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I never understood Puts or Calls. Could anybody explain it like I were a child?
Here's my attempt at "Options for Kids"
"Hey kid... So you have this video game that you paid $50 for that you want to sell two months from now"
"Yes, Mr. Video Game Broker, but I want to lock in a price so I know how much to save for a new Tickle Me Elmo for my baby sister."
"Ok, for $3, I'll sell you a 'Put' option so you can sell the game for $40 in two months."
.... One month later ....
"Hey, Mr. Video Game Broker, I can't wait to get this new Tickle Me Elmo for my little sister for Christmas, but its hard to get and I'm afraid prices will go up. I can only spend $100!"
"Ok kid, for $4 I'll sell you a 'Call' option to buy a Tickle me Elmo on December 21st for $95. If you can find it cheaper, the option can expire, otherwise $95 is the most you will pay!"
Put options are contracts to sell. You pay me a fee for the right to put the stock (or other underlying security) in my hands if you want to. That happens on a specific date (the strike date) and a specified price (the strike price). You can decide not to exercise that right, but I must follow through and let you sell it to me if you want to. Put options can be used by the purchaser to cap losses.
For example: You purchase a PUT option for GE Oct19 13.00 from me. On October 19th, you can make me let you sell your GE stock to me for $13.00 a share. If the price for GE has fallen to $12.00, that would be a good idea. If its now at $15.00 a share, you will probably keep the GE or sell it at the current market price.
Call options are contracts to buy. The same idea only in the other direction: You pay me a fee for the right to call the stock away from me. Calls also have a strike date and strike price. Like a put, you can choose not to exercises it. You can choose to buy the stock from me (on the strike date for the strike price), but I have to let you buy it from me if you want to.
For example: You purchase a CALL option for GE Oct19 16.00 option from me. On October 19th, you can buy my GE stock from me for $16.00 a share. If the current price is $17.50, you should make me let you buy if from me for $16.00. If its less than $16.00, you could by it at the current market price for less.
Commonly, options are for a block of 100 shares of the underlying security.
Note: this is a general description. Options can be very complicated. The fee you pay for the option and the transaction fees associated with the shares affects whether or not exercising is financially beneficial. Options can be VERY RISKY. You can loose all your money as there is no innate value in the option, only how it relates to the underlying security. Before your brokerage will let you trade, there are disclosures you must read and affirm that you understand the risk.
I'm normally a fan of trying to put all the relevant info in an answer when possible, but this one's tough to do in one page. Here's the best way, by far to learn the basics:
The OIC (Options Industry Council) has a great, free website to teach investors at all levels about options.
You can set up a learning path that will remember which lessons you've done, etc. And they're really, truly not trying to sell you anything; their purpose is to promote the understanding and use of options.
"Put DOWN"
(buy these when you expect the price to go down)
How it works
You 'lock in' the price you can sell at.
If the price goes down below the 'locked-in' price, you buy at the new low price and sell at the higher 'locked-in' price; make money.
"Call UP"
(buy these when you expect the price to go up)
How it works
You 'lock in' the price you can buy at.
If the price goes up above the 'locked-in' price, you buy at the 'locked-in' price and sell at the new higher price, make money.
In either case
A 'Call' gives you the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock at a particular price. The price, called the "strike price" is fixed when you buy the option. Let's run through an example -
AAPL trades @ $259. You think it's going up over the next year, and you decide to buy the $280 Jan11 call for $12.
Here are the details of this trade. Your cost is $1200 as options are traded on 100 shares each. You start to have the potential to make money only as Apple rises above $280 and the option trades "in the money." It would take a move to $292 for you to break even, but after that, you are making $100 for each dollar it goes higher. At $300, your $1200 would be worth $2000, for example. A 16% move on the stock and a 67% increase on your money. On the other hand, if the stock doesn't rise enough by January 2011, you lose it all.
A couple points here - American options are traded at any time. If the stock goes up next week, your $1200 may be worth $1500 and you can sell. If the option is not "in the money" its value is pure time value. There have been claims made that most options expire worthless. This of course is nonsense, you can see there will always be options with a strike below the price of the stock at expiration and those options are "in the money." Of course, we don't know what those options were traded at.
On the other end of this trade is the option seller. If he owns Apple, the sale is called a "covered call" and he is basically saying he's ok if the stock goes up enough that the buyer will get his shares for that price. For him, he knows that he'll get $292 (the $280, plus the option sale of $12) for a stock that is only $259 today. If the stock stays under $280, he just pocketed $12, 4.6% of the stock value, in just 3 months. This is why call writing can be a decent strategy for some investors. Especially if the market goes down, you can think of it as the investor lowering his cost by that $12. This particular strategy works best in a flat to down market. Of course in a fast rising market, the seller misses out on potentially high gains.
(I'll call it quits here, just to say a Put is the mirror image, you have the right to sell a stock at a given price. It's the difference similar to shorting a stock as opposed to buying it.)
If you have a follow up question - happy to help.
EDIT - Apple closed on Jan 21, 2011 at $326.72, the $280 call would have been worth $46.72 vs the purchase price of $12. Nearly 4X return (A 289% gain) in just over 4 months for a stock move of 26%. This is the leverage you can have with options. Any stock could just as easily trade flat to down, and the entire option premium, lost.
Great answer by @duffbeer. Only thing to add is that the option itself becomes a tradeable asset. Here's my go at filling out the answer from @duffbeer.
"Hey kid... So you have this brand-new video game Manic Mazes that you paid $50 for on Jan 1st that you want to sell two months from now"
"Yes, Mr. Video Game Broker, but I want to lock in a price so I know how much to save for a new Tickle Me Elmo for my baby sister."
"Ok, for $3, I'll sell you a 'Put' option so you can sell the game to me for $40 in two months."
Kid says "Ok!", sends $3 to Mr Game Broker who sends our kid a piece of paper saying:
.... One month later ....
News comes out that Manic Mazes is full of bugs, and the price in the shops is heavily discounted to $30.
Mr Options Trader realizes that our kid holds a contract written by Mr Game Broker which effectively allows our kid to sell the game at $10 over the price of the new game, so maybe about $15 over the price in the second-hand market (which he reckons might be about $25 on March 1st). He calls up our kid.
"Hey kid, you know that Put option that Mr Game Broker sold to you you a month ago, wanna sell it to me for $13?" (He wants to get it a couple of bucks cheaper than his $15 fair valuation.)
Kid thinks:
Kid likes the idea and replies:
Next day kid sends the Put option contract to Mr Options Trader and receives $13 in return.
In summary
Our kid bought the Put option and later sold it for a profit, and all of this happened before the option reached its expiry date.
An Xbox currently sells for $200 but you don't have the money right now to buy it. You think the price of the xbox is going up to $250 next month. Your friend works at BestBuy and says he has a "raincheck" that allows you to buy the Xbox for $200 but the raincheck expires next month. He offers to sell you the "raincheck" for $5.
When you buy his raincheck for $5 you are locking in the right to buy the Xbox for $200. It is like an option because it locks in the purchase price, it has an expiration date, it locks in a purchase price, and it is not mandatory that you redeem it.
That's an explanation for a call option in kids terms. For more easy answers to the question what is a call option click now.
A put can be answered in a similar way. Suppose you bought the Xbox for $250 and then the price drops back to $200. If you keep your receipt, you have the right to return (sell the Xbox back) for $250 even though the current price is only $200. Bestbuy has a 30 day return policy so your receipt is like a put option in that you can sell the Xbox back for a price higher than the current market price.
That's a simple example of a put option in kids terms. For more easy answers to the question what is a put click now.
Put Options for Kids:
You have a big box of candy bars. You saved up your allowance to get a lot of them, so you could have one whenever you want one. But, you just saw a commercial on TV for a new toy coming out in one month. Your allowance alone won't buy it, and you want that toy more than you want the candy. So, you decide that you'll sell the candy to your friends at school to buy the toy.
Now, you have a choice. You can sell the candy now, and put the money in your piggy bank to buy the toy later. Or, you can save the candy, and sell it in a month when you actually need the money to buy the toy. You know that if you sell all the candy you have today, you can get 50 cents a bar. That's not quite enough to buy the toy, but your allowance will cover the rest.
What you don't know is how much you might be able to sell the candy for in a month. You might be able to get 75 cents a bar. If you did, you could pay for the toy with just the money from the candy and even have some left over. But, you might only be able to sell them for 25 cents each, and you wouldn't have enough to buy the toy even with your allowance. You'd like to wait and see if you could get 75 cents each, but you don't want to risk getting only 25 cents each.
So, you go to your father. He and his co-workers like these candy bars too, so he'd be willing to buy them all and sell them to his friends the way you're planning to do with yours. You ask for the option to sell him all the candy bars for 50 cents each in one month. If you find out you can get more for them at school, you want to be able to take that deal, but if you can't sell them for 50 cents at school, you'll sell them to your dad.
Now, your dad knows that he could have the same problem selling the candy at 50 cents or more that you are afraid of. So, he offers a compromise. If you pay him $5 now, he'll agree to the deal. You figure that even without that $5, between your allowance and the candy money, you can still buy the toy. So, you take the deal.
In one month, you can offer the candy at school. If nobody will pay 50 cents, you can sell the candy to your dad when you get home, but if the kids at school will pay 50 cents or more, you can sell it all at school. Either way, you have enough money to buy the toy, and you can also choose which price to accept, but you had to pay your dad $5, and you can't get that back, so if it turns out that you can sell the candy at school for 50 cents, same as today, then because you paid the $5 you don't end up with as much as if you'd simply waited.
In the financial market, this type of option is a "put option". Someone who owns something that's traded on the market, like a stock, can arrange to sell that stock to someone else at an agreed-on price, and the seller can additionally pay some money to the buyer up front for the option to not sell at that price. Now, if the stock market goes up, the seller lets the contract expire and sells his stock on the open market. If it goes down, he can exercise the option, and sell at the agreed-upon price to the buyer. If, however, the stock stays about the same, whether he chooses to sell or not, the money the seller paid for the option means he ends up with less than he would have if he hadn't bought the option.
Call Options for Kids:
Let's say that you see another ad on TV for another toy that you like, that was just released. You check the suggested retail price on the company's web site, and you see that if you save your allowance for the next month, you can buy it.
But, in school the next day, everybody's talking about this toy, saying how they want one. Some already have enough money, others are saving up and will be able to get it before you can. You're afraid that because everyone else wants one, it'll drive up the price for them at the local store, so that your month's allowance will no longer buy the toy.
So, you go to your dad again. You want to be able to use your allowance money for the next month to buy the new toy. You're willing to wait until you actually have the money saved up before you get the toy, but you need that toy in a month. So, you want your dad to buy one for you, and hold it until you can save up to buy it from him. But, you still want it both ways; if the price goes down in a month because the toy's not so new anymore and people don't want it, you don't want to spend your entire month's allowance buying the one from your dad; you just want to go to the store and buy one at the lower price. You'll pay him $5 for the trouble, right now, whether you buy the toy he got you or not.
Your dad doesn't want to have a toy he's not using sitting around for a month, especially if you might not end up buying it from him, so he offers a different deal; In one month, if you still want it, he'll stop by the store on his way home and pick up the toy. You'll then reimburse him from the allowance you saved up; if it ends up costing less than a month's allowance, so be it, but if it costs more than that, you won't have to pay any more. This will only cost you $3, because it's easier for him. But, because he's not buying it now, there is a small chance that the item will be out of stock when he goes to buy it, and you'll have to wait until it's back in stock. You agree, on the condition that if you have to wait longer than a month for your toy, because he couldn't get one to sell you, he pays you back your $3 and knocks another $5 off the cost to buy the toy from him.
The basic deal to buy something at an agreed price, with the option not to do so, is known as a "call option". Someone who wishes to buy some stocks, bonds or commodities at a future date can arrange a deal with someone who has what they want to buy them at a specific price. The buyer can then pay the seller for the option to not buy.
The counter-offer Dad made, where he will buy the toy from the store at whatever price he can find it, then sell it to you for the agreed price, is known as a "naked call" in finance. It simply means that the seller, who is in this case offering the option to the buyer, doesn't actually have what they are agreeing to sell at the future date, and would have to buy it on the open market in order to turn around and sell it. This is typically done when the seller is confident that the price will go down, or won't go up by much, between now and the date of the contract. In those cases, either the buyer won't exercise the option and will just buy what they want on the open market, or they'll exercise the option, but the difference between what the seller is paying to buy the commodity on the market and what he's getting by selling it on contract is within the price he received for the option itself. If, however, the price of an item skyrockets, the seller now has to take a significant, real loss of money by buying something and then selling it for far less than he paid. If the item flat-out isn't available, the buyer is usually entitled to penalties for the seller's failure to deliver. If this is all understood by both parties, it can be thought of as a form of insurance.
In addition to all these great answers, check out the Wikipedia entry on options.
The most important thing to note from their definition is that an option is a derivative (and nothing about any derivative is simple). Because it is a derivative, increases or decreases in the price of the underlying stock won't automatically result in the same amount of change in the value of the option.
So, child, your goal is to make money? This is usually achieved by selling goods (say, lemonade) at a price that exceeds their cost (say, sugar, water and, well, lemons).
Options, at first, are very much same in that you can buy the right to engage in a specific future trade. You make money in this situation if the eventual returns from the scheduled trade cover the cost of purchasing the option. Otherwise you can simply opt out of the trade -- you purchased the right to trade, after all, not any type of obligation. Makes sense? Good. Because what follows is what makes options a little different.
That is, if you sell that same right to engage in a specific trade the situation is seemingly reversed: you lock in your return at the outset, but the costs aren't fully realized until the trade is either consumed or declined by the owner of the option. And keep in mind that it is always the owner of the option who is in the driver's seat; they may sell the option, hold on to it and do nothing, or use it to engage in the anticipated trade. And that's really all there's to it.


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I nearly forgot to mention another piece of news I saw about the Patriots a few days ago. It was buried among all the spygate reports, and has been lost by the media for the most part.
The Pats over the last 8 years have used players who were injured reserve in their practices. The rule is very clear that if you are suspended or on IR, you may *not* practice with the team. You may work out at the facility, but only if no other team members and coaches are not there.
This is another small example of how Bill Ass-munch "interpreted" the rules differently than 31 other coaches.
The guy should be banished from the game.
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Wisconsin an almost perfect microcosm of U.S. in partisan makeup
Wisconsin, one of the nation's most volatile political battlegrounds in recent years, ranks almost dead-center nationally in the partisan makeup of its voters, according to new numbers released Wednesday by Gallup.
Over the course of Gallup's year-long 2012 tracking polls, 45.5% of Wisconsin adults identified as Democrats or leaned Democratic, while 41.4% identified as Republicans or leaned Republican.
That almost perfectly mirrors the national breakdown in Gallup's year-long polling: 44.9% Democratic and 40.7% Republican. And it may help explain how both parties have enjoyed uplifting victories and suffered debilitating defeats in Wisconsin in the span of just the past two years.
Of the 50 states, Wisconsin, Iowa and Florida mostly closely mirror the partisan balance of the nation as a whole in Gallup's 2012 polling (the five most representative states are shown below):
Twenty-one states ranked as more Democratic than Wisconsin, and 28 ranked as more Republican. You can see the full list here (on page 2 of the report).
Because the numbers are based on daily polling over the course of a calendar year, the sample sizes in Gallup's data are very large and the margins of error small. The Wisconsin numbers are based on 7,390 interviews in the state over the course of 2012 and have a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 points. Gallup's national numbers are based on roughly 321,000 interviews.
The states where Democrats enjoyed the biggest partisan advantage in 2012 are overwhelmingly concentrated in the Northeast: Hawaii (the lone exception), followed by Maryland, Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont.
The states where Republicans enjoyed the biggest partisan advantage were clustered in the Mountain West and Plains: Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas.
As Gallup notes, these numbers point to one of the GOP's big electoral challenges. the party is strongest in the least populous parts of the country.
Earlier this week, Gallup also released state-by-state numbers on President Barack Obama's 2012 job approval.
By this measure, Wisconsin was not quite as representative of the nation as a whole, giving the president somewhat better ratings than he received nationally.
According to Gallup, Obama's average job approval rating in Wisconsin in 2012 was 49.7% compared with 48% nationally. (In Wisconsin, 49.7% approved and 43.2% disapproved of Obama).
Obama's numbers were up in 2012 compared with 2011. Nationally his approval rating rose from 44% to 48%, and in Wisconsin, it rose from 47.4% to 49.7%.
In Gallup's most recent 2013 tracking poll, Obama's approval rating is up to 52%, with 43% disapproving of his performance.
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Dec. 19, 2005
Sophomore guard Arron Afflalo (Compton, CA/Centennial HS) of the UCLA Men's Basketball Team was selected as the UCLA/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week (Dec. 12-18).
Afflalo led UCLA to a 68-61 road win over previously undefeated Michigan, scoring 20 points, including 17 in the first half, with a career-high six three-pointers, two assists, one steal and no turnovers. Afflalo scored 14 of UCLA's first 16 points to turn an 8-0 deficit into a 16-0 advantage. After Michigan had closed to within four points late in the game, he made a big steal that led to a Bruin basket with 1:23 to play, helping to seal the Bruins' win. Afflalo has scored in double figures in every game this year and has scored 20 points or more four times.
This is Afflalo's first UCLA/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week honor of the season and second of his career.
Also nominated: Lisa Willis, W. Basketball.
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2013-14 Student-Athletes Honored at Annual Awards Banquet
Mandelbaum and Doss named Female and Male Athletes of the Year, Schelske and Schmidt earned Female and Male Scholar Athletes of the Year Honors and Magee and Walker receive the James W. Wilson, Jr. Award
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Prior To Tulane: Enrolled at the U.S. Military Preparatory School for the 2009-10 academic year...threw the shot put and javelin for head coach John Pike...also, started all six games along the defensive line for coach Tom Simi during the 2009 football season.
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RADNOR, Pa. (April 2, 2014) — Aaron Walton‑Moss, a junior at Cabrini College, was named Division III Men's Basketball Player of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
This is the first time a Cabrini College student‑athlete has received the national honor.
"I am truly honored to receive this award," Walton‑Moss said upon receiving the news.
"I would like to offer my sincere thanks to the entire Cabrini community."
Profiled in the Philadelphia Daily News on January 24, Walton‑Moss recounts his unlikely journey from the streets of Camden to the serene 112‑acre campus of Cabrini College on Philadelphia's Main Line.
"You take it one day at a time," Walton‑Moss acknowledged in the Daily News article.
"I've never been around this type of culture. I'm used to the inner city. I don't hear the gun shots, or see the cops on every corner. I can really rest at night, without having to worry…"
Overcoming obstacles that could have derailed his basketball career, the two‑time Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Player of the Year set the Cabrini Men's Basketball program's single‑season scoring record with 594 total points.
He closed the season ranking fifth in Division III with 24.8 points per game while ranking in the nation's top 20 in seven other categories.
He also was named Mid‑Atlantic Player of the Year and a First Team All‑American.
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The Huntsville Art League has posted a Call to Artists for their Juried Art Exhibition, Unique Views. This exhibition implores the viewer to experience the world around them through the eyes of an Artist. The subject matter can be the Artist's town, their lives or their beliefs.
Artists may submit up to three works; selected works will be exhibited at the opening reception in Lowe Mill on May 16, 2014 and then displayed in the Second Floor Connector Gallery for several weeks. Works may be offered for sale, from the Huntsville Art League Studios in Lowe Mill and from the Huntsville Art League website for this exhibition.
Jurors of Selection/Awards
The acceptance and award selection of the exhibition will be determined by a panel of three jurors.
How to Enter
Up to three pieces of art may be submitted. Upload images, complete entry form and pay entry fee at http://www.huntsvilleartleague.org/unique-views-submission/
The Jurors will make award selection from the actual paintings displayed in the exhibition. Awards will be announced at the opening reception on May 16, 2014. Approximately, $1,000 in cash, gift certificates and merchandise is anticipated.
Paintings may be priced for sale or not for sale (NFS). A change in price or NFS status is not permitted following acceptance. The Huntsville Art League will receive 30% (25% for Huntsville Art League Exhibitors) commission in all sales. Artists are encouraged to keep this in mind when pricing their work.
The exhibition will also be shown on a website that permits Paypal sales. Website images will be of lower resolution than those submitted for the jurying process. The shipping charges for artwork sold on the website will be split 50/50 between the Huntsville Art League and the Artist.
All artwork (2D-3D) must be executed within the past two years. Only original work by the Artist will be accepted. The Huntsville Art League reserves the right to refuse any art work that does not match the submitted entry, or other criteria in this call. No painting may be substituted and none may be removed before the end of the exhibit (except for sale of the work as part of the exhibit).
2-Dimensional Art Must Be Framed:
- Maximum framed size: Not to exceed 48" either height or width
- Minimum image size: 140 square inches (multiply height x width; i.e. 14" x 10")
- Frames must be of simple/smooth wood or gold, silver or black metal;
- No frame larger than 3" wide;
- Light enough to be handled by one person;
- Glass or plexiglass;
-Wire must be unfrayed with taped ends or plastic coating, ready to hand and must support the weight of the painting;
- Fiber art may be unframed, but must include a slat or rod in a top sleeve with attached wire, cord or a central loop suitable for hanging from one picture hook or nail.
3-Dimensional Art:
- Light enough to be handled by one person;
- Stable with no additional supports;
- Appropriate for display on floor or pedestals of 6" x 6" surface;
- No sharp endges that will present danger to the public or exhibit personnel.
Digital Entry Procedures
Go to the online entry form. Complete the form and be sure to select your images for upload. Click the submit button once. Depending on the number of entries and file sizes, it may take a few minutes to upload your files. Once submitted, you will be redirected to PayPayl's secure server in order to complete payment. You do not have to have a PayPal account to pay via PayPal. Your submission is not complete until payment is receied. Once payment is complete, you will be redirected back to the Huntsville Art League's website. You should receive an email from Huntsville Art League with the contents of your form submission and an email from PayPal for your receipt.
- Images must be 300 dpi and save in JPG format not to exceed 2MB per image;
- Images must be cropped to exclude frames, mats and background;
- Each image must be labeled with the Artist's last name, an entry number (A, B or C) and artwork title consistent with the Entry Form, without spaces or punctuation marks (i.e. JonesARock.jpg);
- Images must be in sharp focus; poor quality images could affect the juror's decisions. The exhibition committee reserves the right to refuse works that are not in good condition or are not appropriate for this exhibition and venue;
- Entries WILL NOT be processed until the Entry FEe is paid and the images posted;
- Artists agree to have their images in lower resolution displayed on the internet website for this exhibition.
- Up to 3 images per Artist;
- Artists are required to be a member of the Huntsville Art League, or to join the League for one year ($20 for an individual membership also payable on the website);
- Entry fee is $35, non-refundable, and payable with your submission to http://www.huntsvilleartleague.org/unique-views-submission/
Exhibit Deadlines
April 4, 2014 - Deadline for Entry
April 26, 2014 - Email Notification of Acceptance
May 6, 8 and 14, 2014 - Delivery of Shipped Art
May 16, 2014 - Opening Reception, First Floor Connector, Lowe Mill
May 17-31, 2014 - Exhibit displayed in the Second Floor Connector
June 2-7, 2014 - Return Shipped Art
June 4-7, 2014 - Pick-up of Hand-Delivered Work (Wed-Sat, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.)
The Huntsville Art League will take every precaution against damage or theft, but will not be responsible for damage or loss whatever the cause. Artists should carry their own insurance for both the exhibition and shipping.
Delivery and Return Shipment
If artwork is accepted, the Artist will be sent instructions, regarding packing, shipping and hand delivery. All shipments must include a prepaid shipping label. Shipped paintings must be addressed to Huntsville Art League, Studio 202, Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment Center, 2211 Seminole Dr. SW, Huntsville AL. A $25 handling fee made out to Huntsville Art League will be assessed on shipped paintings; this fee is an addition to the return shipping charges. Shipped art will be returned in the same shipping boxes as received beginning June 2, 2014.
Artist is responsible for notifying shipper of return shipping date. Hand carried artwork must be picked up on June 4-7, 2014 (Wed-Sat 12 pm-5pm) in Studio 202.
For more information or questions regarding this exhibit, Email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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North Central Middle School will host its annual basketball jamboree on Monday, Nov. 19 inside the school gymnasium.
The Camden-based Palmetto State Rizers of the American Basketball Association, which won their first game of the season, 160-116, over the Queen City Express, are bringing the "Legends of Street Ball Takeover Tour" to Camden's E. Clarkson Rhame City Arena on Friday, Nov. 23.
The 18th annual Marion DuPont Scott Colonial Cup 10K Road Race and BlueCross BlueShield 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10 at Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, to benefit those receiving services from the Kershaw County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs.
With a roster which includes just one player who checks in at taller than 6-foot-6, Palmetto State Rizers' head coach Harvin Council has adjusted his game plan to fit his personnel.
The 18th annual Marion DuPont Scott Colonial Cup 10K Road Race and BlueCross BlueShield 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10 at Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, to benefit those receiving services from the Kershaw County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs.
Carson Gordon and Richard Stokes both missed five games and both men were tied on the tie-breaker in last week's Chronicle-Independent football contest.
When North Central High graduate Devin Lee and his wife and Lugoff-Elgin graduate, Nikia Knox-Lee, purchased the Palmetto State Rizers, they said it was important that they try and give the American Basketball Association franchise a presence in their home county.
Richard White was one of five contestants who missed just one game in last week's Chronicle-Independent football contest. In the end, however, he was the last one standing as he missed the tie-breaker by one point while others missed it by two points.
Monday: Buford at North Central in first round of AA Upper State volleyball tournament (6 p.m.)
The City of Camden, the Kershaw County School District, the Kershaw County Recreation Department and Let's Move Cities and Towns are teaming up to present the second annual Mini-Olympics of Kershaw County.
Tuesday: Camden at Westwood (TEN – 4:30 p.m.); Lugoff-Elgin at Irmo (TEN – 5:30 p.m.)Fairfield Central at North Central (VB – 6:45 p.m.); Camden at Westwood (VB – 7 p.m.); Lugoff-Elgin at Irmo (VB – 7 p.m.)
The Lexington County Soccer Club's (LCSC) Kershaw 95 Lady Strikers Soccer Team, a first-year girls U-17 soccer team made up of varsity and junior varsity players from both Camden and Lugoff-Elgin high schools, is hosting a fundraising golf tournament to benefit the fledgling program on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the White Pine Golf Club in Camden.
Camden's Henry Stradford missed two games to win last week's Chronicle-Independent weekly football contest.
The Kershaw County Gamecock Club is once again meet at The Olde Town Tavern on Broad Street in downtown Camden on Monday evenings this football season.
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In an effort to keep state waterways safe during the upcoming July Fourth holiday weekend and beyond, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR ...
Nine Kershaw County Dixie Youth All-Star baseball teams will begin postseason tournament play beginning tonight and continuing through next week.
Here is the slate of youth sports camps on tap for next week in Kershaw County:
With the school season rapidly coming to a close that means it is time for summer youth sports camps throughout Kershaw County.
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
I was about to say I failed…
I have not been blogging regularly. I have not been logging food. I have not been exercising.
No, I am not surprised that my weight is about what it was when I joined SP nearly 3 years ago.
For a long time, I have been more or less "marking time" on SP. Earning points, minimally interacting with my SP family, going through the motions…As I read blogs, I made small comments. Humbled, thinking I have nothing to contribute since I am not walking the SP journey the way I know I need to be doing.
I am off from my full time job until January 2 except for one day this week. I decided I was going to cross a lot of things off my to do list, including errands and some professional development. I also decided I am going to get back into my kettlebells. My Christmas present to myself is a new KB DVD (not here yet). I have a rebate check for REI and I will probably use it towards a higher weight KB.
Even so. I am disappointed with myself for allowing life to get in the way of taking care of myself on my SP journey. I am very unhappy with my weight, I hate the way I feel, I hate the way I look and I really wonder if I have what it takes to start anew AND to stick with it and succeed.
I read blogs from _Linda with her battles with RA and sleeplessness. Exercise is her drug of choice (her words). There are days when I feel as if I can hardly move and her day begins with kickboxing or zumba or…I am humbled.
LDRICHEL is a swimmer and a runner and shared a wonderful blog about reevaluating her fitness journey, choosing balance. Recognizing there are other elements in her life, she is scaling back on her running regime in order to invest the time to maintain relationships. I could use such balance!
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CMRAND54 is getting used to being retired. She and Sheila have been faithful SP friends almost from day one. They know what to say to keep me plugged in.
PIXILICIOUS faithfully posts on my SparkPage. I cannot match her for quantity of inspiration!
I read a comment from one of the SP employees on an email last week that said something about having the confidence to succeed. That is what I don't have and have not had for a while.
Then I read a blog from ABA101, one of those blogs I found by clicking "blogs" from the banner. She asked for willpower to succeed. I usually flinch when I see "willpower" because, in my life, that word becomes a club with which I beat myself and feel a failure. So I commented on her blog that I wish her time. Time to think before she chooses….the exercise DVD over the cooking show, the water over the caloric drink…etc. She appreciated my comments and we are now SP friends.
That got me thinking. Outwardly, I am not making progress. But certain elements are becoming internalized. Subject of another blog will be thoughts about everything else in my life, but tonight's is a musing about the community, the power of my SP family. Were it not for the fact that I really care about my SP family (including those not mentioned above), I would have given up and left long ago. Instead, I find myself reaching out and thinking of starting anew.
The title of my blog is a tribute to my grandfather. When my aunts and dad were children, they would egg their parents on about being anxious for Christmas. Bestifar (Grandfather in Norwegian) invented "Little Christmas Eve" to kind of let some steam off of the enthusiasm. Dad and my aunts were allowed to open a present from a friend on December 23.
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When a 7-year-old girl was snatched from her mother outside their Pittsburg, California home by a stranger, police went into action and posted an Amber Alert. A loss-prevention specialist employed by Target had finished her shift and was at home when her roommate told her about the Amber Alert, according to Fox News live on Jan. 8.
Roxanna Ramirez picked up the phone and called the police. Earlier in the day she had seen a man sit in his vehicle for hours and he had been in the store earlier acting bizarre. She wrote down his license plate in case some type of incident happened later that the day. Ramirez said she followed the man out of the Target store because he exhibited bizarre behavior, according to New York Post today.
She was right on target when she thought the license plate number would come in handy. She told police that she continued watching him on security camera as he stayed several hours in the parking lot. He was pacing, changing his clothes and at one point he was seen in his car intensely shaking the steering wheel.
Her hunch to write down the man's license plate paid off because when she gave the police the license plate number of the bizarre acting man in her store and parking lot, they found that kidnapped girl.
Police ran the plates and tracked down the man. He had the little girl, but she safe and sound. Ramirez held the key to this entire case with that license plate number. Because of her hunch, the cops were able to find the little girl.
David Douglas had followed the little girl and her mother home from a Walmart store in the same town and nabbed her before she went into the house with her mother.
Douglas did an interview and it was easy to surmise that he was dealing with some type of mental health issues. He told the interviewer that the girl's mother's glances told him that she was a part of the conspiracy against him.
"I took her because it was arranged for me to take her," Douglas said, "I didn't know what I was going to with her but I know it was not to harm her in any way."
Thanks to Ramirez's hunch that the man might cause some type of problem she took down that license plate. Then when she heard of the Amber Alert, calling the police brought them one step closer to finding the 7-year-old girl.


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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Study: women not inherently worse at math than men
According to a new study, differences in performance in mathematics between the sexes are entirely attributable to cultural and social factors, and not to any inherent aptitude or greater variability in skill set on either side of the gender binary.
The study appears to disprove two common theories, one which states that men are just better at math than women are, and one which states that while men and women are on average equally good at math, men have more variation in ability and are therefore overrepresented at the top (and bottom).
What the study actually found was that, the more equal the genders were in a given society, the closer their math scores were for high, low, and average achievers. Also, the more equal the genders were, the higher the scores were for everyone - not just women. This suggests that advanced countries with better education systems and more gender equality are doubly advantaged, as they will have not only better-performing women, but also better-performing men.
This study shows that people tend to live up to the expectations that their society sets for them, and those expectations can have unexpected and far-reaching effects. If the same principle applies to other classes of people who are often seen to be under-performers like racial and ethnic minorities - and I expect it does - it's a very good, pragmatic argument for fighting for greater equality for all people.
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In the new As We Were Told, Vol. II, "The Coarse Gold Country and the People I knew There" is a story written by Orville "Rusty" Newby. His account of the town in May, 1929 is colorful and enticing.
"The old Landon ranch, four miles west of Coarse Gold...looked like a park. The grass was tall and green, the many trees were green with their new leaves, flowers were everywhere and the springs were all full of water.
Coarse Gold was such a unique and pretty place in those days. As I first came into it from the south, the little white schoolhouse, located at Highway 41 and Road 415 on the left, caught my eye. Then the beautiful hotel -- the Coarsegold Inn -- was built in 1930 but burned in 1959; it was on the Historic Village property, a little farther along with its shady lawn and huge golf course that went up the sloping valley almost to the old Texas Flat Mine was something else.
The big store that sat across the road next to Coarse Gold Creek with its porch clear across the front and a big dance hall above was the meeting place for the whole county in those days. The two story building was built from wood salvaged from the mining town of Narbo but it burned in 1964.
Next to the store on the north was Doc Krohn' Standard Oil service station and garage, and in the back was an old barn where Doc had all of his machine tools. Across the road, on the west, was Doc Krohn's house and on the side of it, Doc's wife's library. Just up the road a little ways was the old Burgette store with the house and barn next to it.
The centerpiece of the town was the well and hand pump that sat in the center of the side street. The pump had a little platform around it and a cute roof built over it. There was also a big water trough there to water stock, and most everyone stopped there to either water their horses or fill the radiator of their car.
It was customary to pump the big handle of the pump and fill the trough if you used the water, and all the kids enjoyed that. The hand pump is now in the Coarsegold Historic Museum.
With all the big trees that kept the town in shade, it was a jewel of the mountains. I remember that someone every evening would go out and water down the whole street in front of the store and hotel to keep the dust down, and if you happened to arrive at this time you would see Coarse Gold at its best.
I sat there on the porch of the store many times in the dusk, watching this procedure, while the big stamp mill at the old Texas Flat mine rumbled in the distance."
As We Were Told, Vol. II, is available at the Coarsegold Historic Museum, Fresno Flats, Oakhurst Gift Works and Dorsey's Hallmark.


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There is no reason to count on serious growth in the coffee market in 2000, or at least until the presidential elections, the specialists said. The experts noted that along with the shrinking of the coffee market, in fall 1998 demand for cheaper coffee drinks, in which the coffee is practically or totally replaced by barley, rye or chicory, soared. Due to this trend, Swiss Nestle launched two coffee drinks on the Russian market.
Demand for coffee drinks is currently greater than supply and demand will not be fully met before the end of 2000, stated experts. Only Russian companies supplied coffee drinks on the Russian market prior to August 1998. Supply of coffee in Russia currently exceeds demand. This is a direct result of the financial crisis and the subsequent reduction in solvent demand in the country, Golden Brazil representative Yury Gun said.
Gun noted that in the recent past consumers have crossed over to cheaper spray-dried coffee, which accounts for 25% of the Russian market. Granulated coffee accounts for 17% of the market and the most expensive of the instant coffees -- freeze dried -- account for only 8% Coffee beans and freshly ground coffee accounts for the remaining 50% of the market.
Gun praised plans by the International Coffee Organization to invest US$9,000,000 in the year 2000 to promote coffee consumption in Russia and China; the main suppliers of coffee to Russia are India, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Holland, Finland, and France. Western coffee companies operating in the Russian coffee market include Swiss Nestle, German Tchibo, American Kraft Jacobs Suchard, international Elite, Golden Brazil (a M&M International Corp. subsidiary, and others.
Local players on the Russian coffee market include Mai, Moscow Joint Stock Coffee House, Montana Coffee, Amada-coffee, Blues, Kuppo, Russian Product, and others.
Tea, however, can expect temporary good gains in the first quarter when production will be at a seasonal low. This positive outlook for the crop may be short-lived, as the EIU expects prices to retreat again in 2001 and in 2002.
AFC Enterprises Inc., which operates Seattle Coffee Co., last year reported sales of $1.8-billion (U.S.). Seattle Coffee, which owns Seattle's Best Coffee. It operates more than 100 retail shops under the Seattle's Best Coffee and Torrefazione Italia banners and has more than 5,000 global wholesale distribution points in hotels, restaurants and grocery chains.
AFC also operates more than 3,300 restaurants in 25 countries, including Church's Chicken, Cinnabon and Popeye Chicken & Biscuits.
Second Cup surprised investors when it announced in October it had hired the investment banking arm of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to explore options to increase shareholder value. Second Cup has entrenched a good share of the Canadian specialty coffee market. And, to date, the Toronto-based company appears to have fended off an intrusion on its home turf by U.S.-based rival Starbucks Corp.; with a market capitalization of about $135-million, Second Cup has 380 outlets nationally, compared with 284 coffee bars bearing the Starbucks name.
In May, 1998, the company merged its U.S. operations - 272 Gloria Jean's Inc. outlets - with Coffee People Inc., a 45-store chain in Oregon. However, Second Cup's try at the U.S. has been less than successful; the U.S. business was lagging badly enough that Second Cup sold Coffee People this past summer.
Officials at Second Cup confirmed that bid books were distributed to a few interested parties, but declined to say if any serious buyers have emerged. Industry analysts predict the coffee retailer could fetch between $16 and $18 a share.
"There are a lot of people who lived abroad and developed a love of coffee like me," said Phillip Yip, deputy general manager of Hiang Kie, a Singapore company which runs Coffee Club, Coffee Club Xpress, and Kalid's Kafe.
"In North America there is a whole coffee culture. I drink five cups a day and I like to drink it black. It is my hobby as well as my job: just like piano, which has 52 keys and many different sounds, coffee has many different blends and tastes."
"People in Hong Kong like their coffee to be strong but not bitter or acidic. It is becoming more popular and more and more people are beginning to appreciate coffee. Our next target is to move into China, we see Hong Kong as a springboard."
Such is the keen interest in coffee drinking that a guide to the best outlets in Hong Kong has been product by two Hong Kong-based Australian women, Geri Clisby and Sheryl Coughlin. The first edition was a virtual sell-out, so they produced a new, expanded guide that also includes information on Taiwan and parts of the Chinese mainland.
"We did it all ourselves," said Ms Clisby. "Hong Kong is the kind of place where you can have an idea and just go for it. We learned a lot about coffee - and publishing - along the way."
The guide, "The Coffee Lovers Guide to Hong Kong and Beyond," now in its second edition, gives star ratings to the various hotel coffee shops and cafes in the HKSAR. It also offers a quick overview of each outlet. Some of the places where fine coffees can be enjoyed range from the big five-star hotels to small coffee carts.
The coffee boom the area is experiencing has also opened opportunities for importers of specialist equipment. More and more office managers are installing coffee machines in their offices due to their beneficial effects - so staff members can perk up or relax with an espresso, a cappuccino, a latte, or a tea.
India-born Joshua Soares, operations director of Caffe Perla More, spends his days demonstrating the latest electronic inventions capable of turning roasted beans into enticing cups of steaming liquid in seconds.
"The demand has come about because people are becoming more affluent and regard coffee as something associated with affluent tastes, like wine," said Mr Soares. "The reverse migrants...are also looking for more than just a cup of coffee. Asians like coffee to be full-bodied but with none of the bitterness."
Johanna M. Geleijnse of Wageningen University in The Netherlands and her colleagues recruited nearly 3,500 residents of Rotterdam to their study. Most were in their mid-60s or older, and all we were free of cardiovascular disease. The researchers took X-rays of one of the heart's arteries in each man or woman, allowed for the quantification of atherosclerotic plaque.
Diet can play a significant role in the buildup of plaque, a risk factor for heart attacks. Because tea-rich in plaque-retarding antioxidants-has been linked to a reduced risk of fatal heart attacks, Geleijnse's team collected detailed data on the tea drinking habits of each participant. Gelejinse and her colleagues had reported the findings of an earlier study that revealed, after accounting for other predisposing factors, the prevalence and extent of plaque was greatest in those who drank the least black tea. Those who drank a cup or two per day had roughly half the incidence of severe atherosclerosis seen in people who drank no tea. Four or more cups per day reduced the incidence of severe atherosclerosis to less than one-third than seen in tea abstainers.
The researchers point out that this trend observed in the combined group did not prove statically significant among just the men. However, the incidence of severe plaque among women drinking four or more cups of tea daily was only one-quarter as high as in women who eschewed the brew.
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The People Behind 'The Walking Dead' on What Inspires Them
Robert Kirkman (executive producer) and Greg Nicotero (special effects makeup) both share that the horror movie that scared them the most as children was George Romero's 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead. "Any of the Romero films honestly,," Kirkman says. "Those made me love the zombie sub genre of horror films the most. Seeing the extra layers that are added into those movies on top of the scares and gore and that kind of stuff. Seeing those characters struggle to survive and seeing just what you can do in the context of a horror film made me really want to do this stuff."


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My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult revel in the taboo, the forbidden, and the unspeakable all set to funky grooves and pulsing beats. The band, going 27 years strong, have recently released their latest album "Spooky Tricks" and while it dabbles in their favorite topics of sex and temptation, it manages to sound like nothing they've done before. Founders Groovie Mann and Buzz McCoy talk about the band's longevity, their influences for the new LP, and what keeps them going after so many years.
"Spooky Tricks" will be your 13th studio album. What drives you to continually put out new music?
Thrill Kill Kult: That is our art. A combined vision between Groovie and Buzz. That is what we do. We love making music and writing songs, and performing them live for our fans. We would be lost without it in our lives.
What were some of the influences for the songs this time around?
TKK: Per usual sexual themes and innuendos abound throughout the album, though this time we took a more voyeuristic approach. A look behind the curtains and forbidden doors, into a sensual, almost mystical realm, existing somewhere between reality and fantasy.
Did you ever think in all the 27 years you guys have been together that you would ever release so many albums?
TKK: Not at all. But then again, we don't really think about the future too much. We try to live in the now. Try being the key word. Thinking too far beyond today just clogs up the brain. Maybe that's why we are still doing what we do.
Was there anything you were listening to that inspired the sound on the upcoming album?
TKK: We listen to a lot of "older" music. 70's rock and disco, and some of the more obscure 80's stuff. We're not really in tune with most of today's current bands. But in actuality, music isn't what we turn to for inspiration. Day to day life is the muse.
When it comes to writing, what comes first the music or the lyrics?
TKK: We usually start with a groove, or perhaps a vocal sample of something we find intriguing or funny taken out of context. That sets the wheels in motion. The lyrics and melodies build off of that.
Who did you guys collaborate with on this record?
TKK: We never have really collaborated with anyone in the writing, recording or mixing process. There is an awesome remix by DJ Toxic Rainbow on it though. And there are guest appearances by Bomb Gang Girlz - Arena Rock and Viva Nova, along with performances by our current live musicians - bassist Mimi Star, guitarist Westin Halvorson and drummer Justin Thyme.
Thrill Kill Kult have been a huge influence on numerous bands everywhere. How does it feel having your music not only gain so many fans, but have it to inspire people to create their own music?
TKK: Hmmm. I guess the point of art is to inspire and make one think outside the box, isn't it? It's flattering to know we have been able to do that.
After listening to the album, it seems to be a mix of the industrial sound you guys become known for along with a 70s disco groove you've experimented with before. Is the album a look back at what you've done, but also a look ahead to the band's future?
TKK: We don't consciously look to any particular sound or style. It all just kind of comes out as we write and record. We never know what the future sound of TKK will be. It's all just an expression of where we are in our lives now.
You guys always have the most interesting album art, but this one is particularly creepy. What's the story behind it? What are fans looking at when they grab the album?
TKK: Groovie is the photographer. Buzz is the designer. That's the way it's been on almost every album from the beginning, with the exception of one or two. We try to create album art that is an extension of the music. I like to think we accomplish that most of the time.
With the new album comes another tour. Where do you guys get the energy to keep putting on these crazy shows that make everyone lose their mind?
TKK: That is a mystery to all of us! Performing the songs live is just as important to us as writing the music, It's part of the TKK experience. They go hand in hand. If we lost the energy to perform, we probably also lose the energy to create. Tired or not - onward we march!
Of course you'll be making a stop in Chicago, your hometown. Are the home shows any crazier or more satisfying than the others?
TKK: Naturally it's great to play home with so many dear friends there to share the experience, but we have so many life long friends and fans around the country by now, that all the shows have their own unique kind of satisfaction for us.
Where do you see the band in five years? Maybe another album?
TKK: Hopefully it won't be another 5 years before another album. We just get kind of lazy sometimes. We took 4 years off. We wrote this new one in just under a year. Some people don't understand you can't just turn on the inspiration when you want to. Something usually has to trigger it. I suppose professional song writers can do that. But we're hardly professionals writers or musicians. We're nothing but mere minstrels entertaining the townspeople. But more importantly, we entertain ourselves first.
Thrill Kill Kult will be on the road in support of the new album beginning May 28 in Ramona, CA. They'll make their Chicago stop June 21 at Bottom Lounge. Tickets are currently on sale. "Spooky Tricks" is available now. To get a copy and for more Thrill Kill Kult news, visit their website. Make sure to also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.


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Figure 1: Mid-August, groundwater in new stream bed.
Figure 2: New wetland adjacent to former channel.
Figure 1: Mid-August, groundwater in new stream bed.
Figure 3: New pool near former creek exit grate.
Figure 4: Restoration of former ditch-like channel near grate.
Figure 5: Placement of structural elements in new creek bed.
Figure 6: Driving rebar with a sledge hammer.
Figure 7: New slopes down to new creek bed. Jute will cover mulch for stability and plants will be planted through the jute in the next months.
Figure 8: Bridge under construction near NE 55th Street.
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Hi all,
Here is the official Jump Start 2013 Video of the day.
Special thanks to all the Drop Zones who continue to support this event every year –
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Three Wins Helps Princeton To Day 1 Lead At 2012 Brown Invitational
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A trio of victories and four of the top five finishes in the 200 IM helped the Princeton men's swimming and diving team race out to a Day 1 lead at the 2012 Brown Invitational, held at the brand new Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center in Providence.
Princeton leads the event with 300 points, while Dartmouth stands second with 258 points. Army is challenging Dartmouth with 245, while Columbia has 151 points.
Princeton opened the three-day meet with a victory in the 200 free relay, as the underclassman quartet of sophomore Harrison Wagner and freshmen Teo D'Alessandro, Jeremy Wong and Brooks Powell won the event in 1:20.23, nearly one full second faster than any team in the field. The 'B' team placed third overall, as Kaspar Raigla, Michael Strand, Brian Barrett and Ian Rea finished in 1:22.44.
Junior Paul Nolle is the reigning Ivy Leage champion in the 500 free, and he earned a hard-fought win over Brown's Cory Mayfield in a time of 4:29.31. Teammate Zach Ridout was also an 'A' finalist, where he took eighth in 4:38.16.
Princeton had a handful of contenders in the 200 IM, where it would ultimately take four of the top five spots, though Dartmouth Nejc Zupan won the race in an impressive 1:46.96. Hu-Van Wright took second in 1:48.54, while D'Alessandro finished third in 1:48.77. Freshmen Marco Bove (1:49.85) and Byron Sanborn (1:50.78) took the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.
Princeton also took three of the top four spots in the 50 free, including a win in 20.04 by Wagner. Wong placed third in 20.59, while Powell finished fourth in 20.60. The Tigers concluded the swimming session with a second-place finish in the 400 medley relay, as the foursome of Michael Strand, Sanborn, Raigla and Wagner finished in 3:18.61.
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Hardy Garden Shrubs Are a Garden's Delight
It's fairly easy to decide where your garden should go and what size you want it to be, but selecting the types of plants you want to put in it can be a daunting task. The list of possibilities is nearly endless. Most people start with the pretty flowers and promising bulbs they see in nurseries, but to add depth and texture to your garden, consider filling in some of the background or blank spots with shrubs.
Many shrubs can grow to be the size of small trees, but they are very hardy, require a minimum of maintenance, and have large showy blossoms that may even put your annuals to shame.
Not only will shrubs add beauty to your flower garden, they have added benefits that can be advantageous to your vegetable garden as well. Shrubs provide taller, stronger structures than low-growing plants - structures that birds, as well as insects, find handy for perching on, climbing on, munching on, and more. While you may not be seeking the company of the birds and the bees, they are partly responsible for the beautiful blooms you seek. And while they're enjoying your shrubs, they just might help to pollinate other flowering plants nearby. The birds will also prey on insects that may be harmful to other garden plants.
Additionally, shrubs provide a great wind barrier for smaller, weaker plants around it, which will help to keep them from being badly damaged in harsh storms.
So just what are some of these great shrubs?
Lilacs make a great garden shrub. The can grow to 10 feet tall with a span of about six feet and their blooms are nearly a foot tall and beautifully fragrant.
Some shrubs have names that just scream beauty and luxury. Shrubs like the beautybush and the pearl bush also have lovely blooms that bring the focus of your garden up from the ground to eye-level.
Azaleas and dogwoods are two more shrubs that make lovely additions to the garden.
All of these are examples of deciduous shrubs, though, which will be gorgeous from late spring to early fall, but will be a mere silhouette during cold weather. That's not necessarily bad, though; bare shrubs can lend eerie shadows for your Halloween décor and stark elegance in the snow.
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|2nd January 2013, 11:37 AM
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I am a complete skeptic on this. I am not donating money to them, but I am hopeful for this game.
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|3rd January 2013, 02:12 AM
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I think a large part of the problem on that front is that they don't NEED the money. They have stated they already have the investment they need to develop the game. This is just a marketing ploy, a way to get a bunch of free funds from the community to bolster their dev fund.
Kickstarter is meant to be a way for projects without other funding options to get the finances they need from the community that supports them. But, thanks to some hugely successful kickstarters, the big players see it as a great publicity stunt, as well as a way of getting a bucket full of cash they never have to give back.
To successfully raise $350k, then within months come back asking for another $1m, while at the same time stating that they already have the funds needed to complete their project is just plain abhorrent.
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|3rd January 2013, 02:25 AM
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BTW, by way of a disclaimer, we did run a kickstarter project, but we only asked for $25k, and we definitely needed the money...
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|3rd January 2013, 11:26 PM
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Okay, I've just discovered the project, and I'm quite excited about some of the aspects of this game. Persistent gameworld changes: you destroy a building, it stays destroyed (unless rebuilt). Skills are realtime trained like in eve. Player sides (rather than alliance vs horde, it's player organisations vs player orgs). Crafting: rather than sitting there clicking create, create, create, etc, you set up the machinery, your NPC (hires?) do the crafting. You don't need to be there. MOBS! Mobs don't just constantly respawn and walk around in a set path (or random path through a set area).. they breed, they have their own "desires", etc. If you leave a camp of goblins alone and forget about them, they'll probably breed and then start attacking nearby farmland.
To address one concern: the beta in this project is not like a beta in other projects - it won't be aimed (primarily) at bug finding - they aim to have them mostly ironed out by the start of the beta. They say the beta stage will be mostly balance testing, feature adding, etc. Characters created in the beta WILL NOT BE DELETED when the servers are opened up to the general public. The idea of the beta is to increase the player-base in a controlled fashion, and when the game goes live there will be an existing structure in the world, and already mature player organisations to join.
No, they don't need the money, but they say they can speed up development with the kickstarter funds. They seem to want to have a lot of input for the community that will sign up through kickstarter and become the alpha testers an beta players.
I understand your concerns, but I for one am excited to see this project made.
|7th January 2013, 10:46 PM
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They know that sandbox gamers are hard up.
That is why they are using squeezing these sandbox gamers by their balls with emotionally blackmail them.
"If you don't pay us 1 million, your game will come out late".
The 1 million is just pure greed cos they know they can get it.
And also the game write up are done by their CEO, who is as they say is Steve Job in marketing.
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|13th January 2013, 03:32 PM
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I look at it is if they get the cash it will come out early. They said late 2014 but if they reach their goals earlier. Not the game will come out in 2013 but unless we meet our goals it will be 2014.
The $100 pledge gets you over $300 in P&P .pdfs. To some this is no big deal but to me it's nice. Real nice in fact as that will be over a year of gaming with my friends by itself.
As Rosencavelier pointed out...
I personally am excited about this game more than most sandbox games. I have been hoping for a fantasy based game with Eve elements. This game seems to be closer to that than most. They do have me by the short hairs as jojojoget has pointed out but I am still optimistic. Pathfinder is a pretty good IP and I hope they do it justice.
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|15th January 2013, 03:30 AM
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Did my pledge last week, it's getting close now. I think this is a great idea and something different from all the big studios, specially if you look back at that last couple of years major disappointments. They have nearly reached their target, only $100k to go!
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|15th January 2013, 09:21 AM
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Looks like they made it. Glad because I was really looking forward to the pen and paper source material on .pdf.
They also finished the poll on the forth race. It's Gnomes but in Pathfinder they are more a Fey creature than the WoW crazy inventor type. They said they will be putting up another poll for the next major mechanic (mounts, pets, or additional Gods).
The games a long way off but I am hopeful. The sandbox market needs more games.
|15th January 2013, 09:49 AM
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Well hopefully we see something come from this in a couple years.
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