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The temperature-controlled aquatic arena is just one of the hotel's many activities. At Scooops Kid Spa, staff members offer manicures, pedicures, and free ice cream to pintsize guests sitting on banana-split thrones. The Northern Lights Arcade features more than 100 games that cater to kids and adults alike. With this Getaway, you'll gain access to MagiQuest, a live-action adventure game that takes place in an enchanted kingdom filled with goblins, dragons, and pixies.
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Located on the banks of Lake Erie and almost exactly halfway between Cleveland and Toledo, Sandusky earned a spot on Forbes's list of Best Places to Live Cheaply for its picturesque lake views and premier theme parks. Foremost among them is Cedar Point, the self-proclaimed roller-coaster capital of the world and the country's second-oldest operating amusement park where you can ride 15 coasters among more than 70 rides. For an unforgettable 40-second thrill ride, climb aboard the Wicked Twister, which speeds up to 72 mph as it whips into a series of 450-degree spirals.


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Carlyle Literary Society records, 1881-1922 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
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Scope and Contents: The Carlyle Literary Society records (1881-1922; 1 cubic foot) documents the meetings and activities of the Carlyle Literary Society, active at Purdue from 1881-1923. The collection includes records books that document the meetings of the society, its finances, and its constitution, as well as programs documenting society-sponsored events, and surveys administered to prospective new members. At this time, there are no records documenting the change by the Carlyle Literary Society to Kappa Phi Sigma, a national literary society that they helped to found in 1923. This collection might be useful to researchers interested in Purdue history, literary societies, nineteenth and early twentieth century material culture, and extracurricular activities of students. Types of materials include: records books, event programs, and surveys. The Records are organized into three series:
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Series 1: Ephemera, 1881-1913
Series 2: Records Books, 1881-1922
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Police department's statistics tell story of crime in DerryBy HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
October 13. 2013 9:30PM
DERRY — Statistics recently released by the Derry Police Department shed light on the cycle of criminal activity in town and technology's influence on how crimes are committed and solved.
The statistics also demonstrate the unpredictability of crime in Derry and the difficulty in predicting who will break the law next, said veteran Derry Police Capt. Vernon Thomas.
"One person can become a crime wave," said Thomas, a 32-year member of the force. "You lock them up and it ends, and then somebody else will start the same thing."
Thomas spoke recently on a set of crime statistics from 2002 to 2012 of reported offenses released by the department. The statistics show that crime tends to run in cycles, with drugs serving as a catalyst for other crimes.
"Most of the property crimes involving theft are drug driven," Thomas said. "You look at the robberies and they are for drugs, or the physical robbery of a person for drugs or drug money."
Reported drug-related offenses were up from 137 in 2011 to 180 in 2012, representing a 31 percent increase. Five years ago, there were 128 reported offenses compared to 140 in 2002. Statistics are compiled annually and were not available for this year.
"When you look at what information is being provided out there, they talk about physical addiction and psychological addiction, and I'm sure all that plays into it, but these people are certainly motivated to commit crime to support that habit," Thomas said.
As for the type of drugs being used, police haven't encountered much of the drug known as Molly, a pure form of the drug ecstasy, he said. The drug is suspected in the recent overdose death of Derry resident and Pinkerton Academy graduate Brittany Flannigan at the House of Blues nightclub in Boston. Thomas said there has been only one case involving Molly in the past year, and it was for possession.
While drug crimes were up from 2011 to 2012, the statistics show robberies declined from 12 in 2011 to 5 in 2012. Five years ago, 22 robberies were reported and there were 5 in 2002.
Many robberies committed in town involve physical force, or what is known as strong-arm robberies. Drugs are often involved in these crimes, or "drug rips, " he said. For example, someone goes to buy drugs but instead of receiving the drugs, the cash is stolen and the person leaves empty handed. Thomas said he is stunned at how people sometimes react following these crimes.
"It's amazing to me when people come in here and want to report that they've been ripped off because they went to buy drugs and the person stole their cash," Thomas said.
He added that police usually thank the person for telling them and end up still investigating the crime.
Better technology has improved surveillance cameras, as technology has changed from VCR systems to today's digital systems, Thomas said. Police are able to access better images of suspects and release them to the public more quickly and efficiently.
Criminals are also in tune with the digital age and are using technology in creative ways to commit crimes, he said. Credit card crime is growing as criminals sometimes use portable scanners to take someone's credit information. It could be at an event such as Derryfest or at a restaurant, Thomas said. Information can be scanned twice and the customer is, in turn, charged twice, Thomas said.
"It's convenient as heck for the person who is the vendor," Thomas said, adding that once the information is obtained, it can be used for a number of illegal activities.
Some Derry residents saWhen asked if Derry residents were safer today than they were 10 years ago, Thomas said the 56-member department has fewer officers on patrol now than back then.
"We have very well-trained people that are conducting the law enforcement work in Derry," he said. "To say it's safer would be unfair for me to answer anyway. I could tell you today things are good and tomorrow we could have thee homicides."
As for what advice he would offer to help residents stay safer, Thomas said: "I would not want to make someone sit back and relax. I would just ask everybody to be hyper vigilant."
"There is a whole group of people out there that don't want to bother us with the stuff that goes on in their neighborhood," he said. "Please don't do that. If you see something going wrong, call us when it's happening so that we can help. And that keeps these statistics low."


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Often neglected in the management of production costs, total petroleum expenditures actually match seed costs in agriculture. Here's why you should pencil them in and track those older # 2 diesel-gulping engines in the field.
Fuel may be considered the lowliest of inputs. Just dump it in and go. However, new research, new engine technology and new petroleum products put it back on the front burner.
"We find very few farmers who know what any one machine will burn," says Kent Lynch, product service engineer, Caterpillar Ag Products. He quickly calculates that at 19 gal./hr, a tractor is burning fuel at $15.20/hr. At 500 hrs. of annual use, that subtracts $7,600 from the bottom line.
"The difference between burning just two gallons per hour less fuel is about a thousand dollars a year and would be more with more hours of use," Lynch says. "I would think that would be worth something to most guys."
Caterpillar isn't the only company drawing attention to fuel and fuel usage. Kinze is also alerting farmers that fuel consumption can be reduced, often dramatically, through newer engine technology. It was an unexpected side benefit of its engine repowering efforts. "Farmers come to us because they want more horsepower. But they're amazed at how much less fuel they burn," says Jim Spaid, head of Kinze's Power Products Division.
Illinois farmers David and Mike McGee were amazed. They first repowered an older 4-wd tractor and then repowered an older 2-wd tractor. "This new engine is even better on fuel efficiency than the other repowered tractor," Mike says. But, like most farmers, the McGees didn't keep any detailed records.
"We're really pleased with that tractor, but have no specific data," Mike says. "But I can tell you that we farmed about 1,800 acres in 1996. And we farmed about 75 acres more in 1997. We used less total fuel with more acres last year."
Newer engines burn less. Driving this renewed awareness to fuel efficiency is a new generation of engine technology. And some of that technology is a result of new emissions standards. As a result, newer diesel engines pack more power in same-size or smaller displacement packages, and have improved combustion and cylinder head airflow. Computer technology is allowing for smarter engines.
Tying it all together is something called electronic unit injectors (EUIs). These diesel engine fuel injection systems can crudely be likened to what happened when automobiles went from carburetors to fuel injection systems. While all engine manufacturers put their own spin on it, EUIs are injectors that electronically spray diesel fuel into each cylinder, individually, on a cylinder-by-cylinder basis, often inside the cylinder head instead of on the outside of the engine. In many cases they are controlled electronically, by a computer chip.
The added heat of the cylinder head, electronic control and individual metering make for super-efficient, precise diesel engines. They are cleaner burning too.
Engines - all agricultural engines - are at least 50% more fuel efficient than just a few years ago, points out Mike Lockart, manager of new market development for Growmark. "It is phenomenal the small amount of fuel they burn."
Injector madness. That same fuel precision, however, can play havoc with injectors and injector pumps. Tractor companies and fuel suppliers both cite injector problems as their number one challenge.
"We do see a lot of injector problems," Lockart says.
He explains that tiny injector tip holes are smaller than the naked eye can see. A drop of water that makes it to an injector tip can instantly turn to steam, due to the high heat, and blow the side right off the tip. At that point the injector shoots a lot more fuel into the cylinder. "It is a melted piston waiting to happen," Lockart says. "I've seen it many times. It is a very expensive repair bill."
Part of the problem, claims Chuck Hamilton of Farmland Industries, is that the higher temperatures inside the head, while beneficial to reduced emissions and fuel efficiency, can potentially cause more oxidation of the fuel. "Temperatures may reach 180 to 212 degrees," he explains.
And repair costs are high. "An injector tip repair used to be in the $35 to $65 range," Hamilton points out. "One of these newer systems can be $350 to $400 to repair, and I've heard costs as high as $900."
However, Neal Ament, senior marketing consultant at Caterpillar, points a finger of blame directly at fuel suppliers. "We find the fuel isn't as clean as it should be. All tractor manufacturers have had problems with injector failures. The petroleum industry has not done a good job of policing itself."
He says that in the last two years, Cat has had to add a double filter system to its engines. It has added a 10- micron primary and 2-micron secondary filter to reduce erosion in injectors.
"One of the leading causes of injector failure is dirty fuel," Lockart admits. "And they (engine manufacturers) don't make any bones about it."
New fuel standards. To do a better job of policing, in July the National Conference of Weights and Measures (NCWM) will vote to adopt testing criteria for what determines a premium diesel fuel. Currently there is no national standard for consumer awareness.
Depending on how it plays out, the upshot of the action could result in a posting at gas-station pumps indicating that what you're putting in your tank is indeed a premium diesel. Like many of these kinds of regulations, this one is embroiled in controversy. At odds are NCWM's recommendations and the Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) version of what constitutes a premium diesel.
In simple terms, the engine manufacturers' standards are much more extensive than the NCWM's proposal. The EMA's proposal would have refiners meet a full slate of criteria in addition to those of the NCWM.
Any labeling, however, will only appear at the commercial pump level. It does not apply to bulk delivery, which is even more of a reason to buy your diesel from a long-standing reputable supplier you know and trust.
Designer diesel fuel. Diesel fuel suppliers, especially farm cooperatives, argue that their premium-brand fuel is now at or above all standards set by the engine manufacturers and will perform trouble-free in all of today's engines. "And a very high percentage of our buyers do purchase our premium-grade diesel," Growmarks' Lockart adds. "It accounts for about 90% of on-farm sales.
"Agricultural cooperatives as a whole are head and shoulders above everyone else in marketing a premium fuel," Lockart emphasizes. "I think a lot of it goes back to a 'righteous buying attitude,' meaning farmers have pride in their equipment and are very quality conscious. All co-ops have marketed to that way of thinking."
Lockart also says the co-ops "have done a good job of marketing. We've explained the benefits of what's in a premium fuel in the way of additives and benefits to our customers."
Farmland's Hamilton and Mike Derickson, refined fuels marketing manager for Cenex, agree. "Our people will always supply a premium diesel, which already meets or exceeds guidelines set by the engine manufacturers." Farmers need to look for and invest in, according to the co-ops, their respective brand-name premium diesels.
What farmers can do. Besides buying from a high-quality supplier, there are many things farmers can do to keep fuel expenditures and repair costs to a minimum.
Lockart, however, believes the current focus on costing out engine fuel efficiency is being overplayed. For example, he says, "when figuring fuel as a percentage of total input expenses, it is hard to see much difference. And when you consider ground conditions, weather and other factors, fuel efficiency is awfully hard to measure.
"I tried to calculate it for a friend of mine who farms about 1,000 acres and it figured out to about one-half of one percent of total expenditures. Even he was surprised it was that low."
By comparison, Lockart says, fuel cost can range from 25 to 30% of total expense for truckers. "It boils down to three or four gallons per acre for an entire farming operation. You can't even measure it!" he says.
For that reason, Lockart believes, farmers should not be concerned as much with fuel efficiency as with fuel quality and usage. "With the cost to your farming operation that low, it is even more reason to buy top-shelf," he says. The package that is sold to farmers will save money over the long run in maintenance, repair and smooth operation. "The backdoor benefit to that is fuel efficiency."
Caterpillar's Ament disagrees. "All you have to do is look at the drawbar horsepower for the gallons per hour you use. How much work you do with a gallon of fuel is very hard to dispute."
An even simpler way to figure it, Ament says, is by tracking gal./acre. "It is probably the easiest way to figure fuel usage and it doesn't matter what tractor you're running." He encourages comparison so farmers start to know what they burn.
Tidy tips. No matter how much fuel farmers burn, Lockart believes that the petroleum industry needs to build awareness of how farmers store and handle fuel. And it is not just the storage tank sitting in their yards either.
"Transfer tanks, the kind like you take to the field in the back of your pickup trucks, are the absolute worst," Lockart says. "They are far worse than storage tanks." Water and dirt are the top two enemies of diesel fuel. And, a surprise to many farmers, water poses more harm than dirt, Lockart explains.
Hamilton agrees. "Even small amounts of moisture in a fuel tank can cause algae to develop in summer months," he says. "And it can cause ice crystals in the winter. Many times winter fuel problems are frozen water crystals. This is often confused as 'gelling.' Changing filters before winter can often prevent any problems," he says.
To prevent fuel headaches, Hamilton recommends changing fuel filters often. He advises twice a year, before each busy season. Drain the water from all tanks and fuel systems at least twice a year. And, always buy a premium fuel and keep it clean and dry.
"There is a lot of misunderstanding among farmers about the fuel they purchase," Hamilton continues. "If you are buying a premium diesel, you do not need to add extra additives."
In most cases pouring in over-the-counter additives to a premium product will only antagonize the already conditioned fuel. It also adds unnecessary cost to a premium-priced product. Leave your premium diesel alone, Hamilton advises.


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I wanted to alert you all to the just-published The Green Collar Economy--How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones.
As Time Magazine puts it:
"Van Jones does not look like your typical environmentalist. He doesn't wear Birkenstocks. He's African-American in a movement that tends to be overwhelmingly white. His background is in civil-rights activism — specifically prison reform — a cause he champions in Oakland, Calif. But Jones, the head of the non-profit Green For All and the author of the new book The Green-Collar Economy, could represent the future of environmentalism in America and a way for the movement to survive and even thrive through the coming recession...
"[Jones] argues that environmentalism won't just be about the environment anymore. Instead, it will drive fundamental changes in the way we do business and the jobs we create — that's what he means by a green-collar economy. Over the years, manufacturing and other blue-collar jobs have been gradually outsourced from the U.S. That has hit the working class especially hard, in both cities and rural areas, because decent-paying blue-collar employment is what pulls people out of poverty and into the middle class. At the same time, it's the working class that has also borne the brunt of the high energy prices that result from America's dependence on foreign oil. As the recession darkens, that double bind is likely to worsen.
"The answer, Jones writes in his book, is the creation of green-collar jobs that provide working-class employment, shield America from rising fossil fuel prices and stem carbon emissions. These are not the high-tech, high-education "George Jetson" jobs, as Jones puts it, that were created by the Internet and biotech booms. Green-collar jobs include manufacturing solar panels, insulating green homes, servicing wind turbines. These are jobs that can be filled by blue-collar workers who need jobs — and they help the environment to boot. "You can put the country back to work with green solutions that are good for the Earth," says Jones."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Jul 2013 16:09 UTC
"In its desire for authenticity, the Modern design movement curbed the ornamental excess of the 19th century, making design fit the age of mass production. Today, we're seeing the same desire for authenticity manifest itself in the 'flat' trend, which rejects skeuomorphism and excessive visuals for simpler, cleaner, content-focused design." Fascinating perspective on the whole digital vs. analog design debate by Dmitry Fadeyev.
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Curious how, since the start of industrial age, current design trend always perfectly matches what requires the least amount of work. On physical objects there's clear cost benefit of making teapots out of steel pipes, but on software authentic design is just laziness.
There was a time when the laziest way to do web design was to play with Photoshop and regurgitate 1024 pixels width IE only layout.
Now that we have css and have to support more screen sizes, the laziest way to do web design is to define some fonts and flat colored boxes in css. Unfortunately this leaves "designers" too much time to play with jQuery to do pointlessly dynamic layouts.


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Jim Carrey has admitted he once sneaked into the Hollywood Bowl and "made out" on the stage.
"I was about 21 years old and had met this girl. I was out of my mind and just had this wild urge to drive in. We made out on the stage and got kicked out," he said.
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Prayer of CIU President Subject of Christianity Today Blog
A prayer of dedication for a Myrtle Beach, S.C. resort hotel in 2009 recently caught the attention of Christianity Today blogger Ed Stetzer. Stetzer is the president of Lifeway Research and is a well-known author and conference speaker.
The prayer is on a plaque at the Hampton Inn and Suites Oceanfront Resort and was prayer by Columbia International University President Bill Jones. It prompted Stetzer to ponder the extension of the hotel owner's faith and how an individual can serve God with their business. In this case, one of the hotel owners is Buddy Lindsay, a CIU alumnus and a member of the CIU board of trustees.
Read Stetzer's post at: http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2013/october/business-as-mission-hampton-inn-myrtle-beach-south-carolina.html.


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By Rodrigo Campos and Steven C. Johnson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors hit trading floors Wednesday morning with the same president and the same problems in gridlocked Washington, and expected the same solution as always to a looming budget crisis that threatens the economy: punt and deal with it later.
Shares dropped sharply on fears that partisan bickering will prevent compromise. The S&P 500 fell below a key level for the first time in two months. Bank and defense stocks fell on a sell-off by investors who had bought those sectors in hopes Republican Mitt Romney would win.
President Barack Obama beat Romney to win a second term, but he still must contend with a Republican-controlled House of Representatives that could make it hard to forge compromise, especially on the coming "fiscal cliff."
Unless the White House and Congress reach a deal to cut the deficit, a $600 billion package of tax increases and spending cuts are scheduled to take effect automatically at the end of 2012. Investors fear economic damage unless the fiscal cliff is averted.
This is expected to be the top priority of the "lame-duck" Congress that will convene soon, though few hope for anything resembling a permanent solution to the problem.
"The best thing that could have happened is what happened," said Robert Manning, chief executive of MFS Investment Management. "I don't think there will be any grand bargain at all, just small fixes that will kick the can down the road."
Markets reacted negatively, as many feared they might do if the election guaranteed further partisan rancor. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 310 points and the S&P 500 dropped 2.3 percent -- almost three times the average day-after-election decline, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
The S&P 500 had rallied 67 percent since Obama took office - one of Wall Street's most impressive runs ever under a single president. Phil Orlando, chief market strategist for equities at Federated Investors, said the market is asking what happens next.
"We just sent the same folks back to Washington. What did they learn in the last two years that will allow them to act differently in the last two months?"
For now, his peers predict market volatility as investors react to dueling headlines about the likelihood of a solution.
"Positive sentiment will move to worries about the fiscal cliff and the ongoing euro zone debt crisis, resulting in market choppiness over the near term," said Martin Sass, CEO of New York money manager MD Sass.
Steven Englander, Citigroup's head of G10 foreign exchange strategy, agreed markets could panic toward year-end if it looks as though no deal is imminent to avoid the fiscal cliff.
If that happens, investors may think twice about purchasing U.S. government debt at low interest rates. This would strain the economy, widen the deficit, hurt the dollar and raise the possibility that major credit-rating agencies will cut the U.S. debt rating.
Standard & Poor's stripped the U.S. of its pristine triple-A rating in 2011. Moody's said Wednesday it would make a decision after the 2013 budget negotiations, though going over the fiscal cliff would not trigger an immediate downgrade.
Market strategist Jonathan Golub at UBS said officials will probably focus on avoiding the cliff, but added that trying to run from the problem will highlight the need for a "grand bargain" to fix the deficit.
Investors have had a tendency to downplay problems emanating from Washington, only to find themselves surprised when lawmakers cannot get together on critical issues.
The market reacted harshly to Washington gridlock after failed legislation to backstop the banks in 2008 and again during protracted talks to raise the U.S. debt ceiling in 2011. Oppenheimer Funds strategist Lori Heinel said daily swings of 100 to 200 points in the Dow will be common through year-end.
A re-elected Obama is expected to look for ways to avoid prolonging that kind of blowback.
"The president entered office with the economy in a recession. I don't think he wants to preside over a recession in his second term," said Jeff Applegate, chief investment officer at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. "I think you have a president concerned about his legacy, and I don't think he wants to leave his presidency with a sea of red ink."
Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson, one of the only managers in the $2 trillion industry to publicly endorse Obama's reelection, said he was optimistic a compromise was possible.
"This was a victory for moderates," he said. "I hope both parties recognize this and move toward each other - to the center - to address the pressing problems our country faces."
Like some prominent investors, billionaire restructuring specialist Wilbur Ross told Reuters he hoped for an end to "bitter partisanship" and progress on economic growth. Others were less optimistic, such as Mortimer Zuckerman, CEO of Boston Properties and publisher of the New York Daily News.
"I think you're going to have a very delicate, fragile business community," Zuckerman said. "It is not an inappropriate reaction by the business community to be cautious."
The end of the drawn-out campaign will put to rest short-term questions about regulation and monetary policy, but some investors remained on edge about taxes and economic health.
Although markets came into the night expecting Obama to win, most traders and investors supported Romney, who raised more money on Wall Street than the incumbent.
"Wall Street made its bet and lost," said Aaron Gurwitz, chief investment officer of Barclays Wealth, noting that not only did Romney lose, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren won a Senate seat as well, much to banks' chagrin.
One bit of clarity from Obama's win was the future of Fed policy. Romney had pledged to replace Bernanke, whose dovish monetary policy has helped propel gains in both U.S. bond and stock prices in recent years.
"This was kind of a vote for Ben Bernanke and his policies, since Romney was clear he disagreed with that approach," said Tom Luster, co-director of investment grade fixed income at Eaton Vance. "Clearly there's some public support for what he (Bernanke) is doing."
Benchmark bond yields hit record lows despite a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating last year. Yields fell further on Wednesday after the election results became clear, shedding 11 basis points to 1.64 percent.
Cumulative returns for maturities on all U.S. Treasuries are at 14 percent since Obama took office, according to Barclays.
Under a second Obama presidency, Wall Street will have to forgo trying to repeal Dodd-Frank financial reforms and instead continue to use personal relationships in Washington to keep the law from denting profits, said Karen Shaw Petrou of Federal Financial Analytics, a Washington-based research firm. Bank shares fell sharply Wednesday on fears an Obama re-election meant no respite from the new rules.
But some welcomed the changes.
"I don't think any reasonable observer would want to go back to the risk that we had in the system before the financial crisis," said Evercore Chief Executive Ralph Schlosstein.
(Additional reporting by Tim McLaughlin, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Ross Kerber in Boston, Atossa Abrahamian, Daniel Bases, David Henry, Rick Rothacker, Jessica Toonkel, John McCrank, Ryan Vlastelica, Sam Forgione, Nadia Damouni, Gregory Roumeliotis, Ilaina Jonas, Ashley Lau and Jennifer Ablan in New York; Writing by Ben Berkowitz; Editing by David Gaffen, Lisa Von Ahn, Prudence Crowther, Andrew Hay, Leslie Gevirtz, Ciro Scotti, Kenneth Barry and David Gregorio)


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ST. MARY'S CITY, MD – The St. Mary's College baseball team got a walk-off 4-3 Capital Athletic Conference win over York College in the opening game of a three-game weekend series on Friday in St. Mary's City, MD.
The Spartans fall to 7-11 overall and 1-6 in the CAC while the Seahawks improve to 10-14 overall and 3-4 in the league.
York jumped on the board first as they pushed across a pair of runs in the top of the third. A double steal enabled York to get its first run while senior Dustin Worthman (Tabernacle, N.J./Seneca) plated the second tally on an RBI single to center.
The Green and White pushed the lead to 3-0 in the top of the sixth as doubles from Justin Cohen (Severn, Md./Old Mill) and Colin Porter (Hanover, Pa./South Western) gave York the three-run lead.
The Seahawks answered right back off Spartan ace Dan Gurganus (Prince Frederick, Md./Huntingtown), reaching the right-hander for three runs on four hits and a walk in the bottom of the frame.
The Spartans got single runners on in the seventh and eighth innings but neither runner got past first as the game remained tied.
St. Mary's got two runners on base in the bottom of the eighth but reliever Mike Sarecky (Brookeville, Md./Sherwood) got a pair of strikeouts to extricate himself from the jam.
The Spartans got a runner on in the ninth courtesy of a walk, but the Spartans' pinch runner was picked off, ending the two-out threat.
St. Mary's started the ninth inning, game-winning rally with a single and a sacrifice bunt. Sarecky then hit a batter to put runners at first and second with one out. Brad Dioguardo had an infield single to load the bases before Corey Napier ended the game with a single to center.
Sam Coe earned the win in relief of Seahawk starter Devon Jerrard. Coe tossed the ninth inning as he allowed one walk. He improves to 4-1 with the win. Jerrard allowed three runs on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks in eight innings of work.
Sarecky absorbed the loss as the sophomore allowed a run on four hits with two strikeouts and a walk in his 1.1 innings of action. Gurganus threw well as the sophomore allowed three runs on six hits with three strikeouts and a walk in his seven-inning stint.
Napier led the St. Mary's offense as he was 3-for-4 with two RBI. Dioguardo added two hits and a run scored while Alex Lenovitz and Stefano Muscatelli each had a hit and an RBI.
The Spartans were limited to five hits in the game. It is the fifth time in 18 games that York has been held to five hits or less. Cohen and Porter had the Spartans' lone extra base hits while Worthman and Porter had the York RBI.
The series continues Saturday afternoon when the Spartans return home to host the Seahawks in a pair of seven inning games. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 1:00 pm.


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There are foods that help keeping our teeth healthy. They not only keep but makes our teeth look and be better. This article is made to describe most healthy foods for teeth.
1. Healthy drink for teeth — Green tea
It contains polyphenols, antioxidant plant compounds that prevent plaque from adhering to your teeth and help reduce your chances of developing cavities and gum disease. Tea also has potential for reducing bad breath because it inhibits the growth of the bacteria that cause the odor. Many green teas also contain fluoride (from the leaves and the water it's steeped in), which helps protect tooth enamel from decay and promotes healthy teeth.
2. Healthy drink and food for teeth — Milk and yogurt
Unsweetened yogurt and milk are good for your teeth. They have a low acidity. It means that the gradual wearing away of the teeth, also called dental erosion, is less. In addition they are low in sugar, that means less dental decay, too. Milk also is a good source of calcium, that keeps our teeth healthy. Calcium is the main component of teeth and bones, as we know.
3. Healthy food for teeth — Cheese
It is low carbohydrate and has a high calcium and phosphate content that provides important benefits for your healthy teeth. It helps balance your mouth's pH, preserves and rebuilds tooth enamel, produces saliva, kills the bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease. Cheese contains calcium, too.
4. Healthy food for teeth — Fruits
Different fruits like apples, strawberries, citrus fruits, specially kiwis, contain a lot of vitamin C. It is considered the cement that holds all of your cells together, so just as it's vital for your skin, it's important for the health of your gum tissue. If you don't get enough vitamin C, researches show that the collagen network in your gums can break down, making your gums tender and more susceptible to the bacteria that cause periodontal disease.
5. Healthy food for teeth — Vegetables
Pumpkin, carrots, sweet potato, broccoli are full of vitamin A. This vitamin is absolutely necessary for the formation of tooth enamel. Apart form that, crunchy vegetables cleanse and stimulate your gums, making them healthy.


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UW Trustees Set Retreat, Special Meeting in Gillette
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will conduct a special meeting and board retreat July 18-20 at the Gillette College Tech Center Boardroom.
At their special meeting, set for 9-11:15 a.m. Thursday, trustees will discuss economic development in Campbell County, among other items.
The agenda for the special meeting:
I. Approval of design firm for ORECS (Outreach and Extension Center at Sheridan).
II. Approval of Construction Manager at Risk for Performing Arts facility.
III. Approval of siting for indoor golf practice facility.
IV. Supplemental budget request discussion.
V. Economic Development in Albany and Campbell Counties.
VI. Approval of bond issue for Half Acre, Performing Arts facility and White Hall projects.
The complete agenda will be posted on the website at http://www.uwyo.edu/trustees/2012-board-meetings/index.html
Because this is a special meeting, only topics listed will be discussed. No business meeting and no public comment are scheduled.
The board will meet in executive session from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday for the annual performance review of President Tom Buchanan.


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When an Xbox LIVE Gold subscriber purchases Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3, they will also be able to download the Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Beta code when it is released shortly afterwards through Xbox LIVE Marketplace. This unique Beta version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will allow players to select from one of two Street Fighter characters, either Ryu or Ken, and battle online. This Beta test will help Capcom stress-test the network code underlying the incredible online features that power the multiplayer modes of the game.
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix online modes include Player or "Quarter" Match, Ranked Match, and Tournament Mode. The Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Beta will run for approximately eight weeks. The Capcom arcade classic receives a whole new look as Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix comes to both the PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE this fall. Capcom will maintain the integrity of the popular game by utilising the original game code while upgrading the graphics with new artwork and high resolution 1080p images. Again, all of the art, from character animation to stage backgrounds, will be completely redrawn by Udon Entertainment, the company responsible for the US Street Fighter series of comics. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will include both online and offline competition for one or two players.
The full version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will feature:
- All new 1080p high-definition art for Street Fighter characters and backgrounds created by Udon Entertainment, creators of the Street Fighter comic books.
- Features all 17 of the original Super Street Fighter® II Turbo characters including Ryu, Guile, M. Bison and Akuma.
- New optional "Rebalanced" Mode: massive changes across the board to all Street Fighter characters as created and tested by some the world's top-ranked professional Street Fighter players.
- One to two player head-to-head play either offline or online:
- Single player vs. CPU.
- Player vs. player over the same console.
- Player vs. player online.
- Training mode helps fighters hone their skills.
- Improved network code for the best possible online fighting game experience.
- Numerous online features:
- In-game voice chatting between players.
- Matchmaking flexibility through multiple options.
- Personal and friends statistics tracking.
- Quarter Match Mode – this spectator-based system allows online competitors (two competitors and up to four spectators) to use a "virtual quarter" to buy into heated two-player matches.
- Comprehensive worldwide rankings and leaderboards by character - tracks overall wins and losses, number of throws, perfects, highest combos and more.
- Widescreen support with option to select classic 4:3 mode for SF purists.
- Choose from either classic Super Street Fighter II Turbo music or optional newly remixed tunes.
- Option to play as the original Super Street Fighter II Turbo 2D sprites for traditionalists.
The final version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will be available for Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network later this year.
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Honor the legacy and spirit of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 18, 2014 as the Garland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosts its 25th annual MLK Parade and March, followed by a MLK Commemorative Program at Granville Arts Center.
On January 19, 2014, catch the MLK Youth Extravaganza, showcasing praise dance, step routines, and military-style drills. Call 972/381-5044, www.garlandtxnaacp.org.
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Officially, Michael Vick is questionable to play Sunday — but after missing two weeks of practice it seems all but certain that Vince Young will start his second consecutive game.
DeSean Jackson is listed as probable, despite being limited in practice for the second consecutive day, while Jeremy Maclin is doubtful after missing two straight days of practice. His hamstring strain has been his biggest problem.
Nnamdi Asomugha is questionable with a hyper-extended knee. His status seems up in the air and could be a game-time decision.
"If he can go, he'll go," coach Andy Reid said. When Reid met with reporters Friday afternoon, Asomugha could put his full weight on his leg, but had not yet tried to run on it.
"[Asomugha's knee] feels pretty good. He stayed in and did rehab throughout the practice," Reid said.
Asomugha practiced enough to know the Eagles' game plan, but he did not try running today. Brandon Hughes would fill in for Asomugha if the starting corner can't play.
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie made a surprise return to practice today and is officially listed as questionable, but it would be a shock if he was able to play Sunday. Reid said Rodgers-Cromartie was trying to see what he could do today but isn't all the way back.
"We'll see how he feels tomorrow," Reid said.
Likely the Eagles were trying to see if Rodgers-Cromartie's ankle has healed enough that he could be an emergency backup Sunday, since the Eagles could be left thin at cornerback.
King Dunlap (concussion) is out for Sunday's game.
With the New England Patriots game just two days away, the Eagles were without three of their most important pieces at the start of Friday's practice.
Vick, Asomugha and Maclin were not warming up with the rest of the Eagles and will likely miss all of practice. Vick's absence means that Young is likely to start at quarterback for the second straight week. Asomugha suffered a knee injury on Thursday, but it is not believed to be serious. His status for Sunday is up in the air.
In a bit of surprise, and perhaps because of Asomugha's injury, Rodgers-Cromartie was suited up at the start of practice. The cornerback has been out with a high ankle sprain and wasn't expected to play Sunday, but the Eagles may need him if Asomugha can't go.
Wide receiver DeSean Jackson was at practice for the second straight day. He was limited on Thursday and could be again. If Maclin can't play, Riley Cooper will start at receiver.
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So Many Exclamation Points!
A new style guide says we should pepper our e-mails with them. Really?
I'm meeting my friend Nick for dinner downtown. At 6:30, I feel that cell-phone-sized hum in my pocket, the sensation these days of incoming language. A text from Nick: "Running 10 mins late." After considering a number of replies (the tried-and-true "All good," the Australian-inflected "No worries," the deeply sarcastic, "I kill u"), I land upon a response: "No prob." Cool, understated—and yet, as I'm on the brink of hitting send, I notice how meager those one-and-a-half words look on my phone. I search my symbols. Ah, that's better. Hear me, poets, we shall dine at 7:10! For, I declare it: "No prob!"
The inboxes of my life teem with such emphatic nullities (i.e., "Sounds good!," "So yes!!," "LOL all over the room!!!"). For a long time, I feared my circle of electronic correspondents succumbed too blithely to the temptation of exclamation. But then I read David Shipley and Will Schwalbe's new manual on e-mail etiquette, Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home. Already billed as the "genre's Strunk and White," Shipley and Schwalbe have attempted to compose a thin volume of good taste in e-communication. To a large extent they succeed. Their book is full of sound advice, such as, "The ease of email encourages unnecessary exchanges," and "The fact that email defies time zones also means that it can defy propriety."
Given Shipley and Schwalbe's evenhandedness, their merry endorsement of exclamation marks comes as a surprise. " 'I'll see you at the conference,' is a simple statement of fact," they write. " 'I'll see you at the conference!' lets your fellow conferee know that you're excited and pleased about the event." To appreciate the unorthodoxy of such counsel one need only have attended a middle-school writing class, where teachers have long forbidden overindulgence in the banger as a kind of literary self-abuse. One ought to show emphasis, the argument goes, through subtlety of style and construction, rather than indicate it with a tail of exclamation points. Elmore Leonard advises, "You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose." Declaim the original Strunk and White, in their legendary sotto voce: "Do not attempt to emphasize simple statements by using a mark of exclamation." Their example? " 'It was a wonderful show!' should be, 'It was a wonderful show.' " (Forget the show—how 'bout that conference!)
Indeed the "wonderful" is what the exclamation point was originally devised to connote. A relatively recent addition to the punctuation clan, it first appeared in print around 1400 and was known until 1700 as a "mark of admiration," though admiration in this case meant something like "wonderment" (of a religious variety). Some scholars believe it derives from the Latin Io (meaning joy). Io, the theory goes, might have been rendered with its second letter under the first, thus producing an exclamation mark.
As Shipley and Schwalbe would have it, the advent of electronic communication creates a greater need for pre-modern wonderment. In their view, the exclamation is no mere crutch for the lazy writer but an essential tonic against the grayness of electronic communication: "Because email is without affect, it has a dulling quality that almost necessitates kicking everything up a notch just to bring it to where it would normally be." But what does it mean that e-mail is without affect? Is a blank piece of loose leaf somehow rich with the stuff?
In truth, the exclamation point is an antidote not to the intrinsic dullness of the medium (as Shipley and Schwalbe suggest) but to the vapid back-and-forths the medium facilitates. For centuries, the act of writingmandated a tremendous exertion of labor, so that scribes committed to the page only texts of supreme import. (Imagine a team of tonsured monks toiling for decades on an illuminated manuscript that read, "WTF … c u l8r?") For centuries, that which was written had to deserve to be written. Today's technology, however, allows us to transmit doodles of thought (e.g. "Running 10 mins late") we never would have deemed worthy of print. It's not that we know we aren't writing well—and so tack on some exclamations!!!—it's that we know what we're saying doesn't deserve to be written at all.
Hence the salvation that exclamation offers. Like 24-hour cable newscasters, we compensate for the unworthiness of our meanings by being emphatic! (A good rule of thumb: The more insignificant the message, the more exclamations it will require.) It's a Freudian reaction formation: I really mean it! I loved the conference! OMG did I LOVE it!!!!!!
In this sense, the abuse of the exclamation mark results from a danger that is intrinsic to e-communication. Sentences were once composed under threat of permanence, and it was this threat—the specter of an unchangeable document forever to be read and reread—that kept a writer honest and endowed the humble meeting of pen and page with the consequence and irrevocability of action. No longer, however. E-communication has divorced the written word from the permanent—we are still "writing" but into a kind of semi-amnesic, digital void, so that actual thought and inflated chat often come at the same falsely loud, and yet easily unheard, volume. (Indeed, because e-mails are so often ephemeral, it is easy to forget how permanent and consequential they can be. Think of Michael "Brownie" Brown, the former FEMA head, whose infamously glib e-mails at the height of the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort open Send.)
To risk sounding like an old schoolmarm: If everything is emphasized, nothing is. Pedestrian e-mails "kicked up a notch" or juiced up on bangers simply contribute to the noise.
But that doesn't mean the exclamation point should be tossed to the scrap heap. In fact, a stable of contemporary writers is waging an ingenious campaign to redeem the devalued punctuation mark. I'm thinking of people like Rebecca Curtis, Sam Lipsyte, and Arthur Bradford, who have all been influenced by Denis Johnson, a modern master of Io. No curmudgeon, Johnson sprinkles exclamation points at a rate that would dizzy Elmore Leonard and with such ingenuity that they do capture a true, and nearly religious, "wonder." Most critically, they attend moments of fragile feeling rather than, say, wild interconnectedness. Moments that might easily escape notice (especially if you have your nose in a phone), and moments of quiet, too. Take Johnson on a woman's scream after receiving news of her husband's death: "What a pair of lungs!" Or Johnson on an MS patient in a hospital: "No more pretending for him!" Or Johnson on pink baby rabbits: "Little feet! Eyelids! Even whiskers!" That's better than any conference I've been to.


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Mugabe, in his annual state of the nation address to parliament, said law enforcement agencies will continue to crush dissent in the troubled southern African nation. He said government opponents were bent on creating anarchy and pushing what he has described as a British attempt to topple his government.
In September, police thwarted a march by the main labor federation in Harare protesting deepening poverty. At least 16 labor leaders were assaulted by police, several of them suffering bone fractures and other injuries, according to independent doctors and human rights organizations.
Mugabe said afterward the labor leaders were resisting arrest for holding a banned protest and "reasonable force" was used to break up the march.
Britain, the United States and the European Union have imposed travel and visa restrictions on Mugabe and ruling party leaders to protest alleged violations of human and democratic rights since 2000.....


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Dorothy G. Ingalls, founded investment club
Feb. 23, 1922 – March 21, 2013
Dorothy G. "Dotty" Ingalls died March 21 among her family at home. She had moved to Buffalo in 2000 from Connecticut. She was 91.
Before retiring, she was assistant to the dean of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, Conn.
She was predeceased by her husband, D. Robert, a former head football coach at UConn.
Born Dorothy G. Grose in Dallas, she graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Mrs. Ingalls was founder of the Storrs Investment Club, a master bridge player and a member of Mensa.
She is survived by her sons, James F. and Donald R.
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Rack and Ruin
The Supreme Court considers Anna Nicole's surprisingly real claims.
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It's difficult to imagine two more different pieces of circuitry: The Supreme Court is hard-wired to suck out the drama from even the most emotionally charged conflicts. Bush v. Gore, the partial-birth-abortion case, the enemy-combatant cases—each was briefed and argued like, well, like a bankruptcy case. Life, death, anthrax scares: The court somehow scatters its own unique brand of boringness and uptightness over every drama it touches.
Whereas Anna Nicole Smith exists exclusively for psychodrama. If she isn't wearing something sparkly or saying something filthy, she might not exist at all. Which is why this morning's collision between the two worlds is so compelling. It's probably well worth the hundreds of millions of dollars in question for Anna to rein in the jubblies, dress in sober black, and sit still for an hour. She doesn't give interviews or sign autographs as she enters or exits the marble tomb, although some reporters are mowed flat in the scrum. In the first dispute today—the ethos of Anna Nicole vs. the ethos of the Supreme Court—the court is the clear winner.
In fact, no one even says "Anna Nicole" today. They call her "Vickie Lynn" if they refer to her at all. The case is Marshall v. Marshall, a meandering Dallas retread involving the 26-year-old stripper Anna once was; her 89-year-old oil-baron husband, J. Howard Marshall (they met when he was wheeled into her strip bar); their short (14 months), happy marriage; and the ensuing 10-year battle over his will. On the one side is Anna, former Playmate of the Year, who was once described by her former husband as "un-teachable" and by the judge most sympathetic to her claims as "illiterate." On the other is E. Pierce Marshall, heir to his father's fortune, whose alleged schemes to carve her out of his dying dad's financial life make Larry Hagman's J.R. Ewing look like a Teletubby.
This litigation has seen the inside of four courthouses already. First there was the Texas probate court, which determined that Anna was entitled to nothing, save the $6 million in gifts she had already earned while her husband was alive. Then the California federal bankruptcy court weighed in, when Anna declared bankruptcy there. That court found that the widow was entitled to $449 million, plus $25 million in punitive damages, for E. Pierce's alleged acts of fraud in messing up her inheritance. Then a California district court reduced that amount to $88 million, but nevertheless concluded that J. Howard loved his wife and planned to take care of her, and that his son and weasely lawyers had cooked the documents and fooled the old man as he lay dying. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in turn reversed that decision, contending that the federal bankruptcy court in California had no business meddling into the affairs of a Texas probate court in the first place.
Today's dispute is about the boundaries between state and federal courts—whether there is a zone outside ordinary federal court jurisdiction known as the "probate exception." (Try dancing naked to that.) Even though federal bankruptcy courts have rather broad jurisdiction, they have, for centuries, butted out in the areas of domestic relations and probate—under the theory that state courts are better-positioned to decide them. The 9th Circuit said the bankruptcy court should butt out here, meaning Anna gets nothing. She appealed, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari, thus making for the happiest crop of law clerks in modern memory.
Kent L. Richland, arguing on Anna's behalf, is exactly the sort of silver-haired, silver-tongued guy you'd have cast in the reality show. He doesn't appear to be flapped, even when Justice Antonin Scalia wonders, just moments into his presentation of an argument far broader than the one he needs to make: "Do you want to stand on that position or do you have a lesser position? One that might cause you to win?"
Richland smiles and explains simply that this case has nothing to do with wills. J. Howard tried to create an "inter vivos" trust for his young wife while he was still alive. His son apparently blocked that. "This has nothing to do with probate."
Speaking of wealthy Texas oilmen whose lawyers can justify just about anything, the president has joined this appeal on Anna's side. Assistant to the Solicitor General Deanne Maynard has 10 minutes to argue (not surprisingly) for giving more expansive jurisdiction to federal courts. The justices question her very little as she argues that the reason people create trusts—as opposed to wills—is precisely that they want to avoid probate. So, why is this a probate matter at all?
Eric Brunstad Jr. represents E. Pierce this morning, and while ordinarily it helps to be tall, young, and in possession of a booming voice, he appears to have lost most of the justices at "hello." Justice Stephen Breyer, for instance, is quick to hop up onto his white charger to defend Anna Nicole. He positively emotes as he quotes the findings of the California District Court judge who had found that Brunstad's clients "had forged three pages of J. Howard Marshall's will," among other things.
Brunstad's argument, repeated several times today, is that there was no way for the California bankruptcy court to go around handing fistfuls of money to Anna without interfering with the ruling of the Texas probate court. When he is pressed, by Justice David Souter, on why the decision of the Texas court was necessarily invalidated, Brunstad replies that under Texas law, no one can collect from an estate plan without invalidating the entire plan. It's something of a legal Escher staircase: Any judgment that implicates an estate plan necessarily invalidates that plan, which makes it, by law, an invalid judgment. In Texas.
Breyer asks whether the Texas probate court had all the documents available to the California bankruptcy court. That and more, says Brunstad. (Richland will later dispute this.)
Then Breyer has another run at him. J. Howard Marshall "said go draw it up so I can give gifts to her while we are married. Do it. And they never did!" Anna, who has seemingly always relied upon the kindness of strangers, is further rewarded when Breyer scolds Brunstad: "They hired private detectives to keep her from his bedside … this is quite a story."
Souter makes it even plainer. Why isn't she entitled to go to court and claim, "I just want some money from this guy"? On and on they go, beating the heck out of Brunstad. Scalia hands off to Breyer who hands off to Chief Justice John Roberts, who passes it back to Ginsburg. It's a rare team event from the court, and Brunstad does an admirable job standing his ground, even as it's slipping away from under him.
It seems cruel to report that Anna Nicole then stood and exited the courtroom, leaving the building by a side door and again granting no interviews. I would love to tell you that she did something, anything, to distinguish herself from the thousands of appellants who have brought their cases into these marble walls. But the court has worked its magical spell of blandness, even upon Anna, and she is just another litigant with a probate dispute today. She has stepped into the only place in America where her breasts have no power.
J. Howard must be spinning in his grave.


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Hogs: Russia has formally announced it will restart purchases of U.S. pork. In the grand scheme of things, this is not the major foundation of this year's bullish story. It certainly adds a little something extra though. In 2012 they purchased 5% of our exports. As exports are around 22% of our total demand, this adds 1.1% to our demand base.
That does not sound like a lot, but consider this year's current production stats (slaughter -0.5% yr/yr X weights +2.9% yr/yr = pork production +2.4%). This 1% increase in demand could take care of 1/3 of this year's weight increase.
For the short term, no this will not make a bull or bear market. For the big picture, months from now, this could affect pricing. It also comes at a time when the U.S. pork industry is concerned about exports to its number three export buyer, China.
Cattle: For the short term, this market has seen wholesale beef rebound due to last week's low slaughter. That low slaughter came partly from low cattle numbers but also partly from packer cutbacks. This leaves the trade wondering how much of the higher beef prices will be passed onto the cattle feeder. There are two weeks left of these tight numbers before last year's placement pattern allows for more cattle to show up.


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Bodhi's caution does seem to meet with what is contextually plausible, the commentators' penchant for superlative notwithstanding.tiltbillings wrote:I know that I am a gawdawful heretic, thrashing about needlessly, but I'd rather take this compound, sabbaññu, as meaning knowing the all rather than all knowing, which could be grammatically possible, depending upon how the compound is parsed, but then, of course, it did not happen that way.ancientbuddhism wrote:
- 662 Mp: "By these terms (jānāmi, abbhaññāsiṃ, viditaṃ) the plane of omniscience (sabbaññutabhūmi) is indicated." In the History of Buddhism, as well as in modern scholarship, the question of whether the Buddha claimed omniscience has been the subject of debate. The Buddha certainly rejected the claim that one could know everything all the time (see MN 71.5, I 482, 4–18) as well as the claim that one could know everything simultaneously (see MN 90.8, II 127, 28–30). But he also says that to hold that he totally rejects the possibility of omniscience is to misrepresent him MN 90.5, II 126, 31–27, 11).Thus is seems to follow that what the Buddha rejected is the possibility of continuous and simultaneous knowledge of everything, but not discrete and intentional knowledge of whatever can be known (which would exclude much of the future, since it is not predetermined).
"jānāmi, abbhaññāsiṃ, viditaṃ" have always indicated a contemplative knowledge unburdened by ordinary conceptual habits, where one sees things truly as they are such (tādī). So wherever this quality of knowing is directed, one knows that clearly as "discrete and intentional knowledge of whatever can be known".


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Incoming 1Ls / Re: Northwestern, UT, Vandy - $$$ or prestige?« on: May 04, 2007, 03:45:47 PM »
I hear you can get them at NW without too much difficulty, but not so at UT.
Don't know where you heard that, but plenty of UT 1Ls will be enjoying high paying big-law summers this year.
Sorry to see you go Sladkaya, but glad things seem to be working out!
I heard it from MindTheGap, so it must be true...lol. UChicago trolling, you know. It's all anecdotal.
What % would you say = plenty? What grade percentile do you need at UT to be competitive for those internships? I think MTG has a top 10% UT friend that couldn't get a summer 1L big law intership.
Grades don't really matter for 1L biglaw. The ones that do get hired are the ones that have prior connections or are looking to work in IP. This is the same for most schools, not just UT. If you're looking for corporate work, it's basically a crapshoot.


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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Campaign aides to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell proposed using actress Ashley Judd's past bouts with depression against her if she had decided to challenge him in his re-election bid next year, according to a secret recording posted by a magazine.
Mother Jones released a recording Tuesday along with an article about a private meeting in which the aides discussed opposition research into potential Democratic challengers. Aides talked and laughed on the recording about Judd's political positions, religious beliefs and past bouts of depression.
The FBI is looking into how the recording was made after the McConnell campaign accused opponents of engaging in "Watergate-era tactics." The magazine reported that the recording was provided last week by a source who requested anonymity.
"She's clearly — this sounds extreme — but she is emotionally unbalanced," a McConnell aide said of Judd during a February meeting at the Louisville campaign headquarters. "I mean it's been documented ... she's suffered some suicidal tendencies. She was hospitalized for 42 days when she had a mental breakdown in the '90s."
Judd has been open about her bouts with depression. She spoke to the American Counseling Association's national convention in Cincinnati in March, telling more than 3,000 counselors from across the country about her experiences. Her spokeswoman, Cara Tripicchio, criticized the McConnell campaign for considering making it a campaign issue.
"This is yet another example of the politics of personal destruction that embody Mitch McConnell and are pervasive in Washington DC," Tripicchio said in a statement. "We expected nothing less from Mitch McConnell and his camp than to take a personal struggle such as depression, which many Americans cope with on a daily basis, and turn it into a laughing matter."
McConnell was asked several times at a news conference Tuesday about the propriety of attacking Judd over depression. He did not directly answer, but repeatedly brought up an incident last month, when Progress Kentucky tweeted an insensitive remark about his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao.
"As you know, my wife's ethnicity was attacked by a left-wing group in Kentucky and apparently they also bugged my headquarters," he said. "So I think that pretty well sums up the way the political left is operating in Kentucky."
The FBI confirmed that it was contacted by McConnell's office and was looking into the matter. The magazine's Washington bureau chief, David Corn, said in a statement that the magazine wasn't involved in making the tape but understood it wasn't the result of bugging.
"We are still waiting for Sen. Mitch McConnell to comment on the substance of the article," the statement said. "Before posting, we contacted his Senate office and his campaign office — in particular, his campaign manager, Jesse Benton — and no one responded. As the story makes clear, we were recently provided with the tape by a source who wishes to remain anonymous. We published the article on the tape due to its obvious newsworthiness."
Corn continued, "We were not involved in the making of the tape, but it is our understanding that the tape was not the product of any kind of bugging operation. We cannot comment beyond that, except to say that under the circumstances, our publication of the article is both legal and protected by the First Amendment."
McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton alleged in an email to supporters that "liberals and their media allies" were "wire-tapping our field office to spy on us," even though it wasn't clear how the recording was obtained. Benton used the issue as a fundraising appeal, asking supporters to send donations "to help us spread the truth."
On the recording posted on Mother Jones' website, McConnell began the meeting by telling aides the campaign had entered "the Whac-A-Mole period" and explained that means "when anybody sticks their head up, do them out."
The magazine reported the aides huddled on Feb. 2 in a private meeting to discuss potential Democratic opponents, including Judd and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. Grimes, a rising star within the Kentucky Democratic Party, hasn't ruled herself out as a challenger.
An unidentified aide said Judd had made a public statement as a Tennessee delegate to the Democratic national convention about her support of President Barack Obama, an unpopular figure in Kentucky. The aide said that statement could be used against her and raised another issue: Judd lives in Tennessee, not Kentucky.
In another instance, the aide played a recording of Judd talking about her evolving religious beliefs, which included native faith practices. The aides laugh loudly. An unidentified man then says "the people at Southeast Christian would take to the streets with pitchforks," referring to an evangelical megachurch in Louisville.
The magazine was the first to report about Republican Mitt Romney's comments to donors paying $50,000 apiece to attend a private reception that 47 percent of Americans are dependent on government, see themselves as victims and believe the government has a responsibility to care for them.
Romney's critics used the video to argue that he was out of touch with average Americans during the last presidential campaign.
Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Dan Logsdon said the recording is telling about McConnell.
"I certainly do not know anything about how this may have happened," Logsdon said. "However, it's clear that this is the McConnell we all know: leading a negative, nasty campaign determined to lash out at his opponents since he doesn't have any accomplishments to point to."
Associated Press writers Jim Abrams and Donna Cassata in Washington and Brett Barrouquere in Louisville contributed to this report.


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