28-06-2012 11:00 Jane's back and Mom isn't happy. She's up to something, I can feel it. Anyway, Charlotte and I discuss going to Vidcon and Lydia barges in with a surprise! Remember to like, favorite, and share. Start from the beginning - Check out the merch at Twitter - Tumblr - Facebook - Google + - ------- The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is a modernized adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice. The series is created by Hank Green and Bernie Su. See more details at Lizzie Bennet - Ashley Clements - http Charlotte Lu - Julia Cho - Lydia Bennet - Mary Kate Wiles - Executive Producer - Hank Green - Executive Producer - Bernie Su - Producer - Jenni Powell - Director - Bernie Su - Writer - Bernie Su - Cinematography - Jason Raswant Assistant Director - Stuart Davis - Editor - Michael Aranda - Consulting Producer - Margaret Dunlap - Transmedia Producer - Jay Bushman - Intro Music and Graphics - Michael Aranda - Makeup - Heather Begley Production Designer - Katie Moest - Production Assistant - Tahlena Chikami

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CHARLESTON (JG-TC) A celebration started to honor veterans now offers a salute to area Girl Scouts for their organizations centennial.

Red, White & Blue Days kicks off at noon Sunday with a flag exchange for local Girl Scouts in Morton Park. The Girl Scouts will be featured in different events during this years edition of Red, White & Blue Days, which started more than 20 years ago to honor returning veterans from the Gulf War.

Sundays other event includes the annual Bingo fundraiser, scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. in Morton Park. This is one of many fundraisers for the annual Fourth of July celebration.

On Tuesday, the bulk of the events start out in Morton Park. Be sure to bring lawn chairs and overflow parking is offered at Eastern Illinois Universitys OBrien Field for the Morton Park events.

The various food vendors start serving the fare at 3 p.m. in the park.

Then comes the open act of musical entertainment with Jason and the Haymakers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Then the Farmer of the Year and the crownings of Miss and Mr. Little Firecracker take place. Be sure to keep your head down so grandparents, aunts, uncles and other kin folk can get clear views for photographs and videos of the pint-sized royalty. Be sure to offer a handshake to the top farmer, too.

Jake Owen will then offer a free concert at 8 p.m. in Morton Park.

On Wednesday, the holiday in Charleston starts out with some patriots and pet lovers working up a sweat during the Habitat for Humanity Four on the Fourth 4-mile Run/Walk, stepping off at 6:30 a.m.

Coles County Arts Councils Great Chalk In offers creative venues and fun for artists of all ages from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Charleston Firefighers offer some entertainment and safety education with their Foam Pit & Fire Safety House. There will be inflatable games from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

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ABC News Shushannah Walshe reports:

Rick Santorum is heading back to Iowa. But its not to campaign for the presumptive GOP nominee, Mitt Romney.

Instead, Santorum is traveling there to thank Hawkeye State voters for his belated caucus victorytherein January.

ABC News obtained an early copy of the schedule, which is lengthier than the initial two events released earlier this week. The former presidential candidate will launch the two-day thank you tour with a barbecue lunch on Tuesday, July 10 in Iowa City.

He will also campaign for congressional candidates he has recently backed. Following the lunch he will be the special guest at a reception for congressional candidate John Archer in Bettendorf. In December, Santorum spoke at a Christmas Party and fundraiser for Archer. He will head to Dubuque that evening for a fundraiser for another congressional candidate, Ben Lange.

Wednesday, he makes stops at a breakfast in Cedar Falls and will then appear with The Family Leaders Bob Vander Plaats for a news conference with other conservative leaders in Coralville. (Vander Plaats endorsed Santorum last December ahead of the Iowa Caucuses.) That evening he holds another thank you meet and greet picnic in Windsor Heights.

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The packed two days read like a campaign schedule for the candidate who dropped out in April, but spent the most time campaigning in Iowa, shaking hands and kissing babies the old fashioned way trying to earn a win there. On caucus night, Romney was initially named the winner of the contest until the results were certified making Santorum the victor about two weeks later.

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What, I wonder, aside from self-revealing unconscious symbolism, could possibly explain Umnos strange and apparently growing obsession with the colour red?

Yes, Im aware that the Umno symbol, the design with what looks like two face-to-face snake-heads on top and crossed kerises down below, usually if not always appears in the colour red.

But lately there seems to be such a growing rash of redness red T-shirts, red headbands and such that Im starting to get my hopes up that the Umno may be unwittingly making itself look increasingly off-colour.

In all kinds of ways, starting in no particular order with the fact that, as everybody in the world well knows, the political ideology most strongly associated with the colour red is communism.

Witness the US anti-communist cold-war slogan Better dead than red, and appellations like Red China, Moscows Red Square and the name of the capital of formerly communist Mongolia, Ulan Bator, which I understand translates to Red Star.

Adopting the same colour as communism seems a decidedly perverse move on Umnos part, given the Umno/BN regimes penchant for raising the spectre of communism as one of the sinister foreign forces secretly backing Malaysias opposition parties.

And Umnos obsession with red makes as little sense racially as it does politically, in light of the powerful part that red plays in traditional Chinese culture, as in red envelopes for festive gifts and the colour of temples.

Speaking of which, red is all wrong for Umno in the religious context too, as green is the colour of Islam, the faith that Umno so falsely claims to respect, represent and defend.

In fact, aside from its significance of welcoming important personages, as in the red carpet concept, or its sheer brightness to all save sufferers of red-green colour-blindness, I can see no benefit whatever for Umno in its redness addiction.

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* Wall Street extends losses after Supreme Court decision

* Euro zone deeply divided over how to battle debt crisis

* Coming up: U.S. consumer confidence survey, Friday

By Gene Ramos

NEW YORK, June 28 (Reuters) - Crude oil futures fell as much as 3 percent o n T hursday, heading for the worst quarterly performance since the 2008 financial debacle, on worries that an EU summit will not find durable solutions to the euro zone crisis, stifling global growth prospects.

Weaker U.S. equities on Wall Street after the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding key elements of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law added to the day's pressures on crude futures.

Despite recent gains, Brent crude futures were on track to end the second quarter with a drop of about 25 percent, the worst since the last quarter of 2008, at the height of the financial crisis after the collapse of Lehman Bros.

U.S. crude futures, meanwhile, were poised to see a fall of about 24 percent, also the biggest quarterly loss since the last quarter of 2008.

Trading on Wall Street was volatile, with healthcare stocks hit after the Supreme Court upheld the centerpiece "individual mandate" provision of the Obama healthcare overhaul. Equities were already lower on skepticism that the European Union Summit will result in concrete measures.

"It's the euro zone problems, the strength of the dollar and the weak equities, said Stephen Schork, president of the Schork Group in Villanova, Pennsylvania, commenting on the reasons for the day's price drop.

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Sacramento rapid response team heads to Florida

A six-person rapid response team from Sacramento's Red Cross departed for Florida, where residents have been flooded out of their homes.

"We are high and dry here and we are able to help, so we are," said Tami Martin, a Red Cross team leader.

The all-volunteer team will assist in setting up temporary shelters in areas hardest hit by Tropical Depression Debby.

"We are hearing that hotels and motels where people had been evacuated to are now being evacuated even further back," said David Kennedy, a spokesman for Sacramento's Red Cross chapter.

Tropical Depression Debby has flooded more than 100 homes, sparked dozens of water rescues and been blamed for several deaths.

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* Wall Street extends losses after Supreme Court decision

* Euro zone deeply divided over how to battle debt crisis

* Coming up: U.S. consumer confidence survey, Friday

By Gene Ramos

NEW YORK, June 28 (Reuters) - Crude oil futures fell as much as 3 percent on Thursday, and are on track for the worst quarterly performance since the 2008 financial debacle, on worries that an EU summit will not find durable solutions to the euro zone crisis, stifling global growth prospects.

Lower U.S. equities following the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding key elements of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law added to the day's pressures on crude futures.

Despite recent gains, Brent crude futures were on track to end the second quarter down about 25 percent, the largest drop since the last quarter of 2008, which was the height of a financial crisis.

U.S. crude futures, meanwhile, were headed for drop of fall about 24 percent, also the biggest quarterly loss since the last quarter of 2008.

Trading on Wall Street was volatile, with large health insurers hit, after the Supreme Court upheld the centerpiece "individual mandate" provision of the Obama healthcare overhaul. Equities were already lower on skepticism that the European Union Summit will result in concrete measures.

U.S. equities later ended with pared losses on talk that EU finance officials were working on urgent measures to ease financial pressure on Spain and Italy.

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By Gene Ramos

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude oil futures fell as much as 3 percent on Thursday, and are on track for the worst quarterly performance since the 2008 financial debacle, on worries that an EU summit will not find durable solutions to the euro zone crisis, stifling global growth prospects.

Lower U.S. equities following the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding key elements of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law added to the day's pressures on crude futures.

Despite recent gains, Brent crude futures were on track to end the second quarter down about 25 percent, the largest drop since the last quarter of 2008, which was the height of a financial crisis.

U.S. crude futures, meanwhile, were headed for drop of fall about 24 percent, also the biggest quarterly loss since the last quarter of 2008.

Trading on Wall Street was volatile, with large health insurers hit, after the Supreme Court upheld the centerpiece "individual mandate" provision of the Obama healthcare overhaul. Equities were already lower on skepticism that the European Union Summit will result in concrete measures. (.N)

U.S. equities later ended with pared losses on talk that EU finance officials were working on urgent measures to ease financial pressure on Spain and Italy.

"It's the euro zone problems, the strength of the dollar and the weak equities," said Stephen Schork, president of the Schork Group in Villanova, Pennsylvania, commenting on the reasons for the day's price drop.

The euro fell against the dollar on doubts about the outcome of the EU summit, denting investors' interest in buying riskier assets such as oil and other commodities. (USD/)

In London, Brent crude oil futures for August settled $2.14 lower at $91.36 a barrel, after a session low of $90.88.

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Guess who’s headed back to Iowa? Rick Santorum , the belated winner of this year’s Iowa caucuses, will be traveling back to the Hawkeye State next month to thank the voters who vaulted him to the top of the GOP primaries. Santorum will host two...

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TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) Relief from Debby is on the way to Florida, all the way from the Glass City. A local Red Cross volunteer is gearing up to head out and help.

The Red Cross is deploying more than200 volunteers from around the country to help people ravished by tropical storm Debby. Frances Amison is the only person from Toledo heading down to help.

Amison will spend two weeks in Tampa serving as a staff services volunteer. She will find shelter, transportation, and make sure the needs of other volunteers areaddressed.

Tropical storm Debby has been pounding Florida for the past four days. Officials from the Red Cross said they are proud to send one of their own to give comfort and support during such a tough time.

"I'm very proud in the sense, that we're always able to send people from Toledo, Ohio, and northwest Ohio to do these things.But, by the same token, this is what we do. We continuously send volunteers out throughout the nation in response and doing things like this. We've responded for a long, long time, and we will continue to respond," said Gary Loboschefski with the American Red Cross.

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The Chicago Transit Board meets once a month to decide various CTA issues relating to the budget and infrastructureyet some of the board members don't even ride the CTA that often.

Longtime board member Alejandro Silva rode the CTA zero times last year while board member Rev. Charles Robinson rode the system once, according to data gathered through a Freedom of Information Act request by Going Public.

Board chairman Terry Peterson used his agency pass to ride the CTA 13 times last yearan improvement from when he became chairman of the board in 2009. In an interview with Going Public in 2010, six months into his tenure, he admitted he had not taken the CTA in two years.

"Using a CTA ID card for ridership is just one way board members are familiar with the system. Board members regularly receive reports from CTA operations, infrastructure and maintenance staff that monitor a wide range of CTA topicseverything from vehicle cleanliness and bus bunching, to [Americans with Disabilities Act] complaints and safety incidents, and more," Peterson said in a statement provided to GP. "Also, setting policy and making financial decisions for the agency depends on and draws from a wider range of information and data than is available simply by riding the system."

Silva, who was appointed by Mayor Daley, said through a CTA spokesman that he regularly uses the CTA but pays his own way. Robinson was unavailable for comment.

The CTA board is composed of seven membersfour appointed by the mayor and three appointed by the governor. There has been some turnover on the board recently, and two new board members were appointed in the last six months.

Some of the longtime board members ride the system regularly. Jacquelyne Grimshaw, a board member for three years, rode the system 199 times last year while three-year board member John Bouman rode it 67 times.

Meanwhile, CTA president Forrest Claypool rode the CTA 166 times last year since he started the job in late May. Claypool told Going Public recently in a sit-down interview that he is on the system every week.

Last week, Claypool and Peterson hosted community meetings on the South Side about next year's proposed five-month shutdown of the southern portion of the Red Line for construction.

At a meeting Thursday in Englewood, some riders complained that the CTA doesn't understand how the shutdown would affect their commute and their daily lives.

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A Delano woman is headed to Colorado to volunteer with the American Red Cross in its wildfire relief.

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More than a foot of rain has fallen in Florida, where they're getting soaked by Tropical Storm Debby, and meteorologists said it could top 2 feet by the time the storm moves out.

One person in the Sunshine State died in a tornado spawned by Debby, and a man in Alabama disappeared after being swept away in rough surf.

Monday night, the New Hampshire Red Cross sent one of its managers south to coordinate relief efforts. While most people avoid the area, Ian Dyar is heading straight there. When he was 12, Dyar lived in Florida and saw the Red Cross come to the rescue of Hurricane Andrew victims.

Since then, he said, he has dedicated his life to helping others.

Debby has sustained 45 mph winds and her drenching rains have caused power outages across the state. Damage from the storm includes toppled trees, battered beach homes and shattered windows.The Coast Guard had to rescue a family of nine and their dogs after they were stranded on an island surrounded by rising water.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency.

"When you get the call, you really want to jump in and get ready to go to help out the team down there," Dyar said. He is one of only 27 certified Red Cross Disaster Services program managers in the nation. He's bringing his expertise from Nashua to Tampa, Fla., helping coordinate relief efforts with Red Cross volunteers and government agencies.

"We'll be working with our partners down there as well," Dyar said. "Whether it's the Salvation Army or Southern Baptists, we're all at the table to collaborate, to make sure individuals are being fed, shelters are being opened appropriately and providing those services that are necessary during the operation."

The aftermath of the storm is the biggest challenge, but Dyar said he's trained and ready. "I just really enjoy helping people," he said. "I enjoy working with the volunteers. They're outstanding. They're people that give of their time to go out there and help others in their darkest time of need."

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The Red Sox have traded veteran third baseman Kevin Youkilis to the White Sox, Chicago's South Siders have confirmed.

The three-time American League All-Star third baseman was acquired in exchange for infielder Brent Lillibridge and right-handed pitcher Zach Stewart. The White Sox also received a cash payment in the trade.

According to TV station WBZ, Youkilis tipped his helmet, blew a kiss to the crowd before leaving Sunday's game.

Youkilis was a member of Red Sox World Championship teams in 2004 and 2007, the White Sox pointed out in a statement. He ranks among the clubs all-time postseason leaders and is hitting .225 with four home runs and 13 RBI in 41 games this season.

He was on the disabled list in May with lower back tightness.

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Rangnick, who will also be in charge of development at sister club RB Leipzig in Germany is joined by former France and Liverpool coach Gerard Houllier, who takes over as global football director for the company which owns Salzburg and several other clubs.

The cash-rich club, owned by the Red Bull energy drinks company, also appointed Roger Schmidt, former coach of German second division club Paderborn, as Salzburg's new head coach.

"Salzburg will tackle the new tasks and challenges with a new team," the club said in a statement, saying more details would be available at a news conference on Monday.

Salzburg have dominated Austrian football since the club was taken over by Red Bull in 2005, winning the league four times in the last six seasons.

They also won their first Austrian Cup in May.

Rangnick had also been in talks with West Bromwich Albion regarding their vacant manager's position before it was filled by Steve Clarke.

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BOSTON -- For the first time since May 5, Aaron Cook will start for the Red Sox.

After recovering from a gash on his leg that required 11 stitches, the 33-year-old was purposely scratched from Saturday's start in Pawtucket to start in Sunday's game against Atlanta in place of Clay Buchholz, who is battling an undisclosed illness.

When Cook takes the mound at Fenway Park, expect a few deviations from his traditional sinkerball. Under pitching coach Bob McClure's watch, Cook incorporated a new pitch to his arsenal -- a cutter.

"With the arm strength he's got now, it looks like he may be able to throw one," McClure said. "It's a really nice pitch for a sinkerballer to have because they nullify left-handed hitters. It's enough to keep left-handed hitters honest it's moving the opposite way, it's hard. I think it could be a good pitch for him."

Shortly after Cook suffered his leg injury, the idea was born. As he played catch with McClure one day -- because he was limited due to injury -- the Red Sox pitching coach asked Cook if he'd ever experimented with a cutter.

Cook attempted to showcase one, but McClure was far from pleased, calling the endeavor "some sort of slider." Despite initially failing, Cook remained interested in developing a cutter to complement his sinkerball.

So he started peppering Red Sox starter Josh Beckett with questions about grips with cutters. Before long, Cook formed a grip similar to Beckett and started turning heads in bullpen sessions with McClure.

"I know this -- he threw some in Toronto [in the first weekend of June] that were really good," McClure said. "You don't want to try to jam the guy. If it's low, the left-handed hitters can get to it too easy. Once you start elevating it high thigh to above the belt it's really good and he threw some really good ones."

It won't supplant his sinkerball as a primary pitch, by any means. But during his seven weeks on the shelf, Cook was hell-bent on improving his chances of returning to the Red Sox' rotation.

In order to achieve that goal, the hurler realized he needed to become more versatile with his pitches.

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Marcia Adams received tons of applause when she played basketball for the All American Red Heads, a barnstorming women's basketball team. One of the best came in a quiet gymnasium on the campus of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.

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MAKING HISTORY: The All American Red Heads, a barnstorming womens basketball team, played games against mens teams from around the country for 50 years, from 1936 to 1986. Cony High School graduate Marcia Adams, third from right, was on the team.

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Gallaudet is a school for the deaf. When the students clapped, they did so by raising their hands and twisting their wrists. A silent applause.

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BOSTON -- At 36, Scott Atchison is piecing together a career year.

Through 38 1/3 innings this season, Atchison has turned heads with his performance, striking out 29 batters while surrendering just five runs en route to posting a miniscule 1.17 ERA.

Unlike most in the majors, Red Sox first base coach Alex Ochoa anticipated Atchison's success. After facing Atchison in Japan, Ochoa -- who played for the Hiroshina Toyo Carp -- only mustered up one career hit against the pitcher.

"His approach is what he's using here -- he's using the fastball off his cutter and pounding the outside of the plate with the cutter and in on lefties and just keeping it down," Ochoa said. "That's what he did in Japan. I faced him a lot when I was in Japan and I know exactly how he pitches."

Almost a little too well. Ironically, Ochoa's lone hit against the reliever took place during their first sequence against one another. As a member of the Hanshin Tigers, Atchison fired a fastball inside to Ochoa, who crushed a home run in that at-bat.

To this day, Ochoa reminds Atchison of the mammoth blast in the Red Sox clubhouse and offers up the exact details of the at-bat.

"He was throwing his cutter, he got ahead of the count and tried to throw a fastball in on me," Ochoa said. "I put a good swing on it and got a home run off it. I mess with him all the time about it. But I guess if you hit one home run in 10 at-bats and can't get another hit, I don't know if I have the bragging rights."

So how did Atchison adjust? He started perfecting a pitch -- the cutter -- that would result in his success in 2012.

"After that I ended up throwing a lot of cutters and sliders to him," Atchison said, laughing. "He was really good at spraying the ball over the field, so you had to mix back and forth with your pitches. You couldn't stay in one place on him. But it's friendly fun."

Ochoa cited the improvement of Atchison's cutter for his success. The late-breaking movement has stifled opposing batters this season, reminding the Red Sox first-base coach of his own challenges against the reliever.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Tyler Webb and Matt Price combined for seven innings of shutout relief, and 2-time defending national champion South Carolina returned to the College World Series finals with a 3-2 win over Arkansas on Friday night.

The Gamecocks (49-18) took the lead in the bottom of the seventh inning on Barrett Astin's two-out, bases-loaded walk to Adam Matthews.

South Carolina will play Arizona in the best-of-3 finals beginning Sunday.

The Gamecocks erased a 2-0 deficit in the fifth, with DJ Baxendale walking Christian Walker with the bases loaded to force in the tying run.

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