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It's been a long work week.. at least for me... ready to kick back and enjoy some games tonight. Got a little bit of everything going...
Giants/Braves -145 No score in 1st inning. ($145/$100)
Pirates -160 ($320/$200) I saw the line a lot lower earlier today but didn't have the time to lock it in
Astros +162 ($100/$162)
Diamondbacks/Padres over 7 -120 ($120/$100)
Nationals +128 ($300/$384)
Cheers to all
I don't normally post my Bet IDs but I wanted to show that I am not bullsh*tn' here. This is the largest parlay I believe I have ever played. I think my previous was a 3-Teamer for $500. Anyways.... there it is.. gonna grab a 6 pack and enjoy tonights action! Show some love below or just say what up! Good luck to everyone tonight!
Updated Record
Game 1 Record (20-9) +$827
Game 2 Record (6-3) +$437
Overall System Record (26-3) +$1264 89.6%
Friday 5/31
GM 1 NY Mets $155/$100
GM 1 Atlanta $104/$100
GM 1 Texas $220/$100
GM 1 LA Angels $240/$100
GM 1 Oakland $180/$100
GM 1 Colorado $100/$129
Good Luck to everyone and their plays tonight!
My record is fairly poor this year... looking to finish the season strong.
Not all my picks have been posted..so if you are looking at my record and something isn't adding up....thats why.
College Football Picks (2011 Season): 14-19-2 (-$470)
Arkansas -15.5 (3 units) I know many may be thinking the Rebels can turn things around against suspect Razorback D..but come on man! they suck ass! That, and Alabama just put a hurtn' on em last week breaking their D's will by the end of the game. I see Tyler Wilson having a field day and they will cover even if Ole Miss can hang 3TDs.
Wilson (I mean Wisconsin -7)(3.5 units) The Badgers are legit, and should be pissed off after seeing the BCS rankings. I expect them to take it out on Michigan State. I will admit, I've doubted Sparty all year, so maybe I'm wrong, or more likely, I'm finally going to get it right. I know they will be fired up with ESPN Gameday there, but still believe it is a tough spot for them after and emotional win over Michigan. Wisky's D is the most suspect part of their team, but I'm not sure MSU is built to exploit it. In the ND game, I think we saw that a balanced offence can have lots of success against State, and the Badgers offense is much better than the Irish.
Alabama -28.5 (2 units) Nick Saban has sand in his vag right now, so he's definitely going to make sure that his team destroys Tennessee. The Crimson Tide is on a ... [More]
I am fading the top 10 teams that are playing this weekend.
Trying it out as I have had a poor season so far .... maybe this will get me out of my funk or I will dig a bit deeper .
Tennessee +18 (3 units)
Ole Miss +27 (1 unit)
Kansas +35.5 (1 unit)
Indiana +41 (2 units)
Colorado State +33 (3 units)
Texas +8 (5 units)
Washington State +21 (2 units)
Maryland +9 (4 units)
Arizona State +15 (1 unit)
Michigan State -2 (3 units)
As always comments are welcomed....Good Luck to everyone!
I usually play one 10pt teaser every weekend, I have hit the last week so I thought I would post this week, so with that note, tonight will start one of the games. I am hoping Cal can score enough to cover the +34. The only thing that sucks is that my book says if one game is a tie that the whole wager is considered a loss because they do not reduce. I really wish I could of got Cal +34.5 and Iowa +14.5 but still think this is a winner.
3 Team Teaser #226310139 (Placed by Web)
Im teasing the Giants -1 and the Over 38
Any thoughts or opinions welcomed...
My Score Prediction: NY Giants 28 STL Rams 25
NFL Picks (Preseason 2011): 1-1 (-$280)
Preseason 2011 Week 1 Record: 1-1 (-$280)
Preseason Week 2 NFL Pick: Steelers 27, Eagles 14Steelers -3 (2 Units)
Preseason Week 2 NFL Pick: Redskins 34, Colts 10 Redskins -5.5 (4 Units)
Preseason Week 2 NFL Pick: Ravens 24, Chiefs 9 Ravens -6.5 (1 Units)
When the Packers have the ball.....
Until the playoffs began, the Packers were a pass first, second, third and all-the-time team. Aaron Rodgers did not have a go to running back all season after Grant was hurt. Rodgers even was the second leading rusher. But in Philly for the wild card round, Starks (rookie this year) rushed for 123 yards and then the following week rushed for 66 yards against ATL. The Bears must be aware that Green Bay will try to run, although Rodgers not only is the Packers main weapon, hes been the top quarterback in the playoffs this year. A pass rush is a must for the Bears, which means Peppers and Idonije have to be factors early and often. As for Urlacher and Briggs, both of them have had a strong year. Greg Jennings, Driver, James Jones are a formidable receiving corps, but Rodgers will find anyone in a Packers uniform. He also has scrambling skills and will take off when a play breaks down, making something out of nothing. Again, Urlacher and Briggs will be the keys to short-circuiting Rodgers runs.
When the Bears have the ball.....
Chicago was 4-3 going into its off week and the offense got something of an overhaul. Mike Martz and Lovie Smith reined in Cutler cutting down his erratic play and revamped the offensive line and became more dependent on Matt Forte. Forte responded with 1,069 yards rushing and 6 touchdowns. Cutler also responded and the Bea... [More]
New York Mets -115 (risking 2.01u to win 1.75u)
Toronto Blue Jays +123 (risking 1.5u to win 1.85u)
Oakland A's +125 (risking 1.5u to win 1.88u)
Orlando -14.5
Atlanta -4.5
Good Luck Everyone!
N. Iowa ML
Duke -8
Good Luck everyone
Yesterday Ended up +11 units
Syracuse -6.5 +1u
GATech +6.5 -3u
Maryland -1 -1u
Wisc -4.5 -2u
Xavier +1.5 +5u
Purdue +2 +5u
Duke -6 +5u
Looking into this evenings games...will be back in a bit with play(s).
Duke, Kentucky and Syracuse were the big winners last night when unheralded Northern Iowa (my alma mater) upset No. 1 ranked Kansas, 69-67. The Cedar Falls, Ia., Panthers almost blew an 11-point lead late in the game. This is the same school that NFL Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner attended after Iowa's Hayden Fry felt the Cedar Rapids (my home town) native did not fit in the Big-10. St. Mary's upset Villanova 75-68 and in another surprise, Washington flew past higher rated New Mexico 82-64. Today's best game might be Georgia Tech and Ohio State, pitting Iman Shumpert (Tech) against the Buckeye's "Player of the Year" Evan Turner. The pair grew up in the same area and were teammates until 7th grade when each went to different high schools, becoming opponents. The two are close friends and stay in touch with each other. Michigan State's leading scorer and best three-point gunner will probably play but both are not 100% after ankle injuries this week.
Philadelphia has outscored the Dodgers 17-3 in the first two games. The Phillies are also on hot streaks of 5-1 at home, 4-1 against right-handed starters and 4-0 on Sundays.
The home team has won all six meetings between these clubs this season, and L.A. is now just 8-17 in its last 25 trips to Phi.
The over is 10-4-2 in the last 15 series meetings overall, but the under has cashed in seven of the last nine clashes in Philadelphia. Also, for the Phillies, the under is also on streaks of 8-1-1 at home, 4-1-1 overall, 6-2-1 on Sundays and 25-11-2 against winning teams. The Dodgers' under runs include 4-2 on the road, 11-5 with Kuroda on the hill and 9-2 when Kuroda pitches on the road.
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Title: The Mind Warper Part 1
Author: Rabbitearsblog
Universe: X-Men
Rating: T - For Some Disturbing Moments
Summary: When a mysterious being invades the Institute, Kitty and Colossus must stop this evil being from getting the secret it needs. But can they survive the torturing mind warping that this being possesses?
Notes: Please be gentle with the criticisms! :D
It was a beautiful sunny day at the Jean Grey Institute and all the students were busy walking to their classes. But, unbeknownst to the students, a mysterious shadowy figure was sitting in a tree nearby the institute. The figure was watching from above the ground at the frenetic activities caused by the students and it smiled wickedly to itself.
"Look at all the little mutant children going to their classes. Enjoying life and not having a care in the world. Well, they certainly have no idea about what is in store for them. Once, I get the one item that will make me more powerful, nothing will stop me from over taking this pathetic Institute!"
The shadowy figure then jumped down from the tree and making itself invisible, it walked among the students without being noticed. Then it silently walked inside the Institute and hid in the shadows, waiting for its chance to put its plan into motion.
Chapter 1: Old Pains…
Kitty Pryde, codename SHADOWCAT, was standing by the window on the top floor of the Institute, watching the students going to their classes. She smiled as she remembered that many years ago she was once a student of the Institute. Now, she is currently the headmistress of the Jean Grey Institute and really enjoyed teaching the students about learning how to control their powers and using them for good.
However, when she saw two students, a young boy named Julian Keller, codename HELLION and a young girl named Laura Kinney, codename X-23, holding each other's hands, she thought about her past romantic relationship with Piotr Rasputin, codename COLOSSUS. About two years ago, the X-Men had split up into two different teams: one team was for Wolverine, who decided against having children being involved in battles and the other team was for Cyclops, who decided that children needed to be involved in battles to get the job done. Even though Kitty herself was involved in battles when she was young, she didn't want anymore children being hurt in battles and risk losing their childhoods in the process, so she joined up with Wolverine's side. However, she realized that in doing so, she had lost the love of her life, Piotr Rasputin as Piotr was forced to side with Cyclops because he was affected by the Cyttorak's influence at the time. However, that seemed to be an issue long ago forgotten when Piotr lost the influence of the Cyttorak after he was possessed by the Phoenix Force, which made matters worse for the both of them. After that, Piotr was briefly on the run from the Avengers for his actions as one of the Phoenix Five. However, once Piotr did some community service for New York City, he was able to get off of the charges and decided to return to the Jean Grey Institute to work as the art teacher. Kitty knew that Piotr loved children and he always wanted to teach art to them and she smiled to herself when she remembered Piotr's happy reaction to being accepted at the Institute.
But even though Piotr was back at the Institute, things still haven't been the same between them ever since the incident with the Phoenix Force. Kitty knew that Piotr wasn't himself when he was possessed by the Phoenix Force, but still it had hurt her just as much as it had hurt Piotr when the Phoenix Force made him say things that he didn't mean. Kitty so much wanted her and Piotr to maintain the same relationship that they had before the whole Cyttorak incident, but so much has happened between them that it might be impossible to get that relationship back. Kitty sighed sadly and then started walking down the hallway towards her office to sort through some papers.
Down the hallway in a classroom, Piotr Rasputin had just finished teaching his art class and was sitting back in his chair thinking to himself. Piotr had really enjoyed teaching art to the students and after the events that had happened two years ago, it was refreshing to do something that didn't involve fighting enemies. But, whenever he remembered the events two years ago, he felt sorrow in his heart for how everything had turned out. Piotr remembered becoming the avatar of the Cyttorak in order to save his sister, Illyana from becoming the next avatar. Unfortunately, this act had caused him to lose his relationship with his long time lover, Kitty Pryde and since at the time, he couldn't feel any emotions because of the Cyttorak's influence, he finally felt the full burden of losing Kitty after he lost the demonic powers. Piotr desperately wished that he could get Kitty back and resume their relationship after Kitty was released from the bullet many years ago, but even he knew that it would be impossible to obtain that relationship, not after how things went between them for the past two years. Piotr sighed to himself and got up from his chair and he decided to take a walk in the hallway to clear his mind of such thoughts. When he was walking out of the classroom, he bumped into someone and started saying, "Oh, I am so sorry. I did not…"
Piotr then stopped talking when he saw the person he bumped into and he slightly hung his head down.
He then said quietly, "Hello…Katya."
Kitty straightened herself up, looked up at Piotr and said quietly, "Hey, Peter."
Kitty and Piotr stood there for a few minutes, not saying anything until Kitty asked, "So, how was your day?"
"It was wonderful actually. I managed to teach the children about sketch drawing today in class. Everything is going well with the students," said Piotr.
"That's great! I'm glad that you're really enjoying teaching art class to students. I knew you would!" said Kitty brightly.
"Da, thank you Katya," said Piotr with a smile on his face.
More silence.
"Well, I guess I better get back to my office. I got some work to do before the day finishes," said Kitty.
"Da, with your new duties as the headmistress," said Piotr.
"Right," said Kitty.
More silence.
"Well, bye Peter," said Kitty.
"Good bye, Katya," said Piotr.
As the two former lovers walked away from each other, only one thought ran through their minds: even though they want to be in each other's arms more than anything, they knew that it was not meant to be, not with how things are going on between them at the moment.
Later that night…
As soon as all the students went to their beds for the night, the shadowy figure materialized out of the shadows. It had decided to wait until nightfall for all the students and the teachers to go to their beds, so that way it would be much easier for the figure to carry out its vicious plan. As the figure started slinking through the hallways, it noticed that only two teachers were still up late in this hour and it laughed evilly to itself as it said:
"Finally, now I can accomplish my task in retrieving the items that I need for my ultimate goal! Now that these two mutant teachers are still roaming about, I will turn their worlds into the ultimate NIGHTMARE! Beware mutants, BEWARE."


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Closing in on the end of the trading day, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) share prices are up 0.33%. They've been on the climb since last Friday, following a dramatic dip in share prices across all the big banks last Wednesday that I have yet to find a good explanation for.
At the risk of looking a gift horse in the mouth, here are a few thoughts as to why B of A and its big-four peers are doing so much better than they were this time last week.
Hale and hearty all around
But first, here's a quick overview of the rest of the big four and the markets:
- Citigroup (NYSE: C ) is up a big 2.61%.
- JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM ) is up a healthy 1.21%.
- And Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC ) is up a solid 0.63%.
The markets are generally feeling hale and hearty, as well:
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 0.90%.
- The S&P 500 is up 1.11%
- And the Nasdaq is up 1.73%.
Defying expectations
So first, the markets are all up. And when the markets are all up, chances are your favorite stocks, like B of A, are going to be up as well. Or is it the other way around? It's a virtuous circle, is the answer, at least for today. On other days, it's a vicious cycle, and the markets and your favorite stocks are all down.
Earnings season is about to start, too. To kick things off in the banking sector, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo both report this Friday. This can affect stocks in two ways: Investors feel frightened at what they might hear, or hopeful.
By what we're seeing with B of A's performance today, as well as with that of the superbank's peers, it seems that investors are looking forward to the prospect of first-quarter earnings reports. Going on that theory, Citi investors must be feeling particularly hopeful, and well they should be: Last quarter's earnings were startlingly good.
But in some ways, B of A's performance this week is defying expectations. Last Friday news broke that a federal judge signed off on a $2.43 billion settlement B of A made with investors over allegations the big bank misled them when it bought Merrill Lynch. Now, the settlement was reached last fall, so it's possible the market vented its fury at the deal then, but still, this news could have been a painful reminder.
Or maybe the markets are hoping that, with this multibillion-dollar judicial signoff, B of A is well on its way to putting the worst of its financial-crisis cleanup behind it. I don't think the bank is there yet, but a lot of investors do.
In the end, remember that the markets work in mysterious ways: One week your favorite stocks are up, and the next they're down. As a Foolish investor, you're in it for the long term. Keep an eye on company fundamentals, and leave the rest to time.
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Good morning, my dears! I'm so excited to share a Christmas house tour with you this morning. It usually takes me forever in a day to get things the way I want them. I'll be fiddling around until Christmas and then it will be time to take it all down! Yesterday, Mr. Keller took the boys for a few hours so I could take some photos. Those of you who ... [Continue Reading]
House Tour: Christmas Edition
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I just thought I'd drop in and share some recent photos of our living room and entry way. I'm a regular contributor for Idaho State Journal's Flourish magazine and my assignment this month was to cozy up my living space for autumn. Autumn's pretty much my favorite time of year to decorate. I often skip over "spooky" decor until just a few days ... [Continue Reading]
Our kitchen, and a few other photos.
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Our family room
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Photos of our living room
Good morning, my dears. I wanted to take the next few days to post some recent photos of our home, starting with our front room. I 're-did' our living room a few months ago and I like it much better now. I took away several pieces that just weren't working for me and I added a few other pieces of furniture, including a farmhouse hutch I ... [Continue Reading]
My favorite recent finds
First and foremost, my darlings: Happy Valentine's Day! Mr. Keller and I usually go out on a date the weekend before and then have a little family party on the day of, where we exchange little presents and the boys each get a heart balloon. We have sparkling cider and a candle-lit dinner, and I make Mr. Keller's favorite ... [Continue Reading]
More of our Christmas Tour
I took these photos last Monday with full intention of posting them days ago, but somehow it just didn't get done. Are the days flying for anyone else, too? I swear! Anyway, here are a few more pictures from the rest of our house. You all know I'm a no-color type of gal for 11 months out of the year, but I sure do love pulling out everything red ... [Continue Reading]
Living Room Christmas Tour
Good morning, my dears! Today, I thought I'd share with you some photos of our living room all decked out for Christmas. I'm still working on adding a few touches throughout the rest of the house, but I'm planning on sharing some more photos next week. I, along with most of you, really love this time of year! It's so magical with children around ... [Continue Reading]
Spooky Halloween Decor
Good morning! I wanted to share with you some photos I took of our living room all decked out for Halloween. I had a lot of fun with 'theme: spooky' this year and as it turns out, this room was the perfect backdrop. I'm still recovering from the flea market a few weeks ago and will be taking it easy for a few more days. New items will be posted on ... [Continue Reading]
More autumn decorating.
Good morning once again! I hope you enjoyed yesterday's autumnal house tour post. As a reminder, we will be hosting a booth at the WildHare Vintage Flea *THIS WEEKEND* in Pocatello at the Bannock County Fairgrounds. Here's the event info: Friday, September 20th: 10am-7pm Saturday, September 21st: 9am-5pm And don't ... [Continue Reading]
Tour Our House: Autumn Edition
Good morning! Since I'm taking a break from regular posting as I prepare for the Vintage Flea this weekend, I thought it would be fun to take a few photos of our house now that I have it decorated for autumn. Remember, we will be hosting a booth at the WildHare Vintage Flea *THIS WEEKEND* in Pocatello at the Bannock County ... [Continue Reading]
Hi, I'm Hollie.
The first home Mr. Keller and I bought together was on the south side of town in the university area. I remember falling head over heels for the original wood floors, the arch doorways and the brick fireplace that was married to a very shabby mantel. I was so young back then and had very little idea of what my personal style was, but oh, ... [Continue Reading]
The Art of Fiddling
When staging pieces or decorating my own home, I really only have one expectation, and that is that things will be fiddled with. Very rarely does a decor item get perfectly spaced and placed the very first time I set it down. I never realized how compulsively I arrange and rearrange things until I had my first baby. One day, I was ... [Continue Reading]
Keeping it real.
Yesterday, I touched a little on my cleaning routine, and since I posted new items this morning, I'm kind of on a time crunch, so this post will be fairly brief! One of the other frequent comments I get is semi-related to yesterday's topic and it's how my house always looks "so clean". The funny (almost hysterical) thing about staging and ... [Continue Reading]
The color white: how I manage it.
Good morning, my dears! I'm planning on doing a series of daily posts this week dedicated to answering some of the questions I'm frequently asked regarding decorating, the colors in my house and how Vintage Farm is ran. Towards the end of the week, I have a giveaway planned, as well, so please keep an eye out for ... [Continue Reading]
Summer mantel and other photos from around our house
Good morning, my dears! This week, I've been busy sprucing up the house for summertime. I have a few things I pull out of storage each year that make our home less winter-ish, as if we don't experience winter for at least eight months out of the year. I don't know about you, but I'm in major celebration mode when the sunshine is high and hot in the ... [Continue Reading]
Some sweet recent finds
Good morning, my darlings. It's been several months since I've shared a few of my own finds. I must admit, my treasure hunting is done with Vintage Farm in mind, but from time to time, I find things I can't seem to part with. Here are a few of those things.... I recently went to an estate sale where the lady collected kitchen items. She had dozens ... [Continue Reading]
Happy Easter Weekend
Hello my dears. I just wanted to stop in and share a few pictures I snapped this morning. I picked up a fresh bouquet of tulips last night and we're getting excited for the weekend. I'll be making my grandma's scalloped potato recipe and some carrot cake, too. I'm also looking forward to pulling out all my vintage linens. Four years ago, I bought ... [Continue Reading]
Our Family Room
Today, I'm excited to share with you my favorite room in our house. Our family room! This was the room that gave me the vision when we first walked through the house! I immediately fell in love with the wood beams and the arched fireplace. Those two things kept me going when things were so overwhelming I wanted to cry (and sometimes did!). There ... [Continue Reading]
'Before & After' of a New Chair and CSW Designs
I picked up this fabulous vintage sitting chair at an antique shop in Logan, Utah at the end of December. My in-laws moved there a few months ago and whenever we visit, we always take the truck because the visit isn't complete without loading up at the fun stores along Main Street. I fell in love with the wood frame of this chair and knew right ... [Continue Reading]
Kitchen Details and Buying Sources
After I posted pictures of our new kitchen, I had quite a few emails and comments requesting more information about the transformation. I've also had a lot of emails about the paint color we used throughout the house. I'm planning on doing another post later this week about that, so for now, here's the details on our kitchen ... [Continue Reading]
Our Kitchen
Let's chat about our kitchen today. This is, by far, the room I lost the most sleep over. I knew exactly what I wanted, but was lovingly told a few million times that this would not be my dream kitchen. When we build in a few years, maybe then will I get exactly what I want....(marble countertops, farmhouse sink, cupboard-front appliances...etc.) ... [Continue Reading]
Patterned Curtain Panels
{Just a reminder: We'll be at the WILDHARE FLEA MARKET on MARCH 22nd AND 23rd! Bannock County Fairgrounds in Pocatello!} When I was in Boise a few weekends ago, I found this killer fabric at Home Fabrics. It's this huge warehouse full of discount designed fabrics and rugs. This was only $8.99 a yard, if you can believe that, and it's ... [Continue Reading]
WildHare Flea Market Reminder! Two weeks to go!
I've had a lot of people ask when the WildHare Flea Market is. Soooooo......here we go. It's actually in just two weeks (which makes my head spin!). The dates and times are Friday, March 22nd from 10am-7pm and Saturday, March 23rd from 9am-5pm. Be sure to mark your calendars! It will be held at the Bannock County Fairgrounds and there will be ... [Continue Reading]
Our bedroom
I'd like to share a few photos of our bedroom with you guys this morning. The room isn't very big and since we have a king bed, I feel like 'bed' is all there is room for. I shouldn't be complaining though, because the double closets are a huge upgrade from our last house. I'm still looking for a little bench to go at the foot of the bed and ... [Continue Reading]


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Towards A New Core International Copyright Norm: The Reverse Three-Step Test
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Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, Vol. 9, p. 1, Spring 2005
This paper argues that international copyright treaties, such as the WTO TRIPS Agreement, should no longer be developed as sets of minimum standards with a standardized exception filter, namely the three-step test, but rather include a normative standard for the copyright rights themselves. In seeking harmony between rights and exceptions, and in light of copyright haphazard evolution (by simply adding new rights when a new way of using protected content was invented), a single new core norm is proposed: the reverse three-step test.
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the dramatic growth of american cities between 1800 and 1860
resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities
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were roman catholic
german immigrants to the us
left their homeland to escape ecomonic hardships and autocratic government
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the order of the star spangled banner
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"establish" the catholic church at the expense of protestantism
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the american work force in the early 19th century was characterized by
substantial employment of women and children in the factories
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specialized cash-crop agriculture
with the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans alegheny west
farmers quickly faced mounting indebtedness
the first major transportation project linking the east to the trans-allegheny west was
lancaster turnpike
the major application for steamboats transporting freight and passengers in the us was on
western and southern rivers
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grew cotton, eastern factory workers, made machines and textiles
as a result of the transportation revolution
each regions in the nation specialized in a particular type of economic activity
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Mary Kierst Hutchens
Mary is a PhD student in Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University.
Mary Kierst Hutchens graduated from Southwestern in 2008 with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Sociology. She has carried her multidisciplinary focus forward as a PhD student in Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University. Using her educational background in political theory and sociological research, along with her professional experience in college and university administration, Mary conducts
econometric research on college students and higher education policy. Specifically, Mary's research examines the experience of nontraditional college students in America, the impact of nontraditional enrollment patterns on college success and completion, and the intersection of financial aid policy and nontraditional student success. She also has the opportunity to teach undergraduates Organizational Theory and serves as the Publication Coordinator for the Journal of College Student Development. In her free time, Mary performs with a community choir, Nashville in Harmony, participates in campus and community theater, and spends time with her fantastic husband and crazy cat.


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The Artful Gardenby James Van Sweden Tom Christopher
#x1C;I want to put the mystery back into the heart of garden design, where it needs to be. It#x19;s what lures you in through the gate, keeps you moving through the landscape, and fills you with excitement along the way. The sense of mystery is what turns a mere display of plants, paths, and ornaments into an adventure. #x1D; -James van Sweden Guided by world-renowned landscape architect James van Sweden and horticulture expert Tom Christopher, any gardener can learn the secrets of the gardener#x19;s art and absorb the essence of inspired garden design. In their gifted hands, creating your own perfect garden, with its own alluring mysteries, turns out to be not only easy but a delight. Whether it#x19;s a ten-foot-square city terrace or a ten-acre expanse, the same principles apply: the intelligent use of positive and negative space, of form and scale, of light and shadow, of rough and smooth textures. Do you want a garden you can immerse yourself in? A garden you can smell and listen to as well as observe? An exuberant garden or a contemplative garden? In this elegantly written and visually stunning book, van Sweden reveals the secrets of famous gardens around the world and encourages you to find inspiration in the arts-in painting (from America#x19;s classic regional artists to the abstract expressionists), music (from classical to jazz), sculpture, even dance. He introduces you to famous artists who share how their art has influenced the design of their own gardens, and teaches you to think not in terms of borders and beds or even paths and meadows but of a tapestry woven from sky, trees, rocks, vines, flowers, grasses, and space. Richly illustrated throughout with magnificent photographs,The Artful Gardenboth tells and shows, sharing with beginning and experienced gardeners a wealth of inspiration and practical help. #x1C;What#x19;s my message?#x1D; van Sweden asks in conclusion. The wise answer: #x1C;Don#x19;t squander the potential for surprise and wonder. #x1D;This beautiful book guarantees everyone who reads it a priceless store of gardening wisdom.
In the Land of the Blue Poppiesby Jamaica Kincaid Tom Christopher Frank Kingdon Ward
A Modern Library Paperback OriginalDuring the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world's gardens. Kingdon Ward's accounts capture all the romance of his wildly adventurous expeditions, whether he was swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo strands or clambering across a rocky scree in fear of an impending avalanche. Drawn from writings out of print for almost seventy-five years, this new collection, edited and introduced by professional horticulturalist and House & Garden columnist Tom Christopher, returns Kingdon Ward to his deserved place in the literature of discovery and the literature of the garden.
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Featured Golf News
Pasatiempo with Reba - Blue and Gold, Now and Forever
Reba tipped a ladle,
for a taste of her creation,
and she knew that what she made
would be the finest in the nation!
Phish - "Reba"
It was Monday morning after the U.S. Open, and I was still wrapping my head around Graeme McDowell's unlikely victory over Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, and Phil Mickelson at Pebble Beach - along with all the Irish whiskey and Scotch the champ made me drink at the victory party - as I drove north from Monterey to the vibrant hippie Mecca of Santa Cruz, where even the Mexican restaurants play Janis Joplin.
How can you not love Santa Cruz? It's like a wax museum with a pulse, to paraphrase modern-day philosopher Vincent Vega. Banana Slugs and terrible Shakespeare (who the hell else would do King Lear wearing nothing except for barbed wire and the metal cap from an electric chair. I can think of 10,000 other ways to waste my time than that head-banging garbage ) and a throwback to the days where Haight talked politics with Ashbury, "Hair" wasn't just a musical but a way of life, and smog was caused by patchouli, it's the '60s, then, now and forever.
Yet I wasn't here for the surfing, or Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and David Lindley at the Catalyst, or even a ride on the ancient wooden roller coaster. I was here for a peaceful, restful day of golf at venerable old Alister Mackenzie's home, Pasatiempo, and for a mini-reunion with my oldest college friend, Reba.
Reba, Flag & Moonrise at Pasatiempo
'Bants Across America
In between covering the golf majors and rating top-100 courses, I've been trying to play golf with as many of my fellow Trinity Bantams as I can. It's my "Golfing with Roosters" tour across America, and so far - thanks mostly to Facebook - I'd reconnected with some of my oldest, most cherished friends and, together, we've played at some of golf's most ancient splendors.
National Golf Links of America with Bruce Moulton, Sleepy Hollow with Jon Kulok, Bethpage Black with Schmucky Bendova . . . er . . . Chucky Cordova, The Knoll Club with Rob Cockburn, Paa-ko Ridge with John Klein-Robbenhaar: it's been one great day after another. I even hung out at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach with Mona Mennen.
"Mona Mennen?!" my girlfriend Britt asked incredulously as she proofread this story. "That's the worst name you've made up since 'Stewart Cink.' "
Sorry Britt, it's a real name and she's a pretty good golfer too. She's got the cutest family - four little moppets that are just as blithe, bubbly and blonde as her. "The Monettes" we call them. She's preggers again, so soon she'll either have a basketball team or a rock band. I vote for the latter. Earlier this year, Mona had a hole-in-one at the famous Redan hole at Somerset Hills. She sculled a worm-burning, 125-yard 9-wood (sculled a 9-WOOD??!!) that went pin-seeking by mistake and found itself at the bottom of the cup.
Of course my 9-iron from the same distance did exactly what I planned: it bounced twice before the green, rolled up onto the apron turned left towards the pin, and hit the exact center of the flagstick. The ball, naturally, just hung there on the lip, smirking impudently at me. I think it winked too, just to twist the knife a bit after sticking it in.
Reba, Flag & Moonrise at Pasatiempo
And how the Golf Gods laughed!
But that felt like a Swedish massage compared the surgical dissection I endured the second time I played with Bruce Moulton: a hanging, drawing and quartering that resulted in my worst golfing defeat in the 40 years I have played the game. After making an incision lengthwise along the breastbone and opening up my chest cavity, Bruce then spread the ribs, removed the organs and entrails while I was still alive, showing them to me first, and then placing them in jars of preservative for future analysis. Then, after lopping off my head, hands and feet and dipping them in pitch, he placed them atop the Union Vale clubhouse as a warning to anyone else who thought they could play him straight up in match play. The carcass was burned and the ashes scattered to the four winds. In golf terms, the score was "8 &7," which translates to an 8-0 score in baseball, 56-0 in football. Next time, I'm taking three a side.
Anyway, playing Woody Shipley in Arizona seems to be next, followed by Lila Morris in Michigan, where she plays with her husband Bill-a, their son Will-a, and we haven't come up with a nickname for Andrew yet, but the branding department is on it.
Pasatiempo's 16th - Before Renovation
Today's round was with one of Lila and Mona's friends and sorority sisters, Reba - actually Edie Silver Walker for those of you scoring at home. I was especially excited because Edie holds the honor of being my oldest friend from Trinity. We didn't just meet the first day of school. We met months before at an orientation weekend, hung out, had a blast, corresponded all that summer and stayed friends though four action-packed years.
The only thing missing from Edie is the "S" on her chest. At "Trin," she was a standout athlete in lacrosse, field hockey and skiing, but her ability as an athlete was only surpassed by what a fun person she was: 5'9" of bright smiles, sincerity and good cheer. We also shared a passion for English literature and writing. Indeed, Edie has a terrific vocabulary and has blossomed into a beloved travel writer among the Trinity community, and her stories from far-flung destinations are eagerly awaited by close to a decade of Bantam alumni. So Edie helped me co-write this article.
Edie is going be become quite a good golfer once she gets some more practice time. She's a natural athlete, tall and lithe. She towers over most women, but it was her precision analysis of each sport she mastered that made her lethal. She was sometimes the best athlete out there, but she was always the smartest, and that's what wins games. And she is taking to golf quite well, thank you very much.
"We love it!" she beamed. "My husband Breaux and I go out to play every once and a while, and the last time - OOPS! - I beat him!" [Author's Note: Edie's part of the story will appear in italics.]
Though she's probably played less than a dozen times, she has a good set-up over the ball, a fundamental understanding of the golf swing - "I think my background in field hockey helps," she says - and that killer instinct of an athlete that wants to win every time she goes out there. Most importantly, she's coachable. Once she gets a short game and practice time, she'll start banging down the doors of the ladies' leagues and women's club championships.
"Jay was really patient and knowledgeable. We cheerfully let every player who came behind us pass through, which allowed Jay to leisurely instruct me on new shots. (I'm still mulling the 'flop shot,' but he also taught me how to get out of bunkers and chip around the greens!) He also encouraged me to use his 'hybrid,' something I didn't even know existed. Jay has great touch around the greens, just an amazing short game. He putted in twice from off the green, put balls next to the pin from 50 yards away - I'm told this is called 'up and down' in the lingo - and taught me how to read the break on the greens."
Edie is Reba for this story because our playing partner couldn't remember "Edie," either on the golf course or in subsequent e-mails.
Pasatiempo's 16th - After, with Reba
"We were glad to be joined by a member named Ben, a transplant from New York to the West Coast, who played the front nine with us. He and Jay, who had played Pasatiempo five years prior, were able to compare recollections and sentiments, and he was really nice company for the front nine."
He was terrific company. He also kept getting her name wrong. "Nice shot, Reba!" he'd shout, and meanwhile I'd be holding in laughter because "Reba" is also a song by my favorite rock band, Phish - and a silly song at that, so Edie shan't hear the end of that one for a while.
So there we were, at a blessed union of sea and sky along the Pacific, falling into our old routine like Tom Brady and Wes Walker, five hours of laughs, old stories and fond memories of our beloved Trinity College, "Our Green and Gothic Home." We cheerily clucked away like broody old hens. To paraphrase Simon and Garfunkel, "Old Friends, old friends, sat in their golf cart like bookends."
"Jay still remembered . . . and cackled hysterically . . . at the time I gave him a haircut and got it a little too short . . . "
I was a hippie back then, and upon looking in the mirror and seeing my ears, I shrieked, "Eeeeeeeeeediiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie!! For God's sake, I look like John Emery!!"
And we laughed all the way around. Views of the ocean, the tang of salt in the air, the smell of freshly cut grass, the thrill of a well-struck ball - THWACK! - two-hopping to a stop and filtering to the pin, and the warm glow of sincere, life-long friendship, and esteem. Who needs power, money or politics? Ted Foss is right: Friends are a gift you give yourself, and they are worth their weight in gold.
Pasatiempo's 18th - Before-Renovation
Passing Time at Pasatiempo
Playing Pasatiempo - Spanish for "passing time" and known as just "Pasa" to her adherents - is also like reuniting with an old friend. It is one of the few public courses designed by Alister Mackenzie and is without doubt his finest public design. His home sits to the left of the sixth fairway, and generations of golfers have posed for photo ops to pay homage to his memory.
I had played Pasa five years earlier, before they had embarked on an extensive bunker restoration and tree removal plan by architect Tom Doak, who is continuing his "World Domination Tour" where he builds one instant classic after another. Doak has also restored a number of other world-class courses such as Garden City Golf Club, Inwood Country Club and Atlantic City Country Club.
His restraint is perhaps his best virtue. He seeks to restore the course to the original specifications. Sometimes the course needs to add length or move bunkers to keep up with decades of technological advances in equipment, sometimes not, and Doak realizes that the first duty of an architect is preserve what needs to be preserved and protected.
"Our mission statement at Pasatiempo was to restore the features of the golf course to the way they were on opening day in 1929 and not make any other changes," said Doak in an interview for this article.
The lion's share of the work involved enlarging the bunkers and greens back to their original size, and Doak and his team, led by Jim Urbina, also one of the best in all golf, succeeded beyond all expectations.
"We put the bunkers back the way they were supposed to be based on the aerial photographs we had," Doak explained.
As a result, the course is much tougher, as well as more beautiful. Where I usually land in one or two bunkers per round, I was in nine at Pasa, and I'm not the only golfer and writer who feels that way. Several other writers and golf architecture experts all agree: the bunkers are back and they bite hard. Some are deep but narrow trenches, all but impossible to escape. Others are gaping caverns, deep and steep. Even Edie, a neophyte when it comes to architecture, couldn't help but notice how difficult they were.
"One aspect I noticed immediately was the strategic, and seemingly more challenging than usual placement of Mr. Mackenzie's bunkers. I've seen a healthy amount of golf courses, despite not playing all that much, and these bunkers were more daunting in location and size in comparison to all the other courses I've played. They almost felt confrontational and were reminiscent of some war movies I've seen, depicting barricaded battle fronts."
Pasatiempo's 18th - After Renovation
I told you Edie was a quick study! As we all know, Mackenzie fought in the Boer War and his job was to create the trenches and defenses on the battlefront. He brought this talent to golf design when creating defenses around his greens. His bunkers are meant to resemble the military fortifications used in wartime. Well done, Reba!
"I've never minded sand; perhaps it's the challenge then thrill of getting out, but that afternoon, I was basically at the beach. On one of the latter holes, I hopped from bunker to bunker with the green persistently beckoning, partly due to ineffective use of my sand wedge and partly accredited to Mr. MacKenzie's prowess in antagonizing. For some reason, this sand-induced setback gladly didn't diminish my fondness for bunkers."
Well, join the club. As you can see from the before and after pictures of 16 and 18, the bunkers will catch even the slightest mishit and then it's potluck as to whether you'll draw a playable lie.
"There are a lot of bunkers to get into at Pasa," agrees Doak, but the course is also hilly, which makes judging distances more difficult. "Moreover, you'll have a lot of odd stances at Pasa, which makes it tougher still."
Doak has that right. Pasa may be a beautiful woman, but with those murderous trench bunkers, ubiquitous hills, narrow fairways on the front nine, fiercely contoured greens, and punishing, penal ravines she is also an Ulrica, a fire-breathing brimstone-spewing, lava-eating she-devil. And just like that famous literary character from "Ivanhoe," she will lull you to sleep, then burn down your castle.
Strong, long par-4s like Nos. 1, 2 and 10, which really are par-4.5s due to their length are balanced against shorter but perhaps more dangerous and certainly more cunning par-4s at 11 and 16. At a par of 70, she features five par-3s of varied length and just three par-5s. Mackenzie worked with what the varied terrain gave him, and used each natural feature to its maximum strategic advantage.
The Fearsome Trinity Bantam
"I saw the strategy right from the start. I had to think on every shot, wisely planning my way around the hazards, and even then I found a lot of them. When I hit a bad shot, there was a bunker!"
Where the length and narrow fairways are the main defense on one, two, and 10, the internal green contours, uphill terrain and deep bunkers provide equally fearsome teeth to the par-3s at Nos. 3 and 5.
Perhaps the best strategic hole is 11, with the fairway bisected by the barranca and the green benched into a high hill. Only the longest hitter can carry the ravine off the tee, and laying up leaves a long hybrid to a devilishly protected green.
"Jay hit his only really bad shot of the day here. He topped his approach into the ravine, but redeemed himself with a stellar shot out of the narrow, deep trench bunker to the left of the green. He not only was good at teaching me the knack of opening my stance and the face of my sand wedge, and then hitting 2 inches behind the ball, he pulled the shot off all day, failing only once, and that was when he was in the bottom of a trench bunker and in a footprint hat could have been made by a stampeding rhinoceros. Now I know why you rake the traps after your shot!"
The iconic and celebrated par-4 16th is the other hole that is on everyone's short list of the world's greatest holes. Here is where Doak and Urbina's work shines through with dazzling results. They reclaimed huge portions of the original false front green and extended the bunker by an astonishing amount. Again, the pictures depict the extent of their success.
"Jay hit a terrific drive, his best of the day, long and with a hint of a draw. He landed just in the left rough. His hybrid approach hit the green, and then kept rolling down green to the front right edge. My approach went too far right, but Jay said this was just that I lined up pointed that way. I have to watch the alignment of my feet.
"But then 16 "snakebit" Jay again. After warning me that he had to get the ball to the top level of the green or it would roll back to his feet or worse, he hit it too soft, moaned 'Oh no, Edie! I did it again,' and fell to his knees hiding his face in his hands as the ball went half way up the hill, then came back down the hill and ended up behind him! Worse than where it started. What a green! Jay groaned and grimaced, and took a 'walk of shame' as he put it, before hitting the shot he should have hit the first time."
Even knowing what you have to do, you still have to execute or Pasa will punish you.
Pasa's Goats - Cheap Lawnmowers
Finally we reached 18, the gorgeous par-3 closer that gives Pasa some of its unique character. Again, Team Doak recovered huge portions of the front bunker that had been lost. Edie hit her best shot of the day with my hybrid, actually air-mailing the green, but hitting it dead straight. "I have to get me one of those," she said, and she's right. She hit it well the whole day. I hit my tee shot pin high, but left into the bunker, whereupon the ball rolled and rolled and rolled down the slope and into a deep trench and into that footprint Edie mentioned earlier. It took my best shot just to get it out and onto grass. My pitch to the green ended up 25 feet right of the flag, but pin-high. But I got a good bead on the putt.
"Jay pointed to a spot at least 10 feet to the right of the hole and explained that the tilt of the green made the putt break so much that the side of the hole was actually the 'front door.' He called it the 'high side' and said he was going to try to hit the ball there so that it followed the 'fall line,' where gravity would just let the ball roll straight into the cup.
"Then he walked back to his ball, set up, took his wide putting stance, moved his hands a little in front of the ball (another tip he taught me) and - in one of those typical, bold, all-or-nothing, Jay Flemma moments, those moments of palpable excitement we knew so well at Trinity, where without even a second thought, tiny but plucky Jay would dive into a challenge the rest of us would avoid - he looked over his shoulder and said 'Let's end the day with some fireworks."
I put a good stroke on the ball; it left the club face right on line. The ball sped up the hill, turned sharply left, and found and held the fall line, speeding toward the center of hole as if to share some wondrous good news.
I turned toward Edie and started across the green in anticipation. She had broken into a wide smile, partly in amazement as the ball, as if drawn by a magnet, raced toward the cup, partly in anticipation of the moment.
As it tumbled into cup we both let out a roar, arms raised in exaltation, and then we shared a high-five the Philadelphia Eagles would find difficult to emulate, no matter how many times they scored against the Dallas Cowboys. Even the group behind us applauded long and loud. We turned back and waved to them and walked off the green in triumph.
"As we left the 18th green, off on the horizon, just above the western edge of the hills of Santa Cruz, the sun dipped into the sea and all we saw was blue and gold, the last light of the setting sun giving the ocean a shimmering, burnished glaze, and the deep azure sky reflecting both its amber luster and the warm glow in our hearts."
It was, indeed, a glorious blaze of Blue and Gold: Sun and sea, sky and water, Blue and Gold, our whole world - now and forever - Blue and Gold.
Everywhere you looked, Blue and Gold.
Since launching his first golf writing website in 2004, http://www.jayflemma.thegolfspace.com, Jay Flemma's comparative analysis of golf designs and knowledge of golf course architecture and golf travel have garnered wide industry respect. In researching his book on America's great public golf courses (and whether they're worth the money), Jay, an associate editor of Cybergolf, has played over 220 nationally ranked public golf courses in 37 different states. Jay has played about 1,649,000 yards of golf - or roughly 938 miles. His pieces on travel and architecture appear in Golf Observer (www.golfobserver.com), Cybergolf and other print magazines. When not researching golf courses for design, value and excitement, Jay is an entertainment, copyright, Internet and trademark lawyer and an Entertainment and Internet Law professor in Manhattan. His clients have been nominated for Grammy and Emmy awards, won a Sundance Film Festival Best Director award, performed on stage and screen, and designed pop art for museums and collectors. Jay lives in Forest Hills, N.Y., and is fiercely loyal to his alma maters, Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and Trinity College in Connecticut.
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No one was injured when a single-engine plane landed on a busy highway Wednesday afternoon.
The plane, with two people on board, developed mechanical trouble and had to land in the westbound lanes of Palm Coast Parkway near Bridgehaven Drive.
A tractor-trailer was off-loading something in the area and the wing of the plane clipped it.
The road was closed for a period of time while crews cleared the scene.
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Fire and rescue crews were called early Tuesday to secure a gas leak in Orange County.
The line was secured at about 9 a.m.
Evacuations were requested after a construction crew cut a gas line on Ellwood Avenue near the Orange Blossom Trail.
The incident happened when workers were attempting to dig up a driveway.
Nearby homes were ordered to evacuate because gas was escaping a 1-inch line.
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Retail News
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (BRAIN)—While Hurricane Irene bears down on the Eastern seaboard many retailers are already bracing for its impact—and not just the possible physical toll.
BUENA VISTA, CA (BRAIN)—Cat Gruener-Goss has joined The Trailhead and Trailhead Cycle & Ski as general manager.
PORT COQUITLAM, British Columbia (BRAIN)—Norco Bicycles and Cap's Westwood Cycle are opening the first Norco Partnership Store.
CHICAGO, IL (BRAIN)—Speedgoat.com has hired Andy Clark as its new head of operations.
MISSION VIEJO, CA (BRAIN)—Celebrating its 20th year in business, Orange County mainstay Rock n' Road Cyclery is renovating and expanding its Mission Viejo location to become a Specialized Concept Store.
HOUSTON, TX (BRAIN)—Bicycle World of Houston has expanded with a third store focused solely on triathlon products including swimsuits and goggles, running shoes and apparel as well as tri bikes and accessories.
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Bicycle Retailer & Industry News is once again compiling its Top 100 list of retailers and, like last year, opening up the process so retailers, especially those in smaller towns or who own smaller shops, have an equal opportunity to participate in the process.
WINDSOR, CO (BRAIN)—David Roberts has enlisted a small local army of friends and customers to help him ride the bikes over from his current Spokes Inc. store to a larger space on Main Street in Windsor, Colorado, tomorrow, in a quasi "bike parade."
STARKVILLE, MS (BRAIN)—Much has transpired since Jan Morgan, co-owner of Boardtown Bikes, was biking on Mississippi's Highway 50 when a car struck her from behind, carrying her 200 yards on the car's hood before stopping.
BELFAST, Ireland (BRAIN)—Chain Reaction Cycles will open its new store at the end of August in Belfast, Ireland, as an expansion to its brand and as a way to increase its reach to the customer, company director Chris Watson said in a recent interview with Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.
MANCHESTER, NH (BRAIN)—The Bike Cooperative is introducing an "IBD friendly" approach to eCommerce with the launch of its new website, BikeStoreGuys.com.
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Bicycle Retailer and Industry News has selected Leisure Trends Group to develop its annual list of Top 100 Retailers, one of the most popular annual features in the magazine.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (BRAIN)—Performance Bicycle will now carry Cycles Devinci models in select markets across the U.S.
STAFFORD, VA (BRAIN)—After seven years in its current location at 100 Susa Drive, Revolution Cycles in Stafford, Virginia will be relocating to 2773 Jefferson Davis Highway, Unit 111, within the Aquia Park Center.
JOPLIN, MO (BRAIN)—A block-and-a-half was all that separated Bicycle Specialists from what has been labeled the deadliest single tornado since 1950.
AUSTIN, TX (BRAIN)—The newest Giant Brand Store, Texas Cycle Werks, celebrated its grand opening this past Saturday as customers enjoyed group rides, prize raffles and a mountain bike trials stunt show by Giant athlete ambassador Jeff Lenosky.
WESTWOOD, NJ (BRAIN)—With its recent re-opening as a Giant Brand Store, Westwood Cycle becomes one of 27 shops that have been given this designation. As a GBS, Westwood prominently features Giant-themed imagery, colors and messaging. And about 80 percent of the store's floor space is comprised of Giant bicycles.
RIVERSIDE, CA (BRAIN)—Southern California specialty retailer Jenson USA has been named to Internet Retailer's "Top 500" list of America's largest e-retailers.
BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN)—Erik's Bike and Board opened its 18th location this month with a new store in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
After months of construction work, the new shop opened as the exclusive Specialized Elite shop in Eau Claire and the only shop offering Body Geometry equipment and apparel.
BRIGHTON, MI (BRAIN)—In its fifth year, the Island Lake Spring Bike Demo in Brighton, Michigan, drew hundreds of consumers this past Saturday who rode demo bikes from Trek, Specialized, Giant, Cannondale, Felt and Jamis.


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Life with pro hockey back may be a bit of a gamble
I'm sooo elated that the NHL and its players association have come to a tentative agreement, so they can get to work on a season of exciting pro hockey again. I can hardly wait to rush out and buy tickets . . . to the official Alberta Keno pro hockey lottery game.
Or not.
Being a retired person on a limited income, I might be able to afford a pair of tickets to perhaps one NHL game a year, or one oversized jersey that would look ridiculous two days after the player named on the back was traded to a team in a city that never sees snow.
Or I could spend the same dough and have two days with my wife cross-country skiing in the mountains. No contest. The mountains win.
But I still like to consider myself a fan of the Oilers, much in the same way I like to consider myself a social drinker.
You know, a personal indulgence that's not considered unacceptable behaviour.
So I might be persuaded to attend a sports bar once a year, hoist a brew, have a burger, watch a game with friends — and put five bucks or so into a Keno game, hoping to recover my investment.
The Wildrose Party might have a winner with its idea of promoting a Keno lottery game, with the bulk of the profits from the first five years of operation going toward funding shortfalls for new arenas for both the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.
But a number of assumptions have to pan out, before we can be assured NHL hockey can survive in this province — and that players with multi-million-dollar contracts can have the designated benefits pension package they so desperately need.
First, the government needs to accept that the Wildrose proposal has merit.
All that's required there is goodwill, and an insider's agreement with the numbers.
As the proposal has been presented, rolling out the Keno game into sports bars and lottery kiosks shouldn't be too difficult or expensive.
After that, an increase in consumer spending of $196 million on lotteries would need to be realized, and sustained for at least five years.
If you believe that NHL hockey has a long-term future in Alberta without requiring provincial tax subsidies for the infrastructure needed to host the teams (beyond what the cities themselves are willing to spend), you need to believe in all of the above.
For true fans, that shouldn't be difficult. But for the rest of us?
Credit needs to be given in this space to Jason Gregor, TV host, play-by-play announcer and curator of the Oilersnation web site.
His work saved commentators (like me) the time needed to dig up the relevant numbers, to get a perspective on the potential of a Keno lottery for Alberta.
Check his site, and read the comments on his interview with Wildrose leader Danielle Smith; both are illuminating.
We already knew that Albertans spend way more than the national average on lotteries. Per capita, lottery spending is highest in the three prairie provinces, making gaming a major revenue source for our respective governments.
Profits on the $737 we spend on gambling per year go toward a host of non-profit societies province-wide, as well as into general government revenues. Neither pot can afford a decrease right now.
It's ironic, but Alberta's unique policy of dedicating gambling profits toward community non-profits rather than keeping all the money in general revenues, keeps thousands of dedicated volunteers and paid staff addicted to VLT revenues.
Without that money, fundraising would become a lot more desperate around here.
So if a Keno game were instituted and actually made the $196 million a year projected, it's asking a lot of Alberta's gamblers, not to let that figure be a decrease in other lottery profits. Or a whole lot more people with bad personal problems might eventually become homeless.
Here's how the Keno money is proposed to be divided. Of total sales, $137 million is paid in prizes. Five million goes to admin (a low figure, in my estimation).
Another $5 million is divided between the Oilers and Flames foundation charities (it's hard not to be jealous of that). And $20 million a year for five years goes to the teams to subsidize new arenas.
After five years?
Danielle Smith suggests profits might go to municipalities for recreation infrastructure. But I can't see CFL teams, soccer teams, pro lacrosse or baseball teams failing to reasonably ask for a slice of the pie.
For true believers, anything can be made to look possible. The question is: how much are casual fans like me (and there are lots of us, I think) prepared to believe?
Greg Neiman is a former Advocate editor.


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(v) to rock on; party
(origin: from ben fold's lyrics)
(origin: from ben fold's lyrics)
woo hoo! sham on everybody!!!
автор: tea 25 сентября 2004
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Michael Jackson's way of saying "C'mon!".
You know I'm bad! I'm bad! You know it! You know it! You know! You know! You know! Shamon! And the whole world has to answer right now, so I'll tell you once again who's bad!
автор: Walter 2 июня 2004
A mispronunciation of the phrase "c'mon" originated by Michael Jackson in the song "Bad" and referenced in the Ben Folds' song "Rockin' the Suburbs".
Because Im bad, Im bad-sham on
(bad bad-really, really bad)
You know Im bad, Im bad-you know it
(bad bad-really, really bad)
(bad bad-really, really bad)
You know Im bad, Im bad-you know it
(bad bad-really, really bad)
автор: labelmonkey 14 июля 2006
Originating from Michael Jackson. Slang for 'Come On'.
I'm a bad motherfucker. Sha Mon! Hiiihi
автор: C to tha Rizzo 28 июня 2003
To rock hard
to party hard
(from a GREAT song by bens folds)
to party hard
(from a GREAT song by bens folds)
"let me tell yall what its like being male middle class and white its a bitch if u dont believe listen up to my new cd sham on"~rockin the suburbs
автор: austinluver 31 марта 2005
Term popularized by Michael Jackson in his tunes. Also very popular recently due to the Avid Merrion piss take of said artist
I am too good, Shamon motherfcker
автор: Seaneh 24 июня 2003
To leave a place or a person in a place
"Well guys, I must sham on"
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We all get distracted. As you read this, you might be thinking of the conference call you need to dial into or the sandals you need to order online, or how funny "How I Met Your Mother" was last night. Have you ever given a speech during a personal crisis? Or had to keep a smile on your face and a spring in your step with your kids during a very stressful time in your career? Have you had to harbor the confidentiality of impending layoffs during a staff meeting? How hard was it to keep on your game face? Like millions (billions?) of people worldwide, President Obama is being praised for his oversight of the historic raid Sunday May 1 that led to the capture and death of Osama Bin Laden. I'd like to also praise him for his fortitude in staying the course, keeping his appointments and not giving any signs of a historic moment about to unfold in the coming hours. How hard that must have been. Think about it.
On the Friday before the mission, when he gave final approval on the mission, President Obama flew to tornado-ravaged Alabama. On Saturday he joked around at the White House Correspondents Dinner, all journalists' eyes on the president's every facial tic and mannerism. Over the past week he heeded Donald Trump's demands to show his birth certificate, however "silly" the request was. Three days before the raid, he had a meeting with the President of Panama, and though I don't profess to be a political scientist, I'm pretty sure Panama and Osama had nothing in common. When you think about how hard it is to not be distracted every day, to juggle multiple personal and professional balls in the air, to keep previously scheduled appointments even though you'd rather be somewhere else, it is a quite miraculous week that Obama had. Think about it.
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Volunteers over 65 required for psychology study
Volunteers over the age of 65 are needed to take part in a psychology study that centres on person perception.
The event will last for one hour and is to take place at the University of Leicester's School of Psychology.
It will require a number of participants to be filmed as they either tell the truth or lie about their views regarding a social issue - such as same-sex marriage.
A panel of judges will later review the tapes and - in accordance with the British Psychology Society - all personal information will remain strictly confidential.
Those who take part in the study will be offered free tea and cakes throughout the experiment.
More information on the event and relevant contact details can be found here.
Those interested in related subjects might also like to take note that the Society is hosting its Psychology for All event on Saturday March 26th, which will feature guest speakers such as Professor Richard Wiseman.


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Observation Status Utilization by Hospitalist Groups Is Increasing
According to SHM's 2016 State of Hospital Medicine Report, observation discharges accounted for 21.2% of all discharges, an increase from 16.1% in 2014
• G. Randy Smith Jr., MD, MS, FRCP(Edin), SFHM
According to SHM's 2016 State of Hospital Medicine Report, observation discharges accounted for 21.2% of all discharges, an increase from 16.1% in 2014
• Lisa Rapaport
The proportion of U.S. babies born suffering from withdrawal syndrome after exposure to heroin or prescription opiates in utero has more than doubled in less than a decade, a study suggests.
Dr. Marianne Green and Dr. Jeffrey Wiese, two members of the ABIM Council, talk about ABIM's Maintenance of Certification process, and the importance of professional assessment. Dr. Green works on Internal Medicine MOC, Dr. Wiese was part of the team that developed the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine MOC.
With compensation up 30% since 2010, it's a good time to be a hospitalist
• Muhammad Nabeel, MD, FACP, and Rashelle Ludolph, MHA, MBA
Mentoring is a tangible way to show employees that they are valued and that the organization's future includes them
• Suzanne Bopp
During the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the percentage of wounded soldiers who died as a result of their injuries reached its lowest point in recorded history
• Brett Radler
This guide will allow you to impact care at both the individual patient and the institutional levels
• Brett Radler
Now through December 31, 2016, all active SHM members can earn 2017–2018 dues credits and special recognition
• Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Large hospitalist groups expect their physicians to contribute to the QI initiatives of the hospitals they staff
• Chris Prentice
One of the top U.S. public health officials on Sunday warned that the mosquito-borne Zika virus could extend its reach across the U.S. Gulf Coast
View the latest feature-length films on hospitalist practice from the editors of The Hospitalist.
The Society of Hospital Medicine's official blog features diverse perspectives on the most compelling issues in the specialty of hospital medicine and inpatient care.
SHM's online collaborative forum for its members is a place to network, share resources, and discuss pressing issues with colleagues from across the country.


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Teacher Summer Institute on War and Trauma.
The Institute for Global Studies and the European Studies Consortium at the University of Minnesota are pleased to announce its schedule of Teacher Summer Institutes. The Institutes are provocative teacher summer seminars on global and international topics for K-12 and community college educators. Teachers learn content related to the seminar themes, explore related curriculum materials, and learn new strategies and skills for incorporating these global issues into their curriculum. Language teachers are encouraged to participate in these opportunities to create exciting new curriculum for language learners.
History of War and Trauma: Psychological, Spiritual, Social Effects of War July 14-18, 2003; 9:00-3:00 p.m.
This course exams the problem of how wars end. Teachers will address the issues of how people live through and remember mass organized violence. We will read and discuss various strategies of survival and autobiographies from Cambodians, Vietnamese, Bosnians, and Tibetans. The course will combine a study of the economic and social effects of war, understandings of the private psychological and spiritual legacies, war/peace memorials, contradictions of responses to war, and the different ways of looking at photographs of war. Richard Kagan, Professor of History at Hamline University, teaches this course. This is a non-credit course; Professional credits and CEU's can be arranged. Registration fee: $125
Registration is due May 30, 2003. You can register online. The Summer Institutes are funded by a Title VI grant from the Department of Education.


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The dream of a new events centre at the Driffield showground is to become a reality, after it was revealed that £280,000 had been raised to fund the the firest phase of the ambitious scheme.
Wednesday was a day of celebration as the good news broke during the 139th Driffield Show.
The Driffield Agricultural Society also announced that as well as raising enough funds for events centre they have also received full planning permission for the scheme to ho ahead.
Building work for the newly christened Rix Pavilion will start in mid August and will be available to hire from February 2015.
Plans and artists impressions of the Rix Pavilion were on display at the Show.
Once complete the bulding will accommodate up to 350 guests in the main hall and will have its own catering facilities and reception area, making it an ideal venue for bespoke weddings, seminars and private functions.
Show director David Tite said: "This really is an exciting time for the Driffield Agricultural Society.
"We have talked about our new events centre for a number of years now and it is fantastic to see it becoming a reality in the form of the Rix Pavilion".
"However, the fundraising continues for the improvement project at the Driffield Showground."
He said: "Although funds have now been raised for the actual events centre, efforts are now targeted at raising the funds for phase two of the project - the creation of a new toilet and shower block."
Mr Tite said: "With money still to raise, we are working hard to gain the remaining funding required to complete this ambitious and exciting project, with the new facilities complete the Showground will be able to offer contemporary facilities suitable for attracting new events to the region'."
Anyone who would like to see the plans for the building or would like any further information on hiring the new building can call the Society office on 01377 257494.


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Crosscutters regress after strong start to August
August 6, 2012 - Mitch Rupert
By MITCH RUPERT
For all the good vibes that were flowing through the Williamsport clubhouse through the first four games of the homestand that ended last night, there were absolutely none following a 7-1 loss to Connecticut on Monday.
The loss closed out a three-game sweep at the hands of the Tigers. And after opening the six-game homestand with a pair of walk-off wins, the Cutters closed with two drubbings, being outscored 16-4 at the hands of the Stedler Division's last-place team.
Williamsport was able to shake off a one-run loss to Aberdeen in that series finale on Friday because it played a good game it just came up a run short on. It brushed aside a 15-inning loss Saturday to Connecticut. And even Sunday's 9-3 loss to the Tigers was shrugged off as just one of those baseball things where the team hit the ball hard but couldn't get the hits to fall.
Monday was different, though.
The Cutters stranded 10 runners on base, five of which were left on third base. Their lone run came on a Roman Quinn RBI triple in the fifth inning, but by that time they were already trailing 6-0.
"We had runners on a bunch of times, we just didn't take advantage of it," first baseman Chris Serritella said. "It's the headline of the game, not taking advantage of our opportunities."
The entire team has followed manager Andy Tracy's mantra of turning the page on a new month following July. The Crosscutters team that won its first two games of the homestand and lost the next two by a combined two runs was a far different team than the one which went 6-23 in July.
But the Crosscutters team which struggled to even stay within striking distance of the Tigers the last two nights looked more like the one which struggled to find consistency with pitching and offense in July. Williamsport had seven opportunities to drive in a runner from third base combined in the third, fourth and fifth innings last night. None of those opportunities came to fruition.
The ball didn't get out of the infield on either of the five chance in the third and fourth innings, and in the fifth, Kyle Hoppy's fly ball to left field was so shallow that not even Quinn could try to tag-up and score.
Williamsport was 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position last night.
"Four minuses getting a guy home from third with less than two outs," Tracy said. "That's four runs, and it probably makes it 6-4 at a point in the game, maybe 6-3. We just didn't situational hit. We've talked about it over and over. I think they know that."
"We work on it every day in BP, getting a guy over and getting a guy in with the infield back," Serritella said. "I think we just have to get our mindset right and take advantage of the opportunity because they don't come too often."
Conversely, Connecticut was 4 for 14 with runners in scoring position, but those four hits drove in a total of five runs. The Tigers also added a sacrifice fly. The only run that wasn't scored with a hit with runners in scoring position, was one on a wild pitch in the fifth inning.
Williamsport starting pitcher Manaure Martinez started strong, throwing 16 of his first 19 pitches for strikes and getting through the first two innings unscathed. But then he walked Jared Reaves with one out in the third. A comebacker then bounced into shallow left field when he tried to field it with his bare hand putting runners at the corners.
Danry Vasquez (4 for 5, 2 RBIs) and Patrick Smith followed with back-to-back RBI singles to give Connecticut a 2-0 lead. Nine-hole hitter Luis Cortez hit a two-run double in the fourth and Vasquez, an 18-year old outfielder from Venezuela, singled in his second run for a 5-0 Tigers lead.
After throwing just 19 pitches in the first two innings, Martinez threw a combined 52 in the third and fourth innings. He lasted just four innings, surrendering seven hits and five earned runs.
"I thought that he got squeezed a little bit (in the third). And then he probably tried to overthrow a little bit because he was getting squeezed and wanted to make too perfect a pitch after that," Tracy said. "And then his pitch count got up and we had to get him out of there. I thought his stuff was really good, to be honest with you."
Quinn did return to the lineup after two days off with a stellar night, going 3 for 5 with a double and triple. The triple was his New York-Penn League-leading ninth of the season. All three of his hits last night came left-handed where he has his batting average up to .250 after being under .200 for much of the year.
The big night also came three nights after he went 0 for 5 with five strikeouts in the series finale against Aberdeen. He missed the first two games of the Connecticut series with a stomach virus.
"I still had that Friday night game in my mind for two days. But I came back and made some adjustments and I felt pretty good (Monday)," Quinn said. "I'm feeling more comfortable each game (left-handed). I'm learning how to adjust with each at-bat. Last game I struggled with the breaking pitch. (Monday) I recognized it better and I closed my stance up a little bit. I'm seeing the ball better and I'm trying to put it in play."
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During the event, which was attended by the Speaker of the Greek Parliament, the Deputy Culture Minister and party officials and cabinet members, everyone underlined that volunteer work can be life changing. Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic, host the awardees at the Presidential Mansion in the evening.
PASOK parliamentarian Angela Gerekou argued that December is a month dedicated to solidarity and she went on to analyse the activities of PASOK's Solidarity and Volunteerism Sector. Blood donation, information over organ donation are some of the activities, while on the International Children's Day, PASOK parliamentarians will be visiting the Juvenile Prosecutor, the juvenile detention centre as well as the Centre for Child and Family.


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In this summer replacement series, Ray (Wiseguy) Sharkey plays a wastrel who returns to Brooklyn to take over the family's corner grocery after his father dies.
Sharkey, as unlikely as anyone this side of Mickey Rourke to take on a sitcom, is surprisingly effective. His trademark Roman candle—effusive style doesn't tip over the show, because the producers wisely balanced him against another bomber, Anne DeSalvo. As his sister, DeSalvo can match Sharkey, stridency for stridency. Julie Bovasso and Leah Remini costar. While this is strictly formula sitcom humor, the show is loud and lively. During the summer, that's enough to earn it a look.
TNT (Mon., July 1, 8 P.M. ET)
A tough cowboy named Conn Conagher (Sam Elliott) is keeping an eve mi the widow (Katharine Ross) who runs a stagecoach rest stop.
It's not surprising that executive producer Elliott developed this property (he also cowrote it with his wife, Ross, and Jeffrey Meyer). As he proved in the similar 1987 cable-movie Western The Quick and the Dead (another L'Amour adaptation), no one looks better sitting in the saddle with four pounds of trail dust on him.
In the beginning, there's too much tears and poetry (Ross ties rhymes to tumbleweeds, like messages in bottles). And the florid score by J.A.C. Redford is obtrusive.
But the movie settles down into a satisfyingly rugged story with a wonderfully seasoned supporting cast, including Barry (Northern Exposure) Corbin, James (Major League) Gammon—a Richard Boone for the '90s—Dub (Bonnie and Clyde) Taylor and the late Ken Curtis, Marshal Dillon's sidekick Festus on Gunsmoke for more than a decade.
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This searing documentary from filmmaker Maryann DeLeo closely follows seven cases from the Rape Crisis Center in Memphis. One victim is five months pregnant, one is mentally handicapped, one is 72 years old. Only one of the attacks ends in prosecution.
DeLeo gains extraordinary access. Her cameras often arrive at the crime scene at the same time as the police. As a result, the victim's terror, confusion and sense of violation is all too clear. It makes for very powerful, very alarming television.
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