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Electric Galway leave Cats frazzled
Galway 2-21 Kilkenny 2-11:ASTONISHMENT AND history rhymed at Croke Park yesterday, as the outcome only Kilkenny manager Brian Cody was laying claim to having feared came to pass. Galway, their old reputation for being capable of anything having given way to odds of 11 to 2, produced a blistering performance to frazzle the All-Ireland champions and relieve them of their provincial title.
After four years contesting Leinster on a trial basis, Galway made history with the victory, as the Bob O’Keeffe Cup – which hasn’t seen much novelty in the past 15 years – has now crossed the Shannon for the first time.
It was Kilkenny’s first defeat in the province in eight years and only their second since 1997. Galway also became the first county to defeat Kilkenny three times in championship fare during Brian Cody’s 14-year reign.
For this, their latest strike out of the blue, Galway had certainly worked hard at depressing expectation. As recently as March they had been ransacked by Kilkenny to the tune of 25 points and yesterday’s win at a sparsely populated Croke Park represented an extraordinary 35-point turnaround.
There was something not quite right about the champions. Rarely if ever have so many of their players been so subdued. Ominously, as they trailed by five in the 10th minute, Henry Shefflin – traditionally their chief trouble shooter – dropped a free short.
It would be another 10 minutes before he registered their first score, a free, and the 31st minute – by which stage they trailed by 16 (Sixteen!) points – before Richie Power shot their second point and first score from play.
So, to rewind – how did this happen? How did the team whose apparent certainty to win another All-Ireland was supposedly sucking the oxygen out of the hurling atmosphere find themselves heading for the county’s worst beating since Wexford took the then All-Ireland champions for a 17-point trimming in 1976?
Galway almost literally owned the ball in the opening quarter. Their forwards zipped around shooting scores from everywhere and Joe Canning, having a field day and the match’s most influential performer, was within three minutes isolated on the edge of the square with his marker Jackie Tyrrell by a booming delivery from Iarla Tannian – continuing to thrive at centrefield after a fitful career to date in the forwards.
Canning plucked it down and hammered in the first goal. Kilkenny were officially in trouble. The irony could hardly be lost on Cody. Seven years ago the absence of Noel Hickey at full back helped Galway to a blow the door of the safe the last time the westerners successfully raided Kilkenny.
This time Hickey was the replacement for an injured JJ Delaney but he was occupied by Conor Cooney, who took him away from the square. At times Kilkenny pulled back so many forwards that their much maligned defence – who had leaked seven goals in the matches against Offaly and Westmeath – were frequently on their own when ball came and had all the time in the world to clear, which Johnny Coen in particular was happy to do.
Galway were electric. Niall Burke hit two early points. Canning was six from six shots in the first half and Cyril Donnellan continued his hot form with a five-point total over the afternoon, including three in the first half.
David Burke had 1-1 before half-time – the goal dispiritingly unopposed from a Kilkenny perspective, as the Galway man took a fine clearance from wing back Niall Donoghue and outpaced two defenders including a thoroughly out-of-sorts Tommy Walsh – who also contrived to donate two sideline cuts to Canning, one of which was hoisted to Donnellan for an immediate point and the other which the Portumna shooter dispatched himself from around 70 metres.
Damien Hayes dropped out to around centrefield and played a hugely constructive role whereas his club mate Andy Smith had one of those days where the demands of a helter-skelter match perfectly suited his metier of direct running and hard yards.
Kilkenny had no answers. By half-time it was a 14-point game, 2-12 to 0-4. Still there was no relaxing amongst Galway supporters. In 2009 Kilkenny had reeled in an impressive opening and handed them their first Leinster defeat. In the 2005 All-Ireland semi-final shootout, a big scoreboard surplus was down to three by the whistle.
Donnellan extended the lead on the resumption but there was a Kilkenny response. Cillian Buckley, who battled away in midfield, dropped in a ball that Power caught and fed to Richie Hogan who goaled.
Anxieties were calmed as Galway answered with three straight points and there was no sense of lingering menace as Kilkenny struggled to establish a scoring rhythm to create the fear of a sustained comeback.
Instead Canning floated around in the winners’ attack, providing a target, and although he spoiled his perfect shooting stats with four wides he also slotted five points to keep his team comfortably in front.
Shefflin ghosted in under Richie Hogan’s dropping pass for the second Kilkenny goal to make it 2-6 to 2-16 but the margin never reduced below eight.
Galway manager Anthony Cunningham, for whom this represented a major coup, brought on young legs to maintain the pressure on Kilkenny. Five of his All-Ireland winning under-21 team started the match and another two came on from the bench.
Despite a number of wides, seven in the second half, Galway did enough scoring to prevent the margin tightening uncomfortably. Scoring concluded with a Canning free, earned after Hayes had audaciously flipped the ball over Richie Doyle only to be fouled.
GALWAY: 1 J Skehill; 4 F Moore, 3 K Hynes, 7 J Coen; 2 D Collins (0-1), 6 T Regan, 5 N Donoghue; 8 I Tannian, 9 A Smith; 11 N Burke (0-2), 10 D Burke (1-2), 15 D Hayes (0-1); 14 J Canning (1-10, 0-7 frees), 13 C Cooney, 12 C Donnellan (0-5). Subs: 22 J Glynn for C Cooney (53 mins), 21 J Regan for Tannian (57 mins), 25 T Haran for N Burke (61 mins), 17 J Cooney for Donnellan (71 mins). Yellow cards: Hynes (38 mins), Coen (54 mins), Collins (55 mins).
KILKENNY: 1 D Herity; 2 P Murphy, 17 N Hickey, 4 J Tyrrell 5 T Walsh, 6 B Hogan, 7 R Doyle; 8 C Buckley, 9 P Hogan; 10 H Shefflin (1-8, 0-7 frees), 11 TJ Reid, 12 E Larkin; 13 C Fennelly, 14 R Power (0-2), 15 R Hogan (1-0). Subs: 22 A Fogarty for Fennelly (23 mins), 23 M Rice (0-1) for P Hogan (27 mins), 21 M Ruth for Reid (57 mins). Yellow cards: B Hogan (46 mins).
Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath).

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Another member of Alabama's 2013 signing class will join the team this week. Spanish Fort defensive back Jonathan Cook told BamaOnline and TideSports on Monday that he has been cleared by the NCAA to enroll at Alabama.
"I feel real good and I'm ready to go up there and start working," Cook told BamaOnline. "I'm living with Darius Paige, ArDarius Stewart, and Jonathan Allen."
Cook said he plans to head to Tuscaloosa on Monday night.
Headed to t-town #blessed#rolltide-- Jonathan Cook (@iLockdown_Cook) July 8, 2013
The 6-foot, 183-pound cornerback signed with Alabama in February after committing to the Crimson Tide in December of 2012. Cook was rated the No. 13 cornerback prospect in the class of 2013 by 247Sports. As a senior at Spanish Fort, Cook racked up 81 tackle, 7 interceptions and 21 pass breakups and earned an invitation to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic.
Alabama now has just one signee from its 2013 signing class that has yet to receive NCAA clearance to enroll with Pennsylvania receiver Robert Foster still waiting to be cleared.

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“I just don’t write well enough to start a blog.”
“I’ll make mistakes in spelling and grammar when I post. I’ll look stupid.”
“I was never very good in school. The genealogy blogs I read are well-written and I could never do anything like that!”
Have you heard or even made these statements yourself in the past? Do these statements prevent you from starting your own genealogy blog? If so, realize that many genealogy bloggers had the same fears when they started writing. These fears include the inability to spell.
Below are some tips and resources for handling spelling issues when writing, whether it be for blog posts or any type of writing.
No automated spell check program can replace your eyes or another set of eyes reviewing your draft blog post. Many bloggers will set a draft post aside for a few minutes or hours and do a final pass later on.
Blog Platform Gadgets and Plugins
- After the Deadline: WordPress plugin that checks spelling, style and grammar.
- Blogger: if you use Compose mode to enter your post text, there is a Check Spelling icon on the toolbar. However, bloggers have complained that many words which should be recognized are not.
- WordPress Spell Checker: easy-to-use plugin to check spelling.
These sites can be accessed through your web-browser and do not require any installation of programs on your computer.
- Google Docs: free word processing application with spell check.
- SpellCheck.net: check up to 20,000 characters of text pasted into the screen; includes suggested words to correct text.
- Zoho Writer: part of the Zoho suite of applications, the online word-processor checks spelling.
- Microsoft Word: many bloggers opt to compose their posts in an application like Microsoft Word or Microsoft Works to take advantage of spell check as well as grammar check.
- Q10: minimalist, full-screen text editor with spell check.
© 2009, copyright Thomas MacEntee

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Hi everyone! I thought I'd share a few random pics from my phone. I shared most of these on Instagram. I kinda feel like I have two blogs...one on IG and this one. :) You can find me on IG at "texasdecor."
I recently made this pull apart sweet bread. Oh my, the house smells so good while it's baking. :) I didn't attach the recipe, but it's your standard monkey bread recipe made with frozen bread dough, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter.
Here's Miss Holly Cat with all her toys. With all this to play with, what do you think her favorite one is? Yep, that plastic straw. Just like a kid. Sometimes the cardboard boxes were more fun than the actual present. :)
I love this pic I captured of Holly. The sun was shining just right on her pretty little face.
Speaking of Miss Holly, we bought her a leash and harness so we could take her out in the backyard from time to time just to let her explore while still being safe. Umm..she DID NOT like it. Have any of you ever had success with putting a leash/harness on your CAT? Let me know if you have any pointers.
I made some Valentine cookies the other day. They were gone in no time. :)
This probably shows just how much of a dork I am, but I love these fridge magnets. I refer to them constantly. :) I think I got them at Lillian Vernon many years ago.
Ice, ice baby! Yep, that's ICE on the car! We recently experienced some cold weather. This was taken around 3pm and we still had icicles. That's rare around these parts. :)
Here's the "snow" we got when my kids recently had a "snow day." I love my "snow" covered bridge in the backyard. :)
One more thing...would you believe I've never backed up my blog? I know. I've been blogging almost a year and never done it. I finally did and followed THIS TUTORIAL on how to back up your blogger blog to your computer. It was very simple and worked like a charm. :) I also saved my blog to a flash drive in case I ever have problems with my computer. I plan on backing it up at least once a month, maybe more often. If you haven't backed up in awhile, do it now. It really is important. :)
Y'all stay warm!

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Collins to be reunited with Enberg on ESPN's tennis coverage
BRISTOL, Conn. -- Bud Collins, an institution in written and broadcast tennis coverage for more than 40 years, has joined ESPN.
"Bud Collins is tennis, a truly unique sports television personality, and ESPN is proud to add his insight, wit and wisdom to our coverage," said Norby Williamson, ESPN executive vice president, production.
"For more than 40 years, Bud has had a courtside seat at every meaningful event in the sport. He knows everyone, and everyone knows him," Williamson said. "When the opportunity presented itself to add Bud to our tennis team, it was an easy decision to quickly reach out to him -- his perspective, great storytelling and inimitable style will help further distinguish our Grand Slam coverage on ESPN2 and on SportsCenter."
The move reunites Collins with Dick Enberg, his longtime on-air partner covering tennis for NBC. Enberg worked with Collins for 20 years at NBC, including the "Breakfast at Wimbledon" live broadcasts starting in 1979. Both men said they are looking forward to working together again.
"No one through the decades has been more important to the coverage of tennis than Bud," Enberg said. "He is not just a historian -- literally and figuratively the encyclopedia of tennis -- but he has served as a docent. He has been immensely generous, sharing his incredible knowledge with anyone who has an interest in the sport."
"I'm stimulated and extremely pleased to be joining ESPN's world-wide tennis coverage, and anxious to get started," Collins said. "I am also delighted to be reunited with my long-time partner, Dick Enberg."
A 1999 recipient of the Red Smith Award for major contributions to sports journalism, Collins has worked in the media since 1963, when he began his newspaper career at The Boston Globe and his TV career at public television station WGBH in Boston. He covered tennis at CBS between 1968 and 1972, and at NBC from 1972 through 2007.
A graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College in his hometown of Berea, Ohio, Collins coached tennis from 1959 through 1963 at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. At the Globe, he first covered boxing and also reported on the Vietnam War before becoming the newspaper's tennis writer. He covered most of Muhammad Ali's fights, including the "Rumble in the Jungle" against George Foreman in 1974.
Collins, 78, has written several books, including "The Education of a Tennis Player" with Rod Laver in 1971; "Evonne! On the Move with Evonne Goolagong Cawley" in 1974; a memoir, "My Life with the Pros," in 1989; and several editions of "Bud Collins' Tennis Encyclopedia. "
He won the U.S. Indoor mixed doubles championship with Janet Hopps in 1961 and was a finalist in the French Senior doubles with Jack Crawford in 1975.

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For the Atlanta Hawks, there’s no place like home.
Returning to Philips Arena after dropping the first two games of their NBA first round playoff series in Indianapolis, the Hawks were clearly at ease on their own home court, totaling dominating the Indiana Pacers, 90-69, to gain their first win of the best-of-seven matchup on Saturday.
Indiana now leads the Eastern Conference series 2-1 after defeating Atlanta in Game 1 on April 21, 107-90, and in Game 2 on April 24, 113-98.
At home, the Hawks held Indiana to 23.8 percent shooting from the field in the first half and a mere 27.2 percent by game’s end. And while the Pacers were struggling offensively with Atlanta’s defense, the Hawks were using a balanced, fast-break pace to defeat their opponents.
“Anytime we come home you can feel the energy,” said Atlanta coach Larry Drew. “I really think in my heart that coming home was a tremendous boost. With two losses in Indiana, and coming home, I really felt we would respond.”
The Hawks opened with a 12-1 run in the first quarter to take a 27-14 lead by the end of the period. During the span, Atlanta outscored the Pacers on both points in the paint (16-8) and fast-break points (8-3).
Atlanta continued its dominance in the second quarter by extending its lead to 33-14 by the 10:30 mark. On the other end, Indiana could only manage four points in the first six minutes of the period.
The Hawks’ defensive effort was lead by Josh Smith, who held Indiana forward Paul George at bay. George, who had a triple-double in Game 1, followed by 27 points in Game 2, was held to 16 points as Smith’s defensive assignment on Saturday.
“I just tried to keep a body on him,” Smith said. “I just tried to stay engaged. That was pretty much the game plan.”
“It was the defense that really got us going tonight.” Drew added. “It all started with Josh Smith. I thought his effort on Paul George really set the tone for the game.
“The other guy I thought did a phenomenal job defensively was Jeff Teague…I thought he did a really good job defending George Hill.
Hill, who had 18 and 22 points respectively in the first two games of the series, finished Game 3 with three points.
After going up 6-1 early in the first quarter, and an Atlanta 20 second timeout to regroup, the Pacers would go on to hit only 6-of-36 the rest of the first half. Indiana missed 14 of their last 16 shots to close the first quarter.
With Smith and Teague handling matters on the defensive end, teammate Al Horford was leading the Hawks’ offensive charge. Horford scored 12 of his game-high 26 points in the first half to go along with a game-high 16 rebounds. Smith and Teague finished with 14 and 13 points respectively.
Horford and Smith controlled the middle, helping the Hawks to a significant 50-30 margin on points scored in the lane.
“With our matchups with both Josh and Al, we were able to post up more. We had an advantage about going into the post,” continued Drew.
Atlanta led by as much as 28 points with 24.7 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
And the basketball wasn’t the only thing being defended at home.
With Atlanta taking its biggest lead in the first half – 25 points – with 2:05 left in the second, tempers began to flare between the two squads. While the Hawks were building on their lead, the Pacers were showing signs of frustration.
With the score at 38-17 in favor of the Hawks at 6:55 in left in the half, and just after Horford had maneuvered inside for a slam dunk, the 6-10 center was leading yet another Atlanta fast break and was roughed up on a flagrant foul by Indiana forward David West. When officials stepped in to intervene, Teague was subsequently called for the technical.
“Definitely,” responded Teague when asked was it worth getting a technical foul during the court unrest. “I just wanted him [Horford] to know I had his back.”

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AC Milan are planning a January move for Udinese defender and reported Arsenal target Mehdi Benatia, according to Calcio Mercato.
The 25-year-old Moroccan international made 27 appearances in Serie A last season, helping the Bianconeri to punch above their weight and finish third in the table.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is a known admirer of Benatia's, and has continued to monitor his progress in Italy, as he weighs up a bid to bring him to the Emirates Stadium.
However, Arsenal's hopes of securing the player's signature have now been dealt a significant blow, after it emerged that Milan are also keen on doing a deal for the African.
Benatia is under contract at the Stadio Friuli until 2017, so Udinese will not be forced into a sale of one of their main assets. But, if the club is open to letting him leave, then they could use the widespread interest as a bargaining tool to drive up the transfer fee.
The centre-back was heavily linked with a move to Manchester United at the start of 2012, with Benatia admitting that it was flattering to be linked with Old Trafford.
"To be linked with Manchester United is a dream come true," he said back in February. "They are the biggest club in the world, they have fans everywhere and to have a chance to play at Old Trafford would be amazing, believe me."

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By Zach Arnold | April 14, 2008
From Yeo Jong-Hoon
It appears that Choi Hong-Man will head to the Korean army training center on April 21st. He decided to head to the army and not postpone because he could have been in trouble with South Korea’s military laws. It is very difficult to get a visa for him. Hong-Man ended up canceling his role in the casting of “Transporter 3.” After four weeks of basic army training, Choi will work for the national service conscript instead of being a soldier because he is too big. He may do traffic tickets, parking tickets, speeding tickets, or copy papers at a district office. What comedy.

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So, you're headed through the gates of Walt Disney World and you are wondering what you'll do about that first hunger pang. Will you be forced to eat stale popcorn or a second-rate pretzel? Like any theme park, there are some sub par choices when the munchies strike, but we've definitely done the research to share everything you need to know about Disney Snacks!
Soon we'll share some of our favorite hidden gems, but to start off today, we have six classic, must-eat Disney World snacks that are truly unforgettable.
The Classic Mickey Bar
The Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bar is a favorite of young and old at Disney parks and resorts -- so much so that you'll find the iconic image immortalized on everything from trading pins and Christmas ornaments to ear hats and tote bags. Creamy vanilla ice cream covered in a chocolate shell is something just about anyone can appreciate.
Can't we all remember that very first bar on that very first trip all that time ago? And if we can't, our moms surely have the pictures to prove it. The best part? You can find this treat in all four parks, and in all Disney resorts. No searching necessary.
The Dole Whip
If you like your classic treats with a touch of exotic tropical flavor, then be sure to seek out a Dole Whip. With its base of pineapple sorbet, this deceptively creamy dessert (lactose free!) has legions of Disney fans headed to Adventureland's Aloha Isle or Captain Cook's at the Polynesian Resort everyday.
Enjoy your Dole Whip as a purely pineapple treat, or swirl it with vanilla or orange soft serve to mellow the pineapple punch. My favorite? The Dole Whip float at Aloha Isle made with pineapple juice!
Caramel Corn from Karamell-Küche
For guests who are looking to take a little Disney magic home with them, it's important to find a treat that travels well. Sadly, neither the Mickey Ice Cream Bar nor the Dole Whip qualifies, but Caramel Corn from Karamell-Küche will make it home and taste just about as delicious as it did the day that it was made. (Here's a Tip! Slightly stale caramel corn will perk right up after a quick zap in the microwave!)
Rich, delicious Werther's caramel and butter combine to make the best popcorn topping anywhere, and it's the perfect treat to ease the pain of leaving the big purple gates behind. Find Karamell-Küche's Caramel Corn in the German Pavilion at Epcot.
The Butterfinger Cupcake
Moist chocolate cake hides a center of fudgy chocolate frosting, and is then topped with thick vanilla buttercream before being heavily garnished in crumbles of Butterfinger candy bar.
Not a big fan of chocolate and peanut butter? There are dozens of delicious, unique cupcakes to try all over Disney World! Perhaps the Red Velvet Cheesecake cupcake is more your style!
If either of these is the one for you, find them at Starring Rolls Cafe in Disney's Hollywood Studios.
The Mickey Pretzel
Long a favorite snack at Disneyland Resort in California, we were thrilled when Mickey-shaped pretzels finally made it to the east coast!
Soft and puffy, with that unmistakable Mickey grin, these are as fun as they are delicious. Sure, there are other pretzels available throughout Walt Disney World, like the jalapeno cheddar-stuffed version or that sweet cream cheese option . But you can't miss with the Mickey Pretzel, especially when you pair it with our favorite "plastic cheese" sauce!
Making its return to the Magic Kingdom after a long hiatus, the Citrus Swirl combines frozen orange juice and vanilla soft serve into one creamsicle-y delight. Found at Sunshine Tree Terrace in Adventureland, you're sure to get admiring glances when you walk by with one of these.
Be sure to snag one and know that you're living a part of Disney history!
Picking just the right snack that is both memorable and delicious can be hard when faced with so many amazing decisions. For more great suggestions, check out our Disney Snacks round-up!
AJ Wolfe is the owner and executive editor of The Disney Food Blog, a website covering all things food and drink in Walt Disney theme parks and resorts. Check out her newest e-Book -- The DFB Guide to Walt Disney World® Dining 2012 -- for in-depth advice on Disney World dining! The Disney Food Blog is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

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June 16, 2012
Walker, Pullaro Run at Jr. Nationals
Andy Pullaro and Matt Walker each competed at the USA Track and Field Junior Nationals.
June 16, 2012
Blake Finishes Third at Mount Washington: "I'm Back!"
Ran injured in 2011, healthy in 2012 he returns to the top-3
May 24, 2012
Alexander Finishes 20th at NCAA Prelim
Sam Alexander ran the 10,000m in 30:56.57
May 23, 2012
Alexander, Berube, Radden First Team
The Blue Devils filled 11 spots on the 2012 Outdoor All-NEC List.
May 12, 2012
Central Runs on Day Two of New Englands
The Central Connecticut men's track & field team stands in 31st place
May 11, 2012
Delbene Sixth in 5,000M at IC4A's
The Central Connecticut men's track team is 11th after day one at IC4A's.
May 6, 2012
Alexander Earns Two Titles at NEC's
Sam Alexander earned gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the NEC Championships.
May 5, 2012
Men's Track & Field 3rd After NEC Opener
Sam Alexander claimed the 10,000m individual championship.
May 1, 2012
NEC Tabs Alexander Athlete of the Week
Sam Alexander gathers his second NEC honor of the outdoor season.
April 28, 2012
Men's Track & Field Competes at UNH
Nick Trifone placed fourth in the high jump.
April 27, 2012
Central Runs on Day Two of Penn Relays
Nick Lindblom ran a 54.77 time in the 400m hurdles.
April 26, 2012
Alexander Places Top-Ten at Penn Relays
Same Alexander placed ninth in the 5,000m.
April 21, 2012
Men's T&F Places 4th at Holy Cross
Matt Berube claimed the long jump.
April 14, 2012
Men's Track & Field Second at UMASS
Nick Lindblom claimed the 400m hurdles.
April 10, 2012
Alexander Grabs Athlete of the Week
Senior Sam Alexander posted an amazing 29:21.06 time in the 10,000 meter.
April 7, 2012
Blue Devils Place Third at AIC
Aaron Radden won the 100m and 200m.
April 6, 2012
Delbene, Alexander Compete at Stanford
Colby Delbene placed eighth in the 5,000m.
March 31, 2012
Blue Devils Compete at UCONN
John Krell finished second in the 5,000m.
March 30, 2012
Radden Qualifies For 100m Finals
Aaron Radden competed in the 100m prelims at North Florida
March 12, 2012
Central Boasts 10 All-NEC First Teamers
The NEC released it's 2012 Indoor All-Conference selections on Monday.
March 12, 2012
Radden Second Team All-American
Aaron Radden was named to the 2012 Indoor Track & Field All-American Second team.
March 9, 2012
Radden Runs 21.06 in 200m at NCAA Championships
Narrowly misses advancing to final on Friday night
March 5, 2012
Radden Advances to NCAA Championships
Junior broke is own school record this past weekend in 200m
March 4, 2012
Blue Devils 15th Place at IC4A's
Sam Alexander and Craig Hunt both shattered the 5,000m CCSU school record.
March 3, 2012
Radden Advances on Day One of IC4A's
Aaron Radden qualified for the finals in both the 200m and 60m events.
February 25, 2012
Final Day of New Englands, Men's T&F 4th
Aaron Radden highlighted the meet for the Blue Devils winning both the 200m and 60m events.
February 24, 2012
Men's T&F T-4th at New Englands
Craig Hunt won the 5,000m on day one.
February 12, 2012
Men's Track & Field Tie For 3rd at NEC's
Junior Aaron Radden claimed the 200m individual championship.
February 11, 2012
Blue Devils Seated Third After Day One
Senior Sam Alexander paced Central on day one of the NEC Championships.
February 7, 2012
Fruster Earns Weekly NEC Honor
Freshman Jamal Fruster earns his first NEC Rookie of the Week honor.
February 4, 2012
On Final Day, Central Excels at Yale
Senior Michael Waterbury had an impressive showing on day two of the Giegengack Invite.
February 3, 2012
Trifone Leads Central at Giegengack
The Blue Devils had a successful first day at the Giegengack Invitational.
February 1, 2012
Radden Tabbed NEC Athlete of the Week
Junior Aaron Radden was named Northeast Conference Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.
January 28, 2012
Men's Track Competes at Terrier Invite
Central Connecticut men's track & field competed in The Boston University Terrier Invitational Saturday, an unscored event.
January 27, 2012
Men's Track 8th at Donahue Indoor Games
Central tallied 32 points at the Joe Donahue Collegiate Indoor Games finishing eighth.
January 20, 2012
Men's Track Sixth at Albany
Sophomore Nick Lindblom surpassed his own school record in the 60m hurdles.
January 14, 2012
Williams, Radden Pace Blue Devils at Yale
Rashad Williams and Aaron Radden lead the Blue Devils against Yale.
January 11, 2012
NEC Recognizes Radden
Junior Aaron Radden earned Northeast Conference Athlete of the Week honors on Wednesday.
January 7, 2012
Radden Captures School Record at UConn
The Blue Devils were led by junior Aaron Radden who posted a school record in the 55 meter dash at the UConn Winter Invitational.
January 3, 2012
Men's Indoor Picked 2nd in NEC Poll
Central Connecticut was picked second in the men's indoor track & field Northeast Conference preseason poll. The Blue Devils look to repeat as Northeast Conference Champions in 2012.
August 24, 2011
Men's and Women's Track & Field Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
Both men’s and women’s track & field have been honored as part of the U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association 2011 division one all-academic teams for outstanding academic performance. Teams who have posted a combined team GPA of 3.00 or higher have earned this distinction. The men’s team was one of 90 track & field teams selected with a collective GPA of 3.19 and the women’s team was one of 164 teams posting a 3.19 GPA.
August 8, 2011
Radden Earns All-Academic Honor
Central Connecticut junior sprinter Aaron Radden earned United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Honors for the second consecutive year. Radden was the Northeast Conference's fastest man last year sweeping the indoor 60 and 200 titles and the outdoor 100 and 200 titles. His excellent performance also extended into the classroom.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through completing a task. Instead, it presents a collection of sports results and achievements without any structured procedural instructions. Consequently, the content lacks the detail and organization necessary to train a language model for deeper reasoning, as it does not facilitate an understanding of processes or complex reasoning tasks.


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Age Range: 5 to 11
This activity highlights a very easy method of making pictures and text which look three-dimensional. First of all, start with a few shapes dotted around the page:
Next, draw a dot anywhere on the page (it doesn't always have to be in the middle). This dot is called the "vanishing point". When you have drawn your vanishing point, start drawing STRAIGHT lines from it to the corners of one of the shapes:
Now, repeat this for all of the shapes (on shapes with curved edges, draw lines to the sides - see the picture)
Subtle shading of the parts "furthest away" helps to increase the sense of perspective:
The following two pictures illustrate the effect of moving the vanishing
point around the page. As you can see, the placing of the VP has an immense
effect on the outcome of the drawing.
Make a 3D Name Display...
When the children are familiar with this technique, they can help to make a display in their classroom. Here is one which I created in a classroom...
To make your name display, the teacher should first make a name page for each child in the class. This page can be created using WordArt. Make sure that you use first names only (which should fill most of an A4 page), and change the text colouring to white and add a thin black border to the text.
When you have your name pages, ask the children to use the above technique to make them look 3D. When this is done, they can colour their names (using random colours, or using a pattern if desired). These should then be cut out (by the teacher, as the names can be tricky to cut) and stuck on to your display.
You could also make a "Welcome to..." sign to indicate the name of the class as in the above photo. This can be done by making 2 A4 name pages (with "Welcome to" on one page and the name of the class on the other). The pages should then be enlarged onto A3 paper and stuck together. Then, draw a vanishing point in the middle, and make your picture look 3 dimensional!
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Step-by-step: Yes
Training: Yes

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide the reader through completing the task of creating three-dimensional text and pictures, which enhances clarity and ease of understanding. The procedural instructions are also structured and detailed enough, allowing for deeper reasoning, as they lay out specific techniques (like drawing vanishing points and shading) that encourage critical thinking about perspective and design.


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The USC Aiken forward scored the final five points of the game to lift the Lady Pacers to a conference-opening 66-64 win over No. 25 Francis Marion tonight at the convocation center.
"I think that's the difference between Hannah last year and Hannah this year," USC Aiken coach Mike Brandt said. "She wanted the ball."
Brandt collected his 400th career win at the right time. The Lady Pacers, who defeated their second nationally-ranked opponent this season, improved to 7-2 overall, 1-0 in Peach Belt Conference play. USC Aiken defeated a Francis Marion squad (3-1, 1-1) that finished second in the league last year.
"We wanted to establish ourselves in the Peach Belt," said Daniela Tarailo, who had 14 points and five rebounds and made two clutch defensive plays at the end of the contest. "We have to defend out home court."
USC Aiken trailed by eight at halftime and twice fell down by double digits in the second half. The Lady Pacers shot 43 percent from the field and committed 22 turnovers.
"I don't think we played that good," Brandt said. "I'm excited about the prospect of how good we can be."
DeGraffinreed, the team's leading scorer, had yet to take a shot until the final minute. She went to her left hand for a layup to pull the Lady Pacers within one. On USC Aiken's next possession, DeGraffinreed faked left and slipped right around Danelle Downs for another layup to give the Lady Pacers their first lead since the opening minutes.
"I wanted to give everybody else a chance to score," DeGraffinreed joked.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task; rather, it narrates a sports event without structured procedural instructions. The content is focused on game commentary and personal reflections rather than detailed, ordered guidelines that would lend themselves to training a language model for deeper reasoning or procedural understanding.


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A frequent task for a spreadsheet, like Apple's Numbers in iWork, is to create a small table that fits on one page. Unfortunately, Apple's Numbers, by default, can take a simple block of data and expand it to a fragmented, colossal ten page mess. This tip shows how to easily print that small, one page spreadsheet on one sheet of paper.
Below is a sample spreadsheet like the one described above. It's a mythical list of school kids in acting class kept by a teacher, not likely to get much larger. The goal is to print it on one sheet of paper. (Note: For clarity, this screen shot doesn't show the default, empty columns further to the right.)
Just a small spreadsheet page to print
Even for this small list, the default number of columns and the default scaling of the spreadsheet for the page size and orientation creates a fragmentation mess: some of the columns get scattered to other pages. The first time you click on Print, you may see a 10 page extravaganza, not what you want. Worse, numbers has no Page Layout item in the File Menu. What to do?
Print Dialog ... Gasp! Ten pages!?
Step 1. In the Numbers File menu, select Show Print View. Numbers File Menu
Step 1. In the Numbers File menu, select Show Print View.
Numbers File Menu
Step 2. On the right side of the Numbers Toolbar, click on the Inspector icon.
Numbers Toolbar, Top Right
Step 3. In the Inspector, select the Page Layout tab at the top, second from left. Select the desired orientation, say, landscape mode. Note the Content Scale slider just above. This slider dictates how the spreadsheet will fit on to the page type you're using -- for most Americans, "US Letter." Play with the slider until the dynamically resized spreadsheet appears on the virtual page at the size you want. (This is all the stuff you were looking for in the Page Layout menu.)
Close the Inspector.
Inspector Does Page Layout
Notice the duplicate slider at the bottom of the Numbers window. It does the same job. (The percent size popup to the left merely dictates the apparent size on the screen, not how it will print.)
Numbers Content Scale Slider Also Appears at Bottom
Step 4. When you print the page, you'll also see a preview of the sized image of your spreadsheet, ready for a single page, in the Print dialog box. If the cell data is too small for your liking, go back and delete the empty rows and columns. That will increase the size of the numbers and as well as stop the "bleed" into extra pages.
Print Dialog Previews and Confirms: One Page!
When you're done, go back to the File menu and select Hide Print View. With Income Tax season upon us, this technique could help with a quick accounting of deductions, charitable contributions, business expenses and so on.

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**Step-by-step: Yes**
**Training: Yes**

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide the reader through the process of printing a small spreadsheet on one page. Each step is numbered and logically follows from one to the next, detailing how to navigate the application's menus and adjust settings to achieve the desired outcome. Additionally, the instructions are structured with explanations that encourage deeper reasoning by elucidating the purpose of each action, which would be beneficial for training a language model to understand procedural tasks more comprehensively.


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Trainer Todd Pletcher is readying for a busy weekend at Saratoga where he will saddle the dynamic juvenile duo of Limehouse and Chapel Royal in the Aug. 30 Hopeful Stakes.
A surge in business during Travers week enabled the New York Racing Association to show gains in on-track attendance and handle for the first five weeks of the six-week season.
Saratoga Notebook: Classic Winners Missing, but Not Fans; Volponi Course Charted; Green Fee Out; No Marker for 'Dave
Funny Cide and Empire Maker may not have made it to the Travers Aug. 23, but the fans did. Several records were set at Saratoga Race Course in the process.
Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens goes for an unprecedented three-time sweep of the Ballerina Handicap (gr. I) Sunday at Saratoga Racecourse with the ultra-consistent Shine Again.
Barry Schwartz' homebred New York Derby winner Traffic Chief added the $150,000 Albany Stakes to his resume Wednesday afternoon at Saratoga.
The Greatest Game, an initiative to encourage Thoroughbred ownership, will sponsor the Friday edition CNBC's "Squawk Box" when the show is broadcast live from Saratoga Race Course leading up to the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (gr. I). The show airs on CNBC weekdays from 7-10 a.m.
Whether or not Funny Cide runs in the Travers (gr. I) on Saturday may not be answered when entries are taken Wednesday. Trainer Barclay Tagg said Monday morning he would consider buying some more time for the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness (gr. I) winner by entering the horse in the $1 million race.
The worst power outage in North American history has resulted in cancelled races and significant handle losses for tracks throughout the Northeast and Midwest.
Trainer Todd Pletcher broke the Sylvester Veitch's 49-year-old Saratoga Race Course record of 24 victories in a season Thursday afternoon when Irish Road won the eighth race.
A widespread power outage that affected the Northeast and parts of Canada the afternoon of Aug. 14 delayed the start of the seventh race at Saratoga for nine minutes.
Cuvee cruised to an easy 7 1/2-length win over a sloppy going in Wednesday's $150,000 Saratoga Special Stakes (gr. III) at Saratoga. The Steve Asmussen trainee covered the 6 1/2-furlong distance in 1:15.4. Pomeroy was second, followed by Limehouse 2 3/4 lengths back in third.
It is still unknown if the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (gr. I) will result in the much-anticipated meeting of Empire Maker and Funny Cide, but that race isn't the only graded stakes scheduled for that weekend at Saratoga.
Attendance is even and handle is down at the midpoint of the soggy 135th Saratoga racing season. On-track handle is off 6.9 percent and total handle has declined $23.5 million, or 8.4 percent.
Whoopi Cat worked hard to get past Unbridled Beauty but did so to win the Adirondack (gr. II) at Saratoga on Monday.
Todd Pletcher equaled a 49-year-old Saratoga Race Course record when 4-year-old filly School for Scandal won the second race on Monday.
A special two-hour "SportsCenter at Saratoga," featuring live coverage of the grade I, $1 million Travers Stakes from Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., will air from 5-7 p.m. (ET) on August 23 on ESPN, the network, the New York Racing Association and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Monday.
Kentucky Derby-winning trainer John Ward has called some of the recent attacks on the embattled New York Racing Association "essentially a political assassination campaign" linked to development of video lottery terminals at racetracks in the state.
The third race at Saratoga was canceled and racing was delayed for more than an hour due to an early afternoon rainstorm that pounded Saratoga Race Course on Sunday.
A share in Distorted Humor that brought $500,000 was the highlight of the Stallion Access Champagne Sale of selected seasons and shares that was held Friday evening in Fasig-Tipton's Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Shake You Down will spot six foes from five to 11 pounds when he attempts to capture the $200,000 A.G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. II) at Saratoga Sunday.
Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga yearling sale rebounded big time in 2003. All of the major indices for the three-day venue saw marked advances over last year's down sale and returned to the general numbers seen in 2000.
Starting Aug. 13 at Saratoga, any turf race scheduled to be run at one mile for older horses switched to the main track will be run at seven furlongs.
The vital areas of wagering integrity, technology, and medication will be spotlighted at The Jockey Club's Round Table Conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Aug. 17.
It was a rainy night in upstate New York, but the mood was far from gloomy during the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale Tuesday.
It didn't take long for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale to hit with a seven-figure yearling. Despite a steady rain outside, the bidding began with spirit in the Humphrey S. Finney pavilion, with a $1.1 million bid for Hip No. 13, a daughter of Storm Cat, out of champion older filly Jewel Princess.
Still unsure of the cause, trainer Barclay Tagg said Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide was on the improve after spiking a fever of 102 Monday morning.
It might be handy to have a breeding chart with you while studying Thursday's eighth running of the $75,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase (NSA-II) at 2 1/16-miles over National Fences at Saratoga Race Course. And that's just for the trainers.
It was a stroll in the park for Stroll as he easily won the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (gr. II) Monday at Saratoga.
With one day remaining until the start of the Saratoga select yearling sale, the Fasig-Tipton barn area was full of familiar faces. Buyers looking at horses Monday included Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas; John Ferguson, Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock manager; and Satish Sanan of Padua Stables.
The bidding could get hot early during the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale, which opens Tuesday night in New York.
Will the top of the yearling market rebound from last year's major adjustment downward or will it suffer more setbacks? We'll start getting some answers Tuesday when the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale opens its three-night run in New York.
Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Empire Maker returns to action Sunday, one of seven entered in Saratoga's Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-olds.
Willa On The Move made her move at the right time under Edgar Prado to pass the field and take the $107,600 Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. III) over a sloppy Saratoga surface Friday.
Two years ago, the Seattle Slew colt Vindication brought $2.15 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale. He went on to win the 2002 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) and earn an Eclipse Award. This year, his half-brother by A.P. Indy is one of 212 horses catalogued for the Saratoga auction, which begins Tuesday night at 8 p.m. (EDT) in New York.
The saddle jockey George Woolf used on Seabiscuit will be permanently displayed at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Medaglia d'Oro and Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Volponi are among a contentious field of eight older horses entered for Saturday's $750,000 Whitney Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course.
H. Allen Jerkens has been involved the racing industry over five decades. During that time, one of the titles Jerkens has earned is "The Giant Killer" for being able to upset some of the greatest horses in Thoroughbred history, some of them occurring at Saratoga Race Course. But on Friday he is starting one of the favorites in the Honorable Miss Stakes.
Saratoga will offer its usual fare of racing on Saturday, but some current and past NHL stars will visit the track for an autograph session from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Those anxious to see the movie Seabiscuit should have bet on Film Maker in the Lake George Stakes (gr. IIIT) Monday at Saratoga. She came from off the pace to win the 1 1/16 mile race for 3-year-old fillies.
Finding a hole off the rail just after turning for home, Trademark showed a devastating kick while rallying to win the 45th running of the Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. IIT) at Saratoga Friday.
Edward P. Evans' Gygistar won Friday's third race at Saratoga, a six-furlong allowance event, by 5 3/4 lengths under Jerry Bailey.
Ashado, a 2-year-old daughter of Saint Ballado, captured the Schuylerville Stakes (gr. II) by three lengths over Maple Syrple.
Nine turf specialists will try and topple Bill Mott, who has a three-year winning streak in the Bernard Baruch Handicap. Mott plans to saddle Del Mar Show and Patrol for the $150,000 race on Friday.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, both grade I, returned home to Saratoga Springs on Tuesday. The Sackatoga Stable-owned gelding, who was foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, is stabled in trainer Barclay Tagg's Saratoga barn.
Trainer John Ward is hoping the 2003 version of the Go For Wand Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga is better for Forest Secrets than it was last year. Last year, the Debby Oxley-owned mare injured her left front ankle in the 1 1/8-mile race, which sent her to the sidelines for the remainder of the year.
On Thursday, July 24, the second day of the meet, all fans (with paid admission), will take home an Edgar Prado bobblehead doll in honor of Saratoga's leading jockey from 2002.
Saratoga Race Course will introduce five portable luxury suites for the 2003 summer meet for corporate and private outings, officials with The New York Racing Association announced on Thursday.
Visit Saratoga racetrack for its annual open house on July 20. This year the day starts off with a 5K walk to benefit the Special Olympics, and includes events for all ages from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The charges and countercharges battle between the New York Racing Association and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer continued June 24, with NYRA charging the state's chief law enforcement agent "does not understand NYRA's operations," and that he made "no attempt" to make his damaging report balanced.
Quickly taking advantage of a new pari-mutuel deregulation move by the state, the New York Racing Association has proposed reducing its takeout on certain bets at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga.
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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task; instead, it presents various updates and news related to horse racing at Saratoga, making it more of a news report than a procedural guide. Additionally, the lack of structured instructional content means it would not be useful for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning, as it does not outline detailed processes or logical reasoning pathways to follow.


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Bring him in. The Texans organization has matured enough to say to him "one **** up, one ANYTHING, and you're gone."
Make that known, and let's see what he's got.
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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The provided text does not present a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task. Instead, it appears to be a comment or opinion from a forum, lacking structured procedural instructions that would facilitate training a language model in deeper reasoning. The instructions or suggestions mentioned are vague and do not provide enough detail or clarity to encourage a systematic approach to problem-solving or reasoning.


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Meljen's has a fun fall new release this week! I love this time of year and the colors! You can see all the new images for this week here. Meljen's also has a weekly challenge if you enjoy those!
Don't forget...Whimsy Stamps has custom rubber stamps now! Click the blinkie on the top right of my blog for details.
Stamps from Meljen's at Whimsy Stamps
Squirrlel's Little Acorn
Sentiment-last week's freebie
Neenah Smooth white card stock
Solid color card stocks-Bazzill
Imaginisce-designer paper "cinnamon sticks"
Squirrel-e35, e37, e39, e29, r11, r21
Acorn-yr24, e33, e35, yg95, yg97
Leaves-yg95, yg97, yr12, yr24
Copic fine line marker for faux stitching
Spellbinder/Nestability Die-large circle
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive
Challenges this project qualifies for:
Everybody Art-#109 Autumn
Craft Your Days Away-#4 Autumn and doodles (faux stitching)
Sweet Stampin-#44 Stitching
Sweet Sunday Sketch-Sketch
Stamp with Fun-#77 Stuffed Animals

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task, as it mainly lists materials and supplies without structured instructions or a detailed guide. Additionally, the information is more descriptive and promotional rather than procedural, which would not be very useful for training a language model aimed at deeper reasoning, as it lacks the detailed analytical framework necessary for such tasks.


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** With Sheldon Brown sitting out the current OTAs, the Eagles do not have any defensive starters from the 2004 season Super Bowl team on the field. Is it that long ago?
** I'm buying into the idea that Donovan McNabb is exercising his right to remain silent in an effort not to say anything crazy while his last two years are re-worked.
** Asante Samuel is only talking to the media on "10 percent days" -- essentially meaning he wants to talk once every 10 days. I'm listening on "5 percent days" -- essentially the 5 percent of the 10 percent of the days he wants to share his thoughts.
Reminds me of the time Chris Morris of the New Jersey Nets declined to comment after a season-opening loss, saying: "No news when we lose, them's the new rules." Considering how awful the Nets were back in the late '80s/early '90s, I put the notepad away, shook hands with Morris and said: "Been nice talking to you this season."
** With ex-Cowboys defensive coordinator Brian Stewart now an Eagles assistant, the Birds ought to have a good idea of whether it's a good idea to go after DE Greg Ellis, just released by Dallas.
** Ex-Eagles Keith Byars, Jeremiah Trotter and Ike Reese are among the celebrities/athletes expected to participate in the June 15 Brian Dawkins' Burn Prevention Classic golf outing at Saucon Valley Country Club, according to Rich Burg, who oversees Dawkins' charitable efforts.
Dawkins, who in March left the Eagles for Denver via free agency, will likely miss the June 14 pre-event dinner that is part of the annual festivities because of a Broncos' minicamp practice, but will participate in the golf and other activities on the 15th, Burg said.
Call 610-969-3930 for more information on the golf outing.
"I'm buying into the idea that Donovan McNabb is exercising his right to remain silent in an effort not to say anything crazy..."
I'd say no, he's doing this so as not to give the journalists, like yourself Larry, the opportunity to say anything more crazy about him...

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps or detailed instructions useful for completing a task. Instead, it consists of commentary and reports related to sports figures and events, lacking structured procedural guidance. Therefore, it does not encourage deeper reasoning or serve as a training tool for a language model in this context.


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Remember the scene in "This is Spinal Tap" where Bruno Kirby, playing the Sinatra-loving limo driver, opines to the boys in the band that rock and roll, in his not-so-humble opinion, is nothing more than a "fad"?
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan made me think of that classic scene with a simple five-word comment in this week's Sports Illustrated. In a roundtable interview with fellow young QBs Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers, Carson Palmer and Tony Romo, Ryan was asked by SI's Peter King if he thought "the college spread and the Wildcat [are] part of a revolution or just the normal evolution of the game?"
Palmer called it a "fad," saying he believed "you'll see it for eight more weeks, and once some defensive coordinator comes up with a way to stop it, a certain blitz to control it, offenses will get back to the stuff that's worked for decades."
Ryan, up next, chimed in with: "I think it's a fad."
Considering the Falcons open their season with the Miami Dolphins, the world's leading practioners of the Wildcat and probably the leading reason for it's rapid spread, this could be viewed as a risky comment.
When I asked Ryan about the interview this morning on a weekly conference call with South Florida writers, he dutifully answered but he wasn't too thrilled about it.
"The way in which I said it was, 'Do you think the Wildcat will take over and become permanent offenses?' and I just don?t think it will," Ryan said. "I think regular offenses will still be out there. Not to say Miami hasn?t done a great job with it.
"They did an exceptional job last year and it?s going to be tough for our defense to deal with that this week. Those were just some of the comments that I made. I certainly think Miami did a great job with it last year and had a ton of success and I really think won some games as a result of using that formation and those plays."

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide the reader through completing a task; rather, it discusses a series of comments made by quarterback Matt Ryan regarding offensive strategies in football. Additionally, the instructions or commentary within the piece are not structured as procedural instructions that would lend themselves to training a language model—there is no explicit guidance or detailed steps that would facilitate deeper reasoning or understanding of the topic discussed.


document: Siloam Springs, Ark. (September 29, 2007) - It took John Brown five games to accomplish the task, but in the end the women’s volleyball team came back after being down 2-1 to defeat conference opponent Wayland Baptist (Texas) 3-2 on Saturday. In the opening game, Wayland would jump out to a 10-0 lead before John Brown would get on the scoreboard. But the Golden Eagles would remain focused and give a stalwart effort coming back to win 30-24. JBU would carry the momentum into game two where they would lose the lead late. Wayland Baptist would step up and make several key defensive stops and claim the game 30-27. The Golden Eagles would struggle in the third and give up an early lead to the Pioneers much like game one. And Wayland Baptist having experienced JBU’s resiliency in the first two games wouldn't let John Brown back in it and closed out the game 30-20. Both teams would exchange leads throughout game four, but JBU would take the 30-27 win. The fifth and final game would see JBU jump out to an 8-4 lead at the midway mark. John Brown would see the finish line at this point and finish out the match with the 15-9 win in the fifth. Several Golden Eagle players contributed in different categories. Junior Laurae Marty paced JBU with 18 kills while freshman Kirsten Lee followed close behind with 15. Setters Britney Kerns and Alyssa Hanson continued to share setter’s duties throughout the match and came away with 35 and 26 assists respectively. On the defensive end, Aubrey Junker picked up 26 digs and Shannon Proctor had 23. Sophomore Christi Newton also had a big day for JBU with seven blocks. John Brown (7-10, 2-1) looks to continue action when they travel to Bethany, Okla. to take on conference foe Southern Nazarene on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide the reader through a task; instead, it narrates a volleyball match, detailing the events and performances without structured instructions. Additionally, the content lacks the procedural depth necessary for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as it focuses on recounting a sports event rather than explaining a process or set of instructions.


document: John L. Smith, Michigan State's football coach from 2003-2006, has had his $40 million bankruptcy case settled this week by a federal judge. Smith filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy last year while he was interim coach at Arkansas claiming $40 million in real estate debts from deals while he was coach at Louisville. Under the settlement he must pay $265,000 to creditors and approximately $400,000 in real estate. Smith, now 64, claimed he had assets of $1.3 million when he filed a year ago. Smithis now beginning his tenure as head coach at division two Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task; it instead offers a narrative about John L. Smith's bankruptcy case and coaching history. Furthermore, the information is not structured as procedural instructions and lacks the detailed guidance necessary for training a language model to engage in deeper reasoning.


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Second seed Novak Djokovic defeated Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in their second round match at the Shanghai Masters 2012, winning 6-3 6-2.
The Serb, who won the China Open last week, was in full control of the match from the very beginning. Novak raced to a quick 3-0 lead, breaking Dimitrov and never looking back. The second set was even more one sided as the world no.2 outplayed the 21 year old Dimitrov from the baseline, not allowing him a single break point opportunity throughout the entire match.
Should Djokovic win this year’s Shanghai Masters and Federer lose before the quarterfinals, the Serb would reclaim the no.1 ranking spot.
Next up for Djokovic will be Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who eliminated no.16 seed German Philipp Kohlschreiber also in straight sets 6-3 6-4.
Defending champion and no.3 seed Andy Murray advanced to the next round without a fight as his opponent Florian Mayer of Germany retired from their match due to a rib injury.
Murray will play Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, who dismissed 15th seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3 6-4.
Also through to the third round is American Sam Querrey after coming back from a set down against 14th seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan, prevailing 2-6 6-1 6-4.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps or procedural instructions; instead, it offers a narrative summary of tennis match results and player performances. The content lacks the detailed instructions necessary for training a language model, as it does not present a structured approach or explain any processes in a manner that encourages deeper reasoning.


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- Submillimeter astronomy as KML: Yet more astronomy content gets the KML treatment, making it usable in Google Sky. Orbiting Frog has assembled a layer collecting astronomical objects that are radiant at sub-millimeter wavelengths, and has just made it available for all to download, “thanks to help from the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC), the Joint Astronomy Centre (JAC) and my colleagues at Cardiff University.” Eye candy is available over at Flickr. There is plenty here to explore.
- Barcelona censored: The Spanish-language Google Earth blog notices that with the latest update, bits of Barcelona are now censored. What gives?
It’s the usual story. Satellite imagery got replaced by higher-resolution aerial photography, this time by the region’s Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (as per the credits). You can still see the old imagery in Google Maps here for a while longer, until Maps gets the update.
Catalonia’s governmental GIS office gets to censor those bits it wants to of aerial photography. (Satellite imagery, on the other hand, is beyond its jurisdiction.) At least the censorship is obvious, as opposed to camouflaged. (Entire update is listed below the fold for archival purposes.)
- iPhotoToGoogleEarth 2: Version 2.0 of the free iPhotoToGoogleEarth iPhoto export plugin is out, writes Craig Stanton. It works with iPhoto’08 in the latest version of iLife.
- Automator actions for Google Earth: Got Mac? Alasdair Allan has written two Automator actions for Applescript to switch from Earth to Sky, and back again. (Why not use in conjunction with the Google Earth Action Pack and/or GPS Automator actions…)
- GEMMO: Google Earth Hacks‘ Mickey Mellen is coming out with yet another Google Earth-based game, Google Earth MMO, now in a private beta. The cool bit? “All gameplay (including battles, shops, messaging, etc) is done completely in Google Earth with no add-on software or web browser calls required.” More here.
- Ads for online map makers (like you): You get the most of the money for ads showing on your websites, so why shouldn’t you also get money for ads on the maps you created? That’s the thinking behind one of the new features of Map Channels, which now lets you create your own Google Maps-based maps + content and then add ads using Lat 49’s “mapvertising”. The latest upgrade to Map Channels also improves KML support.
- Feature extraction from imagery: Awesome: Satellite imagery provider Spot Image is offering free imagery to researchers to help develop automated feature extraction tools that can then be used by the likes of GeoNames to offer more tan just point-based name tags. Writes GeoNames’ Marc Wick:
Features that we think can be extracted from 2.5m imagery are city contours, airports, streets, shore lines, lakes, rivers and others. We believe this is a fantastic opportunity for researchers and student-works to find algorithms for feature identification and extraction. Drop me a line for more details if you are doing research in this area and would like to work on this challenging task.
[…] It will be a gigantic step forward for the availability, quality and coverage of free geographical data on global scale.
- GeoServer: GeoServer 1.6.0 is out, and among other things it features “improved connectivity to Google Maps/Virtual Earth/Yahoo! Maps, leveraging better integration with OpenLayers as well as bug fixes for our Google Earth support.”
- GPS to Illustrator? A reader asks a question that I don’t know the answer to: He’s “searching for Mac software that converts [GPS] tracks to vectors (to be used in Illustrator). I was as wondering if you could steer me in the right direction? If no mac software exists, are there Windows ones?.”
- GeoLily! Who needs geocoding when you have geoLily?
- Microsoft Sky: Microsoft’s answer to Google Sky, WorldWide Telescope, looks set to be launched on February 27.
- 360Cities update: Jeffrey Martin writes: “You might be interested to know that 360cities.net has had a facelift to its homepage. We’ve also added about 20 cities… Including few excellent places such as Kolkata :-)”
- Star Wars! The rogue spy satellite has been shot down. Alan Clegg has a post linking to a KML overlay that shows you where and how it happened.
- How To Get On Google Maps Without An Address: Short answer: Get a PO Box.
- Super delegates: Democratic superdelegates, mapped as a KML file. The Official Google Blog has more.
- HeyWhatsThat Cosmic Visibility: Listed here better late than never, this cool Google Maps-based tool lets you visualize night sky events such as yesterday’s lunar eclipse. There’s added functionality for the Moon and Mars too.
- Traffic sensor web: Back in 2006, this was a high-end experimental feature for Honda drivers in Japan; now Nokia is busy democratizing the technology — where you GPS phone acts as a node in a traffic sensor web, relaying driving speeds to a central processor, and benefiting from live congestion information gathered from others GPS phones. It’s such a good idea that it is just a matter of time before we take it for granted.
- New Blog: There’s a new blog on the block: Where On Google Earth? posts a screen grab from Google Earth and then lets users guess where its from. Winners get bragging rights.
February 19 Google Earth imagery updateL:
New high resolution:
- Canada: Significant amount of British Columbia, Oxford County (Ontario)
- USA: Madera (CA), Fernly (NV), Silver Springs (NV), Yerington (NV),
Cambria (CA), Creston (CA), Delaware, Connecticut
- Spain: Avila, Burgos, San Sebastian
- Portugal: Lisbon
South Africa: 2.5m imagery for western half of the country
Asia & Oceania:
- New Zealand: Auckland, Wanganui Province, Tararua Province
- Australia: Sydney, Newcastle
- Canada: Vancouver
- USA: Portland (OR), Bay Area (SF, Oakland, Peninsula), San Simeon (CA),
Morro Bay (CA), Garden Farms (CA), San Louis Obispo (CA), Arroyo
Grande (CA), Nipomo (CA), Santa Maria (CA), California City (CA),
San Bernardino County (CA), Riverside County (CA), Salt Lake City (UT),
Denver (CO), Kalamazoo (MI), Detroit (MI), Hardee County (FL),
Martin County (FL), Tampa (FL), Philadelphia (PA), Boston (MA)
Onodaga County (NY), Norfolk (VA), Island County (WA), the state of
Hawaii, the state of Ohio, the state of Louisiana, the state of Virginia,
and the state New Jersey.
- Cuba: Havana
- Brazil: Sao Paolo
- France: Tours
- Italy: Torino
- Spain: Almeria, Logrono, Pamplona, Santander, Segovia, Valladolid, Alicante,
Bilbao, Castellon, Cordoba, Coruna, Costa Blanca, Elche, Gijon, Huelva,
Leon, Oviedo, Salamanca, Vigo, Vitoria, Catalunya, Andalucia
- UK: Kent, Norfolk
- Switzerland: Zimmerburg, Pfannenstiel
- Denmark: Copenhagen
- Finland: Helsinki
- Norway: Oslo
- Iceland: Reykijavik
- Ukraine: Kiev
- Latvia: Riga
- Serbia: Belgrade
- Kenya: Nairobi
- Senegal: Dakar
- Turkmenistan: Ashkhabad
- Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek
- Myanmar: Rangoon
Updated Terrain: State of Arkansas

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task; instead, it presents a collection of updates and observations regarding various topics related to Google Earth and astronomy. Consequently, the lack of structured procedural instructions prevents it from being useful for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning, as there are no detailed, sequential steps that encourage a methodical approach to problem-solving or understanding.


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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through completing any task. Additionally, it lacks well-structured procedural instructions that would facilitate training a language model in deeper reasoning, as the content is primarily an announcement with no detailed or actionable guidance.


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So what if you could have 3 of your favorite foods on one plate...what would you pick?
I think I would have to pick pizza, macaroni & cheese, and ice cream. (Why can't I like anything healthy??) LOL
The goal behind the Triple Dipper is to get 3 of your favorite foods onto one plate!
I asked my dad and sister to join me at Chili's to try this out, and they didn't hesitate before asking when we were going!!!
The Triple Dipper gives you 9 different foods to choose from: Loaded Potato Skins, Honey Chipotle Shrimp, Big Mouth Bites, Southwestern Eggrolls, Boneless Buffalo Wings, Hot Spinach & Artichoke Dip, Wings Over Buffalo, Chicken Crispers, and Fried Cheese. I bolded the choices the 3 of us decided to share!
|Our yummy plate|
|Chips for the dip!|
Does this sound like something you would like to try???? If you are willing to Shout Out 2 Eat Out and upload your picture to a fun trio between now and June 30th, 2011, you could be the winner of a $20 Chili's gift card (daily winner) or a $333 Chili's Gift Card (3 winners).
Now here comes the even more exciting part. I am giving away a $20 gift card to Chili's to one of my blog readers!
Mandatory entry: Click here to visit the entry form where you will enter my blog name, "Becca's Backyard". Come back and comment that you have done this.
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"At @Chilis Good Things Come In 3's! Check out @2Wired2Tired http://bit.ly/linkyrave for 200 chances to win in the #tripledipper linky rave!”
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After you have done all of these things, go to 2 Wired 2 Tired by clicking the button below to check out the giveaway linky of all of the other blogs running this giveaway as well! There is no limit to how many times you can win!
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I was provided a $20 Chili's gift certificate to try the Triple Dipper and one gift certificate will be provided to the winner as well. All opinions are all mine!

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Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

The article provides a clear sequence of steps that guide readers on how to enter the giveaway, making it easy to follow the instructions. However, the procedural instructions lack the necessary detail and depth required for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning, as they primarily focus on a specific contest rather than offering broad or complex procedures.


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Casper Robotics Team Heads To The World Championships
The Summit Elementary Bionical Bison robotics team competed in a Regional competition on December 7th at the Casper Events Center. The challenge was to research a natural disaster and build a model and poster board showing what they learned. The Summit Bionical Bison green team, comprised of team members Konnor Barthlama, Jack Egan, Bradyn Adels, Kaitlyn & Kendra Barbarick and Kynlee Griffith ,choose to research tornadoes. They built a model depicting a tornado’s fury and the destruction it caused while leaving the scene of a neighborhood and an ambulance coming down the street to help people hurt in the tornado. The kids worked for 6 weeks building models from instructions and programing the model to do certain tasks. They then worked another 6 weeks building their model and creating a show me poster to share what they learned.
At this competition they were awarded a “Solid As A Rock” award for a model that was described as “built to last with great ingenuity and creativity”. With this award the group applied to go to the World Expo in St. Louis and upon review of their online showcase and their award they were one of 40 teams chosen from all over the world to be invited to the World Expo. They are the first team from Wyoming to ever attend the expo at the Jr FLL Level. The World Expo is a huge event with 3,800 total teams (only 40 teams at the Jr level) and 26,000 kids from over 14 countries competing.The competition is April 23-24
Since NCSD policy does not allow for this age group of students to go on overnight trips that the school district sponsors and pays for, the parents must sponsor the event to get the children to the world competition. They have had local businesses and individuals who have already started to donate and have an account set up through the First Interstate Bank’s Mills branch in their name. The team is looking for donations, both monetary as well as anything they can add to a raffle that is forthcoming to help defray some of the costs of travel.
If you are interested in donating or would like more information. Please contact Dallen Griffith at 259-9689 or Kraig Barthlama at 267-3280.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not present a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task; rather, it provides a narrative about a robotics team's experiences and achievements. Additionally, the procedural aspects described (e.g., building models, competing) lack detailed, structured instructions that could be used for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as they do not explicitly outline methods or principles that the reader can apply systematically.


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This week we are in Zone 2: The Kitchen
This month's Habit is: Getting Dressed to Shoes
Zone 2: Mission #1 Monday
Your mission for today should you choose to accept it: Scrub down your counter tops, I don't mean to just wipe a rag across them! I mean you get some hot soapy water and you wipe down the counters from front to back and side to side. Yes, you have to move the stuff on the counters to do this. DON'T take everything off at one time and then plan to put it all back again, I promise you will get sidetracked and then you will all email me crying that it is all my fault!! LOL! You just move your toaster (or coffee pot or whatever this is an example here! :>) ) over to one side and wipe down the counter, then move over a foot or so, move aside what is there and wipe down some more and so on. We are not marathon cleaning the kitchen here, just getting all the crumbs and junk that seems to build up behind and under things.

response:
Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

The article provides a clear sequence of steps for cleaning the kitchen counter, emphasizing a thorough approach rather than a quick wipe-down. However, the instructions lack the depth and complexity needed to train a language model in deeper reasoning. They are mostly straightforward and may not require much critical thinking or problem-solving.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter hit his 250th home run, Nick Swisher connected twice and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 6-4, on a lightning-filled Friday night for their eighth win in 10 games.
Swisher, Curtis Granderson, Russell Martin and Jeter hit solo homers off Franklin Morales (3-4), and Swisher added another solo shot in the seventh against Clayton Mortensen. Jeter’s homer gave the Yankees 10 players with 10 or more this season, tying the club record set in 1998.
Phil Hughes (12-10) survived his own throwing error that led to four unearned runs during a rainy third inning. Down 3-0, the Red Sox went ahead on Dustin Pedroia’s three-run homer, the 28th long ball off Hughes this year.
New York, which has led the AL East since mid-June, improved to 7-3 against the Red Sox this season. Boston has not won consecutive games since Aug. 5-6.
Hughes allowed four hits in seven innings. David Robertson pitched the eighth and Rafael Soriano finished for his 30th save, completing a five-hitter.
Rays 12, Angels 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — B.J. Upton went 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs, Ben Zobrist and Jose Molina also homered and the Tampa Bay Rays battered Jered Weaver for a career-worst nine earned runs in a win over Los Angeles.
James Shields (11-7) allowed three runs, seven hits and no walks in six innings while striking out eight, helping the Rays maintain a one-game lead over Detroit and Baltimore in the AL wild-card race. The Orioles lost to the Tigers after starting the day tied with Tampa Bay.
Shields, the subject of trade rumors before the non-waiver deadline on July 31, is 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in four starts since. The 30-year-old right-hander was 1-3 with a 6.15 ERA in a seven-start stretch before the deadline passed.
TIGERS 5, ORIOLES 3
DETROIT (AP) — Prince Fielder hit a pair of two-run homers to lift Detroit to the victory.
Fielder tied it at 3 with a 462-foot shot to right-center in the sixth. He then hit a soaring shot to right in the eighth to put the Tigers in front.
Joaquin Benoit (2-3) pitched a perfect eighth inning for the win. Jose Valverde gave up a leadoff double to Manny Machado in the ninth, then retired the next three Orioles for his 23rd save in 27 chances.
Darren O’Day (6-1) took the loss after J.C. Romero allowed Fielder — the first batter he faced — to hit his second homer of the game and No. 22 on the year.
Miguel Cabrera, who scored on both of Fielder’s homers, put the Tigers ahead 1-0 in the first inning with his 31st home run.
ROYALS 4, WHITE SOX 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a tiebreaking two-run double with two out in the seventh inning and Kansas City won for the third time in four games.
Luis Mendoza pitched seven effective innings, and Billy Butler hit his 25th homer for the Royals.
Paul Konerko hit a solo drive for Chicago after being activated from the seven-day concussion disabled list. It was Konerko’s first game since he was struck by a Jarrod Dyson elbow while covering first base on Aug. 7 against the Royals.
White Sox ace Chris Sale (14-4) allowed four runs and nine hits in 6 2-3 innings.
Mendoza (7-8) gave up two runs and four hits. Kelvin Herrera worked out of a jam in the eighth and Greg Holland finished for his fifth save in six opportunities.
BLUE JAYS 3, RANGERS 2
TORONTO (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion hit his 31st home run, J.A. Happ won his second straight start and Toronto handed Texas its fourth loss in five games.
Happ (2-1) matched a Blue Jays record by striking out six straight batters in the second and third innings. He finished with eight strikeouts in all, allowing one run and two hits in six innings.
Yu Darvish (12-9) struck out 10 in seven innings, but lost for the second time in three starts. He gave up three runs and three hits in seven innings.
He reached double figures in strikeouts for the seventh time this season, tying Jim Bibby (1973) for the Rangers rookie mark.
Casey Janssen got three outs for his 16th save.
Athletics 6, Indians 4
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking single with the bases loaded in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics rallied from four runs down to beat the Cleveland Indians.
Chris Carter drew a leadoff walk against Cleveland reliever Joe Smith (7-3) and Brandon Moss followed with a single. Pinch-hitter Josh Reddick then blooped a single into right field off Vinnie Pestano before Donaldson’s fourth hit of the night scored pinch-runner Adam Rosales.
Cliff Pennington added a sacrifice fly to cap the outburst for the A’s, who pulled within five games of first-place Texas in the AL West and a half-game of the second wild-card spot.
Shelley Duncan hit his first career grand slam for the Indians.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task, as it primarily reports on baseball game results and player performances. Additionally, the procedural instructions are not structured or detailed enough to facilitate training a language model for deeper reasoning, as the content lacks the necessary clarity and organization typically associated with instructional guides.


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Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is at it again. The Pat Riley nemesis/Erik Spoelstra supporter spent a lot of time answering questions about the Heat at his media day Monday. The following quotes are from our good friends at the Orlando Sentinel.
SVG was asked about being asked about the Heat – yup, that’s what it’s come down to – and he gave this gem:
“I’m surprised there was enough media left for you guys to get here. ESPN is all Heat, all the time.”
But then he added: “Look, they have great talent. Having three guys at that level in the league is probably – well, it is – unprecedented. People have a great interest in them and what they’re going to do. Everybody else in the league will have a great interest in playing against them.”
SVG then defended his brother and TV analyst, Jeff, who predicted the Heat would win 73 games with the Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh nucleus. SVG not surprisingly sides with JVG, a predictable move in an attempt to keep the spotlight and pressure on his rivals to the south.
“I thought it was interesting because he got some people really criticizing him like that was an outlandish expectation. All I said was line up the names that were on Jordan’s roster and line up the names on Miami’s roster, and tell me why that’s a ridiculous expectation. I’m not saying they’re going to do it, I certainly hope they don’t do it, but I don’t think it was a ridiculous, off-the-wall comment like some people portrayed it to be. You can certainly make that case.”
SVG, though, stopped short of saying the Heat should start planning for another parade.
“Not everybody will agree with this, but I think they have the best talent on paper, but that doesn’t always win. In fact, a lot of times it doesn’t win – maybe more than it does win.
“Who’s the favorite? That’s games for people to play and it creates interest, as I’ve said. Make all the predictions and generally you’ve been wrong. It’s hard to predict. The majority of predictions are going to be wrong because it’s a hard thing to do. It’s more for fun than anything. There’s no meaning in it.
“I don’t know who the favorite is, and I don’t really care. I just know and the players know that nobody can win a championship without going on the court and doing it. We’re not playing in a fantasy league. You want to win in this league, you have to go on the court and get it done. I don’t think anybody is doubting Miami’s talent and the fact that they’re going to be a serious challenge. But we don’t doubt Boston’s talent or them being a serious challenge. Or Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia… there’s a lot of people that got better in the East.”
SVG then seemed to get more defensive about Heat questions as the interview progressed.
“Everybody has these great expectations, but the Celtics are the defending Eastern Conference champions. And they handed it to us pretty good in the playoffs last year. This whole idea of it’s everyone against the Heat … I mean, there’s a lot of people out there that can win the East. As far as competition, my focus is just that the East in general has improved a great deal. You look at what Chicago’s done – they’re a far better team. Washington, Philadelphia, Boston’s back, Miami’s clearly got the most notoriety. But the overall East is a lot more of a challenge than it has been. This isn’t about we’re getting together for camp and our theme is, ‘Beat the Heat.’ That’s ridiculous. There’s a lot of teams in the East. They’re not the standard bear.”
And don’t expect the Magic to be intimidated.
“I think the intimidation factor is overrated anyway. You get to this league, it’s more about people enjoy those kinds of challenges. I know our guys. The game’s you never have to worry about it as far as your guys being ready to play are games like that. Miami, Boston, Lakers … you don’t worry about those. They’re going to be ready to play … and I don’t think for the most part professional athletes are intimidated. They know how good other players are but they’re not intimidated.”
I can’t wait for one month from Friday. The first week of the season. The Miami Three-Heat make their home debut against. …
SVG and the Orlando Magic.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task, as it primarily consists of quotes and commentary from Stan Van Gundy regarding the Miami Heat and the competitive landscape of the NBA. Additionally, the procedural instructions are not well-structured or detailed enough to serve as a useful training resource for a language model focused on deeper reasoning, as the content lacks systematic guidance or a logical framework for analysis.


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Thursday: The Yankees not strongly pursuing Headley at the moment, according to Jon Heyman. That’s the kind of thing that can change in an instant though. A few more losses and they might go knock down San Diego’s door.
Tuesday: Via Jon Morosi: The Yankees are “regularly” scouting Padres third baseman Chase Headley. The switch-hitting 30-year-old has hit only .201/.289/.322 (79 wRC+) with six homers in 62 games while dealing with a herniated disc in his back this year. The Padres are awful and they just fired GM Josh Byrnes, so a fire sale seems imminent.
Headley will become a free agent after the season and at this point it seems unlikely San Diego will even make him a qualifying offer. He had a monster 2012 season (145 wRC+) and was still pretty good last year (113 wRC+), but this season has been a nightmare. The Yankees have gotten very little production from their non-first base infielders and acquiring Headley would be a (very) buy low move with the hope that getting him out of toxic (for hitters) Petco Park will kick start his offense. A good but not great prospect plus salary relief is fine with me.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps; rather, it offers commentary and analysis on the Yankees' interest in player Chase Headley without structured instructions for any specific task. Additionally, the suggestions regarding the player's acquisition and performance factors lack the detailed, methodical framework necessary to serve as effective procedural instructions for training a language model on deeper reasoning.


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You will know what it takes to start a blog as a business because I will show you the real side of blogging. I have been at it for about a year now and have found some key points that differentiate a successful blog from a not-so-successful one.
Yes, you can make a lot of money – I will show you examples of people making money from blogging, people that I know. And no, it does not matter if they are from the first world countries or third world. You will see the example of a blogger from the US, and a blogger from Pakistan, both making significant income from their blogs.
And let’s start from my favorite question, the why. Continue reading How to Start a Blog as a Business

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not present a clear sequence of ordered steps for starting a blog as a business but instead provides an overview and personal insights. Additionally, the instructions lack detailed, structured procedural content that would help in training a language model for deeper reasoning, as it primarily emphasizes personal experiences and examples rather than a systematic approach to blogging.


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GRAND HAVEN -- Like most serious soccer players involved, Waterloo, Ind., resident Amber Oster competed in Soccer in the Sand on Saturday at Grand Haven State Park to enjoy some sun and fun.
Her U18 girls team made the 185-mile trek to participate in the two-day soccer tournament, expected to draw nearly 5,000 people and 105 teams from three states.
"It seemed really fun," said Oster, who led her DeKalb High School team with 16 goals last season. "We practiced once in Indiana, but the sand was nothing like this. The sand is a lot fluffier here; it’s more packed in Indiana."
Oster, an MVP at DeKalb, received a soccer scholarship at Manchester College (Ind.) and will begin her studies next fall
"This is just an event that they choose to do for fun," said Soccer in the Sand founder Chris Lemay, who played at Eastern Michigan University. "About 98 percent of them play in local clubs and, most of the time, they’re competing in grass events, so this is like, ‘Let’s just go have fun, play and swim in between games.’
"It’s like a fair. It comes to town once a year."
In its fifth year at Grand Haven, Soccer in the Sand also exists in California, Florida, Oregon and Massachusetts.
Lemay, who played soccer at Troy High School as well, said the concept came to him during an airplane ride to San Diego, where he has lived for 12 years.
"I thought, ‘Why in this beautiful area of San Diego isn’t someone creating a tournament on the beach?’" said Lemay, whose parents live in Spring Lake. "Living in San Diego, I thought it’d be a novel idea for kids to play in a completely different setting and atmosphere. We’ve had a lot of interest, and I immediately started reaching different areas that could accommodate an event.
"After San Diego, I chose Grand Haven. I grew up in Michigan and my parents had a house in Spring Lake that we used to vacation at, and the Grand Haven beach is fantastic. When I was a kid, I used to go there with my buddies and play soccer and swim."
The five-on-five tournament consists of eight 35-by-25-yard fields stretched from the parking lot to Lake Michigan with plenty of fans milling in between.
"It’s really fun; you don’t have to be so serious," said Alex Prout, who starts ninth grade this fall at Grand Haven. "You get to hang out at the beach all day and be with your friends and goof around.
"It’s harder in the sand -- a lot more running and a lot more tiring. The sand is all different levels and hard to run in."
Prout, who has played soccer since age seven, scored a goal in her Grand Rapids Crew U15 team’s 7-3 first-round win.
"We’ll probably do this every single year," said Prout, in her second summer at Soccer in the Sand.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task. Instead, it focuses on the experiences of participants in a soccer tournament, lacking detailed procedural instructions that would be necessary for training a language model in deeper reasoning. The content is more narrative than instructional, failing to present information in a manner that encourages systematic learning or understanding through guided steps.