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While I am not exactly thrilled about the idea of LF in Fenway being handled by a platoon, I decide to do a little further number crunching. Based on the hitting profile of the last 3 years with normalized BABIP, my guesstimates for the production out of LF is as follows.
Gomes certainly fared worse than expected vs. LHP. Assuming a nice even split of 150 PA for Gomes and 450PA for the LHH outfielder, Gomes posted a rather lackluster .247 / .344 / .452 (.796OPS) batting line with 7HRs and 20 Runs Created. Clearly he does better, given he has not had an OPS vs. LHP lower than .856 during that stretch. The reason rests on the fact that his BABIP vs. LHP over the last 3 years is .366, whereas his normalized BABIP given his LD/GB/FB splits figures to be in the area of .272. Gomes does not make up for the difference with speed, and it could be that he simply mashes the tar out of the ball vs. LHP, making defensive lays difficult. But, hey, my splits are my splits and Gomes did not match up well.
For left-handed hitters getting the bulk of the plate appearances, I looked at primary candidates Nava, Carp, Sweeney and the readily available Brennan Boesch. They tabulated as follows.
Nava .245 / .324/ .379 (.703OPS) with 5 HRs and 49RC.
Carp .267 /.337 / .440 (.777OPS) with 15HRs and 60RC
Boesch .243 / .297 / .388 (.685OPS) with 12HRs and 48RC
Sweeney . 269/ .330 / .368 (.698OPS) with 4HRs and 50RC.
Clearly Boesch is not worth looking at for a solution. Right now, Carp figures to be the clear winner.
This means the expectations from the Carp / Gomes LF platoon should net a result of .261/ .338 / .443 (.781OPS) with 21HRs and 81RC. Or almost exactly what Hanley Ramirez did last season…

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Ochre: Contemporary Furniture, Lighting & Accessories
Store Profile
- Location: New York, NY
- Specialty: Beautiful, quality, handcrafted furniture
- Price range: ($$$) High-End
- Website: ochre.net
Store History
- Founded: 1996
- Founded by: Joanna Bibby & Harriet Maxwell Macdonald
- Headquarters: Clerkenwell Close, London
- Sister stores: Ochrestore.com, Canvas
Ochre is a small design company founded by two British women with enough ideas in common and enough independence to inspire each other to start a company which continues to grow organically, whilst staying true to its underlying principles: to use high quality materials and flawless craftsmanship to create objects of style and beauty which are both timeless and contemporary.

 Joanna Bibby and Harriet Maxwell Macdonald met at art school and were inspired to put some of their ideas into practice for their debut at 100% Design in London in 1996. The first creations were exquisitely crafted gessoed lamp bases, which were delicately coloured, water gilded and perfectly balanced with simple shades. The recurring themes of Ochre's work – proportion, texture, contrast and finish – were all in place. The simplest of lines describe pieces that perform the most necessary of functions, and do so with style, honesty, and understated elegance.

 Ochre is admired for not only creating perfect forms – but also the use of colours: those of heather, bracken, wet and dry stone, water, and sky. This quiet beauty has become a signature for Ochre. Ochre's work has the rare ability to serve more than its primary function, leading to a quietly powerful presence, often sculptural, always elegant, and invariably speaking of harmonious, intelligent design.
British gentility, some Danish curve, and a Belgian palette: it's the continental feel, and unique point of view that is Ochre. Ochre is an offshoot of the London-based design group of the same name, created by Harriet Maxwell McDonald and Andrew Corrie.
Their chic and charming store on Broome Street is their one and only US outpost. It's full of what they're known for: custom lighting (like their signature Arctic Pear chandelier) and a spare but elegant upholstered collection that has stood the test of time nicely. Many of their pieces extend their unique handling of materials like blown glass, horn, chain mail, linen, patina'd bronze and polished nickel to door and drawer hardware, soft goods and table top, both of their own making and gathered the world over.
Ochre emphasizes high quality materials and expert craftsmanship, with much of their U.S. offering now made here in the States. Ochre "creates objects of style and beauty which are both timeless and contemporary." Prices reflect the quality of their merchandise and the unique, rich materials from which they're constructed.
The Soho store also carries selection of antiques and vintage pieces from the UK, France and Italy that complement the new Ochre pieces.
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How do you find inspiration?
Hello all, I am seeking advice. I am a guitarist. I have a decent understanding of music theory, a very broad taste in music, and (I personally think) a good idea of what makes a "good" song. I want to start writing my own lyrics and I am having a lot of trouble coming up with anything. I have tried thinking intently about, I've tried carrying around a notepad waiting for inspiration to just hit me....nothing. I dunno, maybe I'm just not creative. My question is, is there any advice you could give me on how to get inspiration? Any tips would be appreciated. Please, don't just say, "drugs." I will, however, welcome specific drugs as an answer. Not saying I'm going to take your advice. I just want to know what other people do for inspiration. Thanks.
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Listen to people whose singing is not understandable. Like Myles Kennedy or Axle Rose. Try to sing along. Invariably, you will sing something that has no relation whatsoever to the song you are singing along to.
Seriously, I've done that on a number of things I've written, where I would sing along, then find out later what I was singing was completely and utterly wrong. So I wrote what I was singing down in my notebooks, and some of it eventually became lyrics. Most is unreadable, because my handwriting is comparable to Axle Rose's singing.
I've also found inspiration in books. I wrote a song based loosely on the Battle for Minas Tirith in the Lord of the Rings. I've also written a song about the landings at Salerno, Italy during World War II, while reading a book about the Mediterranean theater (which did not include North Africa as that was the prior book in the series, and did include Sicily).
I've found inspiration watching TV, hearing words spoken that resonated with me, and at church during sermons. And I've found inspiration just having ordinary conversations.
I also come up with some stuff at work. I can't listen to music there, more because of the noise of my lathes and other machines, and thus I just "play" music mentally in my head. At times I'll come up with stuff doing that, and I'll take a second or two to write it down.
I always have a small notebook and a pen in my pocket.
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Thanks azrael. Very detailed and helpful
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Forget the drugs man. You just gotta combine being a thoughtful person with living your life. You really gotta live. You gotta meet all kinds of people, regularly, in and out of town, try new things constantly, get out of your head and then learn to get back into it at the right time. Then you'll be able to write words.
Obviously you can take ideas from TV, movies, themes, etc - but personally I find these things to be more of a useful tool when you already have things to say, and you can use outside sources to provide a little bit extra punch to your stuff.
Don't force anything, recognize the fact that songwriting is a lifelong journey and you will just keep working at it and getting better every time. The important thing is to make sure you have things to write about that actually mean something to you.
On top of all this, listen to music, always, listen to stories, talk to people you wouldn't normally talk to. Read books, all kinds, watch documentaries, read poetry - you just don't know what will be your trigger. Sometimes all it takes is one little trigger, one hooky idea, one line, one phrase, one thought in your mind about somebody or something that you just can't shake, anything that will start the song. Once it's started you may just be good to go. Allow yourself to be a little fragile. Allow yourself to be raw. Read the paper every day. Talk to the man at the grocery store, the woman at the clothing store, the crazy people on the street, the girl you can't get your mind off.
Fall in love with words. Find your thing. Work out what words make you tick, the ones that make you passionate about writing and reading. Be crafty.
And then be honest. Being really really honest is hard work.
Life's short, man. Don't waste it sitting around waiting for inspiration. What's stopping you from talking to five new people today? From figuring out something new, from starting a new hobby or a thing, from getting involved in something worthwhile, from finding the things you really believe in? Don't be like everybody else. Everybody else is too busy sitting around waiting around for everybody else to do something, so that they can be like everybody else. That's boring and sick.
Anyway that's how I get inspired. Maybe it'll help.
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I like this a lot, this is great.
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First off, I really am posting, not to be a dick, but to be of help.
I have never understood this question, maybe because I had an abusive childhood. I just always seem to have an ax to grind. There's always something, whether on TV, overheard at a coffee house, or something someone did that makes me want to... respond.
Maybe youre not lacking inspiration. Maybe you have a blockage that's just fear, fear of getting started. Just start. Write crap at first. You can always throw the embarrassing stuff away. Believe me, once you start pumping, the rusty water will give way to the good stuff. Good luck to you.
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I had the exact same problem when I started song writing, I had no inspiration and no clue to what I wanted to write about and it really frustrated me. However, you are new to song writing just as I once was, so you won't be great to start out with, no one is. Like anything, it takes practise. I mean no one is able to do killer riffs the first time they ever pick up the ol' guitar right? You just need to keep working at it. So please don't worry if the first few songs suck, mine were horrendous! Things that helped me were things like listening to your favourite bands, listen to the lyrics or read them. Find out what the meaning is behind their songs. Perhaps you could write something of the same topic whether it's about revenge or whatever. I sometimes watch performances by artists who I'm not even a fan of on the arts channels. I was watching Eric Clapton perform and a tune literally just popped into my head. Sometimes watching others perform can help you; give you inspiration. Don't sit down with your notepad and think,"Right, I'm gonna write a song, think of some lyrics." When you sit down and intentionally attempt to write a song, nothing pops into your head. It needs to come to you. Have a little think about it when your mind is occupied. Quite often, I will come up with a tune on guitar and then put a tune vocally with that, the lyrics don't have to come first, just think of the tune. Lyrics can come later. Lastly, sometimes it works, but just sing or hum a random tune, don't think about it just do it. You might come up with a great tune. They are things that have helped me, hopefully it will help you. Good luck!! Keep writing and don't quit
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I take inspiration from random things in real life. I might be having a conversation with someone and then all of a sudden someone says something interesting. For example, one time I was talking with my dad and he said "if living was easy, everyone would do it" Take an idea you hear and think more about it. Your opinions, and hopes. Another example, one day I had an outside gig when the weather on my friends iphone said it would rain. I said "I hope it doesn't rain today, because if it does I would have to say that the weatherman was right," and then this came from it
"Cookies speak louder than words" -Woody Guthrie
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I usually either listen to music that really inspires me to write (namely that of Neutral Milk Hotel and Death Cab for Cutie) or listen to/read interviews of artists hoping to find something that'll help me. A concept I found that really helps me is Jack White's concept of minimalism, where he only focuses on 3 things at a time (look at his entire career... you'll see that the guy is just obsessed with the number 3)
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See my recent post on my approach, which does not start with lyrics, exactly because I think I'd feel as lost as you seem to be, because there's no real emotional context for what you are trying to come up with. Your looking at a piece of paper with endless possibilities. Love song? Hate song? State of the world song? Angst song? Ironic song? Buddy song? Too much possibility gives me writers block.
So, instead, I noodle until I find a chord progression (If I'm noodling chords) or a riff (if I'm noodling notes) that I think is really cool and, hopefully, does not sound identical to any songs I know (so I'm not plagiarizing). Then I play it over and over. And if it's chords, you can start vocalizing "da-da-da" whatever nonsense syllables over it. Don't worry, they'll fall into a melody and will help focus the emotional feel of the song. At some point, for me, some words just seem to fit and I replace the "da-da-da" with them.
When I look back at what i've come up with -- a chord progression with a melody and lyrics -- I find that all of it, and the emotions / tension -- resonate with something in my own life. So really this process brings out of me something I had inside that I wanted to express, but I came out with it without any real struggle, just noodling till things fell into place.
I also tend to find that what I come up with is somewhat related to whatever type of music I've been studying / learning / playing. Not plagiarized, per se, but my own version of that style of music. Like an evolution of music.
As one example, I was playing that song "Love Potion Number 9" a whole lot the last few months. For some reason, when I did not feel like playing anything else, I'd just play that. I played around with varying the speed, varying chords, making it a bit more like a Deep House rap, etc. One day, I was then just noodling on guitar and found a riff I really liked and that riff started a song that really went somewhere cool.
Later, I realized my first melodic line to the song was very similar to the melody of the LAST line of "love potion number 9". Like I took off from there and then saw where the song could have gone to if it did not end on that melodic line but, instead, started there. And that particular riff is not identical, timing is a bit varied, so I don't know that everyone would say , "Hey that's Love Potion No. 9!" if they heard it, but I can be honest with myself -- I'm sure that's where I got it from.
But, as a lawyer with some knowledge of copyright infringement, I'm pretty confident my song has enough originality to not be found to infringe just because part of one riff is similar to another song.
Which is a long-winded way of saying that playing / learning covers does help you come up with your own material. I've know musicians who tried to avoid this because they feared they would inevitably -- and perhaps subconsciously -- plagiarize if they spent too much time on other people's stuff. But, to me, this misses the point that all music is an evolution. The Beatles songs were not truly original, but were simple evolutions of rhythm n' blues stuff or earlier rock (sometimes with actually very little evolution going on) but they made it their own with their stylistic tweaks. That's musc, that's originality. Trying to be 100% original, in my mind, would lead to 100% crap because you are trying to reinvent the wheel. I think you do much better standing on the shoulders of prior musical giants and accepting that in your musical creations, you will be subconsciously (and perhaps sometimes consciously) borrowing from, and building on, other people's great music that resonates with some part of you.
I mean, just google "Stairway to Heaven" and Plagiarism to see how that song itself was a product of this kind of evolution, and was by no means a truly original creation.
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I find that inspiration is everywhere, and probably one of the best places I know to find inspiration is inside myself. Einstein once said that in order to find the formula E=mc2, he had to "go into the dark place where God resides" (not an exact quote). Apparently he, and many other great geniuses, used to take naps when pondering a difficult problem which required a lot of creativity and inspired thinking, but not quite go into a deep sleep. A sort of altered state of consciousness some have called "deep resolve". I use meditation to go into that space in myself which Einstein described. It's actually incredible how much inspiration comes flooding when I do!
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This is a broad one, it's cliche but often inspiration will come when you aren't looking for it. I'd recommend jotting any idle ideas you get while you're out and about down. So often has a weird observation in real life managed to slot perfectly into some lyrics I'm writing. I suppose it depends on if you're writing observational lyrics but it can really help. Other times when I'm waiting on a bench to meet someone or on the bus I will pick a person out at random and read their clothes and body language and make up a story for them, this can sometimes develop into lyrics.
All media outlets can give inspiration, tv, movies, games, books, other lyrics etc. Sometimes I will try to write a song parallel to another song I really like using similar themes and tones. Obviously differentiating and staying original but sometimes just skirting along an already existing song can get you going.
Also when it comes down to actually writing lyrics don't be so precious, while there's nothing wrong with putting a lot of effort into lyrics sometimes just writing them in 5 minutes or scrawling something down when you're drunk can work really well. Sometimes inspiration comes out of thin air and I can write lyrics very quickly, not all lyrics have to have deep meanings and be allegories and have references and things. Sometimes simple, minimalistic lyrics will work.
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Pay close attention, and read this slow.
You're looking into a computer screen, something that can't, and won't look back at you. Inspiration.
You're reading these words, and hopefully rereading it a couple of times, in an attempt to make something out of it. You're in need of help. Inspiration.
You know when it's cold and you get that piercing, cold feeling in your eyes? Inspiration.
Replace the word, 'inspiration', with 'intuition'. With intuition, everything becomes a song, or invokes a feeling, or brings back a memory.
Inspiration is a cold hearted bitch that ****s you hard and good but never sticks around for a cuddle, let alone say bye, as if you were nothing.
Intuition, is warm, man. She's got a pair of eyes, looking back at you, waiting to be welcomed, because you noticed her. She caught your attention, and you made her yours, ensuring she sticks around. You just take from eachother, which is giving at the same time, in a sense.
Follow your intuition.
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The 2013 DeKalb County Golf Championships are set for the Mystery Valley Golf Club on Monday, April 1 beginning at 8 a.m.
The Dunwoody Wildcats are the four-time defending champions on the boys' side and have won five titles under Coach Doug Friedlander since the tournament was re-instated in 2005. The tournament was washed out by bad weather in 2008.
Dunwoody returns four of its top six players from the 2012 tournament victory including senior Ryan Elmore who has captured the medalist honors three consecutive years (2010-12). The Wildcats set the low team score in 2012 with a combined 310 tally in taking their fourth consecutive title
(2009-2012) with Elmore's 73 leading the way.
The 2012 runner-up junior Raul Oviedo shot a 75 at Mystery Valley as a sophomore and sophomore Peter Trask was third with score of 80 as the Wildcats swept the top three spots. Sophomore Corey Sullivan shot an even 100 as freshman for Dunwoody.
Lakeside was the runner-up to Dunwoody in 2012 and return seniors Peter Pappas (80, 4th), Austin Bowman (89, tie 10th), John Choate (91, 15th) and Andrew Perry (96, 19th) to challenge the Wildcats.
The Lakeside Lady Vikings are the returning girls' champions having won four of the seven championships played since 2005. Coach Robert Bokelman's squad shot a team score of 216 to get past Arabia Mountain (225) for the title in 2012.
Lakeside returns two of its three tournament qualifiers from a year ago in senior Caroline Malone and sophomore Mackenzie Bowman. Seana Deas returns for Arabia Mountain in 2013.
Two-time champion Sarah Karanga, a Columbia senior, returns to defend her 2012 crown she took with a round of 86 on her way to sixth place finish in the Class AAA state tournament. Karanga also won the county championship as a freshman in 2010.
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A parallel BLAST engine that runs on the Windows Azure cloud fabric, NCBI BLAST on Windows Azure can scale up to hundreds of compute nodes. This cloud-based implementation of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) searches all available sequence databases for similarities between a protein or DNA query and known sequences. BLAST on Windows Azure enables researchers to take advantage of the scalability of the Windows Azure platform to execute BLAST jobs on demand in the cloud.
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This community technical preview (CTP) release consists of a ZIP file (NCBI Blast on Windows Azure_CTP.zip) that includes our Windows Azure cloud service installation package along with the complete source code.
- The Deployment Package folder contains a package to be deployed on your Windows Azure account, a configuration file for setting up your account, and a guide that offers step-by-step instructions to set up BLAST on your Window Azure service. This package also contains the user guide that describes the user interface for launching BLAST queries as well as managing jobs, databases, and users.
- The Source Code folder contains complete source code for the current implementation of NCBI BLAST on Windows Azure. A Windows Azure web role provides a website interface for managing tasks, database, and users. The Windows Azure worker role implementation provides details on executing each task. This folder also includes Data Layer for managing information inside Windows Azure tables, Task Library for task execution logic, Windows Live ID integration details and code to generate pivot control facets, and required images for visualizing the output.


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Cyclones Host No. 7 Michigan Sunday
AMES, Iowa - Iowa State hosts No. 7 Michigan Sunday afternoon in a nationally televised showdown at 4 p.m. ESPN2 will broadcast the game with Dave O'Brien and Dick Vitale on the call.
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Sunday, Nov. 17, 4 p.m. CST
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
Talent: Dave O'Brien (PxP), Dick Vitale (Color)
Live Stats: Live stats will be available at cyclones.com.
Live Blog: Matt Shoultz, assistant director of athletics communications, will be holding a live blog during the game at Cyclones.com. Fans are encouraged to participate in the blog by asking questions.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State (2-0, 0-0) hosts No. 7 Michigan (2-0) Sunday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum. It will be the 10th meeting all-time between the schools, with the Wolverines holding a 5-4 edge in the series. The game sold out in under 10 minutes when tickets went on sale Oct. 16. As of Thursday morning, 22 NBA scouts have requested credentials for Sunday's game. This is the most ever for a game at Hilton Coliseum.
- Michigan is the seventh national finalist to visit Hilton Coliseum the following year. Iowa State is 3-3 in the those games.
- The Cyclones improved to 2-0 with Tuesday's 30-point win vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. ISU had five players in double figures for the second game in a row, led by 15 points from DeAndre Kane. It is the 22nd time in 103 games under Hoiberg that ISU has had at least five players in double figures. The Cyclones are 19-3 in those games.
- Sophomore Naz Long and senior DeAndre Kane are the reigning Phillips 66 Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week awards after their performances in the season opener.
- Iowa State has won its last 15 nonconference home games. The last loss against a nonconference opponent at home came on Nov. 30, 2011 to UNI in Hoiberg's second season as head coach.
- Iowa State has been playing without senior preseason All-Big 12 pick Melvin Ejim, who suffered a hyperextended left knee and bone bruise in practice on Oct. 30. Ejim, who saw his 25-game consecutive start streak came to an end against UNCW, has resumed workouts and his status for Sunday's game remains unknown.
- Hoiberg (100-19) won his 100th game in Hilton Coliseum as a player (53-10) and coach (47-9) on Tuesday night.
- Iowa State is shooting 45.6 percent as a team from behind the arc. The starting five is shooting 50 percent from long range. The Cyclones have hit 10+ threes in both games, including 11 Tuesday vs. Texas A&M-CC. It was the 49th game with 10+ threes in the Fred Hoiberg era.
- Iowa State's point guard duo of Kane (9.0) and Monté Morris (5.5) are averaging 14.5 rebounds per game. Of the 22 times they have grabbed a defensive rebound, ISU has scored on the ensuing possession at a 59 percent clip. And they score in a hurry, an average of 8.9 seconds per scoring possession.
Series Notes vs. Michigan
- Michigan holds a 5-4 lead in the all-time series. The Wolverines won the last meeting in Ann Arbor, 76-66, on Dec. 2, 2011. The Cyclones have won three of the five meetings in Ames, including the last one in 1990 (81-72).
- Michigan has won the last two meetings in the series.
- Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg played Michigan once in his career, a 94-72 win by Michigan in Auburn Hills on Dec. 19, 1992. Hoiberg had 13 points and three boards in the loss to the "Fab Five."
- One of Iowa State's biggest wins in school history was against Michigan...the Cyclones defeated No. 2 seed Michigan in the second round of the 1986 NCAA Tournament, 72-69 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn.
- Legendary college basketball coach Johnny Orr is the all-time winningest coach at both Michigan and Iowa State...he was 209-113 at Michigan (1969-80) and 218-200 at Iowa State (1981-94).
- Iowa State's leading scorer Jeff Grayer (2,502) and Michigan's leading scorer Glen Rice (2,442) were teammates at Flint Northwestern.
Orr led Michigan to three NCAA Tournaments, including a national runner-up finish in 1976...he led the Cyclones to six NCAA Tournaments.
- Iowa State is 153-227 against current Big Ten schools.
- Iowa State has three players on its roster from Michigan: Sherron Dorsey-Walker (Detroit/Pershing), Percy Gibson (Detroit/Southeastern) and Monté Morris (Flint/Beecher). Assistant coach Cornell Mann is from Royal Oak Township, Mich., and was an assistant coach at Central Michigan (2001-03) and Western Michigan (2003-08).
- Morris played with Michigan's Derrick Walton Jr. for the Michigan Mustangs AAU program.
Iowa State vs. Texas A&m-Corpus Christi Recap
- Iowa State had five players in double figures for the second-straight game and earned an 80-50 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
- DeAndre Kane (15), Dustin Hogue (13), Matt Thomas (13) and Georges Niang (12) were in double figures for the second time this season. Monté Morris (11) recorded his first career double-digit scoring game.
- Hogue had a great second half for the Cyclones, scoring 10 points and grabbing six boards and two steals in the period. Hogue's energy early in the second half sparked a big run by the Cyclones that sealed the win. Hogue was 5-of-6 from the field and 3-of-3 from behind the arc.
- The Cyclones connected on 11-of-25 threes, their second time in as many games this season with 10+ threes (15 vs. UNCW).
- Iowa State hit 17-of-26 shots in the second half to shoot a season-best 65.4 percent in the period.
- Kane and Morris combined for 13 rebounds in the game and are averaging 14.5 boards per game between them.
- Thomas led the Cyclones in minutes played (30) for the second game in a row.
- Morris was 5-of-5 from the free-throw line to remain perfect from the charity stripe this season (6-of-6).
Iowa State Team Quick Facts
- Iowa State is playing its 107th season and the fourth under head coach Fred Hoiberg. Hoiberg has led the Cyclones to the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons and is seeking to become the second coach in school history to earn three berths in a row (Tim Floyd, 1995-97). Hoiberg is 64-39 overall at Iowa State.
- Iowa State has been picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 by the league's coaches. ISU was picked to finish eighth in the Big 12 in the previous two preseason polls. ISU finished third in 2012 and tied for fourth in 2013.
- Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg has won 46 games in the last two seasons, the third-best two-year win total in school history: Larry Eustachy (57), 2000-2001; Tim Floyd (47), 1995-96; Fred Hoiberg (46), 2012-13.
- Hoiberg needs 23 wins this season to record the most by an Iowa State head coach in his first four seasons. Larry Eustachy had 84 wins in his first four seasons, while Tim Floyd recorded 81 wins.
- Iowa State posted its second back-to-back 10-win league season in school history: 2000 (14), 2001 (13); 2012 (12), 2013 (11).
- The Cyclones are expected to be led by preseason All-Big 12 pick Melvin Ejim, transfer DeAndre Kane and sophomore Georges Niang.
Iowa State Team Trends
- ISU defeated four of its last five ranked opponents in Hilton Coliseum and is 33-3 at home in the last three seasons.
- In the Fred Hoiberg era, the Cyclones have made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game 49 times.
- Iowa State is 11-1 under Hoiberg when scoring 90+ points.
- Monté Morris has hit the first six free throws of his career.
- Dustin Hogue is 3-for-3 from behind the arc in his career.
- ISU has outrebounded both of its opponents this season.
- The Cyclones have shot at least 50 percent from the field in three of the four halves they've played this season.
Tough Stretch
- Iowa State is entering a tough nonconference stretch beginning with the Michigan game.
- After Michigan, Iowa State travels to BYU on Wednesday. Following a tilt against UMKC (Nov. 25), Iowa State hosts Auburn (Dec. 2), plays a neutral site game against UNI (Dec. 7) and hosts Iowa (Dec. 13).
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Newscast Media MOSCOW—As tensions continued to simmer over Syria, Russia has said it would neither participate in any direct armed confrontation nor stand on the sidelines should a war break out in the Levantine state.
Displaying skills of a veteran grandmaster used to making calibrated moves on the diplomatic chessboard, Mr. Putin chose to rely on studied ambiguity while carefully deliberating on Moscow's forthcoming plans.
Putin spoke in a well-timed interview withto Channel One and the Associated Press (AP) ahead of the G-20 summit which is expected to be dominated by the Syrian crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: "Certainly, we do not intend and will not engage in any conflicts." But he added that, "We have our own ideas about what and how we are going to do in the event of conflict development with the use of
weapons, or without it. We have our own plans, but it's still too early to talk about it."
If there was a clue about the trajectory of the President's thinking, it came in the form of his revelation that Moscow was ready to arm Syria with "game-changing" S-300 air defence missiles, if the need arose.
Moscow would also be ready to transfer advanced weapons to "some regions in the world" in case "international regulations" were violated. "We have a contract for the delivery of the air defence systems S-300, we have delivered some components [to Syria] for these air defence systems, but the supplies are not complete, we have suspended the supplies," the Russian leader affirmed. However, "if we witness that
some steps are being taken in violation of the effective international regulations, we will think it over how we should act in the future, particularly regarding the supplies of such sensitive weapons in some regions of the world".
Mr. Putin said Russia's arsenal of air defense missiles had grown in sophistication beyond the S-300 missiles, signalling that supplies to foreign partners may not be confined to these projectiles.
The President pointed out that the S-300 missiles were inferior to the latest S-400 air defense systems and the S-500s, which were in the developmental stage.
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I really digging the spikey JC flats! So unexpected yet so cute!
sorry I posted twice I'm just starting doing link ups! :/ I love your blog and your fashion ideas! I will be following
Oh and Happy Fashion Friday!
The flats are so cute! I like wearing them too. Great pictures!
OMG, those blue JC are really to die for! what a beauty…. I'm in love.
I like flats.Perfect for when you want to give your feet a break from heels. Love those Kate Spade's you just got! Very cute!
I'm not a fan of flats (probably becuase I'm short) but these are cute! Especially your Kate Spade's, those are super cute!
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And here's to my first fashion friday!
so excited to join in EVERY friday now
Those Prada flats are adorable! I like the ones you got to – I can never have too much leopard print 😉
the Ferregamo ones are my favorite…so classic and instantly recognizable
Soooo crazy that we posted about the same thing…with the same title…
Super jealous that you bought the kate spade cheetah flats. Totally want a pair. I am a huge fan of flats too. They are the best.
I love flats too! Being 6 feet tall, it's about all I wear. I'll take the Ferragamo, the Prada and the Burberry's please!
Yours are my favorite. No question. Adorable!
I'm all about flats at the moment! I'm trying to justify buying the classic black Chanel flats at the moment as I wear black flats to and from work most days!
Victoria xx
LOVE the Kate Spades girlie!!
Im going to try to "hook up" later tonight or this weekend:)…thanks for the invite:)
Love the Kate Spade Leopard Flats!!!
Finally participating in Fashion Friday! I shared some pics of my new flats that are super cute, and comfy!
It is sad to say that in my old age I just don't wear heels as much as I used to. This only means that I wear a lot of flats. Of course they have to be chic, so I've come to enjoy a good pair of flats. Your choices are awesome.
Those Geoffrey Campbell ones are bitchin'!!
Love those Prada flats with the bow!!
Adore those JCs and the Pradas!! I also loooove your's…noticed them on instagram, so chic!
those are awesome!
Flats are wonderful. You are not the only one obsessed. The Kate Spade ones are too darling.
lovin those prada ones!
I want and need the Jack Rogers and Burberry flats. IN LOVE.
That's the one thing my wardrobe is missing. I love your choices
Got to love me some flats! The blue ones with the bow are awesome! I'll link up, but my brother's birthday isn't over yet…


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Greater Washington Urban League Sponsors Health and Wellness Fest
The Greater Washington Urban League, in partnership with AmeriHealth D.C., will present a Community Health and Wellness Back To School Festival, the Urban League said in a statement.
The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 17 at 2901 14th St. NW, at the intersection of Harvard Street, two blocks from the Columbia Heights Metro station on the Green Line. The festival is one of several activities planned to celebrate the Greater Washington Urban League's 75th anniversary.
Free book bags and school supplies will be given away. There will be food, arts and crafts, vendors, drawings for prizes and entertainment for adults and special activities for children including a moon bounce, face painting, games and free popcorn and cotton candy. Free fresh produce will be given away.
The event offer attendees free health screenings for cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, HIV and stress. There will also be tests to gauge body mass index, bone density and dental health.
The event will also feature loan information for first-time home buyers; entrepreneur certification information; and a financial literacy workshop, according to the organization.
CVS Pharmacy will also conduct interviews and hire on the spot. Job seekers are asked to apply on the CVS website and to come to the health festival prepared for an interview.
For more information, call the Greater Washington Urban League at 202-265-8200 or visit the organization's website at www.gwul.org.
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"Love never ends."
1 Corinthians 13:8a
Does the stress of trying to plan perfect holidays transform you into the Grinch?
If so, then you'll probably benefit from Sharon Jayne's creative reminder about the most important thing we can do this Christmas…
If I decorate my house perfectly with lovely plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights, and shiny glass balls, but do not show love to my family—I'm just another decorator.
If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals, and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love to my family—I'm just another cook.
If I work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home, and give all that I have to charity, but do not show love to my family—it profits me nothing.
If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties, and sing in the choir's cantata but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.
Love stops the cooking to hug the child.
Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the husband.
Love is kind, though harried and tired.
Love doesn't envy another home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.
Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of your way.
Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return, but rejoices in giving to those who can't.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
Love never fails. Video games will break; pearl necklaces will be lost; golf clubs will rust. But giving the gift of love will endure.
With all that's on our to-do lists this Christmas, let's not forget—we always have time enough to love.
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Palo Alto, CA (Sports Network) - Chasson Randle scored a game-high 24 points
as he led the Stanford Cardinal to an 81-68 victory over the Titans of Cal
State Fullerton in non-conference action at Maples Pavilion.
Also scoring in double figures for Stanford (2-0) in the home opener were
Aaron Bright with 16 and Dwight Powell who not only tallied 14 points, he also
cleared 12 rebounds in the triumph.
The Titans (0-1), under the direction of assistant coach Julius Hicks while
interim coach Andy Newman serves a two-game suspension for secondary NCAA
rules violations, were paced by D.J. Seeley and Sammy Yeager who tallied 16
points each. Jared Brandon added 13 points off the bench, while Kwame Vaughn
chipped in 12 in the losing effort. Yeager also pulled down a team-best nine
rebounds, but was charged with six turnovers without benefit of a single
Stanford led by as many as eight points with less than eight minutes remaining
in the first half, but the squad allowed the visitors to fight their way back
to a 31-31 tie at the break. The Cardinal ended up shooting just 1-of-8 behind
the three-point line through the first 20 minutes of action.
In the second half Fullerton pulled ahead, but it wasn't long before the hosts
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Staff Sgt. Matt Stern sprints through the 500m CIOR Military Pentathlon obstacle course at Camp Johnson in Colchester, Vt., July 20. Once a year, Reserve and National Guard military members come to Camp Johnson to train for the CIOR Military Pentathlon before traveling to Europe to participate in a NATO competition.
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The countdown is on. In less than 18 months, pharma manufacturers have to be in compliance with a California state law that requires drug companies to use an electronic pedigree system if they want to distribute drugs in the state. California isn't the first state to require a drug pedigree, but its law significantly raises the bar for companies. It demands "an electronic record, containing information regarding each transaction resulting in a change of ownership of a prescription drug, from sale by manufacturer, through acquisition and sale by a wholesaler, until final sale to a pharmacy or person furnishing, administering, or dispensing the prescription drug." Where the burden of creating a pedigree previously fell on distributors, under the California law, manufacturers are responsible. The California Board of Pharmacists also mandated that manufacturers be required to serialize their products—that is, to uniquely distinguish one physical item from another, even if they all come from the same lot and batch.
"The California Board of Pharmacists inspectors expect to be able to walk into any distributing node—a manufacturer's warehouse, a distribution center, a chain of drug stores—and be able to point to an item and ask for, on the spot, a record for the drug's chain of custody," says Jamie Hintlian, a partner in Accenture's health and life sciences practice.
Some manufacturers, such as Pfizer, Purdue, and GlaxoSmithKline, have been working on e-pedigree programs for years, but many are playing last-minute catch-up."The industry is mobilizing, and there are some companies that are more ahead and some that are just beginning their journey," says Hintlian. "By and large, across the board, the industry is paying attention to what it needs to do fundamentally to comply with the most daunting and imminent legislation in the state of California."
Chain of Custody
The standards organization for bar coding is called EPCglobal. It ratified an electronic pedigree standard in January 2007, and it is currently certifying a number of pharmaceutical companies to engage in e-pedigree.
According to SupplyScape, a software vendor specializing in the pharmaceutical supply chain, the EPCglobal standard accommodates a variety of approaches in use today for drug distribution. The company notes the following:
There is, of course, far more to a working e-pedigree system than technology. When you join EPCglobal, you get a book called Revolution at the Checkout Counter. It explains the give-and-take between retailers and manufacturers that led to the widespread use of bar codes in the 1970s and 1980s.
"We see the same kind of conversations today with FDA, EPC [electronic product code], and RFID," says Bob Celeste, the standards group's director of healthcare. "Manufacturers are saying that they don't want to go through tagging items if no one is going to read them, and retailers are saying that they don't want to buy the reader infrastructure if no one is going to tag things."
To encourage others to adopt the new technology, companies such as Purdue and Pfizer are starting to become more verbal about the benefits they are reaping from RFID. "The issue here is a basic business question," Celeste says. "Who is going to get the benefit throughout the supply chain? And who is going to pay for it? What is promising is how much cooperation you are seeing between the trading partners. There is cooperation between every company, and that is real progress."
Pedigree is not a new concept. Chain-of-custody documents have been used for years, but they're not easy to use: Documents get lost, signatures can be forged, and the vast amount of paperwork generated can be difficult to deal with when it comes time for an audit.
"With the volume of product that we move through our facility, there would be no possible way for us to handle a paper pedigree," says Shay Reid, vice president of integrated solutions at the distributor AmerisourceBergen.
In Florida, AmerisourceBergen implemented an e-pedigree system using an electronic data interchange (EDI) connection to facilitate the transfer of the e-pedigree. The connection, however, proved cumbersome and slow. "Typically," Reid says "it took us anywhere from six to eight weeks to establish an initial connection with trading partners and transmit an electronic pedigree."


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Football: Hough vs. North Meck Home
7 PM at North Meck. Hough won 33-0 last year. Hough (8-1, 4-1) at North Mecklenburg (2-3, 4-5). Players to watch: Hough – DB Mark Fields, LB Akeem Barringer, DE Brandon Cassarino; North Meck – RB William Santiago, WR Stephen Langford, OL Deondre Walker. THE SKINNY: Hough is averaging 41 points per game. Josh Stilley has thrown for 1,715 yards and 19 touchdowns, including four last week. Tylan Murrell has rushed for 15 touchdowns and scored in eight of nine games. North Meck has several banged-up starters, but had a good chance against Vance last week. The Vikings must limit mistakes.


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|I'm Just Cookin'
|Written by Darci Tomky
|Tuesday, 15 January 2013 16:13
Prim and proper
As with everyone, I have a weakness, and my weakness is doughnuts. (Well, besides chocolate of course. Now chocolate doughnuts ... oh man, watch out!)
A couple friends and I made a recent discovery. A doughnut is actually a diet food. You see, doughnuts have those little holes in the middle, so obviously it's like cutting back on portion sizes and that means you're on a diet. Obviously.
(By the way, I've always wondered what the difference is between doughnut and donut. Apparently, doughnut is the prim and proper spelling from way back when, and sometime in the 1800s, we decided to shorten it to donut and now it's especially popular after Dunkin' Donuts burst onto the scene. So you have the right to choose: doughnut or donut.)
We know doughnuts are sinfully delicious, but we can't always have doughnuts, so let's create a doughnut mashup with other foods (the obvious alternative). I have an amazing recipe for glazed doughnut muffins, which we'll save for a rainy day, and I just so happen to have another recipe for little glazed cakes.
I recently got one of those newfangled mini bundt cake pans (looks like a cupcake pan, but cooler) and wanted to try out a recipe. These "Glazed Little Bundt Cakes" come from "12 Things that You Can Make with a Mini Bundt Pan" on preparedpantry.com.
I understand there are different sizes of mini bundt cake pans, so I had to adjust the recipe slightly. I used a bite-sized bundt cake pan from Nordic Ware, and the recipe made 24 cakes and baked for about 12 minutes. I also added a little melted chocolate on top, because as we know, everything is better with chocolate.
And speaking of prim and proper, I am in love with these little cakes because they are so adorable and are perfect for individual portions at tea time or brunch. (Because we all know you have tea time every day.) They might not be doughnuts, but they sure are good.
Glazed Little Bundt Cakes
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup milk
2 large eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and spray the mini bundt cake molds with non-stick spray. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl. In another bowl, mix the melted butter, milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla together. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the wet mixture. Gently stir, mixing just until moistened. Divide the batter into the twelve molds, using all of the batter. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes or until the cakes test done. After five minutes, remove the cakes from the pan. Let them cool completely before glazing, using the recipe below.
For the glaze:
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons hot water
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Blend the ingredients together until smooth. Dip the cooled cakes in glaze, turning them until covered. Set on a cooling rack until the glaze dries.
For a chocolate glaze: Add 1 tablespoon cocoa and 1 teaspoon more hot water.
For a lemon or orange glaze: Add 1 teaspoon zest and substitute lemon or orange juice for the milk.
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Butler press conference notes
Billy Butler and Dayton Moore met with reporters on Tuesday to discuss Butler's new long-term contract. The 24-year old Butler is proud to wear a Kansas City uniform and excited about the future of the organization. Butler and his family have always felt welcomed in the city and he looks forward to continuing his relationship with fans and the community.
Billy is looking forward to playing alongside some of the Royals' highly-heralded prospects. He's not making guarantees, but he has high expectations for himself and the team.
Dayton Moore believes that Butler has separated himself as one of the top young hitters in the game. Moore cited that Butler broke into the Major Leagues at a young age and was successful in a short time period, which isn't easy. He recognizes Butler's passion and that Butler wants to go from being a good hitter to a great hitter.
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On Sunday, April 7th, 2013, as part of FSU's Headliner Artist Series, Student Government is partnering with Union Productions to feature Kendrick Lamar on FSU's Langford Green. As a result of this, the student parking lot north of Langford Green will be closed off starting Saturday night and will not re-open until after midnight in the early morning hours of Monday, April 8th, 2013.
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Even relatively hard-core engine freaks will often just shrug when asked, "What does it take to rebuild my automatic transmission?" The truth is, most of us are more than up for the challenge of bolting together a hot engine combo, but we're a little reluctant to delve into the workings of a "slush box." Why? Probably because when tearing into one, it isn't easy to see how they work. Open a manual tranny, tear it down, and the workings are very clear; this shaft turns here, this gear slides over there. The same goes for engines; these things go up and down 'cause this thing goes 'round and 'round. A juice tranny is much more mysterious. From the maze of passages, valves, and check balls in the valvebody, to the multi-disc clutch packs, drums, bands, and planetaries, a quick look inside reveals little.
Chrysler's TorqueFlite, the first of the modern three-speed automatics from the Big Three, was immediately respected as an outstanding engineering accomplishment. With the debut of the aluminum-case 727 coinciding with the era of red-hot factory racing in Stock and Super Stock drags, respect on the track came hand in hand. Under the ever-escalating power requirements found in racing, innovation in 'Flite performance was accelerated both at the factory and with the aftermarket. The design was continuously refined throughout Chrysler's long production run, and while the factory's priorities moved away from outright performance in the later era, aftermarket development continues to this day.
Indeed, due to that aftermarket support, there are many choices in building a TorqueFlite, mild to wild. Transbrakes, full manual valvebodies, bolt-in sprags, lightweight drums... the list goes on and on. Like engine building, building a performance tranny can be as simple as starting with the basic Chrysler package and fleshing it out with fresh performance components. But simple enough to do at home? With a box containing all the parts needed, and a really good set of instructions, it is surprisingly doable. B&M's Transkit contains the components required to build a heavy-duty standard, street, or street/strip TorqueFlite, as well as instructions detailing every step of the process.
We had a 727 in a '71 Charger R/T that was a perfect candidate for a basic performance rebuild. As the years and mileage stacked up, our TorqueFlite was showing signs of impending doom. With slow, slipping upshifts under load and burnt fluid, it clearly had one foot in the grave. A tranny service offered some hope for recovery, but it wasn't to be-this one was toast. We pulled the tranny and ordered up a B&M Transkit to fix it ourselves.
The kit contains the basic rebuild items such as seals, rings, and gaskets, as well as new high-performance clutch linings (and new steel spacers), bands, front clutch springs, a high-ratio kickdown servo lever, and all of the components needed for high-performance valvebody reprogramming. Basically, it's a B&M performance tranny in a do-it-yourself kit, and even if you've never worked on an auto box before, the clearly detailed instructions from B&M walk you through the process. That said, let's get this puppy up on the workbench.
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The front pump requires a slide hammer to remove it after unbolting. There are two opposite bolt positions where the front pump housing is tapped to 3/8-inch NC. The slide hammer can be attached with a 3/8-inch NC adapter. If a slide hammer isn't on hand, a chain bolted to the pump with a weight on the other end can do as a makeshift solution.With the front pump out, we can strip out the internals. The front and rear clutch assemblies just pull out.Remove the snap ring at the front of the output shaft, and the front planetary assembly and drive shell will slip off the shaft. This R/T's trans had the heavy-duty four-gear planetary assembly, although many T/Fs came with three-gear planetaries.The low/ reverse drum and rear planetary assembly slides off the shaft next, and the basic guts of it are out. Still, in the back of the case is the overrunning clutch assembly, consisting of an outer cam and inner hub or race, with springs and rollers between the two. The springs, rollers, and inner hub (race) come out.The low/reverse band is simply unhooked and pulled out. Notice the overrunning clutch in the back of the trans has been stripped out.Back outside, the extension housing is unbolted from the main case. We removed it as an assembly with the output shaft.The output shaft support is bolted to the rear of the case. It's usually a tight fit into the case, requiring a block of wood and hammer to whack it out from the inside.The front servo actuates the kickdown band. There are two common styles: a small shaft type, as on our tranny, and a large shaft version, which has a 5/8-inch center rod. Both styles are disassembled by pushing the cover back against the spring and working out the large snap ring at the housing bore.
With the subassemblies out, it's time to blow them apart. It's all bolts and snap rings. Keep all of the related parts together, especially snap rings and thrust washers, since they are selective in thickness to set the internal clearances.Removing the front clutch piston springs requires compressing the spring retainer to get the snap ring out. Some C-clamps can do the job, but we made this fixture to compress the spring retainer evenly, so that it doesn't distort or bend.B&M's kit doesn't include bushings, but we picked up some from a local rebuilder's supply. Bushing kits are inexpensive, but some of the smaller ones are tough to remove without the right gear. We used our cam bearing installation tool from Powerhouse to R&R the larger bushings. We tapped and threaded the smaller ones to pull them out, and made makeshift drives to drive the new ones in.All the parts were cleaned in solvent, blown dry, and painstakingly inspected for damage or critical wear. Everything looked good, so we were ready to rebuild. If hard parts are worn or damaged, most tranny shops have boxes full of core parts.The output shaft support needs to be knocked back in. To ensure that the bolt holes will line up, install some bolts to serve as alignment dowels before banging it home.Since they were cheap, we picked up a new set of overrunning clutch rollers and springs from a local transmission parts supplier, rather than reuse the old ones. Make sure the outer cam is firmly anchored in the case, and undamaged. The cam is factory-staked in the case and should be tight, as should be the set screw (arrow). There are kits available to bolt in this assembly as a failsafe.The extension housing is located next to the output shaft assembly with a large snap ring, which keys it to the output shaft's bearing.The low/reverse band, drum, and planetaries are reassembled and loaded onto the output shaft. Take care that the thrust washers go back in their respective locations. If everything is correct, the end of the shaft will have just enough room to take the snap ring while maintaining the specified endplay. If the endplay is slightly out, a selective snap ring of a different thickness can be purchased from Chrysler or a well-outfitted tranny rebuilder to get it within specs. If the endplay is way out, something isn't in the right place.
The front and rear clutch packs were rebuilt with the B&M friction discs and steels, then readied for reassembly. The two clutch packs are nested together, then lowered as an assembly into engagement with the front annulus gear and drive shell. Getting the clutch pack to drop in place is easiest with the tranny upright.The front pump is reassembled and lowered back into the case. It should be test-fitted without the seals or rings to verify the input shaft endplay. If it checks out, load the kickdown band assembly behind it and bolt the pump housing in place. As with the output shaft support, some bolts used as dowels will help align the pump with the case.The endplay is checked by rigging a dial indicator to the front of the input shaft, and pulling the shaft in and out, noting the change in indicator reading. This should be verified again after the final assembly of the front pump housing to the case.The B&M instructions give specs for band adjustment, which varies depending upon the apply lever ratio. We used the 5.0:1 lever supplied in the kit in the front (kickdown) band. Rear bands are typically backed off two turns after tightening the adjuster to 72 in/lb (snug).The Transkit also comes with all the parts found in the B&M Transpack shift kit, allowing the valvebody to be modified for "H/D," "Street/Strip," or "Track-Only" levels. We performed all the mods to B&M's "Street/Strip" specs and then bolted the valvebody back in.


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The Butler men's and women's basketball teams will have at least six games broadcast on the ESPN networks in 2008-09. Included in that slate are three games in the newly created Horizon League Friday Night Game-of-the-Week package.
Butler's men are slated for five appearances on the ESPN stations, while Butler's women have one game scheduled for broadcast. Both Butler teams have an opportunity for additional exposures through a league "wildcard" game and the Horizon League Tournament.
The Butler men will have four games broadcast on ESPNU and one on ESPN2. The Bulldogs' games at Cleveland State on Dec. 4 and at Xavier on Dec. 23 will be carried on ESPNU, and Butler will host two Friday night games on the national college sports station. The Friday contests will be against Valparaiso on Jan. 30 and against UIC on Feb. 13.
Butler's game at UIC on Jan 17 also will be telecast nationally on ESPN2.
Additionally, the Bulldogs could be chosen for the "wildcard" game on Feb. 28 when Butler hosts preseason league favorite Cleveland State. The Horizon League Tournament semifinals on March 7 will be telecast on ESPNU, while the league championship game on March 10 will be carried on ESPN.
Butler's men had 10 games broadcast on the ESPN networks last season.
The Butler women's basketball team will get national attention later in the season, when the Bulldogs host Wright State. That game will be broadcast live on ESPNU on Friday, Feb. 6, beginning at 9 p.m. at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
The Butler-Wright State game was originally scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip on Thursday, Feb. 5, but was pushed back to accommodate the broadcast. Additionally, the Bulldogs' contest against Detroit, which was slated for Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m., has been moved back to Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m.
It will be the fourth time in four seasons Butler will appear on the ESPN network. The Bulldogs' appearance in the 2007 Horizon League Championship game against Green Bay was broadcast live on ESPNU, while Butler's regular season road games against the Phoenix last spring and during the 2005-06 campaign were both carried on ESPNU.
The women's championship game in this season's Horizon League Tournament will be broadcast on ESPNU on March 15.
2008-09 Butler Games On The ESPN Networks
Thursday, Dec. 4--Butler at Cleveland State, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)
Tuesday, Dec. 23--Butler at Xavier, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
Saturday, Jan. 17--Butler at UIC, 2 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN360.com)
Friday, Jan. 30--Valparaiso at Butler, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
Friday, Feb. 13--UIC at Butler, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
Friday, Feb. 6--Wright State at Butler, 9 p.m. (ESPNU)


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Remsen Man Killed in Skid Loader Accident
(Remsen) -- A skid loader accident on Saturday cost the life of a Remsen man. 19 year old Alex Renken was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation of the accident shows Renken was assisting Andrew Vaske, who was operating the skid loader. The two were putting fence posts into the ground. Renken was holding the posts while Vaske would push the posts into the ground with the skid loader. Vaske had put dirt into the bucket for added weight in pushing the posts. As Renken was holding a post, the skid loader began to tip forward, the weight in the bucket causing the skid loader to tip all the way forward. The skid loader bucket struck and pinned Renken. Renken's body was transported to Floyd Valley Hospital for examination. The investigation was conducted by the Plymouth County Sheriff's office. Assisting at the scene were the Remsen Fire Department, Remsen Ambulance, Mercy Air Care, and the Plymouth County Medical Examiner.


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|New track soon ready for running
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
Progress has been steady and the end result thrilling as the community of Holyoke enjoys a new all-weather track around the HHS football field on the corner of Morlan Avenue and Hale Street.
Final details are tentatively expected to be completed by Thursday afternoon, Sept. 12, at which time the track will open for public use. School personnel ask that citizens watch the signs that are posted for further use instructions.
While the process of getting a new track spanned a number of years, not a minute has been wasted from the time the GOCO grant was approved on June 11.
A Musco four-pole lighting system was set in August in time for the Aug. 30 opening football game of the year with Perkins County, Neb. The track surface was also completed for the admiration of the football crowd.
A second-grade P.E. class initiates the new running track
Striping the lanes was finished over the Labor Day weekend, and further work on leveling the ground on the edges of the track was quick to follow and is being completed this week.
The eight-lane post-tensioned concrete base with red all-weather polyurethane bound surface track will soon be ready for the community.
New runways and/or pits for triple jump, long jump, high jump and pole vault are also part of the project.
Yet to be completed are landscaping, the restroom renovation and a 10-piece outdoor exercise station that will be installed between the visitors' bleachers and the practice field on the east side of the track.
GOCO fully funded the Phillips County Community Track Project, approving $350,000.
In June, the school district moved the sprinklers and did other prep work leading in to moving the track to the east. No changes were made to the location of the football field.
Ivan Castillo, pictured at right, and Wyatt Sprague
Also during the month of June, rough grade was performed and compaction testing was done. Aggregate base composition (a rock/sand mix) was brought in, and the final grade was done.
July progress found framing, plastic and rebar in place, and the first straightaways were poured on July 12 and 15. The crews finished pouring concrete on July 17-19, with a 28-day cure period starting at that point.
Event areas were poured during the week of July 22-26, and tensioning of the cables occurred three to five days following the pour.
A dedication ceremony for the new track will not be held until next spring, at a home track event. But in the meantime, it's ready and waiting for community use.
Holyoke Enterprise September 12, 2013


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C.J. Vondette, 22, of Rifle, recently won the title of Women's Professional Rodeo Association's Mountain States Circuit Barrel Racing Rookie of the Year.The circuit includes Colorado and Wyoming, with some of the top barrel racers in the world competing for prize money and awards.Rock Springs, Wyo., was the site for the 2012 Mountain States Circuit Finals Rodeo, where Vondette received the honor.Ranked sixth going into the finals, Vondette made three solid barrel racing runs, placing second in the first go round to another Rifle native, Kim Schulze.The second round saw Vondette again pick up a second place check.The final round, held on Saturday, Oct. 27, saw Vondette's gray American quarter horse gelding Cache A Mount slip badly on the third barrel and cost precious seconds, and she finished fifth.In the average race, Vondette placed second, which moved her to the reserve circuit championship.Earlier in October, Vondette represented the Mountain States at the All American Pro Rodeo Series Finals in Waco, Texas, where she earned nearly $1,400 with two fourth place finishes against some of the top horses in the world. Only 30 of the top barrel racers in the world were eligible to compete.
The Colorado Tourism Office and Colorado Department of Agriculture have teamed up to boost opportunities for travelers and to capitalize on the boom in agritourism experiences across the state. Currently, there are only two states in the U.S. that do not offer agritourism experiences of some kind, Alaska and Nevada. Colorado is the first in the nation to pair heritage tourism and agritourism.A 2007 Colorado State University study found 75 percent of travelers participated in at least one agricultural, food or heritage activity on their trip to Colorado.The 2007 Census of Agriculture found that of the 37,054 farms in Colorado, only 679 (less than 2 percent) reported agritourism income. This revenue was gained mostly from traditional hunting, outfitting and horseback rides, along with increasingly popular farm dinners, cheese-making classes, ranch stays and canning classes.Regional strategic planning sessions are scheduled around the state to educate potential providers about the benefits of getting in the game and to hear from those currently involved in agritourism.A planning session is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 1 to 3 p.m., at the Rifle Branch Library, 207 East Ave. To RSVP, contact Laura Grey, Heritage & Agritourism Program Manager, Colorado Tourism Office, 1625 Broadway, Suite 2700, Denver, CO 80202, or call (303) 892-3885 or email email@example.com.
Rifle's Devon Vondette, a freshman at Colorado Northwestern in Rangely, made her debut in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association's Cedar City, Utah, rodeo on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7-8.Vondette placed fourth in the long round of the barrel racing event and came back in the short round to place seventh.She ended up gaining points for a tie for sixth position in the average, putting the college women's team on the standings board for the first time ever.In breakaway roping, Vondette's time of 3.7 was one-tenth too slow to make it back to the short round. She was 13th in the long round.Casper, Wyo., hosted its Tribute to the Great American Cowboy Professional Rodeo Cowboy's Association rodeo on Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 3.C.J. Vondette made the trek to Casper and rode home with the barrel racing title.C.J. Vondette's time of 14.83 seconds, aboard the gray American Quarter Horse gelding Cache A Mount, earned her a check for $1,242.Another Rifle native, Kim Schulze, was fourth with a time of 15.02 and a check for $769.With the PRCA's Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on the horizon, current rodeos count toward the 2013 professional rodeo season.
The Bookcliff, Mount Sopris and South Side Conservation Districts and Garfield County Vegetation Management are offering cost share for fall treatment of noxious weeds. A treatment plan is required and essential for success. Russian Knapweed and Canadian thistle are examples of noxious weeds that respond to fall treatment.The key to controlling Russian Knapweed is to stress the weed and cause it to expend nutrient stores in the root system. The best management plan includes cultural control, combined with mechanical and/or chemical control. Be persistent with Canadian thistle, so the weed is continually stressed, forcing it to exhaust root nutrient stores.Call 945-5494, ext. 105, for more information or to receive an application. Deadline for fall applications is Nov. 30.
Colten Fritzlan headed to Helena, Mont. on Wednesday, Oct. 31, to compete in the Northwestern Miniature Bull-riding Finals for the third year in a row.The finals consist of 10 boys each from Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and Idaho. Fritzlan rides for the Wyoming association, coming in second in their standings. The competition is three long rounds, with the top 12 advancing to the short round. Fritzlan was also asked to provide four of his own bulls for the finals: Charlie, Jungle Cat, Psycho, and Sniper.Fritzlan drew Bert of CRC Bucking Bulls for the first round on Thursday night. He rode him to the tune of 67.5 for the round, which placed him at 16th in the round. Friday night, he drew Kool-Aide of CRC Bucking Bulls and rode him to 71 points, fifth in the round and keeping him strong in the average. Fritzlan's bulls also performed well, with no one able to cover Charlie, Sniper or Jungle Cat. Later on Friday night, Fritzlan had consistency on his mind as he prepared to ride Dragon Fly of Rocky Mountain Buckers. He fell a little short of the whistle, but had enough with his first two bulls to finish 11th out of the 12 boys in the short round. Fritzlan was second to last to draw and come up with Double Clutch Again of Rocky Mountain Buckers, and rode him to 76, to put him 214 on three head. The score won Fritzlan the short round and ended with a sixth place standings overall. Fritzlan was pleased with his performance, and brought back prize money, a short round buckle, and a new gear bag. Fritzlan's bulls, Charlie and Sniper, were brought back to the third round and performed great, as they remained unridden for the finals. Jungle Cat was back to the short round and was covered for 75.5. Fritzlan was happy with the way his bulls performed and is excited to be back and ready for the new seasons to start.
Farmers and ranchers who previously were forced to sell livestock due to drought have an extended period of time in which to replace the livestock and defer tax on any gains from the forced sales, the Internal Revenue Service recently announced.To qualify, the livestock generally must be replaced within a four-year period. The IRS can extend this period if the drought continues. The one-year extension of the replacement period generally applies to capital gains realized by eligible farmers and ranchers on sales of livestock held for draft, dairy or breeding purposes due to drought. Sales of other livestock, such as those raised for slaughter or held for sporting purposes, and poultry are not eligible.Eligible counties in Colorado include Garfield, Mesa and many others.Farmers and ranchers in these areas whose drought sale replacement period was scheduled to expire at the end of this tax year, Dec. 31, 2012, in most cases, will now have until the end of their next tax year.


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Hair salon reports burglary, theft
Published: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
OCALA - A hair salon was burglarized late Tuesday and a cash register was reported stolen.
Marion County sheriff's deputies responded to an alarm call at 3928 SE 58th Ave. and saw that a glass door on the north side of the building had been smashed.
Of the three businesses in the building, 2K Hair Expressions Salon had been ransacked and the cash register, with cash inside, was missing.
Anyone with information can call the Sheriff's Office at 732-9111 or Crime Stoppers at 368-STOP, or text a tip to 274637 using keyword 368stop. Tipsters can also visit www.ocalacrimestoppers.com.
- Austin L. Miller
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