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SALEM, Mass., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — A new study released today by King Fish Media finds that a structural change in the world of media is driving marketers to rethink the business of reaching customers and prospects. The King Fish Media 2009 Survey on Marketing, Media and Measurement, conducted in partnership with HubSpot, Junta42 and the Upshot Institute, reveals that where traditional advertising was once a foregone conclusion and a focal point of all marketing efforts, companies are now revising old formulas and creating new ones. Above all, their ability to use new media channels to reach audiences directly and to measure the value of their response and interaction is advancing a trend: companies are abandoning other's media platforms in favor of creating their own original channels and content. To download the complete King Fish Media 2009 Survey on Marketing, Media and Measurement ebook, visit www.kingfishmedia.com/2009research.
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Haynesworth issued a statement Wednesday saying he will report for training camp after staying away from the Washington Redskins all offseason trying to force a trade despite being paid a $21 million bonus in April.
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Rare ragas and devotion-laden kritis were Shertalai Ranganatha Sarma's choice. It was not just Suriya Prakash, but the whole team with total coordination, offered a rich aural treat. And raga bhava was Kiranavali's forte.
What stood out in Shertalai Dr. K.N. Ranganatha Sarma's concert were his powerful yet melodious voice, his precious patantara, adherence to tradition and crystal-clear intonation.
Sarma's Natakurinji alapana evoked a transcendental mood. Trivandrum N. Sampath (violin) responded with a brilliant elucidation. The raga offers immense scope for tanam and Sarma exploited it to the fullest. The pallavi 'Saravananai, Muruganai, Guhanai, Ninai' was at two aksharams after samam in khanda triputai. He followed the traditional trikalam and tisram pattern.
Sarma rendered ragamalika swarams in Hamsanandi, Mohanam, Surutti and Sindhu Bhairavi.
Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan (mridangam) presented a scintillating thani. His speciality is strict kalapramana and pleasing korvais.
After a leisurely alapana of Purvikalyani, Sarma rendered Oothukadu's kriti on Jayadeva, 'Padmavathi Ramanam.' The very structure of this kriti is exquisite. In the swaraprasthara at pallavi, the concluding korvai was decidedly harmonious.
Sarma's Bilahari delineation had something unique that evoked karuna (compassion) and bhakti (devotion) rasas. Dikshitar's 'Sri Madhurapuri Viharini' (Rupakam) was the chosen kriti. May be because Sarma is presently settled in Madurai as a Professor of Music!
He commenced his sparkling concert with Thulasivanam's 'Pranathosmi Devam' in Nattai, with a brief swaraprasthara. Syama Sastri's Ananda Bhairavi piece, 'Mahilo Amba' was an enjoyable rendition. 'Mother Amba, is it possible for me to describe your power and splendour?' asks the composer. While playing for Swati Tirunal's 'Bhogindra Sayinam' in Kuntalavarali, Ananthakrishnan revelled with a variety of Khanda nadai combinations.
Sarma rendered Tyagaraja's 'Satthaleni Dinamulu' in the rare Naganandini with musical precision. The Saint laments that even in the first quarter of Kaliyuga, one witnesses several acts of sin! Dikshitar's 'Ekamresa Nayakim' in Samaram (Shanmughapriya) was well rendered.
Sarma concluded his concert with a Surdas bhajan in Kalyanavasantham and Gopalakrishna Bharati's 'Irakkam Varamal' in Behag. Sarma's disciple Santhosh Subramaniam offered able vocal support.
R.K. Sriram Kumar (violin), Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (mridangam) and Anirudh Athreya (ganjira). What more can a vocalist aspire for? R. Suriya Prakash was lucky to have these stalwarts with him for his morning concert. They were pillars of strength to him.
And, Suriya Prakash possesses all the ingredients that a vocalist requires, viz., a fine voice, knowledge of music, sruti suddham sound patanthara, and control over raga and tala. Above all, it is evident that he practices hard. He could therefore live up to one's expectations in his morning concert. The highlight was a perfectly elucidated Kiravani. Its aesthetic form was well presented. It was as extensive as it was melodic. R.K. Sriram Kumar brought out the subtle and delicate beauties underlying the raga. Suriya Prakash presented Periyasami Thooran's kriti on Paramacharya, 'Punniyam Oru Koti Purindheno' with verve and an element of devotion. His niraval at 'Annai Kamakshi Pole' was gentle while the swaraprastara was powerful. The repetitive phrases ending with ma pa dha ni sa ri were particularly musical.
The thani was a special item in the concert. There was total understanding between Bhaktavatsalam and Anirudh and it came to the fore when they presented their Misra Nadai, which was a rhythmic treat.
Suriya Prakash presented a beautiful Kannada alapana. Sriram Kumar's response was equally brilliant. Of course, the chosen kriti was Dikshithar's 'Sri Mathrubhutham.' Suriya Prakash offered kalpanaswaras to this kriti.
Suriya Prakash commenced the concert with the anupallavi of Muthaiah Bhagavatar's 'Valli Nayaka Nive Gathiyani' in Shanmukhapriya. He provided an appropriate swaraprastara. Then he sang Tyagaraja's divine piece in Vagadeeswari, 'Paramathmudu' followed by the Saint's 'Vasudevayani Vedalina' in beautiful Kalyani, which was rendered without alapana, but with niraval and swaras at 'Raga Tala.' In the strictest sense, this song cannot be categorised as a kriti, it is a Daruvu. It is the second song of 'Prahlada Bhakta Vijayam.' The song introduces the dwarapalaka, who comes shouting the name, Vasudeva. Suriya Prakash wound up the concert with Swati Tirunal's Bhajan, 'Ramachandra Prabhu Tum Bin' in Sindhu Bhairavi.
The concert commenced 25 minutes behind schedule as the vidwan who was giving a lecture earlier, exceeded his time-slot. Thus, there was a chain reaction. A few of our artists have to realise the value of time!
Kiranavali Vidyasankar's Sankarabharanam was a vocal display of the range and depth of the raga and of her own dexterity and precision. She is the granddaughter of the legendary Gottuvadyam maestro Narayana Iyengar and daughter of Chitravina Narasimhan. She is a performing artist in both vocal and Chitravina.
She possesses a sweet voice, which occasionally gets husky. She revels in conveying the raga bhava in totality. Adithi Krishnaprakash (violin) responded with a well-played alapana. Her violin had a special resonant tone. Kiranavali chose to render Tyagaraja's 'Swararagasudha,' with niraval and swaras at 'Mooladhara.' Her swaraprastara, kuraippu and korvai had a stamp of elegance and artistry. The thani by Sridhar Chari (mridangam) had a string of korvais and it was a pleasure watching them ending at the arai idam on the dot.
Similarly in her Sriranjani alapana, the essence of the raga came to the fore. Adithi's alapana was equally impressive. Papanasam Sivan's 'Ini Oru Kanam' is a beautiful kriti in this raga and Kiranavali was at her best in kalpanaswaras at 'Thamarasadalakshane' in atheetham.
The Sahana varnam gave a dynamic start to the concert. It was followed by 'Sarasiruhasanapriye' (Nattai) of Puliyur Doraiswamy Iyer. Incidentally, he is the father of Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer.
In Dikshitar's 'Anandamrithakarshini,' the tisra prayogam at the latter part of Pallavi proved highly musical. The kriti's chittaswaram was also beautiful. Likewise, her well-rendered 'Marivere' (Anandabhairavi – Syama Sastri) also has a lilting chittaiswaras. She concluded her recital with Swati Tirunal's thillana.
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Wow, what a loaded question! Everyone (pretty much) will tell you to get what they have...I have a Newport 30
Denise030 has a good point, sometimes that "tipped' over will put them off, small kids and moms on heeling sailboats don't always go together. However, I appreciate where your mother-in-law is coming from...
I think I have a somewhat unique perspective in that I have a wakeboard boat
a sailboat. So I've a question...are you footing the bill??? This will limit what you're looking for.
So, if you're footing the bill, let me start the family wedge.
Take your family and spend a bit of time while looking, all on the prospective boat.
If you don't all fit with comfort then "it ain't it". If you foot the entire bill, it will be
boat. No matter how much you want it to be the family boat. Plus, if you're not racing, and it's just a fun for a day or two boat, do you really care how 'fast', what kind of rig, etc. she is/has? The big question really is WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF THE BOAT???
The Catalina 36 is a nice boat. My friends have one with a walk through transom and enough room 'inside' for 7-8 several people. Plus the cockpit is ok for up to 5-6 people.
I love my Newport 30 but it's too small for what you say you need. She sails with a big boat 'feel' and I love that. But inside and the cockpit is just too small...although, great for a couple!
Are you
dying to sail? If not here's an off the wall for this forum suggestion. If you can do this (I could if I wanted) buy a small trailer sailor to run around in and enjoy sailing (I bought one for $5K and while a bit tender she was great)... and buy a patio boat for the family. Oh...I can hear the outrage from the hard core sailors!!!
If you get a good used patio boat it will have 1. a place out of the sun for everyone. 2. It should have cooking facilities, all be it small but great when kids are involved...you just can't believe how hungry they get on the water. 3. It should have a port-a-potty something near and dear to every Mom's heart! 4. You can 'raft up' a sailboat and maybe tow it as well. 5. In shifts, adults can escape the small kids. 6. It might have a slide for the older kids. 7. Games can be played while others are goofing off in the sailboat. 8. It might be more in keeping with what your mother-in-law is hoping for...family wise.
Ok, so if you can't do the above? Who's footing the bill??? Who ever that person is...it's their boat. Get what you/they want. Everyone else is a guest. They come when invited and deal with what's available. Yes, my family would love for me to have a 50 footer with at least two staterooms and heads...do I have that??? Nope!
Are they upset when I take them sailing? NOPE! No one complains about the galley when their mouths are full of food. Kids don't gripe because, gasp...I have a DVD player for them...and a dingy and a kayak, and a swim ladder and...and...and.....
You make the boat what you want and need. Shore/beaches are available and there are lots of options. Don't get in a hurry. Look at lots of different types and styles of boats. Get a survey! Take your time. Think about how you'll use the boat. Remember...there are lots of friends who'll want to go as well...X's how many family members?!?
Best of luck!
I got my boat (I boarded about 800 to find her) I hope you get yours! Take your time. Get a survey. Have fun. Good luck!
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Score: 8.3 / 10
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse fits firmly into the action/RPG genre along with the likes of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Dungeon Siege II, and The Bard's Tale and acts a perfect follow-up to last years (console exclusive) original by offering a great mix of "more of the same" and some new additions, like the ability to utilize members of The Brotherhood -- the evil counterpart of the goodie-goodie X-Men.
Being able to play as characters from The Brotherhood like Magneto, Sabretooth and Juggernaut is made possible by the comic book story which, centers on the rise of Apocalypse (like the subtitle wasn't enough to tell you that) and his Four Horsemen as they attempt to wreak some extreme havoc. So great is the threat that Magneto sees only one solution: team-up (temporarily) with the X-Men. This simply simple addition makes for some very engrossing gameplay, particularly for X-Men junkies that have always wanted to create their own mutant team-up.
Before each mission (and even during) you select mutants to make up a group of four. During the single-player campaign, you are always in direct control of one character, with the ability to switch to the other three mutants on-the-fly. Your squadmates are controlled to some degree by the computer AI, with attack traits (aggressive, defensive, etc.) by the player. The computer uses the characters pretty effectively during fights (though they do sometimes get in the way when you're trying to get through a door). Ranged fighters like Cyclops will position themselves to reflect the advantage of attacking from afar, while melee fighters like Colossus will go toe-to-toe with anyone. Increasing their effectiveness is done by earning experience points (XP), which increases damage that can be doled out, offers new mutant attacks, etc. Allocating XP can be done automatically by the computer or you can chose to dole them out to specific areas manually. And like all good action/RPG Rise of Apocalypse offers a ton of upgrades to buy and find throughout the game, which can further toughen up your mutants, make them more accurate or more powerful.
The action and control is relatively straightforward -- click on enemies, throw a few punches, perform a special mutant attack, and move on to the next objective. Attacks can be combined among your group of selected mutants to cause even more damage and to mix up the action a bit. Strangely enough, the action never gets stale.
Maybe it's because the group can be altered (almost at will) or maybe
it's the cool-looking cel-shaded graphics but it could also be the numerous cameo appearances of mutants we know from the comic books and the fact some areas can be approached differently (and power-ups acquired) depending on the specific mutants in your group that keeps the action from feeling stale. Unfortunately, there are some areas of the game that will drive X-Men fans nuts, the chief one being that each character has a "mana" expenditure that is associated with all the best moves. Why does Magneto have to replenish his mana before crushing things with his mastery over all metals? Or better still, why does Wolverine have to use a heal potion to replenish his health? His mutant healing ability should take care of that! If you can look past this discrepancy from the source material you'll have more fun in the long run.
Rise of Apocalypse is an easy game to watch. The cel-shaded graphics engine -- in full 3D -- offers equal parts ease of being able to see what's going on at a glance, smoothly animated moves and small details that gamers can appreciate. Even better is that the game settings are very scalable if you don't have a top of the line rig. I can't sing the same praises of the audio however. Patrick Stewart returns as Professor Xavier and as usual he's great but the character quips range wildly from competent to awful -- Gambit and Bishop being particularly crappy -- and the music is forgettable.
Throughout each environment there are an assortment of icons to find that unlock comic book covers that are included to encourage the player to explore every nook and cranny of some very large maps. There is the chance to unlock secret characters, which can add to the fun but all these extras are there mostly for fan service because casual players probably won't be as interested in unlocking everything. One note of complaint from me -- the comic book scans look awful. Instead of a high resolution pic the quality has been scaled down to accommodate showing well on the console versions. I'm playing this on a PC -- make it look nice!
Developer Raven also included a multiplayer mode. It makes sense to include the four-player mode for that Gauntlet feel and it does offer some fun. Even better is that you don't need to have friends over, you can play online. This feature certainly helps extend that playtime but the single-player campaign is strong enough that you won't miss the multiplayer if you give it a miss.
In the end, if you're into action/RPGs or the X-Men, X-Mem Legends II: Rise of the Apocalypse should be on your wish list for Christmas. It's just about everything a fan could want even if it's more popcorn than a "serious" RPG.
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Lobbying the Alaska Legislature is an increasingly lucrative job for the top professionals, with nearly a dozen lobbyists reporting they collected over $400,000 in fees last year from interests looking to influence the state's lawmakers.
Developers of the proposed Pebble mine led spending on Alaska lobbyist salaries. Oil companies and the cruise industry were also among the major spenders and treated lawmakers to meals as they pushed for tax reductions, according to disclosure reports. Municipalities spent their tax dollars on lobbyists to get state money from the Legislature.
The leader of Alaska's lobbyist corps, Wendy Chamberlain, brought in more than $1 million in 2010. Her clients included the Pebble Partnership, Marathon Oil and the Municipality of Anchorage. The municipality paid $110,000 for her services.
Companies, utilities, local governments, unions and others with business before the Legislature spent nearly $17 million to lobby Alaska lawmakers and public officials last year. That comes out to an average of $283,000 spent for each of Alaska's 60 state legislators. The information is contained in spreadsheets recently released by the Alaska Public Offices Commission based on required disclosures from lobbyists and the entities that pay them.
"People are often shocked when they hear how much money is spent," said University of Tennessee political science professor Anthony Nownes, who specializes in lobbying. "There's a lot of money in the business."
The Pebble Partnership, developers of the huge Pebble Mine prospect in Southwest Alaska, spent more on Alaska lobbyist salaries than anyone else last year. The group laid down $378,000 to employ four of the professional lobbyists at the Capitol.
That includes both Chamberlain and her ex-husband, former Anchorage state Rep. Eldon Mulder.
Pebble's lobbying expenses also include paying for legislators and staffers to tour the area around the proposed mine. The Pebble Partnership last year paid $742 apiece, including airfare and meals, for Sen. Charlie Huggins and Rep. Neal Foster to make the trip. Pebble paid for 12 staffers and seven lawmakers the year before.
Anchorage Democratic Sen. Bill Wiel-echowski and other lawmakers pushed for a study last year of the environmental impacts of developing Pebble, the giant prospect that is hugely controversial because of its location in the headwaters of two of the five major rivers that feed Bristol Bay's world-class salmon runs. Funding was approved, but the study has been shelved amid disputes among lawmakers over who should do the research and what exactly ought to be asked.
Wielechowski said Pebble lobbying at the Capitol isn't nearly as visible as the oil companies.
"They have always had a dominant, consistent presence in the building. You just have to walk into an (oil tax) hearing and you'd see at least probably five or six lobbyists there for the oil companies," he said.
Exxon Mobil is the state's third-biggest spender on registered lobbyists, BP and Conoco Phillips maintain offices in Juneau and Conoco paid several thousands of dollars last year bringing executives to Juneau to talk to the state's lawmakers.
Lobbyists also wine and dine legislators, and they have to report if it's over $15. BP lobbyist Paul Quensel and Exxon lobbyist Dan Seckers treated the co-chairs of the Senate Finance Committee, Bert Stedman and Lyman Hoffman, and Hoffman's wife last year.
They also picked up the tab for Wasilla Sen. Charlie Huggins, Anchorage Sen. Lesil McGuire, North Pole Sen. John Coghill, Kenai Sen. Tom Wagoner, as well as Wagoner's wife.
Exxon's Seckers had another event where he reported treating "all Alaska legislators."
Seckers reported that he spent just over $900 on food and beverages for legislators, spouses and staff last year. BP's Quesnel put down expenses of nearly $500.
Sometimes it's an organization, rather than the lobbyist, who picks up the bill. Organizations are not required to report which specific legislators they treated, just what they paid. The Alaska Cruise Association, which successfully pushed to reduce cruise taxes, reported "sponsorship of legislative dinner," last year at Alaska's Capital Inn, a high-end bed and breakfast in Juneau. The cost was just over $1,000.
Nownes, the professor who has researched legislative lobbying nationwide, said he thinks wining and dining isn't going to change a legislator's mind on a policy issue but might help with lawmakers on the fence.
"We don't have a lot of good solid evidence those things corrupt lawmakers or tend to make a huge difference. One the other hand logically it seems pretty clear it probably has some impact, especially on the margins," he said. "Most of us simply can't do that."
Nownes is author of the book "Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It.)"
Lobbyists often describe their role as helping clients keep up to speed and interpret what's happening in the Legislature, something like a lawyer hired to navigate the legal system.
They say their role is to educate legislators on what a bill would mean for their client, whether it be a company, labor union, municipality or nonprofit.
"I think they tend to describe themselves fairly accurately as providers of information, I think that's their primary modus operandi. ... Clearly the information is biased in that it might play up one side more than the other. But there's not a lot of evidence that, for example, they lie. They just have a point of view," Nownes said.
Lobbying is about relationships and knowledge of how the Legislature and its culture work. The list of legislators-turned lobbyists includes Mulder, Jerry Mackie, Dave Donley, Al Adams and Joe Hayes. Gov. Sean Parnell spent time as a lobbyist for Conoco Phillips after he served in the Legislature.
State officials also go into the business. Kevin Jardell was the legislative liaison for Gov. Frank Murkowski, working on oil tax and gasline legislation, and then went to work as a lobbyist for Exxon Mobil. Jardell's total salary last year, including money from Exxon and other lobbying clients, was almost $327,000.
Ray Matiashowski, the state commissioner of administration under Gov. Murkowski, is now a lobbyist with several clients and brought in $373,000 last year. Mike Tibbles, who was the chief of staff for Gov. Sarah Palin, lobbies for the cruise industry. John Bitney, who was an aide to Valdez Rep. John Harris and ran Sen. Lisa Murkowski's primary election campaign last summer, picked up a contract this year as the lobbyist for the city of Cordova.
Alaska cities and school districts are among the major employers of lobbyists.
The Municipality of Anchorage and the Fairbanks North Star Borough each paid lobbyists more than $100,000. The North Slope borough put about $120,000 toward its lobbying, making it the seventh highest spender on lobbyists in the state.
The North Slope borough's main lobbyist is former state Sen. Adams, a power broker when he represented Kotzebue in the Legislature. Adams, who also works for other Northwest Alaska government, nonprofit and Native corporation interests, reported spending over $1,500 on food and drink for legislators, spouses and staffers last year, paying bills at such establishments as the Baranof Hotel and the Canton House in Juneau, as well as The Dish sushi restaurant in Anchorage.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M returns home to Reed Arena on Sunday to play host to No. 16 Iowa State. First serve is slated for 2 p.m., and fans who show a ticket from the A&M-Nebraska football game can purchase a general admission ticket for only $3.
Free stats, live video and audio of the match will be available at AggieAthletics.com with Ryne and Lara Hillenberg calling the action.
ISU (18-7, 11-6 Big 12), which enters the weekend tied for third in the conference after a home sweep against Colorado on Wednesday, is the first of three nationally ranked opponents the Aggies face to close out the regular season.
A&M, 13-14 overall and 7-10 in Big 12 matches after knocking off Kansas State for only the second time ever in Manhattan, Kan., plays at No. 8 Texas on Wednesday, Nov. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Gregory Gym in Austin and then returns home to conclude the regular season against fifth-ranked and current Big 12 leader Nebraska on Saturday, Nov. 27 at 4 p.m. at Reed Arena.
The Aggies upset the defending Big 12 champion Longhorns, 3-0, when the teams met earlier this season in a State Farm Lone Showdown at Reed Arena. It remains one of only two conference losses for Texas, which enters the weekend in second place in the Big 12 standings with a 15-2 record.
A&M's match against the Huskers (25-2, 17-1 Big 12), who also fell to A&M in their last appearance at Reed Arena, will be the final Big 12 match ever for Nebraska, which joins the Big Ten Conference next season.
It will be "ResLife Night" in the season finale against Nebraska, and A&M students who show their dorm key will get in free. In addition, the dorm with the most attendees will win a free pizza dinner.
Sophomore libero Tori Mellinger has 429 digs for the full season, the eighth most digs in a season in school history. She needs nine more digs to move into seventh, ahead of Stacy Sykora, who had 437 digs in 1998, and 13 more digs to move into sixth, again surpassing Sykora, who had 441 digs in 1996. Mellinger has posted double figures in digs in a team-leading 22 matches -- including eight matches in which she has tallied 20 or more digs -- and she has led or tied for team-high honors in digs in 18 matches.
Junior outside hitter Kelsey Black has led or tied for the team lead in kills in all 27 matches this season and has led or tied for the team lead in points in all but one match. Junior outside hitter Chelsea Ringel tied Black for team-high honors in kills at Texas Tech, the only time Black has not led outright. Sophomore middle blocker Lindsey Miller had 11.0 points to Black's 10.5 points at Missouri, marking the only time Black did not at least share in the team lead in points this season.
Black's 85 attack attempts at Baylor on Nov. 6 is the second most swings by an A&M player in school history. Laura Jones (2003-05) holds the school record with 88 swings in a 3-2 victory over LSU on Sept. 10, 2005.
Black has scored 501 points this season, ranking sixth in the A&M rally-scoring season records. She needs only 12 more points to move into fifth place, surpassing Sarah Ammerman, who had 512.5 in 2007, and 24 points to move into fourth place, ahead of Laura Jones, who tallied 524.5 points in 2003.
A&M has played nine five-set matches this season, tying the school record for most five-set matches in a single season set in 1988 and tied in 2005. The Aggies are 2-7 in five-set matches this season.
A&M leads the Big 12 with 1.24 aces per set and ranks second for fewest aces allowed (0.79) per set in all matches.
In conference matches only, A&M is second in the league for fewest kills allowed per set (12.09) and fewest assists allowed (11.35) per set.
Individually, Kelsey Black continues to lead the Big 12 in points (4.86) and aces (0.38) per set and is second in the league with 4.16 kills per set. Freshman setter Allie Sawatzky is seventh in the conference with 9.67 assists per set, and sophomore libero Tori Mellinger is seventh in the league with 4.17 digs per set for the full season. In addition, sophomore middle blocker Lindsey Miller is ninth in the Big 12 with 1.06 blocks per set for the full season.
In Big 12 matches only, Black is second with 4.72 points per set and third with 4.16 kills per set. Mellinger is seventh in digs with a 4.28 average, and Sawatzky is seventh in assists with 9.60 per set. In addition, Miller is seventh in the league with 1.12 blocks per set in conference play.
A&M is 11-0 this season when winning the first set and 10-2 when winning the third set. Conversely, A&M is 2-14 when losing the first set, and 3-12 when dropping the third set.
Freshman setter Allie Sawatzky, who has started every match for the Aggies this season, has tallied 50 or more assists in five matches, including 52 assists in the win against Oklahoma.
Sophomore middle blocker Lindsey Miller, who hit an A&M season-high .611 (minimum 10 kills) against Colorado on Oct. 23, has posted double figures in kills 10 times this season, including five times in the last eight matches. In addition, Miller has totaled 31 blocks in the last five matches, averaging 1.48 blocks per set during that span.
Aggie libero Tori Mellinger recorded a career-high 34 digs against Missouri on Oct. 13, the most digs by a Big 12 player this season. Her 34 digs also is the most by an A&M player in the rally-point scoring era -- using both the 30- and 25-point scoring cap -- and ranks fifth all-time in the Aggie record books. It is the most digs by an Aggie since Erin Gibson had 35 against Colorado in 2000 and only four shy of tying the all-time record of 38 set by Yvonne Van Brandt in 1988 and tied by Stacy Sykora in 1998 using side-out scoring.
A&M entered the week ranked 22nd in the nation in home attendance, averaging 1,504 per match in 12 home contests. The Aggies, who are currently 6-6 in home matches this season, had a season-high 3,305 in attendance to cheer them on to a 3-0 victory against No. 8 Texas on Sept. 16.
Black has twice tied the A&M all-time record for aces in a match this season for both a three-set match and a five-set match, posting six apiece against Sam Houston State and Pacific. She has 39 aces in 2010, the most by an A&M player since Aggie All-American Melissa Munsch (2001-04) posted 42 aces in 2004. Black needs six more aces to break into the A&M top 10 for aces in a single season.
Black, Miller, Sawatzky and Stephanie Minnerly have started every match this season, and Ringel has started all but one and has played in all 103 sets. Mellinger has been the designated libero in every set.
A&M must win each of its three remaining matches to finish above .500 overall and be eligible for consideration for the NCAA tournament. The 64-team tournament field will be announced Sunday, Nov. 28 between 2-2:30 p.m. (CT) on ESPNews.
Laurie Corbelli, the winningest coach in A&M volleyball history, is 376-183 in her 18th season at the helm of the Aggies and 476-289 in the 25th season of her head coaching career.
A&M leads ISU, 24-8, since the teams first met in 1981, including 22-7 in Big 12 matches only.
A&M is 12-2 against the Cyclones in matches played in College Station.
ISU has won seven of the last nine meetings against A&M, including each of the last three.
A&M's last win against ISU was Nov. 12, 2008 at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Junior Sarah Ammerman had a match-high 16 kills to lead A&M to a 25-23, 25-14, 18-25, 25-20 victory over the Cyclones.
In the most recent meeting, ISU defeated A&M, 25-22, 21-25, 25-11, 26-24, on Oct. 16 at Ames High School in Ames, Iowa. Carly Jenson led the Cyclones with 20 kills, and Victoria Henson and Jamie Straube added 14 and 11, respectively. Kelsey Black had 15 kills to lead A&M, and Elise Hendrickson added 12. ISU All-American libero Ashly Mass led all players with 21 digs, and the Cyclones outhit A&M, .254 to .169.
The 16th-ranked Cyclones are 18-7 overall and tied with Oklahoma for third place in the Big 12 standings with an 11-6 mark. They are 5-4 in away matches.
ISU returns all but one starter from last year's most successful season (27-5 record) in school history, including AVCA All-Americans Victoria Henson (outside hitter) and Ashley Mass (libero), who led the Cyclones to the NCAA Sweet 16.
One of the scheduled returners, junior outside hitter Rachel Hockaday, suffered a season-ending knee injury in ISU's season opener. Hockaday was an All-Big 12 honorable mention selection in 2009 and was named to the league's preseason All-Big 12 team this fall.
The Cyclones are coming off a 3-0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-22) home victory over Colorado on Tuesday, which snapped the Cyclones' only two-match losing skid of the season. Victoria Henson led all players with 15 kills while hitting .480, and Ashley Mass took match-high honors with 20 digs.
Henson leads the Big 12 with 4.40 kills per set. She is second in the Big 12 with 4.80 points per set for the full season.
Sophomore setter Alison Landwehr leads the conference with 11.72 assists per set, and senior libero Ashley Mass is third in the league with 4.88 digs per set. In addition, sophomore middle blocker Jamie Straube is sixth in the league with a .323 hitting efficiency.
ISU is ranked in the top three in the Big 12 for hitting percentage (.263), opponent hitting percentage (.165), assists (13.56), kills (14.38) and digs (16.76) per set for the full season.
The Cyclones, who placed second in the Big 12 last year, were picked to finish third this year, according to a preseason poll of the league's head coaches.
Christy Johnson-Lynch (Nebraska `96) is in her sixth season as head coach of the Cyclones. She was the starting setter for Nebraska's national championship team in 1995, when current A&M Athletics Director Bill Byrne was the A.D. for the Huskers.
The Aggies play at No. 8 Texas on Wed., Nov. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Gregory Gym in Austin and then conclude the regular season at home against No. 5 Nebraska on Sat., Nov. 27 at 4 p.m. at Reed Arena. The match will be the Cornhuskers' final match as members of the Big 12 Conference, as they leave for the Big Ten Conference next year.


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SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea on Monday proposed that the two Koreas halt hostile military activities starting later this week – an apparent show of its desire for peace before a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The surprise suggestion from the North's top military body, the National Defence Commission, was reported by the official KCNA news agency.
It was made hours after the nation confirmed its second missile test in recent days.
The commission said the North was ready to suspend all acts of verbal provocation and slander from Friday, and urged the South to reciprocate. Pyongyang also called for an end to live-fire drills and other hostile military activities near the disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea from Friday.
The maritime border is a frequent flashpoint. There have been no direct military clashes there since 2010 but the two sides intermittently fire warning shots or engage in live-fire drills.
The North also urged the South to scrap its annual joint military exercises with the United States slated for August, to create a favourable mood for this year's Asian Games in the South Korean city of Incheon.
Pyongyang has promised to send athletes to the games, to be held from September 19 to October 4.
Mr Xi is visiting Seoul on Thursday and Friday for talks with President Park Geun Hye before going on to Pyongyang.
China is North Korea's sole major ally and key economic benefactor, and the fact that Mr Xi is visiting Seoul first has been seen by some as a deliberate snub.
Despite its leverage, an increasingly frustrated China has failed to persuade the North to curb its nuclear weapons programme and to stop raising regional tensions through missile and atomic tests.
The North's latest olive branch followed a series of missile launches, including Sunday's test-launch of two short-range Scud missiles.
Pyongyang also announced separately on Monday that it would put two detained American tourists on trial on charges including "perpetrating hostile acts".
KCNA said suspicions about such acts by Matthew Todd Miller and Jeffrey Edward Fowle had been confirmed by evidence and their testimony.
Miller, 24, was arrested in April after he apparently ripped up his visa at immigration and demanded asylum in the communist state.
Fowle, who entered the North on April 29, was arrested after the 56-year-old reportedly left a Bible at a hotel.
Meantime, the North said its leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the latest missile tests.
A KCNA report was unclear about the type of missile, mentioning, "tactical rockets" and "precision-guided missiles". The South's military said Sunday's test was of two Scud missiles with a range of about 500 kilometres (300 miles).
A few days earlier, a similar North Korean report had hailed the test of a "cutting-edge" guided missile as a "breakthrough" in its military capability.
The North carries out regular missile tests, sometimes for technical reasons but often to register its displeasure with events elsewhere.
According to KCNA, Mr Kim argued that the missile tests "had not the slightest impact" on regional peace and security, and were in fact a guarantor of regional stability.
"Durable peace can be protected only when one is so strong that nobody dares provoke one and it can be guaranteed by one's own strength," he said.
With Mr Xi and Ms Park expected to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear weapons, a state-run newspaper in the North lashed out at efforts to curb its nuclear ambitions as a "stupid fantasy."
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Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE: HMA) today announced its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012.
Key metrics from continuing operations for the fourth quarter (all percentage changes in the bullet points below compare the fourth quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2011) include:
- As shown in the tables accompanying this press release, diluted earnings per share ("EPS") from continuing operations increased to $0.19. Excluding the impact of approximately $20.3 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, of interest rate swap accounting and mark-to-market adjustments on the swap due to interest rate conditions, and excluding approximately $52.6 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, of Medicare and Medicaid Healthcare Information Technology ("HCIT") incentive payments, net of Medicaid rate adjustments, diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $0.12 per diluted share, as compared to $0.13 per diluted share in the prior year. Also impacting the fourth quarter was approximately $0.04 per diluted share of incremental legal and investigation expense and approximately $0.02 to $0.03 per diluted share related to Mississippi Medicaid payment reductions, which were offset by Medicare and Medicaid HCIT incentive payments;
- Net revenue increased 6.6% to $1.481 billion;
- Adjusted EBITDA increased 13.7% to $254.0 million;
- Same hospital net revenue increased 5.1% to $1.459 billion;
- Same hospital net revenue per adjusted admission increased 5.2%;
- As shown in the accompanying table, same hospital Adjusted EBITDA increased 22.2% to $324.9 million, resulting in a 320 basis point improvement in margin to 22.3%. Excluding HCIT incentive payments of approximately $52.6 million and $38.2 million for the fourth quarter 2012 and 2011, net of Medicaid rate adjustments, respectively, same hospital Adjusted EBITDA increased 19.6% to $272.3 million and same hospital Adjusted EBITDA margin increased 230 basis points to 18.7%; and
- Same hospital surgeries and emergency room visits increased 0.9% and 9.2%, respectively.
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Interested parties can expect the following in this twenty-sixth episode of The Side Mission Briefing:
-Listener Feedback has you guys celebrating Keith Apicary's dance moves, among other things. A shout out is offered; will 'Community Service' become a thing? The choice is yours!
-An iTunes Update! Is the day finally here? Will you finally be able to subscribe to the show? Has our dream finally come true?
-Some of you continue to clamor for an easier way to find this show on the site. I agree! But your best bet in the interim is to visit Side Mission as often as possible and keep an eye peeled on our carousel atop the page!
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-Will we be able hop on a dragon in Skyrim to visit Morrowind? I hope so. That sounds fun.
-The latest departures from Irrational Games might not bode well for Bioshock: Infinite.
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-Jake Solomon, Lead Designer for Firaxis on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, leaves his yurt, strips naked and saunters into the co-host chair. We'll be cleaning that chair.
-I've been playing an awful lot of XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
-Because of all the work on XCOM: EU over the past 4.5 years, Jake's a bit behind on his gaming.
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-Last week's debuts of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Dishonored are still driving lots of interest; this upcoming week can't compete, despite DOOM 3 BFG, 007 Legends and the rest.
Gripe or Guilt has Jake examining the idea of 'accessibility' in game design, while On a Personal Note has Jake and I talking Classic Rock, NFL football, our Heroes/Enemies Lists and life as a part-time lumberjack.
I highly advise listening to the show in order, beginning with Episode II. I'm building the show in the vein of a serial more so than a procedural… which is to say, there will be narrative threads and story lines that carry on from show to show. So catch up if you can before diving into this week's Episode!
Along those lines, here's a link to the show's debut featuring Dr. Buzz Aldrin, which is a standalone piece.
Here's are links to Episode II, Episode III, Episode IV, Episode V, Episode VI, Episode VII, Episode VIII, Episode IX, Episode X, Episode XI, Episode XII, Episode XIII, Episode XIV with Peter Molyneux, Episode XV with Brandon Jones, Episode XVI with Michael Pachter, Episode XVII, Episode XVIII with Alison Haislip, Episode XIX, Episode XX, Episode XXI, Episode XXII, Episode XXIII with Meagan Marie, Episode XXIV with Randy Pitchford and last week's Episode XXV with Nathan Barnatt / Keith Apicary.
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Farley is president of the Allen County Volunteer Leadership Council for the American Cancer Society; board member for the Wapakoneta Area Economic Development Council, Rhodes State College Division of Accounting & Finance; Goodwill Easter Seals of Miami Valley and is a volunteer for the Lima Allen County Chamber of Commerce.
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Has either intel or AMD yet created any 128-bit instruction set? Even if so, I don't think using it anytime soon would be a good idea. As you go up in bit depth, sure you allow more to be done per clock cycle, but you dramatically increase data bus bandwidth requirements and can thus actually slow things down.
I don't think 128-bit in the general computer space (e.g. everyday applications, integer mathematics, etc) would ever be a good idea until we start seeing computers with more than 16 EB of memory (which we are nowhere near right now.) For everything else (e.g. vector math, high precision floating points, etc) we already have a nice GPU architecture for that which already handles data structures way larger than 128-bits even, and there's no need to change OS kernels for that beyond what we already have.
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I think this whole XP mode thing will solve that problem going forward. Right now they reserve it for people running the pro version (and the pro version is aimed at those who would care about it the most anyways,) but I think as they learn to integrate VM's with the host OS better and with faster speeds (and given that newer x86 CPU's have been made more efficient at running hypervisors) it will become something that is used more regularly as opposed to a proof of concept.
Once you can just throw everything that isn't compatible into a VM, you can start ditching legacy support.
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TIMBERLINE LODGE -- A climber was injured in a fall on Mt. Hood Thursday morning after a huge chuck of ice hit her.
The climber was caught in a small snow slidealong theHogsback, according to Clackamas County sheriff's office spokesman Sgt. Jim Strovink.
Search coordinators said the woman was hit with what members described as a 20 by 40 foot-chunk of ice. She then fell another 300 feet prior to stopping.
I heard somebody yell, looked up and saw a lot of ice and snow coming down at us, climber Nick Allen, with a group of seven climbers just below, said. A lot of debris, a lot of snow. I ve seen video of avalanches and it looked a lot like that.
The 30-year-old woman was alert but suffered cuts to her scalp and face and also had some back pain, Strovink said. She was with a group of about 12 climbers when she was hurt.
I dug my feet in and grabbed onto my ice ax, Lauren Panasewicz said. It came and like hit us and we got knocked down about 100 yards. It feels like you got hit by a car, just really sore and my face is all cut up and my hands and stuff.
SKY 8 Images: Mt. Hood Rescue Scene
A Reach and Treat team was bringing her down by sled and then snow Cat.
SKY 8 raw video: Mount Hood climber rescue
The group left for the ascent about 2 a.m. and the woman fell at the Hogsback about 6 a.m.
Conditions were ideal Thursday for climbing.
The Hogsback is a long and narrow knife-edge ridge beginning at about 10,000 feet on Mt. Hood, an area that often requires crampons and is the more technical section of the mountain's most popular, south face climbing route.
May and June are the most popular months for climbing Mt. Hood due to the combination of more reliable weather plus deep snowpack.
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I am now considering a purchasing a Stevens 40. Information about this boat is hard to come by. Anyone knowing anything about this boat, please post a reply.
I am particularly concerned with the boat''s stability. Ballast/Displacement ratio is .333, seems a little low, but I know there are other factors affecting stability.
I have sent an E-mail to Sparkman & Stevens requesting data. Sugguestions on other resourses of information would be welcome.
Stevens 40
You might contact Paul Bennett at Bennett Brothers Yachts (www.bbyachts.com).
Paul was the president of Stevens Yachts until selling the company in the late 1980''s. Bennett Brothers Yachts also maintains the Stevens 47 club supporting Stevens 47 owners around the world in maintaining their yachts.
The Stevens 47, the predessecor to the Hylas 47, is a larger version of the Stevens 40. Both were built in Taiwan by Queen Long Marine - the boatyard that also built the Kelly Petersons and now builds the Hylas line of yachts. Paul, more than anyone else, would know the particulars and history of the Stevens 40.
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Hollywood star Shields claimed the tennis star smashed every trophy he owned after watching her film an episode of the hit show
Hanging around on the white sands in a neon green bikini with chic hat, Serena certainly turned heads
The Scot set up a blockbuster quarter-final clash with the Serbian star after taking apart Jo-Wilfried Tsonga last time out
Obviously in a good mood after his straight sets victory, Djokovic chooses an unusual way to close his press conference
The Scot won 6-1, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in New York to set up a clash with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga but will be well aware he must improve against the ninth seed Frenchman
However, last year's Wimbledon champion said he believed the country would not vote 'Yes' in the referendum
US legend last won one of the game's big four events at the 1986 Masters - three years before the Northern Ireland superstar was even born
Event's youngest-ever qualifier carded a better opening score than some managed in the men's US Open on the same course a week ago
Pinehurst champion and compatriot Langer have won three of the four Majors between them and Hoylake next month can complete the set
Kaymer teed off at Pinehurst last night with a five-shot lead after opening with two record-breaking rounds of 65
European Ryder Cup ace Kaymer, 29, remains top of the leadboard at Pinehurst heading into tonight's final round
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Germany's 2012 Ryder Cup hero takes just 25 putts on the North Carolina venue's slick greens to open 3-stroke lead over pack headed by Graeme McDowell
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American under scrutiny over alleged insider trading to try again this week in only Major he has not won - but finished second in SIX times
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Coping on a late fall cruise, Lake Ontario to Quebec
A quick note on the trip:
- Found a total crew of three was best for transiting the Locks on the St. Lawrence seaway. One each on fore and aft line and myself to watch. Check the spreader does not catch on the lock's walls.
- We were transiting the locks in late October and the public dock were removed. We could not contact the lockmaster as we needed the dock to get to the telephone to contact the lockmaster. The VHF channel for each lock was different than the last. The staff at one lock usually did not know the channel for the next. Consult the Radio Aids to navigation government of Canada publications.
- Most yacht clubs close at the end of October. event thought they are closed, they were hospitable and gave us space, There is a slight discount for off season, usually 10%, but seemed not enough for a lack of services.
- Found few sheltered anchorages in Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River except for the Thousand Islands section.
- Great scenery in the Thousand Islands granite outcroppings, magnificent houses/cottages, islands; unique and not to be missed.
- Snow on deck is dangerous, very slippery.
- Even though this is a populated area, emergency health care is not readily available. Immediate help can be hours away.
- Tips for when the temperature is low. Some days we had temperatures below freezing. Needed felt lined boots. Because we have a metal destroyer steering wheel, heavy mitts (snowmobile mitts) were great for the helmsman.
- Floater suites, like Mustang's, were great for laying around, but too warm for work.
- Cabin heat is a necessity. Otherwise no way to get dry. More comfortable for eating and lounging.
- SOSpender's inflatable lifejackets were comfortable and readily worn by crew. The integrated harness made it easy to clip on when going on deck. And because the harness is integrated, the crew always has a harness on and do not have to take time to take off a life jacket and put one on.
- Togues are great hats.
- A permanent dodger over the cockpit kept us warm and out of the elements. Recommended for cold weather sailing.
- Self steering would have been useful. We hand steered the whole way and stood at the wheel. A helmsman chair would be useful, a necessity if singlehanded.
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Posted April 9, 2012
Saturday, November 26, 2011ARC - A Slight Case of Death by Robert Lee Beers
A Slight Case of Death: 4 out of 5 stars
Being a hard-nosed bulldog when it comes to solving cases is never easy on Tony Mandolin. It starts to get harder when the daughter of a rich tycoon asks him to find her twin sister. The chase is on as bodies begin appearing one after another- all victims of drug overdoses…or are they?
A Slight Case of Death by Robert Lee Beers, takes off with twist after twist, leading to places the reader never expected to go.
This ARC was given to me as a free gift, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this tale to the end! I got hooked by the twists in the plot that went through run-ins with crazy, flaming drag-queens, size-changing alcoholic pixies, and off-color vampires. I have to say that my favorite character was Frankie: the cross-dressing, flaming drag-queen who often tried to steal the show!
I'm sure that more excitement and drama waits in the next installment of this series!
Posted January 21, 2012
Reviewed by Paul J. for Readers Favorite
A beautiful lady asks Tony to find her missing twin sister, and sporting a handgun, makes him an offer he can't refuse. Tony quickly finds the missing girl, dead. But that's just the start of his problems as his client and other young redheads also soon turn up dead. But this is not just your run-of-the-mill serial killer. No, this one leaves a very strange clue. Each girl appears to have been 'fed' upon. But, Vampires don't really exist, do they? That is a question Private Detective Tony Mandolin finds himself pondering as the evidence piles up in a case involving dead redheads. Tony has another small problem, how to correct the perception that he has become a made man for the city's major crime boss. Tony finally begins to make some headway but just when he thinks things couldn't get any weirder, they do.
First of all, I loved this story. As a fan of first person hard-core P.I. stories I felt this one might just be right up my alley. The story started out well, showing us a well-conceived protagonist and a wealth of colorful characters, particularly the cross-dressing Fankie and Police Detectives Rorche and Monahan. The plot had me hooked from the start but with every little twist and turn I fell even farther and then there was one gigantic twist. Several times I found myself laughing out loud at the characters Tony suddenly finds himself allied with. This story has it all, good detective work, a little mystery, a little fantasy and good clean fun. What could be better?


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