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As of June 30, 1989, the Ohio Department of Taxation reported
a total of $794,417,124 of motor fuel tax collections net of
refunds. Total gallons of fuel taxed amounted to
approximately 5.7 billion which included 969.4 million of
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Today's Red Leaf Tea Special
Also, you can suggest more than one. You never know which one can be the one.
Jasmine Kiss
Jasmine Allure
Flowery Jasmine
Sweet Jasmine
Ethereal Jasmine
Jasmine Heaven
Heavenly Jasmine
Classic Jasmine
Green Jasmine
Jasmine Spring
Spring Jasmine
Jasmine Envy
Fresh Jasmine
Midnight Jasmine
Evening Jasmine
Lucious Jasmine
Moonlight Jasmine
Moonlit jasmine
Jasmine star
"Oriental Jasmine" is the winner.
Sweet Canadian please contact us with your address so that we can ship the prize to you.
Congratulations :-)
We need to free some space for new matcha flavors, therefor we are making a special sale for few items.
This is the biggest sale ever – 70% OFF. See here:
are these blends currently on sale going to be discontinued?
Yes, these products will be available until it runs out. We are making room for new products. We'll not be getting any more of those :-(
Red Leaf: Question, do you no longer have the matcha sampler available? My birthday is coming up, and I would love more matcha, but in order to put something on my birthday list I need to actually tell people what I want. I was hoping to get a try a bunch of different kinds, and asking for the buy 3+1 or 5+2 might confuse my famjam.
I'm sorry,but the samples program was not popular enough and it was cancelled.
I'm one of the people to when I help at something, I like to see the final results. If you are one of those people, below you will find the results of Matcha Samples Program. Sadly, I'm still missing a few. If you are one of them, please get it done by the end of this week. I'm working on new products for testing, it it will be available ONLY to people that have already proven to send results.
White Tea #1: 4,3,2,1,6
White Tea #2: 1,4,7,2,9
White Tea #3: 2,6,5,3,3
Green Tea #4: 1,6,3,5,2,6
Green Tea #5: 9,10,4,4,5,9
Green Tea #6: 6,3,7,5,8
Black Tea #8: 6,3,7,5,8
Black Tea #9: 8,1,6,6,8
Thank you for letting us know! I heard an interesting broadcast on NPR last night about the collective opinions of a crowd being highly accurate even when individual opinions were not. I hope these numbers help you choose the best products for your company to carry!
Sorry I took so long! Just got mine in. Thank you for the opportunity to try new teas. I had never even heard of white and black matchas before now. I think I prefer the green overall but some flavors might be best with white or black bases.
Interesting to see all the responses! There's so much variety (for example Green #5 getting 10s and 4s!). I'm wondering if you got my submission—I think I rated #6 a 9 or 10 but I don't see it there? I sent it in a week or so ago.
Alphakitty: Did you use the form to give us your review or regular email? If regular email, I may have missed it. If there is any way to resend it or to tell me the date when you sent it, please let me know so that I can mark that I got your review :-)
I sent it via the form, 8 days ago (name Leah Bayer). If you didn't get it I will gladly send it again, I have all my notes on them saved ^^
Yes, I got it :-)
I hope I can count on your help for the new upcoming products as well.
How about people who didn't respond to this thread on time, but are extremely reliable? will it be open to them/aka me?
sweet more hyper matcha testing! Maybe next time, shoot an email just to confirm you received our form.
I, too, try to help out anyway I can and I cannot apologize enough for not sending this earlier before things got away from me :-( I sent in my results via email today. Hope you got it.
I am up for any and all matcha testing! You have singlehandedly made me into a matcha addict, can't go a day without a mug or two ^^
@yappychappy: Dude, it would be inhuman if you didn't get to do this next time around as much as you have wanted to do it. If I get a spot and you don't, I will give you my spot!
aw, ashmanra…you are so sweet! haha, maybe you dont have to give up your spot if Red Leaf will open it to new testers.
another newbie matcha addict wanting to sign up. i missed getting into the referral program before this too…(cute puppy dog eyes)
Thanks for posting the final results. I used the form, so I'm assuming you got my results, but I thought I gave #3 a 1, so can you verify that you did get mine because I want to participate in the next test.
getting final results is always great. @ashmanra haha. thanks but I wouldnt accept that silly. I didn't do that much! I just saw it late and asked. Okay I may have begged.


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Made by the masters behind Project Gotham Racing and Metropolis Street Racer, Blur is a racing project by Bizarre Creations that aims to take arcade-style action and realistic driving physics to a whole new level. The game drops players into heart-pumping, electrified racing action with 20 cars on a track all targeting the finish line and battling each other as they trade paint and collect intense power-ups, including the ability to blast other cars out of the way with huge bursts of energy, boost their speed, and more.
While controlling photo-realistic cars, gamers can use offensive and defensive attacks as they battle for the lead and careen through real-world track locations ranging from L.A. and San Francisco to the streets of Hackney, UK and the treacherous roads of Barcelona, Spain.
Gamasutra is reporting that Activision has moved Bizarre Creations' combat racer, Blur, into 2010. Activision CEO, Mike Griffith, says the delay is to allow the studio to "fully optimize the vision they set out to create for Blur including a distinctive and groundbreaking multiplayer mode that will appeal to a broad audience." While multiplayer is the main reason why Blur was delayed, Gamasutra also points out that the move could have been aided by this season's packed racing game releases. Read More »
Bizarre Creations' pedigree around racing games is solid. The developer is responsible for the Project Gotham Racing series, the Dreamcast racer Metropolis Street Racer and going even further back, Formula 1: Championship Edition from the late '90s.
At gamescom this week, Bizarre unleashed a set of new screenshots from its upcoming "action racer" Blur. Get inside to give 'em a gander. Read More »
In a new interview seen over on Eurogamer today, Bizarre Creation's Gareth Wilson answers questions in regards to the developer's upcoming Activision Blizzard racing project, Blur. When Blur was initially announced, comparisons to the game's offensive power-up capabilities and those found in Nintendo's Mario Kart started to do the rounds on the net.
"Gareth Wilson: I think in power and influence we're much closer to WipEout than we are to Mario Kart. In Mario Kart you have the big blue shell and at any point while you're in first place, you could be battered by the blue shell. But in WipEout, they all really just slow you down." Read More »
Project Gotham developer Bizarre Creations has released the first set of screenshots from its new racer Blur into the wild today. Riding on the back of a press release that went out late yesterday, the new racing title from the UK outfit is looking pretty sharp.
We reported last month that Blur is a racer that sports both offensive and defensive mechanics, and while the unkind might have said it that it sounded a but like Mario Kart, these edgy-looking images will surely lay to rest those comparisons. We're fully expecting to get a look-see at the game at E3 a few weeks from now. See 'em all inside. Read More »
Release Region: United States
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Publisher: Activision
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: May 28, 2010
Publisher: Activision
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: May 26, 2010
Publisher: Activision
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STEM Summer Scholar 2012 - Herminio Torres
My name is Herminio Torres, a first generation New Yorker, and the son of parents who immigrated to the United States, hoping for a better life. I am the first in my family to graduate from college; I was given the honor of being the valedictorian for the 2012 graduating class at Hostos Community College. I believe that I was born to be a scientist, for not only do I possess an insatiable passion for it, but I also believe I have a natural gift for it. I chose to participate in this research program for two reasons:
First of all, I expect to spend the rest of my life dedicated to biochemical research, and I want to get as much experience working in a lab as possible. I have to admit, I feel very fortunate to have worked with Dr. Sauane and her group; they are all incredibly professional and helpful.
The second reason I chose to participate in this program was because I saw it as a program that will benefit under-represented students, such as myself. I was asked by several of my professors to represent my school, and I felt it was important that I contribute.


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First week of Donachy murder trial closes
RIDGWAY - In the fifth day of testimony in the trial of Lawrence Earl Donachy on Friday, the defense called upon witnesses that included a sexual assault forensic examiner, former City of St. Marys Police officers and pedestrians who had seen lights on in Irene Challingsworth's residence the night of the murder. Donachy, 36, of St. Marys, is accused of the April 5-6, 1999 rape and murder of Challingsworth. The trial is being held at the Elk County Courthouse in Ridgway before a jury from Butler County and is presided over by President Judge Richard Masson. The trial opened Friday morning with St. Marys resident Steven Kronenwetter, who was questioned by the defense in regard to an interview and statement he had given to SMPD Patrolman Todd Caltagarone, now chief of police, the day after Challingsworth's murder. Kronenwetter said that while walking past Challingsworth's Walnut Street residence on the evening of Monday April 5, 1999 at approximately 10:45 p.m., he had observed lights on inside the apartment. Asked if he was familiar with the location, Kronenwetter said he had occasion to walk by Challingsworth's home and place of business "once or twice a week." When asked by defense attorney George Daghir if it was unusual to see lights on in the home at that time of night and what caused him to take notice, Kronenwetter said, "I don't know, usually I don't pay attention."Daghir then asked Kronenwetter if he had made mention of the fact that it was unusual to see the lights on during that time while providing his statement to Caltagarone. "Yes, usually it was dark," Kronenwetter said.In cross-examining the witness, Elk County District Attorney Bradley Kraus elicited from Kronenwetter that he had contacted police only after learning of Challingsworth's death.Kraus then asked the witness if he could recall what day of the week April 5, 1999 fell on."I think it was a Monday," Kronenwetter said. Area resident Eloise Nagley stated in her testimony that at the time of the murder, she had lived on the west side of Maple Street near the South Michael Street intersection, in the neighborhood of the Challingsworth residence. She testified that she went by the residence, which had Challingsworth's beauty shop attached, each day on her way to and from work and that on the night of April 5, 1999, she had also noticed lights on in the building and said she "thought it strange." Nagley also testified that she contacted SMPD the next day after learning of the murder. In the defense's questioning of City of St. Marys Police Officer Bradley Harshbarger, defense attorney Daghir presented as evidence the business card that he and other police officers distributed at the time in hopes of soliciting information on Challingsworth's murder from members of the public. Daghir asked if it was typical to have a card created for and dealing with a specific investigation. "In all your years, have you ever seen or carried a business card like this?" Daghir said. Harshbarger responded that he was not aware of any others.Former SMPD Sergeant Phil Hoh was then questioned by defense attorney Shawn McMahon about his involvement in the transportation of Challingsworth's body to Erie for medical examination and the subsequent autopsy. Hoh was asked to describe the order in which forensic evidence had been collected from the body of the decedent and recall his observation of the autopsy, as well as post-mortem procedures. "At what point in time did Dr. Vey [forensic pathologist of the Erie County Coroner's Office] conduct the sex crimes kit? Was it towards the beginning, was it the first thing they [medical examiners] did?" McMahon asked. Hoh said he recalled that hair fibers, as well as the ligatures from around the victim's neck and hands, were collected from the body before the sex crimes kit was administered.McMahon then asked if Hoh recalled a blue nightgown, worn by the deceased, also being examined before the sex crimes kit was administered. Hoh initially hesitated before indicating that he was unable to remember clearly. McMahon then provided Hoh with a copy of his Hoh's police report from the incident. "Based on your observations, did they remove the blue nightgown before the kit was performed?" McMahon asked.Hoh said according to his report, the nightgown had been removed prior to administering the kit. Officer Robert W. Lewis of the SMPD was questioned by the defense in regard to evidentiary procedure and protocol in the collection of evidence from the crime scene.Lewis stated that his primary duties in his involvement with the investigation included speaking with neighbors "to see if they had seen or heard anything." Lewis testified that he entered the residence on the evening of April 6, 1999, and that in the weeks following he was involved in surveilling the property and area.Lewis said he also "may have" entered the residence again on April 10, 1999 to "retrieve a camera case, count knives in drawer, and look at another steak knife." Lewis added that it had been requested that he go through the garbage at the residence and that he searched five bags total. Asked by McMahon if there were items taken into evidence at that point, Lewis said that they collected "several papers with writing, a lottery ticket and medical gloves." Kraus asked Lewis if it was standard police operating procedure in investigating a stabbing to "find the object used." Kraus also asked if in the collecting and cleaning of blood evidence, it was usual to wear medical gloves similar to the ones found in the garbage and collected as evidence.In re-directing the witness, McMahon asked if any knives had been removed from the residence. Lewis stated that he had "placed one in the sink."The final testimony of the day came from sexual assault forensic examiner Alexandra Schneider, who was entered as an expert witness by the defense. Schneider testified that she is trained and certified in the state of New York as a sexual assault forensic examiner. She added that she has been doing exams related to sexual assault since 2005 and has performed approximately 500 exams in total. Schneider said the procedure for collection of sexual assault evidence includes oral swabs, photographic documentation of injuries and bruises, swabs of secretions like semen, vaginal and cervical swabs and fingernail scrapings. Schneider stated that she was familiar with the facts of the case, as well as the criminal complaints, lab reports and autopsy report. When asked by McMahon if she had an opinion on the evidence collected by Vey, Schneider stated that her evaluation is "limited to the sexual assault kit." Schneider stated that semen can be recovered up to 96 hours after intercourse. In his cross-examination, Kraus indicated that Schneider's report contained sections that were verbatim to those of a federal national protocol report entitled "Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations issued by the Department of Justice." In response, Schneider claimed she referenced sources more recent than the national protocol report issued in 2004, adding that she relied on multiple sources in creating her own report. In addition, Kraus clarified that Schneider's experience as a sexual assault forensic examiner is limited to exams on live patients and also noted that she was certified in New York rather than in Pennsylvania. Kraus also disputed Schneider's claim that evidence can only be collected "96 hours after the date when semen was injected." Kraus said that in New York, protocol dictates that evidence can be collected 96 hours after an incident is reported.In addition, Kraus questioned why Schneider's report only contained references to the examination of the genital area postmortem and did not refer to the ligatures that had been used to bind Challingsworth and were taken into evidence and examined by Vey during the autopsy in Erie. "Is that not important? You are certified as expert, don't the protocols say look at the ligatures?" he asked.Schneider said that the ligatures were not included in her report because they had already been entered into evidence, noted in the autopsy report, and were not relevant to her testimony. She admitted there was "a lot not included in my report, like blood evidence, fiber evidence..." and reiterated that her testimony is relegated to the sexual assault kit. Asked by Kraus if she was being paid for her testimony, Schneider said she was paid "$250 an hour to review related documentation and $350 an hour to testify." In their re-direction, the defense asked what Schneider relied upon in preparing her testimony. "Multiple sources, training, conferences and sex assault listserves," she said. In recessing the court for the weekend, President Judge Richard Masson reminded the jury that they are required to refrain from discussing the case with each other or with their family and friends. 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Happy Friday, my friends! I can't say thank you enough to everyone who gave me feedback on a new name for my watermark. I had so many responses via Twitter, Facebook, here and through messages. You are all so good to me and I appreciate each one of you!
Here is what I am thinking? (see above photo) Sheri Lee was overwhelmingly chosen. I like the simple clean font (called Champagne and Limousines) along with the fade. My OCD kicks in a little and I want to capitalize everything but the flow is so much better with all small letters. Thoughts?
I linked up with Photo Friday's theme, One. This is a wild grape cluster with one grape ripening well before the others.


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Zoo Atlanta officials say they're celebrating the birth of the zoo's first-ever eastern black rhinoceros calf.
Zoo spokeswoman Keisha Hines says 7-year-old Andazi gave birth to the first eastern black rhino to be born in Zoo Atlanta's 124-year history on Saturday.
Veterinarians are giving the calf time to bond privately with its mother before meeting the public. Rhino calves are born without the species' signature horn.
Zoo Atlanta CEO Raymond King says the eastern black rhinoceros species is critically endangered and deserves more attention.
The species was hunted to near extinction in the 1980s because of poachers looking for horns, skin and other body parts — which are believed to have medicinal values in some cultures.
The eastern black rhino's relative, the western black rhino, was declared extinct in 2011.


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sorry but i posted just a while ago asking about the "recent posts" section of the index page. i noticed i wasnt subscribed to it anymore, so when i looked for it i noticed it had been moved. i click on it and it says "you do not have permission to access this page." just wondering whats up.
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Todd Milano
Hometown: Ridgefield, Conn.
Major: Computer Science
WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Activities: Work part-time in IT support for IMAS, 3D modeling and animation work for Studio Movie Grill
Honors and Awards:Dean's List, Wohlever Award in Computer Science
After serving his country in the U.S. Navy, Todd Milano started working toward a degree at Norwalk Community College. After spending two years there, he transferred to WestConn. "WestConn is very convenient to where I live," he says. "Also, being able to afford an education is important to me. I knew that in order for me to attend full time as an adult, I would have to make a lot of sacrifices. Thanks to the Veterans Affairs office at WestConn, I was able to afford my education with the G.I. Bill. I am very thankful for that."
Milano says he has always been involved in IT work. "After the Navy, I worked at Charter Communication as their IT Support Specialist," he says. "That is something I know how to do well, but my passion is in creation rather than support. I knew I needed more training in computer programming languages in order to be able to write programs. My goal is either to software-engineer graphics programs, game programs or be a technical director.
While studying at WestConn, Milano found Professor of Computer Science Dr. William Joel to be a great mentor. "He inspired me to want to write graphics programs and to eventually join the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH. Dr. Joel always goes above and beyond his job description and brings so much into his lectures. I definitely learned a lot from him and am grateful to him as well."
Asked what he will remember most about his WestConn experience, Milano says, "I especially liked the special on-campus lecture from the staff at Blue Skies Studios. It redefined and re-enforced my career focus to work in the computer graphics field."
After graduation, Milano would like to go to graduate school. "Masters for now, and Ph.D. if I can afford the time and money to do it. Of course, finding work is important -- but hopefully this time, I'll do something I really enjoy."
Milano's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "You don't have to know what you want to do for the rest of your life right away (that is in itself a HUGE commitment). For those who do know what their passion is -- that is a great gift! Do whatever you can to pursue it. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't. For those of you who don't know what you want to do, take the time to find out who you are first: job and life decisions will come to you and things will fall into place once you know and are happy with who you are." To nontraditional students like himself, Milano says, "Don't be afraid to start over in the 'right' direction. You are never too old to pursue your dreams … and life is too short to just do the daily grind and then be miserable. Solidify who you are, find your vision, and then pursue your passion."


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Style # 201268
AVAILABILITY: Unavailable for immediate shipment.
Turn heads in this super sexy bebe bodycon dress, featuring sheer mesh cutouts, lightweight stretchy fabric and a lovely wide neckline. Try yours with a statement necklace and a pair of ornate party shoes.
- 92% nylon, 8% spandex
- Center back to hem: 28" (71 cm)
- Hand wash
- Made in USA with imported materials
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Sweetheart Mesh Bodycon Dress is rated out of 5 by 8.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Stephh66 from LOVE! I had never shopped at bebe before, my friend recomended me to get a dress from here and I have to say I am very pleased! This dress hugs your body very nicely to show off your curves. I wore it for homecoming & i was comfortable the whole night, its a small but it fits kind of like an extra small. The shipping was great I received in two days! I will definitely be shopping here again!
Date published: 2013-10-23
Rated 5 out of 5 by SunShine25 from Perfect!!! This dress fits perfectly. It shows off your curves in the right way. I wear M/L and it fits perfect. It is a sexy must have dress for any woman. Love it!!
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Phuong from This is a sexy dress This is a very nice dress that you don't have to wear bra. it makes u look very sexy.....I love to wear it.....
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This is a prototype of a chassis for a new Technic Supercar. Work in progress...
Written by Joe Perez (aka MortalSwordsman)
Saturday, 09 March 2013
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Saturday, 09 February 2013
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Brockers has played well this year and Quinn and Long have the talent to be in the Pro Bowl. They will only be better nnext year but so will our Offensive Line.
If Carpenter comes back healthy and in shape, then the weak link will be Breno who is coming on strong.


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Impetigo is an infection of the skin caused by either a streptococcal bacteria, or occasionally Staphylococcus aureus. The face is most commonly involved, but other exposed areas can be involved as well. Typically it involves children and is highly contagious. The characteristic appearance is one of multiple tiny pus-filled blisters which break readily, leading to a larger, more wide spread eruption forming the characteristic honey-colored crusts.. Itching is common and scratching may spread the infection.
Actions indicated for the processes behind this disease
Topical medications:
Anti-microbials are, of course, the key successful clearing of the infection, but work best topically.
Vulneraries may be helpful after the infection has cleared to ensure no discoloration or scarring of the skin occurs.
Anti-Puritics may, in theory, be helpful. In light of the infective organism being present on the skin, the itching may not be stopped until the infection is cleared.
Anti-Inflammatory herbs may be helpful but the same comments are relevant.
Alteratives, Anti-microbials, Lymphatic Tonics, Diuretics, Hepatics: all of these may be appropriate internally for similar reasons to those given for eczema. They will not replace topical treatments. Such internal support of general health, elimination and immune response is not always necessary, but is indicated in a generally `sickly' child.
Nervines may be called for if the child is experiencing much distress. However, it is usually the parents who benefit from taking the nervines!
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Adrian College men's basketball remains unbeaten
Junior Jen Jasinski fired in 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead three Siena Heights University women's basketball players in double figures in the Saints' 67-56 win over the University of Northwestern Ohio in a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference game Saturday afternoon.
With the win, the Saints improve to 3-1 in the WHAC and 6-2 overall, while the Racers slip to 0-4 and 1-7, respectively.
Adrian College 62, Carnegie Mellon 51: At Pittsburgh, Pa., the beat goes on for the undefeated and 20th-ranked Adrian College men's basketball team as it picked up a road win, posting a 62-51 win over Carnegie Mellon University to advance to 7-0 for the season.
Adrian has matched its best start since the 2000-01 season.
The Bulldog defense stiffened midway through the first half when the Bulldogs trailed 9-7 in a low-scoring half. Adrian allowed the Tartans (1-6) just two points over the next 12 minutes of play as it turned its small two-point deficit into a 27-11 advantage, scoring the first eight points of the second half to take command.
Adrian's lead remained in double digits for the entire second half, and the Tartans were able to cut their deficit to 10 on a couple possessions in the waning moments, but could get no closer.
Eric Lewis once again led the Bulldogs with his 18 points and 11 rebounds, both team highs, while Adam Meier tacked on 16 points and 10 rebounds.
The Bulldogs will take two weeks off from competition, instead playing an alumni game on Saturday before returning to its regular schedule Monday, Dec. 17, hosting University of Northwestern Ohio.
Northwestern Ohio 72, Siena Heights 57: At Lima, Ohio, the visiting Saints dropped their second straight WHAC game after opening the conference with a pair of wins. Siena Heights stands at 2-2 in the WHAC and 2-6 overall.
Stats were not immediately available.
Siena Heights at Defiance: The Siena Heights men's indoor track and field team won seven individual events while setting one NAIA Championships automatic-qualifying mark and three provisional marks at the Defiance (Ohio) Holiday Meet on Saturday.
Chris Schurr came away with the squad's lone auto mark, clearing 15 feet, 11 inches to win the pole vault and set a facility mark at Defiance's George M. Smart Athletic Center.
Matt Leaders and Chris Whiting had provisional heights while placing second and third, respectively. Both cleared 15-5, but Leaders took runner-up on a jump-off. SHU athletes placed 1-6 in the vault.
Gauge Aebersold (Onsted High School) claimed the team's other provisional in the shot put. He won the event with a distance of 50-3 1/2 while teammate Jake Stasa was runner-up with a 47-9 1/4 with another Saint, Joshua Madden, taking third with a 45-5 1/4.
Schurr and Elroy Daffin Jr. won two events apiece while Zakary Haines and Raymond Carney claimed solo events.
Schurr added a first-place finish with a facility-record long jump of 21-0 while Ben Zedler took second with a 20-2 and Daffin was third with a 19-11.
Daffin's wins came in the high jump and triple jump. He won the high jump with a height of 6-2, while Schurr took third with a 6-0 after losing the runner-up spot in a jump-off.
In the triple jump, Daffin stretched 43-7 1/4 and edged teammate Zedler, who placed second with a 43-3 1/4.
Carney (Blissfield) dominated the weight throw with a facility-record toss of 60- 1/2, while Stasa was runner-up with a 47-1.
Haines claimed the 200 meter dash in 23.26 seconds and teammate Julius Taylor was third with a time of 24.22. Also on the track, Fred Butler and Darryn Gorman tied one another for second in the 60 meter dash. Their times were 7.28 seconds.
The Siena Heights women won six individual events, while recording three NAIA marks at the meet.
While winning their respective events, Phoenix Duncan (Morenci) hit an auto in the high jump, Lenzey Stidham recorded an auto in the pole vault and Cassie Keeping ran to an auto in the 60-meter hurdles as the Saints set several facility records.
Keeping was the only Saint to win two events — both while recording facility records. Her auto time in the 60 hurdles was 8.95 seconds. Keeping also claimed the 60-meter dash in 8.00 seconds.
Duncan won the high jump with a facility-record height of 1.66 meters, while Stidham led a quartet of Saints atop the pole vault standings.
Stidham cleared 3.50 meters to set a facility record. She was followed by Elaine Johnson, who had a 3.05, and two vaulters — Kara Ehmann and Nicole Marsh — who tied for third at 2.90.
Taylor Byron added a win in the shot put and Kasey Renshaw took first in the weight throw.
Byron's distance was a facility-record 12.53 meters. Teammate Brianna Nordby took third with an 11.27.
In the weight throw, Saints placed one through five as Renshaw took the event with a facility-record 15.19-meter toss. Nordby took second with a 14.17 and Byron was third with a 13.76.
Jalyn Lathan added two runner-up finishes for SHU on the track. She was second in the 60 with a time of 8.17 seconds and second in the 200 with a 27.44.


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Records: St. Joseph (2-5, 1-1 in District 2-2A); University Christian (6-1, 2-0)
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I disagree with your conclusion primarily for one reason- many if not most of the users of intelligence doping are/would be students. We have as a society decided that 17 year olds trying to get ace their SATs, maximize their GPA, and get into elite institutions like the University of Chicago are not capable enough members of society to vote, drink, or similarly smoke cigarettes it is absurd that we would allow them to then make a well informed decision on whether to use drugs to enhance cognitive performance. And where would we draw the line at 18 in which case high school Seniors who are a few months earlier can gain an unfair advantage in grades for the critical first semester of their senior year? At 21 like alcohol? How available would it be? Would the cost give rich students an unfair leg up?
In addition Major League Baseball holds an anti-trust exemption at the pleasure of Congress, which gives Congress every right to investigate how MLB is using that exemption. If MLB as a legally enshrined monopoly is using that monopoly to promote by omission the use of performance enhancing drugs that cause harm to society as a whole then it warrants investigation. In addition the Sports Broadcasting Act gives monopoly rights to sports leagues in order to maximize their exposure. Congress can similarly investigate what the leagues do with that exposure. That said the Clemens hearings were a debacle that Waxman claimed was a result of Clemens personal insistence that he be allowed to speak to the committee on CSPAN. Perhaps baseball would be better without a legal monopoly, but neither Bud Selig nor Congress is willing to give it up.
The television commercial will be showing someone who doesn't seem quite right doing calculus on a whiteboard and "somewhere over the rainbow" playing gently in the backgroud with the voiceover, "Are you a college professor who needs a temporary lift or just someone with a marginal IQ who is tired of being dimwitted. Ask your doctor about Cogadd, the popular drug that lets you be someone you are not. Be careful not to use Viagra at the same time as Cogadd since the comcomitant increase in cerebral and penile blood flow demands may result in coronary ischemia and death which may limit cognitive activity.
I think the issue that is not addressed here related to externalities is the health benefits/risks associated with using these enhancing agents. If everyone is smarter now, but has kiney failure and requires dialysis in 10 years, and the cost of my healthcare quadruples, then it is not really harmless. Of course, one of those newly smart people could cure cancer and then be stricken with the renal failure, so measuring the true cost/benefit is difficult. I bet Kevin Muphy could.
Kevin must not have heard the distress call. Does he respond to the Bat-Signal?
I thought that the reason that Congress investigated whether Clemens was lying was because they had already investigated whether steroids were corrupting baseball, and he had lied about it then, and that the reason that they were investigating whether steroids were corrupting baseball was that they had already granted baseball an antitrust exemption as the National Pastime. The reason that Congress takes an interest in the conduct of baseball unlike the interest that it takes in other businesses is because of the unique place it perceives it to have in the national culture. ¶
Whether the government should take a special interest in culturally special institutions in the first place, and whether baseball qualifies as such an institution in the second place, are questions that elude my meager economics expertise, but perhaps Becker can find an analytic angle here, too. ¶
This post is contra to Becker's statement:
I do not see any reason why governments should be involved in enforcement of any bans imposed by sports leagues, and it was absurd for Congress to hold hearings on whether either Roger Clemons or his former trainer were lying. Governments may be helpful to sports leagues in enforcing their ban by punishing violators, but governments might also be helpful to companies in getting their workers to reduce absenteeism. Still, that is no reason for governments to be punishing workers who do not show up for work because there are no externalities outside the workplace of the individual company or league that warrant government intervention.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 21, 2009) -- While a much needed 15-day break awaits for the Christmas holidays, the ETSU men's basketball team still has one more game before it can enjoy some time off. And it is a signficant contest indeed.
The Buccaneers (5-7) return to Atlantic Sun Conference play and will be looking to snap a two-game losing skid when they meet preseason league favorite Jacksonville Monday evening inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. Tip is set for 7 p.m.
This game is a rematch of last season's A-Sun Tournament title game, a contest ETSU was able to win. For JU, it marked the second year in a row the Dolphins advanced to the title game, only to see their hopes dashed.
For more on the game, click on the game notebook link above or read the game notes below.
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The ETSU men's basketball team will be looking to bounce back in the win column and end a two-game losing streak as they enter Atlantic Sun Conference play with a visit from presesaon favorite Jacksonville ... The Bucs are 4-4 over their last eight games, but have lost back-to-back contests by a total of six points ... ETSU is 4-1 inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center this season, and the Bucs hope to continue that success ... Preseason All Atlantic Sun Conference pick Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) remains doubtful for the Jacksonville game after having missed the Bucs last three contests ... In Smith's absence, junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) and junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) have stepped up their games � In fact, Hubbard has posted double-doubles in six of his last 11 games, which led to his selection as A-Sun player of the week on Nov. 30 ... that week included a career best 32-point effort against the Razorbacks and a game-high 25-point effort in the victory over UNF ... Meanwhile, Tubbs posted a career best 29 points against CofC and 21 against Arkansas, to go with nine rebounds ... Currently, Hubbard and Tubbs lead the team in scoring, with Hubbard averaging 14.8 points per game, and Tubbs pitching in 14.1.
The series against Jacksonville
ETSU and Jacksonville have met 10 times with the Buccaneers holding a 6-4 edge in the all-time series ... Since joining the A-Sun in 2005-06, the Bucs are 6-2 against the Dolphins, including an 85-68 win over the JU in the finals of the A-Sun Tournament last March ... The Bucs only losses to JU since joining the conference came in 2007 and 2009 during trips to JU.
Last time against Jacksonville
NASHVILLE (March 7, 2009) - For most of the 2008-09 season, much had been written and said about ETSU's "Big Three" of senior guard Courtney Pigram (Memphis), senior forward Kevin Tiggs (Flint, Mich.) and junior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.). ... But on Saturday in the finals of the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships at Allen Arena, it was the Buccaneers "Big 10" that truly made the difference. While Smith posted a double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds to go with 21 points from Tiggs, the ETSU bench combined to provide 22 points and 12 rebounds in an absolutely dominating 85-68 win over Jacksonville. ... With the win, ETSU (23-10) secures a bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, marking the eighth time in school history that the Buccaneers have made their way to March Madness. The Bucs are the 16th different team to win the A-Sun title and first new winner since Belmont took the championship in 2006 ... Dominance in the paint and on the glass highlighted the first half for ETSU, along with a quick scoring start for Tiggs. The Bucs held a 22-17 advantage on the boards, outscoring the Dolphins 24-8 in the paint and enjoying a 14-0 edge in second chance points. Meanwhile, Tiggs scored 13 of ETSU's first 23 points, staking the Bucs to a 23-11 lead with just over 11 minutes left in the half ... From there, Tiggs got in foul trouble after picking up his third violation of the game with 6:12 left before the intermission. The score was 32-18 at the time, and despite Tiggs' departure ETSU still pushed the lead out to 43-28 at the break ... In the first half, Tiggs was joined by Smith with 13 points to lead the way, but despite the fact senior guard Courtney Pigram (Memphis) scored just one point, it was the supporting cast of freshman forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.), sophomore forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston), sophomore guard Micah Williams (Manchester) and senior forward Greg Hamlin (Flint, Mich.) that combined for 16 points and 12 rebounds off the bench ... The second half opened with another ETSU run, as a 3-pointer by Pigram to open the half ignited an 11-2 run for the Buccaneers and made the score 54-30 with 16:19 left in the game. Jacksonville tried to answer with a 4-0 spurt of its own ... Jacksonville ultimately rallied to outscore the Bucs 29-16 over the final nine minutes, but at that point it was simply too late for the Dolphins to recover.,
Last time out
MOREHEAD, Ky. (Dec. 18, 2009) - Despite trailing by just two points to Morehead State with 34.8 seconds left, back-to-back turnovers by the ETSU men's basketball team in the final 30 seconds ultimately cost the Buccaneers a chance at a road victory, as they fell to the Eagles 60-58 in non-conference action at Johnson Arena ... After tying the game on a Jarvis Jones (Memphis) 3-pointer with 57 seconds left, Morehead State's Maze Stallworth was fouled and hit both free throws. At that point, the Bucs first turned the ball over with just over five seconds left when junior Micah Williams (Manchester) dribbled the ball off his foot and out of bounds ... Then, after a pair of free throw misses by Morehead's Kenneth Faried, senior guard Jocolby Davis (Meridian, Miss.) walked with the basketball as he raced to the other end for a desperation attempt to tie it ... ETSU was led offensively by Jones' 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting from 3-point range, while junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) also added 14. In addition, true freshman guard Bruce Grimm (Rochester, Ind.) pitched in 12 and three steals ... Morehead State opened the second half on an 8-0 run to make it 33-26 with 18:35 left in the game, but ETSU responded with a 10-4 run of its own to pull within one at 37-36 when a Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) 3-pointer found the mark. The Bucs could not retake the lead and actually fell behind by eight points at 52-44 when a Maze Stallworth 3-pointer found the mark with 7:43 left ... At that point, a pair of Jones' 3-pointers helped pull the Bucs back into it at 52-50 with 4:33 left. The Bucs and Eagles then traded baskets, but five straight points from Williams made it 56-55 when his layup found the mark with 1:39 left in the game. After another bucket by Stallworth got it to 58-55 with a minute left, but Jones answered again and tied it at 58 when his long range 3-pointer rattled home with 57 seconds remaining.
Smith's status still in doubt
Though he has played in four games this season and most recently scored a season high 14 points against UAB (12/4), senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) continues to battle nagging injuries ... This has left his status for this week -- and the rest of the year -- still in doubt ... No decision has been made at this point on whether Smith will redshirt this season or whether he will attempt to return to the floor this year ... Smith has been out of practice the last few days.
Williams bringing more offense to the table
Junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) has worked his way into the starting lineup thanks mainly to back-to-back strong efforts on the offensive end ... Against North Georgia, Williams posted a career high 22 points in leading the Bucs to the win, and he followed that effort with an 18-point night against Murray State ... Currently, Williams is one of three Bucs averaging double figures scoring this year with 10.4 points per game.
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has progressed, the Bucs have struggled to find a player who can consistently provide quality minutes at the point guard position ... While helping rally the Bucs against Murray State, freshman point Bruce Grimm (Rochester, Ind.) turned some heads and ultimately earned the start against Morehead State ... In his last two games, Grimm has scored 11 and 12 points, respectively, and against Morehead he was 3-of-7 from 3-point range and finished with three steals to go with two assists.
Hubbard steps up his game, averaging
Much has been written and reported about junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) and his efforts to improve his offensive game, and those strides most recently led to being selected A-Sun Player of the Week one week ago ... Already considered one of the best defenders in the A-Sun, Hubbard posted a 32-point and 10-rebound effort in the win over Arkansas and dropped in another game-high 26 in the win over UNF ... He currently leads the Bucs with 14.8 points per game and 8.1 rebounds a contest ... while he has posted double-doubles in six of the last 10 games, his efforts began to pay off on the offensive end against Chattanooga back on Nov. 17 ... Setting career bests for points (26) and rebounds (13), Hubbard collected his first career double-double against the Mocs ... In addition, he hit his first 3-point shot in three seasons with the Bucs, and didn't stop there -- ultimately finishing with four long-range bombs on the night.
Record setting night from the arc for Bucs
Hitting on 11-of-14 shots from 3-point range against Arkansas, the Bucs put their name in a multiple of record books ... First, those numbers set a new school record for 3-point field goal percentage in a game with a 78.6 percent mark, breaking the previous record of 66.7 percent which had been done three times previously ... In addition, it was the best shooting effort in the "nation" this season for teams taking more than 10 shots in a game ... And it was the best percentage by a team in the A-Sun since Nov. 28, 1999 when UCF was 11-of-14 in a game against South Carolina state.
Sollazzo steps up on night ETSU honors Coy
Before the start of the Bucs' Homecoming game against Appalachian State (11/14), the ETSU community honored the memory of former center Seth Coy, who died in a car accident last summer ... His former roommate and friend, Adam Sollazzo (Tampa), now wears Coy's No. 43 jersey and against the Mountaineers he played inspired basketball ... Sollazzo set a career high with 13 points and hit two critical foul shots in the final seconds to get the win.
Bench play critical in win over Mountaineers
With only 21 points of offensive production from its starting five on Saturday, the Bucs got a huge lift from its bench against the Mountaineers ... All three ETSU players to reach double figures -- Adam Sollazzo (13), Justin Tubbs (11) and Sheldon Cooley (11) -- all came off the bench, and the Bucs got a total of 41 from the reserves as a whole ... With injuries costing the Bucs several offensive weapons, look for ETSU to continue to count on the bench.
Bucs offering families "value" for attending games
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 28, 2009) - With the considerable expense of entertainment options today and the difficult economic times faced by many local families, the ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics in cooperation with Fun Expedition� Family Center of Johnson City are teaming up to make it more affordable than ever for families to attend Buccaneer basketball games during this 2009-10 season ... The Fun Expedition� Family Pack and the Fun Expedition� Family Zone will provide ETSU fans with a pair of options to make attending ETSU basketball games easier on the pocketbook. In fact, the program will offer tickets for free to children 10 and under (with the purchase of an adult ticket), while also offering discounts of more than 50 percent on packaged ticket deals ... Below are specific details of how each of these two programs will work:
-- Fun Expedition� Family Packs: These special family packs will contain 4 bronze level tickets (located in sections C and E), a concessions coupon for FREE popcorn, and a coupon from FUN EXPEDITION�. The total cost of one pack is $20, which is a savings of well over 50 percent on the regular cost of admission (reserved single seats are $10 each).
-- Fun Expedition� Family Zone: In addition to the family pack option, the Fun Expedition Family Zone will provide kids 10 and under a FREE Blue Level ticket (located in sections B and F) with the purchase of an adult Blue Level ticket. The free kids' tickets will be available to the first 900 fans, and these special family tickets can be purchased at the booth located between Memorial Center and Brooks Gym. Parents with more than two children will be able to get as many as four FREE tickets with the purchase of two regular-priced tickets.
Big questions surround Bucs entering 2009-10
With the loss of seniors Courtney Pigram and Kevin Tiggs -- one of the most dynamic offensive duos in the country -- the Bucs have a lot of questions to answer on the offenisve end of the floor this season ... Having averaged 78.1 points a game a year ago, which ranked 21st nationally in all of Division I play -- ETSU has lost 44.0 of those points to graduation when one includes now departed senior Greg Hamlin in that trio ... In addition to the losses on offensive, the Bucs' 13-man roster includes just eight players who have experienced actual floor time in college ... The other five players are either true freshmen, redshirt freshmen or walk-ons.


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A couple of days ago, somebody asked me why I run. They didn't really ask me, it was more of a status update on my Facebook account asking me to post a picture and explain why I run. I have been thinking about it. Probably too much, and I can't narrow it down to one idea, one central purpose that explains this compulsion to slip on a pair of old, stinky and dirty shoes and put my body through some manageable pain for anywhere between 30 minutes and six or so hours. I have puked, been lightheaded, cried, exhausted all the strength and reserves I thought I had, sweat so much I couldn't see, twisted ankles, felt my iliotibial band rubbing painfully against my hip bone, been dehydrated, and many other minor discomforts. So, when I am asked why I run, I feel like I should provide an answer to justify this hobby of mine that normal people, people who avoid pain and discomfort, shy away from.
I can't narrow it down. I tried. To stay fit; that is the easy, obvious answer, but that is something that is relatively simple to do - walk a mile or two a day, lift some weights and eat real food, and that should do the trick. Some even argue that the type of running I do could be harmful to long-term fitness. I have been thinking about it a lot and I can't narrow it down to one thing, one reason, but there are a few reasons, stripped down and added up, they become more than the sum of parts, they become a spur for an obsession, and when I break everything down to its parts and add it back up, I might have an answer for that question, why do you run?
I took this for granted. I picked up a stupid habit in college and tried to kick it, but couldn't for a long time. I lost a sister to a lung disease. I was in the room when she died. It was her bedroom and I was there along with my two other sisters and mom and they held her as she struggled to breathe and eventually lost that struggle. I saw on her face how hard that was for her and I remember how peaceful she looked when she gave up that struggle and stopped breathing. I usually only think about that moment when I run, and am trying hard to control my breath, or when I feel like I am flying. Lexi would have been a great runner and that is how I picture her now long arms swinging and long legs flying. Now I use running as a form of penance, using every searing burning deep breath to extract the oxygen from the air and when my arms go numb because all the blood is being sent to my legs and there isn't enough oxygen and I don't think I can go anymore, I think of my sister and I push harder.
"Breathe" has now become my mantra, when I want to quit, when it is too hard, or when I am bored, I think breathe. I cut up all my races into seven segments and each letter of breathe stands for something that I focus on in that segment. I put a lot of time and creative effort into coming up with this acronym, so "B" stands for breathe, and focusing on my breath.
I love running by myself, except when I am running with others. I tend to over-share when I am running with other people. I know these people well, now. It is amazing how well you can get to know somebody after running with them for an hour or two. There are few uncomfortable moments because all the social mores are thrown out the window when you are running with someone and they have to take a shit and there is no bathroom around and they started the run with socks, but finished without them. Forget manners when you blow a snot rocket and spray the person to your right, or crop-dust the runners behind you. It's not a proper, genteel past-time. Runners are sweaty and disgusting, and I can feel the disapproving stares of people in line behind me at the coffee shop after a run and I am wet and probably stink, but we love our own smell. I'll stand around like a social misfit, staring at my too-bright running shoes, mumbling a few words of greeting, waiting for our group to start, but then after a few steps, I don't shut up. We talk kids, financial woes (my running buddies were the first to know about my brilliant investment in AIG "because there's no way it will go lower"), our food, weight, drinking habits, and other things that I don't feel comfortable writing about because I don't even like writing the word menstruation, but on a run, it's just another way to pass the time. I'll see people I run with and I don't know what to talk to them about, so we talk about running, but when we are running we talk about everything else.
A friend of mine just lost his dog. He was a great dog, we all loved him, and he had become the unofficial mascot for our Sunday trail run, jumping around impatiently as we waited for the last few stragglers to join us, valiantly conquering the hills. The dog was beautiful, a mix with some dalmatian in him, and the dog could f-ing run. Last Sunday, my friend showed up without the dog and told us, very quietly, that the dog had a tumor and had to be put down. It was a sad run and we talked about the dog throughout the run and even ran to the top of one of the highest peaks in his honor, because he loved to climb. We stood up there, looked at the ocean to the west and the snow-covered mountains to the east and it was quiet and beautiful. This is a guy who I don't know outside of running and it was special to share that moment with him, because as runners, we have become close.
Kids don't play much anymore. I am starting to feel old when I say stuff like that, but we used to play, we used to have dirt-clod wars, and we used to take the wheels off of skateboards take a sprinkler to the ice-plant and ruin clothes, we used to play baseball with sticks and rocks, we used to play games in the night, all night playing capture the flag, and we used to throw rocks at cars and run from the drivers (okay, that's not really playing, that's more like juvenile delinquency, but it was still running). Kids don't do that anymore, and they're not to blame. We, as parents are scared, and watching the news and the hype, we are lucky to let our kids out of our site for the six or seven hours they are at school, but at least at school they get to exercise. Until we cut P.E. My daughter does get to see some great videos about nutrition, and they do have "P.E." twice a week for a half hour, but nothing too strenuous, our kids are delicate. They are structured, it's no longer go outside and play, it's be quiet and play your DS. And when they do exercise it is running around the track at school. Want to know how to make kids hate running for the rest of their lives? Make them run around a track at school. We used to have to run the mile in Jr. High every other Friday, and there was no better way to suck the joy out of Friday than to tell a kid to run a mile around the track.
My daughter playing
Running can be fun. We took our kids hiking over the weekend and in the unending battle of who gets to lead, they run, endlessly, tirelessly. I had to chase my son down because he was running so fast down the trail that he dropped us and I was yelling at him to be careful until I realized what I was saying, shut myself up, and ran with him in this dangerous game of chase. He was laughing so hard, running so hard, he could barely catch his breath when we reached the stream and jumped from rock to rock. This is what running is for me, play, I mix in some track running and road running, but the trails are where the play is. And watching kids run down hills, not worrying about form, is a study in grace and human evolution. We try our best to beat that out of them by making exercise boring, but hopefully, the trails will get in their blood.
There are other reasons I run, but they are the boring ones, to stay not fat, to get faster for a race, a new PR, to qualify for Boston, to get some quiet, alone time, but none of these gets me out the door when I am tired and it is cold and dark outside like the few above.


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There's one very logical reason why Google opens almost all their projects and services as a limited beta before exposing them to the world. The more people testing things, the better. With something as personal as Glass, it would make sense for Google to want to beta test in as many unique situations as possible. That's where the "if I had Glass" campaign comes in.
Google asked devout fans to take to social media and let them know what they'd do with Google Glass. There have been some genuinely interesting, noble and sentimental reasons posted for why people want Glass, but there have also been some real trouble-makers throwing their hats into the ring.
It seems that instead of actually going through the submissions received, Google just picked if I had Glass winners at random. And now they're having to go back and tell certain people they actually aren't allowed in the program. Disqualified applicants, who Google says didn't follow the guidelines for the contest, include someone who wants to simply throw it at your face and someone who just wants to "cut a bitch."
To add to the problem of picking applications at random, it seems that the purchasing guidelines surrounding the if I had Glass campaign haven't been clear. There are droves of people who made it into the explorer program commenting that they either didn't know they had to still purchase Glass, for $1,500, or people saying they simply don't have the money.
In response, there have been people using Google+ to ask for money to purchase Glass, a handful of Indiegogo campaigns started to raise money, and people looking to take advantage of those who can't afford Glass. One person is going as far as offering to fly an if I had Glass winner out and pay for their glasses.
At this point, it would seem that there may have been a better way for Google to go about this. Something like a short form that was reviewed by a human before acceptance would have made the process much smoother. Let's hope the confusion and problems surrounding the if I had Glass campaign don't affect Glass' eventual release.


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Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki said he had no soreness Sunday, one day after being involved in a traffic accident.
Suzuki was on his way home after Saturday's spring training game against Detroit when the accident occurred a few miles from Steinbrenner Field in Tampa.
"Not at all," Suzuki said through a translator when asked whether he felt any discomfort. "My body just didn't react, I guess."
Suzuki said his SUV was totaled in the accident. He had a green light when he was hit by another vehicle in an intersection. The driver of the second vehicle was cited by police.
"The car was turning left and turned into me," Suzuki said. "I slammed on the brakes, but couldn't do anything about it."
Suzuki said his vehicle was struck almost directly in front toward the driver's side.
New York manager Joe Girardi expects Suzuki to play in Tuesday night's exhibition against Atlanta. The Yankees are off on Monday.
No one was injured in the accident.
"I'm very thankful that everybody was OK," Suzuki said. "I feel grateful that there were no big injuries."
Suzuki worked out with teammates who didn't make the trip to Fort Myers for Sunday's exhibition game with Boston and hit in an indoor cage
Left-hander Andy Pettitte threw 34 pitches, including 20 in the first, over two innings during his first simulated game.
"Everything feels really good," Pettitte said. "All my pitches are right where I want them.
Pettitte expects to throw in another simulated game before making his first exhibition appearance.
Closer Mariano Rivera, coming back from knee surgery, made 21 pitches in one inning during his second simulated game. He said his preference would be to next pitch in an exhibition.
"I think we're ready to do that," Rivera said.
Phil Hughes made 37 throws, including 25 from 60 feet, during his initial throwing session since being sidelined two week ago by a bulging disk in his upper back. There is a possibility the right-hander will not be ready for opening day.
"Obviously, I can't have any setbacks," Hughes said. "I just have to take it a day at a time. I know I have to get four or five starts. It's not the worse thing in the world to miss a little time now than have this be an issue going forward."
NOTES: SS Derek Jeter (ankle surgery) said he still has to run the bases full speed before making his exhibition debut. GM Brian Cashman has said Jeter should play in his first game around March 10. ... LHP Boone Logan (tender elbow) hopes to resume throwing Tuesday or Wednesday. ... Minor league OF Slade Heathcott (sprained right thumb) expects to swing a bat Tuesday.


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By Victor Farinelli It is getting down to the wire. Just a few more episodes to go until one of the contestants gets a $100,000 paycheck they have to pay taxes on and a feature in Inked Magazine. "Inked." I hate that term. It is just as bad as "human canvases." Hey man, I am going to go down to the tat shop and get inked! YOLO! Then, I am going to go watch The Hobbit! FRODO!
Anyway, this week's trainwreck begins with Oliver tattooing someone. Come to find out, he is tattooing a mini Jägermeister logo. Well, we know where some of that $100,000 paycheck is coming from. We learn that the flash challenge is a test of precision in tattooing. The contestants had to reproduce the same tattoo that Oliver did… LOGO!
Steve won by doing his smaller than Mr. Peck's. Sebastian decided to do his own take on the logo, and the judges didn't like it. I think this put his undies in a wad for the rest of the episode.
During the human interest part of the show (in between challenges) Sebastian alluded to, since the girls were female tattooers, and they had only been tattooing for six years, they would definitely be eliminated. Let me drop some science on you Sebastian: there are women in the tattoo world who can tattoo rings around you – Virginia Elwood and Darcy Nutt just to name a couple off the top of my head. And as for years of tattooing, there is a guy name Ben Siebert that works at Great Wave in Austin who has been tattooing a fraction of the time you have, and he blows you away! You should be a lot better than you are, if you have been tattooing for 17 years. You have been pulling off tattoos here and there this season that a person can live with, without hacking their arm off, but you have also been scratching some shit up, too. I thought you were a pretty humble guy from what I got from the other episodes. Now, I have lost any respect I had for you after that asinine comment. Choad.
For the elimination challenge, the contestants had to do portraits. They brought in Bob Tyrrell, a master at portraits. Since Steve won the flash challenge, he got to pick the "human canvases" for him and the other contestants. Fucking human canvases. That is so goofy. It irritates the fuck out of me.
The top two this week were Steve and Sarah. Sarah doesn't know when to shut up. Instead of graciously taking what the judges praise, she has to open her mouth and say some stupid shit that made her sound like a child… Well, actually I know numerous children that have more couth than her. Steve got a little flack from Oliver for how dark his portrait was, but for once I think I am going to side with Steve. I think over time it will lighten up and soften and look good. Sarah came out on top. One of the eyes on Sarah's tattoo seemed a little funky to me, but I think the client will be happy with it.
Tattoo By Steve Tefft (left) Tattoo by Sarah Miller (right)
The bottom two were Sebastian and Jesse. Sebastian got a lot of shit from Nunez on this one, and there was a point where Nunez said, "You want to fight" because it looked like Sebastian was going to go off the handle. Hell, Sebastian's tattoo looks like the dude has a fucking goiter! He may be a sailor, but the picture was not taken in the fucking 1700s. They knew about iodine deficiency, for Neptune's sake! The nose looks like a crazy post-Thriller "I like to have children sleep in my bed" Michael Jackson nose. What? Too soon?
(Note to reader: Both the girls, who have been tattooing less time than he [Sebastian] has, did a better tattoo than he did this challenge. Take that, jackass.)
Tattoo by Tatu Baby (left) way better than Sebastian Murphy's (right)
However, the worse tattoo of the week, by far, was Jesse's. I have no words for it. He is just not a portrait artist. The hair and face are all kinds of fucked up. Now here is some shit for you. Sebastian and Jesse on the bottom. Jesse has won a few challenges and Sebastian has not won any. The judges have to decide on whether to boot the cat who has consistently tattooed better than the other dude, but clearly did the worst tattoo, and the dude that has done mediocre tattoos all season. In the end, they gave Jesse the ol' New York Shuffle out the door. I thought Jesse was going to make it to the end. So much for coasting.
I am going to go out on a limb and predict that the winner is either going to be Steve or Tatu Baby. I think Sarah will get all mental and fuck something up tonight, or next week, and cause her to get the boot. Sebastian is definitely on his way out.
Victor is a blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine and can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/victhortheviking.
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Some Mondays should be spent in bed
Before the alarm went off this morning, I dreamed about sleeping. It seemed that I had gone to work but I was tired. I had no customers, so I lay down on a sofa and went to sleep.
In my dream, as I was sleeping on the sofa, I woke a few times and wondered if anyone noticed or cared that I was lying down. Finally, I felt rested enough to resume my usual work duties. I rose from my nap and noticed I'd been sleeping for 3 hours (in dream time, that is.)
I should have taken the hint that it was a very good day for sleeping. Instead I got out of bed when the alarm rang. Soon after that, I compared the dentist's postcard and the calendar and discovered that I would be going to the dentist in a couple of hours.
I went straight to work after seeing the dentist. I'll summarize the events of my very bad day there by saying I had many customers who just couldn't make up their minds about what they wanted. The ambivalence was airborne and infectious.
As my customers made mad dashes down dead-end paths, they left a lot of opened-up, messed-up merchandise behind them. Helping them find the way back and cleaning up behind them made me tired. I could have used a nice 3-hour nap!
I drove Dennis's car to work today. When I got home, I backed it into his usual parking spot as he always does, and I missed the tree by at least a foot. (Thank goodness!) I was quite shocked to see how close I was to it. Like the dentist appointment, I thought it was farther away.
I checked to see if there's a full moon, but it's not even close to being full. So, I can only blame this day's craziness on Monday.
Monday Monday, can't trust that day,
Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be
Oh Monday Monday, how could you leave and not take me.
(Complete lyrics as sung by The Mamas and The Papas)