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AUBURN, Ala. – College Baseball Lineup has created the Gregg Olson Award, an honor to be presented to college baseball's breakout player of the year.
The to-be annual award will be given to a top amateur baseball player who elevates his game to an elite level throughout the season. Olson lettered at Auburn from 1986-88 and is the school's only two-time All-America selection.
As a freshman he was 7-3 with a 5.72 ERA in 19 appearances (14 starts) before being turned into one of the top relievers in college baseball history his sophomore year. In 1987 he was 11-1 with 10 saves and a 1.26 ERA in 42 relief appearances while in 1988 he was 7-3 with 10 saves and a 2.00 ERA, striking out 113.
His 20 career saves rank tied for fourth in Auburn history while his 271 career strike outs are sixth. His .781 winning percentage (25-7) is also fifth all-time in Auburn history.
"I was very pleased to hear that an annual college baseball award is to be named for Gregg Olson," former Auburn head coach Hal Baird said.
"Gregg pioneered the position of late inning closer at a time when no one put their most talented pitcher in the bullpen. Not only was he the first, but it is arguable that he remains the best in the annals of college baseball. He was a two-time First Team All-American, which was unprecedented for a closer, and he was the highest First Round draft pick ever for a college reliever. He was a totally dominant force who literally changed the strategies of our opponents due to his ability to shorten the game. In short Gregg changed the college game forever and the most appropriate accolade given him, in my opinion, was in 2000 when Baseball America named him the college closer of the century, which in effect means the greatest college closer of all time. True praise indeed."
Olson remains the highest drafted player to ever come out of Auburn, being taken fourth overall in the 1988 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles. He won the 1989 American League Rookie of the Year Award and was named to the All-Star Team in just his second season in the major leagues.
In a 14-year career as a reliever, Olson compiled 217 saves with a 40-39 record, 588 strike outs and a 3.46 ERA in 672 innings. The Olson Award has been developed to honor college baseball's success stories and showcase players like Olson who have raised the level of their game through hard work, strength of mind and determination.
Eligible players will be those who are omitted from major publication's preseason All-American prognostications; however by the end of the season their on-the-field performance will demonstrated that they are among the top amateur baseball players in the nation.
The winner of the 2013 Gregg Olson Award will be named in Omaha, Neb., during the College World Series. A Watch List is scheduled to be released Monday, May 20th. At the conclusion of the regular season a selection of five finalists will be made by an independent panel.


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Shortly after bringing its all-new P1 supercar to Los Angeles, McLaren on Thursday released a video of the car in its natural habitat: the track.
Wearing camouflage bearing the outlines of famous track circuits around the world, a prototype version of the many-horsepower P1 is seen going through development testing.
Just how much horsepower remains to be seen. Estimates range from 800 to 1,000, with the exact figure being announced at the Geneva Motor Show in March. It's then that we'll also get specifics on the engine, though it's likely that the car will use a twin-turbocharged V-8.
Photos: McLaren's P1 supercar makes L.A. debut
McLaren also remains mum on pricing, but expect to pay at least $1.2 million for the privilege of calling one your own. You'll also have to act quick; the automaker will probably only make several hundred of these cars.
When the P1 comes to market at the end of 2013, it will set up a particularly epic battle for the world's best new supercar. Ferrari is widely expected to unveil the successor to its Enzo supercar at Geneva. It too will have many hundreds of horsepower and its price tag will probably surpass the $1-million mark.
Highway 1 got an up-close look at the P1 when it made its L.A. debut Jan. 17. Once you're done drinking in the sounds of this supercar in its element, check out a few brief looks at the car's wild design.
Review: Ferrari's FF is ferocious yet practical
Photos: McLaren's P1 supercar makes L.A. debut
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How to Talk Down Tehran's Nuclear Ambitions
Before deciding on war or containment, the West should offer a good-faith compromise to the mullahs and the Iranian people.
After months of escalating tensions, Iran has indicated a willingness to restart talks over its nuclear program with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany. The United States and the other countries should take Iran up on its offer with a firm proposal of their own.
Iran is motivated by pain from economic sanctions that have made it more difficult for Tehran to sell oil and have weakened its currency, thereby raising the cost of essential imports. Iran's leaders are also concerned that their country could be the target of military attacks from Israel, the U.S. or both.
It is in the American interest to pursue a negotiated outcome to the current impasse. The reason is straightforward. Sanctions and clandestine efforts will not succeed in stopping Iran's nuclear advance at an acceptable plateau or in undermining the regime—and the two principal alternatives to diplomacy promise to be costly and risky.
One alternative is to go to war with a classic preventive attack. This would likely delay the Iranian program, but perhaps not for more than a few years. Moreover, whatever is destroyed will likely be rebuilt in a manner that makes future attacks more difficult. An attack also could trigger retaliation and set in motion a chain of events that leads to widespread loss of life and a massive increase in oil prices.
The other alternative to negotiations is to live with an Iran that possesses one or more nuclear weapons, or that is perpetually on the verge of being able to. But a nuclear Iran would place the region on a hair trigger: The incentive of Iran or Israel to strike first in a crisis would be great, while other countries (including Egypt and Saudi Arabia) would be tempted to acquire nuclear weapons of their own. An Iran backed with nuclear weapons might be even more aggressive in pursuit of its aims to become a regional hegemon. And no one could rule out the possibility that nuclear material might end up in the hands of terrorist groups backed by Tehran.
This makes negotiations worth exploring, even though they are unlikely to resolve the problem for all time. Iran will not do away with its nuclear program, which is simply too extensive and enjoys too much political support among Iranians. No Iranian government could forfeit the "right to enrich" and survive.
Negotiations need to achieve meaningful results if they are to be embraced. The guiding principle is that Tehran must allow intrusive inspections and limits on its nuclear activities so that it cannot complete a dash for the bomb without providing the world with enough advance warning to react. This means enabling international inspectors to visit suspected nuclear facilities, not simply those declared by Iran. Stepped-up inspections should focus on providing continuous surveillance, whether electronically or by full-time inspectors, of enriched uranium stocks and output from Iran's nuclear facilities.
Placing physical limits on the Iranian program would involve steps to convert Iran's growing stocks of enriched uranium into fuel for its reactors, which is the regime's stated purpose. This would lengthen the time it would take to convert any nuclear material into bomb material. Tehran should be required to reconfigure its enrichment facilities so that they only produce reactor fuel, rather than medium or highly enriched uranium. Iran has produced five years worth of medium-enriched uranium for its medical reactor—so anything more only makes sense as part of a military program. Limits to the scale of Iranian facilities, and on the deployment of new technologies, are also essential.
In exchange for such concessions, the world should offer to dial back the most recent sanctions (including those not yet fully implemented) that target the Iranian oil and financial sectors. But no existing sanctions should be eased (or new sanctions delayed) as a reward for Iran's agreeing to talk, lest negotiations prove to be nothing more than a tactic. And sanctions aimed at firms and individuals involved in illicit nuclear activities—particularly those associated with military efforts—would need to stay. So, too, would other sanctions prompted by Iranian violations of human rights, support for terrorism, and threats to regional security beyond its nuclear program.
Iran might well reject this deal. Many Iranians see their nuclear program as a symbol of national greatness and a guarantee against invasion and attempts to oust the regime. Moreover, even if some Iranian leaders are inclined toward making a deal, others may remain opposed. Just two years ago, a split between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei scuttled a modest agreement that would have slowed Iran's nuclear program.
One way to increase the odds that a deal would be accepted is to make the outlines of any compromise public. The Iranian people would then be able to see that the world was not trying to humiliate Iran but rather offering it something fair, if only Iran's leaders would agree. Political pressure could grow on those leaders to accept the compromise, gain relief from sanctions and avoid military attack.
But even if public pressure fails to induce Iran's leaders to compromise, negotiations still make sense. Before the decision is made to embrace alternatives that promise to be costly, it is important to demonstrate—to domestic and world opinion alike—that a reasonable policy was explored. The political, economic, military and human responsibility for any conflict should be with Iran if that is where we end up.
Mr. Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations, where Mr. Levi is a senior fellow.


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By Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Family members of the Newtown school shooting victims flew into Washington on Air Force One to press for gun-control legislation, but kept a low profile as they held private meetings with senators on Tuesday.
After coming to the capital aboard the presidential plane on Monday evening, the families had breakfast with Vice President Joe Biden. He said after the two-hour meeting, "I wish the members of Congress had been able to eavesdrop on the discussion in my home today."
The 11 family members stayed largely out of sight on the first of three days of lobbying in Washington, maintaining that private meetings with lawmakers would serve their cause better than grandstanding. They did hold a conference call with reporters.
"We're just private citizens who are now part of a club we never wanted to be in," said Bill Sherlach, whose wife Mary was the school psychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary School, one of six adults and 20 children killed in the December 14 attack.
"We're not up on all the political wranglings that go on," Sherlach said. "We're just the ordinary public, coming to the people that we elected to the offices nationwide and try to bring a program to the table that will be wide-ranging."
The shooting in the small Connecticut town horrified the country and prompted President Barack Obama to seek ways to prevent such massacres, including gun control. But his administration has struggled to gain support for legislation amid strong opposition from the powerful National Rifle Association.
The Newtown families are pushing for background checks to prevent criminals and the mentally ill from buying guns, and they want a provision to limit the capacity of gun magazines.
The families planned a series of private meetings with Democratic and Republican senators, but declined to name the lawmakers, except for Sen. Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican who they said had agreed to be identified.
They said no senator had declined to meet with them. Senator Mark Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat who faces a tough re-election race next year in a state where gun control faces stiff opposition, said his office would try to schedule a meeting.
Making the Capitol Hill meetings private would keep politics to a minimum, the families said.
Tim Makris, executive director of the advocacy group Sandy Hook Promise, said private meetings let legislators open up in a way public meetings don't.
"When it's public, unfortunately at times it can turn political and then nothing happens," he said.
The Senate is expected to hold a preliminary, test vote on a gun-control measure on Thursday, but Democratic Leader Harry Reid said the bill may not get past Republican procedural hurdles. Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said there was no bipartisan support for the effort.
Obama's proposals include expanded background checks for gun buyers, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
Makris said the Sandy Hook shooter brought 30-bullet magazines to the school and left smaller magazines at home.
"We know when the shooter stopped to reload, he made it possible for 11 children to escape," Makris said. "And we're left to wonder, if he had carried smaller magazines, and been forced to reload up to three times more ... would more children be alive?"
The group sought to present a human face to lawmakers.
Asked what the group could bring to the debate what other gun-control advocates could not, Mark Barden, whose 7-year-old son Daniel was killed in the shooting, told the conference call:
"Lots of people can discuss the issues from an intellectual perspective, but we bring a personal perspective."
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Meridian, Miss. When it comes to serving the children in Lauderdale County, Boys and Girls Club of East Mississippi Executive Director, Ricky Hood, says his organization is barely able 'to scratch the surface.'
"This summer we will register about 1,000 kids. On a day-to-day basis we'll see about 600 to 700 kids in 3 locations. Well, there are 13,000 school age kids in Meridian and Lauderdale County. So, where are the rest of the kids going for the summer?"
For the summer the Boys and Girls Club of East Mississippi is filled to capacity at all three of its sites. Because there is no more room, officials are encouraging local churches and civic groups to open the doors to their family life centers and such to help serve the children who the Boys and Girls Club cannot.
"There's so much room for other people to get involved," says Hood. "I wish our churches would open up just a few hours a day in the afternoon, or whatever is possible for children because the buildings are sitting idle and the kids are sitting idle."
Given concerns in recent months about youth committing crimes, Hood stresses that it's important for parents to get their children involved in something positive for the summer.
"Being a part of something because if they don't be a part of a positive experience then they're going to find some negative things and gone are the days when we can leave them at home and say, 'they can watch themselves.' You can't do that because they have computers and if they have I-phones they have access to a lot of negative things over the internet. So, put them in a supervised in environment."


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Never was that good at math in school, but now I like it and I might try to major in it soon.
Looking forward to snooping around the forum.
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Hello adamjr!
High school mathematics does not give a good interpretation of what it is to students. It shows that mathematics is all memorization and "plug and chug," which is not true and often turns students away from it. I think you should take a few mathematics courses at a university, community college or self-study them so that you get a better idea before committing to it. Of course, if you apply to university as a mathematics major, you can change it within the year or so (at least in the US, which is where you likely are because you used the word "major" which I think is mainly used only there).
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I agree Shivam. I didn't like how it was presented in school. Yes, I'm in the US, and I'm actually looking to major in CS with possibly a double major involving math.
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The Internet Marketing Conference in Iceland RIMC 2010 was a huge success (sold out) with speakers from Econsultancy, Ericsson, Bing, Anomaly, Nordic eMarketing, Hunterlodge, CCP Games, Icelandair and more. The conference was on the 12th of March and lasted the whole day. You can read more about the conference at the PR Week blog.
Read the PR Week posts on the 2010 Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference here:
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ROCHESTER � A new bleacher system being installed at the Rochester Athletic Complex is expected to be complete by late February, bringing to an end a problem that has dragged on since the facility opened more than three years ago.
�So far, things are going very well,� School Superintendent Tom Bertrand said.
Two sets of automated retractable bleachers that were originally installed at the $5.5 million facility when it opened in 2010 never functioned properly despite more than three dozen attempts to repair them.
The Rochester School District filed a lawsuit in Sangamon County Circuit Court in May 2012 seeking $500,000 in damages to pay for removing and replacing the bleachers and the associated legal fees.
The district, the construction company, its subcontractor and the manufacturer of the bleacher system reached a $400,000 settlement last year. The district will pay another $35,660 to cover additional costs of the new bleachers.
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US National Science & Technology Summit
The US government policy for support of science and technology is being developed around the 2007 America Competes Act, a consensus policy to strengthen long-term US economic competitiveness through science and technology. This act calls for a substantial increase in US investment in science and technology, including an approximate doubling of the funding for the National Science Foundation over a five-year period, and an almost similar increase for the Departement of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Consequently, the President proposed increased budgets. President and Congress approved them with bipartisan support last year. Unfortunately, they were interrupted by the Omnibus Bill that so adversely affected high-energy physics funding, including the ILC. Hopefully this plan will resume on track in the next US budget. The Act directed the President to "convene a National Science and Technology Summit to examine the health and direction of the United States' science, technology, engineering, and mathematics enterprises," and to issue a report on the Summit results. That summit meeting was held on 18 August 2008 at Oak Ridge Laboratory.
|Oak Ridge National Laboratory, host of the Science and Technology Summit
|Discussions at the National Science and Technology Summit
The Oak Ridge meeting brought together representatives from government, industry and research. I was invited to participate and to contribute a white paper, as well as serve on one of the panels. My paper for this meeting emphasised the growing role of large-scale facilities in scientific research, now including fields well beyond physics and astronomy. I especially stressed the growing international collaborative nature of large-scale facilities, motivated by the need to bring together the talent, skills and resources necessary for such ambitious endeavours. As for the US, I explained that it is essential that mechanisms to provide funding stability must be developed. I also pointed out that actions like the ones resulting from the Omnibus Bill reinforce the view that the US is not a reliable international partner. In addition, I said that we must work to integrate and find common ways to achieve accountability, to develop governance, to oversee project management, etc.
How important is such a national policy meeting for the ILC? The main task and challenge for us is to develop a technical design and an implementation plan for the ILC that will be realistic and so attractive that our collaborating countries will want to join and invest in this partnership. Of course we expect the extraordinary scientific potential of a linear collider to be substantiated by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Assuming the energy reach of the ILC is well matched to the science, we must also produce a technically sound and cost-optimised design to bring forward. Just as important is an implementation plan that is realistic in terms of the scientific and national priorities of our partner countries. To do this, we must be fully aware of national priorities and strategies, and we must work with our collaborating countries to develop a plan that fits well with their plans and goals. I am confident this is all achievable, but needs willingness and effort.
I found this summit meeting quite stimulating. It is a very complex problem to take into account and balance the goals and needs of governments, industry and research. In addition, this meeting had an equally important parallel programme on improving science education. A stronger scientific and technical enterprise worldwide is a key to moving mankind forward in the 21st century. We must maintain a peaceful world, preserve our environment, and develop all the countries of the world. Scientific and technical advances can help provide the fuel to power our increasingly complex civilisation.
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Experienced River Run competitor Jess Braddock, 25, and novice Brittany Atter, 27, share their experiences with the Times-Union, as they complete a nine-week training program for the Gate River Run.
Jess Braddock: I made my time! I finished the Donna 5K in 28:48! However, I was unaware that there are no longer seeded positions available for my pace group. Super sad! But, I am very happy that I was able to keep a pace of 9:18 per mile for the entire 5K. Next challenge, the Ortega River Run (March 1). It is a beautiful 5-mile race through the residential area along the river in Ortega. This race will really set the tone for the Gate River Run, which is now only two weeks away!!! It's hard to believe that the time has almost arrived, but you can see it in all of the runners. Pace groups are getting faster; shiny new running shoes are being broken in; and most everyone is now excited for the challenge (as opposed to fearful). We will have one more "formal" long group run coming up this Saturday, and then it's off to the races on March 15!
Brittany Atter: Last weekend was my half marathon, and it wasn't nearly as daunting as I expected. Every mile there was a sports drink station followed by a water station. Around mile 9, gel packets were being given out (lemon lime is not as good as it sounds). Many of the runners were laughing and chatting right through to the end of the race and from the start to finish compliments for princess costumes were flying around. Did I mention it was the Disney Princess Half Marathon? Everybody was dressed to the nines; 8-year-old girls visiting the parks had nothing on these outfits! While I won't be wearing a princess costume for the GRR, I don't promise to leave all the sparkles at home.


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Not everywhere can be like Florida or California, where the grass grows green all year round. so in the history of landscape maintenance, winter has been known to cause hard times for contractors. some had turned to prayers to survive. some collected unemployment, saved money, signed up for an equal payment plan with customers, or took a vacation. a few gave up entirely, becoming ski instructors and building snowmen with their family.
But the ones who were really smart made their business go year-round. Relax—they didn't contact a witch doctor and dance naked on a mountaintop to get the weather gods in their favor. It was much simpler: they got attachments.
Many of you already know this. You already use at least one power tool to single-handedly tackle a slew of jobs with the help of power attachments. You de-thatch and aerate lawns in the spring, cut turf and collect clippings all summer, pick up leaves and debris in the fall, and then clear snow from walks and drives in the winter—all with one power unit and the versatile attachments available.
With the right tools, landscape contractors and professionals can exponentially expand their business volume by offering extra services to clients. Acquiring attachments for your existing equipment allows you to increase your capabilities and, in turn, your revenue. Now, not only can you get your work done more efficiently, you can also virtually eliminate any off-seasons. Let's take a look at one of the most popular and versatile machines and its attachments, the skid steer loader.
The skid steer loader may be the most versatile landscaping machine in your arsenal. A light and compact machine, it offers a wide array of tool attachments that allow landscape contractors to work throughout the seasons.
The conventional bucket of many skid loaders can be replaced with a variety of specialized buckets or attachments, many powered by the loader's hydraulic system. These include backhoe, hydraulic breaker, pallet forks, angle broom, sweeper, auger, mower, snow blower, stump grinder, tree spade, trencher, dumping hopper, ripper, tillers, grapple, tilt, roller, snow blade, wheel saw, cement mixer, and wood chipper machine.
Some models of skid steer even have an automatic attachment changer mechanism. This allows a driver to change between a variety of terrain handling, shaping, and leveling tools without having to leave the machine, by using a hydraulic control mechanism to latch onto the attachments. Hydraulic supply lines to power attachments may be routed so that the couplings are located near the cab, and the driver does not need to leave the machine to connect or disconnect those supply lines.
Brett Lemcke, vice president of RM Landscape Inc., Hilton, New York, attaches brooms and plow blades to the front of their skidsteer from December to March and rock hounds, augers, grading buckets, forks and trenchers throughout spring, fall and summer.
"We don't have to double up any equipment or get one for one division and one for another, so that's shown the attachments' value," said Lemcke, who says the company has been using the Bobcat brand of skidsteer loaders for the last 39 years.
"When doing lawns, I would highly recommend a RockHound attachment. A RockHound has saved us so much labor over hand raking."
The Original RockHound Landscape Rake was designed to eliminate hand raking by removing rocks and debris and placing them into the bucket hopper, while leveling the surface for a seed bed preparation process. The RockHound was one of the first five Bobcat attachments developed more than 40 years ago.
"We use the Rock Hound for fine grading lawns," Lemcke said. "We can do 20,000 square feet of work a day with the attachment. An equivalent would be four to five people on that job doing that same work. That labor is tremendously in our favor."
Mike Mason, vice president at The Lawn Pro in Louisville, Kentucky, makes the most use out of snow pushers in the winter and harley rakes in the other seasons. Mason's harley rake attachment allows his company to do a multitude of jobs, including grading, leveling, raking, removing debris, pulverizing, preparing seedbeds, de-thatching, removing old lawns and getting rid of weeds.
In addition to a harley rake, many contractors also purchase trencher attachments for digging trenches for utility and irrigation systems, power and water lines, and for laying cable. The attachment can cut into the ground and build a trench through all soil conditions.
"One of our most popular attachments is the trencher," said Neil Borenstein, senior marketing manager at The Toro Company in Bloomington, Minnesota. "The most common is a 36-inch that puts in trenchs about six inches wide for putting in drainage systems or footing for foundations."
"Attachments are the biggest thing for us, because they allow one piece of equipment to serve multiple functions, which allows us to put in more hours, as well as a higher use rate on our equipment," Mason said. "It drives down the overall cost and allows for increased revenue streams in other areas."
In addition to offering more services, having one machine handle several jobs can also be beneficial for training efficiency. "From a training standpoint, it's a lot easier to train a worker on one single piece of equipment with power attachments rather than multiple pieces of special equipment," said Lemcke, who does training sessions weekly and monthly to help his employees get familiar with the skid steer.
"The familiarity with the piece of equipment helps move things along, rather than having to get familiar with multiple pieces of equipment or multiple brands of equipment that have their own ways of turning on, operating or utilizing their power attachments," explained Lemcke.
Attachments and beyond
Skid steer loaders aren't the only power tools that come with attachments. The capabilities are almost endless for power tools, and investing in attachments can mean a whole new world of business and profit. Chainsaws can offer pruners for getting those hard-to-reach tree limbs and branches, multi-drills for power drilling wood, ice or dirt, or firewood cutters to cut down wood without grounding the chain, while also 'holding' the wood in place. Trimmers offer even more attachments, like bed redefiners for mulching or flowerbed edging, blowers for leaf blowing, paddles for grass and sod cleaning, and thatchers and sweepers, just to name a few.
You can get pretty much any piece of equipment to do more than it is currently doing for you by adding attachments.
While there isn't much new being offered per se, manufacturers have been making strides in improving the existing attachments. With higher hydraulic flow, the loader can provide more performance to power high-flow, high-performance attachments, increasing productivity and enabling the attachment to perform work more efficiently and more quickly.
For instance, a high-flow trencher or auger attachment coupled to a high flow-equipped loader will run at a faster speed. It will have plenty of torque to avoid stalling in highly compacted materials.
"We've been increasing the hydraulic flow to our attachments, which make them work more powerfully, like a dedicated machine," Borenstein said. "That's the biggest change we've been working on with the newer machines. It makes the attachments dig faster or blow snow farther at a much stronger rate."
To buy or not to buy? That is the question
In today's economy, versatility is the key. Whether you decide to purchase or rent a piece of equipment, or simply add attachments to make the equipment you already own more versatile, the most important thing to remember is weighing your decision against the services you are able to offer your clients. Having a full fleet of nice equipment will get you nowhere if you don't really need it or if it's more cost-effective to rent it when you need it.
A good way to help determine if you need to purchase a dedicated machine is to try renting it first. Renting can help you decide if and what you should buy. It allows you to try different brands and build your customer base before you put out the money for brand new equipment.
For The Lawn Pro, who purchased their new skid-steer for around $40,000, renting Harley rakes made the most sense, since they don't utilize rakes in the winter. Most attachments that the business uses cost around $150 a day to rent, in contrast to the purchase cost, which ranges from $3,500 to $4,500 per attachment. After renting for a while, Mason decided that purchasing eight foot push boxes for pushing snow for $3,500 a piece made the most sense, due to the of the amount of snow plowing business they were getting.
Mason relies on a formula based on purchase price and the hours per use in the year. "We want to look at how many hours we're going to operate that machine, so we can figure it out and make a decision," Mason said. "If we're going to rent a harley rake at $150 a day and use it 60 days a year, it would make sense for us just to buy it. If we rented, we'd pay $6,000 a year when we could buy the rake for about $3,500."
RM Landscape, Inc., agrees that it's better to use a dedicated piece of equipment when there's enough work in a specific segment. "When we started doing lots of footer installation or boxing out for patios, we bought ourselves a mini-excavator that we use often," Lemcke said. "We want to know that we're constantly going to have this machine running and not just bringing it in for a project here and there."
Something else to consider when deciding on whether to purchase a dedicated piece of equipment is time management. Besides the per-day or per-hour rate of renting, you have the cost of transportation to get the equipment,and the time to go pick it up. Having to seek availability on a day or time when most rental facilities are closed can become a problem for you and your clients. There are times when it really pays to have a piece of equipment that is dedicated to doing one job. Having the equipment readily available is a huge perk.
While power attachments allow you to cut costs and train your employees more efficiently, weighing the costs of renting or purchasing can make all the difference in winning or losing. For the landscape contractor with an array of different jobs on his agenda, it's a no-brainer that attachments are simply the way to go. Attachments can be a smart way to get more jobs done and to build profits in all four seasons. But one thing is always sure: you need to approach it strategically and do your homework.


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I love incorporating fruit into savory green salads. Stone and citrus fruits work great, but today I mixed kiwis into a colorful and healthy salad made with spinach, romaine lettuce, carrots and olives. My favorite element in a salad is the dressing, and for this particular salad I made a chevre flavored vinaigrette. The creaminess from the goat cheese gives a richer mouth-feel and adds a few more calories to keep me primed for the rest of the day.
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JOPLIN, Mo. – In their first appearance at the NCAA Division II Men's Cross Country Championships, Spencer Frantom and the King Tornado finished 27th overall as a team. Spencer Frantom led the men with a 43rd place individual finish at the Robert W. Plaster Sports Complex, home of Missouri Southern State University. Six out of seven King runners set new 10k personal bests in the event.
Spencer Frantom, a native of Morristown, Tenn., was the first King harrier to cross the finish line in Saturday morning's 10,000-meter championship race. The junior completed the course in 30:31.3 to finish 43 overall in a field of 245 runners.
At the halfway point, Frantom was in 58th position after finishing 5,000 meters in 14:53, 30 seconds off the pace of the leader at that point. He improved by 15 positions with a 15:37.8 time in the second leg of the race.
Frantom bettered his most previous 10k time from the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship by more than one minute. The all-region selection shaved off 1:19.3 from his second place finish from the regional championships two weeks ago.
Despite such a strong performance, Frantom narrowly missed out from being named a NCAA All-American by three positions and just six seconds. The top-40 finishers at the national meet are awarded All-American honors. With his much improved 10k time, Frantom finished just 17 seconds behind the Southeast Regional champion, Pardon Ndhlovu (UNC-Pembroke), who placed 32nd overall as an individual (30:14.2).
The second half of the Morristown, Tenn. duo, Jordan Noe, put together another strong 10k performance. The sophomore also shortened his previous 10,000-meter time by nearly 20 seconds from the regional championship meet on Nov. 3. Noe finished 111th overall with a finish time of 31:37.5. He finished the first 5,000 meters in 15:15.4, almost a full minute better than his 5k victory at the Pre-Conference Championship meet time, where the all-region honoree was 81st at the halfway point.
Sophomores Dickson Kurgat (Naidi Hills, Kenya) and Jordan Smith (Lebanon, Tenn.) each finished in the top 200. Kurgat, an all-conference selection, matched his performance from the regional championship and placed 187th overall with a finish time of 32:36.5. Smith was just five spots behind his teammate and posted a strong final 5,000 meters (16:55.2), improving 18 spots to finish 192nd. He completed the 10k course in 32:45.1.
Both King freshmen set new personal bests in the 10k as Brent Swiney (Bristol, Va./John Battle H.S.) and Garrett Watts (Fort Blackmore, Va.) finished inside 34 minutes. Watts bettered his previous 10k time by six seconds, finishing 222nd in 33:21.9. Swiney finished six seconds behind his teammate (33:27.8) in 226th position but improved upon his last 10k time by 30 seconds for a new personal best.
Taylor Dix also ran for the Tornado and set a new personal best, breaking the 34-minute barrier. He finished 232nd with 33:54.7.
Of the 32 teams that competed in the Division II Men's Cross Country Championship, King placed 27th overall with 664 team points. The team's average finish time was 32:10.5.
King finished in front of Conference Carolinas champion Mount Olive (28th) by 23 points and an average finish time five seconds better than the Trojans. Southeast Regional champion Columbus State finished 24th overall with 606 team points.
"I am really proud of the team's performance today and all season long," said Head Coach Peter Dalton. "They really worked hard from start to finish and everybody gave everything they had. I think they have been rewarded well for their efforts."
Six of King's seven runners set new 10k personal records with Dickson Kurgat just missing his personal best set two weeks ago by one second.
"I am really impressed with how each person came out and did today," said Dalton of his team setting a host of new PRs. "They have done it all season long but doing it on a big stage such as this is a real feat."
Adams State (34) won the team overall championship, placing runners in second, third, and fourth place to pace the team. Micah Chelimo of Alaska-Anchorage won the individual championship, clocking in a 28:56.6 performance.
Though the season concludes, the men's cross country team may reflect on many successes from the 2012 season. King steadily improved over the course of the season in an array of 5-, 8-, and 10k events. Beginning with the UNC-Charlotte Invitational (Sept. 28) where two harriers clinched new personal bests. Two weeks later, King enjoyed a team victory at the Pre-Conference Meet on Oct. 5 where Noe took the individual victory. Noe continued his success with his second individual victory and was named Conference Carolinas Runner of the Year at the conference championships, helping the Tornado to a second place finish. After Spencer Frantom and Noe finished second and third, in that order, King placed third at the regional championship to advance to Nationals for the first time in program history.
"I am very optimistic for our team going into the 2013 season," said Dalton. "We return our entire team returns next year since we do not graduate anybody and we will only have two seniors. I think a top-15 finish at the national level is a very realistic possibility."


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Notre Dame's Sergio Brown looking to become regular guy, finally
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- For sheer athleticism, Sergio Brown may not have many peers on the Notre Dame defense. And the Notre Dame defense, judging by the effort last week against USC, could use a hefty infusion of athleticism.
So it stood to reason to ask Irish coach Charlie Weis if one of the most athletic guys he coaches might find his way onto the field as more than a bit player this weekend.
"That's a good question," Weis said with a knowing twinkle this week. "He is one of those guys I was talking about that will be contending to get on the field on a regular basis at safety."
Which has to come as a relief to Brown, the former Proviso East star, who has been anything but a regular in his four seasons with the Irish. He tallied 163 special-teams appearances in his first two years and little else. In 2008, Brown emerged as a nickel back, tallying two tackles-for-loss, one sack, six pass breakups and one fumble recovery.
Now, with the Irish pass defense struggling mightily, all options are open. Which means the door for Brown is, too.
"Of course I've been antsy for an every-down type of situation," Brown said this week. "Really, if you mess up on a play or you're slow on a play, you get to redeem yourself on the next one and not worry about coming out of the game."
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Crookston native, the burial will be Thursday, Jan. 3 in Crookston.
Harriet R. Ahles age 78 of Detroit Lakes, MN died Sunday December 30, 2012 at her residence.
Harriet Rose Ahles was born on August 28, 1934 in Crookston, MN to Oscar and Mary Mulcahy Anderson. She grew up and received her education in Crookston, graduating from Crookston Cathedral High School. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Ahles on June 4, 1955 in Crookston, MN. Over the years they lived in Santa Ana, CA, Minot, ND, Thief River Falls, MN and Mankato, MN before moving to Detroit Lakes in 1976. Harriet worked at JC Penny in Detroit Lakes for several years.
Harriet was an avid reader. She also enjoyed her bridge club and was a member of the Catholic Daughters. Harriet was a huge hockey fan. She was the Ultimate Hockey Mom, spending countless hours transporting kids to and from the rink, and attending her kid's games both home and away. She was also a very generous, giving person who loved spending time with her family, especially the grandchildren.
She is survived by five sons, Rob (Carrie) Ahles, of Detroit Lakes, MN; Jon (Liz) Ahles, of White Bear Lake, MN; Chris (Tina) Ahles, of Lino Lakes, MN; Tom Ahles, of Chippewa Falls, MN; and Matt Ahles, of St. Paul, MN; one daughter, Amy (Brian) Haire, of Detroit Lakes, MN; eleven grandchildren, Justin, Casandra, Danielle, Luke, Lily, Amanda, Lauren, Matthew, Jackson, Logan, and Maggie; two great grandchildren, Lela and Dakota; one sister, Jean Arneson, of Miami, FL; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert "Bob" Ahles (1995); two sisters, Helen Abrams and Joan Vick; one brother, Davey Anderson; one grandson, Samuel Haire; and her parents.
Mass of Christian Burial: Wednesday January 2, 2012; 1:30 p.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes, MN.
Visitation: Tuesday 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the West-Kjos Funeral Home with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m.
Interment: Calvary Cemetery, Crookston, MN, (Thursday, January 3 at 1:00 pm).
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How do you make shrimp crunchy? More precisely, how do you make shrimp Chinese-restaurant-crunchy?
I've been obsessed with this subject matter for the longest time–a topic that took me a while to research. If you've tried dim sum or shrimp dishes in Chinese restaurants, you know exactly what I mean–shrimp so crunchy they give a mouth feel that they "bounce" in your mouth as you sink your teeth into the firm flesh. In Chinese, it's called 爽脆 (shuangcui).
Great Chinese food is all about texture and mouth feel (口感) of everyday ingredients, the most basic skill that a good Chinese chef should acquire. My uncle in Hong Kong is a huge connoisseur and a fantastic cook; he taught me the secret technique which he learned from a Cantonese top chef in Hong Kong–water. Yes, cold running water to rinse shrimp (up to hours) until the flesh firms up and becomes translucent. I have later confirmed this technique with a few kitchen workers in Chinese restaurants, and yes, it's true…(learn the secret technique of making shrimp crunchy after the jump)
I tried the cold running water technique at home and it works. However, it's not ideal for home cooking because too much water is wasted during the treatment process. I resolved to research further for an alternative method best for home cooks.
When I was in Beijing this June, I chanced upon a great Chinese cookbook with the best step-by-step picture guide of making har gow or shrimp dumplings. It reveals that a pH9 alkaline water is the secret behind crunchy shrimp, and a light massage while marinating pretty much does the trick. The PH9 clue intrigues me. I came back and went to my favorite Chinese restaurant in Irvine and investigated further. The chef told me that they don't use alkaline water, but swear by the process of marinating shrimp with egg white, tapioca starch (菱粉) and baking soda, a process they called "上浆" (shangjiang) or literally "coating with starch."
I researched further about pH9–which is a scientific measure of the acidity of a solution. Anything that is more than pH7 is alkaline. I found out that tap water–depending on its source, origin, or location–is usually close to pH9, which explains the reason why cold running water is used by Cantonese chefs. Sea water is pH8 and the reason why live/raw shrimps have firm and crunchy flesh. I also learned that baking soda and egg white are both pH8. At that point, everything becomes crystal clear to me.
So, here it is, the technique that you've been waiting for–a well-protected "trade secret" used by Chinese and Cantonese chefs to treat their shrimp, which I have adapted and modified for home use. I've tested it many times in my kitchen and it never fails me. I made my shrimp and chive dumplings with texture exactly like the ones served at dim sum restaurants. I made a stir-fry shrimp dish and the shrimp bounced in my mouth and "crunched" as I bit into the flesh. This technique works like a miracle!
If you know another technique that works well, please share with me via comments! Otherwise, try my method below and you will be serving jumpy, bouncy, and crunchy shrimp in no time!
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United States citizens faced compulsory military service for the first time during the Civil War. In the 1860s, both the Union and the Confederacy used military conscription to raise armies. During previous wars, such as the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, the United States had depended upon a small professional military to which was added the services of volunteers. At the time of the Civil War, however, not every United States citizen was obliged, when called upon, to serve in the armed forces. A person like Albert G. Nims of Roxbury, New Hampshire, could avoid military service by finding someone to take his place. Wealthier men frequently paid someone to be a substitute for them. Some substitutes promptly deserted the military and even sold their services again.
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This question is related to the one in my first post as a newcomer today.
Help in finding the right language to use or perhaps the easiest to use for a specfic task, is so important.
The programming language most easy to use for analyzing the structures of English sentences and marking them syntactically is a step in the programming task, where it all begins for me.
Are there any others of you working in the same topic area?
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February 13, 2013
We are excited to announce the release of a new student-focused website! This will be taking the place of the weekly Opportunities & Announcements (O&A) email, and will offer everything current students need to know including:
- news alerts (like snow days!)
- daily menus for the Trailroom and Fields
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- approximate arrival times for the Pioneer Express
The website will be tied into the main L&C website so that profiles on current students, faculty, staff, and alumni will also be prominently featured.
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The deadline for student event and announcement submissions will be the same as the previous O&A's—noon on Tuesday for the week you would like the event to appear. To contribute an item for the website, follow these guidelines.
Enter naming contest for a chance to win $100 gift card
Additionally, we will be asking students to submit names for the website. The student with the chosen name will receive a $100 gift card to the L&C Bookstore! Again, you will find this link directly from the student website once it is live. All submissions need to be turned in by March 1, 2013.
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Chapter 2: Understanding How Blender Thinks.
Chapter 3: Getting Your Hands Dirty Working in Blender.
Chapter 4: Working in Edit Mode and Object Mode.
Part II: Creating Detailed 3D Scenes.
Chapter 5: Creating Anything You Can Imagine with Meshes.
Chapter 6: Using Blender's Non-Mesh Primitives.
Chapter 7: Changing that Boring Gray Default Material.
Chapter 8: Giving Models Texture.
Chapter 9: Lighting and Environment.
Part III: Get Animated!
Chapter 10: Animating Objects.
Chapter 11: Rigging: The Art of Building an Animatable Puppet.
Chapter 12: Animating Object Deformations.
Chapter 13: Letting Blender Do the Work for You.
Part IV: Sharing Your Work with the World.
Chapter 14: Exporting and Rendering Scenes.
Chapter 15: Compositing and Editing.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 16: Ten Problems for New Users in Blender (and Ways around Them).
Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Working More Effectively in Blender.
Appendix: About the CD.
Bonus Chapter: Ten Excellent Community Resources.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies are proving they know how to grab an advantage and hold onto it this postseason.
Tony Allen scored on a driving layup to open overtime and the Grizzlies held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-97 Monday night to push the defending Western Conference champions to the edge of elimination.
The Grizzlies shook off a first half in which they couldn't hit shots and the Thunder seemingly couldn't miss in building their largest lead in this series at 17 points. But the Grizzlies have yet to lose on their home court this postseason, and they won their third straight and seventh in eight games to grab a 3-1 lead in the series.
Game 5 is Wednesday night in Oklahoma City.
The Grizzlies outscored the Thunder 9-3 in overtime.
Kevin Durant scored 27 points but missed all five of his shots in the extra period, including a layup in the final seconds. Durant went 2 of 13 in the fourth quarter and overtime and had only five points. The All Star played 48 minutes and was just short on his shots as the game wore on.
Durant got the help from his teammates that he had been needing. Kevin Martin scored 18 points, Serge Ibaka had his best game of the series with 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Reggie Jackson had 15. Nick Collison even added 10.
Mike Conley led Memphis with 24 points and Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph each had double-doubles. Randolph had 23 and 12, while Gasol had 23 and 11 along with six blocks on the day the Defensive Player of Year was named to the NBA's second All-Defensive team along with Conley, who had four steals.
Allen, who finished with 10 points, had three steals on the day he edged LeBron James for most points for the NBA's All-Defensive team.
In 2011, the Grizzlies were the team that blew the big lead in the first half of Game 4 with the Thunder pulling out the win to even up the series. They also wasted home-court advantage last year in the playoffs in the opening round against the Clippers.
This time, the Thunder were up by as much as 17 in the first half and 12 in the third. But Memphis used a 20-8 run in the third to get back into this game. They blew a chance to close out the win when Ibaka blocked a shot by Randolph just before the buzzer in regulation.
But Allen scored to open overtime, then Randolph rebounded a miss by Marc Gasol and scored on a putback. Derek Fisher, who missed his first four shots, finally hit a 3-pointer. But the 38-year-old veteran also had his inbound pass stolen by Allen with 21.1 seconds left and Memphis up 100-97.
Memphis bounced back and outscored Oklahoma City 44-30 in the paint even though the Grizzlies got outrebounded 44-41. The Grizzlies still had a 13-8 advantage on the offensive glass leading to a 21-10 edge in second-chance points.
But they had no fast-break points compared to 12 for the Thunder. Memphis also took better care of the ball with only seven turnovers compared to 15 by Oklahoma City that the Grizzlies turned into 18 points. Memphis did not have a single turnover in overtime while the Thunder had two, including the one by Fisher.
The Thunder spent most of the past two days talking about the need to make shots. They did just that to open the game, hitting three of their first five in scoring the first seven points and led 29-18 at the end of the first quarter for their biggest lead in this series. Ibaka found his shooting stroke after struggling through this series, and he had nine points in the first 12 minutes, including a 3-pointer, with seven rebounds.
Oklahoma City had its biggest lead on a corner 3 by Durant that gave Oklahoma City a 46-29 lead with 4:26 left.
Memphis showed signs of life finally and finished the half on a 19-10 run that trimmed the Thunder's lead to 56-48 at halftime. Oklahoma City thought it had a double-digit lead when Ibaka beat the buzzer with a putback off a missed Durant 3. But officials reviewed the play and waved the bucket off.


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Gallery: The First Photos From Emma Watson's Lancôme Campaign
When we first found out Emma Watson was going to be the new brand ambassadress for Lancôme cosmetics, we were sure she was going to do the classic brand justice. How could she not? Well, photos thought to be from the new Mario Testino shot campaign for Lancôme's Midnight Rose fragrance hit the Internet today, and they are not good. THEY ARE GREAT. (Did that scare you? For shame.) Here they are.
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Gay Man Left Paralyzed, Throat Slit, After Brutal Hate Crime Attack
Updated Wednesday 2:30 p.m. PST
A support fund has been created for Scott Jones following his devastating attack, which left him paralyzed from the waist down last Saturday. His family wrote the following message for Scott's supporters:
Message From the Family: We are grateful for all of the love and support from everyone. We are extremely thankful for the positive messages we are receiving. Scott is reading them and is so moved. It is giving Scott great strength to know so many people are rooting for him. Our focus and goal continues to be Scotts recovery and well-being. Thank you for all your love.
Scott is the kind of guy that everyone is lucky to know. He cares deeply for his family, friends and community who he supports. On Saturday October 12 that 2:30am his life drastically changed. He is now paralyzed and trying to recover physically and emotionally from a vicious attack.
The road ahead for Scott will be challenging; physically, emotionally and financially. He will no longer be able to do the things he's been accustomed to do for the past 27 years. The financial requirements of his rehabilitation is far beyond the capability of his family so with your support we can help them to focus on supporting Scott. A trust fund has been set up in his name to ensure all money donated goes to supporting Scott with his rehabilitation process. On behalf of the entire family, thank you for your support!
Clearly any financial support will be greatly appreciated as Scott begins the long road to recovery. To give, head here.
You can also provide messages of encouragement on Scott's Facebook support group.
(H/T: Queerty)
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A Canadian gay man, Scott Jones, was the victim of a brutal hate crime this past Saturday. Jones was attacked with a knife after exiting a bar and was left with a severed spinal cord and slit throat.
Nova Scotia police were on a routine patrol before 2:30 am when they saw a man on the ground near the intersection of Archimedes and Forbes Street.
Amy Punke, the victim's friend, told CBC News: 'He was walking with a friend and two men, who had previously been at the bar we were at, came running across the street.
"One of the men distracted Scott's friend and the other man stabbed Scott twice in the back and tried to slit his throat."
The injury to Jones throat was superficial, but the multiple stab wounds to the back severed Jones spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
Punke added: "Myself, and his family and the people that know him, we feel that he may have been targeted because of the fact that he's gay and he's openly gay in town."
Jones is currently in critical, but stable condition.
Updated, Monday 5:04 p.m. PST: The New Glasgow News reports (via HuffPo):
Suspect Shane Edward Matheson, 19, was arrested following the attack and charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace, The New Glasgow News is reporting. Matheson is apparently facing another assault charges for a separate incident involving an 18-year-old woman.
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As a seasoned gay martail arts instructor of 36 years. Started my training age 16 and practiced Sholin and M.M.A full and semi contact kickboxing for 13 years and as a sport it had rules attached no punching here and no kicking there and it was very affective in compatision 1 on 1.
But realy fights are not like that, there are.as.I learnt the hard way No rules and more therewonitwon,t be just one of them to take care of e
Let's not all jump to conclusions, there maybe more to the story than has been told. There's a quote in the article above...
"Myself, and his family and the people that know him, we feel that he may have been targeted because of the fact that he's gay and he's openly gay in town."
MAY have been....This is an assumption and not fact, just because Scott is openly gay doesn't mean this is the reason he was brutally attacked. The suspect is also facing assault charges on a female...
I am an openly gay man too, but I am fed up of media and others who call the card whether it's homophobia, racist or whatever without having the full facts.
Unlike some post, I do suggest all of the LGBT community learn self-defense techniques. One excellent group is altering the the cycle of abuse by teaching NYC classes to all LGBT folks, you can find them on facebook under: Fags Fight Back. Knowing how to properly defend yourself in a crisis is life saving, especially when you are up against multiple attackers with no chance to run. It's sad we are forced to live in a society which promotes and encourages fear; however, taking a proactive approach to your safety is paramount to a healthier life.
It is a sad dituation when a man is mutilated for being the person who he was born to be . there is so much hatred in our world it stands to reason that it filters doun to innocent gays out trying to socialize and have a good time . we can only pray that some myrical of modern medicine will enable the poor victom to regain use of his body and to regain something of a normal life but the fear will probably always be with him all his life god bless u my friend u remain in my prayers
Ive been very lucky, ive been attacked a couple of times. The first time was 8 years ago on new yrs eve. I was jumped by 5 or 6 guys. I ran. They caught up with me. I was bruised and swollen but luckily its only superficial. They did break my nose. a friend of mine followed and threw a beer bottle at them, hit one of em in the head. She saved me im sure of it. The second time was a guy i picked up. We spent a couple of hours together. After we had had sex he freaked out and tried to strangle me, i lost consciousness. when i came too he was punching me. i tried to stand up, it took what felt like a lifetime. i got away from him. I ran literally for my life to a phone box and called the police. they arrested the guy who also robbed me. Ive been lucky twice to come away with my life. i cant believe that things like this happen in this day and age. The only thing i can say is change someones opinion of your sexuality by showing them its not what defines you that you are a human too who just happens to like men. Scott was not as lucky as i was. Please stay safe, dont get caught alone!!! Always have your witts about you and if trouble comes run dont try and fight!!!


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KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Air Zoo has added a new plane-a 1928 Curtiss Robin-to its extensive collection of aircraft for visitors to enjoy.
The Curtiss Robin is a high-wing monoplane built by the Curtiss-Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Co. It is one of the first airplanes to feature an enclosed cabin and was primarily used as a mail plane, passenger carrier, and air ambulance in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
"The Curtiss Robin is a wonderful addition to the Air Zoo's collection of aircraft, as it is from the early aviation era," said Bob Ellis, Air Zoo president and CEO.
The Robin is on loan from Leon Andrews, 80, of Memphis, Tenn. It was built in St. Louis and was originally used by an air service in the Sacramento, Calif., area. It is currently on display in the Air Zoo's East Campus.
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My birthday mathom to all!
Orders to Enjoy Himself
"I have had it up to my ears, watching you merely nodding politely to the lasses when they try to catch your eye, Frodo Baggins. I expect you to get out there at our party and actually dance, do you understand?"
"But, Bilbo----"
"Don't but Bilbo me, my boy! You deserve some happiness, which you won't find if you continue to mope about Pearl Took throwing you over how many years ago now? It's been far too long for you to continue nursing a supposedly broken heart."
Frodo's voice became stiff. "If I'm to be considered a full adult and Master of Bag End as of our birthday, don't you think it's up to me to decide whether or not I wish to pursue finding a Mistress for the hole? It's not as if you felt compelled to marry in all the years you've lived here since your mother's death."
Pippin rose from his bed and pressed his ear against the door. Apparently the two Bagginses were in the kitchen, engaged in one of their rare arguments.
Bilbo gave a great sigh. "And who would even consider marrying me, what with my reputation for having left the Shire without warning and ignoring public opinion ever since? Not that Lobelia Sackville-Baggins would have allowed any Hobbitess sufficiently willing to put her own reputation on the line by considering me as a potential husband to go unmolested, mind you. I strongly suspect that's why more than one no longer grieving widow has suddenly thought better of inviting me to dinner on Highday next." Pippin thought that the old Hobbit sounded rather bitter, not that he blamed Bilbo, considering just how nasty Lobelia had proven herself when she felt people who should share her disgust at the old fellow's flouting of tradition and typical Hobbit sensibilities just might be warming up to him in spite of her.
Bilbo continued, "So far she's been relatively circumspect with you, but that won't last once she's accepted that the rumored adoption and the resulting change to my will are long-established facts. However, there is the matter of you being quite a popular young fellow in your own right. All she's ever tried to do to ruin your reputation has managed to blow up in her face—or it has so far, at least."
The noise Frodo made could only be described as rude. "Lobelia isn't the only Hobbit matron who hates me," he said.
"But no one pays much mind to Lalia Clayhanger Took," Bilbo returned, his tone eminently reasonable. "Or, rather, no one who doesn't live within the Great Smial, at least. Not even a good percentage of the Tooks feel she is the infallible example of proper Hobbit feeling and behavior that she considers herself. Besides, Ferumbras may detest me, but he respects you and your innate wisdom and displays of uncommonly common sense and responsibility. He may be wary of your ability to exact revenge, but has had to admit that you only do so when the one on the receiving end definitely deserves it. After all, Ferumbras is eminently fair minded in spite of his prejudice against eccentricity."
"And just who does he believe taught me to behave responsibly?" demanded Frodo.
Bilbo retorted, "Your Uncle Rory and Aunt Menegilda and cousins Saradoc and Esmeralda, of course. But all of this is avoiding the main issue, which is that you are to give the lasses a chance, and you are going to have some real fun during this party of ours. For it is not just my birthday, after all. If you don't dance at least once with Narcissa Boffin I will personally turn you over my knee, and you know fully well I can and will do so. Don't give me that look, Frodo Baggins! I may be ancient, but I'm still more than a match for you!"
"You wouldn't!"
"I would, and try sitting there at the Party looking pathetic and long-suffering once the music starts, I shall—right there in front of everyone! And what's more, I will gladly enlist Gandalf to see to it that you itch unbearably under your braces if you aren't out there dancing with the rest!"
For some reason the idea of that caused Frodo to begin laughing merrily, and Pippin found himself smiling in response. Good, then; Frodo would be dancing! For Pippin had plans to see him dancing with Melilot this year, Melilot Brandybuck and Estella Bolger--and Pimpernel and Pervinca, even! But, if Narcissa Boffin truly fancied him as Bilbo had indicated, Peregrin Took intended to see to it that Frodo danced a good deal more than once with her. Now, he loved his sister Pearl past bearing, of course, but he was so glad that Frodo hadn't married her after all. Pearl wasn't the Hobbitess for his beloved Cousin Frodo, not at all—she was nowhere the cook their mother was or that Frodo himself was, and she hated doing housework. She'd live in the Great Smial once she came of age, undoubtedly married to Isumbard. She was good at seeing things planned and done, particularly when others were doing the doing. But Frodo would need someone who was as happy in an old dress helping with the spring cleaning as she was in an elegant gown exchanging pleasantries with Cousin Lalia. Someone as much like Aunt Esmeralda as possible!
"Now, you remember what I've said, Frodo," Bilbo cautioned as the two of them came down the passageway toward their rooms. "You will be out there enjoying yourself, hear?"
"I hear and will obey, Uncle," Frodo capitulated. "Can't have Gandalf putting a spell on my braces, after all!" And with another laugh he went into his room and shut the door.
Bilbo murmured, "I only want to see you happy, my dear, dear lad." He was apparently just outside the door to Pippin's room. Pippin discovered he was nodding in response to Bilbo's last pronouncement. He, too, wished to see Frodo happy, almost more than he cared about the future happiness of Merry, even. If anyone deserved to be happy, it had to be Frodo Baggins!
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama says her husband has never forgotten how he started and knows what it's like for struggling families.
The first lady' speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention is focusing more on biography than on policy differences that President Barack Obama has with Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
With the economy recovering so slowly, Mrs. Obama is seeking to make the case that actions her husband took as president reflect his desire to help others live the American dream. She cites payroll tax cuts and efforts to prop up the auto industry as examples of his looking out for working families.
Mrs. Obama says that, at the end of the day, her most important title is mom in chief.


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Hyundai's Veloster rapture
LOS ANGELES -- I really want to love the Hyundai Veloster.
It looks cool, with a roofline sweep that evokes thoughts of a chunkier Porsche 928 or 944. Its design lures interested folks to lurk around it in parking lots. It has that innovative, stealthy second door on the passenger's side. The interior quality is excellent for a car of its price -- $22,500, including $4,000 in option packages. The hatch area is roomy for a car of its size.
Sadly, for all its go-go styling, it's a pig. It's slow. The 1.6-liter engine sounds overstressed and thrashy when asked to accelerate. The throttle tip-in is boggy, then jerky. The six-speed automatic transmission's shifts are harsh and oddly timed. For a "sporty" car, it feels slower than the Elantra sedan upon which it is based. For its 32 mpg combined fuel economy rating, I got 27.
What's more, its suspension is oddly unresponsive and yet stiff. The one time I needed the ABS in a panic stop, while driving in a straight line, the rear of the car swung sideways into the next lane of traffic. The Veloster has huge blind spots that the side-view mirrors seem incapable of uncovering. And when trolling through a parking lot at walking speed, I took a speed bump at a slight right angle and got soundly struck by the A-pillar.
Not to mention that rear-seat passengers will get their heads parboiled sitting under the hatchback glass. And they'll get whacked by the hatch when it is closed down on them.
Don't take my word for the last one, Hyundai even has a warning sticker posted saying as much. It's printed in English, Korean, Chinese, Arabic and Russian, with a pictograph showing some poor guy's head getting bonked.
But these shortcomings don't seem to matter to consumers, who are gobbling up the Veloster at a rapid rate.
Hyundai sold 2,538 Velosters in November in the United States, outpacing the segment of other quirky small cars such as the Mini Countryman, Fiat 500, Nissan Cube, Scion xB -- even the recently redesigned, more-macho VW Beetle.
So from that perspective, it's a hit.
The Veloster has velocity, critics be damned.
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This organization helps parents select camps that meet industry and government standards as well as camps for children with special needs.
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