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(Cleveland) Local issues were the main focus of the ballot in this year's general election and among them nearly 200 school tax issues across the state.
The Medina City School district had a tax increase on the ballot that was approved by voters. Interim school's superintendant Dave Knight says the passage of the levy shows that voters care about the district that has been plagued by recent controvery. Medina School's Superintendant Randy Stepp is in the process of being terminated by the school board for using district funds for "questionable purchases". Stepp has been ordered to re-pay $4000 to the district.
Other schools with levy approval were Avon, and Lakewood. Cleveland Heights had a bond issue approved by voters.
Some other issues approved by voters were the Cleveland Metroparks Levy and a levy for the Cleveland Port Authority.
Former Brook Park Mayor Tom Coyne will be mayor of the city again. He won his latest bid for election. In Beachwood incumbant Mayor Merle Gorden won a bid for re-election. The city of Bedford will have a new mayor, Stan Koci beat out his 2 challengers. In North Olmsted Kevin Kennedy won his bid for re-election.
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With more than 16,000 students taking classes and many scheduled events for the public, things can get pretty busy at UNF, especially on weekdays. Parking regulations are strictly enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, first for safety and efficiency, but also to respect students, faculty and staff who have purchased annual parking permits.
Enforcement activity is Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
No permit is required from 5 p.m. Friday through 7 a.m. Monday unless there is a special event on campus. To verify special events, Master Calendar.
If visiting the University Center for a special event or class, no permit is required to park in Lot 16 (located in front of the center).
$5 per permit per car; cash, debit or charge is acceptable. The permits are valid only for the calendar day you purchased it, not for a 24-hour period from the time that it was purchased. A Consecutive Multi-day Permit is not available, you must purchase a $5 Daily Permit each day that you park on campus.
Once you have purchased a Daily Permit, it is non-refundable.
Yes to both. The third campus entrance can be accessed from the Central Parkway off of Beach Boulevard. A Parking Information booth is not stationed there, however if you choose to park in the immediate lot located by this entrance, there is a parking permit dispenser located at several entrances within the lot. This lot is known as Lot 18 and will accept $2 in cash, debit or charge.
There are two parking permit dispensers stationed at both entrances/exits within Lot 53, located in front of Hicks Hall. Once you purchase a $2 permit from either machine, take note that you are only allowed to park in Gray Lots such as Lots 14, 18, 53 and 60, not the inner core of campus. Please refer to the campus map, for the location of these lots.
Visitors with a Daily Permit, purchased from the Parking Information booths (the first building on the right when entering the I-295 or Kernan Boulevard campus entrance), may park in spaces within Blue and Gray Lots, designated with Blue and Gray lot signs. These spaces are located in most surface lots and on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor of both the Arena Garage (Garage 38; avoid parking on the ramp that leads to the 2nd floor, these spaces are assigned for Faculty/Staff permits) and the Fine Arts Center Garage (Garage 44). Other valid parking spaces include the 4th floor of Garage 44A (new garage section of the Fine Arts Center Garage and accessible from the 3rd floor). These are located on the campus map.
Visitors with a Daily Permit, purchased from the Pay and Display machines (located in Lots 18 and 53), may park in the Gray Lots only.
Yes; a one-day temporary parking permit can be issued to the driver of the two-wheeled motorized vehicle parking in any motorcycle spaces on campus. The temporary parking permit will be marked by Parking Services as being valid for a motorcycle and motorcycle parking spaces only.
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Vendor parking spaces are marked green and are located in Lots 2,4 and 9 and may also park in Blue Lot spaces. Vendor permit parking is restricted within Faculty/Staff, Reserved or Housing Lots 10,11,12,15,17 and 55.
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Derek Lam Spring 2012
Derek Lam wrote an evocative intro to his program notes—a fantasy about hanging out in the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, the spectacularly glamorous design built by Richard Neutra for a Pittsburgh retail tycoon in 1946. "My mind is wandering to a place of salubrious comfort . . . Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack crooning by the piano and Angie Dickinson lounging by a crystal blue pool." Well, after reading that, who wouldn't be ready for a moment of California escapism? As it turned out, though, Lam stopped short of giving his audience an immersion in mid-century Americana. Though his heart was in the right place as a designer of clean, precisely made, and very evidently luxurious sportswear, he is not someone to run wild with a singular runway theme.
Make no mistake—anyone who comes across Lam's pieces item by item next spring will be in for some pleasurable surprises. He cuts a crisp, A-line skirt, the kind of blazers which will merge easily into any wardrobe, and he showed the best knits seen in New York so far—ribbed or honeycomb textured sweaters which looked great as single pieces and sometimes came with matching skirts. As an expert in leather, he deployed a good shoe, too, like two-tone appliquéd "Daytona" pumps, and bags patchworked in snakeskin. There was a flash of humor when Lam took on the season's obligatory exercise in print, with patterns inspired by vintage place mats which popped up on three looks midway through the show. But for all that unimpeachably retail-ready merchandise, Lam left his audience wishing the show had somehow transmitted a bit more of the sunny California dreaming he'd written about. It's not that anyone wants to wear themes or "funny" clothes, but even the uplift of, say, a bit of Sinatra on the sound track would have sent people out with a smile.
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Getting It Right
Getting It Right William F. Buckley Jr. Regnery, 2003, 310 pp. (including notes) ISBN: 0-89526-138-3 There is no question that the 1960s were a time of great political ferment, especially on college campuses. Given all that has been written and shown about the sixties' generation and their infatuation with left wing politics, it is easy to forget the less publicized ferment on the right during this period. The conservative ideas of smaller gover...
Marco Polo, If You Can
Marco Polo, If You Can William F. Buckley Jr. Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982, 233 pp. ISBN: 0-385-15232-9 Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA, is faced with the challenge of finding and neutralizing a government mole and turning what has been an intelligence disaster to our advantage. The result is a fast paced spy thriller that closely parallels accounts (as I remember them from junior high school current events assignments) of Francis Gary Power...
Mongoose R.I.P. - A Blackford Oakes Novel
Mongoose R.I.P. - A Blackford Oakes Novel William F. Buckley Jr. Random House, 1987, 320 pp ISBN 0-394-55931-2 Young CIA agent, Blackford Oakes, recently sprung from a Cuban prison where he was under sentence of death, is called to a special meeting with his superior, Rufus, and fellow agent Anthony Trust. It is early January 1963 and the meeting is being held on a Sunday at Rufus's country cottage in Maryland. After having Oaks and Trust review ...
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Nearer My God � An Autobiography of Faith William F. Buckley Jr. Doubleday, 1997, 300 pp. (including appendicies) ISBN: 0-385-47818-6 This is Buckley's story of his faith. He was at first hesitant to undertake the project and ended up postponing the project for five years past the original 1992 publication deadline. His hesitation lay in the fact that he felt that he could not adequately contribute to the faith by writing about it. But, after t...
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Nuremberg � The Reckoning
Nuremberg � The Reckoning by William F. Buckley Jr. Harcourt, Inc., 2002, 366pp ISBN: 0-15-100679-2 On the evening of August 31, 1939 the German ocean liner SS Europa left Hamburg Germany for New York. On board was thirteen year old Sebastian Reinhard and his Mother, Annabelle. Annabelle Reinhard was an American citizen as her Mother, Henrietta Chapin, had left her native Austria to marry an American. Born and raised in the U.S., Annabelle had ...
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The Red Hunter � A Novel Based on the Life of Senator Joe McCarthy William F. Buckley Jr. Little, Brown and Company, 1999, 421 PP It is a unique distinction for a person to have their name immortalized by having it attached to a memorable period in history. The "Elizabethan" and "Victorian" eras refer to memorable periods in British history. However, in American history, the "McCarthy Era" has a more sinister connotation and is associated with pe...


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The 1947 Packard Clipper Deluxe Eight sedan at LeMay-America's Car Museum Collection was donated by Club Auto member Christopher Bayley of Seattle. "To me, the Dutch Darrin-designed Clipper is the most beautiful 'modern' Packard," Bayley said. "Some of us even think the Silver Cloud I Rolls Royce and comparable Bentley mimicked the look of these cars."
The design team led by Dutch Darrin was a driving force behind the styling of the Clipper between 1941 and 1947. Packard's Clipper had at least as many pioneering features in an even more integrated package. One of those features was the introduction of the use of a single piece of seamless steel to form the roofline from windshield header to deck lid. Another feature is that the floor pan was comprised of only two separate pieces welded longitudinally.
Instead of the traditional three-side-window format, Clipper was innovative for its time because it used pivoting ventipanes built into the rear doors. Concealed door hinges, rotary door latches, a low-slung double-drop frame, broad areas of glass and the banishment of the running boards were also landmarks Clipper features. Some 23,855 Deluxe Clipper Eights were produced in 1947. The car is powered by an in-line L head, eight-cylinder engine that produced 165 horsepower. The car is finished in two-tone grey, which was one of the few options available in 1947. 1947 Packard Clipper sells for around $12,000 to $18,000 in collectors' markets.


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ray..not diggin the r but maybe its me..the rest of it is clean though
boredness at work
ray..not diggin the r but maybe its me..the rest of it is clean though
boredness at work
Good page for the toy throwies so far! Keep it up boys, I dig every throwie on this page.
Joga - You're getting better. On that last one the shadow doesn't really make sense though.
Stussy - that r needs work.
I hate giving crits when I don't even know what I'm talking about.
I didn't want to waste to much space in my book. So here's some ideas.
Im not hating on your work Sex without condomns, but you don't need to post that many pics of essentially the same thing, at least not that big.
SAP - That looks fresh and simple, the second one I mean. It looks better than the first, try a cleaner one, on paper and take a pic. And yeah the tablets work magic. I have a intuous3. But my fucking dog destroyed the 50 dollar pen.
Any more crits on my throw?
That earn one is fresh. Just the cholo dots are out of place.
Yo no nothin, your throw-up needs work. You got no characteristic to it.
Keep tryin...
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I like it, try a colored fill next time, that would look nice.
^^You don't need to post in every thread. Pick one or the other please.
i do what i please man.
nine that looks dope
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sex-same crit as i posted in toy blackbooks
kinght-pretty nice, great size, although i suggest balancing that little thing on the top of the F.
teseter-very nice, i advise making that S wider and add the hole things on the Es and R.
Posting old flick for more crits.
Regardless of what I post I don't condone any illegal graffiti, although I stayed at a holiday inn once.
big blue - more colors, cleaner, don't like overlaps if they are in a piece so simple.
thrice - cool, except for that last m looks too big, and that tumor on the right side of the m looks... like a tumor.
tester - sick style, like the cleaniless. that s is UGLY though. Make it more boxy like the other ones.
sex - I like that 7th one, the green looks good, that splash looks good, BUT those orange squiglys look shitty. I don't like the ones with diff colors on each one because they emphasize one letter more than another making it look imbalanced. If you did all VERY VERY bright colors but different it might look better. Similar brightness thoough.
knight - that f and the top of that s look decent. HOWEVER, the bottom of the s looks lumpy. And I dunno but sf seems kind of short. that's just me though.
aright so i got mine on paper, and it doesn't look as good but i'll keep working. those were the only colors i had. need to buy some pens. my s looks too small, the p looks to big and needs to be pushed more against the a. have i missed anything?


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Looks like the Mid Atlantic will see some short lived SE swells com from a low pressure, currently developing north of the Bahamas.
Looks like OBX will see this hit on Friday, while New Jersey will see the best of it on Saturday.
For the Delmarva region, your stuck in the middle. Right now it looks like this may start to hit late Friday afternoon/ early evening, and be mostly gone by Saturday morning. So, I would stay on top of the buoy obs and cams. Swellinfo model showig 2.6ft - 3ft @ 8sec for Ocean City, MD late in the day. Nothing too significant, but should be fun with incoming tide and stiff offshore winds.


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I've been bored all day without MMI. Glad it's back up!
So you would look finally forum or evolving?
My reasons are as follows:
1) Visible date/time of posts are now hidden under stats link. I liked to quickly glanced at the time a post was made to see how fresh it is. Now one has to go on the stats link to see that
2) There is no page navigator on top. Only at the bottom?
The date and time stamp really need to be visible IMHO.
The new design will take some getting used too but is probably better,
Glad it's back up
Looking good so far but hope it will look better once all the bugs get ironed out.
1) The search box and button are partially hidden by the menu bar at the top of the page
2) I miss being able to see user stats on each post (total posts, thanks given, thanks received, join date, etc)
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"We started our career playing clubs on The Strip," Linkin Park's Chester Bennington said in a statement. "It's a thrill to be back where it all began, headlining this festival in our hometown."
The street festival will take place Saturday, August 3, 2013 on the iconic Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.
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== Documentation ==
== Documentation ==
Revision as of 20:59, 12 September 2011
AMITool is a Haskell package, which provides the essential tools necessary, in order to create IBIS-AMI models using Haskell.
Authors: David Banas
1 Usage
1.1 Installation
NOTE) This package is currently only supported on Linux.
If you haven't already, install the Haskell Platform on your system.
(This is necessary, because the shared object library produced by this package needs to dynamically link to certain standard Haskell libraries, at run time. I'm working on a statically linked version of this package, which won't require this step. Please, stay tuned.)
Download the [source tarball] and extract it:
$ tar xzf amitool-v0.1.tgz
Move into the newly created directory, and build the project:
$ cd amitool-v0.1 $ make
If the make succeeds, you'll find the following output files in the directory:
- libami.so - This is the shared object library plug-in, which contains your AMI model. It will be dynamically loaded, at run time, by your EDA tool when simulating.
- ami_test - This is an example C program, which will attempt to load libami.so and call its AMI_Init and AMI_Close functions, as a check on correct compilation. That is, for this simple test, it functions as a stand-in for the EDA tool.
You can quickly verify correct compilation and/or system infrastructural integrity by executing the following command:
$ ./ami_test test.ami
1.2 Customization
The source code of this package has been arranged such that, presumably, all you have to do, in order to model your own device, is edit the following section of the ExmplUsrModel.hs file, and re-run make:
-- Change the line, below, as follows: -- - Change "testAMI" to the root name of your AMI parameter tree. -- - Change "Mode" to the name you've given to the filter mode selection parameter. = case getAmiExp amiTree ["testAMI", "Mode"] of -- Change the `Vals' lines, below, to reflect your possible values of filter -- mode, and the corresponding action to be taken in that mode, adding/deleting -- lines as necessary. Just (Vals ["0"]) -> impulse -- Bypassed. Just (Vals ["1"]) -> fir (lpf 0.5 2) impulse -- 2nd order FIR LPF w/ cutoff at 1/2 Nyquist -- That's it; no more changes are required.
2 Description
2.1 Source Files
- AMIParse.hs - Haskell source code for parsing an AMI parameter string
- AMIModel.hs - Haskell source code for generic implementation of AMI functions
- ExmplUsrModel.hs - Haskell source code for model specific behavior
- ami_model.c - C source code for implementation of dynamic loading interface, as well as setup/tear-down of Haskell run-time system
- ami_test.c - example C source code showing how to dynamically load a shared object library and call the AMI functions
2.2 Public interface
2.2.1 New data types
The AMIParse module defines a new type alias, AmiToken, and a new abstract data type, AmiExp, as follows:
type AmiToken = (String, AmiExp)
data AmiExp = Vals [String] | Tokens [AmiToken]
Note that, taken together, the two new data items, above, form a recursive structure. This helps shorten the code that parses an AMI parameter string, which itself is recursive in nature.
2.2.2 Supporting functions
The AMIParse module exposes the following public functions:
- amiToken
- : Parser AmiToken
- Parses an AMI parameter string, returning an AmiToken.
- getAmiExp
- : AmiToken -> [String] -> Maybe AmiExp
- Scans through an AmiToken (presumably, returned by amiToken) for a particular requested value. For example:
getAmiExp (amiToken "(rootName (Mode 2))") ["rootName", "Mode"] = Just (Vals "2")
3 Extended Testing
In order to perform more extensive testing on either the default libami.so or your own customized version of this file, you can use the AMI Toolkit from SiSoft, Inc.
You'll find example input to thier IBIS_AMI_test program in the test.ami.csv file, included in this package.
Output from the program is written to test_out.ami.csv.
See the documentation, which comes with their tool kit, for more details.
The command to invoke is:
IBIS_AMI_test -i test.ami.csv -f libami.so
4 Documentation
The documentation for this library is generated, via Haddock.
5 Related work
- Probabilistic Functional Programming
- I suspect a potential symbiosis between this library and `RandProc`
6 Community
- RandProcNotes
- Blog dedicated to the `RandProc` Haskell library
- Bug Tracker
- Bug tracker for the `RandProc` Haskell library
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Socio-economic differences in fruit and vegetable consumption among Australian adolescents and adults
Giskes, Katrina, Newman, Beth, Patterson, Carla, & Turrell, Gavin (2002) Socio-economic differences in fruit and vegetable consumption among Australian adolescents and adults. Public Health Nutrition, 5(5), pp. 663-669.
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A Puzzle In A Fear
Bantam, Dec 2002, 23.95, 352 pp. ISBN 0553802429 Everyone in the town of Bakerhaven is caught up in the holiday season from the people taking part in the Christmas pageant to the folks posing in the live nativity. One of the highlights of the poignant is the humorous take on The Twelve Days of Christmas directed by Broadway producer, Rupert Winston. Cora's niece Sherry is one of the women starring as the Virgin Mary. She receives quite a j...
And A Puzzle To Die On
Bantam, Nov 2004, 24.00, 320 pp. ISBN 0563802445 Cora is known as the puzzle lady but it is really her publicity shy niece who is the puzzle constructor. Cora's favorite pastime is solving real life murder mysteries, which is why she agrees to lawyer Becky Baldwin's proposition. Becky wants Cora to find out if convicted murderer Daryl Daigue really killed seventeen year old Anita Dryer two decades ago. Depending on what Cora digs up, Becky wil...
Puzzled To Death
Bantam, Nov 2001, 23.95, 352 pp. ISBN: 0553801023 In cosmopolitan Bakerhaven lives renowned local celebrity Cora �the Puzzle Lady� Felton. Cora shares a home with her niece Sherry, who actually constructs the syndicated crossword puzzles. Cora does not have the slightest clue as to how to develop a crossword puzzle, but instead prefers applying her skills at solving homicides. Bakerhaven hosts a charity crossword puzzle tournament an...
With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill
Bantam, Dec 2003, 23.95, 384 pp. ISBN 0553802410 Sherry Carter is the real puzzle lady who constructs them for a syndicated column but because she is so shy, everyone thinks her aunt Cara Felton is the puzzle maker because she takes the credit and makes public appearances. The truth of the matter is she couldn't solve a crossword puzzle let alone construct one but she is very good at solving homicides. Murder is the last thing from Cora's min...


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calling external programs from the X-Frontend?
Does anybody know a way to call an external program (e.g a shell script
or a C program) directly from the X-frontend (using UNIX OS) without
invoking the mathematica kernel and to get the data evaluated (e.g
postscript figures) back into the frontend.
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Re: Creating Matrix from vectors specific issue.
On Jun 12, 2009, at 5:46 AM, Kinu wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied before
> My exact problem is as follows..
> I am getting vectors from my program which is of the form
> v1 = {{1},{2},{3}};
> v2 = {{4},{5},{6}};
> BUT NOT v1 = {1,2,3} and v2 = {4,5,6}
> Now if i use A = {v1,v2} and then Transpose[A] i am getting the
> required matrix only in the 2nd case i.e when v1 = {1,2,3} and
> similarly v2.
> However when i use the same A = {v1,v2} in the 1st case and then
> Transpose[] i.e when v1 =
> {{1},{2},{3}} and similarly v2, i am not getting the required matrix.
> If anyone would help me with this specific point it will be helpful.
> I have also seen that the dimension in case 1 is {3,1} while that in
> case 2 is {3}. If there is any way to interchange the two .. that also
> will suffice. i.e if i can change {{1},{2},{3}} to {1,2,3} that will
> also suffice.
A = Transpose[{Flatten[v1],Flatten[v2]}]
Mathematica makes a distinction between a matrix (tensor of rank 2)
which has two dimensions, and a vector (tensor of rank 1), the
function ArrayDepth can be used to determine the rank of a
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@thread opener: you're not alone, just happened to me also :P
I looked at the forum and I guess this forum has no room for my questions. looks like it's only backtrack and nothing else. even linux questions wouldn't be right since it's common stuff to find with google, but google is no big help converning linux questions since it doesn't explain the things behind some functions.
I for example tried to sort out duplicate entries from a wordlist, but it didn't just remove the lines, it needed as much space as the original file needs and I ran out of diskspace using sort
but I didn't see any hint on google during my several searches
so I asked here and bam, warning *eyeroll*
anyway, since backtrack is "the" linux distribution I thought it's a good place to ask for stuff related to it. I tried to make rainbow tables that I want to use with backtrack but my linux hardware is capped and on my big PC I only use VM which is also capped when it comes to openCL stuff I asked about a windows program to make the rainbow tables, but looking at the forum now and reading the sticky topics of what to post where I don't see any place here to ask this.
I also don't know any other forum to ask this so I guess I give up backtrack and play a game or something.
oh, some mod in this thread asked "what else could we do instead/beside warnings", in my case it would be helpful to know where to post, else this game might continue ... I'm also mod in some (strict) forums and we usually move a topic, beside warning the user, instead of warn, delete and keep quiet. I don't even see who warned me in the mail I got ...


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Clutch Free Throw Shooting Lifts BCJanuary 11, 2014
BREVARD, N.C.- The Brevard College women's basketball team held off a late rally from the Catawba College Indians for a 71-66 South Atlantic Conference win on Saturday afternoon in Boshamer Gymnasium.
The Tornados (4-8, 3-5 SAC) went 7-for-8 from the foul line over the final 44 seconds to knock off the Indians (7-5, 5-3 SAC) for their second straight conference win. BC's Katie Williams, who hit three free throws in the final minute, finished with a career-high 20 points.
The Tornados also impressed from the field, shooting a season-high 56.3 percent (9-for-16) from three-point range in the game. The Tornados connected on 44.2 percent (23-of-52) attempts from the field for the afternoon.
Although Catawba tied the games five separate times after the break, the Tornados didn't trail following a Madison Lenox free throw that tied the game at 8-8 at the 16:29 mark in the first half.
The Tornados took their initial lead on a Taylor Hiatt three-pointer at 14:58 in the first half, part of six unanswered points that led to a 14-8 advantage. BC went up by as many as 12 in the opening half, eventually settling for a 39-30 lead at the break.
BC shot 53.8 percent (14-for-26) from the field in the first half, including an astounding 72.7 percent (8-for-11) from three-point range.
Hiatt secured a career-high 10 rebounds while chipping in six points for the Tornados. Freshman Chelsea Turner also set her season-high in scoring with 13 points, thanks in part to a 4-for-5 shooting performance in the opening half.
Mallary Clay, Antoinette McPhail and Chloe Bully all finished in double figures for Catawba, paced by 17 points from Clay. McPhail added 16 points and seven rebounds while Bully had 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds.
The Tornados return to action on Wednesday night as they visit the Carson-Newman Eagles for a 6 p.m. tipoff from Holt Fieldhouse.


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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- When investors as a group feel strongly about something, it pays to take note. Often, that's because they're wrong.
That's especially true when they hate something. Hate is a powerful emotion, and it's a powerful disadvantage to bring into your investment decision-making. tTat's not just my opinion -- it's a fact. My research shows that buying the stocks everyone else hates could help you stomp the market.
>>5 Rocket Stocks to Buy for May
When I say that investors "hate" a stock, I'm talking about its short interest. A stock with a high level of shorting indicates that there are a lot of people willing to bet on a decline in its share price -- and not many willing to buy.
So what do the numbers say?
Going back over the last decade, buying heavily shorted large- and mid-cap stocks (the top two quartiles of all shortable stocks by market capitalization) would have beaten the S&P 500 by 9.28% each and every year. That's some material outperformance during a decade when decent returns were very hard to come by.
>>5 Stocks Poised for Big Breakouts
It's worth noting, though, that market cap matters a lot. Short sellers tend to be right about smaller names, with micro-caps delivering negative returns when the same method was used.
Today, we'll replicate the most lucrative side of this strategy with a look at five big-name stocks that short sellers are piled into right now. These stocks could be prime candidates for a short squeeze in 2013.
In case you're not familiar with the term, a "short squeeze" is the buying frenzy that ensues when a heavily shorted stock starts to look attractive again to investors, causing share price to skyrocket. One of the best indicators of just how high a short-squeezed stock could go is the short interest ratio, which estimates the number of days it would take for short-sellers to cover their positions. The higher the short ratio, the higher the potential profits when the shorts get squeezed.
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Naturally, these plays aren't without their blemishes -- there's a reason (economic or otherwise) that these stocks are hated. But for investors looking for exposure to a speculative play with a beefier risk/reward tradeoff, the data tells us that these could be powerful upside plays for the coming year.
Without further ado, here's a look at our list of large-cap short squeeze opportunities.
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Liberty Global
First up is Libery Global (LBTYA), a firm that owns cable networks, satellite TV operators, and phone and internet providers in more than a dozen countries in Europe and Latin America. Investors hate liberty right now. With a short interest ratio of 12.04, it would take close to three weeks of buying pressure at current volume levels just for short sellers to exit their bets against the stock.
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Liberty owns unique assets in countries where it's often the only game in town. Liberty's experience operating cable networks in scores of countries gives it unique positioning -- it's able to modernize business models in developing countries and generate substantial cash from its more mature networks. Not surprising, bundled services are a highly desirable offering for Liberty's units; they offer fatter margins without the huge customer acquisition costs associated with new subscribers.
Running cable network infrastructure isn't cheap, though, and Liberty's leverage is a big reason for why investors hate this stock so much. Despite exposure to Europe, a market that most investors hate, Liberty generates more than enough cash to cover its debt obligations right now. With free-flowing debt markets and record-low rates, that's unlikely to change.
Monday's earnings release could be a catalyst for upside if the firm manages to one-up Wall Street's expectations for the first quarter.
Omnicom Group
Advertising giant Omnicom Group (OMC) has staged a stellar run in 2013, much to the chagrin of short sellers. Shares of the $15.6 billion firm have climbed nearly 20% since the calendar flipped over to the new year, besting the S&P 500's already-impressive climb this year. But short sellers are continuing to pile into OMC right now. At last count, the firm's short interest ratio stood at 12.17.
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Omnicom is a publicly traded collection of advertising and marketing agencies. The firm's agencies include some of the most prominent names in the world, including DDB and BBDO. Since reputation is what sells creative firms to potential clients, OMC's positioning gives it a narrow economic moat. Omnicom keeps its reputation by employing human capital. Individual talent matters more at an ad agency than in most industries, and OMC must retain that talent if it wants to retain key accounts. While retention does present a risk to the firm, OMC's reputation helps court some of the best employees in the industry.
Financially, OMC is in good health. Cash and investments cover around half of the firm's overall debt load, and the firm easily covers its 2.68% dividend payout. Dividends are like kryptonite for short sellers, so as long as OMC keeps shelling out a respectable yield in this low interest rate environment, short sellers are going to keep feeling the squeeze. Relative strength in OMC's share price this year doesn't hurt either.
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) may be a relative newcomer to Wall Street, but that'll change if the firm's acquisition of NYSE Euronext (NYX), the parent of the venerable New York Stock Exchange, goes as planned. Even though IntercontinentalExchange didn't even exist a dozen years ago, its strategy of growth through acquisition has paid off to date. The ongoing merger is probably to blame for the hefty short interest in ICE -- the short ratio currently weighs in at 19.83 -- but it doesn't matter why investors hate it. At current volume levels, it would take two months of buying pressure for shorts to cover their positions.
A short squeeze could happen if shorts try to exit their positions en masse.
Until ICE officially snaps up the NYSE, its biggest business will still be niche OTC derivatives. ICE is a major player in the OTC market for "less commoditized commodities," helping to match buyers and sellers of more specialized securities. The firm's clearing business is a very attractive complement to its exchange and OTC trading arm -- it essentially lets ICE fill a role that a third-party would otherwise get a piece of anywhere else.
Energy and agriculture are core markets for IntercontinentalExchange. The firm's products are critical for commercial hedgers, and as a result, ICE can command bigger benefits than it would be able to grab if it dealt with more competitive instruments. While ICE is financially in good shape right now, the NYX deal is going to ramp up debt materially. Even so, buying up a profitable exchange operator like NYX should be accretive to income -- even before cost savings are factored in.
SBA Communications
As mobile phones continue to grow in both unit consumption and bandwidth consumption, the industry's network of supporting businesses should benefit. Take SBA Communications (SBAC), for instance: The firm is one of the biggest independent cellular infrastructure firms in the world, with thousands of cell towers spread across North, Central and South America.
Building cellular capacity is costly, so SBA's business is centered around enabling carriers to increase the number of bars subscribers get without taking on even more balance sheet leverage. By leasing out capacity to multiple carriers on a single tower, SBA can increase network strength more economically than a single cellular firm that had to build its own individual tower. It's those economies of scale that keep SBAC in business for the foreseeable future. Unless carriers want to subsidize their competitors, leasing space from SBAC makes a lot of sense.
Obviously, the cell tower business isn't cheap, and it's no surprise that this firm has financed its network primarily with debt. Even so, SBAC generates enough cash to cover its obligations, with enough left over to undertake an aggressive share buyback initiative.
Keep an eye on how this firm trades after posting first-quarter earnings this week. The firm's short interest ratio of 11.5 means that there are some big bets against shares; an attempt to cover those shorts could snowball.
Office supply giant Staples (SPLS) owns an attractive crown. It's not just a huge retail and commercial office supply firm, it's also the second-largest online retailer on earth based on sales. On the brick-and-mortar side, Staples boasts more than 2,000 stores spread across the globe, and a corporate delivery business that generates approximately 40% of total revenue.
Staples dug itself a small moat when it acquired Corporate Express in 2008; by delivering supplies directly to businesses using its own network, Staples is generally able to grab an entire firm's office orders in one fell swoop. And because switching costs are necessarily high in an institutional setting, Staples is able to retain those corporate customers far better than it can hang onto fickle retail customers.
An increased focus on Staples' own private label product line has helped to boost margins in a business that otherwise typically yields extremely low profits. And by selling its own line of more commoditized products like paperclips and pens, it's able to compete much better on cost. The firm's short interest ratio of 11.12 shows that short sellers don't agree; at current price levels, it would take more than two weeks of buying pressure for shorts to abandon ship.
That makes Staples a short squeeze candidate for May.
To see these short squeezes in action, check out this week's Short Squeezes portfolio on Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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Jonas Elmerraji, CMT, is a senior market analyst at Agora Financial in Baltimore and a contributor to TheStreet. Before that, he managed a portfolio of stocks for an investment advisory returned 15% in 2008. He has been featured in Forbes , Investor's Business Daily, and on CNBC.com. Jonas holds a degree in financial economics from UMBC and the Chartered Market Technician designation.
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I just got back from leading a 9-day meditation retreat in the wild and cactus-filled desert of Arizona. And I feel exuberant, inspired, and powerfully awake to the presence of immanent and seemingly infinite potential--simply because I took a sustained break from our modern world and its unspoken cultural agreements and assumptions about what's real and important. "How many of us think it's important to regularly create the space in our lives to temporarily let go of everything we … [Read more...]
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Jeffrey Burum's attorney, John Vandevelde, said his client will fight the charges brought against him this morning and will come out victorious.
Burum, 48, co-managing partner of Colonies Partners, was one of four people indicted this morning in connection with the ongoing probe of corruption related to San Bernardino County's $102 million settlement with Colonies Partners, L.P.
"Jeff Burum has been smeared by innuendos for two years," Vandevelde said. "Today's indictment means Jeff will finally have his day in court where the truth will show there was never a bribe of anyone or illegal conduct of any kind. The county abused the property rights that Jeff, his partners and all citizens are guaranteed. This criminal case is one more effort to force Jeff to submit to the power of the government; but Jeff will fight these charges and he will win."


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Thread: aching breast
29th July 2012 07:54 PM #1
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aching breast
Dearest fellow mum,
I am breastfeeding my bub and she's 1 year and 2 months now. I wonder why my
left breast is aching simultaneously. Just my left breast. It feel so sore and
uncomfortable. Please help me. It's not everyday, but maybe three times a week.
31st July 2012 12:28 AM #2
Hi havingaprincess,
I'm sorry to hear your breast is feeling uncomfortable. I wonder if I could ask a few more questions to try and get to the root of the problem. How long has it been aching? Does your daughter move around lots and play with your breasts whilst feeding or is this not an issue?
If the breast is red and tender you could have Mastitis. This can be very painful, and results in a sore/red/swollen breast. Can you feel a lump as this is common with Mastitis? You may also have flu-like symtoms. If you think it could be Mastitis you should see your doctor straight away, who may prescribe antibiotics to help it clear up. You should keep feeding/expressing as it is caused by a build-up of milk.
However, because you are not experiencing the symptoms every day I am not sure it is Mastitis. Does the pain get worse after feeding? This is the case with thrush.
Please post back and let us know the answer to these questions so we can help you further. If you continue feeling the pain I would see your doctor.
Best wishes,
31st July 2012 09:20 PM #3
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Dearest lj,
Thank you for the response. I have experienced this not so long ago but just recently. Yes, my
bub moves around lots and play with my breast while I'm feeding. I haven't feel any lump and
there's no redness also. I feel so relieve when expressing milk to her that I would love to do it
even if she's full enough.
2nd August 2012 01:53 AM #4
Hi havingaprincess,
When my son was about 14 months old he started eating more and subsequently my breasts would sometimes feel extremely full and painful (they felt a lot 'harder' at these times). I am wondering if this could be happening with your daughter - that your milk supply has not yet reduced in response to her eating more solids and so your breast is feeling uncomfortably full. This could happen more with one breast (the left breast in your case) if you breastfed your little one more from this side or have a favourite side to breastfeed on. Is this the case?
If it is this, then your body will soon adapt and produce a bit less milk. You could continue to offer her the breast frequently to try and relieve this feeling.
If you did develop any redness/lump/flu-like symptoms then I would see your doctor as soon as possible.
It may also be a good idea to try and get your daughter to not play with your breasts whilst she is feeding. You could have another toy nearby for her to hold.
Please do let me know if the discomfort settles.
Does anyone else have any other ideas for havingaprincess?
Best wishes,
2nd August 2012 03:45 AM #5
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My advice would pretty much be the same as LJ's. I am breastfeeding an 18 month old and I occasionally have pains in my breasts, but there is no rhyme or reason for it. My initial thought was that it was likely mastitis or plugged duct, but if there does not appear to be a lump it does not sound like that is the case. The only other thing is thrush, which can cause pains, though I am sure it would be more consistent. To test for thrush look for a patchy white rash on your nipple or in baby's mouth. Thrush tends to itch, it is a form of yeast infection. Otherwise, it sounds as though you may just be experiencing some extra fullness, pain from rough play or pumping. Let us know if you develop anymore symptoms or if the symptoms subside after trying the distraction techniques described by LJ.
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I noticed from some of your other posts that you've been experiencing increased stress recently. Often times when we experience a lot of stress or when we are preoccupied with things, breastfeeding is affected.
My first guess is that you may be experiencing a plugged milk duct periodically throughout the week. This can be caused by not breastfeeding as often as you used to and it can also be caused by a compression of that particular part of the breast. If you're squeezing your breast or if baby's body is squeezing part of a breast, this can cause a milk duct to become plugged.
If you're not breastfeeding as often as usual, this, too, can cause a milk duct to become plugged.
In my 12 years of breastfeeding I've had plenty of achy, sore spots on my breasts without feeling a lump or seeing a red spot and without fever. However, I knew it was likely a plugged milk duct that was causing the discomfort and I would quickly work to remedy it.
If it feels really good to empty the breast, then I would encourage you to breastfeed your toddler more often right now, even if that means she doesn't get other foods. It's perfectly okay for her to go a week just on breastmilk (at 14 months of age) if you need her to stimulate the breast and help unplug that milk duct.
I would also encourage you to put her to the breast in different positions. The football hold can be more difficult with a larger child (14 months) but it is possible. If you put her to the breast in a variety of positions this will also help to empty out the milk duct because it will be stimulated more.
You can also run warm water on the breast (this is easiest in the shower or bath) and then express milk in an effort to empty the milk duct, but baby's stimulation will work best. There's also a product called a breast soother which can be warn in your bra and delivers heat to the breast. It is recommended that the warmth be applied for a minimum of 7 minutes. And if you happen to have a breast pump on hand, you can also use that to help stimulate milk flow, but again, baby's stimulation will be best.
If there's any indication of thrush, I would encourage you to cut back on all sugar and even on fruit right now, because sugars feed yeast (thrush).
Please post back and let us know if you're seeing any white coating in baby's mouth or on your nipple area (the white coating is different than a milk coating) or if you think it may just be a plugged milk duct.
Warm regards,


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Black Crowes' Rich Robinson prepping 2014 solo album
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Guitarist Rich Robinson is currently on the road with his Black Crowes bandmates, but he'll be heading out on his own next year.
According to "Billboard," Robinson plans to embark on a national tour in support of his third solo album, The Ceaseless Sight, which is due out in the spring of 2014. The follow-up to 2011's Through a Crooked Sun will be his first release with Brooklyn indie label The End Records.
Robinson expects "great" things with the new partnership, explaining that the folks at The End know how to "allow the artist to create pure music without the inevitable commercial vs. art clash."
In the meantime, Robinson is scheduled to take the stage with the Black Crowes this Friday and Saturday for a two-night stand at the Wiltern in Los Angeles.
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Sandy • Mufi Hunt is a state champion in football. He is Prince Charming. He is the center of attention.
Dancer, singer, defensive end, low-post presence.
In front of thousands of spectators or a quaint gathering you name it, he can do it.
Hunt, who stands 6 foot 6, is Waterford's starting center and entered the week as the Ravens' leading scorer. He joined the basketball team just one week before the season because he was busy helping Jordan High to the Class 5A state football championship.
"It's different, for sure," Hunt said about playing before thousands at Rice-Eccles Stadium one day and in a gym with a capacity of 400 just a week later. "But the atmosphere here is just as good. The student body here is really loud when we get a full crowd."
Hunt plays football for Jordan under UHSAA's "co-op rule," because Waterford doesn't offer the sport. He has attended Waterford since the sixth grade and has plenty of interests outside sports.
The sophomore also is set to play Prince Charming in the school's spring musical, "Cinderella." He was an Indian prince in a ballet performance of "Peter Pan" last year. He had to give up participating in choir because it conflicted with a jam-packed schedule.
"I like dance a lot," Hunt said. "In dance, we stretch a lot. It gets me loosened up, balanced. We do a lot of leg workouts. Dancers are really strong. I was surprised at first."
First-year boys basketball coach Ryan Judd said Hunt is the personification of a well-rounded Waterford student.
"He's an amazing young kid," said Judd, a 2002 Waterford grad. "He realizes he has a lot of talents, and he isn't going to just focus on one activity. At a place like Waterford, you can try a little of this and a little of that and then discover your passion and go with it.
"He is a great leader for the team. He has scored pretty well and played great, but I think he has plenty of room to grow in his role on the team."
Just two weeks removed from the gridiron, Hunt still is working his way into basketball shape. He scored in double figures in each of Waterford's first three games something he did 12 times in 23 games as a freshman.
"My teammates are running after practice with me, and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be in as good a shape as I am now," Hunt said.
He said he would like to play basketball in college and admits he has plenty of room for improvement defense, rebounding and free throws top the list. But he also has plenty of time to make that happen.
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Sophomore Mufi Hunt is Waterford's leading scorer three games into the season.
Hunt plays football at Jordan through UHSAA's "co-op rule" and won the Class 5A state championship with the Beetdiggers last month.
Hunt's interests also include choir and dance. He played an Indian prince in a ballet performance of "Peter Pan" as a freshman.


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Above: Taj and Kelly surfing the comp.
Eight-to-ten foot surf is pounding Margaret River for the 2011 Telstra Drug Aware Pro currently. Being an ASP Prime event, it's drawn some big-time names like Parko, Taj, Wilko, Julian, and Kelly, among other World Tour surfers. Everyone has been scrambling to find bigger boards for their heats while Kelly decided to stick with the ol' 5'9″, and of course he made it work in the face of the chunky beasts that were coming through. Stay tuned for more from the event.
Above: Julian getting in a freesurf.
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Woodruff ignored Novak's role in Plame affair when discussing bill inspired by the case
On the April 29 edition of CNN's Inside Politics, host Judy Woodruff asked CNN commentator and syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak about legislation (S. 340 [1] and H.R. 581 [2]) recently introduced [3] in Congress that would restrict the ability of federal courts to compel journalists to reveal confidential sources, but she failed to mention Novak's link to that legislation. In fact, the bill was a response [4] to subpoenas of Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time by a special counsel investigating government leaks that led to the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame -- by Novak.
In other words, Woodruff chose to ask Novak about legislation resulting from a criminal investigation into events involving Novak without noting his involvement and despite Novak's reported policy of refusing to talk about the Plame affair. According to Congressional Quarterly Weekly columnist A.B. Stoddard:
Novak refuses to talk to friends or reporters (including yours truly, of course) about the scandal he created. Novak carries on unruffled, writing his twice-weekly column, giving speeches and performing as TV pundit. The fact is, there is no real pressure to talk. The mainstream media establishment he blisters is protecting Novak and playing by his blackout rules: Ask about the case and an interview ends, and that includes a promise to walk off a television set as well. [CQ Weekly, 4/8/05]
According to The Washington Monthly, Novak won't allow the topic of the Plame affair to come up on CNN's The Capital Gang either:
The topic hasn't come up on "The Capital Gang," for instance, because, according to one source at CNN, "Bob is the executive producer and he has more say than anybody else. ... He won't talk about it." Novak's role at the show means that he gets to determine what subjects do -- and, more importantly, do not -- get discussed. But couldn't one of the other panelists bring it up, even so? "You have to understand," said the source, "this is Bob's show. He's the boss." [Washington Monthly [5], December 2004]
From the April 29 edition of CNN's Inside Politics:
WOODRUFF: Okay. All right, another piece of legislation to shield reporters from prosecution, not getting much support?
NOVAK: I love this story. The very distinguished and popular senator from Indiana, Republican Richard Lugar, put in this bill -- co-sponsored with Chris Dodd [D-CT] -- asked for co-sponsors. He only got three co-sponsors, all Republicans. A companion bill in the House by Republican congressman Mike Pence of Indiana only got 24 co-sponsors, 14 of them Republican. The fact, is, Judy, the members of Congress, particularly the Republicans, just don't like reporters very much. And, in fact, one of the Republicans told me, they'd just as soon them go to jail if they don't testify before a grand jury.
WOODRUFF: I guess that's a surprise, isn't it? That they--
NOVAK: Big surprise.
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Snow Days…Monday, February 26th, 2007
Weather: 30°F (-1°C) With snow flurries.
Road Conditions: Slushy, snowy mess.
Emily's first snow angel of the season. At least she's having fun…
So here we are in the dregs of Winter. One fairly large snowstorm hit us this past weekend, and they are forecasting another for later this week. You folks in Denver know exactly what I'm talking about… one after another after….
Hopefully, this will all begin to melt by the middle of March, but here in Minnesota, you never know for sure. The only thing I am certain about is that this isn't scootin' weather.
Scarlet O'Baron is tucked away in the garage, alongside Frogwing, and both of them are hooked up to Battery Tenders. Sure, I could ride, if I felt I had something to prove, but I did that last year. No sense in pushing my luck.
Besides, things are going to get a little hectic around here in the next couple weeks. Tomorrow, my wife Amy goes in for surgery on her leg. Nothing catastrophic, but it is going to put her down for several days. I'm going to have to pick up the slack; cooking, cleaning, and taking care of our little snow angel, Emily, as much as I can while still going to work every day.
I'm not sure how to treat this situation here in the blog. I've just come off a vacation, of sorts. But I will be driving straight home from work, to take care of things here at home, and my rambling ways are going to be curtailed for awhile.
Still, I have a few things that I've been thinking about, and once I get the girls tucked-in at night, I may feel like sharing some stories or observations with you. Think of it as exploring new territory.
Rambling will recommence as soon as possible. Until then, bear with me…


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Brevard, N.C. - Brevard opened and closed their Saturday doubleheader against Wingate University with a bang at Gil Coan Field, scoring six runs in the first inning of the opener in defeating the Bulldogs 14-6, while Eric Renegar hit a walk-off triple, scoring Randy O'Dell from first base in the bottom of the seventh in game two to complete the sweep over Wingate with the 7-6 victory.
Zach Joyce (2-4) and Dustin Haithcox (3-1) picked up the wins for the Tornados (22-20, 13-11 SAC), while Champ Stuart led the Brevard offense on the afternoon, going 5-for-7 with four runs scored, four RBIs and a triple and home run as Brevard recorded the season sweep over the Bulldogs. Justin Nygard (3-4) and Josh Karr (2-1) suffered the losses for Wingate, despite home runs by both Casey Allison and Dodson McPherson as the Bulldogs fall to 26-19, 12-12 in the conference on the season.
Game One: Brevard 14, Wingate 6
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Stuart had two RBI and three runs scored to lead the Brevard attack, while Chad Funkhouser, Tarron Robinson, Cody Queen and Christian Christopoulos drove in two runs apiece for the Tornados.
Jacob Karr had a double and three RBI to lead the Wingate attack. James Tedder had two RBI and a run scored, while Allison was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
The Tornados came out hot, plating six runs in the first inning. Robinson and Randy O'Dell got it started with RBI singles, while Christopoulos added a two-run single to push the advantage to six. A Bulldog error allowed another run to score in the second, while a two-run single from Funkhouser gave Brevard a 10-0 lead in the third inning.
Stuart's RBI triple in the fifth pushed the Brevard lead to 11, while an RBI double from Robinson and RBI single from Queen made it 14-0 in the fifth.
Wingate got on the board in the seventh on Karr's RBI double. The Bulldogs added five more runs in the eighth. Allison got it started with an RBI single, while Tedder followed with a two-run single. A two-run single from Karr made the final margin 14-6.
Joyce picked up the win, allowing one run on six hits in 6.2 innings of work, striking out three. Nygard took the loss after allowed eight earned runs on six hits in two innings of work, striking out two while walking six.
Game Two: Brevard 7, Wingate 6
Box Score
Wingate fought back to tie the game at six in the top of the seventh on a three-run homer from Allison, but Renegar's RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh won the game for Brevard.
Stuart drove in two more runs to lead the attack for the Tornados in game two, while Kameron Armacost also drove in two runs. O'Dell added a pair of hits, an RBI and two runs scored.
Allison had a homer, three RBI and two runs scored to lead the Wingate attack. Senior outfielder Dodson McPherson (Graham, N.C.) was three-for-four with a homer and two RBI, while freshman catcher Josh Clark (Clemmons, N.C.) was two-for-four with an RBI.
Wingate took the lead in the first when McPherson singled, went to third on Clark's single and then scored on a sacrifice fly from Tedder. McPherson connected a solo shot in the fourth to make it 2-0.
Brevard scored four times in the bottom of the frame to take the lead. O'Dell got it started with an RBI double, while a two-run single from Armacost put the Tornados on top.
Allison drew a one-out walk in the sixth, then scored on Clark's RBI single to make it 4-3. The Bulldogs would load the bases with one out in the frame, but were unable to plate any more runs.
The Tornados added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth on Stuart's fifth home run of the season, with his two-run shot clearing the fence in left field to make the score 6-3.
The Bulldogs would not go away in the top of the seventh, getting two runners on via an error and hit batsman, bringing Allison to the plate, where he connected on a three-run shot to left center to tie the game at six.
Brevard had the answer in the seventh, getting a leadoff single from O'Dell. Renegar would follow by ripping the game-winning walk-off triple to right center, giving the Tornados the 7-6 victory.
Haithcox picked up his third win of the season, working two-thirds of an inning without allowing a hit. Karr took the loss after allowing a run on four hits in two-thirds of an inning, striking out two.
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Daimler Vans Manufacturing will expand its existing van assembly plant in Charleston County, located at 8501 Palmetto Commerce Parkway. Daimler distributes its vans from the facility to markets throughout North America. The company will make improvements to the building and changes to its current assembly line. The company expects to complete expansion by 2018.
"Today's announcement by Daimler Vans Manufacturing is another indication that South Carolina is on the right track with its economic development efforts. We celebrate the company's decision to invest more than $4.6 million and create 60 new jobs in Charleston County," said Gov. Nikki Haley.
The Governor met with the company in 2011 during a business development trip to Germany, and has plans to meet again with company officials in the immediate future.
Since January 2011, South Carolina has recruited more than $5.1 billion in capital investment and more than 8,500 jobs in the automotive-related sector.
"Daimler has had a presence in the Lowcountry for a number of years and it's great that they view the Palmetto State as just right for business. Today's announcement is a sign that our strength in the automotive club continues to grow," said Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt.
"Another great win in Charleston County," said Charleston County Council Chairman Teddie Pryor. "Congratulations to Daimler Vans on this exciting development. Marco Wirtz and his management team are doing an outstanding job in this state-of-the-art facility, and within the community. As they grow yet again, we at Charleston County will continue to support their efforts in every way possible."
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Coffin, John M, Stephen H Hughes, and Harold E Varmus, eds. 1997. Retroviruses. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
Crewdson, John. 2002. Science fictions: a scientific mystery, a massive coverup, and the dark legacy of Robert Gallo. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
Engel, Jonothan. 2006. The endemic: a global history of aids. New York: Smithsonian Books/Collins.
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A milestone has been reached! This is my final Cacheside Chat ever. I can hear the cheers now.
The quick overview here: MNDNR policies from the Parks and the Forests, MnGCA Nominations, Fall Cache Bash 2k6, and the General Elections Meeting.
Old Business:
We are having the first non-election vote for the MnGCA that I know of at the MnGCA Cannonball Wilderness Run. If you are a registered MnGCA Member as of 12/10/05 you are eligible to vote. If youre already an MnGCA Member and you would like more information on the vote please read up on it here:
1. The MnGCA will contact parks districts that have policies already, those that contact us looking for a policy, or those that have raised concerns and have been referred to the MnGCA by others.
2. We have reduced the number of months required to be a member before you can vote from six to three months.
3. We have left in the Bylaws requirement to have prior Board service to become President.
We have begun talks with Anoka Countys intern who is doing a geocaching feasibility study for the county. Weve provided her with links to other state policies as well as studies done on the national level for the USFS. Weve given her information and data that we have compiled and presented to numerous other parks districts that shows total number of cachers, total number of caches (statewide and metrowide), as well as average frequency of visits/month.
We are still waiting to hear back about this. I have e-mailed and spoken with Anoka County Parks personnel and they are currently working on other projects but will get back to us when they can.
Dont forget that elections are coming up soon and that in order to be eligible to vote you must sign up as an MnGCA Member by 7 days following the Spring Event (or six months, whichever is less). Depending on the date of the Fall Event, that will likely be June 17th, 2006.
The nominations have taken place and the forum area is now open to all MnGCA Members to view the goings on. It is locked for archival purposes.
Absentee ballots have been going out and should probably not be requested from here out due to the turn around required.
We are looking for someone to take over Cache of the Month nominations and postings for Pear Head. If you are at all interested in continuing this monthly (mostly) feature forward, please contact the MnGCA Board here:
CamoCacher has agreed to take this over. Thanks!
New Business:
1. MnGCA Fall Cache Bash 2k6: We are having the annual Fall Event and General Elections Meeting at Baylor Park in Carver County. There is a five member committee working on the event and they have a multitude of awards, caches, events, and other stuff planned.
There is camping available (you will want to sign up as soon as possible check the cache page for details), there will be food available, and possibly (depending on cloud cover) an opportunity to enjoy Baylors fantastic star watching!
The elections meeting will be held on Saturday afternoon and we will be voting on the members of the 2007 MnGCA Board. Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting (non-members and members alike) but only MnGCA Members who are eligible are able to vote.
2. Erin from Duluth (dmnrec) and I attended the DNRs Best Practices exhibit at the Maplewood Community Center last week. We met with officials from numerous parks districts including (but not limited to) the DNR, Dakota County, Ramsey County, Chanhassen, and Eden Prairie.
We gave out copies of the Duluth Policy, FAQs from Groundspeak, etc. It was great talking with so many officials that the MnGCA Board has dealt with in person and over the phone numerous times.
The most important conversation to come out of that day was with Dakota County Parks who are looking to implement a policy. They are currently very interested in the Duluth policy and we will be working closely with them to make sure that the best policy for geocachers and Dakota County Parks comes out of those talks.
3. The Minnesota DNR has released policies for both the Minnesota State Parks and State Forests. The State Parks policy requires pre-approval and a permit from the State Parks personnel on the grounds. The State Forests have a policy but no permit process.
We are still working with the DNR on adopting a policy for the WMAs but they are waiting until they hire another person to their staff before they move forward. Well keep you updated.
Thats it for me and for the Silent Bob sponsored Cacheside Chat.
Have a great day and happy cachin,
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Although the appeal will likely last well into summer 2007, there are already indications this case has changed the climate of sulfate attack claims. There are also considerable doubts about the future, because new laws and changed building codes may alter the ground rules completely.
The trial concerned external sulfate attack, which has been at the center of millions of dollars in litigation the past 12 years. Sulfates dissolved in groundwater are alleged to seep into concrete foundations and slabs and react with chemicals in the concrete. They form microscopic crystals, which break down the structure of the concrete.
For sulfate attack to occur, there must be sulfates in the soil, they have to get into the concrete, and the concrete must contain the chemicals that react with them. When the phenomenon was discovered more than 50 years ago, special types of cement were developed, Type II and Type V, which resist sulfate attack because they contain less of the chemicals that react with the sulfates.
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For decades, Southern California residential projects built on soils containing sulfates were specified for 2000-pound concrete using Type V cement. In 1985, the Uniform Building Code regarding sulfates was changed. A sulfate resistance table was added, which called not only for sulfate-resistant cement, but also a lower water/cement ratio: 0.5 for moderate sulfates, 0.45 for severe sulfates. That translates to about 4500-pound concrete. Theoretically, this denser concrete would be less permeable to groundwater and the sulfates dissolved in it.
The legal problems arose because the code changed, but the practice in Southern California did not. "Engineers kept specifying 2000-pound concrete even when they found severe levels of sulfate in the soils," says William Ingalsbe of Monteleone and McCrory, the lead attorney who defended National Ready Mixed Concrete. "They would specify Type V cement, which, in practicality, had worked for the past 30 years.
"Some engineers believe the code was never intended to apply to residential concrete," explains Ingalsbe. "Residential concrete falls within the definition of 'plain concrete' under the code, different from reinforced or structural concrete. Arguably, the requirement for sulfate resistance applies to all concrete, but engineers never interpreted it that way. No building official ever interpreted the code to apply to residential construction or required them to use 4500-pound concrete."
Concrete producers were caught in the middle. "The engineer designs the concrete. He is the guy licensed by the state of California to do so, not the ready-mix supplier," says Ingalsbe. "Developers kept issuing specifications designed by their engineers, and ready-mix suppliers kept supplying orders with 2000-pound concrete."