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BOSTON -- There was no happier place Friday night than the visiting clubhouse at Fenway Park, where the Astros were laughing and thoroughly reveling in the kind of win that keeps you coming back to the ballpark every day.
For the Astros, their 5-3 win over the Red Sox in 10 innings was certainly a cause for celebration for a couple of reasons: it was their first win in nine tries at Fenway Park and their 51st win of the season matches last year's total.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- There was no happier place Friday night than the visiting clubhouse at Fenway Park, where the Astros were laughing and thoroughly reveling in the kind of win that keeps you coming back to the ballpark every day.
For the Astros, their 5-3 win over the Red Sox in 10 innings was certainly a cause for celebration for a couple of reasons: it was their first win in nine tries at Fenway Park and their 51st win of the season matches last year's total.View Full Game Coverage
"It's a huge credit to the players in that locker room, to that staff," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "They've worked extremely hard. We still have six weeks to go in the season. Again, let's continue to try to accomplish the goal in which we set out, to be the most improved team in baseball as far as the won-loss column goes."
No, there was no champagne, but matching last year's win total in their 123rd game is significant because it's tangible evidence the Astros are moving in the right direction and have put last year's 111-loss season behind them.
"It's nice, but we're not done," starter Dallas Keuchel said. "We know that we've come a long way from last year and how miserable it was day in and day out. I think coming from Spring Training, everybody kind of got together and said, 'Hey listen, let's inch our way closer to being .500 and being a legit playoff contender,' and I think we're headed in the right direction."
There were plenty of heroes on this night, including Keuchel, who held the Red Sox to three runs and six hits in seven innings. There was outfielder Jake Marisnick, whose two-run bloop double down the right-field line with two outs and the base loaded in the 10th gave the Astros the lead. And there was heads-up baserunning by Gregorio Petit and Dexter Fowler.
And don't forget about outfielder Robbie Grossman, who went 3-for-5 and drove in the Astros' first two runs, including a game-tying homer in the seventh. Relievers Jose Veras and Tony Sipp (3-2) threw three hitless innings.
"It was awesome, it was fun," Marisnick said. "Just the way the whole team played, up and down the lineup, the pitchers, baserunning. You can look at every aspect of that game and we did a great job to come out with a team win there."
The Astros, who were 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position, loaded the bases with no outs in the 10th, and they were still loaded with two outs when Marisnick came to the plate. Facing Junichi Tazawa, he poked a 2-0 pitch just inside the right-field line, and it bounced into the seats to allow Petit and Fowler to score.
"You're still looking for a good pitch," Marisnick said. "He threw a good pitch and I was able to put it in play and it fell in and got a couple of runs in."
The fact the Astros even were able to take the Red Sox to extra innings was improbable. They were trailing, 3-2, in the eighth when they pushed across the game-tying run on one of the season's most bizarre plays.
With runners at first and second base and two outs, Matt Dominguez hit a one-hopper to shortstop Xander Bogaerts, whose throw to get Fowler at second base was a hair late. Had Bogaerts thrown to first, he would have retired the slow-footed Dominguez.
Petit, who pinch-ran for Chris Carter at second base, was being waved home by third-base coach Pat Listach and thought the ball had gone through. But when he saw Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia throwing to the plate, he knew he was in trouble.
"Obviously I was going to be out, so I was trying to at least trying to get in a rundown and see what happens," Petit said.
Boston catcher Christian Vazquez inexplicably took a couple of steps up the line, leaving Petit a lane to run past him. Vazquez threw to pitcher Burke Badenhop covering home, but he dropped the ball as Petit reached around him and touched the plate. The Red Sox challenged the plays at second and at the plate, but both calls stood.
"I think Pedey makes a heads up play even after the safe sign is called, and Christian's aggressiveness to run him back to third base, his momentum takes him inside the third base line and gives Petit enough room to elude a tag," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Unfortunately that's the tie ballgame in that spot."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter.


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Cramer Hall Unwrapping, Oct. 11, 2006
by Kathy Hedges
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 11, 2006 – The newly renovated Cramer Hall on New Mexico Tech's campus will undergo its official "unwrapping" in a ceremony at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19. The public and the Tech community are invited to the event, which will feature refreshments and tours of the new building, following remarks by Dr. Daniel H. López, president of New Mexico Tech; State Rep. Don Tripp; and the heads of various departments located in Cramer.
Activities following the unwrapping include:
- Tours of the building until 1 p.m.
- Drawing for a video iPod – to remind people that Distance Ed will begin offering some distance courses in iPod format in the Spring 2007 Semester.
- Displays of work of Fine Arts classes.
"We couldn't have a dedication, since Cramer Hall has been there since 1927," said Carol Lynn Tiegs, Tech's marketing and events coordinator, who is planning the event. "And we couldn't have a naming ceremony, since it's already named. So we decided to have an 'unwrapping.'" According to Tiegs, Cramer Hall will be wrapped in approximately 700 feet of ribbon.
Cramer Hall has undergone extensive renovation during the past two years, to make it a suitable home for several departments with modern, high-tech needs. Among these are the Computer Science Department, which now has several classrooms with computer connections at every desk, and Distance Education, which has video classrooms to transmit and receive classes.
One of the many programs Distance Ed oversees is the Master of Science Teaching program, which provides training for New Mexico's science and mathematics teachers.
In addition, Cramer Hall is home to the Psychology Department and New Mexico Tech's Community College.
The festivities officially open the 49ers Celebration of 2006. Other events include:
- Alumni, Faculty and Friends Reception, at the Capitol Bar, 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 19. The Vigilante Band will play beginning at 9 p.m.
- Gold Rush Golf Scramble, Friday, Oct. 20. $49/person, for two-person teams. To register, visit www.nmt.edu/~spe or call 835-5412.
- 49ers Rugby Match, 4:15 p.m., Friday, Oct. 20, Tech Athletic Field. Current Pygmies vs. the "Ancestors" (i.e. alumni Pygmies).
- 49ers Parade, 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 21, California St. Vigilante Band will be Grand Marshalls.
- Soccer Match, 1 p.m., Tech Athletic Field. Tech. Miners vs. Miner Alumni
- M Mountain Run, 9 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 22. Footrace to top of M Mountain, carrying bags of lime. A School of Mines tradition! For details, call 835-5646.
The original section of Cramer Hall was built in 1927 and dubbed "Science Hall." Around 1970, the building was re-named after retiring regent Thomas Cramer. During the 1970s, two wings were added, a two-story wing on the south side that housed the Biology Department and a one-story wing on the north side containing offices of the Humanities Department.
But the two wings were in a Seventies style of architecture which never quite fit the Mission style of the original building. When the opportunity arose to redesign the building, architect Mike Hill, of Van Gilbert Architects PC in Albuquerque, seized the opportunity to do something completely different.
Or rather, something exactly the same. Hill cloned the original Science Hall and placed copies to the north and south, at right angles to the original building. Together with some extra space added on to the back of the building, that increased space from 8,850 sq. ft. (in its Science Hall days) up to a spacious 34,500 sq. ft.

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The NNP (nearest neighbor problem) is central to the solution of many practical applications. Also known as the Post Office Problem, it describes the need to find among a group of known positions, the point closest to some randomly chosen probe position. Obvious uses for such an algorithm are various map-lookup problems, cluster analysis, finite-element problems, string lookup, and computing intermolecular contacts between two protein molecules.
It is usually assumed that lots of lookups will be done against a static dataset, so the cost of building the lookup structure is usually less important than the cost of the lookup itself. There are many methods in the literature for solving the NNP: kd-trees, quadtrees, and scan-line-based methods. In 1983, MacDonald and Kalantari [1] published an overlooked algorithm, based on what you would now call partition trees. Their algorithm may have been overlooked since it used a complicated double-linked tree, but simple recursion accomplishes the same result. It is optimal (in most cases) and fast; it has the advantage that storage is nearly linear in the number of objects in the database. Time to build the tree is proportional to
(nlog n) for
n points in the data set, and the time to retrieve the nearest neighbor to some probe point is proportional to
(log n)(log m), where
m is the dimensionality of the data.
Over the years, I have used this algorithm to solve many problems from my own work. Rewritten in five computer languages, it has allowed me to do searches in large datasets, typically in 6, 7, 10, or up to 36 dimensions. Computing the intermolecular contacts between protein molecules in crystal was simple to implement and extremely fast to execute. Just for fun, I wrote a program to draw a line from a screen cursor to the nearest point among 20,000 random points on the screen; it worked in real time. A simple modification allows the method to return all points within a specified radius of the probe point. Joining the set of near points in real time to the cursor on the screen makes it look like a spider is crawling on the monitor.
In translating the algorithm into C++, I needed to handle cases in several dimensions, sometimes within a single program, so a generic solution was important. Since the algorithm itself is independent of dimension, the creation of a template class seemed the obvious solution. That solution is presented here.
Partitioning the Space
The algorithm begins by selecting points to add to a tree (Neartree). The points are added one by one, and it helps if they are selected in a somewhat random way. The method works for any selection order, but in the worst case, the search time is
For the first two points, the space is divided by a manifold bisecting the line between the two points. (For points in a plane, the bisector is a line.) From then on, each added point is examined to see which half-plane it is in, and it is added to the Neartree node that defined that half-plane. Another way to say the same thing is that every point after the first two is attached in the tree to the nearer of those two points. When two points have been added to one of the original half-planes, the bisector of the line between those two points is used to divide that half-plane. Figure 1 illustrates the initial steps.
Figure 1: Initial steps in building the Neartree by partitioning the space. The numbers indicate the order in which the objects were inserted.
Building the Tree
Implementing the partitioning rule is simple. There are only three cases for the condition of a Neartree node when a new point is to be added:
- The node is empty (just created); the new point is made the left object.
- The node is half full (only one point has been added, by convention, on the left); the new point is made the right object.
- The node is full (both the right and left points have objects in them); the new point is added to the Neartree below the nearer of the two points.
In the third case, there is one piece of bookkeeping to be done. The distance from the object in the node to the object below in the tree that is farther away from the node point needs to be updated. If the stored maximum distance is less than the distance from the node point to the new point, then the maximum distance is updated to be the new value. This will become crucial in speeding the search for nearest neighbors. Listing One lists the template and includes the class constructor and the code for
m_fnInsert, which places the points into the Neartree.
Listing One: Template for the nearest neighbor search
#if !defined(TNEAR_H_INCLUDED) #define TNEAR_H_INCLUDED #include <limits.h> #include <float.h> #include <math.h> #include <vector> //============================================================== template <typename T> class CNearTree { T * m_ptLeft; // left object stored in this node T * m_ptRight;// right object stored in this node double m_dMaxLeft; //longest distance from the left object // to anything below it in the tree double m_dMaxRight;// longest distance from the right object // to anything below it in the tree CNearTree * m_pLeftBranch; //tree descending from the left CNearTree * m_pRightBranch; //tree descending from the right public: //============================================================== CNearTree(void) // constructor { m_ptLeft = 0; m_ptRight = 0; m_pLeftBranch = 0; m_pRightBranch = 0; m_dMaxLeft = DBL_MIN; m_dMaxRight = DBL_MIN; } // CNearTree constructor //============================================================== ~CNearTree(void) // destructor { delete m_pLeftBranch ; m_pLeftBranch =0; delete m_pRightBranch ; m_pRightBranch =0; delete m_ptLeft ; m_ptLeft =0; delete m_ptRight ; m_ptRight =0; m_dMaxLeft = DBL_MIN; m_dMaxRight = DBL_MIN; } // ~CNearTree //============================================================== void m_fnInsert( const T& t ) { // do a bit of precomputing if possible so that we can // reduce the number of calls to operator 'double' as much // as possible; 'double' might use square roots double dTempRight = 0; double dTempLeft = 0; if ( m_ptRight != 0 ) { dTempRight = fabs( double( t - *m_ptRight )); dTempLeft = fabs( double( t - *m_ptLeft )); } if ( m_ptLeft == 0 ) { m_ptLeft = new T( t ); } else if ( m_ptRight == 0 ) { m_ptRight = new T( t ); } else if ( dTempLeft > dTempRight ) { if (m_pRightBranch==0) m_pRightBranch=new CNearTree; // note that the next line assumes that m_dMaxRight // is negative for a new node if (m_dMaxRight<dTempRight) m_dMaxRight=dTempRight; m_pRightBranch->m_fnInsert( t ); } else { if (m_pLeftBranch ==0) m_pLeftBranch=new CNearTree; // note that the next line assumes that m_dMaxLeft // is negative for a new node if (m_dMaxLeft<dTempLeft) m_dMaxLeft=dTempLeft; m_pLeftBranch->m_fnInsert( t ); } } // m_fnInsert //============================================================== bool m_bfnNearestNeighbor ( const double& dRadius, T& tClosest, const T& t ) const { double dSearchRadius = dRadius; return ( m_bfnNearest ( dSearchRadius, tClosest, t ) ); } // m_bfnNearestNeighbor //============================================================== bool m_bfnFarthestNeighbor ( T& tFarthest, const T& t ) const { double dSearchRadius = DBL_MIN; return ( m_bfnFindFarthest (dSearchRadius, tFarthest, t)); } // m_bfnFarthestNeighbor //============================================================== long m_lfnFindInSphere ( const double& dRadius, std::vector< T >& tClosest, const T& t ) const { // t is the probe point, tClosest is a vector of contacts // clear the contents of the return vector so that // things don't accidentally accumulate tClosest.clear( ); return ( m_lfnInSphere( dRadius, tClosest, t ) ); } // m_lfnFindInSphere private: //============================================================== bool m_bfnNearest ( double& dRadius, T& tClosest, const T& t ) const { double dTempRadius; bool bRet = false; // first test each of the left and right positions to see // if one holds a point nearer than the nearest so far. if (( m_ptLeft!=0 ) && ((dTempRadius = fabs(double(t-*m_ptLeft))) <= dRadius)) { dRadius = dTempRadius; tClosest = *m_ptLeft; bRet = true; } if (( m_ptRight!=0 ) && (( dTempRadius = fabs(double(t-*m_ptRight)))<=dRadius)) { dRadius = dTempRadius; tClosest = *m_ptRight; bRet = true; } // Now we test to see if the branches below might hold an // object nearer than the best so far found. The triangle // rule is used to test whether it's even necessary to // descend. if (( m_pLeftBranch != 0 ) && ((dRadius+m_dMaxLeft) >= fabs(double(t-*m_ptLeft)))) { bRet|=m_pLeftBranch->m_bfnNearest(dRadius,tClosest,t); } if (( m_pRightBranch != 0 ) && ((dRadius+m_dMaxRight) >= fabs(double(t-*m_ptRight)))) { bRet|=m_pRightBranch->m_bfnNearest(dRadius,tClosest,t); } return ( bRet ); }; // m_bfnNearest //============================================================== long m_lfnInSphere ( const double& dRadius, std::vector< T >& tClosest, const T& t ) const { // t is the probe point, tClosest is a vector of contacts long lReturn = 0; // first test each of the left and right positions to see // if one holds a point nearer than the search radius. if ((m_ptLeft!=0) && (fabs(double(t-*m_ptLeft))<=dRadius)) { tClosest.push_back( *m_ptLeft ); // It's a keeper lReturn++ ; } if ((m_ptRight!=0)&&(fabs(double(t-*m_ptRight))<=dRadius)) { tClosest.push_back( *m_ptRight ); // It's a keeper lReturn++ ; } // // Now we test to see if the branches below might hold an // object nearer than the search radius. The triangle rule // is used to test whether it's even necessary to descend. // if (( m_pLeftBranch != 0 ) && ((dRadius+m_dMaxLeft) >= fabs(double(t-*m_ptLeft)))) { lReturn += m_pLeftBranch->m_lfnInSphere( dRadius, tClosest, t ); } if (( m_pRightBranch != 0 ) && ((dRadius+m_dMaxRight) >= fabs(double(t-*m_ptRight)))) { lReturn += m_pRightBranch->m_lfnInSphere( dRadius, tClosest, t ); } return ( lReturn ); } // m_lfnInSphere //============================================================== bool m_bfnFindFarthest ( double& dRad, T& tFarthest, const T& t ) const { // deleted from the journal listing since it is quite similar // to nearest return ( false ); }; // m_bfnFindFarthest }; // template class TNear #endif // !defined(TNEAR_H_INCLUDED) End of Listing
Finding the Nearest Neighbor
The Neartree isnt much good without a search algorithm for it. Every node in the Neartree has at least one node point in it, and many have two. And many of the node points have Neartrees descending from them. For a given probe point (
p) and initial search radius (
- Examine the left node object; if it is within the minimum search radius, remember the object and decrease the search radius to the new minimum distance.
- Examine the right object (if it exists) and repeat the update if appropriate.
- For each of the Neartrees descending from the node (there may be none, one, or two), use the triangle rule to decide whether to search more deeply. If the rule indicates that there could be closer objects below in the Neartree, then apply steps 1 and 2 to the node below.
- When there is no more searching to perform, return the object nearest to the probe point.
Listing One includes the code for functions that implement the search for the nearest neighbor search. The code is divided into a public and a private portion so that the user can input a
const value for the search radius.
The Triangle Inequality
The power of this algorithm derives mostly from a simple rule that you learned in high school geometry: the triangle inequality. This simply states that no side of a triangle can be larger than the sum of the lengths of the other two sides. The NNP algorithm uses this rule to truncate searches earlier than they would be otherwise (at least most of the time). The truncation reduces what would be a linear search to
O(log n).
In this algorithm, I use the rule in the following way. At any given node, for some search point and for some search radius, the distance from the node object to the farthest object below it in the Neartree is known (stored during Neartree construction). Looking at Figure 2, you see that any possible objects that are closer than the current search radius lie only within the intersection of the circle around the probe point (with radius,
dRadius) and the circle around the node object (with radius,
Figure 2: A 2-dimensional example of one step in the Nearest Neighbor Algorithm.
If the two circles do not intersect, then no object exists in the Neartree that could form a triangle with the probe and the node object. In other words,
D - dRadius >= dMax,
D is the distance between the probe point and the node object. The inequality must be true if any further solutions are possible. If there are no solutions, then I do not need to search the tree any deeper.
This NNP algorithm would not be as powerful if it did not use the triangle inequality. The ability to prune branches as searches become infeasible is what speeds the search. Reducing the search radius as new, closer points are found further prunes the search. In the end, only a few percent (or less) of the points in the tree are usually examined.
Changing the Distance Measure
In the example code, the distance measure is the normal Euclidean (L2) measure. But any measure that obeys the triangle inequality could be used, and sometimes there are advantages to other measures. I sometimes use city block measure (L1) because it is faster to compute, especially since it does not require a square root. For many computations, city block measure is completely adequate. For example, if you have a large dataset and want to know if the probe point exists within the dataset, the minimum distance will be zero if the point is in the dataset. Its distance from the probe will be zero by any of several measures, including city block measure.
Another measure that can be used is Hamming distance (zero for when the coordinate values are the same and one for when they are different). So for the vectors {1,2,3} and {1,3,2}, the Hamming distance is two. Its simple, but it would suffice to determine if a point were within a dataset.
Finally, another simple measure is the maximum value (L-infinity) measure. The distance is the absolute value of the largest of the coordinate value differences found. For instance, for the vectors {1,2,3} and {4,4,4}, the L-infinity distance between them is three.
Points within a Sphere
The very same Neartree that is used for finding nearest neighbors can be used to find the contents of a spherical region. If the search radius is not updated as new objects near the probe object are found, then all node objects within the search radius of the probe will be visited. In the accompanying code, those objects are returned in a data structure
std::vector<?> so that they can all be examined.
Farthest Neighbor, an Extra Benefit
While I have never needed to find the element of a dataset that is farthest from some probe, it could be useful in some computer graphics applications. The code to do this search can use the identical Neartree as the NNP, however, the code is subtly different. The trick is that instead of requiring that the triangle inequality be true, now the inequality must be false for there to be new points to be tested. The search is truncated because the search radius grows as the search progresses. In Figure 3, only the little shaded region could possibly contain any new points to be tested. In other words, once
dRadius exceeds the distance from the probe point to the current object plus the distance to the farthest object below, the search on that branch is stopped.
Figure 3: A 2-dimensional example of one step in the Farthest Neighbor Algorithm.
The first obvious limitation of this algorithm is that it requires a metric space with a measure that obeys the triangle inequality. While there are lots of cases where that is not a particular problem, there are many database uses where no particular metric is known. So the NNP mostly applies to geometrical problems where inexact matching is appropriate.
A second, more subtle limitation is that ordering of the input while building the Neartree can have large effects on the retrieval speed. As an example of worst-case behavior, consider a one-dimensional problem where integers are input in ascending order. In the whole tree, no left object will have a descending tree; if the probe is closest to the last object that was added to the Neartree, every object in the tree will have been visited to find it.
In most cases, there is some mitigating factor. For example, consider the case of a protein molecule. The entire molecule may be a single chain of amino acid residues, and they will usually be input in serial order so that each residue input is close to the previous, similar to the worst case scenario above. However, the whole molecule folds up, and as the molecule snakes around, the near contact with itself makes the Neartree better conditioned. Experiments of adding atoms randomly or of trying to choose initial atoms widely separated did not noticeably or consistently affect the speed of retrieval.
One consideration about using this NNP algorithm is that you cannot delete or update nodes without rebuilding the tree. Because the distance from any node object to the farthest object below is stored, moving any object would require updating all
dMaxs up to the root. One possible way around this problem for small perturbations is to save the magnitude of the shift vector and add it to the search radius; then after searching, it would be necessary to reconfirm the matches.
The class the
CNearTree template acts upon must provide a few methods:
operator double and
operator- are required. I usually include a constructor, a copy constructor, and a destructor. I have included a sample program using a simple class in the online source (available at <www.cuj.com/code>). A complete program that uses
double as the parameterized type is:
#include "TNear.h" #include <cstdio> void main() { CNearTree< double > dT; double dNear; // store 1.5 in the tree dT.m_fnInsert( 1.5 ); // find the nearest point to 2.0 if ( dT.m_bfnNearestNeighbor( 10000.0, dNear, 2.0 )) } printf("%f\n",double(dNear-2.0); }
and it should print 0.5 (thats how far 2.0 is from 1.5)
Internal vs. External Storage
As written, the template code stores the node objects in the tree itself. Copying the objects into the Neartree causes a small time penalty, but if the objects are also being stored outside in another data structure, then there is also a space penalty. One large advantage to copying the objects into the tree is that they are then protected from modification or deletion. But the template can easily be modified to only store pointers to the data, or the objects could be modified to be pointers and the template left unchanged.
[1] Iraj Kalantari and Gerard McDonald. A Data Structure and an Algorithm for the Nearest Point, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, September 1983.
Larry Andrews has a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Washington in Seattle. He can be reached at [email protected]


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Although light, pale lagers — the kind of beer most Americans associate with brands such as Coors and Budweiser — is a relatively straightforward style that uses only a handful of ingredients, it's a tricky beer to get right since any flaws will be evident.
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"It's something I've been thinking about for quite a while, because it is the most popular style of beer — even in Colorado — but there aren't a lot of craft breweries making it," Violette said. "I think there's a big hole in that market for people who just want a lighter beer, and I thought it would be nice to have a local, craft-brewed option."
Upslope Craft Lager is already the brewery's top-selling canned beer. Violette's American light lager — brewed with 100 percent malted barley and Czech Saaz hops — is even paler in color with a clean, crisp flavor that will be immediately recognizable to most beer drinkers.
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"That beer would not exist if we hadn't kept Lee Hill as an experimental brewery," Upslope founder Matt Cutter, said of the light lager. "We've been brewing a tremendous variety of beers there."
Upslope launched in late 2008 with just two canned offerings and brewed about 200 gallons of beer every other week, which it self-distributed along the Front Range. Today, Upslope brews about 16,000 gallons each week, Violette said, and distributes its beer in four states — Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Wyoming.
Retaining the pilot system and experimenting with a variety of taproom-only beers such as Upslope American light lager not only keeps the brewers' creative juices flowing, it's a great way to get instant feedback on what people like and which beers are selling.
Sometimes the customer response drives the decision to more broadly distribute a beer, as is the case with Upslope Thai Style White IPA — the brewery's newest Limited Release can currently available in its mixed 12-packs.
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In the wake of yesterday's Supreme Court decision, conservatives lost no time in taking the political battle to the Obama administration. The Romney campaign released this video, titled "Day 1, Job 1: #Full Repeal."
This video, titled "Obamatax," is not official. It comes from Ben Howe and illustrates how Republicans will pound on the fact that the mandate has been held to be a tax, contrary to President Obama's assurances:
Michael Ramirez sounds a similar theme in today's editorial cartoon:
The Democrats may want to stop celebrating their victory in the Supreme Court and start manning the political ramparts. There will be a lot of incoming Obamacare fire from now until November.


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By Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Having satisfying social relationships may be about as important as not smoking when it comes to your lifespan, a new study suggests.
It turns out that people with adequate social relationships have a 50 percent greater likelihood of survival than people who have poor or insufficient relationships. That means that having good relationships is comparable to quitting smoking in terms of survival benefit, and is a stronger factor than obesity and physical activity.
Researchers from Brigham Young University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill looked at 148 different studies that examined the connection between survival and relationships. Regardless of age, sex, initial health status, cause of death, and follow-up period in the individual studies, the new analysis finds that those with stronger relationships have an increased likelihood of survival.
This principle of social relationships aiding survival has even been seen in babies, the study noted. In the mid-20th century, infants in orphanages were observed to have high mortality rates predicted by lack of human contact. Death rates in these settings substantially decreased with changes in practice and policy to promote social interaction.
One theory behind these results is that social relationships may buffer the negative effects of stressors on health, such as illness and transitions and changes in life. Social relationships may also promote healthy behaviors, in the sense that people may directly encourage each other's good habits or indirectly provide good models.
"In addition, being part of a social network gives individuals meaningful roles that provide esteem and purpose to life," the authors wrote.
As seen in the research of Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, positive attributes such as happiness spread in social networks, as well as negative behaviors such as smoking and obesity. But they also found that people who dropped their friends who gained weight were more susceptible to obesity themselves.
The study on social relationships and mortality appears in the journal PLoS Medicine.


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As I learnt a few things about blogging, I made a list of tips to get better at blogging. Thought I would share.
- Pour your heart out to answer a question. When someone asks a question, it means they followed your post hoping they would find an answer to their problem. If they are stuck, take responsibility. Do everything you can do to help them.
- Don't plagiarise. It is just not the right thing to do.
- Don't like your own posts. We know you like them, you don't have to explicitly click like to show that.
- Don't start with Hi or Hello. You're writing a blog, not a letter.
- Don't sweat it. Write what comes to you and how it comes to you.
- Be natural. You'll be at your best when you are yourself.
- Use images. Images deliver the message quickly. If it's a technical post, throw in lot of screen prints, else find a funny and relevant picture to use.
- Name your images. One extra opportunity do drop keywords for SEO. Search engines read image names and rank your post better. Posts also show up in image search.
- Use lists.
- Check spellings. There is no excuse for spelling mistakes.
- Check grammar. Difficult specially for people with foreign mother tongues (including me). It's okay to be not perfect, but keep an eye on it.
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- Title is the key to a good post. Choose a title to attract people, not Google.
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- Let the readers comment. Don't post a comment saying you received so and so feedback from somebody.
- Be careful with series of posts. They are both powerful and dangerous. In depth series like this by Devin Knight, for example, will make the readers come back, a series on keyboard shortcuts won't.
- Use your energy wisely. Blogging requires a lot of energy: time and thought. Use it and write to solve problems.
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There is no shortage of sun, sea and sand in Dubai – although finding a free beach can be a challenge. The lion's share of beaches are owned by the large resorts, so those who are not guests of the Four Seasons, Hilton or Madinat Jumeirah may have a hard time finding a place to spread their towel. But don't worry, it may take a bit of effort but even in hyper-expensive Dubai there are free beaches.
There are actually a dozen free beaches to be exact: from the long and wide Jumeirah Open Beach with chaises, kiosks and water sports activities to the well-hidden and quiet Palace Beach. Although the water of the Persian Gulf is lukewarm and appears calm, the currents can be treacherously strong. A quick dip is fine, but swimming is recommended only when a lifeguard is present. Here follows a list of the 3 best public beaches in Dubai.
The longest public beach in Dubai is Jumeirah Open Beach. It runs from the Dubai Marine Beach Resort to the Four Seasons. A bustling boulevard packed with skaters, joggers and cyclists runs along the strand. This beach offers showers and toilets, and chaises and parasols are available for rent. Beach kiosks sell drinks, snacks and ice creams.
Jumeirah Open Beach, Jumeirah 1, Dubai
The attraction of this quiet secluded beach can be found in its nickname: Sunset Beach is the best spot in Dubai to watch the pale pink sun sink behind the billowing 'sail' of the landmark Burj Al Arab Hotel. In terms of facilities, the contrast between the world's only '7-star hotel' and the public beach next to it are enormous: apart from a volleyball net and a surf school, the beach offers no facilities. So in addition to bringing a book and a towel, don't forget to pack a parasol and a picnic.
Sunset Beach, Umm Suqeim, Dubai
The coastline between the Burj Al Arab Hotel and The Palm Jumeirah is reserved for a string of 5-star hotels, with one exception: Al Sufouh ('Black Palace') Beach. The white beach with a view of the palm islands is usually quiet because it is very hard to find. An unpaved trail runs from Al Sufouh Road, near the Dubai College bus stop, to the beach. You may park on the sand. The beach offers no facilities whatsoever.
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2014 Infiniti QX80: New Car Review
Last year's QX56 is this year's 2014 Infiniti QX80. Other than the name change, there isn't much difference. The QX80's platform serves it and its passengers well, providing a modern suspension and ample space for the long-legged in all three rows. Fold down the second- and third-row seats and the QX reveals a plentiful cargo bay to hide luggage, sports gear or the latest acquisitions from Best Buy.
Far from subtle, the QX80's proportions are massive, augmented by styling that seems to exaggerate every line, curve and seam. The entire package is set off by a massive set of 9-spoke alloy wheels that, when rolling, look like giant fan blades ready to slice into anything that draws near. Its luxury appointments, on the other hand, are perfectly suited to the upper-class clientele Infiniti seeks. In fact, the QX80 possesses one of the most attractive and well-equipped luxury SUV interiors we've tested.
What's New for 2014?
Beyond the name change, the QX80 receives Infiniti's Advanced Backup Collision Intervention (BCI) system as part of the available Technology Package.
What We Like
Powerful V8 engine; lovely interior detail; impressive electronic safety assists; surprisingly manageable road manners
What We Don't
Poor fuel economy; can be difficult to maneuver in tight spots
How Much?
Fuel Economy
The QX80 is powered by a 5.6-liter V8 that makes an impressive 400 horsepower and 413 lb-ft of torque. Models with Infiniti's All-Mode 4-wheel drive include a driver-selectable Auto/4HI/4LO computer-controlled transfer case. Left in Auto mode, the system will detect wheel slippage and route power to the wheels with the best traction.
The Environmental Protection Agency rates the QX80 at 14 miles per gallon city/20 mpg hwy for both 2-wheel-drive and 4-wheel-drive models.
Standard Features & Options
The 2014 Infiniti QX80 comes in one well-equipped model offered with either 2-wheel-drive or 4-wheel-drive models.
Standard equipment for the QX80 2WD ($62,345) and QX80 4WD ($65,445) includes a 13-speaker Bose audio system, Intelligent Key keyless entry and push-button start, a power sunroof, a power rear lift gate, HID headlamps, 10-way power driver's and 8-way power passenger's seats with 2-way power lumbar support, a heated steering wheel, power tilting and telescoping steering wheel, voice-activated hard-drive navigation, Bluetooth and front and rear sonar parking aids. The Around View 360-degree monitor is also standard. It uses cameras in the side mirrors, front grille and rear hatch to create 360-degree and bird's-eye views of the scene outside the car, a great aid when parking or pulling out from a blind curve. The system also includes Moving Object Detection (MOD) that can detect moving objects within the top view (when in Park) or both front and rear when backing up or starting off.
The QX80's options list is composed mostly of packages. The Deluxe Touring Package includes Hydraulic Body Motion Control, Plasmacluster air purifier, climate-controlled front seats, Semi-Aniline leather seating, upgraded 15-speaker Bose surround-sound system, Advanced Climate Control and headlamp washers. The Theater Package brings dual 7-inch LCD screens, wireless headsets, heated second-row seats and remote tip-up second-row seats, while the Technology Package adds Intelligent Cruise Control, Lane Departure Warning, Lane Departure Prevention and Distance Control Assist.
The 2014 Infiniti QX80 comes with a full roster of safety gear, including 4-wheel ABS, electronic traction and stability control and an available Hydraulic Body Motion Control system that uses sensors to pressurize individual shocks, minimizing body roll and lean. Inside, the QX80 provides front, front side-impact and 3-row side-curtain airbags. The Technology Package also includes many electronic safety measures to help avoid accidents, keep the vehicle in its lane and alert the driver to vehicles in the QX80's blind spot.
Neither the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration nor the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has crashed tested the QX80.
Behind the Wheel
This is one of the better-handling large SUVs. Unlike the Lexus LX570, the QX80 doesn't feel large and ponderous. Its steering effort is light and direct, with good feedback in fast curves. The optional Hydraulic Body Motion Control system helps the QX80 avoid that tippy feeling commonly found in large vehicles with a high center of gravity. As for acceleration, the 5.6-liter V8 turns in an A-plus performance, responding instantly to throttle input and delivering a sweet, low rumble that is music to a V8-lover's ears.
The QX80's seating is supremely supportive in the first and second rows, and even the 60/40 power folding third-row seats, while not spacious, are suitable for adults. One important note: The QX80's second-row seats are twin captain's chairs separated by a wide console. If you need 3-row seating, you'll need to check off the 60/40 split bench seat option, which can be had at no extra charge.
The QX80 is rated to tow up to 8,500 pounds.
Other Cars to Consider
Lexus LX570 -- There's no contest here. The QX80 is superior in ride, comfort, handling, power, towing and fuel economy. The Lexus might have an advantage in resale, but that's about all we can think of.
Cadillac Escalade -- The Escalade offers two body lengths, the longer of which has a larger cargo hold than the QX80. Cadillac also offers a hybrid model.
Mercedes-Benz GL -- The GL isn't as large as the QX80, and it drives a bit better. Plus, you can opt for a V6 or diesel engine. But a comparably equipped GL costs more than the QX80, and we find the GL's interior conservative.
AutoTrader's Advice
If you're going to do it, do it right. Since there's no difference in fuel economy, go for the 4-wheel-drive over the 2-wheel-drive model. If you want heated second-row seats, you have to tack on the Theater Package. The Technology Package is helpful for those who think they might need the added assistance, but it's not a must-have.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Let's try this again! At many home games throughout the remainder of the 2013-14 season, selected Tennessee Tech student-athletes from a wide variety of Golden Eagle teams will "take over" the @TTUGoldenEagles Twitter account and tweet out their thoughts and reactions from the game. In addition to updates about the game, the guest tweeters will run contests, ask for feedback, retweet posts from fans in the stands, and bring a new dimension to the popular social media outlet.
Folks who follow Tennessee Tech athletics on Twitter
@TTUGoldenEagles will see the new feature starting Thursday night
when Ellie Iaciofano, a former soccer player and currently on the
women's basketball roster, takes over tweeting during the men's
basketball game against Eastern Illinois. Sophomore Cody Dodd, a
Tech volleyball player, will take over for the women's game on
Saturday against SIUE, while senior pitcher Ross Spurgeon will take
over for the men's game later that evening. Monday night's women's
game versus Eastern Illinois will be taken over by junior guard
Mitchell Hill.
Iaciofano was set for the first Twitter Takeover in December, but the game was cancelled.
Tech fans are encouraged to engage with the @TTUGoldenEagles
Twitter account during games, and to help spread the news of Tech
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About Radford University
Radford University is a comprehensive, midsize public university that is student-focused, providing its more than 9,700 students a diversity of outstanding academic programs. Well known for its strong faculty/student bonds, innovative use of technology in the learning environment and vibrant student life on a beautiful campus, Radford University offers many opportunities to get involved and succeed in and out of the classroom.
Radford University welcomes students from the Commonwealth of Virginia, across the country and around the world. Here, you will find inspiration in the surroundings – the manicured green lawns on campus, the steady roll of the New River, the wonders along the Blue Ridge Parkway, the stately university buildings and a quaint downtown. Radford's more than 150 undergraduate and graduate programs offer every student the opportunity to discover new talents, develop leadership skills and experience personal growth.
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Radford University serves the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation through a wide range of academic, cultural, human service, and research programs. First and foremost, the university emphasizes teaching and learning and the process of learning in its commitment to the development of mature, responsible, well-educated citizens. Radford University develops students' creative and critical thinking skills, teaches students to analyze problems and implement solutions, helps students discover their leadership styles, and fosters their growth as leaders. Toward these ends, the university is student-focused and promotes a sense of caring and of meaningful interaction among all members of the University community. Research is viewed as a vital corollary to the teaching and learning transaction as it sustains and enhances the ability to teach effectively. Radford University believes in the dynamics of change and has a strong commitment to continuous review, evaluation, and improvement in the curriculum and all aspects of the university, so as to meet the changing needs of society.
Radford University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, masters, educational specialist and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097 or call (404) 679-4500 with questions about the accreditation of Radford University.


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I also try to incorporate multiple learning styles into my lessons but I will try to hit visual, auditory, and kinesthetic all-in-one rather that in isolation. I think we all learn better when material is presented in multiple ways. This way, students are getting it many times in different ways.
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The 'learning styles' can of worms
The concept of learning styles has been around for a long time. Intuitively, the notion of learning styles makes sense, especially for those who work with struggling readers. Some kids seem to respond better to visual information, others to auditory, and still others to tactile information. Following this train of thought, teachers should present information in a style that is matched to a learner's learning style.
This week, NPR's Morning Edition, ran Think You're An Auditory or Visual Learner? Scientists Say It's Unlikely, in which we are reminded that there really is no scientific evidence that supports the existence of different learning styles, or the hypothesis that people learn better when taught in a way that matches their own unique style. A review of the research, done by researchers who study the psychology of learning, led the authors to conclude "the currently widespread use of learning-style tests and teaching tools is a wasteful use of limited educational resources."
Dan Willingham, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia who has also written about learning styles, suggests in the NPR story that rather than think about differences in how we learn, it may be useful to consider the similarities.
His example is about variety. "Mixing things up is something we know is scientifically supported as something that boosts attention," he says, adding that studies show that when students pay closer attention, they learn better. I think this advice is particularly pertinent for those of us who work directly with struggling readers. What can we do to boost attention? How can we mix up what we do?
I've written about learning styles before in Unlearning Learning Styles, but because we're at the beginning of another school year, it seemed pertinent again.
I try to incorporate different learning styles into each of my lessons, because I know that not all students learn the same way, and if I present the same information, but in different ways, or give students different ways to respond to the information, then I can hopefully reach all my students and their different needs. I do think this is important because students are so different.
I think that the best thing for me to do as an educator is get to know my students. No matter what new research comes about, if I know my students then I can meet their needs. To me, this suggests if I must know them to make my instruction count, there must be different learning styles and ways to present information.
I try to make sure that I am mixing up my lessons because I know that not all of my students learn the same way. I make sure to include images that explain a concept, along with the words when doing powerpoints because I know that helps some make sense of the words. At the beginning of the year, I took them to the computer lab to take learning style quizzes, and they thought that was the coolest thing ever. As they looked at their results, they found out that they could really relate to what the results showed. They even crossed checked it with other tests and had similar results.
As a teacher I find it crazy that there is a study that thinks there is only one way to learn. Every student is an individual and learns differently. Knowing this I try to teach to different learning styles so that I'm touching all students. I know that this can't be done all the time, but I do try. I also find it somewhat funny that there is only 1 test that is used to assess every student in the state, when we are all very aware that each student tests and learns differently.
I like to plan my lessons to meet a variety of learning styles. Whether or not there is a certain "style" they learn best by, I like to provide a variety of different learning techniques to give the students a choice of how they want to learn the material. i think students learn by different ways depending on the content of the material presented. I think as long as the teacher provides different types of mastery each student can be successful.
I agree with the post about teachers using various techniques, but the state test never changes. I know that teaching to various learning styles and using the multiple intelligences while planning my lessons has been very beneficial to my students.
Even if there is no scientific evidence that teaching a particular child according to a particular learning style is most effective, we certainly know from real world practice that the more modalities you can use to teach a skill, the more likely you are to reach the majority of your students.
As a teacher I know that all students learn in different ways. It is impossible to teach all students the same way and be an effective teacher. As I plan lessons for the week, I always try to make sure I am including all of the learning styles in my classroom. What is so sad about this though, in this day and age of accountability for teachers, is that the state department whom are the very ones holding the teachers accountable, DO NOT take their own advise in teaching effectively, and the state tests are STILL a question with four multiple choice answers to choose from. How is this incorporating the different learning styles for assessment and effectiveness?
As a parent of children on the autism spectrum and tutor to children who learn differently, I can assure you that there are indeed different modalities to learning and that identifying and using the child's modality defintely boosts a production and retention. YIKES! Haven't we at leat come as far to know that just because science hasn't not definitively ID'd how this works doesn't equate to it not existing?
Surely you're not suggesting that teachers not think about this as they prepare their lessons -- I always made sure to think about learners needing support with as many senses as I could include. Can you elaborate?


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Vitamin B-Complex
The vitamin B-complex refers to all of the known essential water-soluble vitamins except for vitamin C. These include thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pyridoxine (vitamin B6), biotin, folic acid and the cobalamins (vitamin B12).
"Vitamin B" was once thought to be a single nutrient that existed in extracts of rice, liver, or yeast. Researchers later discovered these extracts contained several vitamins, which were given distinguishing numbers. Unfortunately, this has led to an erroneous belief among non-scientists that these vitamins have a special relationship to each other. Further adding to confusion has been the "unofficial" designation of other substances as members of the B-complex, such as choline, inositol, and para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), even though they are not essential vitamins.
Each member of the B-complex has a unique structure and performs unique functions in the human body. Vitamins B1, B2, B3, and biotin participate in different aspects of energy production, vitamin B6 is essential for amino acid metabolism, and vitamin B12 and folic acid facilitate steps required for cell division. Each of these vitamins has many additional functions. However, contrary to popular belief, no functions require all B-complex vitamins simultaneously.
Human requirements for members of the B-complex vary considerably—from 3 mcg per day for vitamin B12 to 18 mg per day for vitamin B3 in adult males, for example. Therefore, taking equal amounts of each one—as provided in many B-complex supplements—makes little sense. Furthermore, there is little evidence supporting the use of megadoses of B-complex vitamins to combat everyday stress, boost energy, or control food cravings, unless a person has a deficiency of one or more of them. Again, contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence indicating people should take all B vitamins to avoid an imbalance when one or more individual B vitamin is taken for a specific health condition.
Most multivitamin-mineral products contain the B-complex along with the rest of the essential vitamins and minerals. Since they are more complete than B-complex vitamins alone, multiple vitamin-mineral supplements are recommended to improve overall micronutrient intake and prevent deficiencies.
Are there any side effects or interactions with vitamin b-complex?
Vitamin B-complex includes several different components, each of which has the potential to interact with drugs. It is recommended that you discuss the use of vitamin B-complex and your current medication(s) with your doctor or pharmacist.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court is allowing the U.S. government to continue genital searches of Guantanamo Bay detainees — at least temporarily.
A three-judge panel of the court Wednesday granted the Obama administration's emergency motion for a temporary delay in enforcing U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth's order banning the practice.
Detainee lawyers say the searches began after prisoners were told they would have to travel from their resident camp to another site at the base to meet with or talk on the telephone with their lawyers. The lawyers say some detainees had refused to make the trip because of the new searches.
The Justice Department had asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rule by 1 p.m. Wednesday — an hour before a scheduled telephone call between a detainee and his lawyer that the government wanted conducted under rules Lamberth had banned — including searching the detainee's groin area for contraband.
But the appeals court didn't rule until after 2:15 p.m., and the lawyer, Jennifer Cowan, said that prior to the appeals court ruling, the government agreed not to conduct the genital searches in connection with that call.
Cowan said in an interview after the 90-minute call that her client told her through a translator that he was "delighted" not to have his genitals searched on the way to the call — but was disappointed when she told him about the appeals court order.
Cowan said she too was disappointed.
"The district court merely ordered them to revert to the protocol that had been in place for many years, so that could have stayed in place while the appeal is pending," Cowan said.
The three appeals court judges — Judith W. Rogers, Janice Rogers Brown and Brett M. Kavanaugh — made their decision in a short order, without elaboration. Rogers was nominated by President Bill Clinton, and the other two were appointed by President George W. Bush.
In court papers, the government argued that Lamberth's order would weaken security at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba by making it harder to prevent smuggling of contraband. And it said that the ruling went where no other court has gone before.
"For the first time to the government's knowledge, a federal court has restricted a military commander from implementing routine security procedures at a detention facility holding enemy forces, notwithstanding the universally recognized need for the maintenance of discipline and order in those facilities," the government wrote in its motion with the appeals court.
The filings included a declaration from the head of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. John Kelly, who wrote that the military decided searching the groin areas of detainees was necessary after the suicide of a detainee who had hoarded medications and died of an overdose. Kelly said that a report on the suicide concluded that the ban on genital searches created opportunities for detainees to conceal contraband.
Kelly said he fully concurred with the decision to search detainees' groin areas before or after any movements outside their resident camps. He said that no one ever discussed the idea of limiting the detainees' access to lawyers, which Lamberth had said was the real reason for the new searches.
Kelly said that contraband items discovered in the camps include nails, shanks, ballpoint pens and MP3 players. The filing includes photos of some of these and other objects.
Prohibiting a search of the groin areas of detainees, Kelly wrote, "would virtually guarantee them a secure location in which to secret these sorts of items after movements outside the camps. I consider this an unacceptable risk to the military personnel under my command, as well as the detainees, and civilian visitors, for whose safety and well-being I am responsible."
In his ruling last week, Lamberth, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, ordered prison commanders to return to the old search method: grasping the waistband of a detainee's trousers and shaking the pants to dislodge any contraband.
"As petitioners' counsel argued, the choice between submitting to a search procedure that is religiously and culturally abhorrent or forgoing counsel effectively presents no choice for devout Muslims like petitioners," Lamberth wrote.
He also said that what he called repeated actions by the government to deter detainees' legal access increased the likelihood that the government's security rationale for the genital searches "is mere pretext and that the new searches represent an 'exaggerated response' to its legitimate interest in security of the detention facility."
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Dave Reinhold's '31 Ford Highboy Roadster Was A Drawing Board Full Of Inspiration
Sometimes it's an unlikely object that creates a world of creativity in a car guy's mind. Spotting a color or a design theme isn't always about cruising the aisles at a rod run or flipping through magazines for inspiration. For Dave Reinhold, of McCordsville, Indiana, a coaster in a restaurant is the object that grabbed his interest. It wasn't a plain coaster-it was in the shape of a shark fin, and it was a unique form of advertisement for Land Shark Lager. Dave filed away the idea, and decided it would be the theme of his next street rod.
Dave isn't new to cars, having grown up in Dearborn, Michigan, just outside of Detroit. He grew up attending the Autorama with his father, building model cars, and eventually cruising Telegraph Road when he got his driver's license. He was on the right track.
Fast forward a decade or two, and you have a car guy with a hankering for something of the deep sea nature. He wanted to build a Model A roadster and give it a shark theme without going too crazy with body modifications. He calls it a Bonneville racer with European influence-it's certainly a nice blend of styling.
Starting fresh with a Brookville '31 Model A body and Deuce chassis, he sent his new hot rod to Gary Brown, of Brown's Metal Mods, for the shark treatment. Brown is responsible for molding the taillight buckets to the body, developing the unique dash, and fabricating body reveals fit with custom trim. These reveals are located in the decklid and hood and flow nicely into the windshield frame, which is a custom creation by Jerry "Porkchop" Walker of Sinister Hot Rods. Walker also leaned and peaked the Deuce grille shell, giving the roadster a sleek appearance. Then it was onto the Deuce 'rails, where he drilled and sleeved large holes for the custom side-exit exhaust, clipped the framehorns, and tucked the Deuce fuel tank close to the rear pan.
The efforts from Brown and Walker resulted in a streamlined look, especially when you combine it with a nicely equipped chassis. The framerails are boxed and they're notched at the rear to provide ample suspension travel yet low ride height. A triangulated four-link setup locates the Ford 9-inch rearend housing, while QA1 coilovers soak up the bumps and offer vast adjustability. All four corners are equipped with Wilwood discs fitted with 11-inch rotors and four-piston calipers, while rolling stock sports glossy black Dayton wires and Coker Classic tires. Front suspension is the standard street rod setup consisting of a dropped I-beam axle with a pair of hairpin radius rods. All suspension components are black, keeping with the stealthy theme.
Under the steel hood is a 302ci Ford Racing crate motor. The lightweight roadster moves easily as a result of the Ford V-8 but the Tremec five-speed does add measurably to the driving pleasure. The Blue Oval is close to stock but does sport an Edelbrock dual-quad intake manifold topped with matching Edelbrock four-barrel carburetors. A modified Technostalgia Olds breater covers the carburetors, while finned Ford Racing valve covers offer a nice finishing touch. The front of the engine is barren of accessories and the "almost" always present alternator was moved rearward and is driven off the rearend by a custom pulley setup.
When it was time for bodywork and paint the roadster traveled to Bright, Indiana, home of Woody's Hot Rodz. Chris Sondles and crew gave the fresh steel body plenty of attention, while Joe Shinliver handled most of the bodywork and treated the body to a coating of urethane primer before it went through a few cycles of block-sanding and re-priming. Shinliver painted the car using PPG materials mixed in a color called Angora adding two coats of blue pearl before laying down the final clearcoats. Brett Davis provided Shinliver plenty of help on the bodywork and paint with the results speaking well of their efforts. Countless hours of color sanding, buffing, and polishing took place to perfect the finish, while the rest of the Woody's crew worked hard (and patiently) to reassemble the car. The brightwork was handled by J&P Plating in Portland, Indiana, while the crew at Woody's installed Dynamat before starting on the interior.
While Dave's '31 roadster is larger than the earlier ('28-29 Model A) bodies, it still doesn't provide much room for upholstery with its tight confines, so the remaining real estate features simple black leather stretched over custom door panels, and a pair of bomber seats from Speedway Motors. Matt Baldwin at Woody's Hot Rodz took care of the interior, while the remaining parts, like the E&J mini headlights, were installed for the final time. Shark gauges ride in the custom dash, and a four-bar steering wheel attaches to the Flaming River column. Creature comforts are at a minimum, but Dave doesn't need a radio or air conditioning to enjoy spending time behind the wheel of his hot rod.
It was no easy process putting Dave's shark idea to paper, and then into reality, but a trio of shops got the job done, and made it work. Cool details from front to back entertain the eyes, while the throaty exhaust from a small-block Ford keeps the Blue Oval spirit alive and well. There's no mistaking this shark for any other car on the fairgrounds, and you can bet Dave prefers it that way. It's a sleek and stylish roadster with lots of unique details, and it was born from the simplest of ideas, which makes it even cooler. Car guy creativity at its finest.


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Flora Michelaki
Mortuary architecture, depositional behaviour and
social change in the tholos cemeteries of south-central Crete,
Email: email@example.com
- Profile
Mortuary architecture, depositional behaviour and social change in the tholos cemeteries of south-central Crete, 3000-1700 BC.
The bulk of the evidence for the Pre- and early Protopalatial societies of Crete comes from cemetery sites, and particularly from the monumental round (tholos) tombs of south-central Crete, largely excavated early in the 20th century, or salvaged after extensive looting, from the 1950s to 1980s. The tombs, often occurring in pairs and within more complex cemeteries (including rectangular buildings, extra-mural burials, and enclosed and paved areas), have been particularly intensively investigated in the western Mesara plain and the Asterousia mountains immediately to the south.
For over a millennium, this was the type of tomb principally used for burial throughout this region, only rarely occurring elsewhere on the island. Along with localised patterns in artefacts styles, increasingly recognised, this mortuary tradition serves to define a common cultural area, which can be analysed as a coherent microcosm, providing a detailed perspective on social and political transformations during the period of the development of the first complex societies in Crete, represented by the palace-centred states of the Middle Bronze Age.
The aim of my research is to examine their architectural and depositional complexity of the cemeteries in south-central Crete during the Prepalatial and Protopalatial periods and to explore what they can tell us about broader social behaviour, its variations between communities and transformations through time.
My research focuses on the detailed data available from a selection of published, unpublished and old, re-examined tholos cemeteries which is analysed in terms of their material culture and the use of their architectural space within their precincts through their history of use by aiming to understand how each cemetery was used, and how those patterns of use changed over its life, and to what degree the patterns of development at individual cemeteries are distinct, represent local sub-regional patterns, or can be recognised as regional phenomena.
Additionally, the scope is to define what activities and rituals have been conducted by their users and what these can tell us about broader social changes among communities through time and their perceptions of death, particularly exploring changing emphases on individual, the burying group and the community.
- Costopoulos Foundation
- British School at Athens. Vrowny Hankey Memorial Fund for Aegean Studies
- BSc, Archaeology, University of Cardiff, 1999
- MA, Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield, 2000
- Publications
Campbell-Green, T. & Michelaki, F. (2012). Cemetery, Ceramics and Space: Food Consumption and Ritual at the Early Bronze Age Tholos Cemetery of Moni Odigitria, South Central Crete, in Collard, D., Morris, J., Perego, E. & Tamorri, V. (eds.), Food and Drink in Archaeology 3. University of Nottingham Postgraduate Conference 2009. Prospects Books.
Michelaki, F., Campbell-Green, T. & Branigan, K. (2011). Pottery Usage in the Prepalatial cemetery at Moni Odigitria. Proceedings of 10th International Cretological Congress (Chania 2006), A2. Chania: Literary Society "Chryssostomos" - Typocreta, 571-82.
Michelaki, F. & Vasilakis, A. (2010) Jewelry and Other Small Finds, in Vasilakis, A. & Branigan, K. (eds.), Moni Odigitria. A Prepalatial Cemetery and Its Environs in the Asterousia, Southern Crete. INSTAP Academic Press, 187-99.
- Conference papers
October 2012 - 11th International Cretological Congress (Rethymnon, Crete): "Mortuary architecture and depositional behaviour in the tholos cemeteries of south-central Crete, 3000-1700 BC: the case of Kephali Odigitrias at Skaniari Lakkos".
April 2009 - Food & Drink On Archaeology (Nottingham University - Postgraduate Conference): "Cemetery, ceramics and space: food consumption and ritual at the Early Bronze Age tholos cemetery of Moni Odigitria, South Central Crete, Greece". Joint paper with Dr. T. Campbell-Green.
October 2006 - 10th International Cretological Congress (Chania, Crete): "Pottery Usage in the Tholos Cemetery at Moni Odigitria". Joint paper with Dr. T. Campbell-Green.


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Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, 'The Avengers,' Weekend box office
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The story is ripped from the headlines in our city as it was more than a hundred years ago when Newsies, the boys who hawked papers on the streets, went out on strike after getting squeezed by rich publishers.
"It was a story about kids. A story where the kids took the action," Harvey Fierstein said.
Fierstein wrote the script to the new show, which is based on real events but began life as a movie musical starring a very young Christian Bale as the leader of the Newsies.
In 1992 nobody cared, but now twenty years later this old flop has inspired a new hit on Broadway.
"The movie's so stupid and so it was restructuring it in a way that I could still get away with all these anthemic songs," Fierstein said.
It was Fierstein who came-up with a love story that was not in the original movie.
"The show is all boys. And, it just felt the female voice wasn't heard enough," he said.
Enter Katherine, a reporter ahead of her time and just right for jack, played by the charismatic Jeremy Jordan who sings songs so good that they didn't deserve to be forgotten.
"What Newsies does like nothin' else is to please people and make them happy," Fierstein said.
If Harvey seems happy, that's because he takes great pleasure in making a musical work no matter how unlikely the source material. The cult movie called Hairspray inspired his biggest hit. A flop film inspired his newest one.
"Well, if it's a really great movie, it doesn't need you," he said.
Newsies is from Disney theatricals: owned by the same parent company as WABC-TV. The musical has proved so popular its run as been extended through the summer, and it's a real crowd-pleaser with the crowd giving the company standing ovations during the show.


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Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC - Special Event
Artists and the Green Funeral Movement
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 from 7 - 9 pm
Mountain View's Celebration Hall and Courtyard.
Presented by Mountain View Cemetery and the Britannia Art Gallery.
Two artists, Paula Jardine, Mountain View Cemetery's Artist in Residence, and Joseph Montague, ceramicist and printmaker, will join Glen Hodges, Mountain View Cemetery's Manager, in a panel discussion.
This should be a very interesting evening.
Mountain View Cemetery
5445 Fraser St., Vancouver.
Telephone 604 - 325 - 2646
Mountain View Cemetery website.
In British Columbia since the 1950s, there has been a strong interest in alternative funeral and burial practices, for example, in cremation. It's estimated that 80% of British Columbia's dead are now cremated. While cremation is still often seen as a modern alternative, many now question its effect on our environment and are looking at 'green' burials. A recent article by Darcy Wintonyk for CTV British Columbia, "The Green Hereafter: Eco-burials gain popularity" summarizes some of the debate around this issue. (Published Monday, 7 September 2009 at ctvbc.ca. article link )
The Memorial Society of British Columbia, incorporated in 1956, is BC's only volunteer based memorial society - members have often been in the forefront of change in the province. One of the goals of the Memorial Society of BC now is "to promote environmentally sound arrangements for disposal of remains" and the Society was honoured with the Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition 2008 Award for its work towards the development of the first green burial site in British Columbia - at Royal Oak Burial Park in Victoria on Vancouver Island. There is more information about green burials on the Society's website.
Royal Oak Burial Park, open since 1923, since 2008 has offered "natural or green burials" in its 1/3 acre Woodland where there are only communal memorial stones. Ashes (cremains/cremated remains) may be scattered in the Woodlands area or Royal Oak offers "'hybrid' natural burials" in regular burial lots where individualized markers may be placed. For more information about this, see the Royal Oak Burial Park website.
Only one other cemetery in Canada currently offers green burials, and a number of cemeteries in British Columbia require concrete vaults so that even 'hybrid' natural burials wouldn't be possible. Mountain View in Vancouver, however, does allow burials without concrete liners or vaults and as well allows for "multigenerational" use of a family grave or plots.
In addition, the new Celebration Hall and the newer outdoor features lend themselves to more personal commemorations at death as well as to the annual public memorial events created by Paula Jardine, Mountain View's Artist in Residence.
The cemetery's new buildings' display spaces are available to feature artists' funerary works. Joseph Montague has been involved in creating a number of funerary pieces, one of which was chosen for the 'Ashes to Art' exhibition in 2008.
See a catalogue of Joseph Montague's work on his website and see the Public Dreamer website for a look at some of Paula Jardine's work.
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Barnum boys fall to Esko
The Barnum Bombers boys basketball team hosted, but fell behind 32-22 at halftime, against the Esko Eskomos February 15 and were unable to come back, losing 63-46. It was only Barnum's third loss this season against 19 victories. Esko (18-4) sewed up the League title as the game was worth four Polar points.
Both teams put three players in double figures, but Esko's Kory Deadrick was the difference as the very versatile junior racked up 36 points. Deadrick, averaging 23.5 ppg, drained three of Esko's four three-pointers, but did most of his damage inside with pull-up jumper and flaters in the lane.
Barnum was led by sensational sophomore forward Brandon Newman's 15 points. Newman did his best to go inside and was outstanding at the foul stripe, going 11-for-11. Newman is among the area's scoring leaders this season with 20.0 ppg. Barnum hit three threes in the game, with one each from Daniel Warpula (12 points), Zachary Carlson (10 points) and Nicholas Jelinek (3 points). Samuel Anderson had six points for the Bombers.
Casey Staniger had 14 points for Esko and the other player to reach the double digits for the Eskomos was Nate Johnson with their other three pointer.
By halves, Esko went 2-for-10 and 2-for-6 from outside the arc for 4-for-16 (25 percent) for the game. But it was the Eskomos inside game that shone. The first half was 10-for-15 in the paint and the second half was 8-for-15 in the lane for a lane game of 18-for-30 (60 percent).
Barnum found the long range once in the first half four of six tries and twice in the second half out of 10 tries for 3-for-16 (19 percent) on the long ball. The Bombers had trouble on the inside at only 6-for-21 in the first and an even lower 4-for-11 in the second half for just 10-for-31 (32 percent) in the paint for the game.
In rough game, with some not always polite fanatics, both teams did well at the foul line. In fact, it was practically a wash in all the heated temperatures. Esko went 15-for-17 (88 percent) for the game while the Bombers were steady as well at 17-for-20 (85 percent).
Rebounding found the Bombers staying with the taller Eskomos at 15-12 in the first half, with Esko hitting the boards for a 13-6 advantage in the second half. Esko won that battle at just 25-21 for the game. The steals were nearly even at 4-2 and 1-2 for 5-4 for Barnum in the game. Esko had the better readily apparent passing for scores at 3-2 and 2-1 for 5-3 for the game. The Eskomos also did the better job of taking care of the basketball with three turnovers in each half as compared to six and five by halves for Barnum for 11 turnovers for the game.
The following represents points (including three-pointers), rebounds, steals and assists for the Bombers. Newman: 15, 9, 2, 2; Warpula: 12 (1), 5, 0, 0; Carlson: 10, (1), 1, 0, 0; Anderson: 6 , 2, 1, 1; Nicholas Jelinek: 3 (1), 0, 0, 0; Tory Slater: 0, 2, 0, 0; Nathan Jelinek: 0, 2, 2, 0.


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Facilities Department
What We Do
The Facilities Department of SUNY Plattsburgh is located on Sanborn Avenue. The department is responsible for the operation, maintenance and repair of all existing College facilities. These facilities include 42 buildings containing 2,078,785 square feet situated on a 265 acre campus; 2.1 miles of roadways, 9 miles of sidewalks, 536,895 square feet of parking lots, 3 miles of trails and 20 acres of athletic fields.
Services Provided
The following is a list of services provided by the Facilities Office and their respective descriptions.
Facilities, Design and Construction
Planning and coordination of construction and rehabilitation projects on campus.
Surplus Inventory/Physical Space Inventory
Maintains surplus inventory of equipment and vehicles located on campus as well as physical space inventory of all rooms on campus.
Janitorial Services
Janitorial services for academic and administrative building on campus. Services are performed when spaces are unoccupied in order to minimize interference with academic and residential activities. Special event coverage is scheduled on an as needed basis. Routine janitorial services such as washing and waxing floors, cleaning carpet, dusting, replacing lights and trash removal.
Routine maintenance of trees, shrubbery, laws, sidewalks, streets and parking lots as well as snow removal and ice control.
Moving Requests
Furniture and equipment moves should be approved and coordinated through the appropriate Dean or administrator, who in turn routes the written requests to the Facilities, Maintenance and Operations Office. All special requests should be given as much advance notice as possible.
Work Orders
All emergencies should be called directly to the Maintenance and Operations office at ext. 5044/5038/5016 between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and ext. 5030 between 4:30 p.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through Friday and ext. 5030 on weekends and holidays, giving pertinent information as to the emergency and specific location of the problem. The service is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
A work order should be submitted electronically for interior and exterior repairs to buildings including painting, electrical, plumbing, upholstery services, etc.
Central Heating Plant
Operating and maintaining underground utilities and utilities within buildings. Supplying heat, air conditioning, hot water, ventilation and refrigeration services. Maintain the ice arena and the swimming pool. Monitor and supervise the fire alarm system.
Coordination of campus transportation services for faculty, staff and students. Campus garage maintains all fleet vehicles including vehicles used for the maintenance and janitorial services.
Operation of campus warehouse.


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It was a great feeling this weekend to get our first win of the season in front of an enthusiastic and energetic crowd at Buck Shaw Stadium. The 1-0 win was built on a strong defensive performance – the second clean sheet in a row – and a Goal of the Week contender by Portuguese international Yannick Djalo. Yannick's first MLS goal was pure class as he took a great Shea Salinas cross and bounced it by the keeper. Yannick was a halftime sub by Coach Mark Watson and the move paid immediate dividends as Chivas had to deal with Djalo's creativity and speed. You could feel the rise of the crowd whenever Yannick had the ball and started taking on defenders. I think Clarence Goodson hit the nail on the head in the post game interview when he said that when Yannick gets fit he will be one of the most exciting players in MLS. It will be fun to watch his emergence as a key player for the Quakes this season.
The win moved us up the table and with two games in hand allows us to control our destiny to get back into one of the five playoff spots. We are off to Vancouver next weekend to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the first match between the Quakes and Caps at Empire Stadium on May 5, 1974. The Quakes prevailed 2-1 in that contest and it would be fitting to return the favor with a similar score line 40 years later. There is a great read on the historic 2-1 match here. The match was a 1-1 draw in regulation and was decided by a shootout in classic NASL style. San Jose's Mark Demling scored the winning shootout goal after nine shooters from each side.
This week also saw the announcement of another huge match this summer for the Quakes. First of all, we have the California Clasico at Stanford Stadium on Saturday June 28 (TICKETS). Second, we have the first event ever at the new Levi's Stadium when we take on the Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday August 2 in what should be an historic day for Bay Area sports (TICKETS). Finally, we will be part of the Last Summer at the Stick with a big match at Candlestick Park the previous week when the Quakes take on Atletico Madrid on Sunday July 27 at 4:00 p.m. Atletico is having an amazing season competing in the semifinal of the Champions League and leading La Liga. It will be one of the most prestigious clubs that the Quakes have ever faced. We are thrilled to bring Bay Area soccer fans an amazing summer of high profile and world class soccer matches.
On the stadium front, things are progressing quickly as the steel terraces are being installed over the structural steel superstructure. The concourse buildings with the high quality ground face white block are also going up and the team building that contains the player locker rooms, lounge, and training facilities is getting its Eldorado stone façade and trespa wood cladding this coming week. This week will also see the underground work get going for the scoreboard bar – the largest exterior bar in North America. I am including the latest aerial shots of the stadium for everyone to check out. These are from 3/30 and are the first with the entire steel superstructure erected. Pretty cool.