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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cheap Christmas party
I spent less than £10 on a small gift and food.
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Blue jeans for a green home
EUGENE, Ore- Jeans are a staple for wardrobes in every home around the world. Now, denim is being used in making the home as well.
Habitat for Humanity Site Manager Charles Castle said that blue jeans are now being used as a green building material. Shredded and processed denim is now used as Insulation for homes around the world.
"It's a new initiative for Levi that we've been doing over the last couple of years and with the research that Levi Strauss and Co. has done, we see that there is a lot of waste after the consumer buys the jeans," said Nicole Kramer, the Employee Engagement Specialist with Levi Strauss.
The company encourages recycling jeans, which they turn into scraps and convert to insulation.
"One aspect of the construction process is that we are using this recycled denim insulation. Partly because of a wonderful grant we got from Levi Strauss that allows us to use this insulation which is easier and healthier to install," said Castle.
Volunteers with Habitat are building a home in North Eugene and its the first one to have denim insulation in the area. When the construction is finished, the house will be energy star certified.

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Here's the Weird Al Lady Gaga Parody That Almost Never Was
Weird Al Yankovic recently recorded "Perform This Way," a parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," after the pop diva demanded to hear it before allowing him include it on his next album. But in a blog post today, Yankovic angrily revealed that Gaga had put the kibosh on his homage. Or did she?
Yankovic took to his blog today to bemoan the fact that Gaga had said "No" to the final version of his parody, despite the fact he'd promised to donate all sales from the video and song to the Human Rights Campaign. And he wasn't happy about it:
As of this posting, I still don't know specifically what kind of problem she has with the song (obviously I take a few jabs at her, but y'know, it's satire – that's how it's supposed to work). And I'm especially confused as to why she waited until I actually recorded the song (at her insistence!) before saying no. It's not like there were any surprises in the finished song that she couldn't have foreseen by, you know, READING THE LYRICS.
A conventional release for the song and video would have also raised a nice chunk of change for the HRC – an organization which I have to assume Gaga supports. Hopefully, if fans enjoy hearing the song online, they'll make a donation anyway.
My parodies have always fallen under what the courts call "fair use," and this one was no different, legally allowing me to record and release it without permission. But it has always been my personal policy to get the consent of the original artist before including my parodies on any album, so of course I will respect Gaga's wishes. However, given the circumstances, I have no problem with allowing people to hear it online, because I also have a personal policy not to completely waste my stinking time.
As promised, Yankovic did release the song on YouTube this morning, which you can listen to above. But that's not where the story ends.
This afternoon, he followed up with another post revealing that he would, in fact, be allowed to include the song on his album. Why? Turns out Gaga's manager had said no without her permission. In fact, she hadn't even heard the song:
Gaga's manager has now admitted that he never forwarded my parody to Gaga – she had no idea at all. Even though we assumed that Gaga herself was the one making the decision (because, well, that's what we were TOLD), he apparently made the decision completely on his own.
He's sorry.
And Gaga loves the song.
All's well that ends well, right?


text: Beosetup must be run to actuall put slaves on the cluster then you can set the status to up. Once this is done beostatus will show you more information. Tolga KILICLI wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a problem, I have set up a beowulf cluster from scyld corp.'s preview cd. > Now my question is beostatus does not show any info about the cluster. Is there a specific way of running programs? (beside mpirun ...) > > thanks, > tolga... > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list > Beowulf at beowulf.org > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- Robert Sand. mailto:rsand at d.umn.edu US Mail University of Minnesota Duluth 10 University Dr. Information Technology Systems and Services MWAH 176 144 MWAH Duluth, MN 55812 Phone 218-726-6122 fax 218-726-7674 "Walk behind me I may not lead, Walk in front of me I may not follow, Walk beside me and we walk together" UTE Tribal proverb.


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Friday October 1, 2010
Jordan's King Abdullah II was reunited with his beloved wife Queen Rania on Thursday, after she flew home to Amman from New York following treatment for an irregular heartbeat.
The sovereign had been at Rania's side as she underwent non-surgical catheterisation, on September 27, but work commitments meant he had to return to his country ahead of his wife.
Upon her return, 40-year-old Rania wrote a heartfelt post on her blog to express her gratitude for the support she has received over the last week.
"Your get-well wishes and prayers made me feel that I'm a mother, a daughter and a sister to you all, not just a Queen," she wrote.
"You are my family and I live to serve our one Jordanian family. I pray that God give me strength to keep serving you, and to achieve His Majesty's vision of improving the lives of all Jordanians.
"I thank God for all his blessings and for the love and affection that bonds us all."


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Click on Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour to find out more information about the crop tour.
The Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour provides accurate late-season information about likely corn and soybean yields during the upcoming harvest season at the state and regional level.
With this year's widespread drought and reduced USDA early yield expectations, the field reports will provide valuable insight into harvest estimates and the impact on commodity markets.
Pioneer agronomists will join the team of crop scouts taking corn and soybean samples and yield measurements from 1,100 fields in seven Corn Belt states.
DuPont Pioneer will update the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour website each day and provide daily crop observations, including latest disease and pest pressure, as well as corn yield estimates and soybean pod counts observed on the four-day crop tour, Aug. 20-23.


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By Radio.com Staff
Bruno Mars will perform at 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
Related: Bruno Mars' 'Carpool Karaoke' is Here
Mars is a four-time GRAMMY winner and is nominated again this year for his work on Adele's 25. He joins a star-studded lineup of performers which includes Adele, John Legend, Metallica, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban.
The GRAMMYs air Sunday, February 12th at 8pm on CBS.


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Phils claim Figueroa off waivers from Mets
Seven-year vet expected to join big league club Thursday
By Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
Philadelphia claimed right-hander Nelson Figueroa off waivers from the Mets. He is expected to join the team before Thursday afternoon's series finale against the Nationals at Nationals Park. The Phillies have not made a move to place Figueroa on the 25-man roster, although he could replace right-hander Andrew Carpenter.
Figueroa had a 4.61 ERA in Spring Training, but the Mets designated him for assignment over the weekend because he was out of options. Figueroa went 3-8 with a 4.09 ERA in 16 games (10 starts) last season for New York.
"Our scouts saw him and know him from the past," Phillies assistant general manager Scott Proefrock said. "He's an experienced guy who's been up and down. We're just looking for some more depth, not only here, but in Triple-A. He has a history here."
Figueroa went 4-5 with a 3.94 ERA in 19 games (13 starts) for the 2001 Phillies. He originally joined the Phillies in the July 26, 2000, trade that sent Curt Schilling to the D-backs for Travis Lee, Vicente Padilla, Omar Daal and Figueroa.
Figueroa is out of options, so once right-handers Joe Blanton and Brad Lidge and left-hander J.C. Romero join the team, he would need to clear waivers for the Phillies to send him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
"He's got good command, and he knows how to pitch," manager Charlie Manuel said. "I think we definitely wanted to make sure we build up our pitching. We don't have a lot of options, especially if guys get hurt. We definitely need some inventory. He can pitch. He's very serviceable."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Went out to NODAK this weekend and although we had a bunch of bad weather I still managed one yote. She came in to 75yds and stopped which is where she met a 55gr Vmax to the chest. She really liked the gray fox distress playing on the e caller. I missed a red fox running away at 275-300yds and a yote running away at 350yds. Both were spotted as we were driving to calling locations.


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House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) today released the following joint statement after the Department of Labor announced a final rule concerning respirable coal dust:
For too long a flawed regulatory process has stymied efforts to provide stronger black lung protections. No miner should go to work without the best standards in place to guard against this deadly disease. And there is no good reason why industry, labor, and MSHA can't come together to find agreement on what those safety standards should be.
While we intend to carefully review the regulation, today's announcement should not be the end of this important discussion. No doubt stakeholders will continue to raise concerns with the new rules and offer ideas for improvement. We strongly urge the administration to engage those affected by the regulation, to guarantee the best tools, technologies, and practices are present in every mine. Only then can we ensure every miner is safe from the threat of black lung.
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OK! Frankenstein city. Cuts and more cuts. Blood everywhere. EDIT THE FAT!!!
I've chosen not to change the lyric past my last edits in the lyric stage. I like the way it lays I think. What you're hearing here is 25 seconds of fat trimming. And in deleting bars I've had to choose certain riffs or fills from different instruments going into the next section. In other words, a lot of the transitions weren't actually played this way. A bass fill would've been perhaps playing to a different guitar and drum fill. But when you delete stuff you have to recreate the flow. The last chorus is even truncated, the whole middle section of C3 is ripped out, all in service of little pop listener brains wanting the message fast.
So my motive here was to keep it moving! in the short attention span world of pop, while still keeping the integrity of the message and flow. It's been a challenge and a real education. Any and all input is welcome as always. If you you feel a certain lyric is still bugging, mention it if you care to. I'll still be recutting the vocal. Mix input, (banjo down further?), transitions, whatever you hear, lay it on me if you so desire...
Speeding up the track hasn't happened yet but it will. (I can't seem to find a decent time compression algo)


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Am. Samoa Gov't v. McDonaldCite as [Am. Samoa Gov't v. McDonald, UTC No. 298980, slip op. (Dist. Ct. Mar. 26, 2012).]
AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT, Plaintiff,
JOHN MICHAEL MCDONALD, Defendant.
The District Court of American Samoa
UTC No. 298980
March 4, 2012
[2] After a traffic stop based on an articulable basis, if the officer develops a reasonable suspicion that the driver had consumed alcohol or other drugs and might be intoxicated, a brief detention of the driver while a certified, trained D.U.I. police officer is promptly brought to the scene to take over the case development and evaluation of factors suggesting intoxication is also reasonable under the circumstances.
[3] If a police-officer had seen a driver commit a moving violation and subsequently had articulable reasons to suspect that the driver was inebriated, a brief transport of the driver from the traffic stop scene to a safe, public location to conduct Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, when warranted by the unsafe conditions prevailing at the scene, does not generally turn the detention of the driver into an arrest.
[4] If a police-officer had seen a driver commit a moving violation and subsequently had some reasons to suspect that the driver was inebriated, transportation of the driver to a police substation, where the police officer escorted the driver inside the substation and conducted the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests therein, such practices effectively result in the driver being placed in police custody, and in the absence of probable cause for the officer to arrest, this seizure is no longer reasonable. Evidence obtained thereafter becomes inadmissible in court.
[5] Where officers saw a driver perform two instances of unsafe driving; and upon pulling the driver over, the driver told one officer he consumed two beers but changed his story to admitting consumption of four to six beers to the other officer; and moreover the driver's physical state of having red, watery eyes, an odor of alcohol on his breath, an inability to stand outside his vehicle without using the vehicle for support, and difficulty in pulling out his wallet to present identification—all of this indicates under a totality of the circumstances that the officers had probable cause to seize the driver.
[6] When officers under a totality of the circumstances had probable cause to seize a driver, the driver's performance of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (non-testimonial evidence) in a police sub-station does not require a reading of Miranda rights as the results of those tests are non-testimonial evidence and admissible in court.
Before: WARD, District Court Judge
Counsel: For the Plaintiff, Camille Philippe, Assistant Attorney General.
For the Defendant, David P. Vargas, Esq.
This motion to suppress the B.A.C. (Blood Alcohol Content breathalyzer test) and Standardized Field Sobriety Test ("S.F.S.T.") results of Defendant John Michael McDonald ("McDonald"), conducted on 24 November 2011 in the Territory, came on regularly before the court on 16 February 2012. Testimony was presented by Public Safety Officers Leapai ("Leapai") and Parker ("Parker"), and the Defendant's wife, Mrs. McDonald.
From that testimony the Court finds the following facts. At approximately 1:30 A.M. on 24 November 2011, a police trainee accompanied Leapai at or near the village of Nuuuli; both were patrolling the roadway heading from the Lion's Park area towards the intersection with the main highway in a police unit. Leapai noticed that the tail-lights of the vehicle ahead of his unit were not illuminated. Subsequently he observed the vehicle [**2**] swerve out of its lane before reaching the intersection and again swerving out of its lane upon entering, east bound, the main highway. Leapai pulled over that vehicle shortly thereafter at or near the parking lot of the K-2 Store. Leapai approached the vehicle's driver, whom he identified in court as McDonald, and advised him as to the reason for the traffic stop. While speaking with McDonald, Leapai observed that his eyes were red and detected an odor of alcohol on his breath. Leapai asked McDonald if he had consumed an alcoholic beverage and McDonald responded he had only consumed 2 beers at a party earlier. Leapai asked McDonald to step out of the vehicle and then advised him he would call another police officer to the scene to determine if McDonald could safely continue to drive.
Soon thereafter Officer Parker arrived on the scene. Parker is a certified D.U.I. Officer, trained to administer and evaluate S.F.S.T.s and breathalyzer tests. Parker testified that upon arriving at the scene of the traffic stop, and after being briefed by Leapai as to what had occurred before Parker's arrival, Parker noticed that McDonald had red, watery eyes and detected an odor of alcohol coming from his person. Parker re-advised McDonald as to the basis for the stop and asked McDonald if he had been drinking. McDonald responded that yes, he had been drinking earlier and had consumed 4-6 Steinlager beers. Again Parker noticed the odor of alcohol on McDonald's breath, [**3**] and observed that during this conversation McDonald was swaying back and forth and leaning back against the car to maintain his balance. When asked for identification, McDonald also had difficulty in pulling out his wallet and producing his driver's license.
Parker next attempted to question McDonald's wife, who was in the passenger seat of McDonald's vehicle, but she was unresponsive. Parker noticed she appeared to be angry or upset and was crying. Leapai remained at the scene during this period and his trainee partner remained inside the police unit during the stop.
Parker next advised McDonald about conducting the S.F.S.T.s and obtained McDonald's consent to perform the tests. Parker, evaluating the traffic stop scene as both poorly-lit and not presenting a level 'floor' for conducting the tests, explained to McDonald that he would transport McDonald to the nearby Department of Public Safety Substation ("Substation West") to conduct the tests. Parker also informed McDonald he was not under arrest at that time. On cross examination and redirect, Parker testified he was a 5-year veteran of the Department of Public Safety, having conducted 50-60 D.U.I. investigations and/or arrests. He stated that some S.F.S.T.s were conducted at the scene of the traffic stop if they could be safely performed there, but if not, the driver would be transported back to the [**4**] police station to conduct the S.F.S.T.s there. Parker also stated that McDonald gave him consent to drive McDonald's car to Substation West, with McDonald seated behind Parker in the backseat, and Mrs. McDonald seated in the front passenger's seat. Leapai followed in Parker's unit with Leapai's trainee partner driving Leapai's unit. At Substation West, McDonald was escorted inside the police station where he performed and failed the S.F.S.T.s, was formally arrested for D.U.I., advised of his Miranda rights, and opted to perform a breathalyzer test.
Mrs. McDonald testified that at the scene of the traffic stop adjacent businesses, including Talofa Video and the Nuuuli Shopping Center, had well-lit, level parking areas where the S.F.S.T.s could have been promptly performed. She also stated that the transport time from the stop scene to Substation West was no more than 5 minutes in duration.
McDonald contends that because Parker did not personally observe him operating his vehicle on the roadway, Parker could not lawfully arrest him for D.U.I. Further, McDonald argues that because his vehicle was stopped for mechanical defects, his detention upon suspicion of D.U.I. was unreasonable. Finally, McDonald contends that he was taken into police custody without probable cause, thereby rendering all subsequent evidence obtained inadmissible in court. [**5**]
Recently this Court issued an Opinion and Order suppressing S.F.S.T.s and breathalyzer test results in Am. Samoa Gov't. v. Miscoi, UTC Nos. 286246 and 286247 (slip op. (Dist. Ct. March 14, 2012), involving several facts not facially dissimilar to many of those presented in this case.
[1] In deciding the issues presented in this case, the Court adopts its reasoning and caselaw citations used in Miscoi and will frequently reference it.
[1, 2] With respect to McDonald's first issue, this Court has repeatedly ruled in bench decisions in cases presenting similar facts that a brief detention of a motorist at a traffic stop while a trained and certified D.U.I. police officer is promptly brought to the stop scene does not on its face create an unreasonable seizure of the motorist. If the officer initiating the traffic stop has an articulable basis for initiating that stop under Whren v. U.S., 517 U.S. 806 (1996), the initial stop is constitutionally valid. After that traffic stop, if the officer develops a reasonable suspicion that the driver had [**6**] consumed alcohol or other drugs and might be intoxicated, a brief detention of the driver while a certified, trained D.U.I. police officer is promptly brought to the scene to take over the case development and evaluation of factors suggesting intoxication is also reasonable under the circumstances.
[3, 4] As this Court held in Miscoi, a brief transport of the driver from the traffic stop scene to a safe, public location to conduct S.F.S.T.s, when warranted by the unsafe conditions prevailing at the scene, does not generally turn the detention of the driver into an arrest. In the instant case, Parker briefly transported McDonald to Substation West, took him inside the police station, and conducted the "field" tests there. As this Court held in Miscoi, such practices effectively result in the driver being placed in police custody, and in the absence of probable cause for the officer to arrest, this seizure is no longer reasonable. Evidence obtained thereafter becomes inadmissible in court. Rev. Const. of Am. Samoa art. I, § 5.
[5] In this case, however, under a totality of the circumstances test, Officer Parker had probable cause to seize McDonald prior to transporting McDonald to Substation West. Officer Leapai observed, in addition to the tail-lights' defective condition, two instances of unsafe driving by [**7**] McDonald. McDonald told Leapai he had consumed two beers, but changed his story to Officer Parker and admitted to consuming 4-6 Steinlagers. Parker observed McDonald at the stop to have red, watery eyes, and detected the odor of alcohol on his breath. In addition, McDonald was unable to maintain his balance standing outside his vehicle without using the vehicle for support. Further, McDonald exhibited difficulty in pulling out his wallet and presenting identification.
[6] Notwithstanding Parker's statement to McDonald at the stop scene that he was not under arrest, there was probable cause to take McDonald into police custody immediately before his transport to Substation West. Because this seizure of McDonald was supported by probable cause, the subsequent results of the S.F.S.T.s and the breathalyzer test are admissible in court as evidence. See, generally, Pennsylvania v. Muniz, 496 U.S. 582 (1990); Miscoi, UTC Nos. 286246 & 286247.
In Miscoi, the police officer lacked probable cause to find and charge the driver at the scene of the traffic stop with being under the influence of intoxicating liquor rendering him incapable of safely driving (A.S.C.A. § 22.0707). Evidence obtained from Miscoi after being effectively placed in police custody at the Central Police Station was therefore inadmissible in court. Rev. Const. of Am. Samoa art. I, § 5. [**8**]
In the instant matter, Officer Parker did have probable cause at the scene of the traffic stop to find and charge McDonald with violating A.S.C.A. § 22.0707. The seizure of McDonald being a reasonable one supported by probable cause, his motion to suppress the test results of the S.F.S.T.s and the breathalyzer is denied. [2]
So Ordered. Further, this matter is calendared for a pre-trial hearing on 10 April 2012 at 8:30 A.M.
[1] In the Miscoi case, Miscoi was stopped for speeding and had pulled over in a poorly-lit area. Because Miscoi exhibited some indicia of alcohol consumption at the scene of the stop, police officers subsequently transported Miscoi to the Central Police Station for continued S.F.S.T. and breathalyzer analysis. This Court ruled that under the totality of the circumstances, the police officers lacked the probable cause necessary to arrest Miscoi for D.U.I. at the scene of the stop. This Court further ruled that Miscoi's subsequent seizure and transport to the Central Police Station was unreasonable, and therefore suppressed the S.F.S.T. and breathalyzer test results. Cf. REV. CONST. OF AM. SAMOA art. I, § 5.
[2] As more fully set forth in Miscoi, the present police practice of routinely transporting D.U.I. suspects from the traffic stop scene to the police station is facially suspect. Safer, quicker, and constitutionally permissible alternatives are readily available. The Department of Public Safety and the Office of the Attorney General are strongly admonished to review and revise this practice at their earliest opportunity.


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I am excited about the prospect of teaching a course in which students will be given an opportunity to dismantle certain suppositions, while at the same time studying the mechanisms of dismantling which we call literary movements, and literary greatness. First, what is a gatekeeper? What gate does he keep? And what is the literary greatness he upholds? What verbal strategies and "values" are employed to maintain a standard or rebel against a standard? Is there any real difference between the strategies of obeying a structure or dismantling it? If there is no standard, and anything is great if you say it is, then why do certain works persist? Does this mean they are truly great, or that the argument for their greatness, the strategies and rigor of those arguments, or the simple fact that one feels compelled to continue the argument make them so? What are the advantages of upholding a tradition and the advantages of dismantling it, if any, beyond power? And, if power is the only constant of both those who would reform and those who resist being reformed, then is there any movement at all–or just new and seemingly competing terminologies for the same basic thing?
The more things same, the more they same the change.
Things change by staying the same.
Things stay the same by changing.
If change equals sameness and Sameness equals change, where in this process of the constancy of change, and the inconstancy of sameness do terminologies emphasize their rigorous nomenclatures of change or their equally rigorous nomenclatures of sameness? How does the atrophy of one lead to the hypertrophy of the other? What are the common mechanisms and verbal strategies of sameness and change in any verbal aesthetic? In what sense is the break down of any system A.) Breakthrough? B.) Proof that the system exists? C.) Prove that it never existed? D.) Proof that it may or may not exist and is to be considered only in so far as it exists as a series of assertions and all terminologies in the verbal construct gather around it to prove or disprove its "validity?"
What do we mean by cultural evolution? If we can come up with a definition for evolution, does the definition cease to be challenged effectively? And if it ceases to evolve, does it, itself, contradict cultural evolution? And if it contradicts cultural evolution, doesn't that prove evolution by way of evolving beyond it? Can we ever escape the mechanisms and strategies by which we assert that we are beyond the mechanisms and strategies of assertion? Why do we put flesh on the mechanisms of the bones and organs. What is the value not only of methodology, but of hiding one's methodologies behind a terministic screen? How do literary terms resemble the veil over the covenant. And when we hide anything by a vocabulary of jargon, exclusion, or discourse, do the gatekeepers mistake mastery of the jargon for the value? Do people ever really value truth, or do they value the power that comes from mastering certain mechanisms of truth? To that end:
"Every discourse, even a poetic or oracular sentence, carries with it a system of rules for producing analogous things and thus an outline of methodology."
~Jacques Derrida
All selections from reality/life are distortions of reality/life. They imply a rhetoric (method) of inclusion and exclusion implicit in the choosing of one thing or way over another. Thus Kafka's statement: "the minute you write she opened a window, you have already begun to lie." What can we say about correctness then, the right or perfect way to do something save that it is obeys to the furthest rigor and skill the rhetoric of its own distortions, and, when it disobeys the rhetoric of those particular distortions, it does so with equal or greater rigor? Error exists not in whether something is true or false but in whether one has obeyed its rhetoric (methodology) or disobeyed without full rigor. There can be no errors in perception if all perception is misperception,only errors in methodology. If one attempt to obey and fails, this is sin/error, or incompetence. If one disobeys and succeeds with full rigor, this is a new system. If all this be so, then there is no difference between postmodernism's obsessions with deconstruction (the process of instability) and the bureaucracy from which it came into being and in which it thrives. To quote Derrida again:
"It is the rigor and conviction of my views and methods that seem threatening– not what I say, but the rigor, conviction, and competence by which I say it."
What is the outline of methodology in Ashery's poems? (we will look at three of them). IN Larry Levis (again three poems). In Keats' "Odes?" in Wallace Stevens' "The Idea of ORder at KEy West," "Large Red Man Reading" and in Maria Mazziotti Gillan's family and identity poems? How do these methodologies contradict or exclude the possibility of the other?
Besides this old adage, we will be considering the following:
To what extent is art for art's sake, in its purest most absolute expression, merely a morality and didacticism made conspicuous by its absence? (We will compare the verbal strategy of Oscar Wilde's essays on art for art's sake, with some famous sermons and their verbal strategies)). How does an aesthete resemble a strict moralist? What are the verbal strategies of disdain an aesthete employs for the meaningful and the ontological, and how do they resemble the "outrage" of moralists? How does the "cool" and indifference, and practiced inconsequence of an aesthete betray the same underlying violence and zeal as the heat and fanaticism of a moralist? What are the particular strategies of violence in a system that must maintain it is above and beyond "for and against" and is for unending nuance?More importantly, how does an insistence upon ontology (meaning) falsify substance. How does an insistence on substance falsify meaning.
What are the advantages of "who cares" and "so what" in the history of power (the strategies of inviting and not inviting) and how do they figure in the development of post modernism? For this we will be looking at some of the journal entries of Andy Warhol, and some of the party scenes in Proust. We will examine the supposition: power is the right to be arbitrary and contemptuous of all subjects that do not reflect the right to be arbitrary. Power is the lawless generative force of laws, traditions, and beliefs to which it need not adhere. Power never participates in the consistency which it engenders, in that which upholds it. When power obeys its own laws and gatekeepers, it ceases to be power. If this is true, then there are three ways to dismantle a power structure:
1. To go against it (reformers, new movements,)
2. To obey it so perfectly, with such utter obedience that one becomes a "pure" servility. Hence: the gates and the gatekeepers supplant the very thing they were built for and protect. Substance confers substance upon essence and deconstructs it as an essence. The "power" disappears into that which obeys it. (Kafka)
3. To confuse the issues to the point where they shift.
Byron: Not Wordsworth, but Pope (Don Juan).
The modernists (especially Pound): Not Tennyson, but Browning.
The beats: Not Eliot but Williams. Not west, but east. Not leftist action but leftist life style.
Post modernism: not substance, but semiotics of substances that do not exist save for their semiotics.
We will discuss vicarious power through the claiming of origins. We will study the power dynamics of "Studied with." "read with" "published in" "sponsored by" and "born from." All this virtual "proof" as created by German academics ad science.How does a poem imply its "studied with," "read with" "published in" and "born from?" To that end:
If something doesn't fit any category, and we call it unique, do we mean we are impressed by its originality or confused as to its origins? When we are confused as to a thing's origins, two reactions– both from the power structure result:
1.We champion the thing or artist as an exotic, a novelty, a bit of the primitive, and the raw, thus either mythologizing or eroticizing it or
2. We disparage, disdain or reject it as a "mistake" an ineptitude, a lack of craft or skill, proof that the artist is a rank amateur.
For this supposition:
– The "peasant" poetry of John Clare
– "Outsider" artists as championed by the elite.
– "Outsiders" as championed by the star making machine (Dylan, Madonna, Eminem)
– Outsiders made immortal by early death (the second generation romantics for example.
– Obscenity trials as a good career move (Baudelaire, Flaubert, Joyce, Lawrence, Ginsberg): scandal as a success story.
Some other things we will be delving into:
The modernist obsession with process and material as a value in and of itself and its relation to industrial and post industrial consciousness. The poem as a "thing made out of words." The painting as paint. Movements against the representational toward the abstract. Movements to retain the representational through disconnects, incongruity, distortion, or comic pastiche.
Finally: the power of literary friendships (how cronies work on the golf course and in the academy). Friendship as power.


text: You know this amsat-bb needs to collect up all the info and make a forum web page Same old info over and over ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg at hotmail.com> To: <mat_62 at netcommander.com>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 5:15 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Simple 2.4Ghz helix plans? > > Hi Michael, > > > > I followed instructions from Howard Long, G6LVB, posted here a few > years ago. (If the archives go back far enough, it was in November of > 2001). I don't have it electronically, but the instructions went > something like this: > > > > Get a long piece of thick bare copper wire (#10 is what I think I used), > and > put a small mark on it every 5 3/4 inches (146mm). Sharpie marker works > well. Wrap it around a > cardboard tube that's about 1 3/4 inches in diameter. The tube from a > roll of paper towels works fine; the dimension is not critical. Space the > turns about 1 1/4 inches (32mm) apart. > > Now, here's the magic part: once you get the helix about right, sight > down one edge, and you'll see those 146mm marks you made in the first > step. Twist and stretch the coils so that they all line up, AND at the > same time, keep the turns spaced (center to center) 32mm apart. Take your > time. The diameter of the turns will take care of itself. > > For the first 1/4 turn (the matching section), decrease the pitch so that > it gently slopes away from the reflector, which needs to be something > around 4 or so inches in diameter. The rest of the mechanical stuff you > can pretty much make up yourself. There are a lot of examples if you > browse around the web a bit. > > Helix antennas are pretty forgiving in construction, and really cheap to > make. > > Greg KO6TH > > p.s. If you already have a Wi-Fi antenna, it should work too. > Conversely, I've found that a Helix easily outperforms those "Pringles > can" Wi-Fi antennas that were popular a few years ago, in a Wi-Fi > application. > > >> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:03:02 -0400 >> From: mat_62 at netcommander.com >> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Simple 2.4Ghz helix plans? >> >> I threw this out there on the eham satellite forum looking for answers >> but I'll try here too. >> I'm looking for some fairly simple plans for this antenna. Everything I >> find either seems to be intended for WiFi or if it is ham related is >> full of mathematical formulas to figure length, diameter, spacing etc. >> Math was never my strong suit so I'd prefer to find something with the >> actual already computed dimensions clearly stated. Preferably in English >> rather than metric measurements. I found an article in the May/June 2008 >> AMSAT Journal that looked promising but there are no hard numbers, just >> the formulas and I don't have a calculator capable of some of the >> computations, much less being able to work them out in my head. Been a >> long time since I was in school!.. hi hi... I have a downconverter I'm >> not sure even works and I don't want to spend a huge amount of time and >> trouble to be able to test it. >> Tnx and 73, >> Michael, W4HIJ >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. > http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.39/2470 - Release Date: 10/30/09 15:18:00


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An Alternative Approach to Palmar Digital Nerve Blocks
- Feb 16, 2014
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Anesthetic that numbs out areas higher on the limb or misses relevant nerves altogether could otherwise confound interpretation of the diagnostic nerve block portion of a lameness exam.
Photo: Erica Larson, News Editor
Injecting anesthetic in a slightly different location than used with a traditional nerve block technique could be a more effective approach to pinpointing the cause of equine foot pain during lameness exams, noted a past-president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP).
Marvin Beeman, DVM, of the Littleton Equine Medical Center, in Colorado, renowned performance horse practitioner, described this approach at the organization's 2013 convention, held Dec. 7-11 in Nashville, Tenn. He presented during a session consisting of past-presidents sharing practice tips from their many years of clinical experience.
Beeman reminded his audience that the palmar digital nerve (PDN) block is the most common regional anesthetic block used to diagnose lameness in the horse. Usually, veterinarians place this block near the ungual (collateral) cartilages on the sides of the pastern, but Beeman said he prefers to place the needle lower, on the midline between the bulbs of the heel. He does this while holding the horse's front leg held between his knees or bracing the hind limb on his thigh and extending the limb as far back as possible.
Beeman explained that inserting and infusing the anesthetic as low as possible on the foot offers several benefits:
- The horse only needs one needle stick between the heel bulbs rather than two sticks (one on either side of the lower pastern);
- Anesthetic agents do not migrate up or down the limb as much as the traditional approach (which can anesthetize lesions above the front of the coronary band and in the pastern region), particularly if the practitioner places a thumb over the nerve- vascular bundle while injecting;
- The practitioner is less likely to inadvertently invade the digital artery or vein because the needle is not placed directly on or near the nerve-vascular bundle; and
- He or she is also less likely to invade the distal (lower) synovial sheath (that encloses the tendons) because the injection site is below where the sheath ends.
He said this lower, midline block eliminates confusion that can arise when variant nerve branches between the palmar or plantar digital nerves are not anesthetized using a PDN block over the lateral and medial nerves at a slightly higher site; in other words, the traditional approach can miss variant nerve branches and not completely block the desired region.
Beeman said he believes this approach is far more predictable than anesthetizing at the higher site for the migration reasons described. To gauge the block's success, Beeman advised veterinarians to check sensation from the heel bulbs to the widest part of the foot with a blunt instrument. And, he reminded the audience to reevaluate the hoof tester response and flexion tests after blocking the relevant portions of the distal limb with anesthesia.
Beeman's concluded that this method can more accurately block areas of the lower limb with less chance of anesthetic diffusing higher up into the pastern or fetlock region. In addition, it is more likely that lower variant nerves will be blocked by placing anesthetic at a low point between the heel bulbs. Anesthetic that numbs out areas higher on the limb or misses relevant nerves altogether could otherwise confound interpretation of the diagnostic nerve block portion of a lameness exam.
About the Author
Nancy S. Loving, DVM
Nancy S. Loving, DVM, owns Loving Equine Clinic in Boulder, Colorado, and has a special interest in managing the care of sport horses. Her book, All Horse Systems Go, is a comprehensive veterinary care and conditioning resource in full color that covers all facets of horse care. She has also authored the books Go the Distance as a resource for endurance horse owners, Conformation and Performance, and First Aid for Horse and Rider in addition to many veterinary articles for both horse owner and professional audiences.
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The Truth of The Matter: The rising cost of a college education
For many families who are dealing with sending a youngster off to college for the first time, the time between April 15th and May 15th can be perplexing.
Recently, Kaitlin Filippi, a 2010 graduate of Burr and Burton Academy and currently a junior at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass, submitted the following column for a class project:
The cost of my father's college education at Pace University, from 1969 to 1973, was $6,080. He was a commuter, so room and board is not included in that cost.
The cost of my mother's college education at Boston College, from 1983 to 1987, was $45,000.
The cost of my college education at Lesley University, from 2010 to 2014, will be $112,294.
My total cost, though, is only so "low" because I receive a merit scholarship, am graduating a semester early, and will be doing my fall 2013 semester from home, online, to save on room and board costs. Without all of that, the cost of my education would have been roughly $190,600.
Clearly, the cost of a college education has been rising exponentially in recent years. In the meantime, the average salary has not been keeping up. Part of this is due to the current state of the economy, but part of it is due to a huge disconnect that has been occurring since before the economy ever crumbled.
Lesley, of course, is not alone. Based on 2013-2014 tuition numbers, for four years of undergrad, Boston University costs $234,000, Harvard costs $218,000, and Emerson costs $201,000.
My mother's school, BC, now costs $238,000, while my father's school, Pace, (room and board excluded) costs $141,000.
This means that in 40 years, the cost of attending Pace has risen 2200 percent. In 26 years, the cost of attending Boston College has risen 430 percent.
One might say that inflation is the culprit, and while that does account for some of the rising rates, it does not account for all of it, by any stretch of the imagination.
In the 40 years since my father graduated, the rate of inflation has risen 410 percent. What does that mean? It means that, if schools were only accounting for inflation, the cost of four years of Pace should only be $31,000 today. Instead, it has risen 1790 percent over and above inflation.
In the 26 years since my mother graduated, the rate of inflation has risen 99 percent. Therefore, if Boston College were only accounting for inflation rates, it should cost $89,550 to attend four years. Instead, it has risen 331 percent over and above inflation.
Meanwhile, if starting salaries were keeping pace with the rising cost of college, my father's starting salary of $8,500 as an accountant should equate to a starting salary of $195,500 today.
According to the Houston Chronicle, starting salaries of accountants today are about $50,000 - a far cry from $195,500. Clearly, colleges and employers are on entirely different wavelengths.
My mother's starting salary of $23,500 as a loan administrator should equate to $124,550 today, based upon the amount that Boston College's price has risen since she graduated. Instead, according to SalaryList.com, starting salaries in that field are between $20,000 and $50,000, depending on the size of the company.
According to a January article from Forbes, the average starting salary for new graduates in 2012 was $44,445. Those graduating with majors in the humanities and social sciences make an average of $36,988, while education majors make an average of $40,688.
The cost of one year of college is more than these new graduates make in a year. When my father came out of school, he made more in one year than the cost of his entire college education. My mother at least, in two years, made up the cost of her education. It will likely take me about four years to make up the cost of my college education. What is wrong with this picture?
In years since my parents graduated, high school grads have become increasingly expected to attend college. A diploma is considered to be a young adult's ticket for life, allowing that person to gain access to careers that would otherwise have been unavailable.
Graduate school is now even becoming expected, though some, like myself, are choosing to opt out. How can we afford these rising costs, without being well-compensated when we enter the workforce?
With the expectation that students and their families shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars per child, people are becoming overwhelmed. The money is spent, but the rewards aren't immediately reaped when graduates come face to face with their starting salaries.
How much longer can the rates continue to grow? College costs cannot rise forever - at some point, the cost will become more than students and parents are willing to pay. When will it ever end?"
Let me add to my granddaughter's piece: The money families must come up with for colleges is not derived from a bottomless pit. Colleges need to wise up. They are on the same track as healthcare costs and heading for serious government intervention in the not too distant future.
By Kaitlin Keelan Filippi with Don Keelan who writes a bi-weekly column and lives in Arlington.
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


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A Hip-Hop Celebration
The GRAMMY Foundation will host Word Revolution: A Celebration Of The Evolution Of Hip-Hop — the 13th Annual GRAMMY Foundation Music Preservation Project — on Thursday, Feb. 10 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. The event will feature live musical performances and historical footage from preservation archives.
Performers will include GRAMMY winners Arrested Development and Chrisette Michele; current GRAMMY nominee El DeBarge; 9th Wonder and Marsha Ambrosius; Beat Freaks from "America's Best Dance Crew"; DJ Beverly Bond; DJ Jazzy Jeff; Kid Capri; Lil' Mama; MC Lyte; A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg; DJ Skee; and Recording Academy Texas Chapter President Paul Wall, among others. The evening's musical director will be producer/bassist Adam Blackstone.
Word Revolution: A Celebration Of The Evolution Of Hip-Hop will explore hip-hop as an art form, and celebrate the invaluable contributions of the genre and its influence on the American cultural landscape. Produced by the GRAMMY Foundation in conjunction with Centric, a BET Network, and sponsored in part by Classic Wines of California and Jackson Limousine, this GRAMMY Week celebration will promote the GRAMMY Foundation's mission of recognizing and preserving our musical past, so that future generations can continue to benefit from an appreciation and understanding of those contributions.
General admission tickets are $25 each. For tickets and information, click here or contact 866.811.4111.
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 13 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high definition and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio worldwide via Westwood One, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, and on YouTube. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook.


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Grain Car Auctions - January 20, 2014
Announcement Number: AG2014-1
Categories: Domestic Corn Feed Grains and Soybeans,Export Corn Feed Grains and Soybeans,Wheat and Food Grains
Posted Date: January 16, 2014
In response to inquiries about the schedule for the Grain Car Allocation Auction for next week, the auction will be held Monday, January 20, 2014 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) from 8AM to 2PM CST.
We will offer cars for April and May. No cars for February or March will be available at this time.
If you have any questions please contact Dave Muck 402-544-6264, Darren Wisniski 402 544-4190 or your Union Pacific representative.


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"A riveting, much-needed, clear-eyed look at the yoga mystique. In this investigation, science journalist William Broad pulls back the curtain on the little-discussed world of yoga injuries and risks, while setting the record straight about the numerous potential benefits. Downward dog will never look the same."Daniel Goleman
"Yoga, an ancient practice with millions of modern practitioners, has been the subject of overheated speculation and grandiose claims; it has been dismissed without warrant as well, underappreciated by some who might well benefit from it. The Science of Yoga is a lucid and long overdue account of what scientists have found in their attempts to ferret out the truth about what yoga can and cannot do to heal and make better the body and mind. It is a fascinating and important book."Kay Redfield Jamison


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One person was killed and three others injured early Saturday morning when they were struck by a speeding SUV driven by an off-duty police officer who was later charged with DWI and vehicular manslaughter.
Officer Nicholas Batka, 28, was speeding down Bedford Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn and lost control of his vehicle at about 3 a.m. near the intersection of North 8th Street, police said.
Batka was supposed to be reporting for duty at 7 a.m.
Batka's car jumped the curb and struck two men and two women, all in their 20s, police said. All were taken to local hospitals and three were said to be in serious condition. Their identities haven't been disclosed by police.
The person who died was a 21-year-old man, police said.
Batka flashed his badge at the scene as he tried to get out of his car, witnesses said.
He refused to take a Breathalyzer test, and was charged later in the day with driving while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter, three counts of assault and driving on a sidewalk.
Batka joined the NYPD in January, 2015. He was assigned to the transit bureau Manhattan task force. He has been suspended from the force.


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Preparing for the New MCAT®
Beginning in the spring of 2015, the test that all prospective medical school applicants are required to take is going to be a lot different. In addition to the usual sections devoted to biological sciences, physical sciences and critical reasoning, about 25 percent of the test will be devoted to material from two new subjects – sociology and psychology.
This is the first major change that has been made to the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT®) since 1991. Kerry Bruns, a chemistry professor who serves as the pre-med advisor at Southwestern, said the change is being made to ensure that aspiring doctors have an understanding of the social and behavioral sciences.
"Physicians need to be more than just biological or physical scientists," Bruns said. "They need to understand how the socioeconomic conditions in which a person lives may affect their health."
Bruns said that at Southwestern, he has always advised pre-med students to take courses such as psychology and sociology. But that hasn't necessarily been the case at other schools. For this reason, the forthcoming change in the MCAT® could have a significant impact on sociology departments across the country.
"While many pre-med students already take a psychology course to meet their general education requirements, a much smaller number typically take a sociology course," said Ed Kain, professor of sociology and University Scholar. "Sociology departments need to proactively plan for this change."
Kain has been at the forefront of helping sociology departments across the country prepare for this change. In December 2012, he wrote an article for the American Sociological Association's newsletter, Footnotes, aboutwhat sociology departments can do to prepare for the expected influx of students. He also led a workshop for sociology department chairs at the ASA annual meetings in New York City last summer. At that workshop, Kain said he discovered that well over half of the department chairs had not heard about the change, despite the fact that it could have a significant impact upon the undergraduate sociology curriculum.
Kain said this discovery gave him an idea for a national research project that some of his sociology students could do. Last fall, he started working with eight sociology majors to develop a national study that is designed to find out what faculty know about the upcoming changes in the MCAT®, what they have done to prepare for the new MCAT®, and if they have any "best practices" that they could share with other colleges and universities.
Students working with Kain on the project are Victoria Flores, Lucas Grisham, Kelsey Kisor, Mitch Petersen, Marta Selby, John Semlitsch, Tara Smith and Forrest Stanley-Stevens. In January, the students sent surveys to three different groups − sociology department chairs, psychology department chairs and the heads of pre-medical advising. The students have divided themselves into teams to analyze the responses from each group.
The students will present their research at the annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological Society in Portland, Ore., March 27-30. The students will also present their research at Southwestern's annual Research and Creative Works Symposium, which will be held April 8.
Kain said he hopes the research will lead to three articles co-authored with students that can be submitted for publication in different professional journals.


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The event, scheduled for Oct. 19, will be from 5-8 p.m. along Front Street in Dardanelle.
"This is our third year of having the barbecue cook off," Angie Sims said, noting the event name was changed from Cookbooks, Cuisine and More.
Participants in the cook-off will put their best rib forward, and two sets of winners will be announced: people's choice and a judged competition. Awards will also be given in a cook's choice category, where cooks will be able to choose a specialty item to prepare.
Food offerings for attendees won't stop at barbecue, however. Several businesses and clubs will also set up booths with information on their organizations. In addition, many will sell cookbooks and offer samples of several tasty dishes.
Artists and crafters will also be present to display their wares.
Razorback fans will have the opportunity to win a signed Razorback football. Tickets are $1 and may be purchased at the event or in advance.
Live music will be provided throughout the event, including offerings by Fool's Gold.
The rubber duck race, usually offered at the annual Dog Daze festival, will be conducted in conjunction with Taste Along the River. Sims said the event was not able to be conducted during the summer, so it was moved to the fall event.
Attendees will be able to purchase a tasting ticket for $5. Those wishing to set up a tasting or craft booth can do so for a $5 booth charge. Entries in the barbecue cook-off are $30. Tickets and entry forms can be found at Dardanelle City Hall.
For more information, call Sims at (479) 229-3567 or Dardanelle City Hall at (479) 229-3567.


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Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.
Get involved at some of the many fabulous Community Events! Help out at the Farmers' Market, Concerts, Movies In The Park and more!
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Teen death unexplained after tests
Tests to establish the cause of death of a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in an alleyway have proved inconclusive, police said.
Officers were called to reports of a body discovered off Ripponden Road in Oldham, Greater Manchester, at 8am and his death remains unexplained.
Chief Superintendent Chris Sykes, from Greater Manchester Police, said there was nothing to suggest any wrong-doing at this stage but police "cannot rule out third party involvement".
He said: "A post mortem to find the cause of death was inconclusive therefore further toxicology tests are required and his death remains unexplained at this time.
"I would reiterate that while there is nothing to suggest any wrong doing, we cannot rule out any third party involvement so we are continuing to fully investigate the circumstances of what happened.
"We would urge anyone with information to get in touch as your information, however small and insignificant it may seem, could help us to piece together the movements of this young man on Friday night into Saturday morning.
"We have officers patrolling the area so would ask anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious in the area that night to speak to us."
Anyone with information should call police on 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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The Los Angeles nightclub landscape will become a bit lonelier after this weekend as iconic monthly party Dragstrip 66 ends its 17-year reign on Saturday, January 9, at the Echoplex. Founded in 1993 by two Boston transplants, club promoter and DJ Paul V. and theater producer-performer "Mr. Dan" Der Kacz, the popular Eastside party offered L.A. revelers not only a respite from what was then a predominantly West Hollywood–based scene, but the opportunity to dress in outrageous drag costumes.
"We needed a vehicle for an alternative music club and for Dan's incredible talent as Gina Lotriman [his drag persona]," Paul V. tells The Advocate of the club's modest beginnings. "The first evening was a Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore look-alike contest." A month later, when actress Karen Black attended the second event, titled the Karen Black-Valentine Ball, the pair sensed there was a market for the demented sensibility they shared. Subsequent theme nights such as One Million Years B.C. (Before Cosmetics), Hot Pants Explosion, Florence of Arabia, and Tranny Get Your Gun not only drew faithful clubgoers (including a pre-fame Adam Lambert) but curious celebrities such as Drew Barrymore, Roseanne Barr, and Alan Cumming. Soon their creative, no-budget productions, which took place onstage during breaks in the DJ sets, became a sensation.
The success of Dragstrip 66, which until 2004 was held at Rudolpho's, a Mexican restaurant in Silver Lake, and has since moved to the Echoplex, surprised both men. "We made a pact that if it didn't take off after six months, we would stop," Paul recalls. "From the third one it was obvious that it had become bigger than we imagined. Swarms of people would join us. We soon realized how important the club was and how special an experience it was for people and the crowd became as much a part of the show as anything we put on stage."
Dragstrip was noted for its friendly vibe and welcoming atmosphere. "We had every age, size, gender, and no one was better than anyone else," Paul says. "You didn't have that diversity then. As an alternative to what was available to gay people, particularly the music, the crowd makeup, and age parameters, we blew those norms out of the water."
"We invited everyone to come and play with us and they felt safe and comfortable," he adds. "They knew they'd run into friends and probably get laid. We had the hottest guys in L.A. You could go up and talk to people without fear of the stand-and-pose attitude."
Take a look back at some of the most memorable moments of 17 years of Dragstrip 66.
For information on attending the final Dragstrip 66, click here.
Gina Lotriman, Sharon Needles and Gender at the 5th anniversary event.
Adam Lambert (third from left) as Willy Wonka.
Bunny and Kitty Twisted
Feathers and Leather
Gina Lotriman and Drew Barrymore
Jackie Beat
John Waters and Mink Stole with Gina Lotriman
Madonnas and DJ
Dragstrip 66 founders Paul V. and Gina Lotriman
Momma (center) at Hooray for Bollywood


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The Garvan Gardens Boat Show, March 30-April 1, features antique and classic boats. These boats,
lovingly restored by proud owners, value over $1 million. Owners from across the country are available to discuss the process for restoring these beautiful and priceless vessels.
If you're bringing a boat to enter in the show, Lookout Point offers a complimentary boat stall during your stay. Right on Lake Hamilton, our Hot Springs B&B is only minutes from Garvan Gardens–by boat or land.


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1st Pitch- The guide book references that this section is often plagued by open water, During our climb however I found it to be in decent shape. I noticed it became somewhat shallow up the middle and thus moved the lead back to my right on better ice. There is a station off to the left that could be used if you want to bail mid-way up I suppose. Continue up to where the gully narrows and turns right. There on the wall to the left you will find a bomber station consisting of an older bolted chain and new (2006) bolted rap rings.
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Is there a BMW riding presence on Whidbey?
Is there a BMW riding presence on Whidbey?
We are close, Bow-Edison area. We ride Whidbey quite often, nice roads over there!
Life is short - eat dessert first!
There is one here in Bellingham area as well.
Also close in Mount Vernon. '82 R100cs and '92 R100RT.
hope to make it up that way soon if the snow holds off.
Mike, that'd be a nice ride, through Poulsbo and up to Port Townsend, ferry to Whidbey . . .
I know it's an old thread, but I just moved to Whidbey!
Welcome to the Great North Wet. I hope you packed your rain gear. Oh, and quick, before the weather turns bad, you need to get on SR 20 and go east as far as you have time for. The dry side of the hill is just as awesome as the wet side of the Cascades. There is a bit of fresh snow in the high passes, but not on the roads yet. The weather may hold for another week or two before the deluge begins so if you can get a little time off.... But as an aviator you already knew that. You guys are always flying over my house. I just returned from a trip through the Okanogan sub continent and the landscape/riding is equal to the Swiss Alps travel brochures. We ride all year here on the wet side, but they close the SR 20 pass in winter, and winter comes early in the high country.
Cross to the Olympic Peninsula on the ferry (about $6.00) to Port Townsend the 101 loop offers lots of opportunities.
Bikes generally have front of line privilege on the ferry as long as your there prior to the start of loading.
Highway 16 into Tacoma will get you to South Sound BMW in Fife. Coffees always on and good place to
warmup. Lots of Saturdays they will have something happening. Brauts and Test rides.
HWY 101 Loop lots to see.
Bikes generally have front of line privilege as long as your there prior to start of loading.
Depending on stops you can be in Astoria within 4.5 hours from the Ferry terminal.
Very few stoplights depending in you route.
Not sure where your from but just in case ...
Watch for sand and gravel on the roads as we get colder. This was a new concept to me moving from
So Cal. Most all of these roads will be open all year, always check the wash dot website for road closures.
There is no finer LOOP in the US of A. Period.


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Alvarez's three-run shot makes winner of Cole
PITTSBURGH -- Gerrit Cole's No. 2 was pretty much like No. 1, which means he can deceive as well as pitch.
Cole lasted two outs shorter Sunday than he had on Tuesday in beating the Giants in his Major League debut, but otherwise wrote an almost identical line, yet in a totally different way. Good thing he again had his new best friend on his side.Full Game Coverage
PITTSBURGH -- Gerrit Cole's No. 2 was pretty much like No. 1, which means he can deceive as well as pitch.
Cole lasted two outs shorter Sunday than he had on Tuesday in beating the Giants in his Major League debut, but otherwise wrote an almost identical line, yet in a totally different way. Good thing he again had his new best friend on his side.Full Game Coverage
Pedro Alvarez broke up Cole's duel with Zack Greinke with a go-ahead three-run homer in the fifth. Alvarez is 4-for-6 with a pair of homers and six RBIs in Cole's two starts.
There was another difference: Cole had to sweat this one out, watching Pirates relievers withstand several Dodgers threats before finally securing the 6-3 victory in front of 37,263 at PNC Park, the Pirates' third sellout of the series following a rain delay of one hour, 28 minutes.
However, the biggest contrast between Cole's starts was in his stuff. As hard to believe as it was given the results, players and coaches said the 22-year-old righty had been more guts, less goods.
"This was a day he had to go battle his backside off," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "He pitched much better the first time. He had to compete today. Didn't have much breaking ball."
"I didn't have near the stuff I had Tuesday," Cole said. "A few times, I wished I had a better breaking ball or changeup, to generate a few more swings and misses. It's nice to get to fight it and have the seven guys behind you make plays like they did."
"If he'd had his curve, he could've lasted all nine. He's a special cat," said Michael McKenry, who got the late assignment to catch Cole after original starter Russell Martin had to be scratched due to lower body soreness.
Now stack those laments next to Cole's bottom line: 5 2/3 innings, seven hits and three runs allowed. And put it next to the Tuesday line: 6 1/3 innings, seven hits and two runs allowed.
"He knows how to pitch and how to get outs when he needs them," Hurdle said. "He didn't have much breaking ball or change, and he knew it. He pitched with an edge today."
The manager meant the edge in attitude, not on the scoreboard. But Cole had that, too. When Jason Grilli finished fellow relievers Justin Wilson's and Mark Melancon's work with his 25th straight save, Cole was set up to make his next start in his Orange County, Calif., neighborhood -- Friday in Anaheim against the Angels -- with a 2-0 record.
"That's gonna be pretty fun," Cole said, his eyes twinkling. "I hope I can go out there and keep doing what I've been doing and have the ball roll our way."
Cole became the first Pittsburgh pitcher to win each of his first two Major League starts since Josh Fogg in 2002, but that's only part of a much bigger story. There were only three others to do it in the last half-century, Jim Nelson (1970), Jose DeLeon (1983) and Tim Wakefield (1992).
In the fifth, the thunder that is Alvarez peeled again, as he broke a 2-2 tie with a three-run homer with two outs. Alvarez's 15th of the season, into the lawn in front of the center-field batters' eye, quickly answered an opportunity presented by Garrett Jones' single with two outs and a walk by Neil Walker.
"We had opportunities again early, and needed someone to click one, and Pedro clicked one to give us an opening," Hurdle said.
It was a special blow for Alvarez, and having it come two innings after he stranded the bases loaded with a weak groundout had little to do with it.
But Alvarez, who had celebrated Mother's Day with a hometown game-winning single in Citi Field, clocked the Father's Day homer with his parents, including dad Pedro, in the PNC Park seats.
"That meant the world to me," Alvarez said.
Alex Presley struck for a solo homer off Matt Guerrier in the sixth, neutralizing the run the Dodgers had scored in the top of the inning when Andre Ethier's second RBI single of the game chased Cole with two outs.
Cole did not issue a walk for the second straight appearance. Five days earlier, he had become the third Pirates pitcher since 1900 to go at least six innings in his big league debut without issuing a walk and, of the other two, the pitching career of George Merritt (1901) lasted only two more games and Len Gilmore (1944) never pitched again.
The Dodgers erased Cole's early 2-0 lead with a couple of low-key rallies, and naturally Yasiel Puig was involved in both.
Puig led off the second with a grounder that was smothered up the middle by shortstop Jordy Mercer, but went for a single. Puig then stole second, the first steal of his Major League career, went to third on a grounder by Ethier and scored on another grounder by Tim Federowicz.
In the fourth, Nick Punto led off with a single and, with one out, Puig chopped a ball to short that went for another hit -- his fourth infield single of his five hits in the series. Ethier's single scored Punto to tie the score at 2.
The Pirates had jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first on Jones' two-run double, cashing in game-opening singles by Presley and Mercer. Presley had been thrown out at home on Andrew McCutchen's preceding grounder, but Jones' drive to the base of the wall in right-center delivered Mercer and McCutchen.
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But after detailing the lengthy process and the nuances involved in preparing to pinch-hit -- like he did Tuesday before blasting a two-run home run in the eighth inning of a 2-0 victory over the Brewers -- Kotsay sat back in his chair and smiled.
"It's all a guessing game," he said, smiling.
It's a guessing game in which Kotsay has become quite proficient. That hit Tuesday raised his career average as a pinch-hitter to .310 (44-for-142). Kotsay ranks fifth among active players in pinch-hits with 100 or more plate appearances.
Last season, Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke called Kotsay "the best pinch-hitter he has ever seen." San Diego manager Bud Black has plenty of praise and admiration for Kotsay's ability to pinch-hit with this kind of success.
"I think .250 is a good barometer for a pinch-hitter," Black said. "It's arguably the most difficult role on the club to succeed in, because of all the variables. It shows the type of player he is mentally that he is able to go up in a small window of time and produce."
Luebke to disabled list with elbow strain
SAN DIEGO -- In order to get pitcher Jeff Suppan on the 25-man roster for his start Wednesday against the Brewers, the Padres had to make a corresponding roster move.
The one that made the most sense was placing their best pitcher, left-hander Cory Luebke, on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left elbow.
On Tuesday, the Padres said that Luebke -- who last pitched on April 27 -- would miss one start because of the elbow. The decision to place him on the disabled list on Wednesday wasn't an indication that he isn't progressing well. In fact, the opposite is the case.
"He wasn't going to make this start [Wednesday] and moving forward and thinking about his next start, we want to make sure it has resolved itself," manager Bud Black said. "He feels better and he's encouraged."
Luebke (3-1) would be eligible to come off the disabled list on May 12 when the team is in Philadelphia.
Luebke first felt pain in his elbow in the fourth inning of his last start against the Giants. Later that night, he started a treatment program with the Padres medical staff and has done so ever since. It was only on Tuesday when his injured elbow came to light.
Suppan, 37, got the start against the Brewers and will likely remain in the starting rotation for the time being, though Tim Stauffer -- who makes his second Minor League rehabilitation assignment Friday for Triple-A Tucson -- could be ready to join the rotation soon.
To make room for Suppan on the 40-man roster, the team moved outfielder Kyle Blanks from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Blanks had season-ending surgery on his left shoulder a week ago.
Volquez shrugs off unlucky winless start
SAN DIEGO -- It hardly seems fair, but in each of his last two starts, Padres pitcher Edinson Volquez has allowed one run in 14 innings. So what does he have to show for those 197 pitches? Two no-decisions.
Reliever Andrew Cashner, who followed Volquez in each of those two starts, has thrown a combined 23 pitches in those two appearances yet has picked up victories in both games, including Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Brewers when Mark Kotsay hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning.
Sound fair?
"I'm going to get him [Cashner]," Volquez joked after the game. "He took my win again."
Heading into Wednesday's game against the Brewers, Volquez was the only Major League pitcher with six starts who hasn't won a game yet. The other pitchers include Seattle's Felix Hernandez (2-1), Oakland's Bartolo Colon (3-2), Oakland's Brandon McCarthy (1-3) and Seattle's Jason Vargas (3-2).
"They're going to get me a win," Volquez said of his teammates. "I'm not worried."
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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-Why would Kakashi try to kill Rin?
-Why would Zetsu of all people try to save Kakashi and Rin?
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BENNINGTON -- The game's afoot at Oldcastle Theatre Company where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are caught up in a diabolical plot in "Sherlock Holmes -- Knight's Gambit," a new play by Oldcastle veteran Paul Falzone.
The play opens Friday Oct. 4 evening at 8 after a preview this afternoon, Thursday, Oct. 3 at 2. It is scheduled to run through Oct. 20 before moving on to Bickford Theatre in Morristown, N.J.
"It's (got) gunshots, explosions, a murder-mystery wrapped within a murder-mystery, international intrugue," Falzone said as he guardedly described his play during an interview in the second floor play library at Oldcastle's new home at 331 Main St.
"Sherlock Holmes -- Knight's Gambit" comes to Oldcastle from Cider Mill Playhouse in Endicott, N.Y., where, Falzone said, he put the actors and their director through their paces for the play's premiere.
Falzone, a founding member of Oldcastle, says he learned a good deal from that production. He's been reshaping the play here -- cutting, rewriting. "It's almost finished," he said.
This co-production -- the third between Oldcastle and Bickford -- is being directed by Oldcastle's founding producing director Eric Peterson. The cast includes Bill Tatum, Richard Howe, Scott McGregor and, as Holmes, Nick Plakias, who came into the show as a replacement for Nigel Gore -- who had to leave because of an illness in his family only a day and half before the start of rehearsals. "Sherlock Holmes -- Knight's Gambit" is an original story, not based on any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes stories.
An actor as well as playwright and director, Falzone says he got the idea for "Knight's Gambit" last year while he was appearing in a play at Cider Mill.
"I saw these posters the theater had of other Sherlock Holmes plays they had done, like 'Crucifer of Blood,' for example, and I began thinking 'If I could write a small-cast one-set play about Sherlock Holmes, it would be a boon for small theaters. Not long after, I saw a chess board and right away I had a plot."
He wrote the play in three weeks. "I obsessed about it," Falzone said.
Falzone knows he's taking on a hugely iconic figure in Holmes. The lore that has grown up around Holmes; the long, long list of actors who have portrayed him on screen and television and stage; the appeal Holmes holds for audiences across time and generations is, Falzone believes, unlike any other figure in crime fiction. Indeed, for the most devout followers of Doyle's late-Victorian-early-Edwardian era hero, the line between fiction and real life is virtually non-existent.
"He's a brilliant character, quirky," Falzone says as he considers the reasons for Holmes' enduring appeal. Falzone describes Holmes' longtime associate, Dr. Watson, as someone who, while not inherently smart, has a way of "clarifying things for this brilliant man, crystallizing things in Holmes' mind."
The biggest challenges in producing "Knight's Gambit," Peterson said in a separate interview, have to do, first, with incorporating near-daily changes and rewrites and, second, with getting the physical elements -- gunplay and fighting -- precise.
"It's not like television where you can go back and do it again (even before a live audience). In theater," Peterson said, "you've got to get it right at that moment."
For Falzone, writing a murder-mystery involves a precision "that doesn't occur with any other play. It's almost mathematical," he said.
"I started with a simple idea. I know what the bad guys are going to do. Then you have to make choices. You have to decide what to reveal when. It has to be entertaining. It has to have humor, comedy. People laugh at things that happen to them. Heck, people laugh at funerals. Above all, did I give (audiences) a chance. Did I give people the tools to figure this out."
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Arizona coach Sean Miller is quietly building a powerhouse in the desert. He is stocking the Wildcats with elite talent at every position.
Case in point: Miller scored a major recruiting coup this week when top-20 small forward Rondae Jefferson committed to the Wildcats. Jefferson is perhaps the most critical element of Miller's Class of 2013 because the Wildcats will have to replace Solomon Hill and Kevin Parrom.
Jefferson, a 6-6 native of the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pa., visited the Arizona campus last weekend and on Thursday night announced that he had picked the Wildcats over offers from Florida, Memphis, Syracuse, Temple and Texas.
Arizona won 23 games last season but missed the NCAA Tournament a year after reaching the Elite Eight with Derrick Williams. Miller has quickly reloaded—signing a top-three recruiting class and landing Xavier graduate transfer point guard Mark Lyons.
Arizona is No. 8 in Sporting News' preseason rankings.
Jefferson could well slide right into the Wildcats' starting lineup, too. Arizona already has a point guard of the future as Duquesne transfer T.J. McConnell becomes eligible. Kaleb Tarczewski, Grant Jerrett and Brandon Ashley are all power players and came to Arizona as top-25 prospects in the Class of '12. And freshman shooting guard Gabe York was a top-50 prospect.
Jefferson is long, athletic and tough, a smooth lefty who finishes well at the rim and plays through contact. He must improve his perimeter jump shot but is a full-throttle player who is a natural leader and demands the most from his teammates, a la former Kentucky star Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
"He's one of he most versatile athletes I've ever seen," Chester High coach Larry Yarbray told the Arizona Daily Star. "He's a total team player, committed to winning, and he does the little things. ... He's very coachable. He listens and he wants to get better."
And Miller's not finished in the Class of '13. He also has a commitment from Elliott Pitts, a shooting guard from the Bay Area who is ranked No. 117 by Rivals.com. Arizona remains in the running for No. 5 Aaron Gordon, a forward from San Jose, and No. 19 Keith Frazier, a shooting guard from Dallas.


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Simon Titley's got a lot of attention for the Liberator blog by posting the party's latest 'message script' email. Obviously, as a mere councillor, I'm not important enough to have received that email – indeed, I seem to be missing a lot of emails from the party at present, which makes me wonder who I've offended – but it's the sort of email that's so swamped in marketing speak that I'd have likely just laughed at it and archived. Sentences like "This broadcast is the first full external use of our new Party message script – the product of Ryan Coetzee's research into what works with our electoral market and also an extensive consultation with many Party stakeholders" sound more like an attempt to win a game of buzzword bingo than real human communication. As Simon says:
What we have here is an object lesson in how politics has been hollowed out and reduced to a matter of managerialism and public relations. It seems no-one at the top of the party has any intellectual grasp of the gravity of the situation. The global economy is in deep crisis and the problem cannot be reduced to facile slogans about "the mess left by Labour".
It's also worth noting Simon's previous post on grassroots campaigning as well, because the link between them shows one of the problems we face as a party. The leadership have missed a simple point about the nature of the party: people don't join the Liberal Democrats to be told how to think.
That's not unique to this version of the party leadership, and there have been many times over the years when the leadership have been reduced to wringing their hands as the members assert their right to control the party. However, this isn't the first attempt to impose central messaging upon members in the last couple of years, and it comes at a time when the leadership are continuing to ignore the membership. It's the action of a leadership that sees the membership as little more than drones who should do as they're told. People might join Labour or the Tories because they enjoy being told what to think and do, but that's not what I believe the Liberal Democrats are about. (And anyone sending out that email to hundreds of party members and not expecting it to leak really doesn't understand the party).
So no, my New Year's resolution is not going to be "On Message, In Volume, Over Time" but to keep fighting for a party that's open and democratic, run by the membership and fighting for liberalism, not one that's just a hollow vehicle for marketing speak that battles for a vapid conception of the 'centre ground'.


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WILSON, N.C. -- Using the small-ball style that earned them the New England regional championship, the Berkshire Force blew open their 2013 16-U Babe Ruth World Series pool-play opener against the Lamar (Colo.) Leaguettes by scoring five runs on just one hit in the fourth inning en route to a 9-2 victory.
"Always small ball, always," Berkshire coach Jim Clary said. "We use baserunning and bunting all the time. We can get the big hits, but today, we didn't need them."
Lamar, the Midwest Plains regional champions, had little success battling both the Force and the sticky eastern North Carolina heat.
Leaguettes starter Demi Ownby had troubles holding on to the ball for much of the game as sweat covered every players' arms, face and hands. She would hit three batters, walk four and give up six singles in allowing eight runs in 3 1/3 innings of work.
She was even called for an illegal pitch after going to the rosin bag and immediately throwing a pitch.
"I felt bad for her," Berkshire pitcher Cat Record said. "I know how hot it was out there. It was tough."
Record got the complete-game victory. She gave up four hits and two runs, while walking three and striking out two. She was also called for an illegal pitch by the home-plate umpire.
The Force took a 3-0 lead in the second inning as Record led off with a bloop single to right. Courtesy runner Acacia Alston went to second on the attempted sacrifice bunt of Mir Voller, but Lamar third baseman Jerika Melgoza threw the ball past first base, and Alston scampered home while Voller went to second. Libby White grounded out to score Voller for a 2-0 lead.
Amanda Ely, Jilly Campbell and Dominique Satrape reached on three singles that got no further than the edge of the infield grass to load the bases.
After a strikeout, Allie Hunt hit a grounder to deep short that was knocked down by Lamar's Malea Orozco, but no out was possible and Ely trotted home.
Lamar cut the lead to 3-1 in the third. After two outs, Jazelle Moreno singled to right and courtesy runner Cheyenne Ready came in. Ready went to second on Ownby's single and scored on Melgoza's single up the middle.
In the fourth, Ownby hit Ely and Campbell to lead off the inning before Satrape reached on bunt single.
From there, Berkshire took advantage of two Lamar errors, three walks and a fielder's choice throw to home plate when there was no force to end up scoring five runs on just one hit.
"Once we get started, we just rally," said Ely, who reached base all four times with a single, hit by pitch, walk and via an error. "We get each other pumped up."
The Force made it 9-1 in the fifth as Nester drove in Olivia Mazzeo with a groundout.
Lamar's last gasp came in the sixth as Brittany Gonzales was hit by a pitch and came around on three wild pitches by Record.
"She was getting tired and with the heat it was tough," Clary said. "But we told her 'This is your game to finish.' And she went out there and did it."
Up next for Berkshire in the pool play portion of the tournament are two games today -- at 10:30 a.m. vs. Middle Atlantic Region champs Willingboro, N.J., and against host Wilson County at 2:30 p.m.
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The Dolphins' organization is seeking youngsters ages 5-13 to join the newest addition to the local youth football family. Practices will be held at Showell Park and Buckingham Elementary. Performances, competitions and practices are ongoing. Anyone interested in joining the cheerleading and dance team is encouraged to contact Vickie Bireley at (410) 641-0948.