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Steep Clean Mattifying Toner Pads lists alcohol as the second ingredient, which makes these pads too irritating for all skin types. Salicylic acid is on hand at about 1% concentration, however, the alcohol content is too high to overlook.
Get a multitude of skin benefits in one handy pad—you can have the power to regulate oil and sebum, fight blemish-causing bacteria, refine pores, and maintain moisture—all in the palm of your hand! This advanced solution is ideal for oily skin. Its complex of purifying ingredients and smart sponge technology delivers decidedly clear, smooth, Bliss-fully matte results.
Water, Alcohol Denatured, Ethoxydiglycol, Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract, Vaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruit/Leaf Extract, Polyquaternium-51, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Pca, Trehalose, Urea, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Ananas Sativus (Pineapple) Fruit Extract, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Extract, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Polysorbate 20, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Salicylic Acid, Dmdm Hydantoin, Tetrasodium Edta, Carbomer, Caprylyl Glycol, Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid, Oleanolic Acid, Peg-60 Almond Glycerides, Fragrance (Parfum), Benzyl Salicylate, Sodium Stearate, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Atelocollagen, Hexyl Cinnamal, Sodium Chloride, Limonene, Sodium Chondroitin Sulfate, Linalool, Zinc Gluconate, Citronellol, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Bliss At-A-Glance
Strengths: Good selection of cleansers; fantastic gel blush.
Weaknesses: A preponderance of products whose claims raise hopes but that don't work even remotely as described; several sunscreens without sufficient UVA protection; no effective anti-blemish or skin-lightening products.
The way Bliss came to be one of the more successful and well-known spa locations around makes an intriguing story. Marcia Kilgore, a native of Canada, was a student at New York's Columbia University—but when her tuition plans fell through she had no choice but to fall back on her one marketable skill, personal training. Yet even though her venture was blossoming, she was routinely troubled by her complexion and ended up enrolling in a skin-care course where the seeds of a future empire were planted. Kilgore developed a knack and passion for facials, and soon she was on her way to becoming a beauty guru among
What immediately set Bliss apart from the then relatively quiet spa business was Kilgore's sense of irreverence and openness, and her commitment to skill and jazzed-up product formulations that are seemingly right on the pulse of what consumers are looking for, namely natural botanicals, exotic scents, and anything and everything that can duplicate (as closely as possible) the spa experience at home. When products used during services started disappearing from the spa, it was a none-too-subtle clue that customers liked what they experienced—though spa techniques can go a long way toward making inadequate products seem exceptional. Kilgore noticed, and began to consider retailing them to her clients.
In 1999, Kilgore entered a partnership with luxury goods conglomerate and Sephora owner Louis Vuitton-Moet-Hennessey (LVMH), and sold them a 70% stake in the company. Her business skyrocketed as new spa locations opened, and dozens of new products have been created. The Bliss products are available in some department stores, Sephora, and through the Bliss catalog and Web site. Interestingly, Sephora still promotes the line even though LVMH sold it to Starwood Hotels and Resorts in 2004. Several Starwood-owned properties now sport or will soon be opening Bliss spas. Kilgore is moving away from the empire she created (though she still consults for them) and in 2007 launched a new line, Soap & Glory.
Uniquely effective or revolutionary formulas are not what sets Bliss products apart. Rather, the descriptions and claims for almost every Bliss-labeled product make "too good to be true" sound utterly ordinary by comparison. No wonder these products generate so much interest. Rather than contain everything but the kitchen sink, they claim to fix or improve everything but the kitchen sink! Kilgore admitted in the March 2007 issue of Vogue, "Legally you can't claim a product does anything; otherwise it would be a drug." That's not entirely true. For example, it is perfectly legal to claim a cleanser cleans skin and a moisturizer improves dryness and leave skin feeling soft. Those are real actions, but not ones with a druglike effect. Perhaps she made that remark after having removed herself from the Bliss spotlight, but it's telling that the woman who created so many cleverly named and fancifully articulated products goes against her own statement by attaching all manner of druglike claims to almost all of the products Bliss sells. Despite the spin and recycling of inaccurate information, there are some worthy products to take home after your visit to a Bliss spa. As a Bliss client, placing your faith in the entire product line and its false promises is the mistake to avoid—your money is better spent enjoying a massage or hydrotherapy treatment.
For more information about Bliss, call (888) 243-8825 or visit www.blissworld.com
Bliss Makeup
Without a doubt, the Bliss line is primarily about skin care. Their once comprehensive-but-still-boutique-like makeup collection has dwindled to a handful of products. Apparently, their own brand of cleverly named, cutely described cosmetics wasn't selling as well as items from other lines sold on the company's Web site. Although there isn't much available, all but one of Blisslabs' makeup products is recommended, though in most cases you can find less-expensive versions at the drugstore.
The Beautypedia and Paula's Choice Research teams have one mission: To help you find the best products for your skin, whether they're from Paula's Choice or another brand. By combining efforts, we're able to share scientific research and remain committed to the highest standards based on our decades of experience objectively reviewing thousands upon thousands of skincare and makeup formularies in all price ranges.
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No Big Secret Opel gives clues to new Vue's debut By RICK KRANZ | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS 6:00 am, November 7, 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Advertisement-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturn will stage the world debut of its redesigned 2008 Vue at the Los Angeles auto show late this month, but the secret is out.The 2007 Opel Antara and 2008 Vue are virtual clones when it comes to exterior styling. The sheet metal is shared, as are the fascias and the greenhouse. The two vehicles are distinguished mainly by the brand emblem at the top of each vehicle's grille.The Vue is a crossover developed by GM Daewoo Auto & Technology on a front-drive unibody platform. Antara sales begin in Germany, Austria and Switzerland this year and the rest of continental Europe early next year.The Antara is assembled in South Korea. The Vue will be assembled in the United States, but General Motors has not identified the plant.The redesigned Vue will be priced higher than the 2007 model, said a Saturn spokesman. Base prices for 2007 models range from $17,995 to $24,230, including shipping.While he would not say how much the Vue's base price would rise, the spokesman said it will not be "as high as Opel if you take a straight exchange rate." The Opel Antara has a long list of standard equipment. Its starting price in Germany is 26,850 euros, or about $34,265 at current exchange rates.The 2008 Vue continues as a five-seater with dimensions nearly the same as the 2007 model. One big difference on the outside is the body panels. The current Vue has composite panels, and the 2008 model has sheet metal.
Ohhhh, that's somehow uglier than the Compass.
Designed by Korean Daewhat?
i think its looks great . i wonder if gm could sell it in the us with a stick ?
2006 Ford GT2014 Range Rover Sport V8 2015 ATS4 Turbo2014 Equinox V6 AWD2014 Wrangler2003 Silverado 170k
Austin:Designed by Korean Daewhat?Daewhat?Daewoooooooo!
U only get points in these guys eyes if U BLANTANTLY RIP-OFF a BMW X3...
^^^ uggg...that's worse. (looking--who knows about the rest yet)
At some point, these all start to look the same from the side.....just how many different ways can you design the same amount of space before you just plain run out of ideas?
That Ute will single handedly' KILL CR-V and RAV sales all at once...Remember a vast majority of people still think Saturn is a stand alone company as they do with Saab...There is not much bias on Saturn cars for being domestic or import...They will sell and look great...
Been around since 2007, under multiple accounts, Been a Mod, been a Non-Mod. But love autos and the friends I have met on here over the years.
It's vastly better than the current, completely forgettable VUE. I certainly don't think it'll steal very many sales from the CR-V or RAV4. People who buy those usually set out to buy a CR-V or RAV4. This is a much more compelling piece than the Equinox, Torrent, current VUE, or anything else GM has offered in the past in this segment, but it just doesn't look like a segment-buster. I could, of cours, be wrong on that last note, but the interior looks like a mishmash of quality (steering wheel, gauges, seats) and wierd-o Korean design (whole center stack).
But, then again, people are warming up majorly to the wierd, new CR-V, so...
Kap:I think it looks neat and more sophisticated and clean much like the new Saab steering wheels and dash. I also like the silver color change that flows down the center stack.. no?...Well time will tell and yes it is years better than the Equinoxxx...xxx, and Torrent...
Been around since 2007, under multiple accounts, Been a Mod, been a Non-Mod. But love autos and the friends I have met on here over the years.
It looks very nice. I did notice they're still using the L66 (J35A) Series Honda engines in the Vue. A very good choice. I remember when they first started using the engines, the sales guys would say, "Its practically a Honda". Similarly the Chrysler sales people would say "Its practically a mercedes".Very nice looking utility vehicle though.
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" Ferdinand Porsche
It is practically a DAEWHAT?
Well it certainly looks like a Honda.


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France 1859 – 1891
Model standing, facing the front (Study for 'Models')
[Poseuse debout, de face (Etude pour 'Les poseuses')] 1886
oil on wood panel
panel 26.0 (h) x 15.7 (w) cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Gift of Philippe Meyer 2000
© RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Michèle Bellot
These works are two of four studies for Seurat's large canvas The models 1887–88.1 Two more studies can be seen here and here. The studies are painted on the familiar small panels the artist used to order his preliminary thoughts on elements of his large compositions.
In the two versions of a model seen from the front, the artist debates her very simple pose. In this looser, presumably earlier study, the woman's knees and ankles are pressed together. The effect is a static, almost spinning figure, like a prehistoric figurine. In the next version, she tilts her head slightly, and places her weight on the back leg, advancing the other into the viewer's space. Immediately the pose is more dynamic.
The paint marks in the two studies could not differ more: this Model standing, facing the front is defined by broader, larger opposing dashes, outlined in pale orange lines, and given a conventional shadow. Model from the front is more refined and fully realised as a study for the final canvas; it was even signed. The model stands in a volumetric space, herself modelled by light and dark. Unusually, we can see the line drawing outlining her figure, particularly around the legs. She casts the suggestion of a shadow, which dematerialises against the wall. Seurat strongly marked the division between floor and wall, adding another angle to the composition. He also painted a stripe at the left and top borders, and then his characteristic painted internal frame which reprises his chromatic arguments in contrasting hues.
The final version of The models contains three nude figures, with the same female model portrayed at left from the back, standing centrally, and on the right in profile. Set in the artist's studio, the three figures represent a modern-day Three Graces. They are re-embodied by a pale, slim Parisian girl, Madeleine Knoblock, who was Seurat's lover and later the mother of his children. In the painting, dominating the left side wall of the studio, and taking up about a third of the canvas, is the right half of his gigantic masterpiece, A Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte 18862.
Christine Dixon
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
From Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and beyond Post-Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay exhibition book, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
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Dear all, I have a balanced panel data. I used xtgls with heteroscedasticity and psar1 options specifying first iis district and tis year. That worked perfectly. However, when I went estimating my model with Beck and Katz's panel-corrected standard errors, i.e. applied xtpcse I got an error message saying I have to tsset! The same occurs when I try to test for cross-district correlation and for homoscadsticity using xttest2 and xttest3 respectively?! What am I doing wrong? Using the opportunity may be a two more questions? I would like namely to calculate elasticities. Does that work for panel (N=235, T=29) the usual way with mfx, eyex? Finally, what I assume with my IVs that one or two are actually endogenous. I would have applied 3SLS in a "normal" (non-panel) setting to address endogeniety. Is there any way to do "3SLS" for xt? I could not find anything like that in the literature. May be that is too dumn what I think? Actually, intuitively I think I take would-be-3sls structure, estimate each of them SEPARATELY with xt (the first equation being the principal) and then put the results next to each other and treat them as a "real" 3SLS. Figuring out elasticities I make a distinction in so-called direct and indirect effects of my RHS variables on the main DV?!! Any hint will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Armen Doctorate student University of Hohenheim Germany * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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Having reintroduced cheetah to the area after an absence of over fifty years, &Beyond Phinda has quickly established a reputation as one of the best places to view and photograph these rare cats. With much of &Beyond Phinda dominated by a mosaic of various savanna habitats, these speedy carnivores have plenty of space to carry out their explosive hunting technique, as well as enough cover to protect and shelter their cubs.
Along with cheetah, lion and leopard are tracked on the reserve on a daily basis and guests have a high likelihood of encountering these magnificent animals. Another success story at &Beyond Phinda is that of both the white and the more endangered black rhino. Brought back from the brink of extinction, both the grass eating white rhino and the shrub grazing black rhino are doing well at the reserve.
While the white rhino favours water holes and wallows, the black rhino indulges its inquisitive nature in constant solitary rambles. The elegant nyala antelope is a frequent sight at &Beyond Phinda, with the reserve boasting one of the highest densities of the species. With its dark brown coat, buttery yellow legs, shaggy mane and impossibly bushy tail, the male nyala is particularly spectacular, while the female contents itself with a less flashy chestnut coat.
The rare sand forest in the northern parts of &Beyond Phinda is the perfect environment for some of the rarer smaller species. The shy red duiker is found grazing on fallen leaves and fruit and the tiny suni, one of the smallest antelope species, may also be seen.
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Tiering History
Tiering is the ability to move data between different classes of storage to optimize the users' investment in performance. The original tiering solution was probably an IBM version of hierarchical storage management (HSM), dating back to the 1980s, which offered the ability to move files between disk and tape depending on activity levels. Later, more companies developed HSM products but none became especially successful. More recently, thin provisioning brought a refinement, where the management of data was at the block, rather than file level. This block-oriented functionality provided a context in which much more fine-grained movement of the performance-critical disk data could occur.
The introduction of solid state drives (SSD) has brought an imperative need to dynamically place data. But the first approach to SSD sales was to simply tout how fast they were and expect users to purchase them and be suitably impressed. This approach was not as successful as SSD suppliers had hoped.
The SSD Challenge
SSDs bring two unique characteristics to enterprise storage: unprecedentedly high performance, and unprecedentedly high cost. Users want to use them to accelerate access to their most critical data, but cannot afford to re-locate a significant percentage of their capacity to SSDs. They must decide what is most beneficial in improving the service of their workload and move only that data to the SSDs.
In trying to deploy SSDs, users face three immediate problems:
Tiering offers the prospect of solving these problems, and of giving OEM customers the opportunity to add more value than simply packaging storage devices and sticking their brand on the box.
The Tiering Solution
Assume a subsystem with a number of hard drives and several SSDs. In such a configuration, tiering software will monitor the activity to the drives and dynamically stage the busiest blocks to the SSDs, so that most disk activity will be serviced out of the SSDs. Periodically, the tiering function will review the activity levels on the subsystem, move data that has become less accessed back to the magnetic drives, then replace it with what is now the most active data.
This addresses all three problems of the SSD deployment challenge. 1) Tiering has relieved the user of having to measure the disk activity and adjust the placement of busy data. 2) Since tiering works at the block level, movement is not restricted to file or database granularity. And 3) tiering is a constantly running function in the subsystem and dynamically readjusts the SSD/HDD location of data based on recent activity.
The Devil Is in the Details
In theory, a tiering function as described above should enable the user to get the maximum performance improvement out of an investment in SSDs. In practice, it is not quite that simple. It is not feasible to manage every block in a subsystem individually. It would require too much memory in the subsystem controller and impose excessive overhead.
To achieve a practical balance between overhead and improvement, the tiering function must optimize itself based primarily on two variables: 1) how frequently to reevaluate staging of data between tiers, and 2) how much data to include in the minimum chunk of storage to monitor and move. A reasonable value for the latter might be something between 1MB and 0.5GB. The tiering service would then keep statistics on the activity of each 1MB, say, of disk space in the subsystem. Periodically, it would move those that showed the highest activity to SSD storage, de-staging back to HDDs the least active of the MBs already on the SSDs. (If there had been no write activity to a given MB, it could just be discarded, of course.) However, if this reevaluation is done too frequently, the overhead of moving data back and forth between tiers could negate the performance benefit from having the data in the SSDs. Therefore, a frequency policy may have to involve dynamic decision-making based on the overall activity level and the rate at which I/O peaks move from some MB chunks to others. Another difficulty is the complexity a tiering subsystem poses. Even though it relieves the user of the need to manage the placement of data, there is still a lot to oversee. Tuning these two aforementioned policies, as well as others related to getting the most out of a tiering solution, demands significant operator/administrator training. Experienced management is needed to set up and keep a tiering subsystem achieving the best possible performance.
The Need for a Third Tier
Tiering proponents once claimed that, with the improvement SSDs offered, storage could be simplified to an SSD layer (often called Tier 0) and a low-cost, high-capacity layer (Tier 2), eliminating the need for mission-critical drives altogether. Recent research and customer comments make the case for keeping a third layer (Tier 1) with high-performance hard drives to provide optimal performance on the data patterns not well serviced by SSDs: sequential reading and heavy write activity, sequential or random.In fact, it is actually a more general problem. A reasonable investment in SSDs leaves too much performance improvement left on the table (more specifically, on hard drives). There is now solid evidence that some among our customers are quoting tiering subsystems in exactly this way, with three tiers to achieve optimal performance. In one case, when the IT manager asked for a tiering solution to solve a critical manufacturing system performance issue, the vendor quoted a three-tier system with over half the aggregate capacity being on 15K-RPM drives, not the Tier 2 drives!
Tiering has evolved from fairly simplistic first efforts to something far more sophisticated and effective. While it has not eliminated all the management challenges associated with multiple performance levels of storage, tiering is proving to be an invaluable ingredient in a storage subsystem, giving the end user the best chance for realizing the performance benefit of investing in SSD drives.
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great teams capitalize when they get breaks....
great teams capitalize when they get breaks....
I don't love the haters at all.
bunch of crybaby sissies to be honest.
and if "luck" was all it was, I'll take that 10 times out of 10, especially if the RESULT is my Team, no matter the sport, WINNING the CHAMPIONSHIP and in this case, 31 other fanbases drowning in angst, jealousy and bitterness.
NFL Championships : 1927 1934 1938 1956 Super Bowl Champions: XXI XXV XLII XLVI
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[quote user="Giants10Joe"][quote user="Joe Morrison"]RG3, don't recall any successful QB with a Nick Name[/quote]
Otto "Automatic Otto" Graham
Sammy "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh
Daryle "The Mad Bomber" Lamonica
Joe "Broadway Joe" Namath
Ken "The Snake" Stabler
Roger "Captain Comeback" Staubach
Tom "Tom Terrific" Brady
John "The Comeback Kid" Elway
Steve "Air McNair" McNair
Ron "The Polish Rifle" "Jaws" Jaworski
And of course, Eli "Easy E" Manning
Every single one of those QBs had at least some success. Of the ones that played in the Super Bowl era, each one played in at least one Super Bowl. I'm not saying that Griffin will be successful, but your theory doesn't really hold up. Besides, RG3 isn't much of a nickname; it's more like his initials.
There's always Jeff "Hos" Hostetler.


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Floor No.4
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The recently-renovated studio is decorated using bright, red colours. The living area has a double bed and additional bedding is available. There is a compact kitchenette with utensils, whilst the bright bathroom has a walk-in shower and is coloured with mosaic motifs.
Place du Tertre Square is a 3-minute walk away. The Moulin Rouge can be reached in 12 minutes' using Paris Metro. The Abbesses Paris Metro Station is a 5-minute walk away and offers links to the Saint-Lazare RER (Regional Express Network) Train Station.
The Butte-Montmartre area is an officially designated historic district. It also has an energetic nightclub region.
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The communication with Amanda the host was exceptional. She was very detailed with everything we needed to know. The apt. had everything we needed and it was very clean but very small. There were three of us but I would only recommend two. For info there is no elevator and the apt. is on the 3rd floor which can be difficult with luggage. The location was great to me. I loved the vibe of the area and there were shops and local restaurants everywhere. It was also very close to the train and the bus. The only downfall is that there was no Wi-Fi which we recommend they supply for future tenants to help make the experience more complete. Overall, we had a wonderful trip and enjoyed the accommodations and recommend staying here. We give the host a 5-star!!! She even tried to meet us, but our schedule did not accommodate. Amanda, you ROCK!
Very lovely, helpful and caring hosts & the apartment was just perfect! Perfect location, cosy and clean. We had an amazing stay in Paris. If we travel to Paris again one day, we will definitely book this appartment again. We could't have wished for more! Perfect!
We had an amazing one week stay in this lovely appartment in Montmartre, paris. The appartment is perfect located in the center of Monmartre - It is close to attractions like Sacre Ceur and Place du tértre. Just down the street there is some good restaurants, supermarkets and other small shops. If you want to go to other parts of Paris the metro (abbesses or anvers) is just 5 min away.
We loved our stay here, and would definitly want to go back!! :)
We had a great stay in this apartment! We doubt that it would fit more than two people but it was perfect for us! It is fresh and central and it is easy to get to the metro if you would want to leave Montmartre! But you don't have to, to have a great time!
Close to great restaurants and a supermarket, if you would like to cook your own meal in the well-equiped kitchen. It was also easy to communicate with the hosts and we got enjoyed our time in Paris a lot!
I loved this little studio, we didn't want to leave. The location was brilliant, a stones throw away from the Sacre Cour, 10mins walk to the Moulin Rouge and central Montmartre, and a few mins walk from a metro station. 10mins on the metro or taxi you'll be in heart of Paris and 50mins on the metro you can enjoying EuroDisney. The apartment is small (perfect for a couple) simple but charming and perfect for all of your basic needs, with a lovely bathroom and shower. It's quiet at night, and you'll enjoy looking out the balcony window to soak up the Parisian atmosphere. Vincent the Landlord was very nice and ensured that everything was ok, he was very easy to contact and communicate with. The apartment is situated on the 4th floor of the apartment with no lift so be prepared to climb some steps (It's good for you). I strongly suggest you visit the Sacre-Cour at night (2mins from your front door) where you can sit on the steps and look out over the Night time Parisian Skyline. One small issue is the parking, if you are arriving by car and cherish your car, it would be best to park your car in a underground secure car park (there is one up past the Moulin Rouge - bit of a tough walk with suitcases though) This is not really due to vandalism but simply due to the fact that there is little parking available and therefore people will squeeze their cars into any available space and therefore you may end up with a few scuff marks and scratches. Regardless of this, we had a lovely break and would love to go back. :)
a really nice, clean and cosy appartment! the location is perfect, at the stairs to the sacre coaeur, lots of restaurants and shops. metro closeby! really kind hosts! we could leave our luggage earlier because we arrived early. we can really recommend this appartment!
Es war alles sehr zu unserer Zufriedenheit , das kleine Apartment hatte alles was wir benötigten. Die Vermieter waren für uns immer zu erreichen falls wir Fragen hatten. Sauber und Zentral , wir haben uns wohlgefühlt.
Tolles kleines Apartment, sehr sauber! Die Gastgeber waren sehr nett und bemüht. Ich würde es jederzeit wieder buchen!
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"Shehzad Ali" <email@example.com>
st: RE: rank ordered twoway graph
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:19:01 +0100
Thanks, Nick. Your email nicely summarises the available solutions. Sorry
for being adamant to get a one line solution.
Thanks again for your help.
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Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: rank ordered twoway graph
Short answer: No, it is not possible. But other solutions are easy.
For those following along, -qplot- is a program downloadable from the
Stata website given its publication in the Stata Journal. -search qplot-
for locations.
-qplot- is best thought of as a considerable generalisation of the
official -quantile- command (with one cosmetic exception: -qplot- does
not show the tilted reference line that is a -quantile- default).
-qplot- plots ordered or sorted values (with some flexibility about how
sorted) versus cumulative fraction or rank (ditto), or indeed, via the
-xvariable()- option, versus any specified variable.
Shehzad's problem is different. Shehzad wants to plot something else
versus the ranks of (e.g.) income. This is not among the possibilities
of -qplot- at present. It might be accommodated by adding a
-yvariable()- option, but I am reluctant to do that. There is a fine
line between adding another feature that somebody might want and making
a program yet more complicated to use and understand, and indeed there
is, in this case, a risk of muddying the purpose of the program.
As previously implied, Shehzad's solution should be at worst two lines'
worth. Apart from what you can with -glcurve- (-findit- for locations),
there is a more direct solution:
egen rank = rank(income)
twoway <whatever> <somethingelse> rank
There is much scope for modifying that simple recipe. For example, the
usual convention is that the richest person is #1, and so forth, and
that is achievable in a flash:
egen rank = rank(-income)
Further, -egen, rank()- has options. Mapping to variously defined
cumulative fractions is also a step away. There is an FAQ on that:
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . Calculating percentile ranks or plotting
7/02 How can I calculate percentile ranks?
How can I calculate plotting positions?
Shehzad seems to be hankering after a one-line alternative to this
two-line solution.
That's achievable with some programming, but as I said earlier I don't
think it exists at present.
Shehzad Ali
Thanks, Nick. This is a very useful command to know. Now my question is:
using qplot I want to generate a graph of y-variable which is rank
by x-variable (obviously different from Pen's parade). If I used the
- xvariable - in - qplot -, it produces an x-axis over the entire range
of x
variable but I am interested only in x-rank to sort my y-var. Is it
to do this using qplot?
Nick Cox
You can make this possible in one line by writing a wrapper for those
commands, but I am not aware of any way to do that which is already
available. -qplot- (-search- for locations) allows plots of income
versus income rank, including a kind of graph which income people
associate with Jan Pen (although the same idea goes back much earlier).
Shehzad Ali
I want to create a twoway graph (like spike or dropline) where the
is a rank variable (based on say income) and y-axis is the other
of interest (say health_pay). A simple command - twoway spike health_pay
income - spread the x-axis over the whole range of income but I am
interested in income rank and not income itself.
I know one way to do it is to generate income rank variable using -
- and then plotting the rank_var against health_pay but I was wondering
there was a direct method.
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Will Milestone Systems Go Public?
Milestone Systems CEO Lars Thinggaard addressed rumors of whether the firm will go public and introduced new products during the Milestone Integration Platform Symposium 2014 conference.
By Paul Boucherle · February 11, 2014
I had the opportunity to expand my reporting wings as well as use those wings to migrate out of the frigid winter in Ohio to Orlando for a few days to attend the Milestone Integration Platform Symposium 2014 conference last week. Milestone Systems was founded in 1998 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark with over 115,000 certified partners in over 115 countries. That would certainly explain the media coverage that was an international blend of editors and provided me with new insights and perspectives.
The MIPS show was attended by almost 400 integrators and Milestone partners that comprise their ecosystem. Milestone CEO Lars Thinggaard started the show by addressing the elephant in the room…the rumors of a possible Milestone IPO in the offing. Being a good statesman, he neither confirmed nor denied the rumors. With 16 years of history pioneering the open platform video mantra, an infusion of growth capital at this juncture could fuel Milestone's growth plan, and make no mistake they plan to grow.
The conference included a variety of topics that involved the vendor partners on a panel format to discuss the future of IP video technology, IP access control and storage solutions, which had the most fireworks between suppliers. The big news came from the keynote speaker Mr. Cheolkyo Kim of Samsung Techwin Co. LTD. His message was significant.
Samsung Techwin has been a slumbering analog giant in the video industry with rather disjointed divisional alignment of their business in North America. Tighten your seat belts because they plan to "change everything" as they light the fires to go supersonic. That was the message and a private briefing afterward with the media convinced me they are very serious and focused. Samsung Techwin, with such vast resources and a clear goal, could really shake up our security market. Stay tuned.
What struck me the most about this event was the Milestone company culture. It permeated the events, presentations and interviews with the Milestone management team. The Scandinavian business methodology that Mr. Thinggaard is a strong proponent of, involves core value leadership and a rather Viking warrior mindset. The Marine in me immediately liked these two elements. They were gracious guests as well. They also controlled some of the future roadmap and breakout session participants, which as a columnist I found a little disappointing as I constantly need new information to inspire my writing and imagination. Business strategies do however need to be protected when planning the domination of a market!
The new Husky product line was introduced by the Incubator group based in Silicon Valley. The Husky product line of 4 versions of embedded purpose built NVR recording appliances which may appear at first to be a major departure for the company that has preached the gospel of a software only company. But is it really?
Configuring networks and COTS computer equipment to enable video solutions with remote storage, viewing and management isn't easy for every security integrator. So how do you deliver the VMS message and convert smaller or less inexperienced dealers? Make their life easy with an appliance that is preconfigured for the video application you need. Voila…the Husky NVR line. But wait, there's more.
They also introduced their ARCUS Linux based edge device application that manufacturing partners incorporate into their edge products, extending the reach of Milestone influence. The Interconnect product feature was introduced in 2013 but allows different Milestone product categories to smoothly "talk" with each other adding scalability and adaptability of their VMS product lines.
The future of Milestone looks promising. Stay tuned for more from the open platform company.
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Aug 15, 2013 at 7:50 pm #1306586
M GBPL Member
@drownLocale: Shenandoah
Last weekend a surprise trip to San Jose presented itself and I found myself with the opportunity of spending an unplanned weekend in the Sierras in advance of a longer two week trip planned for the end of September. Coming from the East coast Mid Atlantic region this is quite a treat. Once my wife signed off on me spending the weekend away from our family I quickly started searching for options by looking at maps, guidebooks and trip reports both here and on HST. Initially my search was focused on the Mt. Conness and Twin Lakes regions. Both had some opportunity to summit easy peaks but also involved longer drives and complicated permitting.
Two trip reports on the Cathedral Range out of Tuolumne caught my attention and the suggestion that quota for the Elizabeth Lake trail head were rarely filled soon had me sold on a loop out of Elizabeth Lake. I secured a permit with YNP and was soon talking my local friend and long time backpacking partner NVK into joining me for the weekend.
Our route would take us up to Elizabeth Lake over a pass to the Nelson Lake/ Echo Creak drainage over the Coxcomb ridge to Matthes Lake, contouring around Matthes Crest to Echo Lake where we would camp low enough for a fire. The next day would find us looping north to the JMT over the hump SE of Cathedral to visit Bubb Lake and then down Bubb creek back to Tuolumne and our car. Approximately 14 miles, about half of which were off trail.
Since the trip would be an overnight with lots of easy off trail travel, moderate elevation gain and shorter distance not too far from the trail head I figured it would be an excellent opportunity to test some new approaches and really reduce pack weight. Weather was predicted by NOAA to be clear, sunny with no chance of precipitation. Overnight lows were predicted to be in the high 30's to low 40's. Seasonal August lows in the cell from PRISM looked to average approximately 47 degrees. With no moon light to contaminate the starry sky and the Perseids shower a few days away I was excited about sleeping out under the stars. Armed with this information I made the following gear decisions:
1. No stove or cook gear beyond a spoon would be brought and no cook meals would be planned.
2. I would bring a bivy bag and a down quilt rated to 40-45F ( JRB Shenandoah) but would leave the tarp behind
3. I would bring a light down sweater(Uniqlo) and vest (MLD) to supplement the quilt but not a heavy down jacket and no rain gear.
4. Pack weight would be low enough to use a very light frameless pack (Serratus Genie) using 1/8 foam pad for support and cushioning. Comfort and ground insulation for sleeping was supplemented with a short Neoair pad.
5. Food storage needs would be adequately provided with the lightest approved canister a bare boxer contender. An Ursack would also of been adequate but this was YNP so…
Friday night was spent at Crane Flat campground (~6,000') to help with acclimatization. The night was cold despite sleeping in a tent that night and wearing lots of clothes. I began to worry about what to expect Saturday night over 9,000 FT. At the permit office Saturday morning the low temperature predicted for 8,000' was 30F. My concerns grew.
After an entertaining lecture by the ranger on what size our firewood should be if our wilderness experience required a fire we were on the trail with permit in hand by 9AM. Lunch was had once over the pass and down valley at Nelson Lake. We fished with a new Tenkara rod and genuinely enjoyed the beautiful setting of the Cathedral Range. Crossing over the Coxcomb Crest to Matthes Lake proved to be the highlight of the trip for me. A nice lower angled class II corner system allowed us to sneak between steep slabs and cliff bands over the ridge to beautiful views of Matthes Lake. We were tempted to stop here knowing we would have this whole valley to ourselves but we were intent on Echo Lake where the promise of some fire rings was too alluring to resist.
By 4PM I was thigh deep in Echo Lake perfecting my casting technique and letting the cold water and lake bottom massage my sore feet. My couscous was rehydrating in a ziplock under the sun next to two pouches of Indian curry.
I refilled water bottles with my Sawyer squeeze which has replaced my 3in1 gravity setup this year. Worked as described though I found the tornado connection setup and screw on filter connections all a bit awkward when the water bags are full. I miss the tube and quick release connection of the 3 in 1 which were much easier to use.
Concerns about the cold night ahead led me to scavenge and stockpile a fair amount of dry wood. By sunset the temp had already dropped fairly low and we got a small fire going and I set my sleeping gear up next to it thinking if worse came to worse I'd keep it going all night.
The promised Perseids light show appeared on schedule along with a fantastic display of prowess by several bats which were seen chasing each other as well as bugs and making wild swoops into Echo Lake presumably to drink.
The night proved very cold. Dew point was hit by 9:30 PM bringing heavy moisture onto my bivy bag. Clear sky and no wind provided high radiative cooling conditions. Combined with the very low insulation value of my sleeping bag and the cold temperature I found myself experiencing very high levels of condensation both on the inside and the outside of the bivy which quickly turned to ice and heavy frost on the side not being warmed by the fire. Every hour to hour and a half I got up shake off the ice and to put wood on the fire which provided me with some comfort, warmth and enough exercise to warm up. At 6 AM the thermometer on my Suunto watch read 0C. Water in our bottle did not have any ice or crystals in it.
By the time the sky had lightened and we were eating breakfast our last piece of wood was burning down to ashes. Boy scout like we ferried dozen of bags of water to cool the ashes down completely before packing up, eager to get moving. As we reached the meadows at the head of echo Creek near the junction with the JMT we spotted two coyotes bouncing and running across our path a couple hundred yards ahead seemingly unaware of our presence. In likewise fashion we made our way towards up the pass to the base of Cathedral Peak, where we watched the sun drawing campers out of their tents at the lakes down below and a team of climbers gearing up. Another highlight. We continued over the pass, contoured to Bubbs Lake and from there down and out by 10:30AM. I was heading home on the red eye, very pleased with my planning later that night
Navigation was easy, elevation gain and overall elevation reasonable, mostly all below 10K , user trail were found without much searching, overall a very pleasant destination for a quick weekend if you don't mind the drive.
Some important lessons:
1. I'm a cold sleeper and the Sierras are cold at night. I need to have enough insulation to be comfortable to 30F even at the height of summer. This likely means a quilt actually rated to 30F or warmer + additional insulation. I'm revising my sleep gear for September.
2. Even if no stove or cook gear is brought an aluminum or ti mug could of permitted me to heat water on the fire and drink some hot liquid and fill a bottle with warm water which could of help drive moisture out of my sleep system. My original BPL trapper mug would of been ideal in this situation with almost no weight penalty.
3. A very light frameless pack provides almost no ground insulation to the legs and feet. A longer thinpad would of been good to have. For me the GG 1/8 thin pad is too short and too narrow. I would like about 18-24" longer and 2" wider when taking such a light pack. Who provides custom durable 1/8 foam pad. I'm not pleased with the GG stuff's durability. The thickness is also inconsistent, the piece I have is only truly 1/8 at one end and thins considerably at the other end. I may have a piece from the end of a roll??
Other observations:
4. Couscous rehydrates fantastically with cold water. It will now be a staple and I will plan for a cold meal on every trip helping reduce fuel consumption.
5. Cocomama quinoa cereal discussed here on BPL last week was consumed for breakfast. The texture and flavor of the highest calorie version ( Orange, cranberry) was not that appealing. Will probably not repeat, YMMV. Packit Gourmet berry shakes OTOH are very delicious. Sold on these.
6. I was fighting a cold during this trip and using a strong decongestant + dealing with acclimatization and as a a result had very little appetite. Low calorie consumption + illness may have contributed to feeling much colder than it really was.
7. There has been much debate about raingear in the Sierras in the past few weeks, some of which I have weighed in on. I think that when trip length is within the reliability confidence window of the NOAA/NWS forecast and the forecast is for dry weather one can probably safely forego rain gear in the Sierras during summer. As one moves into the shoulder season where confidence in the forecaster's models drops and variable conditions are more prevalent it is probably safer to carry additional means to shelter from rain/snow. This is probably stating the obvious but it was something that was on my mind while walking under the relentless sun with the knowledge that on the tiny chance that the forecast was wrong I had no shelter or rain gear beyond a Houdini wind shell and a momentum top bivy bag.
8. Despite being up all night to throw wood on the fire and walk around a bit I was quite well rested in the morning. I suspect our long ago ancestors evolved in condition much worse requiring this very thing and our bodies can easily adapt to such a routine. Also with a toddler in the house I have not had a solid night of sleep in over two years so maybe my body and mind are already accustomed to this kind of constant interruption.
9. The Sierras are a spectacular place.Aug 15, 2013 at 7:59 pm #2015690
Tom KirchnerBPL Member
@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
A very nice trip, MG, and well reported. It brought back a flood of memories, as my first 2 backpacking trips were in that very area some 40 years ago. It is still as beautiful as it was back then, and you did it proud.
Thanks for sharing.Aug 15, 2013 at 8:29 pm #2015698
Rex SandersBPL Member
@rexLocale: Central California Coast
Thanks for the trip report. Nice photos, wish I was there!
A few thoughts:
– "Stupid light" might be open to interpretation, seems you got through the night OK and learned some important lessons. Who knew rigorous training by your toddler was important to backpacking happiness :-)
– Have you had success with a hot water bottle driving moisture out of sleeping gear before?
Doesn't seem like one or two quarts of water (2-4 pounds) at 140°F would have enough energy to make much difference, since approximately 150 pounds of 98.6°F mostly water with a built-in heater (i.e. you) didn't make much difference.
– The "strong decongestant" might have contributed to feeling cold. I know some people who take Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed and similar) have circulation reduced to their hands and feet, which makes them feel cold.
– Can't tell if you were camped low near a lake, where it's colder and wetter. Maybe a better camp site would have been warmer.
— RexAug 15, 2013 at 9:05 pm #2015706
David ChenaultSpectator
@davecLocale: The West Slope
Great report and photos, very enjoyable.
I'm going to start billing Skurka 50 cents every time I read that phrase.Aug 15, 2013 at 9:48 pm #2015710
Andrew FMember
@andrew-fLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
Cool trip. I love the Cathedral Range and it doesn't get much attention other than people passing through on the JMT. I've actually never backpacked there, but have spent many days there climbing (Cathedral Peak, Matthes Crest, Tenaya Peak, etc.)
I always bring a sleep set up that will keep me warm down to freezing, even in the middle of August. Every once in awhile I roast at 50F in my sleeping bag, but it is not uncommon to wake up with a frozen water bottle even in the middle of the summer. Fortunately the NOAA point forecast is quite good, and usually gets the overnight lows to within a few degrees (I generally check the temp with my altimeter watch.) My wife and I were in Humphreys Basin while you were out there and it hit 30F overnight at 11,200 ft. The Perseids were amazing, especially since the smoke had cleared up and there was no moon. We left the raincoats behind too, but I packed a small tarp as there were T-storms in the forecast where we were.
Near Echo Lake
On Matthes Crest
Aug 15, 2013 at 9:56 pm #2015714
Hoot FilsingerBPL Member
@filsingerLocale: Pacific Northwest
Hello MG,
Enjoyed the format of your trip report. Your lessons learned and well edited tidbits made me contemplate my own experiences.With every trip report I realize we all owe a debt of gratitude to those individuals past and present with the vision and spirt to set aside and protect wild lands for future generations.
HootAug 15, 2013 at 10:01 pm #2015716
M GBPL Member
@drownLocale: Shenandoah
My friend just read the trip report and wrote to report he had many ice crystals in his water bottle and his drinking tube was frozen. I slept with my water bottle as a pillow so probably prevented freezing.
Observation #10: Sleeping in all your clothes leaves nothing behind to use as a pillow except for a water bag or shoes.Aug 16, 2013 at 10:49 am #2015835
brian HBPL Member
@b14Locale: Siskiyou Mtns
re rain gear and stupidity…
i once spent 2 weeks solo on the JMT w/ no tent and no tarp ; what i did have was a contractor-size rugged plastic bag. i later hiked in New Zealand and discovered they essentially force you [esp newcomers to nz] to take their big blaze orange heavy duty plastic bag out on their natl trails.
while pushing the boundaries of stupid light is a worthy challenge, being stupid is avoidable. is there a good reason to forego at Bare Minimum a hefty bag, which under certain circumstances can mean life or death? I think not.
Hypothermia kills friends, we should all take it serious.Aug 16, 2013 at 1:51 pm #2015873
Alex WallaceBPL Member
@feetfirstLocale: Sierra Nevada North
"On Matthes Crest"
Holy exposure! Very cool.Aug 16, 2013 at 3:32 pm #2015904
Luke SchmidtSpectator
@cameronLocale: Idaho Falls
"Observation #10: Sleeping in all your clothes leaves nothing behind to use as a pillow except for a water bag or shoes."
This is why I always keep my rain gear in a stuff sack. It makes a great pillow and the stuff sack protects it and keeps it in one place for a minimal weight penalty.Aug 16, 2013 at 11:58 pm #2016032
Jacob DBPL Member
@jacobdLocale: North Bay
Nice report, great area. I've done sorta the same route, but in the opposite direction (in at Budd out near Elizabeth). There's a lotta great stuff out there off the trails.Aug 18, 2013 at 5:54 pm #2016418
John TaylorsonSpectator
@heyjtLocale: SoCal
My wife and I did a similar route last year–through Elizabeth Lake over the pass to the Nelson Lake/Echo Creek area. We had a blast! I posted a report last year called Tuolumne to Yosemite Valley via Red Peak Pass. We enjoyed that area so much we wouldn't mind going back but this time climbing a few peaks along the way.
Great report and shots!
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text: Just curious. Does anybody thing that the 2012 Dallas Cowboys could have beaten any of the 4 teams that played Sunday for the right to go to the Super Bowl. I am beginning to think that we are not playoff material (as of the last game of our season) but instead are competitive only among the 8-8 teams of the NFL. If anybody thinks we could have kept up with the 49ers, Falcons, Ravens or Patriots, pls speak up. I would be interested as to why.


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The city of Harrisburg, Pa., has come up with a way to specify trucks so that when the fleet manager learns money is available, he can move quickly to order the equipment. The process has been picked up in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, said George Schwarz, director of the bureau of vehicle management in Harrisburg.
"A government doesn't know how often it will have money or how much money it will have," said Schwarz. "We could have money one time a year or several times a year."
With the new process, Schwarz writes an open-ended specification for equipment. The spec outlines the delivery procedure, puts a time frame on it, and asks manufacturers to quote profit margins over cost. "Then we open the bids and we award the contract to the lowest profit-margin bidder," said Schwarz. "That way we can publish the spec for a given term and hold it open." When Schwarz learns he has money to buy trucks, he already knows the winning manufacturer's profit. "I ask how much his cost is and add his cost to the profit, and the subtotal is the purchase order," he said.
How does Schwarz guard against manufacturers raising their cost figure to add in more profit? "Cost disclosure is a requirement on request. And I have a software program that tells me costs. The software is called PC Carbook, and it's published by Chrome Data. It tells you the costs of any vehicle you want to buy.
"This process allows me to make the purchase of a vehicle and encumber money without going through the three months it normally takes to prepare a spec and send it out for public bid," said Schwarz. "That procedure has been done. I don't have to advertise again and send it out for bids."
In March, Schwarz took delivery of a new GMC Top Kick truck, rated at 35,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating. The unit is upfitted with a J&J aluminum truck body, a Valk Manufacturing Co. snow plow, a Monroe tailgate salt spreader, and a Snow Equipment calcium chloride system. The truck is equipped with a 7.2-liter, turbocharged Caterpillar engine. The engine has Cat's ACERT system to meet Tier 2 emissions standards—adding a surcharge of about $3500 to the truck. Harrisburg has about 75 medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and some 450 pieces of rolling stock.
Going Automatic
More than ever, cities and counties are specifying automatic transmissions. Schwarz said Harrisburg has specified automatics for about 16 years, and the brand of choice is Allison. In LaCrosse, Wis., the department of public works is switching to automatics. "Now I have eight tandem-axle trucks and four of them are automatics," said Randy Hinze, street superintendent. "And on single-axle trucks, I have three automatics out of 15."
Why automatics? "With today's multipurpose trucks—ours have a wing snow plow, a front plow, and spreader controls— an automatic gives the operator one less thing to do," said Hinze. "They're less complicated."
"Automatics permit any individual with the proper licensing and knowledge to get in the unit and drive," said Schwarz.
Hinze said LaCrosse pulls leaf vacuums—at a very slow speed—behind single axle trucks. "With manual transmissions we were burning out clutches because we had to go so slow," said Hinze. "We don't have to worry about that with automatics."
— Daniel C. Brown is a freelance writer in Des Plaines, Ill.


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The Final Hour
The grandfather clock signals midnight
In the dead of night it comes
It comes with the wind and shadows of old
Quietly it climbs the stairs
The floorboards moan as it shifts its weight
It slowly opens the door
The door groans as death pushes it aside
The man sleeps peacefully not knowing what impending doom waits
Death draws closer; its breath smells of decaying
The End is near.
It touches the man and life is drained ever slow slowly from the body
Dawn is at hand, the shadow of death disappears
Never to visit again
The grandfather clock signals noon
There is a mass in the graveyard
The bells sound of the recent death
The coffin lowers into the ground
People cry in agony
Death sits in a willow covered in Spanish moss nearby watching the ceremony
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Tigers finish baseball season 7-6 overall
The Pine River-Backus Tigers baseball team's five game win streak ended when they were swept by the Nevis Tigers in a conference double header on Tuesday, May 21. The Tigers lost the opener 13- 7 before dropping the nightcap 7-5.
The Tigers, who finished the regular season 7-6 overall after losing to Bagley 15-5 on Wednesday, May 22, were seeded No. 7 scheduled to play at second-seeded Menahga in the Subsection 6A playoffs on Tuesday, May 28. The winner advances to face the winner between No. 3 Barnesville and No. 6 Lake Park/Audubon in the subsection semifinals on Wednesday, May 29.
Nevis scored five runs in the first inning, four in the second, three in the third, and one in the fourth. The Tigers scored all their runs in the fourth as Nick Gravdahl, Triston Rubner, and Beau Howard all walked to load the bases. Cole Larson hit a single to bring in Gravdahl, and Henry Krecklau got on base on an error to bring in Rubner. The Tigers got one out and went into the top of their lineup with Anthony Phillipson walking to bring in Howard. Zach Struss hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Larson and Jared Adkins smashed a home run scoring Krecklau, Phillipson, and himself for the seventh run. Phillipson took the loss, struck out four, walked one, and gave up nine hits. Rubner went 2-2 with two doubles. Adkins homed and had two RBI.
In the second game, the Tigers lost 7-5 after leading 5-0 after the first two innings. Nevis came back with four runs in the third inning, and took over the lead with three runs in the fourth. The Tigers stranded three runners on base in the fifth. Howard was the losing pitcher as he struck out four, walked six, and gave up five hits. Phillipson, Adkins, and Howard each went 2-3.
Bagley 15, Tigers 5
The Tigers were defeated by the Bagley Flyers on Wednesday, May 22, at Bemidji State University.
Both teams had a run in the first inning, and Bagley grabbed a 2-1 lead in the second. Neither team scored in the third, but Bagley extended its lead with four runs in the fourth. Bagley scored three runs in the fifth, but the Tigers answered with three runs. The Tigers scored one run in the sixth and kept Bagley from scoring in the inning. Bagley scored six runs in the seventh to put the game away.
Andrew Munsch took the loss as he struck out one, walked three, and gave up eight hits. He was relieved in the fourth by Zach Semmler, who walked two and gave up three hits. Austin Smith came in relief in the fifth, and he hit three batters, and gave up three hits. Adkins went 3-3 while Rubner had two RBI.


text: You hit the nail on the head with the comparison. . Never more so than in the short program with that choreography! I love perk as much as the next person, but the cutesy/perky choreography is cringe inducing IMO. Having said that, they have a lot of potential and some of their lifts are . IMO They just need better vehicles to show off their strengths.