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How to Increase Blog Subscriptions and Win More RSS Subscribers
What is RSS?
RSS, an acronym for Really Simple Syndication, is a simple way to share blog posts on line.
There are some benefits brought about by RSS:
The blog readers and visitors can obtain all the information they subscribed through RSS quickly. In other words, RSS subscription ensures timeliness, completion and latest update of the blog posts related to the contents required by the blog subscribers. Network users are ensured to read the contents supporting RSS output by virtue of syndication software in favor of RSS at the client without the necessity of opening the blog page.
Something to Do with RSS Subscription?
Through RSS subscription, the blog viewers can add any RSS they are fond of to RSS reader to read their favorite blogs. Therefore, having a lot of blog subscribers implies to some extent that your articles are welcome and popular, which can surely increase the sense of self-fulfillment and even help you earn some money out of it. So the increase in RSS subscription indicates the improvement you've made in your blogging road.
Tips to Win More RSS Subscribers:
Here I list 6 points for you to increase blog subscription and win more RSS subscribers to your blog:
1. Place your blog subscription link in more and obvious positions. Give priority to the link for your blog subscription, specifically, position your subscription link on every page of blog and locate the icon on the top of blog page to catch the eye of your blog readers so as to increase the chance of winning more RSS subscribers;
2. Simplify the subscription procedure. In order to win more RSS subscribers for your blog, you should make sure the steps to your blog subscription are not too complicated. No one likes to waste time in something unnecessary which he can finish in fewer steps in other similar blog. Watch out! You will lose a large number of blog subscribers unless you improve your blog with simplified operation;
3. Offer subscription request actively but conservatively. In case that your blog has few RSS subscribers, it's really the time to take action! Here I suggest you provide a hint or promote at the end of your proud blog posts. This is less impolite, aggressive and offensive than direct request "PUSH" of blog RSS subscription;
4. Take advantage of Guest blogger. Here I mean both invite proper guest bloggers in and be a guest blogger to other blogs yourself. Actually, there are many ways to find and seek out reliable bloggers to bring something new and fresh to your regular blog readers so as to attract more RSS subscribers to your blog. But also, you can act as a guest blogger to other blog to increase your popularity and win more clicks. You can even add a link to your RSS Feed in the guest post to increase RSS subscription directly.
5. Launch giveaway in your blog. An effective way to increase RSS subscription to your blog is providing freebies, such as ebook, DVD and software as free gift to your blog subscribers. You can try the following method to choose which is the suitable freebie to give away:
- 1) Just take a poll or option survey in your blog and choose the type of freebie based on the interests and hobbies of the RSS subscribers of your blog;
- 2) Test before you decide. Some trustworthy and respected companies allow you to try and review their products before you launch the giveaway;
- 3) Choose the freebie type related to the theme and field of your blog and catering to the taste of your blog subscribers, which makes your giveaway action useful and meaningful;
- 4) Try to ask your blog subscribers for approval if you really think one freebie is good after serious consideration. One cannot know one thing until he tries it. If the free gift itself is valuable and useful, your blog subscribers are very likely to love it; in the same time, you can manage to attract more new subscribers to increase your blog subscriptions.
6. Brag about the number of your blog subscribers. Just show the number of the RSS subscribers to your blog to publicize your success to your blog viewers. It is able to help you win the trust and credit to further increase RSS subscriptions for your blog. It can successfully grasp the mindset of following the general trend of wide blog masses.


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This is why you always clear your browser history before someone checks your phone
Nothing worse than getting caught in the act of browsing porn. But second worst has to be that moment when someone checks your phone and you don't know what they might find. Especially when it's on national TV.
The awkward moment revealing a browser visit to Pornhub was captured on Chicago's WGN during a news story about something that presumably did not center around Internet porn browsing habits.
Pretty amateur moment here for a professional organization but, at the same time, why is it such a big deal? Let your freak flag fly, anonymous b-roll phone dude. I say let's get even more descriptive on there and show off your favorite subgenres. Sex is a part of life and if you love interracial creampies, there should be no shame in letting the whole world know.

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East Brunswick, NJ, US
Over time there has been a dramatic shift from mostly rural and urban forms to an inefficient, and wasteful grey zone. This conurbation of a dense urban environment, a diffuse urbanism, which grows larger each day, is based upon personal automobile transport, singular spacious housing plots, and mega stores with endless fields of parking. These placeless environments are detrimental to our personal, social, and environmental existence on this planet. Asbury Park was chosen for the intervention due to its broken fabric and historical significance along the Jersey shore.
Urban Stitching is a concept in which a broken semi-urban fabric is 'stitched' together to form a new mentally and physically sustainable structure. The new fabric is based around creating a sense of community and place within the city by inserting public nodes and greenspace with a gradient of density applied to the fabric of the city. Multiple urban blocks are 'stitched' together by creating a dense urban border containing the benefits and amenities of urban life, while its interior is centered around community, housing, and semi-public and private spaces.
The inner streets of the new mega blocks are redesigned to reflect a shared street space free of curbs and focused on zones of parking and pedestrian space to slow vehicle traffic. Structures that reflect and support the new urban fabric are kept (light grey) and the others are replaced with new ones (dark grey). Bike lanes (light red) and trees line the new urban borders. (see above plans)
Status: School Project
Location: Asbury Park, NJ, US


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I was not happy with th look of my teeth especially the 4 upper fromt ones. The middle 2 where very large and the 2 next to them where set back in my gum. I have had the front 4 replaced by crowns and my teeth whitened. They do look a lot better but I can feel them more as they are quite deep.
One of the crowns is rubbing against the inside of my mouth and i still speak with a lispe 3 weeks on. Will this eventually go or do I need further treatment.


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Preoperative Cataract Pupillary Dilation: Inpatient At The Ambulatory Surgery Center vs Outpatient Dilation Prior To Arrival At The Ambulatory Surgery Center
This study has been completed.
Northwest Kansas Surgery Center
Information provided by:
Northwest Kansas Surgery Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 22, 2010
Last updated: NA
Last verified: December 2007
History: No changes posted
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This study was done to compare efficacy, safety and efficiencies of various methods of pupil dilation prior to cataract surgery.
|Pupil Dilation Prior to Cataract Surgery In-patient Pupil Dilation Prior to Cataract Surgery Out-patient
|Other: Pupil dilation with phenylephrine 10% vs cyclopentolate 2%
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|Preoperative Cataract Pupillary Dilation: Inpatient vs Outpatient
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Cataract
Drug Information available for: PhenylephrineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Northwest Kansas Surgery Center:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ability to self administer eye or have a helper for the task of administering eye drops.
- Ability to follow and eye drop administration schedule.
- No noted ocular abnormalities.
- Bilateral cataract surgery anticipated.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to self administer eye drops or have assistance with eye drop administration.
- Health problems that would contraindicate self administration of dilating eye drops such as poor cardiovascular or respiratory status.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
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Keywords provided by Northwest Kansas Surgery Center:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Ronald Holweger MD, Northwest Kansas Surgery Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01169688 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 22, 2010
|Last Updated:
|July 22, 2010
Keywords provided by Northwest Kansas Surgery Center:
Cataract Surgery
Pupillary Dilation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dilatation, Pathologic
Lens Diseases
Eye Diseases
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Pupil Disorders
Cardiotonic Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Nasal Decongestants
Respiratory System Agents
Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists
Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Protective Agents
Muscarinic Antagonists
Cholinergic Antagonists
Cholinergic Agents
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In Cologne, Germany, the $412 million European Transonic Wind Tunnel (ETW)– a multinational joint venture among France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK–is gradually increasing its workload. The main feature of the wind tunnel is the use of cold nitrogen to aerodynamically offset the smaller size of the model tested, compared to the actual aircraft. NASA operates the only other cryogenic wind tunnel in the world, but the ETW has already attracted North American customers, including Bombardier and Boeing.
The first customer test took place in 1995, though it took some time for the wind tunnel to become fully operational. Lionel Baranes, the company's managing director, said the ETW has been fully operational since the early 2000s. During a July visit organized by the French association of aerospace journalists, he said that last year the ETW used 60 percent of its 2,400-hour capacity. This year, it expects to use between 70 and 75 percent.
The Reynolds number–the ratio between inertia forces and viscosity around the object in the fluid flow–provides a measurement of how realistic wind tunnel tests are. Using a scaled-down model of the airplane decreases the numerator. The idea is to decrease the denominator by reducing the fluid's viscosity. This is possible in conditions of low temperature or higher pressure.
Setbacks during the development of the C-5 airlifter illustrate the importance of
the Reynolds number. In 1969, wind-tunnel testing prompted Lockheed engineers to adopt a wing profile with 12-percent thickness. But flight tests showed that 14 percent was possible. Fuel capacity was therefore 16 percent less than it could have been. There was also some impact on the structural lifetime. Some 77 aircraft were later modified at considerable expense, Baranes recalled.
The ETW takes into account the importance of the Reynolds number. The wind tunnel can blow nitrogen gas at temperatures as low as -163 degrees C. Pressure can reach 4.5 bar. Whereas conventional wind tunnels can provide Reynolds numbers of 10 million, the ETW has a Reynolds range of 50 to 80 million, which is consistent with that of an actual airliner in flight. The half-span model of the behemoth Airbus A380 approaches ETW's limits, however.
This enhanced level of realism calls for the use of a high-quality model. "The final polish of the metal surface must be 50 times finer than that of the actual aircraft," test engineer Eric Germain said. The cost of a model can thus be close to $600,000. The alloy used is called maraging steel, and it keeps deformation reasonable, despite cold and aerodynamic forces.
Temperature, pressure and Mach number (between 0.5 and 1.3) can vary independently. "In conventional wind tunnels, you get secondary aeroelastic effects because you have to vary the pressure along with the Reynolds number," Germain explained. The model sits in a 33-foot-long, 8-foot-wide and 6.6-foot-high test section. The power of the motor that blows nitrogen gas on to the model is 50 megawatts.
The company counts Airbus and Dassault among its customers. Dassault used the wind tunnel to optimize the Falcon 7X's wing and in the future plans to use the ETW earlier in its business jet designs.
Non-European customers made up about half of the ETW's business last year. In fact, Boeing performed low-speed, high-lift tests in the ETW with a model of
the in-development 787. Engineers used the entire pressure and temperature range of the facility. Last year Bombardier conducted the first evaluation of the C-Series at cruise-flight Reynolds number.
Separate customer suites ensure confidentiality at the facility. The model cart
is placed into the test section through a movable ceiling. A customer seeking total secrecy could even test a model and retrieve data without ETW employees viewing any of the process.


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Florence Marina State Park
Omaha, GA 31821
229-838-6870 | 800-864-7275
Sitting at the northern end of 45,000-acre Lake Walter F. George (also called Lake Eufaula) this quiet park offers the perfect getaway for those who love water sports. It is adjacent to a natural deep-water marina with an accessible fishing pier, boat slips and boat ramp. Overnight guests can choose from a variety of accommodations, including fully equipped cottages, small efficiency units and a modern campground.
Florence Marina is popular with nature enthusiasts as well. Birders are likely to see herons, egrets and even bald eagles. The Kirbo Interpretive Center showcases area wildlife and plants, local history and Native Americans, including artifacts from the prehistoric Paleo-Indian period through the early 20th century. Ten miles southeast is Providence Canyon State Conservation Park, known as Georgia's Little Grand Canyon.
Info & Amenities
Hours of Operation
Sunday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Monday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Tuesday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Wednesday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Thursday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Friday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Saturday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Admission & Fees
Daily ParkPass $5.00
Facility Amenities
Boat Launch, Lodging On Site, Parking on Site, Picnic Area, Picnic Shelter
General Information
Group Amenities
Site Information
Cabin / Cottage Rentals, RVs Permitted, Tenters Welcome
Suitable for Ages
All Ages
Re-blazing the Marina Mile - Your State Parks Day
09/30/2017 - 09/30/2017
Looking for a way to give back to your state parks? There is no better way than by volunteering to help clean up the parks. Join us at Florence Marina on September 30 as we re-blaze the Marina Mile - Florence Marina's only true hiking trail. Help us cut back limbs, pick up trash, and make our trail great again.read more
Owl Prowl
10/06/2017 - 10/06/2017
If you missed your chance to go on an owl "hunt" with us in February, here is your opportunity to join us again as we look for these mysterious creatures of the night. Take a ranger-led night hike and discover the various species found at the park, the different calls they make, and more!read more
10/21/2017 - 10/21/2017
Florence Marina invites the public to join in its biggest event of the year, Octoberfest! Join us for games, haunted hay rides and boat rides, a cake walk, and prize drawings from the Friends of Florence Marina. You don't want to miss this event! Food will also be offered at the park that evening by an outside vendor.read more
Campfire Night
11/11/2017 - 11/11/2017
Join us for our first ever campfire night at Florence Marina! Learn how to build your own campfire from natural materials, compete in groups to build the best fire, and enjoy s'mores and stories by a bonfire.read more
Breakfast with Santa
12/09/2017 - 12/09/2017
Join us as we eat muffins with Santa, play games, and make ornaments, and you'll even get a chance to talk to Santa, and tell him what you want for Christmas. It is sure to be a jolly good time.read more


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Black Veil Brides In The End Black Wooden Framed Poster
Official Band Merch
(approx. $33.44 or €28.87)
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Product Info
American glam rockers Black Veil Brides are taking the music industry by storm. If you are a fan of everything these fallen angels stand for, this awesome black and white framed poster is a must have for your walls.
- Size: 61cm x 91.5cm
- Product Type: Framed Poster
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Stanza can't find my Calibre anymore :-(
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Stanza can't find my Calibre anymore :-(
Hi there!
I have a PC with Windows 7 64 bits (dutch) with Calibre 0.7.52 installed, and an iPad with Stanza 3.1 on it.
A while ago I could find my Calibre-library with the Stanza app on the iPad, but that was when I had 10 books in my library.
I could only find the library when I manually added the book source with the url
, but at least I could find it (hoped that the library or the PC would show up under the "Computers Sharing Books" section beneath it, but I take what I can get
Now I've added quite some books to my Calibre library, and for some reason Stanza can't find my library anymore.
It is searching/loading for a while, and then it says "Catalog Error/the request timed out" and "Catalog Empty"....
I already played with the time-out in the settings in Stanza, but that didn't help much.
I can ping my iPad from my PC, I already added a route like someone suggested, but somehow I can't get Stanza to see my Calibre library. I have network access, I can use the internet, I can see the Calibre library when I test the Server on my PC, but that's it. Already disabled the ESET firewall, added exceptions for all the Calibre files, nothing works.
Please help getting this right, because I would *really* like to use Stanza with Calibre instead of iTunes and iBooks....
If anyone can help me getting the library to show up under "Computers Sharing Books" that would be perfect too
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Subscriber portal
We integrate three applications with VS; each has a separate chm. For the next release, we plan to unify the apps and the helps, so the user will see only one app and one help.
Because the Help is written in three countries, we're thinking merged chms, and the following sounds simple. However, I've found that using Help in VS is tricky, so want to ask your opinions. Do you think the following would work, or do you
have better ideas for unified Help?
Thank you,
Linda Cast
Hi Linda
If it's in VS 2010 then the new Help Viewer help is available.
For VS 2002/2003/2005/2008 then the HxS (Help 2.0) help is available.
Your app can of course bypass the VS native help and have separate CHM help.
The merging of CHMs is very good and works reliably.
CHMs allow you to do everything you have listed above.
My documentation is here... Maybe read that and come back with questions
Rob Chandler Help MVP http://Helpware.net/ http://mshcmigrate.helpmvp.com/
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Cycling in Gozo offers a wide variety different rides from easy routes through picturesque villages and sleepy country roads to the steep stony mountain biking trails along the coast with stops along the way for a dip in the sea. Cycing in Gozo is at its best from October to May when the temperatures are not too hot and the sunshine practically guaranteed. It is possible to hire bikes on Gozo and there are also a number of cycling holidays where everything is provided leaving you free to just enjoy the cycling.
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Sony today announced the launch of their new HMZ-T1, a personal head-mounted device that offers a spectacular new style for viewing both 2D and 3D content. Simply slip the device onto your head to experience the movie theater-like virtual screen (equivalent to a 750-inch screen) expand before your eyes. The HMZ-T1 is equipped with the newly-developed 0.7-inch (diagonal 18.0mm) high definition OLED panel (1280 x 720), which has been realized through Sony's unique expertise in both OLED display and semiconductor silicon drive technologies. The HMZ-T1 achieves HD picture quality that makes full use of the OLED display's high contrast, color reproducibility and fast response. In addition, the device adopts the 'Dual Panel 3D Method' which consists of separate panels for the left and right eye in order to display independent HD picture quality to each eye, which realize 3D vision.
High Contrast – The self-illuminating OLED panels achieve a powerfully high contrast that transcends the limits of measuring equipment. The display's ability to render true ultra-deep black tones results in beautiful and stunningly crisp contrasted images, even for bright light such as fireworks or twinkling city lights against the night sky.
Color Reproducibility – Sony developed a new signal processing circuit in order to maximize the features of OLED, particularly the bright, highly-pure colors and smooth gradation expression. Sony's own proprietary 'Super Bit Mapping Video (SBMV) technology' has been incorporated to convert the 8-bit video of terrestrial digital broadcasts and Blu-ray discs™ for reproduction as a gradation expression equivalent to 14-bits. Even the faintest color differences are faithfully reproduced.
Fast response – The OLED panel illuminates as soon as electrical current is passed through it, giving it superior fast response (response time: less than 0.01ms) for video. This enables the panel to display smooth, natural video, even for fast-moving activities such as sports and games, without any blurry afterimages.
Connection to other Devices – The processor unit is equipped with one socket for HDMI output and another for through output. The built-in HDMI output switcher enables both the Head Mounted Display and a television to be connected to the processor unit at any given time, thereby allowing the user to switch between devices for their desired output destination. Furthermore, the processor unit and the HMD can be connected together with a single cable, which integrates the audio and video signals with the power source.


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Who cares about actually being fast when you can simply look the part and intimidate you're opposition into submission with your overwhelming PRO and/or ELITEness.
Here's a few pointers on pretending to look like you know what you're doing at your next adventure race:
1. Matching outfits
In the real world partners who ware matching outfits are, (quite rightly) looked down on with scorn and contempt by the rest of humanity. Not so at adventure races; rocking up in a matching outfit will inspire nothing but TERROR in your fellow competitors.
2. PRO Logos
Make sure your matching outfits have LOTS of sponsor logos on, (even if they are not sponsoring you) – this will make it look like you are getting paid to be here and your opponents will think you're a shoe-in for the podium and some Kathmandu vouchers.
3. No Kathmandu Gear
It doesn't matter how many vouchers you win, never wear Kathmandu gear during a race. It's cheap crap and about as far from PRO as you can get.
4. Ghetto Inner Tube on Seat Post
PROs don't waste time saddle bags, pfffft. what you nuts? Just ghetto tape a spare tube to your seat post to make you look all kinds of hardcore.
5. Missing Checkpoints Intentionally
If you miss a checkpoint, NEVER… NEVER double back to get it! PROs don't double back! What if someone sees! Just stride on, like missing it was intentional and you know something others don't… they will think that because of your PRO logos.
So that's it; follow the steps and you'll be having people say, 'Dam you guys look PRO' and other such things. And when you don't deliver the goods results wise, don't worry – just blame it on a flat tire and/or dangerous wildlife attack.


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Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge
It's 1953. An actress who might be Marilyn Monroe knocks on the door of a dingy hotel room where a Professor - Albert Einstein? - is calculating the shape of the universe. Her husband, a baseball player, is jealous. And a zealous, sweaty Senator is looking for "Reds." Terry Johnson (of The Nora's Hysteria) conjures up a comedic fantasy questioning the moral and political dangers of fame and celebrity worship.
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The Monte Show
If the reaction of Bucs defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin is any indication, Gaines Adams is going to be absolutely spectacular.
You should have seen Kiffin in action during a just-completed press conference here at One Buc Place. He was in rare form as he touted the ability of the former Clemson defensive end.
Among Kiffin's gems was this as he walked to the podium: "Let's hear it for the defense! It's been a long time coming."
Of the possibility of the Bucs choosing another quarterback, Kiffin responded, "We don't need another quarterback. Can he rush (the passer)? It's called pressure. Pressure!"
Kiffin admitted he and sidekick Larry Coyer, the defensive line coach, did a fair amount of politicking in the Bucs' draft room just upstairs. Kiffin wasn't about to let this year go by without pleading his case for a defender in the first round.
Coyer compared Adams with Trevor Pryce, who Coyer coached during his time as the Broncos' defensive coordinator.
"It's uncanny how they look alike (on film)," Coyer said.
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Catching up with USC's professional baseball alumni
Adam Everett, SS, Cleveland
Hitting .333 in 13 games. Has stolen one base.
Steve Pearce, 1B, Pittsburgh
Hitting .292 with two RBIs in 15 games.
Landon Powell, C, Oakland
Hitting .273 with two RBIs in seven games.
Brian Roberts, 2B, Baltimore
Hitting .262 with three homers and 19 RBIs in 26 games. Has stolen three bases.
Justin Smoak, 1B, Seattle
Hitting .273 with four homers and 17 RBIs in 23 games.
Billy Buckner, RHP, Triple-A Colorado Springs (Colorado)
Is 0-1 with an 8.06 ERA. Has struck out 18 and walked 13 in 22 1-3 innings.
Mike Cisco, RHP, Double-A Reading (Philadelphia)
Is 3-0 with a 1.96 ERA with one save. Has struck out 14 and walked eight in 18 1-3 innings.
Blake Cooper, RHP, Single-A South Bend (Arizona)
Is 0-1 with a 3.68 ERA with three saves. Has struck out seven and walked three in 7 1-3 innings.
Justin Dalles, C, Single-A Delmarva (Baltimore)
Hitting .311 with three homers and 11 RBIs in 11 games.
James Darnell, 3B, Double-A San Antonio (San Diego)
Hitting .415 with four homers and 17 RBIs in 22 games.
Sam Dyson, RHP (Toronto)
Will likely miss the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in November.
Bobby Haney, SS, Single-A Augusta (San Francisco)
Not on the active roster but traveling with the team.
Reese Havens, SS, Double-A Binghamton (New York Mets)
On the seven-day disabled list. After having several issues last year with his oblique muscle, Havens had surgery to remove the tip of one of his ribs. He is expected to be out of action for a while.
Jeff Jeffords, RHP, Double-A Carolina (Cincinnati)
Is 1-0 with an 8.49 ERA. Has struck out eight and walked six in 11 2-3 innings.
DeAngelo Mack, OF, Class-A Advanced Tampa (New York Yankees)
Hitting .236 with one homer and four RBIs in 16 games.
Kevin Melillo, 2B, Triple-A Salt Lake (Los Angeles Angels)
Hitting .350 with one homer and five RBIs in 11 games. Is on the seven-day disabled list with an undisclosed injury.
Whit Merrifield, OF, Single-A Advanced Wilmington (Kansas City)
Hitting .312 with eight RBIs in 21 games. Has stolen five bases.
Wynn Pelzer, RHP, Double-A Bowie (Baltimore)
Is 1-1 with a 0.95 ERA. Has struck out 17 and walked nine in 19 innings.
Steven Tolleson, 2B, Triple-A Sacramento (Oakland)
Hitting .276 with one homer and five RBIs in 23 games. Has stolen four bases.


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in Summer? Almost 12,000 Students Say "Yes"
to Students: President Coleman Finds Them 'Invigorating'
and Foremost: Ten Standouts Launch Program That Gives High School
Seniors an Early Start on College
Tuition Payment: Building Our Students' Future
Aid: The Buffer Zone Between Students and Higher Education Costs
in Your Student's Future
Problem or Opportunity to Learn?
Challenge From Frank
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ts spring, and a young persons fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of...well, that too, but what we had in mind was summer
Almost 12,000
Iowa students stay on campus each summer to take courses that vary
from three weeks to six or eight weeks in duration. These courses
can supplement major courses, fulfill special interests, or make
it possible to stay on track for graduation in four years.
For four years,
The University of Iowa has offered the three different sessions
with different goals for the student.
Intensive Courses
The three-week
session begins immediately after the close of examination week in
the spring. In 14 intensive days (the 15th day would be Memorial
Day), students attend class for 2 1/2 hours a day every day and
work at home extensively.
fairly demanding," says Douglas Lee, associate director of
administration in the Office of the Provost. "Students cant
let work slide because they couldnt catch up. Every day equals
a week in normal schedules."
Brooks Landon,
professor and head of the English Department, says the three-week
intensive courses work well with some subjects but not well at all
for others. "It wouldnt work if you wanted to teach a
survey course on the novel, because its not reasonable to
ask students to read a whole novel every night after 2 1/2 hours
in class. But they can read seven to eight short stories a night,
so in a three-week period, starting at a blistering pace and keeping
it up for 14 days, you can cover 100 short stories.
"In a
16-week course, if you were reading that number of short stories,
toward the end it would be hard to remember numbers 5-10, for example,"
Landon says. "But in a three-week course, you read them just
four or five days ago, so its much easier to carry the content
with you and use it to contextualize the stories youre reading
"On the
downside," Landon adds, "at the end of the three weeks
I am exhausted and the students are exhausted. Talking for 2 1/2
hours a day, even in conversation, means that my voice is gone in
the third week. And God help you if you get sick! I tell the students
that they simply cannot miss a class in a three-week course."
of his three-week courses have convinced Landon that theyre
worthwhile. Students say they do better in three-week courses because
theyre able to focus only on one course. "The courses
have the intensity of a 100-yard dash, rather than the pace of a
marathon," he says.
Patricia Van
Rollins, a senior English major with a classics minor, took the
popular Quest for Human Destiny course in a three-week session.
"I chose Quest because Professor Jay Holstein was teaching.
I have had other classes taught by him and find him to be an excellent
teacher. This class was a treat to myself after a rough semester.
I would not take a class I didnt like in the summer semester,
unless it was a necessity."
Lee says the
University wanted to provide more flexibility for both students
and faculty when it instituted the three-week session four years
students have to work in the summer to finance part of their education,"
he says. "This years three-week session starts May 15
and ends June 2, so they still have 10 weeks to earn money or complete
an internship before the fall semester begins."
A Solution for Teachers
The six-week
summer session, which begins 18 days after the three-week session
closes, was designed to accommodate K-12 teachers coming to the
College of Education for course work. Summer sessions that begin
in May or early June wont work for them if their school has
had snow days or other schedule delays because theyd still
be teaching when classes began.
While it started
as a solution for teachers, six-week courses now exist in all undergraduate
colleges: liberal arts, business, engineering, and nursing.
Is Most Popular
The eight-week
session, Iowas traditional summer school, begins in early
June, two days after the three-week session ends. "Its
still where we have the most classes and the most students,"
Lee says.
Even the eight-week
class is compressed, compared with 16-week sessions during the school
year. "I loved having class every day," says April Kopps,
a double major in biology and music performance (saxophone), who
took a required Principles of Chemistry course with a lab session
last summer. "I also enjoyed getting to know the professor
better in a smaller class. He seemed more comfortable, too. The
class seemed to be geared toward making students learn, as opposed
to lecturing over the material to anyone sitting there. It was more
personal. I loved it."
Kopps says
she hasnt taken a three-week course. "It would be really
scary," she says. "In some ways it would be less of a
learning process and more short-term retention."
She is considering
taking more summer courses because theyll be necessary in
order to graduate within five years. "However, the summer is
also a perfect opportunity for internshipswhich is what Im
doing this summer," she adds.
Michael Wolfe,
a junior in linguistics/anthropology, is a veteran of summer courses
at Des Moines Area Community College, which he attended before he
transferred to Iowa this semester. Hes planning a summer course
this year because he works part-time and participates in extra-curricular
activities, so summer school allows him to keep his academic career
on track without overloading his schedule during the rest of the
be taking foreign language courses this summer in order to retain
what he has learned over the past year. "A three-month break
could be a bane to second language acquisition," Wolfe says.
Scott Therkelsen,
a second-year mechanical engineering student from Cedar Rapids,
enrolled in a challenging engineering course last summer. "The
experience is different from taking the course during the school
year," he says. "I worried that I would not be able to
focus enough on it with other things going on in the fall. Sure,
it was more intense, but I had fewer things to worry about outside
of class. That made the whole experience more relaxing than a regular
says hed consider a three-week course, but only for a 1- or
2-semester-hour course that would be "too pesky for a full
"I think
a three-hour class in three weeks is pretty risky, though,"
he says.
Last summer,
11,773 students attended one of the three summer sessions. Attendance
has increased every year since 1995, and Lee wont be surprised
if its over 12,000 this summer.
And why is
summer session relevant to parents? Lee says there are several reasons:
Kim Pederson,
a biology major who took two chemistry classes in one summer period,
says she learned a lot about time management while getting through
an extremely stressful time.
from the actual learning process, the classes are smaller and you
get much personal attention," she says. "This gives students
a better opportunity to meet professors who may be helpful in building
résumés in the future.
"I also
met a lot of people in my classes who I still keep in contact with.
I think that taking summer classes puts you in an environment where
people have the same desire to learn and are very serious students,
which gave me the opportunity to meet people similar to myself."
While there
are strong academic reasons to go to summer school, wed better
not neglect another major motivator. Summer in Iowa City is fun,
with festivals, bands playing on street corners, lots of opportunities
for outdoor sports and recreation, and both professors and students
in T-shirts and shorts.
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Wild Oats Markets (OATS ), a natural-foods chain, is having a wild year. Its shares tumbled from 15 on Apr. 12 to 5.67 on Oct. 27. Trouble started in August when Oats, which operates 100 groceries in 24 states and British Columbia, posted measly second-quarter earnings of 1 cents a share: The forecast was 10 cents. Then on Oct. 25, Oats warned that it expects a third-quarter loss of 11 cents to 13 cents -- rather than the expected 1 cents profit. Fierce competition, particularly in California, torpedoed earnings.
With the stock plunge, the buzz on the Street is Oats is a sitting duck for the likes of Kroger (KR ), the No. 1 grocer. "The stock is dirt cheap, and we are buying -- as we expect Oats will be taken out," says a hedge-fund manager, who did not want to be named. Another fund manager says Oats "will turn around -- but before then, a larger company will grab it." When the stock fell in August, four Oats insiders bought a total of 31,600 shares at an average price of 7.88 a share. Oats founder Michael Gilliland owns 8% of the stock. Its biggest shareholder, Wellington Management, with 15%, declined comment. Sonja Tuitele, investor relations manager at Oats, who bought shares in August, wouldn't comment on takeover talk.
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Born July 19, 1933 in Uniontown, Pa., he was the son of Michael and Margaret (Foltin) Painley. He had lived in Hiram for 22 years.
Mr. Painley worked as a division manager at Sears for 42 years and also worked part-time at Sugarbush Golf Club in Garrettsville.
He was a member of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in Garrettsville and a member of the Board of Public Affairs in Hiram. He also was an avid golfer.
Survivors include his wife, Dolores (Farris), whom he married May 4, 1956; sons, Kevin (Candy), Keith (Kim) and Jason, all of Hiram, Terry (Joyce) of Stow, and Kyle of Garrettsville; daughter, Mrs. Tom (Tami) Caldwell of Ravenna; three grandchildren; brother Thomas of Mantua; and sister, Marlene Stefancin of Parma.
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A GROUP of Scottish poultry farmers have secured a £400,000 contract to supply Aldi as industry data shows the discount supermarket is continuing to grow its sales around the UK.
MGM Poultry, the trading name for three farmers operating across Strathaven, Kilmaurs and Laurencekirk, will provide around 2500 free range chickens a week to Aldi.
Robert Morris, at MGM Poultry, said: "We started talking about working together in 2013 with the aim of providing a leading retailer with our quality, free range Scottish poultry.
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Richard Holloway, managing director for Aldi in Scotland, said: "Working with local suppliers is very important to our brand.
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Separately, the latest Kantar Worldpanel data showed sales at Tesco and Morrisons have continued to slide.
The research, covering the 12 weeks to May 25, found both Asda and Sainsbury's grew although the overall market remained weak.
Asda, which is owned by Wal-Mart, was the big winner in the period as it booked sales growth of 2.4 per cent and was the only one of the big four grocers to increase market share, edging up to 17.1 per cent, from 17 per cent a year ago.
Sainsbury's saw its sales grow 0.9 per cent, but its market share slipped from 16.7 per cent to 16.5 per cent.
Consumers are shopping around to save money while also shying away from big weekly shops and buying more often in local convenience stores or online.
Tesco, Asda and Morrisons have all pledged to cut prices, while Sainsbury's has vowed to remain competitive, raising analysts' concerns about a possible price war hitting earnings across the industry.
Kantar said price cuts had also led to another drop in the level of grocery price inflation to 1.2 per cent, the lowest since May 2010. The research also found Lidl achieved a record share of 3.6 per cent in the 12-week period and its highest year-on-year sales growth, at 22.7 per cent.
Aldi's sales were up by 35.9 per cent with the company retaining the record 4.7 per cent market share it reached in the previous 12-week period.
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Attempting to spend 2-3 days w/home base in Sorrento, then take a 5 day cruise out of Barcelona. Need advise on getting from Naples or Rome to BCN for 5pm ship departure. Alitalia has a non-stop from Rome but I'd prefer leaving from Naples. Alpi Eagles & ClickAir have flights from Nap-Bcn, but I can't find my date or pricing. Do they only book a few months out? Has anyone had any experience on these airlines? Alpi Eagle flys out @ 9:50am on the same day as the ship & I'm afraid of missing the ship @ 5pm. if the airline is not dependable!!!!Please help http://cruise-chat.com/groupee_commo...s/icon_eek.gif
Interesting plan. I cannot comment on the particular airlines, but I do have some advice on flying on the European budget lines. Beware that Europe has even more problems than the USA with crowded skies and flights can often have major delays due to air traffic problems. If you are flying to BCN on the day of the cruise you certainly want to take a very early flight. Your 9:50 flight should be OK, but something earlier would even be a better bet. Also have a backup plan in case you would miss the ship...hopefully you can get to the next port. We are in a similar situation in early December when we are flying from Dublin to BCN to catch a cruise. We decided to take an early morning flight which gives us about a 6 hour safety window in BCN. But, we also know that we can catch the ship the following day at Alicante (only a few hour train ride) so we are not too concerned with the risk. If our ship would have a few days at sea, than we would have flown to BCN a day early. Another warning is that most of the discount Euro airlines have tough luggage rules with extra charges. Be careful to check the airlines' own websites for their latest rules and do not expect any mercy if you exceed their limitations (it can get expensive).
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Department of Biology, Carolina Center for Genome Sciences and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 407 Fordham Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Genome Biol 11:R120. 2010..Although Caenorhabditis elegans was the first multicellular organism with a completely sequenced genome, how this genome is arranged within the nucleus is not known...
- Integral nuclear pore proteins bind to Pol III-transcribed genes and are required for Pol III transcript processing in C. elegansKohta Ikegami
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Nobody, I am sure, will seriously challenge the right of the Acropolis of Athens to recognition as foremost of all monuments of antiquity. On what its preeminence rests is not always apparent to the visitor when first he sets eyes on the torn and shattered fragments of its temples. Nothing here is on any such scale as the stupendous remains of Karnak, and nothing is in a state of preservation comparable to the Theseum, lying below. Yet the Acropolis is infinitely the more impressive.
It is the wealth of associations clustering around these old columns and carvings that makes a visitor a series of visitsto the Parthenon so affecting an experience. To look upon the great works of Pheidias, Ictinus and Mnesicles is a satisfaction to both eye and mind. But it is not alone the majesty of the Parthenon, the grace of the Erechtheum nor the chastity of the little temple of Athena Nike that quickens the emotions. Rather it is the thought of the procession of genius to whose tread these old stones have echoedof Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, of Pericles and Phocion, of Pheidias and Praxiteles, of Demosthenes and AEschines. What a panorama fancy unfolds. The Acropolis is first of all a place of immortal memories.
There is no experience of life more common than the failure of things long anticipated to come up to the picture limned by an eager imagination. Some eminent men have frankly said that the first view of the Acropolis is bound to be a disappointment. It could hardly be otherwise, for no group of buildings is capable of carrying the burden of so great a fame. But when one returns, again and yet again, to this hoary rock and meditates amongst its ruins in the ever changing lights of morning, noon and night he comes to feel, rather than to understand, that here is the world's chief goal of the desire of thoughtful men.
There comes, too, something of bitterness and resentment when one realizes how recent is the destruction apparent on every hand. These incomparable buildings survived to modern times substantially unscathed by the decay of ages and the shock of earth-quake. But for the vandal hand of man we might today look upon the same picture that gratified the eyes of the magnificent Pericles.
The word acropolis means roughly the high city, and it was the presence of these crags that led to the founding of many of the towns of the Greek world. Corinth, Argos, Mycenae, Nauplia and even Thebes are cases in point, though the Cadmea of the last named town is today what it has always been a hill so insignificant that it must be reinforced by walls. In prehistoric times security was the first consideration and it was the thought of "safety first" that led the old wanderers to choose for settlement sites that provided a convenient refuge in the event of attack. Thus, when the Pelasges came down from the shores of Asia they found in the great rock of Athens a stronghold too tempting to be passed by.
The early city always clustered about the Acropolis and stirring events took place upon its summit and under its cliffs long before there was such a thing as recorded history. It was from these heights that King AEgeus kept watch for the return of Theseus, gone out to slay the Cretan Minotaur. Thence he rushed to Phaleron when he saw the distant ship. Mistaking the white sail for the black token of defeat he cast himself into the waters and gave us the name of the AEgean Sea. A band of literalists perished here during the ravishing of Athens by Xerxes. The Delphian oracle had warned the Athenians to find refuge behind walls of wood and these forerunners of Mr. Bryan took the priestess at her word. They built a barricade and died behind it. Had they gone to Salamis with Themistocles they would have lived to share the glory of one of Greece's greatest days. But to them walls of wood meant walls of wood, and not ships. It was just an-other example of the disadvantage of lacking imagination.
Toward the end of a warm morning we drove through the fringe of scrub and aloes and drew up under the Propylaea. An Athens amaxi is not a heavy vehicle, but I felt sorry for the old horse as he struggled up the steep slope. The driver knew his capabilities and refused to get out and push as the Scutari cabmen are wont to do in like case. Many carriages and motors were parked here and among the crowd circulated guides and peddlers of relics and souvenirs. Tickets of admission cost twelve drachmae, for Greece now properly tries to make her historic places pay their way.
I do not know at exactly what height the Acropolis towers over the surrounding city. It is about six hundred feet above the sea and perhaps half as much above the near-by houses. From very remote times its cliffs have been reinforced by walls, so that the summit is quite inaccessible except on the western side. The Propylaea is of necessity the first of the ruins the visitor encounters, for he must pass through it to see the others. It was the last of the great works of Pericles, who wanted a worthy entrance to the temples that already adorned the summit. The work was begun in 437 B. C., and it may properly be said never to have been finished. The Peloponnesian War broke out five years later and for the next twenty-seven years the Athenians had plenty to do, apart from building gates or temples for the adornment of their city.
When those black years of starvation, pestilence and disaster came to an end the star of Athens was set and her empire was no more. If the architect Mnesicles had been permitted to carry through his entire project the ruins we see to-day would have been far larger and more symmetrical. Unfortunately he made the error of so arranging the design that part of the structure would have encroached on the precinct sacred to Athena. The storm of religious prejudice that he raised was too violent for even the influential Pericles to overcome.
The work actually completed includes the great stairway, a central hall with porticoes, and two wings whose purpose remains obscure. The probable details of the final plan still provide a question over which archaeologists have long puzzled without any very conclusive result. The soundest opinion, apparently, is that which holds that Mnesicles refused to amend his original plan, hoping against hope that in better days to come he would be enabled to complete it. If this hypothesis be correct the remains we now have are naturally unintelligible because nobody knows exactly what the architect had in mind or what relation the completed portions might have borne to the finished structure.
Whatever we may have missed, the sections that survive are sufficient to excite our wonder and admiration. The architraves above the inner door are solid blocks of marble twenty-two feet long and how they were brought down from the quarries of Pentelicus and hoisted into their lofty position is a question that again raises speculation as to what appliances the primitive engineers possessed. The medieval builders spent centuries on a great cathedral, but the Parthenon was put up in less time than a modern State House. Great numbers of slaves were doubtless employed, and at the height of Attic supremacy they far outnumbered their masters. Still the tasks involved in these giant works seem far beyond the power of human hands, no matter what their number.
The great stairway is today in sound condition, and as I climbed it I could have wished that the builders had not made the steps so high. Some notion of its spaciousness may be had from the fact that it is seventy feet in width.
From the inner gate practically the whole summit is in view. The ground is everywhere littered with the fragments of early marbles so that the general effect is that of a badly managed stone yard; but this is true of nearly all the more important ancient places. I looked down only enough to insure against cracking my shins on the tumbled debris, for the three remaining temples were all before me. The Parthenon dominates the foreground. Immediately to the right the Athena Nike clings to the precipice's brink, and on the left, overlooking the city is that temple, or group of temples, called the Erechtheum in honor of the traditional king and founder of Athens.
These four buildings, together with the small museum, so neatly tucked away in the low ground at the east, are the chief places of interest. More serious scholars study the whole area in detail, identifying the spots where famous statues stood or examining the prehistoric walls and foundations. It must be remembered that the existing buildings were not the earliest, but were constructed to replace the older and cruder ones that the Persian looters burned.
We had not progressed far when we had the pleasure of encountering our former traveling companion, the Swedish archaeologist who had in the meantime come into Athens. There he sat alone, looking exactly as before, except that by this time his tweeds were a little battered and there were holes in his stockings. He gazed intently into a deep hole that resembled a square well. Twenty feet down there was a polygonal wall. " That wall," he said, "was built by men who have probably been dead four thousand years. It is a true Pelasgian work and it was ancient when the Greeks began the siege of Troy.
How wonderful that we can look on. their work today."
His attitude reminded me, by contrast, of an article I had just been reading in one of the popular travel magazines. The writer was an American woman who seemed to be of some consideration, for she had access to various governments and sported a fellow-ship in some geographical society. Athens she dismissed with a few words, calling it " a dull city, filled with Armenians and having to show some old columns that compared badly with a good bank building." Her banalities recalled yet another young American of whom my learned friend, Judge Rodney Pope, of Cheltenham, once told me. While standing in the Castle of Chillon looking at the name of Byron carved upon the stone, he became lost in reflection and unconsciously muttered the name" Byron, Byron." A bright college boy standing near was willing to share his knowledge. " Oh, yes," he said cheerfully. " You know he wrote a poem about this place."
The impression of majesty that the Parthenon inevitably produces is not lost, but is tinctured with sadness that it should have been so mutilated by the two classes of men who have been aptly described as " reckless foes and ruthless lovers." It was built in the nine years between 447 and 436 B. C., and stood practically unchanged until the fateful year of 1687. There was in progress at that time a war between the Turks and the Venetians and the Italian commander, Francesco Morosini, had penetrated to the outskirts of Athens. It was then the midst of " The long Turkish night" and the Venetian soldiers were in no conciliatory humor after their hardships in the Peloponnesus. Deserters brought news that the Turks had established their main powder magazine in the Parthenon. Military necessity took precedence over sentiment, just as it did in a later day at Rheims and Ypres, and the Venetians turned their guns on the ancient fane. On the 26th September a shell dropped through the roof and a great explosion shook the citadel. The glory of the Parthenon was a memory. The walls of the cella were blown out and the central pillars fell, leaving the temple cut squarely in two. The great drums lay scattered about the ground.
From this unhappy day its profanation continued. The Venetians attempted to carry away the statuary of the west pediment, representing the contest of Athena and Poseidon for the land of Attica, and thought by many to have been the finest group in the world. The clumsy devices of the soldiers failed and the immortal composition was dashed to pieces on the rocks below.
The times were rude and it is not strange that the people no longer respected a building already violated by governments and armies. I know not what havoc the petty vandal did during the next one hundred and twenty years, but it was probably during this period that the mutilation of most of the smaller figures took place. It was great fun for the Turkish soldier at rifle practice or the boy with a slingshot to see the marble dust fly from a face chiseled by the disciples of Pheidias.
The final act was reserved for Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Porte. He first went to Constantinople in 1801 when Britain's success in Egypt had raised her prestige to the highest point. Without difficulty he induced the Sultan to sign a firman giving him the right to enter upon ancient places and remove from them sculpture and inscriptions.
The Parthenon was the first object of his attack and the work was supervised by the Italian, Lusieri. The labor staff which he assembled was made up of ignorant and careless men. They removed most of the frieze portraying the Panathenaiac Festival and the sculptured metopes of the outer entablature. Exactly what occurred is not clear, because the operations were from the very first the subject of embittered controversy and there was no such thing as unbiased opinion. The reliefs were not much injured, but so rough and hasty was the work that the structural fabric of the building was much impaired. The loot was shipped away to England and later bought by the Government for some twenty thousand pounds and placed in the British Museum, where to-day it is commonly known by the nameThe Elgin Marbles. The length of the frieze was originally nearly five hundred feet and to-day hardly more than twenty feet remain in the original position. Its lofty situation within the colonnade makes it difficult to see with any satisfaction. In the Acropolis Museum are some fifteen slabs, a few of which are in good condition.
Whether the world has gained or lost by the act of Lord Elgin is a matter public opinion has not yet decided. Byron regarded the ravishment as the vilest sacrilege and Edward Dodwell was so outraged that he could not bring himself to mention Elgin's name. It is easy to understand why sensitive minds were so affected by the pillage of the finest ancient monument and there is merit in the contention that the sculptures would have greater interest in their original setting. But there is another side. How many would have remained had they been left exposed to the vicissitudes of war and weather? Now they are at least safe, and they can be, and are, enjoyed by hundreds to every one who would have made the pilgrimage to Athens.to look upon them.
The chief purpose in building the Parthenon was to provide a suitable shrine for the gold and ivory figure of Athena that Pheidias was then creating. It is improbable that he, personally, did any of the decorative work, but it was all from the designs of the master and was executed under his super-vision. It is customary to refer to these marbles as " the work of Pheidias and his pupils," but there is no reason to believe that his assistants ever had a higher standing than the stone carvers who are employed on important buildings to-day. Records have been found to indicate that they were mere piece-workers, receiving less than twelve dollars for each completed figure.
The north side of the Parthenon is now defaced by scaffolds and I heard in Athens an interesting, and I suppose an authentic, story of what was being done. My informant said that Dr. John H. Finley, of The New York Times, had observed, in the course of a visit to the Parthenon, that the drums and capitals of ten columns lay undamaged on the ground, where they had fallen two hundred and fifty years ago. He ascertained that these columns could be reerected for $1,000 each, and returning to New York he suggested to ten of his friends that each provide for the restoration of one. To this they readily assented, and the work is under way. Through this happy philanthropy one of the great gashes in this noble building will be in part healed.
The architectural success of the Parthenon rests on its perfect combination of mass and proportion. It was in the complete mastery of the latter that Greek art established and maintained its supremacy. The structure is large and has a dignity that cannot be obtained in small dimensions. But after all it is symmetry that makes it so satisfying. In its construction Ictinus made good use of the principle of entasis, which involves the sacrifice of geometric exactness to obtain perfection of visual effect. Herein lies the temple's grace. The Doric columns thirty-four feet high have a slight swelling in the central drums thus overcoming the optical illusion that tends to make a row of straight columns appear to curve inward.
The general effect of stability is emphasized by the expedient of inclining the pillars slightly inward. The deviation from the vertical amounts, I believe, to three inches during the entire rise. Indeed in the whole structure there is hardly a straight line, but the curves are so developed that they give the effect of straightness. 'Were they in fact straight there would be an appearance of concavity. Even the outer lines of the stylobate are so formed and the steps are higher at center than at ends.
The color of the Parthenon has been the subject of both rhapsodies and complaints. The marble of Pentelicus is touched with iron and by oxidization weathers into a deep, russet brown. It pleases the true Philhellene to call it golden and to apostrophize its sheen under the rays of the setting sun. I could not quite see all this, but if the color did not seem golden it was at least rich and mellow. Of the various ruins I have seen in Greece the Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion alone retains its pristine whiteness.
If there are any who do not think the process of the ages improves and enriches a great building I commend to their attention the new Monument to King Victor Emanuel in Rome. Its dazzling whiteness and shimmering gold make it the parvenu of the Eternal City. But the Romans know that time will cure these faults. When the Parthenon was young I wonder if it, too, did not by its gaudiness offend the taste of that fine period. The masses of sculpture, painted in blue and red and gold must have been very conspicuous against their white background.
Just as the Parthenon remains first amongst the Doric temples, so the Erechtheum retains its place at the head of the Ionic school. No doubt it has had greater influence on subsequent design than the Parthenon itself, By comparison it is but a small affair, though actually of respectable dimensions. The Portico of the Caryatides is its most widely known feature. There were six of these pillars in the form of maidens, but the thorough Lord Elgin did not fail to carry one away to London. A terra cotta figure, cast from the original, has taken its place, but the color and texture of the material instantly reveal the substitution. The Erechtheum is associated with the very oldest traditions of Athens, and every visitor is shown the deep gash in the rock where Poseidon struck in his combat with Athena. It was a titanic thrust, for it let in the waters of the sea.
The Athena Nike is by every standard a tiny structure, but it stands on a fine bastion from which one can look far to sea. It was intact when Wheler visited Athens, but succumbed to the same assault that wrecked the Parthenon. The Turks deliberately tore it down to make a block house when Morosini threatened. Fortunately they used all the material in their new fort and French archaeologists restored the building in 1836. It reveals the effect of reconstruction to the most unpracticed eye, but the ancient form and materials are there, for all its crudities.
When Pausanias made his memorable journey in the second century A. D., the Acropolis was still a vast outdoor museum, though the Roman conquerors had pillaged it of much to adorn the palaces and country places of their Emperors. Of all this statuary little survives. The small museum on the Acropolis is the repository of some fourteen hundred specimens of every kind, and its builders had the taste to place it so that it does not mar the ancient skyline. It is especially rich in archaic sculpture and there is no better place to trace the development of the stiff figures of early times into the grace and majesty of the Golden Age. I am of the impression that everything shown in this museum was found on the Acropolis, and as temples existed there in the pre-historic period it is natural that many things of great antiquity should have been found. The stone used in the primitive sculpture is quite as inferior as the workmanship. It was as a rule soft poros whose sole merit was that it was easily worked. The best slab from the Parthenon frieze is the one showing Poseidon, Dionysos and Peitho, and its condition is more perfect than any other I can recall.
Those who are interested in comparing the two famous marbles of Greece can see many specimens of each in this museum. The marble of Paros was more highly regarded for sculpture, but was never sufficiently accessible to be used as a building material. It is harder, of slightly coarser grain and more translucent than the Pentelic marble, but only an expert can distinguish between them.
The Theatre of Dionysos and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus both lie at the foot of the Acropolis. The former saw the first performances of the great tragedies of AEschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and is for this reason the most notable theater of the world. Excavation work is always in progress on the site and I observed with curiosity a stalwart young German making photographs of the bottom of a trench. On looking in I could see nothing save clay and I wonder what of value the eye of his camera discovered there. Bits of ancient pottery were scattered all around and some of these unconsidered trifles were still good enough to be appealing souvenirs. Some that I picked up still retained their brilliant glazing and interesting decorations.
There are always many visitors on the Acropolis. It is a favorite playground and resort of the mothers and nursemaids of Athens. The larger boys make merry among the ruins. Serious students are prying about in odd corners and there is always a sprinkling of casual visitors. We encountered here a group of sailors from the American destroyer Sharkey, but I am afraid they were more interested in the Greek maidens than in the antiquities. On another day two hundred English people were abroad, having arrived that morning on the Asia. They lunched at our hotel and the rough tweeds and heavy boots of the Britisher on holiday contrasted sharply with the sartorial perfection of Sackville Street.
Quite apart from the ruins, the view from the Acropolis alone would repay a visit. Lycabettus stands out boldly. The Theseum looks like a toy house below. Athens stretches away like a yellow blanket and on the sea we could see the distant ships.
The notable hills near-by are confusing until one is well oriented. Philopappos cannot be mistaken be-cause of the monument that marks its top commemorating the Roman Consul who became a citizen of Athens. At its foot are the caves popularly called " the prison of Socrates," though they probably had no connection with either his life or death.
The Areopagus (Mars Hill), the Pnyx and Observatory Hill are grouped together toward the west, and all these heights were intimately connected with the life of the ancient city. The Areopagus lies nearest and is sometimes called a spur of the Acropolis because a low rock saddle connects the two. It was the scene of the early courts, but is known to the Christian world as the spot where Saint Paul boldly declaimed against the superstitions of Athens and denounced the worship of an unknown God. I have never read any particulars of this pagan deity, but Pausanias mentions a statue set up in his honor which he saw in the Piraeus more than a century after Saint Paul had passed away. There is now little on this hill to attract notice.
Exactly as the Areopagus is associated with Athenian justice, so the Pnyx was the seat of legislation. Here was the true home of democracy. The retaining walls built to support the seat of the council are still visible, even from a distance.
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First off, I want to say that this is some of the best shit I've heard from Vader, and that is saying A LOT because I love everything I've heard from them. With the release of this EP, Vader shows that still know what it is to write good fucking death metal, with their own little twist.
The EP opens up with "Para Bellum", which is very nice and atmospheric keyboard piece with a very war-like and sad feeling to it. It eventually builds up to "This Is The War", which starts of with a war-march like snare drum part and then the whole band explodes in full force. The main thing I want to point out is Daray's drumming. His drumming is so fucking fast it's ridiculous. This guy is definitely a worthy replacement of Doc (RIP). This is probably my favorite track off the CD. Total fucking chaos! Next up is "Lead Us!!!" which is completely written by Mauser. I expected some differences in the song writing since it wasn't Peter writing the song, but it follows the same vein as all the other Vader songs, but I definitely think Mauser should write more material for Vader in the future. I love the part around 1:53. This part makes you want to headbang until your head flies off! It fucking rules! "Banners In The Wind" is another song like "Para Bellum", very beautiful and war-like once again. The last two tracks, "What Colour Is Your Blood?" and "Death In Silence" are also very good tracks. Both are heavy and fast as fuck.
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I am wondering if I could possibly get a horizontal full tummy tuck scar below my current c-section scar without having to get a vertical scar. If the vertical scar has to be present, how long would it usually be? Also, I am usure if I need to get lipo on the sides and/or back to get a better results.
Is it Possible to Have a Horizontal Tummy Tuck Scar Placed Under C-Section Scar?
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Yes, 99% of the time a horizontal tummy tuck scar will remove the Caesarean Scar.
You will absolutely not have to have a vertical scar. Surgeons who do many tummy tuck just learn how to do the operation well, get out the entire belly button opening, avoid any vertical scar, and totlally remove the Carsarean Scar in the process. I have not had to do a vertical scar in years but occasionally (RARELY) it is necessary. Seek 3 opinions from ABPS-FACS surgeons and make them prove an interest in abdominoplasty. How many do they do in a year. Prove it. be a tough shopper. You of all people , judging from your photos should easily get rid of the Caeserean Scar and have absoluteluy no vertical scar. My Best!
Tummy Tuck Incision Placement
In most cases, the incision for the tummy tuck / abdominoplasty is placed under the c-section scar like you are wanting. In your pictures, you do not appear to have a lot of excess skin, which may make it difficult to put a very low incision. However, it is impossible to tell without seeing you in person.
Good Luck with your surgery.
Learn more: http://www.ShaferPlasticSurgery.com
Tummy Tuck Incision below C-section?
Thank you for the question that picture.
It is usually possible to place the tummy tuck incision at or below the previous C-section scar. Minimal amount of liposuctioning of your flanks may be helpful to improve results.
I hope this helps.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/procedure_tummytuck.htm
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Your photographs indicate fairly tight skin with out much excess to be pulled down and trimmed. It is unlikely that can avoid a vertical scar. Usually vertical scars are no longer that 1.5-2 inches. As for liposuction on your sides, you seem to have a slight amount of fullness which can be removed by Liposuction. Fortunately these two procedures can be down at the same time and will give you very good results.
Tummy tuck scar
The lowest scars are often mini -tummy tuck scars. If your abdominal tissue is not that loose, you could end up with a higher scar (but without a vertical component). Your surgeon should discuss, and draw on you, the location of a mini-tummy tuck scar with extensive lipo of the abdomen vs. a full tummy tuck.
It is common to place the tummy tuck scar at or below a C-section scar.
Looks like you are a great candidate for a standard abdominoplasty. This would involve a horizontal scar below your bathing suit line and hopefully below your C-section scar as well. This can only be sorted out with an examination and proper consultation. This will also allow for a discussion about the modest additional improvements possible with liposuction to your hips and flanks. In some instances, the horizontal scar can not be positioned below a very low positioned C-section scar but the shape improvements to your torso should still be worth it.
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Tummy Tuck
From the photos you submitted, it appears like you can have the tummy tuck with a very low incision- under the C-section scar. You do not need to have a vertical type of scar. Liposuction can be done in the flanks or posterior lower back at the time of the abdominoplasty. Some plastic surgeons offer liposuction at the same time as a tummy tuck.
C-section scar and tummy tuck incision
In tummy tuck surgery, the incision is usually placed at a minimum slightly below the C-section scar which would then be removed with the surgery. If yours is situated at the hairline, this would be a reasonable approach as you would want the scar here to be covered by most "standard" underwear.
Whether or not the old site of your belly button can be removed can't be fully determined by your photos alone. However, if it does remain, it usually is situated in the lower part of your lower abdomen and may be approximately 2 - 3 cm in size.
Liposuction such as of your flanks will allow for even greater contouring and a better overall result. What areas can be improved should be discussed with your plastic surgeon.
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Tummy tuck scar below the C-section scar
We try to place all transverse tummy tuck scars at or below the C-section scar. We like nothing less than the tummy tuck scar peaking above the underpant or bathing suit line. It is correct that in order to keep the scar so low often the shift in the belly button will leave a short vertical scar where it was originally located if enough skin laxity is not present to bring the tummy tuck all the way down to the C-section level. Based on your photos, the mini tummy tuck with muscle repair might be the best option.
Best of luck,
Learn more: http://www.peterejohnsonmd.com/tummy-tuck
Location Of Tummy Tuck Scar May Or May Not Be At Same Level As C-Section Scar
The basis of your question is that you would like a tummy tuck scar, if you had one, to be below your existing c-section scar. Depending upon what type of tummy tuck you may be considering, the final scar may or may not end up below where your c-section scar is now. This would be very likely with a mini-tummy tuck but unlikely with a full tummy tuck. Even though the design of the tummy tuck would place the lower incision below your c-section scar, skin flap closure always involves more than just the upper skin flap coming down 100% of the way to meet the lower skin incision. That is because the lower skin edge is not fixed, so some upper movement of the initial incision/final closure line will occur.
Learn more: http://www.eppleytummytuck.com/
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Sequim elk herd on the move again
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After spending the winter feasting on the lush farm fields of the Dungeness Valley, the Dungeness herd of Roosevelt elk moved near its favorite U.S. Highway 101 crossing point Tuesday, triggering a motorist alert from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office.
Tim Cullinan, wildlife coordinator for the Point No Point Treaty Council, said the herd of cows, calves and yearlings moved eastward across Johnson Creek on Tuesday morning.
He added that this is the time of year the elk typically move south into the Olympic foothills in the Palo Alto region, which means a crossing now is likely.
"If they haven't already done it, they'll probably do it right away," Cullinan said. "It's about that time."
Cullinan tracks the herd with radio collars to monitor its location, health and population.
Usually in April
Last year, it headed for the hills in the middle of April. In 2011, it crossed south April 30.
By Tuesday afternoon, the elk were about 200 yards away from Highway 101 near Whitefeather Way. Cullinan noted the spot is a favorite crossing for the elk.
A herd of 12 bulls stays in Happy Valley until the summer mating season starts, usually in August.
The large herd of cows and calves have been spending unusually short stints in the hills over the past couple years, Cullinan said.
Last year, the herd was back in Dungeness Valley farm fields by the end of May.
"It'll be interesting to see what happens this year," Cullinan said. "I suppose it will depend on what they find to eat up there."
Much of the elk's valley forage is gone for now, he noted.
Nash's Organic Produce plowed under a 40-acre alfalfa field to plant a spring wheat crop on Schmuck Road.
Another field of about 80 acres that was corn the elk ate last year is also currently fallow, Cullinan said.
The herd's damage to crops prompted a special elk hunt, called by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The hunt claimed 15 to 20 elk between October and March, according to Sgt. Eric Anderson, an agent with Fish and Wildlife.
Sequim-Dungeness Valley Editor Joe Smillie can be reached at 360-681-2390, ext. 5052, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Binding Add-In Commands to Keys
In Visual Studio, you can associate (or "bind") one or more keyboard shortcuts to a command by selecting Options from the Tools menu and choosing the Keyboard page from the Environment folder. For example, rather than clicking the File menu, pointing to the Project command, and clicking the New command to create a new project, you can instead simply press the keyboard shortcut, CTRL+SHIFT+N. You can create or change keyboard shortcuts for any command in Visual Studio, including Visual Studio commands, macro commands, and add-in commands. For more information, see Shortcut Keys.
In some cases, you might want to do this programmatically in your add-in rather than force your users to manually bind the keys themselves through the Options dialog box. You can do this by using the Bindings property of the Command object.
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Outlines the parameters used by the Bindings property and how they affect key binding.
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Specifically, we will not release information about the facts or nature of a student's care to University officials, faculty, family, friends or roommates without this permission; a copy of medical or counseling records is available only after we receive a written request signed by the student.
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The latest issue of Marketing Magazine has a full-page feature titled, Get a (Second) Life, written by yours truly. I was approached a couple of weeks back by one of the editors after news broke that Telus had created a retail environment inside Second Life - the growing online virtual world.
The article is only available online for those who have a paid subscription at: Marketing Magazine - Get A (Second) Life. But, here's a teaser:
"Why should marketers care? Second Life is another channel that people are interested in and spending money on. These virtual environments provide a place for people to share, meet and grow. The American Cancer Society recently held its annual Relay For Life with a Second Life component and raised US$40,000 just from Second Life.
What's the point of Second Life? That's about as easy to answer as what's the point of life? We're all still trying to figure it out."
Immediate feedback from the Marketing Magazine editors was that the piece was truly a "what's next" story in marketing (the piece was featured under their Top Of Mind section).
My personal jury is still not out on whether or not Second Life will be the prevailing online environment that we all will have Avatars (residents) in. I still have hopes that we will be able to create an Avatar that will be agnostic to platform, be it instant messenger, online virtual environments, etc...


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Why IUPUI Science?
IUPUI is one of the top 200 colleges and universities in the country, according to the latest national rankings announced by U.S. News and World Report in its 2015 Best Colleges edition. IUPUI also was No. 7 on the 2015 Up-and-Comers ranking, the fifth time the campus has achieved the distinction of inclusion on that list.
At the School of Science at IUPUI, students are exposed to opportunities that no other school in the state of Indiana can offer.
Committed to having real impact in their work and community, our graduates emerge from the School of Science as well-rounded scientists whose experiences have prepared them to solve the problems of the future.
The School of Science at IUPUI provides a family-like atmosphere where students at all levels can explore, discover and learn. While the School of Science is highly accomplished in research and education, the learning environment remains small and intimate - providing 1:1 access to professors for extra learning and research opportunities.
In addition to resources and academic support for Science majors, IU and IUPUI have a vast network of resources to help and support students, including free mentoring and tutoring on a wide variety of subjects, free counseling, over 120 student organizations, and the Honors College.
As early as freshman year, students in the School of Science can engage in research with faculty mentors in the school and across campus. Undergraduate researchers receive financial support, gain access to advanced lab equipment, and enjoy the opportunity to work one-on-one with renowned faculty. Many students present their research at national meetings, and their findings are occasionally published in scientific journals.
Interactive learning and student engagement provide a unique environment where students become leaders by teaching others through programs such as Peer-led Team Learning and the Math Assistance Center.
IUPUI faculty have been national leaders in developing new methods of teaching STEM subjects in ways that engage and excite students, while holding them to high standards and stressing critical and analytical thinking.
Learn more about how the School of Science @ IUPUI is a leader in STEM education.
The co-location of the School of Science at IUPUI on an urban campus with five hospitals, a School of Engineering, and professional schools including Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Law and Health and Rehabilitation Science means that, compared to many public institutions, IUPUI can offer an abundance of research and internship opportunities for both undergraduate and high school students, a rare luxury in academia.
We have students doing research in the medical and dental schools – as early as their freshman year. This optimally positions our graduates for the work place, for professional school, and for graduate school.
Students at IUPUI have the incredible opportunity to earn either a Purdue University degree or an Indiana University degree at one location (degrees vary according to major). The School of Science offers hundreds of classes and innovative certificate and degree programs in 25 disciplines.
View a complete listing of undergraduate degrees in the School of Science.
IUPUI School of Science incoming student stats
- 41% graduated from Top 10% of HS class
- 50% had SAT score > 1200
- 90% of undergraduate Science majors are Indiana residents
- 98% are 19 years old or younger
- 78% are full-time students
- 56% are female
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Cruise like, less Top Gun, and more Hamburger Hill. Trussardi brings their camo look to a special edition 100th anniversary sunglass edition available now on their online shop. Highsnob picked up on this one. "Limited to 750 pieces, the hand made camouflage sunglasses come with an embossed serial number and are presented in a luxurious leather camouflage case, including a certificate. The sunglasses will release June 2011, priced at 590 euros.
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'Project Runway' contestant Ben Chmura guest-bartending tonight at 717 South
Since he got the boot from Project Runway last week, you won't see Tampa's Ben Chmura on the show anymore. But you can catch him tonight at 10 p.m. at 717 South, where he'll be one of four celebrity bartenders. As Chmura told the Deal Divas last week, "I can make a mean drink for myself, so I think I could do it at the bar."
Joining Chmura behind the bar will be Melora Hardin (The Office, 17 Again), Gildart Jackson (General Hospital, Charmed) and Andre Holland (Bride Wars, Sugar). All tips will be donated to Gasparilla International Film Festival.
711 South is at... wait for it... 717 S Howard Ave. in Tampa. Call (813) 250-1661.
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Hey internet besties! Was that too upbeat? Too casual? Just right? I'm going for a desperate housewife meets trendy mom kinda feel here, even though I myself am 18 years old and a man. Now i'm sounding too creep-next-door... scratch all that. Anyways, hello! My name is Adam and my middle name is Chayce. (Hence the blog name "adamchayce", catchy right?) I live in Utah with my mom and brother, and i'm currently counting down the days until I leave for college. Now you're probably asking "Why did you make this blog?" or you're most likely thinking your own thoughts, because that's what people tend to do. I made this blog in hopes of getting in touch with my inner self a.k.a. a hip, relatable soccer mom. I plan on doing reviews on products, how-to's, d.i.y. stuff, fashion, the whole shabang. Maybe you have a blog too and that's why you're reading this and now we can become "blog buddies" and send each other recipes and follow each other on pinterest. Questions, comments, pictures of your dog all are appreciated on this blog, so send away! Thank you. - adamchayce
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GREENSBORO — Southwestern Randolph High School captured a Mid-Piedmont Conference golf match by recording a team score of 159 Wednesday at Gillespie Golf Course.
GREENSBORO — Southwestern Randolph High School captured a Mid-Piedmont Conference golf match by recording a team score of 159 Wednesday at Gillespie Golf Course.
Asheboro High School was second with 169, Ledford third (180), Central Davidson fourth (199), Western Guilford fifth (212), Southern Guilford sixth (219) and North Forsyth seventh (278).
SWR's Colson Hoffman was the medalist after firing a 36. Teammate Andrew Routh had a 38, Ross Winslow a 42 and Dylan Parker a 43. SWR is 12-0 overall.
AHS' Denton Richey had a 40, Shields McKeown a 41, Koby Markham a 43 and Cody Bennett a 45.
AHS will host a MPC match Monday at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course.
PG tops AHS
ASHEBORO — Providence Grove High School's varsity baseball team recorded a 15-4 win over Asheboro Wednesday at McCrary Park.
Seth Hardin pitched four innings for the win and Jackson Koenig pitched three for the save. Gage White had three hits and three RBIs, Caleb Smith had three hits and one RBI and Koenig had three hits for the Patriots (1-1).
Cameron Welch had four hits for Asheboro (1-2), while Jay Rorie had two hits.
PG is scheduled to host West Davidson Friday.
SWR soccer team blanks Lexington
ASHEBORO — Southwestern Randolph High School's girls varsity soccer team rolled to a 6-0 win over Lexington Wednesday.
Deisi Hernandez had three goals, Sarah Teague had two and Yesica Mendoza added another for the Cougars (2-0-1). Brittny Luther had three assists, Bri Cross had two and Allee Reid had one.
Goalie Courtney McNeill earned her second shutout of the season.
SWR is scheduled to play at East Davidson tonight.
AHS soccer team tops HPC
ASHEBORO — Asheboro High School's varsity soccer team recorded a 3-0 win over High Point Central Wednesday at Lee J. Stone Field.
Meredith Priest scored three times for the Blue Comets (2-0-1) and Gilliam Foscue had one assist. Goalies Mayar Elgeyoshi and Emily Skoglund combined for the shutout.
AHS softball team falls to SEG
ASHEBORO — The Asheboro High School varsity softball team dropped a 5-3 nonleague decision to Southeast Guilford Wednesday at Pugh Field.
Maya Vaughan had two RBIs for the Blue Comets (1-1) and Vangie Borchert had a triple. AHS had six hits in the contest.
The Blue Comets are scheduled to host Eastern Randolph today at 6 p.m.
AHS' streak comes to end
Asheboro High School's varsity tennis team saw a 30-match conference win streak come to an end as Western Guilford recorded a 6-3 Mid-Piedmont Conference victory over the Blue Comets Wednesday.
Singles winners for the Blue Comets (0-1, 0-3) were Austin Allen and Connor Criscoe, while the team of Richard Pincus and Ashton Russell also won for AHS.


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Van Halen will perform at ESA on Sept. 4 with special guest Kymani Marley.
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 19 at 10 a.m. at all SmithsTix outlets.
And, yes, Diamond Dave is the frontman.