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Xu, Man
posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 - 2:44 pm
Hi, I am interested in how an additonal predictor variable(X) could partial out the effect that a between level variable (W) has on Y. So I included X as predictor on the within level without specifying this variable to be level 1 or level 2. The between level variable W's effect on Y was not changed.
While I tried the same (I think it was the same) model in MLwin, after adding X, the effect W had on Y was substantially reduced. So I think I must have not set up the same model in Mplus.
I was wondering how I set up the syntax in Mplus to get comparable results as in MLwin please? Thanks!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 8:21 am
If you have not put x on the WITHIN list, this may be the problem. If not, please send the Mplus and MLwin output and your license number to
. See also Examples 9.1 and 9.2 in the user's guide.
Xu, Man
posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 7:43 am
Thank you Linda. That's so very helpful. I indeed failed to include the x in the WITHIN list. Now my problem has been solved. There is now only 0.002 difference in the estimates between Mplus (with multiple imputation) and MLwin (with listwise deletion). so I think it is close enough to be seen as equal.
Was the previous problem due to the latent variance decomposition of x such that, without declaring x to be a within variable, only the within variances of x was used to predict the variance in the outcome?
but why x can explain y on the between level as a within predictor, but not so when it was not declared to be a within predictor?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 9:48 am
Yes, the previous difference was due to the latent variable decomposition of x.
This phenomenon is discussed in the multilevel literature. See for example Raudenbush and Bryk.
Xu, Man
posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 11:42 am
Thank you Linda. I remember reading Raudenbush and Bryk (it's not at hand at the moment). In Mplus, I used the model constraint method to get the contextual effect of a variable Q using latent variable decomposition. After adding the control variable x that we jsut discussed about, the contextual effect of Q changed much. Is this still a valid estimate of contextual effect of Q? I remember reading from somewhere that the constraint method was only good for when there is no other control variable present.
Xu, Man
posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 12:45 pm
to clarify myself further, what confuses me most now is that, when i use the traditional contextual approach (group average of the within variable as a between variable) to test Q's effect on the outcome, after adding x (without listing to be WITHIN) as a control in the within level model, the contextual effect does not change. But when I use the latent decomposition of Q with CONSTRAINT to obtain the contextual effect, with the same settings for Q, the contextual effect of Q mostly disappeared.
I understood that the change in the CONSTRAINT estimate was due to collinearlity between Q and the control x. But when x was not listed to be within, the contextual effects from the both methods are really very different and not comparable at all. Was the estimate of contextual effect wrong in the CONSTRAINT method under such settings of x?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 2:36 pm
This is a large topic - please see
Lüdtke, O., Marsh, H.W., Robitzsch, A., Trautwein, U., Asparouhov, T., & Muth�n, B. (2008). The multilevel latent covariate model: A new, more reliable approach to group-level effects in contextual studies. Psychological Methods, 13, 203-229.
which is on our web site.
Xu, Man
posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 6:09 pm
thanks for the reference! Then do you think in general it is good to declare a predictor variable to be WITHIN when its own contextual effect is not of particular interests?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 10:06 am
I wouldn't want to comment on that from a substantive perspective since I don't know the subject-matter. Statistically speaking, I would include a contextual effect (using either the latent decomposition or the manifest cluster mean) whenever it is significant.
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For generations, patients entering Johns Hopkins Hospital walked past an oil painting of the founder and a marble statue of Jesus Christ. In the building that Hopkins opened this spring, they see blue and green rhinos, a flying ostrich and a purple cow jumping over 28 moons.
The playful sculptures help differentiate the new building from its 19th-century predecessor, which seems hopelessly stuffy by comparison. But there's much more to the new Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore's first $1 billion building — than its sculptural menagerie. Beyond the wit and whimsy is a serious and provocative work of architecture that reflects fundamental changes in the way Hopkins cares for the sick.
On an urban level, it's a new front door for the hospital and a symbolic new face of health care in East Baltimore, with a major civic space marking the entrance. Inside, it represents an effort to reinvent practically every aspect of a hospital, on a previously underused part of Hopkins' East Baltimore medical campus. From an aesthetic standpoint, it's a building that takes risks, from its multicolored facades to its collection of more than 500 original works of art inside.
The result is a transformative building for Hopkins and Baltimore.
Designed by Perkins + Will of Chicago, the $1.1 billion project contains 1.6 million square feet of space, including 560 private patient rooms in two 12-story, glass-clad towers: the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center and the Sheikh Zayed Tower, for adults. Other key team members were Olin, a prominent landscape architect; consulting architect Allen Kolkowitz of Kolkowitz and Kusske; and art consultant Nancy Rosen.
Working with a five-acre parcel on the north side of Orleans Street between Broadway and Wolfe Street, Perkins + Will principals Ralph Johnson and Jerry Johnson designed the towers so they rise from a common eight-story base that contains operating rooms, clinical and diagnostic spaces, offices and a commercial arcade. The children's tower is on the east, with a curving south facade, primarily blue; the adult tower is in midblock, set back from Orleans Street, with a facade that's primarily green. By creating towers that are highly visible from the south and connecting the base to the rest of the medical campus, they reoriented the hospital so it appears to face, and become more a part of, the city's revitalized harbor.
The towers frame a large piazza that serves as the new main hospital entrance off Orleans Street, supplanting entrances off Broadway and Wolfe Street. Along with a canopy-covered driveway reminiscent of the curving drop-off zone at BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport, Olin filled the forecourt with meditation and healing gardens open to the surrounding community as well as hospital patients and staff — a valuable contribution to the public realm.
The courtyard leads to four hospital entries: the new main entrance, the emergency entrance, the children's main entrance and the children's emergency entrance. That's a telling change from the previous arrangement, in which the emergency departments had more obscure entrances far from the main one. Under the new layout, the sultan of Brunei would follow the same arrival sequence as a cancer patient from East Baltimore, and presumably receive the same level of care.
The rethinking extends throughout the hospital. Some changes are as basic as separating public areas more clearly from areas used mostly by patients and staff. Elevators, 28 in all, make Hopkins more of a vertical hospital than ever before. Designers rethought areas such as nurse's stations, replacing them with smaller but more numerous "team stations" along hallways that put nurses closer to patients under their care. It's part of a sweeping series of changes designed to improve health care.
Besides reorganizing spaces, Hopkins and its design team sought to improve the quality of the physical setting, so it is commensurate with the quality of medical care for which Hopkins is known. Much of the impetus for design excellence came from one donor, New York mayor and Hopkins alumnus Michael R. Bloomberg, who contributed $120 million for the Orleans Street project. Bloomberg brought in Kolkowitz, Olin and Rosen, among others, to help influence the final design.
Many of Bloomberg's contributions involved commissioning art and other refinements that add warmth, humanity and a sense of sophistication to spaces that might otherwise have seemed sterile and disorienting. Designers used color and themed art to help people find their way around such a large building — blue and children's books for the children's center, green and "nature" for the adult tower.
Every floor has works of art that promise to take a patient's mind off his or her illness, at least temporarily. Robert Israel's kid-friendly animal sculptures include a 22-foot "Ostrich" and a winged "Cow Jumping Over the 28 Phases of the Moon." In patient rooms, Jim Boyd's window shade designs celebrate the Baltimore folk art tradition of painted screens. For a children's garden, Olin drew inspiration from "The Little Prince."
The largest single commission transformed the glass walls of the patient towers into works of public art. Bloomberg wanted to be sure the glass would be appropriately distinctive and reflective of the hospital's mission. Hopkins brought in New York artist Spencer Finch to work with Perkins + Will to help create the final design.
Finch designed a window pattern featuring 26 colors — mostly blues for the children's tower and greens for the adult tower, plus yellow, purple and gray. Finch selected his palette based on studies of paintings by the French Impressionist Claude Monet of his lily pond and gardens in Giverny, near Paris. Finch's focus on water can also be seen as a nod to Baltimore's waterfront in the distance.
Finch's composition has another distinguishing characteristic, a repeating design embedded within the glass, called a frit pattern. Finch generated a series of curved markings that suggest strokes of a paint brush — another reference to Monet. People inside the building can look through the "brush strokes" and see the city beyond. The effect is like standing in the middle of a just-shaken snow globe, or a shower of confetti. It takes some getting used to, but it shows how much the donor wanted a distinctive design and was willing to let an artist experiment to get it.
The risk with this sort of experimentation was that it could turn the towers into one-liners, objects that don't hold up well to repeated viewings, like so much patterned wallpaper. In this instance, the glass walls change in appearance over the course of the day, as Bloomberg wanted, depending on how sunlight hits them or clouds cast shadows over them.
Finch started with color combinations that were meant to be viewed on one scale — Monet's intricate paintings — and blew them up to a much larger scale, while exposing the glass to lighting and weather conditions over which he did not have complete control. On overcast or hazy days, the effect can be more somber than joyous, especially from a distance. At the same time, the colored walls signal that something new and noteworthy is going on inside, and hospitals can be both somber and joyful, places of death and life. To that extent, Finch's work does what it was meant to do.
Of course, Hopkins could commission all the fritted glass and flying cows it wants, but health care is only as good as the people who provide it. By developing such rich and enriching healing environments, Hopkins and its designers have created a place where the best in the business can flourish.


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The team at the Australian Wildlife Health Centre provides veterinary support for Healesville Sanctuary's threatened species conservation programs.
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Goalie Goes Ballistic
Here's a guy who's burned his bridges.
The Associated Press picked up a story from the StarTribune about a high school hockey goalie in Minnesota who was unhappy about his playing time. Really, really unhappy.
Austin Krause, come on down!
The story says he scored a goal for the other team, which was probably easy since he wasn't guarding it, then took off a glove, gave his own teammates the one-finger salute and left the ice.
His goal for the other team tied the score, and the opposing team went on to win the game.
The people who run the school district say he's off the team, but I wonder if he's still in school there. Going to class after a stunt like that could be a real adventure, but if he transfers, what school or hockey team would want him?
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The Obama administration's move to deploy 14 more missile interceptors to Alaska in the face of increasingly aggressive rhetoric from North Korea got support from the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Sunday.
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BLOG \#14: June 3, 2009
"Ode to the 'stache"
As I sit here bored out of my mind awaiting an upcoming Super Regional, I can not help but think that this season will forever be known as the "Season of the 'stache."
The mustache has done a lot for us this year. After a 5-2 start we began growing the monstrosities on our upper lips, beating Stanford and SDSU before heading out on our 11-day road trip. This is where we all came into one and pretty much dominated everyone we played in the game of baseball except for our lone loss to OSU and a close one with Rhode Island (who, in my opinion, got snubbed by the NCAA). Then we came back and made an easy sweep of Oral Roberts and were 12-1 through 21 days with the stache's.
Then when everything was going great, Josh Felhauer shaved his mustache and God punished all of us by silencing our bats versus UC Riverside on a Friday night and we lost 3-1. After our punishment, the power of the 'stache stood strong with a good win in extra innings on Saturday and a blowout on Sunday. Next we headed down to ASU and a lot of guys were starting to complain about how bad they looked or how much they didn't like their mustaches. I remember some guys saying, "Oooohhh, my baby girl doesn't like it. She doesn't like the way it feels when I kiss her."
REALLLLLYYY???? Are we serious here, guys? We are sitting here 14-2 in the month of March and clicking on all cylinders and we are worried about how we look or what our girlfriends think? Anyways, we beat ASU, 7-5, on March 31st and everyone rushed to the hotel to shave their mustaches, and then the clouds rolled in on the Titans' season.
We lost 5 of our first 6 games in April, scoring only 14 runs in those six. I guess the baseball gods liked what we were doing and were mad that we ended the team chemistry just because the month ended, but it got worse. We lost 2 out of 3 to Pacific for the first time ever, then played a couple of "OK" baseball games and got some wins against some bad teams. But the baseball gods weren't done, they decided to make one final blow on the Titans to make us realize what we needed to do. In a 9-3 loss to a very poor USC team we were at the lowest of lows, this was rock bottom for our team and it felt like we had just taken the "peoples elbow" right to the gut. We finished April 10-8 wondering what the heck just happened, and some of us who aren't scared realized that the stache's must live on.
Then we had our infamous team meeting and straightened everything out and realized that Kanye is right, "N-n-now that that don't kill me, can only make me stronger". Oddly enough the USC game ended our April showers and turned the page into Mustache May where we came out and started playing like the Titans can, laying the smacketh down on anyone who stepped into our path. We ended may 16-2, go figure. Even though there are only a handful of us carrying on the mustaches we believe the baseball gods see us working and will reward us in the end. The final mustache crew consists of Matthew Fahey, Joe Scott, Tony Harkey, Kevin Rath, Billy Marcoe, Matt Orloff, Jake Silverman and myself. Our sole goal is to look just like the '79 team did when they won it. Wearing our old school hats and our dirty mustaches celebrating in Rosenblatt one last time.
So to all the greats who have ever worn the 'stache, thank you. Thank you to the blown up picture of Tim Wallach (who had a dirty mustache) that sat in front of my desk all year reminding me everyday in April that there was something not right. Thank you to Larry Bird, who won the 1981 NBA Championship sporting a dirty blonde mustache. Thank you to Lamar Odom for rockin' a 'stache for the NBA Finals coming up later this week. Thank you to Randy Johnson who has worn a mustache for most of his MLB career including when he was co-MVP with Curt Schilling in the 2001 World Series. Thank you to Adam Morrison and Jake Plummer who also realized that the power of the 'stache is real. Thank you to Kurt Russell, Sam Elliot, Bill Paxton, and Val Kilmer for having some of the best mustaches I have ever seen in their film Tombstone. Thank you to Tom Selleck or "Mr. Baseball" for having an outstandingly thick mustache. And most of all thank you to all you fans who have or will be joining us by growing mustaches the rest of the way.
Pick to Click- Anyone rockin' a mustache
Blogman out...
BLOG 13: May 22, 2009
Today (Thursday) we had a shortened practice which was much appreciated. After practice our coaches told us we were going to have a kickball championship. This got everyone pretty excited. The four team captains were Dustin Garneau, Matthew Fahey, Joe Scott and me. I had the second player selection overall and after seeing Joe pick Kevin Rath first overall I quickly grabbed Gary Brown (who came with a couple cans of "Fast") and decided to build my team around quickness. My team consisted of Ryan Ackland, Tyler Pill, Kyle Mertins, Daniel Renkin, Tony Harkey, Gary Brown, Austin Kingsolver and yours truly.
We faced off against the Fahey's in the first game. We threw up a quick zero on defense and then Gary led off the game with a home run. Those "Fast" cans really work!! We breezed through this game with little struggle. They could not keep up with our speed. Tony, Gary, Austin and Ryan held down the outfield -- it was a thing of beauty watching them run the balls down. Final score, 13-9.
Then we had to play the winners of the other game. Dustin Garneau's team came to our field with some big legs in their line-up. His first-round pick was Michael Morrison, who was a kicker in high school and a big-time threat at the plate (in kickball). They scored one in the top of the first and we came right back with three in the bottom. Some people may call it just a game, but we are competitors and want to win in everything we do, so don't think there was not some trash talking going on. Mostly coming from my way. This game went back and forth the whole time, Drago's team could really kick the ball, much better than us by far. But we were scrappy and would never quit. It was 3-1 us, then 5-3 them, then 7-5 us followed by them tying it up in the 5th. In the bottom half we decided to take the game to a new level and put up a 4 spot followed by a 2 the next inning. From there we never looked back and ended up winning, 14-11. We were ecstatic and doing a lot of jumping high fives which made the other teams a little bitter. The win got us first in line at an amazing dinner that the Diamond Club put on for us. This was a great day going into what should be a great rivalry weekend with the Dirtbags.
Don't forget, senior day is Sunday.
P.S. -- Matt Orloff defeated Nick Ramirez in a friendly wrestling match. Yes, Nick does have over 50 pounds on Matty.... You're welcome, Matt.
Blogman out...
BLOG 12: May 5, 2009
Last week was a good week for the Titans and it had nothing to do with our 3-1 record. I guess you could call it a rebuilding week. Not rebuilding our swings or any pitching mechanics, but rebuilding our TEAM. After Wednesday night's loss to USC everyone was pretty down, not just because we lost but because we played poorly. So the next day we had a long meeting up in our V.I.P. room, that ended with a session with our old buddy, Ken Ravizza.
This was not a screaming and yelling session from the coaches. It was a meeting letting us know what we were missing and why we were losing. It was simple, we were not playing like a team. We were not playing like 35 guys that would do anything and everything for one another. So this meeting was all about building team unity, and you can ask anyone who was there, it was the best thing that could have happened to this team.
See, what I think the fans sometimes don't get is that it's very hard to be amazing ALL OF THE TIME. Just about every team is going to get some bumps and bruises along the way. What doesn't help us is when we hear our own fans booing and saying rude things from the stands. That isn't good for anyone and that is not being a good fan. That is being a fair-weather fan. The Titan fans I know are not fair-weather fans. So let's all get on board the "we turned it around" ship and have a great rest of the season!
Shortly after this meeting, Kevin Rath decided to bet me that I could not go "ball out" (aka, hit a home run) left-handed in 30 swings. This was a friendly bet, of course, with no money involved because that is an NCAA violation and we wouldn't want that. So I set the screens up and got my batting practice pitcher, Matthew Fahey, warmed up. I made sure most of the team was right there to see what was about to happen. Kevin was sure that 30 swings were not enough, walking around with this confidence that he had already won. So I put my bat right where I wanted Fahey to throw the ball and he did just that. I took the first pitch into the arboretum just to the right of the "hit it here" sign and Rath was speechless. Not only could he not believe it but he was shocked on how far this ball went. I'm not sure if I could have done this right-handed. It was truly amazing. Joe Scott told me that he would tell his grandkids about this day, which was touching for me. I think it might have had something to do with my dirty mustache. If any of you see Kevin please remind him of this event.
For Tony Harkey, Joe Scott, Matthew Fahey, and myself it's "Mustache May".... Who's comin' with us?
Blogman out...
BLOG 11: April 29, 2009
Has anyone else noticed that right after we shaved our mustaches, we started playing bad baseball and losing (15-2 record in March , 10-7 in April)? Well, I certainly have and I will not stand for it, so (Matt) Fahey, (Joe) Scott and myself are going to be at the bow of this ship. "BRING THE MUSTACHE BACK!" And, anyone on the team is welcome to join us if they are not afraid of their girlfriends getting mad. This is the part I always find funny. Shouldn't I (one of the few single guys on the team) be the one worried? I mean, they already have girlfriends, I am the one who has to try to talk to a girl with a dirty `stache. Right? Anyways, we started growing them out last week and are 6-0 since, so go figure.
Now, as you all know, I have been here for quite some time. So, obviously, I have seen some impressive home runs in my day, some by the Titans and some not by the Titans. Here is my list for the biggest bombs I have seen in my career here.
5. Brett Wallace, ASU- Kevin Rath served up a cookie to the first rounder and he did not miss it. This ball was a lined shot that went over the hitters eye in centerfield. The ball was still going up as it left the yard.
4. Sergio Pedroza, CSF- My freshman year we went out to play Tulane in a 1 vs 3 series that was very exciting. The game was a blowout on Sunday and in the 9th inning Sergio had a 3-0 count and he got the green light and pulverized a ball to right field that had to go at least 480 feet. This was one of those shots where the crowd goes silent and just watches how far it goes.
3. Casey Haerther, UCLA- Last year in the playoffs Michael Morrison left a pitch up and Haerther made him pay for it. He also made Matthew Fahey pay for it because it dotted his car in the parking lot.
2. John Mayberry, Jr., Stanford- Former Titan Ryan Schreppel served this one up in the first series of the 2005 season. Mayberry didn't have a great series but he punished this ball well over the street and into the tree that stands outside Goodwin Field.
1.Evan Longoria, LBSU- In 2006 we were playing our non-conference series against the Dirtbags at Goodwin Field and the weather was not so great. It was a Saturday night and the showers started to come in. That did not stop Lauren Gagnier from throwing a pitch right into Longoria's wheel house where he smashed one that went over the hitters eye in the rain. The ball disappeared into the night never to be seen again.
There will be more Jon Wilhite bracelets being sold this weekend at the games vs UC Santa Barbara.
Blogman out...
BLOG 10: April 13, 2009
I've been sitting around thinking about what to say about this horrible tragedy for a while now. Wondering why these terrible accidents happen to such good people, and why the person doing the harm never seems to get what they deserve? It's a sad world that we live in today, where someone thinks that it is alright to go get hammered and drive with a suspended license at 70 mph on a city street. But there is nothing we can do about what has happened now except mourn the good people we lost and pray that God has a special plan for Jon.
I had the pleasure of knowing everyone in the car that night. I met Courtney through the athletic system. She was a beautiful young girl with a good heart and a huge Titan fan no matter what the sport. I met Nick through Henry a couple of times and he was never the "big league" type, he treated everyone with respect and never thought he was too good for anyone. I met Henry (or "Hank Deisel" as I called him) through Jon. They went to high school together and Hank was going to law school to become a sports agent. He was also a huge Titan fan, coming out to as many fall scrimmages as he could just to watch some good baseball. Hank wanted me to become one of his clients once he got his license and once I told him that I already had an advisor it was never spoken about again. We shared many Angel games together, we went to watch his buddies Nick Adenhart and Brandon Wood play on a couple occasions and then meet up with them to go out after the game. Henry was a stand up guy that I will miss greatly.
Now, it is truly a miracle that Jon is alive and we have God and the firemen and paramedics to thank for that. I was told that the accident happened around 12:15 a.m. and that he was at the hospital by 12:40 a.m. They did an amazing job of keeping him stable and not moving his body around to cause further injury. If you are a Titan fan, then you know or have heard what Jon Wilhite is all about. He is the most unselfish person I know, both on and off the field. If I was ever in a hitting slump he would always be there to cheer me up or go hit extra with me. Jon is the definition of TITAN, he would do anything he could to help the Titans win a ballgame. As a teammate there was no one who played harder or loved the game more than him. Many people can, and have learned a lot from the way "Willis" went about his business. As a friend, I could not ask for more from someone. He is the nicest, most positive person I know no matter what was going on in his life. This all comes from his wonderful family that I have gotten to know well over the years. After meeting them it's easy to see where Jon gets all of his love for others and positive spirit from. I pray for them to have strength during this tough time.
What can we do for Jon?
There will be Livestrong bracelets being sold for \$5 at our games this weekend that were made especially for Jon. The proceeds will go straight to him and his family to help with his medical bill once he is fully recovered. The whole Titan team will be purchasing and wearing them as well.
There will be a dinner soon that I will keep you posted on.
Please keep praying for Jon and his doctors.
Blogman out...
BLOG NINE: Apr. 6, 2009
Stay Hot Joe Scott.
After a tough series against UCR it was off to Arizona State on Monday. We had weights in the morning and then left around noon for beautiful Tempe. We arrived there around 5:30 p.m. and got checked into our rooms. We went three to a room on this road trip so Matthew Fahey and I took little Matt Orloff under our wings for a few days, making sure no one tried to beat up on him or anything.
It was the last week of spring training so we decided to see if there was a game we could catch that night. So we asked Joe Scott to go see if he could find a USA Today to check game times since the hotel charged \$15 for internet access. Joe came back with great news saying, "The Padres play the Indians out in Goodyear at 7 p.m. My girlfriend's grandparents live out there, its only 20 minutes away."
There were about 9 of us who wanted to go so Fahey went and asked the hotel if they could get us a big taxi van to take us to the game. There wasn't one available, but instead they got us an old 1970's limo and said they would charge us a normal taxi's rate. So we took off to Goodyear. It was packed pretty tight in the limo, but since it was only 20 minutes away we didn't care. So 40 minutes later, after all of the hot topics of conversation had dwindled, we were starting to get restless and asking Joe if by 20 minutes he meant an hour. Joe was not finding it funny and was blaming it all on the slow driver. After about an hour's drive we saw the stadium lights as we got off of the freeway and were very happy that we finally got to get out of the cramped little Dirk Diggler-style limo.
As we pulled into the stadium, it didn't seem to be as packed with fans as we had thought. We drove around and realized that the game had started at 4 p.m. (7 ET). This was very discouraging for us because not only did we not get to watch a baseball game, but we had to drive another hour back to the hotel. This is where everyone in the limo started giving Joe the evil eye for not knowing that the USA Today's times were listed as Eastern Standard Times. Not only that, but we were still all going to have to pay for this taxi/limo ride with no meter. This scared us because the price was strictly based off of the driver's discretion. An hour later we arrived with sore legs and cramps, along with the thought that Joe should just pay for the whole bill himself. The fare ended up being \$140, and we could not do that to Joe, so we split it up 9 ways and went to our respective rooms. When we got into our rooms we saw SportsCenter's top plays and the No. 1 play of the day was from the game we were supposed to go to.
On the bus trip home Joe had another little problem that would make Joe the MVP of the trip without a doubt. We were playing cards and Joe needed to use the restroom on the windy part of the 60 freeway. Now, in Joe's defense, it is very hard to use the restroom standing up on the bus, and no one wants to sit on the seat. So we are waiting for Joe to deal the next hand and he peaks his head out and asks, "Does anybody have an extra pair of shorts?" The back of the bus broke out in laughter knowing that Joe had had an accident or missed the toilet because of the windy roads. This laughter woke up Christian Colon and he was not happy about it. Anyways, we found Joe some shorts and got home safely before a good Thursday practice. By the way, Graduate Assistant Jake Silverman is a bottom dealer.
Pick to Click: Joe Scott
Blogman out...
BLOG EIGHT: Mar. 26, 2009
Interview with Christian "CC" Colon
How do you feel the season is going so far for the 2009 Titans?
"It's going great. So far, so good, but we do have a lot of improvements to make and that is the scariest part. When we do reach our potential, things are going to get out of hand for other teams. Too much to handle!"
How do you feel about Mustache March?
(laughs) "I love it, even though I look like Jose Mota with it. Other than that, it is a cool thing to do with your teammates. I did it for Joe Scott, my second baseman."
Where has been your favorite place to play on the road?
"So far, Texas A&M and Southern Miss. I love going on the road, people boo us like we are the Yankees, it's crazy. Swagger on the road, that's what we got."
How did you like the 11-day road trip? Do you think it was good for the team? Why?
"That trip was amazing. We found out so many good things about our team and also some bad ones, but, overall, it was a great experience for our team. We came a lot closer together as a team and as a family...it was great to see that."
How was it playing against Oral Roberts Head Coach Rob Walton, who was our Team USA Head Coach last summer?
(laughs) "Besides the fact that J. Clark, Felly and I killed him offensively and defensively, it was fun. It was great seeing him again, knowing that we did something special with him last summer. We also got to ask him for our rings that we were promised but never got, but overall it was great seeing a great friend. I am sure we will see him again somewhere down the road."
Did he give you any words of wisdom after the series was over?
"Yea, he actually stopped J.Clark, Felly and I to talk a little bit about us, how things were going, and also to give us some good tips on other teams. He is a great person and we appreciate his words and friendship."
How do you feel about Josh Fellhauer shaving his mustache a week before the team agreed to?
"That's not good, we are very disappointed in him. I almost thought about giving him the silent treatment for the rest of the season, but I couldn't do that. I guess when you're player of the week you can do whatever you want, but still we pray for Felly and his bad decision of shaving his ugly mustache."
How easy is it to throw across the field to such a big target?
(laughs) "Wow, you mean tall, skinny target at first? Yea, it is pretty legit. I am not going to lie, but that's the point -- I need to throw it high enough because if I throw it low there is no chance the big guy can bend his knees and catch it. Then I will have to hear about how much his knees hurt. (laughs) No, just kidding, it feels good to have a gold glove caliber first baseman, and I mean it, too."
Are you sensitive?
(laughs) "Not as sensitive as everyone on the team thinks I am, but hey, I am sensitive, I know. Either you love me or hate me.. what can I say? It's all good. I just need to chill and not show Bergy I am sensitive. I will show you guys the real CC."
Blogman out...
BLOG SEVEN: Mar. 19, 2009
So why "Mustache March" you say?
Recently, I have been hearing a lot of "hoopla," or, in layman's terms, "WHINING" about Mustache March. Most of this is coming from girlfriends and guys who care way too much about how they look. What separates us from the other teams in the country, is that it's not about how we look, it's about how we play the game. Now, don't get me wrong, we look really, really good out there, and we know it...but that is not what we are all about.
Now, as many of you know, the mustache thing got started from a friendly challenge between Joe Scott and Jeff Newman, but it has become much more than just an idea or a funny thing we decided to do. These dirty mustaches show how much this team means to all of us. Not only are we doing everything we can for each other on the field, we are now doing it off the field by growing out these filthy mustaches.
I have already had countless conversations with people, mostly girls, where I will be talking and as I am talking I see their eyes wander right on down to the "'stache," this is where it gets awkward and I have to say, "I totally just caught you checkin' out my `stache... so what do you think?" Usually it's an "ummmmm" or my favorite, "Most guys don't look good with them, but you can pull it off." Probably the nicest way of saying, "you look hideous, shave it, now!" But it doesn't matter to us, not even the almighty girl or girlfriend can hold us down.
Now I know many of you cannot see the `stache's too well from the stands, so I will give you a little insight on what we see from the field.
Michael Morrison looks beautiful, if I might say so myself.
Christian Colon is now a spitting image of former Titan Jose Mota.
Kyle Mertins and Travis Kelly both colored theirs so they would stand out more, a valiant effort, but the fact of the matter is, they look gross.
Mike Harkey, I mean Tony Harkey, looks just like his dad, circa 1987.
Coach Brown is no longer Coach Brown, he is Señor Brown.
Joe Scott is eating his mustache with his food more and more everyday, while Joey Siddons is our lone "ginger kid" mustache on the team.
Then there are the boys who can't grow them. It's nothing to be ashamed of because at least they are trying. Wes Borba, Gary Brown, and Dustin Garneau cannot seem to get those whiskers to pop out yet.
BLOG SIX: Mar. 11 2009
After a very impressive weekend at SMU we hit the road for the crazy town of New Orleans for the night. We arrived into town at around 8 p.m. and before Fahey and I could even set our bags down there were three guys already in our room ready to go out on the town. Since I had been there before I guess it wasn't as important for me to rush down to Bourbon Street. Soon enough we got down to where the madness happens and knew that we were in store for one of the most fun nights of our lives. We started off just trying to find some good music to listen to and we did. There was an awesome cover band playing at one of the Bourbon Street establishments that we listened to for a while. They rocked. They played all the right songs at all the right times.
Then it was off to a country-themed saloon, where I asked Fahey how much it would take for him to ride the bull. He said, "Ten dollars and the riding fee." Somehow this turned into me not paying him anything and me riding the bull as well. I don't know why or how it happened but I'm guessing it was me just trying to get back to my old rodeo days. The bull won.
After that we decided to head back to where the live band was playing and they were still rockin' the joint. This was where Joe Scott and I decided to show off our dance moves to the wonderful people of New Orleans. They didn't know what hit them. But the best part of the night definitely came from this old, old man that was on the dance floor with us. This guy was at least 70 and oddly enough, was wearing an orange shirt - go Titans! He also had a denim jacket tied around his waist to go with some dirty khaki shorts and some high top shoes. This was all topped off with a gross backwards trucker hat that held his ears down. This guy had the dance moves that reminded us of Forrest Gump trying to get his groove on. The best part was he was trying to get right into the middle of this group of girls and they were not having it at all. He was just creeping the whole night and we were enjoying watching his every move. If you feel like you must know how this guy danced please feel free to ask Joe or myself to do a reenactment, you won't be disappointed. Blogman out
BLOG 5 Mar. 6, 2008
Day 1
Thursday was one of the longer days in my tenure at Cal State Fullerotn. We started it off bright and early with weights at 6 a.m. when we tried to convince Coach Vandermade to join us for mustache March. He is still on the fence about it. Then it was back home for a quick shower and a light breakfast...ok it wasn't that light. Then it was off to the airport where we saw Spike Lee and a couple cross town rivals (USC and UCLA). We were with out a doubt the best-looking and best-dressed team there. "Dressed for success" as my road roommate Matthew Fahey likes to put it.
Then it was onto the 3 hour plane flight where Joe Scott, Coach Bergeron, Coach Brown, and myself passed the time by playing a couple games of Hearts. "Bergy" was trying to hustle us acting like he didn't know how to play. "Oh, the queen of spades is good right?" he said. We weren't buying it for a second. But Joe and I definitely underestimated the coaches' skills as Coach Brown "shot the moon" on the very first hand and then quickly won the whole game as my points skyrocketed past 100.
After a smooth landing we got on our bus for the 2 hour trip to Hattiesburg. Once there, we checked into the hotel and then went to the stadium for a short practice. The facility is very nice and looks like it has the potential to be a very hostile environment.
Now its off to bed, that is if I can fall asleep with Fahey snoring like a bear who is hibernating for the winter.
Blogman out
BLOG 4: Mar. 4, 2009
Joe Scott's real-life handlebar mustache.
The Titans will be taking part in "Mustache March" in `09. We will be growing out our mustaches throughout the month of March and will not be able to trim or shave them at all. This is a tradition that many people across America take part in every year.
This whole idea got started when Jeff Newman challenged Joe Scott back in October. The two were talking about mustaches and Jeff decided to bet Joe that he wouldn't grow his mustache from then through April 1.
For those who know Joe, you know never to challenge him to something like this, because he will gladly do it with no qualms. Joe's mustache can be summed up in one word...gross! And Joe knows to take that as a compliment because gross is beautiful and we all hope to have mustaches that are as gross as his by the end of the month.
Blogman out
Pick to Click - Gary Brown
BLOG 3: Feb. 27, 2009
An Interview with Gary "G-baby" Brown by Jared Clark.
As many of you know, Gary Brown is our everyday third baseman and leadoff hitter. In my opinion he is the fastest player in college baseball and our biggest offensive weapon this year.
Gary, how has it been making the change from playing outfield last year to third base this year?
It was not that big of a change because I played infield last year in the early in the season and even though I was playing outfield later on, I was still taking ground balls in the infield at practice. The hardest part is the difference of being on the left side of the infield and how quick the ball gets on you at third
What is your take on the team's slow start this year?
I think it has to do with a little over confidence. I think we were a little surprised by TCU's talent and attitude towards the game and I think it carried over to our midweek at SDSU.
Besides me, who do you look up to the most on the team?
Joe Scott and Matthew Fahey. Joe brings the right mentality everyday showing us how to give it all we've got every single day. Fahey has fun no matter what we are doing and that keeps me on track to keep having fun and no matter how rough things are going. Its still a game and it's meant to be fun
How do you like hitting leadoff compared to batting in the middle of the order last year?
I like it a lot. That is where I have hit most of my life. I need to get used to it again, and make sure I know that it's not always about hits or the stat sheet. It's about finding a way to get on base no matter how it happens.
Who is the best badminton team you have ever seen?
Gary Brown and Christian Colon
Side note: On a rainy winter day, Matthew Fahey and I (Jared) decided to go to the new rec center to get an extra lift in - which I am sure by the looks of us comes as no surprise. Anyhow, as we were walking in we spotted Christian Colon and Gary Brown sharing a game of badminton in the gym area. We walked to in to say hello and got a challenge that we could not refuse.
It started out as a best of three series playing each game to 15. Fahey and I quickly won two in a row. They asked us to make it a best of five series and we kindly obliged and quickly won the third game with little struggle.
After that, the "kids" were getting very frustrated wondering how these two huge, old, and slow guys are whooping them in this game of quickness and agility. They begged and pleaded with us for another game making it a best out of seven series, and after a breather and a sip of water, we agreed.
The young guns jumped out quickly to an 8-0 lead. "Now we got it, now we got it," they were saying. They kept applying the pressure making it 13-1, and it was looking like the old guys had gotten tired and lost it. Anyone else might have given up and said, "We'll get them next game and save our energy." But not us salty vets, Fahey simply looked at me and said, "You ready to turn it on?" After a deep breath I looked at my teammate and said, "with out a doubt!"
The 13-1 score quickly turned into 14-7. At this point they were sure they had it in the bag thinking there was no way we could run off 9 straight points against two All-Americans. Little did they know Fahey and I had been badminton teammates since we had it for a class in 2006, when we used to dominate Corey Arbiso and Joe Scott. So beating up on our teammates was nothing new to us.
As expected, we scored 9 straight points defeating the sophomore connection 16-14. They could not believe what had just happened, but learned a valuable lesson in defeat... Don't mess with the veterans!
Blogman out
BLOG TWO: Feb. 19, 2009
Last night the Titan baseball team was out and about sporting their colors proudly around town. After practice we had a team dinner hosted by Esther's Taco House which was absolutely delicious, if I do say so myself. It was a buffet style line-up with enchiladas, beans, rice, along with chicken and steak tacos. Now this event might have been a mistake on their part because I don't think they anticipated just how much some of the guys on the team could eat in one sitting. With Matthew Fahey, Kevin Rath, and me, you can guarantee there will be at least three - maybe even a four plates being put away. Rath, who has been known to put down three Chipotle burritos in one sitting, is definitely the biggest eater on the team. I am sure that is no surprise to anyone - the kid is a giant. A big thanks goes out to the Diamond Club and everyone at Esther's Taco House for the awesome dinner that was put Wednesday night.
After that it was off to the basketball game to cheer on our fellow Titan athletes against a good Long Beach State team. The whole team sat in one area in our orange Titan Baseball shirts and joined the Orange Curtain in its effort to quiet the 49er faithful. As I am sure it comes to no surprise we are very cleaver when it comes to ragging other teams, mostly because we have heard many harsh things said to us in the past. That was the most fun basketball game I have ever attended in my tenure here and it was a thriller until the last second. Our boys put on a great show for us with some spectacular dunks and some long-range threes's by my boy Josh Akognon. Unfortunately we fell one point short in the end, but as the true stubborn fan that I am, I say it was the ref's fault!
Blogman out
Pick to Click: Khris Davis
Beware of the "stache"... 10 days and counting
BLOG ONE: February, 12, 2009
The blogman begins...
As I sit on my new couch that was purchased off of craigslist I cannot help but be excited for the 2009 college baseball season. Coming into my senior year there is a buzz and extra skip in my step just thinking about all of the great times and experiences that I have been lucky enough to have because of college baseball. In the weeks leading up to my last opening weekend for the Titans, I can only wait in anticipation for a schedule that has us going on an eleven day road trip to Mississippi, Texas, and Oklahoma, as well as a trip to Arizona to play two midweek games against the very talented Sun Devils. With a non-conference schedule like this I have no doubts that we will be more than prepared for a very competitive Big West Conference that has many teams on the rise.
About two weeks ago, we had our first practice of the year at 12 in the morning on February 1, and it was one of the craziest and coolest things I have done on a college baseball field. This might not have been true if it were not for the 200-plus fans that showed up to see us take the field for the first time. That was truly awesome and shows how much our fans really support us. From alumni to the Diamond Club, from parents to girlfriends, they were all there to watch us take the field, batting practice, and play a 9-inning scrimmage. Now after 1 and 2 o'clock rolled by, many people started disappearing into the night as expected at those hours of the night. And by 4 a.m. there was a lonesome 10 people still there waiting impatiently in the freezing cold for that final out of the scrimmage. All-in-all it was a great experience that I will never forget and I will try my best to make sure our "First to Practice, Last to Play" motto comes true.
As many of you know, Christian Colon, Josh Fellhauer and I got to play for Team USA this summer and I can honestly say it was the greatest experience of my life to this point. I was an injury replacement in the middle of the summer and wanted to make the most of the amazing opportunity that was given to me. So after leaving LAX at 8:00 in the morning and arriving in Amsterdam, yes, Amsterdam, at 7 a.m. the next day, I was picked up and taken straight to a game that started at 10 a.m. Now you have to understand that this was about 3 weeks after our season ended and I was trying to heal a finger that I had broken right before playoffs started. So all I had been doing was working our summer baseball camps and letting it heal - definitely not swinging a bat. This made me a little self conscious about how "rusty" I might be since I had not seen live pitching for a while and I was going to be facing the likes of the Cuban National Team in just 2 or 3 days. All of this self consciousness went away when Coach Walton had me had me batting fourth right behind my boys "Felly" and "C.C." in the very first game I could play in. We went on to win every game that followed. My first experience of a true dog pile was exhilarating and I, along with the rest of the leaders on this team, will do everything in our power to make sure it happens in June.
Hope to see you all out there on the 20th as we make the first step towards a national championship against the TCU Horned Frogs.
Blogman Out
Pick to Click- Khris Davis
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Panasonic has added several new models to its lineup of rugged Toughbook computers, including the Toughbook 34 and Toughbook 25 laptops and the Toughbook 01 handheld computer. The company is marketing these computers to utilities, law enforcement offices and other industries that need computing power that can stand up to less than pristine environmental conditions. Display and keyboard parts are moisture- and dust-resistant, and they can survive being dropped from heights of almost 3 ft. The laptops have sealed port and connector covers and gel-mounted hard drives.
The 3.8-lb. Toughbook 34, which sells for $3,400, includes a 700-MHz Pentium III processor, an 8.4-in. screen and a 20-gB hard drive in a squat, 7.4 × 9.0 × 1.7-in. full magnesium alloy case. The 9-lb. Toughbook 28, which sells for $5,000, includes an 800-MHz Pentium III processor, a 30-gB stainless steel-encased hard drive and a 13.3-in. display. The Windows CE-based Toughbook 01 has a 3.5-in. color active matrix screen, a 38-key keyboard and an optional GPS module. It sells for $1,000. You won't find these computers at major computer retailers. For more information and a list of authorized resellers, call 800/662-3537, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, visit www.panasonic.com/toughbook.
Skinnier than ever
Laptop computers are continuing to slim down as computer makers miniaturize components. For those who like to travel light, Toshiba recently released the Portege 2000 laptop, which the company claims is the thinnest ever. When closed, the front edge of the 2.6-lb. computer is .6 in. high and the back edge is just .73 in. The 9 × 11.4-in. magnesium alloy case makes room for a 12.1-in. color screen. The computer is powered by a 750-MHz, ultralow-voltage, mobile Pentium III processor and includes a 20-gB drive that measures just 1.8 in., which Toshiba claims is 49% smaller than any main hard drive on the market. Other features include integrated Ethernet and wireless (WiFi IEEE 802.11b technology) networking capability.
This skinny laptop, which sells for $2,199 (and included a free 24X CD-ROM drive in early February) is geared primarily for road warriors for whom smaller and lighter baggage contributes to quality of life on the road. But it hints at the future of laptops. For more information, call 800/457-7777, visit www.csd.toshiba.com.
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In 2001, wireless networking of computers in home offices became a reality with the release of so-called WiFi devices from several manufacturers. With these devices, you can network several computers without stringing wire, which can be difficult in existing construction.
WiFi is a trademark name for industry wireless fidelity standards known as IEEE 802.11. WiFi uses radio waves in the 2.4-GHz range (the same range used by high-end cordless telephones) to network computers and peripherals, such as printers and modems. Typically, computers hooked to WiFi devices can communicate up to 300 ft. indoors (100 ft. is typical) and up to 1,600 ft. outdoors.
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The LinkSys WAP11, which is available from major computer retailers, has an estimated price of $159. LinkSys wireless network cards for desktop and laptop computers sell for $90 to $100. For more information, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, visit www.linksys.com.
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Phonex Broadband Corporation claims its NeverWire 14, high-speed, home power line networking device will be the first on the market, though it won't reach computer store shelves until April. It can transfer data at up to 14 megabits per second, in the same range as common Ethernet- and WiFi-based networks. To set up an electric grid computer network, each computer and peripheral (including high-speed modems) is connected to a separate NeverWire 14 device, which is about 7 in. square and 2 in. thick. In turn, the Neverwire devices are plugged into electric outlets. Voila. You have a network. The suggested retail price for each NeverWire 14 is $129. For more information, call 800/437-0101, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, visit www.phonex.com.
Converging PDAs
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are morphing into full-fledged communication devices, not just handheld computers. In late January, Palm, which pioneered the PDA, introduced the i705, which features always-on e-mail and a full set of PDA functions. In February, Handspring, which makes Visor Palm OS PDAs, introduced the Treo 180, which marries a cell phone to a PDA. Microsoft also is working with Hewlett Packard, Audiovox and HTC (the company that makes Compaq iPaq PDAs) to develop Pocket PC-based PDA cell phones that reportedly will be on the market in 2002.
The Palm i705, which sells for $499, offers always-on "push" e-mail from up to eight e-mail accounts, Web browsing and access to America Online's Instant Messenger, plus full PDA functionality. For large enterprises, Palm also will offer firewall-secured access to company e-mail. The i705 features a built-in antenna and wireless modem that operates over the Cingular Wireless nationwide Mobitex packet data network. Monthly service charges range from $19.99 for 100 kB of data transfer to $39.99 for unlimited use.
The potential utility of the i705 to areas of rural America depends on whether Cingular provides service in those areas. The Palm i705 is available through major retailers. For more information, visit www.palm.com.
The Handspring Treo 180, which sells for $399, comes in two versions: one with a built-in keyboard for text input, and the 180g, which allows Graffiti text input. The Treo is slightly smaller and lighter than Handspring Visor PDAs, measuring 4.3 × 2.7 × 0.7 in. and weighing 5.4 oz. It includes a flip lid that serves as the telephone earpiece when open and as a protective cover when closed. The Treo also can send and receive text messages and e-mail and browse the Internet. Handspring says its Treo service plans initially will be offered by Cingular and VoiceStream, the two major providers currently using Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) technology. Handspring says later in the year it will offer a version using Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) cellular technology that will work on the Sprint network. For more information, visit www.handspring.com.
Both PDA communicators have limitations in rural America because Cingular and VoiceStream coverage areas tend to be mostly near large urban centers. But these products hint at the future of PDAs as computers and telephone technologies continue to converge.


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Because you're a donator, you can have early access to our in-progress language system. There's still a lot for us to do, but we thought you might want to try it out!
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We have this HUGE pile of old fence posts in our backyard. They were there when we bought the house. I've been eying them for a while because I knew there was something awesome that could be made from them. they're all old and weathered...totally perfect! So, I played the Fairy Godmother and Bippity Boppity Boo'd them into pumpkins! And the best part is, they won't fall apart and rot at midnight. ;)
I'm not kidding, it was SOOO easy! Anyone can do it! All I did was take my wood post and cut it into three different sizes. We don't have any fancy mitre saws or table saws or anything, so I went out there with the regular hand saw and got to work. (Man...that's a good work out!) I'm pretty sure my 80 year old neighbor thought I was crazy. But I was loving it.
Then, I painted them different shades of red and orange and brown mixed together. After they dried I sanded the edges and sides a little to get the wood to show through.
Last of all, I found 3 pieces of old gnarly branches from outside and stuck them onto the pumpkins with thin nails that I nailed into the top of the pumpkin. With a tiny drill bit, I drilled into the "stems" so there was a hole to fit the nail into. That's it!!! It took me about an hour TOTAL. (I know, right!?!)
*If all of my yapping didn't make any sense, go see my homies at Lolly Jane for a great tutorial!*
I love how they look on my newly fall-ish decorated entry table!
Now...go make some! And then, give yourself a big pat on the back and blog about it so I can see your creation in all it's glory! YOU CAN DO IT!!!
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Marcus Alston scored 22 points and added 12 rebounds and George Alston added 22 points, 12 rebounds and five assists to lead Mt. Calvary to a 67-59 win over Zebulon Heritage Christian on Friday.
Marcus Alston scored 22 points and added 12 rebounds and George Alston added 22 points, 12 rebounds and five assists to lead Mt. Calvary to a 67-59 win over Zebulon Heritage Christian on Friday.
Craig Pope added eight points and 12 rebounds, Britt Harris had six points, five assists and four rebounds and Kyle Wright had nine points and six rebounds for the Warriors.
Their next game is on Tuesday at Jacksonville Fellowship Christian.
CLAYTON CLEVELAND 62, NORTH LENOIR 46: At Cleveland, the Rams handed the Hawks their first Eastern Carolina 3A Conference loss of the season. North Lenoir is now 9-8 overall, 4-1 in league play. No other details were reported before deadline.
PAMLICO 94, JONES SENIOR 88: At Jones Senior, the Hurricanes knocked off the Trojans in the high-scoring affair.
Jermicis Brown scored 29 points to lead four in double figures for Pamlico (7-8, 3-1 Coastal Plains 1A), which trailed by 19 in the second quarter.
Miguel Foy scored 39 points and hit six 3-pointers for Jones Senior (6-9, 2-2). Glen White scored 16 and Eric Dudley added 14 for the Trojans.
CLAYTON CLEVELAND 50, NORTH LENOIR 26: At Cleveland, the Rams kept the Hawks from winning their first league game. North Lenoir is now 2-15 overall, 0-5 in the EC3A. No other details were reported before deadline.
PAMLICO 42, JONES SENIOR 40: At Jones Senior, the Trojans failed to pick up their first league win in a buzzer-beating win for the Hurricanes.
Pamlico�s Brianna Jones� floater in the lane fell through as time expired. Jones scored 20 points, including nine in the fourth quarter.
Ashley Brimage led the Trojans (4-11, 0-4) with 18 points.
MT. CALVARY 23, ZEBULON HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 15: At Mt. Calvary, the Warriors earned the low-scoring win. Brook Wilson scored four points and added four steals, Haley Cannon scored three points and added six rebounds, two assists and two steals and Sarah Suggs had 13 points, five steals and six rebounds.


text: Hi All, I'm in my early stages of my 4th baby. Been seeing Dr.Han for all 3 and will be meeting him again soon for this 4th baby of mine. He is now a Prof and his charges if I'm not wrong is about $130 per consultation. He's a very patient doctor..ask him anything. He jokes too...haha


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Disability Programs
DMV has taken numerous measures to ensure our customer service centers (CSC) comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and that our disabled customers have access to the services they need in a comfortable environment.
Disabled Parking Plates
DMV offers several different parking placards and plates for customers with disabilities.
Assistance for Customers with Disabilities
Customers with disabilities can easily request special assistance or accommodations by making their needs known when they arrive at the information counter in any CSC. Once a customer's special needs are identified, a customer service representative will assist the customer with his or her transactions, including the completion of forms or testing. If a special needs person requests to take the driver's exam, managers will work with that person to find an appropriate testing environment.
Hearing Impaired Customers
If a customer is hearing impaired, arrangements can be made for an interpreter to assist during the transaction. The Department of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DDHH) provides interpreters, and DMV incurs all costs associated with the use of an interpreter. Either the customer or a DMV employee can contact DDHH at (804) 662-9502 to set up an appointment at DMV for the customer and interpreter.
Identification cards for the hearing impaired are available from any DMV office.
The Visor Alert program issues visor and wallet cards to hearing impaired drivers to help these drivers and police officers to communicate more effectively with each other.
Medical Indicators on Driver's Licenses
Virginia driver's license applicants may request that one or more medical indicators be placed on their license. Applicants must present a signed statement from a licensed physician, confirming the applicant's condition.
Medical indicator codes appear on the front of a driver's license under the word "restrictions" to identify the disability to law enforcement. The code is defined on the back of the license.


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It's totally worth it though, since I am madly in love with my new place! It's an 85 year old 2.5 level with wonderful vintage features like a clawfoot bathtub and gorgeous register covers.
The dishwasher, while not a vintage feature, is nonetheless also ranking high on the "good things about the house" list.
So! To celebrate my big move into this treasure from the 1920s, I'd like to offer you a little something. You might recall Guardian (Ravelry link) the mitten I designed that was inspired by the Guardian Building in Detroit? I'm making the somewhat tenuous connection between the building and my house since they were both built during the same decade, and you get to reap the rewards!The Guardian mitten pattern comes in two different colourways, Building (orange and yellow with white and green) and Deco (black and cream with pastel accents.) Instructions are provided for making both mittens and fingerless gloves.
The first 25 people to comment here requesting the pattern will be sent a free copy! Please remember to leave your email address in the comment, or, if you don't feel comfortable doing that, send it to spillyjaneknits {at} gmail {dot} com. I solemnly swear that I will mostly likely promptly forget your email address entirely and that I will not abuse it in any way. All I want it for is to send 25 of you nice (and quick) people a free Art Deco mitten pattern.
Now I'd better go unpack something...
ETA: Oh wow, thanks so much everyone for the rapid repsonse! I'm sending out the patterns in smallish groups in between unpacking things (someone deliver me from all the boxes!)
There are still a few patterns up for grabs...and Nestra, if you're reading this, I need your email address so I can send you your copy of the pattern! ~j


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Following the devastating 2012 fire season, Governor Gary Herbert charged Agriculture Commissioner Blackham with the task of developing a cooperative strategy to reduce the size, intensity and frequency of catastrophic fires in Utah. A Central Steering Committee comprised of the leaders of Utah's federal, state and local land management agencies devised a strategy to answer the Governor's charge.
The committee continues to meet. Its phase I final report is offered here.
Click here for the PDF file of the final report
Click here for the appendicies which include:
1. Working group participants
2. Complete regional projects
3. Fires in Utah; the current situation and existing resources
Supporting Documents for SW Region #6:
Biomass CRS 2011;
Data on biomass markets
Federal Preparedness Proposal;
Hazardous Fuels Reduction Implementation Staffing;
NEPA Barriers;
Planning Barriers;
Smoke Mgt Barriers;
Beaver Catastrophic WildFire Project
Garfield Catastrophic Wildfire Project
Iron Catastrophic Wildfire Project
Kane Catastrophic Widlfire Project
Kane Catastrophic Wildfire Spreadsheet
State Suppression Proposal
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Most people believe peer pressure for teenagers involves only their friends. That's not necessarily accurate, especially when it comes to sports recruiting.
College sports teams — especially in basketball — have only a few select scholarships open each year. Once they're gone, those scholarships aren't coming back.
Iowa had four open scholarships for 2010. In fall 2008, Sioux Falls (S.D.) Roosevelt forward Cody Larson committed to Iowa. Shortly thereafter, Chanse Creekmur from Marshalltown committed (and later decommitted).
In March, when four Iowa players left the program, Iowa suddenly had four available scholarships for the 2010 season. One, obviously, is on hold for Larson. But within the last month, Iowa secured three commitments while somewhat playing those recruits against others.
Mundelein (Ill.) guard Ben Brust was the first to jump on board, picked Iowa over Northwestern and Butler on July 1. Then, in stunning fashion, Iowa nabbed Detroit's Roy Marble Jr., son of the school's all-time leading scorer Roy Marble, one day later. Marble, who had several offers from mid-majors and had looks from Michigan and Michigan State, was interested in other schools but was comfortable with Iowa. He didn't want to risk losing a scholarship to play the scholarship waiting game elsewhere.
"I committed early because kids are starting to commit early," he said. "Because I had some idea I wanted to be a Hawk, I didn't want them to take my scholarship and give it to somebody else."
McCabe became a summer camp superstar, receiving scholarship offers from Minnesota, Arizona State, Utah, Northwestern and other schools in the region. He received an offer from Iowa in March but wanted to wait almost to validate his commitment. He knew Iowa had only one scholarship left for his class, and he couldn't leave the coaches hanging forever.
"I think for me it was kind of nerve wracking for a little while," he said. "But I was excited when Iowa got Ben Brust and Roy Marble Jr. I played against Ben Brust in a tournament in Chicago. He's a very good guard. Of course I know about Cody Larson. He's very athletic. I'm just excited just knowing those other players are coming in."
All of Iowa's 2010 recruits also received boosts from people connected with the Iowa program. Marble Jr.'s dad is the only player to score more than 2,000 for Iowa.McCabe's former high school teammate, Brennan Cougill, will be a freshman this fall at Iowa. Brust is good friends with Cully Payne, who also is an incoming freshman. Larson grew up in the same town as Wisconsin's Joe Krabbenhoft, who told Larson that Iowa's program was headed in the right direction.
Iowa could have other scholarships open up in 2010, if someone leaves the team early. Here's a look at Iowa's class of 2010 and their numbers last year.
Roy Marble Jr., a 6-foot-5 guard/forward from Detroit, averaged 22 points, nine rebounds and 4.5 assists
Zach McCabe, a 6-foot-6 forward, averaged 16.1 points, nine rebounds and 5.3 assists for Class 3A state champion Sioux City Heelan
Cody Larson, a 6-foot-8 forward/post, averaged 17.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists for Sioux Falls Roosevelt. He had offseason knee surgery
Ben Brust, a 6-foot-2 guard, averaged 28 points a game for Mundelein (Ill.) High School until breaking his leg midway through the season


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*NSYNC (sometimes stylised as 'N Sync) was an American boy band formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich, *NSYNC consisted of JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick and became the second highest selling boyband of all-time (behind the Backstreet Boys). After heavily publicized legal battles with their former manager Lou Pearlman and former record label Sony BMG, the group's second album No Strings Attached sold over one million copies in one day and 2.42 million copies in one week, giving it the highest first week album sales ever. In addition to a host of Grammy nominations, *NSYNC has performed at the Academy Awards, the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Olympics, and sang or recorded with the likes of Elton John, Mandy Moore, Aerosmith, Mary J Blige, Britney Spears, Nelly, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, and Gloria Estefan.
While *NSYNC announced a "temporary hiatus" in spring 2002, the band has not recorded new material since. The group's official website shut down in the summer of 2006, and in 2007, Lance Bass confirmed that the group has "definitely broken up." In March 2010, the group's website was relaunched to keep fans updated on the various members' projects.


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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Identifying individual cloudys...
1:34 AM | Posted by Andy Hearn | Edit Post
Great news from the field… we've discovered yet another male Sunda clouded leopard, which means that we can now identify at least six males and two females from our study area in Tabin. I say 'at least' because for some of these guys we only have photographs of one side of the animal, which means that we cannot be 100% sure that some of the photographs are not from the same individual.
The photo above is a collage of all of our cloudys we've discovered so far in Tabin. As with other felids each clouded leopard has a distinct coat pattern which we can use to tell individuals apart. Clouded leopards share many features of their coat pattern, but close inspection of the size and shape of individual's clouds and spots will reveal key differences. Surprisingly, we're finding that there may be less variability in the coat morphology of Tabin's clouded leopards (see photo). Could this be the result of reduced gene pool? We've also noticed that coat and tail morphology may differ between male and female clouded leopards, but that's a story for another day...
To aid in the ID'ing of these beasties we use 'Photoshop' to produce a tightly cropped image of both left and right sides (if we have them) of each animal. If needed, we can use the programme to sharpen the image or increase contrast etc. This reference collection can then be used to identify new cloudy photos as and when they come in.
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