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Rated 3 out of 5Â by jenno Grandma sweater This does not look as good as it does on the model. Looks like an old persons sweater and as someone mentioned, it's boxy. Wore it for an hour and there were fuzz balls forming everywhere. Beautiful red color though and quite warm. I don't like the grayish color tinted yarn of the stripes. Looks like dryer lint. 1.4.2013
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I've been reading the DOJ's lawsuit against Apple and a handful of book publishers (blurry image, apologies) alleging antitrust and restraint of trade in the e-book business. It spins a tale about "Project Z," a nefarious plot among Apple, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Holtzbrinck and Penguin Group to raise ebook prices in the hopes of rolling back the era of the $9.99 Amazon Kindle ebook. Publishers have always viewed the ten-dollar ebook as an existential threat to their profits, and were only too happy to use Apple's rollout of the iPad to kill it. Nine-ninety-nine, said one publishing CEO in the complaint, is a "wretched" price point. Penguin USA CEO David Shanks says in the complaint that e-book pricing "can't be $9.99 for hardcovers." That was the line they would not cross so they went to war against one frenemy, Amazon, in cahoots with another, Apple, the main difference being that Apple shared their interest in screwing the consumer out of a few more bucks. As the complaint lays out, Apple didn't really have the publisher's best interests at heart, either. Now they're all in big trouble. (UPDATE: Three of the publishers have settled with the Justice Dept.: Hachette, S&S and HarperCollins. Apple, Macmillan and Penguin Group have not.)
The Feds have a high bar in having to prove conspiracy, says Forbes contributor Tim Worstall, but the complaint lays out a good bit of the government's evidence, including 56 phone calls, several meetings in London and New York, some of them at fancy group dinners at Manhattan restaurants like Picholine and Alto, and lame attempts to cover up a paper trail by doing something to emails called "double-delete."
The ball got rolling when, in the words of a February 19, 2009 email from Apple executive Eddy Cue, the time was right to "trounce Amazon by opening up [Apple's] own ebook store." According to the complaint, Apple initially contemplated selling ebooks through the traditional wholesale model, in which the manufacturer leaves it up to the retailer to set/slash the price of an item. That's how Apple sold digital media on iTunes. The complaint also alleges that Apple for a time considered "illegally" dividing the digital content world with Amazon. Apple would take audio and video and Amazon would get books. (That would have been insane, and the complaint never addresses how that plan fizzled out.) Apple around that time also concluded, says the complaint, that competition from other retailers would prohibit it from getting its accustomed 30% gross margin on ebooks. So Apple, says the complaint, decided to help set in motion Project Z: collaborate with the publishers on a new model that would impose higher prices on the entire industry. In the words of Steve Jobs, says the complaint, the message from publishers would be "we're not going to give you the books" unless you sell them the way we tell you to sell them. Charming.
More coverage on the DOJ v Apple case:
Three Things Everyone Needs To Know About The Apple Antitrust Case
DOJ v Apple: What Happens Next
Why Is Apple Getting Cored In Washington?
DOJ Settles With Three Other Publishers In EBook Suit
The complaint alleges that, starting in September 2008, the publishers named in the lawsuit (several others have already settled with the DOJ) had already been engaging in meetings, phone calls and emails in which they "jointly acknowledged to each other the threat posed by Amazon's pricing strategy and the need to work collectively to force up Amazon's retail prices."
Apple's Eddy Cue rang up all the publishers named in the lawsuit plus Random House in early December 2009 to set up exploratory meetings. Hachette and HarperCollins allegedly were already talking about moving to a new kind of pricing model called the "agency" model, in which the manufacturer (publisher) would decide the price of the book and appoint the retailer as their "agent" with no power to set a lower price. A Harper exec rang up a Hachette exec and they talked for six minutes the morning of December 10. Less than a week later both execs told Cue they wanted to try out this agency model, breaking with a century-old tradition of how books were sold.
Apple was turned on by the idea to say the least. The agency model was, according to Steve Jobs an "aikido move." Jobs was on the record as telling publishers: "You set the price, we get our 30% and yes, the customer pays a little more, but that's what you want anyway." Apple didn't care what people paid as long as it had the books to sell and it got its 30% cut. The publishers had no choice but to align with Apple. They had no leverage on their own to get Amazon to raise its prices unilaterally. One email from a publishing executive says that "without critical mass behind us Amazon won't 'negotiate,' so we need to be more confident of how our fellow publishers will react…"
On December 16, Penguin Group CEO John Makinson breakfasted in a London hotel with a rival publisher CEO. The latter wrote to an underling in the U.S. that he would only recount portions of the Makinson discussion by telephone. By the time there was a second round of meetings in December 21, the agency model was already the focus of the discussion. Apple allegedly proposed that the publishers make all of their retailers adopt the model. That went down well, allegedly. Cue reported back to Steve Jobs that the publishers saw the "plus" of Apple's position as "solving the Amazon problem." The "negative" was that Apple's proposed retail prices, a max of $12.99 for a bestseller, were a "little less than [the publishers] would like."
Apple had now seen its lever and pulled it: give the book people what they want in exchange for a rich 30% cut of ebook sales, a higher margin than prevailing ebook retail margins. The publishers squirmed a bit at the idea of paying Apple that much when the price being discussed were lower than they would have liked. Problem solved when the publishers convinced Apple to let them raise their prices. Through to January 2010, Apple continued to keep publishers apprised of its ongoing negotiations with all the other publishers, according to the complaint. Apple's Cue sent out what the complaint says are nearly identical emails to all the defendants in early January outlining the "best approach to ebooks." It included the agency model applicable to all retailers, identical pricing tiers for all publishers on Apple's iBooks store and the 30% commission for Apple. When the final agreement went out on January 11, Apple amended it a bit, allegedly also asking for same-time release of books in print and digital and complete access to every publisher's digital catalog.
But the clincher of Cue's revised terms was that Apple replaced the requirement that all publishers adopt the agency model with a "most favored nation" provision requiring that publishers lower the retail price of each ebook in Apple's iBookstore to match the lowest price offered by any other retailer, "even if the Publisher Defendant did not control that other retailer's ultimate consumer price." Apple wouldn't have to worry about price competition at all, says the Feds in their complaint, and effectively stripped all other retailers of the advantage they might seek in discounting or price-promoting ebooks out of their own margins. There could be no price competition without Apple benefiting the most. No matter, all the publishers caved to the new terms, but made sure they got assurances from Eddy Cue that they wouldn't be the only publishers signing the deal.
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team came up just a few shots short in an epic battle with Furman at the Southern Conference Tournament in Elon, N.C., today. The Lady Mocs ended their season with a 4-3 loss to the Paladins in the quarterfinals.
UTC scored three wins in singles play and was barely edged in doubles action in today's match. Chattanooga split the first two singles with freshman Kelsey Coots (Huntsville, Ala.) tying the score at 1-1 with a win at No. 5.
Freshman Kayla Jones (Memphis, Tenn.) put UTC up 2-1 with her (7-5, 7-5) win over Katherine Oudin at No. 3. Jones avenged a three-set loss to Oudin in the regular season meeting.
The last three bouts all went three sets, beginning with junior Alexa Flynn (Memphis, Tenn.) at No. 4. She won the first set 6-2 against Michele Stanford before dropping the second 6-4. Stanford took the point with a 6-3 win in the third.
Senior Jenna Nurik (Roswell, Ga.) put UTC back on top 3-2 with a (2-6, 7-5, 6-2) win over Lauren Kline at No. 1. Furman forced doubles action when Alex Moreno-Kaste posted a (7-5, 4-6, 6-0) win over Kaylene Chadwell at No. 2.
Chattanooga came out of the gates quickly in doubles play, behind Jones and freshman Katie Polk's (Woodstock, Ga.) 8-3 win over Kelly Sullivan and Margaret Boyette at No. 3. Coots and Flynn jumped out to a 3-1 lead over Moreno-Kaste and Kline at No. 1 while Nurik and Chadwell trailed Stanford and Murray 4-1 early at No. 2.
Furman battled back to take a 5-3 lead at No.1, but UTC also closed the gap at No. 2. Nurik and Chadwell tied their match at seven before falling 9-7. Flynn and Coots forced a tiebreaker, but lost the extra frame 7-5 to end the match.
UTC finishes its 2013 campaign with an 18-5 overall record, the most wins for the program since going 23-1 in 1991. Nurik closed out her career as UTC's first four-time All-SoCon performer in program history.
Furman 4, Chattanooga 3
Doubles competition
1. Alex Moreno-Kaste/Lauren Kline (FUR) def. Alexa Flynn/Kelsey Coots (UTC) - 9-8 (7-5)
2. Michele Stanford/Amanda Murray (FUR) def. Jenna Nurik/Kaylene Chadwell (UTC) - 9-7
3. Kayla Jones/Katie Polk (UTC) def. Kelly Sullivan/Margaret Boyette (FUR) - 8-3
Singles competition
1. Jenna Nurik (UTC) def. Lauren Kline (FUR) - 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
2. Alex Moreno-Kaste (FUR) def. Kaylene Chadwell (UTC) - 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
3. Kayla Jones (UTC) def. Katherine Oudin (FUR) - 7-5, 7-5
4. Michele Stanford (FUR) def. Alexa Flynn (UTC) - 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
5. Kelsey Coots (UTC) def. Amanda Murray (FUR) - 6-2, 6-1
6. Kelly Sullivan (FUR) def. Katie Polk (UTC) - 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,5,3,4,1,2)


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Beef, that delicious master of forms. We love it cured into salty pink pastrami and layered on rye. We love it ground with Parmesan, shaped into meatballs, and lined up on a saucy sub. We love tender short ribs and grizzly burnt ends, stringy brisket and tangy corned beef. It's just so tasty in all its outfits; here are 25 to get you drooling. More


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The Wings & Wheels launch got off to a flying start as two Hawks swooped in to help the team with their Guinness World Record attempt.
Having looked long and hard at the thousands of recent records, discarded the longest distance to squirt milk from your eye and the most forward rolls in one minute, the team at Wings & Wheels created the longest ever line of toy cars.
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15 August 2012
As Britain rides high on medal successes, three pubs have their own reasons to celebrate – free beer for a year thanks to Spitfire Premium Ale's Glorious 2012 promotion. The lucky pubs, George & Dragon, Ilfracombe; The Bull, Tunbridge Wells; and New Hall Tavern, Preston, have each won a firkin a week for a year – 3,744 pints – after being selected at random in a text-to-win on-cask promotion.
06 August 2012
The licensee of a Shepherd Neame pub close to the Olympic village is keeping Australians up-to-date on proceedings with a regular slot on national radio.
Frankie Colclough of the Eleanor Arms in Bow, East London is on the doorstep of the UK's largest ever sports event and has been approached by ABC Radio to give some insight on the public mood.
03 August 2012
As I write this the Olympics are well under way.
We have had the torch through Faversham, a memorable event but it seemed to be over very quickly until we all retired to local hostelries, the torch's progress through Kent was celebrated with our own special beer that was only available in pubs on its route.
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Title: Milled Surfaces – Design to Seal
Presenter: Michael Mater, Coherix
Biography: Michael Mater is the Chief Engineer for ShaPix® at Coherix Inc. Coherix is focused on commercializing its holographic interferometry technology into metrology tools and machine vision products for industry. Michael has more than 18 years of experience in the innovative technology arena taking technologies from an idea through product development and commercialization to lead the development of ShaPix sensors and solutions. Michael is responsible for the design, component selection, integration, software development, and surface analysis for the commercialization of the advanced holographic interferometry technology at Coherix.
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The annual Big Sandy Company, L.P. Scholarships were awarded to students from the Pikeville Independent and Pike County School Systems at an awards dinner held Tuesday May 7, at the Landmark Inn.
Since 1994, the Big Sandy Company, L.P. which leases mineral properties to the coal industry, has awarded $664,000 in scholarships to area youth to assist with expenses of college or technical school. These scholarships are awarded in $6,000 blocks to each high school. The scholarships are awarded to students in each high school by an independent panel of educators contracted by Big Sandy.
"Twenty-one students received scholarships from the six schools. Besides being excellent students, many have jobs and their volunteer work in the communities and other activities are just outstanding," said Bruce Batten, Vice President/Lease Administration. "We hope after their college education is complete, they will return to make Pike County a better place for all of us."
Mr. Dylan Murphy, a 2007 Big Sandy Scholarship recipient from Pikeville High School and who is also a 2011 University of Kentucky graduate that will be entering his second year of medical school at UPIKE'S Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, served as the guest speaker for the event.
Students receiving scholarships were (pictured left to right); front row: Trenton Tackett, Keisha Mitchell, Tierra Folsom, Maleena Little, Grace Baldwin and Rachel Yates. Back row: Lincoln Johnson, Dalton Tackett, Conner Pack, Austin Priode, Dalton Daniels, Steven Clark, Jerred Workman, Mercedes Potter, Chelsey Potter, Teena Rowe, Alyson Tackett, Corey Stump and Kennedy Hager. Not pictured were Tate Compton and Nathan Terry.


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Sunday, January 03, 2010
The Secret: Christian Critiques of Rhonda Byrne's New Age Book (and Now a Movie, Too)
Best-selling New Age 'The Secret' seen as offering only false happiness (Emily Stimpson, for Our Sunday Visitor; posted by Catholic Online)
Is This Woman Leading Souls Away From Christ?: Diva, Dupe, or Devil? (by Jimmy Akin, Catholic apologist; posted on a hostile website; about Oprah Winfrey in general and her new age spirituality, including advocacy of The Secret; see also the original link)
Oprah: Televangelist Of The New Age Deception (3 CD instructional teaching set, by Sharon Lee Giganti: Catholic)
Unlocking the Secret of the Secret: Rhonda Byrne's The Secret Isn't the Answer to Life (Gretchen Passantino: Lutheran and an acquaintance of mine)
A Review of The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Donald S. Whitney: Southern Baptist)
The Secret promotes 'name it-claim it' theology (Donald S. Whitney)
Is Oprah Peddling Snake Oil? (Marsha West: evangelical Protestant)
The Secret: Creating One's Reality (Russ Wise; evangelical Protestant)
The Truth Behind The Secret: A Reasoned Response to the Runaway Bestseller (book by James K. Walker & Bob Waldrep: evangelical Protestant)
The Secret Message (by James Walker; instructional DVD)
The Secret Revealed: Exposing the Truth About the Law of Attraction (book by James L. Garlow & Rick Marschall: evangelical Protestant)
There is More To the Secret (book by Ed Gungor: evangelical Protestant)
Oprah's 'gospel': Entertainment mogul preaches 'many paths' to God (Steve Rabey; Christian Examiner; evangelical Protestant)
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- Just another mad Catholic said...
What I don't get is why people lap this stuff up, surely even someone with a basic training in aristitolian metaphysics would see the philisophical problems with this ? unless of course schools these days don't teach aristitolian metaphsysics...........
- Tue Jan 05, 01:26:00 AM EST
- Dave Armstrong said...
It's amazing what people will believe, but they manage to do it, probably mostly on the basis of being "sheep" and caving into the zeitgeist.
- Tue Jan 05, 02:12:00 AM EST
- Ken said...
same reasons so many people flock to Benny Hinn and Kenneth Copeland and Creflo Dollar and are deceived into thinking that stuff on TBN is Christianity.
the secular
Tony Robbins "Power" seminars
and Wayne Dyer and Oprah Winfrey
before - 70s
Robert Schuler
earlier - 1950s
Norman Vincent Peale
- Wed Jan 06, 03:51:00 PM EST
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Security researcher claims to have reported bugs shortly before Apple took down its developer portal
London-based security researcher Ibrahim Balic has come forward, claiming he may be the one behind Apple's recent security threat. Following Apple's statement to developers earlier regarding a security threat to the developer portal, Balic posted a comment on TechCrunch's report of the story trying to set the record straight that no harm was ever intended.
In the post, Balic explains that he uncovered 13 bugs while researching Apple's security, and reported them all through Apple's bug reporting site, bugreport.apple.com. One of those bugs allowed him access to developers' user names, email addresses, and possibly other personal information. According to Balic, Apple's developer site went down just a few hours after submitting the last bug report. He has still not been contacted by Apple, but appears frustrated that the incident is being treated as a security threat, asserting that he intended no harm and reported bugs to Apple as they were discovered.
Balic also posted a YouTube video, above, in which he shows some of the data he was able to acquire for several different users where you can see names and email addresses. He also explained in emails with 9to5Mac and The Next Web that the personal information disclosed did not only affect developers, but non-developers as well. The video ends with a written statement from Balic reiterating that he shared the bugs he found with Apple and intends to delete any of the user data he acquired as part of his research.
We won't know for sure if Balic is ultimately responsible for Apple's takedown and subsequent overhaul of the developer portal unless Apple confirms it, but it would be an interesting coincidence if he is not. We have reached out to Balic for comment, but have not yet heard back.
Update: Jim Dalrymple spoke to Apple about the security issues and has posted what he learned on The Loop.
Update 2: Balic has made the YouTube video private since this article was posted.
Update 3: We spoke with Ibrahim Balic more about the situation.
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Security researcher claims to have reported bugs shortly before Apple took down its developer portal
Some people have reported that they have had suspicious change password requests this weekend. Since some of those usernames correspond to imore names, if you were one of those people, were your email addresses exposed in that YouTube video?
If not, it may suggest that Balic posted some email addresses in other channels, or that somebody else has found and exploited these holes in the wild, and is trying to use them before they are closed in the wake of Balic reporting them to Apple.
I woke up this morning saying my account was locked out for security reasons and I was forced to change my ID Password. Thanks idiot!
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It's worth noting that the vulnerability existed before he found it and would have continued to exist if he had not reported it.
Nah. For that to be true he would have to have the expertise to penetrate Apple's systems while simultaneously being incompetent enough to get caught.
Which is possible, but then as a kicker your assertion also requires:
c) Apple would have to be so careless of its developers that they would leave the holes open and their developer's data exposed *KNOWING THERE WAS AN EXPLOIT IN THE WILD* until the exploiter actually filed a public radar issue.
You can think Balic is an idiot, but if you think that he is covering his tracks after getting caught, you must think far, far less of Apple.


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A Moncks Corner man was arrested on Monday, May 12, 2014, and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
The suspect, Gregory Anthony Fields (28), was stopped by a Berkeley County Sheriffs Office Selective Enforcement Team deputy after disregarding a traffic signal at South Live Oak Rd. and West Main Street in Moncks Corner, according to Capt. Mike Williams. When the deputy approached the vehicle, he smelled an odor of marijuana coming from within and asked the driver to step out.
A search of Fields person revealed almost a $1,000 in a pants pocket and 122 gross grams of marijuana was discovered under the front seat with a street value of approximately $1,230.00 along with a digital pocket scale.
Fields was booked at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center and released on bond following a hearing on Tuesday.
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It's the time of year when new high school grads start making their final decisions about that next big step. Whether that means joining the armed forces, pursuing a higher education or jumping right into the workforce, it's one of the most important choices a person can make.
While there are many paths to success, this year's top two students from Palmetto Christian Academy (PCA) both agree that the key may be taking advantage of any and all challenging opportunities that come your way.
Jackson Pearce, son of Stuart and Beverly Pearce, earned the honor of being PCA's valedictorian for the class of 2014.
Pearce has committed to Furman University, citing its small-school atmosphere and liberal arts education as key factors in his decision. "The school really gave off a true passion for learning and a focus on their undergraduates and giving them the best opportunities they can provide," said Pearce. While at PCA, Pearce was captain of the varsity swim team, a representative in student government, delegate at Palmetto Boys' State and member of the National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta and Quiz Bowl team. He also took time to pursue his inner thespian as a member of the Palmetto Players and even performed alongside the Footlight Players.
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Pearce plans to major in neuroscience while at Furman and plans to attend medical school following college. "I've always wanted to go into medicine, but the big draw for neuroscience is that it takes biology, which is something I enjoy studying, and psychology and combines the two together," said Pearce. "It really captivated my interest, and while it may be a little more difficult, I'm going to have some incredible opportunities as I pursue medicine."
Salutatorian Katie Quinn will be attending Clemson University in the fall with plans to major in food science and human nutrition with a minor in Spanish. Quinn hopes to one day become a nurse or dietician and possibly work with malnourished children in Hispanic countries. When it came to selecting a school, Quinn was drawn to the university's challenging and rigorous academic and research opportunities as well as its welcoming atmosphere. "I was also attracted to the sense of community I felt the first time I stepped on campus, so that I could make Clemson my home away from home," said Quinn.
During her time at PCA, Quinn served as president of both the National Honor Society and the Spanish Club while also serving as captain of the Varsity tennis and soccer teams. She also volunteered at East Cooper Medical Center and serves at St. Peter's Anglican Church.
When asked what advice she has for those entering or still in high school, Quinn said, "Don't give up. Take the most challenging classes you can and be determined to do well." She credits her parents, Ward and Leslie Quinn, her AP classes and her teachers with equipping her with the tools she needs to tackle any problem while also considering how the outcome may affect others.
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Did you know that in the past calendar year, five Mocs teams brought home seven Southern Conference titles. UTC celebrated three All-Americans, five SoCon individual titles, four league players of the year and posted a school-record grade-point-average.
If any of this gets you excited about Chattanooga Athletics, then you need to make plans to join us at the third annual Scrappy Awards. The Mocs Club and Chattanooga Coca-Cola are once again presenting The Scrappys, brought to you by Brenda Lawson & Associates and McDonald's, on Thursday, April 10.
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With his team leading 2-1 with two outs in the top of the seventh inning and runners on first and third, coach Barry Veal wanted to call time to go onto the field and talk to his catcher, pitcher and infielders about what to do. He did not want to change pitchers, however, so he first asked the home plate umpire how many trips he had made to the mound already in the game.
High school rules allow the coach to visit the mound only three times total in the game before having to make a pitching change. And on every visit to the mound after three, he must change pitchers.
Veal thought he had made only two trips, and none that inning, and the umpire confirmed that. But when the coach stepped onto the field, the umpire told him he would have to change pitchers. Veal told the umpire he was wrong, but he insisted Veal must make the change on the third visit. The plate umpire talked to the other two umpires working the game. One agreed with Veal, but the crew chief agreed with the home plate umpire, and Veal was forced to make a pitching change.
Senior Brandon Spivey, the team's top pitcher who had held the Knights to one run through 6 2/3 innings, had to leave the mound.
"I didn't want to change pitchers. We had a freshman catching, and I wanted to be sure he and everyone else knew what to do with a man on third," Veal said. "We would have had someone warming up if we wanted to change pitchers. Brandon was pitching great and had only thrown 70 or 75 pitches. We wanted to keep him in there."
Instead, sophomore Jacob Walden had to take over with only eight warm-up throws. He walked the first man he faced to load the bases and then gave up a hit that scored two runs before getting the final out. Jones County, which was the home team for that second game in the best of three series even though it was being played at Evans, was unable to score in the bottom of the inning, allowing Evans to finish the game with a 3-2 lead. The Knights had won the first game of the double-header 5-1.
Veal could not play the game under protest because the Georgia High School Association decided several years ago to not allow that.
After the game, Veal said the umpires called their association president, and he informed them that they had made an error regarding the rule, that Veal had been right. They should not have forced the pitching change. Veal said the umpires apologized to him.
"I commend them for staying around and finding out they were wrong and apologizing, but by then it was too late. They should have known the rules," the coach said.
Jones County officials, meanwhile, contacted GHSA officials to see if they would correct the mistake by telling the umpires to restart the game as it was before the pitching change. But Veal said those they talked to instructed them to file a report in writing and a ruling would be made Friday.
Veal said he was finally informed by GHSA associate director Dennis Payne, who is in charge of baseball for the association, on Friday afternoon that the GHSA had no mechanism for correcting the mistake, so the game would stand as finished.
"He said the umpires would be severely punished for the mistake, but that's not what we want. We want the kids to be able to decide the game themselves on the field according to the rules, and now they can't," Veal said.
GHSA executive director Ralph Swearngin was out of state Thursday and Friday and was unavailable for comment. Assistant executive director Gary Phillips said all he knew of the matter was that Jones County principal and athletic director Chuck Gibson had sent the GHSA a letter protesting the error and seeking a correction.
"We haven't received a report from the umpires yet, so we can't make a ruling until we do," Phillips said.
Informed that Payne had already told Veal that the error could not be corrected, Phillips said he did not know Payne had ruled on the matter and that he would be the one to talk to for an explanation. Payne was not in the office, however, and he did not return a message left on his cell phone Friday afternoon.
So if the ruling stands as it is now, Jones County's season is over, leaving the Greyhounds with an 11-12 record and out of the state playoffs for the first time in several years, and with what is believed to be their first losing season under Veal.
The coach said he was not concerned with the final record, however.
"As I've gotten older, that doesn't matter as much. I'm more concerned with developing the players, and I'm more proud of different things than our record, like the way the kids acted last night when this was all happening and today when I told them we wouldn't get to go back and finish the game. They reacted with class and didn't act out. We weren't fussing and arguing a lot last night. And today they were disappointed but still showed a lot of class. Get it in the back the way we did and show class, that's what makes me proud."
Veal said he still wants to follow up with GHSA officials next week about the situation.
"I'm not trying to bad mouth anyone, but the GHSA is always telling us to get it right and that they want to get it right, so they need to change procedures so they can get it right if an error on the rules is made. I'm not talking about judgement calls, whether someone is out or safe or it's a ball or strike. That's part of the game. But if someone gets a rule wrong, there should be some way to correct that. Hopefully this can bring about a change so we can get it right the next time."


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The following students at Chukker Creek Elementary School have made the honor roll for the third quater: Zariel Aaron, Maddie Bailey, Robert Barber, Allison Bollig, Jazzlyn Breland, Owen Brumfield, Eva Buchanan, Jay Capers, Summer Hankinson, Josie Harting, Chance Lovelle, Jack McIlvoy, Blake Oerman, Kesean Palmore, Abby Richardson, Aaliyah Schuler, Kolby Schultz, Olivia Seconi, Harrison Skipper, Avery Wilson, Dilara Yener, Maya, Michael Bradford, Dylan Brown, Anna Grace Chafin, John Crain, Sarah Grace Johnson, Payton Lark, Grace McBride, Zoe' Minella, Cameron O'Rear, Emily Pearson, Andrew Pencille, Colby Salley, Logan Shick, Makayla Shipley, Khanh Tran, Hunter Williams, Nathaniel Carlisi, Nathan Engelberg, Ethan Geddes, Kaitlyne Golyski, Logan Kellems, Lansley Margargle, Laura Merlina, Bryson Peterson, Gabe Ramirez, Myla Tufts, Jumanah Al-Soudi, Aiden Arnold, Robin Boyd, Kayla Cadden, Sa'Noah Capers, Kristen Coward, Kayla Edwards, Zoe Eyth, Carson Ginn, Clayton Johnson, Wesley Oakley, Jordan Pilz, Gracie Poulton, KaLyn Rodgers, Kailyn Smith, Michael Stanley, Jordan Steverson, Emilie Wright, Ben Bowers, Jacob Bradford, Brendan Clendenen, Tyler Cruse, Will Curtis, Camille Day, Gavin Folk, Lindsey Greene, Jack Groover, Brylee Harriell, Jackson Harting, Annie Hobson, Leo Myers, Kayla Owens, Malia Patten, Cristy Pemberton, Will Pethick, Lexie Richardson, Abby Sellers, Lila Skipper, Lily Zimmermann, Christopher Beddington, Evan Bishop, Emily Frazier, Jasmine Hadsall, Reynaud Hunter, Caleb Inabinet, Moses James, David Kingery, Natalie Owens, Megan Platt, Ellie Rocha, Carson Sessoms, Tiffany Soliben, Keira Wisdom, Abby Carr, Elana Darragh, Hunter Goodwin, Naeli Guerrero, Peyton Lindler, Jennifer Luna, Tanner Misenheimer, Chris Revell, Branden Stebbins, Collin Wilson, Mekaihla Blocker, Zakary Bolick, Jaxson Boney, Tyler Cornwell, Chloe Goff, Cailyn Johnson, Ethan Jones, Ella Mack, Tyler Patrick, Danielle Simmons, Jacob Sims, Layla Story, Camden Taylor, Ashley Wheeler, Eden Anzuoni, Miah Bernard, Allison Carter, Catherine Chadwick, Anabelle Clothiaux, Phillip Collins, Cole Farmer, Joshua Gardner, Marshall Hagan, Chloe Heath, Alyssa Johnson, Ben Kidd, Gage O'Banion, Jordan Proctor, Logan Richardson, Will Stephens, Blaire Vaughn, Olivia Baynham, Grayson Brackett, Seth Crawford, Susan Davis, Sophie Galan, Chaney Heath, Taylor Powers, Bobby Robinson, Pete Schifer, Alyssa Bagby, Bridget Boyleston, Kailee Burrell, Caleb Gantt, Annelise Hipps, Haley Huynh, Chase Kelly, Brady Kidwell, Braylan Peterson, Hailey Roth, Pate Rowan, Ellie Seawell, Jamie Sevilla, Ethan Youmans, Shona Adams, Rebecca Bolin, Ayden Cosgrove, Alex Glass, Ceri Haislip, Alecia Highsmith, Lily Livingston, Alex Glass, Nicole Morgan, Jacob Morrissey, Anna O'Flaherty, Jaden Ott, Brandon Payero, Matthew Richards, Erin Thomas, Shjon Haggerty, Halle Odom, Joe Riveglia, Ruth Salas-Rodriquez, Annelise Schick, Ashly Till, Khai Tran, Ben Bruno, Maven Busby, Josh Coleman, Dorian Eubanks, Kate Gibson, Rowan Hiner, Aaron Karius, Rachel Larson, Kendall Leigh, Nicholas Mandel, Hannah Raines, Ethan Stone, Jaden Adams, Joe Bruno, Kiara Frey, Devon Grant, Jeffrey Hall, Paiton Smith, Aleyna Yener, Cheyenne Blackwelder, Shelby Coleman, Braden Comar, Emily Crenshaw, Grace Griffin, Jade Joseph, Sabrina Quarles, Brice Bennett, Reid Chafin, Anthony Coles, Carson Corley, Jackson Crain, Abigail Heyward, Jake Hibbits, Austin Lovelle, Chloe Martin, Jacob Mastromonico, Greer Merry, Cade Price, Breanne Richards, Jackson Sessoms, Kaylie Whitson, Jeremy Williamson, Ellie Zimmermann, Madison Carr, RC Corbett, Brandon Dove, Garrison Frazier, Natalia Galo, Beth Gantt, Josephyn Hamilton, Alexis Kneece, Bryce Martinez, Jessica Mosch, Lexie Richards, Logan Preuss, Ian Smith, James Turner and Cheyenne Wood.
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Hi everyone. I haven't posted in a very long time, but I experienced HELLP with my pregnancy back in November of 2010. Since then there have been several tests for autoimmune disorders and other things, all which have come back normal. However, I have had fairly frequent heart palpitations since the birth of my son. I actually got them prior to my pregnancy, but they would be very rare...now they occur more frequently. After wearing a heart monitor, it looks like I am basically experiencing inappropriate sinus tachycardia. This isn't a very serious thing from what I gather, but I am on a low dose beta-blocker to help with the symptoms.
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Northridge, Ca. - The final totals are in. Chalk up a winning effort for Cal State Northridge baseball and softball, and the Children's Hunger Fund.
At last Sunday's home baseball game against UC Santa Barbara, and the home softball game against Pacific, both programs teamed up with Children's Hunger Fund and Matador fans who donated more than 351 pounds of non-perishable food and canned food items.
For a canned or non-perishable food donation, patrons gained free admission to both the Matadors softball and baseball games. Even fans from both Pacific and UC Santa Barbara helped fill the barrels of food with hefty donations.
"We would like to thank everyone for their donations," said Matador softball head coach Barbara Jordan, whose Matador softball team ended the day with a 3-2 victory over Pacific. "The fans' generosity is a wonderful example for our student-athletes and university employees to learn from. I hope we can all pass on this example of generosity to help those people that are in need."
The Cal State Northridge baseball team also thanked their fans with an exciting 3-2 decision over UC Santa Barbara.
"The Matador baseball players, coaches and staff are thrilled that Sunday's food drive for Children's Hunger Fund was a success," said Matador head baseball coach Steve Rousey. "We were privileged to be in a position to help children in such a meaningful way."
The Children's Hunger Fund is a non-profit organization that works to provide children with food in some of the most needy regions of the world. The Fund's motto is: "Where need, love and action meet, compassion happens."
"As we serve families in the San Fernando Valley, we value the relationships that are built," said Children's Hunger Fund Founder and President Dave Phillips. "And it is a relationship like this, between Children's Hunger Fund and Cal State Northridge, that can bring lasting hope to the needy in our community."
The Matadors have teamed with Children's Hunger Fund in the past, organizing similar drives around Matador home men's and basketball games.


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I will not fail.
I cling to that phrase, that monosyllabic mantra, at 12,000 feet, where the sign reads Timberline. I am above Glen Cove but still below something called the Devil's Playground, and up here where the boulders are red like Mars and even the brown grass can't catch enough of a breath to grow, I'm flailing. I'm doing everything you're not supposed to do when you climb hills on a bike: swaying back and forth like a heavy mast, straining to maintain a cadence in the upper 40s, feeling my heart jackhammer in my ears, all while going a mere 3 miles per hour. Over my left shoulder, down below and foreshortened the way only enormous mountains can foreshorten things, are switchbacks piled on top of each other like the coils of a snake. Ahead of me, a man stopped on the shoulder rests his head on his handlebar, his body heaving. Just beyond him, where pewter storm clouds smudge the sky, the road turns and becomes steeper.
I came here to ride up Pikes Peak, the Colorado giant that tops out at 14,110 feet. But for the first time in my life as a longtime athlete and sometime perfectionist, a life of ticking off some fairly challenging endurance events, I'm ready to give up, U-turn, blow it off. The feeling of disheartenment, with almost 6,000 feet of climbing already behind me, comes in amplifying waves.
As I prepare to pull my bike to the shoulder, where the grade tips up to a soul-crushing 12 percent, I console myself. There is historical precedent here. In 1806, Zebulon Pike, an army lieutenant, tried scaling the peak and was turned back by huge snowdrifts some 4,000 feet below the summit. And they named the mountain after him, right?
But just as I can barely keep going, I can also not quite get myself to stop. I stand on the pedals. After a few revolutions, I sit back down. Still creeping forward, I choke down two energy gummies and imagine they're made of EPO and fortitude.
I will not fail?
Okay, I might fail. But maybe not for the next 50 feet.
The road up Pikes Peak makes 162 turns on its way to the top. That's almost as many twists as my life as an athlete has taken to this point. I won my first and only national championship at age 10, running the leadoff—in white tube socks pulled to my knees—on a 4x100 relay team. My father called me Bread-Truck Blitz—because of, yes, how quickly I could move my buns. My CV indicates I was a fast-twitcher: I played soccer seven days a week until I was 18, then abruptly quit, citing burnout but hiding the fact that I'd reached the point at which raw talent wasn't enough to make up for my allergy to increasingly harder work. Or at least that's what my dad seemed to be saying, the disappointment in his eyes as clear as the sky.


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EAGLES EXTRAS: One more hurrah for NCCU alums
Oct. 24, 2013 @ 10:18 PM
Homecoming didn't go so well for N.C. Central the other day, but it wasn't because of a lack of cheering.
The homecoming game featured 62 former Eagles cheerleaders who returned to the school's sloping hills and verdant green from as far away as Texas and Ohio.
"There was a lot of (joyful) crying going on," NCCU cheerleading coach LuAnn Edmonds-Harris said.
Edmonds-Harris, who started working at NCCU in 1986, has served as the cheerleading coach at her alma mater since 1990.
The former cheerleaders practiced routines on Friday afternoon and early Saturday morning to prepare for their performance during the homecoming game.
More on the homecoming game is at http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/nccu.
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Wouldn't taxing the churches go a long way toward balancing the federal budget? Shouldn't we atheists be pushing for this?
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Sarah, is your reasoning ideological or rational?
If you will identify your monetary interest in this matter, we will know whether to take your view seriously. Are you self-employed, providing for your retirement? Are you an employer wanting to reduce payroll costs?
Surely you know that before FDR and the Social Security Act, generations of Americans failed to properly plan their retirements.
BTW, does your reality include women in politics? "NEITHER party, democrat or republican has enough balls [or ovaries] to say that out loud and be truthful with the American people."
Gallup's Mirror, the GOP (the Party) has not pushed hard for Creationism.
Evangelical xians, who Reagan invited into the GOP and who now control most state GOPs, are pushing hard and creatively. Their most recent legislative efforts are prose art forms.
Blocked by courts from mandating "design" or "the controversy" in science classrooms, their legislation now permits local school boards to add these to their curricula but leaves school districts (the taxpayers) to pay the legal fees when they lose in court.
America has not spent into oblivion. Starting with Reagan and continuing with both Bushes, the GOP has borrowed us into oblivion.
Clinton, who joined the GOP in repealing Glass-Stegal (sp?), left a surplus. Bush Two spent that surplus.
Wall Street gambling addicts crashed the economy, leaving a mess for Obama to clean up.
You know who are making out like bandits, but you are so loudly shouting the GOP myth that you hear no one else.
"Clinton, who joined the GOP in repealing Glass-Stegal (sp?), left a surplus. Bush Two spent that surplus."
True. However, the Democrats opposed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, a bill written, introduced, and passed by Republicans. Clinton signed the bill into law two months before the end of his Presidency, after it passed the House with a majority sufficient to override a veto.
Exactly Tom. When the Wall Street criminals were rubbing their hands together over how much money they made, but then were found out - it put the world into a spin, and dragged so many other countries down with it. And the same thing would have happened again, had Romney become - shudder - president. I feel sorry for Obama, having to deal with so many fronts, that George W. left in his wake, while Romney continues on, making millions, while sending his money to safe tax havens.
So, churches shouldn't be taxed, because it wouldn't be enough to cover the deficit - or as Erin said, either be taxed or shut up.
In theory churches are not supposed to make political statements, if they wish to keep their tax exemptions (in the USA). In practice they do so routinely and the IRS has of late refused to enforce that rule. (And yes, this is the IRS nearly four years after Obama assumed office.) In fact there is a "civil disobedience" movement amongst pastors, where they go ahead and make political statements and basically dare the IRS to come after their churches.
Ideally, churches would be subject to the same tax rules as everyone else (then, at least they could sound off about politics if they wanted to). To the extent that they spend the money on actual charitable activities, they could deduct that from their income, just like any other business.
Even if all money that went to churches (regardless of what they spent it on) were to be taxed, as pointed out earlier, this would amount to 71 billion dollars in tax revenue (assuming, of course that imposing such a tax would not alter the size of churches' income from what it is today--by the way the Congressional Budget office always makes the assumption that a change in tax rate will not affect economic activity in any way--I can't really blame them for that because it would be much harder to model otherwise--but I do wish people who trot out their estimates would remember that fact). When put up against the 1327 billion dollar deficit, though, you can see that although it would certainly help, it would not help a whole lot.
Erin, I know I'm about six months late, weighing in on this, but yes, you are right, donations to churches are tax deductible, but I think what they are saying, is that the donor has paid income tax on the money, and therefore, it has already been taxed. The fallacy there, is that the same could be true of states that charge sales tax - since the money was taxed when it was earned by the consumer, how can it fairly be taxed again when one buys something? The store then has to also pay taxes on the money it took in for the purchase, money that has already been taxed twice.
Other than religious exemption - which in a rational world, wouldn't pass church and state separation - there is no valid reason why churches should not be taxed. No matter how you package it, when you sell shit, it's a product, and the fact that your price is a donation, rather than a fixed figure, should have no bearing on taxation.
This is my favorite idea so far for balancing the budget. If nothing else, just for the entertainment value.
"So let's think of the US as an average household family."
You use a faulty analogy; a household family, average or not, is not responsible for their community's economic well-being. The US government is responsible for the nation's economic well being.
The free market is not up to the task.
1) In America, the unfree market has always been subsidized by taxpayers. To begin educating yourself, get on the Internet and search on "Yazoo land fraud".
2) The market has given the nation numerous recessions and depressions. People starved to death and the government that since 1787 has used taxes on everyone to subsidize business started during the 1930s taxing workers to provide a seriously limited amount of retirement income. In this matter as in so many others, America ranks well below other modern economies.
And this, the so-called American work ethic isn't up to competing with the Chinese work ethic. A government that has for so long favored employers and opposed employees loses the support of employees. Until FDR, American communists were employees' only allies.
So let's think of the US as an average household family. If you were a financial advisor and they came to you and said, "We earn $58,000 a year … but we're spending around $75,000 a year … and we have $327,000 in credit card debt. Can you tell us how do I get out of debt?" What would you tell them?
I would explain the economy is not an indebted household. Our incomes come from selling things to each other. Our debts are what we owe each other. My spending is your income. Your spending is my income. The economy IS spending. Learn that.
But let's try it your way: we both drastically reduce our spending. Your income shrinks because I spend less. My income shrinks because you spend less. We race to the bottom as we try to underspend each other. Meanwhile our incomes dive and our debts get worse. That's a recession.
That is the United States of America mathematically speaking right now: http://www.barefootinvestor.com/us-debt-crisis-ceiling/
So you ran the numbers, mathematically speaking, and concluded the United States of America is a free book offer from "Australia's most trusted money guy". You may want to check that math again.
If you were in this situation what would you do?
I would end the irresponsible tax cuts and corporate welfare programs from the Bush era. I would pass another American Investment and Recovery Act, except it would be quadruple the size of the original, and spread out over the next four years. That would put Americans back to work, jump-start the economy, end the recession, and start closing the budget gap as taxation revenues were restored and demand on safety net programs decreased.
That, by the way, is what Obama has been trying to do. But ever since the Republicans took control of the House in 2010 they have blocked him from doing it. That's why the recovery has been so slow. The GOP isn't trying to resolve the recession. They're trying to use it: handcuff Obama and then moan he isn't doing enough.
[T]he simple truth is we've NEVER been this far in debt EVER.
Of course we have, Sarah. The national debt was over 120% of the GDP in 1946. It dropped steadily until 1981. Do you know why? Of course you don't. But here's a hint: it wasn't because the federal government was making savage spending cuts during all that time.
If I was 65 years old my entire life savings would not be invested in the stock market. Investing in the stock market is appropriate for anyone looking at least 10 years out.
The question was: what would you do if you were 72 and had lost everything? Investment is risk and some people lose. But since you avoided the question, I'll answer it for you. Before social security, medicare, and other social safety net programs, the destitute elderly were evicted from their homes, had no medical care, went hungry, and sometimes starved to death or died from untreated illnesses. That was the Romney-Ryan economic plan.
Pretending it isn't a very real problem is only going to further the damage.
The only pretense I've seen in this conversation has come from your camp, Sarah. The US is not a household. Public debt and recession are inexorably connected. Investing is not a sure thing. The two political parties do not share equal blame for the nation's debt and economic problems.
Of course the debt is a real problem. We found the solution that ends recessions and lowers the national debt over 70 years ago. It worked, not just for a little while, but for decade after decade. Today, for the political reasons explained above, we're simply not doing it. The Republicans who are pretending we don't know the very real solution is what furthers the damage.


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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Moncks Corner Police officers are seeking two suspects in connection with a Feb. 6 shooting.
The Moncks Corner Police Department has issued attempted murder warrants for Darnell Quinton Reid, 21, and Trenton Rashad Major, 23.
MCPD responded to the Wall Street area at about 1:45 p.m. that day in regard to several reports of shots fired, according to an MCDP statement released Thursday.
Officers found three victims on the scene. Two were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The third victim was treated and released at the scene, according to MCPD.
Investigators concluded that a verbal altercation took place between the subjects and two victims that resulted in Reid and Major chasing the victims and shooting at them numerous times, according to MCPD.
A third victim was not part of the altercation but was struck in the hand by a stray bullet. Bullets struck other victims' houses or property.
An MCPD officer patrolling U.S.-17A heard about 10 gunshots and shortly after a dispatcher directed the officer to Wall Street, according to an MCPD incident report.
A citizen flagged down the officer at Cooper Street and said there were two victims on the ground with apparent gunshot wounds as a large crowd had gathered around them.
One victim had a gunshot wound to the upper left thigh and a second victim had a gunshot wound to the lower right leg, according to the report. A third victim was shot in the hand.
Witnesses said the suspects drove down Wall Street toward U.S. 52 in a red Dodge Neon. One of the suspects was still firing as he got in the car, according to the report.
A man on the scene handed the officer a projectile from a bullet that his daughter had wrapped in a paper towel that came off the floor in their house, according to the report. The projectile was placed in a brown paper bag as evidence.
Another victim's house and car were marred with stray bullets. Casings from a 9mm and a 40 caliber were found in front of homes on Roper Circle.
One of the victims told investigators the shooting was unprovoked. The suspects started calling them names and when the victims responded the suspects started shooting, according to the report.
One of the victims who was shot took out a handgun; he said the gun had two rounds in it but that he did not fire any shots from it. The victim said he bought the gun on the street for $40 or $50. An officer informed the victim he will be charged for having a concealed weapon, according to the report.
The subjects are considered armed and extremely dangerous. Should you have any information of their whereabouts contact MCPD at 719-7930 or Crime Stoppers at 554-1111.
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Remember that your FREE account allows you a very generous 100mb of storage space – that's a lot of photos, so get uploading! Your family photos are even compressed in size so that you can maximise the use of this space.
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There a special memories in all our lives which show our growth and the represent our family histories…
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