and 20.

The classes -- "Build Green and Profit" and "Build Green and Profit Special Topics II" -- include a series of modules providing up to 14 continuing-education hours that are approved by the Construction Industry Licensing Board and the Board of Architecture.

Included will be a review of building practices that minimize the impact of construction on the environment and techniques for marketing the green building practices. Each two-day, 14-hour course meets OSHA, Worker's Compensation, Business Practices, and Florida Building Code requirements, said David Griffis, acting director of the Volusia County Cooperative Extension Service.

The $150 fee for each class includes study materials, breaks and lunch.

The two classes share a common base of topics that include: Florida building commissions, OSHA, worker's compensation, green and profitable marketing and energy conservation.

"Build Green and Profit" will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 17 and 18 at the Volusia County Agricultural Center Auditorium, 3100 E. New York Ave., just east of Interstate 4, on State Road 44 in DeLand. Topics specific to this class are construction operations to reduce environmental impact, indoor environmental quality and green materials.

"Build Green and Profit Special Topics II" will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 19 and 20 in the Agricultural Center Auditorium. Topics specific to this class are trees in construction, keeping trees alive in an urban forest, termites and proper construction practices, and insulation and the building system.

For more information on either class, contact Griffis at or 386-822-5778 in DeLand; 386-257-6012, Daytona Beach; or 386-423-3368, New Smyrna Beach.

Hayward Brown Inc. Realtors and Insurors in Daytona Beach recently raised nearly $10,000 for the local Easter Seals chapter.

During the annual Party in the Park celebration, the company was named third place for fund-raising.

The real estate and insurance agency, founded in 1936, has been volunteering and supporting Easter Seals ever since, said Richard Brown, company president.

Harbour Village Golf & Yacht Club in Ponce Inlet plans to start construction on Fisherman's Harbour, a retail center with luxury condominiums on the upper floors, before the end of the year.

When complete, the facility will have 34,000 square feet of retail space and 70 luxury condominiums.

The ground floor will have a gourmet grocery store, a bank, real-estate offices, a hair salon, a liquor store and an upscale two-story restaurant, said Richard Friedman, executive vice president of development.

"This is a unique lifestyle that is very much the trend in world-class resort destinations," Friedman said. "We are very excited to be combining luxury residences with an upscale retail center to enhance Harbour Village."

One-, two- and three-bedroom condominiums at Fisherman's Harbour will range from 1,100 square feet of living space to 2,215 square feet. Priced from the $150,000s to more than $300,000, the condominiums will be among the most affordable at Harbour Village.

Construction on the nine-hole, par-three golf course at Harbour Village is expected to begin this month.

The Links will offer varying levels of challenge to all golfers with holes averaging 100 to 125 yards. The course, which should be ready for play by November, will surround the 376-unit Links Condominiums, complete with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, lighted tennis courts, a fitness center and an arts and crafts center. Construction on the condominiums is scheduled to start by the end of the year.

Harbour Village is on a 172-acre site that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and the Halifax River, with 811 planned condominium units and its own 142-slip deep-water marina, golf course and beach club.

The DeLand Area Chamber of Commerce will host a combined Business-to-Business Showcase and Business After Hours on July 18 at the Holiday Inn DeLand.

The event, which is set for 4:30 to 7 p.m., is being sponsored by Spherion Workforce Architects and the West Volusia Pennysaver.

Door prizes and food will be included.

For the admission cost of a business card, participants can find out what's new in advertising and promotion, investments, insurance, employee training, and office communications.

Call the chamber office at 386-734-4331 for more information.

The Quilt Shop of DeLand, which recently opened at 116 E. Rich Ave., offers a variety of cotton quilt fabrics, patterns, and books about quilting, as well as quilting notions, accessories for finishing a quilt, and gifts for quilters.

Owner Judy Hansen said the shop also will hold quilting classes. Beginners are invited. For details, call the shop at 386-734-8782.

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2 Testify On Skating

2002 Olympics - The Buzz

February 21, 2002

Two key players in the figure-skating scandal testified before investigators appointed by the sport Wednesday in Salt Lake City, and the head of the French Olympic team said the investigation would go beyond vote-swapping allegations. International Skating Union officials heard from Didier Gailhaguet, who is the French figure-skating president, and Marie-Reine Le Gougne, the French judge he allegedly pressured into throwing her vote to the Russians in last week's pairs competition. "The investigation does not center on a single problem," Gailhaguet said.

Five gates from the finish in the slalom at Park City, American Alpine skier Kristina Koznick hit a hole on the choppy course, lost her balance and fell. "My coach told me I'd be crying today either way, whether I did good or I did bad," said Koznick, 26. "Unfortunately, these aren't the kind of tears I wanted."

Four years after she was bumped from the goalie rotation at the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan, Sara DeCosta is expected to start against Canada tonight in the gold-medal game in women's hockey at West Valley City. U.S. Coach Ben Smith has been alternating DeCosta and Sarah Tueting, who was in goal when the Americans beat Canada 3-1 to win gold four years ago.

Federal agents have seized tons of fake Olympic pins and confiscated enough clothing to stock an Olympic superstore with everything from baseball caps to $1,000 leather pants. Agents for the U.S. Customs Service and FBI got the goods from 58 seizures at U.S. ports and from street vendors since the Olympics opened Feb. 8. No arrests have been made.

Figure skater Todd Eldredge, 30, retired from Olympic-eligible competition and said he hopes to compete in pro events. . . . U.S. bobsledder Chip Minton was suspended for two years after flunking a drug test for testosterone. Minton was not competing in Salt Lake City.

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Area wrestlers making statement

Central Florida high schools are no longer there just to watch at the state tournament.

February 16, 2006|By Brant Parsons, Sentinel Staff Writer

After Winter Springs wrestler Dan Rivera won his 160-pound regional final, he saw 171-pound champ Jesse Robbins of Oviedo. Rivera congratulated him and followed it up with a definitive statement.

"Now we'll go to Lakeland and show the rest of the state just how good this area is in wrestling," Rivera said.

The state tournament begins today in Lakeland, and Central Florida has reason to be optimistic. Oviedo returns to defend its team championship, and the area's other schools bring a wealth of wrestlers ready to compete for individual honors.

It wasn't always this way.

The state long has been dominated in wrestling by schools from Miami-Dade County and Brandon. Central Florida is a relative newcomer to the big stage.

When St. Cloud won the Class 3A title in 2002, it was only the second team title for an area school, and the first since Bishop Moore won the crown in 1981. Oviedo followed with victories in 2004 and '05 and is a strong favorite to win its third consecutive title this year.

Last season, four area schools finished in the top seven places in Class 3A, with seven individual state champions.

So how did this happen?

"I think wrestling has improved in the entire state of Florida," said Tom Coffman, the wrestling coach at Oviedo. "Along with that, the playing field has leveled across the state, and this area certainly has fed off it."

Coffman's Lions have fed off it the most. Since 2002, Oviedo has won nine individual state titles. This year, the nationally ranked Lions enter the tournament with 12 wrestlers competing in Lakeland.

Oviedo's county rival, Winter Springs, also brings some top talent. The Bears could have as many as three champs: defending state champion Brandon Hatchett joins last year's state runner-up Dwayne Tolleson and Rivera, an unbeaten senior, as a region champ this year.

Olympia qualified seven wrestlers for Lakeland, followed by Osceola (6), St. Cloud (6), Edgewater (5) and Timber Creek (4).

Scott Gomrad, head coach at Olympia, says competition in the area has helped fuel the rise in success.

"When the bar gets raised, people want to challenge the top and succeed," Gomrad said. "Coaches and kids have made a year-round [commitment] to wrestling, and the work is paying off."

Along with success has come a rivalry with tradition-rich South Florida. When competition begins today, Central Florida rivals will be pulling for other wrestlers in the area.

"This weekend will be the chance to show everyone just how strong this region is in wrestling, and that it is every bit as tough as Miami," Robbins said.

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If you're a diabetic, know 10 steps you need to take

Your Health

August 19, 2008|By Helen Karakoudas, The Dallas Morning News

1Doctors have to call diabetes a disease. You don't. It's a physical condition -- one you can control. No pity parties if you can read the three previous sentences. Even though there's no cure for it, this is a diagnosis you can do something about. If you can do for yourself, be proactive and positive.

2It's OK -- in fact, it's vital -- to turn your fingertips into pincushions. You must test your blood sugar at least seven times a day (before every meal, two hours after and at bedtime). More is better. Use every type of reminder you can think of: sticky notes, an oven timer, an alarm clock, e-mail, a cell phone.

3Tell people you spend time with what your signs of a dangerously low or high blood sugar are and how, if they notice, they can help you. Be sure to listen when people share their own lists of what they see in you that puts them on alert. A good friend says that when my blood sugar drops, my pupils dilate. My daughter says my voice changes. My son says I drop punctuation in text messages. My dog just knows and nudges me during the night.

4Embrace progress, but be cautious. If you are in the midst of a crisis at home or at work, delay switching to a new diabetes-management routine, such as changing the way you take insulin, until you can focus as much attention as possible on your new sequence of daily steps.

5Hang on to your old tools and remember how to use them. When the FDA recalled my second insulin pump in 1989, the registered letter I received said to "seek alternative insulin therapy immediately." Good thing I remembered, four years after going on a pump, the types of insulin I used to use for shots, how many and at what pace. The same holds for meters. You always need a Plan B.

6Don't generalize about how a product or a category of products affects your sugar. I have no problem with Splenda baked into food. But drinking water sweetened with it immediately spikes my sugar. When I'm out, I know that a mixed drink with gin will lower my sugar. A drink mixed with tequila, on the other hand, is a no-no for me.

7Go for the real stuff. Some foods lower in fat, sugar and sodium are fine, but many aren't. Skip them. Better on occasion to savor two bites of a dessert you can't frequently have than to regularly roll your eyes through full servings of a wannabe.

8Travel with an overdeveloped sense of responsibility, remembering that some supplies you use to manage your diabetes, such as those that are disposable for an insulin pump, come from a single source or are just items that are hard to find. If you're planning a trip to an area that's not near a major U.S. metropolitan center, ship yourself a care package a week ahead.

9Don't touch car keys without testing your sugar, treating it if necessary and allowing time for the treatment to work.

10Make eye contact and immediately thank anyone who takes the time to alert you to test your sugar.

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Maybe it was because the night we arrived, I had a terrible dream involving an ex-boyfriend following me to the Nazca Lines. Maybe it was because I didn´t feel safe in the hostel. Or maybe it was because the place was sad and depressing. Eh, the Tiger Milk (ceviche) was good. Someone told us it was tourist week (yippee!) and made promises of dancing horses in the streets. I saw NO dancing horses . . . but there were lots of old men working on souping up old 1970´s muscle cars . . . maybe that´s what they meant by dancing horses . . . anyway . . .

In my opinion, Nazca blows and should be skipped entirely.

If you decide to ride a bus from Lima to Cusco, the bus will blast through the desert town of Nazca. Everybody is hot for Nazca because of the famous Nazca Lines. I´ve heard that if you take the airplane ride – for minimum US $50.00 – that the Nazca Lines are awesome. But I didn´t want to spend the dough . . . my fault, I realize . . .

The entire Nazca area is a tourist trap that is 100% set-up to promote the Nazca Lines, which are impressive, but in my opinion, a bad idea for building a successful economy around. And everything in town is carved with reproductions of the Lines . . . the monkey and the spider especially. Everything from the sidewalks in the town square to the endless trinkets like rocks, wallets, postcards, clothing . . . anything, you name it . . . will have that damn stylized monkey line drawing painted or stitched or etched into it.

And that´s it. There is nothing else going on in that town.

We arrived at 5AM just as dawn was breaking over the city. The bus dropped us off in a cloud of dust and sped very quickly away. Some guy approached us with a big smile and spoke great English. He offered us a reasonable hostel room and drove us there, too, whereupon we immediately crashed out. (Night bus rides are intense because you don´t get much rest. The tour guides know this and that´s when they strike – in the early morn about two seconds after you´ve stepped off the bus – when you are tired and at your weakest. More on this later.)

When we woke up, I realized that the glass piece above our hostel door was missing. It would have been easy for anyone to get into our room. It´s not uncommon for theft to happen in hostels. When I asked for another room, the management acted like I was asking for the moon and the stars. Then we refused to go on a tour and the clerk got very visibly upset with us. Not a good combo.

I carried my valubles with me all day long.

I had a naive idea that we could maybe hike out to the desert and walk the length of one of the formations . . . like maybe the spider. I thought that would be pretty cool. But we found out, luckily before we executed my plan, that a hike out to the lines will automatically land you in a Peruvian jail for a few years. I was dissappointed, but I understand the need for conservation. So, we decided to go to the ´viewing platform´ where supposedly, you can climb up 60´ above the desert floor and see a couple of the line formations. It was a JOKE.

The viewing platform is in the middle of a no-man´s land that resembles a moonscape. It´s desolate and fairly ugly, the PanAmerican Highway is three feet away with busses and oil tankers blasting past every few seconds. You climb to the top of this viewing platform . . . and . . . and . . . you see a stylized hand glyph and a tree glyph (I think). Both of these glyphs are so much less than impressive, not to mention about five feet square in size.

So, expect good ceviche (served with lot´s of attitude), old men fixing up rusting muscle cars (that was cool – they were putting Nissan engines into old Chevy´s), but don´t expect to see many awesome glyphs, unless you take a flight.

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We had perfect weather the night of this session.  There was a diffusing haze over the sun, bright blue skies, and happy kiddos.  LOVE THAT COMBINATION!  :)

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I got to see this lovely family again and I'm going to miss them until we can meet again!  The twins are so fun and the love they all have for each other is adorable.  It may sound trite, but...I LOVE MY JOB!  Scroll down to see more sweet images of them and a SPECIAL TIP! :)

I can't say it enough but if you aren't sure how your kiddos are going to do on a session, bring reinforcements!  These tykes have gotten to know me, but each session it still takes them a bit to warm up (totally normal).  Well, mama brought their puppy with as well as grandma!  And boy, was it a good idea!  They were all smiles when their sweet puppy came out.  And grandma was a HUGE help watching over them and inserting fun or silly songs.

And we even got to snap a picture of mom and grandma.

Oh, one of my favorite sessions with this family!

Reunion Time!

What does your family do when they all get together?  I know my family reunions consist of enjoying the outdoors, partaking in needless shopping, watching the kiddos play with their cousins, consuming yummy foods and massive amounts of coffee (not me, but my in laws have a problem.)  Well, another important part of reunions...PICTURES!  I know it can be a bit of a stress getting everyone together and dressed nicely, even if it's only for a short time.  A reunion should be relaxing, right?  But, this family, like many others, knows that capturing these rare and special moments is important!  I am so glad I was able to capture their time together and snap some shots of the sweet individual families.

Do you have a reunion coming up?  Contact me NOW to get on the schedule!  Reunion sessions are so important and you don't want to miss out.  If you wait, it gets easier to just not do it.  Then, before you know it, the reunion is over and you're regretting not having those moments captured professionally.  :)

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Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], August 02 (ANI): A class 11th student of Ajmer's Mayo College has alleged that he was sexually abused by six of his seniors. A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. According to the FIR the victim was allegedly sexually abused by class 12th students multiple times between July 10 and 20. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Ajmer Preeti Chaudhary, said that the police are investigating the matter and would only comment once the investigation is over. "A case has been registered in the Mayo College matter in Alwar Gate police station. The investigation is underway we can't say anything before the investigation is complete. The case is under the POCSO Act," said ASP Chaudhary. The incident came into light when the victim narrated his ordeal to his father, who later on approached the police. All the alleged accused belong to well to do families. Mayo College situated in Ajmer, Rajasthan is one of the oldest and most reputed public boarding schools in India. (ANI)
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Music Library No. 11: A Wonderful Guitar Concerto

"The Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999), blind from the age of three, enriched Spanish music in particular through his concertos for guitar, compositions for which he is best known abroad. Rodrigo studied for a time in Paris, where he spent the turbulent years of the Spanish Civil War, his subsequent career largely centered on Madrid." Naxos

The Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra is his most famous piece. I heard it performed with Ben Verdery last week in New York City with L'Orchestre des Portes Rouges. It exudes Spanish style and is one of those works that I give to teenagers and young men in their 20s. It never fails to please, but it really is a work for all ages.

The program note read:

"On the banks of the Tajo River outside Madrid, the 300-acre Gardens of Aranjuez are part of an 18th century summer palace of the Bourbon kings of Spain. Infected by diphtheria at the age of three, Rodrigo, was nearly blind for almost all of his life. It was this event, Rodrigo said, that turned him towards a life in music. A talented pianist who showed a flair towards the concerto form, Rodrigo wrote works for such soloists as the guitarist Andres Segovia, flautist James Galway, harpist Nicanor Zabaleta, and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. The Concerto is meant to capture "the fragrance of the magnolias, the singing of birds and the gushing of fountains" – in short, all the beauties that a blind man, such as himself, could appreciate. Rodrigo's gift for melody is brilliantly infused with Spanish style dances in the baroque form that matches the formality of the old palace, while the dances of the first and last movement and the plaintive melody of the second, have their roots in older, more primal folk Spanish forms."

The complete concerto can be purchased for less than $4 as a download:

If you have a moment, listen to samples of some other performances. John Williams is a famous guitarist, so less expensive does not mean less good. Beware: there are 4 movements to the concerto; make sure you get all of them when you purchase.

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Can your brain breathe? How to oxygenate your brain

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Even though you can breathe normally your brain may not be getting enough oxygen. Lack of oxygen in the brain is not something the average person can recognize. However it can cause poor brain function and increase the risk of vascular dementia, the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s. The brain can be hungry for oxygen years or decades before dementia sets in. Risk factors include high or low blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, smoking, alcoholism, and high cholesterol.

By learning to recognize symptoms you can take action to increase oxygenation of your brain, improve brain function, and reduce your risk of vascular dementia.

How to tell whether your brain can breathe

The brain contains one of the body’s most dense networks of blood vessels, which carry oxygen. It is very susceptible to any hindrances in blood flow. When the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the brain is hindered, brain cells die and the brain degenerates.

Many conditions can affect blood flow to the brain, things not normally associated with brain function. They include:

  • Smoking
  • Chronic inflammation (such as chronic pain, an autoimmune disease, or other inflammatory disorder)
  • Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
  • High blood sugar (insulin resistance)
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Diabetes
  • Anemia
  • Chronic stress
  • Aging

Symptoms that may alert you to poor flow of blood and oxygen to the brain include cold hands and feet, becoming easily fatigued, brain fog, erectile dysfunction, and chronic toenail and fingernail fungus.

How to help your brain breathe better

Two of the most effective ways to oxygenate the brain are to lower inflammation and stabilize blood sugar. An anti-inflammatory diet is designed to lower overall inflammation in the body, which can boost blood flow to the brain. Be sure to eat a hearty breakfast with protein, eat regularly enough to avoid blood sugar lows (but avoid overeating), and avoid foods that spike your blood sugar, such as sweets or refined carbohydrates. Just focusing on an anti-inflammatory whole foods diet can go a long way to improving blood flow to the brain.

Certain herbs improve oxygenation to the brain. They include Ginkgo biloba, vinpocetine, and Butcher’s broom.

How to exercise to improve blood flow to the brain

Exercise is a great way to improve overall blood flow. High-intensity interval training in particular dilates blood vessels, lowers inflammation, and improves blood flow to the brain. This involves reaching your maximum heart rate with just a short but vigorous burst of exercise, resting, and repeating. It’s important, however, to work within your ability and avoid overtraining or you’ll negate the benefits. Even just a few minutes of high-intensity exercise can improve blood flow in the brain.

Improving blood flow to the brain may also include managing hypothyroidism, anemia, or other conditions. The book Why Isn’t My Brain Working? by Datis Kharrazian covers the topic of brain oxygenation. Ask my office for advice on improving brain health.


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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

My sister in law summed up these past few weeks pretty perfectly for us:

"nothing like a roller coaster ride you didn't know you were in line for"

umm, exactly

My hCG levels went up and though they didn't double, it still gives us some hope for this pregnancy. We had been expecting the worst and now, well... we just are trying not to expect anything. I'm finding it a hard line to walk... I want to talk to the little baby inside of me, give it encouragement and love, let it know that we'd be so excited to have it join us, but I'm also afraid to get too close, to become too attached to a dream that could be short lived.

I have an ultrasound later this week as the next step. Tomorrow is Matteo's birthday and then we have to get ready for his big party on Sunday, so there are a lot of really joyful things to keep us occupied.

So for now, we're just waiting...

I really wanted to thank everyone again for all of the love and support. The comments and emails I've received have given me so much comfort. I feel so incredibly blessed to have such a wonderful community of friends. Thanks so much for holding my hand during this ride.

Sensing my sadness the past week, Matteo put together this bowl of flower petals and leaves for me. He offered it to me last night and simply said "this is to heal your heart". I told him that at that moment, my heart was feeling pretty full.

All my love and gratitude,

Grace said...

You sure have a sweet boy.

Thinking of you.

Thanks for letting us all know what is going on.

Funny, we have a little birthday around here too - and a party on Sunday afternoon. Happy birthday Matteo!

Wishing you matter what happens.

cat said...

oh sweetie..i was just going to email you and see how you are doing. hang in there....maybe the baby is just a slow starter..:) *hugs* whatever you need from me, i'm here for you sweetheart...the roller coaster ride is never fun. talk to your bean and tell him/her to grow strong.

are you having any symptoms at all? i know you'd be super early...

love you m...

renee ~ heirloom seasons said...

Oh my goodness, Matteo's words are too sweet! Still thinking of you often, still sending thoughts of love and well being!

Anonymous said...

what a sweet little boy!

Anonymous said...

your sons words and gift to you brought tears to my eyes. I have been thinking of you this week Marina, my prayers are with you and your family. xoxo

Annie said...

Oh, thinking of you. My early HCG numbers for this pregnancy weren't good either, they were rising but not doubling, but here I am 41+weeks pregnant and waiting to have a baby finally. There is still hope, though I know from my own miscarriages that it's hard to hold onto that hope and yet also protect yourself knowing that there are no promises either.

nicola said...

matteo (and nico and luca) is (are) just the sweetest. you can't get much better than a child bringing you flowers!
i am not sure if hopeful stories are helpful or too hopeful, but finnian apparently didn't exist according to several pregnancy tests (including 2 blood tests). when i finally went to my doctor because i hadn't had a period in weeks and i still felt all the early pregnancy signs, they did an ultrasound and found him.

warmest of virtual hugs, nicola

Anonymous said...

I've been hoping for you and thinking of you. Here's continued hope and hugs. :)

Anonymous said...

in my thoughts. thanks for the update.

tender flowers...what a gentle soul.

Anonymous said...

Warm, loving hugs to you, Mama. Please give Matteo a special thank you hug from us, too...for taking such good care of his Mama. And a Happy Birthday hug tomorrow. Will continue holding your hopes close to our hearts and waiting with you.

Rebecca said...

continued hopes and prayers from over here, too.

I really think it's impossible not to get attached... so i say talk to that babe as much as you can... I really feel its made a difference with my current pregnancy.

Lizz said...

Thinkg of you. Let me know if you need anything, as I'm a birthworker.

Blesiings and Love~

Marina said...

I am so overwhelmed by how wonderful you all are with your encouragement and blessings!

Nicola and Annie- thank you for your hopeful stories, they've lifted my heart up so much

No matter what tomorrow brings (and it could just be more waiting)... I am grateful for all of you. I'm looking forward to some breathing room and a little more mental space so I can catch up with YOUR lives on your blogs! You are all dear friends and I appreciate the love you've shared

xoxo, Marina


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Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Love and Praise

In the old stories there was the possibility of magic potions, or in other traditions enchantments, such that the person would fall in love with the next person, creature, or thing they saw. Sometimes the object of desire was some monster, or an unattainable prince or princess. These things usually happened to young people. You can get some good stories out of it.

It is also quite interestingly true. It captures the blindness people in love might have, to the dismay of their friends and parents. But the specific element of "The next thing he sees..." is also sometimes true.  It is more especially true of young people, but not exclusive to them.  We have all seen young men or young women who are fairly obviously just ready to fall in love.  They don't know it themselves necessarily, but others may pick up the signals.  When things go just right - and they sometimes do - she is ready to fall in love and he is suddenly smitten by her grace, her wit, her beauty and moves toward her, and she, seeing his approach, is surprised by her own heart being drawn to him.  Men had been interesting but mostly theoretical up to that point.

We cynically note that it might have been another, for either of them. Yet sometimes the pattern repeats and he is ready to fall in love again after some heartbreak, awaiting only an appropriate object for his affection.  First love is not always the best love. Writers of songs and stories assure us that it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.  There is something good about it even if it ends badly.  There is an enlarging of soul, a being taken out of oneself to focus on love of another, even if it is unwise, intemperate, or flawed. As a sidenote* when people are obsessed in a more pathological way, they are not often being "taken out of themselves" by love for another. It is usually a disguised form of narcissism, where they want the "other" to notice them, their pain, their devotion, and the happiness of the other is not even considered.

I am reading CS Lewis's Reflections On The Psalms,** one of his last and best works.  It lacks the dramatic verbal illustrations of his earlier works (though there are still plenty), but it seems immensely solid.  In the chapter "A Word About Praising" he puts forward the idea that praising anything is a mark of improved emotional and spiritual health.  We are taken out of ourselves, we are enlarged.  Being in a state of heart that is ready to praise is better still. It is not only good for us, it is beautiful, as the young person who is ready to fall in love warms the heart of those who see it, however much they also worry.

We want to praise things, and that is good.  The praising is the completion of the act of love and admiration.  We see this in the torment of those who cannot declare their romantic love, even for good reason, such as being married to another. The declaration is part of the whole deal. So much more, says Lewis, is the praise of God. It is not anything that He needs.  We do it so badly it seems amazing he can bear to listen to it. To praise God is to recognise who He is, and complete that with a declaration. Also, the praising helps make it true, even when we don't feel it and even rebel against it.

There is additionally the insight, mentioned by Ben Franklin and supported by some recent research, that if you want someone to like you better, don't do a favor for them - ask them to do a favor for you. Giving money to a cause cause one to like it more. God commands us to praise because it is not only an appropriate recognition of reality, but because it works.

*Or perhaps not a sidenote. This likely fits in to the whole question of emotional and spiritual health.
**This really is a sidenote. I noticed that the use of commas and periods around quotation marks and parentheses in that book is different than what I thought was correct.  I looked these up on usage webpages when I got home and found that I have indeed been punctuating correctly. (Whew!) Can anyone shed light on this?  Is/was British convention different?  The book came out in 1958.  Did we used to do things differently?  Are there differences between manuals on this?

Roy Lofquist said...

Punctuation is, to a great extent, a convention. Its purpose is to clarify meaning, to indicate fragments of text that belong together or to indicate an aside or as a substitute for a footnote. The style should reflect the expectations of the intended audience.

The most notorious difference between American and British punctuation is the "Oxford comma". The American convention is to omit the final comma in a list. Thus "Lunch is soup, salad and a sandwich". The Brits write "Lunch is soup, salad, and a sandwich". The American style "feels" right on this side of the pond but it doesn't always work. "Steinbeck wrote The Wayward Bus, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath". Modern usage has pretty much replaced the semicolon with a dash.

I, having been a programmer for more than 50 years, tend to over punctuate. Parsers are literal minded beasts so extra punctuation is purely defensive. The worst of all is COBOL where each statement is terminated with a period ("."). The period is the least visible of all the punctuation marks and its absence can completely change program flow.

DOuglas2 said...

Compositors―people who layout printed material with type―made the original rule that placed periods and commas inside quotation marks to protect the small metal pieces of type from breaking off the end of the sentence. The quotation marks protected the commas and periods. In the early 1900s, it appears that the Fowler brothers (who wrote a famous British style guide called The King’s English) began lobbying to make the rules more about logic and less about the mechanics of typesetting. They won the British battle, but Americans didn’t adopt the change.

Assistant Village Idiot said...

Excellent comments on the punctuation. We also use the Oxford Comma in the AVI household. Some call it the Princeton Comma.

And yes, the invisibility of the period can be a big deal in BASIC as well, IIRC.

I should write up my experience with BASIC 50 years ago and how that changed things going forward.

jaed said...

Doing the technical writing for a Unix system manual once, I had an editor absolutely insist on my putting commas and sentence-ending punctuation inside the quotation marks I was using to delimit commands. You know, the stuff you have to type in literally, so that including a stray punctuation mark will cause the command to NOT WORK. But the style guide called for putting such punctuation inside the quotation marks, and by God I was expected to abide by the style guide.

The same person was disturbed by my calling the ` character a backquote. Insisted that it must be referred to throughout the manual as "an accent grave". (Those who have used Unix will be either choking or giggling by now.)

I lasted about four months at that job.

Roy Lofquist said...

Yup. Lots of odd ducks in the computer world.

jaed said...

I was the odd duck in that situation. ;-)


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23 Apr 2018 15:04:02
King Villa keeps up his impressive record of never getting anything right, puma is not the shirt maker, that's 0 out of about 300 now isn't it? 😂 joking aside, the announcement they made today is a bit concerning to be honest, something fishy, I've never heard of "fanatics" and not quite sure what their involvement is, and Luke until now has never made sports wear, this is shown by the shoddy "Luke sports" logo that looks like it's been knocked up by a 4 year old on word art, just for the press release. This really is strange and stinks of the people in charge trying to force something that isn't worth it just for the sake of being "innovative".

Very strange decision, anyone ever heard of "fanatics"? They seem like a kit manufacturer for the likes of Nike, however no one else seem to advertise that fanatics are part of their "technical kit partnership". Hopefully it's all fine and works out well, good to be promoting a Birmingham business, however probably a bad business move for Luke, can't imagine many blue noses buying anything from their anymore😂. At least the design won't be a typical Nike template the same as about 9 other kits.

1.) 23 Apr 2018 21:42:23
Agree with the above comments but we have to hope that they know what they are doing.
The logo really is 'retro' ans as Chris says 'chlidlike'.
After watching the short video on the official site I am also wondering about our emblem. No sign of 'prepared' re-appearing despite being told months ago that it was a mistake to remove and that it would be gradually re-introduced.

2.) 24 Apr 2018 18:05:56
I'm never wrong mate. My sources are lol.

30 Mar 2018 10:44:11
Kodjia to be involved tomorrow then, very very good news.

1.) 30 Mar 2018 11:39:55
That's great news about kodjia,
Think top 2 is out of reach if I'm honest
So having him back for play offs is a big boost,

2.) 30 Mar 2018 11:49:37
Now with the big man back shame we are not 3 points or so behind Cardiff,
Them last 2 games for us have really hit us very hard,

3.) 31 Mar 2018 14:01:47
Hate to state the obvious, but were going to need to beat Hull by 4 clear goals to go back third. Not beyond the realms of possibility, but a bit of a stretch methinks.

10 Jan 2018 15:44:16
Villa launch double loan swoop for Leicester's Ulloa and Amartey.
Everyone knows about Ulloa and anyone who watches us play I think can see he'd be brilliant in our team. Didn't know much about Amartey but judging from Leicester fans opinion he sounds like Jedinak with legs, although they say he's not excellent on the ball. Would be ideal to be fair, get Whelan as far away from the team as possible, rotate Jedinak and Amartey to keep everything fresh. Hope this comes off.

1.) 10 Jan 2018 19:39:03
I live as you know in Leicester, and most my friends/ family are crisp fans.
They say the Ulloa deal has been sorted for a long time, since the summer, a loan that becomes permanent if we go up.
They also say that amarty is siht, and would pay us to take him. I’ve never seen the lad. however. they also say this is happening!

2.) 10 Jan 2018 20:01:10
Fingers crossed then, from what’s on twitter amartey has been played out of position a lot so has had a few stinkers. Hope the Ulloa deal comes off ASAP.

{Ed001's Note - Leicester usually play Amartey at right back but he is really a central midfielder.}

3.) 10 Jan 2018 20:10:47
Like I said, I don’t know much of him. Just repeating what’s been said.
Rb is the last position we need a player for anyway!

We could do with another inforcer in the middle.

Anyways. thanks Ed001, Wasn’t expecting you to answer one of my posts till about March April time. that’s when you normally resurface! 😏🤫.

{Ed001's Note - I only go for about 3 days though Flacks, it just feels like longer for you as you miss me so much.}

4.) 10 Jan 2018 20:33:30
Jesus, that’s true. normally feels like 40 days, and 40 nights.

{Ed001's Note - funnily enough I was out wandering in the desert earlier.}

5.) 10 Jan 2018 20:46:18
Just laughed out loud! Lol

Did you happen to have a conversation with a fairly hot bush?!

{Ed001's Note - she wasn't bad at all, but how did you know her name was Bush?}

6.) 10 Jan 2018 21:13:27
I read her diary, was on a couple of stone tablets!

{Ed001's Note - stone tablets? I wouldn't want to swallow a couple of those next time I have a headache!}

7.) 10 Jan 2018 21:16:23
This thread is giving me a headache!

{Ed001's Note - you sound like my missus now.}

8.) 10 Jan 2018 21:38:57

{Ed001's Note - not really, it is more of a Brazilian she has.}

9.) 10 Jan 2018 21:58:49
That’s twice you’ve made me laugh out loud! Lol.

10.) 11 Jan 2018 12:45:37
Dont know bout you laughing out loud flacks the banter between you and edoo1 nearly had me pissing my pants mate. Lol.

{Ed001's Note - glad to hear it mate.}

09 Jan 2018 17:15:14
The s*n reporting Brighton want to push through a 3mil move for Davis. Has to be rubbish, however if we got a big of 8mil+ I'd take it if it meant we could go and buy someone to replace him.

1.) 10 Jan 2018 09:21:16
How about a deal?
Murray + £5m for Davis?
Murray scores on a regular basis, Davis holds the ball up.
Currently we need goals.
Davis is still raw but we need a finisher.

2.) 10 Jan 2018 14:13:25
Do you trust Bruce to bring in a good striker to replace Davis if he was sold?
Davis going nowhere in my opinion.

30 Dec 2017 16:58:42
Pulis, What's the score, Pulis Pulis what's the score?!?! Hahaha. Mainbob if O'hare is half as good as Murphy then I can see why you rave about him so much😉 excellent performance away from home. was too cautious going forward in the first half but second we took more chances in the passing and the movement and deserved our win IMO.

Just need to move the ball faster, look to pop it into players quicker rather than always looking for the ball out wide. It's weird what happens when you take out the player who always has a mistake in him, play one of our best players from last year in his right position and actually play a centre back at centre back!

1.) 30 Dec 2017 17:11:12
Chris I said 5 young players who needed games and Murphy was one of them,
Plus grealish the big difference again,
Bruce must stay with this youth on the bench,
Murphy did well when he came on the only downside to him he keeps getting these injuries,
Nice to see Hayes on the bench as well,
Great performance defended very well.

2.) 30 Dec 2017 17:23:56
See elfick man of match with most pundits,
He was the best player with grealish against brentford, as well.
Fair play to him.

3.) 30 Dec 2017 18:39:54
Bruce didn’t do himself any favours, if Whelan didn’t get ill then Jedinak was starting at CB and Elphic on the bench, players at the end showed its means just as much to them as us. Murphy looked really tidy, Control, holding it up everything he did well.

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24 May 2018 16:43:25
Kola novice has more or less wrote the villa team talk before the final, some of the things he's said today are ridiculous, never really seen anything from him until today but I can't imagine he's like this all the time because everyone seems to like him.

1.) 24 May 2018 18:34:09
Don’t know who Kola Novice is😂😂😂 it was meant to be Jokanovic.

2.) 24 May 2018 19:58:28
I even googled him Chris 😂😂.

16 May 2018 19:50:39
Just in before we even get close to the final next week, the year we went down we watched a team who put in 50% every week, we're only here for a pay check and didn't care to hide that. We sung nearly every week "we want our Villa back" and after watching the last two games, irrelevant of the result next week, we've got our Villa back. These lads genuinely care and put in 200% for us, last night we wasn't our best in terms of football, no where near the play we have seen at points this season, however in terms of effort, I haven't seen a Villa team give as much as that in a long time. I can't think of a loan player who has give us as much as Snodgrass has, if you didn't know better watching last night you'd think he'd played here all his life and Villa was his boyhood team. Hourihane the same, when you thought they was knackered last night and someone would be breaking through, out of no where one of them would come flying from no where and get the ball back. You could go through every player but they would 100% run through walls through brick walls to get the result last night. The final is 90 minutes and if we bring that level of effort and even a half of the football and endeavour we did against Bristol, Wolves then I think we definitely have enough to win, Fulham are very good and unlucky to not make automatics but they bottled it last year, bottled the chance to go up automatic on the last day against Blues and they are 110% beatable, like everyone I'm nervous but they aren't Barcelona, let's play our game and get back to where we belong. I hope and pray we go and get this result, for us the fans, for the players themselves and mostly for Bruce after the year his had. But as I started off with, irrelevant of the result, we have for the first time in a long time a manager who is 100% commited, and a squad who want to play for us and give us everything they've got. We've got our Villa back.

1.) 16 May 2018 20:29:30
Chris, great post . As you say we now have our Villa back .

13 May 2018 09:27:22
Such a professional performance yesterday, youarent going to smash a tiny Pulis side 3/ 4 nil in their home leg of a play off, the way he sets up it isn't going to happen. We didn't give them a second to breathe as soon as it got into their midfield and wingers, dealt with Adama the best we could have hoped for and nicked a goal, really could have been 2. I think that's the biggest benefit of signing experienced players the last two years, they know how to manage these games and hopefully we can take advantage of that now.

04 May 2018 21:51:30
Just watched the cup final, brilliant ending, Sarkic was quality in the shootout, if someone can coach him on set pieces he'll be ready to be number 2 next season. I can see why O'hare hasn't been trusted by the senior staff in league games, the other night he was in and out the game and couldn't get a foot hold but tonight he never got into it, didn't lift his head up and offered next to nothing. Mitch Clarke reads the game so well, needs to be given more time in his natural position, he isn't a left back but his reading of the game means he can do a decent job there. Should be proud of themselves and go on and win the play offs.

01 May 2018 21:11:48
Just watched the under 23's and whilst they can't defend for toffee which makes for a good show, RHM is ready for the first team, I can see why O'Hare hasn't had that many chances after he cup cameos and Sarkic is ready to be a number 2 next season.

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19 May 2018 14:21:14
Lots of options if we go up, if we don’t these players won’t come near with a barge pole.

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19 May 2018 14:20:08
I agree, should be offered player coach position, everyone saw 2 years ago he isn’t really good enough to be a premier league full back week in week out, however sign someone for the RB position, use Hutton as number 2. Given his attitude and commitment he will work and fight to regain his position, push the new RB to be the best possible player they can. Win win situation.

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25 Mar 2018 11:06:17
Sod Wembley mate Cardiff are going to wobble watch, 4 straight defeats coming up for them and we are going to win our last 8😂 we can dream. But yea Tony, Wyness and around seem to have a clue what their doing, if we go up it would be really exciting times, and we can have some good threads on here over the summer about transfers and such.

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24 Mar 2018 20:14:30
I don’t disagree with you mate about Terry, but reports last week is he’s staying, you even said after the fan meeting “Terry will definitely be a villa player” if we go up, did you forget that? 😂 overall we need to learn from past mistakes, Bruce has done that so far in his transfer windows, personally I’d say all his signings have been minimum a 6/ 10 so far, and even better when you look at the prices we paid (hogan excluded) . Main thing we need to take forward is the contracts we hand out, look at Richards for example, you don’t give a player with that injury recorded a huge pay slip for 3+ years. I trust the board if we go up or if we don’t, they seem to be astute in the market and I think if we go up there will be some very exciting signings.

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24 Mar 2018 18:33:41
Richards still has a year left on his contract, Lansbury I can see where your coming from but he will probably stay, Bree isn’t going anywhere, if we go up Terry will stay on and i'd put money on Johnstone coming back, Hutton isn’t a foregone conclusion yet either. The rest I can see what your saying but don’t think all of the 15 you’ve mentioned will be going, probably more like 7/ 8 of them.

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25 May 2018 18:26:04
Come on the villa!

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24 May 2018 22:54:56
Pick your spot and stick to it, block out the crowd and it’s exactly the same as taking one on a training ground - but that’s easier said than done.

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24 May 2018 18:34:09
Don’t know who Kola Novice is😂😂😂 it was meant to be Jokanovic.

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24 May 2018 07:53:24
If you don’t get to the green man before 11 there’s no point in trying, the whetherspoons was decent after the semi final and it’s normal weatherspoons prices rather than £6 a pint.

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23 May 2018 22:11:19
Boarding at Solihull mate, just had a look and now it’s saying the same train at 9 will take us direct. My tickets definitely say change at wycombe but the first train is the same so probably just stay on to Wembley. Very weird.


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Saturday, September 20th, 2014

Standing there alone, the ship is waiting. All systems are go.

Characters: Everybody going to space and (if you want to give any dropped characters a sad send off) anyone not going to space.
Content: SADNESS. Nick Fury. Violence. Probably sex, lbr.
Summary: The world's ending. Save some people, go to secret government meetings, loot Saks Fifth Ave., have your last latte, have your last Earth-bound hook up, find your starship mates. You do you.
Notes: In a few days I'll put up a post of Magneto sending all the ships out and that can be used as a collective 'crash landing wherever/getting control of the ship to fly to new places/etc' kind of thing. We can discuss in chat where we want all our little groups to end up.

Are you sure? )
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Monday, December 16th, 2013

Characters: Tony, Pepper, Happy's spirit
Setting: Maria Stark Memorial Hospital
Content: Mostly chilled out.
Summary: Happy's been in the hospital for weeks, his attacker hasn't been brought to justice, and Tony is released just in time for everything to get worse.

when he wasn't paying attention )
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Sunday, September 22nd, 2013

I'm not prepared

Character: Pepper Potts
Setting: Hospital waiting room
Content: ...
Summary: Why?
... )
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And once you're gone, you can't come back

Characters: Happy Hogan and Electro
Setting: Stark Enterprises Long Island Division
Content: Violence
Summary: There's a burglary tonight and Happy Hogan is just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

When you're out of the blue and into the black )
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Friday, August 2nd, 2013

We want to know if we're going to have to worry about this or not

Characters: Pepper Potts, James Rhodes
Setting: Stark Enterprises Campus, Tony's garage
Content: Red heads and hot black men
Summary: Friends don't let friends go crazy. Also they spy on each other.

Because we care, and you've been known to be an idiot )
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Monday, June 10th, 2013

Rhodey in the house!

Characters: Rhodey, Pepper, Tony (OTA who wants to crash the reunion)
Setting: Peppers Office, Long Island.
Content: Probably adult language
Summary: Rhodey's back from a tour in Afghanistan to hear some great news about Pepper. What he's expecting is the fact he'll run into his jerk of a best friend, who he's still not forgiven by the way.

Break out the Champagne )
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Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Characters: Normal Tony, Justin Hammer
Setting: S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ
Content: Some mind control stuff, if that bothers you.
Summary: Evil Tony made some changes that Tony cannot get behind, so he's on clean-up.

such a tragic life )
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

Characters: A pair of Tonys, Wanda and Pepper
Setting: 919-OMVerse, New York City, night
Content: Human barbeque.
Summary: The answer was right in front of him all along and Tony really wants to kick himself. Physically.

move beyond the theoretical )
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Friday, April 26th, 2013

If you only have a hammer

Characters: Pepper Potts, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark (919)
Setting:: Tony's Office
Content: TBD
Summary: He's not the same

You tend to see every problem as a nail )
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Saturday, April 6th, 2013

Characters: 919!Tony and OM!Hammer, anyone else that happens by, go for it
Setting: S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ, then, like, around, man.
Content: A bit of a scuffle.
Summary: Tony Stark hasn't been taking care of business, so Tony Stark is here to look out for him. He's a good guy like that.

fine things in life )
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Monday, March 25th, 2013

Characters: OTAnyone who likes free stuff. That's you. I seent you.
Setting: The Establishment Formerly Known As Starbucks, all day.
Content: Hungry student chaos, otherwise undecided.
Summary: Tony's new investment is opening with a bang, and some poor fools have to work there.

such wild anarchy )
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Saturday, March 16th, 2013

We can pretend

Characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Steve Rogers OTA (tag yourselves in please)
Setting: The roof Tony's Penthouse (Upper East Side)
Content: Belated Birthdays
Summary: Tony and the Stark Family were in China for Tony's 40th, and Pepper and Steve have planned a party for him now that they are back on American soil.

Just this once, that's you're only 39 )
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Friday, January 4th, 2013

A lot of people like snow

Characters: Tony, Pepper, Anthony
Content: Wholesome PG fun for the family
Summary: There's snow outside and Pepper and Tony decide to start the weekend early.

I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water  )
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment

Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Justin Hammer, Gorgon(?), and an OTA section
Setting: the 86th Annual Macy's Day Parade
Content: Turkeys should beware
Summary: It's the Macy's Day Parade!

Halftime )
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Monday, September 3rd, 2012

Characters: Tony and Natasha
Setting: Manhattan Woods, late lunch hour
Content: Family friendly?
Summary: This regime change at SHIELD is making everyone uncomfortable, and people need to keep their trusted ones close.

a very one-sided match )
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Friday, February 24th, 2012

Characters: Tony, Wanda, Jess?, Wicked?
Setting: In and around Las Vegas, Nevada. Friday through Sunday, I guess.
Content: Intrigue, adventure and aliens. Oh, and Tony's sexy birthday.
Summary: Instead of moping in New York for the weekend, Tony heads to the desert where nothing could possibly go wrong.

I like to think of Las Vegas in terms of a well-dressed man in a dinner jacket and a beautifully jeweled and furred female getting out of an expensive car. )
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Characters: Tony and Kate
Setting: Stark Tower
Content: Lordy. Probably language.
Summary: Cassie's gone missing and left behind a widening pit of despair.

they were all horrid and boring )
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Sunday, December 25th, 2011

Merry Christmas!

Characters: Open to everyone. You're creative, you'll think of something. Come in!
Setting: Avengers Tower, Christmas Day!
Content: I guess that depends on who drops by.
Summary: Family and friends and hardly remembered acquaintances are all invited to share the holiday and exchange some gifts at the home of the Avengers. Please report your allergies to Pepper.

this celebration might go on well into the new year )
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Characters: Cassie, Noriko and Tony
Setting: Rockefeller Center, NYC
Content: A little bit of a scuffle.
Summary: Some people just don't like Christmas and have to ruin it for everybody else.

the ornaments winked sunlight and camera flashes back at them )
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Monday, November 21st, 2011

Characters: Stark Enterprises, Hammer Industries and OTA
Setting: Budapest, International Motor Vehicles Symposium and Exhibition
Content: Glaring.
Summary: It's hard enough seeing Hammer's smug face at events and now he's getting to be a real competitor.

beige, malleable and non-threatening )
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Would you go to church for/with friends and family?

I've never felt really comfortable with this. But what do you do when friends have baptisms, weddings or funerals at their local church? I've gone but felt slightly uncomfortable even though it's just a building!

Richard Dawkins on BBC Hard Talk interview show said that he was a cultural Christian. He liked singing hymns in church but that doesn't mean he believes (and we know that!). Friends want me to attend this year's Christmas carols at one of the large city churches.

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Comment by Alex McCullie on October 14, 2009 at 3:52pm
It still amazes me that religious leaders still pump out such negative stuff. These guys are shown far too much respect and reverence! And then governments ask them to contribute to ethical issues - don't get me started.

Comment by Alex McCullie on October 12, 2009 at 7:23pm
It's interesting reflecting on the responses. I like many of the older churches - they were built to generate awe and reverance. I prefer shorter mainline, low-key Christian services with less audience participation - easier to get through. In Sydney, Australia, we have the Hillsong church, evangelist-style with plenty of electrified music, singing, praising and confessing - like an Amway conference - and way, way too much for me!

During prayer I like watching others and it amazes me how many of them are also watching others. Is that the same as kissing with your eyes open? I imagine their god is less than impressed.

Comment by Ariel on October 12, 2009 at 4:43pm
If I like someone enough to suffer through his wedding or loved one's funeral, then I love him enough to do it in a church. I only voluntarily go into a religious building if it's beautiful.
Comment by Jo Jerome on October 12, 2009 at 3:23pm
Weddings, funerals, and other such occasions. I find old, gothic churches fascinatingly beautiful and love the sound of those massive pipe organs. But I do feel a little weird going in. Kind of like visiting an old grade-school or something. Part of it feels somehow ... smaller.
Comment by Madeline (Brigit) on October 12, 2009 at 12:54pm
I grew up with an atheist faction of the family, and a Catholic one. My atheist uncles have been godfathers in baptisms multiple times. One of my atheist aunts is my confirmation godmother. In my family all children are baptized, even if they are godless. It's kind of weird, I guess, looking at it now, but the purpose for them was more being there specially for that child than the jeebus stuff. When the youngest kid the family (has atheist parents) was baptized the godfather was another atheist, and it was all done in a Catholic church.

Personally I now feel kind of weird going to religious services. I've gone when there is good food involved later (what can I say, grandma's food is good). But one time when mom and grandma browbeat me and my husband to go to a Lutheran service a few days before our civil wedding, they jumped at us and blessed our union. Neither of us liked it one.fucking.bit.
Comment by Rusty Gunn. on October 12, 2009 at 12:36pm
Next time I go to church I'll find lots of places to leave my "Mad Atheist Strikes Back" cards!

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Maroon baseball closes out season at Washington-St. Louis

Maximiliano Larsen
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ST. LOUIS – The University of Chicago baseball team wrapped up the 2017 season with a 14-5 loss at Washington University-St. Louis on Sunday.

The Maroons concluded with a 22-15 record. The No. 15-ranked Bears moved to 26-8.

Washington-St. Louis jumped out to a big lead by scoring in each of the first four innings. Going into the fifth inning, the hosts held a 7-0 lead.

However, UChicago battled back to stay in it with one run in the fifth and four in the sixth. Junior outfielder Maximiliano Larsen got things rolling with a two-out RBI single up the middle. The two-out runs kept coming in the next frame. Senior third baseman Tim Sonnefeldt knocked a RBI single to left field, and sophomore second baseman Max Brzostowski followed immediately with a RBI double down the left field line. After a walk, Larsen delivered again, this time with a two-run single to left.

With the margin chopped all the way down to 7-5, the Bears took advantage of several UChicago miscues to score seven runs in the bottom of the eighth to put the contest out of reach.

UChicago totaled eight hits and two errors in the game. Larsen was 2-for-4 with three RBI.

Freshman pitcher Nate Hendley (2-2) took the loss in a four-inning start. Freshman Arno Curtis and junior Michael Davis pitched in relief.


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Daily Mail - Fri Feb 16 2:36 PM
EXCLUSIVE BY LAURIE WHITWELL: Tom Bayliss is only 18-years-old, but rated so highly that Coventry rejected a seven-figure bid from a Championship side during the January window.
Jiri is a great character, and I cannot fault his professionalism or work rate since arriving at the club, said Brighton boss Chris Hughton.
Sky Sports - 2:26 PM
His versatility will increase our attacking options within the squad, said Brighton boss Chris Hughton.
BBC - 6:01 PM
We are happy with what we have got and we will only bring in [players] if we feel it is right for the team and right for the squad, Hughton told Sky Sports News. At this moment we are happy with where we are and we have got good numbers, but we would tweak things if we can.
Sky Sports - 7:55 PM
He is a player we have highlighted for the future and there is no doubting his talent, said manager Chris Hughton. Percy will go out on loan this season, play regularly and get some experience of European football.
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Mirror - Tue Jan 9 3:42 PM
The Egyptian has been missing from the Reds' last two games against Burnley and Everton
I don't think he touched the ball until the 16th minute, so that's a pretty good sign of how we played, Dyche said.
I thought today the work ethic and desire was outstanding, said Dyche. A good mixed bag really, some very good football, controlled and caused trouble.
Sky Sports - 11:34 PM
Woody should be available, it was an allergic reaction, so he'll be fine, he'll train (on Friday), Dyche said.
It's been the worst I've experienced, the hardest, the worst, Dyche said.


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Lead provider: Shoalhaven Women's Resource Group Front-line information, advice and referral service for homeless or at-risk clients in the Shoalhaven region, particularly people who have experienced difficulty accessing the homelessness service system, people who sleep rough, and people with complex needs. With stylish entrance, 6 bedrooms, a well planned study, family room and timber kitchen with walk in pantry and quality appliances, this property would suit a busy Highlands family or equally a family or couple seeking a great, resort style weekender very close to the centre of town.

Topher 23 years photo
Name: Topher/ Age: 23/ Growth: 179/ Weight: 54 / Category: single

Sex F Birth 1 Sarsfield. Being in the right relationship brings a lot of joy despite the bumps.

Scott 36 years photo
Name: Scott/ Age: 36/ Growth: 164/ Weight: 70 / Category: cougar

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Clara 34 years photo
Name: Clara/ Age: 34/ Growth: 154/ Weight: 60 / Category: lesbian

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