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Making the Most of Bed Rest provides a one-of-a-kind guide to turning recuperation into a productive and rewarding experience. Forced to spend months in bed during her first pregnancy and then again after a sustaining a bone fracture from a fall, author Barbara Edelston Peterson knows what it takes to survive-even triumph-over the challenge of a drawn-out confinement and prescribed bed rest. At the time of each medical emergency, she needed something that did not exist: a resource explaining how to best survive and be productive in such restrictive conditions. Towards the end of her first term of bed rest, Peterson knew she had to share her experiences, many discovered through trial and error in her and her husband's journey to pioneer through bed rest. Making the Most of Bed Rest is the companion to prescribed immobility-a book loaded with compassion and courage, practical tips, and reminders of how to reframe your attitude to be positive and productive.
Barbara Edelston Peterson is a world-class triathlete and spokesperson for XTERRA as well as an ambassador for the popular brand Lululemon. Barbara has given motivational presentations to Google, Wells Fargo, the US Ski Association and the US Ski Team. Also the author of The Bed Rest Survival Guide and a contributor to Ms. Fitness Magazine, Triathlete Magazine, Women's Health, and Her Sports, she lives in Berkeley, CA.
"Curiously, given its title, this book helps you take steps. Step-by-step, Barbara Edelston Peterson shows you how to endure and grow when you really can't movemuch. It is a practical blend of philosophy and psychology, first-hand experience, wisdom, wit and attitude. Making the Most of Bedrest is clear and do-able. It gives you permission to do the unimaginable: get help. Bed Rest has menus, exercises, personal projects (even ones using glue!), and tips on being 'wired.' One of the best section tells real-life stories of others who shifted from flat and flattened to upright."
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"Having experienced bed rest herself, Barbara Edelston Peterson found she wanted solutions to myriad issues presented by her confinement. As a result, she's produced a comprehensive guide to help the new bed rest patient negotiate this experience in the most tolerable fashion possible."
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I say that because every time he shows up to surprise attack The God Hand things just go from bad to worse I mean he's literally become the goon that bungled a perfect kill only to be taken out by his own boss in a fit of frustration who then asks the corpse "How could you have screwed that up"?
T-Minus 3 days until the episode's released . Too bad we didn't get spoilers by now to know what the episode will be about.
No one should have expected to get a preview of the episode by now. We won't see them until Tuesday-Thursday, if we even get anything.Also... Are they really "spoilers?"
Also... Are they really "spoilers?"
And yes, I consider them spoilers because a good amount of hype and excitement comes from not knowing what the episode will be about (Falconia or Guts and co).
(I think it was you, Walter, that talked about it on a podcast) you mentioned with the Skullknight trying to slash Femto just before Fantasia. I don't want to get something revealed before reading the episode! So i guess I don't care to wait until Friday (or when we'll get it) to see the content of the episode. If i recall correctly, no one was expecting to see Femto in that scene (except maybe Aaz cause he's good at predicting stuff)
If you feel like it deflates the experience, then I'm a little confused why you're here counting down the days until we see them.
No, no one had predicted that event. And on top of that, that particular preview came a full week early, which was unprecedented. That was a rather exceptional event though -- the biggest surprise in the series that I can recall. I think there's a case to be made for each perspective: Seeing these previews early and riding the wave of excitement that comes with each morsel of information; and stoically waiting for the full release and joining in the fun later. But I don't really have much of a choice in the matter, and either way, 99% of the time, I personally wouldn't trade knowing for not knowing.
The way miura set ups those opposing fractions is just great. The reactions to the slap were better than what i hoped for. Especially the reaction of Locus
And what you guys said concerning episode 335 probably just might come true, seeing the bakiraka clan and silat interferring into the assassination of Rickert by Rakshas is amazing.
Well it wasn't too hard to guess, there just aren't too many people who are skilled enough, ballsy enough AND have the motivation to infiltrate Griffith's palace like that.
Anyway, it's great to see more shots of Falconia, Rickert essentially inventing a fireman hose and then voicing his doubts about staying there. Also loved the contrast between the industrial scale of war preparation going on being juxtaposed with the infinitely smaller scale of the old school Band of the Falcon... It reiterates what Rickert told Griffith, how different things are now. And of course it's awesome to see Rakshas come for Rickert, and at the same time feels natural given his "role" in Griffith's entourage...Really excited to see how things will go now. The Bakiraka look prepared to take on Rakshas, but I don't think they can manage it right there and then. Could they retreat while taking Rickert with them though? That would be quite something, and it'd allow us to see their camp from his point of view.There's also a blurb at the beginning of the episode confirming that publication will occur every 2 issues from now on.
Any new information, from this scan?http://i.imgur.com/r2JAi5h.jpg
Im interested in knowing, if rakshas decided to assassinate Rickert by himself or if he was ordered by Griffith or even Locus to do so.


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Chandler Parsons was too busy having the best game of his young NBA career to realize he was closing in on one of the best games in his franchise's history.
Parsons, who scored a career-high 32 points in the Houston Rockets' 136-103 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, was 11-for-11 from the field with 3:57 left in the third quarter after draining his fifth 3-pointer. At that point, Parsons admitted he got carried away the next time down the floor as he jacked up an ill-advised shot from beyond the arc that missed.
That heat check gone wrong was significant because had he made his next shot, Parsons would've tied Yao Ming's single-game franchise record for field goals without a miss (12 for 12), set in 2009 against the Miami Heat. Parsons didn't know about the record until he was regretfully informed after the game.
"Now I really feel like an idiot," Parsons said.
Nonetheless, Parsons — who finished 12-of-13 from the field and 6-of-7 from 3-point range — was still able to put himself in the same sentence as another legend, becoming the first player since Larry Bird to get 30-plus points while shooting 92 percent and attempting at least five 3-pointers.
Houston is in a precarious position as the 8th seed in the West with the Lakers nipping at their heels for the final spot in the playoffs. The Lakers are only 2 1/2 games back as they've gone 7-3 in their last 10 games. However, Los Angeles may have to hope the 7th-seeded Utah Jazz or 6th-seeded Golden State Warriors slip out of playoff contention in order to get in. While the Jazz have lost three of their last four and the Warriors have lost 10 of their last 13, the Rockets have won four of their last six and have gotten steady propulsion all season from James Harden, Jeremy Lin and Parsons.
The second-year small forward out of Florida has scored at least 20-plus points in each of the team's past four games after only putting together back-to-back games of 20-plus points just one other time this season (Jan. 30 vs. Denver, Feb. 2 vs. Charlotte).
"I could care less about the Lakers," Parsons told the Houston Chronicle following last Wednesday's heartbreaking loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. "If we win our games, maybe the Jazz will lose and help the Lakers get in if everybody wants them in (the playoffs). We control our own destiny right now. I don't really care what they're doing or who they play as long as we focus on who we're playing."
Brad Beal
The Wizards' rookie shooting guard went down with 2:08 left in the fourth quarter with a sprained ankle in Washington's 90-87 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Beal was attended to by a trainer, then carried off the court and through the tunnel by two teammates while keeping weight off both of his legs. However, Beal later said he didn't consider the injury serious.
"I honestly thought it was more serious than what it was, because at first, I really couldn't move my foot," Beal said. "I couldn't really feel it. I guess that's just what happens when you're in shock, and your mind's just going all over the place."
Before leaving the floor, Beal scored 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting to go with four rebounds, three assists and two blocks.
Beal had taken his game to a new level since missing five games with a sprained right wrist that he suffered at the end of January. Over an eight-game stretch prior to Sunday's game, he was averaging 20.8 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 44.7 percent (17-of-38) from 3-point range.
Al Horford
Horford had 24 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals in Sunday's 99-98 loss to the Lakers. Despite a productive game, Horford got the unenviable task of defending Kobe Bryant in the closing seconds, and Bryant drove past him for the go-ahead layup.
"There's a reason why he's the best player in the game," Horford said of Bryant. "He did what he usually does, and we didn't do a good enough job on him. It's disappointing. We thought we worked hard and put ourselves in a position to win. We just had too many mistakes down the stretch."
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Jimmy Morning lights up Village Championships
As Village Championship races go, last Tuesday's race seemed to be as normal as normal can be, aside from various off-the-wall costumes.
And then Jimmy Morning appeared.
One of Mammoth's iconic skiers and coaches, Morning was injured in a Super G crash two weeks earlier, earning him a hospital stay and a couple of weeks in bed.
Morning didn't race in Tuesday's dual Giant Slalom on Fascination, but his appearance made the beautiful racing conditions and bright sunshine even more radiant, and warmed up the Happy Hour party at Rafters.
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On the women's side, Valerie Porges, Lucy Ainge and Netana Hotimsky placed 1-2-3, and Isabel Connolly won the snowboard race.
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Next week's race will be a dual Slalom on Fascination, with Happy Hour at the Clocktower.
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I was just walking around thinking about what I can talk about at tomorrow's Zazen class at the Hill Street Center (see link to your right for details). As this is the Christmas/Hanukkah season, I imagine family matters are on lots of people's minds. They certainly are on my mind. I have to go spend a week in Texas with my mom, dad, sister, nephew, niece and my sister's new husband who I've never met. Such visits are always equal parts warmth and agony as I think they are for most people.
In Shobogenzo, there's a chapter called Shukke (出家). This is a word meaning "to leave family life." The two Chinese characters used to represent it are 出 (shutsu) meaning "depart" and 家 (ke) meaning "home." So as The Ramones left home on their second album, a Buddhist monk was expected to leave home and family and enter into the Buddhist order.
The prevailing view among scholars as regards Dogen's view on leaving home goes like this. In his early writings like Bendowa, Dogen seems to be of the opinion that lay people, those who have not left home, can benefit just as much from zazen practice as home-leaving monks. But as Dogen got older he changed his mind and came to believe that that only those who left home and family could become enlightened. I don't buy this scholarly view.
The problem is that this idea ignores some important aspects of Shobogenzo. Shobogenzo was never intended as a series of journal entries or magazine articles showing the evolution of Dogen's ever-changing philosophy. It was to be a single long work. Dogen continued to revise the early pieces that say lay people can benefit from zazen as much as monks even as he wrote the later chapters that seem to imply that they can't. It's significant that he did not go back and scribble out all the bits that praise lay practitioners. We have to keep in mind that Dogen contradicts himself constantly. This is an important aspect of his work, and one that too many scholars are far too eager to try and smooth over. These contradictions are not just evidence of him changing his mind about stuff, but an integral part of his philosophy.
Although I have gone through the traditional ceremony called "shukke," I don't really feel like I've really left my home and family. In fact, it's very rare to find Buddhist monks these days who've truly left home in the old-fashioned sense. This goes for Japan as much as it does for the West. In fact, with so many temples in Japan being family businesses, it's probably even more rare to find true home leavers over there.
I sometimes wonder exactly what "leaving home" really meant in the old days when the term was invented. In those days, people literally did live at home long into their adult years in extended family situations. So it may be that our normal situation of living fairly far from our families isn't too different from what was considered "leaving home" in ancient times. I don't imagine ancient monks really severed all ties to their kin. I'm sure they went and visited mom sometimes, or wrote letters home. Most monastics probably lived closer to their families than lots of us do now.
Another aspect of "home leaving" would be to live without being married. In modern Japanese style Zen, though, monks tend to be married as often as not. So even this has changed over the years. Maybe we need an entirely new definition of home leaving.
ANYWAY, I don't know what words of wisdom I can offer all of you who are suffering or about to be suffering with your families this season. Just know that you're not alone. Everyone's families are a bunch of nutcases. Don't take it too seriously. Enjoy some eggnog and fruitcake.
Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Joyous Kwanza! Happy Kringle! Merry Flying Spaghetti Monster Day! Whatever...


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BRASELTON, Ga. – Day two of the 2014 Atlantic Sun Men's Golf Championship saw the Bisons finish in sixth with a team total of 308. Lipscomb opened with a 307 on Sunday.
Freshmen Sydney Chung and Stoney Crouch lead the Bisons in the championship, each with an eight-over par 152 and in a tie for 21st.
Chung posted a 74 in round one on Sunday and followed up with a six-over par 78 in round two.
Crouch has stayed consistent, carding identical rounds (74-74) to open the championship.
Paul Kleine-Kracht shot 38 on the front nine Monday and a 39 on the back to end round two with a five-over par 77 and stands in a tie for 33rd. The junior posted a 79 in round one.
Junior Caston Roberts dropped one stroke in the final round and fired a seven-over par 79 on Monday after shooting an opening-round 78. Roberts will enter the final round tied for 36th overall.
Senior Dustin Wilder rounded out Bisons scoring with a two-round total of 157. Roberts turned in a 77 Monday in round two, after opening with an 80 in round one.. He is tied for 36th overall.
The Bisons are 12 strokes behind fifth place Jacksonville and just one stroke ahead of USC Upstate in seventh.
Mercer's 291 on Monday lofted the Bears into the top spot with a two stroke lead over Kennesaw State. James Beale of Mercer leads the overall field and is the only player under par after carding rounds of 73-70. He will enter the final round with a one stroke lead.
The third and final round of the A-Sun Championship will tee off at 8 a.m. A full championship recap will be provided on LipscombSports.com.


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Interesting. I am fascinated by your ability to debunk the beliefs of others. With that in mind, I offer you a challenge. At the end of this message, I will make a statement. If you are able to convince me that this statement is not true, then you win...err...my respect and admiration. If not, you will live out the rest of your life in shame and agony, forever devastated by the loss of your one true talent. Ready? Here goes:
I believe that you will be able to convince me that this statement is not true.
Good Luck.
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Thomas the Nearly Sane Posted Jun 6, 2001
Dear Arthbard,
There seems to be a misunderstanding at work. My mission in life is to shake beliefs, not strictly to prove or disprove.
That said, I need only concede to succeed. If I acknowledge an inability to convince you (and I do) then you should, in fairness, abandon the belief. In other words, I cannot convince you the statement is untrue and you, logically, should be big enough about it to retreat from your belief based on this evidence of my failure. The truth or falsity of the statement itself has nothing to do with your belief in it.
True? False? Doesn't matter. I say I'm unable to convince you it's not true, and if I did convince you I'd only be making more work for myself, as you'd then have a new belief that I would NOT be able to convince you. I say I can't convince you, but we've only just met, and you've no basis for taking my word for anything. It follows that you should cease believing I can succeed, without substituting the equally dubious contrary belief. Working out the truth or falsity of the underlying statement - irrespective of your belief - is left to you… and the hard-working, dues-paying members of the Philosophers' Union.
Do you doubt I've met the challenge? Then I've succeeded. If you're left with the simultaneous conclusion that I have therefore failed, I'm quite happy with the outcome.
As to the alternative results you propose: your respect and admiration would be dependent on your BELIEF in my success - no thanks, I wouldn't want them on those terms. Shame and agony? Devastation? Haven't noticed any yet. They would require my belief that I have failed, and I'm fresh out.
Give my best to Möbius if you happen to see him. His band still rocks.
(or someone pretending to be Thomas - who can be sure?)
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Arthbard Posted Jun 6, 2001
Impressive. You've either succeeded or confused me enough that I might as well say you have (then again, I'm always confused). On the other hand, you may have failed to succeed, and in doing so succeeded, thereby meaning that you've failed. However if you've failed, then my statement is, in fact, untrue, and...[this part of message lost during transmission]...and in conclusion, this all seems to point to the fact that grasshoppers are red, and not green, as is the common belief.
I hope that answers the question of whether or not you've succeeded.
By the way, Möbius says "helloollehhello..." There's something weird about that guy.
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Thomas the Nearly Sane Posted Jun 7, 2001
Yes, yes… now you're getting it! You've provided AN answer to the question of whether or not I've succeeded, without claiming it's THE answer!
Better yet, we're addressing the actual color of grasshoppers, irrespective of the "common belief" regarding their pigmentation!
I've succeeded (or failed) beyond my wildest expectations - and my expectations are often wild enough to warrant "featured exhibit" status in many major zoological gardens. I'm tempted to ride off into the sunset.
Still, as long as there are political parties, evangelists and graduate teaching assistants there'll be need for what I do.
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Arthbard Posted Jun 7, 2001
Before you go riding off into the sunset, you should first ask yourself whether you're actually riding into the sunset or riding into the sunrise of some other part of the world. Even if it can be assumed that you are riding into A sunset, can you really say that you are riding into THE sunset. After all, there are many different planets with many different suns, all of which rise and set in their own way. Of course, we must, then, consider that these suns do not actually rise and set, so much as their respective planets rotate, allowing the sunlight to reach each part of the planets at different times.
Of course, the common belief is that none of this matters, and should therefore be ignored.
Besides, it would be very hot
Thomas the Nearly Sane Posted Jun 9, 2001
As it is the common belief that none of this matters I am constrained to argue its importance. I am aided considerably in this by your thorough analysis of the concept of "sunset," which alone demonstrates that a well-adjusted allowance for physical reality is in fact useful to understand both relativity of perception and the practical limits of the self-centered world view.
Further evidence that all this matters is that it was a worthy subject for consideration by the Firesign Theater, a group of great (albeit defiantly random) clear thinkers, to-wit:
"The sun's going down!"
"No, no, you're confused; the horizon's moving up!"
(followed by the suggestion of a physical exercise to help the mistaken observer see more objectively —)
"I know - let's stand him on his head!"
Lest any doubt remain, consider the difficulties of riding off INTO the sunset, however it may be characterized or perceived: a considerable sustained westward speed would be required to avoid falling far short of the goal, yet an excess of westerly speed would turn the sunset subjectively into a sunrise. The middle course (or rate) would, relatively, both stop the sun in mid-set and leave the rider ever constant in distance from the object of the journey (hence not "into.") Surely such impediments to the proposed action "matter," at least to anyone contemplating the attempt.
My brain hurts, and so to bed.
Besides, it would be very hot
Arthbard Posted Jun 10, 2001
True, but then, I suppose that "riding in the direction of the horizon which appears to be moving towards the star nearest to this planet" isn't quite the nice, compact statement that "riding into the sunset" is. But then, since "riding into the sunset" has become a bit of a cliche, modifying the statement as suggested may actually pump more life into it, making it sound new and fresh. Of course, I must now ask the question, "Just what is 'fresh,' anyway?" Is the milk in my refrigerator "fresh?" Are the hot dogs at the local convenience store "fresh?" Is Will Smith "fresh?" Or is "fresh" just another perception with little or no basis in reality?
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The most common type of pwnage, caused by a noob getting pwned as a result of their absolute failure.
**gamer headshots noob in the face while noob is not in cover trying to figure out how to reload gun**
Gamer - Looks like the noob got failpwned.
Gamer - Looks like the noob got failpwned.
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A fail pwn is best described by using an example. Say a friend of yours requests back-up in any video-game, and you tell them you can't play because you are too tired; this would be a friend fail. If on top of friend failing, your friend gets slaughtered in whatever game they played and lets you know the next day about it, the appropriate response from the absent friend would be, "fail pwn," since by their friend fail, the other was pwned.
Jonny: Wow, you left me to die last night on counter-strike. We got completely slaughtered. What a fail.....
Sam: Yeah, I know. It was definitely a fail pwn.
Sam: Yeah, I know. It was definitely a fail pwn.
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text: The honeymoon is over between AT&T and Apple, or at least the romance has gone. Today the wireless carrier takes the wraps off its new flagship smartphone product for business and pro customers; the AT&T Tilt . Better known to the world as the HTC TyTn II. Now granted, carrier branded Windows Mobile smartphones are nothing new, and AT&T has offered these johnny come lately devices since before the name changed from Cingular. What makes this product unique is the promotion and positioning it's receiving. Noticeably absent from AT&T's website is any reference to iPhone. I searched high and low and uncovered only one mention of iPhone, obscurely located in a section called "Learn." Perhaps the partnership between the two companies isn't as strong as we might think, eh?


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Central Corn Belt farmland values stalled during the second quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. But values rose sharply on a year-over-year basis, the bank says. The bank serves the northern two-thirds of Illinois and Indiana, all of Iowa, the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and southeastern Wisconsin.
According to its quarterly survey of ag bankers, the value of "good" farmland rose 17% when compared to a year earlier but remained unchanged compared to the first quarter of 2013. On a quarterly basis, the survey indicates farmland values slipped 1% in Illinois, rose 5% in Indiana, held steady in Iowa, decreased 7% in Michigan and rose 1% in Wisconsin. On an annual basis, farmland values increased 17% in Illinois, 21% in Indiana, 18% in both Iowa and Michigan and 7% in Wisconsin.
Survey respondents also indicated they expect farmland values to remain flat during the third quarter of 2013. Eight-six percent of survey respondents said they looked for farmland values to remain steady during the third quarter while 7% expected values to decrease and 7% looked for values to increase.
Farmland values in the southern Corn Belt and Mid-South, however, rose during the second quarter compared to the first, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. That bank serves the southern thirds of Illinois and Indiana, eastern Missouri, western Kentucky and Tennessee and northern Mississippi. It's quarterly survey found quality farmland values across the district rose 11% compared to the first quarter of the year. It also shows values increased 20.6% compared to a year earlier. The bank also states the value of district ranch or pastureland rose 1% on an annual basis.
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Justin Sanders had two triples and a double for the day, including three hits in the first game. Sanders has hit safely in all seven games this season. Tennyson Dodd had three hits in the second game, including a home run.
In game one the Bisons needed eight innings to get the win. Both games were seven-innings.
In both games the Bisons had to come from behind for their wins.
In game two Bradley opened with a pair of runs in the first inning.
The Bisons responded with one run in the bottom of the first. Tyler Wilson reached base on an error by the third baseman. Wilson then stole both second and third. Allen Bolden walked. Justin Sanders grounded into a double play that allowed Wilson to score.
Bradley opened a 4-1 lead with two runs in the third.
The Bisons scored twice in the fourth inning. Sanders led off with a double to left center. Ryan Wilkins flied out. Dodd then hit his first collegiate home run over the left field fence. Dodd, who came into game two without a hit for the season, finished with three hits in the game.
The Bisons broke the game open in the fifth with five runs. Antonio Butler led off with a single to the shortstop and then stole second. Wilson walked and Bolden walked. Sanders reached base on a fielder's choice with Butler scoring on an error. Wilkins singled to left and then advanced to second on an error by the left fielder. Both Wilson and Bolden scored. Sanders scored on the throwing error. Dodd singled through the left side to bring Wilkins home.
Josh Smith picked up his first win of the season for the Bisons. He threw six innings, scattering four hits and allowing four runs, all earned. He struck out nine and walked five.
Martin Grude pitched the final inning. He gave up one hit.
In game one both Bradley and the Bisons opened with one run in the first.
Wilson reached base on a lead-off walk and then stole second. Sanders singled to left field to score Wilson.
Bradley jumped ahead with two runs in the third. The Bisons cut the lead to one run in the bottom of the third. Wilson tripled to center field. He scored on a triple to right field by Sanders.
In the sixth inning the Bisons tied the game with one run. Ryan Wilkins opened the inning with a walk and then moved to second on a wild pitch. Dodd grounded out to second which moved Wilkins to third. Branden Cadavid singled up the middle to bring Wilkins home.
In the eighth inning Sanders doubled in the game for the second time to lead off the inning. Wilkins and Dodd were intentionally walked to load the bases with no outs. Cadavid hit a sacrifice fly to right field to bring Sanders home with the winning run.
The Bisons three triples in the game tripled their total for triples from last season.
In game one Brandon McClurg started on the mound for the Bisons. He pitched five innings and gave up four hits and three runs, all earned. He struck out seven and walked three. Matt Bowling threw one inning in relief, walking two and striking out two.
Kyle Tognazzini closed out the game and picked up the win, evening his record at 1-1. He pitched two scoreless innings. He did not allow a hit. He struck out four and walked one.
The Bisons, 3-4, head to Vanderbilt Tuesday for a 4 p.m. game. Bradley slipped to 2-3 with the losses.


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Two Victims Identified in Martins Super Market ShootingJanuary 16, 2014 No comments
The two females that were killed last night in the shooting at Martins Super Market in Elkhart have been identified by state police and their next of kin have been notified.
The 20 year old female and Martins employee has been identified as Krystle Dikes of Elkhart. State police detectives believe that Dikes was the first to die at the hands of shooter, Shawn W. Blair, 22 also of Elkhart.
The second victim that was killed has been identified as Rachelle Godfread, 44, of Elkhart. It's believed that Godfread was a patron shopping in the store at the time of the shooting.
At this time police are looking at all leads in an attempt to determine a motive for the shooting. The investigation is ongoing and as new information develops it will be distributed.
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text: Shelter for Seed July 30, 2010 08:56 AM Tweet Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer adds talc to corn to improve its flow through the equipment and prevent doubles or skips. © Photo by the author TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Rhonda Brooks Editor, Farm Journal MagazineEditorial Director, Farm Journal Media Email Like a cocoon shelters a developing butterfly, seed treatments wrap a protective blanket around corn and soybean seed and seedlings, shielding them from potential diseases and pests. During the past decade, seed treatments have gone from near obscurity to superstar status with a value that's quickly increasing in size and scope, both for farmers and the companies that produce them. Today, seed treatments comprise a $2.5 billion global business, according to Kline & Company, an international consulting firm based in Little Falls, N.J. In the U.S., the No. 1 seed treatment market, roughly all seed corn and 50% of all soybean seed is coated with a fungicide, insecticide, nematicide or a combination of the three prior to planting. Industry experts anticipate those percentages to climb. Syngenta Seeds bulk equipment specialist Gary Wietgrefe estimates that by 2012 approximately 80% of soybean seed in the U.S. will be treated prior to planting. A number of financially driven factors have contributed to the rapid adoption of seed treatments, including higher seed values, strong commodity prices and the desire to minimize the risk of losing expensive seed planted in cold, wet soils. In addition, farmers value seed-applied products for their ease of use and handling safety benefits, notes Gary Munkvold, Iowa State University plant pathologist. "Seed inputs that can substitute for management practices are highly valued by farmers," he says. Companies have responded to the opportunity by ramping up their research, production and marketing of seed treatments. BASF entered the seed treatment market in 2003 and by 2010 offered 11 different seed treatments across a range of crops and launched its Web site. Valent launched Inovate this year. The seed-applied insecticide/fungicide combination for soybeans contains three systemic products: clothianidin, metalaxyl and ipconazole. Syngenta Seed Care introduced Avicta Complete Corn, a combination of Avicta seed treatment nematicide, Cruiser seed treatment insecticide and a three-way seed treatment fungicide package that provides consistent, proven protection against nematodes, insects and diseases. Bayer CropScience introduced Poncho/Votivo corn nematicide. It contains root-colonizing bacteria that create a living barrier around corn roots to prevent nematodes from feeding, essentially starving the pests or forcing them to find another plant food source. Monsanto made Acceleron seed treatment, for early season protection against soilborne and seedborne diseases and early insect pests, a standard part of all Genuity SmartStax corn hybrids and Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybean varieties the company introduced this year. For 2011, soybean producers will have the option to treat their Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield or Roundup Ready soybeans with Acceleron, a competitive product or no seed treatment at all.   WEB EXTRA Along with new products, corn and soybean growers can anticipate having access next year to revamped seed treatments that are packed with new benefits. Syngenta is close to launching Avicta Complete Corn with a four-way fungicide, says Cliff Watrin, Technical Manager for Syngenta Seed Care. Research into non-traditional seed treatments also is advancing, he notes. "We'll add more materials to the seed in the future," Watrin says. He anticipates that such materials will enhance plant growth or stimulate naturally occurring plant defense mechanisms to ward off disease or insects. Part of the success of these new elements will depend upon the sophistication of polymers, which hold the active ingredients on the seed, says Stephanie Zumbach, product manager for seed enhancements at Becker Underwood. "There's only a certain amount of slurry you can put on a seed, so we constantly are trying to make our products as concentrated as possible," she says. For example, she says the first Becker Underwood soybean plantability polymer, Flo Rite 1127 Concentrate, originally used at 2 fl. oz. per hundredweight, was reformulated and concentrated and is now used at 1.5 fl. oz. per hundredweight. In addition, customer perceptions of products are increasingly important as price tags increase, Zumbach notes. "As seed prices have increased, the appearance of the seed has become much more important," she says. Munkvold says the marketplace can anticipate the industry will continue to focus on such benefits, what he calls seed enhancements, a broad category for anything that promotes plant growth and productivity without being a pesticide. "It's the direction for the future," he says. Back to news


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Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems
Prentice Hall, 1998 - Social Science - 416 pages
Appropriate for courses in Organizations in Sociology and Political Science departments and in Management and Administration programs. Also suitable as a secondary text in courses on Organizations and Public Policy or Public Administration. This clear, intellectually engaging introduction reviews the field of organization studies-its past, its present and its likely areas of significant future development. Specifically, it surveys the development of rational, natural and open systems theories-from earlier to contemporary versions-and provides a framework to allow students to comprehend past and present theories and to understand current controversies. While attending to the contributions of other disciplines to the understanding of organizations, the approach taken is primarily sociological. The arguments are addressed not only to current and future managers, but to anyone who is obliged to live and work in a society dominated by organizations.
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Technology and globalization have transformed the world's economic landscape. For Nevada to be competitive, we need to develop talent and resources for the knowledge-intensive industries taking hold in the state. Governor Sandoval terms this the "New Nevada," and it is a vision we support as a campus. Learn more how the University of Nevada, Reno is leveraging research and entrepreneurial activities to prepare skilled workers, develop the next generation of technology leaders and expand economic growth statewide.
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Over the past decade, the research enterprise at the University of Nevada, Reno has grown substantially thanks to our commitment to building an inclusive, diverse and collaborative research environment.
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Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno are nationally and internationally known in areas that include earthquake engineering, renewable energy and environmental science. University scientists are leaders in finding ways to save Lake Tahoe and protect the Great Basin ecosystem.
Research Projects
The University's research isn't all abstract and theoretical. Often research projects seek to make a tangible impact in the lives of people around the world.
Pioneering approaches for pandemics
Professors of Microbiology Tom Kozel and David AuCoin are pioneering medical researchers with an entrepreneurial bent.
Working so globe isn't left hot and dry
There is no denying that global climate change is making certain parts of the world a drier, warmer and less hospitable place to live. Biochemistry Professor John Cushman could have the answer.
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Computer Science and Engineering Professor Eelke Folmer is helping to bridge the gap between those with sight, those without sight and the promising edges of Google Glass technology.
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Doing world-class research requires impressive facilities. The University has more than 60 research centers and facilities, and dozens of state-of-the-art laboratories.
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Great research takes skills from all across the campus, in all different areas. We have a huge upside in research at the University of Nevada, Reno, because of this fact. I've talked with everybody from software developers to the heads of large pharmaceutical companies to gaming and mining companies, and they all say that our graduates are well prepared and ready to contribute immediately because of the fact that so many of them have exposed to research during their academic careers at the University. We have the faculty, and the resources, to help make this happen on an even greater scale.Jeff Thompson, Dean of the College of Science
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We have a wonderful research program here at the University. The University is so supportive of its students when you get involved in research, even if you're only an undergraduate. A lot of other universities kind of look down at you regarding research: 'You're an undergraduate. You don't really know what you're doing. But here at the University, they've always been so supportive of the work the undergraduates are doing in research.
I enjoyed the lecture environment (of chemistry classes), but research is something completely different. You really do have a tendency to run into unexpected problems in a research lab … it's exciting when you experience both the successes and the failures that come along with research. I've learned through my undergraduate research experience at the University that it's important to inspire and mentor other young scientists just because I've had so many good experiences with my professors.
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Burton Announces 2nd Annual High Fives Contest!
Burton Snowboards announced today that the second annual 2013 Burton High Fives presented by MINI snowboard competition will take place at Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka, New Zealand from September 8th – 13th.
The six-day invitational marks the start of Burton's Winter 2014 Global Event Series and is a key stop for Olympic hopefuls on the road to Sochi.
This year's unique competition brings together 60 of the world's top snowboarders for halfpipe and slopestyle contests, along with Kiwi-inspired, adventure-filled off-snow team challenges. Here's a quick look at this year's schedule in New Zealand:
2013 Burton High Fives presented by MINI Competition Schedule
Sunday, September 8th: MINI Snow Drive Challenge
Monday, September 9th: Off-Snow Team Challenges
Thursday, September 12th: Slopestyle Finals
Friday, September 13th: Halfpipe Finals
To kick things off, on Sunday, September 8th, High Fives competitors will participate in the MINI Snow Drive Challenge, a speed, style and skill-focused challenge where riders will drive MINI Countryman ALL4 vehicles in snow and on ice. On Monday, September 9th, riders will be divided into 12 teams to compete in adrenaline-packed, off-snow challenges in the adventure capital of the world. New this year is a New Zealand-inspired farming event with exotic wildlife and other top-secret Kiwi thrill sports that will be more exciting than ever.
Next up, classic snowboarding events will take center stage with riders competing in world-class slopestyle and halfpipe competitions from September 12th– 13th. The top three men and women from each discipline, along with the best overall team of riders from the on and off-snow events, will take home a piece of the $80,000 USD prize purse. More info on how to vote for your favorite team will be available soon.
The best way to experience this incredible event is in person, and there are two great ways to win a trip down under. Check out MINI's epic High Fives Adventure and enter here to win an adrenaline-filled trip for you and a friend. And don't forget to check out the aspiring photographers here who entered for the chance to join Nokia's official photography team on their road trip to New Zealand. A big thanks to MINI and Nokia for their support of the second annual High Fives event.
For more information about the 2013 Burton High Fives, including a comprehensive run down on format and schedule, as well as daily highlight videos showcasing on and off-snow events, follow the hashtag #BurtonHighFives and head to www.Burton.com/HighFives. And stay tuned for plenty of exciting news to come about confirmed riders and the live webcast schedule.


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Santa Clara University hopes the third time will be the charm in one of the world's most prestigious competitions that determines the best designer and builder of a net-zero energy house. Read our other blog post about the Solar Decathlon coming to Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California. Oct. 3–13, 2013.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that Santa Clara University will compete in the 2013 Solar Decathlon, joining 19 other teams of universities and colleges from around the world. Santa Clara's undergraduate engineering students will go up against some tough schools, such as Stanford, University of Southern California, and California Institute of Technology. They will also face mostly graduate students, many of whom have professional experience. SCU students, who are 19 to 22 years old, aren't intimidated, though. "We've been putting in countless hours studying, researching, and developing our concept," says Jake Gallau '13, student project manager for Santa Clara University's Solar Decathlon team. "We're confident in our design and the technology we plan to use, and we're hoping to shock the competition in 2013, just as our alumni have done in previous years." Gallau is referring to SCU's 2007 team, which surprised its opponents when it won third place after a late start in the competition. The university also won third place in 2009, after finishing in the top three in seven of the ten contests of the decathlon.
Judges score each team in architecture, market appeal, engineering, communications, affordability, comfort zone, hot water, appliances, home entertainment, and energy balance. The team with the highest overall score wins, but as faculty project manager and Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Tim Hight points out, winning the Solar Decathlon isn't the most important goal for Santa Clara University.
"We compete in the Solar Decathlon, because it gives students hands-on experience in learning about the mechanics and technology of solar panels, radiant heating/cooling, and solar thermal collectors. It also teaches them how to manage and lead a large project," says Hight. "Most importantly, though, it gives the general public and the community a chance to learn about eco-friendly living."
Gallau doesn't want to reveal too much about what the team's plans are for its solar house but he said the members would take everything they learned from the previous Solar Decathlons to knock out the competition.
"We've accumulated a significant body of knowledge about what works and what doesn't," says Gallau. "For example, we have found bamboo to be an excellent structural solution and intend to greatly expand the use of this highly adaptive and sustainable material in our new house."
To assist Santa Clara University with the architectural design of the home, the students will work with University of San Francisco's undergraduate architecture program.
The students will finalize their plans and begin fundraising for the remainder of the academic year. Then, they will begin more detailed design and analysis this summer. Construction of the house will begin in the spring of 2013. Once the home is finished in the fall, the students will dismantle it, and truck it to Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif., where the students will have to rebuild it, operate it, and prove that it's a functional, energy-efficient, affordable home.
Since 2002, the Solar Decathlon has been held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. For the 2013 Solar Decathlon, though, the DOE sought a new venue to promote the outreach, education, and economic benefits of energy security, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.


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Monday, 25 June 2007
The process
After two months we stopped meeting to wait for the 2006 contest. We participated in the 2006 contest with four members of the team. As I mentioned in the blog message about the 2006 contest, I think this was a great experience.
We resumed brainstorming at the end of summer 2006. We ended up with three or four problem ideas. Each idea was investigated by a small group of people, and in October we selected one of the ideas, based on the practical requirements for a task we have formulated in a previous blog message.
In the following months we implemented several components for the task, and we tried to solve the several problems we envisaged with our problem idea. In January 2007 we were pretty convinced that our problem idea had no fatal flaws, and we started working out the many details that we had left open.
Since then we have been working on the implementation of the several components, testing, and quality control.
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- James Edward Gray II said...
I just wanted to say that I've really enjoyed reading about your process in these blog entries. I've always had the utmost respect for the previous hosts and I was way under estimating what it really takes to run such an event. It was neat of you to decide to share that with us.
Because I will be one of the pressured contestants sending angry emails to the contest list about the ambiguous interpretation of the word "the" on page five of the specification real soon now, let me just take this chance to say: thanks so much for all your hard work on this event. We really do appreciate the effort.
- 26 June 2007 at 00:57
- Bildzeitung said...
A question -- is two years lead time usual for this contest? Or has this been increasing with the complexity of the contests themselves?
- 27 June 2007 at 17:31
- Johan Jeuring said...
I guess the chair tries to ask someone to organise the contest at least one year before the contest, so that the new organisers can participate in the contest before the one they are organising.
We did not need two years for this years contest: we could have started everything after the contest 2006. I felt better by already having a team ready, and by getting clear what we had to do on an abstract level.
All creative and technical work on our contest has been done since september 2006.
- 27 June 2007 at 22:02


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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Following the will of Idaho voters, the State Board of Education voted 7-1 to ditch a requirement that Idaho high school students take two online classes to graduate. But yesterday's decision clearly won't be the last time the issue is considered. Nearly all of the board members said some Internet-learning mandate was necessary to prepare public school students for the workforce.