Young cancer survivor becomes top junior golfer

AUG. 5, 2013

12-year-old helps raise money for leukemia research, treatment

BY ROBERT DICKS

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Leukemia survivor Grace Chen helped establish a nonprofit association that raises money for leukemia research through golf-related activities.

"It's a relief that I can do what other kids do."

Grace Chen, 12, of Sunnyvale, Calif., was discussing how, since recovering from childhood leukemia, she can go to school, hang out with friends, watch TV ? basically have a normal life. Well, mostly normal. There aren't many other girls her age who can hit a golf ball 230 yards.

With 25 trophies scattered around her house, it's obvious that Grace has the whole golf thing down. It's been that way since she was 6 and in recovery from years of treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia, or ALL, at the Bass Center for Cancer and Childhood Blood Diseases at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

"My wife, Ni, and I wanted her to start doing something that would help her physically and mentally," said Grace's father, Weixing Chen. "Team sports weren't best because of the requirements for physical activity and the possibility of germs spreading between kids. So we figured golf ? with open, fresh air and beautiful settings ? would be right for her, and she could do it at her own pace and get good exercise."

Golf quickly became something more than just exercise. When Grace was just 7, she won five medals in five categories in a national competition. Recently, she made her fifth annual trip to the U.S. Kids Golf World Championship at Pinehurst, N.C. Gary Dahl, MD, a physician at Packard Children's, is not surprised.

"Grace represents a very important trend in leukemia treatments," said Dahl, who also is a professor of pediatric hematology and oncology at the School of Medicine. "In the early 1960s, before chemotherapy was used, only about 3 percent of patients like Grace were long-term survivors. But in the late '60s and through the '70s, we made major inroads in treatment. ALL now has a cure rate of around 90 percent, and other types, such as acute myeloid leukemia, have improved to rates of 65 percent."

Grace's Birdie for ALL team, a group of junior Bay Area golfers, is part of her Gracious Life Foundation, a nonprofit organization established in 2009 to raise awareness of childhood leukemia diseases and research. Birdie for ALL has supporters throughout the Bay Area who donate money for every birdie or better made by Grace and other team members. The group also hosts fundraising activities and holds golf-related events at Packard Children's, Ronald McDonald House at Stanford and Camp Okizu, a camp for children with cancer.

To date, Birdie for ALL has donated more than $6,000 to fund leukemia research and treatment at Stanford. In recognition of her efforts, Grace was named recipient of 2012 Peggy Kirk Bell award at last year's U.S. Kids Golf World Championship. Named after the women's golf pioneer, the award is given to a young golfer who is making a difference in his or her community.

Leukemia, a cancer of the blood that starts in the bone marrow, is the most common childhood cancer. It hit Grace hard at age 2. She was temporarily living in China with her grandparents while her parents, who were working in the Bay Area, flew back and forth. Her symptoms, including joint pain, fever and anemia, were classic. With a confirmed diagnosis, she flew to the Bay Area for treatment and came straight to Packard Children's from the airport.

"Grace couldn't speak English, and she was very frightened," Weixing said. "Once Dr. Dahl laid out the plan, she started receiving chemotherapy and dealing with all the side effects."

For Grace, the treatments and diagnostics could be unpleasant, especially the painful bone marrow aspirations to check the status of her blood cells. "I can't remember too much," said Grace, "but I remember the therapy, including the shots and then the ice cream afterward. I'm just really thankful to now be healthy."

With personal heroes like gold stars Yani Tseng and Phil Mickelson, is Grace envisioning a pro career? "I hope to play in high school, and my college dream is to go to Stanford, Princeton, Harvard or UCLA," Grace said. "For now, I think I want to wait and see how things go, but I do know one thing. I feel like golf has played a large role in helping me recover."

For more information about Grace Chen and the Gracious Life Foundation, visit http://www.birdieforall.org.

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Robert Dicks is the senior media relations director for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

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Former Ohio captive says she knew she'd escape

CLEVELAND (AP) ? Free and safe, one of three women kidnapped and raped over a decade in a ramshackle home smiled lightly as her tormentor was led out of court in chains, a method he had used to control them.

Michelle Knight, the first of the victims kidnapped after accepting a ride from Ariel Castro, spoke in a soft but determined voice Thursday in front of a judge who followed a plea deal and gave Castro life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years.

"We said we'll all get out alive someday, and we did," Knight said.

"You took 11 years of my life away, and I have got it back," she said in the hushed courtroom. "I spent 11 years in hell. Now your hell is just beginning."

Knight, who spoke just a few feet from Castro in the courtroom, finished her statement and returned to her seat without looking at him. Earlier, he had tried to make eye contact, but deputies quickly stepped into his line of vision.

Knight, 32, belittled Castro's routine of going to church and returning to abuse the women in the darkened Cleveland home, which was equipped with chains, locked doors and windows boarded up from the inside.

"What does God think of you hypocritically going to church each Sunday and then coming home to torture us?" she said. "The death penalty would be the easy way out. You don't deserve that. We want you to spend the rest of your life in prison."

Castro, a 53-year-old former school bus driver, pleaded guilty last week to 937 counts including aggravated murder, kidnapping, rape and assault. A deal struck with prosecutors spared him from a possible death sentence for beating and starving Knight until she miscarried.

Castro apologized to his victims briefly in a rambling, defiant statement before he was sentenced, quibbling with the judge on whether rape is a violent crime. As people in the gallery watched wide-eyed, Castro repeatedly blamed his sex addiction, his former wife and others while claiming most of the sex was consensual and the women he held were never tortured.

"These people are trying to paint me as a monster," he said. "I'm not a monster. I'm sick."

He pointed out that the FBI was once close to him when agents talked with his daughter, who was walking home with victim Gina DeJesus on the day she disappeared.

"The FBI let these girls down when they questioned my daughter," he said. "They failed to question me."

He also said he was never abusive until he met his former wife, who is now dead.

"I am not a violent person," Castro said repeatedly.

Assistant prosecutor Anna Faraglia said Knight's appearance in court showed her resilience.

"She will survive, but she has gone through a lot of physical and emotional pain," Faraglia said.

All three women were willing to testify at trial about their ordeals if needed, she said.

The three women disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16 and 20 years old. Each had accepted a ride from Castro. They escaped May 6, when Amanda Berry, now 27, broke part of a door to Castro's house in a tough neighborhood and yelled to neighbors for help. Castro was arrested that evening.

The escape electrified Cleveland, where photos of the missing women still hung on utility posts. Elation turned to despair as details of their ordeal emerged.

At the sentencing, prosecutors detailed Castro's repeated sexual assaults and how he chained the women and denied them food or fresh air. They displayed photos that gave a first glimpse inside the rooms where the women lived.

Stuffed animals lined the bed and crayon drawings were taped to the wall where Berry lived with her young daughter, who was fathered by Castro. One of the drawings on a shelf said, "Happy Birthday."

But in the room, the window was boarded shut and door knobs had been removed and replaced with multiple locks. Saucer-size holes in inside doors were meant for circulation.

Another room, shared by Knight and DeJesus, had a portable toilet, a clock radio and several chains.

Prosecutors said the women were chained to a pole in the basement and to a bedroom heater. One woman had a motorcycle helmet placed on her head while chained in the basement; later, when she tried to escape, she had a vacuum cleaner cord wrapped around her neck.

FBI agent Andrew Burke said Castro would occasionally pay his victims after raping them. But he then would require them to pay him if they wanted something special from the store.

Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said in a court filing that the women kept diaries.

"The entries speak of forced sexual conduct, of being locked in a dark room, of anticipating the next session of abuse, of the dreams of someday escaping and being reunited with family, of being chained to a wall, of being held like a prisoner of war ... of being treated like an animal," the filing said.

Knight was lured into Castro's house with the promise of a puppy for her young son. She said she cried every night and her years in captivity "turned into eternity."

"He tormented me constantly, especially on holidays," Knight said. "Christmas was the most traumatic day because I didn't get to spend it with my son."

She sat quietly as Castro claimed the women lived happy lives with him.

"We had a lot of harmony that went on in that home," Castro said.

Castro called his daughter with Berry a "miracle child" and argued with the judge that he didn't commit a violent crime.

Once Castro finished, Judge Michael Russo thanked Knight for showing "remarkable restraint" during his statement. The judge then dismissed Castro's claims that the women lived happy lives with him.

"I'm not sure there's anyone in America that would agree with you," he said.

None of Castro's relatives was in the courtroom. Berry and DeJesus also stayed away. Instead, their family members read statements on their behalf.

"We stand before you and promise you that our beloved family member thrives," said Sylvia Colon, DeJesus' cousin. "She laughs, swims, dances and, more importantly, she loves and is loved."

Outside court, assistant prosecutor Blaise Thomas responded to Castro's claim of creating a harmonious family life for the women by recounting how Castro cried several days ago when he signed over the deed to his house as part of the plea deal. Castro was sorry to lose the house and mentioned "the many happy memories" he had there with the three women, Thomas said.

"That's how he views the world," she said. "That's how distorted and twisted he is."

The house, a drive-by attraction, has been fenced off and under police guard since the women escaped and will be demolished.

The women have begun emerging from the privacy they had sought after they escaped to freedom.

Berry made a surprise onstage appearance at a rap concert last weekend, and DeJesus made a few televised comments as a privacy fence was being erected around her house.

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Seewer reported from Toledo. Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/former-ohio-captive-says-she-knew-shed-escape-063848798.html

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Erwin Chemerinsky: The future of marriage equality in California

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Even Google Reader Replacements Are Shutting Down

When Google Reader finally closed its doors, it shoved thousands of teary-eyed RSS fans into cyberspace, adrift, where we flailed around desperately for a suitable replacement. Many services rose to the challenge, but the incoming wave was a lot to handle. Too much for one of our favorite alternatives?The Old Reader?which is taking a page from Googs and shutting down as well.

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Eminem's 'Not Afraid' hand-picked by LeBron James to be in NBA 2K14; view complete song list

DETROIT, MI - Apparently Eminem has a huge fan in two-time NBA champion LeBron James.

James reportedly hand-picked Slim Shady's song "Not Afraid" for the sound track of the new "NBA 2K14 video game, according to various reports - including the website Gamespot.

The complete list of songs, picked by James, that are expected to be featured in the game (it's set for an Oct. 25 release):

Big Krit - "Cool 2 be Southern"
Cris Cab - "Paradise (On Earth)"
Coldplay - "Lost!"
Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams), - "Get Lucky"
Drake - "Started From The Bottom"
Eminem - "Not Afraid"
Fly Union - "Long Run"
Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood"
Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive"
Jada Kiss (feat. Ayanna Irish) - "Can't Stop Me"
Jay Z - "The Ruler's Back"
John Legend (feat. Rick Ross) - "Who Do We Think We Are"
Kanye West - "All Of The Lights"
Kendrick Lamar - "Now Or Never"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Ray Dalton) - "Can't Hold Us"
Nas (feat. Puff Daddy) - "Hate Me Now"
Phil Collins - "In The Air Tonight"
Robin Thicke (feat. Pharrell) - "Blurred Lines"
The Black Keys - "Elevator"
The Black Keys - "Howlin' For You"

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Microsoft Introduces UK Child Abuse Warning

Microsoft has introduced the UK?s first pop-up facility activated by anyone searching the Internet for child abuse images.

The Bing notification platform is intended to help stop anyone who may be drifting towards finding illegal content on the Internet through search engines.

When a search term is typed into Bing which indicates users are interested in child abuse images, an on-screen notification will be activated.

Warning: the screen that will greet users who search for abuse images

As well as warning users that child abuse images are illegal, the pop-up will link to the Stopitnow.org website which provides counselling for people addicted to looking at abuse images.

In a statement, Microsoft said: "Microsoft remain a strong proponent of proactive action by the technology industry in the fight against child exploitation.?

"The Bing Notification Platform is just one way Microsoft is working to tackle the scourge of online child abuse content.

David Cameron has threatened tough new laws on internet service providers

"In addition, we have teams dedicated globally to abuse reporting on our services and the development of new innovations to combat child exploitation more broadly".

The Bing Notification Platform is triggered by search terms on a list provided by the The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), Microsoft said.

Andy Baker, CEOP's deputy chief executive, welcomed the creation of the device but said it was the first step towards blocking access to the illegal images and videos, and protect children.

He called on the industry to "take ownership" of the problem.

"While the Bing project isn't the whole solution, I hope it goes some way to making those who are curious about searching for indecent images think again," he said.

Research by Experian last December showed that Bing had a 4.99% share of the UK search engine market, which is dominated by Google and its 88.3% market share.

Microsoft's PhotoDNA technology is already widely used by Internet service providers and police to help prevent the proliferation of "some of the worst" illegal images online and to identify and rescue victims.

The move comes after David Cameron this week threatened to impose tough new laws on internet giants if they fail to blacklist key search terms for abuse images by October as part a crackdown on online porn.

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Yankees get Soriano from Cubs, put him in lineup

NEW YORK (AP) ? Alfonso Soriano took one look around Yankee Stadium and broke into a big, familiar smile.

"This is my house, this is my home," he said. "I'm happy I have the opportunity to come back to New York ? 10 years."

The New York Yankees reacquired Soriano in a trade with the Chicago Cubs on Friday, hoping the seven-time All-Star can provide a power boost to a team that desperately needs pop.

Soriano went 0 for 5, scored a run and drove in one while batting cleanup in a 10-6 loss to Tampa Bay. He flied out with the bases loaded to end the third inning, then grounded into a forceout with the bases loaded in the ninth.

"It's a good day for me today to have a chance to put on the uniform again," he said.

"I hope we have a better chance tomorrow," he said. "It's a tough day tonight."

Soriano did more with his glove, catching a fly to start the game, making a throw to help nail a runner and running down a foul ball. It was the first time he played outfield for the Yankees.

"It's a little different, because, in the old one, I used to play second base. In the new one, I play left field now," he said.

The Cubs got minor league pitcher Corey Black and will send almost $17.7 million to the Yankees to cover much of Soriano's rich contract.

"We've obviously been trying to improve our offense, to no avail, throughout this season," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "By far, he is the best available bat to date."

Soriano outhomered the Yankees all by himself (10-8) in the four weeks prior to the deal. Overall, the 37-year-old hit .254 with 17 homers and 51 RBIs with the Cubs.

The Bronx Bombers led the majors with 245 home runs last year, but have become the Bronx burn-outs this season, ranking next-to-last in the AL with only 88. Banged up, they've played most of the year without Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.

Their slump from the right side ? Soriano hits righty ? is even more acute. It's been a month since a right-hander homered for the Yankees, with Jayson Nix the last to do it on June 25.

Soriano got a big ovation when the public-address announcer read the lineups and welcomed him with "and once again a Yankee." Soriano saluted the stadium's Bleacher Creatures during their roll call, and was cheered again when his past Yankees highlights were shown on the video board.

Wearing his socks high, Soriano got an assist when his throw led to an inning-ending out in the top of the second. He led off the bottom half and flied out.

Soriano made his major league debut with the Yankees in 1999 and quickly blossomed into a rare package of speed and power. In 2002, he hit 39 homers and 51 doubles while batting .300, stealing 41 bases, scoring 128 runs and driving in 102.

"He's not the same player he used to be," Cashman said, "but he certainly provides some thunder from the right side that we've been lacking."

Cashman hinted, too, that more deals might be in the works.

The Yankees are 54-49 and in fourth place in the AL East, seven games behind division-leading Tampa Bay.

Soriano got his old No. 12, with Vernon Wells shifting to No. 22. The Yankees optioned outfielder Thomas Neal to Triple-A to make room for Soriano.

Soriano waived his no-trade clause to rejoin his old team. He was popular with teammates and fans for five seasons before New York traded him to Texas in a deal for Rodriguez.

"He's played there before," Granderson said earlier in the day at the team's spring training complex in Tampa, Fla. "That's one thing that is a difficult thing to adjust to."

"You've got to come to New York and can you handle it, can you not? Obviously he had in the past," he said.

Soriano has never played a regular-season game at the new Yankee Stadium. He did, however, hit a home run in his lone game at the ballpark ? in April 2009, the Cubs played a pair of exhibition games at Yankee Stadium before the official opener.

Soriano has hit 389 career home runs while playing for the Yankees, Texas, Washington and the Cubs.

In the 2001 World Series, Soriano hit a home run that almost became part of the Yankees' lore. His go-ahead shot in the eighth inning off Curt Schilling in Game 7 put New York close to another championship, but Arizona rallied in the ninth to win it.

A free swinger, Soriano is known more for power than getting on base. He's drawn just 15 walks in 93 games this season.

The deal was the latest move for the Cubs before the July 31 deadline for trades without waivers. This month, they traded pitcher Matt Garza to Texas and pitcher Scott Feldman to Baltimore.

Chicago was fourth in the NL Central at 45-55 when it made the deal. Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said Soriano impressed him, on and off the field.

"I think when I came here, for some reason I was under the impression that he would be a negative in the clubhouse and someone that was out for himself, someone who didn't play the game hard all the time. I was quickly disavowed of that notion," Epstein said.

"The first time we met with him, we asked him to work on his defense. We asked him to run the bases hard. We asked him to run balls out. We asked him to be a good example for the younger players, and we asked him to always play the game hard and to try to win the fans back over and be a leader in the clubhouse. He said, OK, and he went out and did it."

Epstein called Soriano "an ultimate pro" and said it was good to trade him now, rather than someday when he wasn't an everyday guy.

"That's always a really difficult transition for an elite player, a superstar player, in the final innings of his career. That's a difficult transition to make and it can often kind of muddy the waters a little bit," Epstein said.

"He really leaves at the right time with his head held high. And we can all be proud of the career he had as a Cub," he said.

The 21-year-old Black was 3-8 with a 4.25 ERA in 19 starts for Class A Tampa. The right-hander is averaging 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings in his first full pro season.

Chicago will pay $17,688,524 of the $24,491,803 remaining on Soriano's $136 million, eight-year contract.

The Yankees will pay a total of $6,803,279: a prorated rate of $5 million for this year's $18 million salary and $5 million of Soriano's $18 million salary in 2014, the final season of the deal.

"I think he's a great addition. One of my favorite teammates of all-time," said Teixeira, who played with Soriano in Texas in 2004-05.

"I love the move. We need a right-handed bat, obviously. We need that thump. We need to score a few more runs, and he's one of those guys that can beat you with one swing," he said.

Soriano needs 11 hits to reach 2,000 lifetime. His career leadoff home runs are second most in history to Rickey Henderson's 81.

NOTES: The Yankees said Jeter (strained right quadriceps) is going to play a simulated game Saturday, the day he is eligible to come off the disabled list. He was set to see a doctor Friday. ... Teixeira, who's had season-ending surgery on his right wrist, expects to begin his offseason training program in November and start swinging a bat in January, both right on schedule.

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AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum, AP Sports Writer Andrew Seligman in Bourbonnais, Ill., and AP freelancer Mark Didtler in Tampa, Fla., contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/yankees-soriano-cubs-put-him-lineup-211538522.html

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benedict cumberbatch marries two men in Ibiza wedding

SHERLOCK?S Benedict Cumberbatch has added a new string to his bow ? officiating at gay weddings.

The actor oversaw the civil ceremony of two male pals in Ibiza on Saturday night ? and it went down a treat.

Benedict ? previously voted The Sun?s sexiest man ? revealed it was the first time he had done it, saying he agreed because it was for an old friend.

He said: ?It?s a very private, lovely thing to be asked to do.

?Of course I?m going to make a joke after it if it goes well ? ?I do weddings. Next will be children?s parties and bat mitzvahs?.

?It?s a mainly Jewish and gay audience so hopefully they will be lenient towards me.?

Fellow wedding guest, writer Julie Burchill, raved about the wedding between the two unnamed men.

She said: ?The hotel was lush, the bridegrooms were beautiful, and the man who married them (to each other) was Benedict Cumberbatch ? so yes, it was quite a blast.?

Benedict arrived in Ibiza on Friday ? his 37th birthday ? after finding out he had been nominated for an Emmy for his role in the BBC?s Parade?s End.

And he joked that the bash would be a double celebration.

He said: ?My friend doesn?t even know this.

?I?ve been so busy trying to get luggage from one airport to another, I haven?t even gotten around to telling him. I managed to tell my mum and dad, who are over the moon.?

Benedict took the short break in between filming the new series of Sherlock, which is just about to start shooting the third episode.

He said: ?I just got the script and it?s another early birthday present, because it is amazing.

?I don?t want to hype it too much because we haven?t made it yet but what a script!

?Steven Moffat is brilliant. We shoot in about a week and a half?s time.

?We?re on Sherlock for four weeks into early September. So it?s a good time. It?s a very, very exciting time to be me. I?m really lucky.? The telly star also let slip he will be filming the series for several more years.

Benedict said: ?We?ve agreed to two more series but I could get into trouble for saying that.?

In a recorded message played at the US Comic Con event, he added: ?It?s been so much fun, the scripts have been such a delight. I can?t wait for you to see it.?

And he joked that he would give away how Sherlock survived ?dying? at the end of series two.

He said: ?I?m on holiday at the moment and having for pretty much two years of my life not been able to talk in detail about who I?m playing, what I?m doing, what my character does, and how he does it. I just think, ?F*** it, I?m going to tell you how Sherlock survived?.?

Starting to explain the scenario, the signal on the recorded message then starts to go, and all Benedict can be heard saying is ?cabbage,? ?teabag? and ?helicopter?.

Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/5030358/benedict-cumberbatch-marries-two-men-in-Ibiza-wedding.html

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Twitter Reacts: The Most Important #Braun Tweets

Since news broke of Ryan Braun's suspension, Twitter has been aflutter with #Braun, #shock, #dismay, #angerparades! and #cantwaittogetARODnext. Here are some highlights:

First off, despite the fact that Ryan Braun is a very, very rich man, I don't think many people would be eager to switch places with him at the moment.

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Braun won't be going next door to borrow milk anytime soon.?

Speaking of milk...

You can always count on Tosh to take it up a notch.

And for Jim Rome to manage to come out looking like the jerk no matter the situation.

Don't worry Braun, you've always got a friend in... John Daly?

And your surprisingly lean figure.

Courtesy of Rachel Nichols, the best quote of this entire story has to be from Marlin' Logan Morrison.

Now come on guys, what are you waiting for?! #letsgogetAROD!

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Marlon Samuels feels Pakistan have a high-class bowling line-up ...

Marlon Samuels feels Pakistan have a high-class bowling line-up ? Cricket news

Marlon Samuels, the West Indian batsman, believes that Pakistan possess a high-class bowling line-up and feels that being able to rotate the strike more often was the key for him in the fourth fixture of the on-going One Day International (ODI) series.

The cricketer from Jamaica struggled in the initial half of the series to cope with Pakistan?s bowling attack, which has some brilliant bowlers like Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan and Shahid Afridi in its ranks. The right-hander, however, rose to the occasion in the fourth match at St. Lucia and blasted a brilliant hundred to help his team post a competitive total of 261 runs on the board in their allotted 49 overs.

Pakistani batsmen however batted out of their skins and chased down the total with six wickets to spare, in what was a rain affected match.

The middle-order batsman praised the quality of Pakistan?s bowling but said that he has assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the Green Shirts' bowling.

Samuels said, ?They [Pakistan] have a high-class bowling attack but when I see a bowling attack two or three times, I sum it up properly. I've been watching a lot of tapes with Richard Berridge [video and statistical analyst] and by just summing them up, I realised who I'm going to target and who I'm not going to target and get as much singles as possible, so I batted to a plan today and it actually worked.?

The hard-hitting batsman is disappointed to have finished on the losing side but he claims that the result of the fourth match could have been different if rain had not intervened in Pakistan?s innings, which reduced their target to 189 runs off 31 overs.

?It was a lot of runs on the board and the Pakistan batting has not been clicking consistently. We know we have quality bowlers,? he added.

The final ODI of the battle between two very exciting teams is going to be played on Wednesday at the same venue, with the tourists looking to maintain their ascendency and the home team keen to square the series. The ODIs are going to be followed by a couple of T20 Internationals. ?

Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Marlon-Samuels-feels-Pakistan-have-a-high-class-bowling-line-up-Cricket-news-a217783

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Shell Strikes Oil in Gulf of Mexico

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Royal Dutch Shell plc announced Wednesday in The Hague, Netherlands, that its Vicksburg deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico has been a success, having encountered more than 500 feet of net oil pay after being drilled to a depth of 26,385 feet. Shell said that, in total, the Vicksburg A discovery ? located 75 miles offshore in the De Soto Canyon Block 393 ? is estimated to contain potentially recoverable resources of more than 100 million barrels of oil equivalent. The discovery adds to the 500 million barrels of oil equivalent in potentially recoverable resources that have alr...

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Bill would prevent military pay during pre-trial confinement

Service members in pre-trial confinement for serious crimes ? including rape, sexual assault and murder ? would have their military pay and allowances suspended, under legislation introduced Monday.

Withheld money could end up going to the victim of the crime under the terms of the bill, HR 2777.

The Stop Pay for Violent Offenders Act is aimed at accused service members such as Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, the suspect in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, who has continued to receive his military pay while in custody. Hasan?s trial is now under way in Texas.

The bill?s chief sponsor, Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., said the fact Hasan still receives pay is ?outrageous.? Griffin is an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel who has been a judge advocate since 1996. He worked in the White House during the George W. Bush presidency as a special assistant for political affairs.

Under the bill, military leaders would decide whether to suspend all or just part of pay and allowances during confinement. A waiver could be requested, but would have to be done within seven days.

The bill does not specifically address what would happen to the pay and allowances of a service member with a family that depended on it as the sole source of income, but this is one of the issues that could be covered by a waiver.

A statement from Griffin?s office said a waiver also could be used in instances when a service member can provide affidavits or other evidence to show they may have been falsely accused.

The bill allows, but does not require, a formal hearing to consider waiver requests.

If a service member is acquitted of charges, or if they are convicted but their sentence is commuted or suspended, they would receive full back pay and allowances. If they are convicted, the withheld pay would be provided to the victim or victims of the crime.

The fate of the bill is unclear. It was referred to the House Armed Services Committee, which is responsible for military criminal law. However, this committee generally wraps all of its legislation for the year into a single defense policy bill, which already has passed the committee and the full House of Representatives. The bill may sit until next year before getting serious attention.

A cosponsor, Rep Frank Wolf, R-Va., said withholding pay of service members in pre-trial confinement makes sense because similar rules already apply to federal law enforcement officers in similar situations.

?This bill would correct a huge oversight that has allowed military personnel charged with a serious crime to continue to receive their pay while awaiting trial,? Wolf said.

Former Army judge advocate Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., said there is a sense of justice involved. ?How can we justify the fact that the victims of the Fort Hood attack and their families are fighting to get the benefits they deserve, while taxpayers have paid Nidal Hassan almost $300,000 to sit in a jail cell? This is unconscionable.?

Source: http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130723/NEWS05/307230034

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Newest Review:?... far I have not witnessed any lag or crashes. When my nephew visits he uses the Laptop for flash and Java games like Runescape furthermore h... more

I bought this laptop as a family laptop for everyone in the households basic needs i.e Emailing, buying things online, Social networking and so on and for those applications it is extremely good! It performs well and so far I have not witnessed any lag or crashes. When my nephew visits he uses the Laptop for flash and Java games like Runescape furthermore he enjoys skyping with his friends (Which is faciilitated by the pre installed webcam and mic) and from what I have seen the machine seems to handle these features extremely well! He looks like hes having a lot of fun too! One thing I am particularly pleased with is the Laptops DVD writer as I take many home videos as do other people in my family and we can now Burn our memories onto disc in case of hard drive failures. one final thing I am particularly pleased with on this machine is the Finger Print reader it is extremely cool as a novelty and makes logging into my PC fun quick and easy!

Summary: Very good as a home laptop copes extremely well with most tasks!

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