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A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
ISBN: 978-1-444-36077-6 August 2012 Wiley-Blackwell 1504 Pages
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- Features up-to-date surveys and the latest information from major new excavations such as Qatna (Syria), Göbekli Tepe (Turkey)
- Includes a diverse range of perspectives by senior, mid-career and junior scholars in Europe, USA, Britain, Australia, and the Middle East for a truly international group
- Includes major reviews of the origins of agriculture, animal domestication, and archaeological landscapes
- Includes chapters dealing with periods after the coming of Alexander the Great, including studies of the Seleucid, Arsacid, Sasanian, Roman and Byzantine empires in the Near East, as well as early Christianity in both the Levant and Mesopotamia
- Fills a gap in literature of the Ancient Near East, dealing with topics often overlooked, including ethical and legal issues in antiquities markets and international scholarship
Table of contents
List of Illustrations x
List of Tables xvii
Notes on Contributors xviii
Preface xxviii
Maps xxxii
I The Framework 1
1 Introduction to Geography, Climate, Topography, and Hydrology 3
T.J. Wilkinson
2 Antiquarianism, Copying, Collecting 27
Mark B. Garrison
3 Early Excavations (pre-1914) 48
Nicole Chevalier
4 The Foundations of Antiquities Departments 70
Peter Magee
5 The Political Dimension of Archaeological Practices 87
Reinhard Bernbeck
6 The Antiquities Trade and the Destruction of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures 106
Oscar White Muscarella
II Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Hunters and Gatherers 125
7 The Levant 127
Alan H. Simmons
8 Anatolia 144
Klaus Schmidt
III Developments in Farming, Animal Husbandry, and Technology 161
9 The Beginnings of Cereal Cultivation and Domestication in Southwest Asia 163
George Willcox
10 Fruit-Growing 181
Margareta Tengberg
11 Animals in the Ancient World 201
Benjamin S. Arbuckle
12 Fish and Fishing 220
D.T. Potts
13 Lithic Industries During the Holocene Period 236
Steven A. Rosen
14 Irrigation 261
Ariel M. Bagg
15 Ceramic Production 279
Cameron A. Petrie
16 Metallurgy 295
Lloyd Weeks
17 Glass 317
Wendy Reade
18 Textiles 336
Irene Good
19 Watercraft 347
R.A. Carter
IV Varieties of Early Village and Town Life 373
20 The Northern Levant 375
Karin Bartl
21 The Southern Levant 396
E.B. Banning
22 Northern Mesopotamia 415
Stuart Campbell
23 The Late Epipaleolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic of the Anatolian Plateau, 13,000–4000 BC 431
Douglas Baird
24 Southern Mesopotamia 466
Joan Oates
25 The Arabian Peninsula 485
Philipp Drechsler
26 The Iranian Plateau 501
Barbara Helwing
27 Southwestern Iran 512
Abbas Moghaddam
V Bronze Age Cities of the Plains and the Highlands 531
28 Southern Mesopotamia 533
Jason Ur
29 Northern Mesopotamia 556
Timothy Matney
30 The Anatolian Plateau 575
Christoph Bachhuber
31 Iran 596
Christopher P. Thornton
32 The Northern Levant 607
Hermann Genz
33 The Southern Levant 629
Timothy P. Harrison
List of Illustrations x
List of Tables xii
Maps xiii
VI The Archaeology of Empire 647
34 The Akkadian Period: Empire, Environment, and Imagination 649
Augusta McMahon
35 The Caucasus and the Near East 668
Adam T. Smith
36 Central Asia, the Steppe, and the Near East, 2500–1500 BC 687
Michael D. Frachetti and Lynne M. Rouse
37 The Ur III, Old Babylonian, and Kassite Empires 706
Marlies Heinz
38 The Hittite Empire 722
Trevor Bryce
39 Elam: Iran's First Empire 740
Javier Álvarez-Mon
40 India's Relations with Western Empires, 2300–600 BC 758
Gregory L. Possehl
41 Levantine Kingdoms of the Late Bronze Age 770
Peter Pfälzner
42 Neo-Hittite and Phrygian Kingdoms of North Syria and Anatolia 797
Ann C. Gunter
43 North Arabian Kingdoms 816
Arnulf Hausleiter
44 Egypt and the Near East 833
Thomas Hikade
45 The Assyrian Heartland 851
Friedhelm Pedde
46 The Assyrians Abroad 867
Bradley J. Parker
47 The Urartian Empire 877
Alina Ayvazian
48 Iron Age Western Anatolia: The Lydian Empire and Dynastic Lycia 896
Christopher H. Roosevelt
49 The Neo-Babylonian Empire 914
Heather D. Baker
50 The Achaemenid Heartland: An Archaeological-Historical Perspective 931
Wouter F.M. Henkelman
51 The Achaemenid Provinces in Archaeological Perspective 963
Lori Khatchadourian
52 The Seleucid Kingdom 984
Lise Hannestad
53 The Arsacid (Parthian) Empire 1001
Stefan R. Hauser
54 Roman Rule in the Near East 1021
Bettina Fischer-Genz
55 The Red Sea and Indian Ocean in the Age of the Great Empires 1041
Steven E. Sidebotham
56 Byzantium in Asia Minor and the Levant 1060
Basema Hamarneh
57 The Sasanian Empire: An Archaeological Survey, c.220–AD 640 1076
Ali Mousavi and Touraj Daryaee
58 Christianity in the Late Antique Near East 1095
Cornelia Horn and Erica C.D. Hunter
Abbreviations 1113
References 1117
Index 1380
"To that end, the companion may be regarded as a successful contribution for students of Near Eastern archaeology, offering a copious amount of good quality material in two volumes that presents current state of knowledge about Near Eastern cultures from early prehistory to late antiquity." (Ancient West & East, 1 November 2015)


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After providing the Crimson with a win, a save and 17 strikeouts and propelling it to the Ivy League crown, Rachel Brown has been selected as the COOP Athlete of the Week for May 9, 2011.
In Game 1 of the Ivy League Softball Championship Series Brown tallied 12 strikeouts while only allowing three hits in complete game, 5-0, shutout of the Big Red. Brown tallied five of her strikeouts in the first two innings, taking down the side in the top of the second. Pitching in a relief role in Game 2 on Sunday, Brown faced 10 batters and struck out five, including three in the top of the sixth. The save gave the Crimson the its first Ivy League title since 2007 and the automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.
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A moist pan stuffing that mirrors the herbaceous flavor of the turkey and gravy.
- Yield
- Makes 10 servings
- 5 cups 1/2-inch cubes crustless firm white bread (about 7 ounces)
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 4 cups chopped onions
- 2 cups chopped celery
- 4 cups small cubes peeled Granny Smith apples
- 2 1/3 cups small cubes Black Forest ham
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh marjoram
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1/4 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 2 large eggs
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake bread cubes on large rimmed baking sheet until dry and beginning to brown, about 12 minutes. Place bread in large bowl and cool.
- Melt 4 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add onions and celery; sauté until tender and beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Add apples; sauté until tender and beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Add mixture to bread. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in same skillet. Add ham; sauté 5 minutes. Add ham to bread; mix in herbs and nutmeg. Add broth to same skillet and bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Pour broth into small bowl; cool. (Stuffing and broth can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover separately; chill.)
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Beat eggs into broth; mix into stuffing. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Bake uncovered until cooked through and browned on top, about 35 minutes.
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- Carbohydrates26 g(9%)
- Fat13 g(20%)
- Protein14 g(28%)
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copyright, Mario Testino
I guess I'll stick with Gisele for another moment and guess how Mario lit this seemingly sun-soaked image for the Pirelli calendar with 3 lights. I'll even throw in my thoughts on how he lit maid arranging the flowers.
Camera: Pentax 67 ii with 100mm lens and Kodak Portra 400vc film, on a tripod 8 feet back. Shot at 1/30, f5.6, ISO 400.
Lighting: The room is obviously getting a decent amount of sunlight from the large, open window in the back left (subsequently, that's the only light illuminating our diligent maid), but that's not what's making Gisele pop so strongly from the dark background. The key light is a small, white umbrella at f5.6 four feet to camera left, waist-high to Gisele. Mario covered the bulb with a Rosco pale yellow gel to add a sunny, Rio de Janeiro glow, indoors. A normal reflector with grid at f11 is positioned behind and to camera left of the model, adding a nice glow to her hair and highlights on her outside torso and leg. Another normal reflector with grid at f11 sits behind, low and to camera right of Gisele, creating the highlight on her left leg.
Comments: This shot was originally scheduled outside on a vintage, wooden, Chris-Craft triple-cockpit speedboat. Unfortunately, Mario came down with the whooping cough and was laid up for a couple days. This is his hotel room where he rolled out of bed for the shot. Gisele isn't intentionally covering her breast, but wiping off the remnants of a Mario sneeze.


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City of Lincoln
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2004 Media Releases
Nominations Due February 20
Mayor Coleen J. Seng today announced that judges have been selected for the 2004 Mayor's Arts Awards. The 26th annual awards will be presented by the Lincoln Arts Council (LAC) the evening of Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
All seven judges are former recipients of the Mayor's Arts Award. They are:
The Mayor's Arts Awards program formally recognizes artistic contributions and achievements in the Lincoln area. In January, Mayor Seng announced that she has selected the Tour de Lincoln public art project for this year's Mayor's Choice Award. Those wishing to nominate a project, organization or person may request a nomination form by calling the LAC at 434-2787 or print a form from the LAC web site: www.artscene.org. The nomination deadline is February 20, 2004.
Nominations are being accepted for the following awards:
The public is also encouraged to submit names of members of the Lincoln arts community who died during the past year for memorial recognition at the event.


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Source: Inspector Tied To Collapsed Philadelphia Building Kills Self
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The inspector of a downtown building that collapsed last week has killed himself, city officials said Thursday.
Ronald Wagenhoffer, 52, who worked with the Department of Licenses and Inspections, was found shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday, Everett Gillison, deputy mayor for public safety for the city of Philadelphia, told reporters.
Although the probe into the collapse, which killed six people, is now a criminal investigation, Wagenhoffer was not a target, Gillison said.
"This man did nothing wrong," he said. "The department did what it was supposed to do under the code at the time."
Wagenhoffer was found inside a pickup truck in a wooded area along Shawmont Avenue in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.
According to sources with knowledge of the investigation, Wagenhoffer's wife, Michelle, alerted police after he sent her a text message.
He also is survived by a son.
Wagenhoffer, who spent 16 years with the Department of Licenses and Inspections, last inspected the site of fatal building collapse on May 14 after the department received citizen complaints. He inspected the site alone, Gillison said.
Carlton Williams, commissioner for licenses and inspections, described Wagenhoffer as "dedicated" and a man who "loved his job."
"He worked extremely hard before the tragedy and after the tragedy," Williams said. "We were all shocked. He was an outstanding employee."
City officials say there were no obvious signs Wagenhoffer was distraught, adding that he worked Wednesday, leaving shortly after 3 p.m.
Authorities charged crane operator Sean Benschop, 42, with involuntary manslaughter and other related charges after a four-story wall of the vacant building collapsed onto an adjacent Salvation Army thrift store on June 5, killing six people and injuring 13.
Police have said toxicology results showed he was under the influence of a controlled substance.
Benschop, maintains his innocence. Over the weekend, his attorney, Daine Grey, said his client was "being made the scapegoat in this situation."
A grand jury will investigate the collapse to determine if anyone else should be charged, prosecutors have said.
Six complaints naming the building owner, his demolition contractor and subcontractor, and the equipment operator have been filed.
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1. Clip Clop, Clip Clop. "Who's that clip clopping over my bridge?" – from the children's book Three Billy Goat's Gruff. (This is the troll under the bridge speaking.)
2. "Fly, you fools!" – (Gandalf going down with the Balrog — whom he defeats — at the broken pass). -Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
3. "We've passed the bridge now stand and watch it burn. Beyond the point of no return." – Duet (Christine and the Phantom) – The Phantom of the Opera
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This years AGM for the International Kiteboarding Class Association will be held during the Paris Boat Show, on the 5th of December at 10:00 hours. The room number and travel / accomodation arrangements will be announced later.
All national members are kindly asked to attend this meeting. Also, new national members or aspirants are invited to attend the meeting. Membership formalities can be completed on site, and we are happy to support you with the setup of further national kite associations, and to answer any of your questions.
Requests for amendmend of the Agenda may be emailed to the IKA secretary.
1. Previous Minutes
2. Chairman's / Executive Secretary's Report
2 a) Rules Committee Report
2 b) Judging Committee Report
2 c) Olympic Commission Report
2 d) Industry Forum Report
3. Financial Statement
4. Elections
Katja Roose retired and one seat is vacant. Please make nominations according to constitution
Christian Conrad retired and the seat of the chairman is vacant. Please make nominations according to constitution
5. Any other matters including those concerning Class Rules
5. a) Snowkiting / Landkiting
5. b) Training Subcommittee
5. c) Class Rules (dimensions, foils, other limitations)
5. d) New / Changed national class associations incl. future approval by national institutions
5. e) Website - transparency and changes
5. f) Constitution - non voting memberships
5. g) Youth Championships - Age categories and Venues
5. h) 2010 continentals and worlds
5. i) Human Ressources Requirements and Certification
5 j) Point System / Rankings and World Champions in Freestyle
5. k) New competition formats / Federations Cup
5. l) Advisory Board Setup
5. m) Any other business
Please attend this meeting as there is a quorum of 35% of the full members including the executive committee. You also have the possibility to give a proxy vote to a person of your trust, the chairman, executive secretary or any other member of the board. To do so, please complete the form below:
For a proxy vote to be valid, the form of proxy must be handed to the Chairman , or Secretary , prior to the meeting in question.
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entitled to vote at General Meetings of such Association,
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or failing him___________________________________ (name of second person)
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- FOX is giving a second life to "Ben and Kate" as the short-lived series will return Saturday, April 27 in the midnight/11:00c slot.
We're told however the five-week run will be culled from repeats of the 13 episodes aired to date, not the three originals yet to be broadcast ("Gone Fishin'," "Father-Daughter Dance" and "Ethics 101"). It's still not clear when - or if - we'll see those installments.
Saturdays at midnight/11:00c are currently home to repeats of "30 Seconds to Fame." Following the aforementioned "Ben and Kate" stunt, look for encores of summer entry "The Goodwin Games" (which premieres Monday, May 20 at 8:30/7:30c) to fill the half-hour until FOX's "Animation Domination High-Def" lineup takes over on July 27.


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WALTHAM, Mass.- The 22nd-ranked Brandeis Women's Soccer team played to a 0-0 draw against UAA rival Case Western Reserve Spartans making this the seventh time a Brandies team has reached double-digit shutouts in a season. Despite 29 total shots from the Judges including eight shots from sophomore transfer forward Dara Spital (Miami, Fla./ Gulliver Prep), they could not find the net. Brandeis moves to 10-1-1 (1-0-1 UAA) on the season while the Spartans go to 7-2-3 (1-0-1 UAA) .
The first half was a close affair where neither team could gain an advantage. The Judges barely outshot Case, 8-7, but did manage to earn six corners to none for the Spartans. Still, there were no real scoring chances in the period with the Brandeis managing just one shot on goal and the Spartans mustering two. Senior goalie Francine Kofinas (Dix Hills, N.Y./ Half Hollow Hills West) kept another clean sheet by making both saves and the teams headed into halftime all tied up.
The second half was a much more lopsided contest with the Judges dominating nearly the entire period. They outshot Case, 14-2, while having eight shots go on goal to just two for the Spartans. There were a couple excellent scoring opportunities but bother keepers rose to the occasion. In the 58th minute, Brandeis' sophomore netminder Michelle Savuto (Ridgewood, N.J./ Ridgewood) faced an excellent curling shot that was headed towards the left upper ninety but an acrobatic move nudged that ball over the net. Just over a minute later, Spital had her best chance of the afternoon with a terrific shot that Case's rookie goalkeeper Megan Romelfanger (Fort Wayne, Ind./ Homestead) tipped up off the crossbar and back into her arms. Finally, in the 71st minute, rookie midfielder Holly Szafran (Newton, Mass./ Newton North) took a shot from right around the 18 that Romelfanger again managed to tip just over the goal and rob Brandeis of a lead.
The two overtime periods did not produce much with each squad taking seven shots and earning one corner apiece. In the end it was an excellent performance by all three goalies. Romelfanger finished the afternoon with nine saves while Kofinas had two and Savuto had four as the rivals played to a scoreless draw.
The Judges continue their season on Friday October 12th with a 4:00 p.m. UAA matchup at Chicago. The Spartans travel to Emory for another UAA contest on Friday October 12th at 5:00 p.m.


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Brian Ruckley's "Godless World" series is one of the new fantasy series that I enjoyed a lot and find its place among my favorites. Also, Brian Ruckley picked my interest in his works not only with his debut series, but also with his short story, "Beyond the Reach of His Gods", published by Rogue Blades Entertainment in the anthology "Rage of the Behemoth". Looking for news about Brian Ruckley I discovered on his blog the artwork for the Czech edition published by Fantom Print of the second novel in the "Godless World" series, "Bloodheir". I am not entirely sure who the character on the cover is, but I believe that the artwork matches the atmosphere of the novel and catches a glimpse of that harsh world. The artist of the cover is Kekai Kotaki, one of the best fantasy artists, who also made an excellent cover for the e-book edition of Robert Jordan's "The Great Hunt" and who I had the pleasure to have among my guests of fantasy art posts.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Cover art - "Bloodheir" by Brian Ruckley
2 comments:
- von Darkmoor said...
That is a sweet cover Mihai! Beautiful work by Kekai Kotaki.
Thanks for another plug for RBE's RotB. :)
- May 4, 2010 at 3:10 AM
- Mihai (Dark Wolf) said...
Kekai Kotaki is an amazing artist :)
It is my pleasure, Jason ;)
- May 4, 2010 at 12:16 PM
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10 Cool iPod Touch Cases
The iPod touch lives in a weird little world somewhere between the iPod and the iPhone. It's not at ease with being just a no-fuss, no-muss MP3 player. In possession of nearly every app the iPhone has, it does far more than its iPod moniker suggests. But when cut off from WiFi, it loses its status as its functionality steeply declines.
There are those making the case for the iPod touch to have iPhone-like abilities, specifically case makers. There have been attempts at ones that make the iPod touch into an ersatz (Wifi-only) iPhone. Though the MorphCase, which aims to do just that with a built-in speaker and mic, came in nearly $99,000 short of its $100,000 goal on Indiegogo. But while the MorphCase hasn't changed the iPod Touch, other cases, like the FreedomPop, have successfully unchained it from Wifi.
Whether or not it's riding high on WiFi, because of its flexibility, the iPod touch ends up going places even the iPhone dare not. That means that it needs cases for the variety of situations and environments it finds itself in. While the majority of cases are geared toward providing protection for the iPod touch, some go far beyond and enhance the experiences the device brings. Gaming is made all the more interactive with a case that delivers haptic feedback and a blast of sound. A Lego-look case makes the iPod touch a platform for building but also can turn it into a guitar, toy car, and a steady-cam.
There are currently two camps of iPod touch cases: those for the fourth generation and those for the fifth generation. Both models of the device are being manufactured by Apple. Instead of replacing the previous generation when it released a new iPod touch in September, Apple is letting the two live side by side on shelves. Whichever one you've got, you're sure to find a case to consider for it in the gallery.
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7 Speck DualFlex 1UP Case
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August 26, 2010Springfield (South Fremont) & Republic License Offices Awarded Using Competitive Bidding Process
JEFFERSON CITY - Two local motor vehicle and license offices have been awarded to the current agent that operates the offices. The winning proposals for both offices were chosen as part of a reformed, competitive bidding process for all of Missouri's local license offices.
Alternative Opportunities, Inc. will continue to be the agent for the Springfield (South Fremont) License Office, which is located at 3061 S. Fremont Ave. The Springfield not-for-profit corporation provides a variety of services for youth, veterans and the physically challenged, and it has been the office agent since April of 2009.
The winning bid for the South Fremont office was one of seven submitted. The contract with the state is good for one year, and the state has the right to renew the contract for three additional one-year periods. According to figures from Fiscal Year 2009, an estimated 204,214 transactions were conducted at the office during FY 2009, and $670,327 in contract agent processing fees were generated.
The Republic License Office will also continue to be managed by Alternative Opportunities. The corporation has operated the office since August of 2009. The winning bid was one of four submitted, and the office is located at 243 U.S. Highway 60 West. An estimated 83,811 transactions were conducted at the office in FY 2009, and the office generated $274,038 in agent fees.
Bidders have the option of returning a portion of an office's revenues to the state. Alternative Opportunities' winning bid for the South Fremont office included a 13.6 percent ($91,164) annual return to the state, and the bid for the Republic office included a 6 percent ($16,442) return. More than $1 million is estimated to be returned to the state in the first full year of operations from the 183 license offices statewide.
The Republic and South Fremont License Offices were two of 10 offices initially awarded in 2009 that are being re-bid at the request of the Missouri Department of Revenue because of incomplete information provided by the winning bidder during the first round of bidding. Eight of the 10 offices have been re-awarded to various agents.
Details about changes in office operations, if any, will be announced by the agent.
Although Gov. Jay Nixon authorized the Department of Revenue to implement the new bidding system in January of 2009, it didn't become part of state law until legislation was signed by the Governor in July of 2009. The new law was overwhelmingly approved by both Republican and Democratic members of the Missouri Legislature.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Department of Revenue, noted the overall success of the bidding process.
"Incumbent agents and new bidders compete against each other to present the best business plan," she said. "Sometimes the incumbent wins, and sometimes a new agent is chosen. But the competition provides an incentive to all bidders to create ways to be as efficient as possible and to provide good customer service."
All local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent contractor. Transactions that are conducted at these offices include the issuance and renewal of driver licenses, issuance of titles for motor vehicles, and the issuance and renewal of registration for motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors.
The Missouri Department of Revenue is now on Twitter! To follow the Department on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/MoRevenue.


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A popular Pennsylvania outdoors show that was postponed indefinitely because of a controversy over assault weapons will not be rescheduled this year.
The Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show had been scheduled to start Feb. 2 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.
But its ban on assault weapons in the wake of a Connecticut school shooting led to a backlash and vendor boycott. Organizers indefinitely postponed the event last month.
On Thursday, state officials who run the Farm Show Complex said the show would not be held this year.
An Agriculture Department spokeswoman tells the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era that officials hope to hold a show of similar size in February 2014.
Reed Exhibitions, which operates the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show, could not be reached for comment.


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The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday proposed increasing the maximum penalties for firms who adulterate food products with illicit substances or falsely advertise them, amid a snowballing controversy over adulterated edible oils.
In a report to the legislative plenary session, Minister of Health and Welfare Chiu Wen-ta (邱文達) said he plans to strengthen the punitive measures by amending the Act Governing Food Sanitation (食品衛生管理法) to counteract illegal acts in the manufacturing and advertising of food products.
"The aim is to raise the penalty for those who contravene Article 15 of the act — which states that people who adulterate or counterfeit food products, or undertake activities that cause damage to public health will be subject to a fine — from the current maximum of NT$15 million to NT$50 million [US$510,000 to US$1.7 million]," Chiu said.
"Under the proposal, the maximum fine for false, exaggerated or misleading food advertising and violations of regulations restricting the advertising for special dietary foods [Article 28 of the act] would also be raised from NT$200,000 to NT$4 million," he said.
The changes would also see those who adulterate, counterfeit or illicitly add unapproved substances to food products face a stricter penalty of up to five years in prison, up from the current three-year maximum sentence, Chiu said.
Another revision to be discussed by the health authority is a change to the labeling threshold for the amount of genetically modified (GM) raw materials contained in food products.
"We have held conferences to discuss the potential change and are intending to tighten the threshold from the present 5 percent to 0.9 percent, according to experts' recommendations," the minister said.
The change would require food products to bear labels indicating the inclusion of GM materials if such content comprises more than 0.9 percent of the product.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus said it has proposed an amendment to the act aimed at ensuring food safety.
DPP Legislator Wu Ping-jui (吳秉叡) told a press conference that the initiative emphasizes five main points. Among these are the formation of an risk evaluation committee that would be independent, but fall under the Executive Yuan; a periodic food inspection system that would integrate efforts from the central and local governments; and a food safety fund.
Given what it said was the increasing lack of self-discipline among food manufacturers, the party also proposed levying heavier punishments against food regulation violators that would see them face up to five years in jail and a maximum fine of NT$40 million, Wu said.
Under the DPP's proposal, whistle-blowers who report violations in food manufacturing — who would most likely be employed by the offenders or their competitors — would be given immunity from judicial punishment, the lawmaker added.
Consumers have experienced great diffuclty in seeking compensation from offending food manufacturers in the past because the law demands that victims provide evidence of how the product endangered their health, Wu said.
Given this, the party's amendment would require manufacturers to submit certificates to prove the safety of their products, he added.
According to the DPP's proposal, fines for food safety violators would be remitted to the proposed food safety fund instead of the Treasury so the money could be used as compensation for consumers or to finance their class-action lawsuitss, Wu said.


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Some gamers who loved Jonathan Blow's Braid were perplexed when early footage of his team's next game, The Witness, debuted on Kotaku last month. To those alarmed or confused, Blow offers some encouraging words.
"The only two guys who have played The Witness to completion have said it will be better than Braid when it is done," he writes after addressing the puzzled reaction to the puzzles glimpsed in his game. "I am certainly not going to jump up and down and say "hey this game is better than Braid", or even claim that Braid is good. But I just want to put that out there as reassurance to those of you who are worried about that gameplay video."
The Kotaku gameplay video showed a player moving through a beautifully-lit and apparently uninhabited island that is full of puzzles, many of them blue squares through which the player has to trace patterns. It seemed simple. It seemed Myst-y. It seemed like something that wasn't as obviously wonderful and innovative as many of our memories of Blow and team's previous game, the time-warping Braid.
In a post about The Witness at the game's development blog, Blow hints at the gameplay significance of some of the early blue puzzles in the clip that ran here. I encourage you to read his full post. It won't take long and should put the early gameplay we've seen in better context.
The Witness has no scheduled release date or platforms.
About the Blue Mazes [The Witness blog]


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Advent Designs 35mm Vintage Wood Curtain Pole in Vintage White with Spiral Urn finials. Simply stunning, this curtain pole is great for barn conversions, period cottages and anywhere wanting the vintage "Shabby Chic" look. Vintage Wood curtain poles from Advent offer a rustic, authentically aged look without waiting a 100 years or so. The clever use of chalk based stains and paints together with antique waxes combine to give an almost reclaimed timber look to these curtain poles. Advent finish their poles by hand in many layers to build up sufficient depth onto their hardwood poles. Advent has deliberately chosen not to use any cellulose based products, preferring to utilise more natural, water based alternatives giving a traditional distinct character. * A collection of intricately designed finials available. Most designs are available in the 35mm & 47mm diameter. * All Hand Crafted in the UK Studio with Hardwood poles sourced in the UK. * Curtain poles are supplied complete with all fittings including wood cup brackets and rings. * Gold or Silver highlights can be specified. (Additional surcharge will apply.) * 35mm curtain poles of 3.3m and above are supplied in 2 equal lengths. * Available in 3 vintage paint colours, Vintage White, Vintage Cream and Vintage Sage. * BESPOKE in addition to the above colours these can also be painted from manufactures such as; Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, Zoffany & Dulux Trade, please contact us for a quote. * Available with Wood or Metal Brackets, metal brackets available in Polished or Antique Brass & Chrome (47mm only.) * Matching holdbacks, extra rings, brackets, and recess brackets are available to purchase. * Poles can be cut to any specific length upon request at no extra charge. (Made to Measure terms apply, please double check your measurements prior to ordering as this cannot be changed or altered once production has started) * Available up to 6.0m in length, Poles of 4.8m and above will be supplied with 5 brackets. These are not passing brackets. If you are unsure of colour or finish please request a sample, this will then be added to the basket. Please note Made to Measure Terms apply on all Advent products. Please allow 10-14 working days for delivery.
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Vintage bereber chain, leather, african beads, bone, glass beads.
It all started with Marin's first ever creation, a bespoke necklace that garnered so much attention. One of a Kind creations are unique couture pieces made from antique and premium materials sourced throughout her travels. Each show stopping piece has it's own story, from it's precious elements to the artisan who made it. Numbered and packaged luxuriously, a One of a Kind can be worn or displayed as art.


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Oushak Carpet
Reference Number: 17382
Size: 16 ft 2 in x 13 ft 1 in
Origin: West Anatolia
Woven: Circa 1900
Oushak carpets are named after the large town in western Anatolia (Turkey) where they were woven. This town has been a major weaving center for rug production since the reign of the Ottoman Empire (July, 1299 – October, 1923) up to the current day. This Empire is widely considered to have been the most powerful in the world under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent during the 16th and 17th centuries. Magnificent court carpets from this period can be found in the world's most prominent museum collections. The end of the 19th century ushered in a rejuvenation in this local industry, as European demand for pile carpets increased. Common characteristics of these Oushaks were larger-scale stylized floral patterns in soft, subtle hues woven with silky luxurious wool. These attributes make this type of carpet highly decorative in today's interiors.
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DI Women?s Basketball Player of the Week ? No. 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Abramson of Great Falls (Mont.) has been named the NAIA National Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Abramson is the first honoree of the 2013-14 season and was selected based on her performances from Dec. 30 – Jan. 5. She was chosen out of a pool of conference and independent award winners.
Abramson, a native of Phoenix, Ariz., recorded back-to-back double-doubles for the third time this season en route to averaging 31.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game for the week. The junior forward highlighted the week with a school record 51-point performance against Frontier Conference rival Rocky Mountain (Mont.) on Jan. 4. Abramson, who also grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds in the contest, finished the game shooting 67.7 percent (21-of-31) from the field and was 8-for-9 at the free throw line. Against Dickinson State (N.D.) on Jan. 2, Abramson tallied 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Argonauts in the loss.
On the season, Abramson leads the team and ranks seventh nationally in rebounding with an 11.4 rebounds per game average, while ranking second on the squad in points per game (18.6). Her 183 total rebounds is second in the NAIA.
For a complete list of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next NAIA National Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Week will be announced on Jan. 14. For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Byroneshia Santiago, LSU Shreveport (La.); Rebekah Capeder, Avila (Mo.); Kelsie Sampson, Westmont (Calif.); Channell Mackey, Park (Mo.); Whitney Gathright, Xavier (La.); Brooke Forsythe, Cumberlands (Ky.); Kortni Barenberg, John Brown (Ark.); Kenyatta Drake, Bethel (Tenn.).
2013-14 Division I Women's Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 (Jan. 7): Lindsey Abramson, Great Falls (Mont.)


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WSJ gave Bush far too much credit for regulating mercury
The Wall Street Journal falsely claimed in a March 18 editorial that a new rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) capping mercury emissions from power plants marked "the first time any Administration has thought to regulate mercury, in any fashion." The Journal also falsely accused environmentalists of hypocrisy for objecting to the rule because "there was no similar environmentalist outcry when previous Administrations (see Clinton) did nothing about the problem."
In fact, not only did the EPA under President Clinton regulate mercury emissions from a variety of sources, but the recently issued Bush mercury rule represents a rollback of the tougher provisions set in motion by the Clinton EPA in 2000. Moreover, environmentalists did aggressively challenge what they considered insufficient action against mercury emissions from power plants during the Clinton administration.
Under Clinton, the EPA issued regulations reducing allowable mercury emissions from municipal waste combustors in 1995, medical waste incinerators in 1997, and hazardous waste combustors in 1999, estimating that the combined effect of these regulations would reduce mercury emissions by 80 percent.
On December 14, 2000, the EPA designated mercury an air toxin, requiring that the agency begin the process of setting standards for emissions from power plants based on "maximum achievable control technology," a stringent standard that would have reduced mercury emissions to five tons within five years of implementation, according to a 2001 presentation from current EPA air chief Jeffrey Holmstead, as noted in a March 16 Knight Ridder report. By comparison, under the new rules, mercury emissions are projected to drop to 15 tons by 2018. The Clinton decision required the EPA to issue final regulations limiting mercury emissions from power plants by December 2004.
Moreover, contrary to the Journal's claim that environmentalists did not criticize Clinton for what they view as inadequate efforts to regulate mercury from power plants, the EPA's 2000 designation was the result of a 1994 lawsuit by the National Resources Defense Council, which aimed to force the EPA to take action against mercury from power plants. A December 14, 2000, press release titled "NRDC Applauds EPA for Acknowledging Mercury Air Pollution Threat" explained: "The agency's announcement resulted from a settlement of an NRDC lawsuit over hazardous power plant pollution (Natural Resources Defense Council v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 92-1415 (D.C. Circuit))."
Clinton's EPA might have begun the process of regulating mercury from power plants even sooner following the lawsuit, but in 1998, Congress forbade the EPA from regulating power plant mercury until the completion of an independent study by the National Academies of Science. In July 2000, NAS completed its study, which concluded that the EPA's determination of the acceptable level of mercury to which humans should be exposed was "scientifically justifiable," paving the way for the rulemaking to move forward, as the Associated Press reported.
Bush's March 15 mercury rule revokes the Clinton EPA's designation of mercury as an air toxin, allowing far less stringent emissions standards. The Bush EPA rule reduces mercury emissions from the current level of 48 tons per year to 38 tons by 2010 and to 15 tons by 2018. According to EPA's Holmstead, in the March 16 Knight Ridder report, the rule "would not require power plants to adopt any new pollution control technology. ... the reductions mandated for 2010 were set at a level low enough so that additional pollution control equipment would not be needed." Sid Nelson Jr., president of the pollution control company Sorbent Technologies Corp. of Ohio told Knight Ridder, the rule "sets out a plan where no power plant in the country will have to do anything special." Nelson also noted that facilities "will not have to go out of their way to get one ounce of mercury out (of power plants) until 2020."
Under the Clinton designation, all U.S. power plants would have been required to reduce their emissions of all toxic air pollutants -- including mercury -- to that of the best-performing 12 percent of the nation's facilities, as The Charlestown Gazette (West Virginia) reported on March 17. The Bush reversal of this designation allows power plants to evade these standards by capping overall emissions rather than limiting emissions from each plant. Instead the regulations allow for "a market-based 'cap-and-trade' program favored by the utility industry that will cut emissions at some but not all coal-fired power plants," as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. noted. This program allows plants to trade pollution "credits" with other facilities.
The recently issued rule is less stringent even than previous Bush EPA plans, as the Chicago Tribune noted in a March 16 report:
Two years ago, EPA officials had been on track to require each power plant to reduce mercury emissions by as much as 90 percent by 2008. Under pressure from power companies and the coal industry, the administration scrapped that idea in favor of a trading system in which some plants cut emissions while others keep polluting as long as overall mercury levels decline.
Now the agency's goal is to cut mercury pollution from power plants to 15 tons by 2018 -- a 70 percent reduction from current levels. But the EPA's own analysts estimate it could take even longer to reach that target.
Some within the EPA have criticized the Bush rule as weak. As the Tribune reported, the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee of the EPA wrote to top agency officials that the new rule "does not sufficiently protect our nation's children."
Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking to have the new mercury rule overturned on the grounds that "it violates the Clean Air Act, fails to adequately protect public health and will hurt the state's coal industry," according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Post-Gazette further reported that DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty called the EPA's recent action a "dangerous approach" and Kurt Knaus, a DEP spokesman, "said the new federal rule rescinds a December 2000 EPA finding that mercury emissions are a hazardous pollutant that must be controlled using maximum available controls, not a cap and trade program that could create local 'hot spots' of contamination."


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2 Liter Glass Amber Growler with metal handle and flip top. Also called a Grolsch or Belgian Growler. Laser glass etching is permanent and has a beautiful frosted look.
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Bisons Take Fifth Place In A-Sun Championship
Weldon Ehlert covered eight kilometers in a time of 28:24. 39 to finish 21st and help the Lipscomb Bisons to a fifth place finish in the Atlantic Sun Conference Cross County Championship Saturday morning at the Vaughn Creek Course at Percy Warner Park in Nashville.
The finishes and times for the rest of the Bisons were: Eric Brown (28th, 29:15.30), Caleb Key (31st, 29:25.49), Zac Yanis (37th, 29:48.28), Daniel Pelletier (42nd, 30:05.44), Matt McWhirter (43rd, 30:09.10), Kevin Green (47th, 30:53.03) and Naeem Thompson (31:33.84).


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Hoodie 18´ | Grey
Show your edge with the official Marcus & Martinus hoodie. This comfortable, laidback hoodie features the M&M duo and logo on a solid black background. This is the perfect hoodie for wearing on cold days, or wearing to school and while you study.
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- Great for school, hanging out, and relaxing
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Debate rages over exporting America's oil
The push to end the ban on exporting U.S. crude oil to foreign nations is at a level not seen in decades, with the top Republican on the Senate Energy Committee joining the call Tuesday.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski argued that the ban, put in place after the 1970s Arab oil embargo, doesn't makes sense given the current U.S. oil production boom. Her endorsement follows comments by Obama's secretary of energy that the ban should be reconsidered, and a pledge by the oil industry's main lobbying group to press Congress and the president on the issue.
"We need to be looking at it now," Murkowski said following an address at the Brookings Institution research center in Washington, D.C. "I want to move this conversation and I want to move it aggressively."
But lifting the ban on selling America's oil to foreign nations is controversial. Congress meant the ban to protect American consumers from gasoline shortages and price spikes, and some lawmakers say it's still needed.
"Easing this ban might be a win for Big Oil, but it would hurt American consumers," New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez said in a recent letter urging the president to keep the export ban in place.
Menendez said exporting oil could raise the energy prices for American consumers by wiping out the difference between U.S. and global oil prices. The benchmark world price of oil, known as the Brent crude price, is about $108 a barrel while the West Texas Intermediate price stands more than $10 less.
But Murkowski said in her Brookings Institution address that lifting the ban would boost American oil production and wouldn't cause U.S. energy prices to rise.
"The entry of this oil onto global markets will put downward pressure on international prices," she said. "All things equal, this combination will help the American consumer."
She said the oil production boom in North Dakota and Texas is leading to a glut of light, sweet crude, while the nation's main refinery capacity on the Gulf coast is mostly geared toward handling heavier grades of oil. Murkowski suggested this glut could dampen U.S. oil production, with impacts on price and jobs, unless the industry could sell it to foreign markets.
There already are exceptions to the export ban. Some American oil goes to Canada, and oil can be exported from Murkowski's home state of Alaska. But there is more than enough demand for Alaskan oil on the West Coast and none of it has been exported since 2004, according to federal energy statistics.
America increasingly exports refined petroleum products, especially diesel and heating fuel but also gasoline.
The crude oil ban is especially sensitive politically, though. And some oil-refining companies want the crude to stay in the United States, putting them at odds with oil producers that want access to lucrative foreign markets.
Given that it's an election year, Murkowski said there's likely little Congress would do to lift the export ban. So she called on the president to do so, saying he has the authority to act on it without Congress.
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, a member of Obama's cabinet, suggested last month at a forum in New York sponsored by the Platts Energy news service that it could be time to reconsider the export ban, given America's boom in oil production.
Senate Energy Committee Chair Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, is interested in holding a hearing in the next few weeks on the issue, according to his spokesman. But Wyden is cautious about lifting the ban and wants to explore what it could mean for consumers.
"There may be a time when crude oil exports are appropriate, but is now that time?" said Wyden spokesman Keith Chu. "The U.S. is still importing about half our oil, including from some places that don't always have America's best interest in mind."
Wyden, though, is expected to soon leave his energy committee post to take over the Senate Finance Committee. Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, from the oil state of Louisiana, is poised to take his place and is receptive to ending the ban on exports.
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich is another oil state Democrat who wants the ban reconsidered. Begich said it makes sense to lift the ban, so long as enough crude remains to ensure affordable gasoline in the United States.
"This could help stimulate America's oil industry and create American jobs here at home," he said in an email.


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Farmers Market-Based, FreshConnect Food Program to Expand/
We all know about the benefits that eating locally grown and sustainable food can have on our body, health and overall well-being. One of the best ways to supplement fresh fruit, vegetables and grains into our everyday lifestyle is the accessibility of farmers markets. There, we are able to purchase all types of food, ranging from fresh tomatoes picked straight from the vine to warm baked pastries and homemade breads, all from local farmers throughout the state, resulting in a large, joint community effort of choosing locally grown food.
Last year, Governor Andrew A. Cuomo introduced the FreshConnect program, the first step in "Farm NewYork," a beginning initiative to continually invest in the states agricultural industry. The biggest components of FreshConnect were to launch new farmers markets, expand others, increase the sales of locally grown food in communities, and provide local jobs while simultaneously bringing fresh food to underserved communities. "The FreshConnect Program empowers all New Yorkers to choose healthy, affordable, locally-grown food. This process is a win-win for farmers and consumers," Cuomo said.
The steam gained in the past year from the success of FreshConnect has recently prompted Cuomo to start expansions on the project. The new initiative will not just include farmers markets but additional projects that will provide underserved communities with the fresh and local food that should, in reality, always be available. Possible options include farm products at food pantries, delivery programs, satellite markets and new farmers markets in situated low-income neighborhoods.
In a number of areas, new markets will serve communities that may not have proper access to grocery stores and in others, markets will provide low-income, high-unemployment neighborhoods with job opportunities for local youth. Regardless, delivering fresh farm products to New Yorkers alike will not only foster community development, but economic development as well.
Throughout the program last year, eleven new farmers markets were created in neighborhoods of Harlem, Queens and Manhattan and four existing markets received support. In total, all the markets provided viable options for over 100 farmers, which in turn created local jobs while increasing the total, overall sales of locally-grown food. Additionally, the program this year will feature "FreshConnect Checks," a rebate option that encourages those using Food Stamps to use those benefits at local markets. FreshConnect Checks will provide $2 rebate checks for every $5 in food stamps spent at the farmer's stations.
Senator Patty Ritchie, the Chair of Senate's Agriculture Committee called the program, "successful," last year but is most looking forward to the expansion. "I am pleased that this year, the program will be even bigger and better. Through the FreshConnect program, we can continue to foster economic development around local farms while helping to provide all New Yorkers with access to the wonderful products grown in our state," she said.
If the proven success of the last year is telling in any way, the amount of locally-grown produce will be skyrocketing for sure, alongside shining of the spotlight on those local farmers who make it all possible.
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Ingredients ~
Whole Grain English Muffins
Pizza Sauce
Zucchini ~ Thinly sliced and/or Veggies of Choice
Mozzarella Cheese ~ Shredded
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Cut English muffins in half and spoon 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce on top of each muffin half. Place three slices of zucchini on top of each muffin and sprinkle with cheese. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes. Quick, easy, low in fat and yummy ~ Enjoy!


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This is a recreational project for my fantasy football league. I will try to very thoroughly explain my thinking and what I have done so far.
I'm trying to create a random schedule generator. But the problem is there are a lot of conditions that need to be met and whenever I try to implement some of these restrictions it causes infinite loops, which in my opinion, should not be happening. I could just be thinking wrong, or it could be the random number generator.
It is a ten team league and a 13 week season. Every team plays the other nine teams one time. Then each team plays 4 teams twice. What I have done is created an array list of every possible matchup by assigning an id to each team with numbers ranging from 21 to 30 (I chose this because it will create a unique matchup id when any two of the numbers are 21 to 30 are multiplied together). Every team is in an array list called teams. So I did this to create all the unique matchups:
This works every time and is not the problem. The problem comes when I try to randomly generate the 4 duplicate matchups for each team. My function to do this is as follows:ArrayList<Matchups> defMatchups = new ArrayList<Matchups>(); for(i = 0; i < 10; i++){ for(j = i + 1; j < 10; j++){ defMatchups.add(new Matchups(teams.get(i), teams.get(j))); }
package helpers; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Random; import matchups.Matchups; import teams.Teams; public class RandomizeSecondMatchups { public static ArrayList<Matchups> run(ArrayList<Matchups> original){ ArrayList<Matchups> list = new ArrayList<Matchups>(); ArrayList<Matchups> copy = new ArrayList<Matchups>(); Iterator<Matchups> it = original.iterator(); Matchups current; while(it.hasNext()){ current = it.next(); copy.add(current); } int counter = 0; Random rand = new Random(); Teams temp1, temp2; Matchups tempMU; do{ [B] do{ tempMU = copy.get(rand.nextInt(copy.size())); System.out.println("--"); }while(tempMU.getTeamOne().getCount() >=4 || tempMU.getTeamTwo().getCount() >= 4 );[/B] temp1 = tempMU.getTeamOne(); temp2 = tempMU.getTeamTwo(); temp1.incCount(); if(temp1.getCount() == 4){ counter++; } temp2.incCount(); if(temp2.getCount() == 4){ counter++; } list.add(tempMU); copy.remove(tempMU); }while(counter < 10); return list; } }
An infinite loop usually occurs in the bolded section (the do while loop with the bold tags around it). But there are a few times (about once every 4 or 5 times) where it does not infinite loop and it executes exactly how I want. Which is making me think that my random number is the problem or possibly even eclipse. I have gotten farther into the program and know I will experience more infinite looping problems later on as I will be adding more restrictions in, (e.g. matchups can't repeat themselves in consecutive weeks), so I would like to get this one to work perfectly before I move on.
Anything you can do to help me out be greatly appreciated. If you need to see other classes in my code to help me out let me know, and I will post it up.


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Gulf oil spill setback: Dome didn't work as planned
BILOXI, Miss. — Efforts to cap a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico suffered a major setback Saturday, after ice-like crystals clogged the inside of a massive dome meant to contain an 18-day-long spill.
The crystals forced officials to move the steel-and-concrete dome, which is still on the sea bed, some 650 feet away from the well — and to scramble to find ways to stop the water-and-gas crystals from forming.
"I wouldn't say it failed yet," said Doug Suttles, chief operating officer of BP, the London-based company that owns the leaking well. "What I would say is what we attempted to do last night didn't work."
He kept expectations low, however. "It's very difficult to predict whether we will find solutions," he said.
The dome was considered the best short-term solution to stop much of the spill. Engineers had hoped to contain 85 percent of the estimated 210,000 gallons gushing daily from the well by funneling oil to the surface from the dome, which is really a 78-ton box with a pyramid on the top. The 40-foot box took about two weeks to build.
The crystals, which are called hydrates and resemble slush, obstructed the flow of the oil, Suttles said. They also made the dome too buoyant, which prevented it from settling deeply into the seabed to form a water-tight seal.
Hydrates form when gas and water mix at low temperature and high pressure, as occurs at the bottom of the sea. The water temperature at the wellhead is about 42 degrees, with pressures in excess of 2,300 pounds per square inch. Pressure on the surface of the water is about 14 pounds per square inch.
Suttles said experts will spend the next few days looking at possible solutions, while other efforts continue to control the spill. A relief well intended to intercept the leaking one and seal it won't be completed for perhaps three more months.
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig, owned by the Transocean offshore drilling company, exploded April 20 about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast.
On Saturday, Suttles confirmed that six BP employees were among the 126 people on board the rig when it exploded and that they'd been there to discuss safety after the rig had gone more than 2,500 days without a significant accident.
"This rig had an outstanding record," Suttles said.
Eleven people were killed in the explosion, all employees of Transocean. The BP employees escaped safely, Suttles said.
Suttles had warned all week that problems could arise with the dome plan, which had never before been carried out at the depth of the leaking oil well, 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
BP officials had specifically cautioned that crystals would be a challenge and had hoped that pumping water down a hose into the dome would keep its temperature high enough to prevent crystals from forming.
Suttles said it is easy enough to unclog the dome — the crystals melt when the box is lifted higher in the water. The trick, however, is to keep the gas and water from crystallizing while the box is on the sea bed, where it must be to capture the leaking oil.
There might be ways to do that. Options include using more heat or injecting methanol, often used as a solvent, into the box, Suttles said.
Meanwhile, a Coast Guard official reported tar balls believed to be from the spill were washing up on an Alabama barrier island.
About half a dozen of the balls had been collected by Saturday afternoon at Dauphin Island, though the substance of the balls still needs to be tested.
More than 60 miles west, a representative from Biloxi's Ship Island Excursions said people were taking ferries Saturday to Ship Island, loaded with beach equipment for a day of fun in the sun.
"The beaches are beautiful and the water's great," Kevin Buckel said. He said no signs of oil were reported during their two trips out Saturday, and he expected the same results Sunday.
''We're hoping for the best," he said.
Nearly 1 million feet of oil-absorbing boom has been placed along gulf shores in hopes of blocking the oil from reaching land, Suttles said.
About 2.1 million gallons of an oil-water mix — about 90 percent water — has been collected since the spill began, the Coast Guard said Saturday, and almost 290,000 gallons of dispersants have been used to break up the oil on the water's surface.
"I don't think any of us know at this time what the impacts will be on the environment or the economic issues associated with this spill," said Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry, who is helping coordinate the federal response to the spill.
Friday's calm weather allowed for five successful burns of oil on the water's surface, but more burns were unlikely due to inclement weather over the weekend.
Suttles said a hotline has received more than 35,000 calls from people about the spill, more than half of them asking to help.
The Coast Guard and the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Interior Department will begin a joint investigation Tuesday to identify the factors leading to the explosion and oil spill. Public hearings for the investigation will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in Kenner, La., a New Orleans suburb.
Congressional committees also have announced they'll hold hearings on the spill next week.
(Melton, of the Sun Herald, reported from Biloxi, Miss.; Mazzei, of The Miami Herald, reported from Miami. Christina Veiga of The Miami Herald contributed to this report.)
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The Bisons basketball team is on the road for the first time this season Thursday night as they visit the University of Missouri, a Big 12 opponent.
Both teams are undefeated heading into the 7 p.m. game in Columbia, Mo. The Bisons are 2-0, with wins over Tusculum and Evansville. Missouri is 3-0 with wins over North Carolina A&T, Army and Stetson.
Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson's next win will be the 200th of his career. This is the first time the Bisons have faced Missouri in men's basketball.
A key for the Bisons will be to keep turnovers to a minimum.
"Missouri will press full-court for 40 minutes," Sanderson said. "Just to have a chance to win we are going to have to take care of the ball. We can't feed the monster by turning the ball over. The other team will go crazy and get the crowd in the game. Before you know it you are down 30."
Guard play is a strength for the Bisons with senior Trey Williams at the point and senior Brian Fisk at the No. 2 guard position. Sanderson will also be counting on freshman Devon Seaford to relieve Williams at the point.
"We have done a very good job of taking care of the ball, but we haven't been pressed the way Missouri is going to press us. If we take care of the ball we should be O.K.
"We can't get into a rat race with them. There are going to be a lot of possessions. They have 29 points off of turnovers in each of their last two games. Missouri is going to play as fast as they can possibly play."
The challenge for the Bisons is to keep up with the pace, but also find ways to slow the game down as well.
"I think we have to attack them to score, but if we go a couple of possessions and don't score we are going to have to pull out and run our offense," Sanderson said. "We can't play and up-and-down game the while time or we will get beat.
"We have to pick our spots. If we have a chance to push and get a cheap basket then we will have to push. If we don't get a chance to get a cheap basket we will have to pull the ball out and play defense." The Bisons, known for their strong defensive play, must also find a way to elevate their shooting.
"We are a good shooting team, but we haven't shot the ball very well," Sanderson said. "We are due for a breakout game offensively. We are past due."
Missouri's Matt Lawrence, 6-foot-7, is a 3-point shooting threat averaging 14.7 points per game. Center Kalen Grimes, 6-9, is also averaging 14.7 points per game and a team-leading 8.3 rebounds per game. Stefhon Hannah is averaging 13 points per game.
Williams leads the Bisons in scoring with 15.5 points per game followed by Fisk with 14.5 and Eddie Ard with 14. Jason Hopkins and Ard each are averaging 6.5 rebounds per game.
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Harvard will look to continue its hot streak Saturday at Columbia (Gil Talbot).
The Storyline
Riding a three-game winning streak, the Harvard women's lacrosse team will play on the road for the first time in nearly three weeks when it faces Columbia on Saturday, April 21 at 12 p.m. in New York City. Harvard's three straight wins have catapulted the Crimson into a three-way tie for third place in the Ivy League standings, with the top four teams earning a trip to the 2012 Ivy League Tournament.
Live stats will be available during Saturday's game through GoColumbiaLions.com.
Last Time Out
The Harvard women's lacrosse outscored No. 18 Princeton 4-1 in the second half and dominated the time of possession en route to a 10-7 win Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium. The win was the Crimson's third straight and pulls the team into a three-way tie for third place in the Ivy League standings.
Danielle Tetreault scored a season-high four goals on seven shots to lead the Crimson attack, and added two ground balls and three draw controls on the defensive end. Kyleigh Keating set a new career high with four points on two goals and two assists, and also collected two ground balls and one draw control. Jennifer VanderMeulen also notched two scores with Melanie Baskind and Mariel Jenkins recording one apiece.
Kelly Weis made five saves in goal to pick up the win, including three in the second half. Micaela Cyr and Baskind collected three ground balls and two ground balls, respectively, while Ellen Gleason caused two turnovers. Harvard outshot Princeton, 22-15, and held a 14-9 advantage in ground balls. The Tigers outdrew the Crimson, 10-9, while both Harvard (12-13) and Princeton (8-9) were successful on all but one clear attempt.
Scouting the Lions
Columbia enters play this weekend with a 2-11 overall record and an 0-6 mark in the Ancient Eight. The Lions have lost two straight, including a 14-8 defeat at home Wednesday against New Hampshire.
Kacie Johnson leads the Ivy League with 70 points (40g, 30a) and entered the week ranked sixth in the nation. She has also been a force on the defensive side of the field, collecting 26 ground balls, 24 draw controls and forcing 17 turnovers. On Monday she was honored with her second Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week award after tallying 15 points (8g, 7a), five ground balls and seven draw controls.
Paige Cuscovitch ranks second on the team with 38 points (33g, 5a) while Taylor Gattinella (18g, 3a) has chipped in 21. Cuscovitch has added a team-best 31 ground balls while Gattinella leads in draw controls with 47. Skylar Dabbar has played every minute in goal for the Lions, posting a 13.82 goals against average and a .372 save percentage.
Harvard is 12-2 all-time against Columbia and has won two straight meetings versus the Lions. Last year, Jennifer VanderMeulen scored five goals to help the Crimson to a 15-9 victory while Melanie Baskind, Jess Halpern and Danielle Tetreault added three scores apiece.
Ivy League Honors
Melanie Baskind was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season on April 16 after leading Harvard to a perfect 2-0 week. Baskind totaled four goals, five ground balls, five draw controls and four caused turnovers, and scored the game-winning goal in both contests as Harvard took down Holy Cross, 10-4, and No. 18 Princeton, 10-7.
Baskind also earned the honor April 9 after finishing the week with three points (2g, 1a), eight ground balls and three caused turnovers, and was named defensive player of the week for the first time in her career Feb. 27 after scoring three goals and collecting five ground balls in the team's season opening 11-9 win over Boston University. Freshman Kelly Weis was given the accolade March 26 with 15 saves against just 12 goals in a 1-1 week for Harvard, as the Crimson have now earned the honor four times this season.
8's are Wild
Senior co-captain Melanie Baskind, who wears jersey No. 8, has put together a solid eight-game stretch totaling 18 points (13g, 5a), 20 ground balls, eight draw controls and eight caused turnovers while helping Harvard to a 5-3 record. Baskind has scored at least one goal in each of the Crimson's last eight games, including a season-high five-point performance (3g, 2a) against then No. 2/2 Syracuse.
Step Your Game Up
Junior Danielle Tetreault averaged 1.90 points over the Crimson's first 10 games, but has stepped her game up over the last three averaging 2.67 points. Tetreault has notched eight goals during this span, including a season-high four against No. 18 Princeton on April 14.
Strength of Schedule
Harvard currently sits at 7-6 on the year, with all six of its losses coming against teams currently ranked in the IWLCA Coaches Poll. Harvard has already played nine teams which have been ranked in either the coaches poll or the deBeer Media Poll at some point this season, and will have played a total of 10 at season's end.
Getting Defensive
Harvard has held 9 of its 13 opponents to under 10 goals this season, and has held three to five goals or less. Harvard has held a total of three teams to five goals or less several times in recent history, but has not done so more than three times since 1995 when it held five opponents to five goals or fewer. The Crimson held both Yale and Stanford to five or fewer goals in back-to-back games, marking the first time the team had accomplished the feat since 2002.
The Crimson entered the week ranked sixth in the NCAA having allowed just 8.31 goals per game, which would stand as the team's lowest goals against average since 2008 (the last year complete stats are available).
Between the Pipes
Freshman Kelly Weis has made all 13 starts in goal for the Crimson this season, and entered the week ranked fifth in the NCAA with an 8.08 goals against average. Her .457 save percentage was 16th-best in the country while her 6.92 saves per game were good for 49th.
Weis made 10 saves while helping the Crimson to a 9-8 double-overtime victory over No. 13 James Madison on March 6, matching Kerry Clark's total of 10 saves against Virginia last season for the most stops by a Harvard goalie since Katherine Martino '10 recorded 12 in a 17-9 win over Boston College on May 5, 2010. Weis has made at least eight saves in five games this season.
Sharing the Wealth
12 different Crimson have scored a goal in 2012 with 10 having scored at least four. Danielle Tetreault leads the way with 23 scores, while Melanie Baskind and Jennifer VanderMeulen have notched 22 apiece. Micaela Cyr has added 15.
Harvard had 13 different goal scorers last season with VanderMeulen (48), Tetreault (42), Jess Halpern (29), Baskind (28), Tyler Petropulos (14) and Chelsea Newman (10) each scoring at least 10.
Two Way Players
Midfielders Melanie Baskind, Micaela Cyr and Danielle Tetreault have led the Crimson on both the offensive and defensive ends of the field in 2012. Baskind (22g, 6a) has posted a team-high 28 points and also leads the team with 32 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers. Tetreault ranks first on the team with 23 goals and second with 27 points (23g, 4a), while her 26 draw controls are also tops. Cyr (15g, 2a) is the team's fourth-leading scorer at 17 points and ranks second to Baskind in both ground balls (29) and caused turnovers (10).
Home Field Advantage
Harvard is 6-2 this season at home and 4-1 inside Harvard Stadium. The Crimson has posted a 15-8 record at home over the last three seasons while going 13-4 at Harvard Stadium.
Fielding Grounders
Junior Micaela Cyr recorded a career-high six ground balls on April 11 against Holy Cross, marking the most ground balls collected by a Crimson student-athlete since Melanie Baskind notched seven vs. Columbia on April 23, 2011.
Sixth Sense
Junior Jennifer VanderMeulen tied her career-high with six goals on April 7 against Brown, marking the most goals scored by a Crimson student-athlete since senior Tyler Petropulos netted seven on March 7, 2009 versus Quinnipiac. VanderMeulen has scored six goals three times in her career, including twice as a freshman in 2010.
Drawing it Up
Sophomore Kyleigh Keating recorded a career-high six draw controls as Harvard out-drew Brown 17-9 on April 7. Keating's six draw controls marked the most for the team since Kaitlin Martin '09 tallied seven on March 25, 2009 at Albany.
Getting Off on the Right Foot
Harvard held both Yale and Stanford scoreless in the first half and outscored the two 12-0 before the break. The Crimson is 6-1 this season when leading at the half, 0-5 when trailing and 1-0 when tied.
Monumental Moment
Harvard competed in the first-ever women's collegiate sporting event held at Gillette Stadium, home of the three-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, when it took to the field against then No. 2/2 Syracuse on March 31. The game was part of a women's lacrosse double-header, as No. 1/1 Northwestern and No. 14/16 Ohio State took to the field after the Crimson and Orange.
Former Crimson Named Finalists for National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Harvard alumnae Sarah (Downing) Nelson '94 and Maggie Vaughan '90 are among the 12 finalists on the 2012 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame women's ballot. Vaughan helped Harvard to the program's first NCAA Championship in 1990 and was a four-time Ivy League champion, while Nelson was a two-time Ivy League champion and a three-time All-Ivy honoree. Click here to read the full story.
Nail Biters
Harvard played five games between March 6 and March 24 which were decided by a total of seven goals, with three of those games being decided by a one-goal margin. The Crimson has played in 15 one-goal games under head coach Lisa Miller and sports a 7-8 record.
Overtime Thrillers
The Crimson went to overtime against both No. 13 James Madison and No. 9/10 Penn, marking the first time in program history that Harvard has played in back-to-back overtime games. Harvard is 5-5 all-time in overtime games and has never gone to overtime more than twice in a season.
National Prominence
Harvard is currently receiving votes in the IWLCA Coaches Polls, and opened the season ranked 19th in the deBeer Media Poll. The Crimson moved up to No. 16 in the media poll after its season-opening 11-9 win over Boston University, but has since fallen from the ranking.
Week of
deBeer Women's Media Poll
IWLCA Coaches Poll
Hat Trick Heroes
Harvard has notched 14 hat tricks this season with Melanie Baskind leading the way with four. Micaela Cyr, Jennifer VanderMeulen and Danielle Tetreault have added three apiece. VanderMeulen also leads all active Crimson with 25 career hat tricks.
2012 Hat Tricks
Career Hat Tricks
To Be the Best, You Have to Beat the Best
Harvard has knocked off a top 20 opponent in each of the last four seasons, including two in 2012. The Crimson has had plenty of opportunities to show its metal against the premier teams in the nation this season, as 10 of the team's scheduled opponents have been ranked in either the deBeer Media Poll or the IWLCA Preseason Coaches Poll including Boston College, Cornell, Dartmouth, James Madison, John's Hopkins, Penn, Princeton, Stanford, Syracuse, and Virginia.
Climbing the Charts
Junior Jennifer VanderMeulen and senior Jess Halpern currently rank among Harvard's all-time top 10 scorers. VanderMeulen has moved into fifth place with 126 career goals while her 142 points have her tied for eighth. Halpern has netted 117 career goals, good for ninth in program history, with her 139 points placing her 10th in the school record books.
In the News
Harvard was featured by Lacrosse Magazine's Clare Lochary on March 14 in her column, "Surprise Upsets Continue in WD1." Lochary broke down the Crimson's double-overtime win over No. 13 James Madison and detailed its importance to the Crimson's development under head coach Lisa Miller. Click here to read the full column.
Catch the Crimson in 2012
Harvard has announced that 11 home men's and women's lacrosse games will be streamed online from Harvard Stadium during the 2012 season, marking the third straight year fans of Harvard lacrosse will have the opportunity to watch the Crimson live from home.
A total of six women's games will be available to watch, beginning with the Crimson's March 21 showdown with Boston College, its first inside Harvard Stadium. Each home contest for the remainder of the year will be streamed.
A full season pass for either the men's or women's team will be available for just $29.95, while single games can be purchased for $9.95. Click here to sign up for your season pass today.
Tewaaraton Award Watch List
Junior's Jennifer VanderMeulen and Danielle Tetreault were named to the 2012 Tewaaraton Award Watch List, which is comprised of the top 50 women's lacrosse student-athletes from all three divisions of collegiate lacrosse. VanderMeulen and Tetreault are the latest Crimson to be put up for the prestigious award, after current teammates Jess Halpern and Micaela Cyr were nominated in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
VanderMeulen is coming off a season in which she was named to the Synapse Sports All-America second team, IWLCA All-Region first team and All-Ivy League first team after ranking 18th in the NCAA in goals per game (3.0) and 30th in goals (48). She currently ranks 10th in program history with 104 career goals, while her 56 scores in 2010 rank fifth on Harvard's single-season list.
Tetreault was a first team all-region and second team all-Ivy selection a year ago, and ranked 31st in the nation with 2.63 goals per game. Tetreault boasts 62 career goals, 17 assists and 79 points in 31 career games.
Captaining the Ship
Seniors Melanie Baskind, Ellen Gleason and Tyler Petropulos were voted by their teammates as captains for the 2012 season. Baskind and Petropulos also served as captains last season, making them just the sixth and seventh student-athletes in program history to be voted captain in consecutive seasons. Carroll Clark '92 was the first to do so when she captained both the 1991 and 1992 squads, and was followed by Daphne Clark '97 (1996 & 1997), Ali Harper '01 (2000 & 2001), Lauren Bobzin '08 (2007 & 2008) and Sara Flood '10 (2009 & 2010). This is just the sixth time in program history three Crimson had been chosen to lead the team.
Two-Sport Star Baskind Featured by New England Lacrosse Journal
Senior Melanie Baskind, who captains both the women's lacrosse and women's soccer teams and is an All-Ivy League honoree in both sports, was recently featured by Sammi Gorman of the New England Lacrosse Journal.
"In the city of Boston — a breeding ground for both star athletes and top students at some of the world's best academic institutions — Melanie Baskind is different.
"She's not the only student with a 3.8 grade-point average as a neurobiology major at a top school like Harvard, and she's not the only athlete to get league Player of the Year honors in her sport. She is the only one to do those things and be a threat to earn those kind of honors in two sports."
Click here to read the full article.
Historical Perspective
Harvard captured the program's first national championship in 1990 when it defeated Maryland, 8-7. The Crimson won four games that season by a single goal en route to a 15-0 record, with Jenny Walser '90 scoring the game winner in three of those four games, including the national title contest. Julia French '90, Charlotte Joslin '90 and Maggie Vaughan '90 were named first team All-America following the season while Susan Carls '91 and Karen Everling '90 were named to the second team. Four-year letterwinners Everling, French and Walser graduated with a career record of 50-8-1, including a perfect 23-0 mark in the Ivy League.
The Crimson has made a total of nine NCAA Tournament appearances and has reached the national championship game three times. Harvard has also won 11 Ivy League Championships, tied with Dartmouth for the most in conference history.