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Vinnie Paul Talks Golden Gods + Grammy Museum
The Revolver Golden Gods Awards take place April 11 in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theater in conjunction with 'Golden Gods: The History of Heavy Metal,' which is a metal exhibit at the adjacent Grammy Museum. The display serves to educate visitors about the genre we all know and love by collecting various items relating to the metal acts. Hellyeah and Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul chatted with Revolver TV about the upcoming metallic festivities, as well as Hellyeah's new album 'Band of Brothers,' due this June.
Cradle of Filth to Release Limited Edition Two-Disc Set
Record Store Day is a goldmine for collectors and music geeks, with lots of limited edition material flooding the racks at indie retailers in a concerted effort to entice consumers into the stores. Cradle of Filth are giving headbangers more than enough reason to head to the local mom and pop shop, since the British black metal blasphemers will release 'Midnight in the Labyrinth' as a limited edition, two-disc set on April 21, according to a Facebook post.
Duff McKagan Doesn't Know if Guns N' Roses Will Perform at Hall of Fame Induction
Former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan doesn't know what's going to happen next month at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. While tongues are wagging over whether or not GN'R will take up their instruments to celebrate this major accolade, the musician maintains that he can only speak for himself, saying that he'll be there with bells on and that he's not "that guy" who rallies the troops anymore.
Marilyn Manson, 'No Reflection' – Song Review
The first taste of Marilyn Manson's 'Born Villain' is upon us in the form of the album's debut single 'No Reflection.'
Dick Clark Flintstone-Style House for Sale in Malibu
Dick Clark has put his man cave on the market. No, seriously, it's a cave.
Cold Dissect the 'American Dream' in New Video
Cold's 'American Dream' video tells the story of just that: the sometimes unrealistic ideals and idyllic goals that so many average Americans strive for, yet never attain. Perhaps it's the thrill of the chase, but Americans never give up on the dream. Also in this clip is the pervasive idea that nothing is ever quite like it seems, either.
Grandmother Trying Out for Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
We heard that everything is bigger in Texas, but older? Guess so.
Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, Slash, Sixx: A.M. + More to Play 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards
The fourth annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards are set to invade Los Angeles on April 11, with Marilyn Manson on deck to perform his first show in almost three years at the event. Other performers include Slash, Evanescence, Sixx: A.M. and Black Veil Brides. Further additions to the line up will be announced in the coming weeks.
Slayer Are 'Seven Kick-Ass Songs' Into New Album
Hellyeah To Drop New Album 'Band of Brothers' in June
Just a few weeks after drummer Vinnie Paul shared his excitement exclusively with Loudwire about Hellyeah's forthcoming third album and telling us they were thisclose to selecting a title, the band has finally revealed that information. The title is "Band of Brothers' and it's certainly appropriate for this thick-as-thieves metal wrecking crew.
Fun Valentine's Day Idea — The Museum of Broken Relationships in Croatia
What is there to do with romantic items from past relationships, such as stuffed animals, garter belts, a prosthetic leg (more on that in a sec) or a wedding dress other than burn or toss 'em? Send them off to the Museum of Broken Relationships in Croatia. Consider it the destination where old, no-longer-useful relationship relics go to die or at least live out the end of their "lives" with some dignity.
Man Fakes 'Bingo' Then Returns $400 Jackpot
What has 100 balls and screws old ladies? This guy.
Bingo brings out the worst in humanity. The competitive thrill of shouting "BINGO!" when finding out you've won is unlike any feeling known to man. Elderly men and women bask in the glory of playing and winning this game but the fact that a western Pennsylvania man cheated, claimed to have bingo and collected the prize jackpot while playing at Mary Mother of Hope's parish hall about an hour outside of Pittsburgh is downright right despicable.


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Ron Carlson is the author of eight books of fiction, most recently his selected stories A Kind of Flying, (W.W. Norton 2003) the novel The Speed of Light (HarperCollins 2003), and the story collection At the Jim Bridger(Picador paperback 2003) His short stories have appeared in Esquire, Harpers, The New Yorker, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Epoch, The North American Review and other journals, as well as The Best American Short Stories, The O'Henry Prize Series, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction and dozens of other anthologies. He is Foundation Professor and Regents' Professor of English at Arizona State University. Among his awards are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, the Cohen Prize at Ploughshares, and a National Society of Arts and Letters Literature Award.

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Role of sinking in diatom life-history cycles: ecological, evolutionary and geological significance
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Rapid mass sinking of cells following diatom blooms, observed in lakes and the sea, is argued here to represent the transition from a growing to a resting stage in the life histories of these algae. Mass sinking is of survival value in those bloom diatoms that retain viability over long periods in cold, dark water but not in warm, nutrient-depleted surface water. Mechanisms for accelerating sinking speed of populations entering a resting or "seeding" mode are proposed. Previously unexplained features of diatom form and behaviour take on a new meaning in this context of diatom seeding strategies. Diatoms have physiological control over buoyancy as declining growth is accompanied by increasing sinking rates, where the frustule acts as ballast. Increased mucous secretion in conjunction with the cell protuberances characteristic of bloom diatoms leads to entanglement and aggregate formation during sinking; the "sticky" aggregates scavenge mineral and other particles during descent which further accelerates the sinking rate. Such diatom flocs will have sinking rates of ∼ 100 m d-1 or more. This is corroborated by recent observations of mass phytoplankton sedimentation to the deep sea. This mechanism would explain the origin of marine snow flocs containing diatoms in high productivity areas and also the well-known presence of a viable deep sea flora. That mortality is high in such a seeding strategy is not surprising. A number of species-specific variables pertaining to size, morphology, physiology, spore formation and frustule dissolution rate will determine the sinking behaviour and thus control positioning of resting stages in the water column or on the bottom. It is argued that sinking behaviour patterns will be environmentally selected and that some baffling aspects of diatom form and distribution can be explained in this light. Rapid diatom sedimentation is currently believed to be mediated by zooplankton faecal pellets, particularly those of copepods. This view is not supported by recently published observations. I speculate that copepod grazing actually retards rather than accelerates vertical flux, because faecal pellets tend to be recycled within the surface layer by the common herbivorous copepods. Egestion of undigested food by copepods during blooms acts as a storage mechanism, as ungrazed cells are likely to initiate mass precipitation and depletion of the surface layer in essential elements. Unique features of diatoms are discussed in the light of their possible evolution from resting spores of other algae. An evolutionary ecology of pelagic bloom diatoms is deduced from behavioural and morphological characteristics of meroplanktonic and tychopelagic forms. Other shell-bearing protistan plankters share common features with diatoms. Similar life-history patterns are likely to be present in species from all these groups. The geological significance of mass diatom sinking in rapidly affecting transfer of biogenic and mineral particles to the sea floor is pointed out.


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Nissan Introduces A Car That Parks Itself
The NSC-2015 features 'Automated Valet Parking' technology, which saves time for drivers by finding a spot and returning to collect them.
Nissan introduced a new concept at CEATEC in Japan called the NSC-2015. The Leaf EV comes with new electronics for improved time management and security. 'Automated Valet Parking' technology in the vehicle connects to the driver's smartphone, allowing them to maintain full control remotely. The NSC-2015 parks itself and then you can instruct it to return and pick you up later.
Another new feature is an all-around view camera, which can react to suspicious behavior and alert the driver, who can choose to set off an alarm. Toru Futami, expert leader for Nissan's IT & ITS development department, said:
With 90% of accidents caused by human error, we aimed to make a machine that could reduce error to as close to zero as possible and prevent an accident before it happens. Another objective was to reduce time-loss, such as that spent on looking for parking. That can be about 10 minutes lost door-to-door, when all you need to do is get to the entrance.
The vehicle will be fully viable by 2015 and you can take a look at it in the video below:


text: Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi's Doctor will be "more alien" The actor also says that he didn't just want to be an imitation of the character, but the "actual Doctor Who" Comments Written By Stephen Kelly 2:52 PM, 29 July 2014 As series eight approaches, fans are slowly beginning to get an idea of what to expect from Peter Capaldi's era of Doctor Who. For along with comments made by Capaldi over the weekend that the show will have more "gravity" and less "flirting," the star has now given an insight into the 12th Doctor himself, giving the hint that he's a lot different to predecessor Doctor Matt Smith. "He's more alien than he's been for a while," says Capaldi. "He doesn't quite understand human beings or really care very much about their approval." Co-star and on-screen companion Jenna Coleman agrees, telling Empire that, "With Matt's Doctor, [Clara] felt quite safe, really. She knew she'd be caught if she was in danger, but this guy is a lot less human-friendly and a lot less patient. He's more removed and inaccessible. You can't quite access him in the same way." Capaldi also spoke of his desire to own the role, rather than be a mere imitation. "[Doctor Who] can become a kind of franchise where it's not a real character at all, but just an amalgam of elements that people think are Doctor Who: a scarf, a bow tie... I wanted to be the actual Doctor Who." It's a sentiment that echoes comments made to The Sunday Times over the weekend, where he said: "Sometimes I'd look in the mirror and think, that's just me. That's not him. But some days he'd look back and I'd try to catch it. It's not an intellectual process it's just an instinctive relationship." Showrunner Steven Moffat has described Capaldi's Doctor as, "older, trickier, fiercer," while writer Mark Gatiss has said that he has a "madness in his eyes." "All that's true but he's also joyful," said Capaldi. "One thing the show does well is balance the epic and the domestic. You can go from the edge of the universe to a pedestrian precinct. This Doctor loves watching stars being born in Andromeda; he's also thrilled to see litter blowing across the car park at dawn." As well as his Doctor being different, Capaldi also said that the tone of series eight will shift from Matt Smith's era. "We still blow a lot of s**t up. That's very important, but it's going to be a bit different from what we've seen over recent years. A bit more gravity. "Some situations are more sombre and I think there are more rooted dramatic scenes. Over the past two or three years [with Matt Smith], which I've loved, there has often been a breathless vigour; we still have that attack, but we have another level of drama, another tone. And the scenes are longer." Doctor Who returns with series eight opener Deep Breath on August 23. Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Dr. Carla Guenther received a B.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a double major in Biotechnology and International Environmental Policy and a minor in German. After studying lobster behavior at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, as an undergraduate, Carla moved west and earned her Ph.D in Marine Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She engaged Santa Barbara's commercial lobster fleet while conducting interviews for her doctoral research on Marine Protected Area impacts on socio-economics, reef ecology, and fishing behavior.
In her role at Penobscot East, Carla has worked closely with Deer Isle-Stonington High School to develop their Marine Pathways and was pivotal in the launch of the Eastern Maine Skippers Program.
The Eastern Maine Skippers Program is a regional program that aims to provide aspiring commercial fishermen in schools from North Haven to Eastport with the skills needed to be successful fishermen in a time of rapid environmental and regulatory change. A cohort of over 40 students from George Stevens Academy, Vinalhaven, North Haven, Deer Isle-Stonington, Ellsworth, Mount Desert, and Narraguagus High Schools remains in their schools and collaborate in the program via technology-based "anytime, anywhere" learning. Students also meet in person three or four times each year to participate in events such as meetings with the Department of Marine Resources and the Maine Fishermen's Forum.
Madagascar's plants and animals are so different from those found anywhere else on earth that it is often referred to as "the eighth continent." Leslie and Blaise ventured to this "treasure island" last fall and spent five weeks covering the world's fourth largest island. Pockets of unique ecosystems still exist and harbor some of the most extraordinary creatures you could imagine! Lemurs stole the show, but colorful chameleons, fantastic frogs and gorgeous geckos made quite a hit. There are over 120 endemic bird species and some very strange insects, all of which are highly approachable and make for wonderful photographs. Travel to the spiny forest of the southwest, lowland rainforest of the northeast, montane rainforest of the interior and tropical islands of the north, and experience the many surprises each area has in store.
Lehrer's latest award-winning book, A LIFE IN BOOKS: the Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley, is an illuminated novel with 101 books within it—all "written" by his protagonist, a controversial author who finds himself in prison looking back on his life and career. Mobley's reluctant memoir is paired with a review of all 101 of his books, represented by their cover designs, catalog descriptions, and excerpts that read like short stories. The resulting retrospective explores the creative process of a writer/artist, as it reflects upon a half century of American/global events, and grapples with the future of the book as a medium, and the lines that separate and blur truth, myth, and fiction.
In his funny and thought provoking performance/reading, Lehrer presents an overview of Bleu Mobley's life in books via many of his book cover designs, book-like objects, and other biographical materials including animations, short films of Mobley book excerpts performed by the band BETTY and actress/poet La Bruja, and a live cameo appearance by actress/author Judith Sloan.On NPR's Studio 360, Kurt Andersen called A LIFE IN BOOKS "an ingenious, one-of-a-kind novel." Andrei Codrescu calls it, "A profound commentary… brilliant, beautiful, delicious for eyes and mind." The Atlantic describes it as "pitch perfect," while the Huffington Post and Print Magazine hail it as "a tour de force." A LIFE IN BOOKS is the winner of the 2014 IPPY (Independent Publisher) Outstanding Book of the Year Award, as well as a National Indie Book Award, and a Next Generation Indie Book Award. Acclaimed as a pioneer of visual literature and design authorship, Lehrer is also a recipient of the Brendan Gill Prize, the Innovative Use of Archives Award, three AIGA Book Awards, a Media That Matters Award, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Rockefeller, Ford, and Greenwall Foundations.
A 4-hour hands-on workshop for beginners. Personal supply kit and mid-morning snacks provided. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to GSA's Annual Fund. To register and for more information go to plurabelleshop.com. Space is very limited – just twelve seats are available.
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Molly has taught calligraphy to over 300 students in workshops and to over 1,500 through her online Skillshare course. She has been a guest lecturer of graphic design and its intersection with hand lettering at The University of Southern California's Roski School of Fine Arts and in The University of California at Los Angeles's Design Communication Arts department. Her book — Modern Calligraphy: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started in Script Calligraphy (St. Martin's Griffin, 2013) — has reached thousands of budding calligraphers and is now in its third printing.
Molly studied art history, comparative literature, and creative writing at The American University of Paris. Her experience as editor and layout designer of the school's bilingual arts and literary magazine, Paris/Atlantic, sparked Molly's interest in graphic design. Upon returning to the States, she earned a degree in Design Communication Arts from UCLA Extension, with a concentration in typography and layout design. While there, Molly took a course on Gothic, broad-tip, block calligraphy. Unable to find any books that taught contemporary script alphabets, she mostly taught herself — through much trial and error — and developed the fine-tip styles she is known for today.
Suzanne Massie has been involved in many aspects of study and work in the Soviet Union/Russia for 45 years. Her outstanding ability as an interpreter of Russian culture and bridge builder between the Russian and American people has been acknowledged by both countries. In Russia she has been the subject of a documentary film, is the winner of a prestigious literary prize and is an active participant in the cultural and social concerns of the city of St. Petersburg. In the United States her books: Trust but Verify: Reagan, Russia and me, Land of the Firebird, Pavlovsk, The Living Mirror, Journey and Nicholas and Alexandra, on which she worked with her former husband Robert K. Massie, have been read by millions. She has been consulted by many members of Congress and the Senate and from 1984-88 advised President Ronald Reagan, meeting with him 21 times during the critical years of the ending of the Cold War.
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" Address: Witan Gate / Milton Keynes / MK9 2HP / Buckinghamshire / England "
Las Iguanas is a restaurant chain that specialises in Latin American food and drink.
This review is of the branch in Milton Keynes, but I have also eaten at the branch in Bath where I enjoyed a similar dining experience.
The restaurant in Milton Keynes is located in The Hub area, which is a lovely courtyard that has a wide selection of places to eat, such as Zizzi's, Café Rouge, Starbucks, Loch Fyne and Gourmet Burger Kitchen, just to name a few. The Hub area is located behind the Ramada Encore and Jurys Inn hotels, which are close to The Centre shopping mall.
Quite often with restaurants that serve a specific cuisine there is the tendency to adorn the walls with too many stereotypical items from the region, for instance Mexican restaurants covered in tacky sombreros! Thankfully Las Iguanas restaurants don't suffer from this problem and the décor is quite plain and simple, so much so that you wouldn't automatically think you were in a Latin restaurant.
The atmosphere has always been brilliant as they play very funky Latin music, which never fails to get me swaying to the rhythm as I happily sip from a delicious cocktail. The cocktails, including the classic mojito and caipirinha, are a big draw for many people and there were just as many people just enjoying drinks as there were eating meals. Although it is quite a trendy environment mostly suited to young people, I don't think they monopolise the place and there were plenty of older people with their adult children enjoying themselves. Younger children are equally as welcome as they cater for them by providing smaller portions of the main courses on the menu.
The Food
The first time I ate at a Las Iguanas restaurant was at the branch in Bath when I was visiting friends who had eaten there before. One of the friends I was with had just returned from a 6 month tour of South America and she told me the food tasted very authentic. On that occasion I had the 21-day aged sirloin steak from Uruguay (£14.50), which was cooked to perfection (medium-rare) and it came with a fantastic sauce/marinade called chimichurri, which I have yet to successfully recreate at home.
I was very tempted to order the steak again, but a new dish on the menu caught my eye. It was the whole Seabass (£13.50), which was roasted with a caperberry, black olive & lemon salsa on a hot skillet. It was served
with little saffron potatoes and seasonal greens tossed in garlic and chilli butter on the side. The fish was cooked to perfection and the salsa was packed with so much exotic flavour that I could just about imagine I was eating this meal in a restaurant in South America. The potatoes were a little disappointing, as I couldn't taste any saffron at all, but the fish was so amazing I didn't mind.
My fiancé had the Puerto Rican Paella, which is available as a vegetarian option (£8.90), but he likes his meat so he had the one with chicken, smoked pork & garlic chorizo, squid, salmon, tiger prawn & mussels (£10.50). He really enjoyed the Paella, which was very tasty and didn't have too many shells and other bits to pick out! Surprisingly he struggled to finish the Paella, but we had shared 3 starters between us!
We had the Peri-Peri Pollo (£4.90), which was fresh chicken breast, coated in crispy crumbed cassava, with a fiery garlic, chilli and lemon sauce. The chicken was nice and crispy on the outside whilst staying moist inside and the sauce was definitely fiery!
We also had the Pato Taquito (£4.90), which was shredded roast duck rolled in a flour tortilla and char-grilled, with sticky chilli jam. This was equally delicious and definitely something I'd order again.
My fiancé wanted the Crayfish Cocktail from the special Lunch & Early Evening Set Menu (which is available until 7pm) and they let us order it even though it was after 7pm and just charged us a normal price, which I think was around £4. This wasn't anything spectacularly different from a classic prawn cocktail, with crunchy romaine lettuce, cucumber and crayfish and topped with smoked paprika mayo. However, it was very nice and the home baked bread that accompanied it was lovely. Our only real gripe was that it came in a tall plastic cocktail glass, which made it difficult to eat so we tipped it out onto a plate.
Even though we were pretty full, we rounded off the meal with a Toffee & Macadamia Nut Cheesecake (£4.50), which I liked apart from the macadamia nuts, which were just too bland and soft for my taste.
Overall the food was great and we thoroughly enjoyed our meals.
Staff and service
Our waiter was on top form and he made sure we were well looked after. He was attentive without being overbearing and the whole experience from sitting down to paying the bill and leaving was like a well-oiled machine. He left a comment card on the table with the bill and I actually completed it because I was so impressed with the service and the food.
The high standard of the food and service at Las Iguanas manages to debunk the bad reputation of chain restaurants.
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Kornacki: The Friendship of Erik Bakich and David Price
Fall Practice Wrap-Up Q&A: Coach Bakich
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U-M's Recruiting Class Ranked No. 20 Nationally, Best in Big Ten
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MGoBlue.com reveals the Male Team Coach of the Year.
Baseball Post-Regional Press Conference
Plenty of Bright Spots in Baseball's Regional Loss
Baseball Takes Regional Opener
Baseball Tops No. 13 Oklahoma State on Senior Day
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Bakich Named Michigan Head Coach (June 27, 2012)
Meet the Staff: Erik Bakich
Bakich was announced as the 19th head coach in the history of Michigan baseball on June 27, 2012 and completed his fourth season with the program in 2016. The 2016 campaign featured a 36-21 overall record for the Wolverines, who were left out of the NCAA Conference despite defeating two top-25 teams and executing series sweeps of seven different opponents. At the close of the 2016 season, Michigan had garnered five All-Big Ten selections, its first CoSIDA Academic All-America selection since 2005 in Cody Bruder, and five Major League Draft picks (Brett Adcock, Carmen Benedetti, Evan Hill, Jackson Lamb, and Harrison Wenson) the program's most the 2012 season .
The 2015 season was an exciting one for Michigan, as the Wolverines won the Big Ten Tournament and advanced to a regional for the first time since 2008. Michigan won 39 games in 2015, highlighted by a four-game sweep of the Big Ten Tournament and a runner-up finish in the NCAA Louisville Regional. Bakich coached a first team All-American in Carmen Benedetti (NCBWA) and five All-Big Ten honorees, including first team selections in Benedetti and Jackson Glines. Michigan had four players named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team, including Freshman of the Year Jake Bivens. Three Wolverines (Jacob Cronenworth, Glines and Travis Maezes) were selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft while Michigan now has eight Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americans, the most in the nation in that three-year span.
The 2014 edition of the Michigan baseball team won 30 games and finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference. U-M also advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament, winning a pair of games in that tournament for the first time since 2008. Bakich coached a pair of All-Big Ten honorees (Jackson Glines - 2nd, Travis Maezes - 3rd) and four Academic All-Big Ten selections. Juniors James Bourque and Trent Szkutnik were both picked in the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft and freshman Brett Adcock and Carmen Benedetti were named to both the Big Ten All-Freshman and the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America teams.
In Bakich's first season in Ann Arbor, he guided the Maize and Blue to 29 wins and 14-10 record in the Big Ten, good for a tie for fifth place. That was a seven-game overall and a six-game conference improvement from 2012. Also, the Wolverines returned to the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since 2010. Bakich coached three All-Big Ten honorees (Michael O'Neill - 1st, Jacob Cronenworth - 2nd, Cole Martin - 3rd) and four Academic All-Big Ten selections. O'Neill also was an ABCA All-Mideast Region first team selection and a third round pick by the New York Yankees in the MLB First-Year Player Draft. A trio of freshmen (Cronenworth, Travis Maezes and Evan Hill) earned Big Ten All-Freshman team honors and were Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americans.
Bakich (pronounced back-itch) came to Ann Arbor after spending three years as the head coach at the University of Maryland. He led the Terrapins to a 32-24 record in 2012, which was a 15-win improvement from his first season in College Park. Maryland started the season by taking 2-of-3 games at UCLA, which went on to earn a No. 2 national seed and a berth in the College World Series. The Terps also enjoyed wins over Purdue, East Carolina and St. John's in the non-conference slate and North Carolina, Virginia, Miami, N.C. State and Florida State in Atlantic Coast Conference action. Maryland had a 3.21 team earned-run average, which was third in the ACC. Bakich also had four players drafted from the 2012 team in this year's MLB First-Year Player Draft, including Alfredo Rodriguez, who was picked in the 17th round by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Bakich, who is currently the youngest head baseball coach at a BCS school, had an initial recruiting class at Maryland in 2010 that was ranked in the top 25 by Baseball America. That marked the first time the Terps had a ranked recruiting class. Bakich followed it up with a 2011 class that received accolades from a number of publications and a 2012 class that was ranked in the top 25 by Perfect Game USA. In the last 11 years, he has coached 77 players that have been selected in the MLB Draft, including 25 in the first five rounds and nine first-round picks.
Bakich also had a hand in several improvements to facilities at Maryland. Included in these improvements are a 5,000-square-foot indoor hitting and pitching facility that was built next to Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium, a new turf infield (added prior to the 2011 season) along with a brick backstop, a new outfield fence and warning track. A new scoreboard and upgrades to signage in the stadium and renovated locker rooms are other highlights of facility upgrades for Maryland's baseball program.
Bakich instituted the inaugural Maryland Baseball Leadoff Banquet in 2011, which featured keynote speaker Tommy Lasorda in its first season and Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter in 2012.
Bakich was the assistant coach at Vanderbilt University from 2003-09, serving as the Commodores' recruiting coordinator as well as being the hitting coach and working with the outfielders. Under Bakich's assistance, Vanderbilt was 276-157 in his seven seasons in Nashville. That included a 54-win team in 2007 and two seasons of 40-plus wins (45 in 2004; 41 in 2008).
In his first year at Vandy, Bakich helped the Commodores reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament, something they had not done in eight years prior to his arrival. Vandy then advanced to a Super Regional in the 2004 season after winning the Charlottesville Regional.
While at Vanderbilt, Bakich recruited and coached David Price, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 draft and finished second in voting for the 2010 Cy Young Award as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays. Bakich also hauled in top-25 recruiting classes all seven years, including the top-ranked class in 2005 and the second-ranked class in 2008. From 2008-10, 22 Commodores that Bakich recruited were selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Bakich began his college coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Clemson in 2002. There, he worked with the Tigers' outfielders and infielders as well as assisted in Clemson's recruiting efforts. In Bakich's one season at Clemson, the Tigers went 54-17 and advanced to the College World Series.
Bakich had a successful career as a player prior to his coaching career. After transferring from San Jose City College in California, Bakich was a standout for East Carolina in 1999 and 2000. While there, the Pirates won back-to-back Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championships and earned number-one seeds at NCAA Regionals both years. Bakich was named to the All-Baton Rouge Regional team as a third baseman after earning unanimous all-tournament honors at the Bell South Hurricane Classic in Miami, Fla., earlier in the 1999 season.
He finished his playing career at ECU with a .315 batting average, 14 home runs and 85 RBI. Bakich graduated from East Carolina in 2000 with a degree in exercise and sports science. Upon graduation, Bakich played professionally in the Independent Professional Baseball League until 2001. At the conclusion of his playing career, Bakich returned to East Carolina, where he served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for one year.
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See on the PBS Mystery! Series, this riveting tale stars Sir Derek Jacobi (I, Claudius; Gladiator) as Brother Cadfael, the intuitive crime-solving monk of medieval Shrewsbury. Cadfael is called upon to bury 94 rebel soldiers executed on King Stephen's orders.


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Stephen Sondheim's stunning masterpiece centers on enigmatic painter Georges Seurat and his search for love, inspiration, and "the art of making art." One of the most acclaimed musicals ever, this Pulitzer Prize winner features a glorious score, with the songs "Finishing the Hat," "Putting it Together," and "Move On," is directed by Artistic Director Peter DuBois (A Little Night Music), and features Adam Chanler-Berat (Broadway'sPeter and the Starcatcher and Next to Normal) and Jenni Barber (Wicked).
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In our research on eBusiness and channel strategy, we often come across clusters of innovation where innovation by one company in a sector causes its competitors not only to match it, but to try to leapfrog it -- resulting in a rapid cycles of innovation. Among the examples of these clusters are insurance companies in the US (Progressive, Geico and a growing number of others) and banks in Spain (Bankinter, La Caixa, BBVA and Banco Sabadell).
Another of those clusters is the retail banking market in Turkey. Last week I was in Istanbul and was able to see some of the innovations in person and meet a number of heads of eBusiness at Turkey's big banks. Turkey's banks have been quick to adopt digital technologies and achieved some world firsts for the banking industry. Here are a few examples you might like:
- Ziraat Bank has deployed a network of unstaffed video kiosks (see picture, right), which it calls video teller machines, that use video-conferencing to connect customers with agents in the bank's contact centre. Customers can use the kiosks to deposit and withdraw money, buy and sell foreign exchange, pay bills, transfer money and buy bonds. The kiosks let the bank expand its network much more quickly than building conventional branches would do.
- DenizBank became the first bank in the world to lets it customers access their deposit and credit card accounts through Facebook, when it launched its Facebook 'branch' or app in January this year. Customers can access their accounts, see their account status and purchase history, see an overview of assets and liabilities, send money to friends on Facebook, and apply for credit cards and loans. There's even an integrated financial and Facebook calendar. To use the service, customers have to log in to internet banking to activate Facebook banking use; they can then log in to their account on Facebook with their Facebook user name and password, and an SMS password that is sent to their mobile phone when they log in. The application has helped the bank to gain some 200,000 fans on Facebook. There's a video and a press release with more details.
- DenizBank already lets prospects apply for credit through SMS, and has recently expanded that service so that people can apply for credit through its @DenizKredi account on Twitter. To apply, people send their ID number and mobile phone number with a direct message to @DenizKredi, and then receive an SMS in response to their credit application. There's a press release with more details.
- İşbank has developed an iPad app, pleasingly called İşPad, that offers a wide range of functionality accessed through a spin wheel (pictured right). The app offers a particularly wide range of functionality, including access to a wide range of accounts, payments and wire transfers, stock prices and investing news, portfolio wizards and risk calculators, and retirement planning tools. You can even buy event tickets and novels to read on the beach. It has the kind of design that just makes you want to play with the app.
- In a separate iniative, İşbank is using biometric authentication on 2,400 ATMs and in 1,000 branches across Turkey, which means customers can withdraw cash using their fingerprint image without the need for a card.
- Yapi Kredi Bank, Garanti Bank, Akbank and most recently DenizBank have partnered with mobile operator Turkcell to offer mobile contactless payments, based on the Near Field Communication standard. The operator's Cep-T Cüzdan mobile wallet service lets users make payments with an NFC-equipped phone.
- Turk Ekonomi Bankasi (TEB) became the first bank in Europe to give customers debit cards with built-in authentication technology, complete with keypad and screen (pictured right). The bank ran a pilot for a new type of debit card with a keypad and a small screen that can generate a one-time password. Customers simply enter their PIN on the card's keypad and the card then displays a one-time password, to either access online banking or validate an online purchase. Cardholders can even view their account information such as credit limit, balance, recent transactions, payment dates and loyalty program reward points. Here's a video and press release with more details.
Many of these innovations exemplify the principles of Simplicity, Ubiquity, Personalization, Empowerment and Reassurance that we wrote about in our Next Generation Digital Financial Services research.
Thank you to all the people who shared their thoughts on the future of retail banking and made me feel so welcome in Istanbul. :-)
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It has been a rough ride in 2013 for investors who have been long Linn Energy (LINE). Back in February, management announced its transformative acquisition of Berry Petroleum. While analysts were excited about the prospect, attacks from both vocal hedge funds and a major magazine ensued.
Then, in July, Linn announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission had opened an informal inquiry into the company's hedging strategy, pending acquisition and a few other things. Units of the partnership tumbled, diving to as low as $22 in August.
Thankfully, things have since gotten better. In late October, the SEC announced it had no further comment regarding Linn's acquisition of Berry. Investors took that as a sign that the worst was over and began frantically getting back in. Units of LINE now sit at just under $31. But is Linn still a good bargain?
A cursory glance would seem to indicate that it isn't. Based on 2013 guidance, LINE units trade at almost 11x discounted cash flow. That is a good bit higher than BreitBurn Energy (BBEP) at just below 10x. Memorial Production Partners (MEMP) trades even lower at 9.2x, and Mid-Con (MCEP) sits at a very low 8.6x this year's DCF guidance. In addition, Linn's DCF coverage ratio for the year is a razor thin 1.01x distributions. Most other names in this space provide coverage of at least 1.05x. Some of the better performers this year, such as BreitBurn, Memorial and Mid-Con, all have annual coverage ratios of over 1.1x DCF right now.
While it may not be the distressed bargain that it was a few months ago, we should consider a few important things about Linn. The company has huge acreage positions in two places that the other partnerships have difficulty acquiring in: the Permian Basin and the San Joaquin Valley. Both places provide high margin oil. Both have solid growth potential through enhanced recovery methods, which could extend the lives of these fields substantially. After the Berry acquisition is approved, which looks increasingly certain, Linn's position in both the Permian and San Joaquin Valley will be unrivaled by other MLPs.
Management expects to organically grow production by high single-digits for at least the next few years. Nearly all of this growth will come from oil. Other MLPs cannot match this kind of oil-heavy growth. Not organically at least. Where is all this growth coming from? While Texas and California make up the bulk of Linn's oil production growth, there is also some very substantial, double-digit growth coming from the Uinta Basin in Utah.
So yes, there may be better values than Linn Energy right now. And these better values are not necessarily sub-par names, either. Many of these cheaper names have safer distributions and comparable margins. However, when we look at the long-term growth prospects coming out of some key spots, and consider the life-expanding enhanced recovery potential on top of that, Linn is a very unique name among upstream MLPs.
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I can only hope that somewhere out there plays a kid who gets as much joy from the game as I did.
I can only hope that somewhere out there plays a kid who gets as much joy from the game as I did.
The Minnesota Wild signed Thomas Vanek Tuesday and are coming off a season where they advanced to the 2nd round of the NHL playoffs.
The United States Soccer team is participating in Brazil in the World Cup hoping to advance out of the "Group of Death". Many Americans are learning soccer even if it's a short lived interest.
It's easy to imagine a Muppet Babies-version of Kevin Love in the grocery store, laying on his stomach and kicking his feet in the middle of the aisle because his mother would not buy him Golden Grahams AND Trix cereal
The Twins have many prospects who've had a taste of the Major Leagues but haven't quite carved out a niche for themselves yet. Fans are usually quicker to give up on prospects before the organization does.
The Timberwolves may or may not trade forward Kevin Love before the NBA Draft. If they do trade him what trade makes the most sense? Answer our poll question below.
St. Cloud Cathedral's Bob Karn has become the all-time winningest coach in Minnesota State high school history and his team will play in the Class AA State Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.
The Twins have a pair of pitching prospects doing well at Triple-A Rochester. Trevor May is 5-3 with a 2.62 ERA, 54 strikeouts in 55 innings and 10 starts. Alex Meyer is 3-2 with a 3.65 ERA, 67 strikeouts in 56 2/3 innings in 11 starts.
The St. Cloud Rox have begun the season with a 3-0 record with a pair of wins at Thunder Bay and 1 win at Willmar. The Rox got off to a rough start last year but have started better this season.
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Whats up, I just bought my WRX a little over a month ago, and I dont know any body else that owns one. Ive seen alot of wrx's driving around and was wondering if any of those ones around here are on this tuner sight. I am a member at focaljet because I used to own a really tight focus and we would go cruisen and meet up at different places. I was just wondering if there is anybody that likes to go cruisen on a nice day or evening, that would like to meet up sometime.
I'm from Lancaster, but rarely make it to Harrisburg. Maybe well have to cruise when it gets warmer.....
Thats cool man my buddy lives in millersville, and I go down atleast once a month. Next time its nice and Im down there I'll hit you up.
Hey, I'm from Ephrata, not too far from Lancaster. We have local meets every now and then in lancaster. I'll post them up here so everyone can see.
hey im from harrisburg...if anyone wants to hang email me....i dont do much around here so im always free
Hey im from allentown, theres a thread regarding allentown some people are looking to get together if anyone would be interested in coming that far.
I know this post is a little old but I thought I'd throw in here that I'm from Mechanicsburg....
I'm about an hour away in blue bell(15 minutes from philly).
Im in Camp Hill
Just registered in this forum, I am in Camp Hill right across the river from Harrisburg.
im about 2 hours away in jersey, but id drive if there was a meet of somepoint
i just registered yesterday. harrisburg is about 45 mins from me. ive seen a few other wrx's in carlisle...
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Bracelet Lets Users See Text Messages Light Up On Their Wrist
Innovative Kickstarter translates updates onto a wearable display.
Your wrist may already be hankering for Embrace+, a gadget that we wrote about earlier, which hooks up to your device to display any incoming messages and notifications as blinking lights. There's another project in the works, which goes one up on that–LinkMe.
Instead of merely letting you know if you have messages, this gadget will actually display the messages for you in lights. The Kickstarter page alleges that its battery life is pretty good, so hopefully it won't run out mid-sentence.
The project began as an idea in 2011 and was developed by Matt Sandy, Colin Glaum and Tim Goldburt. Matt worked with start-ups after graduating from Columbia University's MBA program, Colin has served as creative director for a number of leading companies and Tim has spent thirty years inventing and creating, particularly with display technologies, so all three have had experience in the tech/consumer world in some capacity.
The bracelet-tech market is definitely becoming pretty crowded, with sync-devices such as these two in the running, as well as offerings from more established brands like Apple and Samsung in the works, and fitness-orientated gizmos like Fuelband looking for room.
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It's the first music to emerge from Camella Lobo's project since the 2013 debut album, Restless Idylls, and features three new songs - 'Stop Suffering', 'I Woke Up And The Storm Was Over' and 'When The Dog Bites' – written and recorded by Lobo in LA, with additional production and mixing from Joshua Eustis (Sons of Magdalene, Telefon Tel Aviv).
Lobo's deeply romantic, fatalistic music has always luxuriated in sadness, and that isn't about to change: themes addressed on Stop Suffering include, she tells us, "disappointing yourself and others…burning your own house down...temporary feelings with permanent consequences." It is music steeped in pain and regret, certainly, but unlike TOC music of old, these new songs feel less about surrender: even if the title track does seem to address the S-M dynamic at the heart of any meaningful relationship ("For you the world feels so brand new / When you cut me like you do"). On the contrary, they are self-possessed and constructive, even confrontational, embodying the stark command of the EP's title. This is not a record about loss, but about what comes after: and it is mature enough to know that what comes after is no walk in the park. Lobo identifies the idea of "self-help" as being particularly pertinent to these songs, and this comes across: rebirth, redefining the borders of the self, learning to be happy again. Gone, or at least receding, is that decadent, fin-de-siècle preoccupation with decay, with the end. Stop Suffering is a new beginning.
The towering, time-stopping title track is the culmination of Tropic of Cancer's work to date, and sets the tone for the entire EP. This is music at once intimate and immense. Rarely does an arrangement so sparse exhibit such grandeur: Joshua Eustis's bravura mixing wrings spine-melting effect out of each component, and the dubwise harnessing of space and bass pressure first showcased on Restless Idylls is now a core, defining feature of the band. Lobo's melodic gift has always been strong, but the hypnotic, monochord intensity that characterised TOC's previous records gives way here to a more concrete song-narrative - which serves only to heighten the sensation of drowned-world psychedelia. Her divine alto still swims in reverb, but the words are clearer, there's a resolve to communicate through the aqueous haze: "I hope you'll forgive me…"
'I Woke Up And The Storm Was Over', which appears here in a slightly different mix to that which opens the vinyl-only Blackest Ever Black compilation I Can't Give You The Life You Want, is no less mesmerising, further highlighting Lobo's ever more sophisticated, painterly use of synth textures, not to mention her unmistakably plangent, otherworldly guitar work. She has spent a considerable amount of time crafting these songs, and it shows: for all that we cherish her earlier work, never has Tropic of Cancer sounded so poised, so assured, or so moving as it does today. The EP concludes with the elegiac, frozen-space ambience of 'When The Dog Bites'; Lobo's vocal is a radiant blur, consoling across a void of lonesome string-pads, vaporous noise and distant, tranquilized bass-drum detonations.
"I've searched all the world," Lobo sings on 'I Woke Up...', "And it turns out I want all the world." With Tropic of Cancer it always comes back to longing: for the impossible, the irretrievable, the unrequitable.
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Joseph Abajian (DJ Jab) founded Fat Beats in 1994 with nothing more than a shoestring budget and an earnest obsession with the music, the culture, and the brotherhood of New York's burgeoning rap scene. What began as a simple vinyl shop in Manhattan's Lower East Side quickly became an integral hub for artists, both aspiring and established, to convene and collaborate on new projects. Joseph's timing couldn't have been more impeccable. When the 90's cultural zeitgeist – and, in turn, the music industry establishment – chose hip-hop as its new arbiter of cool.
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Jan. 12, 2012
PITTSBURGH—Pitt head football coach Paul Chryst made two more staff appointments today, naming Eddie Faulkner running backs coach and Matt House secondary coach.
Faulkner joins Pitt after spending the 2011 season as running backs coach and special teams coordinator at Northern Illinois, where he helped the Huskies to an 11-3 record, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship and a GoDaddy.com Bowl victory. House spent the past four seasons in the National Football League working as a coaching assistant with the St. Louis Rams and Carolina Panthers.
"Eddie Faulkner and Matt House bring exceptional energy and diverse experience to our coaching staff," Chryst said. "I know they are both incredibly excited about the opportunity to work for a great institution like the University of Pittsburgh. Eddie and Matt have already arrived at Pitt and will play important roles in helping us close out our recruiting class in strong fashion."
As running backs coach at NIU, Faulkner produced All-MAC tailback Jasmin Hopkins, who rushed for 956 yards and 15 touchdowns on 187 carries (5.1 avg.). NIU boasted the nation's No. 12 rushing attack with an average of 234.14 yards per game.
Overseeing NIU's special teams, Faulkner's punt coverage unit ranked second nationally, yielding just one yard per return. Huskies placekicker Mathew Sims was a first-team All-MAC performer while compiling a school-record 124 points (20-28 field goals, 64-66 PATs).
Prior to NIU, Faulkner spent eight seasons at Ball State (2003-10). Initially joining Brady Hoke's BSU staff as a graduate assistant in 2003, Faulkner elevated to running backs and special teams coach before serving as the Cardinals' offensive coordinator his final two years. He was Ball State's interim head coach at the end of the 2010 season before his departure to NIU.
During his Ball State tenure, the Cardinals captured two MAC West Division championships and advanced to back-to-back bowl games for the first time in school history. The 2008 team went undefeated during the regular season as tailback MiQuale Lewis rushed for a Ball State record 1,736 yards.
Faulkner was a member of two Big Ten championship teams as a running back at Wisconsin from 1996-2000. A four-year letterman for the Badgers, he signed a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2001 before going on to a pro career with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.
House served as a defensive quality control coach with the St. Louis Rams the past three seasons (2009-11). In 2008, he was a special teams assistant with the Carolina Panthers, who went 12-4 that year en route to the NFC South Division title and the fourth-ever playoff berth in franchise history. In addition to contributing to special teams, House also served the Panthers as a strength and conditioning assistant.
Prior to his NFL stint, House was defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator under Turner Gill at the University of Buffalo for two seasons (2006-07). In his final season at UB, the rising Bulls captured a share of the MAC East Division title. House's pupils at Buffalo included four-time first-team All-MAC safety Davonte Shannon, a native of Jeannette, Pa., and graduate of Jeannette High. Shannon finished as the Bulls' all-time leading tackler and signed a free agent contract with the Washington Redskins.
House additionally was defensive line coach at Gardner-Webb University (2005), where he helped develop consensus All-America defensive end Brian Johnston. The two-time Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year would go on to be selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2008 NFL Draft.
House began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Michigan State (his alma mater) during the 2001 and '02 seasons and worked with the Spartans' defensive backs and special teams. He also was a defensive assistant at North Carolina for two years (2003-04) working with the secondary.
Chryst has now filled seven of the nine positions on his coaching staff. Those appointments include:
Bob Bostad: offensive coordinator/offensive line
Eddie Faulkner: running backs
Matt House: secondary
Dave Huxtable: defensive coordinator
Joe Rudolph: assistant head coach/quarterbacks
Chris Haering: linebackers
Jim Hueber: tight ends
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Four Kickoff Times Announced for Pitt Football
Pitt Places 10 on Athlon's Preseason All-ACC Team
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Aggies Edge Georgia 4-1
March 15, 2013
ATHENS-----Texas A&M edged Georgia 4-1 in front of a Blue Bell Park crowd of 5,403 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both clubs Friday.
The Aggies (12-7, 1-0 SEC) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first on a two-out infield single by designated hitter Mitchell Nau. It scored Krey Batesen who reached on a walk, stole second and advanced to third on a groundout. A leadoff walk to Daniel Mengden eventually scored after a hit and a couple of bunts to give the Aggies a 2-0 advantage in the second.
Georgia (8-10, 0-1 SEC) got on the board in the sixth but missed out on a big inning after getting three hits including a double and a walk in the frame. Freshman first baseman Daniel Nichols registered his third hit of the night, a career-high, with a two-out double and came around to score. After a walk to Brett DeLoach, sophomore Jared Walsh lined an RBI-single to left to make it 2-1. Martin then retired Bowers to maintain the Aggie lead. Georgia threatened in the seventh as Texas A&M went to the bullpen.
Sophomore Nelson Ward extended his hitting streak to 11 with a one-out double. After Curt Powell drew a walk, the Aggies turned to Parker Ray to face senior Kyle Farmer. The Bulldog shortstop lined one off Ray who eventually collected it and retired Farmer as the runners moved into scoring position. It marked the sixth time this season that a Georgia player has lined one off a pitcher who recorded an out on the play. Ray then closed out the frame by getting sophomore Hunter Cole to pop out. Georgia went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position Friday.
"We have to grow up, mature and get better," said Georgia coach David Perno. "Texas A&M pitched well and made some really good plays defensively and you have to give them credit. Sean (McLaughlin) really settled in and gave us a chance and Nichols hit the ball really well. However for the second straight game, we left a lot guys on base and could not get any big hits. We're 3-for-23 with runners in scoring position in our last two games. We missed our chance for a big inning and that's unfortunate because Sean could've gone the whole way possibly if we get him some runs. We almost took him out in the sixth, and he wanted to go one more."
Texas A&M turned to its closer Jason Jester to start the eighth. Nichols reached on an error by the first baseman but then was erased when DeLoach bounced in to a double play. It was the first of the night for the Aggies defense while Georgia turned three to end the fourth, fifth and sixth frames. Jester tossed two scoreless innings for his fifth save.
Friday marked the the inaugural league game for the Aggies. Texas A&M shortstop Mikey Reynolds extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a bunt single in the eighth. The Aggies struck for a pair of runs off senior Blake Dieterich and Palmer Betts. Dieterich had to leave the game in the eighth with an unspecified injury and according to Perno will be out possibly a week.
The series continues Saturday with first pitch slated for 3:05 p.m. ET. Georgia will start junior left-hander Patrick Boling (1-2, 4.37 ERA) while the Aggies counter with sophomore right-hander Daniel Mengden (3-1, 2.03 ERA).
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Doran Shuts Out Fresno State, 4-0, at MW Tourney
May 24, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. - San Diego State senior pitcher Ryan Doran scattered seven hits and his offense provided some clutch runs as the Aztecs defeated Fresno State, 4-0, in an elimination game at the 2013 Mountain West Tournament in Fresno. They now await the loser of this evening's UNLV-New Mexico contest and will face that team in another elimination game on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Pete Beiden Field.
Despite getting a man on base in seven of the nine innings, the Bulldogs had only one runner reach as far as third base and just one other make it to second. Doran received defensive help in the form of two double plays along with catcher Jake Romanski throwing out a runner attempting to steal second.
SDSU opened the scoring with a run in the third with the aid of a Fresno State miscue. With two out, singles by Ty France and Brad Haynal plus a walk to Jake Romanski loaded the bases. Evan Potter then hit a grounder to third that the Bulldogs first baseman had to wait for. His throw to first was in time, but the ball was dropped by FSU first baseman Trent Garrison allowing France to score.
The Aztecs doubled their lead with a run in the bottom of the fifth that came courtesy of a Greg Allen single, a sac bunt by Danny Sheehan and an RBI single by Tim Zier.
A pivotal play in the game came in the top of the next inning as the Bulldogs put runners on first and second with one out. Kevin Viers then lofted a deep fly ball to left center that looked to be a possible double. But Allen made a diving catch on a full sprint to rob Viers of a potential extra base hit and two RBI. The runner on second tagged and advanced to third, but Doran stranded him there by getting Aaron Judge to strike out to end the inning.
SDSU upped its lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the inning with Allen delivering a two-out two-run double that scored Romanski and Potter from third and first respectively.
Ty France finished the afternoon with three hits and a run scored for the Aztecs while Allen had a pair of hits along with two RBI and a run scored.
As for Doran, who improved to 8-3 with the victory and lowered his team-leading ERA to 2.53, his final line in the shutout included seven hits allowed with no walks and seven strikeouts.


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The stump is fondant covered styrofoam. The rope is made from modeling chocolate. The head and neck is a copy pipe covered in crispie rice cereal treats & modeling chocolate. The body is cake covered in fondant. This my first time using power tools, wood & pipe in a cake..... challenging and so much fun!
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Indigenous Employment Award
The Museum, or rather its Indigenous staff network (MINmin), was one of only two agencies to be recognised in the inaugural Australian Public Service (APS) Indigenous Employment Awards.
The Awards acknowledge the most significant contributions to improving employment opportunities, experiences and outcomes for Indigenous Australians in the APS.
The Hon Alan Tudge MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, presented the award to MINmin coordinator Simon Goode on 20 November 2014.
'It was very exciting,' says Simon. 'There were 16 agencies up for the awards and we're not a huge agency by any means. It's important that what we're doing is seen to be repeatable; that it can be spread and successfully implemented.'
View more about why MINMin won the Award
The past
The Museum Indigenous Network (MINmin), was established after the former Indigenous support group, Visitor Services and Volunteers Indigenous Network (VSVIN), voted to open membership to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees at the National Museum.
The present
The purpose of MINmin, as expressed in its mandate, is to support Indigenous employees in their role at the Museum, both socially and in the workplace, providing the first point of contact for issues that affect First Australians more broadly, as well as being a resource for the Museum.
MINmin was launched with a barbecue with guests from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), establishing a new and emerging relationship with the Museum's partners. At this launch, MINmin announced its associate membership, known as the MINmin lites, for those that have an interest in Indigenous matters. MINmin members meet monthly and MINmin social events are held throughout the year with members of the MINmin lites.
The future
The National Museum continues to support MINmin, from its inception as the Visitor Services and Volunteers Indigenous Network through to its aspiration of connecting with Indigenous employees at other cultural institutions in the Canberra area – MINexus. MINexus will meet to discuss issues we all have in common, gaining strength in the numbers to go on and accomplish so much.
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Our title is an acronym and a duplication, where repeating a word in Indigenous language represents abundance. 'MIN' stands for:
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Being second isn't such a bad thing when you consider the fact that it features a massive 4.3" touchscreen with WVGA (480 x 800) resolution, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 576MB RAM, 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with a dual-LED flash, 3.5mm headset jack, 1,230 mAh battery, and Wi-Fi.
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LONGUEUIL, Quebec The Jean Coutu Group on Thursday announced a partnership with the Montreal Canadiens, a National Hockey League team that is celebrating 100 years putting pucks into goals this year.
As part of the partnership, Jean Coutu Group stores will offer a wide range of exclusive items, including clothing, collectable model cars, key rings, watches and household products.
In addition, beginning Oct. 15, customers may purchase, the first coin of a collection of six coins made by the Canadian Royal Mint commemorating the history of the Montreal Canadiens logo.
"As official retailer of the Canadian Royal Mint collection and proud partner of the Montreal Canadiens Centennial Celebrations, the Jean Coutu Group and its network of affiliated pharmacists are happy to be able to offer hockey fans a range of commemorative Centennial items in their very own neighborhoods," Alain Lafortune, Jean Coutu senior vice president of purchasing and marketing, said.


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Weighing In the Planets
Students gain a better understanding of the concept of gravity.
The Activity
Step 1: Examining the Data
Show.students the weight chart and the planetary data chart and ask them to examine the information.
- Why does our sample student weigh different amounts on the different planets? (answer: different gravity)
- Why might someone weigh so much on the Sun and Jupiter, or the same amount for Mercury and Mars? Which planet characteristics might be important?
Answer: The objects include the Sun and Moon and planets; we call them "planetary bodies." The weight depends on the planetary body's gravity, which is proportional to the mass of the planetary body and inversely proportional to the squared radius of that planetary body.
Step 2: Calculate the Weight Factor
The "Weight Factor" here is the ratio of what someone weighs on another planetary body to what they weigh on Earth. Ask the students what they think they would need to do to find the "weight factor" for each planet and the Sun and Moon, using the data they have so far.
- What could they do with the weights on the planets and the 100 lb weight on Earth? (add, subtract, multiply, divide?) Which answers make the most sense—should the "weight factor" for Jupiter be bigger or smaller than the "weight factor" for Earth?
Answer: To get the "Weight Factor" or the ratio for how much someone weighs on the other planet, compared to their weight on Earth, they should divide their weight for each planetary body by 100 pounds.
Step 3: Calculate Your Own Weight on Each Planet
Multiply another weight—possibly your own -- by each planet's "Weight Factor" to get a new weight for each planet.
- If a student who weighs 100 pounds on the Earth weighs 40 pounds on Mercury, how much would a 90 pound student weigh on Mercury?
Have each student calculate a range of weights (say 35-40 Earth pounds) for each of the planets, then combine their answers to create a chart of weights by planets.
Have the students compare their weights for each planet. Why might they weigh the same on both Mars and Mercury? Do any of the answers surprise them?


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The windows version does not support changing screen resolution with the Screen("Open Window",... command. You can use a 3rd party program to do this though: [1]. Then in Matlab you can write code like this:
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Nationals rally to Game 1 victory
ST. LOUIS — Rookies in the postseason, the Washington Nationals played like poised veterans.
The Nationals escaped a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning, Tyler Moore blooped a two-out, two-run single in the eighth and Washington beat the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, 3-2, on Sunday in an NL Division Series opener.
The Nationals have just four players with postseason experience, but they have the lead.
"Not many people have probably watched too many Nationals games, but we have a great starting rotation and a great bullpen," shortstop Ian Desmond said. "They keep us in the ballgame."
The Nationals, who had never come close to making the playoffs since moving from Montreal for the 2005 season, overcame a wild start by 21-game winner Gio Gonzalez. They limited the Cardinals to three hits.
"All the credit in the world goes to the bullpen," Gonzalez said. "I've been saying it all year: The reason why we've been so successful is these guys come in and shut it down."
Rookie Ryan Mattheus needed two pitches to bail out the Nationals in the seventh with St. Louis ahead, 2-1. Moore, another rookie, put them ahead, Tyler Clippard worked around an error in the eighth and Drew Storen saved it with a 1-2-3 ninth.
The Nationals led the majors with 98 wins and brought postseason baseball to Washington for the first time since 1933. The Nats will go for a 2-0 series lead Monday.
The Cardinals made it to the division series by beating Atlanta in the wild-card matchup Friday. But St. Louis wasted a 10-strikeout gem by Wainwright.
Mattheus defused a bases-loaded, none-out threat in the seventh, getting cleanup man Allen Craig to ground into a forceout at the plate and then inducing a double-play grounder by Yadier Molina.
Rookie shortstop Pete Kozma misplayed Michael Morse's grounder for an error to open the eighth. Desmond followed with a single off Mitchell Boggs, putting runners at the corners.
Danny Espinosa sacrificed, leaving runners at second and third, and Kurt Suzuki struck out. The Nationals sent up Chad Tracy to pinch-hit, the Cardinals switched to lefty Marc Rzepczynski and Washington subbed in Moore.
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Raymond Waites is now 'Artemis'
October 20, 2013,
Artemis is now the legal name of the man formerly known as Raymond Waites, the iconic moniker associated with
Artemis, the man formerly known as "Raymond Waites," in the Frederick Cooper showroom, High Point Market.
The announcement may come as a surprise to buyers visiting the Frederick Cooper showroom at the High Point Market this week, where the high-end lighting producer is launching an approximately 50-piece collection of Artemis' new Greco-Roman inspired lamps, accessories, chandeliers and garden stools in a palette of silver, white, crystal and taupe.
The story starts six years ago, Artemis explained, following his treatments for cancer and heart problems - a time in his life when he was pretty certain he was close to dying. "There was a board meeting, the (Raymond Waites Design) partners put all these restrictions on me, so I said 'You know, if you all are so unhappy, why not just buy me out?'"
Via a grandfather clause, the designer was able to continue his designs for Lane Venture, Jaipur Rugs, Guildmaster and the Phillips Collection. Following the pre-market launch announcement for "Art-Lite by Raymond Waites," he was contacted by the RWD group.
"This was just a week ago, so it was very upsetting," Artemis said. "We weren't sure what we were going to do. Then a lawyer called and suggested I just change my name. And I said, 'Change my name?' He said, 'Yes, change your name to something else and then you can do any collection you want.'"
"I called (Frederick Cooper Creative Art Director) John Cunnningham and he said, 'Why don't you call yourself Artemis ... the Greek god of the hunt ... Artemis ... that translates well to Art-Lite ...' and I said, 'I like that. In fact, I think that's kind of great!' I called the lawyer and asked him to send the paperwork."
Artemis and friends, at the launch party for the Art-Lite collection at Frederick Cooper.
So, henceforth his name is Artemis, as is the name on his mailbox, passport, legal documents, signature, and - by next market - home furnishings collections. Asked how he felt emotionally about the change, he called it a new beginning. "I think its fun. I'm approaching it as fun. It's also like it opens up everything I've been having trouble with - my hands are no longer tied."
"You know, Alexander Julian (who also has an eponymous collection with Frederick Cooper) came in here and said, 'I'll give you a great story line. And it's true. Historically in Japan, following many years of success, an artist will change his or her name to show that it's the talent and not the name.'"
The Art-Lite Collection by Artemis is showing at the Frederick Cooper/Wildwood showroom, in the 200 Hamilton building.
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