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Luke Stedman, fashion-forward with Insted We Smile.
Interview by Nathan Myers
Luke Stedman is starting his own clothing label. He is a former WT competitor. A talented freesurfer. And a man of style. Stedman stands apart in a culture where most dudes wear uniform attire. Baggy shorts. Clever t-shirts. Flip-flops. We look like surfers. Stedman looks like a rock star.
When I sit down with Luke to discuss his new venture, I am wearing baggy shorts and a clever shirt. I am wearing flip-flops. I don't care. I think Ugg Boots are super-comfortable. Sometimes I tuck sweat pants into them. I don't think people are required to care about fashion. But I do think some people look stylish and other people blend into the scenery. And I think it's a relevant and interesting conversation.
I once met a movie theater owner who told me he was in the popcorn business. Ask any surf shop owner what percentage of their profit comes from surfboards. We are a fashion industry. Born of a long history of influencing fashion and culture. Yet lately (meaning, last two decades or so)… well, let's just ask someone with actual style:
SURFING: Is surfing a fashionable culture?
STEDMAN: [laughs] I'd say it's highly unfashionable. There's only a small niche of surfers who have any idea of creative fashion. Everyone else seems to like the exact same things. The people I like to hang out with are on a bit of a different level. They like to surf, but they take inspiration from other places. That's where I'm going with my own creations.
SURFING: That's why you're starting Insted We Smile?
STEDMAN: I just reached a point in my life where I couldn't really continue being 100-percent professional surfer guy. I wanted to try something else while I still had some credibility to leverage. I've always been super interested in the fashion side of things, so it was time to put my money where my mouth was.
SURFING: Are you done being a pro surfer?
STEDMAN: Well, I'm not going to be doing the WQS, but I'm still surfing as much as possible. But I've got a different angle to push now. Insted We Smile still draws inspiration from the ocean, but it's so far from being a surf label. I'm just trying to do a fun, positive line that takes inspiration from the ocean and inspiration from the streets.
SURFING: Who in our sport has good fashion style?
STEDMAN: Ozzie Wright is the coolest cat in the world. He's untouchable. He's next level. I look up to him for inspiration. He's got a unique style that can't be imitated.
SURFING: Are people just born with good style, you think?
STEDMAN: Yep. You're born with that. You either have it or you don't. It can be directed and learned, but to be really creative and forward, to look good continuously and before its time…you're born like that.
SURFING: Who else, in surfing, was born that way?
STEDMAN: Alex Knost is fantastic. He's got a really unique, California style. And I love what Dion Agius is doing, coming up with his own sunglass line. You've got to have a good eye, but also be able to put it to use and bring it to life. To have the full package is rare. Those guys have it.
SURFING: Do you think these guys stand in front of the mirror a lot?
STEDMAN: No, it happens naturally. They just do it. You'd be surprised. You wouldn't think of those guys as competitive, but they're very driven to bring creative things to life. And if we didn't have those guys…surfing would be very dull. And they surf really well, too. That's the thing. Dane's another one — he's just cool. He's so f–king cool, and it's completely natural to him.
SURFING: Is there any style on tour right now? Who would take the Stedman-Style title for 2012?
STEDMAN: Dane would have won, but now I don't even know who's on tour. Kolohe's cool. He's young and hangs out with a good group of people, so he'll probably bring some good style to the tour. He's got a good group of people to draw inspiration from. But then again, it's difficult to have a sense of style when you're made to wear a certain company's products.
SURFING: Are there fashion do's and don'ts you could share with those of us born to mediocrity?
STEDMAN: No rules. Do whatever makes you feel good. If you look in a mirror and say, "Damn, I'm feeling pretty good right now," then who cares what anyone else thinks. It's how you feel. You can pull anything off if you're feeling good.
Check out Luke's new project at http://Instedwesmile.com


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Alexis Okeowo
Alexis Okeowo joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2015. She is working on a book about people standing up to extremism in Africa and is a fellow at the New America Foundation. She has worked out of New York, Mexico, Nigeria, and Uganda. She was a 2012 fellow of the Alicia Patterson Foundation, reporting on gay rights in Africa, and a 2012 fellow of the International Reporting Project at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, writing about sectarian violence in central and northern Nigeria. She has previously contributed to the New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the Financial Times.
Reading List: Alexis Okeowo recommends Samantha Power's piece "Dying in Darfur."
Listen: Alexis Okeowo discusses Boko Haram on NPR's "All Things Considered."

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I have been married to my wife for 15 years, Sex has always been good until just recently. I work long hours and the occasions we do get to make love, It was all over in minutes. I do not blame myself too much for this, you see my wife has never had kids, and when I put my cock inside her, her tight pussy has me spunking in seconds.
I have been married to my wife for 15 years, Sex has always been good until just recently. I work long hours and the occasions we do get to make love, It was all over in minutes. I do not blame myself too much for this, you see my wife has never had kids, and when I put my cock inside her, her tight pussy has me spunking in seconds. I have often fantasized about introducing another man into our bedroom to give her the fucking she deserves. I can tell that this turns her on. Alas after we have made love she would dismiss this idea and tell me that she only wanted me.
That was until I recently took her away for her fourtieth birthday. I only had a week spare from work and as it was January we decided to go to the Gambia. I thought the break would help our relationship.
On the first morning we left the hotel and headed for the beach some 200 metres away. We were immediately harassed by a number of hawkers and peddlers all wanting to sell us something.
About 20 metres from the beach, I saw a tall lithe black male with dreadlocks walk from behind his stall and say something in Gambian to the following army of pedalers. In seconds they disappeared. The male introduced himself as Soloman and asked our names. My wife Lisa almost ignored him, but I was civil and introduced us. He told us to tell any one we had hassle from, that we were solamon's friends and they should leave us alone.
True to his word for the next two days,on hearing these words people would leave us alone. On the third day we went to the beach, and we were lying on the sun beds when, I saw a black male running along the beach. The male stopped opposite our sun loungers about 30 metres away and he started to do press ups. After a while the male walked towards us and I could see it was Solamon. His athletic body was glistening with sweat in the morning sun. He recognised lisa and I and stopped to chat.He recommended a beach shack for lunch, and again told me to say solamon had sent us. Sure enough we found the beachshck and had lunch. My meal was very spicy but the food was exquisite. After lunch I was lying in the sun, when the spices started to have an effect on me. I told Lisa I was going to the room and I would be back shortly. As I passed Solamons stall he asked if I was alright, I told him I had an upset stomach as Ishot past him. I just made it to the room and for the next Three hours I could not drag myself off the toilet. Lisa eventually returned, a bit later than usual,she could see I was in pain, and she appologised for being late as she had been talking to soloman who had gone to the beach shortly after I had left.
I was in agony, and told Lisa that I did not want dinner. She said she would stay with me, but I told her she had got to eat, and besides I could do with a sleep. She reluctantly agreeded to go to dinner on her own, but said that she would find a Pharmacy, and get me some medicine, before returning to the room straight after her meal.
I slept for ages, I woke up shortly after 01.30 and was worried to find that Lisa was not in the bed beside me. I slowly got dressed deciding to go and look for her.I went past the hotel bar which was now closed, I went through reception and out of the front of the hotel. As I turned the corner of the hotel towards the beach, I became aware that a couple were inan embrace under a tree, on my side of the road. It suddenley dawned on me that it was my Lisa, in the arms of Solamon. I frooze, I did not know what to do. At the same time Lisa saw me and Solamon turned to face me. Lisa did not speak, I said something like I was worried about you, I did not know where you were. She replied "oh its ok Solamon was looking after me". She made no effort to free from her embrace, so I asked her if she was coming back to the room, and she told me to carry on she was just saying good night.
I turned on my heels and left not knowing what to do, I walked slowly back to our room, expecting Lisa to catch me up. She came back some twenty minutes later. She was obviously drunk, and she dismissed my demands for an explaination, telling me we would talk in the morning. Soon she was sleeping and I was left awake, running over in my mind what I had seen. I had several feelings inside me, anger, jealousy,but also arousal. The next morning I felt weak and Lisa had a hangover. We did not mention the incident from the previous evening all day. We decided to stay around the hotel pool as neither of us felt like straying far from the room.
At night I was still feeling weak, so we ate in the hotel and returned for an early night. I became incredibly horny and started to play with her tits while I coudled into her, she responded by stroking my cock. It was then that I raised the subject. She told me that the previous night she had dinner in the hotel on her own, but went out to try to find a pharmacy. It was then that she had saw Soloman and he had offered to take her to one he knew off. On the way back he invited her for a drink, and as she thought I'd be sleeping and she had nothing else to do she accepted.
She started to drink the local vodka while Soloman chatted to her about anything and everything. She told me that she did not realise the time, until the bar started to close up. She said that when she went to stand up, she realised that she had drunk too much and had nearly fallen over. Soloman had walked her home almost proping her up. She told me that she could feel his large hands wrapped around her and one thing lead to another and before she knew it their tongues were entwining. It was then that I had disturbed her. She appologised but I told her not to worry.
When I put my finger inside her pussy I could not believe how wet she had become at reliving the event. I was so turned on and asked her if she would like Soloman to join us for a threesome. She stopped andasked me if I really meant it, and I said that I did. I thought we were just playing games as we had done several times in the past. As I fingered her she hadan almighty climax, and she was bucking and throwing her head back. She told me that she had felt Solomans erect penis against her and could not believe how big he was. she told me that she did not htink she could take all his cock should the opportunity arise. I put my cock inside her but I did not last 10 seconds before I was pumping my seed into her.
The next day we went to the beach as we approached Soloman's stall I was a bit apprehensive, but he was no where to be seen.Ater lunch Lisa said she was going for a drink and went up to the beach shack. She returned a couple of hours later and said she had bumped into Soloman. She had bought a wooden face mask from his stall and said that he had not mentioned the incident Two days before. She told me that as it was our penultimate night she had accepted his invitation for us to go for a meal with him later on that evening. That evening Lisa got showered and put on her little black dress which shows off her size 8 figure, and her newly aquired tan.
Neither of us said a word as we we went to meet Soloman at the restaurant. I was utterly confused but excited, as Lisa ordered the Vodka that she said she would never drink again. The chat was about the holiday and his business and all seemed well. We ate the meal and I ordered another round of drinks before heading to the toilets. When I came back I was shocked to see that Soloman had placed his right hand on the insideof Lisa's thigh and she had not made any attempt to move it. The pair of them where know ignoring me and chatting quietly together as if I was not there!. I was aware that other people in the restaurant had understood what was happening, as he was the only Black malein the place. I noticed that people were starring at us, and felt a little uncomfatible. Lisa was oblivious to the fact and she continued to flirt with him. I thought that she was just teaching me a lesson, and that she would tell me that we were going back to the hotel , but she continued to melt into him as he stroked her thigh.
I decided that I did not like the situation, and told Lisa that we had better be going, she told me to carry on up to the room if I liked and she would follow. I wanted to say no, but decided against it. She told me that Soloman was coming back to the room for a nightcap, and asked me to call in the little shop near the hotel to get some vodka and Orange.I did as I was told and Soloman and Lisa followed on behind.I was walking slowly but they seemed to be walking slower. Every now and then I would turn around and could see them arm in arm following. I got to the shop just as it was about to close and got the Vodka and Orange as I was instucted. I thought that by the time I had got out of the shop they would have caught up, butthey were no where to be seen. I made my mind up that I I was going to put a stop to the situation because I did not like it. So I walked back down the road rehearing what Iwas going to say. Lisa was once again kissing Soloman in a patienate embrace as I reached them. Before I had chance to say my peace, Lisa said that Soloman had decided that hedid not want to shair me tonight and could she have the room key. I was speechless, jealousy ran through my body, I wanted to scream and say no, but I handed them the drinks and the room key. I said what shall I do as they walked past me, i did not receive a reply. It was late so I went back down towards the bars and restaurants and went into a bar with the most people in, and proped myself up at the bar and ordered a beer. My mindwas in a whirl and I still thought that Lisa was playing me at my own game and it was some kind of a sick joke. I downed a couple of beers and noticed that people were drifting away. Soon I was the only one left in the bar. Lisa had been gone, almost Two hours. I paid my bar bill and decided to head for the hotel. I walked slowly through the entrance, past receiption, past the bar that was now closed and into the the corridor leading to our room, I thought that Lisa may have been inside on her own, but just in case I did not want to disturb them. My doubts were confirmed as I got Two rooms away from our door. I could here noises that would have woken the dead. Lisa was almost screaming and for a second I thought that she may be in danger. I stopped at the door before knocking to make sure. I heard Lisa shout "you dirty fucker, You big black dirty fucker", I could hear her spitting on him.
My Lisa who I seldomly heard swear yet alone spit was behaving like an animal. I thought about knocking, but decided against it. I continued to listen at the door, I heard Soloman laugh and then Lisa wimpering, before she pleaded with him to come inside her. The door of next doors room opened and a male put his head out. He recognised me and asked me to keep the noise down. I said I would and knocked quietly on the door, which was ignored. I walked off after the male returned inside the room. My emotions were shot, I walked back out towards the pool and saw the security guard coming the other wasy, so I said evening and walked back through reception and out of the hotel. I had no where to go, so I crouched down near the hotel wall near the tree, waiting for Soloman to finish fucking my wife.
An hour later I looked up and saw Soloman walking past me, I was hoping he would not see my pathetic figure huddled up around the base of the tree, but he looked at me and just started laughing loudily to compound my humiliation. I returned to the room, knocked on the door and Lisa let me in. She was completely deshieveled. She had a big smile on her face and she kissed me on the lips and said thank you.
I was angry but incredibly horny, and told Lisa I wanted to fuck her. She said that Soloman had told her that I was not allowed, besides she was too soar.She said that he had instructed her to straddle my face and dribble his come in my mouth. Once again I did what I was told, and Lisa took a picture of me receiving Solomans come all over my face. She said it was what Soloman had instructed her to do. I asked her to suck my cock but she told me she was not allowed. so I pleasured myself, while chooking on the thick goblets of come.
Lisa was not allowed to tell me waht happened and the next day we did not speak about it. We stayed around the pool in the day and at night I tentavily asked her what we were doing that eveing. Lisa told me that it was unfir for me to not have my own bed so she had arranged to stay with Soloman at his roadside stall. She was gone all night. Things are relatively back to normal now we have returned to the UK. However Lisa's pussy is not as tight as it used to be, and she has announced that she has booked time off in November to go back to the Gambia, this time for a fortnight. She as also kindly said that I could go along as well if I want!
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Olds 403
Hey, folks,
Has anybody had any experience with building a 403 olds. I want to make a 2-door delta 88 sleeper, and I am fond of the bore and stroke combo that make up this cool engine. Any suggestions would be apprecaited.
thx
it is a very overlooked engine, but i've seen them make lots of horsepower. I was tech director at a large drag strip in michigan and the olds factory boys used to run there a lot, parts are hard to get but are available, try to get in with some olds clubs, there are a few out there ,they are very proud of the rockets!! when you can take an olds vista-cruiser wagon, drive it down I-75 to florida, win the Gator nationals with it, tear it down be declared legal put it together and drive it back to michigan,you have a real reliable power plant. this car would 8" wheelies off the starting line. and was always street driven.Don Holbin was the driver
I very much like olds but never have i seen a 403 been worked on before. Info is good so here is a good website to get you started on info about engine and how to rebuild it
http://my.inil.com/~dlbrown/ofe403.htm#E403 403CIDEngineDetail
Well you got a great Idea there, i currently have a 455 in my 79 trans am, the motor is bone stock, except the one up cam and 800 holley double pumper. With the 275 gears in the rear she still flies down the quarter at 13.50. faster than most other stockers, and. wait till i get some gear in er. Keep searchin the web for parts if ya wanna do er up. just watch out, its pricey, thats why mine is still stock, goodluck.
The 403" Olds is a killer engine combo. I am surprised that you don't see more of them in NHRA stock classes. The bore/stroke ratio and the rod length/stroke ratio are very similar to the '67-'69 Chev 302 Trans Am engines, which were arguably one of the most powerful engines (horsepower to cubic inch) ever released in an American production car.
Breathing seems to be a limiting factor in any Olds V-8, but with a set of Edelbrock heads and some other goodies, I think the 403" can be a real neat engine.
thx for the info guys,
I checked out mondello's stuff and I am just going to play it by ear as I obtain parts.
When I was in High School I had a 4door 82'
88 with a 403 out of a 79' Trans Am, with the same TH350, and a posi traction rear out of a similar buick Le Sabre, My Dad fabbed up a really nice 2-1/2" dual exhaust with Dynomax turbo mufflers, and I had corvette 15/8's on it. I really like the car, but my gas mileage was around 11mpg, and I had to sell it because I could'nt afford to drive it to trade school in Detroit. I sold it to a friend of mine that could'nt drive very well, and a couple of years later the car was dented on about every panel that it had. for shame. But the exhaust still looked good.
Keep on roddin!
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Hungry, tired and penniless thousands of stranded Bangladeshi men at the Choucha camp near the Libya-Tunisia border gathered in front of the International Organisation for Migration office yesterday, demanding to know when they will be repatriated.
Although aid workers there said the Bangladeshi migrant workers will receive priority in repatriation, the process suffers further blow with the fresh arrival of thousands of African nationals from troubled Libya overnight and during the day.
Yesterday morning the entire desert-like area, where hundreds of tents have been set up by different organisations, was extremely crowded with the arrival of the Africans in their numbers.
Aid workers said the situation improved a little with more organisations joining the efforts to cope with the situation.
An official of IOM, responsible for transportation of the fleeing workers, said they are overwhelmed by the numbers of African workers in Libya crossing the border.
Although the Bangladeshi workers were the first wave to arrive there, a lack of initiative by the respective government and sluggish reaction by the international bodies, have been delaying their repatriation.
While thousands assembled before the IOM office, thousands more were queuing up for water and food. Several thousand besieged me to tell their sorrows. Many young men looking extremely disoriented from heat, hunger and cold told me how initially in Dhaka they had been subjected to deception and lies after each one of them had paid up to three lakh taka to go to Libya few months ago.
Mohammad Yusuf from Dagonbhuiyan, Feni stood up for several thousand migrant workers, and told me how false promises, and later intimidation in Libya, ruined the lives of the compatriots.
"Each one of us, unlike other workers from other countries of Asia, paid an exorbitant fee of up to three lakh taka to come to Libya," Yusuf said, "In Dhaka, before we paid, the agencies told us we would get three hundred and sixty US dollars per month. And just before we boarded the aeroplane they forced us to sign a paper and sent us to Libya."
He said once the workers were in Libya, notorious middlemen employed by the agencies back in Dhaka, received them and took them to camps.
"Many of us did not even work for months, and eventually those middlemen sold our labour in exchange for food. Now we have been robbed of our last belongings to come here to die," Yusuf said.
As soon as Yusuf finished speaking, several men started crying, without even trying to hide it. Some raised their fists and others shouted slogans against the corrupt system in Bangladesh under which they were treated badly.
"We all want to go home please. Write about us, so that the government takes some initiative for our return home," said Mohammad Ali from Shariatpur, Naria who has been at the camp since March 3.
Mohammad Ejaj, a young man from Adamdighi, Bogra said most people could not get hold of their passports at the time of leaving Libya, as the middlemen -- who were holding the passports -- demanded extra money for returning the documents.
On the way to the Tunisian border, the group of people he travelled with were robbed of everything after armed men stripped them on the road and searched their bodies.
"I don't know how I will go back home and start a new life, after what I have gone through in Libya," Ejaj said.
The stranded workers also corroborated yesterday's report on abduction of Bangladeshi nurses working in Libya. Ali Amjad from Golapganj, Sylhet came to the camp from Tripoli in the first week of March.
He said, "The Libyan police and military forced two nurses out of the bus in which forty Bangladeshis including myself were travelling, and they took them away."
Md Tarek Siddik from Jatrabari was looking for some water on the northern side of the huge camp now accommodating around 17,000 displaced workers.
"I spent months in detention in Libya, and last week they let me go. Now they are telling me I will be repatriated soon. I have no money, no clothing, nothing," said Tarek, about 25 years of age, with tears rolling down his cheeks.
IOM Spokesperson Omari Jumbe had some good news for the Bangladeshi migrant workers. He said they sent 2,700 Bangladeshis from Choucha camp on nine flights to Dhaka yesterday.
"We had a good day today and hopefully tomorrow will be better," Jumbe said adding, "Last night three hundred and eleven Bangladeshis crossed the border, but if the pace of Bangladeshi repatriation continues this way the Africans are set to outnumber them soon."
Jumbe also said there is an international effort to send the Bangladeshi workers home on a priority basis.
The African nationals arriving at the Ras Jdir crossing reported that they were also subjected to torture and theft on their way to the Tunisian border.
Hungry, tired and penniless thousands of stranded Bangladeshi men at the Choucha camp near the Libya-Tunisia border gathered in front of the International Organisation for Migration office yesterday, demanding to know when they will be repatriated.


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(San Francisco, California, November 13, 2006) — Today, attorneys representing same-sex couples, Equality California, and Our Family Coalition are asking the California Supreme Court to decide whether barring same-sex couples from marriage violates the California Constitution.
The couples and organizations are represented by lead counsel the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Heller Ehrman LLP, and the Law Office of David C. Codell. This case is being considered together with the other marriage cases under the title In re Marriage Cases.
In April 2005, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer ruled that barring same-sex couples from marriage unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of sex and violates the fundamental right to marry. The California Court of Appeal overturned Judge Kramer's ruling in a 2 – 1 decision last month, saying that California may continue to bar same-sex couples from marriage. The petition filed today asks the California Supreme Court to reverse the Court of Appeal decision.
More than 250 religious and civil rights organizations, including the California NAACP, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, California Council of Churches, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, and National Black Justice Coalition, filed amicus briefs supporting marriage equality for same-sex couples.
In 2005, the California Legislature passed AB 849, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act sponsored by Equality California, which would have ensured equal treatment under the law by allowing same-sex couples to marry in California. Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill.
The California Supreme Court has sixty days to rule on the petition, and may extend that period by not more than an additional thirty days.
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Democrat Judy Chu sailed through the primary election Tuesday in balloting for the new 27th Congressional District.
Chu, seeking a third term in Washington, will face Republican Jack Orswell in November's general election.
Chu finished with 58 percent of the vote.
"It's very encouraging to see the results thus far," said Chu.
"I am just honored to have the confidence of people through their votes."
Orswell and Bob Duran split the Republican vote, but Republican Party backing may have helped Orswell take the edge. Orswell had about 24 percent, with Duran at 18 percent.
Both are Pasadena-area residents new to the political arena who focused on jobs and the economy during their campaigns.
Orswell was cautiously happy about the early returns Tuesday night, and said support by Rep. David Dreier could help in November.
"Everybody loves an underdog, and we all know what happened with David and Goliath," he said.
The November race figures to intensify, Chu said.
"Even more Democrats will come out to vote," she said.
Chu's used her well-financed campaign to introduce herself to many of the residents in the district, who would be represented by her for the first time.
Chu and Dreier, R-San Dimas, wound up in the same district when maps were redrawn last year.
Dreier represented many of district's cities for 30 years, but rather than oppose Chu in a Democratic area, Dreier announced his retirement in February and cleared her path to re-election.
The district now includes a cluster of Pasadena-area cities: San Marino, San Gabriel, Alhambra, South Pasadena, Rosemead, Temple City, Arcadia, Sierra Madre, part of Monrovia and unincorporated Altadena.
Glendora, Claremont and Upland are linked to the district through the Angeles National Forest.
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Amniote Origins: Completing the Transition to Land. Stuart S. Sumida and Karen L. M. Martin, eds. 510 pp. Academic Press, 1997. $74.95.
Everett C. Olson was one of the most innovative and eclectic paleontologists of this century. His multifaceted approach has been an inspiration to generations of paleontologists, and it is therefore fitting that this new volume is dedicated to his memory. True to the Olsonian method, this book goes beyond skeletal anatomy and phylogeny to explore many other facets of the transition from amphibious to truly terrestrial existence.
Laurin and Reisz begin this volume with a detailed phylogenetic analysis of basal tetrapods. The large data matrix (38 taxa and 157 characters) is difficult to digest. Although their conclusions do not differ a great deal from other recent analyses, their placement of modern amphibians within the batrachomorph clade very near basal amniotes contrasts with the almost universally held opinion that modern amphibians are only very distantly related to amniotes. No doubt this conclusion will provoke a great deal of heated debate.
Since amniotes must have appeared by the Middle Carboniferous period, information on Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian terrestrial faunas is essential for an understanding of their origin and early diversification. For many years, nearly all of this information came from North American deposits. Recent discoveries in Europe, reviewed by Berman, Sumida and Lombard, place these events in a more detailed biogeographical and paleoecological context, permitting a reexamination of earlier assumptions about the ecological factors associated with the origin and diversification of amniotes.
The critical event in the origin of amniotes, by definition, is the appearance of the cleidoic or amniotic egg, a complex structure considered essential for effective terrestrial reproduction. Unfortunately, eggs rarely fossilize, and the absence of data has hampered our ability to adequately define fossil amniotes. Lee and Spencer suggest a way out of this dilemma: Abandon the traditional apomorphy-based definition of amniotes (the first tetrapod with an amniotic egg and all of its descendants, extant and extinct) in favor of a crownclade definition, which includes only extant members and the first tetrapod to possess the amniotic egg. This permits a more precise definition of the amniote, but at the cost of excluding some probable basal amniotes.
Two papers examine amniote origins indirectly by reviewing the anatomy and physiology of the modern amniotic egg. Packard and Seymour argue that the essential event permitting terrestrial oviposition was the elimination of the thick jelly capsule of the amphibian egg and development of a fibrous shell membrane. This simultaneously improved mechanical support and increased the rate of gas exchange, permitting a larger, metabolically more active embryo to reach full development before hatching. Extraembryonic membranes and a calcified shell, though improvements on the design, were not essential and could have evolved later. If the development of a terrestrial egg was this easy, could it have happened more than once? Probably not, according to Stewart. Basic similarities in the development of the embryo and its membranes in a variety of amniotes support the homology of the amniotic egg throughout.
The adaptive advantage of the amniotic egg is indisputable, but this in itself does not explain why the egg evolved when it did. Graham, Aguilar, Dudley and Gans suggest that a gradual increase in the concentration of atmospheric oxygen throughout most of the Paleozoic may have created an opportunity for amphibious tetrapods with otherwise marginal abilities of aerial respiration to convert to the terrestrial environment. Once this occurred, there would be strong selective pressure to develop a terrestrial reproductive strategy. As oxygen levels fell through the Permian, these primitive amniotes, now irrevocably committed to aerial respiration, were forced to evolve more efficient respiratory and circulatory mechanisms.
Terrestrial adaptations of the vertebral column and appendicular skeleton thought to be correlated with the evolution of the amniotic egg are reviewed by Sumida, who points out that these adaptations are not restricted to amniotes, but characterize a much larger radiation of primitive tetrapods. The loss of dermal scales and replacement with keratinized epidermal scales, passed over quickly in most accounts, is usually assumed to be related in some way to the development of an impermeable skin covering. Frolich points out that keratin, by itself, cannot prevent desiccation. Instead, he argues that the transition to lighter, keratinized scales was driven by the need to reduce bony-scale mass around the periphery of the body. The integument of the first amniotes, as in living lower tetrapods, probably exhibited a wide range of resistance to the passage of both water and gases.
Martin and Nagy suggest that a key adaptation of the first amniotes, reduction of cutaneous water loss through reduction in skin permeability, also reduced cutaneous water uptake, respiration, utility of ammonia as a waste product and temperature regulation through evaporative cooling, all of which play important roles in the physiology of living amphibians. Increased body temperature, metabolic rate, activity, and growth rates associated with the need to improve metabolic homeostasis were all important factors in the success of amniotes.
Lauder and Gillis review experimental data on feeding mechanisms of fish and amphibians in an attempt to reconstruct the feeding mechanism of the immediate amniote ancestor. Hotton, Olson and Beerbower point out that among living amniotes, only those specializing in high-fiber herbivory exhibit clear skeletal evidence of diet. Omnivory and low-fiber herbivory, being primarily behavioral rather than structural adaptations, were probably much more common practices among the first amniotes and possibly their immediate predecessors than generally thought.
Garland, Martin and Diaz-Uriarte demonstrate how the method of squared-change parsimony can infer characteristics of hypothetical ancestral organisms (in this case the first amniote) using data from extant taxa. A major strength of this method, as compared to standard phylogenetic analyses, is that it can process continuously variable characters. It is clear that if generally accepted methods enabling the combination of continuous variable data with qualitative morphological characters into a single algorithm for generating hypotheses of relationships can be developed, systematists will possess a much more powerful tool with which to address phylogenetic problems.
Whenever we try to extract so much information from fossil bones and reason by analogy from living surrogates, the results are, by necessity, somewhat speculative. However, in contrast with many past efforts, the contributors have made a concerted attempt to generate testable hypotheses, and the editors have done an admirable job of tying this diverse range of topics into a coherent work. This volume will make a significant contribution to the construction of a research program for the future.—Robert Holmes, Paleobiology, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
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Plant Family: Member of the Arecaceae or Palm family, which includes the Royal (Rostonea oleraceae), Coconut (Cocos nucifera), Date (Phoenix dactylifera), and Oil (Elaeis guineensis) Palms, and two rainforest palms indigenous to Dominica, the Palmiste (Euterpe dominicana) and the Yanga (Geonoma dominicana).
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Natural Habitat: Tropics and sub-tropics, with low to moderate rainfall; known only in cultivation, unknown in the wild.
Origin and Distribution: Native of Sri Lanka and Malabar, India, and found in many areas of the tropics and semi-tropics today; examples are found in State Grounds, Roseau, and at Vieille Case in the North of the island.
Uses: Primarily ornamental today; edible starch produced from stem; large fan-shaped leaves used for fans, umbrellas and thatching; formally used for olas (books), in which young leaves were bleached, written on, and bound in volumes.
Indigenous Legends: The great Indian epic, Ramayana, was said to have been written on these olas. The tree is often referred to as the Century Palm, a metaphorical allusion to a presumed 100-year life span.
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|Bagger at 20 weeks. We couldn't afford the MGM lion, so Coon River's Bagger Vance will have to do our roaring for us! Rette looks on in reverence and awe!
|Thank you from Rette, Jerry (me), Bagger and all our amazing Gentle Giants, our Coon River Maine Coon Cats and Kittens, for spending some time with us. We really appreciate your visit and hope to hear from you soon.
| Coon River Maine Coon Cats and Kittens is located in the lakes area of Nineveh, Indiana, about 40 miles southwest of Indianapolis in Beautiful Brown County. We are within reasonable driving distance of most major cities in the midwest.
Our Associate Breeder, Mid-Illini Maine Coon Kittens is located in Lewistown in West-Central Illinois.
We are very near Nashville, Indiana, in Brown County, a beautiful tourist area, and there is a very large outlet mall nearby in Edinburgh, Indiana to help the time pass by in a leisurely fashion.
Air shipping of kittens can be easily arranged, in most cases, to the Continental United States. Shipping via air is dependant on expected weather conditions and subject to federal and airline shipping regulations.
At this time, we will not ship overseas or to Alaska or Hawaii since the transit time for our kittens to those places is much too long and stressful for them, not to mention our anxiety at waiting to hear from our adoptive families that our kids got there all safe and sound!
|Estimated driving times, and considering that you hopefully don't drive as fast as Tony Stewart or Michael Andretti , we are approximately:
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2 hours from Louisville
2 hours from Cincinnati
4 hours from Chicago
5 hours from St Louis
5 1/2 hours from Detroit
"25 miles from home, girl, my feet are hurting mighty bad..."
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| Coon River is a small Coonery (we hate the word "cattery," it sounds like a factory of some kind,) breeding Maine Coon Kittens exclusively for placement with loving families and individuals.
We have very few groups of kittens each year. We don't take our females, every time they come in season, select a male and shut them together in a room or a big cage until the girls become impregnated. We refuse to be a "cat factory."
If one of our girls and one of our boys decide to get together for some "lovin," wonderful. If not, thats wonderful too. Our boys and girls have run of the house, our kittens are raised underfoot and handled from the moment they are born.
None of our adults, nor our newborn kittens, ever see the inside of a cage other than a carrier to go to the Vet. Our adults are our pets and our family, they are not breeding machines. Our newborn kittens are our "grandkids." who are with us all too short a time until they come to your home.
| After you adopt a kitten from us, we hope you'll e-mail or snail mail pictures to us often so we can keep up with how our babies are doing as they travel thru life with you and yours. We love to hear or read the stories of all the wild, wonderful and funny things they've done. If Rette and I happen to be in your area, we'd love to stop by and see our "grandkids," if you'll allow it.
If, for whatever reason, you're unable to keep your Maine Coon, even as a well-aged adult, keep this in mind: By contract, your pet is not to be sold or transferred to anyone without the express written consent of Coon River. Your pet can never be placed in a shelter or a pet rescue facility, or simply turned loose to fend for itself under any circumstance. In those cases, he or she must be returned to Coon River.
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Williamsburg's artist community mourned the death of a popular musician who gave the popular hipster community its beat.
Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs, 34, a drummer with several bands, who grew up and perfected his artistry in Georgia, fell to his death Nov. 8 after trying to jump from an elevator stuck between floors at a benefit party on Berry Street.
Fuchs, who lived in Bushwick, was a major player in the burgeoning Williamsburg music scene - touring, playing and performing with several bands including Vineland, Juan MacLean, Turing Machine, Holy Ghost!, LCD Soundsystem and Maserati.
"He was someone who was friends with everyone he met and was just a gregarious face you'd see at the party, or at the bar, or on the street - making jokes and being entertaining with lots of Southern charm," said Todd Patrick, who books bands in several alternative spaces throughout Brooklyn.
"There aren't that many people who you barely know but you still feel real loss for when they're gone - but it really took a chunk out of me yesterday when I heard that Jerry had died," he added.
Sheryl Witlen, a consultant at Sneak Attack Media and a local DJ, called Fuchs' death a terrible loss to the entire community and especially DFA Records who produced some of the bands for which he played.
"It is incredibly shocking and sad when you lose anyone so talented at such a young age. In many ways Fuchs was the pulsating heartbeat within the Williamsburg music community," said Witlen.
"He represented the best and the brightest of everything that is organic and inspiring coming out of the Brooklyn scene. He will be sorely missed by DFA, all of his fans, family and friends," she added.
The incident in which Fuchs died happened at about 12:30 a.m. at 338 Berry Street, a mixed-use commercial and residential building.
Fuchs was in the freight elevator with another male guest when it got stuck between floors.
The friend jumped down a few feet to the fifth floor, but in trying to jump down, Fuchs' clothing caught on the elevator, yanking him back benath the elevator, at which point he fell down the shaft.
Fuchs died at Bellevue Hospital at 3:30 a.m.
Department of Buildings spokesperson Carly Sullivan said the agency investigated after the accident and found no mechanical issues with elevator.
It appears the two individuals manually operated the elevator, which stopped a little above the fifth floor, she said.
"There's no pending issues with the elevator at this point and no open violations concerning the elevator," Sullivan added.
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If you go
What: Breast Cancer Fund benefit and good luck send-off for Rosanne Iversen's climb of Mount Shasta
Where: Cantina, 818 Lincoln Avenue
When: 6 p.m. Monday; grand prize drawing at 9 p.m.
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Steamboat Springs Only a year out of chemotherapy, Steamboat Springs resident Rosanne Iversen's next uphill battle will be climbing Mount Shasta with other cancer survivors to benefit the Breast Cancer Fund.
"There's a lot of similarities between going through something like breast cancer and a climb. They're life-changing, transforming, and you come out of each of them a different person," Iversen said. "This is how I can give back, by giving back to breast cancer."
Iversen was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2007. She underwent surgery and chemotherapy last year. With her cancer now in remission, Iversen called the upcoming Climb Against the Odds as the final step to getting her life back.
Cantina will donate all proceeds from sales Monday to the Breast Cancer Fund in honor of Rosanne's climb. The Breast Cancer Fund, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization founded in 1992, works to identify and eliminate environmental causes of breast cancer while also raising awareness of the disease and making it a public health priority.
A woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer is one in eight. Breast cancer incidence in the United States increased more than 40 percent between 1973 and 1998, according to the Breast Cancer Fund.
"Breast cancer is a cause I feel very strongly about, and I wanted to do what I could," said Cantina co-owner Kristi Brown, whose mother suffered from the disease. "I thought Rosanne's climb was certainly worthy of celebration."
Raffle tickets can be purchased at the door for prizes donated by SmartWool, Mountain Hardwear, Steamboat Pilates, Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, Orange Peel Cycles, Sweet Potato Lingerie, Ski Haus and Sport Stalker. The grand prize, a Moots road bike frame, is valued at $2,725.
Iversen has been training hard the past several months for her climb of Mount Shasta, which will take place June 15 to 21. She plans to bike 46 miles Sunday in celebration of her 46th birthday, and hiked Quandary Peak last weekend on skis.
The team of 33 survivors and supporters participating in Climb Against the Odds 2008 hails from eight states and the District of Columbia, Canada and Japan. Climbers range in age from 15 to 65.


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- The 2012 Toyota Camry has been named the most reliable car in the 2013 CarMD Vehicle Health Index.
- The 2012 Nissan Altima was ranked number two, while the 2011 Toyota Corolla came in third.
- Hyundai has been named the most reliable manufacturer in the study.
COSTA MESA, California — Hyundai has been named the most reliable manufacturer and the 2012 Toyota Camry has been named the most reliable car in the 2013 CarMD Vehicle Health Index.
The rest of the top 10 most reliable vehicles for this year are the 2012 Nissan Altima, 2011 Toyota Corolla, 2011 Toyota Camry, 2011 Nissan Rogue, 2012 Nissan Rogue, 2012 Nissan Sentra, 2010 Hyundai Elantra, 2011 Nissan Sentra and 2012 Mazda 3.
The 2012 Camry unseated the Toyota Corolla, which earned the top spots in the past two CarMD rankings.
This year's data is based on more than 151,000 specific repairs performed on model year 2003-'13 vehicles from October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013.
The CarMD report, which compares the combined "check engine" repair incidents and costs, ranks the top 10 manufacturers, top 100 vehicles overall, top vehicles by category and the most common repairs by make. After two straight years of finishing 2nd to Toyota, Hyundai took the top manufacturer spot for its low frequency of repairs.
Interestingly, the CarMD report notes that Hyundai's quality rating actually dropped a bit from 2012, but Toyota's dropped even more. While both Hyundai and Toyota vehicles experienced higher costs compared to 2012, the report states that Hyundai owners "saw less impact," with its top rating fueled by "low repair frequency."
CarMD also found that fully half of vehicles from the top-ten rated manufacturers (Hyundai, Toyota, Nissan, Kia and Volkswagen) saw more frequent repair-shop visits and an increase in average repair costs. Overall, the report found repair costs up 10 percent this year after six years of steady decreases.
Edmunds says: An important study for car shoppers to consider as they peruse the used-car lots and new-car showrooms.


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On this episode of The Young and the Restless, Victoria wears a blue peplum top. If she was one of the American Girl dolls, wouldn't she be Samantha Parkington from the Victorian era? Victoria is not only brunette like the historical plaything but was also raised in a wealthy family and learned sooner rather than later that a person's worth isn't measured by their money. A major difference between the two, however, is Samantha was an orphan. Though for all purposes, Victoria's ongoing feud with her father since 1904 and her mother's personal problems meant she pretty much raised herself. And to add a cherry to the ice cream parlor sundae? Victoria was a doll last year for Halloween.
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Poly pipe couplings
I found and replaced what I thought was a bad poly pipe coupling in my water line - using 1 - 1/4" ID poly pipe - rated 75 psi - for my water line - the couplings are also barbed insert 1-1/4" poly. After changing the coupling I seem to still have a small leak - right at the fitting.
I thought maybe the clamps just needed to be tightened - so I did that - still leaking - cranked one down until I actually broke it (then replaced it) and there's still a drip coming from that joint under pressure. The ends of the pipe look clean - no scratches or marks etc.
Same couplings work great on lighter (thin wall) poly but not so good on the heavier 75 psi pipe that I have buried. It's almost like the gear clamps don't tighten down enough.
Isn't this the standard pipe / coupling combo that most others use? What am I doing wrong? Is there a better clamp I should be using? or maybe I should use a stainless steel coupling instead? This is getting a bit frustrating.
I would recommend red brass barbed fittings...then 2 clamps per barbed end...pulling opposite directions, with the threaded portion 180* opposite each other. To get the pipe on the fitting, heat the end slightly with a small soldering torch. The pipe will become very shiny when it's up to temperature. With the pipe still warm, install your clamps.
thanks RippySkippy - I will give that a try :thumbsup:
ok - couldn't find brass so I used a galvanized coupling instead (still not buried so I can change if necessary) - looks like no more leaks anywhere. All set to test again.
I prime the line and the pump, fire it up, and it pumps like crazy - ran it for 5 minutes straight (hooked up garden hose and just let it run). I have clear braided pvc on the pump fittings so I can see the flow - no air bubbles, etc. All seemed good. I shut off the hose (valve) and the pressure in the bladder tank builds to 40 psi and pump shuts off. So far so good. But almost immediately after the pump stops (at 40 psi) the pressure drops right off to 30 psi - and then holds steady there. Again I check the whole run for leaks - nothing. Pressure holding steady at 30 psi. I open the hose valve - water flows from the tank and pressure starts to drop - just below 20 psi the pump kicks in again. Seems to work exactly as it should (on at @ 20 psi, off @ 40 psi)
So - everything looks fine - except the instant the pump hits 40 psi and shuts off the pressure in the line drops to 30.
I figured maybe air in the line, but it runs, pumps, stops, starts, etc. without so much as a sputter or fart. In the hour or so of playing around I must have stopped and started 20 times and never lost prime. Must have pumped a hundred gallons. Every start the pump immediately ramps up pressure. For sure any air in the line would have been sucked into the pump over that time, no? I just don't see any sign of air.
Can't see any leak anywhere - even at 30 psi. Foot valve maybe?
Changed the foot valve - thought maybe the valve was sluggish or something? not even sure that makes sense? no difference.
Just for fun I spent 10 minutes and put a check valve right next to the pump intake - reprimed the line and fired it up. At 40 psi it shut off and held solid. So I rule out problems at the tank / pump.
So somewhere, somehow in my intake line between tank and foot valve I'm dropping @ 10 psi.
Losing pressure and also losing my sanity.
This run is approx 100 feet of 1 - 1/4" 75psi poly pipe. Could the poly possibly be expanding or stretching enough to cause any noticeable drop in pressure? Could there possible be air trapped in the line even though it primes 1st try and holds prime thru several cycles, gallons, etc.
I don't know where to look.
What am I missing? Any tips appreciated.
Thank you.
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Racing Stripes
The principal human cast consists of a father and daughter. Nolan (Bruce Greenwood), brooding since his wife's accidental death, has withdrawn from the racing game and simply works his farm. His teenage daughter, Channing (Hayden Paniettere), works at the adjacent racetrack.
On a dark and stormy night, a zebra foal is accidentally left behind by a travelling circus. Nolan finds it and takes it home. The little creature, dubbed Stripes (voiced by Frankie Muniz), grows up next to the racetrack thinking that he's the same as any sleek Thoroughbred, apart from the black-and-white coat.
The humans don't realise that their barnyard is full of talking animals: Tucker the Shetland pony (Dustin Hoffman), Franny the goat (Whoopi Goldberg), and a ring-in from the city, a cowardly pelican on the run from the Mob (Joe Pantoliano), plus a couple of jivey, street-talking flies (David Spade and Steve Harvey). When young Stripes expresses the desire to race, his friends do all they can to help him get to the track.
Set in Kentucky, but filmed in South Africa, Racing Stripes mixes comedy and Little Red Engine-style uplift, with occasional pop culture references and a bit of father-daughter bonding. It's as if co-writer-director Frederik Du Chau and his writers wanted to cover every demographic base, but they've combined them rather awkwardly.
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- Change the view to show a one-page view, two-page view, and so on, by selecting the "1 Page View" option at the top of the page and clicking on the dropdown menu.
- Choose the content size by clicking the "Shrink To Fit" option at the top of the page and selecting the content size in the dropdown menu.
- Alternatively, you can simultaneously press CTRL and P keys to print a document in Internet Explorer.
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- Under the General option, select your printer.
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- Under Page Range, select the pages you want to print.
Printing multiple copies
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- Add the number of copies you would like to print in the Number of copies box under the General section.
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Jennifer Hudson: Son's Reaction to Her Weight Loss
As reported by AOL Music, after losing 80 pounds on Weight Watchers, Jennifer Hudson has never felt better. But the former 'American Idol' does admit to some strange side effects from losing those excess pounds — like her own son not recognizing her!
In a new interview with Good Housekeeping, Hudson opens up about the unusual situation. "He's never known me overweight," Jennifer says of her son David. "If he sees a clip of the old Jennifer from 'Dreamgirls,' he doesn't know who it is!"
Despite the fact that little David is confused by Jennifer's former fuller figure, he was actually the person who inspired Hudson to keep the weight off! "Everything changed the day my son was born," she says. "Motherhood brought tremendous responsibilities — none greater than the obligation I felt to get healthy and be there for my son."
"David deserved to have a mama who could run after him without getting wounded or tired, to have a role model who could teach him to make healthy food choices," continues Hudson. "I needed him to grow up with a mama who always would be there for him by caring enough about herself to take control of her health and her eating."
Jennifer is so committed to her healthy lifestyle, that the singer is writing a weight loss memoir — due out this year. While the inspirational book will undoubtedly help many of her fans, Jennifer's pound-shedding ways have also effected those close to her. "Over 75 of them are on Weight Watchers, and they've lost over 2,000 pounds altogether," Hudson says of her large family. "My cousin beat me — she's lost 112 pounds!"


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April 15, 2003
Johnson City, Tenn. - Alex Suarez' first home run of the season, a towering shot over the left field fence, snapped a 5-5 tie in the seventh as the Tennessee Volunteers went on to defeat the East Tennessee State Buccaneer's, 8-6, at Howard Johnson Field.
Tennessee (21-14) took advantage of its two-out opportunities as it plated its first five runs with two men out in battling to a 5-5 deadlock after four innings.
Suarez' lead-off home run in the seventh off loser Josh Kite (2-6) opened the door for the Vols as they plated three runs in taking an 8-5 lead. Kyle Norrid drew a four-pitch walk before scoring on a double by Walter Sevilla who took third on the throw. Sevilla then plated the eighth run on Josh Alley's perfect sacrifice bunt.
Caleb Moore tripled and scored in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 8-6.
Five Volunteers, led by Brian Cleveland's three singles, collected at least two hits as they out-hit ETSU 13-9.
Brandon Crowe (2-0) earned the win after pitching 6 1/3 innings of relief, giving up one run on three hits with five strikeouts.
Andy Howdeshell's first-inning lead off home run to right, his sixth, gave the Bucs (10-22) a quick 1-0 lead.
The Vols then struck for four in the second in taking a 4-1 lead. Justin Branson's two-out double following back-to-back singles by Brian Cleveland and Walter Sevilla got the first two across, before two straight walks and a Buc error led to two more runs.
After Jordan Abromovitz' third home run to right in the second, ETSU plated three in the third on two hits in taking a 5-4 lead. The Bucs loaded the bases on a double by Howdeshell and two walks before Steven Calicutt was hit by a pitch scoring Howdseshell. Shane Byrne then delivered a two-run single to right center chasing Vol starter Rob Fitzgerald giving them the lead.
Tennessee tied the game 5-5 in the fourth when Nick Crowe scored on a double steal after reaching on two-out walk and taking third on Jordan Czarniecki's second hit of the night.
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Other Notable Surveys and Studies
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) is an ongoing nationally representative study that focuses on children's early school experiences beginning with kindergarten and following children through eighth grade. The ECLS-K provides descriptive information on children's status at entry to school, their transition into school, and their progression and performance through eighth grade. The longitudinal nature of the ECLS-K data enables researchers to study how a wide range of family, school, community, and individual variables associate with performance in school. In part, this research is in response to an increased public awareness of the importance of children's early experiences to their later school success.
The study is representative of children who were enrolled in kindergarten during the 1998-99 school year, and was freshened to be representative of children enrolled in first grade in the spring of 2000. During the kindergarten year (1998-99), the study is also representative of kindergarten teachers and schools that offer kindergarten programs. The children in ECLS-K come from both public and private schools and attended both full-day and part-day kindergarten programs. They come from diverse socioeconomic and racial/ethnic backgrounds. Also participating in the study are the children's parents, teachers, and schools.
Information is collected in the fall and the spring of kindergarten (1998-99), the fall and spring of first grade (1999-2000), and the spring of 3rd (2002), 5th (2004) and 8th (2007) grades.
Notable Publications:
- Teacher Qualifications, Instructional Practices, and Reading and Mathematics Gains of Kindergartners (3/2006)
- Fifth Grade: Findings from the Fifth-Grade Follow-Up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (3/2006)
- Instructional Focus in First Grade (3/2006)
- Regional Differences in Kindergartners' Early Education Experiences (6/2005)
- From Kindergarten Through Third Grade: Children's Beginning School Experiences (7/2004)
- Full-day and Half-day Kindergarten in the United States: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (6/2004)
- Kindergarten Teachers: Public and Private School Teachers of the Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (3/2004)
- Schools' Use of Assessments for Kindergarten Entrance and Placement: 1998-99 (3/2003)
- ECLS-K website
- ECLS-K Project Summary PDF, (229KB)
Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)
The Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) is designed to monitor the transition of a national sample of young people as they progress from tenth grade through high school and on to postsecondary education and/or the world of work. The national sample includes students from public and private schools.
ELS:2002 obtains information not just from students and their school records, but also from students' parents, their teachers, and the administrators (principal and library media center director) of their schools. Using this longitudinal, multilevel information, the base year (2002) and first follow-up (2004) of ELS:2002 will help researchers and policy makers to explore and better understand such issues as the importance of home background and parental aspirations for their child's success; the influence of different curriculum paths and special programs; the effectiveness of different high schools, and whether their effectiveness varies with their size, organization, climate or ethos, curriculum, academic press, or other characteristics. These data will facilitate understanding of the impact of various instructional methods and curriculum content and exposure in bringing about educational growth and achievement.
In the first year of data collection (the 2002 base year) ELS:2002 measured students' tested achievement and obtained information about their attitudes and experiences. These same students were surveyed and tested again, two years later in 2004 to measure their achievement gains in mathematics, as well as changes in their status, such as transfer to another high school, early completion of high school, or leaving high school before graduation. The third round of data collection is taking place in 2006 in areas such as high school completion, enrollment in postsecondary education, employment, and family formation. Cohort members will be followed a number of years thereafter so that later outcomes, such as their persistence and attainment in higher education, or their transition into the labor market, can be understood in terms of their earlier aspirations, achievement, and high school experiences.
ELS:2002 is the fourth in a series of school-based longitudinal studies. The studies preceding it are the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72), High School and Beyond (HS&B), and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88; see below). All of these studies deal with the transition of American youth from secondary schooling to subsequent education and work roles. ELS:2002 must be seen in the context of these prior NCES high school studies.
Notable Publications:
- An Examination of the Conditions of School Facilities Attended by 10th-Grade Students in 2002 (10/2005)
- A Profile of the American High School Senior in 2004: A First Look. Initial Results From the First Follow-up of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (10/2005)
- A Profile of the American High School Sophomore in 2002: Initial Results From the Base Year of the Longitudinal Study of 2002 (3/2005)
- The High School Sophomore Class of 2002: A Demographic Description. First Results From the Base Year of the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (4/2004)
Current Population Survey (CPS): October Supplement
The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly household survey conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics to provide information about employment, unemployment, and other characteristics of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. CPS is a probability sample survey of households. Since the late 1960s, NCES has funded a supplement for CPS. The October Supplement routinely gathers data on school enrollment and educational attainment for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education in any type of public, parochial, or other private school in the regular school system. Related data are also collected about preschooling and the general adult population. In addition, NCES regularly funds additional items on education-related topics such as language proficiency, disabilities, computer use and access, student mobility, and private school tuition.
Notable Publications:
Issues Related to Estimating the Home-Schooled Population in the United States with National Household Survey Data (9.2000)