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Mark Twain, who had made his living as a Mississippi steamboat pilot before the Civil War and had gone on to be a printer, a journalist, and a sometime prospector, could hardly have imagined that his comic tale "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," which appeared originally under the more modest title "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog," was to change his life forever and establish him in a career which was to lead to him becoming one of America's greatest writers.
Certainly the tale is moderately amusing, but it seemed to catch the imagination of the American reader, and Twain was to follow it up with equally artful stories and lecture tours which were to make him well known some time before the artistic success of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Part of the reason for the success of the story lies in its moderation, its seeming lack of artfulness. Good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler tells the story to the unsuspecting Mark Twain, who is, in fact, trying to find out about an entirely different man, the Reverend Leonidas W. Smiley. What he gets is a rambling, disjointed, ungrammatical tale of Jim Smiley, who sometime back in 1849 or 1850 had provided the locals with entertainment with his antics as a gambler.
Style is a strong element in the power of the tale. Twain sets himself up as the straight man for the dead-panned raconteur, who, once he gets started, is impossible to stop. Twain (the character) provides part of the amusement in his indignation. His letter to A. Ward (which is the exterior framing device for the story) is a complaint to the effect that Ward (probably Artemus Ward, who was himself a popular humorist) had deliberately misled Twain, knowing that the surname "Smiley" would trigger the long reminiscence in Wheeler. The style of the first paragraph of the letter has a kind of prim formality about it and the sophisticated facility of an educated writer barely able to suppress his grudging suspicion that he has been made the fool.
This style of fastidious restraint continues, but when Wheeler begins to speak, the prose relaxes into a homey, genial vulgarity and sly wit which immediately establishes the old man as a master teller of tall tales. Whether the story is true hardly matters; its real power lies in the telling. The way in which the "fifteen-minute nag" fumbles her way to the finish line and the look that Andrew Jackson, the bull-pup, gives to Smiley after the defeat by a dog without hind legs are examples of how skilled Twain was in writing cleverly without seeming to be writing at all.
Twain shows equal skill in the dialogue between Smiley and his supposed victim. The repetitions, the grammatical errors, the misspellings to indicate accent, and the wary rejoinders have a seamlessness about them which gives them an air of authenticity, of improvisational vivacity, which is part of Twain's charm as a comic writer. The story's success lies in Twain's ability to make it sound like the real thing: the loose-tongued babble of an old man who has caught another innocent fellow by the ear. Twain, the victim, twice-bitten (once by Ward and once by Smiley's narrator, Simon Wheeler), can only get away, if good-naturedly, by running for cover. The story's secret is not the trick it describes but the structure and use of style.
Beyond its technical cleverness, however, the popularity of the story lay in large part in the fact that Twain refrains from patronizing his unlettered inhabitants of Calaveras County. Smiley may have been fooled this time, but he is usually the victor and is likely to rebound. His proposed victim is to be congratulated on his quickness of mind; Simon Wheeler may be a bit long-winded, but he tells a good story. If anyone is made to look the fool, it is Twain, the aggrieved letter writer, whose proper way with grammar has not made him any less susceptible to a harmless practical joke. The story's tone, in fact, is one of generosity and good nature. The joke is ultimately on Twain, and he takes it well.
It was this kind of happy tomfoolery in the early stories, with the acceptance of rural America as a place not without its own kind of bucolic silliness and occasional quick wit, which readers and audiences liked about the young writer and performer. The tougher, sharper Twain was yet to come.
The narrator, urged by a friend from the East, decides to call on Simon Wheeler, a good-natured and garrulous old fellow who resides at Angel's Camp, a northern California mining settlement. His errand is to inquire about a certain Reverend Leonidas W. Smiley, but he, the narrator, is already half persuaded that Leonidas W. Smiley never existed. Asking about him will only result in releasing a torrent of Simon Wheeler's boring reminiscences about Jim Smiley.
Simon Wheeler, a genial man, fat and bald-headed, wears a look of perpetual simplicity and tranquillity. As the narrator suspects, Wheeler cannot place Leonidas W. Smiley, but he does recall the presence of a fellow by the name of Jim Smiley who, some years previously, had been an Angel's Camp inhabitant. Wheeler's tone never changes, his voice never wavers from a pattern of earnestness and sincerity as he launches into his tale. He never registers anything but the utmost respect and admiration for the two heroes whose adventures he relates.
Jim Smiley, according to Simon Wheeler, was "always betting on anything that turned up." He would lay odds on either side of a bet, and if he could not find a taker for the other side, he would simply change sides. He bet on horse races, dog fights, and chicken fights. If he had had the opportunity, he would have bet on how long a straddle bug's flight was between one destination and another—then he would have followed the bug all the way to Mexico, if he had needed to, in order to win a bet. Smiley would bet on anything.
Smiley loved to employ animals in his betting schemes. He had a mare, an old nag really, but he used to win money on her, for all that she was slow and prey to myriad diseases such as asthma, distemper, and consumption. He also had a bull-pup, named Andrew Jackson, that he had taught to fight using a most peculiar strategy. Andrew Jackson always went for his opponent's hind legs, and, holding these in a vise-like grip, could hold on for a year. Smiley always won money on that pup until he came up against a dog whose hind legs had been sawed off with a circular saw.
One day Smiley caught a frog and took him home, swearing that all a frog needed was a good education—he stayed home for three months educating him. Daniel Webster was the creature's name, and Jim trained him so well that all he would have to do was yell, "Flies, Dan'l, flies," and the frog would leap off counters, displaying amazing feats of skill to startled onlookers. A modest frog, too, Daniel Webster was not given to airs despite his great gift of agility. So naturally Jim Smiley began to bet on him, and he would take on all comers. He was exceedingly proud of his frog, convinced that Daniel was the finest example of the species to be found.
Once a stranger to Angel's Camp saw Jim's frog and inquired as to what he was good for. Jim eagerly explained that Daniel Webster could outjump any frog in Calaveras County. "I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog," the stranger observed. However, he sportingly declared that he would bet with Smiley, if only he had a frog himself. Jim took that bet, and a sum of forty dollars was wagered. Then Smiley willingly went off to the swamp to look for another frog. In his absence, the stranger pried open Daniel Webster's mouth and filled him full of quail shot. When Smiley returned with another frog, both contestants were placed on the ground, and each was given a push from behind by his respective human. The new frog hopped off immediately, but Daniel Webster remained behind, as if bolted to the ground. The stranger collected his forty dollars and readily departed.
Smiley was dumbfounded by this turn of events and picked up the frog. Feeling his radically increased weight, he turned the animal upside down and Daniel Webster belched out a double handful of shot. Smiley set out after the stranger, but he never caught him.
At this point the narrator interrupts Wheeler's tale, assuring him that further information about Jim Smiley would shed no light on the activities of Leonidas W. Smiley. Lacking the desire to hear anything further relating to Jim Smiley, he leaves.


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Greek Musical Writings: Volume 1, the Musician and His Art
€ 68,49
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September 2004
BeschreibungThis book is the first of two volumes offering a selection of Greek writings on music, newly translated into English and equipped with an extensive commentary. This volume contains passages from Greek poets, historians and essayists, evoking or describing aspects of the practical activities of musical performance and composition, together with excerpts from philosophers and social critics who comment on the moral, education and aesthetic dimensions of the art. Music was of fundamental importance in the culture of ancient Greece. Its nature and significance cannot now, perhaps, be fully recaptured, but we have a rich fund of information about the Greek experience of music, its forms, its meanings, its social roles, and the practical details of its composition and performance.
InhaltsverzeichnisList of illustrations; List of authors and passages quoted; Acknowledgements; Texts and abbreviations; Transliteration of Greek words; Introduction; 1. Homer; 2. Hesiod; 3. The Homeric hymns; 4. From Archilochus to the late sixth century; 5. Pindar; 6. Fifth-century tragedy; 7. The musical revolution of the later fifth century; 8. Aristophanes; 9. Xenophon; 10. Plato; Appendix A. The harmoniai; Appendix B. Damon; 11. Aristotle; 12. The Hibeh papyrus on music; 13. Theophrastus; 14. The Aristotelian problems; 15. The Plutarchian treatise on music; Appendix A. The nomoi; Appendix B. The spondeion and the spondeiazon tropos; 16. Athenaeus; Appendix: Athenaeus' sources; Bibliography of works by modern authors; Index.
Pressestimmen'This book ... contains passages in which ancient opinions are expressed on the status, function and practice of music in Greek life ... The translated passages are well supplied with explanatory notes that ... give the Greekless reader as much information as can be reasonably extracted from the original ... As such it is essential reading for any historian of ancient music.' The Musical Times
Untertitel: 'Greek Musical Writings'. Revised. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum: September 2004
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TULSA, Okla. -- Freshmen Markus Kerner and Sean Karl both lost in the second round of singles pre-qualifying Sunday at the ITA All-American Championships.
Kerner rallied in the second set but lost to UAB's Chris Helliar 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 in his match. Karl fell to Farris Gosea of Illinois 6-0, 6-2.
The All-American qualifying draw was released Sunday with matches set to begin Monday morning. Junior Brandon Fickey will play Adrien Berkowicz of Texas at 12:30 p.m. Eastern. Senior Jarryd Chaplin will take on Auburn's Dennis Lengsfield at 3:30 p.m.
Chaplin, who reached the last round of qualifying last year, played Lengsfield at No. 3 singles during the SEC regular season finale in April. He held match point in a tight contest, up 7-6, 6-5 when senior Edward Jones clinched the 4-0 team victory.
Fickey will face Berkowicz for the first time Monday. Berkowicz was a two-time NJCAA champion before joining the Longhorns.


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How to Eat and Exercise to Prevent Age-Related Muscle Loss from Sarcopenia (Page 7)
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"It's massively important for building muscle—and preventing it from vanishing in the first place," says Paddon-Jones. About 20 to 30 minutes of resistance training, three times a week, is what's often recommended. But research shows that one to two short resistance workouts each week can improve muscle mass and strength. The key is to really tax your muscles and to vary your workouts by mixing up the exercises, number of reps and the weight you use (e.g., heavy weights and fewer reps one day, lighter weights and more reps the next). Also, make sure you get some protein in your system about an hour or so before (or right after) you hit the gym. The marriage of protein and exercise gives you added benefits. Paddon-Jones found that study participants who noshed on 30 grams of protein pre-workout increased their muscle-building potential by 100 percent. If you lift weights on protein fumes, on the other hand, you won't get nearly the same results. But grabbing a high-protein snack, particularly milk or whey protein, post-workout can be beneficial as well.


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Date of Stay: June, 2011
We stayed here in our 28 foot travel trailer, and my nephew and his friend stayed in a tent on our site. Although the nightly rate is reasonable, it costs an additional $10 per night per car to cover the Wisconsin state park fees. This drove the nightly rate up to $38 per night. The office is run by an extremely rude woman. The parking pad was level and the site was ok although we prefer a site that is off the road a little bit. There was no flat space to use under our awning, and since it rained every day of our stay we were stuck inside. Wood is $5 for a very small amount of wood. Even in the rain we spent $10 for wood and still didn't have a fire for more than 2 hours. In addition they won't deliver it to your site, you have to pick it up yourself. We were amazed to find a number of sites that are located on the edge of the street. Park your rv there and walk up into the woods a bit for your fire pit and picnic table. The shore of Lake Michigan is gorgeous. The outhouses are acceptable. It is not likely we will stay here again.
Date of Stay: June, 2011
We stayed here in our 28 foot travel trailer. My nephew and his friend stayed in a tent on our site with us. The cost is $8 per person per night. However, if you want electric it is an additional $5 per person per night. That made the price ridiculous. We found the hosts to be very nice, and extremely accommodating. We like wi-fi when we camp and although we found 2 connections available, the bar/lounge bartender told us to ask the campground for the password, and the campground hosts told us to ask at the bar/lounge. We never did get the password. The showers were acceptable, but 25 cents buys you 2 minutes. The bathrooms in the shower house were clean. There were outhouses right next to our site that were disgusting. Wood is $10, but it buys u a good amount. We did participate in rafting. That was a good time, and most likely the only reason we would stay here again.
Date of Stay: September, 2010
The campground hosts were very friendly, polite and professional. Large shady or sunny sites depending on your preference, also sites available on the river. There are a number of stray cats in the park, some are sweet and some just avoid you. The facilities were clean and functional, however they could use updating. There is a strong sulfur smell in all the water, If you put it in your camper the water in your camper will smell. I used their water to rinse out my water bottle before filling it with spring water, the sulfur smell made the water undrinkable. We may stay here again, however, we would bring water with us.
Date of Stay: August, 2010
Like other KOAs I have read about, this one has recently cut their sites in half making 2 sites out of 1. The electric box and water faucet for our neighbors site was under our awning. Upon arrival I asked for a new site and was told there were none other available; they were "booked up" for the weekend, however half the sites stayed empty our entire 4 day stay. The pool was extremely crowded and we noticed the majority of the people in the pool left the park when they were done, so this serves as a pool for the area NOT the campground specifically. The fees we received drove the price way up, although Wi-Fi was advertised as free we were required to pay for it after the first 24 hours. There were additional car fees, although no space provided to park the additional car. The rain caused our tiny site to turn into a mud puddle, and the staff was quite rude. We will not stay here again.
Date of Stay: July, 2010
Hosts were polite campground was clean. It was nice to stay right on the river, however this campground is in the center of Oconto, so we had some traffic noise and across the river was a neighborhood that was unsightly. We prefer camping in the woods, but it wasn't a bad little campground.


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The good name of Chattertons has been established since 1893 and we are extremely proud of our roots and love to talk about our history, we have a small selection of historical pieces from our more recent past, dispayed at our New Eltham office.
The business was acquired by Michael Healey (FNAEA) in 1981 and his vision to offer great service from a company that could be trusted is as strong today as the day he set out to continue the story of Chattertons.
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Has anyone sold a gun on guntrader any tips on using it I don't want to sell a gun to a criminal what should I do. Or if anyone has a better idea where to sell a gun.
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Has anyone sold a gun on guntrader any tips on using it I don't want to sell a gun to a criminal what should I do. Or if anyone has a better idea where to sell a gun.
If it makes you feel more secure, you can elect to send the gun from an FFL at your end. Out here in AZ, few dealers will accept handgun transfers except from another FFL.
Just sell them FTF. In a large city it is no problem.
I have 5 or 6 guns for sale right now and this past three months have sold three other ones.... and over the past few years it's been a good number.
I almost always send it through my FFL to theirs. Once I sent it directly to their FFL and I've done two FTF. In Texas, there's nothing really required for face to face, but I still have them sign a receipt stating they can legally own a handgun. Just in case....it keeps me clear on my end. Again, that's in Texas.
I can even send a handgun to another individual through UPS with no FFL involved, though they won't at my UPS hub, which is fine with me.
Depending on what State you live in, guns may sold, loaned, traded or gifted to another person who can legally posses a firearm to another person within your state. Several states allow intrastate transfer without an FFL. Some extend this only to rifles and shotguns, others allow all types of guns to be sold or traded intrastate.
In FL. , No problem FTF. But I would make sure they had a CWPL & get #'s ; )
I just sold my gun locally without any problem. It's one simple piece of paper, or an even smaller one if they have their CPL. Local is much easier than sending it through an FFL.
I replied to you that several states do not allow intrastate transfer of guns. Other states have provision that limit what type of gun can be transfered intrastate without an FFL. If you never leave your state boarders you may buy and sell guns in YOUR state. If you buy a gun from out of state you will need to go through an FFL. I'm not going to go through all 57 states and protectorates but you can obtain this information for yourself. ATF Publication 5300.5.
I love selling on Guinbroker. or Auction Arms. The customers pays you 1st, you ship to a FFL of his choice. Then it's up to the Dealer to say if he is legal to get it or not, not me. I just shipped it to a legal dealer.


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General News | 1st April 2008
Notts sign local seamer
Nottinghamshire have added to their battery of fast bowlers by signing exciting young local prospect Luke Fletcher on a one-year contract.
The 19-year-old from Bulwell was a regular for the Second XI last season and has spent the winter working at Trent Bridge while attending fitness sessions with the team.
He was part of the squad who have just returned from a pre-season tour of South Africa and performed well in front of Director of Cricket Mick Newell, who believes he has plenty of potential.
Newell said: "Luke has worked very hard over the winter and has impressed all the coaching staff over the past 12 months.
"He's definitely someone we want to continue looking at over a longer period of time and will be expected to provide competition and pressure on the first-team bowlers.
"It's nice to have another local lad in the squad and I know how keen he is to make a career in cricket, and play for Notts."
Fletcher, who stands 6ft 6ins tall, plays for Papplewick in the Notts Premier League alongside Notts bowling coach Phil DeFreitas and is delighted to have joined the staff at Trent Bridge.
He said: "Phil was one of the first to say to me that if I put in the effort I might have a chance of making it as a pro. I'd never really taken cricket seriously up to last year and having worked hard to get this far, I'm not stopping now.
"Last summer I was a bit star-struck when I was around the dressing room but having spent time with the players on pre-season, I now feel settled in and a full part of the squad.
"I can't wait for the season to start and I'm determined to push on from here for a first-team place before the end of the season."


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Always trying to stay ahead of the game, this fall Bauer is releasing their next stick in the Supreme line, the TotalOne NXG. With this much anticipated stick, Bauer is really pushing the envelope.
A couple of the biggest upgrades to the stick from the original TotalOne, is in the durability department. For this year, Bauer incorporated their eLASTech technology, already found in the APX and Nexus sticks. What this does is limits the spread of micro-fractures, from slashes and puck impact, keeping the stick stronger for longer and increasing the "Pop-life" of the stick. In the blade, they have brought in their dual density core. This brings together the Power Core 3 technology, that has unmatched feel on the puck, and Aero Foam II, which provides great torsional stiffness while remaining extremely light. This combination results in a lightweight blade, with great stiffness to prevent blade deflection and keep the face square on shots, while still having great feel.
The shaft of the NXG is the Supreme Power Shaft, featuring square, double concave walls, with a taper that is thicker in the hosel area. In coordination with the amplified mid kick, this taper minimizes shaft deflection while loading up for powerful shots to optimize energy transfer and keeps the blade aligned for accuracy. The shafts Tac-Spiral ridges increase sensory connection to the stick. Combined with the Supreme's squared corners and double concave walls, Tac-Spiral gives a great grip in even the most aggressive stickhandling or shooting situations.
The NXG features an amplified mid kick, engineered to provide maximum energy loading and output with minimal effort. It is stiffer in the lower section of the shaft and softer in the middle to easily energy load.
The TotalOne NXG also has many features that have been seen in other top end Bauer sticks, like Bauer's TeXtreme technology, a carbon that is 20% lighter than conventional carbons without sacrificing strength. Their Monocomp technology leads the industry as a single molding process, increasing consistency. By removing overlapping composite, resin and foam, it balances the stick better and reduces overall weight. The NXG also has Bauer's Pure Shot Blade Profile, this is an expanded throat, strengthening the connection between shaft and blade, to reduce twisting of the blade, therefore keeping the blade square for more accuracy.
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Adam Hill Defends Adele Against Joan Rivers Fat Jokes [VIDEO]
You go Adam Hill! He totally rips Joan Rivers a new one!
I love Adele, and am a huge fan of hers. Nothing irritates me more than when people make comments about her weight. Quit dwelling on her weight, even though she isn't your typical stick skinny pop star, I think she's gorgeous and I don't think needs to lose a single pound. Also she has a voice that is unparalleled by most artists today. Just last week on 'The Late Show With David Letterman' Joan Rivers decided to make some truly distasteful remarks about Adele's weight Comedian Adam Hill didn't find these remarks funny, and he LAID into her on his show.
I have to say it's annoying when all I hear is people talking about Adele's weight and cracking jokes, Adam Hill makes an awesome point when he says "Adele is one of the few pop stars today that I would want my daughter to look up to." I completely agree! You go Adam Hill!
Check out the video below of him just giving it to Joan Rivers! The video starts out with her cracking fat jokes, so you can see what he is talking about.


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The actor Samantha Morton has revealed in today's Guardian that at 14 she was charged with attempted murder and convicted of threats to kill.
Morton, 31, spent years in children's homes and has just directed her first film - about a girl growing up in a children's home. She has decided to talk publicly about her criminal conviction for the first time in a week when a Commons select committee report warned that the state is failing to adequately protect children in care from sexual exploitation, homelessness and falling into crime and concluded that there had to be greater investment in children in care.
Morton was in a children's home in Nottingham when the incident occurred. She explained that there was a riot, the home was on fire, and the police were already on the scene when she picked up a knife and threatened to kill an older girl who had bullied her for a long time. "I was physically abused and I retaliated," said Morton. "The only person I hurt in the end was myself.
"I was locked in a cell for three days. It was terrible. I just sat there thinking, I don't want this life - I'm not a petty criminal. I'm not a thug. I was so ashamed of myself." The initial charge of attempted murder was reduced to threats to kill. She was sentenced to 18 weeks at an attendance centre, and said it turned her life round. "I felt humbled. I felt remorse, I felt embarrassed."
In the interview, in Weekend magazine, Morton said in future she hoped to work with children in care. "What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless you get into crime, prostitution and drugs, and it's a vicious circle. That's what we need to change."


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Commissioners catch an earful about BP settlement, beach vending
By DOTTY NIST
Recent public discussions related to the Walton County Tourist Development Council's (TDC) recent settlement with BP and vending of chairs and umbrellas on the beach became heated.
The matters came up at the March 11 Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) meeting at the South Walton Annex.
Walton County Attorney Mark Davis was the first to discuss the TDC settlement with BP, saying that he would seek an attorney general's opinion and possibly also a Florida Ethics Commission's opinion on matters related to a contract between the TDC, the county, and law firms in connection with the litigation against BP. Davis said he was doing this as a result of issues raised by the public and individual commissioners. "I have some questions," Davis added.
Davis went on to explain that there was some question as to whether the contract had been approved by the BCC or not. He noted that a vote on a contract after the fact is considered a remedy in such situations. He told the commissioners that he would put the contract on the agenda for their next meeting.
Coming forward to comment, Miramar Beach resident Suzanne Harris told the commissioners that she had been "appalled" to learn recently that Clay Adkinson, the TDC attorney, had also been "getting paid" by the attorneys hired to represent the TDC in seeking funds from BP in the litigation.
Harris saw this as a conflict but did not provide an explanation.
She asked each commissioner and County Administrator/former Commissioner Larry Jones if they had known that Adkinson would be getting money (a percentage) from the BP settlement with the TDC. Three current commissioners had not been on the BCC when the contract was signed in 2011. All answered Harris' question in the negative, although District 4 Commissioner Sara Comander said she recalled voting to hire the Adkinson Law Firm as local representative for Beasley Allen in connection with the litigation.
Harris pointed out that this was the county lawsuit against BP, separate from the one filed in connection with the TDC's losses related to the oil spill.
Comander said she had no recollection of the Adkinson Law Firm being hired to represent the TDC. She added she would prefer to wait for the results of Davis' inquiries before passing judgment.
Davis also commented that he had not previously noticed the Adkinson Law Firm's name appearing on the paperwork for the TDC litigation.
Harris went on to question certain travel-related expenses incurred by Adkinson, the former TDC director, and a former county commissioner in connection with the litigation, charging that taxpayer money had been misspent.
Later in the meeting, Darrick Lund approached the commissioners in opposition to current code provisions for chair and umbrella vendors' morning access to the beach during sea turtle nesting season.
County code currently provides for access to the beach at 8 a.m. or after a morning sea turtle nesting survey is completed, whichever is earlier.
Charging a lack of communication, Lund said vendors had received complaints from tourists about delay in having their chairs and umbrellas delivered. He also spoke of the possibility of heat exhaustion of vendors due to the delay.
Lund suggested that vendors be allowed to become South Walton Turtle Watch volunteers so that they could do sea turtle nesting surveys on their area of the beach themselves.
He pointed out that the code does not place restrictions on "tourists" accessing the beach in the morning. He told the commissioners that the public might place items on the beach that could harm sea turtles. Lund recommended revising the county's contract with the South Walton Turtle Watch to have turtle surveys end no later than one hour after sunrise and making requirements for vendors and the general public accessing the beach the same.
District 4 Commissioner Sara Comander was in favor of looking at making the changes that Lund had suggested. However District 5 Commissioner Cindy Meadows questioned how it would work for vendors to become turtle watch volunteers. Would they walk a mile of beach to survey for turtle nests before starting to set up, she asked, and if a nest was found, would they want to "hang around" to get it marked before starting to set up their chairs and umbrellas?
Richard Fowlkes of the South Walton Turtle Watch noted that the current ordinance for vendors has not been in place long. He encouraged the commissioners to "give it a chance."
Fowlkes also encouraged vendors to sign up for the phone app that is available to let them know when the sea turtle survey for their area had been completed so that they could access the beach prior to 8 a.m.
"We're out there at dawn," Fowlkes said, adding that the surveys are finished "long before 8 a.m."
Fowlkes said that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had told the turtle watch that it would represent a conflict for vendors to serve as turtle watch volunteers.
"How is it fair to enforce me and not the tourist?" vendor Jimbo Bishop asked the BCC, speaking of morning beach access code provisions.
"There's two sides to it," Meadows commented. She said local people have told her that the vendors "take up the whole beach" with their chairs and umbrellas in some places and that locals cannot get on the beach. Some people cannot afford to rent a beach chair, she added, and "they deserve to get on the beach, too."
After some further discussion, staff were directed to work with the vendors and the turtle watch and bring back information on the matter for the next BCC meeting at the South Walton Annex (4 p.m. on April 8).


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Later today, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is going to unveil a plan that will cut 1,000 state jobs and $700 million from the budget. Earlier this week, the NBA announced that they are laying off 80 people in anticipation of the fiscal crisis.
These are tough times, obviously, but the real story to keep an eye on is the groundbreaking on the New Jersey Nets new building in Brooklyn, which could be set back at least six months, "after an appellate court declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by foes of the plan."
The Nets move was planned to coincide with the 2010 season, which is ground zero for the biggest NBA free agency shopping period ever. The big prize, of course, is LeBron James, and the mere thought of Bron-Bron in New York has pushed the Knicks and Nets into one cost-cutting move after another in an attempt to clear cap space. Both teams have essentially abdicated the next two seasons.
How does the looming financial mess affect the Celtics beyond having 40 percent of their division sell off its assets? It doesn't. Yet.
Long before the world's economic markets went into freefall, the Celtics opened a three-year window of competitiveness. It began last season with the Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen trades, and the first year ended rather nicely, as we all know.
The Celtics went into luxury tax territory to compete, but Allen's contract comes off the books after the 2010 (as does Eddie House and Brian Scalabrine's deals). The only players under contract in 2010 will be Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Kendrick Perkins.
The Celtics will also control the rights of Rajon Rondo (count on Rondo being a major part of the team's future) and JR Giddens. They will also have made decisions on their bevy of second-round picks by then. All of which means that the Celtics will be able to take a step back in 2010 and assess where they are and where they are going.
No, the Celtics aren't likely to be a player for LeBron, but they have some flexibility while still being among the favorites to win an NBA championship, which is a pretty enviable position.
What we don't know is how the crisis will affect the fans. Will they still shell out the dough to watch the C's play the Bucks in January? Will they buy their KG jerseys and over-sized foam hands? The problem with the economy is that we still don't know where the bottom is. Sports were thought to be recession-proof. I suspect we'll be challenging that notion in the next few years.
UPDATE: Quick follow-up on this post. It seems Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project, which would house the Nets, is in a lot more trouble than we originally thought. It's hard to imagine LeBron playing for a Nets team that is located in North Jersey.
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Home from War, Reservists Struggle to Find Support
Amid the spa, cocktail bar and other trappings of The Heldrich Hotel, a luxury hotel in New Brunswick, NJ, are eight couples who have signed up for a weekend retreat – who are trying to get quality time without the kids. But it's not all relaxing, these couples are here to work on their marriages, and they're being led by Staff Sergeant Anthony Mauro in a Strong Bonds for Couples training for New Jersey Army National Guard members and their spouses.
In an afternoon session, Staff Sergeant Mauro asks the couples to split up by gender and make 'Top 10' lists of what they think their spouses need in a relationship.
The women go first.
"Of course at the top of the list we put that men want sex from their wives," the spokeswoman for the group said. "Followed by food and/or a personal chef."
She says men also want submissive women. They don't want to be nagged but they do want a "man cave," an ego boost and a stylist.
The men go next.
"Romance, money, security, communication, honesty, empathy, love and affection … quality time and a lot of chocolate," one of the husbands reads from the list.
Actually, says Staff Sergeant Mauro, studies show love is what most women want in relationships and respect is what men are looking for.
Photo: At the top of the women's list is sex. Romance tops the men's list. Staff Sergeant Mauro says studies show love is what most women want in relationships and respect is what men are looking for. By Abbie Fentress Swanson/WNYC.
These free trainings, according to the Army, have helped lower divorce rates, bring down incidents of family violence and keep soldiers from dropping out of the military.
It's hard to tell if activities like this are helping couples talk to each other and get back on track. But after the session wraps up, Jill Arnstein says she hopes to use what she has learned at the session in her marriage if her husband Jesse gets deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
"It's been really helpful to have other couples to talk to and listen to the experiences and issues that they have," she said. "And see that our issues are very similar to theirs, so it kinda' makes you feel better."
Jesse agreed, saying he also likes an all-expenses paid weekend away from the kids.
"Being in the military, they tell you how to dress, when to work, when to go and everything," he said. "So it's nice to get a perk like this where they can set us up for a free hotel for the weekend. All free meals … so they really rolled out the red carpet when a lot of times the military expects quite a bit of its servicemembers."
Due to the nature of the National Guard and the Reserves, it's not always easy to get help before or after deployments. Unlike active duty servicemembers, National Guard members and reservists train near their hometowns one weekend a month and two weeks each summer with the expectation that they'll help out with disaster response. Many who joined prior to 9/11 never imagined they would do two, three or four combat tours in Iraq or Afghanistan.
"For some of our Guard and Reserve, they are put in situations that A) they weren't psychologically prepared for and B) probably in their training were not well prepared for either," said Dr. Mike DeFalco, who directs the Military Wellness Program at Holliswood Hospital in Queens. "The other piece is when they are finished, they come back to our communities and they're not embedded in that environment that could potentially give them more support."
Photo: Dr. Mike DeFalco, director of the Military Wellness Program at Holliswood Hospital in Queens. By Abbie Fentress Swanson/WNYC.
Experts say supporting these citizen soldiers and their families before and after deployments is critical. But since they do not live on or near a base, they can be far from the services and support that military installations have to offer. Some argue that's led to higher rates of behavioral health issues for Guard members and reservists.
Data backs up this theory. According to an Archives of General Psychiatry report, the PTSD or depression rates for Guard members and reservists can clock in as high as 30 percent, whereas active duty troops have prevalence rates closer to 20 percent. The number of suicides in the National Guard and Reserves also increased by 55 percent in 2010 while the Army's suicide rate among active duty soldiers dropped slightly.
"Trends in suicide among the military has been something that's been increasing," said DeFalco. "And tremendous amounts of attention both in the military and on our provider side and in the VA (Department of Veteran Affairs) side. How do you support and prevent and reduce the numbers?"
Major Jason Fetterolf says Strong Bonds has helped him and his wife adjust from a recent deployment to Afghanistan.
"You come across the commonalities that you can help each other with," he said. "It just makes you feel like you're doing the right thing and you're trying the best that you can and you're going to improve."
In the past year, more than 180,000 soldiers and family members have been to Strong Bonds trainings – up from 90 couples in 1999. And it's not just couples. Strong Bonds workshops are also offered to single soldiers, families with children, and to soldiers and families facing deployment.
Critics say there are shortcomings to support groups and programs like this: they're under-resourced and don't directly provide services. They also argue it's not enough to have an open door policy for servicemembers and their families who may seriously need help.
The Army plans to release the results of a study on the program's effectiveness later this summer.
Photo caption: The Strong Bonds training includes use of the RAM Model to help military couples work on communication and intimacy in their marriages before and after deployments. By Abbie Fentress Swanson/WNYC.
But Fetterolf says he's actually seen a change in the room since the session started.
"You could look around the room and look at other couples and see people touching more and realizing this isn't such a bad idea," he said. "Whereas maybe at home it's just too easy to get set in a routine and not want to walk out of the comfort zone and try to open up and communicate better and work towards mutual progress."


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Gordon Ramsay is being sued by current and former employees of his Hollywood restaurant for failing to pay minimum wages and pass on tips.
A class action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday claims The Fat Cow, which is located in an upmarket shopping centre, paid below the Californian legal minimum of around £5 an hour.
It also alleges that the gastro-pub did not provide statutory meal breaks or overtime pay.
Although Ramsay created the menu of his 'favourite dishes', which include lobster mac & cheese and shepherd's pie, he was not responsible for the day- to-day running of the restaurant. A spokesman for the chef, who holds 11 Michelin stars, said: 'We are aware there was a problem with previous management, which has since been changed, but this is totally unacceptable if there is any truth to it.'
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26-year-old Portland pimp has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Nike, claiming the shoe manufacturer is partially responsible for a brutal beating that helped net him a 100-year prison sentence.
Sirgiorgiro Clardy claims Nike should have placed a label in his Jordan shoes warning consumers that they could be used as a dangerous weapon. He was wearing a pair when he repeatedly stomped the face of a john who was trying to leave a Portland hotel without paying Clardy's prostitute in June 2012.
Jurors early in 2013 found him guilty of second-degree assault for using his Jordans -- a dangerous weapon -- to beat the john's face to a pulp. The man required stitches and plastic surgery on his nose.
The jury also found him guilty of robbing the john and beating the 18-year-old woman he forced to work as his prostitute. She was injured so badly that she bled from her ears.
In his three-page complaint handwritten from the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton, Clardy claims that Nike, Chairman Phil Knight and other executives failed to warn consumers that the shoes could be used as a weapon to cause serious injury or death.
"Under product liability there is a certain standard of care that is required to be up-held by potentially dangerous product ..." Clardy wrote. "Do (sic) to the fact that these defendants named in this Tort claim failed to warn of risk or to provide an adequate warning or instruction it has caused him personal injury in the likes of mental suffering."
Clardy wrote that he's tried to starve himself and kill himself multiple times.
Clardy wrote that he's tried to starve himself and kill himself multiple times.
If it's not a crime and the person wants to do the deed themselves, why stop it?
Clardy wrote that he's tried to starve himself and kill himself multiple times.
Why do we try and stop criminals like this from hurting themselves or committing suicide?
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RE: FindRoot problem
Try using Ted Ersek's RootSearch package from MathSource. It even gets both
roots for you.
f[x_ /; x >= 0 && x <= 1.54] :=
Module[{}, Sec[x] - 0.0018167 (Sec[x] - 1) - 0.002875 (Sec[x] - 1)^2 -
0.000808 (Sec[x] - 1)^3 ];
RootSearch[f[x] == 10, {x, 0, 1.54}]
{{x -> 1.4811}, {x -> 1.53501}}
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From: Pigeon, Robert [mailto:Robert.Pigeon at drdc-rddc.gc.ca]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Good day,
I have a problem with FindRoot that I do not understand, so I am
asking for help! I have a function defined as a Module. I use FindRoot to
find a root when the function is given a value. Everything works fine
except when I put a condition to my function, when I do I get an error
message. Here what I try to do:
f[x_]:= Module[{}, Sec[x] - 0.0018167 (Sec[x]-1) - 0.002875 (Sec[x]-1)^2 -
0.000808 (Sec[x]-1)^3 ];
f::usage="explanation of f";
If I do
I get
All that is correct.
But now if I do
f[x_ /; x>= 0 && x<= 1.54]:= same as above
and I try to find the root the same way, I get an error message
I get
FindRoot::frjc: Could not symbolically find the Jacobian of {f[x]-10. Try
giving two starting values for each variable.
I tried putting my conditions inside the Module, after the Module. I tried
to use Which, If. But, as soon as I put a condition, I get the same error.
Any idea ???


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Four days after a Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) clerk was arrested in a graft case, the economic offence wing of Vigilance Bureaur nabbed a junior engineer (JE) of the corporation red-handed while accepting bribe of Rs 10,000 on Friday.
The accused has been identified as Randhir Singh, posted at power sub-station Pohir at Ahmedgarh.
In his complaint, Iqbal Singh, a resident of Lohgarh village, alleged that JE Randhir Singh was demanding Rs 10,000 from him for new power connection at his workshop at Dhurkot village.
Sandeep Goel, SP, economic offence wing of Ludhiana police commissionerate, said he formed a team of vigilance officers for action after receiving the complaint. As the accused accepted the bribe, the vigilance team raided and arrested the accused red-handed and recovered cash from his possession.
A case has been registered against the accused under section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Goel said the vigilance bureau would produce the accused in court on Saturday.
Earlier, Harmanpreet Singh, an upper divisional clerk (UDC) of the account branch, deputed at Lalton village, was arrested red-handed while accepting Rs 10,000 as bribe on June 24.


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Price (2/3/99): $36 9/16
As surely as one could have almost randomly picked an oil stock and seen it run into trouble over the past year, one would have found fishing for an Internet stock winner like dipping a hook in the proverbial barrel.
Among the companies that have seen their stocks skyrocket over the past year is PSINet (Nasdaq: PSIX), one of the oldest Internet companies in existence. After starting 1998 trading at $5 a share, shareholders in PSINet have found their shares up six-fold over the past 13 months.
Mix in the market's insatiable appetite for anything Internet-related, along with speculation that the company's Internet assets may be attractive to any number of potential suitors, and you have the ingredients for the rocket fuel. Adding validity to the takeover speculation is that many competitors have been bought out over the last several years. It was a crowded field three years ago, but the company's peers have been gobbled up one by one. The table below lists some of the more salient Internet Service Provider (ISP) buyouts completed:
Target Acquirer BBN GTE (NYSE: GTE) UUNet MCI WorldCom (Nasdaq: WCOM) Digex Intermedia Comm. (Nasdaq: ICIX) Netcom ICG Comm. (Nasdaq: ICGX) Erols RCN Corp (Nasdaq: RCNC)
This active mergers and acquisitions activity has left PSINet alone in its field, and the company is essentially the last "pure" Internet backbone company in existence. The color of the company's bottom line today is the same color it has always been since its founding -- red. But the market's perception of the value of PSINet's assets has changed dramatically.
Headquartered in suburban Washington, DC, PSINet is one of the oldest and largest providers of Internet-based communications services for businesses. In fact, it was the first company founded with the specific purpose of providing commercial Internet service back in 1989. The company's products and services include private IP networks, Internet access, Web hosting, network security, and various other Internet-related services geared towards corporate users. Over a quarter of all Fortune 500 companies are hooked up with PSINet, but smaller businesses also represent a large chunk of the company's sales.
In addition, PSINet is a major network operator internationally with businesses in Canada, Europe, and Asia. The company is extremely active in buying up network capacity around the world, and PSINet recently became the first independent operator to own a continuous fiberoptic Internet network encircling the globe.
Income Statement
12-month sales: $200.4 million
12-month income: ($147.1 million)
12-month EPS: ($3.06)
Profit Margin: NA
Market Cap: $1894.3 million
Balance Sheet
Cash: $282.6 million
Current Assets: $523.3 million
Current Liabilities: $122.7 million
Long-term Debt: $773.0 million
Shareholder Equity: ($26.6 million)
Price-to-earnings: NA
Price-to-sales: 9.5
The first indication that perhaps PSINet was due for flight may have come early in 1998 when the former CEO of Digex, a PSINet competitor bought by Intermedia Communications (Nasdaq: ICIX) in 1997, dangled a $10 per share cash offer in front of PSINet shareholders. Since most owning PSINet had been staring at negative returns over the past three years and the offer was almost double where the stock was trading, many thought shareholders would bite at the bait. But they blew the deal off and the stock has more than tripled over what was considered by many a decent offer at the time. Whenever industry insiders make such a statement with their own cash, it's worth taking notice.
One of the positive aspects of PSI's bullish run is that shareholders no longer need to worry about a potentially dilutive deal the company made with IXC Communications (Nasdaq: IIXC). The deal exchanged 20% of PSI's common stock for 10,000 equivalent route miles of OC-48 fiberoptic cable for use in its network. If IXC's 20% stake did not achieve a market value of at least $240 million, PSINet would have to make up the difference with either more stock or cash. With IXC's shares of PSINet now worth more than $300 million, the guarantee of value has been reached much earlier than many anticipated.
With the IXC hurdle crossed, shareholders still have to worry about the company income statement's distinctive color of red. PSINet has yet to record a single profitable quarter to-date, and it looks like any black ink is still far in the future. That is, if profits come at all. The most optimistic analyst is still calling for the company to lose $3.24 per share in 1999, which is even lower than earnings posted in the past 12 months. Negative earnings and net margins in the negative 70% range should always give investors pause.
Looking at the balance sheet, one can truly get a sense of how much money the company has lost to date. On the liabilities side, the accumulated deficit now stands at a tall $295 million and growing. The company's shareholder equity also slipped below zero last quarter, which is rarely a good sign. Recently loading up on debt, PSINet has plenty of current liquidity, but the debt also reduces the margin of error for the company. On the other hand, going to the market with a secondary offering of shares is now a viable and less-dilutive option, given the recent run in the stock.
In stark contrast to PSINet's financial statements, the Internet assets the company has built and acquired over the years are quite impressive. Those assets may make PSINet attractive to a wide variety of larger telecommunications firms looking to gain a large and immediate presence in the world of IP networks.
In short, PSINet is the type of company that defies conventional valuation. On an earnings basis, it appears the stock is nearly worthless. But, there are assets there that may prove to be quite valuable. Inherent in this uncertainty is a great amount of risk for bulls and bears alike, and the safest thing may be to just watch the company from the sidelines.
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It would be really cool to have psychic powers, lottery wins and gambling coups as well as being able to tell if the hunky guy chatting you up is Mr Right or just Mr Right Now.
Well in Second Sight you do get such powers however you have to use them for much more mundane things in this game such as battling an evil Russian scientist and also trying to discover a bit about your past. In the game you take on the role of John Vattic and you find yourself in a medical institution with no idea who you are except for the fact that you have a few psychic powers.
This game is split into two storylines and you alternate between the two, the first focuses on your search for your own identity whilst the second flashes back six months and your mission to investigate the scientist. The game also alternates between action scenes where you shoot everything in sight and missions where stealth is the most important quality as you seek to avoid detection. Amongst the psychic powers to assist you is the ability to make yourself invisible to others, the ability to fling things around and also project your image.
What I liked about this game is the fact that there is a good amount of variety in the game play which means that it never gets boring. There are a good range of missions and it is not just a case of mashing the buttons to get through to the end you do have to engage your brain to solve the problems that the game throws at you.
Visually the game is very appealing with a slight comic feel to it; the characters respond well and are fluid in their movements.
The only downside to the game is the fact that although there are 17 missions to complete they do not take very long therefore there is not a lot on playing time on the game and no real excitement in returning to complete levels for more than a couple of goes otherwise the game play becomes very mechanical.
Well worth checking out but I would recommend renting it for a couple of days and you may find that you have completed it. If you do want to buy then it is available on Amazon for a pricey £33.99 new or a more reasonable £2.90 in the new and used category.
Second Sight casts players in the role of John Vattic, an amnesiac whos nonetheless endowed with awesome mental abilities. How hes acquired those abilities and what Vattic has to do with a brutal military mission in Siberia is the onus of the story that drives Second Sight. Developed by Free Radical, whose previous work on TimeSplitters and previously the N64 hit GoldenEye before departing from Rare, this action/adventure game translates the teams FPS talents to a third-person game with intense shooting action the ability to harness paranormal psychic abilities.


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MILWAUKEE – The University of Miami women's soccer team maintained its perfect start to the season in dramatic fashion Sunday, defeating host Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2-1 on a double-overtime golden goal from Betsy Middleton.
The visitors needed extra time for a second consecutive match, but pulled through on a broken play that the freshman midfielder finished with veteran poise. A deflected cross from sophomore Jasmine Paterson made its way to Middleton on the fringes of the box, and the North Carolina native slotted it past Panthers keeper Paige Lincicum on the far post for the 105th-minute winner.
"It feels unbelievable," Middleton said after the match. "I knew that I needed to do something as the only replacement on the field in double overtime. It was just a surreal moment."
Head coach Mary-Frances Monroe, who has opened her career on the Miami sidelines in spectacular fashion, was proud of her "super sub" for the late winner. Monroe said she chatted with Middleton before the game about expectations heading into the match.
"She's probably our most technical player," Monroe said. "She comes from a great club and has a great understanding of the game. When we put her in, things started to calm down. It was a fantastic goal. I'm really impressed she was able to score from that angle."
Though play was choppy for both clubs at times throughout the contest, the Hurricanes (3-0-0) came through with another win – a positive trend for a Miami side with nine points in its first three matches.
"I think it's really important that we know it wasn't a pretty game," Monroe said. "I give Milwaukee a huge amount of credit. They played a great game and at times it was hard to get the ball from them. They're a great team and going to be really successful this year."
Middleton, who delivered the decisive overtime cross on Ashley Flinn's winner last Sunday against Jacksonville, was the catalyst for late heroics once again.
"We all wish we could finish these games earlier," Middleton said. "When it comes to making those final plays, in my mind, all I'm thinking is that I want to do everything for the team. The cross, the goal - it all comes with that attitude."
The Hurricanes jumped out to a lead for the third consecutive match, as Tara Schwitter's relentless pace on a long ball from fellow senior Blake Stockton helped give Miami a 1-0 advantage. The Oradell, N.J., native beat her defender and chipped past Lincicum to give her side the lead two minutes shy of halftime.
"Tara made a great attacking run and was able to get a good touch on the ball," Monroe said. "It was a great effort. She wants to be so involved, especially on the attacking end. It was great composure for her on the finish."
After coming on for junior Emily Lillard at halftime for the second consecutive match, freshman goalkeeper Catalina Perez allowed the first goal of her young career on an equalizer in the 63rd minute. Perez scrambled to the top of the box to deny an opportunity to Panthers midfielder Kelsey Holbert, but Morgan LaPlant collected a loose rebound in the box and easily finished into an empty net to level the score at 1-1.
The remainder of the second half was marked with emotion, as both Stockton and Monroe were issued yellow cards – the first two of Miami's season. The Hurricanes' forward tandem of Paterson and junior Ashley Flinn threatened up top, but Middleton finished the visitors' first real scoring threat of the extra periods.
"Getting three points on the road is crucial," Monroe said. "It's always harder when you're going into someone else's home. We prepared them as much as we could. Having this up-and-down schedule - with different travel and dates, being away for three days here - they really stepped up and came in ready to play."
The Hurricanes return to Cobb Stadium for a match with Cleveland State Friday, Sept. 6. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.


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So we arrived in our 3 country: Uruguay. It felt very western and very chilly compared to Brazil. I was looking forward to putting on my jeans that night! But first we had to find a place to stay. After taking a cab from the bus terminal we did not like the original place we were going to stay, and so we hoped on a bus. Or Mo hopped on the bus and the driver drove away with her and not me! I went running after it and she tried to tell him that I needed to get on the bus, and so he stopped and was oh so pleasant. We paid for our fare and smiled nicely and he was such a jerk
But here we were and needed currency! And here we go again! I think we visited 5 banks or more until we finally could get some money out! How frustrating!
We tried not to let it all get us down and decided to look for a bike rental place. I was so looking forward to renting a bike and taking a ride on the coast, but the stars were not aligned and so we had to walk. But there was not much to see and after a few hours walking next to a main drag we turned around and headed back to the hotel. Diner time it was and we had a great meal with wine and pasta! We had not had wine in so long! And then right below our hotel was a great little Irish pub! We had not been in one of those for the entire trip either! There was even an Irish/Scottish band with kilts and everything! And the beer was a local microbrewery that was dark and smooth! I was in heaven.


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We drove to Mount Blanc. It took us approximately 1 hour. The drive to Mount Blanc is quite enjoyable. The final half of the trip is though the mountains and The view is just fantastic! Also, he from of mount Blanc from the highway is really spectacular.
Mount Blanc is 4,800 m (aprox) above the sea level. It is the highest mountain in Europe.
We took the cable car to the top of the mountain. We couldn't go the last 50 m because the last bit of the cable car was under maintenance
The temperature at the top was of minus five Celsius. The good thing is that David told us to wear several layers of clothes.
A Lot of people go there to ski with a parachute, hike etc. It was pretty impressive to see them leave the barriers into the white snow and eventually ski off down the extremely steep hill and take off with their parachute. Eventually they land again and take off again. It looks like a lot of fun.
After a while our extremities started to get cold and walking up stairs was a bit exhausting. We decided to head back down for lunch. On the way down in the cable car we were separated from David and Kieren by a group of Americans who didn't want to squish up to let more people in. Half way down Kieren made eye contact with me from the other side and asked in an American accent 'Do giraffes hunt in packs?'. This was a running joke which I can explain later if you're intrigued by the stupidity of the question.


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October 31, 1969
Springfield, MA US
Springfield Municipal Auditorium
Setlist includes: Good Times Bad Times (intro) ~ Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You Baby, Heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, White Summer / Black Mountainside, Moby Dick, How Many More Times, Long Tall Sally, Whole Lotta Love.
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Gansett Tribal Rock Festival. Two Shows: 7pm & 9:30pm. Support act: Taj Mahal. (Originally scheduled for the Rhode Island Auditorium in Providence, but moved to Springfield after city licence was denied).
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Halloween Night, October 31, 1969
Led Zeppelin
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Halloween Night, October 31, 1969
I was a budding 14 year old drummer and had been listening to Led Zeppelin I for most of a year when I found out that they had a new album coming out and were coming to Springfield and that I might actually get to finally see a real "Rock Show". Some friends and I got front row balcony seats for $4.50 or $5.50 (some RIDICULOUS amount) and I remember we waited a long time for Taj Mahal (a local lad, he) to arrive and he never did as I recall. So it was ALL ZEP…..ALL THE TIME for the rest of the night. And they made us sweat!! I have a vivid memory of Bonzo breaking a bass drum head during Moby Dick!! Something that I never even thought was POSSIBLE. He wasn't fazed; however, he stood up and continued "hand-playing" his way around the kit while a slightly panicked drum roadie(s) replaced the unlucky drumhead. Bonham completed his orbit, sat down picked up his sticks and thrashed on. AMAZING!! It was all magical and perfect. We left the show and went back to a school dance that was still going on and everyone there thought we were "HIGH". Well, we were high all right and Led Zeppelin had taken us there.
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You could never stoop as low as that, could you, Snow White. Posting as a white woman to stimulate hate and animosity isn't your style at all, is it? You're a lying troll hypocrite.You are so right about that thread. It is sickning how white men put down on their own women there. Total nonesence and ignorance with no substance, full of folly and madness with Jackson in the mix trolling. Thousands of posts on a highway to nowhere. And that's leadership??? I think not.
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#2343 Jan 22, 2013
No need to worry about whites - we're doing just fine thanks. Running the world, keeping countries like yours safe with not a word of gratitude. Sorry that no race is flocking to hook up with middle eastern women. Not even the blacks are interested in you, which must say something!!!!
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#2344 Jan 22, 2013
What's really sad is you, i presume who is white, thinks the only way you can feel proud of yourself is to CLING onto others' accomplishments and then ammusingly assume it connects back to you since you have done absolutely nothing in your entire existence except to vent on a forum directed towards asian women for black men of what can only be described as your complete powerlessness and total suffocation at not getting your way.
Sad and pitifully confused if you believe anyone cares what you think.
#2345 Jan 22, 2013
It would seem, judging by the response, that many of you DO care what he thinks!
#2346 Jan 22, 2013
Not unless they look down on him as nothing more than a crying/whining baby who has lost its pacifier.
Waaaaaahhhhhh! Baby needs attention! Waaaaaahhhhhh!
#2347 Jan 22, 2013
Nice try jackson. You still continue to beat a dead horse, then talk to it in death with hypocritical words...lol
#2348 Jan 22, 2013
Jackson, why do I have to keep reminding you, you're on a black thread. If I was a racist I would seek out all the white threads and react as you do here. But I don't. Like I said, I am who I am and what I am. I'm not going to change or listen at an insecure white racist like yourself. If all black people follow you slavery will still be in it's mature state. One knows, if you control the thinking of humans, you can enslave the body! Furthermore, I don't laugh on order to make fun of a race, I laugh because people lke you have made a fool of themselves and how I become the "voice of reason" Before I send my next post I already know how you shall respond, absolute insecure. That makes me lmfao. Jackson, I got you right where I want you! Proving how weak men who look or think like you really are.
#2349 Jan 22, 2013
Hey troll, look at the topic of this thread. No intelligent successful white men would be cought spending a year spouting/worrying what is being posted here, but you do. Now judge the response of who follow whom like a sick puppy???
#2350 Jan 22, 2013
I believe Jackson didn't get enough milk when he was suckling as a baby....lol
#2351 Jan 22, 2013
Good, you see him for what he is, PATHETIC...!
#2352 Jan 22, 2013
As many of you know, I'm married to a cute Asian woman who used to be married to a black man. We have the kids from her first marriage staying with us at the moment.
Last night, the eldest came home and told us she had struggled and got an E in a math test. We spent some time with her working on the problems and now she gets it.
Later, my wife and I were talking. I said, "Maybe we should get her some tutoring?"
My wife replied, "I know, the negro genes seem to be kicking in!"
Too funny!
#2353 Jan 23, 2013
Alpha white can't stop killing on all levels!!!
Police: Las Vegas officer kills wife, son and then himself in burning home
By Lateef Mungin, CNN
updated 10:43 PM EST, Tue January 22, 2013
Lt. Hans Walters and his wife, former officer Michelle Walters.
The officer called 911 to say he had killed his wife and son
His home was burning when the SWAT team arrived
After the fire was put out officers found three bodies in the home
Survey: Last year, 126 police officer killed themselves
(CNN)-- Even for stone-faced, seen-it-all-before officers, the act that took place at a police lieutenant's Las Vegas-area home Monday was deeply distressing.
The 52-year-old lawman, police said, killed his wife and child, called 911 to say he was burning his house down and warned he would take the life of anyone who tried to stop him.
Then he waited.
When a SWAT team arrived at the lieutenant's Boulder City home, they found Hans Pieter Walters outside with what looked like a handgun.
Officers asked him to drop the weapon -- commands the lieutenant must have screamed many times before in his 20-year career. He ignored them and ducked back into the blazing home.
It was then, police believe, that he killed himself.
Once firefighters put out the blaze that tore through the home, they found Walters's body, his 46-year-old wife's, and their five-year-old son's.
The lieutenant worked for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, where he supervised patrol officers, CNN affiliate KVVU reported.
The station had interviewed him before about other crimes.
The wife, Kathryn, worked for some time as a Las Vegas police officer, the Las Vegas Review-Journal said.
She won a community service award and a lifesaving award before leaving the department in 2004.
"Anyone involved with law enforcement for any amount of time is usually prepared for any scenario, but nobody can prepare for something like this," Las Vegas Metro Sheriff Doug Gillespie told reporters.
Last year, 126 police officers killed themselves, according to the National Study of Police Suicides by the nonprofit The Badge of Life.
It's a steep drop from the other two years the survey was conducted: 143 in 2009 and 141 in 2008.
Yet, it's cause for concern.
"In spite of this encouraging news, the fact is that police suicides continue at a rate much higher than the number of police officers killed by felons," the group said.
Folks who knew Walters were also trying to make sense of it. The soul-searching was agonizing for some.
Retired Las Vegas lieutenant Randy Sutton told KVVU he had worked alongside Walters for years.
"There's no rhyme or reason," Sutton said, saying the lieutenant was hard-working and seemed well-adjusted.
This is "the most unconscionable, dishonorable thing to do I can ever imagine," he added.
"The memories I have of him, they mean nothing to me anymore."
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Your hands arent clean either Jackson. Let's remind our new guests who you REALLY are:
You have posed under several fake names before too (Hi Lewis, you loveable racist you!).
There have been several other Asian girls in here (start from page 1 and read) espousing the exact same thing as China Doll (they all cant be using your convenient get of jail card of white men writing them).
You told a oriental girl here you hoped she got raped and got aids because she was dating a black guy.
You've have posted several links in the past pointing out negatives about blacks in hopes to steer asian women readers away.
You get the point so i wont embarrass you any longer. It's funny how much one can find using that search box.
Sorry for the inconvenient truth.
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#2356 Jan 23, 2013
Even white and asian men are useless not all of them are like George Bush , or Tony blair there are bad and good in every race.
#2358 Jan 26, 2013
I can't believe you married a black man's leftover! She even had a kid with him. Man all the cute Asians you pick one that was ALL used up. Lololol the fuq is wrong with you boy? Is she South East Asian? because SE Asian women are a lot sluttier.
#2359 Jan 26, 2013
That was awesome. Perfectly said.
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#2360 Jan 26, 2013
You both racially insult your wives kids!!? Poor kids with parents like you I'm pretty sure they'll grow up hating who they are. They should be taken away from you savages. Saying that I don't believe she said this this is just the type of thing your dumb ass would come up with.
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#2362 Jan 27, 2013
I completly agree with you
#2363 Jan 28, 2013
lol you take the bait every time!
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#2365 Jan 28, 2013
Hmmm! So you think this is something that can be joked about then? I give you my honest word, I feel, really. really sorry for you.
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Climate change may be about to reshape the face of Sydney Harbour, wiping out not only low-lying dwellings but also critically endangered habitats.
For the first time scientists from the University of Sydney, the Sydney Olympic Park Authority and the Australian Catholic University have attempted to model in detail the impact of global warming on a part of the city's foreshore.
A small but ecologically precious area inside Sydney Olympic Park was chosen for the study and the results showed it would be radically affected by the predicted sea level rise of up to 80 centimetres.
The team tried to work out what would become of the internationally significant Wannagal Wetland over the next century.
The modelling included not only sea level rise but also increasing sedimentation and other environmental variables.
The results indicated a predicted loss of 40 per cent of the endangered saltmarsh habitat by 2100 "due to the incursion of mangroves and the constraints placed on the migration of saltmarsh habitat by urban development".
The modelling report said: "This is a potential disaster for species conservation as it would come on top of an estimated 90 per cent loss of saltmarsh in the area since the 1930s."
The manager of the project for the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, John Hudson, said the modelling had applications throughout the harbour and for different types of environment.
"The program could equally look at the likelihood of inundation of the built environment as well," Mr Hudson said. "Clearly where there [are] sea level rises of up to a metre it could inundate low-lying houses."
Wannagal Wetland is the largest remaining stand of saltmarsh in Sydney Harbour and its loss would have huge effects on the ecology of the entire estuary.
During previous changes in sea level plants and birds were able to simply migrate away from affected areas, but the massive development around Sydney Harbour means species have nowhere to go and will become locally extinct.
A researcher at the University of Sydney's School of Geosciences, Dr Peter Cowell, said the effect of climate change even on one wetland was "potentially staggering".
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Bermudas - Poem by Andrew Marvell
Where the remote Bermudas ride
In th' Oceans bosome unespy'd,
From a small Boat, that row'd along,
The listning Winds receiv'd this Song.
What should we do but sing his Praise
That led us through the watry Maze,
Unto an Isle so long unknown,
And yet far kinder than our own?
Where he the huge Sea-Monsters wracks,
That lift the Deep upon their Backs.
He lands us on a grassy stage;
Safe from the Storms, and Prelat's rage.
He gave us this eternal Spring,
Which here enamells every thing;
And sends the Fowl's to us in care,
On daily Visits through the Air,
He hangs in shades the Orange bright,
Like golden Lamps in a green Night.
And does in the Pomgranates close,
Jewels more rich than Ormus show's.
He makes the Figs our mouths to meet;
And throws the Melons at our feet.
But Apples plants of such a price,
No Tree could ever bear them twice.
With Cedars, chosen by his hand,
From Lebanon, he stores the Land.
And makes the hollow Seas, that roar,
Proclaime the Ambergris on shoar.
He cast (of which we rather boast)
The Gospels Pearl upon our coast.
And in these Rocks for us did frame
A Temple, where to sound his Name.
Oh let our Voice his Praise exalt,
Till it arrive at Heavens Vault:
Which thence (perhaps) rebounding, may
Eccho beyond the Mexique Bay.
Thus sung they, in the English boat,
An holy and a chearful Note,
And all the way, to guide their Chime,
With falling Oars they kept the time.
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