UGA baseball splits doubleheader with Belmont after giving up 17 hits in Game 2

A wet, cold and miserable Saturday at Foley Field brought a mixed bag of results to the Georgia baseball team.

The Bulldogs used four pitchers to hold Belmont to one hit as Georgia won the first game of a doubleheader 2-1 in 10 innings to stop a three-game losing skid. But Belmont scratched out nine infield singles to help itself to an 11-10 win in Game 2.

?It was good to show some fight, which we?ve been lacking all season,? Georgia shortstop Kyle Farmer said. ?We hung in there in the second game. It was awesome to come back with some runs after giving up a big inning. Sometimes we?ve been going three-up, three-down in those innings. But tonight we came back and put some hits together and got some runs.?

Georgia (2-4) and Belmont (4-2) will play the rubber match of the three-game series starting at 2 p.m. today at Foley Field.

Unusual plays were the deciding factor in both of Saturday?s games and the chilly, misty weather played a part in much of it.

Georgia won Game 1 after Belmont right fielder Drew Turner slipped on the damp grass and Curt Powell?s line drive rolled past him to the wall for a triple to lead off the 10th inning. Powell scored on Farmer?s sacrifice fly to give Georgia the walk-off win.

In the second game, Belmont?s 17 hits included 16 singles and nine of those were on the infield. Belmont scored four of its six runs in the third inning on bases-loaded infield hits.

?I don?t think I?ve ever been involved in a game like that,? Georgia pitcher/outfielder Jared Walsh said of Game 2. ?That was unreal. It seemed like every time the ball just floated right through the infield and right in front of us. But we?ve probably got some of those coming our way and we?re excited about that.?

Georgia?s pitching was strong in Game 1 with one glaring exception. Starter Sean McLaughlin along with relievers Blake Dieterich, Jarrett Brown and Walsh combined to limit Belmont to one hit in 10 innings. But that one hit was a home run by Matt Beaty that eventually forced the game into extra innings. Walsh (1-1) pitched a scoreless 10th to earn his first win of the season. Walsh also had an RBI groundout in the first inning of Game 1.

Powell started the 10th inning with a sinking line drive to right field. Turner slipped as he came up to field the ball on the short-hop and the ball rolled past him to the wall, which enabled Powell to get a triple. Farmer brought home Powell with a sacrifice fly to secure the win.

?I hit it and it looked like the fielder just got caught in between and couldn?t decide if he wanted to block it or try to dive for it,? Powell said. ?Luckily for us it skipped past him and Farmer came up big. I saw it skip past him and I just put down my head and told myself I?ve got to get to third and give Farmer a chance.?

Georgia?s prospects looked good to start the second game as it took a 4-1 lead into the third inning. But Belmont retaliated with six runs on seven hits, including four infield hits, plus a walk to take a 7-4 lead and never trailed again.

?It seemed like they saved up some hits from that first game,? Georgia coach David Perno said. ?It was unfortunate. But we created some of that chaos on our own. We went out there. They made some mistakes and we took advantage and had a good lead. Patrick (Boling) is in a good place. He goes out there and it just kind of unraveled on him. (Bryan) Benzor came in and made some good pitches but they found some holes. That happens when you?ve created on your own.?

Belmont picked up a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly to take an 8-4 lead. Georgia scratched back to within a run in bottom of the seventh as Walsh and Daniel Nichols had RBI hits. Brett DeLoach?s RBI groundout to score Farmer pulled Georgia within 8-7 going to the top of the eighth.

?We?re know our offense is there,? Powell said. ?Shoot, we hit the ball well all fall so it?s just a matter of time. Today we kind of showed a little bit of what we can do when we put the ball in play and put some pressure on the other team. I think we?re in there for the long haul.?

Belmont all but put the game away with five hits and three runs with a walk and a wild pitch by Grant Earls to take an 11-7 lead going into the ninth.

?The eighth inning is the one that really ticks me off,? Perno said. ?At that time we?re in good position considering that you?ve given up six earlier. We felt really good about things but that changed everything. That made it tough, but I was proud of us the way we came back.?

Brett DeLoach hit an RBI double and J.T. Phillips had a two-RBI single as Georgia scored three in the bottom of the ninth to fall one run short.

DeLoach and Walsh each had three hits and two RBIs in Game 2. Nelson Ward had three hits and one RBI. Patrick Boling (0-2) allowed six hits and six runs (five earned) to take the loss.

Belmont?s Scott Moses and Neil Hickman each had three hits. Hickman had two RBIs while Jared Breen also had two RBIs in Game 2.

Notes: Walsh?s RBI groundout in the second inning of Game 1 was the first time this season that Georgia has scored a game?s first run. Georgia also scored the first run of Game 2. ... Walsh set a career high with three hits in Game 2. ... Justin Bryant broke a 0-for-13 hitting streak with a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning of Game 2. ... Georgia had three double plays and two base runners picked off of first in Game 1. ... Dylan Cole pitched the ninth to become the first Bulldog to pitch both for and against Georgia in Foley Field since Craig Gullickson in 2011. Cole is a transfer from Furman and Gullickson was a transfer from Clemson.

Source: http://onlineathens.com/sports/college-sports/2013-02-23/uga-baseball-splits-doubleheader-belmont-after-giving-17-hits-game

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NRA Uses Justice Department Memo To Accuse Obama On Guns

WASHINGTON -- The National Rifle Association is using a Justice Department memo it obtained to argue in ads that the Obama administration believes its gun control plans won't work unless the government seizes firearms and requires national gun registration ? ideas the White House has not proposed and does not support.

The NRA's assertion and its obtaining of the memo in the first place underscore the no-holds-barred battle under way as Washington's fight over gun restrictions heats up.

The memo, under the name of one of the Justice Department's leading crime researchers, critiques the effectiveness of gun control proposals, including some of President Barack Obama's. A Justice Department official called the memo an unfinished review of gun violence research and said it does not represent administration policy.

The memo says requiring background checks for more gun purchases could help, but also could lead to more illicit weapons sales. It says banning assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines produced in the future but exempting those already owned by the public, as Obama has proposed, would have limited impact because people now own so many of those items.

It also says that even total elimination of assault weapons would have little overall effect on gun killings because assault weapons account for a limited proportion of those crimes.

The nine-page document says the success of universal background checks would depend in part on "requiring gun registration," and says gun buybacks would not be effective "unless massive and coupled with a ban."

The administration has not proposed gun registration, buybacks or banning all firearms. But gun registration and ownership curbs are hot-button issues for the NRA and other gun-rights groups, which strenuously oppose the ideas.

Justice Department and White House officials declined to provide much information about the memo or answer questions about it on the record.

The memo has the look of a preliminary document and calls itself "a cursory summary" and assessment of gun curb initiatives. The administration has not release it officially.

But the NRA has posted the memo on one of its websites and cites it in advertising aimed at whipping up opposition to Obama's efforts to contain gun violence. The ad says the paper shows that the administration "believes that a gun ban will not work without mandatory gun confiscation" and thinks universal background checks "won't work without requiring national gun registration" ? ideas the president has not proposed or expressed support for.

"Still think President Obama's proposals sound reasonable?" Chris W. Cox, the NRA's chief Washington lobbyist, says in the ad.

Last month, White House spokesman Jay Carney said none of Obama's proposals "would take away a gun from a single law-abiding American." Other administration officials have said their plans would not result in gun seizures or a national gun registry.

A Justice Department official who would only discuss the issue on condition of anonymity said the NRA ad misrepresents Obama's gun proposals and that the administration has never backed a gun registry or gun confiscation.

While the memo's analysis of gun curb proposals presents no new findings, it is unusual for a federal agency document to surface that raises questions about a president's plans during debate on a high-profile issue such as restricting firearms.

Obama wants to ban assault weapons and ammunition magazines exceeding 10 rounds that are produced in the future. He wants universal background checks for nearly all gun purchases. Today, checks are only mandatory on sales by federally licensed gun dealers, not transactions at gun shows or other private sales.

His plan also includes tougher federal laws against gun trafficking and straw purchases, which occur when a person legally buys a firearm but sells it to a criminal or someone else barred from owning a weapon.

Interest in the gun issue has intensified since the December shootings in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 first-graders and six staffers at an elementary school. The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee plans to write legislation addressing some of Obama's proposals in the next week or two.

The NRA's Cox declined to say how his organization obtained the memo.

He said the commercial is running online in 15 states, including many Republican-leaning states where Democrats will defend Senate seats next year, such as Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. There are also ads in papers in five states.

The memo was written under the name of Greg Ridgeway, acting director of the National Institute of Justice, the Justice Department's research arm. It is dated Jan. 4, nearly two weeks before Obama announced his plan for restricting guns, and Ridgeway's first day as acting chief.

Justice Department officials said Ridgeway was not granting interviews. He came to the institute last July from the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research institution where he studied criminal justice issues, and has a Ph.D. in statistics.

The memo says straw purchases and gun thefts are the largest sources of firearms used in crimes, and that such transactions "would most likely become larger if background checks at gun shows and private sellers were addressed."

Gun control supporters said the NRA ad and the Justice memo don't mention that the current federal background check system blocked gun sales to 2.1 million criminals and others barred from owning guns between 1994, when the checks began, and 2010. Also ignored is that Obama has proposed cracking down on straw purchases to prevent a growth in illegal transactions, they said.

Advocates of restricting guns also said the memo omitted mention of several studies that affirm the effectiveness of firearms curbs. These include a 2010 police group analysis showing more than one-third of police departments found increased criminal use of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines since the 2004 expiration of the ban on those items.

"It doesn't appear to be a serious discussion of gun violence prevention policy, never mind an expression of administration policy," said Joshua Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.

The memo says that out of 11,000 annual gun homicides, an average of 35 deaths yearly are from mass shootings, defined as those with four or more victims.

"Policies that address the larger firearm homicide issue will have a far greater impact even if they do not address the particular issues of mass shootings," it says.

It says there were an estimated 1.5 million assault weapons before the 10-year ban on those firearms began in 1994, so their sheer number would weaken a new ban exempting existing weapons. Such guns accounted for just 2 percent to 8 percent of crimes before the 1994 ban, so eliminating assault weapons "would not have a large impact on gun homicides," the memo said.

Recent data on the assault weapons ban impact is scarce because since the 1990s, Congress has blocked most federal research on the effect that firearms have on public health. As part of the gun restrictions Obama proposed last month, he ordered federal scientific agencies to research gun violence.

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Online:

White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/preventing-gun-violence

National Rifle Association: http://home.nra.org

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Sony bags Katrina Kaif as brand ambassador for Xperia Smartphones

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Sony India has announced Katrina Kaif as its Brand Ambassador for Xperia range of Smartphones. ?Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor was announced as Sony?s brand ambassador, when Sony Ericsson XPERIA and VIVAZ phones were first launched in India back in 2010. Sony aims to?boost the brand?s visibility in India with this new signup. Katrina Kaif was seen launching the BlackBerry Curve 9220 in India last year, but Ranbir Kapoor was roped in as the BlackBerry brand ambassador last year.

Sony also announced that it plans to triple its investment to Rs. 300 crore for Xperia marketing in FY13 (April 2013 to March 2014). Katrina Kaif would be centerpiece for their print and electronic advertisement campaign, and Sony will also launch an outdoor campaign, enhance shop-front display,?organize?roadshows and use cinema and digital platforms.?Sony has signed the agreement for two years initially with the Bollywood celebrity, and Katrina Kaif will be seen endorsing Xperia starting March, 2013.

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College Board names Bill LaForge as presidential pick for Delta State

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Though he's been away from Delta State University for decades, William "Bill" LaForge says he's "green and white, through and through."

Now he's likely to get a chance to show his college colors all the time as president of the Cleveland, Miss., school.

LaForge, a 62-year-old Washington, D.C., lobbyist who is the former president of Delta State's alumni association was nominated by the College Board Friday to be the eighth president of the 4,800-student university.

Thursday, LaForge will meet with campus groups in Cleveland. After the campus sessions, the College Board will vote on confirming him.

Board members held closed meetings in recent weeks to interview seven candidates recommended by a campus search committee. No other names were released.

John Hilpert, who has led the school since 2003, announced his retirement last year. He's the longest serving president of a public university in Mississippi.

LaForge, a former chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., has taught part-time college classes for 30 years and been a visiting law professor in Russia, Poland and Bulgaria. But he's never worked full time for a university.

"I'm a nontraditional candidate for a university, definitely, and this is a career direction change for me," he told reporters in a phone interview after the announcement. "I have not been in higher education administration and I hope to be able to translate the skill sets I have."

LaForge grew up in Cleveland and is the son of William F. LaForge, who was a professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Delta State. The school's Roberts-LaForge Library honors his late father's service.

"Cleveland and Delta State is my true home," said LaForge, who was president of the student government association as an undergraduate.

Board leaders say that despite LaForge's lack of academic experience, they think he's the right choice. LaForge's main missions will be to increase enrollment at the school and raise more money. The student total has fallen for the last five years, even as state aid to higher education has dipped.

"We need to improve access, we need to keep college education affordable," said trustee Alan Perry, who led the College Board's search. "In order to do that we need to increase enrollment or at least stabilize it."

Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds said LaForge, who was Delta State's alumnus of the year in 1992, will bring valuable ties to other graduates.

"We think he will have the ability to raise money," Bounds said. "We think he has the ability to inspire those alums to go out and recruit students."

LaForge said he hopes to increase student recruitment in the Memphis, Tenn., area, Arkansas' Delta region and possibly in northeast Louisiana. He also said he hoped his international ties could help bring students from abroad.

A private lobbyist since 1990, LaForge would be the second former Cochran chief of staff leading a Mississippi school. The board named Mark Keenum as Mississippi State University president in 2009.

"Our senior senator gave me and Mark tremendous opportunities," LaForge said.

However, because of a congressional ban on earmarks, ties to Cochran and his seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee may not be as valuable as they once were. "Getting congressional funding is not as easy as it used to be," LaForge said.

After graduating from Delta State, LaForge earned a law degree from the University of Mississippi and a master of laws from Georgetown University. He also studied international law at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.

LaForge and his wife Nancy have two adult children, Caroline and Clayton.

Source: http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/02/college_board_names_bill_lafor.html

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YouTube partners with vendors for paid translation service

Last year, Google began offering a "request translation" option for YouTube, letting you or others muddle your way through video caption creation. If you don't want to leave it up to strangers or the vagaries of machine translation, Mountain View's now offering paid, professional services through two outfits, Gengo and Translated.net, in 36 languages. Once you've created your video and added a caption track, you'll be able to see an estimated price and create an order, after which your vendor of choice will send the translation directly to YouTube. Once approved, it'll be live on the site, ensuring no misunderstandings of your latest opus.

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Omega-3s dramatically inhibit breast cancer tumor growth

(NaturalNews) A new study just published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry appears to be the first to provide what the researchers call "unequivocal evidence that omega-3s reduce cancer risk."

So, how much of a risk are they talking about? A huge one. The scientists from the University of Guelph found that a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids (healthy fats found in cold water fish such as salmon and certain plant foods, including walnuts) can inhibit the growth of breast cancer tumors by 30 percent, especially if started early in life.

"It's a significant finding," David Ma, a professor in Guelph's Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, and one of the study's authors, said in a media statement. "We show that lifelong exposure to omega-3s has a beneficial role in disease prevention - in this case, breast cancer prevention. What's important is that we have proven that omega-3s are the driving force and not something else."

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women worldwide and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. While natural health advocates and many cancer researchers have long thought that diet could help prevent malignancies, studies to document these claims have sometimes been inconsistent or even lacking.

"There are inherent challenges in conducting and measuring diet in such studies, and it has hindered our ability to firmly establish linkages between dietary nutrients and cancer risk," Ma explained. "So we've used modern genetic tools to address a classic nutritional question."

Here's what Ma and his research team did. They created a novel transgenic mouse that both produces omega-3 fatty acids and develops aggressive mammary tumors. Then, the researchers compared those animals to mice genetically engineered only to develop the same tumors. The results? The mice with the omega-3 exposure not only had 30 percent fewer tumors, but the breast tumors they did develop were a third of the size smaller than those in the control animals.

"This model provides a purely genetic approach to investigate the effects of lifelong omega-3s exposure on breast cancer development. To our knowledge, no such approach has been used previously to investigate the role of omega-3s and breast cancer," Ma stated. "The fact that a food nutrient can have a significant effect on tumor development and growth is remarkable and has considerable implications in breast cancer prevention."

Ma, who is an expert in how fats influence health and disease, added in the media statement that he hopes the study leads to more research on using diet to reduce cancer risk and on the benefits of healthy living. "Prevention is an area of growing importance. We are working to build a better planet, and that includes better lifestyle and diet," he said. "The long-term consequences of reducing disease incidence can have a tremendous effect on the health-care system."

As Natural News recently reported, there's other good news about preventing breast cancer with diet and specific nutrients from Harvard researchers, too. A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute concluded that carotenoids (phytonutrients found in yellow, orange and red fruits and vegetables) significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer.

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Apple called a ?bubble? that will likely follow Microsoft

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Once the darling of Wall Street, Apple (AAPL) shares have plummeted in recent months as investor sentiment turned sour. Many analysts believe the company?s current slump will be reversed as new products like the ?iWatch? and Apple?s rumored HDTV launch ? even Apple bulls who have pumped the brakes a bit?still hold sky-high price targets ? but one industry watcher believes Apple?s glory days in the market are behind us.

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?Apple is a bubble. It looks like a bubble, acts like a bubble and is falling like a bubble,??ADVFN.com CEO Clem Chambers?wrote in a contribution to Forbes. ?A bubble doesn?t have to be created by total fantasy, a bubble is just something inflated by circumstances real or otherwise, that must deflate to some kind of ?normality.? Bonds are a bubble at the moment and that bubble will burst too.?

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He continued, ?Bubbles have their reasons but the law of averages when combined with the law of large numbers means that bubbles go pop!?

Chambers believes that the path Microsoft (MSFT) shares took, represented in the chart below, is ?the likely shape of the future of Apple.?

But he warns that bears see Apple following in Dell?s (DELL) footsteps, or even BlackBerry?s (BBRY):

Recent regulatory filings revealed that the massive dive Apple took after hitting a record high ahead of the iPhone 5 launch was?driven largely by huge hedge funds that pulled in billions while selling off Apple shares. Each of those funds still holds a large position in Apple, however, so it stands to reason that they would like to see Apple rebound from its current dip.

Apple closed down 0.62% at $446.06 on Thursday, off nearly 37% in the five months since it hit a record high of $705.07.

This article was originally published on BGR.com

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/apple-called-bubble-likely-microsoft-152025495.html

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