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Given Halloween and all, this entry from Tanking Tips is a sad reminder of friends we no longer have with us:
How Appropriate
The situation is not that tragic. All three elements were components of warrior tanking dating back to MC (Magmadar, the second boss, was the first boss that required stance dancing). Crushing blows were really something that made a difference starting in BWL, and, speaking from personal experience and from what I've learned from others at the time, most did not even understand what it meant. We knew about crits; we knew that Broodlord would one-hit a tank if his MS critted, but that's about it.
Threat is gone? I don't know why everyone keeps saying that. Raid stats show me doing 600 or so DPS, but TPS is around and over 2000, reaching about 2400 sustained when fully raid- and self buffed and facing a hard-hitter that does not stun. Yes, the amount of threat per damage has been lowered, while the pure amount of damage has increased. What's there to complain? We can actually contribute to the raid's DPS instead of being laughed at by clueless DPSers that think that after 3 years of having heard the "ahahah the tank is trying to do damage" jokes we still think they are funny. Plus, solo farming has become incredibly more viable, as has PvP. Why complain?
Stance dancing involved breaking fear and intercepting. Unless you specced tactical mastery (a no-no), you had 10 rage once you switched stance to do something, or 0 if you did it to intercept (since intercept costs that much). Now, with warbringer, you have all your rage remaining with you. I personally don't think of it as a simplification, I think of it as an opening of new possibilities.
Crushing blows killed a lot of tanks that did not understand the concept and still killed tanks that understood them but were unable to push them off of the table, or were just plain unlucky. Without them, the learning curve for new tanks is less steep and prone to WTF just happened moments, which equals to more tanks coming around. All those PUGs need tanks (they're literally BEGGING for tanks in our LFG chat..), why not give some to them? Why should anyone shy away from tanking? It's a wonderful position if taken seriously and if you accept the responsibilities associated with it (plus we won't be forced to do heroics until our fingers bleed anymore :> ).


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Bring on the second course!
The feds dished out a kidnapping-conspiracy charge today against a New Jersey man tied to alleged NYPD cannibal wannabe Gilberto Valle.
Michael Vanhise, 22, was busted by the FBI at his home in Trenton, N.J., this morning and charged with offering Valle $5,000 to kidnap and deliver a woman so he could rape and kill her.
Vanhise previously admitted sending emails in which he and Valle discussed the abduction and Vanhise tried to knock down the price after Valle sent him a photo of the intended victim, court papers say.
A Manhattan federal court complaint includes the following exchange between the two, which allegedly took place on Feb. 28.
Vanhise: "I definitely want her and how much again, I'm sorry to ask but I don't remember."
Valle: "$5,000 and she is all yours."
Vanhise: "Could we do 4?"
Valle: "I am putting my neck on the line here. If something goes wrong some somehow, I am in deep s–t. $5,000 and and you need to make sure that she is not found. She will definitely make the news."
The complaint also says that Valle, who's accused of downloading a cholorform recipe from the Internet, allegedly told Vanhise: "I will really get off on knocking her out, tying her hands and bare feet and gagging her. Then she will be stuffed into a large piece of luggage and wheeled out to my van."
"just make sure she doesn't die before I get her," Vanhise allegedly replied.
Vanhise also admitted sending other emails to two other, unidentified people, "about kidnapping, raping and murdering women and children," according to the complaint.
Vanhise allegedly sent those people "photographs of a minor girl known to him" and gave them "the purported address of the child, which was in close proximity to the child's actual home address."
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said the complaint against Vanhise "reads like a script for a bad horror film, but fortunately, neither he nor his co-conspirators were able to act out the twisted conspiracies described in the complaint in real-life."
"His arrest today is the second in this bone-chilling case, but we are not finished," Bharara added.
Manhattan FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge George Venizelos said there was no need to "characterize" Vanhise's alleged scheme.
"The factual allegations more than suffice to convey the depravity of the offense," he said.
According to the complaint, Vanhise made his admissions during an FBI raid on his home on Oct. 26, a day after Valle, 28, was arrested for allegedly scheming online to kidnap, rape, torture, cook and eat women.
Valle is also charged with accessing a law-enforcement database to target his alleged victims.
The 6-year NYPD veteran maintains that he was merely engaging in sexual fantasies and never planned to actually harm anyone.
He's set for trial later this month.
Vanhise is expected to appear in court later today. Like Valle, he faces life in the slammer if convicted.


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Above, freshman cornerback Donaldven Manning (wearing #30)—who was nearly kicked off the team as recently as November after racking up two misdemeanors and three minor traffic charges since arriving in Blacksburg last January—shit-talking Rutgers during the Russell Athletic Bowl by, it looks like, miming machine gun fire at an opposing player. He could be miming a semi-automatic slingshot, but other than that, it's tough to figure what else he might have intended, and the official that intervenes is obviously not pleased.
Worth noting: Virginia Tech's own very recent history with mass shootings, and the decal Manning and the rest of the Hokies were wearing on the backs of their helmets to honor Sandy Hook victims. If anyone asks, go with the semi-automatic slingshot thing.
More offensive than the machine gun motion? Virginia Tech gained three yards on 32 rushing attempts and won.


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"We encourage you wherever you may live in the world to prepare for adversity by looking to the condition of your finances. We urge you to be modest in your expenditures; discipline yourselves in your purchases to avoid debt. … If you have paid your debts and have a financial reserve, even though it be small, you and your family will feel more secure and enjoy greater peace in your hearts" (All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Finances).
Pay Tithes and Offerings
Successful family finances begin with the payment of an honest tithe and the giving of a generous fast offering. The Lord has promised to open the windows of heaven and pour out great blessings upon those who pay tithes and offerings faithfully (see Malachi 3:10 and Isaiah 58:6–12).
If our tithing is the first obligation met, our commitment to this important gospel principle will be strengthened and the likelihood of financial mismanagement will be reduced.
Fast Offerings
On fast day, we go without food and drink for two consecutive meals, if physically able, and then give to the bishop a fast offering at least equal to the value of the food not eaten. If possible, we should be very generous and give more. The bishop uses the fast offerings to care for the poor and needy.
Avoid Debt
Spending less money than you make is essential to your financial security. Avoid debt, with the exception of buying a modest home or paying for education or other vital needs. If you are in debt, pay it off as quickly as possible. Some useful tools in becoming debt free are a debt-elimination calendar and a family budget worksheet.
Distinguish between Needs and Wants
We must learn to distinguish between wants and needs. We should be modest in our wants. It takes self-discipline to avoid the "buy now, pay later" philosophy and to adopt the "save now and buy later" practice.
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917–2008) taught: "All too often a family's spending is governed more by their yearning than by their earning. They somehow believe that their life will be better if they surround themselves with an abundance of things. All too often all they are left with is avoidable anxiety and distress" ("Earthly Debts, Heavenly Debts," Liahona, May 2004, 42).
Getting—and Staying—out of Debt
We should avoid debt. There is nothing that will cause greater tensions in life than grinding debt, which will make the debtor a slave to creditors. A specific goal, careful planning, and determined self-discipline are required to accomplish this.
President N. Eldon Tanner (1898–1982) taught: "Those who structure their standard of living to allow a little surplus, control their circumstances. Those who spend a little more than they earn are controlled by their circumstances. They are in bondage" ("Constancy amid Change," Liahona, Feb. 1982, 46).
Use a Budget
Keep a record of your expenditures. Record and review monthly income and expenses. Determine how to reduce what you spend for nonessentials.
Use this information to establish a family budget. Plan what you will give as Church donations, how much you will save, and what you will spend for food, housing, utilities, transportation, clothing, insurance, and so on.
Discipline yourself to stay within your budget plan. A budget worksheet is a useful tool to help you with your plan.
Refer to page 7 in the pamphlet One for the Money for a budget worksheet.
Build a Reserve
Gradually build a financial reserve, and use it for emergencies only. If you save a little money regularly, you will be surprised how much accumulates over time.
President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) taught: "Set your houses in order. If you have paid your debts, if you have a reserve, even though it be small, then should storms howl about your head, you will have shelter for your wives and children and peace in your hearts" ("To the Boys and to the Men," Liahona, Jan. 1999, 66; October 1998 general conference).
Teach Family Members
Teach family members the principles of financial management. Involve them in creating a budget and setting family financial goals. Teach the principles of hard work, frugality, and saving. Stress the importance of obtaining as much education as possible.


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Mixed message: A jarring blend of old and new
ADDRESS: 1700 Rugby Avenue
SIZE: 3,100 fin. sq. ft., 800 unfin.
NEIGHBORHOOD: Rugby
CURB APPEAL: 7 out of a possible 10
LISTED BY: Patsy Strong Monticello Country Realtors 996-4606
It's a fact that sometimes, English teachers' warnings notwithstanding, a cliché hits the nail on the head. There's no doubt that the old saying, "What matters in real estate is location, location, location," applies perfectly to this brick house on Rugby Avenue.
An easy walk from the Grounds and UVA hospital, a nice stroll from Preston Plaza, and only a bit of a hike from the Barracks Road shopping center, the location of this house near the Rugby/Rugby intersection certainly is its strongest selling point.
But the original 1938 core of the house is also a big plus. In contrast to a recent addition, elements of the old house– radiators, deep windows, oak floors, wide moldings, and a slate, boxwood-lined front walk– exemplify a standard of quality rare in much contemporary construction.
The owners have put their personal mark on this part of the house in the form of dramatic paint color. The entry hall, stairway, and upstairs hall are tomato/adobe red, the dining room deep steel blue, a cozy office/den bright yellow, and least successfully the living room dark sand brown. Future owners may or may not stay with these vivid colors, but they certainly set the house apart from today's more common flat-white-everywhere decor.
But although they're striking, the deep colors combined with smallish windows and that huge addition blocking light across the back make the rooms in the original house very dark. The small office/den is the exception: Its large south-facing skylights illuminate beautiful built-in bookcases and cupboards and create one of the most attractive spaces in the house.
That big addition is the problem. It's a full two-story extension across the entire back of the house, but it doesn't quite do what one imagines the planners had in mind. Certainly it almost doubles the size of the house. On the first-floor, it adds a large room that's been divided into a new kitchen and large den/family room.
But in the kitchen, for some reason, the designers situated the sink– instead of under a window with a view outside– in an island in the middle of the room, so someone washing dishes or preparing food looks into the den with their back to the rest of the kitchen. Stainless steel appliances, "custom maple cabinetry," and black and white vinyl tiles on the floor are things that must have seemed good in theory, but don't really contribute much interest.
This space is very bright, thanks to a full wall of French doors overlooking a deck and half-acre fenced lot, unusual and a real plus in this central-city location. But because that view was purchased at the cost of light to the original rooms, one wonders whether it was worth it– or might not have been done more successfully.
The original kitchen has been turned into a breakfast room, a powder room, and a weird little space that might be a broom closet but right now isn't much of anything, just an empty alcove.
Upstairs, the vinyl-siding addition houses two huge bathroom suites, one off the master bedroom in the original house, and one serving another added bedroom. The master bath has the requisite whirlpool with an "imported tile splash" decorated with technicolor goldfish, and a double vanity, water closet, and separate shower– alas, like all the bathrooms in the house, with a dismal Motel 6-style plastic surround instead of tile.
There are two more bedrooms up here, and a third full bathroom, apparently the only original one, which is in such poor shape that it feels abandoned.
This addition is evidence that in this house what's original– and in our view, valuable– has been relegated to second place in favor of new, flashy– but less charming and well-made– elements.
Folks considering "improving" a valuable old house might reflect that it's often wiser to spend money and energy polishing one real diamond than to drop a bundle on a big jewelry box full of rhinestones.


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Bulldogs, Crimson Meet Saturday At 7 p.m.
Harvard at Yale, Saturday – 7 p.m.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – If the last two games are any indication, it would appear the Yale men's soccer team is ready for the start of Ivy League play. Yale cruised to a 3-1 win over Rhode Island last Sunday and went toe-to-toe with No. 1 ranked UConn on Tuesday night before suffering a heartbreaking 1-0 loss when the Huskies scored with a minute left in the second overtime. The Bulldogs will find out for sure when Harvard comes to town. Kickoff on Alumni Day at Reese Stadium is slated for 7 p.m.
Yale (4-4-1) has enjoyed a very balanced attack in the pre-Ivy portion of the schedule. Thirteen different players have at least one point. Peter Jacobson, who scored twice in the win over Rhode Island, leads the team with four goals. Brad Rose and Jenner Fox each have three goals.
Defensively, the Bulldogs have yielded only nine goals. Goalkeeper Bobby Thalman, who was sharp on Tuesday against UConn, has a 0.97 goals against average and an .845 save percentage.
Harvard (2-5-1) has had a busy week. Harvard travelled to California last weekend, losing to Stanford 1-0 and playing a scoreless tie with Santa Clara, and then dropped a 2-1 decision to Boston University on Wednesday. Brian Rogers has scored two of Harvard's three goals. Goalkeeper Austin Harms has started five games. He has a 0.79 goals against average and .789 save percentage.
Last year in Cambridge, Harvard edged the Bulldogs 1-0. Scott Prozeller scored the only goal of the game in the first half. Yale had a 7-3 edge in shots in the second half but couldn't get the equalizer.
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April 21, 2018, 10:44 pmAndrew WigginsSG/SF, Minnesota Timberwolves
Andrew Wiggins finished Saturday's home win with 20 points, five rebounds, five assists, a steal, a block and four 3-pointers on 7-of-11 from the field.
This is the player that fantasy owners expect considering Wiggins' ADP, but it's a sight that we haven't been able to discuss nearly enough so far in his career. Wiggins has looked relatively engaged so far in the postseason and the Wolves really fed off a juiced up home crowd tonight. We'll see if he keeps the good times rolling in Game 4.
Fantasy News
July 16, 2019, 2:03 pmMarcus MorrisPF, New York Knicks
The Knicks have announced the signings of Marcus Morris and Reggie Bullock.
Morris is on a one-year, $15 million deal while Bullock is coming in on a two-year deal worth less than $4.7 million annually, with a second season that isn't fully guaranteed. While both players began the offseason as potential standard-league targets, there's not much to see given the sudden depth of the Knicks roster. Morris will be one of five players who should mostly be playing power forward, while Bullock will slot into a busy backcourt and is already expected to miss at least a month of the season. New York's rotations are going to be a mess and we'd steer clear.
Source: New York Knicks
July 16, 2019, 1:43 pmReggie BullockSG-SF, New York Knicks
Reggie Bullock is expected to miss at least one month of the regular season, per SNY's Ian Begley.
Bullock, who initially agreed to a two-year deal worth $21 million, re-worked his contract to clock in at two years (with a second year that isn't fully guaranteed) for under the $4.7 million exception. There's no word on what exactly Bullock is dealing with, though he suffered from neck stiffness and plantar fasciitis in his right foot late last season. There's no need to monitor Bullock in standard leagues to open the year.
Source: Ian Begley on Twitter
July 16, 2019, 1:14 pmMarkelle FultzPG, Orlando Magic
Speaking to Sirius XM, Steve Clifford said that although there remains no timetable for Markelle Fultz (shoulder), he is making good progress.
Clifford said, "You know, right now we don't have a timetable for when he'll be back, but he's really doing a great job." Fultz simply wasn't ready to suit up, and even though we haven't really had any concrete updates on him since his last game on November 18, we're still expecting him to be ready to start the season. Fultz will make for a late-round flier on the chance that he finally gets healthy and puts it all together.
Source: Sirius XM NBA Radio on Twitter
July 16, 2019, 1:06 pmBlake GriffinPF, Detroit Pistons
Blake Griffin (left knee) has been cleared to start light basketball activities after undergoing arthroscopic surgery in late April.
Griffin dealt with left knee soreness in the season's final games and missed the first two games of the playoffs. His issues were dealt with quickly after the season ended and he should be ready for the start of the season. Look for Griffin to come off draft boards in the early-middle rounds after he put up a career season last year, though there might not be much profit margin at that price. There's a definite 8-cat lean as well.
Source: Rod Beard on Twitter
July 16, 2019, 11:59 amNicolo MelliPF, New Orleans Pelicans
Pelicans forward Nicolo Melli underwent knee surgery and will not participate in Italy's training camp at the end of July, ahead of the FIBA World Tournament.
This comes out of nowhere and the only relative information we have is that Melli will be re-evaluated on a week-to-week basis. The Italian big should be fine for the Pelicans training camp where he will compete for the backup power forward minutes as long as the surgery is not anything too serious.
Source: Sportando
July 16, 2019, 11:32 amBam AdebayoC, Miami Heat
Bam Adebayo is envisioning himself as a better all-around player, with averages of 16.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists this upcoming season.
Adebayo, who turns 22 on Thursday, averaged 8.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 23.3 minutes while playing in all 82 of the Heat's games last season. With the Heat trading center Hassan Whiteside to the Blazers earlier this month, Adebayo is expected to be the clear-cut choice at starting center and a fantasy breakout candidate.
Source: Miami Herald
July 16, 2019, 10:49 amReggie BullockSG-SF, New York Knicks
Reggie Bullock has agreed to sign a two-year deal with the Knicks for less than the $4.7 million exception.
It was reported that Bullock intitally had an offer for two years and $20 million so this is a considerable drop on the monetary terms. The two parties had to rework their agreement after unanticipated health issues that almost made the deal fall through. This is also the end of the domino that had Marcus Morris back off his initial agreement with the Spurs and sign a deal with the Knicks instead. New York seems to be loaded in the forward positions and it's anyone's guess who earns the minutes to become fantasy relevant next year.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
July 16, 2019, 10:24 amDragan BenderPF, Phoenix Suns
As Dragan Bender continues to explore the NBA market, the Cavs and the Raptors are among the teams that have inquired about the former lottery pick.
The European market also remains an option for the Croatian forward as CSKA Moscow and Fenerbache are monitoring his situation. Bender is still only 21 years old and teams around the NBA could still take a chance on him after what has been a disappointing NBA career so far with averages of 5.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in 131 career games.
July 16, 2019, 9:36 amRaul NetoPG, Philadelphia Sixers
Raul Neto could end up being Ben Simmons' backup to begin the 2019-20 season.
Right now, the two candidates to be the backup to starter Ben Simmons are Neto and former two-way player Shake Milton, a second-year combo guard who earned a lot of minutes at the point in the NBA Summer League. Neto started 53 of the 81 games in which he appeared as a rookie in 2015-16, but only started once over the past three seasons. He has averages of 4.8 points, 1.9 assists and 37.7 percent shooting from 3-point range in 14.2 minutes and it's highly unlikely that he gains fantasy value even if he earns the backup job.
Source: Bucks County Courier Times
July 16, 2019, 9:27 amChris PaulPG, Oklahoma City Thunder
Brian Windhorst of ESPN is reporting that the Heat are open to the idea of teaming up Chris Paul with Jimmy Butler, but what has hung the entire negotiation up is the discussion of picks.
The Thunder holds two of Miami's future first round draft picks, an unprotected selection in 2021 and a protected one in 2023. The Heat want those included in a potential deal and Oklahoma City has no shortage of assets as, since draft night, Sam Presti has acquired a remarkable eight first-round picks. Windhorst also added that the Heat seem to be CP3's preferred destination and if he actually ends up in South Beach, he could retain his strong fantasy value.
Source: NESN.com


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Environmental Studies and the Liberal Arts in Practice
All Beloit College students satisfactorily complete (usually during the junior year) a Liberal Arts in Practice (LAP) experience, which is the equivalent of at least 1 unit of applied or original work extending beyond the traditional classroom. Through undertaking and reflecting on these experiences, students connect their experiences beyond the traditional classroom with their learning in the classroom and transfer the skills developed in those experiences into other settings. For more information check out the LAP confirmation of completion form.
Environmental Studies students may complete the LAP requirement through courses, research, internships, or other activities that relate to geology. Alternatively, they may complete the LAP experience through other activities such as serving as a resident assistant or teaching assistant, engaging in leadership activities on- or off- campus, or other activities that connect theory to practice. Three options are available for completing the LAP requirement:
- "All inclusive" LAP-designated courses or credit-bearing experience, including some study abroad programs and credit-bearing internships (LAP-1)
- A LAP experience followed by successful completion of LAP-2 designated course (LAP-2)
- LAP syntheses that combine a LAP experience with reflection and a public presentation (LAP-3)
Some Options in Environmental Studies:
LAP Courses
- ENVS280: Environmental Writing (LAP-1)
- GEOL215: Field Geology (LAP-1)
- POLS255: Global Political Ecology (LAP-1)
Study Abroad
- Independent research on a study abroad program (LAP-1)
- Coupled with an Office of International Education return seminar (LAP-2)
- Coupled with reflection and a presentation at International Symposium, Student Symposium, or other public setting (LAP-3)
- Volunteer and/or internship activities (LAP-1, LAP-2, or LAP-3)
- Beloit College Sustainability Fellows Program (LAP-1)
- Beloit College Duffy Internship (LAP-1)
- Other internships (information from the Liberal Arts in Practice Center) (LAP-1, LAP-2, or LAP-3)
Research Opportunities
- Sanger Scholars (LAP-1)
- McNair Scholars (LAP-1)
- Independent equivalent to one unit with a public presentation at the Student Symposium or elsewhere (LAP-3)
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates equivalent to one unit with a public presentation at the Student Symposium or elsewhere
- Special Projects on or off campus
Jobs (On-Campus and/or Off-Campus)
- Coupled with reflection, a project, and a presentation in a related course or during Student Symposium (LAP-3)
- Coupled with a LAP-C reflection workshop (LAP-2)
Additional Experiences
- Coe College Wilderness Field Station (LAP-1)
- Athletics paired with reflection, a project, and a presentation in a related course or during Student Symposium (LAP-3), a LAP-C reflection workshop (LAP-2), or other LAP-2 course (LAP-2)
- Campus leadership positions in clubs or groups paired with reflection, a project, and a presentation in a related course or during Student Symposium (LAP-3), or other LAP-2 course (LAP-2)


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skylark44 wrote:This is probably a dumb question...but, can I use these mods on my Digitech Death Metal as well?
Seven64 wrote:i did the griffin death metal mod to mine, then started replacing other parts with higher quality parts. i changed ic3 to an opa2134 and ic4 to a ne5532, and it sounds like a 5150 for the most part.
i have also done the fromel mod, which kicks some serious ass!
knucklethrasher83 wrote:hey everyone..new here
I was wondering if anyone could help me out on what a few of the metal zone mt2 stock parts are.
d4,d3? whats the stock diode
whats the best type of capacitor to use..such as film etc?
thanks for your time
gnognofasciani wrote:Does anybody tried lowering R44 value to, let's say, 22k (1/10th of the original) instead of removing C34 or C35?? That should do the trick without changing too much the character...
Lowering C30 as well should give a tighter distortion with less low end fuzz...
I'd like to try those mods but I have a brand new (birthday present still in warranty) SMD metal muff and no smd skill...
skylark44 wrote:Yeah, those bastards!
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Posted by Editoress on 08/9/09
Despite having lots of luggage and many bikes, everything went fairly smoothly with the Canadian Track contingent as they travelled to Moscow on August 6th for the World Track Cycling Championships. It was an early start, with a 6:30 AM departure and a few short connections in Chicago and Washington DC were all made without issue. Rob Good was waiting in Dulles airport and we boarded the plane for the nine and a half hour flight to Moscow.
Upon arrival we had a ten minute delay in de-planing as little ladies in white lab coats walked down the aisles pointing laser guns that looked like they were out of a bad 1960's sci-fi movie at everyone. Turns out they were checking for swine flu and they were temperature reading guns. On we went to customs which was fairly hassle free and out we came to find all our bikes waiting for us. In total we were missing only three bags, with Allan Leparskas, Ben Cowburn and Ben's mom Karen being the unlucky ones. It was now that we met up with post cold war Russia bureaucracy at its finest. An hour later, and after many forms were filled out, we were on our way.
Next up was Russian traffic. The 60 kilometre drive to the velodrome took about 90 minutes but we got there and got our bikes into cabin 5. The track itself here is unbelievable in scope and looks to have had the surface redone recently. The sheer size of housing a 9 metre wide, 333 metre long velodrome inside is mind-boggling. The building is 30+ years old and it does show in places, but everything is there that you need. After the long drive everyone was looking forward to the washrooms and Jake Schwingboth was the first to discover the stand up toilets. Jake has since commented he plans to take care of all business at the hotel prior to going to the track. With the bikes stowed away it was off to the hotel.
Much more rested the next day, we had our first day of training. We got a call that all the bags had arrived so Vincent Jourdain, the Road Coach, took Ben, Allan and Karen out to the airport to get the bags while Rob Good and I took the team off to training. At the track we arrived by shuttle and started to build up all the bikes and get set for our 5 pm training.
It was now that the Canadian riders knew they were at the Worlds. Bikes were set to go well in advance so we took to watching the other teams train. The French were up doing to team pursuit and a stopwatch showed they were riding consistent laps of between 20 and 21 seconds for flying efforts of 1 to 2 kilometres. This equates to 58-60 kph.
Ben and Allan arrived at about 4:30 so we all got on the track at 5 pm as scheduled. Our track session was shared with the Aussie sprinters and the two rider Mexican team. Our other shared teams of Spain, China and Hong Kong had not yet arrived. The first session was fairly eventful as butterflies could be felt by all riders. Jake, testing the speed of the track slipped off and had the Mexican team crash into him. All riders were up fairly quickly and as the session went on the Canadian riders became more comfortable on the track. After a good solid hour of spinning the legs out we packed up our stuff and took the shuttle back to the hotel for dinner. At dinner the Canadian boys became much more comfortable in their surroundings as the Dutch doctor asked the boys to come up and give birthday kisses to a Dutch girl celebrating her 18th birthday. All obliged.
The Canadian team's second full day saw everyone a little more adjusted to the time change and more comfortable on the track as we hit the boards for another two hour session. Kevin and Krista both did full pursuit tests with each riding PB's [Personal Bests] to test out gearing and pacing for this very long and fast Moscow track. Jacob and Ben did two 8-10 minute tempo sessions with sprints and our two sprinters, Allan and Scotty, did 2x100m's and 2 x 200m's flying efforts again testing out some race gears. Tomorrow will be registration day and final training day, and the team will be joined by Ryan Aitcheson and Flo Laplante Lamarsh, who just competed in the road race today [at Junior Road Worlds].
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HILLSVILLE — Around 50 churches hope to welcome more than 1,500 participants to Christian Family Fun Day Sept. 22.
The majority of activities will take place at the Grover King Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1115 after a 10:30 a.m. kick-off parade on Main Street travels to the post grounds.
At the post, three stages inside and out will host speakers, dramas and singing every 20 minutes until 3 p.m., said Jessica Talley, who's in charge of publicity for the event. Other activities include games, music, hayrides, a launch of 500 balloon in the shape of a cross, hoop shoot, dunking booth, free food and special guests.
Austin Caviness — weatherman for Winston-Salem, N.C., channel WXII-12 — is one such guest. He will serve as the grand marshal for the parade and will give testimony at the VFW.
Contemporary Christian artists such as Tremayne Blair and Emily Arnold will sing.
Churches involved come mostly from the Twin Counties but some are from as far away as Dublin and Christiansburg.
David Bumgarner of contemporary Christian station WBFJ-FM out of Winston-Salem will do a live show from the VFW.
David Poff of Operation Christmas Shoebox, associated with Franklin Graham Ministries, will set up at the event, as well.
"That was quite an honor for them to call us and ask if they could be at the event," Talley said.
The main goal for the non-denominational Christian Family Fun Day involves making connections between the attendees and the kinds of worship they want to find locally, said Talley and fellow organizer Richard Edwards. Having the speakers and churches there will allow that networking to take place.
"They can say, 'I like this speaker — where's he a pastor at?'" Talley explained, giving an example.
"This would be all about people being saved and being connected with the church," Edwards said.
Not only are these connections between individuals and churches important, but he hopes one long-lasting result of Christian Family Fun Day is increased levels of communication between churches.
"What's amazing to me is the number of churches we got to work together," he said.
Organizers want everybody to feel welcome to attend and be comfortable once they get there. For that reason, Edwards said the event will have "prayer warriors" on hand to pray with attendees, as well as help guide them to the activities they want to participate in.
"We are preparing for 1,500 to attend," Talley said. "With the involvement that we've got from the 50 churches, that alone will bring in that [number]."
Everyone has given their full cooperation to the idea, including Town of Hillsville officials who approved the parade permit and a resolution of support, organizers noted. The town also donated use of its bouncy house.
Organizers expect it will become an annual event.
It's not about any one person. Christian Family Fun Day is a community event.
"God is opening up doors to the event that's amazing and astonishing to us," Talley said.
"We want it to stay about our lord and savior Jesus Christ," Edwards said.
The final planning meeting for the event will be Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. at the VFW. Any churches interested in getting more information about the event can attend.
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As a long-time fan of Robert Goldsborough's wonderful additions to the Nero Wolfe series created by Rex Stout, it was more than a thrill to put Bob's original historical mystery series into print, and each one in the series since. Snap Malek quickly became one of my favorite characters in the historical mystery genre, earning a place next to Nero Wolfe on the podium in my mind.
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ACA bus rolls, enrolls in Mississippi
GREENWOOD, Miss. — In the poorest state in the nation, where supper is fried, bars allow smoking, chronic disease is rampant and doctors are hard to come by, Obamacare rolls into town in a lime green bus.
It took some real convincing by the Obama administration and a leap of faith by one state Republican official to get one of the nation's largest insurance companies — Humana — to set up shop across Mississippi. Virtually no other insurer was willing to do so, discouraged by the acute health needs here and most elected officials' outright hostility to the law.
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Four months and more than 200 bus stops later, enrollment numbers here remain dismal. Only 9 percent of the state's Obamacare-eligible population have signed up, putting it near the bottom of yet another national statistic.
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Yet the Humana bus rolls, pulling into hospital parking lots and Wal-Mart shopping centers, parking at churches large and small and hitting other obvious targets to find and convince the uninsured that President Barack Obama's signature health achievement will benefit them. Sometimes the company's agents see dozens of people per stop. Other times, just a few individuals climb aboard.
The effort in Mississippi illustrates the obstacles the health law must overcome in many parts of the country, particularly in deeply conservative areas where antipathy toward Washington mixes with challenges of geography, education and general skepticism or ignorance of the Affordable Care Act. High rates of poverty and disease — which mark much of this state — don't necessarily aid recruitment. Add the strident opposition of GOP leaders and enrollment gets that much tougher.
"This law's letdown in my home state and the premium hikes on hardworking families are no different than the problems we are seeing across the country," said Rep. Gregg Harper, whose congressional district cuts diagonally across Mississippi. "I have heard from folks I attend church with to small-business owners and everyone in between about their issues enrolling."
( Also on POLITICO: Health law enrollment hits 5 million)
Humana knew the obstacles it faced would force intense outreach. And even after aggressively crisscrossing the state, that only pushed sign-ups as of early March to 25,554 residents — results that were worse than in all but eight states, according to an estimate from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Even an enrollment surge in the last days before the March 31 deadline won't change the standing much, if at all.
A few days ago, one of the insurer's two Obamacare buses stopped at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital in this small town on the eastern edge of the Delta. Once called the Cotton Capital of the World for its booming cotton trade and access to the Yazoo River, Greenwood today is down to a population of 15,000. It's a majority African-American town where the median income is $25,000 less than the national average.
It's where Rosie Olive showed up to look for coverage.
"I was just on pins and needles every day because I was trying to find insurance," said Olive, who lost her job and health insurance two years ago. "Every day I prayed pretty hard for God to keep me healthy."
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She sat down with an agent in a tiny, retrofitted cubicle on the Wi-Fi-equipped bus. Together, they found a policy that would cost, after subsidies, $73.44 a month for the 49-year-old Olive, her husband and daughter.
"I was skeptical about coming, to tell you the truth," she said afterward. "I was worried I was going to pay this on my own, and this is going to cost us an arm and a leg."
Despite all the political rhetoric about a government-run health program, Obamacare relies on private insurers to sell policies on the state and federal exchanges. If there's no insurance company, then there's really no Obamacare.
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And Mississippi is one of the last places the typical risk-averse health insurance company would choose to sell policies under the law. Statistically, it's one of the unhealthiest states, topping the charts in all kinds of negatives such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease — conditions that can be stabilized with treatment or kill without.
That's why Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, a rare Southern Republican working to implement the law, was so worried when he realized last summer that no insurer had signed up to sell policies in nearly a third of the state. A local company named Magnolia was operating in some areas, but about 36 counties with about 1 million people, many with incomes low enough to qualify for federal subsidies, would have had no access to coverage.
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The Obama administration had the same concern and contacted Chaney early last summer to see whether he would help them recruit an insurer. Both Blue Cross Blue Shield and United HealthCare turned him down, Chaney said. He tried Humana, and CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner also made a plea. In July, the company agreed to expand from four to 40 counties.


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Editor's note: Cindy Frazier returned last week from a two-month medical leave. This is her story.
It all started with an itch.
It was mid-February. I was sitting in a staff meeting with our veteran reporter Barbara Diamond when suddenly I couldn't stop scratching my arms, legs, head and feet.
I'm prone to skin allergies — poison oak is my bane — so it's not unusual for me to experience unexplained itching.
But this was different.
"You'd better see a doctor about that," Barbara advised, presciently as it turned out.
I was sure it was nothing, so I kept scratching for another two weeks until I noticed a rash; when I scratched too hard, the bumps would bleed. That finally convinced me this was no poison oak outbreak.
So on March 1, I was at the doctor's office, explaining that not only did I itch from head to toe but also had certain other symptoms, including severe indigestion. I suggested the possibility of shingles.
"Dr. Z." looked at the rash, frowned, and said, "You have bed bugs. Go home and look for bed bugs."
She also filled out a form for a blood test, in case the symptoms were caused by "bacteria."
I went home and checked for bed bugs and found none. I also got my blood tested and waited for the results. In the meantime, the itching got worse and soon I was unable to sleep through the night, nor could I stomach a full meal.
After another week or two, Dr. Z.'s assistant called and said nonchalantly, "Why don't you come in to go over the blood test next week?"
Given the lack of urgency in her tone, and in making the appointment, I assumed the blood test had come back negative.
Great. Nothing to worry about.
But the itching continued and by the time I next visited the doctor, I was pretty sure I had jaundice. I had scoured the Internet looking for the combination of symptoms that now bedeviled me: unrelenting itching; urine the color of dark tea; stool the color of light sand; and I was beginning to turn yellow.
I went to Dr. Z's office and said, "I think I have jaundice, and maybe scabies."
She looked skeptical, but when I rolled up my sleeve to show my yellow arm, she agreed about the jaundice. She prescribed a mild sleeping pill, and another pill to help the itching. She gave me an over-the-counter ulcer medication. I also talked her into prescribing a cream to attack the scabies, which I was convinced was also present, based on symptoms and my Internet research. (The scabies disappeared after the treatment, but the itching continued.)
Why is my skin changing colors?
The next question was, What was causing the jaundice?
Dr. Z. ordered a hepatitis test. Days later, when the test came back negative, she ordered a liver ultrasound, which revealed a blocked bile duct.
By that time, I was becoming an expert on the causes and symptoms of jaundice so I knew what was happening to me: the bile that should have been going through my liver and out "the other end" was instead being secreted into my skin.
Bile is an acid; it digests food; it can burn a hole in a floor. My skin was toxic with acid and that's what was causing the itching and the rash. It was a hideous thought. I began to take long, cooling baths to try to wash off the bile, but this was futile. I couldn't stand anything on my skin; I wore T-shirts inside out. I lathered my body in aloe vera gel. I don't know how I kept up my hectic work schedule, commuting to Costa Mesa, where I had been newly assigned.
After the results of the liver ultrasound, Dr. Z. said I needed a CAT scan and a gastroenterologist. I waited for her to order the scan and find the gastroenterologist. But no orders came.
Meanwhile, the symptoms worsened. At some point, I couldn't eat without feeling sick; at a Laguna Beach Visitors Bureau event I barely nibbled the delicacies. At a Laguna Playhouse opening, nothing tasted right. And I began to notice that people I knew weren't greeting me with the usual friendliness; at one event I figured it was just an off night until one woman exclaimed, "My gosh, Cindy, I didn't recognize you, you've lost so much weight."
My weight had been plummeting. I had, ironically, been getting compliments since December about how thin I was. "Your [column] photo doesn't do you justice," one city official told me with a wink. I was pleased, of course, not realizing this could be a sign of something ominous.
Yet by mid-March I was having inklings that something was very wrong. I found myself saying a prayer every night that we used to say as kids: "If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take."
In the morning, I'd say a little affirmation, "I will not die today."
During the day, I dragged around exhausted and simply wanted to sleep. Yet during the night I was alert, turning things over in my mind hour after hour, constantly scratching that ever-present itch. Day was night, night was day.
Often in the middle of the night, I'd wake my partner, Sharon, with a desperate cry for food:
"I must have yogurt right now!"
She'd jump up and bring it to me in bed, a midnight snack I devoured, as if stranded on a desert island.
I was then able to get a little rest and have enough energy to get up the next morning, to make it through one more day.
At this low point, I was glad I had planned a vacation for the last two weeks of March. Surely all I needed was a good rest, and some fun excursions, and I'd be back on my feet.
Despite the lack of sleep and difficulty with eating, Sharon and I managed to take in a situation comedy taping at Sony Studios in L.A. and dinner at one of our favorite Mexican take-out places in Santa Monica.
Then we drove to Temecula for a little wine tasting. We got back from Temecula on March 31. The next day, I got up, felt terrible and immediately went to the nearest emergency room, Saddleback Hospital. When I told the ER doctor my story, he ordered an immediate CAT scan; it revealed the worst: a mass around my pancreas.
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You know you are really sick when the doctors and nurses have that wide-eyed look of controlled panic; if you knew what they knew, you'd be petrified. The ER personnel all looked at me that way, and no wonder: By this time, not only was my skin yellow, it was turning gray.
My eyes were glazed and jaundiced, and yet I was talking and joking as I was wheeled around the ER. In fact, during this time I felt oddly energetic. Whatever "it" was, it hadn't stopped me yet; I was like the Energizer Bunny, defying the odds with supercharged mental batteries.
But I was beginning to have the strange sensation that my mind was pulling away from my body; my mind was going on under its own power, but my body was lagging behind, winding down, possibly coming to a complete stop. Could my mind just keep going without my body? Was I on the edge of a new plateau of existence, something like Rimbaud's "Intimations of Immortality?" Or was I simply on the verge of collapse?
The Saddleback doctors swung into action, scheduling a state-of-the-art endoscopy procedure at UC Irvine Medical Center the following Monday. Not only would the UCI doctors look into my abdomen and see what was there, they would insert a stent device to open a clogged bile duct so I'd have some relief from the jaundice.
This sounded great, and I was eager to get it done. First, I'd have to go on a liquid diet and fast for 12 hours prior to the procedure; not hard for me, but not good in my weakened condition. On that Monday, we made it to UCI only to learn that Dr. Z. — who never did schedule the CAT scan weeks earlier — had failed to authorize the stent. The stent procedure required me to be knocked out for four hours, and the gastrointestinal clinic at UCI wasn't prepared for that lengthy and complicated procedure. So it was rescheduled for the next day, after a sympathetic nurse dropped everything to get Dr. Z.'s immediate authorization.
Sharon's sister, Holly, who had driven us to the medical center, generously said she would repeat the arduous trip.
I went home, very weak, and endured another round of fasting for the Tuesday procedure. By the time we returned to UCI, I was pretty wobbly, and every medical person I encountered looked at me like the Grim Reaper was breathing down my neck. There was concern that I wasn't strong enough to take the four-hour anesthesia. Yet, the procedure went well, even though the scope was so large it couldn't "see" much, due to my hugely swollen inner organs.
After I woke up, the surgeon, Dr. Lee, said he found a small tumor on the outside of my stomach but couldn't see what else was present. He also told me, alarmingly, that he didn't understand how I had managed to get enough nutrients to survive for so long, given that my intestines "were the size of a baby's intestine."
He held up his pinky finger to show me the narrow opening through which all the food I ate had to pass. He warned that the opening could close up any time, and I would need surgery very soon in order to survive. Then he handed me the card of a colleague and said he would be referring my case to him.
I looked at the card and shuddered when I read, "Dr. Imagawa, pancreatic cancer surgeon."
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Contractor pleads guilty in leak case
A State Department contractor charged with leaking top-secret information about North Korea to Fox News entered a guilty plea Friday and agreed to serve a 13-month prison term.
During an 80-minute hearing at U.S. District Court, Stephen Kim pleaded guilty to a single felony count of disclosing national defense information to an unauthorized person, Fox News reporter James Rosen.
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Kim admitted providing Rosen with the contents of a top-secret intelligence report on North Korean intentions to carry out nuclear tests. The contractor acknowledged that he and Rosen stepped out of their offices at State Department headquarters for a short meeting nearby on the morning of June 11, 2009.
( Also on POLITICO: The Snowden era of journalism)
Within a couple of hours, Rosen published a story on the Fox News website reporting that U.S. intelligence had concluded "through sources in North Korea" that the secretive communist nation planned to carry out four nuclear tests in response to an expected U.N. resolution. The resolution passed the next day, but no such tests took place.
After prosecutor Michael Harvey laid out the facts at Friday's session, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly led Kim through them a bit at a time.
Kim, wearing a blue suit and dark tie, stood at the courtroom lectern, flanked by defense attorney Abbe Lowell.
"Yes," Kim said over and over when asked if he agreed with the facts set out by the prosecution. On a couple of occasions, Kim spoke so softly that the judge had to ask him to speak up.
( Also on POLITICO: Roberts names 2 new FISA judges)
Near the end of the hearing, Kollar-Kotelly asked Kim how he pled to the count of unauthorized disclosure of classified information.
"I plead guilty," Kim said calmly.
A small number of Kim's friends looked on from the gallery during the plea hearing.
"Faced with the draconian penalties of the Espionage Act, the tremendous resources that the federal government devoted to his case (a half-dozen prosecutors and a dozen FBI agents), and the prospect of a lengthy trial in today's highly-charged climate of mass disclosures, Stephen decided to take responsibility for his actions and move forward with his life," Lowell said in a statement e-mailed to reporters.
"It was the State versus a single individual, an uphill struggle to begin with. He took it on and did the best he could. Now we decide to stop," Kim's sister Yuri Lustenberger-Kim added in a statement on behalf of Kim's family.
Under the terms of a plea bargain with prosecutors, the North Korea security expert agreed to a 13-month prison sentence, and to spend a year on supervised release. No fine would be imposed under the plea deal.
The proposed 13-month term is a modest one compared to the ten-year maximum a judge could have imposed on the charge to which Kim pled guilty, although judges usually sentence defendants in accordance with sentencing guidelines that tend to call for sentences well below the maximum.
Under the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop a false statements charge that allowed for a potential five additional years behind bars.
The terms of the deal suggest the government was eager to avoid a trial in the case. In addition to eliminating the possibility of an acquittal, a guilty plea also rules out the possibility that additional classified information could be disclosed at trial and eliminates the need for government officials to testify.
Kim's lawyers had aggressively pursued discovery in the case, demanding records about the access various high-ranking current and former government officials had to the top-secret intelligence report. Recent court filings mentioned current White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, and Assistant Secretary of State Danny Russel.
The defense could have sought to call one or more of those officials as witnesses to testify about handling of the intelligence report.
Lowell complained Friday that Kim was being pursued criminally while leaks from more senior officials never trigger such prosecution.
"Our system for prosecuting 'leaks' in this country is broken and terribly unfair. Lower-level employees like Mr. Kim are prosecuted because they are easier targets or often lack the resources or political connections to fight back. High-level employees leak classified information to forward their agenda or to make an administration look good with impunity," the defense attorney said.


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We are a community that is rare to find these days. We are blessed with a rich past that we are so proud of, but also excited to see what the future will bring. Located in beautiful southeast Alabama, Barbour County is a community that has a little bit of everything. Serene landscapes, rich history, strong industry, low crime rates, and mild weather are only a few of the benefits of life in Barbour County.
Barbour County is named after former Governor of Virginia, James Barbour. It was created in 1832 and was formed from a former Creek Indian Territory and a portion of Pike County. Clayton was named the county seat in 1834 because of its centralized location in the county. By the 1870s, the city of Eufaula grew and sparked many debates as whether to move the county seat or not. In 1879, Barbour County established two courts, one in the city of Clayton and the other in the city of Eufaula. Both courthouses remain in operation today. The county has fewer than 30,000 people and covers about 905 square miles.
Steeped in tradition we have many festivals that celebrate our rich history. Most famous and widely celebrated is "The Eufaula Pilgrimage" that takes place every April. We take you back in time to a period of Yankee invasions, cotton plantations and homegrown entertainment. Experience true Barbour County southern hospitality from our local Southern Belle's that are decked out in traditional hoop skirts and giving tours of our historical homes. They will share bits of history as you get to experience a piece of the past.
Don't forget the beautiful waters of Lake Eufaula! It's the perfect place to catch that award winning largemouth bass or just sit back and enjoy the cool evenings and beautiful sunsets! We invite you to take a closer look at what makes Barbour County a great place to live: pleasant quality of life, stable, long-standing communities, and affordable cost of living!
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Sandy Hook, NJ - Ocean Fun Days will offer two days of free, family-oriented activities with an environmental and educational focus at Island Beach State Park on Saturday June 8th and Sandy Hook on Sunday June 9th. For the tenth consecutive year, this popular pre-summer event will feature eco-friendly hands-on programs and special activities that help explore and celebrate the wonders of the Jersey Shore. Drag a seine net, go on a guided beach hike, learn about seaside birds and much more at Ocean Fun Days. Both Ocean Fun Day locations were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy but have been restored and recently reopened to the public. As a result, event organizers are expecting record crowds this year.
Ocean Fun Days is presented by New Jersey Natural Gas through its Conserve to Preserve Foundation, in partnership with the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC), the Asbury Park Press, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Each day will include dozens of exhibitors, displays and demonstrations that promote natural resources and energy conservation and offer eco-tours, and fun activities for children showcasing the beaches and bays of the Jersey Shore. New Jersey Natural Gas will also have information on hand about valuable rebates and incentives for equipment replacement for Superstorm Sandy victims.
Both locations will feature an energy-saver's scavenger hunt and all children that complete the hunt will receive a prize. Superstorm Sandy and building for a more resilient and energy efficient future will be the theme for this year's Ocean Fun Days Science Fair. Student scientists from Monmouth and Ocean counties will be present to explain their projects to the public.
This year, the Sandy Hook event based at the NJSGC headquarters in Fort Hancock will welcome back by popular demand, the NOAA/James J. Howard Marine Fisheries Lab Open House. The Lab will open its doors to the public for tours and the opportunity to meet NOAA lab scientists.
The student recipients of the NJSGC Stew Tweed Fisheries and Aquaculture Scholarships will also be announced and presented by Congressman Frank Pallone during a special ceremony at the Sandy Hook event. The scholarships were established in 2007 by NJSGC to honor the memory of Stewart Tweed who served as a Marine Agent for the New Jersey Sea Grant Extension Service between 1978 and 2005.
The New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium is an affiliation of colleges, universities and other groups dedicated to advancing knowledge and stewardship of New Jersey's marine and coastal environment. NJSGC meets its mission through its innovative research, education and outreach programs. For more information, visit NJSGC on the web at njseagrant.org or on social media at facebook.com/NJSeaGrant and twitter.com/NJSeaGrant


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Rodney Atkins has successfully won three weeks of Artist Picks this season by getting 12 correct picks each time! His latest victim? Corey Smith. Smith got a very respectable 11 correct picks. So the two are going head-to-head again this week. Corey is looking to beat Rodney once and for all and Rodney – although a superstar – was still knocked off the leaderboard by Florida Georgia Line's Brian Kelley in week 15 when Brian got a whopping 13 correct picks. So this is everyone's last week to redeem themselves! Good luck! Do you think Rodney can do it?
And as you map out your 2013, take a look at the upcoming tour dates for Corey Smith's. After his New Year's Eve Show, the singer will start out on the road again starting mid-January. Or, if you can't make it out to see him in person, pick up a copy of his Live in Chattanooga album release which brings fans his set from the legendary Track 29 venue in Chattanooga and features favorites like "The Good Life," "Party" and "I Can't Help Myself."
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ION Geophysical Corporation (IO)'s EPS growth Analysis:
ION Geophysical Corporation (IO) estimated to achieve earnings per share (EPS) growth of -113.30% for this year while EPS growth expected to touch -78.10% for next year. The company reported EPS (ttm) of -5.3. Take a view on its long-term annual earnings per share (EPS) growth rate which is suggested by Analyst to reach at 18.00% for next 5 years and looking its past five year record, annual EPS growth rate was 26.30%.
To gauge your chances of picking a winning stock, take a close look at its fundamentals, especially its earnings-per-share growth. Earnings per share are calculated by dividing a company's net income by its number of shares outstanding. Stocks with high EPS growth rates compared with year-ago levels suggest a company has products or services in strong demand.
It's even better if the EPS growth rate has been accelerating in recent quarters and years. Strong earnings growth is essential to a stock's success and has the greatest impact on its future price performance. Stock with the highest EPSGR rises fastest in that year as compared to its competitors in the same industry. High growth rates in EPS are more reliable in the case of 'matured companies' which has experienced a complete economic cycle of expansion and contraction, through a bear market phase and a bull run.
ION Geophysical Corporation (IO) ticked a yearly performance of -70.16% while year-to-date (YTD) performance stood at 41.12%. The stock price moved with change of -56.85% to its 50 Day low point and changed 12.81% comparing to its 50 Day high point. IO stock is currently showing positive return of 0.97% throughout last week and witnessed decreasing return of -31.36% in one month period. The stock price declined -49.90% in three months and decreased -17.40% for the last six months trading period.
The recent session unveiled a 61.37% upward lead over its 52-week stock price low and showed negative move of -72.77% over its 52-week high stock price. The stock price volatility remained at 9.46% in recent month and reaches at 8.63% for the week. The Average True Range (ATR) is also a measure of volatility is currently sitting at 0.86.
Analysis of Simple Moving Average:
The Simple Moving Average is arguably the most popular technical analysis tool used by traders. The Simple Moving Average (SMA) is often used to identify trend direction, but can be used to generate potential buy and sell signals.
When price is in an uptrend and subsequently, the moving average is in an uptrend, and the moving average has been tested by price and price has bounced off the moving average a few times (i.e. the moving average is serving as a support line), then a trader might buy on the next pullbacks back to the Simple Moving Average.
At times when price is in a downtrend and the moving average is in a downtrend as well, and price tests the SMA above and is rejected a few consecutive times (i.e. the moving average is serving as a resistance line), then a trader might sell on the next rally up to the Simple Moving Average.
ION Geophysical Corporation (IO) stock price performed at a change of -18.91% from 20 day SMA and stands at a distance of -40.51% away from 50 day SMA. At present time the stock is moving -39.20% away to its 200-day moving average.
Short Ratio of stock is 3.08. ION Geophysical Corporation is a part of Basic Materials sector and belongs to Oil & Gas Equipment & Services industry. ION Geophysical Corporation (IO) finalized the Monday at price of $7.31 after traded 121254 shares. The average volume was noted at 172.51K shares while its relative volume was seen at 0.7. Volume is an important technical analysis tool to learn and understand how to apply to price movements. Volume increases every time a buyer and seller transact their stock or futures contract. If a buyer buys one share of stock from a seller, then that one share is added to the total volume of that particular stock. Volume has two major premises:
When prices rise or fall, an increase in volume acts as confirmation that the rise or fall in price is real and that the price movement had strength. When prices rise or fall and there is a decrease in volume, then this might be interpreted as being a weak price move, because the price move had very little strength and interest from traders.
ION Geophysical Corporation (IO) reported up change of 7.66% in last trading session. It is a positive indicator for investor portfolio value — when the price of a stock Investor owns goes up in value. On the other side it is not a negative indicator for Investor portfolio value — when the price of a stock Investor owns moves down in value.
In the liquidity ratio analysis; current ratio was 0.9 . The return on assets ratio of the Company was -27.60% while its return on investment ratio was -44.60%. Price to sales ratio was 0.59 . 57.10% shares of the company were owned by Institutional investors and Insider investors hold stake of 7.80%.
Keep Eyes On RSI Indicator:
The stock's RSI amounts to 29.65. Wilder believed that when prices rose very rapidly and therefore momentum was high enough, that the underlying financial instrument/commodity would have to eventually be considered overbought and a selling opportunity was possibly at hand. Likewise, when prices dropped rapidly and therefore momentum was low enough, the financial instrument would at some point be considered oversold presenting a possible buying opportunity.
There are set number ranges within RSI that Wilder consider useful and noteworthy in this regard. According to Wilder, any number above 70 should be considered overbought and any number below 30 should be considered oversold. An RSI between 30 and 70 was to be considered neutral and an RSI around 50 signified no trend. – Some traders believe that Wilder's overbought/oversold ranges are too wide and choose to alter those ranges. For example, someone might consider any number above 80 as overbought and anything below 20 as undersold. This is entirely at the trader's discretion. The Beta factor, which is used riskiness of the security was 3.85.
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A former Associate at Moag and Company, a Baltimore-based sports investment banking boutique, and Brown Advisory, a wealth management firm with offices in Baltimore and Washington D.C., John is presently enrolled full-time in a MBA program.
In addition to his service on the Washington College Board, John serves on the Board of Trustees for the Living Classrooms Foundation. While at Washington College John majored in Business Management and minored in Economics. He was a four-year letter winner on the men's lacrosse team and was named one of the team's captains in 2003. After graduating in 2003 John joined the Stadium Steering Committee, the President's Leadership Council, and has been a consistent member of the 1782 Society.