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A Chance to Win Lunch with the MayorThe Village of Niles is promoting a Children's Writing Contest, "Why Niles is the Best Place to Live." The contest is open to all Niles writers in grades 4-8. The top essay will be published in the spring edition of Focus on Niles and the writer of the essay will be taken to lunch by Mayor Andrew Przybylo.
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Meadows' Annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament Quickly ApproachingThe Rolling Meadows Athletic Booster Club is sponsoring its 19th Annual Mustang 3-on-3 Shootout Basketball Tournament on Sunday, Dec. 22. Kids to adults will have an opportunity to show off their hoops skills while getting some exercise before stuffing themselves with a holiday meal. Moms can also take this opportunity to get the kids out the house and get those last minute holiday chores completed.
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It's Your LUCKY Day!!Yes that's right, because LUCKY the orphan pooch is waiting for you! This poor gal spent eight long months in an overcrowded rural shelter in Missouri. She was crated almost the entire time; awful what some dogs go through, isn't it? But you can help her now by giving her a loving forever home.
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Cities continue to flounder in financial messes of their own making. They continue to spend more than they have, and the most common response is a predictable one–raising existing taxes or cooking up new ones.
Here's the ugly snapshot:
[According to a survey of 328 cities by the National League of Cities] more than four out of five finance directors surveyed (81%) said their cities were less able to meet financial needs compared with the previous year, the largest proportion since 1990.
Spending increases outpaced revenue increases in cities' 2002-2003 fiscal year by 3.1 percent compared to the previous year ...
City finance officers said the biggest negative factors affecting budgets were:
? Costs of city workers' health benefits (cited by 63 percent),
? Costs of city workers' pensions (30 percent),
? Reduction in state aid (29 percent),
? The local economy (25 percent), and
? Infrastructure needs (25 percent).
In response to the deteriorating fiscal condition of cities:
? Nearly half (47 percent) of all cities increased fee rates in 2003,
? 30 percent reduced city employment,
? 29 percent imposed new fees or charges on services,
? 21 percent reduced actual levels of capital spending, and
? 11 percent reduced city service levels.


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By Jason O'Boyd, Staff Writer
Thursday, May 9, 2013 —
Law enforcement continues to search for one of two men who were part of a home invasion in Charlotte that led to a home invasion and carjacking in Midland and a police chase through Stanly and Anson counties.
Jarvis Terez Marsh, 30, was eventually arrested and taken into custody in Anson County after he stole an unmarked police SUV and later wrecked it, officials say. A second unidentified man remains at large despite efforts by officials to find him.
Late Wednesday night, the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office released a photo from security video obtained at a convenience store where the unidentified man was seen withdrawing money from an ATM machine and making a purchase.
The two men were reportedly involved in a robbery in the University City area of Charlotte late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. According to a press release from the Stanly County Sheriff's Office, the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office received and gained assistance from the Stanly County Sheriff's Office in reference to a carjacking that took place at approximately 7:20 a.m. Wednesday.
Other reports indicate two men were involved in a home invasion where they assaulted two individuals, took a black pickup truck and headed toward Stanly County on N.C. 24-27. According to the sheriff's office report, a Stanly County deputy later observed the stolen vehicle and attempted to stop it but was unable.
A short time later, Marsh was observed in an open field south of Albemarle near Stony Gap Road and the Stanly County Fairgrounds on U.S. 52 South. Video from Charlotte television stations had the reported stolen victim parked at the end of a dead-end road at the location.
Marsh exchanged gunfire with a second deputy and was able to get away after stealing an unmarked police cruiser parked nearby, setting off another chase, reports indicate. Sheriff Rick Burris said the car was locked, but that Marsh shot out a window to obtain entry. The chase continued through Norwood before Marsh wrecked the cruiser just inside Anson County.
Marsh was taken into custody and transported to a nearby hospital for non-life threatening injuries be-lieved to be at least one gunshot wound from the previous exchange.
The second unidentified person was last seen in the area of Stony Gap Road and U.S. 52 South. He is described as a black male wearing a blue button-up shirt and dark pants.
"I believe the guy is not around here anymore," Burris said Thursday morning.
The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the officer involved in the shooting. Stanly County Sheriff's Office, Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are continuing their investigations into the crimes committed in their jurisdictions.
Anyone with information is asked to notify the Stanly County Sheriff's Office at (704) 986-3714.
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By Lee Hubbard
Business is the trade of goods and services between an organization and or consumers. In the United States, small business is one of the driving forces of local economies and communities and it is often the number one provider for jobs in these local communities.
Seeing there was a need to communicate to small businesses and black entrepreneurs, the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce, recently released a book the "Small Business Survival Manual," with a book signing at Marcus Book Store in the Western Addition of San Francisco.
"The book is orientated towards small businesses and it summarizes some of the things you should do when you are in trouble with your business," said Fred Jordan, the president of the African American Chamber of Commerce, who was on hand at Marcus Books store. "The book talks about evaluating yourself, your characteristics and how much you are willing to work to be a successful business person."
The book takes a look at small business and ways to start a small business in this present time. The book takes a look at making your business visible, making use of many of the various agencies available to help you in your small business endeavor.
"This book is a great resource for small business owners in this economic time," said Bridgette Leblanc, board secretary at the Black Chamber of Commerce. "We are proud at the chamber to publish this book. We hope black businesses and those interested in business can use this book to motivate them to build businesses in the black community."
The book took three years to write and it was a collaborative between various partners and members of the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce, with large chunks of the writing being written by Carla Thomas of the Oakland Post newspaper. It was self published by the African American Chamber, with the help of Merrill Lynch, which gave the Chamber of Commerce a grant to start the research and gather the information for the book.
"Merrill Lynch wanted a manual for small business and minority businesses that could get past this recession," continued Jordan. "This is far different from the dry and sterile business manual that the small business administration publishes."
The Small Business Survival Manual gives various business scenarios to work through, as well as many of the various resources to help keep your business afloat in this hard economic time. It looks at some of the new marketing and networking technologies utilizing Twitter, Face book and email. The survival manual also tells you how to become a certified small business or minority business, the advantages and where to go to get funding and help.
"If someone takes the time to read this book, this book should help your company not only to survive, but to prosper," continued Jordan.
For more information on the chamber go to www.sfaacc.org or call (415) 749-6400.
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One of the most confusing topics in IT today is storage virtualization. Even though the concept has been around for years in forms such as virtual memory in operating systems, virtual reality, tape virtualization and virtualization using logical volume managers, users continue to be perplexed by the many vendor announcements of "new" virtualization products. At the root of the confusion is the fact that vendors have defined the concept of virtualization in different ways to sell their own products, and then hyped the concept with religious fervor.
"In the last year or so, virtualization has been the most abused and misunderstood word in the computer field," says Thomas Brosnan, director of data center planning at Convergys, a Lake Mary, FL-based billing and customer care company. Brosnan has been using virtualization for several years to manage Convergys' 278TB of storage.
The confusion is compounded by vendors who proclaim that their virtualization solutions are "true virtualization," in the same way that resaligious zealots refer to their god as the only "true god," implying that other peoples' gods are "false gods." In addition to these religious wars, some vendors represent their virtualization solution as a new, free-standing technology instead of what it really is: an enabling technology for the management of heterogeneous storage environments. No wonder there's a cynical attitude toward virtualization (see "
One reason that virtualization has become such a confusing term is because the software can be deployed in numerous places. For example, virtualization software can reside in the host in direct-attached storage, or several places in the storage area network (SAN): the host server, the storage array, on appliances (PC-like devices) that can be located in the data path - in which case they are called in-band or symmetrical - or outside of the data path - in which case they are called out-of-band or asymmetrical - or in intelligent switches.
Obviously, each vendor says its approach is best. Nick Allen, vice president of storage research at Gartner, a Stamford, CT-based consultancy disagrees. "There is not a best way to do virtualization," he says.
Host-based virtualization
Host-based virtualization, as implemented through logical volume managers, has been around for more than ten years. Veritas Software Corp., Mountain View, CA, introduced its Volume Manager 13 years ago. The Volume Manager software can be implemented on a single host, or in a cluster, in a Unix, or a Windows environment. In both cases, the Volume Manager gives users the ability to virtualize multiple storage arrays - that is, permitting users to aggregate logically into a pool made up of several physical disks.
Veritas' Volume Manager can be used in direct-attached configurations and in SANs. It permits online reconfiguration. For example, a storage manager can move from direct-attached storage to a SAN during production, without disrupting end users.
In addition to Volume Manager for virtualization, Veritas has a broad line of storage management applications and a file system, (VxFS) and has implemented many of these solutions so that the Volume Manager becomes an enabler, permitting storage management in a heterogeneous environment. And the fact that the Veritas' virtualization solution is software-only means that it can be deployed on a variety of storage devices including switches, storage routers, storage arrays and appliances - both in-band and out-of-band - providing block-level and file-level virtualization.
Michael Wojtowicz, manager of systems engineering at Entertainment Partners, a global service company located in Los Angeles, CA, which provides employment compensation and production services to the entertainment industry, has been using Veritas' virtualization software since 1996. When Wojtowicz moved from direct-attached storage in November 2001, the virtualization software saved the day.
"Without Veritas' virtualization software, we would never have been able to install the SAN while production was in progress without our users being aware that the change was being made," he says.
The storage array approach
EMC Corp., Hopkinton, MA, is a leading supplier of virtualization solutions implemented in the storage array. The company maintains that this approach is still one of the best means of implementing virtualization, according to Chuck Hollis, vice president of product marketing.
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I did too. It's a shame it wasn't posted a while back. It's promotion worthy.
Good job! I liked the Gibson fun fact.
I forgot to post this back when I wrote it a couple weeks ago so better late than never, maybe? It's on here if anyone wants to read it and comment about it.
Nothing like blogging once a year! Geez! Get with it!
Thanks for commenting! You're the first one to comment on one of my blog posts! I'm glad somebody is reading them! Haha! Thanks again!
I somewhat agree. When you see Valencia in interviews or behind the scenes, he seems like a cocky player and comes off as he only cares about what he's doing and not the team. We've all heard he hasn't been great in the locker room either. The problem of course is who do we have to put over at third? There's not really anyone "ready" in the minors so do you put Plouffe over there or Carroll for the time being? I'm not sure I want Plouffe in the infield at all. I think Plouffe will be alright but he's playing with fire and needs to go on a tear or he might be DFA'd! I don't see why Plouffe can't turn into another Cuddyer on the field. He might not be the locker room leader that Cuddy is but on the field he should be very close to Cuddy if he improves his arm accuracy.
My favorite thing that the Twins did in the last 100 games I have seen them play is put Valencia in AAA, my least favorite player for the Twins in over 10 years. I think Plouffe will be a good player, we can't send him down. Valencia was a selfish ass!!


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Between one-quarter and one-half of all life insurance policies go unclaimed, because it is generally up to family members to notify the insurance company when a policyholder dies, and virtually no effort is made to find lost beneficiaries.
In addition to policy benefits, many policyholders are entitled to demutualization compensation. Demutualization is the process of converting a mutual life insurance company, owned by its policyholders, to a publicly traded stock company owned by shareholders, pursuant to a plan of conversion approved by government regulators.
Many of the nation's oldest and largest life insurers began as mutual insurance companies. In recent years, however, a growing number - including Prudential, John Hancock, MetLife, Principal, Mutual of New York and dozens of others - have demutualized.
Mutual life policyholders (and heirs) continue to be entitled to receive whatever policy benefits may be due, but in addition receive stock, cash and/or policy credits in exchange for their ownership interest in the old mutual insurance company.
The amount paid to each policyholder is based on a number of factors, including length of time the policy has been in force, face value of the policy, and total premiums paid. For many policyholders, the windfall arising from demutualization can be substantial, but millions of missing policyholders and heirs aren't aware they are entitled to receive demutualization compensation.
When John Hancock demutualized, it did not have current addressed for 400,000 policyholders. Prudential could not find 1.2 million policyholders entitled to receive compensation, and MetLife estimates 60 million shares of stock arising from its demutualization - worth billions of dollars - went unclaimed. Contact efforts were unsuccessful, due to name changes after marriage or divorce, unreported changes of address, expired postal forwarding orders and non-current beneficiary information.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship should consider changing the name of its course to the TPC Mystery.
The reason The Players is talked about as the next best thing to a major is because the field is the strongest and deepest in golf. Until the PGA Tour recently created a spot for the Senior Players Championship winner, anyone who teed it up on the TPC Sawgrass had as good a chance as the next guy.
The mystery is trying to determine whose game best suits the golf course.
The list of winners is impressive, though it doesn't offer concrete clues except that two-thirds are major champions. More curious is how infrequently some of the game's best players are even in the mix late Sunday afternoon.
Start with Tiger Woods.
He was runner-up in 2000 to Hal "Be the right club today" Sutton. He won in 2001 with that putt on the island-green 17th that was better than most.
And that's it.
At Sawgrass, he's had only two serious chances at winning.
"There's no course that less people have worked out than this one," Geoff Ogilvy said upon leaving Sawgrass last year. "You get one or two chances in your career and you take them. It's a tournament Tiger has played 15 times and he's only contended twice. There's something odd there. Maybe that's the genius of the golf course. Or maybe that's the flaw of the golf course."
But it's not just Woods.
Phil Mickelson has won 41 times on the PGA Tour, second only to Woods in the last 25 years, with four major championships. He won The Players in 2007, right after switching over to Butch Harmon as his swing coach. And that was the only time he seriously contended at Sawgrass. He tied for third in 2004, but he was five shots behind Adam Scott.
Vijay Singh, with 34 wins and three majors, was runner-up to Woods in 2001. In his 19 other appearances, he never finished higher than eighth. Singh won 17 times from 2003 through 2005. He didn't record a top 10 at The Players those years — he missed the cut in 2003 — and broke 70 twice.
Ernie Els, another four-time major champion in the Hall of Fame, never had a good look at winning The Players.
Those are the "Big Four" of their generation. That's a collective 72 appearances, two wins and only four chances at winning.
"No idea," said Padraig Harrington, who has ideas on everything. "I'm not sure how you would put it down. You pick four players, and it's not like all four have the exact same game. Only four chances between them?"
Johnny Miller never had much luck on this golf course, making only two cuts in eight attempts. It was still enough to give him an appreciation of Pete Dye's creation.
"It's just a nervous tournament. It's a nervous week," Miller said. "That's why a lot of guys hardly do well here. It's a course that you have to tippy-toe around, and that's why Tiger ... he won it, but he's struggled here. And Phil has struggled here and he won it once. You just get a little glimpse of it once in a while when you can play well, and the rest of the time it just eats your lunch. It's really a fun event. You don't know what's going to happen."


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On Tap Today: The dead have their day
Just because Halloween is past it doesn't mean that we have to put aside ghostly fun. Indeed the Day of the Dead dawns today, and the holiday is celebrated at UWM's "Dia de los Muertos" bash with dance, music and mask-making.
This day also offers Arcade Theater's appropriate mix of comedy and darkness in the group's production of "The Hothouse," a murder mystery set in a mental institution.
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Funeral services for Thelma Virginia Burleson, 91, of Muskogee, OK, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at Fort Gibson National Cemetery with family officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home of Muskogee.
Thelma was born August 8, 1922 at Muskogee, OK, the daughter of Nathan and Pattie (Blankenship) Watson and died Saturday, August 31, 2013 in Locust Grove. She was married to Lawrence Wesley Burleson and lived in Muskogee all her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, five sisters, and four brothers.
Survivors include her daughters, Patricia Doughty and husband, Glenn, of Locust Grove, OK, Karen Mason and husband, Jerry, of Webbers Falls, OK, and Florence Morris of Porum; 15 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; 34 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild.


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By Katherine Parker
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — Teachers, principals, administrative staff and community leaders from schools across the state came together to learn and share ideas to "Be The Difference."
The University of Oklahoma's K20 Center for Educational & Community Renewal hosted more than 700 Oklahoma educators Tuesday at its 17th annual Innovative Learning Institute.
Leslie Williams, K20 Center director, said the K20 Center and Innovative Learning Institute participants want every student to thrive in a knowledge-based society and that the conference's theme, "Be The Difference," aligned with the K20 Center's goal of cultivating a collaborative network engaged in research and innovation.
"Today we come together to share best practices, learn about research and to challenge each other," Williams said.
The keynote address was given by Wes Moore, a youth advocate and author. Moore's book "The Other Wes Moore" landed on both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.
Moore is committed to helping parents, teachers, mentors and advocates better serve our youth. Teachers and principals had only praise for Moore and said his talk was engaging and that he inspired them.
After the keynote, Innovative Learning Institute attendees had the opportunity to attend more than 60 breakout sessions throughout the afternoon. Sessions covered a variety of topics, including boosting science scores, integrating media products like iPads into classroom assignments, differentiation and embedding math literacy into elementary classrooms.
Honesti Williams, Salina High School principal, said the most influential session she attended was "Hubbard TV: A New Spin on Announcements," which demonstrated how one school created a studio for daily announcements from a web-browser.
"We just started a broadcast class. We're fired up now," she said.
Teresa Askin and Deborah Templeman, who teach at Pleasant Grove Elementary in Shawnee, said they learned the most from social studies and differentiation sessions.
"They taught us how to incorporate social studies into an elementary classroom. They used literature like Dr. Seuss to teach various themes, such as environmental conservation," Askin said.
"My biggest takeaway was from the differentiation session. They explained how to rearrange lessons to hit all kids, not just the middle group," Templeman said. "That's always a challenge for teachers."
One highlight of the Innovative Learning Institute was the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Supporting K20 Innovative Educators (SKIE) award winner presentation.
Six regional winners from across the state each received a $500 award. Each winner was selected for displaying a record of outstanding application and integration of the K20 Center IDEALS (inquiry, discourse, equity, authenticity, leadership and service). The winners also demonstrated excellence in teaching and the use of technology and modeled instruction that is both engaging and effective.
The regional winners include: Central Region — Vickie Kastl from Santa Fe South High School, Oklahoma City; Northeast Region — Mary Hardesty from Turkey Ford Elementary, Ottawa; Northwest Region — Lori Mayden from Newkirk High School; Southeast Region — Tammy Parks from Howe High School and Howe Middle School; Southwest Region — Kent Hathaway, Mustang Elementary School; and Tulsa Region — Greg James, Oneta Ridge Middle School, Broken Arrow.
Kastl was named the 2013 statewide SKIE award winner and received an additionally $1,500 award and a $2,500 technology grant for Santa Fe South High School.
Kastl has spent 39 years in education as a teacher and the last three as an English 3 teacher. She blends technology and authenticity in her classroom by using everything from Nooks to read on and the Internet to research The American Dream and "Great Gatsby."
Katherine Parker
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The Baseball Writers Association of America released the annual ballot for the Hall of Fame election today and let the debates begin because there are going to be some doozies this time. There are interesting candidates who haven't gotten in yet on the ballot again as well as some whopper-size new names that will be sparking all kids of debate.
(Housekeeping/disclaimers: There are over 600 eligible voters and you have to get 75 percent of the vote to be inducted, or 5 percent to stay on the ballot for future years. The voters are BBWAA members for 10 consecutive years; I am a BBWAA member but do not yet have a vote. I will be eligible to vote for the Hall in the winter of 2016.)
So here's my quick rundown:
---Big new names coming on the ballot for the first time: Craig Biggio, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, Curt Schilling, Sammy Sosa.
---Returnees who got votes last year: Jack Morris (66.7 percent), Jeff Bagwell (56), Lee Smith (50.6), Tim Raines (48.7), Alan Trammell (36.8), Edgar Martinez (36.5), Fred McGriff (23.9), Larry Walker (22.9), Mark McGwire (19.5), Don Mattingly (17.8), Dale Murphy (14.5), Rafael Palmeiro (12.6), Bernie Williams (9.6).
---New names who are no-chancers: Sandy Alomar Jr., Jeff Cirillo, Royce Clayton, Jeff Conine, Steve Finely, Julio Franco, Shawn Green, Roberto Hernandez, Ryan Klesko, Kenny Lofton, Jose Mesa, Reggie Sanders, Aaron Sele, Mike Stanton, Todd Walker, David Wells, Rondell White, Woody Williams.
You can vote for up to 10 players, so you would think there might be some big classes coming up but history shows there has not been many. We have not had three players inducted since 1999 (Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Robin Yount) and it's been all the way since 1955 (Joe DiMaggio, Ted Lyons, Dazzy Vance and Gabby Hartnett) that we had four inducted.
The issue of course, this year, deals with steroids. What will voters do with Bonds, Clemens and Sosa? By brute numbers, they all should get in but they're likely to get treated the same way as McGwire and Palmeiro. What about Piazza, who has a lot of circumstantial steroid talk but no real allegations? Will he suffer a similar fate as Bagwell, who should be in but suffers from being linked to known user Ken Caminiti?
Do the steroid guys' open the door wider for someone like Schilling, a postseason icon whose regular-season numbers are not normally considered HOF caliber? Or what about the door finally getting kicked in for Morris or Raines, or perhaps an underappreciated SS (Trammell) or the first DH (Martinez)?
And the logjam only gets worse with 2014 eligibles including Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Jeff Kent and Mike Mussina getting into the fray.
What do I say? Sorry, you'll have to wait for Sunday's Inside Baseball column for what my ballot would look like. In the meantime, have your vote here on the six new candidates and the best of the returnees:
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Internal Audit Haikus
Some of my favorite Internal Audit haikus
The numbers don't add
Leading to questions and fear
No fraud – bad audit
See B.1.5.c.c.6
Reference nightmare
The lines turn blurry
Checking ticing and tieing
Supervising sucks
Audit tears flow down
Full days work - ten hours - poof
Should have saved files
Criteria, Cause,
Condition, Effect, Action.
What was the question?
Matching ruby red
Pillars flow line after line.
Not a good heat map
Good fieldwork planning
Tests. Samples. More important
Find the closest bar.
Single drop spills
Starting a flow. Water. Words.
Fraudster confession
Leaves drift in water.
Glaciers creep. Shadows grow long.
Will this meeting end?
Please provide your favorite haikus. Remember the rules. Three lines - first line five syllables, second line seven syllables, third line five syllables.
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Nutrition and Wellness for Athletes
Electrolyte Replacement Options
Electrolytes are essential elements found in the foods we eat. When you work out or get sick, you lose electrolytes faster than you replace them. Essential elements like potassium and sodium, and to a lesser degree magnesium and calcium, are needed for the body to function properly. In most cases you can replace these elements by consuming the right foods and drinks...Read more about Electrolyte Replacement Options in this PDF.
Recommended Hydration for Athletes
In this PDF you'll learn tips on how to hydrate for athletes. Examples would be: Two hours before exercise, athletes should consume 16 ounces of water; Thirty minutes before exercise, athletes should intake another eight ounces to prepare themselves for activity; Because athletes are sweating out important fluids, they must replenish them by drinking eight ounces every 20 minutes. Check out the PDF for more great tips on Hydration for Athletes.
Quick and Healthy Team Snack Ideas
What parent hasn't struggled with what to bring the team for a snack during practices or games? As tempting as it is to bring a sugary snack that the kids will go crazy over, it is important to remember that the purpose of a half-time or post-game snack is to replace the nutrients that your child has used up during their game. Check out this PDF for snack and pledge card and healthy snack ideas that kids still dig (just don't tell them they're 'healthy' snacks!). Check out this healthy news update for coaches and parents and then check out our Family Tips page for more great information.
Sports Nutrition Myths and Facts
Learn the truth behind some common nutrition myths such as: My kid is active, so it's not a problem if he has an unhealthy snack after the game; My kid works hard and did well at the game, so I want to reward her with a treat; Only "health nuts" would insist on healthy snacks during and after games. Check out more Nutrition Myths and Facts on this PDF.
Consumption of Sports Drinks by Children
Over the past three decades, U.S. children and adolescents have significantly increased their consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). The per-capita caloric contribution of SSBs to children's and adolescents' diets increased from 204 calories per day in 1988–1994 to 224 calories per day in 1999-2004. Adolescents now obtain 10 percent to 15 percent . . . Learn More from this PDF.
Hydration: Not Just for the Athlete
Morning cup of coffee, an afternoon soda and another for dinner? This routine
seems to be more and more common, but in the words of Bobby Boucher,
"Water is Better!" Two Thirds of the human body is made up of water, yet many
people still do not understand the importance of properly hydrating throughout the
day. Every cell and organ in your body . . . Learn more here (PDF).


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Hey all,
I continue to go through different plausible setups for my entry into home theater. I currently just have a 32" JVC TV with audio comin through it. I have a component-connected XBOX, which doubles as a DVD player. Most of my time is spent on XBOX gaming, DVD's, and TV (sports).
So I'd like a nice surround setup to go with this. For X-mas, my 'rents will likely get me the Onkyo HT-S760, if I'd like that. When I first considered HT, that's all I wanted and would have been completely satisfied with it. Now, however, I'm considering the component route. As an option, I could get the $500 they would pay for the Onkyo HTIB, and use it towards the following setup:
-RTi70's ($400/pair open box at CC)
-FXi30's ($200/pair open box at CC)
-Free 202 sub (but might upgrade to 303 for $100 more)
-Csi30 ($150 at CC.............BC MINE DOESN'T HAVE THE DAMN CSi40)
So that setup would be around $800 (I could prolly negotiate even more since i would be payin $600 of open box items). I would then search for a decent 6.1 receiver, so tack on another 300-400 and I'm at just over 1100.
This leads me at a $600 out of my personal savings for this polk setup vs nothing for the Onkyo HTIB.
So what I'm asking all of you, is whether you feel this is honestly worth that much more cost. I'm only 19, not a huge audiophile, am coming from an audio system out of a JVC TV, and will mostly use it for XBOX gaming, DVD"s, and sports TV. So given that, do you feel it's worth it?
Now a little rant.... WHY DOESN'T MY LOCAL CC HAVE THE CSI40 FOR $200~~~~~~!!~! AAAHHHHHHHHHH


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Dale is located in Texas.
Dale, Texas has a population of
Dale is
family-centric than the surrounding county with
35.05% of the households
containing married families with children.
The county average for households married with children is 29.39%.
The median household income in Dale, Texas is
The median household income for the surrounding county is $46,267
compared to the national median of $50,935.
The median age of people living in Dale is
34.7 years.
The average high temperature in July is 96
degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 36.6 degrees.
The average rainfall is approximately 37.1 inches
per year, with 0.3 inches of snow per year.
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August 1, 2014
Sun Prairie improved to 3-0 on the season after crushing Janesville Craig in a 45-10 win.
The Cougars would keep it close to start off the game. Andy Miller hit Darian Sharifi from the 4 yard line, and Sharifi would do the rest on the 96 yard touchdown connection to tie the game at 7-7.
In the 2nd quarter, the Cardinals start taking control. Quarterback Ryan Curran finds Donte Starlin-Marriam coming out of the backfield for a 50 yard touchdown screen pass to give Sun Prairie a 14-7 lead.
The Cardinals travel to Madison LaFollette next week, as the Cougars hit the road to face Beloit Memorial.


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March 22, 2012 – Three local high schools athletes in the Greater Houston area joined the ranks of high school basketball's elite with their selection into the 2012 McDonald's All American High School Basketball West Team.
Announcements came during the Selection Show on ESPNU. They were also recognized during one of the timeouts at the March 22nd Houston Rockets game at the Toyota Center.
The 2012 McDonald's All American Girls Team boasts an exceptional West roster, including Courtney Williams (North Shore High School, Houston Texas).
The Girls Game begins at 6:30 p.m. CT March 28, and will broadcast live on ESPNU.
"Courtney is highly skilled and plays 1-5 position…she's a team player first. She was very happy because the hard work that she puts into the game did pay off and …she got something that she was working very hard for (to be a McDonald's All-American High School Basketball team finalist)," said North Shore High School Basketball Coach Allison Campbell.
The 2012 McDonald's All American Boys Team features two top prospects from the greater Houston area including Cameron Ridley (George Bush High School, Richmond, Texas) and Rasheed Sulaimon (Strake Jesuit High School, Houston, Texas).
The Boys game tip-offs at 8:30 p.m. CT March 28, broadcasting live on ESPN.
"It couldn't have happened to a better young man. I think Rasheed is an outstanding young man as well as basketball player. He has exemplified himself in the Jesuit community, classroom, and in the locker room with his teammates," said Strake Jesuit Basketball Coach Wayne Jones.
"Cam is a quiet, laid back guy (off the court). He has progressed so much from his sophomore year to be where he is right now. His maturity has led him in the right direction to becoming a McDonald's All-American. He has worked so hard at being the best at all that he does and …we are all happy for him," said George Bush High School Coach Ronnie Courtney.
Since 1978, more than a 1,000 male and female players have competed in the McDonald's All American Games, forming an elite list of basketball stars. This year, in celebration of the 35th Anniversary of the first Boys Team, the McDonald's All American Games unveiled its list of 35 of the Greatest McDonald's All Americans.


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iPad live #27: Dead on Arrival
We're listening to Steve Jobs lay the smackdown on Android and BlackBerry tablets, and watching Apple take the iPad back to the Mac. The stage is set for 2011 folks. This is iPad live!
Thanks to the the iPhone Blog Store for sponsoring the podcast, and to everyone who showed up for the live chat!
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This isn't showing up on iTunes.
There's an error message when attempting to download this from iTunes. x(
Talk about Dead On Arrival. Feed broken.
It's some sick joke I bet.
Hopefully it's fixed in the morning, that's when I'm gonna need it.
"Dead on arrival"?! This joke is getting old! From iPad live shows being corrupted and lost so we only get a few minutes of it, to downloading and streaming errors in the feed so we don't get it at all, It's getting tiresome getting screwed over over getting the iPad live podcast. Come on guys, get it together. I love this podcast because Rene is probably the most knowledgeable podcaster I know when it comes to iOS and i devices, but these podcasting screw ups are damaging my enthusiasm, the credibility and professionalism of this show as well as iPhone Live. I'm thankful for the depth of knowledge and appreciate the fact that these podcasters are putting their hard earned time in for our benefits, but I hope we can count on a certain level of reliability as well.
If Steve were just a slight bit snarkkier, his next keynote could have slides like this:
Google: Bozos
RIM: Bozos
Microsoft: Extra Super Bozos
@ All - Because you're perfect and NEVER make a mistake or have technical trouble, you can hold the TiPb to the standards. As Mr. Ritchie said in his comment, it's a problem with the server and they fixed it. Also, this stuff is free...
@ Trevor, well said... I could see if they charged for a subscription
You mentioned costume ideas for the halloween episode.
For Rene I suggest the Android Robot.It might be hard to put together but totally worth it.
"Uh, so we're going to segway into the Mac OS right?" lol


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Between Jamal and Darren we should have enough offense to keep us in the game. The glaring weakness is the lack of defense coming from our reserve big men. Come trade deadline we need to fix this problem, otherwise we will have to outshoot our opponents and GSW and Phoenix have already proven that just doesn't win in the playoffs
I totally agree about our back up bigs.
The other thing about the bench's offense is that last season Barnes was having some decent scoring games and that has not happened at all this season. Hopefully that is just temporary. Also if Doc can land us a defensive big he can play him next to Jamison giving us some more offense and D.
"Rivers conceded that playing Howard straight up without defensive help might not have been his preferred strategy had the stakes been greater, but the early portion of a season often serves as an extended clinic. Single coverage down low strengthens the principles of a team's base defense -- even if it takes a few lumps on a single night in November.
Asked to cite other examples of tactics he'd employed while giving up 118 points to Houston, he quickly pointed to the team's approach to James Harden, who finished with 15 points in 33 minutes. The Clippers opted to deny Harden in elbow pick-and-roll calls, realizing that a few rollers would squirt through the defense and hurt them. Again, not necessarily a plan the Clippers would pursue in Game 1 of a playoff series, but something Rivers wanted to toy with Monday.
The rollers hurt the Clippers, particularly in the first half, and at a certain point, Clippers assistant Tyronn Lue wanted to switch up the coverage. But Rivers chose to stick with it, even though his team was absorbing blows.
For now on the defensive end, the Clippers will settle for process over results."
Very interesting piece from ESPN Daily Dime. Basically our assistants wanted to adjust the defense throughout the game but Doc didn't let them, so the players could learn the hard way. Doc City.
We shoulda gave dwight a standing Ovation. Just my two cents, a future of melo and howard woulda been nice...
Golden State did get outshot by SA though.
Phoenix is always interesting because they were some unfortunate plays away from it "working" in the playoffs. WCF 3 times, lost in 5, 6, and 6, but of course at some point in time you have to defend.
Phoenix also had size issues, for example SA basically won due to offensive rebounds
SAS: 118.6 Ortg, 11.0 TOV, .197 FTA/FG, .529 eFG%, 35.4 ORB%
PHO: 114.0 Ortg, 12.5 TOV, .186 FTA/FG, .534 eFG%, 26.8 ORB%
They had small positives in other areas, but the main one was offensive rebounds.
If this team can score that much, both personnel and coaching wise the defense just has a much better prognosis.
How did Dallas win?
DAL: 114.4 Ortg, 9.9 TOV, .241 FTA/FG, .485 eFG%, 32.2 ORB%
PHO: 111.5 Ortg, 11.4 TOV, .181 FTA/FG, .534 eFG%, 21.3 ORB%
FT's and Offensive rebounds were their main advantages
Lakers was a different situation, they had Robin Lopez and their offense was arguably even more potent, but they didn't have the individual defenders in Bell and Marion. If you could have mixed the size of the 09-10 team and the perimeter defense of the 05-06 team, they really had a good chance
LAL: 124.2 Ortg, 10.1 TOV, .210 FTA/FG, .552 eFG%, 32.6 ORB%
PHO: 119.6 Ortg, 10.8 TOV, .306 FTA/FG, .530 eFG%, 28.4 ORB%
Lakers were the only team that actually out-shot them from the field. Lakers were also the only team that didn't draw more fouls and didn't have a big offensive rebounding advantage. The 09-10 team had Amare/Frye/Lopez in comparison to the earlier teams with Marion at PF and Diaw at C in 2006.
Their offense was certainly still powerful in the post-season, but they couldn't defend mainly because they couldn't grab the rebound. The Lakers 124.2 Ortg is just legendary, even Memphis at 119 Ortg in their 4 wins wasn't that good, but Memphis at 119 is as impressive since they were a bad offensive team during the season and that Laker team was not bad, and much better if healthy.
So even if the Clippers this season are similar to that team:
1) Can they rebound better defensively? - Yes
2) Do they have a better defensive coach? - Yes
3) Do they have better defensive players? - Maybe (Marion and Raja were pretty good though)
So even in that way, this team has better potential.
It's so funny every time we win, the fans of the other teams blame refball and say we are overrated. Literally it's always down to refball in their eyes. We get no credit from anyone, but it is still mind boggling how bad our defense is.
Barnes has been pretty quiet this season. Last year Barnes and Butler split time almost at a 50-50% split. I don't see that happening this year because Dudley has actually stepped it up. I think so far our starting small forward is actually proving to be better than the second string small forward. Last year that was not the case, and I remember Barnes being more effective during many moments, which is why the time split was so even.


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Former UK linebacker Danny Trevathan has signed a four-year $2.2 million dollar contract with the Denver Broncos according to Aaron Wilson of Profootball.scout.com.
Trevathan, a sixth round draft pick was a second-team All- Southeastern Conference pick last year.
The contract reportedly includes a signing bonus of $104,000 and base salaries of $390,000, $480,000, $570,000 and $660,000.
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Jamie Bower, Lily Collins, and Kevin Zegers talk about who is the biggest knucklehead, what the film is about without supernatural elements, and about preparing for action scenes in this 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' Interview.
Clary Fray (Lily Collins) sees someone she's not supposed to in this 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' clip.
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The gorgeous men of Hollywood you love to hate.
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Jason Heap grew up in Texas among Baptists and Lutherans. He earned a master's from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University.
Now, at age 38, Heap wants to be a U.S. Navy chaplain. But Heap is a humanist who doesn't believe in God, and the U.S. military has never sanctioned a humanist chaplain. Nor has the Navy acted on Heap's application, filed last month, to become its first approved humanist chaplain.


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Hello from Ilio DiPaolo's Restaurant in Blasdell, the location -- as always -- for the Connolly Cup presentation.
The Connolly Cup, awarded by the Riverside Athletic Club, is given annually to the most outstanding football player in Western New York. It is named for William R. (Bill) Connolly, who passed away in 1971 after a lifetime of service to young people.
The 39th winner will be announced shortly. The presentation is scheduled for 2:15 p.m.
The finalists are: Okoya Anderson, Orchard Park junior RB, Travis Eman, Canisius senior QB, Jordan Johnson, Sweet Home junior QB/DB, Chad Kelly, St. Joe's junior QB/DB, Zach Lauricella, Clarence senior QB, Joe Licata, Williamsville South senior QB, Jimmy Rauh, Southwestern senior QB, Tyler Stoldt, Alden senior QB, Shane Smith, Fredonia senior QB/LB, Zach Williams, Silver Creek senior RB/LB.
2:03 p.m. State senator William T. Stachowski addressed the banquet room, lauding the players, their parents and their coaches, as well as the Connolly Cup committee members who spend all season researching players and going to games.
2:06 p.m. Hall of Famer Jim Kelly is on hand in support of his nephew, Chad.
2:11 p.m. Jim Kelly is helping in the introductions of the finalists, handing out plaques to the finalists as they step up on the stage. Not a bad bonus for the top 10 this year.
Williams of Silver Creek is the only finalist not at the presentation due to a lacrosse committment.
2:23 p.m. Joe Licata is the winner of the 39th Connolly Cup.
No surprise here, as we gave him our top honor as well. A very deserved award.
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The All-Western New York team (check the link for a cool video), including Buffalo News Player of the Year Licata, was announced today in the paper and on buffalonews.com.
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After taking a break, the FloorTek Expo that draws dozens of companies associated with the floorcovering industry is returning to Dalton.
FloorTek, which is typically held in Dalton every two years and is organized by the American Floorcovering Alliance, was last held in 2009. Officials said they took some extra time off to build brand awareness and excitement for the expo. It's designed to expose individuals associated with the floorcovering industry to companies focused on technologies, machinery and other important industry components.
The expo runs Tuesday through Thursday at the trade center and is open to individuals associated with the floorcovering industry. Expo spokesman Paul Friederichsen said there were still exhibitors signing up as of last week.
Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce President Brian Anderson said such events are important for the local community because they get Dalton's name out to other areas and businesses, some of which may consider locating in the area or doing business that has a positive impact here.
"It's good for us," he said. "(It is) reinforcing that we are a strong manufacturing center, of which flooring is the biggest component."
Brett Huske with the Convention and Visitors Bureau said officials will know after the show what kind of economic impact it had on the community. About 55 exhibitors were listed on the show's website, www.floor-tek.com, some of them international. Registration is available at the website.
Friederichsen couldn't immediately say how many attendees the show is expected to draw. In the past, it has drawn about 2,000.
In addition to manufacturers showcasing new products, the show will feature several educational seminars and speakers. Vern Yip, a HGTV designer, will speak at a VIP breakfast to open the show on Tuesday.
"It's going to be a well-filled-out show," Friederichsen said. "There's kind of a pent-up demand for these technology companies and manufacturing companies to show their goods, and I think there's a little bit of optimism in the floorcovering industry."


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Instead of the more traditional craniotomy, in which a bone flap is removed from the skull, neurosurgeons are using MRI-guided laser technology to destroy lesions in hard-to-access regions of the brain.
"This is a tool for patients with tumors who have been told they do not have other options" — Shabbar F. Danish, MD, of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital — says about laser-assisted thermal ablation.
"This is also a viable option for patients who do not want radiation therapy or general anesthesia. Additionally, we can take their hospital stay from four to seven days down to 24 hours."
The procedure marries the precision of navigation tools?with an MRI-guided laser probe that's as small and light as a pen. "What this does is you just have to make a hole that will take you to the middle of the tumor, and (ablate) the tumor.
It's actually done in the MRI suite, so when the probe is confirmed to be in the correct position in the MRI suite you heat it and you can watch directly on the MRI scanner what area is being heated using the program. After that you can do another MRI scan, since the patient is already there, to show if the tumor is gone. So you have instant gratification."
On July 18, 2011 history was made for epilepsy surgery?
What's so different about yesterday's surgery at Texas Children's Hospital, is this was the first time laser brain surgery was done successfully on a patient with epilepsy. A surgical breakthrough that's long overdue. (Laser surgery has been used successfully on cancer patients for more than a decade.)
Doctors said a typical hospital stay for patients before this laser surgery was five to seven days. But now, with this less-invasive alternative, patients can usually go home the next day!
So far, doctors have performed the surgery on children, although plans to expand the new technology for adult patients is in the works.
"Based on our experience, we believe the use of MRI-guided laser surgery will change the face of epilepsy treatment and provide a life-changing option for many epilepsy surgery candidates — both children and adults," said Dr. Angus Wilfong, director of Texas Children's comprehensive epilepsy program and associate professor of pediatrics and neurology at Baylor College of Medicine.
And it will bring new hope to all of us. The chance to change our lives.
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I am Sure this is exciting News to All those who are facing surgery in the future. I'd sure like to hear some follow-up stories from those kids, w/in a few yrs. The sooner surgeons start this procedure on Adults w/ Epilepsy, the Better, I say. It's been long Overdue, considering how long they have been using it for PPL w/ Tumors.
Here's to the Future, w/ Prayers for New Hope.
Love Candi
Good luck to any patients considering surgery. It changed my life around dramatically for the best!
Time to celebrate and spread the news around!
Can this procedure be used to eliminate scar tissue ?
Welcome back! It is Good to hear from you!
Did your medication work or are you still on the med Merrygoround?
To answer your question. I think so! W/ the new MEG (newer version of MRI w/ better details) I think this new Surgery would work for eliminating scar tissue, also. Be worth talking w/ your DR about that's for sure! Who knows? It may be the scar tissue causing your ongoing seizures. It's been known to cause seizures in others'.
On a more Personal Note? How are the Kids doing? Have the twins & your son started School yet? How are You doing? What ya been up to? HUGS!
Love Candi
Yes I am finally back and my med merry go round is over. The keppra has done wonders for me. A lot better then the dilantin that I was on. My new nuero doc did tell me that the scar tissue could be the result of me having seizure disorders. I see him again just before christmas and I'll have to ask him what his thoughts are on the scar tissue with this new procedure.
Well what have I been up to. Here we go. In March I began digging the pond. April 3rd I officially opened it up,meaning adding water and fish.I ended up building it so that it would stand up to the winter freeze here in Pennsylvania. It's 10 foot long by 5 foot wide and 4 foot deep.Got it loaded with perch,bluegills,sunfish,rock bass and large mouth bass.My wife then added 2 shubumkins (smaller koi). I first started it out with goldfish but due to the power of my filters,the filters sucked up all the goldfish. There use to be minnows in there,but the bass took care of them. Also added lots of plants such as water hyacynths,cattails among others.
As soon as I finished the pond,had to get my garden going.The tomatoes are just about finished, been pulling off one pounders,making pickles and just baked my first blueberry pie. And now just waiting on the potatoes and onions and corn. And my favorites the brussel sprouts have a ways to go,last year it was the end of October to early November when they were finished.Right now the brussel sprout plants are 4 foot high
Been out fishing quite a bit,at least 2 times per week and just baking in the sun.
As for my kids, my one daughter moved back in with us after having bad problems with her boy friend and she is now dating a State Trooper and my other daughter out in the Pittsburg area has given me the most precious grandchildren that you can ever ask for,a boy and a girl. Now don't forget my girls just turned 24 in July.
Not sure if you remember,but my son passed away last October at the age of 21 and he also left behind a gorgeous grandson who everytime he comes over all he and the other grandson say is fishies due to the fact that I have 3 aquariums in the house.. Took them outside to the pond to see the pond fish and they love it.
So other then that,everything has been fine, just keep on trying to get my wife to go fishing but thats a no-no,she's scared of bugs,lol. Sometimes I think to myself thats why God created bugs to give us men some time alone,lol.
So how is everything going with you?? I've been in here on a monthly basis but for some reason I could not post anything ,I forgot my password and just changed it the other day.
Well, I am glad you have been watching our posts. As you have seen, I am still Busy helping everyone & am Very Pleased that we have a 'new' family started, finally. Glad you got a New password so you could join in again.
Sooo Glad to hear the Keppra is working for you. They took my daughter off it & she is doing better on Topamax & Lyrica. So far her seizures are controlled. Been almost 4-6 mths seizure free.
I guess I should have read thru some more of your posts to 'refresh' my memory. I had forgotten your daughters were Older. Your son. Yes I had forgotten. I, probably said it B4: My Condolences & Prayers for you & yours. But, sounds like ya got some Great Grandkids. None for me. Daughter refused to have any kids due to EP genetics. My son, 23, is still looking for the 'perfect' mate. Hubby is Finally Retired from his Govt Job & is working Part Time, as an Usher at 1 of the Casinos across the River. Gets to see a Lot of Good Shows/Acts for Free. Me? I got a Rugrat to care for during the week. A great 4 yr old. I've had him for about 2 yrs now. Only problem: His Dad! Refuses to listen to parental &/or Health Advice about his Son. He has Chronic Bronchitis which Allergies trigger & becuz Dad refused to treat him for Either (My Mom didn't raise me w/ Pills. My Son will be fine, too ) ( he now has Asthma. Dad would use Vicks during attacks, cuz, he couldn't stop me from using it & he did note Improvement w/ use. It Burns me though that the Asthma could have been Prevented! And he still Refuses to Listen to me & others'. And the childs' Mom is out of the Picture, more or less. Oh Well. At least he has Me for now.
Your Pond sounds Terrific. And I would Die for some of them Fresh Brussel Sprouts. When Ready. I think they were maturing Last Time we talked. 1LB Tomatoes? WHOOOHOO! Bet them taste GOOD! I used to have Wild Blueberries & Blackberries Growing all over our property in Ga. Sure miss That. Hubby didn't even Try to plant veggies this YR. AZ heat Fries them B4 they mature. Kept telling him to put a Green Screen over them for Heat Control. So, Maybe Next Yr? To bad the ol lady Don't go fishing w/ you. (I ain't afraid of Bugs. Maybe you should come down to AZ & fish in Colorado River. Hubby is a Good Fish Fry Cook. ) But, then again, ya got time alone, ya Got Peace! And them Grandkids will grow up Fast & will soon be going w/ you, on occasion.
OK enough of my ramblin. Again, Welcome Back! Lots of Hugs for You & Yours!
Love Candi
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The unofficial results are in for the Leesburg Town Council, showing Mayor Kristen C. Umstattd will serve another term as mayor alongside re-elected council members Katie Hammler, Tom Dunn and David Butler. They will officially begin their new terms January 1.
"You're always a little nervous. You don't know whether the voters approve of what you've done or tried to do or not," Umstattd said, prior to the results. She joined council candidates Butler, Jim Sisley and Joseph Mydlinski during an election party at Palio Ristorante Italiano.
"You wait until they've made their decision," Umstattd added. "Even if you hear good news, until all the votes are in you can't really relax."
As numbers rolled in, Umstattd continued to hold the lead. As of 12:15 a.m. she had 12,017 (65.62 percent) votes compared to her opponent, Linda Shotton, who had 6,189 (33.79 percent), according to Virginia's State Board of Elections.
"I am deeply thankful to the voters for having that kind of confidence in me. I'm very shaken that they would deem me worthy of re-election," Umstattd said. "I love this job. I enjoyed [today's election] tremendously. People were just so nice and friendly and that's what I've found throughout Leesburg. This really is the best job you can have."
Butler, who had 8,538 votes (19.82 percent), said though a campaign is long and hard, it is a sense of relief knowing the results.
"I would just like to say thank you for your support and I will continue to do what you ask me to do," Butler said. "I hope that the town continues to do as well as it has been and I'm confident it will."
Hammler, who was watching the numbers from her home, had 6,327 votes (14.69 percent) and said she is grateful for all of the support she received.
"I'm very, very proud of the campaign I ran," she said, adding the November ballot has set the standards for future elections.
"Despite the fact that I was the two term incumbent it was really kind of David versus Goliath with big political parties," Hammler said. "I am so honored that I am back on council to work with a wonderful team and a tremendous staff and I'm looking forward to the next four years."
Dunn, who came in with 6,601 (15.33 percent) votes, was unavailable to comment prior to Leesburg Patch's deadline. He will join Butler and Hammler for another term.
Candidate Jim Sisley was the next candidate in line. Results showed he had 5,153 (11.96 percent) by the end of the night, but it wasn't enough to win.
"I'd love to be on council but, obviously, it's the people's vote," he said. "It's not my wish alone."
Sisley said he feels better knowing that he took the time to run. He thanked everyone who contributed to his campaign and those who took the time to vote.
"We have a lot of people in town, we have a lot of people who are registered voters. We had an extraordinarily high turnout," Sisley said. "This was an unprecedented year so to have met as many people that I did during the race and talk to as many people as I did with this first time race what a phenomenal thing.
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The Little Woman (she's starting to warm up to the term) and I are avid readers of The Dallas Morning News — even though it costs a small fortune to have it delivered out here in the suburbs of Booger Woods. My day always begins with juice, my morning shot glass full of pills, my coffee, and the paper. TLW starts her daily retirement adventure with a Dr Pepper, pills, coffee, a Diet Dr Pepper, and the paper. When this routine is interrupted for either one of us, we tend to be out of sorts for the rest of the day.
In addition to inserts like want ads, automobile ads, realty ads, and personals, the News normally consists of five distinct sections — the national and international news section, the Metro-Dallas section, the sports section, the business section, and "Arts & Life" (the entertainment section). TLW and I swap these sections back and forth and our morning newspaper session ends with her doing the "Commuter Puzzle" (the easy one) and me doing the "New York Times Daily Crossword Puzzle (the hard one).
The "Metro" section is second only to "Arts & Life" as my favorite section. I have to get my daily fix of "Crankshaft," "Garfield," "Doonesbury," "Mother Goose & Grimm," "Zits," and "Pickles" (which is a biography of TLW and me). After all that, "Metro" provides me with all the news in and around Dallas that I might need. If this section included a sports page, it would be just about as comprehensive as our humble paper, The Corsicana Daily Sun. Here are some comparisons:
Thursday's Daily Sun was a total of 12 pages — the Metro had 10 pages. Both entities had some feel-good stories, some civic affairs stories, some commentary, weather forecasting, and obituaries. Speaking of obituaries, did you ever notice that people seem to die in alphabetical order? Interesting enough, the Metro had several references to upcoming Dallas area events while The Sun had three full pages dedicated to upcoming local events around our city and county. Who knew were were such busy little beavers?
The Metro dedicates the entire back page to national and state-wide weather reporting and forecasting which is prepared by the weather team from WFAA, Channel 8. It includes a five-day forceast, a national weather map, highs, lows, and forecasts for Texas cities, highs, lows & forecasts for cities around the country, international forecasts & highs and lows, phases of the moon and planets, the air quality, and pollen counts. Our Daily Sun features an AccuWeather.com regional version of much the same information compressed in a 6" x 6" box inside the front cover just before the obits. On a side note, I am pleased to report that, after a prolonged absence from the Metro weather page, Marfa has returned as the low temperature record holder for Texas.
Both entities had significant crime reports but there were some real contrasts in severity and impact on people's lives between the Metro Dallas offenses and those in Corsicana/Navarro County. Here are some examples of those contrasts:
Metro Dallas: "Stick-toting crime fighter disarmed;" "Police say man killed by his son-in-law;" "Man arrested in August slaying;" "Man fatally stabbed in his apartment;" "2nd man dies in shooting at house;" "Man pleads guilty in Medicare fraud;" "Man gets 17 years in fatal DWI case;" and "Man gets life for fondling 6-year-old."
Corsicana/Navarro: "A man who tried to steal $37 worth of ribeye steaks from the HEB was arrested at 11:40 p.m...;" "A vehicle was burglarized sometime Monday or Tuesday...;" "A five-year-old bull was loose Tuesday morning on Northwest County Road 0148." "Two Charolais calves, one black cow and a Charolais cow have been missing since Monday...;" and "Thirty T-posts, and two used tires were stolen Monday..."
If nothing else, these stark contrasts between big-city living and small-town living make living down here mighty attractive, don't you think? It's just more comforting and reassuring to be living in an area where people actually grow and eat okra. And who cares if our home town newspaper is a miniature version of "Big D's" product. Actually, everyone around here already knows the news before it's published, we just read the paper to see if Managing-Editor-In-Chief Belcher and Publisher-In-Chief Linex II got their facts right.
I kid about our home town fish wrap but it will be a truly sad day if, and when, real newspapers become a thing of the past. I hope I never have to share a goofy computer version of the daily news with TLW over our morning coffee. Curses!
See ya...
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