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Andrew is going to walk you through a frontside 360. He did this one switch heelside from the inside out, (you can learn it regular) but the fundamentals are the same however you'd like to do it. And once you figure this one out, you can mix it up toe side, heelside, wake to wake, you name it!
Step 1: take the same edge you would for 180's and hold it all the way through your cut
step 2: start your pop holding on with 2 hands
step 3: let go with your front hand and start spinning frontside
step 4: turn your head in the direction your spinning and use your front foot to pull the front of your board around
step 5:start to spot your landing and start thinking about getting the handle with your other hand.
step 6:pass the handle and keep your shoulders squared over your board
step 7: keep a little wait over your toes so you don't over rotate and slip out.
step 8: try to stop yourself from over rotating by stopping your head because your body spins with your head 😉
step 9: ride away clean! One way to add some style when you get this trick on lock is to grab it mute 😀 Happy Wakeskating!


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Lucas Giolito and Dusty Baker on the Nationals' 5-3 loss to the Rockies
Kevin Gausman chats after win over Yankees
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Giants' bats stay hot behind strong Hudson
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants' offense gained some legitimacy Tuesday.
They entered their home opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks leading the Major Leagues in homers and ranking third in the National League in scoring. But playing at AT&T Park threated to stifle the Giants' impressive offense. It happened last year, when they finished next-to-last in the league in homers and 12th in scoring at home.View Full Game Coverage
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants' offense gained some legitimacy Tuesday.
They entered their home opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks leading the Major Leagues in homers and ranking third in the National League in scoring. But playing at AT&T Park threated to stifle the Giants' impressive offense. It happened last year, when they finished next-to-last in the league in homers and 12th in scoring at home.View Full Game Coverage
But under sunny skies and an atmosphere reeking of optimism, the Giants maintained their robust production in a 7-3 triumph as Brandon Belt lashed a two-run homer in the first inning and each of the first seven Giants in the batting order hit safely or scored.
This provided ample support for Giants starter Tim Hudson, who defeated Arizona for the second time in a week. Hudson, who limited the D-backs to three hits in 7 2/3 shutout innings last Wednesday, made his first Giants home appearance and worked eight innings, the most by a San Francisco starter this season.
A partial list of luminaries who appeared as the Giants began their 57th home schedule in San Francisco conveyed the sense that this was a special day, as all home openers are. Batkid, who captured America's imagination last November when he went on his ersatz yet earnest crime-fighting spree, was on hand to throw the ceremonial first pitch. Bryan Stow, the Giants fan who was brutally beaten outside of Dodger Stadium after the 2011 opener, watched the game from a private box. Barry Bonds, the all-time home run leader who helped tutor Giants hitters for a week during Spring Training, watched his pupils from a field club-level seat.
They and other Giants partisans certainly relished what they saw as the club improved to 6-2, including 4-1 against Arizona.
The Giants hiked their total of runs to 47, the most they have scored through eight games since 2003.
Belt pulled into a tie with Arizona's Mark Trumbo for the Major League lead in homers. They have five apiece. Belt also became the first Giant since Jose Cruz Jr. in 2003 to hit five homers in San Francisco's first eight games, according to STATS.
Leadoff batter Angel Pagan continued to galvanize the offense while lengthening his season-long hitting streak to eight games, including six multi-hit games.
Hudson, the Majors' winningest active pitcher with 207 victories, was well-qualified to describe the Giants' offensive surge. The veteran newcomer has noticed the effect of a deeper, healthier, more polished lineup.
"Guys are having great at-bats every inning throughout the game," Hudson said. "They're not really taking a lot of at-bats or innings off. As [an opposing] pitcher, that'll wear on you over the course of a game. Over the course of 100 pitches, when you have every hitter grinding out at-bats, at some point you're going to break. I think that's just a product of our guys keeping pressure on the pitcher from the start of the game to the end."
The Giants' knack for two-out scoring reflects that relentless approach. They tallied four runs Tuesday with two outs, hiking their total in those situations to 32. Michael Morse and Brandon Crawford each hit two-out, two-run singles in the third and fifth innings, respectively.
And as for pressure, the Giants have avoided the self-imposed kind.
Prone to inconsistency in his first couple of big league seasons, Belt has adjusted mentally and mechanically. The latter changes have been well-documented.
"I've got more balance than I've had in the past and it's enabled me to get better contact," he said.
Unlike many hitters, Belt hasn't let AT&T Park's pitcher-friendly dimensions intimidate him.
"I think it's just being here for so long -- it seems like a long time; it's only been a couple of years -- you know the park," he said. "You know what you're going to get."
As they did in 2012, when they won their second World Series in three years, each Giants player has resumed believing in the next hitter and avoiding the pitfall of burdening himself with obligations.
"Last year, we'd try to do too much," said Crawford, who shrugged off a four-strikeout performance Sunday at Los Angeles and collected two hits. "I think there's a little more sense of trust this year."
Confidence has enveloped the Giants when Hudson works. He continued displaying his mastery of the pitching art, extending his season-long streak of consecutive innings without a walk to 15 2/3.
"He throws a lot of strikes, but his ball is moving all over the place," Trumbo said. "It's really hard to anticipate what he's going to throw in any given count. You just try to be ready to hit from the outset. Both games he's gotten into real nice rhythms and it makes it tough. You get into a hitter's count and [the ball] moves just enough to get off your barrel and you're running down the line wondering what happened. ... If he's capable of pitching like he did today, that's a tough matchup for anyone."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat.


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Amanuensis Monday is a blog theme started by John Newmark on his blog Transylvanian Dutch, in which he is transcribing letters, newspaper articles, audio tapes, and a war diary etc., concerning his family.
John explains Amanuensis as "a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another".
This week I am showing the Will of Stephen Read who is the 20th (and youngest) child of my 6 x great grandfather Cozens Read. Stephen died in 1842 and is the only one of Cozens Read's children to appear in the Censuses (well one at least in 1841)!! It is not such a lengthy Will as some and he does not mention too many people by name, but I am very intrigued about a couple of things to do with the Will and the reasons can be seen in my Notes added at the end of the Transcription.
Stephen Read's Will
Transcription of the Will of Stephen Read
Will of Stephen Read
This is the last Will and Testament of me Stephen Read of Cuddington in the County of Bucks Yeoman I give and bequeath all my ready money which shall be in my dwelling house or in my possession at my decease and all my household goods and furniture linen and wearing apparel to my dear Wife Ann Read for her own use and benefit And as to all my other Monies and securities for money and all other my personal Estate whatsoever and whosesoever and of what nature or kind soever not hereinbefore disposed of I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof respectively unto my Nephews William Read and Richard Read the Sons of my dear brother Robert Read deceased their Executors Administrators and Assigns respectively nevertheless upon trust as soon as conveniently may be after my decease or at such other time or times as they shall think proper to collect get in and receive all my said personal estate so bequeathed to them and after payment thereout of all my debts funeral testamentary and Executorship(?) expenses to invest the clear residue thereof in coal or Government securities in England or otherwise to continue(?) the same at Interest on the securities in which the same shall be invested at my decease with full power and authority to call in the same and to vary alter and transpose all or any of such securities when and as often as they shall think proper And upon trust to pay unto or permit and suffer my said dear Wife to receive all the interest dividends and annual …..(?) thereof for and during the term of her natural life for her own use and benefit and from and immediately after her decease upon Trust to call in and collect the whole residue of my said personal estate into money and divide the same into nine equal parts or shareout which shall be paid to each of my eight dear Sons and daughters for his or her own use and benefit and the remaining ninth share unto and between all the children of my late dear Son Stephen Read deceased equally share and share alike when and as they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years or be married and in case of the death of either of the children of my said Son Stephen under the age of twenty one years and unmarried I direct that the share of such one so dying shall go and be paid to the survivors of them if more than one or to the survivor if only one and I direct that the share of each of my said children shall be a vested interest immediately on my decease and be transferable(?) to his or her personal representatives accordingly and in case of the death of any or either of my said children in my lifetime leaving lawful issue then I direct that such issue who shall be living at my decease shall be entitled to the share or shares of his or her parent or parents respectively to be equally divided between them share and share alike if more than one and if only one then to be paid to such only one and I do hereby declare and order that it shall and may be lawful for them the said William Read and Richard Read their Executors and Administrators and each of them by and out of the trust monies property or effects hereinbefore bequeathed or the interest and produce(?) thereof or any part thereof to secure retain to and reimburse themselves himself and each other respectively all such loss …..(?) charges damages and expenses as they or either of them shall or may bear pay sustain expend or be put into in or about or by reason or means or on account of the performance and execution of all and every or any of the Trusts hereby in them …..(?) in any respect whatsoever and also that they or either of them shall not be charged or chargeable with or answerable or accountable for any more of the said trust monies and property than shall actually come to their hands or custody respectively by virtue of this my Will nor with or for any loss or damage …..(?) which may happen to the same or any part thereof so as it happen not through their own wilful default or neglect respectively nor shall the one of them be answerable or accountable for the other but each for himself and his own acts deeds receipts defaults and neglects only And I nominate and appoint the said William Read and Richard Read joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament on Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven – Stephen Read – Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Stephen Read the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses Joseph Rose John Parrott
On the 9th March 1842 Admon/with the Will annexed of the goods chattels and credits of Stephen Read formerly of Cuddington in the County of Buckingham but late of Thame in the County of Oxford deceased was granted to Thomas Read and Michael Read two of the natural and lawful children of the said deceased and as such two of the Residuary Legatees substituted in the said Will they having been first sworn by common duty to administer. William Read and Richard Read the Nephews of the said deceased the Executors and Residuary Legatees in Trust named in the said Will having died in his lifetime, and Ann Read widow the Relict of the said deceased the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will having renounced the Letters of Administration with the said Will annexed of the …..(?) of the said deceased (as by Arts …..(?) Court appears).
NOTES: It intrigues me very much that at the time of Probate, Stephen's wife Ann has "renounced the Letters of Administration with the said Will …". I have not come across this before and wonder what it actually means and I also wonder why Ann would renounce this aspect of her late husband's Will?
What intrigues me more is that in the Will, Stephen makes his nephews William Read and Richard Read (both sons of his late brother Robert Read) his Executors. But at the time of Probate we learn that both William and Richard died in Stephen's lifetime and instead two of Stephen's sons are acting as the Executors.
The reason this intrigues me so much is that while Richard Read died in 1830 (certainly within Stephen's lifetime), William Read actually died in 1845 which was three years after Stephen died!!!
I have researched this family thoroughly and have both Stephen Read and William Read's Death Certificates. Stephen dies of Decay of Nature aged 76 and his nephew William dies of Old Age aged 74 on the 9th November 1845.
So why did Stephen's family inform the Probate people that William had died before 1842?


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Cloonen Pushes For Tougher DUI law
KANKAKEE, IL –In an effort to prevent harm to children and motorists, state Representative Kate Cloonen introduced a bill that would increase penalties on drunk drivers when children are passengers in the vehicle.
"We must safeguard our children and other motorists from dangerous threats such as drunk drivers," Cloonen said. "The goal is to reduce the number of injuries and deaths on our roads. This sends a strong message that driving intoxicated, especially while traveling with children, will not be tolerated."
Cloonen is the chief sponsor of House Bill 5797 which would make the first offense for driving under the influence, while carrying a child, a factor in a charge of aggravation. It will also provide that the first conviction of aggravated driving under the influence will require the installation of a Breathalyzer key ignition device, rather than the second conviction as mandated in previous legislation. {submitted}


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Workplace Bullies Target the Unattractive
More evidence that there is little difference between the office and a high-school cafeteria: workplace bullies tend to pick on colleagues who are considered unattractive, according to a new study. Francesca Donner reports
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Anna Hidle lives 9,700 miles from Hood River but feels at home.
The Hood River native is living in a remote farming area of Zambia, an east African nation that is larger than Oregon, Washington and Idaho combined.
She must walk a half hour from her house in Chisebwya, Zambia, to get an Internet connection.
"I have to walk a little farther to make a phone call," said Hidle, a 2004 Hood River Valley High School graduate who completed her degree in economics at Southern Oregon University in 2009. She has been in Zambia since February 2010 on a 26-month stint with the Peace Corps.
"I love it there," said Hidle, who spent a few weeks at home over the Christmas holidays. Her parents are Gary and Leslie Hidle.
"This is what is called 'the real Africa.' The people are what make the country," she said. "They are always kind. They go out of their way to help you. They like to laugh."
Hidle lives with an extended family in its compound, without running water or electricity.
Zambia has 9.8 computers for every million people, in a community where Hidle said "You are considered rich if your home has a metal roof."
(There are 762 computers per million in the United States.)
Zambia is 162nd out of 169 nations in the United Nations' Gross Domestic Product ranking, with Zambians earning the equivalent of $1,020 annually (less than $100 per month) compared to $41,889 in the U.S. (ranked second behind Luxembourg, at $60,022).
Hidle said, "It was a leap of faith, but I knew I wanted to do it. I always wanted to do the Peace Corps, ever since I was in high school."
Chisebwya (chee-SEB-wah), in Zambia's central province, is more of a locale than a town; it is made up of several villages, one or two hours' walk apart, with an overall population of about 5,000.
Residents of Chisebwya raise corn, beans and nuts as the main agricultural products and sources of revenue.
"It's mostly subsistence farming, with some farmers with small holdings," Hidle said.
Chickens run loose in the villages, but they form "a sort of village savings account," and the locals know who owns which birds, and the birds seem to know which home is theirs. Ultimately, the poultry are used for the staple dish nshima, a dish made of corn paste formed into tight balls and served with vegetables, chicken, fish or goat meat.
Chisebwya is a seven-hour journey from the capital, Lusaka. Travel on the province's dirt roads is mainly by foot or bicycle; local bus service is unreliable. The rare times Hidle travels to Lusaka, she hitchhikes.
Chisebwya has a school and several churches (Hidle attends the Church of Zambia) but no town hall. People meet in "house gatherings."
"It all happens by word-of-mouth. You tell an important person and word gets around."
Asked if she is an important person, Hidle paused, tipped her head sideways and said, "yes, I suppose I am."
Mainly she is known as "mizungu," which refers to her skin color. She is the first Caucasian most of the villagers have ever seen.
"They stare at me sometimes, just because I am so different. One day when I was cleaning outside my hut I saw a little girl pointing at me and saying to her mother, 'She sweeps funny.'"
Being different is less daunting than it is "an adjustment," Hidle said.
She spent her first two months in training, and the next three simply observing village life.
"I can't come in there saying 'I know more than you do.' These people are so resourceful."
It is a critical Peace Corps ethos that the locals, and not the volunteers, determine what work should be done.
"It's not your idea; it's the village's," she said.
"My biggest contribution is networking," she said. She connects with farmers, a Zambian agriculture officer and non-governmental organizations working in the region.
She has started a bee-keeping project and said, "My main hope is to improve community composting."
Animal and vegetable composting material is abundant, but underused, she said. Composting is a vital part of sustainable farming techniques she is helping develop along with the Zambian agricultural worker.
Hidle also plans to work with local farmers to reduce the practice of slash burning their fields, and to educate them on other techniques to improve yields.
"They have plenty of land; it's just a matter of improving their conservation farming methods," including more efficient use of fertilizers, insecticides and lime, Hidle said.
She also counsels the farmers to grow crops on half their land and let the other half rest, which combined with other conservation practices will make all the land more productive.
Another long-term project is to establish a seed bank in which the local farmers provide themselves a sustainable source of growing material.
"It's a matter of education, helping them become better planners, so they don't find themselves in the hunger season with little or no food," Hidle said. "They need to get out of the cycle of selling their products and then buying them back at a higher price in another season."
Whatever her work, Hidle recalls the lessons of home.
"I can't imagine doing what I am doing without the incredible support of people in Hood River, particularly my church family," said Hidle, who attends Hood River Valley Christian Church.
"I've learned much more here than I've taught," she said.
Chisebwya may be poor, but Hidle said it is hard to call it a place of poverty.
"There is plenty of love, and people are looking after each other. They look after me, too."
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Seven second-half goals by Wellesley College helped power it to a 13-7 victory over MIT in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's lacrosse game on Tuesday. Haley Geller posted a game-high seven points on three goals and four assists for the Blue (7-3, 2-0 NEWMAC). Laura Watson and Casey Flynn paced the Engineers (2-4, 0-1 NEWMAC) with two goals apiece.
MIT quickly put itself on the scoreboard when Flynn converted a free position shot after 45 seconds had expired. She extended the Engineers lead with an unassisted tally which was followed by a goal from Watson. Wellesley ended the shutout at the 19:19 mark on a goal by Maxine Brownstein that was set up by Casey Logan. Tech extended its margin to 4-1 almost three minutes later on an unassisted strike by Watson. The Blue responded by outscoring the Engineers, 5-1, to close the half. During the spurt, Geller tallied one goal and two assists while Colette Whitaker found the back of the net twice. Brownstein and Meeker each contributed a goal for Wellesley. MIT's lone goal down the stretch came from Clara Bennett who was fouled just beyond the eight-meter mark. The freshman defender quickly placed a bounce shot just out of the reach of Wellesley's netminder for the first goal of her career.
Wellesley carried the momentum into the second stanza as its lead grew to 7-5 following a goal by Logan. The Engineers cut their deficit in half on a blast from Lynne Tye at the 27-minute mark. The Blue continued to attack, scoring six unanswered goals that raised its advantage to 13-6. Logan's free position shot sparked the rally and she then earned an assist on the first of back-to-back goals by Geller. Whitaker followed up with two consecutive goals, with assists going to Amber Evans and Geller. Catherine Schaefer registered Wellesley's final goal of the night after connecting on a pass from Geller. MIT's Samantha O'Keefe ended a 25-minute scoring drought with 1:54 on the clock.
Julia Roberts recorded a game-high five draw controls while Stephanie Brenman notched five groundballs for the Engineers. Anna Ayuso totaled three caused turnovers as Hee Jay Kang collected 10 saves, including four stops on free position shots.
Loretta White paced Wellesley with five groundballs and three caused turnovers while Brownstein posted four draw controls. Kristin Jaronczyk made nine saves as her ledger improved to 7-3 on the year.
Both teams will continue play at home this week. Wellesley will host the University of New England on Thursday, April 5 while MIT will face Springfield College on Saturday, April 7.


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Middle Men
Middle Men was a term used by the Númenóreans for Men who were related to the Edain, the ancestors of the Númenóreans themselves.
The proper term is Men of Twilight (as opposed to the Gondorians, High Men, and the Haradrim and Easterlings, Men of Darkness). The name reflects the Gondorian political attitude towards them: Not enemies, but also not as "noble" to be counted among themselves, hence "Middle" Men.
Most Middle Men had kinship with the Houses of Bëor or Marach. There were also Men in Middle-earth related to the Second House, the Haladin — Men of Enedwaith and Minhiriath, later to be known as the Dunlendings. But because they spoke a language that was unknown to the Númenóreans they were not at first recognized as Middle Men.
The term referred sometimes to all the allies of the Dúnedain, such as the Northmen and especially the Rohirrim, however usually it referred specifically to the Men of Eriador.
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The ancestors of the Beorians fled first and the ancestors of the Hadorians learned that only afterwards and followed on their trail through the Misty Mountains in the North (close to the dreadful Iron Mountains). Many sub-tribes of both peoples stayed behind, and when the shrinking teams (now led by Bëor and Marach) reached Beleriand, those who stayed behind occupied many parts of Eriador and northern Rhovanion.[1] These appear to be akin to the House of Hador.[2]
In Eriador the Men began to concentrate about Lake Evendim, in the North Downs and the Weather Hills, and in the lands between as far as the Brandywine, west of which they often wandered though they did not dwell there.[1][3] Some were either in Eriador, some settled, some still wandering, or else had never passed the Misty Mountains and were scattered in eastern Rhovanion.[1]
In the Second Age the Middle Men stayed in contact with Lindon, and were friendly with the Elves and those led by Galadriel and Celeborn for a while dwelt in the country about Lake Evendim side by side with the Middle Men.[4] However generally the Men held them in awe and close friendships between them were rare. Also they feared the Sea and would not look upon it.[1]
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When the Númenóreans returned to the coasts of Middle-earth in S.A. 600 in Lindon and met with Gil-galad. The news spread swiftly and the Middle Men in Eriador were filled with wonder. The sailors met with twelve messengers on the Tower Hills.[3] They found a people who spoke languages which were distantly related to the Númenórean tongue, Adûnaic. Númenórean scholars declared that this was because these Men were descendants of the fathers of the Edain, the Atanatári, who had not crossed the Ered Luin and entered Beleriand during the First Age. The Númenóreans set up friendly relations with them, and declared them to be Middle Men, as opposed to the High Men (the Edain) or the Men of the Shadow, meaning those hostile to Númenor or in the service of Sauron.
The Númenóreans began to cultivate their new friends who were into their Dark Years, grown weak and fearful, and taught them agriculture, stonecraft, smithying and their language Adûnaic.[5] The Middle Men were comforted, populated the western shores. They revered the memory of the tall Sea-kings whom they remembered as gods hoping each time for their return[6]
Aldarion's successors continued his works and wrecked the banks, the shorelines, great tracks and roads whom they drove into the forests northwards and southwards from the Gwathló[7] pushing into Minhiriath and Enedwaith, establishing themselves inland as far as the river Glanduin, the southern boundary of Eregion.[8][7]
Sauron recruited pre-Númenóreans and in the early second millennium he increased pressure on the West, left his stronghold in Rhûn and relocated in Mordor, drawing closer to the Númenórean sphere of influence. His regular troops attempted to conquest Eriador, hunting and killing Middle Men and the Elves and by S.A. 1700 had mastered all Eriador, up to the River Lhûn and besieged Rivendell.[7] Eriador was already ruined when the Númenórean fleet sent by king Tar-Minastir catched Mordor's troops in the rear and utterly defeated them, but brought peace in the Westlands had peace.[7]
As the shadow spread over Númenor, Tar-Ciryatan sailed to Middle-earth, bringing numerous treasures back to Númenor. Later more lands were occupied, plundered or forced to pay heavy tribute in return for the lives of their inhabitants. Because of these acts they were looked upon in fear, called the "Death" itself and the Men of Middle-earth trembled at the sight of a mighty Númenórean ship on the waters of Belegaer.
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After the founding of the Realms in Exile, Arnor and Gondor, many Middle Men became subjects of the Dúnedain, and eventually intermarried with them until they became one people.
The Northmen of Rhovanion were counted as Middle Men, as were most people living in Eriador. During the Third Age the term Middle Men was still applied to the Men of Bree, and the remaining Northmen, such as the Men of Dale and Esgaroth the Lake-town, and of course the Rohirrim. King Valacar of Gondor became so friendly with the Middle Men of Rhovanion that he married Vidumavi, a princess of the Northmen, and his son Eldacar was of mixed blood. This led to the disastrous Kin-strife of Gondor.
However hostility developed between the Middle Men of the Haladin branch and the Númenóreans, which would endure until the end of the Third Age.
[edit] See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age"


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The word "Pentecost" derives from the Greek word for "fifty." It marks 50 days after Passover on the Jewish calendar and 50 days after Easter on the Christian calendar. Among Jews it is known as Shebuot or "Weeks" and celebrates the giving of the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai. For Christians it commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus' disciples (including the mother of Jesus) gathered in Jerusalem after his ascension.
In John 20, however, the gift of the Holy Spirit takes place earlier, on the evening of Easter Sunday. The risen Jesus invites his disciples to carry on the mission given him by his heavenly Father and empowers them to do so by breathing upon them and saying, "Receive the Holy Spirit." Paul in 1 Corinthians 12 reminds us that every day is Pentecost in the sense that "to each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit." All baptized Christians are privileged and empowered to be members of the body of Christ, and so they can and should use their spiritual gifts to build up the body of Christ.
Luke's version of the first Pentecost is the biblical account that has most captured the Christian imagination. Fifty days after Easter, the disciples of Jesus gather for prayer in Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit comes upon them in dramatic fashion, with a strong wind and "tongues of fire." They begin to speak in different languages, and miraculously their proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is heard and understood by Jewish pilgrims from different countries with different native languages.
Pentecost is often called the birthday of the church. In Luke's narrative in Acts, the good news of Jesus moves from Jerusalem through Samaria, Syria, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) and Greece to Rome. The first phase in this amazing story takes place on the first Pentecost, when the Gospel is preached at Jerusalem to Jews and converts to Judaism from various places outside the land of Israel. The miracle of the first Pentecost is that Diaspora Jews from Parthia, Media, Elam and all those other exotic places hear and understand the preaching of the apostles in their own languages.
There is some tension in the text as to whether the apostles spoke Aramaic (or Hebrew) and were understood by the foreigners, or whether they spoke in all those different languages. In either case, the point is that the miracle of the first Pentecost reverses the episode of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. In that story, in response to human arrogance, God "confused" the languages of humankind and scattered them over the face of the earth. Now the good news of Jesus Christ is the language that unites all these different peoples.
The rest of Acts traces the spread of the Gospel all over the Mediterranean world. It moves first among Jews and then fans out to non-Jews. Paul appears as the great missionary to the Gentiles. By the narrow standards of Mediterranean society in the first century, the Gospel reached the ends of the earth with Paul's arrival in Rome.
The miracle of the first Pentecost, according to Luke, was that "each one heard them [the apostles] speaking in his own language." Now, almost 2,000 years later, the church's missionary activity continues, and the Gospel has been proclaimed far beyond the Mediterranean world. The memory of Jesus has been kept alive, and the movement he began has been carried on. Nevertheless, Luke's Pentecost narrative challenges the church today to find even more effective ways of communicating the Gospel to peoples in every land on earth. Karl Rahner, S.J., thought that the greatest challenge facing our church today is to become a truly catholic, or world church. Just as the early Christians moved beyond the land of Israel and the Jewish people, so we must help all the peoples in our world hear and express the Gospel in their own languages and according to their own cultural patterns.
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This is the longest two weeks of my entire life!" my daughter, Elisabeth, groaned last December while flopping onto the sofa. At age 4, she was experiencing her first winter break from school -- and she wasn't happy about it. She missed her teacher, her friends, her school routine. But the more she sighed, the more I celebrated. What better evidence that her first school experience was going well?
And now it's September. How can I ensure that Elisabeth's love of school stays with her as she adjusts to kindergarten, with a new classroom, teacher, and expectations? The key, say educators and parents who've been there, will be for me to stay involved in her school life, but not to focus on academics -- yet.
"There's a wide range of readiness among young children for reading, writing, and adding. These skills will come in time. Meanwhile, your job is to help your kids view school as a happy place to be," says Carissa Olivi, a former preschool teacher who's now on the board of education in Orange, NJ.
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It's not always easy to get anywhere on time with little kids, but it's worth making an extra effort to be prompt on school days. "A child may feel like an outsider if the others are already there, engaged in activities," says Marilyn Gootman, author of The Loving Parent's Guide to Discipline.
Diane Max, a mother of three in New York City, finds it can be hard for her son, Jonah, now in kindergarten, to cross the threshold if the classroom is already bustling. "It's much easier for him if we get there a bit early," she says -- especially on "high-risk" shyness days, such as the beginning of the school year and the first days back after vacation or illness.
Being on time at the end of the day is just as important. Standing alone while the other kids are happily reuniting with loved ones can cause a young child to worry that by going to school, she risks losing you -- or getting lost.
"My kids hate it when I'm late," says Susan Schwartz, a mother of four in Winchester, MA. Once, she was in such a rush to pick up her daughter from preschool that she got a speeding ticket. By the time she arrived, her daughter was wailing, "You're the last mommy!" Schwartz wouldn't recommend risking a ticket, but her experience taught her that it's worth trying to arrange your schedule to be punctual. When you're not, apologize and let your child talk about how she feels, since the fear and anger loom larger if they're kept bottled up.
A main part of the "curriculum" for children starting school is learning to feel secure in the classroom even though they're away from Mom, Dad, or babysitter. You can help by trying to keep your own anxiety in check, as a child's fear is often fueled by his parents'. If you seem worried, he may decide school isn't a safe or nice place to be.
Usually, it's best to leave the classroom when the teacher suggests it. After Thanksgiving break during my son Willie's first year of preschool, I found how hard it can be to do this. He sobbed so loudly when I started to go that I insisted on staying until he calmed down. Finally, his teacher put me out of my misery by gently guiding me toward the door, promising that Willie would stop crying sooner if I left. Skeptical, I stood outside the classroom with my ear cocked. Sure enough, the waterworks stopped in 10 seconds -- once the teacher suggested he help her make play dough.
"It's so hard to walk away when your child is screaming," says Olivi. "But put your trust in the teacher. This is a time for your child to bond with her and to realize that she's another person in his life who will keep him safe."
If school doesn't go smoothly for a child, it's human nature to blame the teacher. But accusations are sure to backfire, even if the teacher really is part of the problem. If you accuse him, you put him on the defensive, which is counterproductive. "Instead, say in a nonthreatening way that you're concerned for your child, and ask how you can work together to solve the problem," says Gootman. "Teachers feel positive when they see that a parent cares and is interested and concerned but not breathing down their necks or telling them how to teach." They also find it helpful if parents alert them to any information they have about how children are feeling at school. For instance, some kids may be stoic if someone hits or teases them, but cry about it when they get home. It helps to keep the teacher in the loop.
Also, give a heads-up about anything going on at home that may affect how your child is feeling -- not just biggies like illness in the family, but also more mundane issues like a sleepless night or a nightmare, says Olivi. That way, the teacher will be able to put the child's negative mood or behavior in context and can even help her through the rough patch. For instance, when Elisabeth was feeling blue because her dad was away on business, her teacher suggested she make a "Welcome Back, Daddy!" card, which turned her view of the situation in a happier direction.
To the degree that your schedule permits, help out in the classroom, participate in fund-raising, join the PTA, read the school newsletter. Your involvement lets your child know that his school is a part of your world, too. More than that, volunteering helps you watch out for your child's interests.
"A school is like any institution -- if you're involved, the people there are more inclined to be responsive," says Bonnie Kaye, of Fairfield, CT. "Because I was on the parent advisory board at my daughter Lindsey's preschool, I knew the director and the teachers. When Lindsey became quiet and withdrawn at school, it was easy to talk to her teacher about it -- we were friendly."
If you work full-time or for other reasons can't make such a commitment, you can still be involved through after-school activities and fund-raising efforts. "Let the school staff get to know your face," says Kaye. "The more you make clear that you care -- that you're part of the team -- the more credible an advocate you can be for your child."
To build strong connections between home and school, you need to have a sense of what's going on in your child's classroom. Natalie Cull, a mother of three in Wildwood, MS, always sits her two oldest daughters, ages 10 and 7, down at the kitchen table in the afternoon and gives them 15 minutes of her undivided attention.
"They just spew!" says Cull. But what if your child isn't such an enthusiastic reporter? If your "What did you do in school today?" is answered with "Nothing," you have plenty of company; most children don't like to be quizzed. Plus, young ones may not even remember all of the day's experiences. So ask small, undaunting questions that will help jog the memory: Did you get to play outside? What did you have for snack? What did you sing in music? And when your child does talk, be a good listener.
Whether your child's class studies butterflies, your hometown, baby animals, or holiday traditions, the topic is a way to train kids to think, remember, make connections, and theorize, all of which are foundations for future learning. You can help by stoking your child's curiosity and enthusiasm about whatever subject is being covered at school.
For example, Schwartz is planning a trip to the local science museum now that her 6-year-old son, Jeff, is studying rain forests in kindergarten. The night after an animal handler came to his class, he excitedly recounted to her how the lizard used its tail to defend itself. "His world had suddenly expanded. He was fascinated," says Schwartz.
She also plans to build on Jeff's enthusiasm by taking him on a visit to the library for books about reptiles they can look at together. "It's a huge boost to his confidence to feel as though there's something out there in the world that he knows about."
Parents can also reinforce the social learning that school provides. When Kaye enrolled Lindsey in preschool, she didn't realize how much she'd glean from her daughter's teacher about how to handle Lindsey at home. Like many young children, Lindsey sometimes found it difficult to move from one thing to another. "When I'd come to pick her up, she'd be so immersed in an activity that she wouldn't want to go. It was hard to get her to stop what she was doing," says Kaye. With the teacher's help, Kaye came up with a simple system to help Lindsey: a five-minute warning with a minute-by-minute countdown until it was time to go.
"I used it at home, when she didn't want a playdate to end, with equal success," Kaye says.
As much as possible, try to make your at-home expectations consistent with the school's. Plenty of social rules, such as doing minor chores and waiting your turn when someone else is talking, make sense in both places. By insisting on them at home, you make the adjustment to school easier for your child.
Children don't really need a slew of extracurricular activities; even a half day of school can be stimulation enough. Exhausted, stressed-out kids have a harder time adjusting to school. So don't sign up your child for anything unless she's wildly enthusiastic and begging to go. And if she changes her mind, let her quit.
Schwartz says she made a mistake when she paid for an entire year's worth of dance lessons for her son when he was 5. "He really wanted to do it, but when it was time to go to class, he'd be playing with his brothers and I'd practically have to rip him away," she explains. "If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't pay for the whole year in advance."
The best judge of how much structured activity a young child should have is the child herself. She'll let you know what she needs. If you sign her up for swimming lessons and she stands on the edge of the pool crying, try again next year.
By following these seven tips, the odds are I'll be able to help Elisabeth move smoothly from pre-K to kindergarten. Of course, if I do my job well, I'll be left with one of the happiest dilemmas of parenthood -- getting used to letting her go. Last year my husband took plenty of photos documenting Elisabeth's first day of school. All of them feature her beaming face, but none include me. I was too busy wiping away my tears in the potty room. I'm hoping that this year I'll finally be ready for the camera.


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The 26-year-old has struggled to tie down a starting place for the Red Devils this year, and it seems both the club and the player have grown frustrated and are considering their options.
Nani and his agent been in contract talks with the club throughout the season, and with little progress noted to date, Ferguson could be looking to offload the player before his contract expires next summer.
Although the United boss had previously told reporters that he would: "definitely prefer to keep him" and if he did, he could be in a position where he would have too many wingers - especially with Wilfried Zaha's imminent arrival and Danny Welbeck playing the majority of his games on the wing.
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Nani has failed to live up to his potential for the Red Devils, and although he has shown signs of sheer brilliance over the years for the club, his inconsistent performances have seen him used as a bit-part player this season.
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Remember Missouri Congressman Todd Akin? He's the Republican opposing Democrat Claire McCaskill for U.S. Senate in the Show Me State. Just to recap: my esteemed colleague Steve Benen points out:
"The congressman believes the very existence of the federal student-loan program is a "stage-three cancer of socialism." He's also eager to eliminate the minimum wage, believes liberalism is based on "a hatred of God," believes the Bible should be a "blueprint" for American government; and wants to impeach President Obama because, in his mind, the president is "a complete menace to our civilization."
If all that seems obnoxious, and it does, get a load of what Congressman Akin told KTVI-TV Saturday:
"First of all, from what I understand from doctors, (pregnancy from rape) is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child."
Take a deep breath – exhale slowly. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is example #5784 why men shouldn't opine against – must less try to legislate away – women's right to make their own decisions. Today Akin released a statement in which he said that he misspoke and that his comment "does not reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year. I recognize that abortion, and particularly in the case of rape, is a very emotionally charged issue. But I believe deeply in the protection of all life and I do not believe that harming another innocent victim is the right course of action." So he feels bad for them; he's still against them having a say.
Akin's remarks made such a stir that the Romney campaign issued a response today. "Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan disagree with Mr. Akin's statement, and a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape," a campaign spokeswoman said. Except that, as we've been reporting, Mitt Romney said he would have supported a personhood amendment in Massachusetts, which would ban all abortions, and Paul Ryan co-sponsored the federal version of that amendment.


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Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter told Israel National News on Monday that the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is abandoning large parts of eastern Jerusalem.
Dichter said several neighborhoods on the Arab-dominated side of Jerusalem are today completely without an Israeli police presence. That has allowed Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups to move in.
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Olmert has publicly expressed his willingness and even desire to surrender the eastern half of Jerusalem to the Palestinian Authority, and some saw the removal of police forces from these areas as a tactic to convince Israelis that they should cut loose parts of their ancient capital.
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Airbus Overtaken By Rival Boeing
Airbus to report strong orders, but its Superjumbo struggles and Boeing has moved ahead for first time in years. WSJ's Daniel Michaels reports from Brussels. Photo: Reuters
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20 Small Kitchens with Style
Small spaces are often tricky, and given how much gear goes into the kitchen, it's undoubtedly one of the most difficult areas to keep compact, functional, and stylish. Here's some inspiration to help you infuse your tiny kitchen with character and convenience.
Obviously the aesthetic possibilities of the kitchen can range just as widely as that of other rooms. Some prefer minimalism and open storage, while others opt for vibrant colors, taking the opportunity to make a bold statement in a small space. But what all small kitchen designs require is consideration, creativity, and careful editing. Many of the spaces above rely on verticality to extend their utility. Magnetic knife strips, storage rails, overhead pot racks, hooks, and high shelving help keep counter space clear, making the spaces more functional and more open. Dry goods and other necessities become points of visual interest when they are uniformly displayed in glass canisters or jars. Occasional appliances are artfully hidden until their use is required.
There's so much creativity at work in the Apartment Therapy community that it felt only right to give some attention to some of the small kitchens submitted by our readers for 2011's Small Cool Contest. If you want to check out the full submissions, here they are:
1 Christine's Sausalito Skylights
2 Bianca's Bright White Cottage
3 Cammie's Chunk of Green
4 Catherine's 1920s Studio
5 Heidi & David's Surreal Square Footage
6 Jordan's Light, Location, and Vibe
7 Lasse's Multipurpose Room
8 Mark's Historic Home
9 Rebecca's Bright Space
10 Sandy's Southern Exposure
11 Steve's Sydney Sun
12 Susan's Carriage Loft
And here's even more inspiration from around the web:
13 Journal des Femmes
14 Rodellee's Tiny Vintage Studio House Tour
15 Marie Claire Maison
16 Happy in My Havaianas,
17 Journal des Femmes
18 Canadian House and Home
19 The Selby
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125 maps isn't a big errors.
I'm thinking that for someone is too usual to give critics to other and to spend few time on his problems.
Foundry is perfect perhaps a little bit frustrating, but if this is the price for a quality map i think that it's good.
But probably a jury is a bit too.
There's no way to create some referral figures that follow a map for every steps in foundry to help CA?
But they have to suggest/check not to judify.
In this case i could help
But, in my opinion, there's more important to fix in foundry process than understand if someone could or couldn't judify a map.
In foundry there too people that elect themself as supreme judges.
Please don't create another one.
But i'm agree with this possibility:
incadenza wrote:I'm kinda with ed. I see the jury concept as a "last looks", "get a few people together to see if there's anything obvious we missed" concept, as opposed to ultimate arbiters of a map's future.


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I'm not loops. Just a guy on the board.Wildfaery wrote: thank-you for your words of experience...loops is that you??? always the healer.
gonnafollowyouradvice, Namaste WF
Starngelove's advice is really good. (Nice post, man!) I'd go with that, because at this point, depending on how far out from the initial injury, at some point, ice might not be what you need as the ice is initially to limit the damage done (by reducing blood flow to the region and thus swelling and inflammation). Once that first 48-72 hrs is over, you do need to consider putting heat to help with circulation and healing.
Tensoring, and compression will still be useful. But as Strangelove mentioned "physio-terrorists" (LoL! nice), they will be very useful in helping to lengthen the muscle and making sure it heals effectively so that you don't have a shorter/tighter muscle that is prone to being injured again. Ultrasound in the initial stages can help with the muscle as well. Consider a registered massage therapist. Depending on your medical coverage, they can be well worth it. (I work as an RN, and I go regularly as my back is tight/sore quite often b/c of turning and boosting unconscious patients.)
Take it easy on that leg - don't try to do too much too soon and re-injure it. I went back to work, perhaps a little too soon, was on the code team and was hoping that the code bell never went off b/c there was NO WAY i'd get there in any reasonable amount of time. heh.
ABG's? yeah those suck. getting poked in an artery is never fun.
hope you start feeling better soon.!
ps. maybe don't do the relaxants and wine at the same time. haha.


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TIVERTON — If you look at his behavior, Brent Poitras is clearly a man in trouble, police said.
Police wanted to find him before it got worse, Detective Jay Dunlea said.
With the help of the public, they did.
Police issued a public warning Thursday, asking for help locating Poitras, 28, of Edmond Lane, who was wanted on the charge of indecent exposure. Detectives got a tip and Poitras was arrested less than four hours later.
"We got a tip from a citizen that he was walking on Main Road near the Little Compton line," said police Capt. Patrick Jones, a department spokesman. "We advised Little Compton, so they could come in from the south. Our officers went to the area and spotted him."
Sgt. Daniel Raymond and Officers Jonathan Cunningham and John Leduc took Poitras into custody without incident, police reported. With that, detectives began preparing the latest case against him.
Police alleged Poitras walked into the women's changing room at Fogland Beach on June 21, where he made lewd comments to women and exposed himself.
Police were investigating that incident when they arrested Poitras on June 26 on the charge of disorderly conduct.
"There was a 15-year-old female who was riding her bike on the east side of Main Road," said Detective Jay Dunlea, one of the investigators in the case. "He extended his arms and tried to grab her. She fell off her bike."
The young woman did not question him, police reported. She got back on her bike and sped away. Then she called for help, police said.
"When the officers located him, he made comments that he found her attractive," Dunlea alleged.
Poitras was charged with disorderly conduct — that is the charge filed when someone intentionally blocks the path of another on a public way — and was arraigned in district court.
He pleaded no contest to the charge. He was sentenced to six months of probation and ordered into mental health counseling.
That arrest caused detectives to go back to the Fogland Beach incident. Poitras was identified as the suspect in that case, Dunlea alleged.
Little Compton police are investigating other, similar incidents, police said.
Poitras will face charges in district court on Monday. Both Tiverton and Little Compton police were preparing charges to present to a justice of the peace on Thursday, police reported.


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Housed in the historic 1890's McCormick mansion, our restaurant's elegant decor offers a stunning setting for your very special event. Choose a menu featuring our famous Roasted Prime Ribs of Beef, hand-carved and served tableside from gleaming silver carts or a cocktail reception with an array of delicious hors d'oeuvres. We also offer a selection of specially designed menus for any service style or our award-winning Executive Chef, Brian Kwak, will assist you in creating a customized menu.
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The perfect room for an intimate social gathering or business meeting Enclosed by French doors, this room offers versatile seating for upwards of 50 guests.
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The perfect room for an intimate social gathering or a business meeting. The Club Room was the entrance way of the McCormick Mansion and features richly appointed, hand-carved woodwork. This room offers versatile seating, incorporating booths and expandable dining tables for up to 40 guests.


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Courtesy of Coast Guard Sports Information
NEW LONDON, Conn.--Fifth-seeded Coast Guard rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth and one more in the eleventh to surpass sixth-seeded MIT, finishing 25 hours after the game's start, to win a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tournament elimination game, 7-6.
After a 70-minute delay for lightning on Friday, the game was eventually suspended after 10 innings, tied 6-6. Play resumed Saturday with the Bears scoring the walk-off run in the bottom of the eleventh.
MIT led 5-1 after six innings. The Engineers scored twice in the second on an RBI double by junior Dan Hyatt and an RBI groundout by sophomore A.J. Hansborough for a 2-0 lead.
Coast Guard got on the board in the third on an RBI single by freshman Nolan Gallagher, which scored classmate Riley Beecher, who led off the inning with a single.
The Engineers scored an unearned run in the fifth as sophomore Bryan Macomber singles, moved to second and third on a pair of wild pitches and scored on a throwing error for a 3-1 lead.
MIT extended its lead to 5-1 in the sixth on a bases loaded walk to pinch hitter sophomore Zach Carr before Macomber's sacrifice fly.
Coast Guard scored a pair of runs in the sevneth as freshman Mike Massaro singled, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on an error before freshman Tyler Babkiewich drove in a run on fielder's choice to cut the deficit to 5-3.
There was a rain and lightning delay with one out in the top of the eighth and when play resumed, the Engineers scored an unearned run as Hansborough doubled and scored on a throwing error on a ball hit back to the mound.
In the bottom of the eighth, Massaro's bases loaded two-run double cut the deficit to 6-5 then came a wild sequence. With one out, Beecher belted a deep double to center which scored freshman Eric Gerken with the tying run, but Massaro ran halfway home and decided to go back to third and dove back to the bag, but Beecher was already on the bag, both runners occupied the base. Beecher was called out, because by rule, the bag belonged to Massaro, who was face down when he heard the out call, he then lifted his hand off the base thinking he was out and was tagged out by the catcher Hansborough ending the Bears rally.
Freshman Derek Petty started for the Bears and allowed five runs, four earned in five and 1/3 inning while classmate Tyler Vieira (2-1) pitched five and 2/3 innings of relief and allowed five hits and an unearned run.
Sophomore Torre Swanson worked the first six and 1/3 innings for MIT and allowed five hits and three runs, two earned. Junior Cameron Brown got the final two outs of the seventh for MIT.
The Bears scored the three eighth inning runs off of junior Ryne Barry, who worked just the eighth. Freshman Aric Dama pitched two hitless innings in the ninth and tenth, while Henry Zhu (2-2) received the loss after dropping an earned run in the eleventh.
The Engineers (11-13) retire from the NEWMAC tournament and resume their non-conference schedule with a game against Newbury College on Tuesday, April 27, at 4 p.m.


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The word "momentum" conjures up a visual image of forward movement. Be it tangible objects or creative ideas, when people use the word, it usually refers to their desire to get things going.
Just outside the windy city of Lubbock, Texas, there's an agricultural engineer on staff at USDA's Cotton Production & Processing Research facility by the name of Greg Holt. He's an energetic, tall Texan who happens to be very creative when it comes to solving agricultural-related mechanical problems.
In 1998, the Texas Cotton Ginners Association conducted a survey to determine what issues were paramount in the minds of Lone Star State ginners. Utilization of gin "by-product" was the number two overall concern registered by the Texas ginning community. With funding from Cotton Incorporated, Holt soon found out that by-product had potential for several commercial uses, but he needed to find a way to condense it into a commercially implementable form. "I think it was about that time that I thought of Weldon Laird, another USDA engineer, and his ongoing work with EasiFlo™ cottonseed," explains Holt.
With Tom Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated's director of Cottonseed Research and Marketing, Laird was working toward solving whole cottonseed's flowability problems — actually, the lack thereof. "Weldon and Tom were using a water/starch mixture to coat whole cottonseed and paste down the linters that remained on the seed after ginning," explains Holt. So Holt decided to mix the by-product with a ration of starch before running the mixture through an extruder that would compress and form the concoction into small pellets. Holt calls the mixture, "COBY," an acronym for Cotton By-Product. "I wanted to get away from calling it 'gin trash,' so this acronym fit just fine," adds Holt.
Holt found that if he cooked the mixture, it pelletized pretty well. "What we're really doing with the by-product is cooking and sterilizing it with heat and pressure," comments Holt. The wear and tear on the extruder used to make the pellets caused Holt additional problems. "The more water we used in the mixture, the more abrasive the mixture was to the various parts of the extruder," explains Holt. Cooking the by-product mixture with high-pressure opens up cotton fibers that may be closed, thereby increasing the end products' digestibility as a feed source. The composition of the mixture is high in cellulose (cotton fiber is 90 percent cellulose), so the nutritional value of the product is excellent. "It's actually comparable to bermudagrass and/or prairie hay," adds Holt. Any changes or additions to the mixture to increase its added value will be done with input from recent feeding trial results that showed the COBY mixture digested better than cottonseed hulls.
What hurdles does Holt still have ahead of him? Commercial implementation by an interested third party would mean a lot. The product has potential as a wood stove fuel source too. He's had a few calls from people interested in the product as a fuel, but using it for feeding purposes is a viable outlet.
If Holt has his way, wood burning stoves will soon have another cost competitive fuel source. A fuel source that once was considered just trash that accumulated and took up space beside a gin, could become a product that could help put dollars back in the pockets of ginners and, in most cases, their grower customers. How big is the potential demand for the COBY? That is yet to be determined, but with over 2.04 metric tons of by-product being generated from cotton gins each year, there's plenty of gin by-product with which to extrude into COBY. Holt is just looking for a little commercial momentum!