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Economically, raising taxes on the rich may or may not do anything for the economy. If it hurts the economy, we will be worse off because the increase in the taxes by the rich will be more than offset by the decrease in taxes by the rest of us.
It is not proven that raising taxes on the rich slows the economy. As a businessman, I make very few decisions on my business based on taxes and increased taxes don't prevent me from trying to grow my business. I suspect the rich are the same way. They may make decisions about taxes, but usually not because of them.
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"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." Thomas Jefferson
The Depression of 1920–21 was an extremely sharp deflationary recession in the United States, shortly after the end of World War I. It lasted from January 1920 to July 1921.[1] The extent of the deflation was not only large, but large relative to the accompanying decline in real product.[2]
A range of factors have been identified contributing to the depression, many relating to adjustments in the economy following the end of World War I. There was a brief Post-World War I recession immediately following the end of the war which lasted for 7 months. The economy started to grow, though it had not yet completed all the adjustments in shifting from a wartime to a peacetime economy. Factors identified as potentially contributing to the downturn include: returning troops which created a surge in the civilian labor force, a decline in labor union strife, changes in fiscal and monetary policy, and changes in price expectations.
Following the end of the Depression of 1920-21, the Roaring Twenties brought a period of economic prosperity.
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 after the passage of the United States' Smoot-Hawley Tariff bill (June 17), and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s.[1] It was the longest, most widespread, and deepest depression of the 20th century.[2]
In the 21st century, the Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how far the world's economy can decline.[2] The depression originated in the U.S., after the fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday).
The Great Depression had devastating effects in countries rich and poor. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by more than 50%, due in large part to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff. Unemployment in the U.S. rose to 25%, and in some countries rose as high as 33%.[3]
Cities all around the world were hit hard, especially those dependent on heavy industry. Construction was virtually halted in many countries. Farming and rural areas suffered as crop prices fell by approximately 60%.[4][5][6] Facing plummeting demand with few alternate sources of jobs, areas dependent on primary sector industries such as cash cropping, mining and logging suffered the most.[7]
Some economies started to recover by the mid-1930s. In many countries, the negative effects of the Great Depression lasted until the end of World War II.[8]
Main article: Causes of the Great Depression
There were multiple causes for the first downturn in 1929. These include the structural weaknesses and specific events that turned it into a major depression and the manner in which the downturn spread from country to country. In relation to the 1929 downturn, historians emphasize structural factors like major bank failures and the stock market crash. In contrast, monetarist economists (such as Barry Eichengreen, Milton Friedman and Peter Temin) point to monetary factors such as actions by the US Federal Reserve that contracted the money supply, as well as Britain's decision to return to the gold standard at pre–World War I parities (US$4.86:£1).
Recessions and business cycles are thought to be a normal part of living in a world of inexact balances between supply and demand. What turns a normal recession or 'ordinary' business cycle into a depression is a subject of much debate and concern. Scholars have not agreed on the exact causes and their relative importance. The search for causes is closely connected to the issue of avoiding future depressions.
Thus, the personal political and policy viewpoints of scholars greatly color their analysis of historic events occurring eight decades ago.[citation needed] An even larger question is whether the Great Depression was primarily a failure on the part of free markets or a failure of government efforts to regulate interest rates, curtail widespread bank failures, and control the money supply. Those who believe in a larger economic role for the state believe that it was primarily a failure of free markets, while those who believe in a smaller role for the state believe that it was primarily a failure of government that compounded the problem.[citation needed]
Current theories may be broadly classified into two main points of view and several heterodox points of view. There are demand-driven theories, most importantly Keynesian economics, but also including those who point to the breakdown of international trade, and Institutional economists who point to underconsumption and over-investment (causing an economic bubble), malfeasance by bankers and industrialists, or incompetence by government officials. The consensus among demand-driven theories is that a large-scale loss of confidence led to a sudden reduction in consumption and investment spending. Once panic and deflation set in, many people believed they could avoid further losses by keeping clear of the markets. Holding money became profitable as prices dropped lower and a given amount of money bought ever more goods, exacerbating the drop in demand.
There are the monetarists, who believe that the Great Depression started as an ordinary recession, but that significant policy mistakes by monetary authorities (especially the Federal Reserve), caused a shrinking of the money supply which greatly exacerbated the economic situation, causing a recession to descend into the Great Depression. Related to this explanation are those who point to debt deflation causing those who borrow to owe ever more in real terms.
There are also various heterodox theories that downplay or reject the explanations of the Keynesians and monetarists. For example, some new classical macroeconomists have argued that various labor market policies imposed at the start caused the length and severity of the Great Depression. The Austrian school of economics focuses on the macroeconomic effects of money supply, and how central banking decisions can lead to over-investment (economic bubble).


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Dr. Ashley Cimino-Mathews is an assistant professor of pathology and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include general surgical pathology and breast pathology. She joined the Breast Pathology Service at Johns Hopkins in July 2012.
Dr. Cimino-Mathews obtained her B.S. degree with highest honors from Emory University, where she studied breast cancer tumor vaccine development. She received her M.D. from Weill Cornell Medical College, followed by a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Cimino-Mathew's ongoing research interests include breast cancer immunotherapy, the pathogenesis of breast cancer metastasis, and breast stromal neoplasms.
She is strongly committed to women's health care and breast cancer research. Her numerous awards for scholarship and research include Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, the Weill Cornell "Good Physician" Award, the 4th Annual Safeway Breast Cancer Retreat Runner-up Poster Award in 2011 and the Johns Hopkins Pathology Young Investigator's Day Top Prize in Clinical in 2011, a Career Development Award in 2013, the Pathology Housestaff Anatomic Pathology Teaching Award in 2014, and acceptance into the Emerging Women's Leadership Program in 2015.
- Associate Professor of Pathology
- Associate Professor of Oncology
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- MD, Weill Cornell Medical College (2008)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Pathology (2012)
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- American Board of Pathology / Pathology- Anatomic or Clinical (2012)
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Dr. Cimino-Mathew's research focuses on the breast cancer tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy, the pathogenesis of breast cancer metastasis, and breast stromal neoplasms.
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Cimino A, Palanaswami P, Kim A, Selvaraj P. Cancer vaccine development: protein transfer of membrane-anchored cytokines and immunostimulatory molecules. Immun Res. 2004; 29(1-3): 231-240.
Cimino A, Halushka M, Illei P, Wu X, Sukumar S, Argani P. Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is overexpressed in breast cancer metastases. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010;123(3):701-708.
Cimino-Mathews A, Hicks J, Illei PB, Halushka MK, Fetting JH, De Marzo A, Park BH, Argani P. Androgen receptor expression is usually maintained in initial surgically-resected breast cancer metastases, but often lost in terminal metastases found at autopsy. Human Pathology. 2012;43(7):1003-11.
Cimino-Mathews A, Subhawong AP, Illei PB, Sharma R, Halushka MK, Vang R, Fetting JH, Park BH, Argani PA. GATA-3 Expression in Breast Carcinoma: Utility in Triple Negative, Sarcomatoid and Metastatic Carcinomas. Human Pathol. 2013 Jul;44:1341-9.
Cimino-Mathews A, Subhawong AP, Elwood H, Nassar Warzecha H, Sharma R, Park BH, Taube JM, Illei PB, Argani PA. Neural crest transcription factor Sox10 is preferentially expressed in triple negative and metaplastic breast carcinomas. Human Pathol. 2013 Jun;44(6):959-65.
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- Award, Alpha Omega Alpha
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Wilentz to present President's Lecture on political partisanship
Posted November 9, 2011; 11:14 p.m.
Princeton historian Sean Wilentz will speak on "The Long and Tragical History of Post-Partisanship" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Friend Center, Room 101. The talk is the second installment of the 2011-12 President's Lecture Series. From George Washington's presidency and the eras of the Federalist and Whig parties, to the Confederacy and the present day, Wilentz will examine the longstanding "illusion of post-partisanship" that has marked the American political scene. The lecture will be webcast.


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How Food Processors Removed Trans Fats Ahead of Deadline
Here's how several processors removed trans fats before the Jan. 1 labeling deadline.01/31/2006
Food Safety Plan Needs to Extend Beyond HACCP
Food plants are fertile ground for product contamination from tiny microbes to terrorists. You need a plan that extends beyond HACCP.01/05/2006
January 2006 Equipment Roundup - Food Safety
Maintaining outstanding food safety can be a moving target, but as this showcase demonstrates, suppliers are constantly coming up with new ammunition.01/04/2006
2006 Manufacturing Survey
Once again, food safety is manufacturers No. 1 concern - but Osama, Katrina and Reddy Kilowatt are out there, too.01/04/2006
Food Industry New Year's Resolutions for 2006
What resolutions have you made for processing in 2006? Editor David Feder has a few suggestions.01/03/2006
Probiotics Popular in Functional Foods
Probiotics are the new rage in functional foods.01/03/2006
Institute of Medicine Report Based on Outdated Research
The Institute of Medicine report on food advertising and childhood obesity is a serious indictment based on outdated research.01/01/2006
McDonalds Asks Consumers to Make Wise Choices
McDonalds is fighting a battle for the entire food industry, putting nutrition facts on wrappers and asking consumers to make wise choices.01/01/2006
Lactose and Dairy-Free Beverage Category Expands
Lactose- and dairy-free beverages are experiencing a considerable increase in demand by health-driven consumers.12/29/2005
Berries On Their Way to Becoming Top Healthful Ingredient
Berries have bounced their way into cereals, energy bars and beverages. Check out how far they've come when it comes to being a favorite healthful ingredient.12/29/2005
January 2006 New Food Rollout
Birds Eye Steam and Serve side dishes; Krafts healthier mac and cheese; frozen premium fruit from Dole; Crystal Light for bottled water; Mega M&M's; Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Dipped cookies12/21/2005
2006 Flavor Trends Forecast
Here, too, health exerts its influence: How about spices that fight cancer, chocolate for heart-health and sweet-hot combos that improve satiety?12/20/2005
Hershey's Caramel SnackBarz
'Are they trying to compete with Nestlé Toll House Bars?'12/19/2005
Marketing 101 - The Final Chapter
After about 100 columns, John Stanton is retiring. Will you take up his crusade against brand erosion and bean counters?12/19/2005
Bioterrorism Recordkeeping Essentials
This month, FDA expects food companies to start "one-up, one-down" recordkeeping.12/19/2005
Expanding Americans' Love for Seafood
Americans love for seafood can be stretched to new varieties with a little education and some care in processing.12/19/2005
Tyson Plants Reflect 'Most Admired' Reputation
Tyson's heritage remains in evidence despite super-sized growth.12/12/2005
2005 Processor of the Year: Tyson Foods
Despite the pitfalls of the animal protein market, North Americas biggest food processor for years has been adding value to meats, tightly running its plants and staying close to its Arkansas values.12/12/2005
Tyson Discovery Center Cooks Up the Future
Tyson's soon-to-be-completed research, development and training facility is a $52 million commitment to continuing product excellence.12/12/2005
December 2005 Packaging Roundup
A new, DuPont-sponsored survey found that nearly three quarters of U.S. consumers (72 percent) are willing to pay more for improved food and beverage packaging that guarantees freshness. This roundup of packaging materials will help processors meet consumers' expectations.12/12/2005


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Firefly Festival set for July 14
Posted July 5, 2006; 05:18 p.m.
The Cotsen Children's Library will present the Firefly Festival, featuring live music and nature activities, from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 14, in McCosh Courtyard, next to the University Chapel.
The festival will include a concert by Miss Amy and Her Big Kids Band and a nature talk. Families are encouraged to bring blankets, dinner and homemade lanterns for catching fireflies.
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Ryan: Rather than Exploit Anxiety & Fear, Let's Address It, Let's Heal It.
Paul Ryan On MSNBC's Morning Joe
Earlier today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan joined MSNBC's Morning Joe to advance principled, pro-growth reforms, and express disappointment at the President's failed policies.
On President Obama's Inability to Defend His Record
"Look, I think [the President] can't run on his record because the results are fairly dismal…I'm very concerned that his rhetorical shift has turned away from being a uniter toward more of a divider - preying on resentment and envy, pitting people against each other. And to me, I just reject the premise of his view that one person's gain necessarily must come at the expense of another person's loss. And what it does is it stokes resentment within our society. This also hurts jobs. I can't tell you how many businesspeople lately have come up to me saying - in Wisconsin – 'all this class division discussion just scares me and it hunkers me down and I'm not going to invest.' That - combined with the bad policies of uncertainty, of tax increases - to me, the President is using this rhetorical shift because he doesn't have a good record to run on, and he's not willing to adjust his policies to reflect the realities of our time."
"There is a legitimate fear and anxiety out there. We shouldn't be exploiting it, we shouldn't be encouraging it. We should try and heal it. And we should be focusing on economic growth, on prosperity, on social mobility, on upward mobility. Your earlier discussion about people worrying whether their kids are going to be better off than they are - that's a real fear in America today. A lot of people are out of work. We have six million people who haven't had a job for over six months. So we have real economic anxiety. And we should not be preying on that or exploiting that. We should be addressing it. And the quote that you cut off before, I was going to say: Let's get after corporate welfare; Let's get after that crony capitalism; Let's stop subsidizing the wealthy; Let's stop subsidizing their health and retirement benefits; Let's stop picking winners and losers in the tax code up here based on who's powerful and who has good connections. Those are the things we should be dealing with as we try and get this debt and deficit under control and get this economy growing."
On Leading With Policies and Ideas, Not Empty Promises and Divisive Politics"We don't agree with the direction the President has taken the country, and if we don't agree with his policies it's not just enough to criticize, we need to offer principled alternatives and show the country how we would do things differently. And that's precisely what we've done with our budget, with our tax proposals, with our energy proposals, with the 15 bills that we've passed [in] the House to send over to the Senate to create jobs and economic growth. So, we're not just criticizing, we're proposing alternatives. And to me, I think that's the obligation you have up here as leaders and that's precisely what we're doing."
On The 15 Job Creation Bills Passed by the House, Sitting in the Senate
"Instead of talking about this record, or lack thereof, we're getting this horrible rhetorical broadside, which just fuels division within America and we shouldn't be doing that. We should be talking about – we should have legitimate policy debate about our different ideas. And we're not having that legitimate policy debate. We're having what I call scapegoat, blame-game, straw-man arguments where you're affixing positions to your political adversaries that they don't have to try and win the debate by default; by trying to nullify the notion that there's no other alternative. We've passed alternatives. We've got 15 bills sitting in the Senate right now to create jobs that are just sitting there."
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How helpful are dense-breast right-to-know laws?
|A doctor reviews a digital mammogram, pointing to a possible cancer.
Credit: National Cancer Institute.
§ dense breasts are a risk factor for breast cancer;
§ mammography sees cancer less well in dense breasts than in normal breasts; and
§ women may benefit from additional breast cancer screening.
The California law goes into effect on April 1, 2013. It follows four states (Connecticut, Texas, Virginia, and New York) with similar statutes. All have enjoyed solid bipartisan support. Rarely do naysayers or skeptics speak up.


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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:45 PM GMT on September 24, 2009
I attended an interesting film premier Tuesday night--the international release of the anti-global warming pseudo-documentary The Age of Stupid. The movie opened at 440 theaters in the U.S., plus hundreds of theaters in 63 other countries, for a total viewing audience organizers estimated at one million people. This was a Guinness World Record for largest simultaneous movie premiere, according to the organizers. The evening began with a live satellite simulcast beamed from New York City, hosted by Gideon Yago of MTV/CNN fame. We were treated to live interviews with British director Franny Armstrong, producer Lizzie Gillett, as well as movies stars like Gillian Anderson (X-files) and Heather Graham ("we need to stop climate change, or else we're screwed"). Some humorous moments were provided by several protesters pretending to be corporate CEOs, who wore Model X7 Survivaballs as they rolled down the recycled pop-bottle green carpet (survivaballs' motto: "while others look to Senate bills or U.N. accords for a climate solution, we look to our best engineers"). We also heard rock star Moby perform on a sound stage powered by four bicyclists peddling on an specially-designed stationary bike rack. Very cute.
After about twenty minutes of these preliminaries, the 92-minute long Age of Stupid movie began. It opens with some beautiful computer animation of the Big Bang and four billion years of evolution, terminating in the year 2055. As the animation screeches to a halt, we are shown jarring scenes of London drowned by rising seas, Las Vegas drifted over by sand dunes, Sydney burning (eerily appropriate after yesterday's fiery red-orange skies spawned by Sydney's record dust storm), and a ruined Taj Mahal in a scorched landscape. I thought this was a bit overdone, since it is highly unlikely that climate change will be able to cause any of these effects by 2055. The scene then shifts to a futuristic building in the ice-free Arctic, where actor Pete Postlethwaite stars as the curator of an archive of human knowledge. He begins looking at old documentary footage from 2008 and asks the question, why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
Figure 1. A flooded London in the year 2055 in The Age of Stupid.
The rest of the movie is a documentary, shot over the past four years in the UK, Nigeria, New Orleans, Iraq, Jordan, The Alps, and India. Six separate stories are followed:
Alvin DuVernay, a Shell Oil scientist who rescued 100 people after Hurricane Katrina
Layefa Malemi, a woman living in Shell's most profitable oil region in Nigeria
Jamila and Adnan Bayyoud, two Iraqi refugee kids trying to find their brother
Piers Guy, a wind farm developer fighting the anti-windfarm lobby in England
Fernand Pareau, 82-year old French mountain guide
Jeh Wadia, a businessman starting a low-cost airline in India
The six stories are interwoven and told in multiple sections, with jumps back and forth to curator Pete Postlethwaite in the future, who is viewing these documentary clips on his futuristic video screen. I found this creative approach to story telling a bit disorienting, but give the film maker credit for trying something innovative. Interspersed with the documentary footage are some fairly compelling animations. My favorite was an illustration of how America's excessive consumption is responsible for at least 1/4 of China's greenhouse gas emissions, since we buy so much cheap junk from China (which often ends up back in a China landfill). A lot of preaching goes on in the movie, with the film maker criticizing our excessive consumerism and our willingness to fight wars over oil. I thought the most compelling story of the six documentary pieces was the tale of the Nigerian woman living in the toxic mess that the oil industry has made in Nigeria. Cheap oil at the pumps in America has huge hidden costs that we don't appreciate.
While the movie did have some interesting sections with messages Americans need to hear, I thought overall the movie was too long and too dull to be worth spending a full-price movie admission ticket for. At least one of the six documentary sections should have been cut--92 minutes is too long for a documentary. It's pretty hard to make a gripping documentary movie about global warming, and The Age of Stupid and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth are not gripping. You're better off viewing these at home on DVD. Rating: two stars (out of four).
After the movie, the live simulcast from New York City resumed, and we heard speeches from Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary General, who called climate change "Perhaps the biggest challenge we face today". Also speaking was the President of the Maldives, an island nation mostly situated less than two meters above sea level. Sea level rise from climate change is a huge threat to his nation, and the president made a pledge to make his nation the first country to be carbon-neutral, by 2020. We also heard from the scientist who heads the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra K. Pachauri, who affirmed the movie's contention that we need to have global emissions of CO2 stop increasing by 2015 in order to avoid dangerous climate change.
The Age of Stupid as part of a media blitz
The release of The Age of Stupid this week was timed to bring visibility to the climate change issue and help mobilize public opinion in advance of the crucial U.N. Climate Change Conference, which will be held December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. At that meeting, the leaders of the world will gather to negotiate an agreement to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The new agreement will be the world's roadmap for dealing with climate change, and the stakes are huge. The Age of Stupid is key part of a major push green lobby push this week to publicize their key goals:
1) Reducing the 3% per year increase in CO2 emissions we've seen this decade to 0% by 2015.
2) An 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050.
3) An eventual return to CO2 levels of 350 ppm--well below the current level of 388 ppm.
Activists are targeting the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh this week as part of their effort; four Greenpeace protesters hung a "Danger: Climate Destruction Ahead, Reduce CO2 Emission Now" banner from a Pittsburgh bridge and dangled beneath the bridge for two hours yesterday. Greenpeace activists were also present as I walked out of the Age of Stupid premiere Tuesday, gathering signatures in support of a petition to urge CO2 controls be agreed upon at the December Copenhagen conference.
A return salvo from the fossil fuel industry and its allies is coming in the next few weeks. They have their own British film maker, Ann McElhinney, who has created a documentary titled, Not Evil Just Wrong, which premiers October 18. They've stated their goal of beating the record for simultaneous theaters airing a movie premiere set by The Age of Stupid. I'll be sure to write a review on Not Evil Just Wrong when it comes out.
Tropical update
There is a new tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa yesterday that is generating some disorganized thunderstorm activity over the Cape Verdes Islands. This morning's QuikSCAT pass showed an elongated circulation two hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verdes Islands. Wind shear is a moderate 10 - 20 knots over the disturbance, and some slow development is possible over the next few days. The disturbance will have to overcome some dry air to its west, though. None of our reliable computer models are forecasting tropical storm development over the next seven days.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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BodyHype dancers present winter show, Jan. 9-10
Posted January 7, 2004; 01:38 p.m.
The BodyHype Dance Company will present its winter show at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, and at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
Student dancers will perform to the music of Misst Elliot, Tatu, Michael Jackson and others. The show will include a guest appearance by the Princeton Tigertones.
Tickets are free to Passport to the Arts members, $6 for other students and $10 for the general public. They are available at the Frist Campus Center ticket office, (609) 258-1742.
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FINAL: Vanderbilt 7, Ole Miss 6 (Game 3)
By Parrish Alford/NEMS Daily Journal
An interesting finish for the Rebels, not successful but interesting and it brings to mind the competition question the players were addressing earlier in the week.
Ole Miss had six runs and nine hits, not what you'd call a great offensive day. The first three runs came in the first two innings and were the result of a timely double by Will Allen and three successful bunts. A lot of effort there.
After that the Rebels got an RBI hit from Stuart Turner in the fifth — He was 4-for-5 on the day after going 0-for-7 over the first two games — and nothing else until they scratched out two runs to tie in the bottom of the ninth.
That's when they started the inning with singles by Turner and Andrew Mistone and scored runs on a groundout by Preston Overbey and a bases-loaded HBP by Tanner Mathis.
The Rebels dropped their fifth straight game — all in the SEC — and are just a game ahead of Auburn for last place in the West. They were swept at home for the first time since Auburn in 2010 yet they left the field today feeling a lot better about how they played against the No. 2 team in the country.
Click here for videos and more at Parrish Alford's Inside Ole Miss Sports Blog.
FINAL: Florida 8, MSU 3 (Game 3)
By Brad Locke/NEMS Daily Journal
Recapping MSU's 8-3 loss to Florida at Dudy Noble Field on Sunday afternoon.
• The buzz: MSU (26-9, 5-7 SEC) couldn't finish off the sweep of Florida (15-18, 5-7), which finally found some life in its bats. MSU starter Jacob Lindgren, who'd been out with a sore elbow, looked sharp until the fateful fifth inning, when he loaded the bases and then exited after slipping while fielding a bunt. Coach John Cohen said Lindgren twisted his right ankle on the play.
• Big inning: Florida got three straight singles to start the fifth, and after Lindgren left, pinch hitter Connor Mitchell stroked a three-run triple to right field off reliever Myles Gentry. Richie Martin had an RBi single, a Sam Frost error let in a run, and Josh Tobias later capped the inning with a two-run double.
• Key stats: Florida scored three unearned runs. … MSU left six men on base, UF stranded four. … Each team turned two double plays. … Florida was 4 of 11 with runners in scoring position, State was 3 of 9.
• Florida at the plate: The Gators had 11 hits. … Tobias had three hits and two RBIs. … Martin had two hits.
• MSU at the plate: The Bulldogs had eight hits. … Jacob Robson had a pair of singles. … Adam Frazier and Frost each had a double.
• Florida on the mound: Starter Johnny Magliozzi (3-1), a sophomore, settled in after allowing two runs in the first inning. In his first start of the season, he allowed three runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking one on 84 pitches. … Ryan Harris tossed 2 1/3 shutout innings, giving up three hits while fanning two. … Daniel Gibson got the final three outs after Harris gave up a pair of singles to open the ninth.
• MSU on the mound: Lindgren (2-1) was charged with three runs on four hits in four-plus innings, striking out two with no walks on 47 pitches. … After Gentry faced the one batter (he was charged with one run), Chad Girodo faced three and was charged with three runs, one earned, and got nobody out. … Ben Bracewell tossed 1 1/3 innings, allowing one unearned run. … Three other pitchers saw action.
• Quotable: "We've won three out of our last year, and I feel like we're on the verge of doing some special things." – Cohen
• Bottom line: MSU badly wanted the sweep, which would've put it at .500 in SEC play. But Lindgren's outing was encouraging, and Cohen said the sophomore's ankle should be fine. The Bulldogs just need to figure out a way to build off these fast offensive starts. Up next is a big game Tuesday: The Governor's Cup, versus Ole Miss in Pearl.
Click here for more including video at Brad Locke's Inside Mississippi State Sports.
Fisk blanks Tulane with 2-0 series-clinching win for USM
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Conor Fisk threw a two-hit, complete-game shutout to lead Southern Miss to a 2-0 Conference USA series-clinching victory over Tulane here Sunday afternoon at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.
The Golden Eagles (13-17 overall, 5-4 C-USA) won the final two games of the series over the Green Wave (16-18, 4-5) after losing the opener on Friday.
It was the first shutout of an opponent for Southern Miss since a 1-0 home victory over East Carolina on May 11, 2012. That game also marked the last time the Golden Eagles threw a complete-game shutout when Andrew Pierce defeated the Pirates in that contest.
The Golden Eagles posted a season-low three hits, but got all the runs they needed in the third inning.
Andrew Furr led off the frame for Southern Miss with a walk, before Chase Fowler was hit by a David Napoli pitch. Connor Barron then put down a sacrifice bunt before Travis Creel hit the first pitch from Napoli into the right-centerfield gap to drive home both Furr and Fowler with a double.
Creel ended the day with two of the Eagles' three hits and Furr collected the other.
Fisk fanned three and walked four to go along with his two hits to capture the victory and improve to 3-1 on the season. After giving up a single and a walk to start the sixth, Fisk retired the next 10 batters he faced.
He gave up a one-out walk in the ninth, but got the two final Green Wave batters to fly out to centerfield.
Napoli (3-2) went the distance in a losing cause for the Green Wave allowing two runs on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts.
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03-02-2013, 11:41 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Is this a good deal on a 150?
Hey, whats up guys. I just recently got bit by the fish bug and I already want a larger tank. I was wondering how you felt about this post I came across in craigslist. There's not really any places to buy large aquariums in my town and this will be my first large aquarium. Any input is valuable.
Clicking on the picture helps to view it better. I'm not very good at posting on forums yet. Thank you for your time.
Sorry, I couldn't get the picture to work properly so here is the info. 150 gal Aquarium with stand. Fluval canister filter, 2 heaters . I still have it set up with 2 clown loaches 3 big angel fish ,2 sword tails & 2 catfish. buyer welcome to take fish as well. 600$
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Whether or not that's a good deal depends on the price. How much is it?"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Carl Sagan
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Just added the price apologies. 600$
If everything is in exceptional condition and the stand is nice I'd say that was fair. Huge tanks like this selling second-hand in the UK are often cheap as not many people want them (or can move them) so my opinion is with that in mind. Might not be a fair assessment in the US."Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Carl Sagan
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Can get a tank and stand for close to that around here (but what do they run in a store for you? Ignore the cheap hoods most are displayed with - that is an item you need to consider closely. This is important - are the hood/lights high end (i.e. correct type wattage and color temp for your goals (plants? or just show?)) If so, that changes things a good bit (price good hoods and for a 150 - you are in for a shock) - high end hoods are rather expensive for a tank that size; cheap ones are essentially junk and will cause algae issues later.
Also, is most of the equipment high end (heaters aren't cheap, either but low end ones are close to junk - see if a brand name.) The canister is not high end but should work (if large enough - a single canister sounds far too small for a 150. I would think you would need at least one more; esp. if you add more fish.) Note that you will need to getting that filter up and running within 24 hours so the bacteria does not die off.
The fish are another issue - very large angels are not cheap and even then, still take time to grow to really large size - but do you want them? They dominate a tank and restrict what can go in (but that may not be an issue for you.)
Still, wanting your own tank means that either you just want any nice show fish like this (a display that you look at but aren't too worried about) or do you want to create your own special fish display that means something to you - a specific species only, or a special mixed type that appeals to you or even salt (a lot of work) or even, possibly, with a 150 - discus (sorry, no angels then.)
Getting presuppied fish limits or if you were aiming for angels, anyway, aids you depending on your objectives. Also, moving a pre-setup tank is far more work: bagging & transporting the fish; cleaning out and then VERY quickly, setting up the tank so the fish don't end up dead; and maybe saving the substrate (heavy and maybe far too heavy if left in the tank; either case, most likely very dirty.)
This is not a small effort and time is critical once you buy the tank/fish; not like starting your own, but the plus is it is cycled; that, however, is a down side because you are then forced to act fast to setup before die-off (bacteria and/or fish.)
Finally, impulse buys for such a large tank might be an issue - a 150 gal is a lot of work over the life of the fish. A beginner sometimes does not realize how hard it can be; changing water is a bear for a 75 gal - a 150 is in a class all by itself. How will you handle that and what amounts and how often will you change the tank's water. Do you have a plan on how this will be done? The weight of a 150 gal is close to 1400 lbs - will the floor support this? All issues to think clearly about before paying for the tank. Best of luck - a 150 gal is a really nice sized tank that few people ever own (cost/work!) but can be rewarding if you plan well and are ready for the work!
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A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
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Looking at it, I'd think it was a decent deal, no steal and I'm sure you could find a better deal.
Usually on stuff like that you have to assume the worst, that you will have to buy a new filter, or heater etc etc.
If I were you I'd wait, or check the craigslist for anywhere with an hour or two drive for any other tanks.
You would probably need / want to rehome the fish to start fresh (unless you like them) and could probably work out a small amount of store credit at a local fish place.
If it is a good deal or not really can depend on where you live.
Where I live, that would be a pretty fair deal. I would suggest comparing this listing with others about a 2 hour drive from were you are. That would give you a better idea of how fairly priced this is.
You would also have to factor in what you would do with those fish should the seller make them stay a part of the dealIf you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
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I would offer $400 and see what happens. keep in mind you'll possibly want to upgrade certain things (filter, lights). $500 would be my top-end price if big tanks are tough to get in your area.your friendly neighbourhood arowanaman!
I recently spent a long time going through classified ads looking for a new tank. I learned that people always ask way too much for used fish tanks. They know how much it cost new and so they think they can get some fortune for it used.
Here's the guideline I followed for what I was willing to pay. $1 per gallon for the aquarium if it holds water and doesn't have any large unsightly scratches or chips. $1 per gallon for the stand if it's a cheaper fiberboard or $1.50 per gallon for higher quality wood in great condition. Then for lights, filters, heaters and other equipment I offered 50 - 75% of the retail price depending on condition.
There were a lot of people that I called and made offers to that were offended by my lowballing for their tank, but I told them all I understood and just asked them to save my phone number.
Lo and behold 2 weeks later I had one of the guys call me practically begging me to buy his tank. I told him his equipment was really outdated and that I'd have to buy new and he knocked an extra $50 off the price. So I scored a 90 gallon tank, stand, full canopy and light with undergravel filter (ick) for $150.~Manna
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Is it me or does the armor look like it's the same Hasbro used for the Stormtroopers?
Is it me or does the armor look like it's the same Hasbro used for the Stormtroopers?
It looks like they may have reused some parts. Anyone else notice how the head, torso and legs are all different shades of white?
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
I want to get one, but at my TRU the helmet has a greenish tint, the chest armor is white, and the legs have a slight tan tint. Very annoying.
So I'm gonna wait til I find a pure white one. Unless that is how they are suppose to look (who knows why though?).
it's all new parts. i looking at a clone vs. a stormtrooper now.
the legs are supposed to have a tannish tint because it is arena dirt.
Derek, I haven't compared, but I heard they have some parts that MAY be from the 12" Scout Trooper.
As for the coloring, I'm going to wait and see a clean version from KB (which means yellow or red trim), but the "dirty" regular trooper is just too dirty for my tastes.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
the only parts similar on the clone vs. scout trooper are the elbow pads. they are similar, but not from the same mold.
Hey there!
Hi I was recently at a store, and saw that they had the 12" Clone troopers <white> for sale. But I also noticed that 3 of them had a green tint to their helmets...is this a good or bad thing? as I couldnt decide and left them there!
Help much appreciated!
Sounds like a defective paint job to me. Personally I'd pass and try to get a cleaner version.
"No one helped me so why should I help you?" - College professor circa 1999
By choosing not to decide you still have made a choice.
I'm in love with the women of Univision.
I would also Pass! And Welcome to the Boards!!!
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I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned sooner.
The green tint seems to be a very widespread situation based on my experience. Nearly all the Clonetroopers I've seen in Wal-Mart, Toys r Us, etc. in different areas of Pennsylvania have all had green tint helmets. Only KB had a fair amount of white helmets. That's why I held out on the figure until I found a single white helmet clone at TRU for $20.
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My buddy said there was a quad, with a double blind in one series at the last HT he ran. How common is that. ?
My buddy said there was a quad, with a double blind in one series at the last HT he ran. How common is that. ?
Very uncommon since a judge has to take into consideration - time restraints, property and number of workers available. Puts a great strain on club. Cost of more poppers and workers are something that should be considered and birds available.
Gentle in what you do. Firm in how you do it.
WESTWIND WHISPERING COVE (LARRY son of Murray) WDQ MH, QAA2
LPK DELAWARE RIVER WHISPERING COVE, WDQ, QAA(SAVAGE SAM son of FC Chester MH)
WESTWIND WHISPERING COVE JAY ** ( Larry's son and Murray's grandson)
Eh, not very common, but I see them one a year or so. I love them, it really gets handlers panties in a wad and for the most part the dogs could care less. I have only set one up once and it was actually a delayed quad. The gallery was bitching up a storm, but only a very few dogs failed to pass it.
As mentioned above it is not something you will often see in a large field of dogs because it takes up too much time. The one I set up only had 25 or so dogs and we had plenty of time.
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I wonder if delayed quads will be more common because of the recent rule change:A delayed triple is technically only a double ... and the rules require a triple in at least two marking situations.The definition of triple marks clarified to read, three (3) birds (falls) must be presented before a dog is sent to retrieve either a mark or blind
Excerpt:9. CHAPTER 5, SECTION 6. Master Hunting Test. Dogs shall be tested in a minimum of five hunting
situations as follows: multiple land marks, multiple water marks, multiple marks on water and land, a land
blind and a water blind (at least one that shall be a double blind in any combination). There shall be at
least three series. At least one of the series shall include a walk-up. Diversion birds and/or diversion shots
such as described in Chapter 3, Section 24, must be used at least once. In Master tests, in at least two
multiple marking situations the dogs marking/memory will be tested with at least three (3) falls, before
the dogs is sent to retrieve. During a double set of marks (2 falls) Master judges shall include additional
elements of testing i.e. walkup, diversion bird, diversion shot, blind/s etc. in testing the dogs abilities.
This change increases the testing requirements for Master dogs by specifying that they shall complete two
triple marks (previously one) and that an additional testing element shall be included during a double mark
These are the new rules?
"I love the rod and gun and where they take me."
"Do not judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins."
There really is no reason to throw a quad in a HT. The only times I've seen this is.
One, the judges don't have any idea of concept marking and are trying to be creative.
Two, there's a large field of dogs and judges are trying to drop dogs in the first series.
Three, judges are trying to make a name for themself (John Wayne) BS.
These judges would make my judges list.
Last edited by Golden Boy; 03-19-2013 at 08:29 AM.
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The more I'm on the internet the more I love my dogs.
My understanding is that there were changes:
These have already been discussed in many threads ... there's nothing new here about changes to AKC HT rules.
On topic of the OP, I just wondered out loud if the most recent changes could lead to us seeing more delayed quads in Master tests?


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Someone who because I am polite will be left unnamed who, apparently a new user; sent me a private message referring to me as a liar.
He does not believe WI has a turkey depredation problem that is addressed by the WDNR issuing shooting permits.
There are areas in WI where the farmers are near desperation for someone to help them control the turkey population on their lands and will gladly grant access to ethical & responsible hunters free of charge.
Well here is the info for all to see. Use the link to access a list of farmers who have received shooting permits. These guys must allow hunting on their lands as described.
2010 WDACP Enrollment Report"Wisconsin's Wildlife Damage Program has requirements which farmers need to fulfill for program assistance. The core requirement of this program is hunting access. HUNTING ON LANDS NOT ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM, WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE LANDOWNER, IS TRESPASSING. Parking is restricted to designated areas; vehicular access is prohibited; and use of existing hunting stands or blinds is prohibited, unless specific permission is granted by the enrollee. ENROLLEES SHALL NOT CHARGE ANY FEES FOR HUNTING, HUNTING ACCESS, OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITY THAT INCLUDES HUNTING THE SPECIES CAUSING THE DAMAGE. Hunting is only allowed for the species causing the damage, unless authorized by the landowner. Each farmer has two options available to them for assistance. Each option has a hunting access requirement. The first wildlife damage program option is OPEN PUBLIC HUNTING (OPH). This option provides the farmer with all program services. Hunting access on the property enrolled is unlimited for the species causing the damage, but the hunter must notify the enrollee or their plans to hunt. The hunter is responsible to limit their hunting only to properties enrolled in the program. The second wildlife damage program option is MANAGED HUNTING ACCESS (MHA). Under this plan, the farmer's enrolled property is assigned a minimum daily hunting requirement. This hunting access requirement is the number of hunters that need to be allowed access, based on 2 hunters/40 acres of huntable land. The hunting access is based on "presence of" language. This means that enrollees may not deny permission unless their hunting requirement is met with hunters on the property at that exact time. Hunters must contact the participating farmer and obtain permission. The farmer is required to keep a daily hunting log to document the hunting access requirement. Farmers that received a Shooting Permit for the species causing the damage are required to enroll in the Wildlife Damage Abatement and Claims Program. Access hunters, who seek to hunt during the regular hunting season using their regular licenses and tags, may receive an extra tag under an enrollee's Shooting Permit. The farmer has sole discretion for Shooting Permit tag distribution. However, Shooting Permit tag denial is NOT hunting access denial."
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So this gentleman, Rick from California, I thought was a dead cert. After a few dates, I was elated, as he ticked all the boxes: smart, ambitious, energy, looks.
I ignored the signs in the beginning, I told myself I was judging too quickly, but the latest episode was where I must draw the line.
How can a man be so clever, well travelled, and well spoken, and yet somehow not know how to treat a lady?
Strike 1 - the briefcase
I meet Rick for dinner after work and I am carrying my large briefcase (one of the ones on wheels, because it's so heavy). This was date two. We decide on a restaurant which is up one flight of stairs. I open the door, (note he did not hold it open for me) and go to grab my briefcase off the ground before I carry it up the flight of stairs. Yes, LA Rick watched little old Jacinta carry the briefcase up a flight of stairs.
Now, I know I am a big girl living in a big city and all that jazz and I yes, I am well able to carry my own briefcase. But hell, how can a man watch a 5-foot nothing woman juggle a sizeable bag up a flight of stairs and not flinch?
Strike 2- the tab
So, I pushed the briefcase episode to the back of my mind. Delighted with the progress our relationship is making, when the chance comes to meet some of Rick's Cally buddies, I jump at it.
The evening was wonderful, the conversation was flowing as a couple of his friends and I discuss the merits of East Village versus West Village. Rick was catching up with the boys and I was playing a blinder with my new bff's. Then the tab comes.
American's LOVE to split the bill, no such thing as, 'here, everyone throw a few quid in.' I stall, because I remember I have bought Rick coffee the last two times we met (he had no cash!) and then, I can barely believe what unfolds before my eyes.
Mr. West Coast-turned-East Coast fumbles for his credit card, before his pal insists on paying our share of the bill. Scarlet, I don't even know this lad and he is offering to pay for us. Rick, however, does not share my embarrassment and thanks his pal for the kind gesture. Later he justifies it to me by saying that his friend was just so happy to see us both there.
Strike 3 - the train
So Jacinta and Rick take a little weekend break together to his family house in upstate New York. Things are going well. Despite his past performance, there are a hell of a lot of great things about this man. And of course, I tell myself the age old thing that women have done for centuries - he will change.
Having a wonderful weekend, I hear my Blackberry ring and before long I am summoned to work and booking the next train ticket back to New York. Rick has to stay upstate, as his family arrive that evening.
In a hurry, I scramble to gather my things before Rick drops me to the nearest train station. With a bit of time to kill, we sit in the car chatting about the weekend. Then it dawns on me that he is not getting out of the car to help me with my bags (which, coincidentally I put in there myself). Stunned, I say 'well, thanks,' before I slowly exit the car in disbelief and fetch my bags from the back seat. Is this really happening? Not only has he not got out of the car to say goodbye, but he is now making me get my own bags.
Yes, I enjoy my independence and no, I do not expect a man to cater for my every need but surely there is a healthy balance. I was honestly in a trance as I sat on the train back to New York. I knew Rick and I would never work.
How could I expect a man to ever look after me, when he cannot even be bothered to get out of his car to say goodbye.


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Thanks for all the kind words fellows. Spitandrum I thought for sure that hen was going to leave and make me call for myself.[:D][:D] Scott I waiting to hear about your hunt. I think we could of taken up a collection and got the boys a sub for t&th from the fellows in NY.[;)][;)]
Dewey I didn't even have to chase a creepy crawler away!!![:-]
Doing the fan mount now will post a pic of it later.