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nobodyiscertain needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 126 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
We're needing a logo for our starting company. The name of the company is GreenKidz and what we do is prepare, package and distribute organic, healthy food for children. We're also opening a restaurant in a couple of months so the logo needs to be flexible enough for signs. Please read full description for all the details. Thanks!
Desired Color Scheme:
Green, obviously, but an open pallete as long as it looks good!
Desired Style:
Clean, fresh, hip with and added dose of fun
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We're needing a logo for our starting company. The name of the company is GreenKidz and what we do is prepare, package and distribute organic, healthly food for children.
What we're looking for is a clean yet still fun logo for our company. Nothing too "kiddy" as our target children age is 7-13, yet we definitely want it to come across as cool that parents would wear a shirt boasting the logo.
We're thinking besides a word play, some sort of symbol or character that could stand on it's on and start to establish branding without the GreenKidz words chasing it around.
We're pretty much open to everything, but obviously green is necessary in the color palette. We would also like the VERY minor use of another brighter color, ex: orange that can be properly used as an accent color in our marketing material and website.
Take the reigns on this one all, and will be leaving feedback daily to try and target what we're looking for.
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5 Times You will wish you had a flashlight on you
Everyone has some "important" items they always keep on mobile phones, wallets, chewing gum, water, everything is common.
Most of the important items you bring down are personal. However, there is one important thing that everyone should be useful, no matter who they are.
What is this important item, you ask?
Now, I know what you think, the flashlight is big and big, and the only person who really needs it is an outsider.
Well, this is where you're wrong.
First of all, many of these flashlights have lately a sleeker and lighter design than usual, like Everyday Carry Fenix Flashlights.
Also, flashlights are not only useful for outdoorsmen – they are useful for everyone! Let's look at the top 5 situations where you expect to have a flashlight on you.
1. When Your Phone is Off
Most people come to the conclusion that they do not need a flashlight because they already have it on their phone.
While yes, the phone flashlight can sometimes finish the job well, keep smart to have a backup.
We all know that our phone battery will not last long, so if the battery is dead or almost dying (the phone's flashlight is the main battery sucker!), It's important to have a handy flashlight.
2. Power outages
Either because of a power failure or a natural disaster, there must have been a time when the power went out at home.
A flashlight will not only help you navigate the darkness, the light is also a great way to calm everyone's nerves, especially if you have a few kiddos at home.
There should be a couple stored around the house so one does not have to sit in the dark while the others go to check the fuse box.
3. Security – Illuminate Dark
We all know how uncomfortable it can be to walk down a dark street or alley on the way home, especially for women.
Bringing a flashlight in this situation will not only give you peace of mind, it can also help ward off potential attackers.
In order to succeed with their attacks, attackers usually rely on the element of surprise. Shining a bright flashlight is a great way to help you recognize an attacker before you find you.
If you see the attacker first and they are still moving, you can actually use your flashlight as a self-defense tool.
4. Emergency car
If your car is damaged in the dark it can be a very scary situation, especially if you are alone and are in an area you do not know.
The flashlight is very useful to see what is happening under the hood of your car.
It can also be used as a distress signal and a way to alert other drivers if you break down without a lamp.
5. Walking Dogs
If you are a dog owner, it is possible you have to get up in the middle of the night to let your pet do his business.
Better prepare with a flashlight before you head to darkness – especially if your dog decides to look for it!
Bringing a flashlight will never really be a barrier, so it's always better to be safe than sorry. However, certain flashlights are more appropriate for certain situations.


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Winters' Content Standards — Can they Work?
Marcus Winters offers a clever new national standards proposal in the current Education Week: reward states whose students do well on their own standards _and_ whose standards prove challenging to students from other states. Winters suggests administering each state's standardized tests to random, nationally representative samples of students to determine how challenging they are. The federal government would then give the greatest amount of funding to states whose students perform well on tests that prove challenging to kids around the country.
This system would be gamed. The way to "win" would be to develop highly detailed, easy, obscure standards. Literature would consist of detailed analysis of the early works of Nathanial Hawthorne, math would focus on theorems not normally covered but not overly challenging, history would focus on seldom‐told tales of the host state or the nation or world. The host state would then teach intensely to these specialized standards, knowing that its own students could master them and students in other states — receiving a completely different curriculum — would perform poorly. It would be neither a "race to the top" nor a "race to the bottom," but rather a "race to the trivial."
This proposal also suffers the same problem that a single set of national standards would suffer: it would force all students of a given age to march through their state's curriculum at the same pace, denying the obvious reality that kids of the same age learn the various subjects at different paces. Shackling them together into a scholastic chain‐gang is not sound pedagogy.
What is encouraging about this proposal, though, is that it attempts to marshal both competition and incentives in pursuit of improved performance. Clearly, it's on the right track. But why reinvent the wheel? We already HAVE a system that has proven, over centuries, to be able to effectively combine competition, freedom, and incentives in pursuit of innovation and excellence: the free enterprise system.
School systems organized along free market lines dramatically outperform all others – especially those which are most closely overseen, and run, by the state. We just need to figure out how to bring a free and competitive education marketplace within reach of all students.


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Note: In this lesson, it is assumed that you already know how to open and create a C++ project within your IDE. It is also assumed that you know how to create a .cpp file in order to write your code.
I'd just like to begin by saying that this lesson was designed to be a tutorial to people who have a hard time understanding large concepts. I hope that this tutorial is easy for every person to understand. So let's begin!
The Tutorial
We've all been there. You're sitting in class and the next thing you know your computer science teacher starts talking about libraries. He's not talking about the library where you check out book. In the world of computers, libraries mean something completely different.
When you hear your teacher say library or libraries, he/she is actually referring to a core part of any programming language. See there are programmers all over the world that are creating code and putting it into a form that we call a library. The library basically shortens the amount of code that you need to make your program to work.
Let's use an example: You have just fixed your first 500-word English paper and you tell Microsoft Word that to print your paper. Well if you were making a program and you wanted to let the person that will be using it to have the ability to print something then you wouldn't want to type 3000 lines of code just so they can print something. Instead you import a library into your program and it does the work for you. Now you just write a few lines of code and you're done. There are hundreds of libraries available for you to use, it's just a matter of finding the one that does what you need.
So now I bet you're going, "Teach me how to import a library. I want to learn how to do this the easy way!" Come on, we all know you're thinking it. Ok, well here you go! The basic library in C++ is called the iostream, which is a part of the standard C++ library. Your teacher will go into more detail about all the iostream library has to offer. Let's just focus on how to import it into your program.
At the top of your program, add the line of code below:
#include <iostream>
That's all there is to it. Now your program isn't going to work with that one line of code, but that's all you need to import the iostream. One last thing for this lesson: in C++ Programming you have something called a namespace. A namespace is sort of another form of a library; however, you do not have to remember multiple namespaces like you do libraries. All you have to do is add the line below:
using namespace std;
You're good to go. You now have added your first library and namespace to your program. I know I said that was the last thing for this lesson, but I just want to let you know something important. In order to take full advantage of the libraries, you must import them into EVERY program that you write in C++. Every program that you will write is different; therefore, in one program you might use the iostream and cmath libraries but then in another program you might only use the iostream library. Although, you will use the Standard Namespace (using namespace std;) in every one of your programs. That never changes.
Well I hope you enjoyed your first lesson.
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The best property insurance in Florida
Picking and choosing amongst all of the different property insurance in Florida plans, coverages, rates, and services out there can be a nightmare.
Things are only complicated further when you have a number of top-of-the-line agencies all vying for your business, promising you the moon and the stars (and wildly different rates and coverage plans) to try and convince you to become a customer and client of theirs.
Thankfully, it can be a lot easier, a lot simpler, and a lot more streamlined to pick and choose the best property insurance in Florida like https://floridainsurancequotes.net/home-insurance/property-insurance-florida/. Hopefully by the time you're done with this quick guide you know exactly what we are talking about.
Reputation is everything
When you are trying to find the very best property insurance in Florida, you need to look at a number of key criteria – but none are more important than the reputation of that particular insurance agency.
Just like anything else in life, a reputation is the most priceless asset that anyone or any business can have. It's something that you are through your actions (and not just the things you market and advertise), and is something that is not completely in your own control.
The marketplace dictates the reputation of property insurance in Florida services, and will help you determine whether or not a particular agency, service, or coverage plan is something that you should consider – or something that you should ignore completely!
You'll want to ask everyone and anyone in your social circle (as well as your friends and family members) about the property insurance in Florida that they currently have, and also check the Internet for "inside information" you would not be able to find anywhere else.
How good are there customer service representatives?
Secondly, you're going to want to investigate just how high quality there customer service representatives are – especially in their claims department.
Hopefully, you'll never have to use your property insurance in Florida to file a claim, but it's nice to know that if the worst should happen you aren't going to deal with all kinds of extra headaches, hassles, and unnecessary stress.
Definitely ask about the customer service department, contacted on your own to "mystery shop" them as though you were already a client, and definitely check out the website to see what they have to say about that department.
What does your gut instinct say?
Finally, and certainly non-scientifically, you'll want to "trust your gut" of what it comes to picking and choosing the right property insurance in Florida.
Your intuition is tapped directly into your subconscious mind, and even if you do not consciously know why you're getting a little bit "squirrelly" about a particular agent, agency, or coverage plan, it's a good idea to listen to that little voice in the back of your mind telling you to get out of that kind of agreement.
Your intuition is not always going to be right, but it's certainly going to be right more often than it's wrong.


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I'm investigating irreducible polynomials over finite fields at the moment, and I wanted to know if there is a formula for the number of irreducible polynomials of degree n over a fixed finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$. Wolfram MathWorld gives the formula \begin{equation} \frac{1}{n}\sum_{d|n}\mu(\frac{n}{d})q^d \end{equation} However, neither it nor the OEIS page it links to offers any proof for this as far as I can tell, and I'm kind of confused by the presence of a divisor sum; I don't see why such a sum would appear in dealing with these polynomials.
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With Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday all crammed into one long weekend, Better Business Bureau offers help to make shopping adventures go as smoothly as possible.
According to the National Retail Federation, 140 million people expect to make purchases during the holiday kickoff shopping weekend. Of those, 97 million shoppers plan to shop on Black Friday. In 2012, the average holiday shopper spent $423. Total spending reached an estimated $59.1 billion.
"It's unfortunate and disheartening that although it's the season for giving, it is also often a time for scammers to thrive", said Mechele Agbayani Mills, president and CEO of BBB Serving Central East Texas. "A little planning and a lot of awareness go a long way to make shopping a less stressful, and therefore, less messy experience."
BBB has these seven tips to help consumers save time, stress and money on this busy shopping weekend:
1. Plan ahead. Take time to print out or clip ads for items you are interested in buying to help outline your shopping day in advance.
2. Create a budget. Know whom you are buying gifts for and how much you are willing to spend. As you buy gifts, keep track of the cost and avoid impulse purchases to prevent overspending.
3. Research products and companies. Just because an item is in high-demand and being offered at a low price, doesn't mean the product is worthwhile or right for you. Thoroughly research any product you're interested in purchasing to see how it is performing in the marketplace, and make sure the companies you deal with have a track record of keeping their word. Go to www.bbb.org to find businesses you can trust.
4. Don't be misled by tricky advertisements. Read the fine print on all advertised sales to make sure you are truly saving money, and bring the ad with you. Watch for discrepancies in advertised prices and the prices on the shelf. Verify the real price before checking out.
5. Ask about return policies. Many stores have a 30-day return policy, but it is important to read the terms and conditions associated with each purchase. And remember that the refund policy usually applies to the day you purchase the item not when you give the item as a gift.
6. Think twice about store credit cards. Some retailers will offer additional savings to incentivize consumers to sign up for their credit card. However, these cards often times carry high interest rates or annual fees. If you do not plan on shopping at a particular retailer very often, or if you are unable to pay off balances at the end of each month, the credit card might not be financially beneficial for you.
7. Keep your receipt. Always keep a purchase receipt with you in case you need to return the item for any reason. If you don't want a printed receipt, stores may be able to email one.
Visit www.bbb.org to find businesses you can trust and tips on how to be a savvy consumer. To report a fraud or unscrupulous business practices, call the BBB Hotline at 903.581.8373.


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This week in new hires, Rico Casares joined Genworth Wealth Management; Stratos Wealth Partners welcomed three advisors to two new offices; Sherry Rexroad became the CIO of a new team at BlackRock; and the Hedge Fund Association named Adam Steinberg to head its new chapter in China.
Also, Beverly Hills Wealth Management named Steven Stahlberg as director of its western division; Austin Moon went to UAT Inc.; LIMRA hired Paul DeSimone as head of compliance; and Michael Davis joined Beringer Harvard.
Genworth Wealth Management Adds Casares
Genworth Financial Wealth Management (GFWM), a subsidiary of Genworth Financial, announced Tuesday that Rico Casares has joined its practice management consulting team.
Casares has worked with broker-dealers for nearly 20 years. In his new position, he will be responsible for the southeast and report to Matt Matrisian, director of practice management.
Stratos Wealth Partners Welcomes Three
Stratos Wealth Partners announced Tuesday the addition of three former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisors to their two newly created offices in Logan and Ogden, Utah. The new independent firms, Stratos Wealth Partners and Adams Wealth Advisors, together combine to represent more than $350 million in AUM.
The three advisors, Craig P. Adams, Steve Beierlein and S. Craig Adams, represent more than 100 years of combined industry experience.
BlackRock Appoints CIO to New Global Real Estate Securities Team
BlackRock announced Tuesday the appointment of Sherry Rexroad as CIO for the firm's new global real estate securities platform, effective immediately. She will report to Mark Howard-Johnson, global head of BlackRock's real estate securities group.
Rexroad has more than 20 years of experience in real estate securities. Prior to joining BlackRock, she managed global, U.S. and long/short hedge fund mandates. Most recently, she served as senior portfolio manager, REITs-Americas, for Aviva Investors' global listed real estate securities team. Previously, she was a managing director and portfolio manager with ING Clarion Real Estate Securities. Prior to ING, she worked for AEW Capital Management, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the General Services Administration.
The Hedge Fund Association Adds Steinberg, Expands in China
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) announced Monday that Adam Steinberg, a financial communications consultant in Beijing, has been tapped to serve as the new director of the HFA's China chapter.
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Steinberg advises companies on communications issues that affect reputation and market valuation. He has more than eight years of experience in mainland China and most recently, worked at Hill+Knowlton Strategies in Beijing where he counseled the Nasdaq-listed Chinese company Tudou Holdings, among many others. Beverly Hills Wealth Management Names Stahlberg as Western Division Director
Beverly Hills Wealth Management (BHWM) announced Monday the appointment of Steven Stahlberg as western division director, effective immediately.
Stahlberg joins BHWM with more than 30 years of industry experience. Previously, he was RW Baird's western regional director; before joining Baird, he was a district manager for Morgan Stanley. The majority of his career was spent at Wachovia and its predecessor firms.
UAT Appoints Austin Moon Partner and Managing Director
UAT Inc. recently announced that it has appointed Austin Moon to its national sales team as partner and managing director.
Moon is a 14-year veteran of the financial services sector. Prior to joining UAT, he served as vice president of new business development at National Planning Corp.
LIMRA Hires New Compliance Head
LIMRA announced Wednesday that it hired Paul DeSimone as head of its compliance and regulatory services group. The appointment was effective May 1. In this new role, he oversees management of LIMRA's compliance products as well as the regulatory services strategy center. In addition, he will be responsible for developing business growth strategies and innovative product development.
DeSimone has been a regular member and vice chair of LIMRA's broker-dealer services committee for 15 years. He is president and chief compliance officer of an SEC-registered broker/dealer and principal of a private equity firm. His career background encompasses financial services product development and distribution leadership roles in a variety of positions at LIMRA member companies, including New England Financial, American Skandia, MassMutual and Prudential Financial.
Behringer Harvard Appoints Institutional Sales Director
Behringer Harvard announced Tuesday that Michael Davis has joined the firm as institutional sales director. In this new position, he is responsible for developing institutional channel distribution strategies for the firm's existing and expanding product portfolio, including sales of alternative and direct investments.
With more than 20 years of experience, Davis was most recently director of investor relations for Gorelick Brothers Capital in Charlotte, N.C. From 2005 to 2008, he was managing director and head trader, debt capital markets, for National City Bank in Cleveland. At JPMorgan/Bank One Capital Markets in Chicago, he was director and trader, portfolio risk management, from 2002 to 2005. He also has previous management experience in Chicago at Deerfield Capital Management; PPM America; Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.; Cohen Financial Corp.; and Kenneth Leventhal & Co.


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Communication Studies at EC prepares students to be Christian communicators in learning, working, and serving with their minds, hearts, and spirits throughout college and life.
一道本不卡免费高清In this increasingly digital world united through the Internet, the field of graphic design is growing. This growth offers career opportunities to those with the skills to meet these new and exciting challenges. Emmanuel College's major in Graphic Design provides students with an environment equipped to attain these sought after skills by combining a solid foundation in design fundamentals with creative opportunities that allow a student's God-given talents to flourish. Our Graphic Design major incorporates information, technology, and community. In the senior project course, students showcase their knowledge and skills acquired through the communication curriculum.
Aside from completing 18 hours of core communication courses, students who choose the graphic design major are prepared for graduate school or entry-level positions in a variety of career choices, including Media Production, Public Relations, Graphic Design, Advertising, Layout and Design, Marketing, etc.
Communication Skills
EN 101, 102 (Freshman Composition) 6 hrs.
CM 130 (Intro to Communication) 3 hrs.
Literature 3 hrs.
HU 205 (Art of Film) 3 hrs.
Social and Behavioral Science
HY 272/273 (American History I & II) 3 hrs.
Political Science/Psychology/
Sociology/Economics/Geography 3 hrs.
Natural Science/Mathematical Reasoning
Science (Lab course) 4 hrs.
Mathematics 3 hrs.
Christian Ministries
BI 111 (Biblical Literature & History) 3 hrs.
BI 112 (Interpreting Biblical Literature) 3 hrs.
BI 300 (Gospel of John) 3 hrs.
TH 237 (Christian Ethics) 3 hrs.
Physical Wellness
PE 105 (Total Fitness) 1 hr.
FS 101 (Freshman Seminar) 2 hrs.
SS 400 (Professions, Vocations, Missions) 1 hrs.
一道本不卡免费高清Total 44 hrs.
Computer Use
BU 250 (Computer Applications I) 3 hrs.
Foreign Language Courses (B.A. Option only)
Foreign Language 6 hrs.
Communication Core
CM 150 (Communication Survey) 3 hrs.
CM 230 (Media and Society) 3 hrs.
CM 316 (Multimedia & Public Comm.) 3 hrs.
CM 401 (Communication Law) 3 hrs.
CM 402 (Internship) 3 hrs.
CM 471 (Senior Project) 3 hrs.
Graphic Design Core
CM 209 (Intro to Design) 3 hrs.
CM 212 (Photo Journalism) 2 hrs.
CM 240 (Digital Media Production) 3 hrs.
CM 241 (Design Technology I) 3 hrs.
CM 242 (Design Technology II) 3 hrs.
CM 245 (Typography) 3 hrs.
CM 309 (Digital Cinematography) 3 hrs.
CM 335 (Animation) 3 hrs.
CM 340 (Web Design) 3 hrs.
CM 341 (Page Layout and Publication Design) 3 hrs.
CM 342 (Packaging Design) 3 hrs.
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Anastasia was born in 1979, at the age of ten.She's been around ever since, and she's only thirteen now. I never get tired of writing about her and her family. Katherine Krupnik, her mother, reminds me of myself.
Sam was born when Anastasia was ten, and for a long time he existed only in the books about her. But kids liked him. Maybe he reminded them of their own little brothers. So at the request of young readers, I gave Sam his own series.
Caroline and J.P. Tate are so much like real kids in real families: a bickering sister-and-brother pair, with a long-suffering single mom. They live in New York City, but in one book they spend a summer with their dad in Iowa. In truth, the Tates could exist anywhere.
Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade has one student who is, shall we say, somewhat unusual. New to the school in October, by Thanksgiving she has completely entranced the entire class. And there's a whole school year yet to come
Each of these is an all-by-itself book, not part of a series. They take you from Denmark to West Virginia to Boston, - and many other places - and three of them come from my own life. (See if you can figure out which three!)
Thirteen-year-old Meg envies her sister Molly's beauty and popularity, and these feelings make it difficult for her to cope with Molly's illness and death.
Sam's adventures, some of which also occur in the books about Anastasia, are warm and life-affirming; they are related with humorous affection, without a trace of condescension.
Anastasia finds herself in another embarrassing mess when she accidentally puts the bag of her dog's droppings instead of her mother's packages in the mailbox, and things get worse when the police investigate the mailbox.
Twelve-year-old Anastasia is horrified at her family's decision to move from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs.
Anastasia Krupnik answers a personal ad, and by stretching the truth, finds herself in quite a predicament when the special "he" wants to meet her.
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Darn that Cleveland lake effect. Now's not the time for this Cliff! ~ Not with the Yanks playing the Royals.
I agree with you totally, but we did have the Orioles earlier in the week and blew one game ourselves.
But you never know, the Royals are just as capable of winning as the Yankees or the Rays.
Parity is close in the A L East, but it is still a few years off in the A L Central.
Rays Renegade
Just looked and your game is in a rain delay too! Hate when the weather interferes with our pennant race. The nerve!
I remember back in 2007 when Fausto was facing the Yankees in the Playoffs, and he had all of those bugs on his face and neck. Joba couldn't stand it and had bug spray brought out, which didn't help. Good series.
This is the second rain delay of the night. Funny, the last time the Rays had a rain delay, Rays starter Jeff Niemann was on the mound.
Starting to think there is a combination hidden here somewhere.
Just a weird night where the rain began to come in quick off the lake, then boom! clusternombs of liquid sunshine.
Rays Renegade
Back in 2004 I took a trip up for the Friday night game and caught the 10th inning HR ball for an Indians win. Then it was off to the warehouse District (lol).
Serious, the next day was an afternoon game and it rained, but I was the crazy Rays fans dancing in the rainand down by the Rays dugout talking with a few players.
First time since college I experienced a rain delay.
Midgets, seagulls and the occasional rain puddle.
Now I know why Drew Carey loves Cleveland…It does Rock!
Rays Renegade
i'll tell you what the tro is ten times better than that outdoor barn Sun Life in Miami. and your fans are much better. you guys deserve a new ballpark before they do. its unfortunate. I was actually in St. Pete for a game in 2006. was able to get press box seats for only 30 bucks. it was one of my family's favorite experiences anywhere in the country. thanks for the offer bud and you were right. this whole vacation took a hit on my wallet
This is the time of the year that outdoor baseball in Florida tests your stamina and demeanor. Nothing against it, I have lived here for a long time, but it does take a bit getting used to at times.
I think we derserved a MLB team before the money grubbing East Coast too, but that is another long and heated story. I wetn to Sun Life a few weeks ago and it was an adventure, but I agree, the Rays fans do have a more pleasant and glowing energy about them.
But then again, if you sat in 95+ heat fora game, your energy would flow out like the sweat.
But glad you had a great time in Florida.Sorry the wallet got thinner.
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Each tournament is set to run for a specified amount of time. A tournament can end in one of two ways. First, when the allotted time runs out - in this case the player with the highest score at that moment wins. Second, a target score may be set which a player has to reach. If any player reaches a target score within the allotted time this also ends the tournament - that player is the winner. When a tournament ends all running games are immediately aborted and do not count towards the final standings.
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Winner of the 2013 Liberator's Prize for Critical Thought
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AxleTech divests EV systems group to Allison Transmission
AxleTech, provider of off-highway and specialty vehicle drivetrain systems and components, has sold its Electric Vehicle Systems division to Allison Transmission, effective immediately. The sale affects 5% of AxleTech's global employee base of approximately 600 people.
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Creating Books and Charts
(click on the printer icon to access these choices)
Ahnentafel (Ancestry)
Modified Register (Descendancy)
These two books are similar, except that one traces the ancestors back in time and the other traces the descendants forward, generation by generation. They are in the form of a narrative rather than a chart. e.g. "Leah Hock was born about 1695 in of Froxfield, Hampshire, England" You can choose whether to include notes, sources, photos, etc.
Descendancy Chart
Just before Christmas each year I create a descendancy chart of about 10,000 descendants of two of my ancestors, and post this book on my web site for my cousins. A descendancy chart has the advantage of putting the maximum number of people and family relationships on a minimum of paper. Its disadvantage is that it can be hard to follow. An index is really needed. (I normally use PAF Companion for this particular book, as PAF Companion numbers the children and starts each page with a miniature pedigree.)
Cascading Family Group Records
These can form a "book", but be sure to include the Cascading Pedigree Charts that go with them. The Pedigree Charts are a necessary road map.
PAF has a large number of built-in lists that can be viewed or printed. Some (like Possible Problems) allow you to set the parameters.
Output Options
Preview: Always click on Preview to verify the output before printing the book. It saves on cheap paper and expensive ink!
Print to File: This will send the output to an RTF word processor and open it instead of going to a printer.
NOTE: The appearance of RTF data depends upon the word processor. The pedigree chart that looks so beautiful in Word will be gibberish in WordPad. So, if it looks good in Word, save it as a Word file! The index needs to be generated in the word processor.
Print to a PDF writer: This is not a built-in feature of PAF. You need to install one of the free PDF Writers such as PrimoPDF or PDF Creator and choose it as the "Default Printer". This automatically creates an index if one is requested. (Make sure that Print to File is not selected.)
Print to Printer: Select your printer as the Default Printer. (De-select Print to File.)
Create a Webpage: This creates a folder of linked HTML documents, that can be copied to a web host or dropbox Public folder for public viewing, or to your tablet or other mobile device.
The Amazing Advanced Focus Filter and Custom Reports
If you want to find everyone in your database who was born, married or died in Neepawa, Manitoba, it only takes 2 minutes. In the Search menu > Advanced Focus Filter > Define (select the criteria in the left-hand column and move it to the right-hand column, and you would normally select "And" to separate the criteria). Generating a custom report only takes an additional 5 minutes, once the individuals are selected. Landscape layout works best. Select the items you want included in the report, and select the sort order. Besides the usual output options, the custom report can be saved as a CSV file that can be opened as a spreadsheet.
The PAF genealogy database software (for Windows) is still free at https://familysearch.org/products


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To Die-Cut or not to Die-Cut. That is the question. Seriously, I got asked this questions 554,753 times last year. But I think one lady asked me twice...so I didn't count her!
The reason this is a serious question is because die-cutting usually means a somewhat serious financial investment. First you have an investment in the machine, then you have an on-going investment in the dies. Fortunately though, the variety of die-cutting machines, and the dies themselves, is vast. Almost every scrapper out there can find a machine and a brand of dies that fits their style, budget and level of use.
If you...
- can imagine the benefit of being able to cut 144 identical scalloped circles at 2:00 a.m.
- want a jumping-off point for some new creativity
- desire access to to cutting letters and shapes, even when you don't have access to a power outlet or a computer
I own all three of these machines and use all bands of dies. My name is Susan...and I'm a die-addict! So let me tell you what I know!
Construction and Durability: All of these machines are made of plastic and metal. The Big Shot has the largest footprint of the bunch, a convenient handle on top and in my opinion operates most smoothly. The Cuttlebug claims to have a "suction base" that engages when you lower the side flats, but I can't ever get it to work. It might be caused by the dry Arizona weather, or our dusty air - but it doesn't suction for me, which doesn't lend to the stability factor. The Revolution is the smallest of the three machines. I've had mine for over 2 years. It came with an adorable carrying/storage case, has been beat up, dropped, used and abused by countless students, on-lookers and airport security screeners and it's still working just like the day I got it. This sucker is solid. My Big Shot and Cuttlebug don't have as many miles on them, but other than the fact that they don't have carrying cases, I can see both of them performing equally as well over the long haul. Three isn't a flimsy machine in the bunch!
Ease of Use: All three die-cutting machines operate basically the same way. Die on platform, paper on die, spin handle to crank said platform through the rollers...VIOLA. The only differences come in the layers that make up the platform. The Revolution's platform is magnetic - the dies stick right to it. The Cuttlebug and Big Shot both have a variety of "mats' which are varying thicknesses. Depending on what brand of die you're using or what material you're cutting, you'll change the cutting mats. It's a matter of cutting each item once, so you know the "sandwich" to build, and you'll be set for future use. I'd say the ease of use is the same, among the three. However the Big Shot gets gold star because their mats are bound together in a tab-book. It's tricky to misplace the book, because you'll always have it on your platform. With my Cuttlebug, I'm forever burying one of my "mats" under layers of paper and supplies.
Cost Effectiveness: Die-cutting machines are definitely an investment. But between great online stores, big-box-retailer's coupons, local scrapbook store's loyalty programs or scrapbook convention specials - it's rarely necessary to pay MSRP for any of them. Dies range from $5.99 MSRP for a single Cuttlebug shape - up to $119.99 MSRP for a complete QuicKutz alphabet. However, once again, I've never paid MSRP for any of my dies. I use coupons, shop online sales and take advantage of my local conventions. I think the price of a die pays for itself very quickly. I never run out of black upper-case "Es" in the middle of the night. I can cut letters and embellishments from the cardstock that specifically matches the patterned paper I'm using. I can use dies for card making, scrapbooking and home decor projects. I think once the initial purchase of the die-cutting machine is made, dies are a sound investment in your paper crafting supplies. You'll never run out of options when you've got dies at the ready.
What I Like:
- I love a machine that allows me to use a variety of dies. The Big Shot and the Cuttlebug allow me to use virtually every brand of die on the market.
- I love that the Big Shot has a large footprint and feels very secure when I spin the handle
- I love the lime green color of the Cuttlebug – trivial but true
- I love the rumor (that was confirmed on Wednesday by QuicKutz) that a new machine will be debuting soon. (Think wider, think universal, think multi-purpose…think May!)
- I take comfort in knowing that if I have questions about my Revolution, or any QuicKutz dies, I can call their 800 number, speak to a human and have an answer and/or resolution very quickly.
- I love that QuicKutz releases new dies each and every month
- It makes me happy that I can find Cuttlebug and Big Shot dies at several local scrapbook stores and big-box stores.
- I like knowing that virtually every die on the market will cut in the Cuttlebug and the Big Shot. But in my Revolution, I do enjoy using the following dies: Go Kreate, Boss Kut, Spellbinders and Cuttlebug Kids.
- I love the storage systems for QuicKutz dies
- I wish Provo Craft made 12" cutting mats, for the Cuttlebug so that other company's biggest dies would cut easily.
- I don't like that I now know about the new tool coming from QuicKutz, but am going to have to wait until this summer. I'm not the most patient person!
What I Made With These 3 Die-Cutting Systems and Their Dies: Here are a couple of projects I made - hopefully showing some of the versatility of dies!
Goodies: QuicKutz Nesting Stars (frames), QuicKutz Nesting Stars (shapes), ProvoCraft Cuttlebug, Bazzill Cardstock, Scenic Route White Ledge Paper, Tinkering Ink Rub-Ons, Stampin' Up! Hole Punch, bling.
Goodies: Go-Kreate Norton font, Spellbinders Nestabilities Rectangles, QuicKutz Revolution, Imaginesce patterned paper, Bazzill Cardstock, binding tape, mouse-head punchie
Available at: www.scrapyland.com , www.scrapbook.com, www.sizzix.com


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|Air Force Falcons | Whitman's Sampler Mile-HIgh Classic
|Saturday, March 16, 2013
|2:00 p.m. (Mountain) | 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
|Denver, Colo. | Sports Authority Field at Mile High
|TV | Radio
|Series Record
|Loyola leads, 6-1
|Last Meeting
|Loyola 15, Air Force 8 – March 17, 2012, in Baltimore
Game Data
Loyola University Maryland returns to ECAC Lacrosse League action on Saturday, March 16, 2013, when it participates in the Whitman's Sampler Mile High Classic, an Inside Lacrosse Experience.
The Greyhounds will play the Air Force Academy at Sports Authority at Mile High, home of the National Football League's Denver Broncos. Faceoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Mountain time, 4 p.m. Eastern.
Notre Dame and Denver follow the Greyhounds and Falcons with the Classic's second game, starting at 4:30 p.m. Mountain.
Follow The Action
Fans can watch the game live on ESPN3, the broadband arm of ESPN. Mark Dixon will call the play-by-play, and Jamie Munro will provide the analysis.
Series History
Loyola and Air Force will meet for the eighth time in series history when the teams take the field Saturday, the fourth time in ECAC Lacrosse League action.
The Greyhounds hold a 6-1 advantage in the all-time series with the Falcons after winning the March 17, 2012, contest, 15-8.
Air Force reeled off four-straight second-quarter goals in last year's game to take a 7-4 lead on Ryland De Pol's goal with 2:42 to go before halftime. J.P. Dalton, who won 18-of-26 faceoffs in the game, scored off a Scott Ratliff assist 16 seconds into the second half to ignite a 10-0 Loyola run that would put the Greyhounds in control of the game.
Mike Sawyer scored three goals in last year's game, while Davis Butts had a career-best four assists. Ratliff tallied two goals and an assist while picking up seven ground balls, and Sean O'Sullivan and Chris Layne each scored twice.
Since Air Force joined the ECAC in 2009, Loyola is 2-1 against the Falcons with the lone loss coming on May 19, 2011, when Air Force took an 8-6 decision in Colorado Springs.
In The Polls
Loyola sits at No. 8 in the USILA Coaches and 10th in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media polls.
Inside Lacrosse Events
Saturday's game will be the second Inside Lacrosse-run event that the Greyhounds have competed in.
Loyola lost, 11-9, to Notre Dame, another participating in this year's Mile High Classic, on March 6, 2010, in the Konica-Minolta Face-Off Classic at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium.
It will also be Loyola's second game at what is now Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The Greyhounds played Denver in a regular-season game on May 2, 2010, and lost, 12-4, to the Pioneers.
Last Time Out
Duke scored five goals in the fourth quarter to overcome a deficit to start the period, and the host Blue Devils held off Loyola for a 9-8 non-conference victory in Durham, N.C., last Friday night.
Phil Dobson broke a 4-4 tie with his first goal of the season with 7:28 to go in the third quarter, and the Greyhounds carried the 5-4 lead into the final 15 minutes.
Duke's Case Matheis took a Jordan Wolf feed from behind and scored with 13:59 left in regulation after Wolf picked up a ground ball when a Duke shot went wide of the cage and directly to him.
Josh Offit then put the Blue Devils in front for the first time since the second quarter with a goal 1:33 later. Sean O'Sullivan tied the game for Loyola with an extra-man goal at 10:36, but Duke tallied the next two goals to go up 8-6.
Justin Ward led the Greyhounds offensively, scoring twice and adding an assist.
Scott Ratliff scored a goal in transition and had game-highs of seven ground balls and four caused turnovers. Joe Fletcher picked up five ground balls, and Pat Laconi scored once, had a pair of ground balls and a caused turnover.
Ratliff Earns ECAC Award
Scott Ratliff was named the ECAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, March 11, after scoring a goal, causing four turnovers and picking up seven ground balls against Duke last week.
It was the second time in as many weeks that a Loyola player has earned the league's Defensive Player of the Week honors after Jack Runkel won the award on March 4 following a week with 18 saves in two games.
Ratliff has now won an ECAC weekly award five times in his career after picking up three last season and one the year before.
Davis Off The Ground
Davis Butts is second on the team this season with 25 ground balls and has picked up five in four of the Greyhounds' five contests: Delaware, Maryland, UMBC and Bellarmine. He also had two in the game at Towson.
Through five games this season, he is already more than halfway to his total of 40 a year ago. He has also scored at least one point in all but one game this year and has three goals and five assists.
Ward's Big Night
The foul weather did not slow Justin Ward on Tuesday against UMBC, as the junior finished with seven goals and three assists for 10 points. His goal and point outputs were career-highs.
He became the first player to score at least seven goals in a game since Gavin Prout tallied eight in a 19-11 win at Hobart on April 28, 2001.
Ward's 10-point effort was the first 10-point game for a Greyhound since Tim Goettelmann tallied the same amount in a 19-9 win on March 25, 2000, against Fairfield. In that game, Goettelmann scored four goals and had six assists. Later that season, he would score seven goals on May 16 in the NCAA First Round against Notre Dame.
His seven goals are tied with Ohio State's Logan Schuss and Army's Garrett Thul for the most in a game this season, and his 10 points tie Schuss for game-high honors, as well.
He then chipped in two goals and an assists on Saturday versus Bellarmine.
With 43 career assists, Ward is now tied for 18th in Loyola's Division I history with Gunnar Goettelmann who registered the same total in 1999-2001 and 2003.
Through six games this year, Ward leads the team with 16 goals and 11 assists for 27 points.
Pontrello Puts Up Points, Too
Somewhat lost in Justin Ward's 10-point night against UMBC were the career-high numbers put up by fellow attacker Nikko Pontrello. The sophomore finished with career-bests in goals (3), assists (3) and points (6).
It was his first career multi-goal game, and his assists exceeded his previous best of two.
Pontrello now has three multi-point games this season after scoring a goal and assisting on two at Towson on February 20 and tallying one of each against Bellarmine. In four games, he has six goals, and his eight assists are second-most on the team.
Back-To-Back Hat Tricks
Mike Sawyer recorded his second hat trick in as many games last week when he tallied three over a six-minute stretch of action against Bellarmine. He also finished with three goals against UMBC earlier in the week.
Sawyer scored with 1:46 to play in the first half and then twice within 20 seconds in the third quarter, his third goal of the day putting Loyola in front, 7-2, with 11:17 left in the stanza.
He now has 20 hat tricks in his career, one of only four players currently active to reach that plateau. Colgate's Peter Baum leads the nation with 29, while Army's Garrett Thul has 26. Saywer is tied with Cornell's Steve Mock with 20 each.
Eighth To 100
With his goal at 9:25 in the third quarter against UMBC, Mike Sawyer became the eighth player in Loyola men's lacrosse history to score 100 in his career, the seventh in the program's Division I history.
Sawyer joined a list that includes Gary Hanley (151), Pat Lamon (133), Gewas Schindler (120), Tim O'Shea (115), Kevin Beach (114), John Carroll (112) and Chris Colbeck (108).
Layne Keeps Tallying Points
Chris Layne had his fourth multi-point game in as many contests this season, recording two goals and an assist for the Greyhounds against UMBC after tallying the same amount three days prior against Maryland.
Through six games this year, Layne has scored nine goals and has five assists.
Last season, he had a total of five multi-point games while finishing with 11 goals and 14 assists. With his two goals against Delaware, Maryland and UMBC, Layne has more than doubled his multi-goal games during his time at Loyola to five. He also had one as a sophomore in 2010 for North Carolina.
At Delaware in the season-opener, Layne tallied the first and last goals of the game for the Greyhounds, the initial coming at 12:17 in the first quarter, and the second with 4.4 seconds left in the fourth. He also assisted on a Scott Ratliff transition goal just over five minutes into the third quarter.
Spreading The Scoring
Nine Loyola players scored goals at Towson with seven recording two or more points, and nine was also the number of scorers versus Maryland and UMBC, and seven had two or more points against the Retrievers. Against Towson, Mike Sawyer and Justin Ward led the way with four points, Chris Layne and Kevin Ryan tallied three, while Nikko Pontrello, Sean O'Sullivan and Brian Schultz each recorded two.
Last season, Loyola had just two games with seven players scoring two or more points (Michigan, Air Force).
Two At The 'X'
Loyola has had two primary faceoff men in their six games this season. Brendan Donovan started the season at Delaware, and he then took all but two of the 33 restarts against UMBC. He won 19-of-31 against the Retrievers where his 19 wins were the most by a Loyola player since Dan Kallaugher went 27-of-33 in the NCAA First Round at Albany on May 13, 2007. He also went 7-of-14 versus Bellarmine
In the Greyhounds' other three games, Blake Burkhart took the majority of the restarts, winning 17-of-28, a career-high, at Towson, and 14-of-25 against Maryland. Burkhart then all 21 face-offs at Duke, winning 12.
Acton Active On Defense
Reid Acton tied his career-high on against Delaware with five caused turnovers to lead all players. He also picked up five ground balls, one shy of Scott Ratliff's team-best six. He was part of a unit that held Delaware's starting attack to just three goals in the game. Acton also caused five turnovers last season against Ohio State.
Acton has logged at least two ground balls in all but one game (at Towson) this year.
A Lot Of Everything
The adage that a player does a little bit of everything does not necessarily apply to long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff. The Loyola senior does a lot, as he led the team last year in ground balls (88) and caused turnovers (37), was fifth in goals (12) and seventh in assists (7). His 37 caused turnovers were second-most in Loyola history – behind P.T. Ricci's 51 in 2009 – since the stats became official that year.
Ratliff, who was also an USILA All-America Third Team member, an All-ECAC First Team honoree and ECAC Defensive Player of the Year.
He has scored a goal in three of the Greyhounds' five games this year, at Delaware and versus Maryland and UMBC to bring his career totals to 20 goals and 10 assists. He is currently second among active long-poles in scoring behind Bryant's Mason Poli who has 35 goals and 11 assists.
With his game-opening goal against Canisius in the NCAA First Round, he set the Loyola single-season record for long-pole scoring, surpassing the record of 16 points set by current assistant coach Matt Dwan his senior season in 1995 when he tallied 11 goals and five assists and earned All-America honors.
Helmet Stickers
Loyola players are wearing three stickers on their helmets this season to remember those who have passed away. The stickers are in memory of Adam Pomper, a member of the 2012 team who passed away on June 12, 2012, Mandy O'Sullivan, mother of current players Sean and Ryan O'Sullivan who died in March 2012 from pancreatic cancer, and the 26 victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting in December 2012 where Loyola put on a youth lacrosse clinic in January.
Well-Represented In MLL Draft
Five members of the Loyola men's lacrosse team were selected in the top 26 of the January 11 Major League Lacrosse draft. The Greyhounds tied Virginia for the most draft picks in the selection process.
Josh Hawkins and Mike Sawyer were both taken in the first round, going fifth and eighth overall to the Hamilton Nationals and Charlotte Hounds, respectively.
Scott Ratliff was the first pick of the second round, going ninth to the Boston Cannons, and Davis Butts was taken early in the third round, 19th overall to the Denver Outlaws.
Joining Hawkins in Hamilton will be Reid Acton, the team's fourth round pick, 26th overall.
Sawyer will be joined in Charlotte by former teammate Eric Lusby who was the top waiver pick after the NCAA season ended in early June. After missing the majority of the MLL season with an injury, the NCAA Championships Most Outstanding Player made his MLL debut on July 28 at Long Island and scored a goal. He then tallied three goals in an August 11 win over Rochester.
Newtown Youth Clinic
Fourteen members of the Loyola men's lacrosse team took time from their holiday vacation to travel to Newtown, Conn., for a clinic with the Newtown Lacrosse Association.
Led by freshman Jason Crane, the Greyhounds worked with more than 100 elementary and junior-high school-age players, many of whom attended Sandy Hook Elementary School where the shooting that killed 26 took place in December.
Preseason Accolades
Six Loyola players were named to the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook Preseason All-America teams: defender Joe Fletcher and short-stick midfielder Josh Hawkins (first team); attackman Mike Sawyer and long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff (second); midfielder Davis Butts (third); and, defender Reid Acton (honorable mention).
All six earned All-America honors last season with Sawyer earned Second Team honors and Ratliff was named to the Third Team. Acton, Butts, Fletcher and Acton earned Honorable Mention along with graduate student Eric Lusby.
In his first year as a starter, Fletcher was named to the NCAA and ECAC Championships All-Tournament Teams and earned a reputation as one of the top defenders in the nation. In 19 games as a sophomore, Fletcher caused 26 turnovers, second most on the team, and had 41 ground balls.
Hawkins has continued to be one of the top defensive midfielders in the nation and garnered considerable respect nationally for his play during the NCAA Championships. He earned NCAA All-Tournament honors and helped the Greyhounds limit Notre Dame and Maryland to a combined eight goals on Championships weekend. In addition to his six goals and two assists in 15 games last year, Hawkins was second on the team with 63 ground balls.
Sawyer was a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award as the nation's top player last season when he scored 52 goals and assisted on 10 more and was named the team's Offensive Most Valuable Player. During the regular-season, he led the ECAC in goals and goals per game while earning All-ECAC First Team honors. He became the second player to score 50 or more goals in a season and was joined by a third on last year's team.
Ratliff continued to be one of the top long-stick midfielders in the nation and set a Loyola scoring record for the position last year. He finished with 12 goals and seven assists, exceeding current Loyola Assistant Coach Matt Dwan's previous record for a long-stick midfielder set in 1995. In addition to his scoring, he tallied 88 ground balls and 37 caused turnovers while earning ECAC Defensive Player of the Year, ECAC Championships Most Valuable Player, NCAA All-Tournament Team and team co-defenisve player of the year honors.
Butts was a first-line midfielder for the Greyhounds for the second year in a row. He excelled as a dodger and finisher and ranked fourth on the team in points (35) and third in goals scored (21). A versatile player, Butts also saw plenty of action on the wings of faceoffs and in the defensive midfield where he picked up 40 ground balls.
Acton will enter 2013 having started on the Greyhounds' defense each of the last three years. He finished the 2012 season with 44 ground balls and 20 caused turnovers, while helping Loyola record a 7.21 goals allowed per game average, the fifth-best mark in Division I. The Greyhounds set a pair of defensive records during Championship Weekend, holding Notre Dame and Maryland to a combined eight goals in the two games and allowing the Terrapins just three in the title match.
Toomey Receives Morris Touchstone Award
Loyola Head Coach Charley Toomey was named the ECAC Coach of the Year for the third time in his seven-year career, and in December, he received the coaches association's Morris Touchstone Award as the national coach of the year.
The Greyhounds became the second team in USILA Coaches Poll history to start a season unranked and ascend to the No. 1 spot in the rankings. The only other team was Duke in 2007 – a year after the Blue Devils had their season suspended in March – which accomplished the feat after being unranked in the first poll, moving to second in the next version and first in the third. Duke was knocked from its perch as No. 1 that season when it lost to the Greyhounds at the First Four in San Diego.
The win over Canisius in the First Round was the 60th victory of his coaching career, becoming the fourth coach in Loyola history to win 60 or more – Dave Cottle (181-70, 1983-2001), Charles Wenzel (62-104, 1954-1970), Jay Connor (61-46, 1975-1982). Toomey's .640 winning percentage trails only Cottle's .721 at Loyola.
Big Runs
Last season, runs of three-plus goals were critical in the Greyhounds success, as they had runs of 3-0 or better in all 19 games. In all, Loyola scored three or more in a row on 37 occasions last year.
The Greyhounds have opened the 2013 season in similar fashion as they scored three-straight in the second quarter to take a 4-2 lead against Delaware after trailing, 2-1. They then had two runs of 3-0 or better at Towson.
Against UMBC, Loyola had a 3-0 first-half run before putting together a 10-0 stretch in the third and fourth quarters. The Greyhounds then had a 4-0 run that spanned both halves to help beat Bellarmine
The game against Maryland marked the first time since May 5, 2011, against Fairfield that the Greyhounds did not put up a run of 3-0 or better.
Second-Half Success
The Greyhounds outscored opponents 66-22 in the third quarters of games, and 123-63 overall in the second half (including overtime), last season. The second-half scoring continued a trend from 2011 when Loyola outscored opponents, 69-52, after halftime (including two overtime goals), and 77-56.
This year, Loyola is outscoring opponents 23-10 in the third quarter and 38-28 overall after halftime.