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Tablets emerged into the mainstream in 2010 with the launch of the original iPad, and the market has since become flooded with dozens of these portable devices. Buyers today face a confusing landscape with tablet computer choices segmented by operating system (Apple iOS, Android and Windows) and size.
Tablet computers take two main forms -- convertible tablets and slates. Convertible tablets look like regular laptops, but the screen either swivels 360 degrees to transform the computer into a touch-screen tablet or detaches completely. Almost all convertible tablets, such as the Dell Inspiron i3147, run the Windows 8 operating system. For more information on these types of tablet computers, see our report on laptop computers.
Slates, on the other hand, get rid of the physical keyboard in favor of a virtual touch-screen keyboard. Slates are lighter than convertible tablets, but the touch-screen keyboard can make typing long documents a chore.
Tablet buyers have several decisions to make to find the right tablet for their needs.
Three operating systems dominate the tablet marketplace:
iOS: The Apple iPad line -- including the new Apple iPad Air 2 (Est. $500 and up) and iPad mini 3 (Est. $300 and up) -- run Apple's iOS operating system, the same one used by the iPhone line. It provides a seamless user experience, albeit one that's less customizable than what's possible under Android or Windows. The iTunes store still offers the largest library of apps, and that advantage is even more pronounced when it comes to apps optimized to run on a tablet's larger (compared to a smartphone) screen.
Android: While the tablet landscape is segmented by operating system, Android tablets are segmented further still. That's because Android is a more open operating system, with manufacturers able to modify it to a great degree to fit their devices and to add (or subtract) features. Google Play still trails Apple's iTunes in terms of the sheer number of available apps, but the gap is small, and except for some specialized apps, it's getting tougher and tougher to find a mainstream or even offbeat app that doesn't come in flavors that run on both Apple and Android devices. However, many Android apps are optimized to look their best on smartphones and smaller tablets. While these apps will mostly work just fine on a larger tablet, they won't look quite as sharp or won't display full screen.
Android comes in lots of different flavors. Android 5.0 (code named Lollipop) is the latest version at the time of this report and reviews say it is the most polished version of the OS to date, with a more intuitive and attractive interface and improved performance. As is the norm with Android, roll out is slow and staged, with only a handful of devices -- including only some just-released tablets -- getting it initially, and with some slated to never receive the update at all. For now, the vast majority of tablets still use Android 4.4, code named KitKat. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as KitKat itself is considered stable and easy to use. Some cheap Android tablets still use Android 4.1, commonly known as Jelly Bean. Google has put together a history of Android page that explains the different versions of Android in more detail.
Very few tablets actually run the "stock" version of Android. Instead, manufacturers will put their own spin on things with different interfaces and functionalities -- though most are relatively minor.
Some manufacturers will take things further -- a lot further, in fact, to the point where the underlying Android operating system is barely recognizable. These "forked" versions of Android are created to give a manufacturer's devices unique features or restrictions not found elsewhere. Many "kids" tablets run a forked version of Android to create a child-safe "walled-garden" to play in, preventing -- in theory -- any exposure to parts of the Internet that parents deem to be undesirable. Amazon's Fire tablets also run a forked version of Android, in this case to create a more seamless user experience, albeit one tied tightly to Amazon's content products. Forked Android tablets can't access Google Play for app downloads. Instead, users must depend on independent App stores set up by the manufacturers.
Windows: Windows tablets also come in multiple versions. Windows RT was developed to run on the lower-powered processors found in Android and Apple slates. They can't run standard Windows applications -- only Windows Store apps -- and the selection pales compared to what's available under Apple or Android, though many Microsoft products, including a version of Office, are offered. Currently, the Microsoft Surface 2 (Est. $450 and up) is the only Windows RT tablet available.
Slates that run the full Windows 8.1 operating system are also available. These run more powerful processors, the Intel Atom or better, and can run Windows Store apps as well as any program that runs under Windows. That makes Windows tablets a good choice where productivity is important -- though any real productivity will also demand budgeting a little extra for an accessory keyboard.
Slate tablets come in a host of screen sizes, from around 7 inches to more than 20 inches. They can be broken down by size, with those that are roughly 9 inches or more considered large tablets, and those below that considered small. The very largest tablets are intended for use on a coffee table or conference table for collaborative work or play. More commonly, tablets in the 9-to 12-inch range are ideally sized for consuming media, such as high-definition movies, while sitting on a sofa or in an easy chair. Smaller tablets are usually less expensive than their large-screen counterparts and are perfectly sized to be used when held in one hand -- more comfortable for reading in bed, and more practical for strap-hanging commuters.
So which tablet is best for you? To help answer that question, we look at the best available advice from expert reviewers such as CNET, PCMag.com, Laptop Magazine and many more. We then cross-check those reviews with feedback from tablet users. To find the best choices, we rate tablets in important categories including performance, ease of use and features to find the ones most likely to please and to determine which models more often disappoint. The result is our Best Reviewed recommendations, along with some other tablets that are very much worth considering.
Although it's facing more competition than ever from Android slates by Google, Amazon, Samsung and others, as well as Windows slates running Windows 8.1, the latest-generation 9.7-inch iPad, dubbed the Apple iPad Air 2 (Est. $500 and up), remains the tablet computer to beat -- and it's not even close. Every review site that's laid its mitts on one has given it high ratings and heaps of praise. Those that do hands on reviews and testing are near unanimous in awarding it an Editors' Choice award or the equivalent. That includes CNET, Laptop Magazine, ComputerShopper.com, PCMag.com, HotHardware.com and more. TheVerge.com says that it is not only the best iPad ever, but the "best tablet ever made." Anandtech.com says "Overall, the iPad Air 2 is likely to be one of the only tablets worth buying on the market today."
That's not to say, however, that the iPad Air 2 is some revolutionary tablet. No, it's simply last year's iPad Air made better through small, albeit meaningful, tweaks. Those include a better processor (Apple's A8X), improved cameras, an anti-reflective screen, support for the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, and more. Business travelers that opt for a version with mobile data might appreciate the programmable SIM card that can be switched between multiple carriers. The iPad Air 2 is also thinner than last year's already incredibly thin iPad Air.
Other tweaks impact how you interact with the iPad Air 2 and your other Apple services and devices. The addition of Apple's Touch ID fingerprint identification for unlocking that tablet was expected and welcome. You can also use Touch ID for iTunes purchases and within apps for purchases from retailers and services that support Apple Pay. Reviewers say that iOS 8 is only a modest upgrade in most ways from the last version of the tablet's operating system, but the ability to hand-off calls between your iPhone and your iPad is one welcome addition. Handoff, also new, syncs Apple mobile devices with Apple laptops and desktops running OS X Yosemite, letting you work in certain Apple applications on one Apple device (iPhone, iPad, MacBook or iMac), and pick up right where you left of on another.
Laptop Magazine notes that the A8X processor promises to deliver 40 percent better performance overall, and 2.5 times better graphics performance. Benchmark testing is impressive, and real-world performance more so. The Asphalt 8 racing game delivered photo-realistic reflections on the cars and tracks, and I was blown away by the exploding glass during the slow-motion crashes," Mark Spoonauer says. However, CNET's Scott Stein notes that, while graphics designers and hard-core gamers will certainly appreciate the improved and more stable performance, "if you're a casual iPad user who's mainly streaming videos, reading, writing, and playing some games, you're probably not going to need the iPad Air 2's extra oomph." Battery life is better than average in Laptop Magazine's benchmark testing, but a little less than Apple's claim of 10 hours. Others say that it's about the same as earlier iPads.
As noted, the chief design aesthetic is the incredible thin profile -- roughly 18 percent thinner than its predecessor. " It's hard to believe that there's a computer back there, let alone a computer as powerful as the laptop computers of just a few years ago," says Nilay Patel at TheVerge.com. Also new this year is an available gold tone option (no extra charge). The well liked Retina display with its 2048-by-1536-pixel resolution is retained.
The killer app for the iPad Air 2 is literally its app ecosystem. Not everyone loves or even likes the immutable quirks of the iOS operating system and its insistence that you do things only Apple's way, or the iPad's tight integration to iTunes. But, there's no denying that the whole delivers a user experience that no other tablet can quite match, and no other platform offers the same breadth of tablet-optimized apps.
All of that, plus the iPad Air's impeccable build quality make the premium price of the iPad Air 2 a bit easier to swallow. Apple has held the line on pricing with this upgrade, and has included more storage in its step up versions (otherwise identical to the base version) -- 16 GB (Est. $500), 64 GB (Est. $600) and 128 GB (Est. $700). If you want mobile connectivity in addition to Wi-Fi, add $130 to those prices and don't forget to budget for carrier-access charges. When selecting your iPad Air 2 model, keep in mind that storage can't be added after purchase, and there's no memory card slot.
So, then, should you buy an iPad Air 2? If you own the last generation iPad Air, the answer is probably no. PCMag.com's Sascha Segan echo's the consensus when he says "there's not enough here to merit the cash outlay." For everyone else, however, the answer is most definitely yes. Compared to earlier generation iPads. "The drop in weight and improvement in Wi-Fi performance will blow your mind, and that's just to start," Segan says. Apple's continuing leg up in terms of tablet apps also give it a leg up on competing Android and Windows tablets.
While the iPad Air 2 is the "apple" of most reviewers' eyes, the last generation iPad Air remains available, and thanks to a price cut, is a viable choice for those who blanch a bit at the iPad Air 2's price tag, but still want to experience most of the advantages of that Apple tablet. It's still thin and fast, just not as thin and fast as the Air 2. You get full access to the full iPad ecosystem, including iOS 8 and the software enhancement it supports, such as Handoff, though not any features that are hardware specific to the Air 2, such as Touch ID. The iPad Air 2 is available in 16 GB (Est. $400) and 32 GB (Est. $450) versions; add $130 to those prices (plus the cost of service) if you want mobile access as well as Wi-Fi.
While reviewers have greeted the iPad Air 2 with cheers, the response to the also new 7.9-inch iPad mini 3 (Est. $400 and up) has been more muted. That's because it's virtually unchanged from the last-generation and still-available version, which has been renamed as the Apple iPad mini 2 (Est. $300 and up) and seen a $100 price cut. There's Touch ID, the programmable SIM (for those who opt for a version with mobile data (a $130 upcharge), and a new gold tone option, and that's pretty much it. That means that "the nearly identical and significantly cheaper iPad Mini 2 is a smarter buy," says CNET's Tim Stevens. Other reviewers agree: "New tablet buyers should snag the discounted-and-renamed iPad mini 2, one of our top picks for small-screen tablets, while existing mini 2 owners have very little reason to upgrade," says Eugene Kim at PCMag.com.
PCMag.com's testing reveals no surprises -- the iPad mini 2 and iPad mini 3 perform the same, competitive with the older iPad Air but leagues behind the newer iPad Air 2. "The tablet never felt slow in my tests, but it's disappointing to see the mini lag behind the larger iPad," Kim says.
The iPad mini 3 is available in 16 GB (Est. $400), 64 GB (Est. $500), and 128 GB (Est. $600) versions, in gold, silver and "space gray." The iPad mini 2 comes in 16 GB (Est. $300) and 32 GB (Est. $350) configurations, in silver and space gray. As with all iPads, in all generations and sizes, a step up to Wi-Fi plus cellular is $130 for all models, plus the cost of service.
Reviewers almost unanimously agree: If you want the best premium tablet experience, and have the budget to back that up, the Apple iPad Air 2 is the way to go. However, if you don't care to be locked into the Apple lifestyle, or for any other reason you prefer an Android tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S is one heck of an alternative to the Air 2 reviews tell us.
The tablet is available in two similar versions, the 8.4-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 (Est. $400) and the 10.5-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Est. $500). Lots of reviewers look at both and, depending on preferences and predilections, like one or the other a little more, or both equally. PCMag.com gives the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 a half-star higher rating than its larger sibling, and an Editors' Choice award. Laptop Magazine, looks at both as well, but names the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 as the Best Android Tablet.
It's clear that Samsung was taking direct aim at what was then Apple's current flagship tablets with both of these Tab S models. They have bigger screens than their equivalent iPad competitors, and higher resolution (2,560 by 1,600 pixels). They use Super AMOLED technology that results in "breathtaking" image quality, says Laptop Magazine. Comments there and elsewhere also note that colors can be a little oversaturated, but most are willing to forgive that foible while allowing that some image purists might not.
Like the various iPad models, the Galaxy Tab S is incredibly thin -- both versions come in at just 0.26 inches. That puts the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 at just a hair thinner than the iPad mini 3 (which is .029 inches); it's a tiny bit lighter as well. Apple wins the thin spec race in the larger screen size, however, as the iPad Air 2 is just 0.24 inches thick.
Regardless of the version, performance is good, but not class leading. Both tablets use the same custom Exynos processor. It holds its own in performance benchmark tests conducted by most reviewers. Graphics performance is another story, however. It falls behind what's seen in some cheaper Android tablets and the iPad mini 2. "Low graphics frame rates made screen transitions a little gummy and meant this isn't the ideal tablet for high-end gaming," says Sascha Segan in PCMag.com's review of the Tab S 8.4. In grading the Tab S 10.5's performance, ComputerShopper.com comes to a similar conclusion. Melissa J. Perenson says: "For most tasks, we have little doubt the Galaxy Tab S will do well. But for graphics-intensive gaming, you can expect to see the occasional visual hiccup."
Battery life is good, especially considering the power needed to drive that high-res display. Results vary depending on who is doing the testing and the specific benchmark used, but ComputerShopper.com sees it slightly outlasting the iPad mini 2, and outlasting some Android competitors by a bit more. "If you're reasonably careful about how you use the tablet, you won't struggle to get at least a day of use," says CNET's Andrew Hoyle.
The biggest downside to the Galaxy Tab S is Android. That mobile OS allows for far more user customization, but the other side of that double-edge sword is also a more challenging interface to master. Samsung overlays its own TouchWiz interface over the native Android KitKat OS (no Lollipop here, yet). TouchWiz has its critics -- especially among purists who detest messing with the stock Android interface -- but ComputerShopper.com notes that it's become a little less "blunt" over the years. "Samsung's changes are both subtle and overt, and most help enhance the experience," Perenson says. .
As noted earlier, Google's app store falls short of Apple's, and the gap is wider when it comes to tablet-optimized choices. That's less of an issue with the Tab S 8.4 as apps originally designed to display on a 4- to 6-inch smartphone screen won't have to be scaled nearly as much for an 8.4-inch screen as they would for a 10.5-inch screen. Samsung also bundles a bunch of proprietary apps of varying usefulness (and redundancy compared to what's also available via Google Play) and offers an app store of its own.
The design takes its cues from Samsung's popular line of Galaxy S smartphones. "The Galaxy Tab is clearly the product of the same design team that worked on the Galaxy S5 as it's easy to spot similarities between the two products," CNET's Hoyle says. The use of plastic rather than aluminum, as in the iPad, gives the Tab S less of a solid feel. Still, Samsung tends to fare well in user reviews, with relatively few durability complaints. Two colors are available: titanium bronze and white.
The base Tab S comes with 16 GB of storage, plus there's a microSD memory card slot for adding more. The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 also comes in a 32 GB version (Est. $550); a 32 GB version of the Tab S 8.4 is available elsewhere, but we've not seen it offered in the U.S. If you want cellular as well as Wi-Fi connectivity, locked versions of this tablet are available from carriers such as AT&T and Verizon, but command a premium of between $100 and $130.
The Google Nexus 9 (Est. $400 and up) is among the first tablets to run Android 5.0, commonly known as Lollipop. Reviews have been decidedly mixed, however. Price is a concern -- especially considering the company's recent history in providing terrific tablet values, such as the discontinued Google Nexus 7. "Had Google arrived with a $299 price point for its 8.9-inch tablet -- obviously bigger and badder than a Nexus 7, but still inexpensive -- it would be easier to overlook the various flaws we found in our testing," says Sam Machkovech at ArsTechnica.com.
However, one of those flaws isn't this tablet's raw performance. "Its cutting-edge Nvidia Tegra K1 Denver chip is a charging bull, ready to smash through any task," CNET reports. Instead, it's one of polish as everything seems just a touch rough around the edges.
On paper, the display looks terrific; in real life, not so much. The 2,048 by 1,536 pixel display is done in a bit by poor brightness and colors that are no better than average. "In side-by-side comparisons with the iPad Air 2 and the Fire HDX 8.9, HD video looked more colorful and detailed on both the Apple and Amazon tablets," CNET's Xiomara Blanco says. TechRadar.com concurs: "The Nexus 9 is, frankly, uninspiring. The display quality watching HD movies isn't impressive and nothing gave me that 'wow' factor like the first time I saw a QHD screen on a phone," says Matt Swider. Swider also complains about a "minor, but noticeable backlight bleeding around the bezel," and we saw similar complaints elsewhere.
Android's Lollipop is new and feature rich. However, it's still undergoing some typical early-release glitches. Commenting on those -- such as lag, crashing apps or unexpected restarts -- Blanco says "It's reasonable to believe that a fair share of the bugginess I encountered, despite the tablet's state-of-the-art specs, is because Android 5.0 is a fresh bun out of the oven and not all apps are seamlessly compatible with it."
The design of the Nexus 9 draws some kudos from most reviewers, though even fans call it "minimalist" or "boring, but not ugly." It's thin and light, but both Apple and Samsung beat it in that spec race, at least by a little. Build quality draws a few frowns, however. DigitalTrends.com awards it one of this tablet's few Editors Choice honors, but still grouses a bit about it being flimsy. The back of the tablet is not designed to be removed, yet ArsTechnica.com noticed a "gap between the Nexus 9's backing and its guts," with quite a bit of flex evident on the back panel. However, as an indication that build issue may vary greatly between units, CNET says that this "HTC-manufactured device has a clean and streamlined look, complete with sturdy, quality construction." Color options currently are black or white.
The base model of the Nexus 9 has 16 GB of storage. A step up version with 32 GB of storage (Est. $480) is also offered. A version with LTE mobile in addition to Wi-Fi is promised, but unreleased at the time of this update. There's no memory card slot, so the memory you select at purchase can't be augmented.
Today, virtually every Windows slate tablet or convertible laptop runs the full Windows 8.1 operating system. We cover some convertible laptops that can function as a slate, but do a better job as a laptop, in our report on laptops. However, some Windows 8.1 tablets are most definitely slates first.
One obvious choice in this category is the 12-inch Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (Est. $800 and up). Not to be confused with the Surface tablet, this is a full-fledged Windows 8.1 device powered by a fourth-generation Intel Core processor. The base version comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, 64 GB of storage and 4 GB of RAM. Other configurations with more powerful processors, more memory and more storage are available, all the way to a top of the line version (Est. $1,950) that ships with an Intel Core i7 processor, 512 GB of storage and 8 GB of memory.
Microsoft likes to position the Surface as a substitute for a laptop, however the keyboard is an optional accessory (the Surface Pro Type Cover) and tacks around $130 on to the price of the tablet. Reviews are generally good, though most say that the Surface Pro 3 misses Microsoft's goal of being one device to fill two needs. "While the new Surface Pro 3 is Microsoft's best PC to date, it's more successful as a tablet than a laptop replacement," says CNET's Dan Ackerman. Anand Lal Shimpi at Anandtech.com agrees: "Like most compromises, Surface Pro 3 isn't the world's best laptop nor is it the world's best tablet."
Windows also makes a version of its operating system intended strictly for slates. However, Windows RT is hobbled by the dearth of available apps in the Windows Store, and unlike Windows 8.1 slates, it can't run standard Windows applications. That has reduced the selection of Windows RT tablets to exactly one -- the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 (Est. $450 and up). Experts say that it is greatly improved over the original Surface, but the lack of a great library of apps in the Windows Store makes it difficult to recommend. Also, keep in mind that you can buy convertible tablets, such as the Dell Inspiron i3147, for less. That laptop features a great touch screen and trick hinge that converts the laptop into a highly usable, albeit heavy, tablet -- and it runs the full Windows 8.1 operating system. You can learn more about that convertible tablet/laptop in our report on laptops.
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He is the son of Curtis and Catherine Steele, and grandson of George and Margaret Conover, and the late Duane and LaVern Steele. He will enter the Missionary Training Center on Aug. 3.
Elder Erik Pyper has returned after serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Sao Paulo Brasil Mission.
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Emery County Drug Task Force officers made two arrests in Castle Dale on Feb. 9. As a result of an investigation involving surveillance, tips and traffic stops, enough evidence was gathered to obtain a search warrant.
On Feb. 9 the search warrant was executed at 4 p.m. by the Emery County Drug task force officers and members of the Emery County Sheriff's Office.
Arrested in the search were Rhonda Mathena, 45, and Randy Casias, 48. Officers involved in the arrests and search included: Det. John Barnett, Sgt. Tom Harrison, Agent James Weaver, Deputy Blake Gardner and Niko, Deputy KC Alton, Deputy Jerod Curtis and Kathy Jensen.
"We found a lot of drug parphernalia and two sets of scales. We found marijuana and baggies with methamphetamine residue which will be tested. We found a lot of glassware commonly used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. We found many syringes all through the house and papers with measurements commonly associated with drug selling.
"The female has been charged with possession of methamphetamine in a drug free zone which is a first degree felony and possession of marijuana in a drug free zone which is a class A misdemeanor and possession of drug paraphernalia which is a class B misdemeanor. The male has been charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
"They were arrested and booked into the Emery County Detention Center. The female posted bail and the male remains incarcerated. We later learned the female is also facing drug charges in Carbon County," said Det. Barnett.


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Birth/Death: 1840–1926
Title: View of Argenteuil, snow
Date Made: c.1875
Lender: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Credit Line: Gift of the Laura Nelson Kirkwood Residuary Trust
Monet's interest in Japanese brushmarks — whether direct or translated into a print — was as much about new spontaneous ways of looking as it was of new ways of making paintings. Japanese modes of representation helped his vision and mark-making to become the same act. This can be seen vividly in the View of Argenteuil, snow of c.1875. To represent his sensations of an icy winter day Monet used scales of cold colours — white tinged with violet and lavender, lavender-blues in the hills, dull lavender-greys in the foreground, brighter violets for the closer bushes and trees. These are interwoven with the warmer ochres and Indian reds in the buildings, and accented by the dark 'twisted' brushstrokes of the figures leaving the station and the dark lines of fences, windows, lines of walls and eaves. Similarities can be seen in the way Hiroshige articulates the snow, the sky and the river in Ochanomizu. He too used dominant scales of colours — white, a scale of blues from grey-blue to sharp bright blues, accented with a few patches of varied reds and yellows — and represented twigs and branches, bushes and grasses in the snow, forcelines in the cliffs, snowflakes in the sky and floating ice in the river with a multiplicity of tiny, varied marks. In Monet's painting the countless tiny marks, the loops of white in the sky, the blue-violet markings on the hills, the smears of white on roofs or distant slopes draw attention to the constructive role of the abstract brushmark, while the mobile perspective keeps the eye moving from one area to the next, reading the marks of paint as if it were moving through a landscape.
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October 30, 2012
Summit High volleyball didn't quite squeak into the top rankings to proceed on to regional play.
When the Freeman rankings came out, the team found it was ranked 39th, bumped up from 45th and 43rd to just miss the regional bracket by three seeds. The progression was led by the team's seven-game winning streak that closed out its season.
Meanwhile, league contenders Palisade, Delta and Glenwood Springs head into the postseason ranked No. 25, No. 29 and No. 30, respectively.
Summit beat Delta twice while splitting with Glenwood and Palisade in the regular season. Battle Mountain also missed the playoffs, being ranked No. 41. Head coach Liz Hughes-Waddick is quick to point out that Summit lost twice to Battle Mountain, yet finished ahead of the team in state rankings.
"We're super bummed," Hughes-Waddick said. "I'm bummed especially because I feel they could have done really well in regionals with the team they were by the end of the season. It was a team that was going to do well."
She admits that the team that started the season wasn't the same one that ended it. The vastly improved team went from a 4-11 record to 11-11 on the season – an accomplishment by anyone's standards. Particularly when the team had a rough middle of the season with two seniors leaving the team.
"If only they'd have turned it on a little sooner," Hughes-Waddick said.
The team loses a handful of seniors going into next year, but the coach still sees a future in the program.
"I see a team that could get to regionals next year with some hard work," she said. "That's thanks, in part, to those seniors this year who really stepped up. It's a team full of girls who want to win and has that bug."
Brett Huntley leaves the setter position open. Anna Zangari leaves big shoes to fill as a valuable libero, voted as an all-league player. Sarah Metzger and Charlotte Truesdell are important to the serving game and defense.
Still, the team has freshman Lexi Zangari, an outside hitter in the front row and setter in the back row. Hughes-Waddick wants to see the varsity starter keep working on those positions. Madison Anderson, who stepped into varsity at the end of the season has turned out to be a valuable hitter. And newcomer Madison Webster as well as veterans Brittany Berry and Kates Raymond are critical parts of the team. A handful of other junior varsity leaders who saw time on the varsity court will fight for positions on next year's team, including the libero position Anna Zangari leaves vacant.
"There's plenty of talent on the JV and freshmen teams," Hughes-Waddick said. "It's going to be an interesting year for us next year, that's for sure."
During the 2012 season, the lower-level teams improved vastly from match to match, the coach said. Though the record wasn't much to brag about, she and other coaches focused on fundamentals to build a strong base for future teams. It seems to have paid off, as the players are improving their skills and readying themselves to slide into future varsity positions.
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All the News That's Fit to Reprint: Do Investors React to Stale Information?
Paul C. Tetlock
Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
September 1, 2010
AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper
This paper tests whether stock market investors appropriately distinguish new and old information about firms. The staleness of a news story is its textual similarity to the previous ten stories about the same firm. The tests show that firms' stock returns are less responsive to stale news. Even so, a firm's return on the day of stale news negatively predicts its return in the following week. Individual investors increase their tendencies to aggressively trade on news when news is stale. The return reversal after stale news is significantly larger in stocks with above-average individual investor trading activity on the day of the news. These results and others support the idea that individual investors overreact to stale information, leading to temporary movements in firms' stock prices. The findings are inconsistent with alternative interpretations of the empirical measure of staleness and the return reversal.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 48
Keywords: public news, media coverage, stale information, overreaction, return reversal
JEL Classification: G12, G14
Date posted: October 3, 2007 ; Last revised: August 30, 2011
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Scale RulesPromotional Rules
Since people frequently needed length measures for everyday activities, American companies realized in the late 19th century that rulers could be effective giveaways for promoting their businesses. Some of these were based on a design patented by Henry Adler, an inventor who manufactured iron and sheet metal products in Pittsburgh, so this page also includes three of the four patent models for scale rules found in the mathematics collections. (The fourth is shown on the page for triangular rules.) Since the promotional rules and patent models were often combination instruments—putting length measures together with paper cutters, protractors, and the like—these objects are included in this category.
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Chicago Stamping Co. Combination Ruler and Paper Cutter, Advertising The Hartford Insurance Co.
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- This convex orange-coated tin combination rule and paper cutter has a 9" scale divided to sixteenths of an inch along one long edge. The other long edge is shaped into a tube, which may serve as a handle while cutting or tearing paper. A small hole at the right end may be for hanging the rule. The rule is marked: Compliments (/) of (/) THE HARTFORD FIRE INS. Co. (/) HARTFORD, CONN. The company's logo of a stag appears between the words "HARTFORD" and "FIRE." The tube notes that the company had paid $33,000,00 for claims in New York City in 1835, Nantucket, Mass., in 1846, St. Louis, Mo., in 1849, Portland, Me., in 1866, Chicago in 1871, Boston in 1872, and St. John, New Brunswick, "and other places" in 1877. These were all historic destructive fires. The back of the rule is marked: AGENCIES IN ALL CITIES AND TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY (/) Commenced Buisness 1794 • Charter Perpetual (/) The Chicago Stamping Co. Combination Rule and Paper Cutter. Patent Sept. 8th 1885. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. Sole Owner and Manufacturer. All Infringements prosecuted.
- Richard S. Thain (1845–1912) received the patent mentioned on the instrument. He fought for the Union in the Civil War, was advertising manager of a Chicago publication, Western Rural, and organized an advertising firm with George W. Sharp in 1868. He spent some time in New York City after the Chicago fire of 1871. From 1882 to 1889, he worked for a Chicago advertising agency, Lord & Thomas. Another ruler made from Thain's design is MA*293320.2815.
- The Chicago Stamping Company was in business from at least as early as 1868 to at least as late as 1911. The firm made enameled cylindrical tin containers, such as milk and trash cans; published sheet music and stationery items; and manufactured the United States Wheel brand of bicycles. Although text on the rule says The Hartford started selling fire insurance in 1794, the history on the company's website indicates it was not incorporated until May 10, 1810. The firm adopted its stag logo in 1875. As of 2013, it was one of the biggest insurance companies worldwide.
- References: Richard S. Thain, "Combination Ruler and Paper Cutter" (U.S. Patent 325,992 issued September 8, 1885); "Men of the Ninety-sixth Regiment with Millburn Connections," excerpted from Charles A. Partridge, ed., History of the Ninety-Sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Chicago, 1887), Historic Millburn Community Association, http://www.hmca-il.org/k6men.htm; "The Hartford's Historical Timeline," http://www.thehartford.com/about/.
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Hidan is probably dead. I think it was mentioned in the databook that for him to keep on liviing he needed to kill people. And since he's been trapped in that hole he's dead
Hidan is probably dead. I think it was mentioned in the databook that for him to keep on liviing he needed to kill people. And since he's been trapped in that hole he's dead
Do you guys realize this was awnsered in the Databook Hidan is immortal because he went thru a special kinjutsu ritual of that jashin religon. He has to kill ppl to stay immortal, without the ability to kill anyone he will probably die.
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Agreed with POW, Hidan is most likely dead, inorder for him to stay immortal he needs to keep killing
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ehhh even if Hidan is still alive theres no point in bringing him back again. I mean all he has is an immortal body and that weird voodoo jutsu or whatever it is. Hes slow and doesn't have any more out of his sleeve... Forget about him Kakuzu is more awesome w/ his 5 hearts and a bunch of jutsu
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Akatsuki Leader Uchiha Madara said a thing like their sacrifices were good and necessary. They dont need him anymore. SHANNAROO they have Sasuke and Taka.
Without Kakuzu, attachings are impossible
I was thinking about that theory for a while (of Leader using him again), but even if he's still alive, he's completely helpless under the ground like that. don't you think bugs or some kind of animal(s) could've gotten to him and tore at or ate his body by now?


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Nation Radio - August 11, 2012
August 13 2012 09:35AM
We're in the midst of the interminable mid-August hockey lull, and news is sparse. But neither CBA uncertainty, nor a lack of material can deter Allan Mitchell! On this week's episode of Nation Radio, Allan is joined by the likes of player agent Tom Lynn, Andrey Osadchenko, Nations overlord Kent Wilson and Scott Reynolds of NHLNumbers and Copper and Blue. Allan and his guests breakdown the news of the week, gush about Nail Yakupov's play at the Subway Super Series and, of course, suss out some reasonable expectations for Jordan Eberle.
This is Nation Radio.
At the top of the show, Allan disucsses the U-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament and other topics with player agent Tom Lynn.
It's the hot topic in the Oilogosphere this summer, and Allan breaks it down: what are some reasonable expectations for Jordan Eberle's production this upcoming season?
Russian hockey writer Andrey Osachenko of allhockey.ru, the Hockey News and the Nation Network joins Allan to chat about the age old hockey rivalry between Canada and Russia, as well as the 2012 Subway Super Series.
Allan is joined by Nations overlord and happy newlywed Kent Wilson, who updates us on the rumoured dealings between the Flames and the Detroit Red Wings concerning Jay Bouwmeester.
Scott Reynolds of Copper and Blue drops by to chat with Allan Mitchell about C+B's top-25, the relative merits of Yakupov, Hall and Nugent-Hopkins, the NHLNumbers team annuals, and how difficult it is to acquire "power forwards."
Ryan Whitney is a good guy who admits that the call that levelled the women's semifinal soccer game between the US and Canada at the Olympics was "bogus." He also talks with Jason Gregor about hockey, CBA negotiations and his long road back from a recent ankle injury.
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Thanks, now I can catch up on the radio broadcast I missed while I was at the lake. I meant to say catch up on work of course...sorry!
August 13 2012, 02:01PM
Hey LT; how can you amicably chat with Andrey? He is still the enemy, even if it is 40 years later and he wasn't born until long after Henderson proved our superiority.
Do you remember how the soviets claimed victory in 72 because they outscored us over the 8 games? Cheaters. Also, the Phil rant in Vancouver was during a post game interview with Johnny Esaw.
August 13 2012, 08:37PM
Im not getting anything, just the player going on/off. Anyone else having this problem?
Hey LT; how can you amicably chat with Andrey? He is still the enemy, even if it is 40 years later and he wasn't born until long after Henderson proved our superiority.
Do you remember how the soviets claimed victory in 72 because they outscored us over the 8 games? Cheaters. Also, the Phil rant in Vancouver was during a post game interview with Johnny Esaw.
lol. Andrey's cool, I don't think there's much to worry about there. Maybe if we run out of hockey. :-)
It was Esaw, you're right. Should have remembered that.
Okay... Time for some wishful thinking.
Re: Wilson's prediction of the Flames finishing spot (i.e. lucky to be in contention for 8th)
The Flames actually dealt with an unusual amount of injuries last season. They had one of the highest total man-games lost to injuries in the league. Feaster may have refused to use that as an excuse, but it undeniably had an impact.
If the Flames injuries regress towards league average next season they could do better. Throw in the fruits of what might be considered a modestly successful off-season, a new star-rookie, and a new coach + coaching system that might actually complement the roster and the Flames could turn in a surprising season.
Of course, they might still trade Bouwmeester.
August 14 2012, 02:31PM
I'm still not impressed with tsn/ctv as hockey provider. Still haven't seen the Olympic games my idiot cable provider told me would be free past April/2010. How do you find someone who shows tsn2 in the morning?! I spent lots of money and time watching tsn2 four buses away, and a hike away, to watch Chi/Det 2x last year at the MicMac Mall and in Cole Harbour's Boston Pizza. Will tsn2 or anyone online rebroadcast games one and two?! In Wpg there are two cable providers and one requires employment while the other gives anyone your your account password...
Dumba dropped to maybe 10th overall in my mind. Boy I feel good about myself hyping Zlobin. He is a better 1st round pick than Pearson. He should've been Memorial MVP as well as a 2nd round pick. Either he is very mentally ill, very drunk, a very huge team distraction ala J.Brown, or Scout are racist against Russians (okay to be a little prejudiced against nation of 90's divers and now KHLers). He reminds me of Jeremy Williams, the tv analyst of the latter said: He is like a Ryder I guess (a one dimensional goal scorer making $4m/yr)... Russia played a simple strategy of shots on net game #3. Their breakout was weak; kept hitting the brakes and passing to a 1-2 FW streaker. They only came with 2 FWs usually because stuck breaking up Canada's cycle. We don't have the FWs to finish like in 2007. So many 2 on 1s were wasted as Canada went for the robotic both-skaters-skate-to-corners one timer. The 2nd player should've closed the gap occasionally or tried to run the goalie. The same way you run a CFL draw play to RB every so often just to keep of few extra defenders on the line of scrimmage. Without the finish, the Canadian over passing is bad coaching; the coach should be picked to fit the team. Wow, we are really weak in net now. Ward sucked at WHC, the Chi pick sucked. All the defence, I guess this proves 1996 was more Richter than having Norris trophy winners? Russia goalie good angles; will be a keeper. It is a little too spiffy for hockey players to expect fans to stick around for a work stoppage every contract cessation. In 2004 I tried betting on NBA instead and watched the best depth chart S.Kings lose to individuals... after watching Ticats tackle like women (not since being paid $5 to marker a HS game have I seen defenders joggingly watch a RB run by instead of tackle if a lockout I'll watch the CFL practises. I'd rather watch games 2 and 1, I wanna see if we deserved our game 3 5-3s too...than watch Mex beat Brazil, but CTV is making me a soccer fan...the future of sports to me is grading refs. The CFL, I've watched bad reffing. You only call every 3rd infraction...but still, I'd like to see intermission or post-game reffing appraisals of what 3 out of 4 judges think was missed and what shouldn't have been called. I'd watch good hockey refs and good MLB umps moreso if I knew who called the Bombers for clean QB hits.
August 14 2012, 02:37PM
...their keeper handled those 2-1 robotic one-timers, but not back-doors. Without the 1st two games shown by any biz in a city, I don't know most of Russia; their D. In the Olympics Canada had worse goaltending than Swe, Cze, Fin, USA....We might not be able to medal in 2014 if whoever coaches the team keeps a bad goalie in. If we have the FWs and D we are okay. Have enough centres...


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The Lightning Audio L2 10" subwoofer will adds low-end impact to your music collection with higher power handling. Its 2-ohm dual voice coil configuration allows a variety of wiring configurations. This subwoofer takes a marginal amount of space in an easy constructed sealed or vented enclosure. Use at least 5/8" particle board, or for best results, use 3/4" Medium Density Fiberboard.
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PRICE-Mary Angotti Paloni, passed away July 17, 2009 in Orem after just recently celebrating her 98th birthday.
She was the oldest of six children born to Salvatore "Sam" Angotti and Catherine Rose Guzzo on July 3, 1911 in San Giovanni in Fiore, Italy. At the age of seven she immigrated to the United States with her parents, and has remained in Carbon County most of her life.
She married Dominic Paloni, April 16, 1927 in Price, Utah; he died Dec. 26, 1968.
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She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, John S. Paloni; brother, Tony Angotti; sisters, Annie Oliveto, Rose Grako and Angelina Farlaino.
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Genesis 9:18-10:1
The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth was peopled.
Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard; and he drank of the wine, and became drunk, and lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness. When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, he said, "Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers." He also said, "Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave. God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave." After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years. All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died. These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; sons were born to them after the flood.
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Posted on 11/13/2012 5:09:22 PM PST by dennisw
Humans may be gradually losing intelligence, according to a new study.
The study, published today (Nov. 12) in the journal Trends in Genetics, argues that humans lost the evolutionary pressure to be smart once we started living in dense agricultural settlements several thousand years ago.
"The development of our intellectual abilities and the optimization of thousands of intelligence genes probably occurred in relatively non-verbal, dispersed groups of peoples [living] before our ancestors emerged from Africa," said study author Gerald Crabtree, a researcher at Stanford University, in a statement.
Since then it's all been downhill, Crabtree contends.
The theory isn't without critics, with one scientist contacted by LiveScience suggesting that rather than losing our smarts, humans have just diversified them with various types of intelligence today.
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Early humans lived or died by their spatial abilities, such as quickly making a shelter or spearing a saber-toothed tiger. Nowadays, though almost everyone has the spatial ability to do ostensibly simple tasks like washing dishes or mowing the lawn, such tasks actually require a lot of brainpower, the researchers note.
"A hunter-gatherer who did not correctly conceive a solution to providing food or shelter probably died, along with his/her progeny, whereas a modern Wall Street executive that made a similar conceptual mistake would receive a substantial bonus and be a more attractive mate. Clearly, extreme selection is a thing of the past," the researchers write in the journal article.
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Less "informed" would be a better word.
Tuesday of last week was proof positive of this thesis.
A "low information" humans can do quite well in America when they have a patron Saint Obama
the ones here are that is for sure
Mary Jane kills the brain!
Don't do it!
Only due to overpopulation in the third world.
The trend in developed nations is upwards in IQ every year.
This is largely due to better nutrition and less childhood disease leading to larger and smarter people on average.
In the USA the trend is upwards.
The last "election" here in this country is proof of that.
Of course, humans are becoming less intelligent. And they join the democrat party. Conservatives aren't getting more intelligent either. That's why RINOs get elected and nominated.
1) The gene pool becomes shallower as the survival value of intelligence is diluted by communal support for the incompetent, who unfortunately are rather fertile.
2)The new genetics explores the "turning on and off" of genes according to adaptive requirements in the environment. This neo-Lamarckianism offers the promise that novel intellectual challenges, specifically based on the burgeoning of digital technology, may activate and energize genetic capacities unknown to previous generations.
The possibility exists that the next generation or two may interact and relate to their world in ways very different than what we understand today. The proliferation of the digital age will likely have consequences for cognitive development that are essentially unforeseeable, and may make current understandings of intelligence obsolete.
IQ levels are actually plunging. It's not difficult to see.
Look at the literacy rate. Half the people are hardly human.
I've seen evidence that as the density of habitation increases, the intelligence level goes down
As soon as I put down my stone axe and traded my bark canoe for a Denali, I have felt so much less clever. /s
Obviously, people in the bush are so much smarter than we are. Even though that is not reflected in standardized tests, the tests are wrong.
RE: Tuesday of last week was proof positive of this thesis.
I knew this would be one of the first remarks on this thread.
I have read the same thing. But my nonscientific sense is that our culture is getting dumber each year. Just look at TV and newspapers. Newspapers were written for 12th graders 25 years ago. Now, they are aiming a few grades lower. So my conclusion, again nonscientific, is that the uptick in IQs is due to a raising of the left hand side of the curve.
Conversation on a zerohedge thread...
Water Is Wet(poster), "E'ERY BODY IN CLE'LAND GOT OBAMAPHONE!"
cnmcdee (poster), "LMAO but we have created a new subset language consisting of tonal clicks, pops, hyphenated abbreviations and digitized text messages....
In three or four generations the vocal cords of the texters should be atrophied enough that they can no longer speak, and when they do it will be primal utterances and inflections..."
There's a lot of social selection, aka "sexual selection". Who was the conservative pundit I read recently who commented on the irony that the liberal intelligentsia sustains itself by adherence to conservative family values ?
Remember HEAVY METAL magazine ? ( It was the basis for the cartoon feature movie. ) There was one running strip called, IIRC "1994", where all the characters talked a sort of mumble talk, artfully rendered in the speech balloons. Of course, they were all redneck types, wandering around shooting people and mumbling.
Beat me to it. Well said, and sad but true.
The 'rats, aided by the MSM, held out a few shiny objects in one hand "Look over here, birth control, abortion, iPhones, free healthcare..." and the sheeple gazed in wide wonder... Forgetting the important things like the economy, security, basic freedoms and liberties. Meanwhile, with their other hand the secular fascists and socialists were picking our pockets and putting a gun to our heads. And the self-centered, self-absorbed, uninformed, and willfully ignorant masses - well, 51%, looked up at the light (see "Cowboys and Aliens") and were led to slaughter...
Living in a city does some bad juju to the brain, so says this article:
And Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
Teens texting while crossing the street thins out a few.
So we should be devolving back to apehood soon.
That's the fate of the "Doasyoulikes" tribe in Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies.
*snort* GMTA! That was my very first thought after reading the headline!
A few years ago I tried reading an unabridged version of Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", not taking into account that it had been written in the 1700s. Oh my head...trying to follow the complex English that Gibbon used was rough!
Well, duh!
What you don't use, you lose.
And, 47% of the populace doesn't need to use their brains.
Sorry the facts don't conform to your preconceptions. Now you kids get off my lawn!!!!
And I'm sorry you don't know what a preconception is.
Or a fact, for that matter.
Gibbon's prose can be compared to a long draught of air, that having been drawn in a moment, and to a single purpose, is expelled with exceeding restraint, gently carrying the reader on its current, until it has dissipated insensibly into a swirl of verbiage, the object of which can neither be discerned nor recalled to mind.
Saw this thread and thought of you.
nonsense, of course. Because the most common cause of low intelligence is not genes but protein malnutrition. The same high protein high fat diet that makes us fat also allows our children's brains to grow and their bodies to be taller than their ancestors.
you are a bit behind the times. The population growth is down in most countries, even in "religious" ones like Iran and the Philippines, and the obesity index is up.
Even Africa is getting cellphones, and the Chinese are teaching them to grow high tech food that the US/European "Greenies" opposed for being too complex for their little minds to figure out how to plant. You heard of the "Asian Tigers"? well, look up African "cheetah" index...
But the greenies in the US are still in the Erhlich Population bomb mindset, and they run the press, so you might not know about it (unless you live overseas).
NEA - mission accomplished.
Of course. (I remember the name of the magazine, but never picked up a copy.)
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The rising scores on IQ tests in the USA is a fact. Where is any data that it is declining? Please familiarize yourself with the Flynn effect.
This is total BS for the following reasons:
1. The average age of hunter-gatherers was about 14. Iq increases beyond that age. During the Middle Ages, 70% of the people were 14 or under which is why they seem to be a bit childish in their decisions and actions.
2. Inputs to brain activity are much higher now, exponentially higher than during the HG phase resulting in increased brain development.
3. Increased specialization of labor has placed a very high value on innovation and for the non-innovators, the ability to adapt to different circumstances and to incorporate new innovations.
4. The experience of HGs were highly repetitive solely involving the acquisition of food, housing and warmth and security.
5. The sum of all abilities of HGs are now regarded as skill sets that are fairly minor: Hunting, construction of housing using branches, leaves and mud, production of arrow and spear points using flint, etc. Basically our hobbies are the complete set of their knowledge.
6. Although most people think that agricultural life is pastoral and easy, it is not and it requires lots of thinking and action to ensure that the crops come in. This is particularly true when you have crop yields that are 1/32nd or less of our current yields. Crop yield during the last 150 years has exploded.
7. HGs were fed at close to starvation levels, particularly protein. We take in huge amounts of protein compared to the HGs and it shows in brain development.
These are just a few of the changes that have occured over tha last 40,000 years. There and many others.
What? A high protein, high fat diet will make you trim aka ketosis. I agree with your otherwise, but it is processed carbs that make you fat.
HGs also suffer from short time horizons, too much leisure and mysogynistic social structures.
Farmers live by the Law of the Harvest and must value their women - hence marriage and family become central.
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Early Spanish sailors called the site Cayo Hueso (Bone Island), because of the human bones they found there. A railroad (completed 1912) linked the Keys with the mainland. It was abandoned after being damaged by a hurricane in 1935 and was replaced by the 123-mi (198-km) Overseas Highway (completed in 1938). After a severe economic decline, the federal government took over (1934) the bankrupt city.
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Item # 274635
The Converse Chuck Taylor All Star sneaker will never go out of style. This high-top shoe features a distressed toe cap and midsole for an authentic vintage look and will add that extra touch of cool to your casual wardrobe.
PLEASE NOTE: Because each shoe is uniquely crafted, distressing may vary
- Canvas upper
- Chuck Taylor All Star logo patch
- Distressed toe cap
- Canvas lining
- Cushioned insole
- Molded rubber wraparound midsole with distressing
- Vulcanized rubber outsole for increased traction and flexibility
- Unisex sizing
- More colors available
- Imported
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