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Astros No. 2 starter  for Sunday s contest and will be a reliever indefinitely, manager Bo Porter said.

Rangers roster moves:

RHP Joakim Soria reinstated from 60-day disabled list.

RHP Cory Burns recalled from Class-AAA Round Rock.

DH Lance Berkman placed on 15-day disabled list with left hip inflammation.

RHP Nick Tepesch placed on 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation, retroactive to Saturday.

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== Dolphinarium will harm Water Bay ==

<html>The other day, I got a white and blue T-shirt that stated, "Save Water Bay and Save Dolphins." Coral World an attractive ecotourism business on the northeastern side of St. Thomas has proposed to build a dolphinarium. A Dolphinarium is simply an aquarium for dolphins. It is usually a large pool where dolphins are kept in pens within the open sea, either for research or for public performances. The proposed dolphinarium development by Coral World has created an uproar in the Virgin Islands community, specifically on the island of St. Thomas.
Coral World claims the dolphinarium will enhance their ecotourism product by creating this state of the art venue. They anticipated that this new venue will attract more than 25,000 to 35,000 new visitors per year to the Virgin Islands economy, specifically on St. Thomas. They claim there will be an additional 25 persons employed according to their environmental assessment report that was submitted to the Department of Planning and Natural Resources. And also, they claim that this new exhibit of dolphins to Coral World operation will generate additional revenues for the Virgin Islands Government treasury. 
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HOVENSA is no longer our major economical engine of the Virgin Islands economy although they have us to believe that tourist is our number one. Tourism is now our number one industry in the Virgin Islands and an important one for expanding our economy. As they would say, when the United States economy sneezes, we catch a cold. From looking at the environmental assessment report of Coral World scientifically, culturally,[http://www.ebay.com/itm/aw-cgi-/160623306404?clk_rvr_id=401952862072 Some New Things You Need to Know About On Page SEO], and environmentally, there are too much questions about the project and very little answers forth coming to a complex operation of having wild animals such as dolphins enclosed in an open sea. 
While Coral World tried to convince elective officials, government appointees, and the public at large that a dolphin park is a good thing for the Virgin Islands economy, other part of the world are closing down or have such restricted environmental regulations that in some cases it doesn't make sense to operate one. In May of this year a dolphin entertainment park in Turkey was shut down for a number of reasons. Other countries in the world as well as in the United States have prohibited public display of dolphins and whales.
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How many projects came to the Virgin Islands and our government didn't do a thorough research job? There are cases and cases that I can cite where this government has been deceived by developers.
The issue of dolphin waste; the transmittal of diseases carried by bottlenose dolphins to human swimmers, exposure of loud sounds such as jet skis, potential coliform and fecal coliform bacteria from the surrounding urban setting, all have a major impact on the water quality of Water Bay. This could also have an impact on the dolphins' health because the surrounding watershed is so congested with development. Believe me, Water Bay is a dumping ground for human activity on land.
Then we have the marine environment. Coral World plans to relocate large number of boulder coral, which will soon be listed under US Endangered Species Act. Does this make sense? Also, Coral World claimed that corals outside the footprint of their project would not be impacted by the development due to the flushing mechanism of the enclosure area for the dolphins. Who are they fooling?
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 Dr. Lisamarie Carrubba at National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration office out of Puerto Rico responded in writing about the proposed dolphinarium project in Water Bay. A laundry list of NOAA's concerns was mentioned that Coral World has to address if they are to move forward with their project. I encourage the public to make their comments to these federal agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 
On a light note, Coral World is trying to capture visitors to their ecotourism business, for which I applaud them. However, we shouldn't be a "copy cat" because our neighbor next door Tortola has a dolphinarium. We should be creative enough and find creative ways to keep visitors at Coral World,[http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?campid=5336182395&customid=pubster&toolid=10013&mpre=http%3A//cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4Pcs-24CM-PVC-LED-CAR-TRUCK-FLEXIBLE-LIGHT-STRIP-YELLOW-/320606899868 Guidelines To Assist You Identify The Most Suitabl], as well as other parts of St. Thomas and St. John, without creating an environment that could be detrimental to an animal such as a dolphin. 
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== Juneteenth reminds us of our freedom ==

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When they reached they saw the Union soldiers standing on the porch. A man with a lot of gold braid and shiny buttons took out a paper and read some words. When he was done Missus started crying and a buzz went through those gathered in the yard. He was toward the back and didn't hear all that was said. It took a moment but the buzz reached the back.
Free! Did he hear that right? They were free!
The several of the soldiers followed the man with the paper back inside the house with Massa. The rest stayed on the porch. As the reality sunk in some began to whoop and holler and dance. One field worker dropped his sack and took off running towards the main road. He felt a rumble begin in his chest. It grew until he found himself laughing out loud. He laughed until he couldn't breath. Then he stopped and took a deep breath. He breathed in the fresh air of a free man.
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There are many theories as to why it took so long for the news to reach.
The holiday Juneteenth grew out of the commemoration of this event and as a chance to gather together with family to reconnect. It has continued through all these generations to become a cultural touchstone. It represents a revelation and a realization. Our freedom became a tangible thing. Our awareness of what that freedom could mean became the foundation on which we built upon to gain the strength we needed to get through Reconstruction, Sam Crowe, the civil rights movement, integration and beyond.
Some of our ancestors seized upon their newfound freedom as a way to strike out in the world. Some, however, stayed mired in the dysfunctional relationship with their now former masters, choosing what they know over what could be. They knew the law said they were free but they didn't know it.
That is a mentality that some of us perpetuate today. There are those who don't know we are free to be whoever we want to be. We are free to exercise the same rights as any other citizen of this country. We are free to demand that we be respected. We are free to think for ourselves and take responsibility for our own decisions.
Juneteenth reminds us that there will always be those who will seek to deny you your due so that they can have more than they deserve. There will always be those who seek to steal from you or to profit from your efforts.
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== Ultimate Astros  Appel shakes off rough start to pro ==

<html>TROY, N.Y. ― One pitch into his professional career, Mark Appel was watching his center fielder chase a triple that went over his head.

Two pitches in, the Astros’ No. 1 pick in the draft was trailing.

“Welcome to pro ball,” Appel said Friday.

Twenty-six pitches in, he was safely back in the Tri-City ValleyCats dugout, having encountered some early rust and an aggressive opponent but more or less surviving his greatly anticipated debut.

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The second inning, which he was no guarantee to finish given his pitch count in the first, went quickly on three groundouts by eager Lowell batters.

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Appel, who also throws a slider and a changeup, worked off a fastball that according to a scout in attendance, was mostly sitting at 94-95 mph and looked “comfortable.”

“It wasn’t my best, but it wasn’t my worst,” Appel said. “I think it was a good starting point for the rest of the season. I was just glad to get out there, get my feet wet and get my work in because that’s what it’s about right now.”

Peak velocity, which for Appel at Stanford was in the upper 90s, was not expected given that he hadn’t seen game action in 42 days because Stanford failed to make the NCAA Tournament following Appel’s last regular-season start ― a win over UCLA. He had spent a week at the Astros’ spring training complex in Kissimmee, Fla.,[http://www.agri-sci.com/index.php?option=com_blog&view=blog Cost Effective SEO And SEM Services, Bangalore   T], trying to get sharp again. This was hardly an ordinary outing, though.

D’Andre Toney, who started for the ValleyCats in left field, said nobody wanted to make a bad play to ruin Appel’s first start, a level of grandiosity that Appel was by no means trying to project.

“It was a long time coming, but I didn’t try to approach it any different from any other game,” said Appel, who will likely make one more start for the short-season club before moving on to a higher-level minor league affiliate.

History in the making

There was plenty of excitement for the debut in Upstate New York, where the ValleyCats were selling Appel shirts with the No. 28. (His Stanford number of 26 was taken, so the ValleyCats assigned him his Team USA number.)

And a crowd of 5,854 squeezed into a stadium of 4,500 seats to see the first No. 1 overall pick in the minor league club’s history and a win on a walk-off passed ball in the 10th inning ― a play Appel claims with witnesses in the clubhouse to have predicted from the dugout.

There were also authenticators from Major League Baseball at the ballpark to save the memorabilia depicting all of Appel’s firsts.

“I didn’t know about that until probably an hour and a half before the game,” Appel said. “I don’t know if any of that stuff will ever mean anything down the road,[http://www.jerseys-hearts.com/Nike-Colts-12-Luck-Lights-Out-Black-Elite-Jerseys-20533/ Nike Colts 12 Luck Lights Out Black Elite Jerseys], but it’s pretty cool.”

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