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Rich deposits of natural gas buried deep beneath Ohio have brought a flurry of companies to the state to lease up plots of land to drill for the resource. The landowners stand to gain thousands in upfront payments, but can encounter a world of frustration if they don't understand all the terms of those lease agreements. Ideastream's Michelle Kanu has this story about a landowner who wishes he was better informed about one clause before he signed the dotted line.
When Harry Boyd purchased 71 acres of land in Monroe County in southern Ohio, he had big dreams of planting a ginseng farm and retiring off the income. For a guy born and raised in the city, Boyd says the rural stretch of hillside, trees and creeks was the perfect escape.
Boyd: "It was a beautiful piece of land, but it did have some oil wells existing on it that were put in in like 1980. I was really reluctant about buying it because of that, but the timber and everything was so nice, that I really looked into it closer."
Boyd bought the land eleven years ago and proceeded to plant his farm. Six years later, he was approached by the company Appalachian Energy Resources. It wanted to lease those old wells to "recomplete" them — re-activate them using hydraulic fracturing to extract more oil and gas. Boyd says he jumped at the opportunity to profit from the royalties he would be paid for any gas those wells produced.
Boyd: "I'm thinking man I'm good, this can't be happening, I'm going to get an opportunity like this to make some money off of this, they're going to protect everything, so I signed the lease. Well, that went good until that first well they started to recomplete."
Boyd says he arrived at the property one day to find the company dumping hundreds of gallons of wastewater from the fracking process on his land, damaging the ginseng and violating the terms of his lease.
Boyd figured he'd take the company to court and sue for damages. To his surprise, Boyd says his lease stipulated that any disputes between him and the company had to go to arbitration, not a civil court.
Boyd: "I thought that if you had a problem, it would be just like going to a trial, you could say hey man, you're going to pay my legal fees, you're going to pay whatever deposition fees and things like that. It's not that way."
Attorney Don Fischbach has many years of experience representing oil and gas companies. He says it's increasingly common for lease agreements to require the arbitration process.
Fischbach: "The premise and the basic concept of arbitration is that its quicker, easier and cheaper on the litigants to have a third party review the facts, and make a decision. And I agree even though I don't know that third party, I agree that whatever conclusion they draw about my facts, that's fine with me."
Fischbach says the process itself doesn't inherently favor the industry or the landowner, and in most cases arbitration works; the parties accept the arbitrator's judgment.
But not all legal experts agree.
Peggy Hall is an assistant law professor with Ohio State University, and heads up an outreach and education program for landowners. She says while it's helpful for lease agreements to spell out arbitration as the procedure to use in the event of a conflict, many landowners still want to know they have another legal recourse.
Hall: "If it's offered as a quick alternative to a problem, that's a good thing. But if it's offered as the only way to solve a problem and forecloses you from being able to go to court, then that could be problematic."
Hall says in addition to resolving disputes, lease agreements often spell out other rights that the landowner is giving to the company such as the right to access their water source, or to store equipment on the property.
Hall: "That's a pretty common problem that we see that the landowner has given all these other property rights and not really known that that transition occurred or that transfer occurred."
After nearly five years, landowner Harry Boyd's arbitration case still isn't resolved. He's paid over ten thousand dollars in legal fees. But even after all that, Boyd says he's not against doing business with the industry in the future.
Boyd: "I'm not anti-oil and gas. I am if you do it wrong."
In fact, Boyd says he's currently negotiating with a few companies for some land he owns in Belmont County. But this time, Boyd says he'll ensure there's no arbitration clause in his lease.


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Getting made fun of for his looks probably influenced his life.Jacois 04/22/2013
This subreddit has become worse at bullying than /r/cringepics.CuntsnKittens 04/22/2013
I am so happy you found thisJohn_Bastark 04/22/2013
If Florida keeps on producing these mutants, I say it's high time we call a meeting and seriously consider getting rid of this place.JimJones_KoolAidKrew 04/22/2013
Who is this guy? Sorry..spaceymacey 04/22/2013
What is this from, I recognise it but I just can't remember!LagunaVII 04/22/2013
i look through the mugshots every so often and I find that at least half of the criminals have deformities or are rather unpleasant to look at.faolkrop 04/22/2013
Looks like earthworm Jimamiallowedtosaypussy 04/22/2013
METH not even oncetomfromflorida 04/22/2013
Does anyone know if this is a medical condition? Marfan syndrome or something?Autumnsprings 04/22/2013
It's Steve Merchant!trippynumbers 04/22/2013
Aliens.Sha_of_Abortion 04/22/2013
Why do criminals..look like criminals?MozzarellaSquirrel 04/22/2013
And people say reddit is above schoolyard bullying...Just_another_man 04/22/2013
HOW IS THIS WTF?rsh10 04/22/2013
Is that a subtle shoutout to The Stop Girl I see in the background?NeverNegative 04/22/2013
Floridian here: 90% of our population are aliens of some sort.banterpanther 04/22/2013
People will go to great lengths for cosplaythedeftone2 04/22/2013
I felt bad for all those people in the mugshots. You'd think showing them a pic of when they were healthy 5,10,15 years ago a switch would go off in their head and they would get clean...but it won't, cuz they're from Floridatrollindowntheriver 04/22/2013
This explains a lot about my neighbors...Siray 04/22/2013
No smoking! ಠ_ಠdiggerB 04/22/2013
They don't look that similar...FourMakesTwoUNLESS 04/22/2013
I waited for a day to see this since the first postaracistrabbit 04/22/2013
Is that fetal alcohol syndrome?superfudge73 04/22/2013
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I gotta learn that beatbox language.shikza 04/22/2013
No. Smoking.mlapaglia 04/22/2013
Finally, Florida Man has been brought to justice.misterbob13 04/22/2013
I bet his parents drank and did shit ton of drugsiremember12 04/22/2013
Did I miss something or is this just some random dude?stumblinghunter 04/22/2013
Looks like this guys hahacrf250rider 04/23/2013
messing with the mail is a federal offense dude.TruStory2426 04/22/2013
he looks like will arnett from arrested development with his head squishedZmgo 04/22/2013
Quick, someone found r/findthatMIBalien; we can ruin his life, too, reddit!PvtJoker1987 04/22/2013
Kinda looks like Bradford cox from deerhunter[deleted] 04/22/2013
I can hear the Banjo playing now,-NTnix- 04/22/2013
That is some inbreeding right there, I tell you what.whosthedoginthisscen 04/22/2013
Fetal alcohol syndrome?robert_d 04/22/2013
My husband likes to watch Cops. I only watch when it's an episode about Florida because then you know its going to be good.hashtagmomfail 04/22/2013
what movie/show is this?brewerbeast105 04/22/2013
I always thought that Men in Black character looked like Tony Hawk on crack.guardiandevil 04/22/2013
I'd sooner sleep in the same bed as slenderman than this dude.nuttydoctor 04/22/2013
OMG YES.tdstash 04/22/2013
So thats where he's been!!!!Duncebagsupreme00 04/22/2013
he looks more like one of the hicks from Point Lookout.d4haxor 04/22/2013
Omg the similarities are scary..lolreesey76 04/22/2013
Looks like Charlie after he and Mac shared the job in the mailroom.KillAllLawyers 04/22/2013
lol feel sorry for the guy.budguy68 04/22/2013
Close, but no cigarette.xiondisc 04/22/2013
Is that a way a normal human can look or is there something wrong with him?cewelsch89 04/22/2013
eminem and DJ qualls have been busyattackofbmack 04/22/2013
So thats where he's been!!!!Duncebagsupreme00 04/22/2013
Poor Jeremy Howard.skizmcniz 04/22/2013
I thought you were gonna go with Roger from American Dadrellik420 04/22/2013
Henrik and Daniel's long lost tripletno7 04/22/2013
Can't stop the girlKrishkov 04/22/2013
No smoking.Captain_SCHWING 04/22/2013
Dude there's no way it's the same person!
The eyes are different colors!Mikethe4tracker 04/22/2013
No Smoking.yout1014 04/22/2013
The sequester has been tough on so many.kellymoe321 04/22/2013
Reminded me more of Roger from american dadgixer912 04/22/2013
Pinkman really went downhillERECTILE_CONJUNCTION 04/22/2013
I went to school with him, we used to call him "bones"benbobber 04/22/2013
SPEEEEEEEEEEEED DEMON...TheAntman217 04/22/2013
meth; helluva drugpr9ma 04/22/2013
that is actually played by steve merchantHarwood8907 04/22/2013
Karl Pilkington compared Steven Merchant to this alien. It wasn't well received lol.wayfarin 04/22/2013
Man, this is really unfortunate. :(CallMeMoo 04/22/2013
HOLY SHIT IT'S THE ALIEN FROM MAC AND ME!Failedexe 04/22/2013
Let us travel together to the uncanny valleyFearandloathinginNYC 04/22/2013
also looks like Pino PalladinoDysFunkyJunky 04/22/2013
Meth... Not even onceDrewheff 04/22/2013
MFW I realize Pepe Silvia isn't real.inkrediblejoe 04/22/2013
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Must be boring at home. Why not look at mugshotsHefeweize 04/23/2013
The guy at the bottom looks like clint dempseycolour_golden 04/23/2013
Marfan ain't no joke.iSunMonkey 04/23/2013
I'm uninformed. What's this guy do? Murder, rape, or both?prof_mcquack 04/23/2013
Florida, not even onceandroid151 04/23/2013
Oh my god. This made me burst out in a coughing fit while drinking my iced coffee. I'll leave this picture up will I clean up my mess. >=)BornaCat 04/23/2013
Does he banjo?dohhomer9 04/23/2013

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This game looks amazing and its my 2nd most anticipated game of this year. Can't wait to get my hands on it.
Get ready for Watch Dogs 2: Ubisoft says it's not interested in making new games that won't become long-running franchises.
Ubisoft VP of sales and marketing Tony Key told The A List Daily the publisher won't even look at one-off games.
"That's what all our games are about; we won't even start if we don't think we can build a franchise out of it. There's no more fire and forget – it's too expensive," said Key.
"We feel like we're in a really good place with Watch_Dogs, but until we're the biggest game of the year we're not going to be satisfied."
Kayel said: So I guess they're the gonna milk the hell out of Watch Dogs as well..


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When the WCVB Channel 5 Chronicle team drove up Route 3A in June, they pulled into the driveway of a home that has become well known for its unique lawn ornament, unaware of the un- usual experience they would get to have with the mythical creature.
Draco the Dragon, a side project that has now become the town mascot, intrigued Amy Masters, Chronicle producer, as she worked on the "Main Streets and Back Roads of the South Shore, 3A." She spent an after- noon with Draco, her camera woman and the Nudd family, talking about Draco and his many abilities.
The interview with Chuck Nudd, Duxbury firefighter and mastermind behind the construction of Draco, aired on Chronicle Monday evening, along with segments on Cohasset and Hingham. After exploring the Cohasset Maritime Institute, Old Ship Church and Meetinghouse and Glastonbury Abbey, Chronicle explored Hungry Pilgrim Oysters, the Winsor House Inn, and the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society before closing with Draco.
Nudd, along with his wife Robin and daughter Kelsey, showed the Chronicle team Draco's ability to move his wings and his affinity for dressing up on holidays. Nudd also walked down memory lane with the crew, remembering how the much-loved dragon had been vandalized several years back.
"We had kids sending us cards and their allowance money to help fix Draco," he said. "We sent them back their money with a picture of Draco and let them know we would fix him up."
Now, Draco stands proudly on the Nudds' property, welcoming visitors to Duxbury with his green LED eyes and impressive wings.


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The media have repeatedly given air time to charges that the oil companies are taking advantage of consumers and earning unfair profits. Throughout the year reporters have alleged "oil companies...are making massive profits," "oil companies have watched their profits soar" and "record profits for the oil producers." But how do these oil profits compare to those of the media companies, themselves?

On November 9th, Congress held hearings and demanded that oil company executives, as ABC's Jake Tapper said, "explain themselves as to why they're experiencing record profits." Using Yahoo! Finance, I looked up the profit margin numbers for five of those oil companies and for five of the major media companies.

Looking at both industries, three of the top five companies with the highest profit margins were media companies. Comparing the average profit margin for the top five in each oil and media was complicated by the fact that Viacom, which owns CBS, actually lost money for the period covered by Yahoo's numbers. The average of the four profitable media companies was a profit margin of 8.83%. Throwing Viacom's zero into the average pulls it down to 7.06%. While the top five oil companies averaged a profit margin of 8.13%. With an average profit margin of 8.83% maybe ABC, NBC, CNN and Fox could be a little less greedy and reduce the number of commercials they sell.

Who Has the Biggest Profits, Big Oil or Big Media?
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Someone gets "Malik-ed" ...... other basketball notes
Looking back at the WPIAL quarterfinals and City League championship, and looking ahead to the semifinals, I'm Just Sayin ...
After watching New Castle's Malik Hooker in a number of games over the past few years, he will do one or two things in some games that show off his marvelous athletic ability and just make you go "What? Did you see that?"
He's one of the few athletes around here who pull off that eye-opening play that makes your jaw drop. You don't always see it on the football field from this Ohio State football recruit. You see it more in basketball. Now, it isn't necessarily a dunk or a basket. It might be a steal. But yesterday against Bethel Park, Hooker had one of those plays.
It's when someone gets "MALIK-ED." It was a dunk against Bethel Park. Check it out. He is almost outside the lane when he starts the dunk.
Next up for Hooker and New Castle is Kiski Area in the semifinals.
I know basketball isn't as strong in this area as it was in the 1950s, 60s or 70s. But still, I don't think people really fully appreciate the run New Castle is on. To be going for a third consecutive championship with an undefeated record is hard to believe. The Red Hurricanes might not win a state title and they aren't as good as some of those great teams in the 60s or 70s, but their record the past three seasons makes them a one-of-a-kind team - at least on paper.
A Cavalier attitude
Kiski Area is undoubtedly the surprise team of the WPIAL playoffs. The Cavaliers were the No. 12 seed for the Class AAAA bracket. Now the Cavaliers are in the semifinals and they have done it under first-year coach Joe Tutchstone.
Tutchstone has done a marvelous job, but look for the joy ride to end against New Castle. Facing Plum and Gateway and facing New Castle are totally different things.
More New Castle
New Castle senior guard Anthony Richards (pictured) set the school single-season record for 3-pointers with his 87th in yesterday's game against Bethel Park. He was already the career leader at New Castle. He's the last of three Richards brothers at New Castle and his father, Dave, is an assistant coach. I wonder if Anthony also leads the WPIAL in floor burns? He is the "Charlie Hustle" of WPIAL basketball.
By the way, an interesting read in the New Castle News from Larry Kelly about some inner workings of the New Castle basketball team.
Quips storm
Was there anything more impressive in the quarterfinals yesterday than Aliquippa's comeback and fourth-quarter run? Aliquippa trailed Avonworth at one point, 31-10, but won, 82-71. Aliquippa scored outscored Avonworth, 37-18, in the fourth quarter.
Section 3 supremacy
After having four teams make the semifinals last year, three Section 3 teams made the semifinals this year. What North Allegheny did to Section 1 champ Hempfield (82-59 win) makes you wonder how some top teams in other sections would have fared in Section 3.
But Section 3 won't be nearly as strong next year with Hampton and New Castle moving down to AAA. Neither New Castle or Hampton will be as good as this year's teams, either. Overall, I don't see Class AAAA being particularly strong next year. Sure, there will be some good teams, but it will lack the depth of strong teams.
NA's numbers
Colleague Paul Zeise points out some interesting statistics about North Allegheny. North Allegheny is 43-8 the past two years, but 41-0 against all teams other than New Castle and Hampton. North Allegheny is 2-8 against those teams - 0-5 against New Castle and 2-3 against Hampton.
North Allegheny plays Hampton in Wednesday's semifinals.
Fabulous 5 stuff?
The Post-Gazette Fabulous 5 doesn't come out until after the state playoffs, but it's never too early to debate who should be on the Fab 5? To me, there are three locks and I won't name them. After that, nothing is clear.
Is it the shoes?
Allderdice winning the City League championship will hit coach Buddy Valinsky in the wallet.
"It's going to cost me," Valinsky said. "I told them if we win and make the state playoffs, I would buy them all new shoes. So I guess I have to get them."
Valinsky has been great for Allderdice, who beat Obama, 55-54, in the title game yesterday. (Pictured are Allderdice players showing emotion after the game). Valinsky has done an excellent job with the Dragons and they are a young team with a bright future.
Valinsky used a junk defense on Obama's D.J. Porter and Porter scored only 11. The defense was a cross between a diamond-and-one and a 3-1 chaser. It had some history with Valinsky.
"I played it against the James Hairston kid in the state playoffs in 2003 and we beat Connellsville, so I thought I'd use it again," Valinsky said. "It's different than a box-and-one most people play. We have three people up front and a guy down low."
Allderdice will have to wait two weeks to play in the PIAA playoffs and the Dragons will have an interesting first-round game. They will play the WPIAL runner-up.
It was a tough loss for Obama. The Eagles hadn't lost all year. Not only did they drop the City League title game, they also did not qualify for the PIAA playoffs.
Two for the semis
For four schools, the semifinals will bring double the fun. North Allegheny, Seton-LaSalle, Greensburg Central Catholic and Vincentian all have their boys and girls teams in the semifinals.


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June 5, 2005
ML Game 45
Moppert 7
Campbell 1
The final game of the regualr season finally took place after being rained out on Fridya night. Moppert chipped away with 2 in the 1st (couple of walks and a hit by Taylor Longacre) and another 2 in the 2nd inning ( a walk and hits by Kyle Longacrew and Adam Junkin). Te real story fo this game was solid pitching by the Moppert Quartet of Bosco (2 innings, no runs), Vendetta (2 innings, no runs), Mclarney (1 inning, 1 run) and Junkin (1 inning, no runs).
Campbell's lone run can on a rocket off the bat of Justin Brown.
Other solid contributors to Moppert offensive effort were Alex Donoghue with a nice hit and Omar Randall with a triple.
This win rapped up 1st place for Moppert. They now head into the playoff with a 1st round bye and await the winner of the Baker - Carman 1st round matchup.


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The Nebraska Locker Room Speech was on Gameday's Images of the Decade. That is pretty cool!
I removed it.
On ESPN's New Year's Gameday highlights of the decade package...very nice
'Until things are brighter, I'm the man in black.'
Yeah, I just saw that. That was awesome!
Did anyone just see the post game from Nebraska on the top moments of the last decade? I wasn't expecting to see that and I think it was one of the longer clips too.
That was a pretty cool segment. Pretty sweet to see CPR in there.
CPR was also really jacked up on the sidelines last night. Great to see an energetic coach.
ISU Grad 1997.
ISU Fan for Life.
Not in CO anymore but I'm not changing my name :)
Mods please merge
I thought when they started it that the clip might have a chance but when I saw it I still got emotional over it. What a coach!
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I thought when they started it that the clip might have a chance but when I saw it I still got emotional over it. What a coach!
Me too, err I was cutting onions.
Best recruiting video we ever made... without even knowing it.
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Tell me someone got this on DVR to upload...
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Tell me someone got this on DVR to upload...
Mine didn't start till right after it, the Kentucky-LSU part.
Didn't see it, thought youtube had it but I guess not[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK-l0dEvfWg"][/ame]
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YouTube - ESPN SportsCenter Images of the Decade
Rep for you, plus an intarwebs cookie.
*edit* - cookie rescinded. That's the SportsCenter version. No ISU in there...
No ISU in even though I saw Ellis Hobbs on David Tyree's catch, but I saw Drew Tate in the video so that ruined it.
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When a Gordon Food Service rep installed online ordering software on Michelle Burt's computer five years ago, he said she now could order all GFS' products through the Internet 24-7, access all her past and current orders online, tap into a bottomless well of product information, even pay the bill if she wanted.
Cool, she thought. I like this.
"But I never touched it," said Burt, president of Spanky's Pizza in Freemont, Mich. Almost two years later, though, another GFS rep convinced her to use the software. She regrets she didn't do it sooner. "I'm not sure why I didn't until then, but after he showed me how to use it, showed me everything it could do, I've used it ever since."
Today, Burt's a whole-cloth convert to online ordering, but she's among a minority of operators who use the Internet to procure their products. Most operators, say distributors, either phone their orders in to live sales reps or fax in handwritten documents.
"Less than 2 percent of our active customers are currently using Power Net for ordering online," said Jeff Panning, information systems manager for Toledo, Ohio-based distributor Sofo Foods. The company launched Power Net, its proprietary online ordering system three years ago. Yet over the past six months, its use has risen sharply; the number of operators ordering online is up 81 percent, and the number of orders sent through the Web portal is up 164 percent.
Still, it appears the option is a bit advanced for many of Sofo's current customers. "There just aren't a lot of them who are comfortable doing it right now," said Panning.
Apparently many distributors are equally uncomfortable with online ordering. Only about a dozen serving the U.S. pizza industry offer the service.
That's frustrating to food manufacturers who'd like to see the entire foodservice supply chain linked electronically—especially when they know the technology exists to do it.
"It would make things a lot simpler," said Ron Peters, CEO of Paradise Tomato Kitchens, a Louisville, Ky.-based supplier of pizza and tomato sauces. "I think that when a lot of people don't understand it, they're just slow to try something new."
Old-tech, but good tech
For nearly two decades, manufacturers and distributors have relied on and shared a technology called electronic data interchange (EDI). EDI handles orders via computers rather than humans, and valuable supply chain information (such as inventory levels) is shared in real time between those business parties.
Problem is, there are tens of thousands of parties, and nearly all of them have different EDI standards—codes, electronic forms, data management strategies, etc. The lack of a single
But in the past five years, "intermediary" companies have developed software and data management devices that bridge the EDI gaps between suppliers and manufacturers. A distributor now can place orders for thousands of products from many suppliers at once, and without worrying about meeting every unique EDI standard.
Chicago-based EFS Networks is one such intermediary. Founded in 1999, its 356-member network includes distribution giants such as Sysco Corp. and mega-manufacturer ConAgra. Domino's Pizza, which owns its own distribution company, also is a member.
"The majority of our member companies are interfaced to their current purchasing system, so what we do is build an electronic connection that enables them to leverage what they currently have," said Susan Boyme, director of business development at EFS. "We send their orders to the suppliers electronically, and we direct all the electronic confirmations and electronic invoices to the right places so their whole supply chain cycle is automated."
For smaller companies without elaborate EDI systems, the company has a Web application that allows order placement via the Internet. "They basically can choose whether they want to be fully Web based, or fully operable within their current system."
Why this matters—or at least should matter—to pizza operators is that the technology has trickled down to the independent operator's level. Not only can operators enjoy the benefits of electronic ordering, their increased use of such systems opens a three-way exchange of valuable information between their operations, distributors and manufacturers.
"The goal is to be fully integrated from the store level to the distributor to the supplier and back again," said Peters. Such a free flow of information, he said, would help suppliers make timely raw materials purchases and more precise manufacturing decisions. It also would help distributors warehouse products more on an as-needed basis rather "than just ordering a lot to cover himself. ... Ultimately a supplier would like to see (real-time) levels of inventory in the store. He then could better understand buying patterns at the store level and base his (manufacturing) decisions on that."
A lofty goal to be sure, but one the industry is closing in on, said EFS's Boyme. "There are lots of dots to be connected still, but it's happening as more companies do it."
The 'GFS Experience'
According to Bob Eichinger, director of marketing at GFS, only 20 percent of all of its customers use the distributor's online ordering software, dubbed the GFS Experience. Most of those, he said, are non-commercial clients, such as school and hospital foodservice operators, who he believes have greater Web access and whose ordering patterns are more structured than many independent restaurateurs.
Still, he's surprised more pizza operators like Spanky's Burt don't use the service yet.
"Once they start using it, they don't want to stop because it's so intuitive and such a time-saver," he said. "For us, it's a good way to secure customers, because it's difficult for them to go back to the old way of doing business."
That includes calling in orders to salespersons, something Sofo's Panning said Power Net allows that company's reps to do a lot less. Reps for customers who use Power Net are able to spend more time solving customer problems, showing them new products and helping suggest marketing ideas.
According to Burt, her GFS rep, a former restaurant operator himself, now has the time to meet with her service staff to talk about ways to increase their tips.
"It doesn't seem like it would happen this way, but I get more time with my rep instead of less," she said. "I think some (operators) are worried that their rep won't be around if he's not there taking their orders."
More than anything, Burt said, the convenience of the GFS package has turned her into a devotee. Instead of beginning her order cycle with a single, long inventory session followed by an early-morning call to the distributor, she builds her order over a couple of days on the GFS Web site. When completed, she submits it on a scheduled day.
Once the order is received, a message appears on her computer screen offering a printout. A follow-up call from an inside sales rep follows later.
The software, she said, has a purchasing manager that catalogs any item she's ever ordered from her distributor, and that that information becomes a simple checklist for future orders.
The software notifies her of items that are on sale and tells her about new items added to the GFS product line. If she wants more information on any product, a "right click" of her mouse reveals a detailed description.
"It'll tell you the weight of an item, the number of packets in a case or describe an item like this bread," said Burt, reading the details of an item she buys. The text describes the bread's texture, provides baking instructions and even nutritional information. "It even gives you marketing ideas for every product."
Burt said she also uses the software to cost out new menus and may soon use its "recipe book" function to catalog and cost all her ingredients and recipes.
Sound like territory traveled only by the computer savvy? Not if you're counting her, said Burt.
"You just need a good rep who knows how to get into it and show you how to use it," she said. "It's tremendous. Now all they need to do is make it work hand-in-hand with my POS."
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One of these new groups will consider what lessons might be learnt from the current scandal to improve Scotland's new stand-alone Food Standards Agency, while the other will look at applying the Scotch fresh meat industry's traceability rules to processed meat.
The moves were announced by CabSec Richard Lochhead in a statement to MSPs late on Tuesday, during which he also confirmed that almost 50% of meat processing premises in Scotland have now been inspected, with no evidence of horsemeat found to date. Local authorities are continuing inspection visits to all 229 approved meat processing premises and 29 cold stores in Scotland.
(For the full story see The Scottish Farmer this week, February 23, 2013)


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REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Hedge fund manager John Paulson had an awesome September and has had a great year.
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Earlier today Obox was removed from the WordPress.com theme directory. We have been aware of the situation for over a week but we have chosen to keep quiet about it while we spoke to both Envato and WordPress about the matter.
Earlier today Obox was removed from the WordPress.com theme directory.
We have been aware of the situation for over a week but we have chosen to keep quiet about it
while we spoke to both Envato and WordPress about the matter.
It makes us proud to say that Obox is the only theme company that has been in all the premium theme directories of the modern blogging platforms of our time:
Having said that, it wouldn't be normal if we didn't experience some conflict along the way and unfortunately this week was that time.
Since the day Obox Themes launched we have been 100percent GPL – that is code, images and css. Before going that way we were a bit nervous but mostly because
we weren't fully educated on the situation, however it was the best decision we made because at the very least we adhered to the core principles of WordPress.
When we were approached by Themeforest, to list our themes on their marketplace, we didn't say yes right away. In fact it took 2 months of negotiating to get it right.
One of the issues we had was that they were not 100percent GPL to the point that WordPress requires.
However after doing some digging we realised that they broke no rules whatsoever, so we decided to proceed.
Themeforest has been a huge success for us and the money we have earned through that deal has enabled us to make better themes and increase the size of our team. Not
only that but Fuad and Collis are legends of the highest degree and I have all the time in the world for them. They always take the time to phone
us to see how we are doing and if they can help with anything.
To me they set the example of how authors should be treated and looked after.
We first got word of the WP.com marketplace before it was even live. We knew that we weren't meant to know about it when we mailed Matt and asked to be included. He asked
what it was we were talking about… :)
That was around January 2011, and from that moment we tried every avenue we could to get Obox on WP.com. First there was denial that anything existed and then we simply
got rejected, and then rejected again and again. We didn't relent though because we believed so strongly in our company that we felt we had real value to add to their theme collection.
Eventually Lance Willett (another legend) got in touch with us and said they were keen to have us onboard. We were over the moon. It had taken over a year of asking to
get the answer we wanted and we were incredibly proud when they said yes.
In order to make sure we put our best foot forward we completely reprogrammed Gigawatt in order to suit WordPress.com – it wasn't a simple port but rather a ground up
By now we were dealing with Ian Stewart (once again, a great guy) and we sort of both brought up the issue with selling themes on both Themeforest and WordPress.com.
Our main concern was about exclusivity but when Ian mentioned the GPL issue we knew we had a problem.
We immediately contacted Envato and asked what we could do about it. Eventually we decided to leave it as is because essentially our themes are 100percent GPL on Obox and
our code also states that – the same code that goes onto Themeforest.
Between WP.com and Obox we agreed that we were upholding the spirit of WordPress and were therefore allowed onto the new .com marketplace.
On Friday we received an email from WP.com basically stating that, because of the new licensing on Themeforest, we needed to choose where we wanted to sell our themes.
We had just posted our final code changes of Handmade for WordPress.com and were therefore saddened that we had found ourselves in this situation.
Leaving Themeforest is not something we wanted to do for a number of reasons. Chief among them though is that if we left Themeforest we would have to release some of
our staff due to lost revenue. As much as we value the principles of GPL and opensource, we have to put my team first – they are like family to Marc and I.
Soon after, we contacted Themeforest to see if we could get some kind of unique GPL license for Obox only. Turns out things aren't that simple BUT Themeforest are going
to huge efforts to see if they can in fact offer all their authors the option of going 100percent GPL. I hope it comes sooner than later :)
Because we cannot simply up and leave Themeforest (nor do we want to) we have had to willingly accept the reality of being removed off of WordPress.com.
Considering all the hard work we put into a) getting accepted and b) redoing our themes for their marketplace, it is a very difficult pill to swallow and we can assure
you that our whole team is sad about the situation.
That being said we are determined to get back onto WordPress.com. It's an honor to be on there and we will do what it takes to get back. I strongly believe that it's
a matter of time before we can get back on and we are looking forward to the moment it happens.
Hopefully, in the ideal world, we will be able to sell our themes across multiple platforms with 100percent GPL. In the meanwhile we will continue to put in the maximum effort
we always do to make great themes for you, our customers.
For those of you who haved purchased Gigawatt on WordPress.com – don't fret, the WordPress theme team will be taking over the support and maintenance of the code until
we are back onboard.
If you have any questions please feel free to drop a comment, or you can mail me directly.


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Video: Prayer Ban Appeal
Winston-Salem, NC -- The battle over prayer will continue with an appeal after Forsyth County Commissioners voted four to three to fight a recent ruling prohibiting prayer before meetings.
But before the commissioners met, Christ Cathedral Church of Deliverance organized a prayer group outside the government building to encourage commissioners to fight the ruling to disband prayer prior to county commissioner meetings.
WEB EXTRA: Read the documents
The issue over prayer before the meetings started three years ago. Two citizens took their complaints against the practice all the way to middle district court and won. The decision commissioners faced Monday night was whether to appeal that ruling.
The board heard public comments for 30 minutes before discussing the issue.
One speaker said, "Nowhere in the constitution am I granted to not be offended. I am, however, granted the right to exercise my religion without government interference."
Another said, "You can make a difference by standing and I'm asking you to stand and let's fight this thing."
One speaker who was in favor of keeping the ban in place said, "Every time a sectarian prayer is uttered in a government institution, somebody else's religious freedom is violated."
Going into the meeting, the board was split. Chairman David Plyler had not announced which way he was going to vote. During the meeting, Commissioner Gloria Whisenhunt said, "I'll remind you, we didn't start this fight, we were sued and it was not of our doings, I can assure you. I'm delighted to keep appealing and fighting this case beacause I do believe in it."
Commissioner Walter Marshall said, "It bothers me that we got a system where we think that we are such that there is no other God other than, nobody can use the name of God other than how we should believe in."
Before the meeting, Chairman Plyler told WFMY News 2 he needs legal assurance that the county won't be held financially liable if they lose the appeal. Private donations have been raised to help with those costs and other costs of moving forward with the appeal. Plyler cast the deciding vote to move forward with the appeal.
Gloria Whisenhunt, Debra Conrad, and Richard Linville also voted in favor of the appeal.
Beaufort Bailey, Ted Kaplan, and Walter Marshall voted against it.
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Red Thread - The First of our "Cool and Wet" Turf Diseases
Posted: June 2, 2011
The first of our "cool and wet" turf diseases has started to show up in home lawns. Red thread (and the similar disease pink patch) is enjoying our weather conditions. In home lawns, these two diseases are more common where nitrogen fertility is waning – or other factors (poor drainage, compaction, cold, infertile or low organic matter soil, etc) are slowing the ability of the turf to generate new leaf tissue. In most cases, this disease only blights the leaf tissue and doesn't kill the plant.
If cool, wet conditions last for weeks, some plants can die or severely thin out, and weeds will move in. Since it doesn't usually kill the grass we don't recommend fungicides. Instead, use a moderate fertilizer application, especially if the person has not applied fertilizer this spring. Half to 1 pound of nitrogen per 1000 square feet is recommended.
Soil test to correct pH and other nutrients. If this is something that happens every year on a lawn, best remedy is to overseed with resistant varieties. The main way it spreads is from infected clippings – either by blowing them around to uninfected areas or transporting on equipment, shoes, etc.
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We love watching Hayley on YouTube, but who is another YouTuber that Hayley thinks is super awesome? Well, today she's revealing her crush on one of her YouTube favorites: CommunityChannel! Check out Hayley's reasons why Natalie Tran (the hilarious woman behind the channel) is totally crush-worthy.


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You are at handover. The day shift registrar stumbles towards the weary tunnel of egress and casually relates the story of your next patient…
"Finally, there is a 64 year old lady who presented with left sided abdominal pain and haematuria. I have placed an IV line, taken bloods and given some analgesia. Her pain is now under control. Just check the abdominal XR before sending her home…"
Your review of the abdominal XR takes a little longer than you had suspected…can you determine her past medical history and current pathology?
Case submitted by Dr Rahul Goswami, Changi General Hospital
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Quote Mixedup:Hi CostaSaint,What sort of style of music are we talking here? It makes a difference, as you may
start with a natural sound with the overheads or room, and use the spot mics only to
reinforce that if needed... or for other styles you might want to major on close mics and
every little detail of everything, and use a crushed OH or room mic pair... So we need to
know more about what you're doing.For panning yes, usually kick and snare in
the centre, but hat may also be centre or slightly to one side, depending on the style,
and on the image captured by the room/OH mics. Also, the width of room image relative to
the OH image will vary according to what you've captured and the rest of the track. You
can use the full width of the panorama, though, mixing the drums relative to themselves,
and widen/narrow things on the drum buss in the context of the rest of the track.M.
Quote Jack Ruston:Well, I have a
slightly different take on it for this sort of stuff.
LCR panning on
everything...So rooms and overheads hard L and R. Rack tom hard L, floor tom hard R. Kick
and snare centre. Hat probably not used but if it is, hard L or C. So in other words,
drummers perspective, mainly because I like the toms to travel L to R. I think the rooms
will end up being extremely important because they provide the cues which tell us that the
drums are loud. Obviously it depends what those room mics are like. They might not sound
good, in which case you're stuck with faking that sound, but sometimes they take
precedence over the overheads. At the end of the day, if you're trying to cut through the
guitars you're going to need plenty of close mic stuff, and for the phase relationships to
be right.
Quote Peter Fernandes:Hey,From my experience most listeners (especially drummers) are used to hearing the
drums mixed from the drummer's perspective; so hat left, ride cymbal and floor tom right,
etc. The majority of recordings you listen to are going to have this configuration, but
there are some exceptions...usually in a mix for video you'll hear the drums panned from
the "audience" perspective because it's a more natural sound when you can actually see the
drums. Anyway as usual, not a "rule" per se so just something to think about!Peter
Quote Bossman:One prog rock band
I work with regularly has 4 (or sometimes even 5) toms
Quote The Elf:Several of the
bands I work with would consider 5 toms a minimalist kit!!
Quote andy cross:Some quick and
wholly unscientific research using an iPod set on "shuffle" suggests that mixing drums
from the drummer's perspective is very rare indeed.
Quote Matt Houghton:Last week I tracked a rock drummer using only one tom. It was heaven.
Quote Beat Poet:Quote Matt Houghton:Last week
I tracked a rock drummer using only one tom. It was heaven. I think Steve Albini said that if a drummer
has gone beyond the standard five-piece Ringo, that it might be advisable to give him a
quick nudge about it before recording. Definitely true in the rock arena!
Quote Matt Houghton:Last week
I tracked a rock drummer using only one tom. It was heaven.
Quote Gone To Lunch:Ringo mostly
played a four-piece ?
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Losing friends.
OK I'm HIPPOing.
Yes, I kept friends after I had my daughter, but they were good close friends. However like any relationship it's got to be a two way street. You can't expect to never go out with them and still keep them as friends. You need to either 1. let go a little or 2. find a babysitter you can trust. I personally don't think you can mentally survive without having a break once in a while. There's nothing wrong with putting the Mommy Hat up for a little while. Also, my good friends love my kid and are her adopted Aunts and Uncles. We're not above meeting at a park so the kid can run and play while we chat on the bench. The relationship I had with them are definitely different, but you can't expect them to hang around when you don't want to put any effort in either.
Wait -- OMFG, that IS what happened?!?? This thread just ruined my life. ~ obsessedlyz
No what she said was that my thread "ruined her life" ~ FTM2BLY
I have recently met a guy who's a single dad (No we're not dating). Kids are almost identical in age and love to play together. Neither 'other parent' is really involved. I often want to hug him just for existing.
It will come, just try and get out and net work as much as possible. I met him at the local pool when we both took the kids. Got talking to another parent at skating lessons. Get out there and say 'hi'
Wait -- OMFG, that IS what happened?!?? This thread just ruined my life. ~ obsessedlyz
No what she said was that my thread "ruined her life" ~ FTM2BLY
Anyway, I'm sorry you're going through this b/c it sucks! Good luck! :)
A (32) Hard-working, Single Mom
N (3) "Cars", Drums & ALL THINGS MUSIC ♬
I undeerstand where you are at You know some of my friends have been there for me but as my little girl gets older they tend to drift away Trying to find a babysitter sometimes can be hard and yes how i would love to go to some events like football matches etc etc but even just to go out for a few hours but you know when it does happen maybe its just me but i tend to want to come home I get asked around to some friends who are married but sometimes I think its just the wifes have a little pity for me but you know when i look at Jennifer I tend to think How lucky i am to have her Yes we all lose something but you know we all have gained so much more Thats why being a member on this board has brought so much happiness into my life To be able to share feelings to people who know and who car Yes we might have lost frineds but we have gained so much more
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Skyfall Gets Some Award Season Recognition As Producers Guild Awards Announces Nominees
By Eric Eisenberg 2013-01-02 16:35:57 comments
For the most part this years award season race is a total toss-up there were simply so many great movies released last year that its nearly impossible to determine the frontrunner for Hollywoods top prizes. That said, however, its been the same group of titles that has been getting nominations from various organizations, including Ben Afflecks Argo, Kathryn Bigelows Zero Dark Thirty, Steven Spielbergs Lincoln, David O. Russells Silver Linings Playbook, Ang Lees Life of Pi, Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained and Tom Hoopers Les Misrables. And while all of those titles are mentioned in the recently announced nominees for this years Producers Guild Awards, there are some nice surprises as well.
Some of the better ones include Sam Mendes Skyfall and Wes Andersons Moonrise Kingdom, both nominated for the top prize. Overall its a fairly short list of nominees, as the PGA doesnt have the same number of categories as the Academy Awards or the Golden Globes, but it also happens to be an enlightened one.
Check out the full list below and for more hardcore awards coverage be sure to check out the latest edition of our own Katey Richs Oscar Eye column.
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Argo (Warner Bros.)
Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
Django Unchained (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher
Les Misérables (Universal Pictures)
Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi (Fox 2000 Pictures)
Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures)
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus Features)
Producers: Wes Anderson & Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales
Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon
Skyfall (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Zero Dark Thirty (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Brave (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Producer: Katherine Sarafian
Frankenweenie (Walt Disney Pictures)
Producers: Allison Abbate, Tim Burton
ParaNorman (Focus Features)
Producers: Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner
Rise of the Guardians (Paramount Pictures)
Producers: Nancy Bernstein, Christina Steinberg
Wreck-It Ralph (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
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Born January 1, 1752 — Died January 30, 1836
Attributing Betsy Ross as the maker of the flag is based on family tradition made public by her grandson William Canby in a paper delivered before the Pennsylvania Historical Society in 1870. Records of the Pennsylvania State Navy Board show that payment was ordered for "making ships' colours, etc." on May 29, 1777.
Operating an upholsterer's shop in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross is credited with making the first stars-and-stripes flag. She did so at the request of George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross.
The stars-and-stripes was adopted as the national flag by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777.


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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Lackawanna baseball, Scranton softball split doubleheaders
Lackawanna College split a baseball doubleheader with Mercyhurst North East, losing the first game, 3-2, before rebounding to win the nightcap, 9-3, at Allegheny College of Maryland on Saturday.
In the first game, Michael Abrunzo went 3 for 3 with two singles and a double. Lakeland graduate Eric Grabowski also had two hits for the nightcap.
In the second game, Grabowski picked up the win for Lackawanna, firing 4â innings with six strikeouts.
Lazaro Divurgel and Ian Cornwall each added three hits for the Falcons.
The University of Scranton split a Landmark Conference doubleheader against Drew University, winning the first game, 7-1, before dropping the nightcap, 8-3.
In the first game, Caitlin McHenry had two hits and drove in two runs and freshman Jacqueline DeSarro also had two hits and an RBI for the Lady Royals.
Scranton had eight hits in the second game, but fell behind, 7-0, after three innings and couldn't recover.
Stephanie Romano and Shannon Stricker each had two hits and an RBI and Angelica Titor also had a hit and drove in a run for the Lady Royals.
Men's tennis
Marywood won its 30th straight Colonial States Athletic Conference match, defeating host Cabrini College, 6-3.
Ryan Mulqueen, Daniel Tintle, Steven Garubba and Brendan Brown all won singles matches for Marywood.
The teams of Brown-Anthony Aveline and Gavin Coyne-Gianni Monteleone also won doubles matches for the Pacers.
Gwynedd Mercy 8
Keystone 1
At Gwynedd Valley, Keystone dropped a Colonial States Athletic Conference match.
Men's lacrosse
Despite holding a one-goal halftime lead, Scranton only managed to score one goal in the second half and fell to SUNY Plattsburgh, 11-7, at Fitzpatrick Field.
Senior attacker Gus Sturm led Scranton with three goals. Alec Mikrut, Matt Tibbetts, Will Mahle and Michael Bernier also scored for the Royals.
Women's lacrosse
Senior Sarah Caughy recorded six points - five goals and one assist - to lead Marywood to a 15-9 victory over Immaculata University in a Colonial States Athletic Conference matchup.
Michelle Thompson added four goals and an assist for the Lady Pacers, who trailed, 4-2, midway through the first half before scoring nine straight goals.
Freshman Natalie Burke added two goals and an assist for Marywood.
Susquehanna 15
Scranton 5
At Selinsgrove, Scranton gave up nine first half goals, and Susquehanna cruised to a Landmark Conference victory.
Junior midfielder Emily Gross led Scranton with three goals. Kerry Sullivan and Alyssa Farrell also scored for the Lady Royals.
Men's golf
The Keystone golf team shot a combined 357 and finished in 10th place at the Gettysburg College Invitational at The Bridges Golf Club in Abbottstown.
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by Dr. Christopher Holmes, August 2004. Photo by Karen T. Hale
"A man may be quite alone in the desert and he can trace the enneagram
in the sand and in it read the eternal laws of the universe."
--G. I. Gurdjieff
Microcosm-Macrocosm by Anita J. Mitra
Towards Awakening by Anita J. Mitra
The Heart Doctrine by Anita J. Mitra
This illustration was given to Dr. Christopher Holmes by an inmate in the Ontario Correctional system,
who took his innovative program for the "awakening of consciousness and the heart in criminal offenders."
Dr. Holmes provides a wholely different approach to correctional work than typically offered in 'cognitive-behavioural programs.'
This illustration is related to a quotation from Gurdjieff, about how an acorn or 'nut' might become an oak tree.


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Dec. 8, 2011
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa wrestling team defeated Northern Iowa, 38-4, Thursday night on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes won nine-of-10 matches to extend their streak of unbeaten duals to 83. Iowa also recorded a 29-5 edge in takedowns.
"We saw some good things and we saw some areas that need improvement," said head coach Tom Brands. "We saw some situations where the other guy is not really trying to score. We can't allow that. We're going to have to work harder and push through it."
The dual started at 184 pounds where Northern Iowa's fifth-ranked Ryan Loder scored the Panthers' lone win with a 13-2 major decision over senior Vinnie Wagner. Wagner scored the first takedown of the night 21 seconds into the bout, but Loder scored the next 13 points to give UNI a 4-0 lead.
It would take UNI seven more matches before scoring another takedown, as Iowa strung together eight straight wins and benefited from a forfeit at 174 to run off 38 unanswered team points.
Junior Grant Gambrall put the Hawkeyes on the board with a 7-3 decision over UNI's Taylor Kettman at 197. Gambrall started the scoring with a first period takedown and took the lead for good by opening the third frame with an escape. He added a pair of takedowns in the final frame to improve to 2-0 this season and cut into the Panther lead, 4-3.
Redshirt freshman Bobby Telford accumulated 4:20 of riding time to dominate Blayne Beale in the battle of heavyweights. Telford scored three takedowns and added three nearfall points to earn a 12-0 major decision and give Iowa a 7-4 advantage in the team score.
Junior Matt McDonough stretched the Hawkeye lead to 11-4 with a 10-1 major decision over Cruse Aarhus at 125. McDonough scored three takedowns, piled up 3:04 of riding time, including the entire third period, and added two nearfall points to record his eighth bonus-point win of the year.
Sophomore Tony Ramos fired six takedowns en route to a 15-5 major decision over Ryan Jauch at 133. Ramos scored one takedown in the first period, two in the second, and three in the third to wear down Jauch and extend Iowa's team lead to 15-4 at the intermission.
Senior Montell Marion, the nation's top-ranked 141-pounder, answered the intermission with eight takedowns to record an 18-8 major decision over Seth Noble. The four-point win was Marion's team-high sixth major decision of the season and extended Iowa's lead to 19-4.
Redshirt freshman Josh Dziewa, the third Hawkeye to suit up at 149 in six duals this season, electrified the crowd with two takedowns and five nearfall points while building a 9-1 first period advantage. Dziewa added a third takedown in the second frame and withstood a rally from UNI's Clay Welter to secure a 14-6 major decision in his Carver-Hawkeye Arena debut.
Sophomore Derek St. John recorded Iowa's seventh straight win with a 3-1 decision over Northern Iowa's David Bonin. St. John, the nation's second-ranked 157 pounder, scored a takedown midway through the first period before giving the crowd a scare with a medical timeout 26 seconds into the second period. St. John returned to the mat and allowed Bonin to escape and cut into his lead, 2-1. St. John then started the third period in the down position and extended his lead to 3-1 with an escape midway through the period. He eventually held on for the win to improve to 11-0 on the year and extend Iowa's lead to 26-4.
Redshirt freshman Mike Evans made quick work of what turned out to be the final bout of the night. Evans put UNI's Riley Banach on his back early in the 165-pound match and recorded three nearfall points before flattening the Panther in 1:10. It was the fastest pin of Evan's career and extended Iowa's team lead to 32-4.
Northern Iowa forfeited the final match of the night against Iowa's Ethen Lofthouse at 174 to make the final team score, 38-4.
The Hawkeyes return to the mat Dec. 29-30 to compete at the Midlands Championships on the campus of Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. Welsh-Ryan Arena will host the 49th annual event. The Midlands Championships will be broadcast live on AM-800 KXIC and streamed live on btn.com via Hawkeye All-Access, a subscription service committed to providing quality coverage of University of Iowa athletic events. Steven Grace and Mark Ironside will have the call live from Welsch-Ryan Arena. Fans interested in tickets can call 800-GO-PURPLE.
Match Notes: Attendance was 7,078... Iowa extended its streak of unbeaten duals to 83, one shy of tying the Oklahoma State record... Iowa won at least nine matches for the third time in six duals this season... the win was Iowa's 38th in a row at home.
#1 University of Iowa 38 vs. University of Northern Iowa 4
184 - Ryan Loder (UNI) major dec. Vinnie Wagner (I), 13-2
197 - Grant Gambrall (I) dec. Taylor Kettman (UNI), 7-3
Hwt. - Bobby Telford (I) vs. Blayne Beale (UNI)
125 - Matt McDonough (I) major dec. Cruse Aarhus (UNI), 10-1
133 - Tony Ramos (I) major dec. Ryan Jauch (UNI), 15-5
141 - Montell Marion (I) dec. Seth Noble (UNI), 18-8
149 - Josh Dziewa (I) major dec. Clay Welter (UNI), 14-6
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. David Bonin (UNI), 3-1
165 - Mike Evans (I) pinned Riley Banach (UNI), 1:10
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) won by medical forfeit


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My GWAD life changes when you have a kid, doesn't it?
People with kids tell childless humans this all the time. How often have you heard someone say, "Now make sure you do all your travelling before you have a baby because you won't be doing much when the kid arrives"? Or "I remember when we had the freedom to go out dancing til all hours of the morning" (while nudging husband) "remember that John? Oooh we danced for hours, that was until we had little Marcus".
Yes, I'm very familiar with all of that wonderful advice , and by no means was I oblivious that a life change was ahead when I became pregnant. But, I have just been punched in the face with a rough reality check.
This reality check has come in the form of a 19 month old boy. I have had a relatively great year and a half with him. I have unbelievable support from my family so the fact I can ship him off to others on a regular basis has kept me sane and in the baby love bubble. My son has been a good feeder (border line human pig). He has also been a good sleeper and is content to play by himself (probably due to my lack of interest in playing baby games with him). I'll admit I cruised through his first year.
Don't worry…I'm sipping on a big ass glass of payback now.
Disclaimer: I love my kid, like shitloads, but indulge me for three minutes while I vent unlovingly about him because for the last couple of months he has been driving me bonkers.
Since my son Bax clocked the 1.5 age milestone, he has taken to whinging. Hardcore. He has excelled in this area and it's fair to say he may be one of the best whiners cruising around. The noise that escapes his mini mouth several hundred times a day is like a loud siren squealing violently in my face. He will be content sitting flipping the pages of a book, being all cute and quiet, and then within a micro-second the siren will start up. So I give him his blocks and smile will take over his dial as he fondles the fabulous colourful squares, then again without warning the siren starts to blare. This pretty much takes place during every activity of the day. While eating breakfast, lunch and dinner, during nappy changes and the 20 snacks he consumes a day, while going for a walk or feeding the ducks.
It. Never. Seems. To. Stop.
I'm told it's a phase, that he is testing his boundaries. That this is the only way he can communicate at the moment along with the odd word that consists of one syllable. That he's a baby and that's what babies do. Blah blah blah diddy blah. I get a little relief in knowing this will eventually pass, but let's also keep in mind phases can last for quite a while. Remember slap bands in primary school? They were just a phase but I was into them for at least 12 months. Not to mention slinkies, hyper colour tee shirts, Stussy pants and Kuta Lines hoodies. All of those things were just phases but all lasted for yonks.
If the whinge phase goes on much longer it's fair to say I might try to sell him. For a fair price of course, because he has good tricks like clapping his hands, high fiving and he also says 'poooo' when he has indeed done a poo.
I am totally aware that I have wailed my grown women whinge siren at you for the duration of this read. Oh god it just hit me, maybe he has learnt it all from me? Maybe an apple has fallen and landed extremely close to the tree.
Did your kid have an annoying phase? What was it?
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