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Cory Jay finds himself drawn to the Sanctuary where Hogan Wade lures him in with the promise of a 10' cock. Wade dominates Jay, shoving his fat tool down the curious man's throat before stripping him down to his leather gear and fucking him hard. On his back, Jay opens his hungry hole to swallow several pool balls until the twisted ritual ends in a pool of sweat and cum.


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WILMINGTON, North Carolina - The mercury dipped into the low 40s and the UNCW women's tennis team heated up its game to blow past visiting Wright State, 7-0, in non-conference action on Monday at the UNCW courts.
Playing in damp, chilly temperatures, the Seahawks improved to 4-2 this spring after taking the court in back-to-back days. Coach Evan Clark's team concludes a four-match home stand Friday when South Florida comes calling for a 2 p.m. match.
The Raiders of the Horizon League dropped to 3-5 after losing their eighth consecutive road match to start the season.
UNCW surrendered just nine games in winning all three doubles matches and only 10 games combined in six singles matches to dominate WSU.
"We will get some rest after the last two days and start preparing for a very tough South Florida team at home on Friday," said Clark.
The No. 3 team of Christine Kharkevitch and Alyssa Ritchie was the first off the court in doubles following an 8-1 manhandling of Chelsea Girgash and Liz Steingass. The No. 2 tandem of Kelly Cameron and Miller Hales then clinched the point with an 8-4 trimming of Taylor Hines and Amy Nini.
The Seahawks rolled in singles, taking every match in straight sets, including three 6-0, 6-0 decisions at the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 slots.
Ritchie and Cameron both bageled their opponents to push the score to 3-0 and sophomore Hamilton Lovett delivered the clincher with another clean sheet against Steingass. It was Cameron's sixth consecutive triumph this season without a loss.
In other matches, junior Angie Sekely won at the top of the lineup, beating Kavia Tuscany, 6-4, 6-0 and senior Christina Riley cruised past Alex Bastock, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 2 singles.


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Resume Preparation
By far, the most comprehensive advice for resume preparation came through the ACS. Words cannot describe how helpful Dr. Warren B. (a couselor with ACS) was. I was unable to attend his seminar, but I got his e-mail address. I don't know if he goes this far out of his way with everyone, but I sent him a copy of my resume. He sent me back 9 pages of detailed comments, suggestions, advice, and even re-formatted portions of it. However...this information will get you started with a "paper resume". In this day and age, paper resumes are only of limited use (ie handing out personally at meetings, back-up copies at interviews, etc.) These days, everything is electronic. At some of the larger corporations, they will take your paper resume and scan it into their database and do their search by keywords. So once you have written a resume that you are happy with (hopefully using the ACS guidelines), the next step is to translate it into acceptable electronic form. These are the basics:
1) Set your margins for 1" on the left, and 3" on the right.
2) Change to Courier 12pt font
3) Ditch all bullets, underlines, bold, and italics
4) Adjust all of your formatting so that it looks pretty (but do not use tabs...spaces only). Start a new paragraph at the end of each line so that the text does not wrap around.
5) Save it as an ASCII or "text only" file
6) Cut and paste it into your e-mail to the company to which you are applying.
7) Always send an electronic cover letter as well, using the same format requirements.
For excellent, and more detailed advice on electronic resumes, the best site is: http://www.eresumes.com. In the near future, I will be creating a web-resume. These are really slick, and you can attach your publications, add animations, and really let your creativity run wild.
The best sample web-resume that I have found (I will be modeling mine after this one) can be found at: http://jowsey.com/resume/index.html
Job Hunting
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Hands down, the best web site out there is http:www.biospace.com. Beyond that, a lot of it depends on where you want to end up geographically, and of course what you want to do for a living. Personally, I knew all along that I wanted to be in California doing pharmaceutical-related work. Excellent resources for California are: http://www.jobstar.org/ http://www.bajobs.com/ If for some unknown reason I wanted to work in a different city, you can do really well entering keywords into any search engine "seattle pharmaceutical". That will send you to all sorts of corporate web sites that usually have job opportunity links. If you're doing inorganic chemistry, materials science, or are heading for academics, I can't be of much help. The ACS is a pretty good resource,for both academic and industrial positions. The problem is that these jobs are all posted in C & E news, so the competition is fierce.
Misc. Hints
1) Invest in a cellular phone. They're cheap, handy, and convenient. There's nothing worse that having to run across the lab after turning down the radio, or missing that important opportunity.
2) Keep a journal of places you've applied. Cut and paste a copy of the advertisement, and as always, do your homework. Make notes to yourself in terms of what the company specializes in, so when you get that phone call you don't find yourself asking, "I'm sorry...I sent out 50 applications...which one are you?"
3) Carry a notepad, pen, and a calendar with you at all times
4) Prepare a 2-page research synopsis. When they ask you to tell them about your project, answer the question, of course, then offer to fax him a copy of this report...very handy tool.
5) Network, network, network. You must know somebody who is out there in the real world, friends of the family, friends of friends...all you need is the name of someone to send your stuff to other than the black hole known as human resources. Saying something like, "Joe Green suggested that I write to you..." will go a long way.
6) Utilize the UO Career Center for letters of recommendation. Kristi has better things to do than stuff envelopes for the 50 applications that you are sending out. For no charge, the UO Career center will manage this for you. They can be contacted at: http://uocareer.uoregon.edu
I spent quite a bit of time browsing through company websites for employment opportunities, and found quite a few positions that I was interested in. The problem is that some of these companies do not update their web pages frequently. Not to say that you should ignore this approach altogether (especially because you can get tons of background information on the company and the type of research that they do). It's just something to keep in mind.
The most current available jobs can be found at science-related job sites such as:
1) http://www.biospace.com
(still my favorite)
2) http://www.scijobs.org/
3) http://career.bio.com/careercenter/index.jhtml
4) http://www.bioview.com/homepage.html
5) http://www.jobspectrum.org/ (affiliated with the ACS)
6) http://www.medzilla.com/
These are all really good, very current, and you can search by keyword, job-type, location, etc. The only drawback are the occasional jobs posted by temp agencies which they seem to use to lure you into their clutches. Surprisingly, I found my current position through Monster.com, which ordinarrily I would not reccommend, but hey...you never know.
I think that my job hunting experience was pretty typical. I sent out many many CV's and cover letters via web, fax, and snail mail. From those, I got 4 phone interviews (3 of which turned into real interviews and then job offers). The one thing in common with every interview I got was that I had a contact within the company. I had a 0% success rate on resumes sent in cold. Most companies have online job applications and make it very difficult to send in a resume any other way (ie they won't post the name of hiring managers or HR personnel). I put my resume in online at one company where I later found a contact person. I never got a response from the online resume, but I ended up with a job offer when I put the same resume in through my contact person. From my experience, I learned several important things: Keep in mind that my experience applies to industry jobs. I have no idea how applicable this is to academic positions.
1) Share your CV with your boss, fellow students, and postdocs. It was difficult for me to do this since I really talked up my abilities and skills and was afraid to look like an ass. However, the response I got was extremely helpful in making a polished final version. If you know people in industry and are looking for a job there - send them the resume to look at. They will have a different view than those people used to acadamia.
2) Find the companies you are interested in and send out the short list to everyone you know to see if they know someone there. A contact person is invaluable - even if it is just a friend of a friend. Keep in mind that most companies pay a bonus to anyone that brings in another employee. These people want to help you to get the job because it puts money in their pockets! Ask them specifically to hand deliver copies of your resume (which you should mail to your contact if you want them on nice paper) to the hiring managers. Then bug them after a week to see how things are going.
3) Be confident both on the phone and in person, but also be accepting of your deficiencies (without flaunting them). This is difficult to explain well, but it is important. I got a job offer from all 3 companies that met with me face to face. I think that this is because I came across as confident, but not arrogant. Do not try to bullshit anyone about abilities or skills that you don't have. Instead, express confidence in your ability to quickly learn any new skills needed for the job. If you like what you see during an interview and want the job, tell the people that you interview with just that. It seems a little silly and you might think that it is assumed, but it is not. They know that the interview is there for you to check them out as much as for them to check you out.
4) Send thank you emails to anyone you interview with - get their cards as you go from person to person to make this easier. Also, check back with your contact person.
5) If you have an offer on the table from one company, let the other companies know. Offers have a time limit on them and the other companies will understand that. Once I had one offer, both of the other companies I interveiwed with expedited their process' and got offers out to me very quickly.
Along with sending out the resumes, I also went to several job fairs and put my resume in a couple of online job finders. I got information about the companies at the jobfairs, but no job offers. A friend of mine did get an interview from a jobfair. She said that she got it because she went back to the same booth several times and chatted with the people there. She told them directly that she was interested in a specific job and they put a note on her resume tagging it as a definite second look. I got calls for months from headhunters from my monster.com online resume - all east coast positions that I wasn't interested in.
Without having much experience, I would think that the UOregon Career Center may be quite useful for BS/MS people. For PhDs, nothing's better than the network your advisor(s) and profs can hook you up with. Hmm, I think I will sound like a career center person saying that personal contacts are most important.
For my job search right now I am interviewing with companies through the on-campus thing. I try to track down people I know who either work at a particular place or know someone there, so that I can make a reference to a particular person when sending my application. I have not yet sent out blind applications to companies, but I may do this a bit later. For getting my postdoc, I just sent out applications to the people I wanted to work for. In my case neither DT nor Ken (who wrote my reference letters) were good friends with the profs I applied to, but both Ken and DT knew them personally, so I guess that helped with respect to the letters of reference.


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Our 27th 2013 prospect profile is on Eric Comrie of the Tri-City Americans of the WHL.
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VALDOSTA — Representatives from the Georgia Charter Schools Association greeted Valdosta citizens Tuesday evening to provide a closer look into the charter school system.
Executive Vice President of GCSA, Andrew Lewis, and Director of Outreach, RaShaun Holliman, arrived at VSU's Continuing Education building on North Patterson to address many questions and concerns about independent charter schools.
"We should be able to say we are doing good with these groups of students and we want the other schools to know about it," Lewis said.
The Georgia Charter Schools Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that strives to advance education. They ensure every charter school to be free of tuition and open to the public, nonsectarian, free from regulations but are held accountable at all costs, and administer state mandated testing. However, the numerous factors that apply to an independent charter school also apply to a traditional public school, so what is the difference?
Independent charter schools give individuals the freedom to innovate, autonomy in selecting school leaders and staff, efficiently dismiss poor-performing teachers, are governed by a local, independent board, and will not be renewed if academic achievement declines.
"If a charter school is not performing, they can face closure," Holliman said.
Holliman proceeded to discuss the formula for a successful charter school. Each organization combines flexibility, autonomy and accountability, equaling outstanding student achievement. A former public charter school principal himself, Holliman stands strongly behind this educational movement to further the well being of every child in the state of Georgia.
"The challenge is for us to up the game," Holliman said.
The overall graduation rate in the state of Georgia is currently at 67 percent. With the option of choosing a public charter school over a traditional public school, GCSA hopes to see an increase in that percentage over the next couple of years.
"It empowers a parent to ask one question, what is the best setting for my child?" Lewis said. "The vast majority of Americans can not afford private school, which leaves us with the idea, are we satisfied with a traditional public school?"
Statistics show that during the 2011 school year, Valdosta's school system averaged around 54.7 percent, giving Valdosta the twelfth largest drop in the graduation rating in the state. The Lowndes County school averaged around 66.5 percent, giving Lowndes the 45th largest drop.
"Charters are not better or worse than traditional public schools. A number of charter schools are doing outstanding and then some are not," Lewis said. "However, there is a role that charter schools can play in K12 education."
Public charter schools play a key role in 48 out of the 50 states and are proven to be an innovative mechanism for students and their achievements. The majority of charter schools in this state are located towards the Atlanta area, including Ivy Preparatory Academy and Amana Academy, one of the higher performing academies in the state.
"Atlanta public schools are an outstanding authorizer of charter schools, despite the turmoil," Lewis said. "I support the Atlanta public schools and how they have incorporated charter schools in the environment. I do believe the state needs to look at the areas that are most under served."
As the meeting came to end, Lewis and Holliman encouraged citizens to ask questions regarding their charter school presentation and various concerns and opinions were addressed.
The primary concern voiced by Valdosta and Lowndes County citizens alike was the possibility of a charter school taking away the productivity and well being of students currently enrolled in the local public schools.
Other concerns included the funding for a charter school, transportation and its overall application process.
"You have an active board, it's a rigorous process. They meet together to meet a specific need," Lewis said. "It's a seven member board that needs to be approved by the state board of education."
Lewis and Holliman closed their speech by informing the public their main goal was to show what a charter school can and can't provide. They will continue their presentation in Albany, Ga., and stop in Savannah and Augusta, Ga., next month.
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Aberdeen has canceled the scheduled City Council meeting for Nov. 5.
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It appears the Roy Watch will continue at least a few more days. In a statement released Thursday, North Carolina Athletics Director Dick Baddour confirms he's talked with KU's head coach, and those talks will continue through the weekend.
"Coach Williams and I feel the timing is too near the end of the Final Four and there is too much going on in Lawrence at this time to conclude our talks," Baddour said. "I have not offered the job to Coach Williams, but we have had good conversations that will continue over the next few days. He understands we will continue to proceed with other candidates, as well."
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NATCHITOCHES, La. (KALB News Channel 5) – Northwestern State University and the Central Louisiana Technical Community College signed an agreement to allow CLTCC faculty and staff to take classes at a reduced rate.
The CLTCC employees must be degree-seeking full-time employees who meet standard admission requirements to Northwestern State. Under the agreement, CLTCC employees may register for up to six credit hours per semester of undergraduate and graduate courses.
The agreement is said to make it easier for faculty at CLTCC to obtain higher education credentials that Southern Association of College and Schools require them to meet. SACS is the organization that ensures the quality and effectiveness of its member institutions.
The agreement is valid for CLTCC faculty and staff who work at campuses in Alexandria, Cottonport, Winnfield, Jena, Leesville, Oakdale and Ferriday.
CLTCC faculty and staff will be able to utilize any of Northwestern State's 36 accredited online degree programs.
"We are delighted to be able to partner with CLTCC on this initiative. The work that the college does is very important to Northwestern as this provides another avenue for Louisiana's students to be served," said Dr. Lisa Abney, provost and vice president of Academic and Student Affairs. Individual programs, such as engineering technology, are also working with area technical colleges to create advantageous agreements, she added.
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(1) In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Government" includes all laws, public proceedings, rules, publications, orders, actions, programs, policies, departments, boards, agencies, organizations and instrumentalities of this state or political subdivisions of this state, as appropriate under the circumstances to a particular official action.
2. "Official action" includes the performance of any function or action on behalf of this state or a political subdivision of this state or required by state law that appears to present the views, position or imprimatur of the state or political subdivision or that binds or commits the state or political subdivision, but does not include:
(a) The teaching of or the encouragement of learning languages other than English.
(b) Actions required under the federal individuals with disabilities education act or other federal laws.
(c) Actions, documents or policies necessary for tourism, commerce or international trade.
(d) Actions or documents that protect the public health and safety, including law enforcement and emergency services.
(e) Actions that protect the rights of victims of crimes or criminal defendants.
(f) Using terms of art or phrases from languages other than English.
(g) Using or preserving Native American languages.
(h) Providing assistance to hearing impaired or illiterate persons.
(i) Informal and nonbinding translations or communications among or between representatives of government and other persons if this activity does not affect or impair supervision, management, conduct or execution of official actions and if the representatives of government make clear that these translations or communications are unofficial and are not binding on this state or a political subdivision of this state.
(j) Actions necessary to preserve the right to petition for the redress of grievances.
3. "Preserve, protect and enhance the role of English" includes:
(a)Avoiding any official actions that ignore, harm or diminish the role of English as the language of government.
(b) Protecting the rights of persons in this state who use English.
(c) Encouraging greater opportunities for individuals to learn the English language.
(d) To the greatest extent possible under federal statute, providing services, programs, publications, documents and materials in English.
4. "Representatives of government" includes all individuals or entities during the performance of the individual's or entity's official actions.[1]
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The official language of the state of Arizona is English.[2]
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A. Representatives of government in this state shall preserve, protect and enhance the role of English as the official language of the government of Arizona.
B. A person shall not be discriminated against or penalized in any way because the person uses or attempts to use English in public or private communication.[3]
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Official actions shall be conducted in English.[4]
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This article shall not be construed to prohibit any representative of government, including a member of the legislature, while performing official duties, from communicating unofficially through any medium with another person in a language other than English if official action is conducted in English.[5]
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A. A person who resides or does business in this state may file a civil action for relief from any official action that violates this article in a manner that causes injury to the person.
B. A person who resides or does business in this state and who contends that this article is not being implemented or enforced may file a civil action to determine if the failure or inaction complained of is a violation of this article and for injunctive or mandatory relief.
C. A person shall not file an action under this section unless the person has notified the attorney general of the alleged violation and the attorney general or other appropriate representative of government has not provided appropriate relief within a reasonable time under the circumstances. An action filed under this section may be in addition to or in lieu of any action by officers of this state, including the attorney general.
D. A person who files and is successful in an action under this section may be awarded all costs expended or incurred in the action, including reasonable attorney fees.[6]
See also
External links
- Full text of Arizona Constitution (see page 106)
- Links by section to full text of Article 28
- Failed 1997 Federal lawsuit to overturn this Amendment "Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona, 520 U. S. 43 (1997)" Certiorari to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cicuit No. 95-974


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Q. Why do you want to be Centerville's city administrator?
A. As a current administrator in a city with a population of 1,500, I aspire to obtain the same position in a slightly large, yet still rural, community. Centerville fits that aspiration well. After completing the interview process, I am confident that Centerville provides a great opportunity to establish the role of city administrator.
Q. If selected, what would be your first order of business?
A. During the interview process I heard discussion of many city projects at various stages of development. Getting full updates on each project to keep the developments progressing would be my first priority.
Q. What has been your impression of Centerville and the people who live in this area?
A. The hospitality shown during the interview process was impressive and appreciated. It seems that there is a great deal of civic engagement and pride throughout the community. I saw many positive attributes of the city-if I had to pick my favorite, it would be the town square and the quality businesses there.
Previously published background information for Joe Gaa.
Gaa has been the city administrator from December 2010 to the present in Woodbine, a city with a population of 1,459. He reports to the mayor and oversees a total of 12 full-time and 20 part-time/seasonal employees.
His budget responsibilities include the preparation and submission of the operating and capital budgets, $2 million in general fund, $2 million in utility funds and $1 million in capital projects.
From 2008-2010 he was the parks administrator for Sebastian County, Ark. with a population of 120,000. He supervised 18 full-time and six part-time employees. From 2005-2008 he was the assistant instructor at the University of Arkansas. From 2004-2005 he was the coordinator at N.W. Missouri State University with one staff and from 2000-2003 he was the district executive with Pony Express BSA.
From 1992-1999 he attended N.W. Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo. earning a BS degree in Public Administration. From 2003-2004 he attended N.W. Missouri State University earning a degree in MS- Rec. Mang.


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Anonymous says:
The engravings aren't Dan's work he's just scanned them and made a collage in Photoshop. I'd like to see something original.
anthony says:
These are cool, but props must be given to Max Ernst, especially his book of surreal victorian engraving collages : "100 headless woman" or "A Week of Kindness" (circa 1920′s)
Machiavellism says:
I love the artwork and his online gallery is incredible! I'm going to London in April as part of a class trip, whats the location of his gallery there?
erindipity says:
I really dig this one. Strangely, it reminds me of some photos I took recently. Weird!
Beanolini says:
A quick question- is this print actually produced by engraving (i.e. printed from an engraved plate), or does the 'engraving' just refer to the source of the non-tentacled parts of the image?
The term 'engraving' is sometimes used to cover a number of printing techniques other than true engraving- I was under the impression that most Victorian mass-market illustrations were etched rather than engraved (though I'd be delighted to be corrected if someone knows better).
Anonymous says:
this reminds me a lot of the art of claudia drake, who uses vintage drawings and engravings in collage.
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Machiavellism@4: I found him in a Sunday market stall in Brick Lane, not a gallery. You might email him the week you're coming to find out where he's setting up shop.
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I'm pretty sure these images aren't Dan's "drawings" as much as they are collages/reworks of existing engravings. I recognize most of the elements from the Dover Pictoral Archives (as organized in some great-and-cheap paperbacks by Jim Harter).
This is also the same source from which O'Reilly culls the animal images used for the covers of their books.
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This reminds me of a William Gibson short story "The Belonging Kind".
Moniker says:
Those are great! While I've been able to find the occasional Lovecraftian tentacle horror, I haven't yet seen an artist try to represent the strange, non-euclidean monsters and objects that drive men mad by their mere interaction with our dimension. Maybe something like the Hounds of Tindalos?
I picture here some strange chimera that is a cross between the creatures in Carpenter's The Thing and those animations I've seen of quaternion fractals changing over time.
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This illustration goes wonderfully with a great Robyn Hitchcock song called "Victorian Squid" on the album "You and Oblivion".
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If someone would have told me that on Jan. 15 (the day of this writing and in just the second week of the District 6-3A season) that the Lady Rams and Rams basketball teams would have combined for 30 wins, I would have probably looked at you funny.
Especially if you had told me the Lady Rams would have 19 of those wins.
Again, this writing was done the afternoon before Tuesday's night's games at Springtown, so hopefully the MWHS varsity teams added two more wins to the total.
If the games in Springtown played out like I thought, Friday night at the MWHS gym will be district-altering contests for both teams. But back to that later.
The story of basketball season has to be the Lady Rams, a team with not only four new starters, but those starters are also four ladies new to the program that have joined returning all-district, first-team starter Niya Benavides.
If they won on Tuesday, the Lady Rams, which will probably be the only team in Texas with 20 wins that is not ranked, will have a district showdown Friday with state-ranked No. 2 Kennedale.
What you might be thinking is that the Lady Rams have no chance against the highly-touted Ladycats, and the thought may have already crossed your mind that a No. 2 team will in no way lose to an unranked team, 20 wins or not.
But there is a little story line involved in this that most MWHS fans may not know. New Lady Rams head coach Ed Shelstead has coached Kennedale's two stars – Autumn Williams and McKinley Bostad – in summer select basketball, and Shelstead told me "both are legitimate Division I (college) players."
But since he knows them well, my guess is that he also knows how to defend them, and Sydney Shelstead, the Lady Rams' high-scoring post who played with both Kennedale stars, also knows how to play them.
Two things Kennedale, no matter how good they really are, will not be prepared for.
First, they have not seen a quartet of defenders like Lady Rams' guards Courtney Peña, Bethany Allen, Natalie Ragland and Kennedy Shelstead.
Peña and Allen are a real pain in the neck for opposing guards trying to run an offense. They play "in your shirt" defense on the perimeter, and you can see that guards of MWHS opponents are not having fun when they play the Lady Rams.
Ragland is also a great defender and excellent athlete, and the same goes for Kennedy Shelstead, who has a long reach. Kennedy also demonstrated last week that she can produce on both ends of the floor as she had a team-high 22 points in the win at Diamond Hill.
Also, speaking of defense, the 6-1 Sydney Shelstead is every bit of dominant on the defensive end as she is on offense where she leads the team in scoring and is also averaging double figures in rebounds each game.
The second thing Kennedale won't be prepared for is the will to win by this group.
The Lady Rams, of course, have no problem facing a high-ranked team, and honestly, they like this matchup as to really measure their progress.
But not being ranked? This is a team that wants to prove to Kennedale and the girls' high school basketball world that they certainly deserve to make the Texas Girls Coaches Association Top 25 poll or the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll.
Not ranked? Really? I can't wait for Friday.
One may also question why I have lumped the 11-12 Rams basketball team in this space. That is easy to explain.
The Rams could be 2-0 in district when you read this, and I realize that with eight district games remaining that it could be too early to have any "story lines."
Last year, the Rams came into district play not knowing their "identity," and head coach Aaron Pappas had been juggling the lineup in an effort to try and find the best combinations.
The Rams figured out who they were and were unbeatable the last half of district play, which culminated in a playoff upset win over No. 10 Burkburnett.
It was "in your face" defense and "run and gun" offense that became the Rams' identity in 2012, but they also were the hardest playing team I saw the last month of the season.
Well, Friday night at Diamond Hill, when the Rams got into trouble and were trailing late in the third quarter, their "identity" arose.
The Rams trailed by six in the third quarter only to win the game by 21.
Why such the drastic turnaround? Pressure defense.
The Rams played harder than Diamond Hill, and when they got down they turned to a reliable source: a full-court defense with half-court trapping and just plain and simple hard play.
Hard play – the kind of effort that makes the opponent know right away they are in a hard and not-so-fun game – seems to be reappearing on the boys' hardwood.
If the Rams keep that up, a repeat district title will not be out of the question.
See everyone at the gym on Friday. I can't wait!


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Chris Carr emerged as one of the better cornerbacks in the NFL this past season with the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens front office apparently noticed that, too, as the team has re-signed him after a short flirtation with free agency.
Carr updated his contract status on his personal Twitter account, noting that he was "very excited to finish my career" to finish his career with the Ravens. While terms of the deal have yet to be released, Carr's new contract is apparently long-term if Carr plans on finishing his career in Baltimore despite being in the league six seasons so far.
"I will work as hard as possible to make myself and my teammates better," Carr continued to say on Twitter. "That includes mental, spiritual, physical, and nutritional."
Carr was the team's most consistent cornerback last season, according to The Baltimore Sun, and was apparently became the focus of the Ravens' front office after Josh Wilson decided to sign with the Washington Redskins.


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By Scott Scanlon – Refresh Editor
Both familiar staffers at the front desk when I got to the former Buffalo Athletic Club Eastern Hills branch Saturday morning were a comforting sight. The 9:15 a.m. spinning class also was familiar. All 50 bikes were taken, as usual this early in a new year. Same instructor. Many of the same classmates.
Just about everything else was different in this new LA Fitness outlet.
The first Saturday of 2013, every piece of cardio equipment was taken at the same time. Only about one-third were in use when I walked in this weekend.
Last year at the same time, when I left spinning about 10:15, a yoga class was filtering out of the small fitness room on the second floor, most of the exercise equipment was in use, and the large fitness room was crammed with more than 70 people, mostly women, taking a cardio class with Mary Anne Cappellino, who left the club last week for a new job at the BAC for Women.
The same time the first Saturday of 2014, the small fitness room was dark. The nearby bulletin boards had been stripped of the group fitness class schedules and information tacked to them by former BAC instructors. The 14 people working out in the large cardio room were led by a new teacher.
There were about 10 people working out on the exercise equipment. I got right onto the crunch machine.
If I didn't know better, I'd have thought most of my fellow gym club members had headed to Florida.
But the old days at the BAC are gone. They ended last month, after LA Fitness purchased the four BAC coed clubs a couple of days before Christmas. About half the instructors and several of the staffers at the ex-BAC Eastern Hills are gone, too.
I won't get into the background here. You can read my Refresh Buffalo Blog post from yesterday here, in which I lay out my strategy for how I plan to decide how to approach my fitness club options during the next few weeks.
You can read the piece I wrote for Saturday's WNY Refresh on how to choose a gym here.
If you're looking around, you also might want to check out the websites from some of these places:
Most clubs in the region, big and small, also have websites that you can check before you walk into their doors.
One piece of advice I can give you is to shop around and ask to try out three or four places before you decide about where to join, if you're not already locked into a place. There are so many options out there, and getting the best workout bang for your buck is worth a little extra effort.
Chris Salisbury, owner of Hive, gave me his sense last week about why the BAC sold off its coed clubs and kept its women-only clubs. He has no inside information, but is plugged into the greater WNY fitness community. What he said sounded sensible.
When he opened Hive in April 2010 on Transit Road near North French Road in East Amherst, there were four other fitness clubs along the stretch of Transit between his place and nearly five miles south at Main Street in Williamsville.
Today, there are 14.
The BAC, which hasn't opened a new coed gym in the Buffalo area in more than a decade, saw a change in the coed market during that time. The growing number of small gyms that offer more personalized service started skimming off the wealthiest members, Salisbury said, and then the budget gyms moved in "and started to erode them from the bottom."
Then specialty fitness centers – think CrossFit, yoga, pilates, barre and spinning – also took a toll.
"The future of the big box gyms is now going to be determined by LA Fitness," which has more than 500 clubs and looks to double that number in coming years, Salisbury said.
Because the chain is looking for volume, its "cookie-cutter" clubs are designed to appeal to the greatest number of people.
LA Fitness needed to buy the BAC and Rochester Athletic Club coed facilities to gather the volume needed after committing to Western New York, Salisbury said.
BAC ownership won because it got a very attractive purchase offer from the West Coast chain, an amount neither company has disclosed. BAC can now focus completely on its growing womens' clubs, and already is talking about expanding those options and renovating its existing spots.
LA Fitness wins, said Salisbury, because it knocks out its chief competition in the region and will skim off a significant number of former BAC coed members.
The YMCA and dozens of smaller gyms win because people are taking a closer look at them, including thousands of ex-BACers.
"I don't think the consumer loses, either," Salisbury said. "It forced change. There's so many options out there, there's a right fit for everybody."
Are you thinking about joining a new gym? Do you recommend any questions I should ask LA Fitness as I work to decide whether or not to sign on to its clubs? If so, shoot me an email at the address below.
Meanwhile, I was relieved Saturday when my spinning instructor told me she planned to stay with LA Fitness. If the new regime allows me to try out a similar class at one of the new gyms they've opened in the region in the last year, they'd go a long way in making me feel better about the fitness changes I've been forced to endure in recent weeks.
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— The issue of expanding gambling enterprises in New York state has fairly quietly taken some turns lately, but numbers continue to indicate the idea promises to be lucrative if it ever gets off the ground.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been advocating additional casinos in the state for some time. In that, he differs from his father, Mario, who was governor from 1983 through 1994. Mario believed the state taking money from gambling only capitalized on the private hell endured by those with addiction to the pastime.
Andrew is more libertarian on the matter, and his stand makes more sense to us. After all, you can't legislate against every possible misfortune suffered by every individual. Smoking, drinking and even provocative art each has elements that could harm certain individuals, but they have not been and will not be banned by New York or any other state.
And you shouldn't necessarily punish all for the weaknesses of a few. Gambling revenue nationally continues to rise, irrespective of the economic climate. Last year, while all of America continued to struggle through a sluggish recovery from the Great Recession, gambling revenue rose 4.8 percent — $37.5 billion — over 2011.
In New York, the first quarter of this year, gambling revenues rose more than 5 percent to $317 million, with $220 million going directly to education at a time when school districts are laying off teachers and cutting programs because funds are insufficient to support them.
Cuomo has proposed legislation to create seven additional casinos statewide, with three upstate — and not in western New York, it has been widely reported. That would represent additional education revenue for the state, as well as sales-tax bonanzas for the communities eventually chosen to host the establishments. Essex County has already asked to be considered, if more casinos are allowed, and the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the idea for their area.
The legislation must be passed in two consecutive sessions of the State Legislature, signed by the governor and then approved in a statewide referendum.
Cuomo has hinted that he won't suggest the referendum be held this fall, presumably because he senses enough opposition to the plan to sink it. That would put off a public vote until the fall of 2014.
Meanwhile, though, the numbers seem to indicate that New Yorkers would profit substantially from passage.
The State Gaming Commission, the State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and the State Council of Problem Gambling have formed an alliance to address potential trouble areas and actual ones if and when they surface.
The long and the short of it is that it's time for a more thorough airing of expanded gambling — the benefits and the pitfalls. This important decision must not be left to myths, personal biases and false expectations.
New Yorkers need to be escorted into serious discussions of this issue with their eyes wide open.


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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — The line for the Traverse City Film Festival's screening of "Shorts for Kids" movie event was as long as any other around town this week.
More than 700 film-goers — predominately young children accompanied by parents, grandparents and daycare providers — filled Lars Hockstad Auditorium on Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
By 11 a.m. the mass spilled onto the lawn of Central Grade School to crawl through a massive cardboard "Crocodile Mansion," make giant bubbles with a wand taller than many kids, try out hula hoops, create art and get involved in games and other activities.
"It's our first time here and we've been loving every minute," said Suzanne Gareiss, as she watched her grandsons Milo 4, and Cal, 2, crawl in and out the windows of Crocodile Mansion, named after "Victor And the Secret of Crocodile Mansion," a German movie and the first of the four kids' films to be screened this week at Lars. Tickets cost $1.
"The shorts are great for kids' attention spans and you can easily leave if you have to," said Connie Kerns of Acme, who attended with her two adult daughters and four grandchildren.
Muppets belted out "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" over a nearby speaker. Children and adults gathered as the Traverse City Fire Department's 1936 LaFrance fire engine rolled up to the curb.
The 11 a.m.-2 p.m. daily fest attracts about 500 kids on a "slow day," and 750-800 children on a busy day, Kate Daggett, Kids Fest assistant manager said.
The Kids Fest, now in its third year, was an idea film festival executive director Deb Lake carried back from Tribeca, a New York City festival that devoted one day to a family block fest.
"It's important for the film festival and the community to have something for everyone," Daggett said. "A big focus of the festival is that this area is a vacation destination for the entire family. The Kids Fest also provides an opportunity for the filmmakers and entertainers to bring their family with them."
She said the Kids Fest is a place where people of all ages can spend time and space together. Several older women in Daggett's church told her they like to book noon movie tickets at Lars to watch the children play on the school lawn while they stand in line.
In addition, many high school students volunteer to help with art, theater, games and other activities. Many elementary and retired teachers also volunteer, Daggett said.
Officials said Kids Fest's overall goal is to promote love of the arts and film, as well as family friendly activities.
"The film festival is really a big festival about art," said Rachel Harrell, director of Drama Kids International, who helped with stage activities. "Kids can see how film is connected to all the arts."
Deborah Hissong, a retired Traverse Bay Area Intermediate Schools instructor who taught deaf and hard-of-hearing children at Central for 30 years, was among Thursday's volunteers at Crocodile Mansion. No crocodiles were to be seen, but the place was crawling with children.
"I love the kids," she said.
The Kids Fest movies and Family Lawn Party continue today and Saturday.


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ATLANTA -- State officials are trying to figure out how to meet Georgia's unemployment insurance obligations.
Officials say the fund is running out of money, and more than 191,000 Georgians received unemployment insurance payments last week.
Labor Department officials say the jobless will get their checks.
In 1999, Georgia's trust fund stood at $2 billion, and the state suspended payroll taxes to cover unemployment insurance for most employers.
The fund dipped to $703 million in 2003, and has run out of money while the Legislature blocked increases in payroll taxes to support it.
Georgia and other states sought emergency assistance from Washington in December 2009 and Congress provided assistance, but the government expects to be repaid. A $24 million interest payment is due in October.
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I enjoy writing about my marketing agency which focuses on results.
In one sense, perhaps the most important sense, a brand is a promise. Think of some top brands and you immediately know what they promise: McDonald's, Coca Cola, Budweiser, Ford, Apple, MetLife.
You know what you're going to get with a well-branded product or service.
In another sense, a brand is a specific combination of logo, words, type font, design, colors, personality, price, service, etc.
It's also a bundle of attributes. Think of Volvo, for instance, and your first thoughts are probably going to be something like "well built, comfortable, Swedish" and, most of all, "safety."
The promise, look, personality and attributes can eventually acquire a special patina of what I call "me" appeal. Buying a certain brand says something about the person who buys it. Apple has that patina. So does Prius. The booze and clothing businesses are filled with patina products: Cristal, Guinness, Ralph Lauren, Manolo Blahnik.
All of this can lead to sub-brands, like iPhone and iPad which acquire the aura of the parent brand.
It takes a lot of time, money and very hard work to build and maintain great brands like that, brands that can speak volumes in just a few syllables.
That's why I'm usually rendered speechless when a prospective client asks us for a quick "Brand".
It happens a lot more often than you'd think. I love developing brands from scratch but when the client needs something quick, there'd better be a strong existing brand already in place.
If you're going to develop your brand, the last thing you want to do is follow the beaten path. You want to head down your own road. Your brand has to plant itself in the hearts and minds (especially hearts) of prospects and customers.
It also has to be memorable. Your brand is the focus of all your marketing efforts (yes, it needs to say something about your company, connect with your target market, be motivating in some way and always create loyalty).
Sometimes a brand is memorable because of the little things.
TD Bank has a special place in their branches for you to deposit all those coins you collect in jars. It's called the Penny Arcade and makes it a fun game and you can even win prizes. If your kids collect coins, you might want to open a TD account so they can enjoy the process of saving their money there. Years ago Dime Savings Bank in New York had a small dime carrier it gave to kids and then they'd fill up the 50 slots with a dime in each one (Dime Bank, get it?) and bring it to exchange for a $5.00 bill. Little things can mean a lot (and little things are all do-able on the smallest budget.)
When you think about your brand, think about all the elements: promise, personality, look, voice, service, attributes, memorability, even patina. There's a good chance that if you ask customers, prospects and competitors about it, you'll be surprised at how strong your brand actually is.
It's shorthand for what you are.
Does your brand make you feel great about your own company? This is our logo on the wall when you walk into our agency office. It always makes us smile!
Let me know and please comment below.
I greatly appreciate your take on the value of brands. It is so refreshing to hear someone talking about "branding" again. Our company has been involved in helping to create some of the brands you posted in your logo comp. It seems today everyone is talking about "advertising"…and not looking long-term or cross-platform at their brand power. I believe a brand is simply a feeling. Your marketing's job is to control that feeling to lead to trust, purchase & loyalty. Thanks for starting a "brand" conversation…let's see where it goes!!
Great article. I was wondering if you think that this also holds true for personal branding. Thanks
If a brand is a promise (and I agree) it is essentially an idea: not a product, service, organisation or person. So Karl Max is the human being, communism is the idea, communism is the brand. Gandhi is the human being, Gandhism is the brand. Steve Jobs is the human being, 'thinking differently' is the brand.
Theoretically speaking, brands are immortal, human beings are not.
I believe brand professionals may end up creating some semantic fog by turning a person into a brand…is this making sense, Lois?:-)
Best line: "It's shorthand for what you are". With all the noise out there branding is a way for the human mind to apply a filter and cut thru the clutter. A brand could also be described as an emotional short cut to a decision; consistent delivery of the promise augmented with iconic reminders makes it easy to decide since a lot of the risk is gone.
Nice article, Lois. You've introduced me to a new term, "patina", which is a great alternative articulation of the "social benefit"or "personal positioning" that consumption of a brand brings.
As for creating brands, I do believe there is a time and place for establishing new brands quickly- such as where an attractive market opportunity exists but your current brands are incapable of stretching across to the specific need state where the opportunity is located (even via sub brands). The rigour around creating a brand should be considerable (brand identity/DNA development) but the brand image; how the brand is perceived, it's associations and consumers' engagement must be earned over time.
Lois, I love the "patina" terminology…patina emanates a feeling of stability, authentic, value….great article….


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Television has given us a picture of the day in 1945 war ended in Europe. Nostalgic black-and-white film footage captured the celebrations as men and women danced in the Trafalgar Square fountains and embraced complete strangers. You can almost smell the Woodbines and brown ale. Caught up in that VE Day throng — although not recorded on film — was a band of Nigerians carrying drums and guitars. A little bruised and battered maybe — and far, far wiser than when they left their West African homes to go to sea — they had learnt survival ways in a war-torn Blighty and wanted to add their own voice.
As blackout curtains were torn down from windows everywhere, the Nigerians made their way to Piccadilly Circus and joined in. For Ambrose Campbell and his friends, VE Day marked the public debut of a group — to be known by many names including the West African Rhythm Brothers — that would go on to become an ubiquitous presence in London musical circles. But it was more. For these time-serving veterans of difficult times, the event was another step in a journey to becoming what they themselves called 'Englishmen'.
A newspaper reporter, remarking on their presence, called them 'West Indians'. The mistake was probably inevitable at the time, given the prevailing ignorance about 'foreigners', not to mention the presence in Britain of a visible contingent of Caribbean servicemen. But the stokers and trimmers of the merchant navy were often from Africa, and among the people who helped keep many a wartime convoy afloat.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1919, Ambrose Campbell grew up in a strict Victorian household with a preacher father who educated his children in the family compound. His Yoruba name was Oladipupo Adekoya, and as a youngster he sang in his father's church choir. When the Rev. Campbell embarked on evangelizing missions, his son's dulcet tones were employed for attracting the public. He found excitement at night by sneaking out to where palm-wine was sold: stalls under the moonlight where seamen and servants gathered to sing and play music, and drink the sweet, cloudy beverage. Coming from places as far away as Liberia, Guinee and Cameroun, these men carried with them diverse cultural traditions. They also brought Western ideas picked up on their travels. Influences were exchanged and combined as they played. When he was old enough, Campbell joined them, singing and beating a tambourine.
With a group of young friends, he entertained at Christmas events; but war was looming, and soon Campbell was himself on the high seas, below decks and headed for Britain. He spent a few days in Liverpool before returning to Lagos; on a second visit, though, he jumped ship and headed for the capital. Hardship ensued in the grim days of the war, but it wasn't all misery. Casual racism abounded but friends emerged too — English people who appreciated the vitality of the newcomers — and amidst the bombing, a small group of Africans would meet up to play guitar and drums, between pints of Guinness and bitter.
After the deprivations of war, people everywhere were hungry for novelty and change. 1946 saw the emergence of Britain's first black ballet company, Les Ballets Negres, and Nigerian musicians headed by Ambrose Campbell accompanied the dancers on the London stage. For the occasion, two newcomers arrived from Manchester: bongoes-player Ade Bashorun (from Lagos, the only professional musician in the group) and Brewster Hughes, from Ibadan in Western Nigeria, a teacher by occupation and a brilliant guitarist. A British tour and a spell in Paris followed the London debut of the Ballets.
Campbell's affable personality and the quality of his voice dictated that he should be leader. At first he sang mainly, and played percussion; though he had always dabbled on guitar, he did not start learning the instrument seriously until he took lessons from the Trinidadian Lauderic Caton. This association with a Caribbean musician was unusual, but multiplied when Campbell added two newly-arrived Barbadians to the mix (Harry Beckett on trumpet, Willy Roachford reeds) and his innovations continued when he brought in a schooled pianist, Adam Fiberesima (equally unusually an Ijo, from the East of Nigeria).
Around 1952, the West African Rhythm Brothers found a permanent showcase as residents at the Abalabi in Soho's Berwick Street market. A nightclub opened by Ola Dosunmu and run by him and his English wife, this became one of the most famous clubs of the era and a magnet for a wide cross-section of humanity. Afro-Cuban rhythms were popular at the time, and Dizzy Gillespie's experiments with Chano Pozo — a Cuban drummer from the Yoruba lucumi cult — had penetrated the London jazz consciousness. Accordingly, jazz musicians came to the Abalabi to hear the 'real thing'. Others came to dance the highlife, the new West African dance which combined traditional rhythms with Western jazz and swing voicings and harmonies. Long after the market stalls closed down for the night, Nigerian students and dignitaries joined ex-colonials to dance to the new beat, while debs and other high-flyers made themselves at home in the funky basement, rubbing shoulders with the hustlers, gamblers and hookers of Soho.
All this took place at a time when London was still riddled with bomb-sites. The winters were cold, with snow that settled, and traffic regularly ground to a standstill in the fog. Rationing was still in place and clothes were drab. In this post-war scene, the Nigerians grappled with the realities of sensory deprivation and coal fires, finding substitutes for familiar food until rare moments when seamen brought a memory of home.
Importantly, Ambrose Campbell was beloved by London's jazz community. Musicians went to the Abalabi and Club Afrique — its successor — to learn at the source. Saxophonists Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott studied there whilst carousing. 'Ambrose was a bit special,' Scott told me years ago, 'a bit of a musicologist.' Kenny Graham, who led his own Afro-Cubists and employed several African percussionists, was a regular. And Phil Seamen — the most African of English drummers — was Campbell's number one fan, passing on what he learnt.
Just as Ambrose knew everyone who was anyone, his own importance as a cultural figure was recognised by an astonishing range of people, from the playwright George Bernard Shaw to Prince Buster. Shaw was among the notables who sponsored Les Ballets Negres: although famously vegetarian himself, he allegedly had chicken cooked for the band. And when Buster was photographed for the sleeve of his Melodisc collection I Feel The Spirit, it was Ambrose who lent him a talking-drum and agbada.
Ambrose is part of the story of Soho in the 1950s – but, apart from his good friend Colin MacInnes (who includes him as Cranium Cuthbertson in his somewhat sensationalist City Of Spades), few chroniclers give him house-room in surveys of the Bohemian quarter. It's a shocking omission, especially given the fame of the Abalabi in its day. When Dosunmu moved his operation to the more up-market Club Afrique in Wardour Street, Campbell formed another new band to play there. He alternated with Brewster Hughes' Starlite Tempos — the pair feuded and periodically went separate ways – while the venture continued into the 1960s. Fire-eating was staged there occasionally, and a temporary switch to Caribbean bands was attempted before the Dosunmus relocated to Lagos.
Campbell and his fellow musicians established themselves against the odds. Both he and Hughes continued to work with Caribbean musicians, among them such notables as trumpeter Shake Keane and saxophonist George Tyndale. Campbell used white musicians as well: Denis Preston recorded him for Columbia in 1966 with a very mixed personnel.
What Campbell, Hughes and the West African Rhythm Brothers did was to create a new African music influenced by their experience as migrants — and in Campbell's
own case with the deliberate inclusion of elements first encountered on the beach in Lagos.
In 1972, Ambrose Campbell did a disappearing act. He moved to Los Angeles with record producer Denny Cordell — the two of them to go into business with Leon Russell, from Oklahoma. Whilst a new studio was completed, Campbell joined Russell on the road, bringing his percussion skills to 'blue-eyed soul' without missing a beat. (He says now that his ease with such American music can be traced back to his early exposure to Western ideas. Country idioms were not unknown to West Africans, amongst whom Jim Reeves was to become a perennial favourite.) He recorded as a percussionist, too — most notably on Russell's million-selling collaboration with Willie Nelson, One For The Road.
Nearly all the tracks assembled here come from recordings made for the Melodisc label and originally released as 10-inch 78rpm singles. People who bought these records at the time can still recall how it was when the percussion team — among them Ade Bashorun, Salustiano Dos Anjos, Manny Myers and 'Lati' Pedro — built their polyrhythms in Ola Dosunmu's kingdom. With the melodic guitars of Brewster and Ambrose coming together behind Campbell's soothing voice, the musicians contrived to paint an evocative, enduring picture of palmwine Lagos nights.
For English people, emerging from the shadow of wartime deprivation, this fresh 'sunshine' music was just what the doctor ordered. The atmosphere at the clubs, and the warmth of their African clientele, contrasted favourably with the restraint and stiff upper-lip which might have got the country through the war, but which — for some people — left something missing.
This music and the startling taste of hot West African food were for many white people the keys to learning about a new way of being. The Nigerians had an equivalent experience. Often the hard way, they were learning about a new society and how best to conduct themselves in it. For years the communities came together and partied, often in humble surroundings, but with a determination to fight prejudice and cross boundaries that has endured to this day. Such exchange and interaction have helped to make British society what it is now, warts and all. And music was at the heart of the process.
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Sam Deduno: King of Fielding Dependent Pitching?
by, 08-30-2012 at 11:02 AM (1203 Views)
Over the last three seasons, (min 450 IP), Jeremy Hellickson has accumulated 6.8 Fielding dependent wins. FDP wins are calculated based on a pitchers combined ability to limit hard contact on balls in play and strand runners ie. throw strikes from the stretch, limit the running game, etc.
Hellickson's 6.8 FDP wins leads all qualified pitchers, by far. Next closest is Jared Weaver, at 5.4 FDP wins.
Which brings me to Deduno, who in 10 starts has already accumulate 1.0 FDP-wins. 0.3 of which is owed to BIP-wins (ability to induce weak contact on balls in play), and 0.7 wins for stranding runners.
Carry that out over 33 starts, and that is .9 wins due to Deduno's ability to induce weak contact, and 2.4 wins due to his ability to control the run game and pitch well from the stretch. An astounding 3.3 FDP per season, dwarfing Hellickson's 2.3 FDP-wins/season.
Is that sustainable?
It has been speculated that the key to Deduno's success, despite his walk rate, is the difficulty hitters seem to have in hitting his filthy stuff with good wood. But that appears to be a small part of it. Most of his success is in stranding runners.
For comparison, the leader in LOB-wins over the last three years is Ryan Vogelson, with 2.7 LOB-wins combined (.9 / season).
So I think its extremely unlikely that Deduno will continue to overcome his walk rates in the future, although I think like others that his .9 BIP-wins / season (current rate, anyway), is definitely achievable.
So, add it all up, Deduno's current FIP-produced win rate (measure by WAR), is 0.7. Plus 0.9 BIP-wins, plus, say, a conservative sustainable extimate of LOB-wins at 1.0, and you have a pitcher who has a positive value of 2.6 wins total. This places him between Gavin Floyd and Matt Garza, in comparison to pitchers over the last three years, on the RA9-wins leaderboard.
Not the king of FDP, but not in bad company either.


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How America's Best Leaders of 2009 Were Picked
The project is a collaboration between U.S. News and the Harvard Center for Public Leadership.
America's Best Leaders is a collaboration between U.S.News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The honorees were selected by a committee of academic, government, business, community, and nonprofit leaders convened by the center. U.S. News did not have a vote.
The committee is supported by a 15-member research team, which consists of three Harvard graduate students, five students from Marietta College, and seven students from the University of Oklahoma Honors College Leadership Center.
The panel accepted nominations from a wide range of sources, and the research team spent the spring semester identifying and researching the potential honorees in a variety of sectors, from philanthropy to government to the arts. As a product of this process, approximately 100 names and written profiles were presented to the Selection Committee a few weeks before the formal selection meeting in May.
The committee defined a leader simply as a person who "motivates people to work collaboratively to accomplish great things." It selected 22 winners, including three partnerships, from the list of names. The panelists deliberated as a group and considered nominees based on how well they met the following criteria:
The panel focused on a nominee's recent accomplishments and preferred that the nominee still be doing the work for which he or she was being considered but was willing to make exceptions. The panel also determined that, while a nominee's work could be global in scope, it should have substantial impact inside the United States.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – We didn't have to go far to find Stephen Townes; he found us.
While we were nearly finished with an on-camera interview with a local community organizer in front of an abandoned red brick home in Youngstown's historic district, Townes drove past and yelled out the window, "Save those homes! Don't tear those homes down!"
We flagged him down and asked him to talk. Reluctant at first, Townes stood talking to us for a good half an hour, then agreed to let us come to his apartment to interview him on film.
"I don't understand why have all these abandoned homes and have people living on the streets," he said. "Why can't turn them into affordable housing and have poor people who can't afford normal rent live there. As long as they obey the rules, they should be allowed to stay."
Youngstown has some 4,500 abandoned properties in a city of less than 73,000 people.
"There ain't no way that a poor can ever pull himself up when you keep kicking him while he's down," said Townes, 42, who described himself as a "pastor without a church."
Townes said that he used to be homeless himself and knows full well how difficult it is to get back into the mainstream.
"I took drugs, I ate out of the trash, I stole and I committed minor crimes just so I could go to jail where I would be warm and have a hot meal," he said. "This so-called Christian society needs to stop looking at what people have done. Society needs to stop looking at who they were and start looking at who they are today and who they could be tomorrow."
Townes said he spent time in jail on three separate occasions for minor crimes, but has since cleaned up himself and is trying to help his fellow man.
"It makes me angry that if a man goes to prison and pays for his crime, he can't get a job," Townes said. "No one will hire a convicted felon."
"The problem with this society is that we're not helping each other," he added. "If you're hungry and you ask for bread they'll give you a brick and tell you it's over."
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Missouri Southern senior forward Megan Stueve is a first-team selection on the MIAA all-conference womeh's soccer team, it was announced Friday.
The Lions' senior midfielder Candis Clark, senior defender Cortney Sanders and junior forward Tiffany Laughlin all received honorable mention.
Stueve scored a conference-high 13 goals and added an assist for 27 points. She ranked third in the conference with 59 shots, including 31 on goal.
She scored a hat trick in the Lions' 3-0 home victory over Nebraska-Kearney on Sept. 23. She had four game-winning goals, including a 1-0 double-overtime victory at Missouri Western last week.
Stueve accounted for 13 of the Lions' 23 goals this year and finished her career with 23 goals (third in school history), 50 points (fourth) and 113 shots (fifth).
Clark tallied two goals this season, including the game-winner in a 2-1 win at home over Fort Hays State.
Sanders helped the Lions pitch two shutouts while holding opponents to a .147 shooting percentage.
Laughlin was second on the team with nine points — one goal and seven assists. She assisted on both goals in a 2-1 home victory over Washbunr.
The Lions finished the year with a 5-10-3 record and lost 4-0 at Central Oklahoma in the first round of the conference postseason tournament.


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On Sunday, 14 October 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church the Annual Blessing of the Animals will take place in the grove of trees behind Saint James. Members of the parish as well as the local community can bring their pets – cats, dogs, and what ever you have – to be blessed by Charles Brock, priest of St. James. There will be blessings for the animals, plus a wonderful pet parade and food for animals and people.
The "Blessing of the Animals" is an old Christian tradition dating back to the early 13th Century and to St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. The "Blessing of the Animals" is not only a fun event, but a time to seek God's protection and blessing of our pets, but it is also an opportunity to remember and to honor a person who helped shape the course of Western Christianity' – St. Francis. - John Linwood Thompson


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Lady Antebellum
The group made their debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman's single "Never Alone", before signing to Capitol Records Nashville and releasing "Love Don't Live Here". The song peaked at Number 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart in May 2008, and served as the first single to the group's self-titled debut album.
Certified platinum in the U.S., the album also included the two singles "Lookin' for a Good Time" and "I Run to You", the latter of which became the group's first Number One in July 2009. "Need You Now" was released in August 2009 and was the first single from the band's new album released in January 2010; it was also the group's second number one single. "American Honey", the second single from Need You Now, was released in January 2010, and became their 4th Top 10 single, as well as their third No. 1 hit. "Our Kind of Love", the album's third single, was released in May 2010, and became their fourth consecutive Number One on the Hot Country Songs chart.
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No problem, in a CONVECTION oven, max T° : 60°Celsius* ! (that's the info I was given by my "fitter")
*a higher temperature will damage the boot ! It's like for our skin : at 60°C, it's really hot, but your skin won't burn. At higher temperatures, it will dry, burn, etc. ...
You'd be really careful to lace them properly and NOT walk in them without the guards... BUT don't put the guards too early, because of the T°.
Making it short, you can heat-mold them with the blades attached, but, when possible, it's better without.