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STEUBENVILLE - The Steubenville Big Red boys basketball team advanced to the Wheeling Hospital Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class 4A championship game with a victory over Harrison Central Tuesday at the Crimson Center.
And Big Red made it look easy.
Steubenville jumped out to a 15-2 lead before cruising to 77-41 win spurred by a press defense that caused 23 Huskies' turnovers.
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OVAC WIN — Steubenville's Periogn West works inside against Harrison Central's Rashaen Mitchell before scoring two of his game-high 20 points during Big Red's 77-41 OVAC Class 4A semifinal victory over the Huskies Tuesday at the Crimson Center.
-- Fred Younce
"That was a big point of emphasis for all the coaches when talking to them," said Big Red head coach Mike Haney. "We thought our last two games we kind of lost because our defense wasn't where we thought it would be.
"We worked on it, the kids came in focused and ready to go, and I thought our defense was pretty fast. It was good team defense where guys were helping each other."
After Harrison's Austin Kowalski hit two free throws to make the score 4-2 Big Red with 5:36 left in the first quarter, the Huskies went almost five minutes before a Kowalski three-pointer gave them their next points at 15-5.
"I take full responsibility," said Harrison Central head coach Justin Clifford of his team's struggles. "Obviously I didn't have them prepared enough the stage. We just weren't prepared."
A Kalub Mitchell basket made the score 15-7 after the first eight minutes, but the tone was set by Big Red's defense getting the home squad out in transition. Periogn West scored seven in the opening stanza to match Harrison's team.
"That's the key," said Haney. "That's why we like to put a lot of pressure on teams. We try to get turnovers and get the game up tempo. That's the type of tempo we like, and we were able to do that tonight."
Things went from bad to worse in the second quarter for Harrison. With Big Red up 28-14, and 4:12 left in the half, Steubenville went on a 12-2 run to lead 40-16 at intermission. West and Mylik Young each scored six in the quarter with Tajuan Lawson adding five.
Steubenville cruised the rest of the way as the benches for both teams entered the contest late in the third quarter.
Four double-digit scorers paved the way offensively for Big Red led by West's 20 points. Young added 15 with Lawson and Brandon Herring-Hill each delivering 10.
"We had four guys scoring," said Haney. "That's what we like, that kind of balanced scoring. I thought Mylik made a lot of big plays defensively.
"Tajuan Lawson did a great job defensively trying to hold (Fletcher) Watt. He's one of their best scorers."
Kowalski scored 12 to take top honors for Harrison. Watt, who scored seven points, gave the Huskies a reason to celebrate when he reached 1,000 career points during the third quarter.
"He's got our program back on track," said Clifford. "We had a couple of down years there, and he's been a big reason for that improvement.
"Him and those other two seniors (Rashaen Mitchell and Nick Pelegreen) are the reason we got to play in this game."
Awaiting Big Red in the title game is St. Clairsville, 76-48 winners over Martins Ferry in the other semifinal game. That game tips off at 3 p.m. Saturday at Ohio University-Eastern.
"At the beginning of the year we have some goals, and that's one of the goals, to always get in the top four," said Haney of the OVAC tournament. "We'd like to have a home game, like we did coming in second, and to make it in the championship.
"We want to come home with the championship too."
Harrison Central hosts Martins Ferry Friday.
Big Red 77, Harrison Central 41
Harrison Central 7 9 15 10 - 41
Big Red 15 25 23 14 - 77
HARRISON CENTRAL: K. Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Kowalski 4 2-2 12, Yoho 2 3-3 8, B. Mitchell 0 0-0 0, Rutter 0 0-0 0, Watt 3 0-0 7, Redish 0 0-2 0, Evans 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, R. Mitchell 1 0-3 2, Olmstead 0 2-2 2, Pelegreen 3 0-0 6, Mizer 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 15 7-12 41. 3-pointers: Kowalski (2), Yoho, Watt.
BIG RED: West 8 1-2 20, Linn 0 2-2 2, Herring-Hill 5 0-1 10, Bailey 0 0-0 0, Lawson 5 1-2 13, Herrington 0 0-0 0, Young 5 5-8 15, Sterling 2 0-2 4, Redman 3 1-1 7, Smith 1 0-0 2, Perdue 2 0-0 4. TOTALS: 31 10-18 77. 3-pointers: West (3), Lawson (2).


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Quigley-Duggan, soprano voice professor at Central Methodist University, will be accompanied by Dr. Barbara Hamel on the piano. Two other faculty members, John Perkins and Dori Waggoner, will offer trumpet and flute accompaniment.
The multinational performance includes pieces by Scarlatti (Italian); Handel, Mahler and Schumann (German); Poulenc and Saint-Saens (French) and Sir Henry Bishop (English).
Nollie Moore, Columbia College music faculty and director of the Jane Froman Singers, presented a recital at Central Methodist in February.
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The 6 Most Disappointing Video Game End Bosses
Warning: We're going to be spoiling the end of these games, so don't complain if you haven't played them yet.
Life is hard for a video game boss. They spend all their time in some humongous chamber, waiting for some wannabe hero to appear, hoping he doesn't find their one weak spot.
It's no wonder that some game bosses seem to just shrug and give up.
Trevelyan from Goldeneye 007
In this N64 title, considered one of the most important shooters of all time, Bond finds time between martinis to thwart ex-agent Alec Trevelyan's plan to send the country which betrayed him back to the Stone Age. The game is so highly regarded due to its balanced death match options and working stealth sections. It is also because of developer Rare's decision to dehumanize the enemies by showing them as square-headed freaks, thus letting us step inside Bond's head by seeing them as he sees them: not as people, but as things to be destroyed.
What you'd expect ...
In the movie, Trevelyan acquitted himself pretty well, holding his own against Bond in a straightforward fist fight. How will this be recreated in a first-person shooter? Will you have to keep pausing the game, thus causing Bond to raise his arm in front of his face to deflect Trevelyan's blows? Will you have to karate chop him to death? For England, James?
What actually happens ...
The game deals with these difficulties by not actually including badass Trevelyan as a character. He is replaced with "little girl" Trevelyan, who runs away from you, throwing up a wall of henchmen as he does so. He also has the audacity to imply through one-liners that running away from Bond makes him the braver man.
Trevelyan climbs, sobbing with terror, onto a ludicrously small platform. You, as Bond, follow him down and kill him. End of game. Trevelyan is dead.
But, the whole thing was like killing a child, and instead of triumph, there is a feeling of gnawing emptiness that can only be sated by more death. Perhaps, Bond won't jump on the helicopter after all. Perhaps, he'll stay here and die with his ambitions.
But, no, James is rewarded for his defeat of this frightened, helpless man by getting the girl (the same one whose ass you had to protect in the most tedious parts of the game) and we watch as they kiss with their weird, square heads.
Of course, this is James Bond we're talking about, who "gets the girl" about six times on an average day. So, for Bond it must have been the reward equivalent of a snack-sized bag of Cheetos.
Giant alien brains from Gradius series
The Gradius series is truly old school. The original was released back in the NES days and had sequels and spinoffs aplenty, all the way up to Gradius V in 2004. The games are all 2D side-scrolling shoot-em-ups (or "shmups" as you should definitely not call them in front of girls), which will have you dodging slow-moving enemy bullets and collecting power-ups to enhance your own weapons as you navigate your spaceship through some pretty strange shit.
Above: Pretty strange shit.
What you'd expect ...
Let's say you're playing Gradius V, and you're enjoying it despite the fact that the damn thing is trying as hard as it can to make you fail. Seriously, if the game's packaging included a little trap that tore your hands off the first time you opened the box, it couldn't make it more obvious that it hates you. Let's say that, hands intact, you've made it to the final level. Given the bosses you've faced down so far, you'd expect something pretty fucking hardcore like some screen-filling badass whose very glare will terrify you into surrender. It's a balls-to-the-wall, glistening, squishy boomstravaganza, with maybe a pixel's width of the screen at a time not occupied by the bullet storm your foe will let loose at you from his unimaginable maw.
What actually happens ...
Considering how enthusiastic all the henchmen you've slaughtered have been, the evil alien overlords of the Gradius universe are surprisingly unmotivated. You can forgive them for not having much energy. After all, they are pretty much just brains.
Above: brains
But damn, guys, stick a gun turret or something in the room with you. A TV or something, maybe if you keep yourselves entertained you won't end up so goddamn depressed by the time we reach you. Sometimes you don't even have to get a shot off; the brain sees you in the room and explodes out of sheer desperation. The only way to lose against these boys is to intentionally fly your ship directly into them. And you have to do it fast, since they decide pretty quickly that they're better off dead.
The end bosses in Gradius II and III at least get a few shots off, but we get the feeling it's more to spare their dignity than anything else. They can meet up with the end bosses from Gradius I, IV and V in Evil Alien Heaven and say, "Well, at least we tried."
The Dark Prince from Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
The final installment in the Sands Of Time trilogy sees the eponymous Prince fighting, time traveling and acrobating his way through the plot of the first game, again. But this time, it's with an evil alter-ego sharing his body.
The two have arguments, and the Prince has to suppress his dark side with water to keep from being taken over completely. There's gonna be a fight sooner or later, once the Prince completes his noble quest to free his people against enormous odds and bring peace once more.
What you'd expect ...
In the first game you fought the Vizier, who was a frail old man. This, naturally, didn't make for the world's most challenging battle as he was pretty much already dying and you just had to nudge him along. In the second game, you fought the Dahaka, which spent most of the battle trying not to fall off a cliff. Finally, finally, the Prince has a nemesis who is his equal: strong, fast, agile and perhaps with some time-travel powers of his own. There is absolutely no way in hell this battle will not blow your shit completely down the street.
What actually happens ...
Unless, of course, there is no battle. The Dark Prince just runs away, and the real prince gives chase. The point, you see, is that by fighting his dark side the prince would actually be feeding it. He defeats it by simply walking away. Which would be quite a nice ending if this were a novel.
That point would have been much better translated to a video game if the Prince had been attacked by symbolic representations of all his negative emotions. Perhaps symbolized by cybernetic demons with chainsaws.


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I came across this following way of defining connection and curvature which is not so obviously equivalent to the definitions as familiar in Riemannian Geometry books like say by Jost.
If $E$ is a complex vector bundle over a manifold $M$ then one defines the space of vector valued $p$-differential forms on them as $\Omega^p(M,E) = \Gamma ( \wedge ^p (T^*M) \otimes E) $
The connection be defined as the map , $\nabla: \Gamma(E) \rightarrow \Omega^1(M,E)$ satisfying $\nabla(fX) = (df)X+f\nabla X$ where $f \in C^{\infty}(M)$ and $X \in \Gamma(E)$
{It might help if someone can make explicit as to what exactly is $(df)X$"? To make sense this has to be an element of $\Omega^1(M,E)$}
Now one defines curvature of the connection as the map, $$R = \nabla \circ \nabla : \Gamma(E) \rightarrow \Omega^2(M,E)$$
Now it is not clear to me as to how this makes $ R \in \Omega^2(M,End(E))$ ?
And how does this match up with the more familiar form as,
$R(X,Y) = \nabla _X \nabla _Y - \nabla _Y \nabla _X - \nabla _{[X,Y]}$
One can extend the definition of connection to be a map $\nabla: \Omega^p(M,E) \rightarrow \Omega^{p+1}(M,E)$ such that for $\omega \in \Omega^p(M)$ and $X \in \Gamma(E)$ one has,
$$\nabla(\omega X) = (d\omega)X + (-1)^{deg \omega}\omega \wedge \nabla X$$
{Here again it would be helpful if someone can can explain what is the meaning of $(d\omega)X$"? To make sense it has to be an element of $\Omega^{p+1}(M,E)$}
This looks very much like the de-Rham derivative of vector valued differential forms but the notation looks uneasy.


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1A strong-smelling hairy plant of the mint family, with a tradition of use in medicine.
- Two species in the family Labiatae: white horehound (Marrubium vulgare) and black horehound (Ballota nigra), a Eurasian plant which was formerly said to cure the bite of a mad dog.
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1.1 [mass noun] The bitter aromatic juice of white horehound, used especially in the treatment of coughs and colds.
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Old English hāre hūne, from hār (see hoar) + hūne, the name of the white horehound, also applied to related plants.
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Wondering which website is more popular for posting own photography art and maybe get some feedback from community in other words a way to carry photography to mass public. FB is not the right place.
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Flickr is definitely a good fit for what you're after:
In response to Kiril Kirov's comment ("I created a flickr profile, but not a single view for about a week :D"), it sounds like you're not using Flickr to its full potential. If you want other people to notice your work, try the following:
Even though Flickr is public by default, you do have to invest some time in it before you'll come to other people's attention. But the same is true of any other photo site. Plenty of people choose other sites (such as 500px, SmugMug or Zenfolio), often because they have a more professional "portfolio" look, but for social features Flickr just can't be beaten.
An alternative to Flickr is 500px.com. I like the fact that users can provide a rating on any uploads and how you display your photos is more flexible than Flickr
Honestly, Google+ is becoming a fantastic place to showcase photos. It seems to be mostly inhabited by photographers, and the community is huge.
1x.com is another alternative. It's a bit more exclusive - each image must be approved - but you can get more in-depth critique than at most sites (where you get mostly "nice shot" or "love this!"). I don't know how well-known it is, and you can't just upload all your stuff there, as it has to be approved, but worth a look.
DeviantART is my favorite site to publish photos and get feedback as well. It has a great interface, active huge community, accepts all kinds of art not just photography, and most importantly it has "groups" which is simply a gathering of people for a topic may it be general as "photography" or specific to just one type of photography. And the forums are great and very active as well.
It depends if you are wanting feedback on all your images or just ones you select. If you want to put a collection online and have it open to comments, Flickr is the standard.
If you want to just post the odd photo for critique, then you're better off going to a forum. Digital Photography School has a good forum where you can either post an image just to 'show off', or post it for critique.
If you want some exposure on Flickr (i.e. not 0 views), you'll need to post your photo to your relevant social networks (Facebook/Twitter), but also look through the list of groups for groups you could submit your photo to. I usually look for the ones with a moderately useful amount of activity and join them.
The other thing is to add as many photographers as contacts as you would like to. Don't just add everyone, but if someone posts something interesting, add them, then you'll see suggestions for other people and so on. The more people you can expose your photos to, the more likely you'll get both views and feedback/favourites.
It's just like everything else. There's millions of Flickr users and without any sort of "advertising", your shots are going to fall into the ether.
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NTBA T-Bucket Nationals - Web ExclusiveWritten by Gerry Burger on December 20, 2012 Contributors: Brian Brennan The NTBA T-Bucket Nationals is a week-long blast
There is no denying the important role the T-bucket has played in the hobby of street rodding. During the rebirth of street rodding in the seventies it seemed half the cars at any street rod gathering were T-buckets. The T-bucket had a lot going for it, it was relatively simple to build, quite affordable and provided wicked performance in an open air atmosphere second only to motorcycles. Cross country trips to the early NSRA Street Rod Nationals in a bucket are now the thing of legend, bragging rights that last a lifetime.
The venerable T-bucket began to lose favor with the advent of fiberglass bodies of the Model A and Deuce roadster, followed by coupe bodies and now steel bodies. Add to that, growing families and many of hot rodding's first repro-rods found themselves parked, in favor of a larger more comfortable car. Oh, the T-bucket never went away completely, but only the hardcore hot rodder remained in a bucket.
Fast forward 25-years and the T-bucket is making a bit of a comeback, and for all the same reasons these neat roadster were so popular back in the seventies and eighties. Easy and economical to build and fun to drive, a lot of hot rodders are building a bucket for local cruise nights, the real guys are still hitting the highway in one.
And so 14-years ago the Nation T-Bucket Alliance Nationals was born, a national association dedicated to the building, preservation and use of everything T-bucket. The association includes a very active online community and their annual event changes location every year, and what an event it is. Now you may be thinking of a couple hundred T-buckets caged inside a fairgrounds somewhere, but you'd be wrong. No. the NTBA Nationals is a week-long, and frankly we don't understand why there aren't more events just like this one.
First, there is no entry fee. That's right, if you are a member in good standing of the NTBA there is no fee to come to their Nationals. Second, there is no fairgrounds, rather it is based around a headquarters motel to serve as a home base for the entire week. You don't have to spend the entire week, the actual event is from Thursday through Saturday but planned, organized events begin on Monday and end on Saturday.
This year the event was held in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the famed Chattanooga Choo Choo. This historic train depot is now a large hotel with the passenger car terminal serving as a great lobby and dining area. Outside vintage trains are still parked on the tracks and many of the cars have been converted to motel rooms. By Monday over 100 buckets were on hand and most of them made the 20-mile trip out to NTBA member and event organizer, JR Fitch's family farm for a good ole fashioned weenie roast. Yes, hot dogs over open fire pits, drinks and lots of tales of the open road. It was a great evening that reminded us of rod runs past.
Other road trips to Jack Daniels Distillery (175 miles round trip), a poker run, evening welcome party at Coker Tire and Honest Charley Speed Shop and a drive up the fabled "tail of the dragon" were all planned for the week. The impressive thing about all this planning is it was done completely by volunteers in the club and possibly more impressive is the fact that almost everyone partakes in every event. Throw in some old fashioned valve cover racing, door prizes and a final day of show and shine at the Coker Tire/Honest Charlie facility and you can see this is one fun filled, action packed week.
We'd like to congratulate the NTBA on a fabulous event, one that should be emulated by other clubs. Next year the NTBA T-Bucket Nationals will be held in Carson City, Nevada. If you're a T-Bucket owner you really need to add this event to, well, your bucket list. SRM
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Orange early Ford wire wheels provide the rolling stock for this traditional T, and speaking of traditions, what can be better than a father and son roadster project?Home base for the National T-Bucket Alliance was the famed Chattanooga Choo Choo. JR Fitch rolled his roadster next to one of the vintage trains for this classic shot.Bill Williams drove his super sanitary T in from Kathleen, Georgia. The 327 is covered in smooth aluminum, while House of Kolor Sunset Pearl makes sparkle.When talk turns to traditional hot rods few cars can compete with a great track roadster. The blending of vintage race car and hot rod components keep them in a class of their own.The T-bucket responds well to all the great hot rod looks. Black suede paint, pinstripe flames and a red chassis, motor and wheels work perfectly together. Wide whites add traditional flavor.All the traditional components are in place on Jim Cunningham's roadster. Tunnel ram intake, cowl lights and the ever popular diamond tufted interior. It all adds up to a great look.
Speedway Motors was on hand displaying two great buckets. This silver bodied roadster with bomber seats sure gave the illusion of bare metal, rest assured it is a glass kit available from Speedway.Speaking of illusions, Todd Mullins has the only fiberglass roadster at the show that might need rust repair. A great faux patina of rust make this one wild roadster.Tired of sitting in a fairgrounds for eight hours a day? Join the NTBA and attend their event, it's loaded with day trips to great sights like the Jack Daniels Distillery.Anyone who was around during the rebirth of street rodding will remember hundreds of T-buckets hauling luggage trailers just like Dan Dyer does today.Closing off the roads around the Coker Tire/Honest Charley Speed shop makes for the perfect location for the final cruise-in of the weekend. Next year the event moves to Carson City, NV.Virtually everybody style ever built was on hand, from the shortened touring to C-cab truck and the basic bucket. It all made for a blinding display of chrome and color.Mark Kolb's Indiana based bucket had a great look; checker board accents, race car numbers and zoomie headers.It employs a unique 2-deuce adapter plate atop a 4-barrel intake for a very traditional look. A pair of Demon carburetors feed the SBC.


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Five Trojans Named to Postseason SAC HonorsApril 23, 2014
ROCK HILL, S.C. – After Anderson University baseball's regular season came to a close on Monday and it prepares for its first trip to the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament in its program's history, the Trojans were well-represented on the conference postseason teams, as three Trojans were named to the All-SAC First Team, announced Wednesday by the conference office.
Seniors Jonathan Zalud and Nathan Galliford joined sophomore first baseman Steven Cooper on the first team, as all three players earned their first conference postseason or preseason accolade of their respective careers. Junior right-hander Landon Beck was named to the All-SAC Honorable Mention list, while Zalud and junior shortstop Brett Cash was selected to the SAC Gold Glove Team.
Zalud led all catchers in the league with a .366 average and ranked 13th in the conference with 13 doubles and 20 RBI. The Sarasota, Fla. native recorded 12 multi-hit contests, including a streak of five games between April 11-19 where he posted multi-hits in each game in the span. Zalud tallied a season-high four hits on three occasions this season, including a 4-for-4 performance with four RBI against North Greenville on Feb. 27. In his 131 at-bats this season, Zalud has stuck out just 12 times.
The senior was also named to the conference's Gold Glove list, becoming the first catcher in the program's history to claim the honor. Zalud completed the entire regular season without making an error behind the plate while throwing out 10 base runners.
Joining Zalud on the Gold Glove list was Cash, who was responsible for 88 putouts and 144 assists on the season. The Anderson native has made one error in his last 12 games, getting the start in the middle of the infield in every game.
Galliford enters the SAC Tournament tied for the nation's home run lead with 15 for the season while hitting .322 on the year and driving in 47 runs, which ranks second in the SAC. Galliford's 113 total bases and 32 walks ranks second in the conference, while his .638 slugging percentage and 44 runs scored puts him in fourth in the league. The Miami, Fla. native highlighted his season with a two-homer game against Lincoln Memorial on April 12.
Cooper comes into the annual postseason tournament as the league leader in hits (68), doubles (18), RBI (48) and total bases (114). Cooper's 41 runs ranks fifth in the SAC, while his .585 slugging percentage ranks ninth in the league. The Williamston, S.C. native has strung together hitting streaks of 15 and 12 games throughout the year as the sophomore is currently hitting .349 for the season.
Beck, who was named to the All-SAC Second Team as season ago as a reliever, moved into a weekend starting role after the first conference series of the year. As the third game starter, Beck paced the club with five complete games while ranking second in the SAC and eighth nationally with 84 strikeouts. His 11.17 strikeouts per game leads the conference and is 18th nationally, while holding batters to a .289 average.
The five honorees look to lead the Trojans this week at the conference tournament in Forest City, N.C. Anderson begins its postseason campaign with a meeting against top-seeded Catawba with first pitch scheduled for noon.
All-SAC First Team
C – Jonathan Zalud, Anderson
1B – Steven Cooper, Anderson
2B – Brantley Rumford, Lenoir-Rhyne
SS – Craig Brooks, Catawba
3B – Ryan Cranmer, Newberry
OF – Ivan Vieitez, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF – Josh Coker, Lincoln Memorial
OF – Nathan Galliford, Anderson
DH – T.J. Wharton, Catawba
SP – Craig Brooks, Tusculum
SP – Olen Little, Wingate
SP – Shaefer Shepard, Catawba
RP – Ryan McClintock, Catawba
All-SAC Second Team
C – Josh Clark, Wingate
1B – Kelvin Brito, Lincoln Memorial
2B – Vinny Ferrara, Tusculum
2B – Jean Rodriguez, Lincoln Memorial
SS – Evan Rogers, Mars Hill
3B – T.J. Giczkowski, Coker
OF – Bo Ausmus, Carson-Newman
OF – Eric Serra, Wingate
OF – Keaton Hawks, Catawba
DH – Taylor Foster, Tusculum
SP – Ben Currie, Wingate
SP – Wesley Camp, Newberry
SP – Jake Nidiffer, Newberry
RP – Josh Coker, Lincoln Memorial
All-SAC Honorable Mention
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1B – Paul Kronenfeld, Catawba
SS – Michael Godinez, Wingate
3B – John Topoleski, Tusculum
OF – Blake Houston, Catawba
OF – Ernie Kirkwood, Coker
OF – Alex Kirby, Newberry
DH – Eric Barbieri, Newberry
SP – Cole Cromer, Newberry
SP – Landon Beck, Anderson
SP – Caleb Edwards, Mars Hill
RP – Daniel Nations, Newberry
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C – Jonathan Zalud, Anderson
1B – Dalton Eisenbath, Mars Hill
2B – Julio Zubillaga, Catawba
SS – Brett Cash, Anderson
3B – John Topoleski, Tusculum
OF – Tommy Scala, Mars Hill
OF – Alex Kirby, Newberry
OF – Bo Ausmus, Carson-Newman
P – Wesley Camp, Newberry
SAC Player of the Year: Josh Coker, Lincoln Memorial
SAC Pitcher of the Year: Craig Brooks, Catawba
SAC Freshman of the Year: Shaefer Shepard, Catawba
SAC Co-Coaches of the Year: Jim Gantt, Catawba/Jeff Gregory, Wingate


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Published: Friday, April 5, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
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GREENVILLE — Greenville was able to overcome some defensive deficiencies in Friday's season-opening 4-2 victory over Charleston with an abundance of speed and a whole lot of reliever Jason Garcia.
Garcia, a 20-year-old righty in his second season with the Drive, came on with two outs in the fourth and a runner on second and struck out Claudio Custudio swinging to hold the deficit at 1-0.
Garcia would go on to finish the game, posting an impressive line of 5 1/3 innings, allowing only one run on three hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. He is beginning the season as a part-time starter after tying for a team-high 22 starts last season.
The Drive managed only six hits, but stole six bases.
"It feels good to be able to go 5 1/3 the first game," Garcia said. "It's been a little different because starting you can take your time and get a pace, but relieving you have to come in and be lights out right away. I felt there were a few times maybe I got a little too anxious, but I felt really good and really comfortable out there, throwing strikes and getting ahead early.
"It was opening day and everybody was excited to get the win. My approach to the game has been really good lately. Everyone had a good spring and we're trying to bring that here (into the regular season) and I think that showed."
It wasn't the crispest of performances by either side as the two teams combined for seven errors (four by the Drive) and only 11 hits while stranding a combined 20 runners (11 by Charleston). Each team surrendered six walks. All but one of the six runs was scored in the sixth inning.
"I think it was all pitching," Drive manager Carlos Febles said. "It was a tough night for us in the field defensively and our pitching was able to stay in the game and make the pitches to get us out of trouble. It's always good to get that first one out of the way so everything goes back to normal."
Charleston starter Cesar Vargas dominated during his scoreless five-inning stint as the Drive managed only two hits and a walk before getting to reliever Brett Gerritse in the decisive sixth after the RiverDogs had taken a 2-0 lead in the top half.
After retiring his first batter, Gerritse surrendered consecutive walks before left-fielder Aneury Tavarez doubled over the head of center-fielder Custodio, who had initially broken in on the ball. That scored one before DH David Chester singled to right to score two more. The Drive added their final run after Kendrick Perkins had singled before getting caught off the bag at first, but the first baseman's throw hit him in the back allowing Chester to cross home.
Greenville could've had a much bigger deficit to erase than 2-0 entering that frame, but first baseman Boss Moanaroa made a diving stop on Custodio's one-out grounder with runners at second and third. He made the play at first before throwing out Peter O'Brien at the plate.
"That was the play of the game and saved the game for us," Febles said.
Chester was 1-for-2 with a pair of walks and RBIs while Perkins was 2-for-4. Cito Culver had two of the RiverDogs' five hits.
"We started off slow out of the gate and you have to give some credit to (Vargas), too," Febles said. "He did a good job of keeping us off balance for five innings before we finally came up big with a couple of good at-bats. I thought our bats would never come alive and they did."
The teams play a doubleheader starting at 4:30 this afternoon before the series culminates Sunday at 4:05 p.m.
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When Tom Brokaw wrote his paean to the Greatest Generation, he left them out. Filmmaker Ken Burns skipped them when he documented The War.
They are the estimated 100,000 women who joined the military during World War II. The Navy Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES), their Coast Guard counterparts, the SPARS, and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) provided critical support to the American war effort.
"It's really a shame," says Margaret Thorngate, 88, who served as a WAVES yeoman, or secretary, in San Francisco. "Nobody under the age of 60 has even heard of the WAVES."
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Ryan, whose mother served in the WAVES, spent 20 years working in television before going to graduate school at the University of Oregon. There, she decided that the Navy women would make the perfect subject for her dissertation.
The documentary is based on interviews with 52 WAVES and SPARS she did for her doctoral project, focusing on three women, including Thorngate. The film also makes use of five rolls of 16-millimeter film of female vets that have "never seen the light of day."
Last summer Thorngate, who helped paint the USS Missouri during the war, visited the venerable battleship in Hawaii with Ryan for the documentary.
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The film is currently in post production. Ryan plans on pitching it to public television, cable channels and film festivals when it's completed.
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Several area Bowling Green attorneys gathered to observe Law Day at the Capitol Arts Theater Tuesday.
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Ivar Giaever
Ivar Giaever graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1952 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
In 1953, Giaever completed his military duty as a corporal in the Norwegian Army, and thereafter he was employed for a year as a patent examiner for the Norwegian government.
He emigrated to Canada in 1954 and after a short period as an architect's aide he joined Canadian General Electric's Advanced Engineering Program. In 1956, he emigrated to the USA, where he completed the General Electric Company's A, B and C engineering courses. In these he worked in various assignments as an applied mathematician. He joined the General Electric Research and Development Center in 1958 and concurrently started to study physics at Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, where he obtained a Ph.D. degree in 1964.
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I am reading the Wikipedia article on Natural Deduction. In section 6, the presentation of intr and elim rules for the universal and existential quantifiers, it mentions a concept called eigenvariable/parameter without further discussion. What is it? What's the difference between the eigenvariable/parameter $a$ and the bound variable $x$ introduced by $\forall$ or $\exists$? What's it used for? The side conditions for the $\forall$ intr and $\exists$ elim rules also puzzled me. Could anyone explain a little bit more? Thanks.
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The usual formalisation of first-order logic needs to distinguish between letters that stand for things that can be substituted by any term and letters that are taken to be particular terms. The eigenvariables are the latter sort of letter, which cannot be substituted for in the forall-intro / exists-elim rules.
This is a very tricky concept when learning predicate logic and the move to natural deduction has the capacity to confuse things still further. To get a handle on the inference rules, most people find they need to be somewhat formalist about the distinction, viewing the distinction as a syntactic marker saying which are the leaves of a formula that can be substituted into. But at this formalist level, you do not really grasp the why of it.
The key is that the two kinds of letter can be seen to be variables that derive their meaning in the judgement expressed at that point in the derivation. The semantics of the variables has their being bound, with regular variables being universally quantified and eigenvariables being existentially quantified. The constants then are equivalent to the Skolem constants that arise from the Skolemisation of the formula expressing the judgement.
The above is tricky, and properly grasping it requires that you (i) are comfortable with the application of Skolemisation (see Wikipedia on Skolem normal forms for a decent discussion), and (ii) figure out how to apply it to express the judgement at each formula in a natural deduction proof. But then, this is no more than the complexity of variables and constants in first-order logic.
It would be nice to recommend a text that covers this ground, but none come to mind.
The eigenvariable condition is used when want to introduce the forall connector.
If you want to introduce forall a, then you need to make sure that a is not free in the assumptions. Therefore you can be forced to rename a free a the assumption with new name.
In http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.94.9463&rep=rep1&type=pdf by Alwen Tiu you can read :
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Let $G$ be a topological group and let $X$ and $Y$ be connected, well-pointed $G$-spaces. Suppose $f:X\to Y$ is a pointed homotopy equivalence and a $G$-equivariant map (but not an equivariant homotopy equivalence). I know that $f$ induces a (weak) homotopy equivalence on the Borel constructions, $EG\times_G X\to EG\times_G Y$, but what about the induced map on the pointed Borel constructions, $EG_+\wedge_G X\to EG_+\wedge_G Y$? Is it a homotopy equivalence too? As far as I can see it is a homology equivalence and a stable homotopy equivalence but I would like a stronger result.
Does a pointed homotopy equivalence between pointed $G$-spaces which is $G$-equivariant induce a (weak) homotopy equivalence on pointed Borel constructions?
In the pointed Borel construction, you clearly mean $\wedge$ and not $\times$. Thus $$EG_+\wedge_G X = EG\times_G X/EG\times_G\ast.$$ Out of laziness, I'll assume that your $X$ and $Y$ are of the $G$-homotopy types of $G$-CW complexes. The based $G$-map $id\times f\colon EG\times X\longrightarrow EG\times Y$ is a homotopy equivalence on passage to $H$-fixed points for all $H\subset G$: the condition is empty unless $H=e$, when it is your hypothesis. Therefore $id\times f$ is a $G$-homotopy equivalence. Via the inclusions of $EG$ in source and target given by the basepoints of $X$ and $Y$, $id\times f$ is a map over $EG$ and therefore a $G$-homotopy equivalence over $EG$ since the inclusions of $EG$ in source and target are $G$-cofibrations by your well-pointed hypothesis. On passage to orbits over $G$ and quotient spaces, it follows that $$id\wedge_G f\colon EG_+\wedge_G X \longrightarrow EG_+\wedge_G Y$$ is a based homotopy equivalence.


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Some years back my girlfriend visited Trinidad and Tobago, and there she encountered a dish that she just called roti. She used to buy it from a stand, which offered many variations. The one she favored was one with a spicy chicken filling.
Now rotis I know, or at least the Indian roti, which I presume this caribbean dish has its origin from. But the filling are more of a mystery. Are there typical chicken filling for rotis in Trinidad and Tobago? In that case does it have a name or some typical ingredients so I have a starting point in recreating this mystery dish?


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Funds from Moose License Plate sales help conserve New Hampshire's natural, historical and cultural resources.How to Buy a Plate
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Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion Historic Site
Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion Historic Site is the former home of NH's first royal governor, Benning Wentworth, who served from 1741 to 1767. The 40-room mansion overlooking Little Harbor is one of the most outstanding homes remaining of the colonial era. Moose Plate funds were used for exterior structural and cosmetic repairs that were carried out over two summers.
Spruce Woods Forest Protection
The Trust for Public Land, with funding assistance from a State Conservation Committee Moose Plate Grant, permanently protected the 172-acre Spruce Woods Forest.
Lucknow Estate Portico at Castle in the Clouds
The Lucknow Estate portico at Castle in the Clouds has been restored. This was one of 39 conservation and preservation projects that received LCHIP funding in 2013
Statewide Native Wildflower Project
This project was developed to help establish native wildflowers throughout the state highway system. The beautification of our highways give residents and visitors enjoyment as they travel our beautiful state. Hardy native wildflowers are utilized to accomplish this objective.
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Moose Plate funds, through a NH Dept. of Cultural Resources grant, helped repair and paint the 1830 Sugar Hill Meetinghouse steeple's exterior and clock tower, including its gold leaf clock numbers.
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Over 4500 students took part in conservation education programs such as creating a wildlife habitat on their school grounds and planting wild blue lupine in the Concord community for the endangered state butterfly—the Karner Blue.
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Super 8 Statesboro
Statesboro, GA 30458
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We believe every guest deserves a clean, comfortable room – for a reasonable price – every time they visit. We are here to serve you whether you are in town for a game, to visit a student, on business or just enjoying all that Statesboro has to offer. We offer complimentary continental breakfast, free daily newspaper, free local calls, and HBO. The seasonal swimming pool and fitness room are available. Pets are accepted.
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13 Nov 2012 4:04 AM #1
Architect 2.1 charts -Scatter Series
When I create CartesianChart, inside numeric and category axis everything is OK, but as soon as I add MyScatterSeries, screen becomes white and logger:
TypeError: 'null' is not a constructor (evaluating 'new c(a[0])')
where can be problem? how to fix it? anyone help?
13 Nov 2012 5:46 AM #2
The framework is internally throwing an error. Did you move forward and try to configure the fields to begin rendering the series? Did you bind it to a store?
Sounds like there is a bug here in the respective framework (touch or ext) that we will have to report.Aaron Conran
14 Nov 2012 12:24 AM #3
yes I have 5tab panel - 4 charts + 1 scatter, all of them are using one store, scatter can have only one xField and one yField ( i thing it should be more than one ) of course i set them, and it is always white screen,
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Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) http://localhost/IphoneSenchaChart/s...=1352881043890
TypeError: 'null' is not a constructor (evaluating 'new c(a[0])')
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Arrested: Debra Palomini, 52, 631 Oakmont Ave., operating a vehicle under the influence, failure to control and possession of drug paraphernalia after a one-car accident in the 1000 block of Adams Street, Tuesday.
Arrested: Joshua Barnhart, 23, 654 Roosevelt Ave., Steubenville, bench warrant, Tuesday.
Arrested: Ashley Martin, 21, Apartment 5, 2514 Sunset Blvd., bench warrant, Tuesday.
Arrested: Ronald Sechel 53, Chicago, bench warrant, Tuesday.
Arrested: Shawn Wells, 39, 502 1/2 Finley St., Toronto, bench warrant, Tuesday.
Cited: Bryan P. Garber, 1657 Ridge Ave., two charges of failing to register dogs; Joyce L. Fithen, 1655 Ridge Ave., three charges of failing to register dogs; Christopher Penman, 347 Terri Ave., failure to signal turn.
Stolen: iPod Touch taken from vehicle parked in driveway in the 800 block of Buena Vista, Tuesday.
Stolen: Infrared camera stolen from side of a house in the 500 block of Union Avenue, Tuesday.
Stolen: Cell phone taken from purse in a shopping cart at Wal-Mart, Tuesday.
Jefferson County sheriff
Arrested: Donald Lafferty, 43, 5396 county Road 43, Steubenville, unlawful sexual contact with a minor, Tuesday.
Arrested: Judith Jones, 45, 19 Second St., Dillonvale, domestic violence, Tuesday.
Arrested: William Withers Jr., 29, 2721 Sunset Blvd., Steubenville, possession of drugs, illegal use of food stamps, operating a vehicle under the influence, driving with a suspended license and speeding, Tuesday.
Arrested: Shawn Wells, 502 1/2 Finley St., Toronto, failure to appear, Tuesday.
Ohio Highway Patrol
Arrested: Rodger Haney, 33, 78 county Road 8, Dillonvale, possession of drugs, Tuesday.
Theft: A home in the 1000 block of Virginia Avenue was entered Saturday and old coins and money orders were taken. Entry was gained through a rear entrance.


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Tuesday night at the Bowling Green City Commission meeting, Chief of Police Bill Waltrip presented a study outlining the need for 31 more police officers.
Citing an increase in call volume, population and trends, he asked commissioners to provide funding to hire the additional personnel. In addition, the Chief of the Bowling Green Fire Department asked for 18 additional people.
Commissioners were receptive to the study and presentations, saying they will examine the possibility of granting the departments their wishes.
City Commissioner Jim Bullington tells Newscenter 13 that he thinks granting the request is feasible. He says the city can rework budget issues and apply for grants to fund the increase in personnel without raising taxes.
Mayor Sandy Jones takes a more conservative stance, saying there's a limited amount of reworking the city can do, and that grants will not continually fund all of the positions. She says while a tax increase has not been examined, it is one way to fund the additional positions.


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Licensing Riding Establishments
Riding Establishments - who needs to apply for a Licence
Stables, that hire out horses or ponies for riding or instruction, must be licensed.
No person shall keep a riding establishment within Birmingham except under the authority of a licence granted under the provisions of the Riding Establishments Acts of 1964 and 1970.
How to Apply for a Licence
Complete the Riding Establishment Licence form [pdf] attached below and return the form to the Animal Welfare Team - contact details are on the application form and are also provided at the bottom of this page. The registration form must be sent to the Animal Welfare Team at the address indicated, if it is sent to the wrong address this will delay registration.
Every application for grant or renewal of a licence must present, with the application form, an enhanced CRB criminal record check (not more than 3 months old). Applicants will be expected to meet the costs of any CRB check themselves.
Invariably it is in the interests of all new applicants to discuss their proposals with the Senior Animal Welfare Officer (see contact details below) before completing an application.
Online Applications
Online Application for Riding Establishment Licence
Refer to the Environmental Health fees and charges list to find the current charge for a new or renewal licence.
It should be noted that in all cases the City Council will call upon the services of an approved Veterinary Surgeon or Veterinary Practitioner as part of the application process with these costs being charged to applicants as an additional fee.
Every application for grant or renewal of a licence must present, with the application form, an enhanced CRB criminal record check (not more than 3 months old). Applicants will be expected to meet the costs of any CRB check themselves.
Processing Timescale
Our target for dealing with applications is 65 days.
Tacit Consent
Tacit consent means that if we have not dealt with your application within the target period identified then your application will have been deemed to have been granted/approved.
Please note that the processing target period (65 days) only begins on receipt of a fully completed application and acknowledgement of such by Birmingham City Council Animal Welfare Team.
First time applications at new or purpose built premises will require planning permission before being considered. If the premises concerned do not have planning permission this may result in the target period for considering such applications being extended.
Guidance and Advice
Riding Establishments Act 1964
Riding Establishments Act 1970
Public Register
To access information on riding establishments operating in the city contact the Animal Welfare Team - see contact details below.
Complaints/Enquiries - Applicants or Licence Holders
Contact the Animal Welfare Team - contact details included below.
Consumer Complaints
This will be dependent on the nature of any complaint with initial contact likely to be with the manager of the riding establishment concerned. If you are in any doubt please contact the Animal Welfare Team - contact details below.
Changes to Registration/Licence
Once you are licensed you need to notify us of any change and in some circumstances this may result in a new licence application being required.
Animal Welfare
Birmingham City Council,
Telephone: 0121 303 6007
Fax: 0121 303 9901
or using our Online Form.
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spoiler: No milt birthday thread...shame, shame that is a orange mark against you. Whatever that means.
spoiler:I spent all day yesterday hunting down Milt and Jeff's real identities, convinced they were the same person, because HOW CAN TWO PEOPLE HAVE BIRTHDAY ON SAME DAY
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Is there a broken-URL finder application that I could use to scan a website for broken links? (A Mac application would be better.)
For Windows users: Xenu
For *nix/Mac: wget (usually installed by default)
Update: Typical
wget will create a log file detailing the status codes reported while downloading content from the target site - note that this method will catch links to nonexistent content from within the domain, however, off-site links will not be checked (which is why it pays to monitor your site's error logs).
Google Webmaster tools will report on broken links. It's a simple tool, free to install to a website.....and platform agnostic. If you're not already using it, it can help you boost your SEO and useability as well.
This recursive HTML validator: http://htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/
should show you broken links among other errors. The tool can also be installed locally.
You could also try A1 Website Analyzer (Windows tool, but can run in VMWare/Fusion under Mac) It can tell you of all URL references site-wide (e.g. which pages link to a 404 URL + usually also line numbers), HTML/CSS errors etc.
The W3C Link Checker is one of the oldest online services that checks for broken links.


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Did you hear the Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat?
The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on their service. The services must now develop plans for allowing women to seek the combat positions, a senior military official said. Some jobs may open as soon as this year, while assessments for others, such as special operations forces, including Navy SEALS and the Army's Delta Force, may take longer. The services will have until January 2016 to make a case to that some positions should remain closed to women.
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It's about time! Women have been serving on the front lines in Afghanistan (and Iraq), but haven't been eligible for combat pay or promotions that require combat experience - even though they're doing the same jobs side-by-side with men who are on combat tours.
I wish that none of our armed services were on active combat duty, but as long as there isn't peace across the world, women are just as capable as men in combat positions.
I have no doubt in a woman's ability to be a soldier. It's the whole prisoner of war scenario that scares me should a female soldier ever be captured.
@bsmith1: and you don't think that stuff happens to guys too?
I agree, about time, and not just for being allowed in combat, but for getting combat pay as well.
Are they adjusting the fitness testing to hold females to the same standards as males? 71 pushups instead of 42, and 2 miles in 13:00 instead of 15:36? I'm all for equality, as long as it's true equality.
I do wholeheartedly agree that females soldiers deployed at present should absolutely be eligible for combat pay, and able to claim combat experience.
I can sign myself as US Army Retired. I get two votes.
Women serve in all sorts of roles, some are as tough as any guy in the same role.
Gender is obvious, but its impact on performance is not. In combat, nerves, reaction time and intelligence matter far more than raw strength. Women often excel in these areas.
So, I'd agree with @neuropsychsocial, it is about time. The fact is, women have been in combat for years, just not officially recognized or sanctioned. This change just removes an artificial administrative rule. Equal pay, equal opportunity. Let the commanders in the field make their deployment and assignments as they see fit. A practical commander uses the best resources at hand.
Tom S, USA Ret.
@okham: I'm sure it does, but it's likely at the hands of men. I don't imagine those men would treat female soldiers as equals to the male prisoners.
I have two female friends that were combat medics and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both of them wanted to see combat and that was the closest they could get. When the government says women were not allowed to serve in combat roles, they were being ignorant or stupid. There's no other way to say it: These women were in the sh*t. And they had to help save lives at the same time.
This does mean the Army needs to really take more seriously the rampant sexual assaults and harassment that originates from the males in the armed forces toward women when they are deployed. They are doing an awful job as it is. Increasing the number of roles women in which women can serve will increase the frequency of sexual assaults unless they actually start cracking down on this and removing the stigma from women reporting sexual assaults to the brass.
@voxitage: Ditto 100%. I have served with some excellent women and I am for 100% equality, if that's actually what you're getting, but lets set the record straight on a few points here before the self-righteous know-it-alls dislocate a shoulder patting themselves on the back:
1. Women, especially post Cold War, are placed in harms way and in combat, as it is now defined, on a routine basis. They are excluded, generally, from having jobs in "combat arms," i.e. infantry, special forces, artillery, etc., but serve in many "combat support" specialties like military police, aircrews.
2. Military bonus pay is based on your theater and/or duty, not whether you fire a weapon. In fact, a woman serving in an aircrew (hazardous duty) would actually be paid MORE than your average grunt unless said grunt was actually being shot at somewhere. Everyone in an "imminent danger" zone receives bonus pay. Each country and period is rated for imminent danger; look it up.
3. As far as promotions go, women tend to get promoted faster than men (and thus earn more money) due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, quotas (unofficially), less stringent physical fitness tests and other "gender norming" policies, and restriction to more specialized career fields with higher promotion rates. Is it fair, absolutely not, but lets not pretend that women in the military are downtrodden and abused.
4. I have absolutely no problem with women serving so long as they are required to meet and maintain the same standards that men are. "A Kinder, Gentler Military" is a good read for those interested in the concept of gender norming and its negative impact on readiness; out of print but it can be found. Written by a woman who set out to show the opposite, but after researching and writing, became opposed to the policies as themselves unfair and detrimental. Sorry, can't remember her name of the top of my head, but it was written in the 90's.
When you put people into a lawless situation, I wouldn't be surprised if they ignore even the laws they are supposed to remember.
5. Finally, please, let women serve and afford them the same opportunities, but also make them shave their heads at boot camp, maintain the same levels of physical fitness like actually doing pull ups rather than just being required to get on the bar and hang there for so many seconds, and no more lipstick and earrings in uniform. And don't tell me that it's unfair to them because they are naturally weaker; there are men who can't do it either, but we don't change the rules for them to make it easier.
I know most everyone will read this as some kind of woman bashing rant, but it really isn't. I'm just saying that artillery shells don't care that its not fair that you can't run as fast as everyone else or pick your buddy up and get him out of a field of fire. War is what it is no matter how politically correct we become.
I'm just curious about the number of people that have actually served in the military v. the number of people that haven't re: this issue. I'm wondering how many people think this is a case about "fairness" and from what perspective they're coming from. Because I was in the military, my wife is active duty, and I think it's a bad idea and so does she. There are many, many jobs in the military that women are eminently suited for. There are a few that they are not. I'm colorblind so I was excluded from a pretty broad swath of jobs in the military. Did I cry about it because I'm physically unable to perform certain tasks but I should be allowed to do them because it's "just not fair that I'm being treated differently"? That was rhetorical but no, I did not. If you want to say that "everyone is equal" then you have to assess them all equally. If you understand that in the really real world (and not some hypothetical world) that there are gender differences you have to act accordingly.
I'm a female currently serving and have two deployments under my belt thus far. Personally, I would like to see women afforded the opportunity to serve in "combat" units, IF they can pass the same fitness standards the men are subject to.
There are "combat" specialties that may not be considered "combat" per se. I'm in a maintenance support unit for a field artillery battalion but I can't actually join a battery as it's considered a combat unit. However, most FA units aren't on front lines. We're in the rear firing over the front line. There aren't any extra fitness standards to meet as an artilleryman, so why can't I be a fire support specialist or a fire direction officer?
Hopefully, positions like that will be opened to females who can competently complete the necessary courses to qualify for the job. As for other combat specialties (Special Forces, SEALs, etc), I feel if a woman can meet the exact same standards as a man can, more power to her.
Now if we could get females to register for the draft. That may be the next battle.
Like most of the military types (past and present) around here I don't have much problem with it, with the caveats that standards aren't lowered. I would also add that serving in a combat unit would NOT be voluntary: if the NEC/MOS/designator/AFPC/whatever is needed, and you are the best fit, you go. I don't think that this is going to be the case.
@voxitage: I highly doubt that they are going to change the womens PFT standards to match those of the men, honestly, I think they should though. Those women will have to be able to pull their buddy out of combat if they get hit and won't be able to if they are weak.
I would like to announce that tomorrow I am going to officially announce my support of this. (Brought to you by the logic of the US Department of Defense)
@th3cap3: I was just having a chat with a few military coworkers about this. In our opinions, everyone should register at 18 with the Selective Reserve.
Fitness standards shouldn't be changed in combat MOSs just because females can't meet or exceed them. You become a liability (male AND female) if you can't perform the tasks necessary to complete the mission.
I think there are a lot of things that need to be discussed, with a wide range of people. But I have a hard time reading these news articles where some women are all gung-ho about this but may not have thought through the implications. I hope this brings about good, valid dialog.
@th3cap3: they announced yesterday that they are going ot announce today that they are makeing a gender neutral PT standard.
@sgtgreeneusmc: I don't see your post as misogynist at all. I am ambivalent about the physical standards. I can see where that is coming from. But there are factors that make me think about the issue. For example, the average physically fit woman cannot pick up and carry the average man. The weight differential means it's just not going to happen. But can the average physically fit woman pick up and carry the average woman? I expect so. Basically, is being able to lift and carry your own weight good enough, or do you have to be able to lift and carry the biggest person in your unit? Women face the additional likelihood of sexual assault at the hands of the enemy, but they are also facing the much higher rates of sexual assault at the hands of their fellow soldiers. I think that female soldiers go into their roles with eyes wide open and if they are willing to face that possibility then they should have the right to do so. I agree with the loss of hair, makeup and jewelry.
@sgtgreeneusmc: Oorah, Marine! Well said. I watched what happened at AOSC at NAS Pensacola when women were allowed into the aviation pipeline, especially with two separate physical fitness standards put into place. Even the the "O" course had two different obstacles, one for men and one for women. Eventually, it was done away with--can't remember the name of the three star, but in her opinion she felt doing the obstacle course was detrimental.
I'm hoping every person will be held to the same physical requirements across the board with NO lowering of the standards. It bothers the hell out of me to hear nonsense such as the Army Ranger school telling leadership females WILL PASS regardless of meeting the requirements.
Another concern is factual reporting of the pre-deployment pregnancy spikes. These stats were muffled under the guise of HIPAA, but they are startlingly high, especially in Navy at-sea deployments.
Much thought needs to be put into making sure women who are truly at the tip of the spear & in harm's way cannot become pregnant if they become POWs. Rape of captured females HAS occurred in the past, but that has also been swept under the rug.
I have a daughter whose deepest wish is to become a Marine Corps sniper. We have several dear friends who did just that & encourage her to hang in there as time just might make that possible. As a mom, my gut tightens knowing what hell is involved with that MOS. I'd feel that no matter the sex of my child & I know this particular child has the mentality to do the job--killer instinct. She's IS different. Whether she could meet the fitness standards is something else.
As to the book, I believe the good Sargent is referring to this one: The Kinder, Gentler Military by Stephanie Gutmann.
(edit--Admiral Pat Tracey. THAT was the Navy three star)
@lavikinga: The AF has female snipers, if that's really what she wants to do. If she wants to be a Marine then that's a different story altogether.
@lwalt1: What you said. This. Exactly.
What @lwalt1: said.
If there's a draft, everyone should be required to register and serve if called. As someone who served with draftees, I very much prefer an all-volunteer force.
The APFT is a test of overall physical fitness, not a standard for a particular job. If there should be no difference for gender, there should be no difference for age, either. No medical waivers. How many 50 year old men can meet the standard for new recruits? There should be a standard for certain jobs/MOSs - but if so, everyone should have to pass it. No exceptions for the senior NCO with the bad knees.
Rape is about dominance and humiliation, not sex. Men in the military get raped as POWs, and sometimes, by their fellow soldiers. It gets covered up pretty well, with the perps often charged with "aggravated assault" rather than rape to "spare the victim the humiliation" of having to testify to specifics in a Court Martial. Rape is a particularly effective tool against men for just that reason. (For a description of what happened to Russian soldiers in Afghanistan captured by the mujaheddin, read Charlie Wilson's War )
@adadavis: I absolutely agree that I prefer an all-volunteer force. I'd hate to have to deal with s-bags whose only purpose in life is to get out of a draft rather than do their jobs. Not everyone is cut out for the military, it's true. But I think everyone would benefit in some way through civil-service work (military, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, etc).
As for the APFT, I agree with you there as well. Everyone takes a pt test in order to join the military. However, specialty branches (special ops) require troops to meet or exceed the 18-21 (?) standard. If a female can meet or exceed that standard in addition to other requirements for that MOS, I have no problem with letting them into that MOS. My fear is that women will attempt to go through these schools, wash out, and someone way above my pay grade will say "We need to lower the standards". That can't be an option. If you can't meet the minimum requirements, find another MOS.
Hope that clarified my last post.
@lwalt1: Yup. Lowering the standards to meet a quota. Been there, seen that, burned the T-shirt. (It wouldn't have met Woot standards, anyway :) NOT a fan.
The Army did some test runs in the '80s for certain combat/support MOSs and what physical requirements should be - like "lift x lbs" or "carry x amount of weight for y distance". The results were mixed. When the test standards were sane and logical for the job requirement, most women failed, but so did some of the male NCOs and officers who were already serving in the job. Typically, the solution was to nix the testing and simply go on as before.
US Army Retired - career MI (reconnaissance/collection ops)
@lavikinga: You daughter wants to be a Marine Sniper? You and the Mr. raised her right! Be sure that she reads one of the many biographies for Carlos Hathcock. Too bad the brass (for the most part) forgot what a devastating tool a sniper can be in a low intensity conflict. Fortunately, SOF did not: we had plenty for the first go around in AFG and IRQ. A shipmate at my final command had a Silver Star from sniper duty in the first year in IRQ.
It would be awesome if she asks for a ghillie suit and a Remington Model 700 chambered for 308 Lapua Magnum for her 16th birthday.
@wilfbrim: She's in her early 20s, finishing up her Bachelor degree. Had a rough few semesters playing catch-up with the math courses. She comes from a long line of those in military service and her choice of the Marines was put to us this way: The Marine Corps is the best of the best. I want to be a part of the best. Hard to argue that logic.
I gave up buying Barbie dolls for her early on. She fell had for the Ninja Turtle way of life, resulting in taking up aikido and appreciating a good knife. Both her Dad & my father have gifted her with firearms along with the proper training that goes into owning them. She's a pretty darned good shot too. We'll just have to see how the winds of fortune blow for her.
(I'm betting you & I probably are just a degree or two apart from knowing the same people)
The "top brass" in the military are politicians. No one, and I mean no one, short of a presidential seal of approval, gets moved up that high in the military if they aren't a yes man to the political machine.
I could barely make it through some of the more demanding physical fitness training sessions we were made to complete in my unit. I am not talking about that worthless PT standard that thing is a joke. I remember vividly my buddy and I getting our bags smoked royally at this "prestigious" course, and two females being given a "rest" break. IN the end, they completed the prestigious course the same as I did, but they definetly didn't do the same course I did.
I have met some hard core, bad ass women in the service, would go to war with them anyday. I have met a lot more that like to pick and choose what they do. No one should be able to choose if they fight or not, if so, then let the men choose too and have one standard for everyone.
@lavikinga: I respect your choice to allow her to follow her desires.
I'm third generation of military service, but I am already teaching my child that military service should be the last option. I am afraid that parental choices, grandparents choices, and great grandparents choices will influence the decision making process. I know it did for me, as I wanted to continue the tradition. I laughed about the martial arts, my child had an orange belt with a stripe by age 7, and hangs out in MMA gyms everytime allowed.
@lavikinga: More than a degree or two. I seem to recall that your DH was a 'FO. For somebody in my community, I had an inordinate amount of contact with the brown shoes, including spending 5 years in sunny Pensacola, with a 14 month detour as an IA to NAB Little Creek, hanging with still more aviators.
I also did a tour with the jarheads, which was interesting and educational. They do pride themselves on being what they are. Consider their ads. With a few exceptions recently, their pitch has always been the same: "Maybe you can be one of us." One of my co-workers was probably an exceptional Marine, but left (at the insistence of his wife, I think) due to the punishing OPTEMPO of the force. He down deep misses it.
Anyway, long way around to say that the O's in the Corps don't usually get to do fun stuff. Snipers are all Es. And I expect that the future of the Corps doesn't look really bright moving forward. Huge cuts coming.