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Why is it that after months of wholeheartedly working on a piece of furniture, we woodworkers feel a bit hesitant about the final step - putting on the finish? One answer may be that we don't have the confidence in our finishing tools that we do in our woodworking tools. Those who do a lot of finishing typically use a professional grade sprayer set up in a properly dust free area, have expensive and hard-to-maintain protective equipment, etc. But what about skilled woodworkers - furniture makers, restorers, luthiers and others - who do only occasional finishing? What should they do? The simple solution, of course, is to use a traditional professional grade brush, but this item has largely disappeared from the market - up until now. A brush is a tool like any other, and a great brush really makes the job of finishing easier.
As we do with all our Gramercy Tools woodworking tools, we did a lot of research and testing before we figured out the best features in finishing brushes. We found that most of the commonly available finishing brushes are dumbed-down copies of older, much better styles. That explained why there was less of a distinction between brushes, even expensive ones, than we would have liked. In the end we asked one of the last brushmakers in the United States to hand-make a brush to our specifications.
You can read about our testing and see a film of our brush being made here
The Gramercy Tools brush is made of 100 percent European ox-hair. Ox-hair is very fine and has a wonderful feel to it. It will leave a virtually brush-mark free surface and will hold a fair amount of finish for a long, efficient and controlled stroke. This brush is useful even for French polishing, if you brush on a coat to get a head start before starting the rubbing out process. The brush is solid hair with no gap, so you can cover carving details and moldings, and go over edges and corners with no drips or splatters. The ox-hair is anchored in the brush with epoxy, so the brush won't deteriorate in solvents. The ferrule is top-quality stainless steel, so you can easily clean it in any solvent, including water, and not have to worry about corrosion - which can shorten the life of the brush and contaminate your finish. The handle is made of unfinished hardwood (in an attractive, traditional beaver-tail pattern) that is very comfortable in the hand and has a great balance. The brush has a hand-sculpted chisel tip for best performance.
Our brushmaker told us to pack the brushes in a traditional paper wrapper that allows the hair to breathe and last longer. So we did.
We don't think you'll be able to find a better finishing brush for shellac, nitrocellulose lacquer, or any other typical thin finish material. Heavier finishes like varnish and polyurethane may be too viscous for this brush and break the thin hair, so we do not recommend use for these finishes. With care, our brushes will last for years and make finishing much easier and more rewarding. Cleaning a shellac brush is easy. For instructions,
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. Cleaning a varnish brush is a bit harder. For instructions,
click here.
Note: As these brushes are from natural hair they are unsuited for waterborne finishes. For brushes for waterborne finishes see the product listing below.
We stock 3 sizes. The 2" wide brush is the most generally useful, the 1" size is good for localized details, and the 3" size will make doing a large surface easier and quicker. Bristle length is 1-3/4" on all three brushes.
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"There aren't any brushes that feel better in use than the Gramercy Tools brush"
- Bob Flexner
"The Cadillac of solvent brushes is made from pure ox hair. Very fine and soft, it will lay down a coat of varnish with almost no brush marks"
- Fine Woodworking Magazine
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By: Terry Tumlin (Dec, 2018)
These brushes are a joy to use. If 6 stars were an option I'd click it.
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By: danny barrett (Aug, 2018)
i purchased your GT-shebru.xx, brush for applying thin shellac (zinsser seal coat) and am considering one for Minwax urethane finishes. when using seal coat the brush is so soft and formless it's like brushing with a rag at the end of the handle rather than bristles. one stroke across a table top and the bristles stay curled up like an ocean wave, and stay there until i turn the brush over and go the opposite direction. also lost quite a few bristles into the finished top surface and had to pick them out. the Minwax urethane i would like to use isn't much thicker that the seal coat and i'm now hesitant to order another brush. however the Fine Woodworking article you quote on this page says "it will lay down a coat of varnish with almost no brush marks" what am i missing were they over selling? don't misunderstand i think the brush is a quality product very finely made but are my expectations too high?
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By: Salko Safic (Jun, 2018)
I've been using this brush for shellac only a few years now and am going to buy two more. They are absolutely brilliant and perform much better than the goat hair version you can buy from the art supply store. Highly recommended!
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By: Eric (Feb, 2018)
I couldn't find a FAQ section on your site. I wanted to know if the Gramercy finish brushes could be used for oil-based Polyurethane?
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By: Maryann Kirk (Oct, 2017)
These are the BEST EVER! Smoothest finish EVER with Poly! They do take a long time to dry after cleaning, so order two.
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Outstanding brushes!
By: Chris Haake (Dec, 2016)
These are absolutely wonderful brushes. I bought one when they were fairly new products and used it on several projects. Unfortunately, through my own carelessness, it was ruined. Despite the expense, I did not hesitate to buy a replacement. One thing: TFWW opines that varnish may be too heavy for these brushes, but that has not been my experience. In fact, I've used them for ONLY varnish, most coats at full strength. The brush holds an amazing charge, and controlling the rate of flow through pressure is a breeze. Tipping up is also easy. I just won't be without one of these and may buy the whole set!
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By: C Baarsch (Jul, 2016)
I am back to order another. I tried the small brush and it works wonderfully. I have used it weekly for four months without cleaning and it shows no sign of wear. I use it with Zinsser unwaxed shellac cut one to one. Rinse in alcohol and hang it till the next use. These bristles are very fine and extremely flexible which leaves virtually no brush marks the way I use it. I have tried a lot of other brushes including artist brushes and natural bristles as well as manufactured, high priced and low, and didn't find anything that worked as well. The golden taklon artist brushes worked for awhile but they didn't hold enough material and after a month or so the bristles started to part leaving skipped streaks. I strongly recommend these brushes for thinned shellac.
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clumps of hair fall out over time
By: Mason H. (Jun, 2016)
Several years ago I purchased this brush (2in. ox hair) and I was very happy with it until recently. I have only used it occasionally for shellac finishes, meaning once or twice every few months. While it did shed a little initially, it has recently begun to lose clumps of hair to the point I can no longer use it, which leaves me deeply disappointed. I specifically bought this brush on the good reviews and the made in USA provenance, and I wanted it to be my "go to" brush for all my shellac work. I have completely "babied" it, using it only for shellac and only cleaning it in DNA...still, I am dealing with clumps of the ox hair falling out now. Hairs should not be falling out with a $50 brush, and I expected a longer lifetime.
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By: Joe (Nov, 2015)
Love this brush! Holds a ton of finish and lays it down without a mark.
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By: michael michalofsky (Oct, 2015)
the brush for shellac is amazing never used a brush like this before btw with respect to cleaning i started using ammonia cleans the brush in no time joel can this damage the brush? thanks michael
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By: M.W.Styga (Nov, 2014)
When brushing on lacquer for my segmented woodturning this brush is superior to the badger hair brush I own for which I paid the same price. The finest surface so far. The stainless steel is a plus. Have utilized this brush for several years and it still performs like new. Made in U.S.of A. That's refreshing.
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Brush Shellac, No Problem
By: JRWW (Aug, 2014)
I had never brushed shellac with success before owning this brush. Quality of construction feels great. I have only used it a few times but seems like it will hold up for a long time with gentle use.
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By: joel (Apr, 2014)
Fimwdwkr, What are you using the brushes for? For shellac and lacquer as recommended they should work fine. Varnish is too viscous for a lot of the hair, so it breaks, and also cleaning the brush to get rid of varnish also weakens the brush. - joel
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By: Fimwdwkr (Apr, 2014)
I love the brushes and have 3 sets, but sadly the brushes fall apart. I don't recommend them for they don't last.
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By: G.W. Marton (Feb, 2014)
I bought two of these brushes several years ago for shellac application. These are truly in a class by themselves. The finish is consistently excellent (I use a 2 1/2 pound cut) and best of all, I haven't even used the second brush. I just rinse with alcohol when I'm done and let it dry. When I'm ready to use again, a soak in alcohol and its ready to go. My favorite finishing sequence is 3-4 heavy brush on coats followed by 400 sandpaper. Wipe down and pad on a finish coat. Works every time.
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What Pat Moore has done with his now third annual Back to the Boneyard is something that snowboarding needs more of. Now although that may sound as cliché as anything a writer has ever written, it is all too true. So many snowboarders look forward, and for good reason. There's money to be made in this industry, and with snowboarding becoming a massive corporate investment on the part of the brands, professional snowboarders are seemingly consumed with going bigger, faster, and getting gnarlier, and many of them fail to look back.
Three years ago, Pat Moore brought forth an idea that would do two things: One, it would allow him to ride with a handful of East Coast legends that he grew up watching, drawing inspiration and encouragement from. Two, it would allow him the opportunity to usher in a new generation of East Coast upstarts to follow in his footsteps. As Pat puts it, "I started Back to the Boneyard because I wanted to reunite groups of riders from all the eras of riding at Waterville at an event that supported the next generation. I basically brought it up to the Waterville Marketing department (Jamie Cobbett and Kevin Bell), and they were super into it. They put it all together, and I got my sponsors in on it and it all worked out." At $25 per head, all profits at Back to the Boneyard are donated to a scholarship program that Pat has started that allows the chance to ride at Waterville Academy. With some financial assistance from Red Bull and the $1,500 raised from today's event, hopefully, a few kids will be afforded the opportunity to ride and train with their peers at Waterville Valley Academy. Personally, I think that's amazing.
The course consisted of a jump, a quarterpipe, a Red Bull rail feature, and the marquee event, the Mike Baker Banked Slalom, which Pat ended up winning. According to Moore, "I was the only one to break 13 seconds. The funny part was that the Open riders had to strap in one-foot and then go. I didn't have to do that." (Sandbagger.) All day long, about 100 people ride, hiked, and hung out in "The Boneyard," the old location of the Waterville snowboard park. Old and new melded on-hill and sunny skies graced the event in what I think was one of the best Back to the Boneyard events of all-time. There was too much going on for a full recap of all the action, but we have photo galleries and an exclusive video to do just that for you. Make sure you check 'em out when you have a second.
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Stanley is a good dog but his people go out a lot and don't return until midnight. Even a good dog can go astray in such circumstances. First Stanley gingerly sits on the couch. "The couch was wonderful!" Then Stanley does what he's seen his people do – listen to music, get food from the […]Read more


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This blog discusses current weather, weather prediction, climate issues, and other topics
Monday, February 21, 2011
Snow and Cold are Coming
Update 7:15 PM--the convergence zone has formed and I can hear ice pellets on my window!
I am going to go out on a limb now...I think most of you ...even those in the lowlands ...will see some snow before the week is up. And much colder temperatures.
A front is now crossing the coast, with a switch to northwesterly flow behind. You can see this on the latest surface chart:
You can see the lowering of the clouds and start of precipitation over the Olympics in this video:
Colder air will move in behind the front, causing the atmosphere to be less stable (more convective showers) , and there is a good chance of a convergence zone over Puget Sound forming tonight and tomorrow morning behind it. The freezing level will be low enough that if the CZ has sufficiently intense precipitation, wet snow could reach sea level with the zone.
So don't be shocked by some flakes during the next 18h or so. This system will SURELY bring snow to the mountains...in fact, enough to improve the skiing a bit (6-12 inches). I was skiing in the pass on Sunday and lets say it needed to be freshened up a bit. Here is the 24-h snow ending 4 PM Tuesday. And yes, it is showing some snow over the eastern Puget Sound lowlands...places a high elevations and away from the water.
But this is just a warm up (really just the opposite!!). The air will get colder on Tuesday into Wednesday and then an upper level trough will move towards us from the north (see map). This is close to a classic upper air snow configuration. Not quite perfect (little too much extension over the Pacific), but close enough. And by the time we get to Wednesday we won't have to worry about being cold enough to snow.
Associated with this upper trough will be a low pressure center that will form in the lee (south) of Vancouver Islands. (map). The real primo cold air will be locked in the interior of BC, blocked by the mountains.
Virtually all the models are on board with this solution--enough that I think it has a good chance of it happening (YES, there is always uncertainty in a forecast). Virtually all indicate strong NE winds will exit the Fraser starting on Wednesday...and then it gets interesting and more uncertain.
There is little doubt that there will be some snow showers with this system, but serious snow demands more. If the low remains offshore of the north WA coast the easterlies will move down the Strait and some of them will plow into the Olympics, hitting the north Olympic communities with snow. Those retired folks will have to switch from golf to x-country skiing for a while! If the low moves southward, then southerlies moving up the Sound could plow right into them, give decent lowland snow over the Sound. In any case, there will be an interface between the northeasterlies and southerlies that will produce a significant snowfall somewhere, most probably over NW Washington.
Here is what the WRF model run at the UW is showing for two 24-h time periods--ending 4 PM on Wednesday and Thursday:
You can see the heavier snow associated with the interface--stretching across Whidbey Island to the north Olympic peninsula.
I was looking forward to giving my talk at Ivar's on Wednesday evening....so I hope the snow does its typical mirage act.... But the bottom line is that exciting things are possible during the next 48-h..so be prepared. I know Jim Forman is.
25 comments:
- TVN said...
Yay - snow in the mountains! You should have gone to Crystal or Stevens. Cliff. I guess we are still below average but there is plenty of snow for skiing. I can't believe the forecasted highs in the mountains - burrrrr....
- February 21, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- Anne said...
Thanks so much for your informative posts, Cliff. I really enjoy them. I live in Oak Harbor - fingers crossed for one more good snow event before winter heads off for the year...
- February 21, 2011 at 6:25 PM
- a progressive crank said...
We just drove down from Mt Baker and it was snowing heavily there all day, diminishing along 542 all the way to Glacier, and then rain all the way to Seattle. The streets were dry not 20 minutes ago but I see (and hear) that it caught up with us.
I wouldn't mind some lowland snow but after experiencing Baker, the passes are going to be pretty weak sauce, no matter how much they get.
- February 21, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- Hal said...
Am I right in thinking this has been an usual year for both cold and the chance of snow? I did a quick search, and we've been flirting with snow (and less often, getting it) since November. Three months of on-the-cusp snow conditions in a place that (it seems, to this relatively new resident) to have 1-2 well defined snow events a season just seems like... a lot. Is that feeling accurate?
- February 21, 2011 at 7:32 PM
- DeAnne said...
Its a hailing here at the Central Washington Coast - Moclips, Seabrook, Copalis. West winds 17 mph 41F BAR 29.92 steady
Would like to see one last snow before my favorite time of year...spring.
- February 21, 2011 at 7:36 PM
- Steve said...
The shower that moved through Shoreline from about 6:50 to 7:45pm, which had mixed rn/sn, dropped the temperature from 40 to 36.5, with 0.08" of precip. Nice!
- February 21, 2011 at 7:46 PM
This almost looks like a situation where a stationary low parks over my island and dumps a bunch of snow. Don't know about the NE outflow winds. They don't really have the upper level jet stream support. But they'll probably be moderate to strong in any case. Not too thrilled about this weather but if it's going to get nasty it might as well do it in a big way.
- February 21, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- cprimm said...
Now this is good forecasting!
- February 21, 2011 at 9:20 PM
- Warmbowski said...
Some nice heavy sleet in Broadview, right now.
- February 21, 2011 at 9:32 PM
- Dale said...
Update: Just saw Jim Forman in (in)famous yellow parka on 10 o'clock news! Yet another spot-on forecast by Professor Mass!
- February 21, 2011 at 10:05 PM
- Thompsonized said...
Snowing hard in Ellensburg....and from the WSDOT cams, looks like here to Northbend at least will not be a fun commute tomorrow.
- February 21, 2011 at 10:10 PM
- dissolved girl said...
Btw, did you know about this copy cat blog?
He claims he's summarizing your blog.
- February 21, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Will said...
i just went for a drive from Bellingham halfway to Lynden on the guide meridian and there is about a half an inch on the ground up there. not snowing though. once you get into Bellingham, there's nothing
- February 21, 2011 at 10:25 PM
- Will said...
Just drove from bellingham to Lynden. There is about half an inch of snow on the ground north of the Bellingham border. Not snowing any more though, looks like the band has passed.
- February 21, 2011 at 10:26 PM
- Megan said...
It's been hailing for the last hour over here in Issaquah.
- February 21, 2011 at 10:47 PM
- Wx Enthusiast said...
No "threat" for snow here in Bellevue this week, just an exciting chance of it! I'm not threatened by it one bit..
- February 22, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- Super said...
Winter Storm Watch is now up for everybody Wednesday-Thursday.
I'm just south of Mukilteo and will be tickled if I can squeeze out 2-3 inches, even with business meetings Thursday.
- February 22, 2011 at 7:56 AM
- Jim said...
3 miles NNE of Monroe, 400' elevation - woke to about 1/2" of graupel on the ground; now snowing as of 8:10 a.m. The convergence zone is right above us! Love the blog Cliff!
- February 22, 2011 at 8:12 AM
- Thompsonized said...
Between Thorp and Cle Elum near white-out conditions, saw jack-knifed semi and a flipped pickup truck
- February 22, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- analogkid said...
Snowing quite heavily along the highway 9 corridor from about Lake Stevens to Arlington. Has been on and off this morning, and pretty steady for the past 30 to 40 minutes.
- February 22, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- Charles said...
We had a nice 90 minutes this morning of white fluffies (just south of Paine Field, a bit over 500' here on my hill). Just a dusting on a ground (currently 32 deg.) but a prelude, maybe.
- February 22, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Dyanne said...
South Whidbey is currently getting dumped on. Almost 2 inches here since 7:30 this morning. Roads (off the highway) are slick and treacherous. However per the various web cams the rest of lower Puget Trough from Lynwood south looks like a lovely day!
I may have to miss my UW class tonight if I can't get off the island in one piece.
Can someone direct me to a NOAA or other site that shows me real-time what's happening here in the convergence zone....so I can track the extent of expected snowfall today to make a wise decision to head off to the land of higher learning. thanks
- February 22, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Mark said...
Cliff - Could you do an explanation sometime how graupel is formed? Weird stuff...
- February 22, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Gentian said...
hailing at 7 am in Port Townsend, changed to snow at 10, still snowing hard at 11:30 am - switching between flakes & pellets
- February 22, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Gentian said...
woke up to hail at 7 am in Port Townsend, hailed off and on, then at 10 began snowing & is coming down hard now - switching between flakes and pellets. I can see the blue hole of the "snowshadow" off to the north.
- February 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM


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Florida Animal Attraction Guide: Lion Country Safari, West Palm Beach
Florida's only drive-through safari and walk-through amusement park invites you to spend the day on safari with more than 900 animals. With animal displays and encounters, animal feeding experiences, 6 rides, a waterspray ground, food, shopping and more, you are sure to have a memorable experience at Lion Country Safari. 2003 Lion Country Safari Road, Loxahatchee, FL 33470, 561-793-1084, www.lioncountrysafari.com
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The motion was filed in the Wake County Superior Court by Smithfield Foods.
Smithfield Foods and its subsidiary Murphy-Brown have responded to the nearly 1,000 Eastern North Carolina residents that have sued or planned to sue the companies and other individual farmers over foul smell and pollution from farms, saying the lawyers that have signed them up for the challenge acted unethically in doing so.
Mark Anderson, trial counsel for Smithfield Foods and Murphy Brown LLC, called it a "serious matter related to ethics which is of great concern to the individual farmers as well as my clients."
He declined further comment, saying, "Given that the matter is now before the court, I don't feel that further comment would be appropriate at this time."
The out-of-state plaintiffs' attorneys, the Middleton Law Firm LLC, of Savannah, Ga., and the Speer Law Firm, P.A., of Kansas City, Mo., could not be reached for comment despite repeated attempts. The listed attorneys are affiliated with the group called the Center to Expose and Close Factory Farms. The lawsuits claim stench and pollution have robbed residents of their ability to fully enjoy their properties.
The motion filed in the Wake County Superior Court by Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, claims the plaintiffs' lawyers inappropriately shopped for clients, signed up deceased clients, and are using unethical contracts with clients that penalize residents who decide to drop out of the lawsuit.
"The actions of these lawyers place their own personal financial interests ahead of the rights and best interests of North Carolina citizens," the motion reads.
The Smithfield motion claims that the Middleton and Speer law firms acted in violation of North Carolina law by engaging in "direct solicitation of clients at convenience stores, through door-to-door campaigns, at churches and other locations."
The affidavits include that of Patricia Stephens of Bladen County. She claims a man who identified himself as being with the Middleton Law Firm approached her at her residence in Clarkton as she was reading on her porch.
"The man indicated that the lawsuit could result in a substantial monetary award based on the number of people signed up with him," the motion reads. "Ms. Stephens makes clear that she did not have any issues related to the hog farms and never indicated to anyone that she needed a lawyer related to these claims."
Deborah Johnson, chief executive officer of the N.C. Pork Council, said it is "alarming to see farmers who work hard every day to comply with regulations and laws operating their farms be targeted with actions like this."
The lawsuits, she said, threaten not only farmers' livelihoods, but also that of future generations who may want to continue their family's tradition of farming.
"I certainly think all of us in agriculture, and all of us dependent on agriculture to support our communities, need to be concerned about how all of this develops."
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Connecticut Masters in Sociology on Campus Programs | Campus Sociology Masters Degrees
Masters in Sociology on Campus Degree Programs have different options that might interest students who want to study social behavior and human society. Earning a masters degree in Sociology may be considered a versatile degree that might prepare students for a variety of potential careers in research, business, education, law, public policy and social work.
Masters in Sociology on Campus Programs Overview
Whether you are pursuing the degree as support for further doctoral studies, or as an end degree, the two main types of Sociology masters programs are the MA (Master of Arts) or an MS (Master of Science) in Sociology. Students can find both thesis and non-thesis options. The traditional masters programs in sociology prepare students to pursue their PhD in sociology, while the Applied, clinical, and professional masters programs prepare students to enter the workplace, either as research sociologists or in other careers where they can apply their knowledge. Common entry prerequisites include a Bachelor's degree, letters of recommendation, and minimum GPA requirements, although students should check with their graduate school about the protocol.
Why Choose a Campus-based Masters Program in Sociology
Choosing a graduate school is a great option for students who are motivated with hands-on learning and real-time interactions. Campus programs offer students the opportunity to participate in college life, network, and use the university's facilities, such as libraries and laboratories. If this sounds exciting to you, initiate a location search on GradSchools.com to review Masters of Sociology programs; use the city, state or country tabs to browse choices. Some of the listings might include Child and Family Law MSW/MJ Dual Degree, Master of Arts in Counseling and Human Development, MA in Sociology or MA in Social Sciences.
Master of Arts in Sociology Potential Coursework
A Masters in Sociology on Campus degree program may feature coursework in classical and contemporary social theory, statistics and sociological research methods. This training prepares students to analyze and draw conclusions from sociological questions in education, medicine and law.
Depending on the focus of their program, students in Sociology master's programs might study topics such as
- Anthropology
- Quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Psychology and human behavior
- Human development
- Social inequality
Continuing Education in Sociology
Choosing a masters program should reflect your career aspirations;
for instance Ph.D. programs train students to be scholars and college instructors. Some Masters programs in Sociology are intended to support students' transition to a doctoral program in sociology or a graduate program in social work.
While a master's degree isn't necessary for medical or law school, some graduates do go on to apply to M.D. or J.D. programs; knowledge of sociology is constructive for those working within the people-focused fields of healthcare and criminal justice.
Ready to Pursue a Masters in Sociology on Campus?
Administrators, educators, lawmakers and social workers to solve social problems and formulate public policy use sociological research. Whether you are interested in focusing on health, crime or ethnic relations, a graduate degree in Sociology may be a versatile academic choice!
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We had a conversation in the office the other day about herd behaviour and the difference between football and cricket crowds. Why is it that spectators at a football match can occasionally get aggressive and abusive, but spectators at a cricket match tend to act more like naughty schoolboys: boisterous but essentially good-natured? It's a [...]


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As I wrote in my last post, a magic square is an arrangement of n2 distinct integers (from 1 to n2) in a square such that the n numbers in each row, each column, and in the two long diagonals all have the same sum.
The magic sum
The sum for each row, column, and diagonal is known as the magic sum for the magic square of that particular size. This sum is unique for each size magic square. Knowing the size of the square, there's an easy way to figure out the magic sum. For a 3x3 magic square, we know that each of the three rows add up to the magic sum, x. We also know that all the numbers from 1 through 9 must be used exactly once in all three rows. Combining these two facts we get
3x = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9So for our 3x3 magic square, the magic sum is 15. You can generalize the approach above to come up with the magic sum of any size magic square you want to solve.
3x = 45
x = 15
3x = 45
x = 15
The center square
The value that goes in the center square can be found using the same process we used in the From 1 Through 19 puzzle. Can the number 6 be placed in the center? No, because that would leave no place for the 9 (6 and 9 already add to 15). The numbers 7, 8, and 9 can be eliminated from the center for the same reason. What about placing the number 4 in the center? That won't do either, since then there would be no place we could put the 1 and still come up with a sum of 15. All the numbers 1 through 4 can be shown to be too small for the same reason. That leaves only the number 5 in the center square.
The rest of the numbers don't just fall into place, though, as they did in the From 1 Through 19 puzzle. Magic squares have additional constraints that weren't present in the earlier puzzle. We'll look at those constraints in the next sections.
9 in the corner?
To illustrate why the rest of the numbers don't fall easily into place after finding the center value, let's place the 9 in a corner and see what happens.
It's plain to see that a number in a corner (in this case, the 9) must combine with six other numbers in three different ways (row, column, diagonal) to sum to 15. It's tempting to start plugging in numbers for the unknown values to see what works, but there's a problem with that approach.
Notice that in the image above there are only two blank squares that the 9 doesn't combine with to form a sum. We know that the 9 cannot be combined with any of 6, 7, or 8, since the sum would then be greater than our magic sum of 15. Since there's no way to force all three of 6, 7, and 8 into the two blank squares, we have no choice but to conclude that the 9 cannot go in a corner.
9 on the side
Once you eliminate the four corners, you have no choice but to place the 9 in one of the four side positions. It doesn't really matter which one you choose, since rotating the puzzle will give you the same solution. After placing the 9, the 1 also falls into place.
Once again, it's tempting to start plugging in numbers to see what values work for the rest of the unknown squares, but there's a little bit more logic that can be applied before the remaining numbers fall into place. We already know that the numbers 6, 7, and 8 cannot be in the same row with the 9. That leaves only the 2, 3, and 4 as candidates for the squares I've labeled x and y in the diagram above. If we were to place the 3 in one of them, we would also need to place the 3 in the other to arrive at the magic sum of 15. Since we can only use each number once, this eliminates the 3 from being placed in the same row with the 9. That leaves only the 2 and 4.
Now there is finally enough information to begin filling in the remaining squares, starting with the two diagonals. One diagonal already contains the 4 and the 5, so the third value must be the 6. The other diagonal containing the 2 and the 5 can be completed only with the 8.
The sum of 15 across the bottom row verifies that these values are correct. The only two values that we haven't used so far, 3 and 7, fall neatly into place for the final solution.
Further reading
If this article doesn't contain everything you ever wanted to know about magic squares (and I understand that some of you probably never even wanted to know this much), then check out the book Before Sudoku: The World of Magic Squares. It contains the history, several variations, and even a few practical applications for this fascinating puzzle.


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|System: X360, PS3, PS2, Xbox
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: EA Tiburon
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: EA Sports
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: July 17, 2007
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-2
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Jonathan Marx
EA has released its latest version of their famed NCAA series. NCAA 08 Football has released simultaneously for the 360, PS3, Xbox, and PS2, giving gamers across the nation the opportunity to lead their favorite college teams to glory. This series is always solid and '08 is no exception. Controls are deep yet accessible. The game modes are varied and entertaining. The playbooks are wacky and broad. The gameplay is all that we have come to expect. The only downfalls are the setting, and the turnovers, which prove to be glaring faults.
The gameplay and the controls are great. They are everything that you want in a college football game. The playbooks are school specific, and full of trick plays and options. The game will seem familiar to any fan of the series, and you will quickly find yourself embroiled in ESPN Instant Classics. Calling plays in the huddle follows the classic EA form. I like being able to filter the in-huddle play calling by asking Corso, by formation, by play type, by player, and by recent plays. This really does cut down on huddle time and lets you get back to the action with the right play quickly. Pre-snap commands, both on offense and defense, allow you to control your squad better than Schembechler or Paterno. Calling audibles, hot routes, and changing line formations is intuitive. This has always been true for offensive control, but the defensive hot routes are new this year, and it really has been a valuable addition. After the ball is snapped, the smooth control and realism continues. Running, throwing, juking, jumping in, faking the pitch, making interceptions, and receiving all control exactly how they should and are easily executed. Kicking is a different story, however. You'll have to use the right analog stick to control both power and foot position. Noobs will have a difficult time at first, but after a few rivalry games you'll get the hang of it. The only gameplay fault that I found was the amount of turnovers present in the game. The sheer quantity of turnovers is staggering. Many times a wonderful drive has been foiled by unrealistic turnovers, especially fumbles and red zone interceptions. Granted, these are kids that are liable to make mistakes, but a dozen turnovers in a single outing is garbage. This is something that will need to change next year. I did find that the amount of turnovers seemed to decrease somewhat when playing at a higher skill level. That's positive, but there are still far too many turnovers to keep the ebb and flow of the game.
There are a lot of new elements this year that have added to the quality of the game. As I already mentioned, defensive hot routes are new and important. I also enjoyed the new motivation mechanic. College players are known for their emotional swings, and this is captured by the motivation feature. Essentially, what the feature does is to allow the user to target specific players and to make key plays. If that player makes enough big plays over the course of a game they will get into the zone. This will not only increase his potential, but will influence the players around him on both sides of the ball. The best way to take advantage of this feature is to key in on your impact players. They're the ones with the star shadows at their feet. I really liked this idea, but the implementation feels a bit rudimentary. If you let this happen to you while playing ranked matches online you will crumble. Another new feature is that of a high school playoff system within the Campus Legend mode. This is a great addition to the game. Creating a specific player and helping him rise to greatness at his chosen college is awesome. Taking that same player through the high school state championship tournament just adds to the glory. If you can take your player through the playoffs and rack up serious individual numbers, your caliber ranking going into your freshman year will be five stars. The opposite is also true, and so there is real impetus to perform well in front of the many scouts that will be present at your games. If you end up signing your player to a big school you will have to ride the pine a lot in your first year, gradually working your way up the depth chart. The Campus Legend mode is one of my favorites, and it has only been enhanced by the addition of the high school playoff system. Another enhancement this year is the inclusion of the speedy Super Sim. This allows you to quickly advance through the Campus Legend games by only taking the field when your created player is in action.
Dynasty mode has also been revamped and enhanced. Dynasty mode is always the meat and potatoes of this series, and therefore it has been treated by the developers as such. Anyone can play a quick game against the computer or a buddy and have some mindless fun, but only the truly lonely can manage the destiny of a college program to that of a dynasty powerhouse. To help you attain such glory, EA has provided gamers with some pretty realistic, yet mind numbing tools. The recruitment system has been greatly enhanced. The prospect search engine is great because it lets you look for prospects nationwide easily. You can find blue chips by filtering through the riff-raff state by state, or by size, speed, position, or even by how fast they run the 40. The recruiting board is another nice visual tool. It allows you to target up to 35 prospects, and tailor your recruiting strategy depending on how they fit into your program. Moving prospects up and down the board gives the gamer a great overview of the process and allows them to manage their prospect pipeline easily. You'll also have to call up your prospects directly via the telephone mechanic. This tool allows you to set up visits, offer scholarships, and generally entice them to play at your school. The addition of the map tool also acts as a way to visually organize your recruitment scheme. It's a great way to see the kind of penetration you have throughout North America. These are all great tools to have at your disposal, and they do help to create a sense of realism. I think the average player will be bored by their complexity and not use them to their full potential. I'm glad it's all there, however.
Certainly there have been a lot of substantive changes and improvements to this year's game. There have also been a number of minor changes that are a bit of a gimmick, but help to define the game as an elite title. For example, the Weather Channel live feed allows you to play in the present conditions at the stadium. The inclusion of the My Shrine lobby keeps all of your accomplishments and trophies on display for all to see. EA has also created a highlight editor for avid fans to put together their favorite plays into videos and stills that can be viewed through the Shrine's television monitors. These are all neat features, but I don't think they'll get much use, especially the highlight editor. I have to believe that even gamers have better things to do with their time then edit, upload, and download highlight videos and still photos of games that have no real bearing upon anyone's lives.


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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cogswell College, one of the world's leading regionally-accredited institutions offering a unique curriculum that fuses digital arts, engineering and entrepreneurship, is holding an Open House on Saturday, July 12, 2014, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at its Sunnyvale campus.
Cogswell's unique project-based learning programs such as Game Studio, MediaWorks, Studio E and Project X put students in the middle of real-world projects, working with actual industry clients, that teach them a team-centered approach that mirrors real development teams of artists, engineers, animators, game designers, audio specialists and digital media and studio management.
The San Jose Mercury News lauded Cogswell as "… one of the pre-eminent schools in video game design and digital cinema." Cogswell student animation films have won dozens of festival awards, audio students have won the MTV/ACT award for music videos and software engineering students have worked with a top mobile carrier on a gamification project involving public safety.
The Open House will provide an opportunity to tour Cogswell's dynamic campus and learn more about its programs. Attendees will be able to visit with some of the school's outstanding students, watch award-winning computer-animated short films, talk to an admissions representative and get answers to financial aid questions.
Family and friends are welcome and encouraged to come explore the many exciting opportunities offered by Cogswell's distinct mixture of academic programs. Applications for fall term are now being accepted.
|WHAT: Cogswell College Open House
|WHEN: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 10AM to 1PM
|WHERE: Cogswell College, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
|Please RSVP so we can provide adequate attention to your visit.
|Scholarships and Financial Aid available for qualified students. To RSVP go here: http://www.cogswell.edu/prospective/rsvp-open-house.php
About Cogswell College
Located in Sunnyvale, California, in the heart of the Silicon Valley, Cogswell College is a WASC accredited four-year institution of higher education with a curriculum that fuses art, engineering and entrepreneurship (http://www.cogswell.edu/index.php). As one of the Bay Area's premier colleges, its novel academic approach offers an integrated model that emulates the industry environment—a collaborative, project-based, learning experience that uses multidisciplinary teams to take projects from concept through the delivery pipeline.
Cogswell College alumni credentials include Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, Halo 4, Gears of War 3 and blockbuster films including Frozen, Life of Pi, Madagascar, and The Avengers. Student-created films have garnered scores of national awards (http://www.cogswell.edu/student-work/worlds-apart.php). Cogswell alumni have gone on to careers with industry leaders such as: Activision, DreamWorks, Disney, Electronic Arts, Pixar and Microsoft Game Studio as well as starting their own creative ventures.
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Wendy Botto
Whatever the media my aim is always 'to create a lively, happy celebration of the subject, using shapes, lines & colours to compose the painting - akin to Matisse's ideal of 'what I dream of in art is a balance of purity & serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.'My art is a reflection of my family life often based upon places visited and my daughters discovery of the world, hence the farm and zoo animal period. Iwork as much as I can from life (or personal photographs) but allow the colours and paint to take over, retaining the freshness, spontaneity, movement and a sense of fun.Although often likened to Van Gogh (for energy & rythmn) and The Fauves (as a colourist), the application of paint is quite removed form them standing me somewhere between Van Gogh, The Fauves, Impressionists, Bonnard and Post-Impressionists! Since my return to painting in the last 7 years I have exhibited regularly in Oxfordshire, I also tutor various colour painting workshops following my particular style and limited palette.


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We receive a lot of requests from our clients about the applicability of NoSQL technologies on their enterprise systems.
If you haven't heard about NoSQL by now, we contend that you've been in hiding for the past three years. The term NoSQL itself refers to a broad class of data management that is not based on the traditional relational tables in typical RDBMS. Examples include document-based data storage such as MongoDB, key-value pair such as Riak, or column-based storage such as HBase.
While assessing usage of NoSQL, we are often presented with the CAP model which is great from the theoretical perspective, but grasping its implications on real world enterprise systems is difficult.
In this post, we'll explain some of the design factors and the associated implications of using NoSQL in the context of three data-centric enterprise applications: Portal, Reporting and Analytics. Enterprise transactional systems are not included for obvious reasons.
1. Portal: Anything but the simplest static HTML page has some sort of data access module at the back-end that formulates a query to fetch relevant records or composite views from one or more data stores. Generally, the overall fetching operations on many NoSQL technologies could be several orders faster than RDBMS as one can fetch the data from the shards in a scale-out parallel manner.
But here is where the complication arises: not all NoSQL stores are equally capable. Out of the box, some do not support range queries, some support only simple predicates with constant values, some do not support composite indices or queries that are not based on keys. Thus, while the data fetch may be blazingly fast, the complexity is pushed up to the application layer (string-based joins, anyone?).
Now, if your portal requires data update functionality, the write operation in NoSQL is generally smooth even in high volume because many of them exist largely in memory. In contrast, traditional RDBMS deals with locks, latches, re-do logs and so forth. However, bear in mind that NoSQL does not generally support atomicity, consistency and in most cases proper durability. Thus for applications that require absolute transactional integrity and serialisation, SQL databases are still the top choice.
2. Reporting: Reporting applications inherently employ more complex queries than portal. A typical read query may have multi-table joins, nested joins, filters etc. Any write or update operation may cascade to multiple tables and will have to maintain referential integrity constraints. In general, NoSQL is a poor choice to support these applications (but products like HBase or GFS supports time interval-based and condition-based queries). Further, if you need to prepare your data for reporting by running elaborate batch applications to transform data with many-to-many mappings, there is no easy alternative to trusted SQL-based loading and transformation engines.
3. Analytics: The sweet spot for many NoSQL data stores is on our third set of applications: those that heavily use analytics, especially when it comes to processing to large amount of unstructured data (aka big data). Used in conjunction with MapReduce, NoSQL can parallelise and quickly perform complex operations such as statistical aggregates, filtering, grouping and sorting. The scale-out capabilities of NoSQL databases - e.g., Cloudera and Aster Data Systems -- allow handling of large volumes of unstructured data suitable for analytics. In terms of price/performance, NoSQL quickly gains ground over traditional data warehouses and BI appliances.
So, where does that leave us? From the perspective of application requirements, would you go for SQL or for NoSQL?
Let's learn from those who have traversed this path.
Take LinkedIn for example. It started by using a RDBMS, but went on to develop a NoSQL data store instead. The primary reason: performance. According to Jay Krep's blogs, LinkedIn started with a single big database and a cluster of front-end servers, but soon they split the database for a variety of functions like serving up profiles, performing searches, group interactions, networking updates etc. Each function had different application profiles and workload.
It became apparent that LinkedIn may require NoSQL storage for supporting specific high-volume OLTP workloads. This was the genesis of the Voldemort project. Facebook similarly has a mixed architecture with Memcached and MySQL in combination for high performance OLTP (such as message posting to the Wall), and Cassandra for the inbox search mechanism, each serving a different workload and purpose.
From the application perspective, the question is therefore, not of "SQL or NoSQL". Rather we should embrace a world with SQL and NoSQL. The majority of NoSQL data stores are not general purpose, but application specific. If you are running a SQL shop with 3-tier architecture with pretty heavy business logic and even heavier stored procedures, then there is absolutely no reason to change that. But if you require very fast simple OLTP operations, if you are adding a chat capability to drive social commerce, or if you need to constantly tweak your customer attributes and constraints, then NoSQL should be considered. For your complex queries and data-driven integrity rules and for consistency and durability, RDBMS still rules.
By Edy Liongosari, Global Director of Research and Shubhashis Sengupta, Senior Researcher, Accenture Technology Labs


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Dramatic video showing a pedestrian being hit by a car in what police suspect was a deliberate act has been released in a bid to catch the culprit.
The male victim is struck with enough force he bounces into the car's windscreen before being carried along on the bonnet for several more yards, in footage released by Bedfordshire Police.
As the car stops, the 24-year-old victim is flung off into the road but manages to struggle to his feet before limping away, with passers-by running to the man's aid.
The car, thought to be a Seat Leon, was then driven off and has yet to be traced.
The incident which happened in Radnor Road in Luton at 11pm on Thursday, June 12, is being treated as attempted murder by detectives.
Police say they are "potentially linking" it to another crime, also being investigated as an attempted murder, which happened in the town two weeks beforehand when another man was shot in the back with a pellet gun.
Detective Chief Inspector Jason Gordon of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, said: "The victims in both these incidents are lucky to be alive.
"They both narrowly escaped very serious injury and it is clear the offenders on both occasions meant to cause serious harm."
In the shooting an 18-year-old man was walking with friends along Addington Way when two masked assailants struck at about 1.30am on Sunday, May 25.
In a direct appeal, Mr Gordon said people living in the area held the key to the attackers' identities and he urged them to come forward.
"We are re-appealing for the public's help again as the CCTV could potentially unlock these investigations," he said.
"There are clear links between the two incidents, even though they happened two weeks apart.
"There will be people living in the community who know who is responsible and now they are being treated as attempt murder will I hope make people realise this is serious and come forward."
Anyone with information can call police the major crime unit on 01480 422791, telephone Bedfordshire Police on 101, or text information to 07786 200011.
Alternatively people can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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Lacrosse Sticks & Stars: The lacrosse sticks represent the game that AYL teaches. The four stars symbolize the four levels of our S.T.A.R. Volunteer program, as well as the four values we uphold in our mission: fun, fundamentals, sportsmanship, and honoring the game.
Coyotes & Honor : The Coyotes are our select teams. We provide our players with the opportunity to compete at the next level in lacrosse tournaments held throughout the country during the summer and fall. The "H" represents HONOR – lacrosse players always honor the game and do the right thing not only on the field and but also off the field.
The Compass: The compass represents the guidance we provide our players, and the ability for them to guide themselves along the right paths to success.
The Key: Keys are common symbols of knowledge and opportunity. They can open and close doors, leading to new goals and challenges. With the knowledge provided at AYL, our players will be able to open many doors on and off the field.


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Michigan Pets needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 72 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
As our site is unique to the state of Michigan, we also want a logo that is unique!
Michigan Pets
Again, this is a Michigan (USA) based pet website. We would like something incorporating the words Michigan Pets and/or MP, along with a few pets., i.e., cat, dog, snake, fish... We do not want "photos" of pets., more of an original drawing... maybe even "cartoonish" looking.
A few of our ideas were to have a kitty batting at the dot in one of the "i's" in the word Michigan or even a red eyed tree frog reaching for it with his tongue! We even thought of a dog pulling off his mitten (Michigan, you know) You decide!
Bright, bold, unique! That is us!
Our logo will eventually be adapted to T-shirts, business cards and such, please keep this in mind when designing the logo.
We do not want the words... http://www.michiganpets.net incorporated into the logo. Only Michigan Pets and/or MP.
- must be vector
- must be rectangular in shape
- must include Michigan Pets and/or MP
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The BBC (British Broadcasting Company) is holding an unspecified press event on Wednesday March 2nd at 6pm GMT, which coincides exactly to the Apple iPad 2 launch event.
Now this could be pure coincidence, but throw into the mix that the BBC event will be hosted by none other than self confessed Apple fan Stephen Fry and this sets alarm bells ringing. Mr Fry was one of the first people to get their hands on the original iPad last year so it all starts to make sense, well a little anyway!
Another point to note, prior to the launch of the BBC's iPlayer app for iPad earlier this month, an engineer working on the project for the BBC tweeted that the BBC app "Will take advantage of the higher-res screen that the iPad 2 has got." "HD content will look good."
Now we have since heard rumor after rumor that the iPad 2 will have the same display as the current version, but this may throw a spanner into the works. Will there be a live link between the two events? Are they connected? Is this just a coincidence? On Wednesday we will find out for sure!


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May 7, 2006
BOCA RATOM, Fla. _ The Lipscomb Bisons baseball team split a doubleheader with Florida Atlantic Saturday afternoon in Atlantic Sun competition at FAU Stadium.
The Bisons pounded out 10 hits, including a home run by Ryan Mitchell, to take an 11-6 win in game one. FAU closed out the three-game series with a 7-4 win in game two.
Matt Schnelly and Charles Williams teamed on the mound for the Bisons. Schnelly started the game, pitching six innings. He allowed 12 hits and six runs, five earned, while walking one and striking out eight. Williams came on in relief, shutting down FAU for three innings. He gave up two hits, walked one and struck out five.
Schnelly raised his record to 4-5 with the win. Williams picked up his fourth save.
The Bisons started the scoring in game on in the third inning. Whit Reed doubled to right center to lead off. Ryan Price grounded out to the pitcher, moving Reed to third. Patrick O'Rourke grounded out to the shortstop. Allen Bolden reached by on catcher's interference. Tadd Brewer then singled through the right side scoring Reed. Mitchell singled up the middle, and went to second on an error by the second baseman. Brewer and Bolden both scored on the play. Nathan Sensing then singled up the middle scoring Mitchell.
In the fifth inning O'Rourke started things off when he went to first on an error by the shortstop. With two outs Mitchell singled through the left side of the field, scoring O'Rourke. Mitchell scored the second run of the inning on a wild pitch.
The Bisons put five runs on the board in the seventh inning. With one out Mitchell slugged a solo home run to right field, his sixth of the season. Sensing walked. Jeff Baumgartner, pinch-hitting for Justin Sanders, walked. Preston Embrey entered the game to pinch run for Baumgartner. Embrey and Sensing then completed a double steal.
Zac Miller was intentionally walked. Reed singled down the right field line, scoring Embrey and Sensing. Price walked. O'Rourke hit a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Miller. Bolden singled through the right side scoring Reed.
Reed recorded his 10th double of the season. Mitchell had three hits and three RBI in five trips to the plate. Sensing and Reed each had two hits.
FAU scored one run in the third, one in the fourth, two in the fifth and two in the sixth.
In game two the Bisons rallied in the sixth and ninth innings, but couldn't take the lead.
In the sixth Brewer led off with double to right center, his 11th of the year. Mitchell grounded out to second moving Brewer to third. Sensing hit a sacrifice fly to center scoring Brewer.
In the ninth inning Sensing opened by reaching first base on an error by the third baseman. Caleb Joseph was safe on a fielder's choice. Sensing moved to second on a throwing error by the pitcher and then moved to third.
With one out Reed reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Sensing. With two outs David Becker singled to third base scoring Reed. O'Rourke, who had reached base on a single to right field, scored on a passed ball.
The Bisons had nine hits with Embrey getting two hits.
Josh Smith started on the mound for the Bisons. He pitched seven innings, giving up 10 hits and six runs, three earned. He walked two and struck out three. Smith slipped to 3-6 with the loss.
Ryan Carroll pitched one inning for the Bisons, scattering three hits and giving up one earned run.
The Bisons are 19-27 overall, 10-14 in the A-Sun. FAU is 24-23, 10-14 in the conference.


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I am a proud father of identical twin girls. They are eight years old and they have truly made my life complete.
Since my profession takes me on the road a lot, I base my entire time at home around them. I try to do as many things as I possibly can with them. When they are at school, I pick them up after school, and we play outside until I am either too tired or it is time to go inside and do homework.
Oh, the homework.
I'm a college graduate, and yet even I have a hard time doing today's second grade homework. Perhaps it's because I've taken too many chair shots to the head. Seriously, though, they are teaching kids a new way to do math. How is that even possible?
To make matters worse, I also have to deal with their mom's pure enjoyment watching me squirm as I attempt to help with said homework.
The other day, however, my daughter asked me a question that is the inspiration for this week's column. And it wasn't a math equation either.
That question was "Daddy, can I get my ears pierced?"
It rattled me.
It wasn't the actual question or even the thought of one of my babies getting her ears pierced, but rather the fact that my babies are growing up.
To be completely honest, I never wanted to have kids. I was married to Extreme Championship Wrestling and had many professional wrestlers that acted like children to take care of.
When my twin daughters were born, there were complications. In the hospital room, when I knew there was a problem, I said a quick prayer and asked God if he was going to take their lives to please take mine instead.
At that point, I didn't even know them or hadn't yet met them, but I already was filled with unconditional love for them.
My one daughter was brought back to life by doctors. Following the difficult birth, both needed blood transfusions. Both girls were in intensive care unit for more than two weeks. Once they overcame the initial problems, doctors said that our daughter who was revived may have suffered brain damage or be prone to having seizures for the rest of her life. Thankfully, neither of our beauties suffered any side effects and they are perfect.
In a nutshell, I was thrust into the worrying of parenthood and protecting my children right from the moment they were born.
The next step was the financial responsibility of having to feed and diaper our little girls. We were spending $800 a month on formula and diapers, which made me crazy because I was quite literally crapping my money away.
As a first-time parent, you are given more advice than you actually need or want. I will tell any first-time parents to be prepared to be tired and not sleep properly for about four years. Beyond that, you will do fine. The greatest advice given to me was to take a lot of pictures and video because they grow up fast.
My wife and I aren't the only famous people in our home. The girls, being twins, found their own fame. They were featured in a Mother's Day advertisement for a national Target ad. They also had roles in the final two seasons of the TV show The Sopranos. They got both jobs from answering an email contest that asked those interested to submit pictures and they won. They had auditions and agents even before they could talk. They got a lot of jobs because they were good kids and content with each other and didn't fuss on set.
Life as a child actor isn't what it is cracked up to be. It involves very long hours on set and we decided it wasn't for us. So my girls were washed-up celebs at two and a half.
As they got older, it became harder and harder for me to leave to go wrestle. It would break my heart walking out the door every week seeing them cry. The worst was when they would say 'Daddy don't go,' every time I left.
The first inkling I got that they were growing up was when they were asked if they wanted to speak to daddy on the phone and they said 'nah.' Scooby-Doo held precedence over me. The second time was when I asked them if they wanted to watch Scooby-Doo and they said no, opting instead for Hannah Montana. (In your face, Scooby.) They went from watching cartoons to older shows in the blink of an eye.
The third came with the pierced ears query, quite simply because it was their decision.
As a parent, we can influence our kids to like the sports teams we like or our favourite type of music. In that way, they are our tiny clones. I mean, they have to like what we like, right? Wrong.
I realize they won't want me to hold their hand or read to them at night forever, but I will hang on to that as long as I can. The only thing I regret is when I can't pick them up sometimes because my back is hurting from years of wrestling, but hugs go a long way.
If they insist on getting their ears pierced, I will cave in. I will support them in anything they want. I always tell them no matter how bad they think it is, I will never get mad at them as long as they tell me the truth. It has worked so far.
I write this because, even though I was and continue to be away a lot, I think about the average person, with a normal, 9 to 5, job. They are working and probably get to see their kids the same amount of time as I did. Let your kids know how much you love them and how proud you are of them. My dad supported my dreams and I think I turned out all right.
To this day, my mom still tells me how much she loves me after every phone conversation. I remember being embarrassed or annoyed by this when I was growing up, especially if my friends were around. I would give anything to hear from my late dad just one more time.
I know this is supposed to be a column about wrestling, but it is a column about life from a wrestler's perspective. And my daughters are my life.
In fact, when the time comes, I will so be showing my most violent matches to anyone who wants to date my daughters and finds themselves in our home. But I won't have to write that column for another decade or so.
I'd like share one final thought. I recommend writing things down, be they memories or feelings. I have had to stop several times while writing this because I've been crying. I am supposed to be this big, tough, hardcore wrestler. There is no crying in wrestling, right?
Actually there is, especially if you are a fan of mine, you know this to be true. I was happy my girls were with me on air for my last WWE/ECW match. I will be forever remembered as the heart and soul of ECW, but my greatest creation was them.
I just realized that with the power of writing, I have captured and contained my girls as eight year olds forever with this column. I suggest you do the same in your own way.
Thanks for reading.
Tommy Dreamer is a legendary and influential pro wrestler and a father and husband who has worked for World Wrestling Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action. His column appears in the Kingston Whig-Standard and on SLAM! Wrestling. Follow him on Twitter @THETOMMYDREAMER and check out his website at thetommydreamer.com. He can be booked for live appearances through his website.


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Thursday, January 09, 2014
Donna Halper, Rush, and Radio...
No one will ever doubt Donna Halper's love of radio!
Margaret Larkin (aka "Radiogirl"!) has a Chicago-based blog where she has insightful interviews with radio folks. She recently interviewed Boston's own Donna Halper. Donna is a PHD, a radio historian, former programmer, DJ, consultant.
Donna has a lot of love for radio, a lot of opinions, and in this interview shares same! She also opens up a bit about her own life. Give a listen!
(And be sure to check out Radiogirl Margaret Larkin's interview archives as well!)
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I didn't have time to grab anything before heading toward the door, so I walked away after this and got the closest one, the Wife's P-22 and added 5 rounds to the half loaded mag and placed it un-chambered on safe in my pocket. I walked back to the door and turned the porch light on and watched the guy walking around for a minute. I came back to the computer for a few minutes and decided to go check out the perimeter, and as I did so, I thought of, "okay I know I'm good to carry on my property, but how about the sidewalk?". Anyway, I step out the door and there is a guy in a van on a cellphone he sits there, mumbles something on the phone starts it up and drives away.
I walk around my corner lot, just making sure there was nothing messed with, but I tried to stay off the Sidewalk just in case....
I guess my biggest question about the concealing of a firearm on or around one's property is, where exactly does that end? At the sidewalk, or the street? We have our yard, then a sidewalk, followed by a strip of grass next to the street. I've heard many times that the sidewalk is the city's property and responsibility(unless it needs replaced, or the snow removed. ) So to me I would think that's where it ends.
I'm still playing it safe and checking the window every few minutes and still have the gun ready to go.
I have my C9 loaded with Hollow points, I just don't want to wake the wife over something unless it's big, as it's in the dresser by my side of the bed.(no kids.)
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text: A photography show of 150 works from contemporary, 19th- and 20th-century female (and a few scattered male) photographers opened Thursday at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. Titled "Female Trouble: The Camera as Mirror and Stage of Female Presentation," the show features photographers whose work shed light on or questioned the image of women in their time. Photographers include Diane Arbus, Monica Bonvicini, Sophie Calle, Julia Margaret Cameron, Comtesse de Castiglione, Nan Goldin, Hannah Höch, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tracey Moffat, ringl + pit, Pipilotti Rist, Cindy Sherman, Katharina Sieverding, among others. The show runs to Oct. 26.


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WAYNESBORO — Are you filled with vital information? Can you rattle off answers to pop culture questions in your sleep? Are you competitive?
Then head to Green Grove Gardens on Thursday, Oct. 18, to compete in the first "Battle of the Minds," fundraiser to benefit the Rotary Club of Waynesboro and the Easter Seals. The Rotary Club is sponsoring the event that is sure to be a "fun evening," according to event chairman Dr. Bob Zimmerman with the Rotary Club. A sit-down dinner will be held before the Trivial Pursuit-like competition with multiple-choice questions begins.
"Each team will have 10 seconds to answer a question, and the faster they answer, the more points they will get," said Jackie Mowen, development specialist for Easter Seals of Central Pennsylvania.
Teams of eight will be pitted against each other to win $800, a trophy and bragging rights of the smartest and fastest thinkers in the county. Half of the proceeds will benefit Easter Seals, and the other half will benefit Rotary Club endeavors, including numerous community-oriented projects.
Tickets cost $75 per person, and include a cocktail hour that begins at 5:30 p.m., dinner and a live and silent auction with at least 200 items up for bid, as well as the game. Zimmerman said 22 teams of eight have already signed up, and there is room for 250 people. Numerous local businesses have sponsored tables for the event, and the main sponsor is D.L. George and Sons.
For the community
Mowen said she is excited for the fun evening that will help many community endeavors.
"Easter Seals provides therapy services to children and adults with disabilities such as cerebral palsy and developmental disorders, as well as children within the autism spectrum," she said. "More than 85 percent of the children we serve are either underinsured or uninsured. It is through community support and fundraisers such as 'Battle of the Minds' that help to provide us with the necessary funding to bring these much needed services to our local communities."
Mowen added the two organizations are intertwined because Easter Seals founder Edgar F. Allen was a Rotarian. Rotary founder Paul P. Harris was the charity's first chairman, and one of the Rotary Foundation's first grants in 1930 went to Easter Seals' precursor, the Society for Crippled Children.
The Rotary Club of Waynesboro is involved in numerous local and global initiatives, including the Waynesboro High School Future Business Leaders of America, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Adopt-A-Highway program, eradicating polio across the globe and funding and upkeep of Waynesboro's Rotary Park.
Zimmerman said the event is designed after a similar event held each year by the State College Rotary Club.
"We actually want to change the charity we couple with for the event each year," Zimmerman explained. "The board will recommend two or three charities each year for the club to vote on so we can benefit different organizations each year."
For ticket information or additional sponsorship opportunities, call Dawn Biesecker at 765-8515, Extension 104.


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Ron Artest To Donate 'Dancing With The Stars' Earnings To Cancer Research
Concerns over his poor dance moves and mobility quickly evaporated for Ron Artest as soon as he talked with his 8-year-old daughter Diamond. She's the only one who the Lakers forward said could convince him to appear on "Dancing With the Stars." "She said, 'Daddy, you can do it,' " Artest recalled Monday in a phone interview. "It's going to be fun." It wasn't just a case of Artest being unable to say no to his daughter. At age 4 in 2007, Diamond was diagnosed with wilms tumor, Artest said, a kidney cancer that affects children. So in honor of his daughter successfully fighting the illness, Artest said he plans to donate the money he earns on "Dancing with the Stars" to the Cancer Research Foundation. That will include the $125,000 Artest said he's making for appearing on the show beginning Sept. 19 and any additional money he earns should he advance in each round. "That's the only reason I'm doing it," Artest said. "I'm doing it for a cause." Artest's decision to join the show deviates from comments he made last season and this off-season. In March, Artest said he'd want to lose in the first round because "I don't want to put my hips in a situation where I'm looking like Rick Fox." Only a month ago after a stand-up comedy appearance, Artest said, "I play defense. I don't know if I dance." And late Sunday evening his publicist, Courtney Barnes, appeared amused in a series of text messages when asked whether Artest would join the show. Said Barnes: "He can't dance." That's why Artest said he and his unnamed partner have begun taking lessons and he plans to consult boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who lasted four rounds in 2007 during the show's fifth season. "I'm doing the Cha-cha-cha my first week," Artest said. "We're going to get past [the first round]. I want to work hard and see where it takes me. I don't know how far I'm going to go, but I'm going to try." via (lakersblog)
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February 28, 2014
Just in time for International Women's day, Accenture has released the results of a study into factors affecting success in the workplace. Grouping their findings under the heading of "Career Capital", the report lays out what factors some 4,100 professionals in 32 countries identified as being most important to their careers, and made some interesting predictions about the future of the workplace—with some of the most interesting findings related to the ability of women to ascend the corporate ladder in the coming years.
For those of us who are concerned with the overall state of the employment market and the workplace, some of the most important takeaways from the research are about where today's professionals believe we could be headed in the coming years. Here are just a few of those findings:
Flexibility and multi-tasking on the rise?
Almost half of the respondents (49%) believe that multi-tasking will be one of the more common workplace changes by 2020, while 46% of respondents expect flexible working hours to have become more normal too.
Multi-tasking, multi-lingual team players are the future…
Unsurprisingly, those same respondents also believe multi-tasking will be the most marketable skill by 2020, (57% of respondents selected it), followed by speaking more than one language (54%) and being a team player (54%). Whether such people actually exist, however, remains open to question.
...as is equality.
One truly encouraging sign in the research is that professionals the world over fully expect the glass ceiling to have begun shattering by the end of the decade: fully 70% of respondents (both male and female) predicted that the number of women CEOs will increase by 2020, while 71% think women will also have greater representation on corporate boards.
Employees: overeducated, underpaid, unloved
Less surprising, but equally illuminating, are some of the findings related to the state of the labor market today. For example: 51% of respondents agreed with a statement that they have more education than necessary to do their job, with almost three-quarters (72%) indicating that "experience is more important than education in their current job." In an era where more job seekers are college graduates than ever before, and where promotion opportunities have been depressed by the sluggish economy, that doesn't come as a huge surprise.
Equally, the revelation that 52% of respondents are unhappy with their jobs is not much of a shock—or that being underpaid (37%) is the top reason for the unhappiness.
What is interesting, however, is that, of the 57% who asked for pay raises, 77% received them, with 15% getting more than they asked for. Perhaps that's the biggest takeaway of all: the key to getting appears to be in the asking. For more results from the survey, click here, and/or scroll down for an inforgraphic.
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Connecticut at St. John's
Norm's Storm looks to bounce back from a drubbing at the hands number 1 Pitt, but they'll have their work cut out for them against the number 4 Huskies. Still, the Connecticut-St. John's rivalry will be alive and kicking Thursday night at the Garden.
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Portland at Nets
The meadowlands will be the scene of perhaps the most anticipated return of the year: Channing Frye's return to the tri-state area, of course. In all seriousness, Devin Harris vs Brandon Roy should make for a good night.
Saturday January 17
7:30pm MSG
Philadelphia at Knicks
This is a double revenge game. Last year, the Knicks came to Philly and were destroyed. But also, Giants fans will be looking for a measure of revenge against the city of brotherly hate. They probably won't get it from the Knicks, though.
Sunday January 18
Eagles at Cardinals
Still hurting, Giants fans? Well grab a spot on the couch next to Jets fans, and learn of the joy that comes from rooting against your rival. Seriously though, has there ever been a less-likely NFC title game than this one: The once dead Eagles vs the once Powder-puff Cards. And to think we though the fiesta bowl would be the biggest football game played in Arizona this year.
Monday January 19
8pm MSG
Long Island at St Francis
The Battle of Downtown Brooklyn! At 4-1, The Blackbirds are starting to generate some buzz. St. Francis will have their hands full trying to stop LIU's tandem of Kyle Johnson and Jaytornah Wisseh.
Tuesday January 20
We hear something's happening down in Washington today. We're not too sure what, something about change or something. Perhaps we'll get our college football playoff?!
Wednesday January 21
7:15pm ECCSports.tv
Queens at NYIT
The Knights may be struggling, but they'll get a chance for a big win when they travel to Old Westbury to take on the NYIT Bears. NYIT, led by ECC player of the week Bryant Lassiter, is strong, but very, very streaky.
Phoenix at Knicks
Mike D'antoni's new team doesn't run nearly as well as his old team. However, D'Antoni's old team looks slow and tired without him. Look for Steve Nash to push the pace. One thing is certain, with the speed that this game will move at, fans should bring oxygen masks.


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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The United States crushed Sweden 6-1 on Monday to reach the gold medal game of the women's ice hockey competition at the Sochi Olympics.
The 2010 silver medalists got off to a quick start, scoring three goals in the first 12 minutes, and went on to outshoot an overmatched Swedish team 70-9.
Sweden, the only team other than Canada and the United States to reach a gold medal game since women's ice hockey joined the Olympic program in 1998, got on the board in the third period but by then it was too late.
The United States will play the winner of Monday's other semi-final between three-time defending gold medalists Canada and Switzerland.
Editing by Peter Rutherford