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Murder suspect at large
Rockford woman shot to death in alleged domestic dispute
By Margie Wuebker
Sgt. Jay Wehrkamp of the Mercer County Sheriff's Office strings yellow crime sce
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ROCKFORD - Authorities are searching for 40-year-old Daniel C. Martin in connection with the fatal shooting of his live-in girlfriend on Thursday.
Melinda "Mindy" S. Shinn, 26, 509 W. North St., was found dead in her mobile home about 10:45 a.m. Rockford Police Chief Paul May responded to the location after a concerned relative called 911.
Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey, who has taken over the investigation, said detectives believe the shooting came about as the result of arguments that began late Wednesday night. The victim reportedly sent text messages to others regarding the altercation.
"Sometime during the early morning hours of Thursday, a firearm was used to cause her death," the sheriff said.
The woman's 9-year-old son, who was in the mobile home at the time of the shooting, was not harmed and was taken to the home of relatives.
Yellow crime scene tape
ringed the yard around the beige mobile home as local law enforcement officers and agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification began processing the scene late Thursday morning.
Authorities have been to the address several times for various complaints in the two years Martin lived there, May said.
An arrest warrant for murder was issued for Martin after relatives were interviewed at the sheriff's office. Martin's 1998 Ford Explorer has been located by authorities in Fort Wayne and impounded.
Grey said Martin, who has a criminal history and violent tendencies, should be considered armed and dangerous. He is described as 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weighing 230 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
"Do not approach him," the sheriff warned. "Anyone who knows of his whereabouts should contact the sheriff's office at 419-586-7724."
Shinn's body was taken to the Lucas County Coroner's Office in Toledo. Detectives were to attend her autopsy this afternoon.
Law enforcement officers remained at the scene until 8 p.m.
A woman, identified only as Crystal, remembered her neighbor as a person with a ready smile.
"Mindy was a sweet person," she said. "She would help you any way she could and ask nothing in return. She certainly did not deserve anything like this ... I don't know what is wrong with people these days."
She said Martin worked at the Fremont Company in Rockford and had children in the area as well as in Fort Wayne.
Neighbor Len Archibald knew Mindy and her mother, Carolyn Osborne. Archibald described them as good people with whom he and his wife occasionally shared baked goods.
Residents of other nearby mobile homes said they knew something was wrong because Mindy's car - an older model white Cadillac Deville - was still in the driveway. They said she always left early in the morning for her job at Cooper Farms in St. Henry.
Rev. Randy Christian of The Lord's Church in Celina saw Mindy on Wednesday night during a Bible study at the church.
"She was a warm, giving person with a sweet spirit and a tender heart," he said this morning.
Rockford Mayor Amy Joseph said the small community has been rocked by the shooting.
"In a tight-knit community like Rockford, people band together and help each other during tough times," she said.
May, who requested the sheriff's office take over the investigation given the small size of his department, said things like this typically don't happen in Rockford.
"I've been here 20 years and this is the first murder I am aware of," he said.
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|2006-03-21, 17:12
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|2006-03-21, 21:59
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I would still need to *Card* monsters in order to learn GF abilities, which was troublesome though effective. In anycase, Im in no way going to get past disc 1 in the rest of my life time, due to the utter hate I have for the draw system.
|2006-03-22, 21:16
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To adress the Drawing issue is to have high MAG since it make drawing easier, every time you draw it decreases the next draw rate with high MAG level you should still be able to draw alot, stocking it easily to 100 in a few turns.
|2006-03-23, 00:30
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In addition to carding, you can also refine various bought items for high-level magic, e.g. One Cottage for 20 Curagas/Firagas/Thundagas/Blizzagas. You can have all the top magic even before you meet Rinoa on Disc 1.
EDIT: Not before, but shortly afterwards. Point about truly top-level magic duly noted.
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|2006-03-23, 01:26
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I wont classify "___ga" magic to be top-leveled. Intermediate leveled, yes. Top leveled, no. Magics like Meltdown, Ultima and the likes of them are considered "Top leveled", for me at least.
Anyways, I wont ever complete FFVIII (and Im reluctant to do so for FFX, even though Im just left with Braska's Final Aeons to defeat, mainly because FFX's side quest bore the hell out of me), not now, nor in the future.
|2006-03-23, 14:14
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Meltdown and Pain are relatively easily come-by even on disc 1. Ultima and Full-Life are probably the only spells you can't get on disc 1 in large quantites.
I'm currently stuck on this at the moment, as the copy I've got no longer goes past an FMV towards the end of disc 2. ><; Damn you ebay people paying ridiculous prices for copies of old games! (FF8 currently goes for ~£20/$35).
|2006-03-23, 17:11
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|2006-03-25, 02:29
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Bakabakabaka! >_<
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Geez... to think that it's been sold as "Platinum Edition" around here for ~15-20 ...
Easiest way to get a lot of Ultima is actualy to Draw it from Ultima Weapon itself. :P
300 Ultima + the stones you'll get afterwards, just like that.
Since Ultima Weapon isn't exactly challenging that shouldn't be a problem.
I dissuade from trying that later on with Omega Weapon, though.
Combine that with visiting Shumi village frequently and soon everyone has Ultima in stock.
|2006-03-25, 08:53
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IIRC, there was a fixed monster spot that respawns when you exit the map in the town with the shiny roads
|2006-03-26, 00:28
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Forgive my shallowness, but watching my friend stand there for half an hour drawing 100 holies from some random boss plus the graphics that make me want to rip my eyes out does not a good game make. No voice acting either. FFX on the other hand...now that's just a yummy game (still have yet to play FFX--Tidus's Angels aka FFX2).
|2006-03-26, 03:44
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On subsequent playthroughs of FFVIII (yes, I have played this game more than once), I have chosen to forgo drawing almost entirely in favour of carding and refining. I waited until I had the Ragnarok and then flew over to the Islands closest to Heaven and Hell and restocked repeatedly. Most bosses are a cakewalk in any case. You won't miss a little drawing here and there.
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FFX had a very nice plot to it, but one thing really takes away from the experience for me: the mini-games (uh, more like fustrating, menial tasks) that one needed to play and defeat to unlock a part of a character's ultimate weapon. Never will I attempt to dodge 200-300 bolts of lightning or win the chocobo race with a net time of 0:00.00 ever again (although they're not required, per se, I prefer to unlock them).
|2006-03-28, 00:37
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you guys whine about Drawing Good spells from monsters, If you wanted good spells, all you had to do was go to hell and heaven, and it only takes about 10 minutes to get 50 draws. Stop being "Impatient".....and dont abuse me for this post.
|2006-03-28, 00:58
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While I do like voice over in games, FFVIII is a 1998 production and at that time there weren't many games being voiced over, if FFIX wasn't voice why do you expect FFVIII to be.
Drawing was never a problem in this game, I enjoy this game because it actually consumed less time than other Final fantasy game. In my prespective it was an easy game to play and master.
|2006-03-28, 01:23
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Out of "recent" titles, FF IX is by far the simpliest to play. No materia, no drawing, no sphere grid, and learning the auto abilities (10% hp, auto regen etc) is part of leveling. Its also the recent FF title that has the least amount of customization, which makes it even simpler.
|2006-03-28, 01:34
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You seriously telling me that, if you were to play all FF titles in japanese (presuming you dont understand the language), you would have a easier time playing VIII than IX? ...I salute you.
|2006-03-28, 03:37
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Seriosuly, drawing is tedious. Sure it takes only 10 minutes as you say, but that's ten minutes of doing a simple thing. You have to admit, drawing magic is BORING. When something is boring, it always seems to take more time than it actually does.
And I also disagree with FFVIII being simpler. There's actually a high amount of customizability in FF8, with all the stat bonuses. You can make Squall a mage type and deprave him of Str and Def and pump his Mag and Spi. Junctioning powerful magic to his strength can get his Str back up there, but then you've wasted a powerful magic for that, which could've been on another, more deserving stat. FF8 has got to be one of the easiest FF's to get over 50% of stats at 255 though.
|2006-03-28, 03:54
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Drawing was pretty tedious, but it kind of reminded me of stealing with Zidane (IX was my first and still my favorite FF game), so I was kind of ok with it. But I think it would've been better if you could draw a lot more than 9 spells from the common enemy and at the same time make them harder to beat. This way you could take your mind off of drawing and focus on actually beating the enemy. This would make it less tedious to draw just like it wasn't tedious to steal and max out the Thievery skill, at least it wasn't for me.
|2006-03-28, 04:53
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Its ebacuse yuou got no motivation in the game. You think there just guna say " Lets make Final Fantasy 8 a really easy game" no tehre not, they will make it hard, and its something you have to put up with. If you gota do something, you do something.
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A Marine fighter jet crashed Monday about a mile short of a runway at an eastern North Carolina air base, killing the pilot, a Marine Corps spokesman said.
The single-seat plane was returning to the base after a training flight when it crashed about 12:30 p.m. in an unpopulated area, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point spokesman Mike Barton said. No one else was hurt, Barton said.
Local authorities say the crash, about a mile east of the base off N.C. Highway 101, did not affect the few homes in the area.
The pilot's identity was being withheld until next-of-kin was notified and an investigation had begun, Barton said. The AV-8B Harrier jet was assigned to Marine Attack Training Squadron 203.
Another Harrier crashed in February near Cherry Point, but the pilot wasn't injured. In May, a two-seat training model of the Harrier crashed in Arizona, but the pilots ejected safely.
Monday's crash comes the same month that a Marine jet crashed in a San Diego neighborhood near its base, killing four people on the ground.
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In the mindset of the Thomists, the strict division between the natural and the supernatural is a cornerstone of Christianity. Every deviation of this opposition between the natural and the supernatural leads to pantheism with the considering of this world as divine. And the Thomists suspect Platonism in this regard. For Platonism the empirical and natural world is rooted in the world of ideas, and the ideas dwell within God, and between the world and God there is no sort of chasm. This is the Platonic ontologism, which is present in the modern philosophy of Malebranche and Rozmini. The ontologism of Rozmini was condemned by the Vatican. Eastern Christianity, Orthodox thought is likewise in view a Platonic ontologism, and not Aristotelian. Thomism asserts, that Aristotle once and forever established the fundamentals of natural philosophy, which knows reality and is connected with being, not allowing of any sort of confusion between God and the world. St. Thomas Aquinas moreover developed and harmonised this eternal philosophy with the Christian revelation. This is a singularly sound, stable equilibrium, not permitting of extremes or fractures, a classical philosophy. Every philosophic mysticism appears to the Thomists as dangerous and susceptible of heresy. They fear the gnosticism, towards which inclined the Eastern teachers of the Church, St. Clement of Alexandria, Origen, St. Gregory of Nyssa, -- all Platonists in their tradition. Gnosticism, mysticism, ontologism of the Platonic type is likewise hostile to the Thomists, just as also is the modernist irrationalism and agnosticism. -- Berdyaev
Grace and Peace,This view is far too radicalized to be accepted as Roman Catholic. Even in Platonism the dualism isn't an ontological one as 'everything' ultimately emanates from the One and thus 'everything' will eventually be re-absorbed into the One thus there is no ontological (i.e. I use this term to say 'essential') distinction between the natural and supernatural world. Our Holy Father Benedict XVI is a Thomist and even he recognizes fulfillment of this within the God-Man Himself (Jesus). Perhaps I am missing the authors point?
I believe he's critiquing Thomism as too dualistic.
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Plato? I prefer the scholar that ran his academy a half dozen generations later: Carneades
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While power generation capacity capacity continues to keep up with demand, investment in transmission assets has not kept pace. In fact, investments in transmission assets have been in a steady decline for many years, steadily undermining the grid's reliability. Consequently, any drop in supply reliability is surely going to impact power quality.
The overall lack of investment has been linked to how energy production and energy transmission is regulated in the U.S. Since its inception, the U.S. power grid has grown as a patchwork of regional transmission networks regulated by local, state and federal authorities. According to Bill Gould, executive director of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in an ABC News.com interview "The electricity system in this country has operated on the most part on 1950s technology. There are probably lines in cities nearly 100 years old." Upgrading the aging infrastructure isn't going to be cheap either—EPRI estimates it's going to take more than $100 billion to make the necessary improvements.
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But how can processors, and more specifically, plant engineers tasked with specifying or maintaining processing system motors and drives cope with declining power quality—something that's likely going to be a fact of life for the foreseeable future?
A recent interview with Robert Glickman of ABB's Electrical Systems Consulting group and Tom Bernhardt, principal engineer within the ABB Inc., Low-Voltage Drives business unit revealed insight into the power quality problems pulse-width modulation (PWM) AC motor control drive technology users are likely to encounter and the design features of this technology that can minimize their effect.
According to Bernhardt any power problem that reveals itself as a voltage, current or frequency deviation and potentially causes equipment failure is a concern to processors. "It's important to determine the overall impact on a drive, the distance to the fault, and the impedance of the system upstream of the fault." He says it's equally important to understand the feeder impedance, the transformer connections between the faulted system and the electrical system bus. Let's look at each of these conditions:
Voltage Sags
Utility system faults frequently are asymmetrical, single-line-to-ground faults that produce voltage sag, says Bernhardt. Voltage sags are a momentary decrease in rms voltage magnitude for typically ½-30 cycles, or 8 ms-1/2 sec. These sags normally are described by their magnitude and duration. But they also need to be understood in terms of the voltage imbalance, non-sinusoidal wave shapes and phase-angle shifts that accompany them.
"AC drives have considerable capability to ride through a voltage sag, because they store energy on their DC bus capacitors and can make use of the energy stored in the load's inertia. The drive's line voltage is monitored at the DC bus. Its control logic and fan power is taken from that bus. Therefore, the drive is independent of line voltage sag as long as the dc bus holds up. The DC bus typically will trip on under-voltage at an equivalent line voltage of 65- 51% of nominal rated voltage."
On its own, explains Bernhardt, the DC bus can deliver full power to a load for about one cycle or 16 ms by allowing itself to decrease from its nominal voltage. As the bus voltage drops, the drive regulator adjusts the PWM pulse width to make up for the reduced magnitude of the output voltage waveform of the inverter. Alternatively, the drive could allow the motor speed to decrease and use the energy stored in the inertia of the load to maintain bus voltage. Typically, more energy is stored in the load's inertia than the DC bus, making it possible to hold bus voltage for a longer duration--approximately ½-5 sec. says Bernhardt.
Wye-Delta Transformers
Both Bernhardt and Glickman point out that transformer connections have an interesting effect on the ultimate line voltage seen at the load during an asymmetric fault. Most AC drives are fed from a three-wire delivery without a neutral. As a result, the input rectifier stage only sees line-to-line voltages. At the fault location, a single-line-to-ground fault will yield a voltage of zero on one phase to neutral voltage, but the other two phases are essentially unaffected. If a wye-delta transformer is between the fault and load, then two of the phase voltages on the delta side affected by the fault go to zero, but none of the line-to-line voltages go to zero. The drive will see a voltage sag on two of the line voltages. Similarly, a line-to-line fault will cause phase shifting and can cause a zero voltage condition on the secondary of a transformer.
Phase Imbalance The phase imbalance that is associated with voltage sag is caused by the difference in the inductive reactance to resistance (X/R) ratios of the source and the faulted feed, and by the propagation of voltage sags due to single-phase faults through a transformer.
During normal operation, the input voltage to a drive is balanced and the diodes in the bridge rectifier are symmetrically forward-biased. A phase imbalance acts to lower the magnitude of one or more line-to-line voltages, reducing the peak voltage for one or more phases below the nominal capacitor voltage. This causes the rectifier diodes not to forward bias. In this state, no energy flows from the AC mains to the capacitor. The capacitor will continue to discharge until there is an input voltage peak that is high enough to forward-bias the diodes.
"Because the capacitor has discharged more than its normal amount, the current drawn from the AC mains to recharge it to peak voltage will be quite high, says Bernhardt. " In fact, the rms input current on some phase might exceed 200% of normal rating, and the associated peak current drawn in the high-current phase may be as much as four (4) times the normal current."
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Our two year-old, Little Pilot, loves his lawn mower. It goes on walks with us and he even pushes it around in the winter. When we asked him what type of birthday party he wanted, he naturally responded with "leikkuri" (Finnish for lawn mower). So we threw him a lawn mower party!The blue, green and white decorations included paper pin wheels, a paper bunting, balloons and some of Little Pilot's toy tractors. We had lawn mower/garden-themed treats: lawn mower cupcakes, dirt and worms pudding, frog candies and rice krispie pops in grass. We also had some fun toddler-geared activities. I set up some lawn mower stations: a lawn mower wash, a lawn mower tune-up and a lawn mower race. The best part of the party was how much fun Little Pilot and his friends had.
Thanks, Anu! There are more photos and details on Anu's blog.
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Dance classes will be held as usual this Sunday, March 2nd 2014:
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Reminder: You do not need to have a gym membership to enter the gym to take ballet classes with the Caltech Ballet Club and you no longer have to pay an entrance fee even if you are not a student/faculty/staff of Caltech.
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Skip to comments.Rush: Romney is winning like a liberal
Posted on 03/02/2012 5:32:36 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
This is a side comment about something Rush said the other day:
Santorum won 57 out of 83 counties. That's an incredible percentage, and it reminds me of the map of the United States, red and blue by county, when you look at that after a presidential race. The whole country is red (signifying Republican) except LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, Washington, New York, Boston, Chicago and Detroit. The Republicans win 80% of America's counties and lose the White House. Santorum won 57 out of 83 counties. And, as of now, Santorum, while losing the popular vote, has won seven of the 14 congressional districts; Romney won six; there's still one at least right now
The GOP-e is using Obama tactics against us.
It's six of one and a half dozen of the other. I am not looking for an altarboy in chief OR a phoney prince charming right out of Shrek and people better wake up before all we have left is the status quo.
"The GOP-e is using Obama tactics against us."
Yes they are and it only results in them angering the base.
Santorum won 57 out of 83 counties.
In Illinois, our spend and tax governor, Pat Quinn, won 2 counties and still became governor.
And we think we are electing our representatives.
Well right now I am going for the altar boy because he is the only one getting votes. I would be on Newt's side if he was getting votes. Either one of them is acceptable to me. Newt has not been in play since SC and now he is only has a pulse in Georgia. He isn't even winning in TN. He is being slaughtered in Ohio. If he wants to get people to vote for him, he needs to win more states than everyone else on Super Tuesday. Newt thinks winning Georgia is enough but I don't think so at all. Come on Newt, let's get serious about this race.
It was effectively a tie
I voted for Newt. I still hope he pulls it out in a one on one race with Romney (increasingly unlikely.) What I am sick of though are the attacks on candidates, in this case Romney,for how they win. Romney is being attacked here for turning out more voters in regions where he is popular. He and Gingrich have been attacked for running negative adds that devastated their opponents and resulted in huge changes in polling/voting #s. Santorum has been attacked for turning out large numbers of evangelical voters. Santorum has been attacked for taking millions in PAC money from Foster Friess, Gingrich from Sheldon Aldeson, Romney from his Bain friends. Come on people. Stop being such pussies when your guy loses. I want the GOP candidate in the end to be someone who (A) Campaigns harder in areas where he is strong to boost his numbers on election day . (B) Runs hard hitting negative adds in huge numbers financed by tons of money from people who care about getting rid of Obama. (C) Turns out the demographics who like him or don't like Obama in big numbers. (D) Wins!! Stop complaining when someone on our side figures out how to win an election, it's a refreshing change for the Stupid Party.
He is a liberal.
This Romney guy is the worst. My state has a caucus on March 10th. I have no idea how the process goes. I have to read about how to do it. I fear Romney will hijack it. This State of Kansas went for Huckabee in 08 and I damn hope it goes for Santorum this year.
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How do we win, if the liberals, including liberal Republicans, keep cheating?
Of course, exposing them is a great way, but it's too late for the primaries that have already been settle.
People elect representatives, counties don't. If someone gets more votes, why does it matter how many counties they won? I don't get it.
So, Romney wins where people live. Should he apologize for this? I don't get this criticism.
If someone gets more votes, why does it matter how many counties they won? I don't get it.
And it makes no difference ow you get the votes. Even if there are more votes counted than eligible voters in the districts. I don't get it either.
I just thought this was an interesting thread from back in March now that the GOP "mod squad" is busy blaming conservatives.
We warned them, now they're surprised and its all our fault.
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The miscellaneous defense industry includes arms manufacturers, military contractors, defense research and development firms, naval shipbuilders and other defense-related services and manufacturing firms.
Contrary to popular perception, the miscellaneous defense industry is a relatively small player when it comes to federal campaign contributions -- as is the defense sector as a whole.
Total contributions from the industry were a little over $5.3 million to federal candidates during the 2014 campaign cycle, with 59 percent going to Republicans; for years, the industry has supported Republicans more strongly than Democrats.
This interest group has contributed nearly $52 million to federal political candidates and committees since the 1990 election cycle, with 60 percent going to the GOP.
Its real influence is in the world of federal lobbying. Miscellaneous defense firms spent more than $26.2 million in Washington in 2014 alone.
The companies in this grouping are highly dependent on military contracts and defense spending, and lobby extensively on the budgets for the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. Many companies in the industry are also among those that most frequently lobby the Department of Defense directly. The biggest spenders on lobbying in 2014 from this industry were Huntington Ingalls Industries (a shipbuilding firm), Emergent BioSolutions (which makes anthrax and other vaccines), Smiths Group plc (a technology manufacturing company) and Alliant Techsystems (maker of aerospace and other defense products). The top three contributors during that cycle were again Huntington Ingalls Industries, followed by defense contractors Northrop Grumman and DynCorp International.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Adrian College football team seems like they were having a letdown after last week's MIAA title-clinching win at Albion. Through three quarters on Saturday, the Bulldogs were trailing 17th-ranked Huntingdon 16-0 and looking like a long ride back to Michigan would be even longer. The switch flipped at the right moment for Adrian as they rattled off 17 straight points in the final 14:46 for a 17-16 win over the Hawks in the regular season finale. Adrian improved to 9-1 overall and extended their win streak to nine after a season-opening 20-17 loss to Carthage. In addition, the Bulldogs matched the most wins in a season in school history (9-1) matching the 1980 team that went 9-0.
"This was an extremely resilient group today," said head coach Jim Deere. "I think for three quarters we might have been happy with a playoff appearance. I think this group can never be counted out though. We have a great team with leadership from players and coaches. We never gave up against a nationally-ranked team on the road and really got momentum heading into next week."
Trevor Manuel was having a field day on the ground for the Hawks as he finished with 169 yards on 31 carries. Manuel carried in from one-yard out at the 6:47 mark of the first quarter to give Huntingdon a 6-0 lead after a failed PAT. David Ballard missed the extra point but came back and booted a 37-yard field goal with 9:43 left in the second quarter to give Huntingdon a 9-0 lead.
Manuel was not done getting into the end zone but this time it was through the air with 3:32 left in the third quarter. Neal Posey found Manuel on an 18-yard connection on a sustained drive that covered 74 yards in nine plays. The fourth quarter started with Kevin Kleine intercepting a Posey pass at the HC five-yard line and returning it to the one-yard line. Kyle Smock rumbled in on the next play and then Aaron Tenney found Justin Hemm for a two-point conversion to cut the lead to 16-8.
Huntingdon continued to misfire as two plays into their next drive, Posey fumbled the ball away to Juwan King at the Huntingdon 40-yard line with 14:06 remaining. Tenney completed passes to Mitch Gabriele (9 yards) and Hemm (21 yards) to put the Bulldogs within field goal range. Faced with a fourth-and-18, Adrian's Dustin Salliotte trotted out and kicked a career-best 43-yard field goal with 10:32 left in the game to cut the deficit to 16-11.
The Adrian defense forced yet another turnover on the Hawks' next possession. Posey was sacked and Charles Fleck pounced on the ball at the HC 34-yard line. Adrian drove to the eight-yard line and Tenney connected with Antoine Mason on third-and-goal to give AC a 17-16 lead. The two-point try failed and with 6:38 left it was Adrian clinging to a one-point advantage.
Both teams went three-and-out and Huntingdon took over possession with 2:42 left on their own 22-yard line. Posey completed a pass for 13 yards and then tossed an interception to Shuan Hladki at the Adrian 25-yard line ending the drive. Adrian took 1:01 off the clock on their next drive and punted back to Huntingdon with 1:16 left in the game. Posey incompleted four straight passes and the Bulldogs went into victory formation with two kneel downs.
The home team owned a substantial statistical advantage outgaining the Bulldogs, 334-157, and also churned out a 22-8 edge in first downs. The Bulldogs were plus-three in the turnover battle which led to the double-digit comeback. Tenney threw for 86 yards in relief of starter Taylor Copacia. Copacia completed 8-of-13 for 59 yards. Deontae Bridgeman led the defense with nine tackles and a forced fumble. Hunter Juntunen added eight tackles including seven solo stops.
Adrian will now await their first round opponent in the NCAA Division III playoffs which start next Saturday, November 17. The NCAA Division III selection show is set for 6 p.m. tomorrow evening on NCAA.com.


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Hey, Im in the rancho area and would like to get back on the court. Im free on Friday during the days and early mornings otherwise. Hit me up if youre interested,
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Would you be available on Friday at 5:30pm?
Cant this Friday, its my wifes birthday. Im usually more available on Friday mornings.
I am interested to play. Mornings weekends whatever. I just have class on tues thurs mornings. Free anytime else. Let me know
Maybe we can get together this Friday morning, say 9 am? What courts are you at?
The heritage courts or the daycreek courts are close. Chaffey college as a last resort.
Day creek courts it is, 9 am. See you there.
yes, sounds good!
Hey, last minute again but if youre up for same time and place let me know.
I live in Rancho and am typically free to play in the evenings.
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Aldrich Named Finalist for Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year
Following Augustana's best football season in school history, Vikings head coach Mike Aldrich has been named one of five Division II finalists for the 2010 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award.
Wright Discusses Economic Challenges
America is "Dying by Degrees" thanks to economic FUBARs in healthcare, Social Security and construction, according to Dr. Robert Wright, Nef Family chair of Political Economy at Augustana and director of the new Thomas Willing Institute for the Study of Financial Markets, Institutions, and Regulations.
Chapel of Reconciliation Dedicates New Banner
A new navy, blue and gold-colored banner, designed by senior Brady Holm of Fairmont, Minn., was officially dedicated at a ceremony in Augustana's Chapel of Reconciliation last week.
Vikings Ranked 17th in Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Standings
Behind a record-setting men's cross country season, an historic football run and strong finishes in other fall sports, Augustana is the only school within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) to be ranked in the top 25.
Augustana, Museum of American Finance Launch Research Institute
The Thomas Willing Institute for the Study of Financial Markets, Institutions and Regulations will fund and support student research fellowships and educational outreach programs and will feature public and Internet speaking engagements.
Rob Oliver Editorial Says Augie Boasts Brain Gain - Not Drain
President Rob Oliver's recent editorial in the Argus Leader shares the fact Augustana College long has been a net importer of intellectual capital, with the majority of graduates choosing to stay and work in South Dakota.
Braithwaite named recipient of prestigious Elite 88 award
Matt Braithwaite, senior, is the recipient of the Elite 88 award for men's cross country, presented (for each of the NCAA's 88 championships) to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average.
Aldrich tabbed Region 5 Coach of the Year
Head football coach Mike Aldrich has been named the Region 5 Coach of the Year in NCAA Division II, as voted on by members of the American Football Coaches Association. Aldrich's first year as head coach of the Vikings will go down as the most successful season in school history.
Augustana Alumnus Named to South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame
Jim Luce, '61, the infamous Viking quarterback who led Augustana to the North Central Conference football championship in 1959, has been chosen for induction into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame.
Watch Live Coverage of Historic Viking Playoff Game
In their first-ever NCAA quarterfinal appearance, the No. 2 seed Vikings (11-1) will battle the No. 1 seed Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (12-0) for a spot in the NCAA Division II semifinals at Noon on Saturday, Dec. 4, at James A. Malosky Stadium. Watch live streaming video of the game at goaugie.com.


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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Supporters of the federal health care law say they're "going on the offensive" in Michigan and nine other states.
Liberal groups plan to hold town hall meetings and other events to tout the law's benefits. Protect Your Care and Americans United for Change say they'll "take on" Republicans undermining the law and will detail their Michigan plans Friday.
Major portions of the law kick in Jan. 1, with the uninsured enrolling in health plans starting Oct. 1. The move comes as Congress goes on summer recess next week.
In Michigan, the Republican-led Senate is debating whether to approve an expansion of Medicaid for low-income adults. A vote is expected in late August.
Conservative group Heritage Action for America plans a "Defund Obamacare Tour" in various states but not Michigan.


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Opinion: Democrats' new message could point to bipartisan action
EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - Problems - we all have them.
The first step to dealing with any problem is admitting it exists. The Democrats on the Hill are taking that step.
"When you lose an election with someone who has, say, 40 percent popularity, you look in the mirror and say what did we do wrong? And the number one thing that we did wrong is we didn't have -- we didn't tell people what we stood for," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on ABC this past weekend.
The Democrats do appear to be learning from their losses in the 2016 presidential election and the subsequent four congressional special elections. They understand that they have largely fallen out of touch with the American people.
A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found that only 37 percent of Americans think the Democratic Party stands for something. Fifty two percent says it just stands against President Trump.
What is the Democratic Party to do?
Apparently it is to have a mix of 10 senators and representatives drive 65 miles west of Washington, D.C. and announce a new plan - "A Better Deal: Better Jobs. Better Wages. Better Future." Yes, the slogan may remind you of a popular pizza chain that rhymes with "Papa Don's."
Going past the slogan, there are some concrete policy proposals presented by the Democrats.
- Creating 10 million jobs through apprenticeship programs and tax incentives.
- Lowering prescription drug prices.
- Setting new, tougher, standards for corporate mergers.
There are some strong issues here to focus on. Actually, the Trump administration is already working on some of them. Could this actually be a nod to agreement across the aisle?
Last month, President Trump signed an executive order to substantially increase the number of apprenticeships in the United States.
The administration is also working on plans to address the high cost of prescription drugs. President Trump campaigned on that very issue.
Slogans are great, but the Democrats now need to connect with the American people through actions, not just words. Movement on agenda items where Democrats agree with the White House would be a good start. Since parts of the new Democrat Better Deal fall in line with some of the policies of the White House, we can hope for concrete bipartisan achievements, not gridlock. And that's the bottom line.


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katiek0417 wrote:SisMorphine wrote:mnp13 wrote:I second the use of a "leave it" command.
Two or three barks are ok at my house, after that I've had enough!
Personally I would prefer a dog who would bark only when things feel . . . wrong. Not at everything and anything. I would be correcting for the innapropriate barking and praising for the barking that isn't annoying. i would think you'd have to be consistant, though, on what barking is okay and what isn't.
I always allow Nisha to bark a few times if SHE hears something. This is not a me-based decision. Her hearing is much keener than mine, she has often heard people coming towards my house before I have.
Many dogs can hear things before their human owners (has to do with sound wave vibrations and frequencies)....so, I don't correct unless it become incessant...
I agree. My dogs hear things I don't. I live in a nice neighborhood but there is always the possibility of crime. I have no problem with them barking to alert. None of them just to be barking though, there is always something that they see or hear. For the most part they bark until we are aware of what they are barking at. They will bark, then look at me like "come look at this!", once I acknowledge what they are seeing the quit for the most part, maybe a couple more barks but that is it. Outside is a different story though, they will bark until I bring them inside. Like I said I have no problem with it, I WANT people to know I have dogs here & to wonder if they will bite or not. They won't but not every one knows that, I'm ok with that.


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It was strange sitting this war out. Having completed almost 25 years as a professional officer in the IDF, I wasn't even called up for reserve duty this time round. It probably means I'm getting older.
I was, however, constantly wired, both literally and figuratively. Listening to news broadcasts, waiting in trepidation to hear names of the fallen in each day's battles. Awakening mid-sleep to check my iPad for where rockets had fallen.
While I myself was not thrown into the fray, many of my friends' children were. I'm an active member of a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem. At any given time, we have roughly 60 of our young people serving in the IDF, and during Operation Protective Edge, more than 20 of our boys were on active duty in Gaza, very much in harm's way. Many phoned their parents moments before deploying into Gaza and having their cellphones taken away.
Parents were beside themselves until they heard from their sons again a week or 10 days later. I don't remember services at our shul ever being so sombre, and never more so than when we recited together the prayer for the safety of all IDF soldiers, with each of us naming particular soldiers for whom we were praying.
Those prayers were not answered for everyone. Moshiko Davinu, the son of one of our synagogue's nursery teachers, was killed when the armoured bulldozer he was operating while unearthing terror tunnels running from Gaza into Israel was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.
I was shocked upon recognizing Amit Yaori's bereft father in a news bulletin broadcast from outside their Jerusalem home one Saturday evening. Amit had been killed in a gun battle in southern Gaza. My daughter and Amit were in the same bar/bat mitzvah preparation program several years ago.
And I attended Max Steinberg's funeral. A 24-year-old "lone soldier," Max fought to get into the Golani Brigade soon after making aliyah from California. He was killed with six comrades when a Hamas anti-tank missile hit their armoured personnel carrier in Gaza City's Shejaia neighbourhood. More than 30,000 people accompanied him and his family to his final resting place on Mount Herzl, ensuring he was not alone on his final journey.
In Jerusalem, we experienced just a handful of air-raid sirens, but I was more concerned about my elderly parents living in Rishon Letzion, south of Tel Aviv, where they were subjected to several sirens daily and to loud explosions of rockets being intercepted in their immediate vicinity by the Iron Dome missile defence system. They live on the top floor of a nine-storey building, and every time a siren went off, they had 90 seconds to get down a flight of stairs to the landing of the floor below them. I worried something would happen to them as they scurried down those stairs.
The extensive support for this operation from nearly 90 per cent of Jewish Israelis was remarkable – something I don't remember from previous wars. We'll no longer accept even a trickle of missiles being fired into the towns and villages surrounding Gaza. When the scope of tunnels running from Gaza into bordering kibbutzim and moshavim became public knowledge, that support only rose.
Few Israelis want innocent Palestinians to be harmed. The pictures coming out of Gaza were gruesome, and Israeli TV stations didn't show enough of that destruction, both human and physical. As the dust settles, we will have to allow freer discourse about different aspects of this war and let its detractors speak their minds without fear of being labelled traitors. At times like these, Israel's maturing democracy sometimes appears quite tenuous.
But dreadful images of flattened neighbourhoods, of dead children and of hospital wards filled to the brim with the wounded do not necessarily mean war crimes have been committed. Suspicions of such must be investigated and proved – by Israeli authorities.
In an era when international humanitarian law is taught in almost all law schools, Cicero's well-known aphorism associated with the relationship between law and war, that "when the canons roar, the muses are silent," is no longer relevant. During the latest hostilities, commentators the world over have become "law of war" experts, explaining the significance of the principles of distinction and proportionality. Many perfunctorily reported that Israeli military commanders have committed war crimes in Gaza. Not unexpectedly, the UN Human Rights Council, that bastion of international justice, has established a commission of inquiry "to investigate all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip, in the context of the military operations conducted since 13 June 2014." Somehow, many of the commentators have overlooked the urban warfare, human shields and use of civilian locations as staging grounds for Hamas' war of terror. Why do I have a feeling the UN Human Rights commission will also ignore them.
Twice during Operation Protective Edge, I had occasion to be proud of also holding Canadian citizenship. I participated in a Canada-Israel rally in Jerusalem organized by former Canadian senator Jerry Grafstein. Attended by Vivian Bercovici, Canada's ambassador to Israel, and six Canadian parliamentarians (three Conservatives and three Liberals), as well as other Canadians who flew to Israel to show support at this time, most of the several hundred in attendance were Canadians now living in Israel. I have not attended such an event since making aliyah 35 years ago, but after hearing several short speeches, I found myself surprisingly moved while singing O Canada, followed by Hatikvah.
I was also impressed by Bercovici when I heard her speak at Jerusalem's Begin Center. She explained Canada's unique support for Israel, declaring that Canada's "foreign policy lens views what happens on the ground. Israel is a democracy that shares critical values with Canada. We believe the conflict is a broader and global conflict between the free world and terrorism. This is why we maintain our focus despite the destruction from Gaza." Simple words that really hit the nail on the head.
I know very little these days about Canadian politics, but at present, Israel has no better friend in the international arena.
Early one Saturday, I took my dog for a long walk in the Sataf Nature Reserve not far from Jerusalem in the Judean Hills. As we strolled through the wadi, I noticed a wild pomegranate tree teeming with tiny fruit blooms. Weeks from now, the fruit will be much heavier on the branches, symbolizing renewal and a changing of seasons from summer to fall. On the eve of Rosh Hashanah many Israelis will eat the seeds of this wonderful fruit before beginning their festive meals, adding a blessing wishing that their good deeds in the coming year will be as plentiful as the seeds of the pomegranate.
As we approach that new season, may this be the beginning of more peaceful and tranquil days for both Israelis and Palestinians, and may we both be blessed with good deeds and with creative leaders of good conscience, of wisdom and of courage. A pipe dream, perhaps, but I've been to too many funerals of late.


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David J. Schofield, 79, of Chestnut Hill, a retired employee of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, died Sept. 22 at Chestnut Hill Hospital.
Until his retirement in 1994, Mr. Schofield had worked in the Post-conviction Unit of the District Attorney's Office. Earlier he had worked for Burlington Industries and Proctor and Gamble.
Mr. Schofield was the self-appointed "Mayor" of Benezet Street, where he had lived for nearly five decades. He kept a directory of all of the neighbors on his block and organized snow plowing each winter. He also contributed poems and essays to the Chestnut Hill Local.
Born and raised in Buffalo, N.Y., he graduated from Kensington High School there and from Pennsylvania State University. He served in the Army from 1955 to 1957.
After a diving accident in 1967, Mr. Schofield became a paraplegic and spent months in rehabilitation in Chestnut Hill Hospital and Magee Memorial Hospital. His daughter, Elizabeth Walker, said that despite his physical disability, he was "full of warmth, humor, curiosity and optimism.
"He was a friend to many and an inspiration to all who knew him," she added.
In addition to his daughter, he is survived by his wife of 53 years, the former Gretchen Kirchner; sons David Jr. and Peter, and five grandchildren.
A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 29 at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 19 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118. Memorial donations may be made to the above church or to LaSalle College High School, 8605 Cheltenham Ave., Wyndmoor, PA 19038. – WF


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The Red and White Dairy Cattle Association is excited to announce that their 2013 summer internship position was awarded to Cassandra (Cassy) Krull of Lake Mills, Wisconsin. During the course of the summer, Cassy's responisbilities will include assisting with registrations and transfers, publications and representing the RWDCA at various events.
Cassy is the 19 year old daughter of Cindy Krull and the late Brian Krull. She was raised on her parents 800 acre farm where they are currently milking 40 head of registered Holsteins, Jerseys and Red and Whites. Her passion for the dairy industry began at an early age by working with her parents on the farm. Cassy received her first registered animal when she was two years old and has purchased several deep pedigreed cattle during her involvement in the industry. Cassy has been active in judging and showing since she was two years old and continues her interest by attending county, district, state and national shows and sales and being a leader to younger members in her county.
Cassy Krull is currently a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville majoring in Agricultural Education and Animal Science with a dairy emphasis. Her career goal is to promote and educate others about the dairy industry through either teaching or going back into the industry and farming herself. She has been active on campus by being involved in Dairy Club, Dairy Judging and other activities. Cassy has also been active in her county's 4-H, FFA and Junior Holstein Associations. We look forward to Cassy joining our team for the summer months!
For further details, please contact the Red & White Dairy Cattle Association at 308B Ogden Ave., Clinton, WI 53525; Phone: (608) 676-4900 or 4909; Fax: (608) 299-0800; Email: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com; Website: www.redandwhitecattle.com.
Founded in 1964, the Red & White Dairy Cattle Association has been located in Crystal Spring, Pennsylvania since 1975 and Clinton, Wisconsin since 2009. The RWDCA strives to encourage and promote the progressive breeding and development of superior Red & White Dairy Cattle by providing breeders with information, programs, and services to help track, evaluate, and improve the breed from one generation to the next. The Association is based on the principle of an open herdbook and currently serves over 1,300 members. For additional information, you may contact the RWDCA at (608) 676-4900 or 4909 or visit www.redandwhitecattle.com.


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Homecoming Queen Looks Forward to More than Bowl Game
By Karl Younk man
To be invited to attend the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Football Classic in Memphis TN. would be exciting enough for a young high school student. To be able to watch a great college game and be honored at halftime would be something to remember for a lifetime.
By Karl Younkman
To be invited to attend the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Football Classic in Memphis TN. would be exciting enough for a young high school student. To be able to watch a great college game and be honored at halftime would be something to remember for a lifetime.
For Wellington High senior Jaedyn Ledesma the most exciting and rewarding part of the trip will happen before the football game kicks off. Mississippi State plays Rice at 3 p.m. on ESPN.
Jaedyn was chosen to attend through America's Homecoming Queens National Pageant Registry and recognized as one of the top Queens in the state and region of the country. The selection is based on academic achievements, community activities, and all-around status as an outstanding individual. Jaedyn was crowned Homecoming Queen this past fall on the football field.
Jaedyn spoke Saturday about her upcoming trip. "I was excited to be chosen because of the tour we will take of St. Jude's," Jaedyn said.
Jaedyn helped found the Momentum Movement here in Wellington which is dedicated to helping people who need a helping hand. "We've helped raise money for people to help with medical issues," said Jaedyn. "And we helped send a local woman recently to realize her dream to swim with the dolphins. It's just people who want to help and make a difference."
On Monday, the Queens will tour St. Jude Children's Hospital and visit with the children who are patients. Jaedyn's mother Linda confirms the reason of Jaedys excitement. "She is looking forward to the hospital and the patients and parents," said Linda. "I'll venture to guess she has no idea who is playing in the bowl game. Because the hospital is why she wants this experience."
Jaedyn's love of kids is obvious. "Our last recent project for Momentum was to make 85 stockings for kids at Christmas," said Jaedyn. She also is a volunteer at the Rec Center as a youth basketball coach. She coaches not one, but two teams. "Jaedyn is also very involved with her aviator church," Linda said of her daughter.
Jaedyn is also active on the sports competitive fields as many in Wellington are aware of. She's currently on the basketball team and this fall in Cross Country she went to State. And she broke the school record, setting a time of 15 minutes 53 seconds. The record she broke was her sister's, J'Lynn. "That was kind of cool to do that," said Jaedyn. " She was awesome."
Jaedyn hits the books too. She's at the top of her class in academics and also was voted senior class president. But it's the community service that seems to drive her.
"The best things in life are free," says Jaedyn. "They say you get more satisfaction from visiting kids who need our help. And I really am excited to do that and try to help."
Besides the hospital tour, the Queens will be welcomed Sunday at the Double Tree in Memphis and later on Monday will participate in the Bowl Parade. Again, Jaedyn will look to the children. "Some of the kids from St. Jude's will ride on the float with us," said Jaedyn.
And then at halftime of the football game the Queens will be honored and participate in the musical presentation. And it will be on the TV! If you happen to miss it though, Jaedyn is taking a friend with her to record the event. "Tyler Benson is traveling with me to help out and take pictures," said Jaedyn. "He's a member of the Momentum Movement also and is a really good friend."
Wellington certainly will be looking forward to hearing about Jaedyn's experience when she returns on New Year's Day.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In a double header that was rescheduled due to rain on Friday afternoon, the MIT softball team faced New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) foe, Babson College, at home on Sunday afternoon. The Engineers fell to the Beavers in a close first game with a score of 2-1 but picked up a win the second with a score of 4-2.
This is the first time since 2003 that MIT has won a game against Babson, ending a 19-game winning streak in the series between the two teams. The Engineers are now 15-10 for the season and 5-5 in NEWMAC play, while the Beavers are 20-9 and 10-3 in conference action.
The score in the first game remained tied at 0-0 until the top of the fourth, when Lindsey Schmid scored off a single by Madison Dinaso. At the bottom of the fifth inning, MIT answered Babson's run with one of its own, when sophomore Kelly Wang (La Canada, Calif.), who was pinch running for classmate Karly McLaughlin (Edwardsville, Ill.), scored off a single by freshman Alex Burgess (Chelmsford, Mass.).
At the top of the seventh, Schmid scored her second run of the day off a sacrifice fly by Jackie Enos, giving the Beavers a slight edge. With the Engineers unable to get anyone on base at the bottom of the inning, the game ended with a Babson victory.
Freshman Alexandra Marshall (Glen Head, N.Y.) pitched all seven innings, allowing seven hits and two runs, while striking out three.
The Beavers wasted no time, scoring a run at the top of the first inning in the second game. It wasn't until the bottom of the fourth that MIT could respond, with a run scored by senior Anna Christensen (Vernon Hills, Ill.) following a single by classmate Leah Alpert (Needham, Mass.). With another Babson run at the top of the next inning at the hand of Catie Funk, the Engineers were, once again, trailing.
MIT offense came alive in the fifth inning, scoring three runs almost back-to-back. Burgess scored her first run of the day when Marshall reached first on an error. Marshall soon followed off McLaughlin's single and Christensen scored her second run of the game off a single by sophomore Ellie Fodor (Trenton, Mich.). The Cardinal and Gray held Babson to zero hits in the remaining two innings, ending the game in the seventh inning with a win.
Christensen was 2-for-3 with two runs, while Fodor was 1-for-2 with one RBI. Fodor was at the mound for all seven innings, allowing only five hits and two runs and striking out seven. She earned her ninth win for the season.
The Engineers will return to action on Wednesday, April 17 when they play an away double header against Springfield College at 3:00 and 5:00 p.m.


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March 2011 Inbox: Letters to the EditorPosted in Features on March 1, 2011
What is a Prerunner?
I salute the Potentate of Power and request his infinite wisdom.
I've been grinding gears off-road my whole life, but I don't get the word prerunner. It's used often in your magazine, your great magazine, to describe everything but a Toyota truck. You even called the Raptor a "factory-built prerunner"! What gives, O great one?
I run 285/70R17s on my Dodge. What's the "285"? I know it is tire height, but 285 of what? Is it just foolishness like the old F70 or D78 designations or what? What gives, my leader? Don't use "metric equivalent" or "arbitrary" in your answer, please.
My tires have gone up from 25 to 45 bucks this year. Are the tire company guys doing us like the oil companies? Is it the Feds? They sell 100 million tires a year and that's some serious revenue, Daddy-O! What gives, boss?
Free my tortured soul from ignorance.
A prerunner is a style of truck used to prerun a race, common in off-road desert racing. The equipment used to modify the truck is intended to allow the vehicle to go faster over extreme bumps and terrain while providing a safe and controlled ride. It isn't supposed to be a flat-out desert racer, but at least close.
On your tires, the sidewall size designation is indeed the metric equivalent of the old F70 style of markings, but hardly arbitrary. In fact, it's quite sensible. The "285" is called the section width as measured from sidewall to sidewall, in millimeters. The "70" is the aspect ratio, which is a percentage of the section width to the height of the sidewall. So your tire's sidewall is 70 percent of 285 mm, or 199.5 mm. The "R" indicates a radial tire; a bias tire might be marked with a "B," a dash, or a space. The "17" is the rim size in, yes, inches. So your tire's total height is 32.75 inches because 199.5 mm multiplied by 2 is about 15.75 inches, and you add that to a 17-inch rim. Go to www.discounttire.com and check out the whole story.
Lift Laws Feedback
Hey guys, I was just reading your October issue and was reading up on the New Jersey lift laws. I just took my newly acquired '90 Chevy Blazer on a 6-inch lift with 35s through the stability testing. The Asbury Park location where you photographed the tilt wall is where I had my truck on the 19th of August. I have a listing of applicable rules and regulations provided by NJDMV on oversized vehicles. You hit the nail on the head but missed a few things.
New Jersey has moved away from safety inspections, only doing emissions testing now, so it is the owner's responsibility to ensure safety. Overall, the testing of the stability takes 35-45 minutes to load the truck onto the scales then balance it with the driver-side wheels up on the comedy act of a bump and the passenger-side wheels on the scales. After that, the truck is measured on the front and rear bumpers and in the inner doorframe on the driver side, the wheel height and width are checked, and everything is crunched in a computer.
Now the real adventure is the mud flaps. They will penalize you and fail you if they do not come fully down to the bottom of the rim. I found out the hard way, as I was 1/8 inch short. In all, though, you hit it dead-on, like I said. There were just a few things you missed. Keep up the great work, and keep the muddy action rolling.
Bayville, NJ
Man, we need to move to Bolivia to get away from red tape. I hear you get more for your money there. Thanks for the N.J. update!
Dangerous Photo
Love the mag. I have been an on-and-off subscriber for years (now an on-again-forever subscriber). Just a comment on a picture on page 32 of the Nov. '10 magazine (why I get a November edition in September is another question entirely). Anyhow, on page 32 you have already chastised a driver for having his hand out the window holding onto the rollcage. In the picture below, there are two winch cables in use, one running right beside the driver's head, yet I see no snap-arresting devices placed on either of these cables in case one happens to snap. I have read your warnings in other issues about placing a blanket, jacket, anything draped over the cable, to use as a safety device. To me this is a potentially far more dangerous situation. The guy in the top picture could severely damage his hand; the guy in the bottom picture could lose his head. Just thought I would point that out.
Oh, and as a Dodge Dakota owner (picture attached), I was proud to see the truck make the cover. More articles on Dakotas, please. We need to get the word out that there is a whole subculture of proud Dodge Dakota (third-generation) owners who are starving for aftermarket support. There is currently no suspension lift kit offered for our trucks.
Thanks for the great magazine!
Kent Eaton
Winston Salem, NC
We were concerned with that photo too, but there were safety measures applied to the cables after the photo was taken, and little stress was placed on them. They were mainly stability cables. Thanks for noticing and mentioning it. It gives us a chance to repeat our safety mantra.
Axleshaft Fix
First off, great mag! I look forward to my new issue every month. I just wanted to add a quick comment on your article "Jeep Trail Tech: Dana 30 Axleshaft Swap & Trail Safety" (Dec. '10). It is not a bad idea to make sure you can separate your unit bearing from the knuckle before you snap a shaft on the trail. I would suggest that you check it when you are doing your next brake job. I live in the Great White Northeast, and in every unit bearing replacement I have done, the unit bearing rusts itself fast to the knuckle. Separating the two usually requires a big hammer, a few chisels, and bunch of time. Since the unit bearing is such a tight fit in the knuckle, even a little rust can make removing it difficult. Better to spend a few hours on the driveway, where you have the time and the tools, than on the trail, where such things can be scarce.
Adam Stella
Plains, PA
No doubt that rust will freeze the unit bearings in the bore over time. The best solution would be to assemble them with antiseize in the first place, but I doubt that will ever happen!
CJ-17 Brakes
Your magazine is great. I can't wait for the next issue! Your CJ-17 rig looks just like what I have in mind for my CJ3-B ( I know, I know, it's the Ugly One). Can you help me out with any info or suggestions about the brake pedal/booster/master/cylinder swap? What type of equipment did you folks use?
My frame has been boxed front to rear. I have a small-block Chevy, a Turbo 350 trans, and a Dana 44 and Ford 9-inch (both cut down and reworked by Dave Adams' Extreme Off-Road & Repair in Clovis, California).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mike Barrett
Via 4wheeloffroad.com
We used the stock CJ-7 pedal, which had an auto and power brakes. The master cylinder and booster are from Off Again 4x4, (505.325.5761, www.offagain4x4.com), which are Navajo Brake units. We've used these on many of our Jeeps with great results.
Tire Math
I'm interested in the new Erod LS3 for a swap into my CJ-7 and was wondering if, on your UACJ ("Erod Action" Sept. '10, page 58), you changed the default settings for the gearing in the computer to match your actual setup. Or would that prevent it from passing smog? The install guide states that the drive ratios are programmed for 3.55:1 and are good for 3.08:1 to 4.11:1. Tire diameter needs to be 26-30 inches. I live in California.
Mike Gibbel
Aliso Viejo, CA
Mike, we didn't need to change anything in the computer, and it works great. As you state, we could have 28.19-inch-tall tires and 4.10 gears. Doing some quick tire and gear math verifies that this is the same as 37-inch-tall tires with 5.38 gears, which is what we are running.
Reader Rant
Dandy Diapers
I am a longtime subscriber who spends more time drag racing than thrashing around in the mud, but I had to finally write to help with an idea you guys might not be aware of.
I will start by saying I love the magazine. I have been a subscriber for a long time, and though the magazine has changed/added/dropped some features I am still very happy.
Do you guys ever want to go postal at some of the letters written in? I can't count the times I have screamed at my current issue because of somebody with a keyboard and no brain:
"How come you didn't put the Honda CR-V in the running for 4x4 of the Year? Are you afraid it would beat the Jeep Rubicon?"
"How come you don't have any tech articles on the Subaru Outback? With a couple hundred grand it would beat any rock buggy."
This one is my personal favorite: "I never see any AWD Astro Vans in your magazine." Seriously, I'm a diehard Mopar man and I squeal like a girl if I see a Ramcharger or someone mentions Jinxy, but I don't threaten to cancel my subscription if I don't see a Dodge in every issue.
To the reader who mentioned UA Lite, sign me up! A 33-35 tire size, only a rear locker, and milder trails-I love the idea. I know it's a huge job for Rick, but he does such a great job with the whole trip, not just the trail stuff. I know guys with more hardcore vehicles will call it Ultimate Pansy Adventure, but it could attract a new/rookie crowd to help the hobby.
Finally, why I wrote in the first place. I mentioned above that I am a drag racer. Due to the sport becoming a lot more commercial, many steps have been taken to reduce downtime in the action for the spectators when an engine lets loose. There are all kinds of engine diapers that do exactly what you think they would do. They keep the fluids/parts contained when an engine explodes. I haven't seen any mention of this in any article, so I wasn't sure if it had been incorporated into the off-road world. I think something like this could definitely help to keep the environmentalists off our backs.
Once again, great mag, and thanks for letting me rant.
Frank DeVeglio
West Islip, NY
Thanks, Frank, we appreciate your rant and the kudos! It so happens that we have actually used diapers and absorbent feminine products on various cracked cases and leaky engines over the years. We always carry some in the toilet paper section anyway, and oftentimes it makes the difference between leaving a trail and actually cleaning up ATF when it dumps out or boils over. I doubt we'll have a Pampers shootout, but we do recommend carrying these kinds of items on the trail to keep us green.
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Professor's research making a difference
Can we do a better job of helping our military families?
By Jim Heffernan ('96)
JMU assistant professor of political science Dr. Jennifer A. Taylor knows firsthand the hardships that military families endure — the long deployments, the multiple relocations, the emotional and financial stress, the uncertainty. As a military spouse, Taylor moved 15 times over the course of her husband's 25-year career in the Navy, often forced to start over in a new town with no real job prospects, a limited social network and three young children in tow.
As a former military spouse, assistant professor of political science Dr. Jennifer A. Taylor relocated 15 times over the course of her husband's 25-year career in the Navy.
"Everywhere we went I kept seeing the same issues come up with other military families," she says. "There seemed like there ought to be a better way to build connections among these families that wasn't command-driven. As military families, we're conditioned to provide help, not ask for help. And when you're constantly moving someplace new and you have to develop a support system, it's very challenging."
"As military families, we're conditioned to provide help, not ask for help. And when you're constantly moving someplace new and you have to develop a support system, it's very challenging."
Despite her family obligations and the constant changing of scenery, Taylor managed to carve out a career as a development officer and executive in the arts, social services and education. But along the way she experienced her share of employer discrimination. "As a military spouse, your resume starts to look like Swiss cheese."
The family's last duty station was in Norfolk, Va., where Taylor enrolled in a Ph.D. program in public administration. There she met Vivian Greentree, co-founder and director of research and policy for Blue Star Families, a nonpartisan organization that advocates for military families on the national level. Taylor was looking to transition from the nonprofit world to teaching and research, and her experience as a member of the military community endeared her to the upstart organization. "We began thinking about how we could use our research skills to influence the national conversation and change public policies for veterans, service members and their families," she says.
Surveys yield troubling results
Taylor joined the Blue Star Families research team as a lead investigator in 2011. The organization surveys military families on an annual basis to identify their needs and concerns and then analyzes and reports the findings to lawmakers and the administration at a hearing on Capitol Hill hosted by the Joint Military Family Caucus. "It's a wonderful opportunity for our research to make a difference," Taylor says.
A survey asked 'Would you recommend military service to others?' "On a scale of -100 to 100, the 2013 military respondents' score ranged from -28 percent for service members to -38.8 percent for military spouses. What does that mean for the future of our all-volunteer military?"
And it has. Blue Star Families has helped shape public policy like the proposed Interstate Compact On Educational Opportunity For Military Children, which is designed to remove barriers to educational success due to frequent moves and deployments, and portable teacher licensure for military spouses. The group has also been active with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Small Business Administration in developing opportunities for virtual employment and transferable businesses. "Military spouse unemployment hurts the whole family," Taylor says, and often impacts the successful civilian transition of service members.
Changes to retirement benefits are also a top concern among military families, according to the organization's 2013 survey. "More than 1 million service members will be transitioning to civilian life in the next few years," Taylor says. "Along with the challenges of reintegration and transition like finding employment, pursuing additional education and job training, many military families will lose their health benefits. Veterans retain their health benefits as they separate, but families will lose theirs."
In addition, Blue Star Families has been instrumental in shedding light on the fact that military spouses and dependents are at an incrementally higher risk for suicide than service members and veterans, yet programs and services for military family members are minimal and suicide rates are not tracked by the Department of Defense.
One of the findings that most concerns Taylor is the index measuring whether military families would recommend military service to others. On a scale of -100 to 100, the 2013 respondents' score ranged from -28 percent for service members to -38.8 percent for military spouses. "We're an all-volunteer military," Taylor says. "What does that mean for the future?"
Taylor believes bridging the military-civilian divide is vital. "There are things that civilian families can do to support military families in their community, whether it's making and delivering a meal, or mowing the lawn, or watching the children while the spouse goes to the grocery store. All of these simple things can make a difference."
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Derrell Scott scored on the second play of the game for the Havelock Rams, but it was a play on which he didn�t score that had the attention of his coaches and fans.
HAVELOCK - Derrell Scott scored on the second play of the game for the Havelock Rams, but it was a play on which he didn�t score that had the attention of his coaches and fans.
Scott got hit making a catch late in the second quarter and injured his back, and the super senior did not return to the game. Still, Havelock used a strong defensive effort and four touchdown passes from quarterback Travis Sabdo to beat Northside 40-15 Friday at Havelock High.
�He�s fine,� Havelock coach Jim Bob Bryant said of Scott, who is being recruited by just about every major college football program in the country. �He�s just got a bruised back.�
Scott made a leaping catch, but as he was in the air, got hit from behind. He stayed on the field several minutes as trainers checked on him and then slowly walked off the field and headed into the locker room before halftime.
In the second half, he stood on the sidelines, without his helmet and shoulder pads, watching the action. Part of that involved an injury to backup running back Taylor Woods, who injured his hip and did not return. He totaled 95 yards rushing on 10 carries until he was injured.
�We tell our kids all the time that they�re one injury away from being on the field,� Bryant said. �We�ve got two young tailbacks (Taron Wallace, Donta Stackhouse) we put out there, and they got some varsity experience when the game was tight.�
Scott raced 63 yards on the second play of the game, lifting Havelock to an early 7-0 lead. He finished the contest with 131 yards rushing on just 14 carries.
Sabdo threw a nine yard touchdown pass to Matt Boykin and added a 34-yarder to Boykin as the top-ranked Rams (5-0) took a 21-0 lead after the first quarter.
Northside�s Juwaun Eddy returned a fumble 32 yards for a touchdown to narrow the gap to 21-7 early in the second quarter. The Monarchs (2-3) came up with four turnovers for the contest, including interceptions by Josh Cabrera and Isaiah Wells.
�Our defense is athletic and will get after it,� Northside coach Bob Eason said. �We just need to be a little more fundamental.�
Sabdo came back later as Micheal Bowman took a screen pass 34 yards for a touchdown with 4:25 left in the second quarter, taking a 28-7 lead into halftime.
Sabdo finished 13-for-23 for 175 yards, but had little success getting the ball down the field. He also threw his first two interceptions of the season.
�Offensively, we had our spots, but we didn�t play the kind of football I expected us to play,� Bryant said. �I expected us to get through the game with no turnovers and blocking our rules, and we didn�t do a great job of that.
�But, the good thing about football is we�ve got another week coming up, so we�ll get better next week.�
In the second half, Sabdo threw a 23-yard screen pass for a touchdown to Kyran Bowman for a 34-7 lead.
Northside got quarterback Jake Erickson�s 24-yard touchdown pass to Josh Cabrera and a two-point pass from Erickson to Matt Pinto, narrowing the margin to 34-15 with 11 minutes left in the game.
Still, Northside struggled offensively on the night. Erickson was just 2 of 7 for 31 yards, and the Monarchs managed just 60 yards rushing on 40 carries. Kris Curry led Northside on the ground with 59 yards.
�I thought we battled. We competed,� Eason said. �We played hard. I thought we played good in spurts. Offensively, we didn�t help ourselves any. Our defense was on the field all night, but that�s a credit to Havelock�s defense.�
Havelock�s Akenno Godette returned a fumble 15 yards for a touchdown for the final margin. Godette had a sack in the contest, and Keion Joyner had two sacks and forced a fumble that Andrew Ramirez recovered for a Havelock team that has allowed just three offensive touchdowns through five games.
�I thought we played good,� Joyner said. �We had some minor mishaps on some plays, but other than that, I thought we did a good job.�
Havelock totaled 15 penalties for 180 yards, including 10 in the first half for 115 yards.
�It seemed like every time we got a positive play, there was a penalty,� Bryant said.
�I�m happy with the win, but we�ve got a lot of things we need to work on as a team. We scored 40 points, and we did not play our best game. I guess if we score 40 points and did not play our best game, we�re doing alright.�
Havelock is next scheduled to play Richlands in its Coastal 3A Conference opener for homecoming next week at Havelock High.
Jax-Northside 0 7 0 8 - 15
Havelock 21 7 6 6 - 40
First Quarter
H � Derrell Scott, 63-yard run, Noah Kemble kick, 11:24
H � Matthew Boykin, 9-yard pass from Travis Sabo, Kemble kick, 6:09
H � Boykin, 34-yard pass from Sabdo, Kemble kick, :15
Second quarter
N � Juwuan Eddy, 33-yard fumble return, Gage Eason kick, 8:59
H � Michael Bowman, 34-yard pass from Sabdo, Kemble kick, 4:25
Third quarter
H � Kyran Bowman, 23-yard pass from Sabdo, conversion failed, 5:30
Fourth quarter
N � Josh Cabrera, 24-yard pass from Jake Erickson, 2-point pass Pinto from Erickson, 11:00
H � Akenno Godette, 15-yard fumble return, conversion failed, 8:02