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DURHAM — Hannah Barile tied for first place on floor exercise and placed second on vault Sunday to lead the University of New Hampshire gymnastics team to its second consecutive tri-meet victory with a score of 195.425, which bested George Washington (194.750) and Yale (191.225) at Lundholm Gymnasium.
The Wildcats improved their record to 6-1 and 3-0 in East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) competition by topping the Colonials (5-5, 1-2 EAGL) and the Bulldogs (0-6).
Barile, who received the Katie Baldwin Expression Award for her performance, guided the Wildcats to a strong lead in the first rotation by recording a personal best 9.825 on vault to finish behind GW's Elena Corcoran (9.850). Austyn Fobes and Courtney Connors registered matching scores of 9.800 to share third place. The team amassed 48.725 in its first event of the day.
Jen Aucoin and Fobes tied with an event-best score of 9.825 on uneven bars to highlight the second rotation. Erika Rudiger followed the pair with a score of 9.775 for third place, as the 'Cats amassed a team mark of 48.775.
Kayla Gray paced New Hampshire on balance beam with a meet-high score of 9.875, tying her season high. Fobes notched a 9.800 for third place, followed by Elissa Solomon, who set a personal best with a 9.775 for a share of fourth place. The Wildcats registered a total of 48.875 in their only runner-up placement of the meet; the Colonials posted a 48.900.
In the final rotation, Fobes and Barile registered equal marks of 9.850 on floor exercise to share the event victory. Gray followed the duo by recording a score of 9.825 for fourth place, Rudiger claimed a share of fifth place with a 9.775 and Jannelle Minichiello tied her personal best with a score of 9.750 to finish in a deadlock for seventh place. Erin Machado rounded out the Wildcat scoring with a 9.675 for a team total of 49.050.
Fobes, the reigning EAGL co-Gymnast of the Week, made it back-to-back first-place scores in all-around with a 39.275 to edge GW's Stephanie Stoicovy (39.000).
The Wildcats return to action when they travel to 15th-ranked Maryland for an all-EAGL tri-meet against the Terrapins, Towson and 24th-ranked North Carolina State on Friday, Feb. 8 (7 p.m.). UNH will return to Lundholm Gymnasium to take on Towson, Yale, and Brown in the annual UNH Invitational on Saturday, March 2, at 4 p.m.
That will be the Senior Day meet for Aucoin, Connors, Fobes and Becca Marrama. For more information, visit www.unhwildcats.com, or call (603) 862-4000, extension 5.
Ski team finishes third
STOWE, Vt. — Liz Guiney headlined the UNH ski team's efforts for the second straight day by placing fifth in the women's Nordic 10K classic, helping the Wildcats finish third at the Vermont Carnival on Sunday at Trapp Family Lodge.
UNH compiled 744 points to finish behind carnival winner and host school Vermont (868 points), which edged Dartmouth (860).
Guiney clocked in at 32 minutes, 54.6 points to register 39 of UNH's 98 team points. Annika Taylor posted a ninth-place time of 33:26.2 for 30 points, and Elizabeth Izzo finished in 14th place in 33:57.3 to accumulate 28 points. Dartmouth scored a 120 to win the women's 10K classic, followed by Middlebury (113), UVM (109) and the fourth-place Wildcats.
The UNH men's Nordic team took third place in the 10K classic by virtue of an 87-point total. Erik Lindgren led the way with a ninth-place time of 28:45.9 for 33 points. Per Lindgren placed 14th in 29:01.2 for 28 points, and Sam Reed notched 26 points in a 17th-place time of 29:10.3. The Big Green amassed a team score of 130 points to win the race, followed by the Catamounts (119) and the 'Cats.
The Wildcats return to EISA skiing action at the Dartmouth Carnival Feb. 8-9, with alpine racing at Dartmouth Skiway and Nordic races scheduled for Oak Hill. For more information on the UNH ski team, visit www.unhwildcats.com or www.unhskiing.com.
Men's track and field second
KINGSTON, R.I. — Senior Kevin Greene earned his fourth straight individual victory to lead the UNH men's indoor track & field team to a runner-up finish at the URI Coaches Tribute Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
The Wildcats totaled 83.5 points, while host Rhode Island won the meet with 193 points.
Greene captured his fourth individual victory in as many races as he won the 800 meters in an IC4A-qualifying time of 1:54.71. Sophomore James Anderson placed third in the event and also qualified for IC4As in a time of 1:55.90.
Senior Victor Adejuyigbe took second in the 60-meter dash, crossing the finish line in a New England-qualifying time of 7.08.
Sophomore Nicholas Sullivan finished fifth overall in the 200 meters in a time of 23.05 to qualify for the New England Championships. He also qualified for New Englands in the 400 meters as he finished fifth in a time of 51.01.
Senior Cory Sinotte finished fifth in the 1,000 meters as he crossed the finish line in a time of 2:33.80, while junior Eric Stys placed sixth in the 500 meters in a time of 1:08.38.
Sophomore John Prizzi added a seventh-place finish in the mile with a time of 4:20.65.
The Wildcats' distance medley relay team of Sinotte, Prizzi, Anderson and Nathaniel Hathaway finished runner-up in an IC4A-qualifying time of 10:22.69.
Senior Matthew Guarente placed fifth overall in the high jump with a cleared height of 6-6.25 to qualify for New Englands in the event.
In the shot put, seniors Cameron Lyle and Chris Dupuis placed fourth and fifth, respectively, with tosses of 47-6.5 and 46-7.25. Lyle also took fifth in the weight throw with a New England-qualifying toss of 5-4.25, while senior George Jumpp took sixth and qualified for New Englands at 52-8.
The Wildcats next compete at the America East Championships on Feb. 11-12 at the Reggie Lewis Center.
Women's track and field fourth
KINGSTON, R.I. — Juniors Anne Twombly and Elise Beattie both captured individual victories to lead the UNH women's track & field team to a fourth-place finish at the URI Coaches Tribute Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
The Wildcats racked up 73 points, while host Rhode Island won the meet with 160 points.
Twombly captured the 800 meters in an ECAC-qualifying time of 2:14.29, while senior Meagan Boucher finished third and qualified for New Englands in a time of 2:18.45.
Beattie was victorious in the mile as she crossed the finish line in a New England-qualifying time of 5:03.47.
Freshman Lauren Perrodin was runner-up in the 60-meter dash in a New England-qualifying time of 7.81, while fellow rookie Natalie Bilynsky took sixth and also qualified for New Englands at 7.93.
Freshman Joya Helander finished fourth in the 200 meters in a New England-qualifying time of 26.25, while Bilynsky took fifth at 26.52.
Junior Brenna McLaughlin added a fourth-place finish in the 3,000 meters, crossing the finish line in a time of 10:45.90, while Virginia Lavallee was sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in a New England-qualifying time of 9.17.
In the field, sophomore Jessica Salley was third overall with a cleared height of 5-5, while senior Keyla Salazar placed sixth in the weight throw with a toss of 48-3.50.
The Wildcats next compete at the America East Championships on Feb. 11-12 at the Reggie Lewis Center.


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Rob Derhak – vocals, bass
Chuck Garvey – vocals, guitar
Al Schnier – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Vinnie Amico – drums
Jim Loughlin – percussion
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LA LAs
After two decades of writing, recording and touring together, veteran jam band moe. took stock of where
they'd been, released a retrospective, then turned the page.
Two years later the Northeast-based five-some has opened a new chapter in the moe. story. What Happened To The LA LAs is the band's first completely new collection since 2008, and while creative evolution has always been a moe. hallmark, What Happened To The LA LAs shows the band stepping outside their comfort zone in some significant ways.
"For most of our career we've done everything on our own in a very cottage industry, home-y kind of way," explains Chuck Garvey, guitarist and vocalist. "Everything we take on — whether it's the creation of a T-shirt, a song, an album or a festival or concert — from start to finish, we have our hands in it. And this time we actually made the leap of putting ourselves in someone else's hands to help us come out with something different."
Toward that end, moe. signed with Sugar Hill Records, their first label partnership in more than a decade. Next they brought in an outside producer for the first time: John Travis, whose work with Kid Rock had earned him fans within the moe. camp.
For moe. — which in addition to Garvey includes Vinnie Amico (drums), Rob Derhak (bass, vocals), Jim Loughlin (percussion, Malletkat) and Al Schnier (guitar, vocals, keyboards, mandolin) — it was a major philosophical change. After all, this is the same band which famously built a recording studio inside a 150-year-old decommissioned church for 2008's Sticks And Stones.
"I, for one, was unsure about the process," admits Al Schnier. "I'm always wanting to see my songs through from start to finish. So deferring to somebody else, even on something as mundane as the mic placement on an instrument during recording, was a lot to let go of."
But Rob Derhak found letting go a huge relief. "The amount of responsibility that comes with the control is a little daunting," he notes. "Especially when you're dealing with for the most part three creative forces in the band. It's kind of nice to have somebody else make decisions. It's good to have a tie breaker, at the very least."
Which doesn't mean What Happened To The LA LAs is a sharp departure from moe.'s signature roots-rock and exploratory jams. Travis's most pronounced contribution was to challenge the band creatively enabling the album's 10 tracks to retain their dynamic essence, even in a studio setting.
Says Garvey, "He made it less about looking at it under a microscope and more about making creative decisions. He forced us to be creative and look at everything and not be attached to anything. That was the biggest thing."
Laughs Derhak, "Well, because we had somebody there to say,You know what? As great as you might think this is? It sucks! You're wrong. You can do better."
moe. fans will be pleased to find several never-recorded concert favorites on What Happened To The LA LAs, what Garvey dubbed "the cream of the crop." In some cases, such as the song "Lazarus," the material has been wholly transformed from its live iterations. Now refashioned as "The Bones Of Lazarus," the song features an entirely new bridge section and third verse.
Similarly, the Al Schnier-penned "Haze" went through several metamorphoses in the studio, not the least of which was having Rob Derhak handle lead vocals. Schnier recalls wrestling with the song's chord progressions and verses over an arduous day in the studio, a process he says "just beats you up psychologically. And the thing that worked in the end was having Rob sing the song instead of me.
"I was so unsure about it at first," he adds. "You talk about relinquishing control! Just giving up something like that, singing a song: it was one of my favorite songs that I had written for the album, and I wasn't even going to get to sing it! And then I heard Rob sing it and it was awesome. I'm really really psyched about the way that it turned out."
"Downward Facing Dog" is another of moe.'s newer compositions. Clocking in at just over 8 minutes, it's also the album's longest. Lyrically, the song was born out of Al Schnier's musings on aging and the passing of time. "My dad was in really poor health at the time, so I had a lot of big issues on my mind," he says. "Being a dad, and being in this situation with my own dad, just makes you look at the big picture."
"Rainshine" is a musically intricate piece which "kind of took a turn for the better at our producer's prodding," Schnier recalls. "Initially I was writing the song about one thing and ultimately the song ended up wanting to be about something else."
Schnier had tinkered with the song "Smoke" for several years, first experimenting with it as a piano waltz, then playing it on acoustic and later electric guitar. Hints of the song's waltz origins are still evident in its underlying form, though Schnier notes lyrics eluded him until the song took on its harder edge. "Then all of a sudden I was able to write lyrics in a half hour one day. I just needed to break through."
"Paper Dragon" is one of Rob Derhak's compositions. "I was thinking, what does it feel like to have this ability but if you used it, it would be the end of you? I think of this dragon that can breathe fire but it's made of paper, so it can't do what it was born to do. I thought it was an interesting idea for a song."
Percussionist Jim Loughlin wrote "Chromatic Nightmare," which came out of a fan-inspired psychedelic Halloween concert, as evidenced by the song's calliope-like strains. Similarly, Chuck Garvey's "Suck A Lemon" was written for the same Halloween show. Al Schnier's "Puebla" is an older piece that evolved in the studio into its present cascade of shimmering guitars.
Rounding out the What Happened To The LA LAs tracks is "One Way Traffic," which Rob Derhak wrote with Nashville-based songwriter Steven Dale Jones. Though it didn't start out as moe. song, with the addition of hard drums and rollicking guitar solos the band has made it their own.
The result of all this in-studio transformation is not so much a polished sound as a professional one, says Derhak. "I felt John Travis did a great job of having everything sit in its own spot in the mixes. Everything is real dirty and gritty, but at the same time it's all there and it all makes complete sense."
Partnering with Sugar Hill is another change for moe. The hope is that What Happened To The LA LAs will reach a wider audience as a result. "Doing it on our own, our resources are limited by our size," Derhak says. "We were looking for somebody who can kind of expand who we can reach."
"It's a good way for us to reach a new audience and break some new ground," adds Garvey. moe. will tour extensively in 2012, with both U.S. and international dates in the works. For tour dates visit www.moe.org

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ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — If you're into the NBA's most devastating dunks, we've got you covered over at the new-and-improved Dunk HQ. But because we're the All Ball blog and we like to look at the NBA from non-traditional angles, we will focus on the flip side of the NBA's best dunks: What we want to know is, who got got?
So welcome to Volume Three of The All Ball Posterized Poll. We will check in from time to time and examine the worst of the best, and use a highly scientific polling method to determine which NBA player got dunked on (a.k.a. posterized) the most egregiously. And at the end of the season all of our winners will battle it out to determine who it is that most belongs on a poster.
The winner of Volume One was New Orleans' Jeff Withey, who was placed on a poster by Lakers' wingman Xavier Henry, his college teammate. The winner of Volume Two was Atlanta's Al Horford, who was posterized by Victor Oladipo.
But can anyone top Withey? We have five brand new nominees. We checked in with NBA.com's own slam dunk specialist, LeMont Calloway, for his informed perspective on the matter. "What I'll say most about these defenders is that at least they're trying to show help-side D," LeMont notes. "There's a defender or two around the league who wouldn't even dare, let alone probably couldn't even make the proper rotation. (Calling you out Boozer!) But, it's like Bill Walton used to say: What are big men doing trying to take charges anyway?"
Now, to the latest nominees …
1. Terrence Ross on Kenneth Faried
LeMont's Take: "Not only does this one have all the qualities needed to make it a great posterizer (elevating over a jumping, contesting defender, finishing tough), but the still shot of the play makes for an amazing visual. From Faried's honest attempt at defending to Ross' acrobatic cock-back wind-up, you have to appreciate both players' intensity."
VIDEO: Ross on Faried
2. Kevin Martin on Tayshaun Prince
LeMont's Take: "No shots fired, but has Kevin Martin ever had a play like this in the NBA? Wanna know what sticks out to me the most about this banger? It's the fact that Martin's swagged-out slow walk after the dunk suggests that Kevin Martin posterizers, like a LeBron jam, for instance, are household plays. It's like Martin is saying, 'This is what I do.' Love it!"
VIDEO: Martin on Prince
3. Taj Gibson on Bismack Biyombo
LeMont's Take: "Bulls announcer Stacey King knows a poster when he sees it. And if there's one Bull who has a pretty good resume of big facials, it's Taj Gibson (ask Nikola Vucevic or a 2011 D-Wade about their Gibson experiences). Game film is key in this game, and if Bismack Biyombo was paying any attention, he'd know that Gibson usually means serious two-handed business at the rim."
VIDEO: Gibson on Biyombo
4. Anthony Davis on Big Baby
LeMont's Take: "I feel pretty confident calling it right now: Anthony Davis may turn out to be one of the best big man to utilize the pick and roll. A lot of his dunks and alley-oops this season have come in this manner, and he's only going to keep learning and getting better at it. It just so happens that his play-cousin Glen Davis is part of the education."
VIDEO: Davis on Davis
5. Lance Stephenson on referee Ed Malloy
LeMont's Take: "No man is safe from getting dunked on. Not kids on Nerf hoops, not unsuspecting rookies, not even referees. How many people can say they dunked on an official and got away with it? Lance Stephenson can, and he's probably the envy of many a player in the NBA. (I'm sure there are plenty of guys who'd love to dunk one on Joey Crawford.) The Pacers' spark plug may be ticked off that he didn't make the All-Star team, but hopefully he was able to unleash some of that anger here, even if it was at the expense of a ref."
VIDEO: Stephenson on Ref
Now we need your vote! Who got dunked on the worst?


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2/24 Update on Jackson
You asked about Brett Jackson. I see him being ready very soon. He has to put together another good season this year and stay healthy — that's the main thing — and keep learning. He has to keep learning. A lot of guys with his talent — I was the same way. You dominate in the Minor Leagues but you don't learn how to get ready for the big leagues and you come up and struggle. That's what I've been trying to get across to him is I don't want him struggling when he comes up. I want him coming up and staying up for good. With his work ethic and his athletic ability, there's no reason he won't be the center fielder of the future.
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I'd just like to say that players like you, Marlon Byrd, really impress me. It's not your job to help young guys like Jackson and certainly most players wouldn't be too excited about a guy who wants to take over his job. There's a reason all of us Cubs fans love Marlon Byrd, and that it only took one season to win us over. You play the game the right way. I really hope Jackson turns into an all-star outfielder, but I definitely don't want to see you go after 2012.
Good luck this season Marlon, I'm ready to see more of your patented diving catches and hustle all day style of baseball!
That's awesome. I ask a question in a blog comment and a 2010 National League All-Star responds with a whole new blog post! That's just awesome! Great character from Byrd, most pro athletes don't even read questions, but I've been able to get responses from Byrd and Casey Coleman with questions now! Thanks for the response Byrd!
BTW, is Reed Johnson starting his blog up again too?
Hi Marlon,
No, I didn't ask about Brett Jackson.
Hey Marlon,
My name's Nate and I live in Holland. I really like your blog and there's a lot of other great Cubbie blogs. If you have some time, you should check them out. Here's mine:
And here's some other great ones:
If you have some time, these are all great reads.
Have a great season and beat the Cardinals,
There's Always Next Year (Nate)
Nobody said you did… he was referring to the readers when he said "You", I asked, lol.


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Complete these three requirements:
- 1. Explain to your leader or adult partner the rules of courtesy and safety for bowling.
- 2. Show how to pick out a ball of proper weight and with finger holes that fit your hand.
- 3. Play a complete game with your family or den.
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- 2. Define the following terms: strike, spare, split, miss, and foul. Show their symbols for scoring.
- 3. Demonstrate proper stance, delivery, balance, and follow-through to your leader or adult partner.
- 4. Try different types of delivery and hand positions and see which work best for you.
- 5. Score a complete game using a score sheet and the proper symbols.
- 6. Play at least four games and chart your progress. Figure out your average score.
- 7. Compete in a Scout, family, school, or community bowling tournament.
- 8. Take bowling lessons.
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I really liked this story because it was silly. My favorite character is Joe because it's funny that he has such a bad day. All these things keep happening to him. My favorite part is at the end when he gets a star from his teacher.
I would recommend this book for all kids because I really liked it. If you like silly stories or funny stories, this is a good one for you.


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STOCKTON - Over the next year, the ACE train is expected to add dining cars and see its first million-rider year in the rail service's 15-year-history.
STOCKTON - Over the next year, the ACE train is expected to add dining cars and see its first million-rider year in the rail service's 15-year-history.
And the agency that operates the train shuttling commuters between Stockton and the Silicon Valley expects to take a bigger role in shaping how trains in the future connect population centers in Northern California and link to the state's high-speed rail system beginning to take shape in the San Joaquin Valley.
The outline of the start of that future was in the proposed 2013-14 budget for the Rail Commission, presented to its governing board on Friday.
"We've got bigger and better challenges on the horizon," said Chairman Bob Johnson, also a Lodi city councilman. "We're going to have a lot of stuff on our plate over the next five and 10 years."
The past week has seen significant developments toward that future.
On Thursday, the California High Speed Rail Authority made headlines when it awarded the contract to build the first segment of the state's bullet train from Madera to Fresno. That day, the rail authority also voted to put the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission in charge of planning to build an improved service through the Altamont Pass, connecting to the Bay Area and, eventually, feeding into the high-speed rail system.
On Friday, the local rail commission voted, too, and the deal was done. There was $36.4 million allocated for the Altamont project this year, though not all that money has been available.
The Altamont corridor is a big part of state plans and state and federal investment in rail travel, said Dan Leavitt, manager of regional initiatives for the rail commission. "We do believe we're in a unique place in the history of this corridor."
Local control of the project can speed up the planning work enough to make it possible to connect ACE to Modesto sometime in 2019, officials said. The extension line would also have a new station in downtown Manteca.
A longer-term goal is to extend to Merced in time to connect to the completed spine of the new high-speed rail line.
The rail commission operates the ACE train. It used to stand for Altamont Commuter Express. It's since been changed to Altamont Corridor Express. Later this year will be ACE's 15th anniversary.
It's the only rail service the commission manages, but that could change in the future, too.
On Friday, the rail commission board voted to prepare a proposal to become the managing agency for the San Joaquins, the Amtrak services connecting Stockton to Bakersfield, Sacramento and Oakland.
The rail commission has until July 1 to submit a proposal to the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority, a recently created body to take over control of administering the service from the California Department of Transportation. The idea has been that regional control of the service could aid advocating for funding and allow for other improvements to the service.
The proposed operating budget for next year rises by $1.1 million to $18 million. The capital budget is about $43.5 million, about $14.5 million less than this year.
For the past few years, the agency has focused in large part on building capital projects - namely a new maintenance yard in Stockton that is expected to be completed next fiscal year.
It was a necessary step before expanding, Executive Director Stacey Mortensen said. "These are big, big efforts ... and the timing is just right."
And the number of riders has been steadily increasing since 2010, especially since the addition of a fourth round-trip train in October.
The new train isn't the most crowded, but it draws riders to other trains. It leaves later than the rest, and riders feel secure if they have a backup plan, she said. "It's the safety-net factor."
Other highlights from the proposed budget:
� Introduction of two new caf� cars serving light snacks and drinks, $4.9 million.
� Develop more parking around Robert J. Cabral Station in downtown Stockton, $1 million.
� Begin working toward offering electronic ticketing, $57,000.
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Yikes! I have a backlog of work to show, and summer working/munching/reading/relaxing has slowed me down! Time to get crackin'. Without further ado, here's the image I created for the Humboldt Roller Derby 2010 program cover and bout poster, all the way out in California!
They wanted me a full-body illustration of their lovely logo lady wearing the team colors (army green/gold/white):
Since they're the Redwood Rollers, I figured I'd give a nod to their forest sentinels with the twig & tree motif. I treated this more as a pinup than a scene, since it was to be used for the 2010 program cover & I thought it should be more symbolic. Drawing kick-ass ladies is always enjoyable, and with Roller Derby I feel like I have to hit a balancing point between toughness, sexiness, and originality that can be kind of tricky to find!


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benga wrote:Losing conditions don't work or are badly described!!!
I am holding all tribes and my opponent still lives!!!
Game 12200217
benga, unfortuntely unless your take a screenshot and post it for me, i am unable to assist you since you will insist on playing fog when the map is in beta...i can't see a darned thing about who holds what, and the game log is just as useless.
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ESPNU Pac-12 Logo Tournament: SemifinalsPosted by Connor Pelton on November 11th, 2011
Two rounds have been completed in the ESPNU Pac-12 Logo Tourney, and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with the field going into the semis. We have the top two overall seeds (Oregon State and UCLA), a sixth-seeded sleeper (Arizona State), and a Cinderella (#11 Washington State). Now it's on to the semifinals, where the #1 Beaver meets the #6 Sun Devil, and the #2 Bruin takes on the #11 Cougar. Voting will go all weekend long and the championship will be held on Monday. Here we go!
#1 Oregon State vs #6 Arizona State
Connor's thoughts: This is by far the toughest matchup to pick so far. I've already stated all of the things I like about these in previous posts, but I think the Beaver edges out the Devil. The Beaver is just more life-like, from the fur to the buck-teeth and tail. I may be the only one who thinks this, but the Devil looks too flat and still.
Drew's thoughts: This is a stacked semifinal, as I'd frankly take either of these by a wide margin over either entry on the other side of the bracket. But I've still got to take Sun Devils here. Loving the smoke, the burnt wood and the pitchfork all in addition to the Devil himself.
#2 UCLA vs #11 Washington State
Connor's thoughts: As much as I like a good Cinderella, the Bruin just has so much detail that it can't be left out of the championship. The Cougar is solid, but in the end it's just too plain.
Drew's thoughts: So we've got a cat with no eyes up against a football-stomping blind-folded bear from a basketball school? Hmm. Still not sure how the non-descript cougar from WSU made it this far, but I would not like to run up against that bear in a dark alley. Gimme the Bruins by default.
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ALLOCATION PERSPECTIVE : Equities vs. high yield ? The answer becomes clearer...
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Over the past few weeks of trading, equities and high yield have even moved in opposite directions, since the S&P 500 continued to climb while America's Citigroup high yield market index recorded a few declining sessions.
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"ShellShock: Nam'67 is the first Vietnam based war game on the market for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. We've seen World War II done in many war-based games, but this is the first game that will take players into one of, if not the most, controversial conflicts of the 20th century. This game delivers one of the most realistic depictions of war gamers can currently experience." says Wyman Jung, associate product manager for ShellShock Nam'67.ShellShock: Nam '67 focuses on one man's experience of the most controversial war of modern times. You take on the role of a rookie soldier on his first tour of duty as he experiences the fear, chaos and atrocities of the Vietnam War. You must fight your way through a variety of missions ranging from large scale battlefield encounters with the North Vietnamese Army to stealth-based missions such as assassinating a VC General. As you progress from a 'grunt' to Special Forces carrying out classified missions, you have to rely on the same skills and tactics employed in the battlefields of Vietnam in order to survive. The game takes you from the lush wetlands of the South to the mountain borders of the North featuring diverse locations including dense jungles, rural Vietnamese villages and claustrophobic tunnel systems.
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Abbott's Limousine is part of the Midnight madness promotion at the Lee Premium Outlet Stores November 26th,27th, and 28th. This event sounds like it is going to be huge, Abbott Limousine's part of giving back is to provide their limo service at 50% off during these three days I'm sure this is below cost for them to be involved. I defiantly have to commend those who are giving especially during this Holiday Season, it really shows who is who when is comes to caring about their community. From my understanding The Lee Premium Outlets prices are going to be in the holiday spirit also, not that they always have some great prices.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The popular supplement saw palmetto may be safe for men with urinary symptoms, a new study finds - but whether it actually works is a whole other matter.
Saw palmetto is a fruit extract that some men take for the symptoms of an enlarged prostate - like difficulty urinating, urine leakage or having to get up repeatedly at night for a trip to the bathroom.
The supplement is popular, despite a lack of evidence that it works. Two recent clinical trials found that saw palmetto was no more effective than sugar pills for men with an enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH).
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For their study, he and his colleagues looked at data from one of the clinical trials that tested saw palmetto for BPH.
The original study was a U.S. government-sponsored trial where 369 men with BPH were randomly assigned to take saw palmetto capsules or a placebo for 18 months.
Researchers found that urinary symptoms tended to improve, on average - but the benefit was no greater with saw palmetto than with the placebo.
On the positive side, Avins's team found that the risk of side effects seemed no bigger with the supplement either.
The most common complaints included upset stomach, muscle soreness and respiratory infections, and men in the supplement and placebo groups had the same number of complaints — about three, on average.
And in the end, only a handful of those symptoms were considered to be related to the study itself, Avins's team reports in the Journal of Urology.
Still, that doesn't necessarily mean the supplement is risk-free, Avins cautioned.
"We can only talk about the use of saw palmetto at these doses, over 18 months," he said. (Men in the trial took anywhere from 320 to 960 milligrams of saw palmetto per day.)
"We can't address what happens when men take it for years," Avins said.
There's also little known about whether saw palmetto might interact with any medications a man might be taking.
Then, of course, there's the other question of whether there's any benefit to gain from using saw palmetto.
"On average," Avins said, "it doesn't appear any better than a placebo."
But, he added, if a man actually feels better from using saw palmetto - even via the "placebo effect" - he might think it's a worthwhile investment (at around $11 for 90 320-mg pills).
Avins stressed, however, that men should talk to their doctors about using any supplements. One reason is to help avoid any potential interactions with the prescription drugs they may be taking.
But another reason is to make sure you know about all the options for treating symptoms of an enlarged prostate.
"This is a condition where good conventional options do exist," Avins said.
Prescription medications include so-called Alpha-1 blockers such as doxazosin (Cardura) and prazosin (Minipress), tamsulosin (Flomax) and terazosin (Hytrin). Hormonal treatments include finasteride (Propecia, Proscar) and dutasteride (Avodart).
For some men, surgery may be recommended.
There are also some simple, no-cost steps men can take. Limiting fluids before bed, and cutting out caffeine and alcohol, can be helpful.
SOURCE: bit.ly/Vk83Ir Journal of Urology, online October 10, 2012.


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An abundance of young talent (Simmons, Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor, Joel Embiid and Dario Saric in particular) has to be molded into a team capable of climbing out of the Eastern Conference basement. And it's Brown's responsibility to guide these youngsters through the ups and downs of this process.
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Though natural regeneration generally took longer to produce pines and firs, it created a more varied forest, even after brush had become established, which is likely to benefit wildlife, concluded to the study by scientists from Oregon State University appearing in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of Forestry.
"When time is not a factor in achieving the goals, then natural regeneration appears to be a very good approach to reforestation," said David Hibbs, a professor of ecology and silviculture at Oregon State University who took part in the study.
The study is the latest to address the contentious issue of whether to harvest trees killed by wildfires on national forests and replant, or let them regenerate on their own.
Fire serves as both an agent of destruction and renewal in the Klamath and Siskiyou mountains where the study took place, wrote lead author Jeff Shatford, a research assistant in Oregon State's Department of Forest Science.
The study looked at 35 plots in eight areas that had burned between 1987 and 1996. Most were located in the Klamath River drainage of Northern California. Some were in the Umpqua River drainage of Southern Oregon. All had burned severely, Hibbs said.
Over 19 years, the study found hundreds of trees per acre in various types of forests, equal to or greater than the density of forests that are 60 to 100 years old. Seedlings were still sprouting 19 years after the fire, even in areas covered by brush.
Hibbs said they saw plentiful seedlings on sites located a quarter mile from surviving trees that provided seeds, leaving them to wonder how the seeds could have traveled so far.
The scientific and political debate erupted after the 2002 Biscuit fire, which burned 500,000 acres in southwestern Oregon. Conservation groups lost court battles to stop salvage logging and replanting in roadless areas not normally considered for timber harvest.
It continued last year as conservation groups battled the timber industry over legislation to speed up the logging of dead trees on national forests and replanting after wildfires.
A congressional hearing was called over research by OSU graduate student Dan Donato that found most of the seedlings that sprouted on their own after the Biscuit fire were destroyed by salvage logging, which also left more fuel on the ground for future fires.
The bill passed the Republican-controlled House, but not the Senate. It is considered a longshot in the Democratic-controlled Congress.
When timber production is the primary goal, planting seedlings and controlling competing brush is still a good way to speed forest regeneration, said Hal Salwasser, dean of the OSU College of Forestry, who did not take part in the study. However, he added, letting areas managed for fish and wildlife or wilderness regenerate on their own is probably OK, ecologically.
David Perry, an OSU professor emeritus of forest ecology who did not take part in the study, said it makes sense to embrace natural regeneration, given declining budgets to deal with the millions of acres of national forests that burn every year, the likelihood that even more will burn as global warming progresses, and the need to devote scarce resources to reducing fire danger.
"The forest will do it on its own and do it just fine," he said.
The findings seem obvious, given the fact that forests have survived millions of years with wildfires, said Jerry Franklin, professor of forest ecology at the University of Washington and one of the nation's leading experts on old growth forests.
"I did a masters degree at Oregon State in 1959 on natural regeneration of Douglas fir," said Franklin, who did not take part in the new study. "And I was told by the head of timber management for the Forest Service in the region at the time that it was totally irrelevant. We were never, ever, going to depend on natural regeneration again. Gee whiz, it's fun to see it back."


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Taco Bell on Thursday rolled out its new breakfast menu, which includes a waffle taco, across more than 5,500 stores in the U.S. The Irvine-based chain made clear it was going after McDonald's, which dominates sales of breakfast at quick-service restaurants.
The menu's launch included a campaign featuring two dozen Ronald McDonalds (everyday men, not the red-haired clown) chowing down on Taco Bell breakfast items.
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This Ecma Standard specifies a mapping of CDIF to PCTE or, more specifically, of a CDIF subject area to a PCTE Schema Definition Set (SDS).
The mapping may be applied to standard CDIF subject areas and to CDIF subject areas defined as user extensions, provided they follow the restrictions used in the CDIF subject area standards.
PCTE (ECMA-149) is an interface to a set of facilities that forms the basis for constructing environments supporting systems engineering projects. These facilities are designed particularly to provide an infrastructure for programs which may be part of such environments. Such programs, which are used as aids to systems development, are often referred to as tools or CASE tools.
CDIF (EIA/IS-107) is an architecture and facilities for transferring information, often referred to as models, between CASE tools, including repositories. The CDIF architecture includes a modelling language, the CDIF meta-meta-model, for defining an integrated meta-model that in turn defines the information models for subject areas of systems engineering. The CDIF architecture also includes a transfer format for transferring models between tools.
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Don't let the retro-noir painting on the cover of Fake I.D. fool you, this is not one of those old books from the fifties that Hard Case Crime has rediscovered. It's a smart, mean-spirited little tale of addiction and rage from Jason Starr who is one of the most under-read authors of the last fifteen years. But then this book isn't really new either. It was originally published in England back in 2000 and has been quite easy to find in the U.K. ever since. It's even had a successful life in German translation under the name Top Job but none of Starr's publishers in his own hometown of New York would publish it until now.
Since Starr isn't as widely read as he should be, a little background may be in order. His first novel, Cold Caller, from 1998, is the book that Brett Easton Ellis's American Psycho failed to be. It is a darkly funny and very nasty tale of a downsized ad executive who is forced to take a job as a cold caller in a cramped office space. Soon he is stunned to find out he is fired again. He kills his boss and several others as he indignantly races through privileged Manhattan – the world that should have been his – as he plans his next move that will surely make everything alright. It is both an edge-of-your-seat thriller and a wonderful satire of a New York yuppie going very, very bad.
Since then, Starr's specialty is the down-on-his-luck thirty-something character who has dreams and goals that are just not working out. Their misdeeds and mania come not just from their own failures or from circumstances beyond their control but from an overriding sense of privilege inside of them, a sense that they deserve better than what they have. These protagonists lead to Starr being compared to classic noir writers like Jim Thompson and David Goodis but his characters also seem descended from the works of Patricia Highsmith. Like Highsmith's most famous character, Tom Ripley, Starr's protagonists have seamlessly blended into society only to strike against some unsuspecting victims. These low-rent Ripleys have lives that are almost going well and perhaps their inner demons would have never risen up except that they experience a few bad breaks or perhaps a pure coincidence.
Fake I.D. concerns Tommy Russo, a bar bouncer and would-be actor with a serious gambling addiction. On his day off from work he runs into fellow gambler Pete Logan who offers him a chance to become a fifth investor in a race horse for $10,000. Tommy has always wanted to be a big shot in the world of gambling and would love to be an investor. His problem though is that he is flat broke with maxed out credit cards. So as the idea of owning a race horse stews in his head for a couple days he notices all the money that is available to him. All he has to do is steal it.
Starr describes the nervous world of a gambling addict quite well. The little indignities Tommy experiences while gambling, the massive lies he tells himself and the leaps of logic that he makes to prove to himself that he's alright are believably told by the author. Tommy constantly assures himself that his angry outbursts are all for legitimate reasons and that stealing money from the people who trust him is simply something that has to be done to get what he needs. It is thrilling and horrifying watching Tommy live in the world of his job right next to his binges of gambling. The scenes of him hopping a plane to Vegas for a one-day gambling trip is both the best part of the book and the hardest to read:
"I went across the street to the Flamingo. I bought two thousand bucks in chips and went right to the craps table, blowing a grand in fifteen minutes. Before things got really out of control, I got up and started playing blackjack again. I didn't like the dealer at the table I was sitting at – he was smiling and joking around too much – so I walked around and found a table with an empty seat in the anchor slot. My chip pile was shrinking, but I guess my jet lag was starting to catch up with me because I was too tired to walk anymore."Addicted And Getting People Opioids Quick Way To Quiet Are Young The f58PwxCBq
Tommy the narrator is an exhibitionist about his gambling. Readers may be left feeling uncomfortable and in need of a shower after listening to him.
It is this addiction, coupled with a big chance to own a racehorse, which fuels the plot. And Tommy uses up everyone's trust and hope for him as he steals from a potential girlfriend and then his boss to get the money he needs to invest in the horse. Starr writes from Tommy's addicted point of view and the book zips along with a sweaty sense of desperation and inevitable doom.
The second half of the book loses its way a bit as Tommy descends into even more sociopathic behavior. There is murder and there is rage and there are several subplots introduced that are left dangling including a homicide cop who Tommy knows from high school and a new, potential girlfriend arriving in the bar. Starr ends up with more elements than he can use in a 250 page book. These plots twists are clichéd devices that Starr didn't need; the mind of a desperate gambling addict could have easily carried this book on its own. It's almost like Starr didn't trust his own writing skills.
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