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I write about the Gig Economy, entrepreneurs and the future of work.
It's the thrill of fresh powder and icy winds, the rush of going 40mph down a sheer slope as the challenge of an entire mountainside opens up before you. It's the racing of your heart and the blood pumping in your veins, with one foot fixed in fear and the other carving in delight.
I'm talking about snowboarding of course, but I'm also making a point about becoming an entrepreneur. Having just returned from some time away on the ice with my family, I've come to realize whether you are shreddin powder or running your own business, both boil down to the same principles in the end.
It often begins with doubt. Most people step off that snow lift for the first time and stare down in awe at the sheer expanse of ice that awaits them. Their feelings race from excitement to fear and back again, as there's nothing between them and the journey ahead except the board and their brains. It's the same when you start your own business and the sudden realization that everything rests on no one's shoulders but your own. Just as in snowboarding you will fall the first time, the second time and probably the third and fourth time as well. Even with experience, you know you will inevitably fall again- It's never a question of 'if', but 'when', both on and off the snow.
After those first few falls, chances are people are going to be dismayed or even angry. Whether it's wiping out on the ice or the business loses a client-it's only natural to feel dejected. A funny thing happens if they dig in and keep persisting: they starting gaining perspective. Best of all, doubt fades to be replaced with experience, the kind of practical knowledge only real bruises can teach. Confidence grows as they begin hitting those turns and reaching their business targets as it all starts coming together. They might fall again, but now we've got our previous wins to put them into the right perspective.
Now we stand at the mountaintop and instead of seeing only the ice and the vast distances below, we see the journey ahead. You know where you need to go and the turns you have to make to get there. You've had some hard falls in the past but they only justify who you are and what you have been through to get this to point, both on the mountain and in your heart. You grab that board with confidence; hit the ice with speed and, without realizing, you're sucked into the flow. Snowboarders and entrepreneurs know exactly what I'm talking about: it's that feeling of total immersion, an awareness of the destination ahead, the environment around us and our purpose all wrapped into one. Whether it's doing turns at high speed or executing strategy in a competitive marketplace, success is often built by surfing the flow of the 'now' on the lessons of the past.
As in Life, so is it in entrepreneurship and snowboarding: You execute your turns and use the terrain to your advantage, keeping one eye on the past and the other fixed on the destination ahead. If you fall, you pick up the pieces and race on. If you don't you aim higher and push the boundaries of what you can do. It's about surrendering to the flow, believing in yourself, having fun and continually redefining yourself as you race through life and work, board or no board.
Do you snowboard or ski? Any lessons in entrepreneurship you picked up off or on the ice? I'd love to hear from you!
Once again great post Micha! YEARS ago, many years ago I was a skier and I loved mogul skiing. When I first started when I was all of 14 years old my instructor told me that life is like mogul skiing that you will run into bumps all along the way. It doesn't matter where the bumps and hills are it is how you approach them, how you handle them and how you land after you cleared them. I to this day still approach life that way. I can no longer ski but there will always be bumps in the road of my life. Great
This is so true. Entrepreneurship and Snowboarding are both deeply rooted in mindset and the determination to succeed. Well stated.
I love this article. Little did I know when I started learning how to snowboard (I tried to teach myself using youtube videos) almost 3 years ago, that I would also be starting my own business. I have learned that just like snowboarding – in business it is not only acceptable but necessary to seek guidance from those who have done it before you.
Well put, Micha! I am a skier. I'd fallen, had a real bad injury but came back wiser and more eager than ever to conquer the slopes. I completely agree with "If you fall, you pick up the pieces and race on." That's what LIFE is all about, not just entrepreneurship. It's how many times you get up after falling that counts not how many times you fall..
Loved reading the article Micha, I started a company in the ski industry this year. Although I don't get to ride as much as I would like, living in Colorado, the similarities between skiing and entrepreneurship are striking. It's my first go at starting a company and I have no idea what to expect, often, I hit a lot of "ice patches" and tend to fall, but knowing one day I'll learn from my mistakes helps motivate me to continue the journey. If you also think of the skiing community in general it is a very open and friendly network, just like the community I've found in Boulder, CO with startups. It seems that everyone has some tips and advice to help you on your journey and a conversation is never a waste of time, because generally most people know a lot more than I do and learning is invaluable. Thanks for putting this article up, it's going in my save folder!
Killer article, Micha. I couldn't agree with you more, so much so that I've written a very similar article with snowboarding and my experience of starting my own photography business ( http://www.aprilkphoto.com/not-just-a-wedding-photographer-thats-for-sure/ ) "I find great similarities in building and running a successful brand on my own & my experience of learning how to shred. Like any new business owner I know I'm going to fall, but there is no doubt I'm going to get right back up… I'm comfortable knowing that it's ok to make mistakes because I've discovered that making mistakes leads me to new ideas which sets me apart from most of the world…"
One lesson I learned as a snowboarder was that you need to look where you are going, and also you need to look up. Where you go is where your eyes look, which in turn tells your brain to send a kind of electrical signal to your feet which will turn towards the direction you are going. If you are trying to go left, then look to the left. If you are trying to go right, look to the right. Your board will follow your legs movement, which will follow your eyes. Naturally, beginner snowboarders are fearful of falling and they kept looking down, and they fell. In business, no matter how many times you fall, don't look at your problems, but look instead at what your vision is. Why you are there. Why you started it in the first place. Why only you can do it. Don't look at your problems and become focused on it. You will fall, naturally. =)
To add to this: Yes, I also believe that there is a great correlation between how far you look ahead as a snowboarder and how confident your on terrain. Snowboarding is about creative use of space and about fast decision making. No time for regrets. Thanks for writing the article.
nice article. its funny. my friends and i run a snowboard company in bradford, PA (home of ZIPPO) and have definitely noticed similarities between what it takes to ride a board and what it takes to run a snowboard business. We've had our share of falls, and im sure we'll have more, but your right.. the more experience we gain, the more confident we become. we're only a couple years old, but we're already making some "turns". good stuff.
Snowboarding is all about quickly adjusting to changing terrain.
One big difference between snowboarding and running a business is that, with snowboarding
the feedback loop is near instantaneous, and in business the feedback is often long delayed and obscured by many variables. For me, that is why snowboarding is such a refreshing experience; it is totally in the now.
Excellent analogy, Micha. I am a professional snowboard coach and work with athletes of all ages- including elite, Olympic caliber riders. I tell all my riders that perseverance is the key to success in both sport and life. Overcoming obstacles, getting back up after a fall and working through the challenges life puts in front of you are key ingredients to success. I also emphasize ignoring the outside distractions, focusing on the important concepts, setting challenging goals and finding flow, balance and purpose. I hope that my lessons in sport carry over with my team riders beyond their athletic careers. Thanks for the great shout-out to the sport that is my profession. Feel free to come to Steamboat and ride some powder with me anytime.


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Although the Wall Street Journal did not, itself, use the "H" word, I think it is fair to say that their editorial attack on Jim Sinegal was charging him with hypocrisy. I'm not a regular WSJ reader, but I happened to pick up a copy Friday morning. I thought the whole thing was rather odd. Costco, it seems, is making a large dividend payment this December to help shareholders beat upcoming tax increases. I've been making a list and checking it twice of clients who should be considering a variety of maneuvers because of upcoming tax changes, both certain and uncertain. Accelerating dividends borders on a no brainer. As a matter of fact when I heard that some companies are not accelerating dividends, even ones that will be paid in January, so that they will have a better looking balance sheet on December 31, I thought it was outrageous. It seems darn near irresponsible. That type of behavior should rate a WSJ editorial condemning it. Maybe there was one. Like I said I am not a regular reader.
The problem of course is that Mr. Sinegal supported President Obama.
When President Obama needed a business executive to come to his campaign defense, Jim Sinegal was there. The CostcoCOST +2.00% co-founder, director and former CEO even made a prime-time speech at the Democratic Party convention in Charlotte. So what a surprise this week to see that Mr. Sinegal and the rest of the Costco board voted to give themselves a special dividend to avoid Mr. Obama's looming tax increase.
Here is Mr. Sinegal at the Democratic National Convention
There was some accounting commentary in the article that I did not quite get
More striking is that Costco also announced that it will borrow $3.5 billion to finance the special payout. Dividends are typically paid out of earnings, either current or accumulated. But so eager are the Costco executives to get out ahead of the tax man that they're taking on debt to do so.
Actually in order for someting to be a dividend for income tax purposes it has to come out of "earnings and profits", a not very well-defined term. Computing a corporations "earnings and profits" for tax purposes can be quite a project. Regardless of that, earnings, accumulated or otherwise, do not perfectly correlate with cash flow so it strikes me that the comment is mixing oranges and apple sauce.
Here is another observation which struck me as rather odd.
Costco's chief financial officer, Richard Galanti, confirms that every member of the board is also a shareholder.
In context, it almost sounds sinister. So the board sat around and came up with something they thought would be good for the shareholders. It would be so much better if it was a board that had hardly any shareholders so that when somebody suggested that they could save the shareholders some money by accelerating the dividend, they would have been more focused on important things like figuring how that would affect bonus computations.
The bottom line was this. By supporting President Obama, Mr. Sinegal was, in effect, supporting higher taxes and now he supported a tax planning maneuver to avoid some of the tax for himself and his fellow shareholders for the next year or two.
Here we have people at the very top of the top 1% who preach about tax fairness voting to write themselves a huge dividend check to avoid the Obama tax increase they claim it is a public service to impose on middle-class Americans who work for 30 years and finally make $250,000 for a brief window in time.
I have to say I appreciate the Wall Street Journal thinking about the little guys like me, the potential victims of this upcoming onerous tax. I hate to point out that I don't think it is really that big a deal to the low six figure plodders who get the brief time in the sunlit lands over a quarter million in AGI. You really have to have quite a bit in invest-able assets outside retirement accounts for the new tax on investment income to sting an awful lot. Regardless of that, I think the condemnation of Mr. Sinegal is ridiculous.
Are they really saying that only Republicans should be able to do tax planning ? American business culture (I'm sure it is broader than that, but I'll stick with what I know) has a tenet that overpaying taxes is irresponsible. That is independent of what you might think taxes should be. Learned Hand said it best:
Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one's affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.
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The clearer hypocrisy of otherwise admirable Costco has always been its use of eminent-domain laws by local governments to clear out properties that could then be occupied by Costco outlets (and presumably yield more tax revenues for those governments). Of course, Jim Sinegal and his colleagues can always say they are just optimizing what the law allows–on behalf of shareholders, or stakeholders as they would put it–but let's be clear: When the authorities "have the back" of (some) business, it means that somebody else is getting it in the chops.
This tax sheltering wasn't looked at so benevolently when it was Mitt Romney doing it. What's good for the goose, is clearly not good for the gander.
As an accountant you think like an accountant. When you assess a tax situation you do your duty to do as Mr. Hand suggested: "nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands". If you didn't you'd be a lousy accountant.
Accounting is not a moral issue. There's a line, and your job is to be smart enough to get as close to it as possible without going over it.
When you prepare an individual's taxes, your job is not to asses the 'fairness' of the tax. Your job is to find the line, that is the only morality. That is precisely what Mr. Sinegal did. He stated the current system was not 'Fair'. That's a moral opinion, not an objective assessment. Now that his man is in the white house he must behave in a way that is contrary to his moral opinion, and in 2012 he has a 'choice', even though we all agree he should push as much dividend income into this year as possible. Mr. Sinegal does not pay his 'fair share', this is 'his' moral stance. So in an effort not to pay his 'fair share' (his words not mine) in 2013 he will shift his 'fair share' to 2012 when he will pay what to him is not nearly enough. Oh yes, hypocrisy is the right word, but it has nothing to do with accounting my friend, it's about morality. Mr. Sinegal preached morality in taxes in South Carolina, but he has proven with this move he is indeed amoral when it comes to taxes.
If a CEO has a 'morality' that conflicts with the best interest of the shareholders maybe he shouldn't be the CEO.
Couldn't agree more with your last statement. As CEO he advocates pulling 3 billion forward in dividends to save his shareholders taxes next year, but as a 'citizen' he believes that will ultimately be bad for everyone, which would include his shareholders, see the conflict yet? Does he believe he's helping his shareholders or hurting them?
Every maneuver to save taxes is "a one time thing".
Please don't be surprised if, next year, there is another "one time thing".
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Fourth down failure will haunt McCarthy, Packers
Cincinnati - If WR Randall Cobb had gotten another half yard or Packers coach Mike McCarthy had kicked the field goal there's a chance the day might have been different.
But facing a fourth and inches at the Bengals 30 with 4 minutes, 1 second left, should not have been such a big deal with a 30-27 lead.
Instead, it was the play that did the Packers in.
"It was based on probability," McCarthy said after the game. "You think it's going to be close, so it was an inches play. We had a couple things going on, it was something that we talked about. Obviously, we thought we could convert it."
The play prior, the Packers thought they had a first down at the 29 after Cobb caught a short pass and dived with his arms stretched out just past the marker. Cincinnati challenged the spot and won because Cobb's knee had hit the ground before he crossed the first-down marker.
So, that brought up fourth and inches.
Kick the 48-yard field goal and go up by six or go for it and potentially ice the game.
"With the challenge, you obviously had penty of time to think about it," McCarthy said. "I probably over-thought it, because my initial thought was to kick the field goal. I'm paid to make those decisions. When they go wrong, I'm responsible."
McCarthy called a straight dive with rookie RB Johnathan Franklin, who had replaced injured James Starks and had rushed 11 times for 98 yards up to that point. Rather than plow forward behind his line, Franklin tried to jump over the pile.
At the peak of his jump, DE Michael Johnson reached in and poked the ball free. S Reggie Nelson picked it up and and ran 6 yards before being stripped by Cobb. The ball bounced around until CB Terence Newman final picked it up and raced 58 yards for a touchdown.
"I have to make a play for my team, first down or not," Franklin said. "I have to do my job."
Starks, who sprained his knee on the fourth to last play of the half, said it's up to Franklin to decide whether to jump over the pile or just plow into the line. If John Kuhn had been carrying, it would have been a classic dive.
"It was just a mistake," Starks said. "He has to hold it a little tighter. He's going to be a great player. I think he played great."
QB Aaron Rodgers thought the play call was good.
"After I handed the ball off, I saw it come out," he said. "I should have made the tackle."
Cincinnati took a 34-30 lead and the Packers failed to score on their final possession.
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Tom, stupid article. The right decision was going for it. 6 point lead (assuming Crosby hits) is not enough. You need to gain 18 inches and eat the clockHide replies
Agreed. This team starting from TT all the way down to the water boy is just not good enough to win it all. The Patriots are depleted this year but are still 3-0 because the reverse is true.
I'm OK with the Pack going for it on 4th down but once the Bengals showed that they were going to stack the line of scrimmage why not audible to a pass? Also, why run at EDS when he is by far your worst OL? StrangeHide replies
Yep, they had 8 in the box versus 6 blocking, and they were stacked toward the side that the packers ran.
Hindsight is 20/20, but better options looking at the pre-play were:
- Run left, possibly off tackle.
- Play action pass to the left to the TE, there was no help to that side of the field
- Straight up pass to Jones who was 1:1 with no one else on that half of the field.
I was clammering for a pitch and run to the sideline... nobody on the outside when they stack the middle. We don't have an OLine good enough to guarantee that run up the middle.
I was thinking with the line stacked and the ends crashing that a fake dive and a pitch to Cobb could have busted wide open. Hindsight 20-20 that play could have lost ten yards if Cincy stayed home but I don't think they would have.
I would've done a quick snap and had Rodgers take it. Chances are pretty good he'll get it if you do the quick snap before the defense digs in. Doing any kind of power run to a Rb behind that O-line is not a good idea.
Hindsight is ALWAYS 20/20. Especially with the wagon jumper Packer fans. To those of us who remember 4-10 years, which basically covered the whole 1970's, this game was just a fluke. If you would have told us we would have had 180 rushing yards AND gotten 4 turnovers, every single one of us would have thought we won the game by 30. It was just one of those weird fluky games that you get sometimes. THANK GOD the bye week is this week. This game was almost a microcosm of the Brewer season. Of course the Brewers sucked this year. Nobody can take their 3-4-5 hitters out of the lineup for most of the year and expect to win. Today the Packers lost about the equivalent in Matthews-Finley-Starks. The fact that they were even in it with a chance to win with losing those guys AND going down 14-0 after a minute or two in the game was almost a miracle.
nothing wrong with going for it, but the pack have been woefully inadequate at picking up short yardage first downs for several seasons. it's football fundamentals to be able to convert on these downs and the pack continue to fall short. the odds of it being a fumble run back for a TD have to be astronomical. you can't factor that into the decision cause it likely never would happen.
Considering we're not built for short yardage why not spread the field on 4th and less than a yard?? I'm sick to my stomach and not just because I drank too much watching this debacle.Hide replies
They did spread the field somewhat with 3 WR and a single back, the problem is that they proceeded to run the ball right to where the defense was stacked.
The blown 4th and 1 was only one of several miscues that hurt. Too many to overcome and the 4th and 1 was eh straw that broke he camels back
So the Packers are run blocking quite well, but having trouble in pass pro. Ok, how about establishing a running game sooner and sticking to it until the opponent starts stacking the box? Then Rodgers will have a much better chance of getting some time to throw and the receivers should be more open.
Rodgers had a terrible game, the interception he threw along the sideline came after some good running plays from Franklin, but once again MM went back to passing and it ended in a turnover.
KEEP CALLING PLAYS THAT ARE WORKING!Hide replies
Why with the Packers does it always have to be 'or'? Pass protection OR a running game? Stop the run OR give up biblical passing yards? Too many damn excuses and way too much 'we'll have to look at it make some schematic adjustments.'
The 49ers are about to have the same record as the Pack. Who would have thought?
The Falcons have the same record as the Pack.
I give the game ball to our strength and conditioning coach. After all he leads the league in hamstring injuries! I wonder what his secret is in keeping our best players off the field?? I also wonder when McCarthy will finally start playing ALL of his players and try to get a win? Maybe when we are eliminated from any chance of going to the playoffs he will feel need to get the injured players on the field. McFatty I hear the train coming, if you hurry we can save our season and you can catch the train!


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Long-time rivals on the field, the Raiders and Steelers could be allies when it comes to the current stadium situation in Oakland.
Appearing on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Steelers owner Art Rooney II addressed the challenges currently faced by Raiders owner Mark Davis, who plays in a dilapidated venue with periodic sewage problems and a baseball infield for half of football season.
"The Raiders have a stadium situation that's difficult," Rooney said. "Something is going to have to give."
Rooney, who serves as Chairman of the NFL's Stadium Committee, took a direct role in the Minnesota stadium situation in 2012, helping to persuade the local politicians that action was needed. Neither Rooney nor any other league officials have taken a public role in persuading the powers-that-be in Oakland to solve the stadium situation.
The Raiders have a one-year lease, which in theory allows them to leave Oakland after the current season. Davis is currently flirting with San Antonio.
Davis would still need to persuade 23 other owners to approve of a move. It's unclear whether Davis could ever conjure the votes.
Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon's hearing with the NFL is going to overtime.
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Now contributors will be voted upon separately, using a process similar to the process for nominating senior candidates — a "contributors committee" will nominate a finalist, and although that finalist will be voted upon by the regular Hall of Fame Selection Committee, that vote will be separate from the vote on players and coaches. So a contributor (who could be an owner, commissioner or anyone else who has contributed to the sport off the field) will not be competing with a player for a spot in the Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame believes there's currently a backlog contributor candidates, so in 2015, 2017 and 2019 it will allow up to two contributors to be enshrined. In other years only one contributor can be enshrined per year.
Basically, this is good news for the Hall of Fame hopes of contributors who have been voted down recently. That includes former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr., former Browns and Ravens owner Art Modell and former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Don't be surprised if two of those three are putting on gold blazers in Canton a year from now.
The Steelers have made a change to their RB corps, signing Jawan Jamison and waving Alvester Alexander, the club announced Friday.
A 2013 seventh-round pick of Washington, the 23-year-old Jamison spent most of last season on the Redskins' practice squad, then was promoted to the roster for the final three games. Washington waived Jamison in March.
A Rutgers product, Jamison (5-7, 203) rushed for 1,075 yards and four TDs in 2012 for the Scarlet Knights. He'll compete to be the Steelers' fourth back. Le'Veon Bell, LeGarrette Blount and Dri Archer will take three of the depth chart spots at tailback for Pittsburgh.
The 23-year-old Alexander is a first-year pro from Wyoming. He spent last season on the Steelers' practice squad.
Although 49ers running back Marcus Lattimore is still unable to practice, 21 months after a horrific injury at South Carolina, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh says he's confident Lattimore will contribute to the team.
"Marcus is going to be a part of this team, in some form or fashion," Harbaugh said, via CSNBayArea.com. "I know what he's got inside of him and I know what he's capable of doing on the football field. We all do."
Unfortunately, there's still no word on when Lattimore will be part of the 49ers, in any role other than an observer at practice.
"We'll continue to do what's best for him and ultimately that'll be what's best for the program," Harbaugh said.
Lattimore has worked very hard to rehabilitate from an injury so severe that doctors feared at first he may never walk without assistance again, let alone play football again. Here's hoping that Harbaugh's confidence is well placed, and that Lattimore eventually gets on the field with the 49ers.
The Cowboys came into camp with deficiencies on the defensive line and things have only gotten worse since they arrived in Oxnard.
Second-round pick DeMarcus Lawrence broke his foot, defensive tackle Terrell McClain has a sprained ankle and defensive end Ben Bass is dealing with a hamstring injury. On top of that, Anthony Spencer and Amobi Okoye are on procedural lists that bar them from practicing.
If nothing else, the Cowboys need some healthy bodies to get through practice and they added one on Friday. Agent Brett Tessler announced that his client Ken Boatright has signed a two-year deal with the team.
Boatright, a defensive end, spent a portion of camp with the Seahawks after signing as an undrafted free agent last year and some more time on Seattle's offseason roster this year before being cut loose. He's never played in a regular season game.
Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com reports that the team could also sign defensive end Adewale Ojomo, who was released by the Titans following a solicitation arrest. Boatright, Ojomo and Cory Henry all worked out for the Cowboys on Friday.
Redskins wide receiver Jerry Rice Jr. will need shoulder surgery after sustaining a torn labrum, head coach Jay Gruden said Friday, according to the club's Twitter feed.
According to Tarik El-Bashir of CSNWashington.com, Gruden seemed to indicate the club hoped Rice would end up on injured reserve, though no call yet has been made on how Washington will proceed.
If Rice Jr. has a season-ending injury, Washington has several options. The club can directly place him on injured reserve, or he could revert to injured reserve if he club waives him and he goes unclaimed. The team could also elect to waive him off the roster with a financial settlement.
The son of the Hall of Fame wide receiver, Jerry Rice Jr. signed with Washington in June as a undrafted free agent. He also had tryouts with San Francisco and Baltimore. Rice Jr. played college football at UCLA and UNLV.
When it rains at wide receiver for the 49ers, it pours.
Michael Crabtree will miss the next week or two of practice with an injury that the 49ers have not disclosed, although Josina Anderson of ESPN reports that it is a sore hamstring that the team wants to rest so Crabtree doesn't do further damage that keeps him out of the lineup for an extended period.
Crabtree will have some company in the trainer's room. Coach Jim Harbaugh said that Brandon Lloyd will also be out for a week or two, although, as with Crabtree, the coach didn't specify what kind of injury Lloyd suffered in practice this week.
Lloyd didn't play at all last season, so he could probably use all the work the 49ers threw his way to earn a roster spot with the team or catch the eye of another club looking for help at receiver before the start of the season. Anquan Boldin, Stevie Johnson, Jonathan Baldwin, Bruce Ellington, Quinton Patton and Kassim Osgood round out the receiver group in San Francisco.
It looks like Packers wide receiver Jared Abbrederis is going to spend his rookie season on injured reserve.
Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the Packers believe Abbrederis tore his ACL during practice on Thursday. Abbrederis was headed for more tests on Friday and coach Mike McCarthy wouldn't confirm anything about the severity of the injury when he met the media.
"I haven't had time to sit down with the medical staff," McCarthy said. "Right now, he has a knee. He completed practice yesterday."
Abbrederis was a fifth-round pick after catching 202 passes during his Wisconsin career and was competing for punt return duties in addition to an offensive role. Now it looks like he'll have to wait and try his luck again next year.
Eagles cornerback Cary Williams got himself thrown out of a joint practice with the Patriots last year for fighting.
He didn't wait until the teams got together later this month to throw his next haymaker.
"They are cheaters," Williams said of the Patriots, via Geoff Mosher of CSNPhilly.com. "They are."
That was an obvious reference to the Spygate scandal, which saw the Patriots fined $250,000 they lost a 2008 first-round pick for illegally videotaping opponents' signals. Coach Bill Belichick was also fined an additional $500,000.
But it wasn't a drive-by for Williams, who kept piling on the team he grew to hate when he was with the Ravens. He said he didn't like practicing against anyone, but especially New England.
"I'm trying not to go into details about it or disrespect that organization because I give that organization nothing but, . . .you still got to go out there and play the game," Williams said. "All the credit. I give them all the credit in the world. But one fact still remains, they haven't won a Super Bowl since they got caught.
"You got caught. I know you're gonna be looking at the film when we go out there. That's just that. I don't want to show them my card. That's just me, not them. Not them. Every team is gonna look at it anyway. We're gonna look at what they do too."
Williams has just guaranteed those practices will be watched a little more closely by everyone.
The last time the NFL made defensive holding and illegal contact with receivers a point of emphasis in 2004, the number of flags thrown for both fouls increased from 79 to 191.
Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib doesn't believe this year's emphasis on those fouls will result in a similar uptick.
"They always talk about it but once it's September and the real games start, it will probably be regular," Talib told reporters on Friday. "It'll probably go through preseason and die out. It doesn't matter, it is what it is. We're just going to come out here and play football."
It probably won't die out, especially if teams like the Seahawks commit those fouls under the impression that the officials won't throw a stream of flags for fear of bogging down the game. The officials are under orders to throw the flags, and they apparently will.
Veteran referee Ed Hochuli said this week that there will be a closer emphasis on defensive holding and illegal contact penalties this season, something that he predicted would lead to a lot of flags in the early part of the season.
Officials are visiting camps around the league to provide some instruction about how the rules will be applied. Referee Terry McAuley has been at Redskins camp this week and told a reporter that coaches are going to have to change the way they teach their players to play in pass coverage if they want to avoid flags, which he threw several of during the team's practices. That suggestion didn't sit well with Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett.
"You know what I would tell the official? I would tell him that he needs to worry about officiating and we'll coach the team," Haslett said, via CSNWashington.com. "He needs to worry about calling interference because he called about four or five yesterday where there was nothing. So tell him to worry about his job, we'll worry about our job."
While one can certainly understand Haslett's distaste for someone telling him how to do his job, especially when the rules regarding holding and illegal contact are already on the books. We also imagine this won't be the last complaint from a defensive coach about the officials throwing flags for what might be borderline calls so that they are in line with the league's edict on emphasizing those calls.
Given the recent trends in football, those complaints will likely fall on deaf ears while passing offenses continue to put up bigger and bigger numbers.
The Panthers dodged a bullet this week when rookie wideout Kelvin Benjamin's MRI turned up no structural damage to his knee.
They'll get back to having a full arsenal soon.
According to Jonathan Jones of the Charlotte Observer, Benjamin is scheduled to return to practice tomorrow.
The Panthers don't have much to discuss at the position other than their first-round pick, as they filled out the roster with veterans and young projects.
Benjamin has also developed a quick friendship with quarterback Cam Newton. Considering there was always a little frost between Newton and Steve Smith, that's important for the Panthers moving forward.
The 49ers have tabled their contracts talks with coach Jim Harbaugh, and the owner has said they're not apparently far apart on money.
But as to the cessation of talks, Harbaugh turned it into a positive, saying he didn't want a new contract with two years left on his contract.
"Isn't it refreshing?" Harbaugh said, via Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com. "It has to be refreshing for you, refreshing for everybody in the building, refreshing for our fan base that the concentration will be on the 2014 season and our goals as a football team and achieving those goals. That's the 49er way that I subscribe to.
"As I stated on the record these past months, this past week, all focus is on the 2014 season and achieving our goals. Now, the organization and I are in lockstep and all energy, all focus is on achieving those goals."
Well, except for holdout guard Alex Boone, and tight end Vernon Davis, who threatened a holdout before showing up.
Of course, Joe Staley had four years left on his contract when he got a contract extension, so apparently there are some loopholes in "the 49er way."
"That's another thing that I'm on the record for," Harbaugh said "And expressed that last summer when I was presented with a new contract, just my feeling, my principle, just a value, as the leader of the team, if I'm running in for a contract extension every couple years, it has a tendency to send everybody else running for the water cooler."
Until his status is clarified, however, people are going to continue to sidle up to the cooler for a refreshing drink of "When do I get mine?"
After meeting with Raiders owner Mark Davis last month, the president and CEO of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce believes Davis will give the city some real consideration if the team decides to move.
In an interview Friday with SiriusXM NFL Radio, Chamber executive Richard Perez told hosts Alex Marvez and Ross Tucker that Davis "has indeed given us a serious look, and we're going to see where this takes us."
Perez also shed some light on Davis' message to city officials.
"I will you tell that I felt very, very comfortable and confident that his word was true," Perez said. "And he said, 'Look, you know, I'm not telling you that I'm coming today, but I will tell you that I'm looking, and you all are definitely someone that we're looking very closely at.'"
Referring to the city's previous failed attempts to appeal to professional teams, Perez said: "The carrot's been dangled in front of us before. We've jumped, and we haven't been successful. But if you don't take a chance, you never will succeed."


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Clint Eastwood's family is coming to TV in a new reality show.
The E! network said Tuesday that "Mrs. Eastwood & Company" will premiere May 20 as a 10-episode series.
The show spotlights Dina Eastwood, who has been married to the Oscar-winning actor-director since 1996. Also on hand are the Eastwoods' 15-year-old daughter, Morgan, as well as 18-year-old Francesca, Clint Eastwood's daughter with actress Frances Fisher.
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Bluefield College has a strong tradition in men's basketball, and has three starters back who contributed 52.6 points a game last season. The Lady Rams are coming off their best season in school history, and their top returnee was an NCCAA All-American honorable mention selection.
Yet, when the Mid-South Conference preseason basketball polls were released, the Rams were on the very bottom of the list. Out of the 11 teams, the Rams are 11th.
That was the very first thing I noticed in looking through the packet of information given to the local scribes when Bluefield College's sports management students held basketball media day on Tuesday.
I wasn't the only one to notice.
When asked to make opening comments, Bluefield men's head coach Richard Morgan started with that lack of respect without being coaxed by the media. True, it is a new league, but Cumberland is in its first season in hoops in the MSC and they were at least picked in the middle of the pack.
All the Bluefield men did last season was finish 19-16, including a third place spot in the Appalachian Athletic Conference, which was a good league, but is the step up from NAIA Division 2 to NAIA Division 1 that big a jump?
Apparently the coaches in the league, who voted in the polls, think it is. Now coaches will tell you they have more important things to do than worry about voting in polls, but it's a fact that didn't sit well with Morgan.
"I am a little hurt by where they placed us in the standings," Morgan said. "As far as my staff and my players, if I have anyone that is not on board and wasn't bothered by the fact that we were so low in our league, 11 out of 11, then they need to find a program that they need to go to because that is not going to be tolerated here."
Bluefield College women's coach M.J. Baker didn't express hurt, but does see a definite challenge. The Lady Rams were 22-12 last season, finishing third in the ACC, sixth in the NCCAA national tournament and were ranked in the NAIA Top 25 for the first time ever.
"I welcome it. I am not a person that believes we can come into the conference and be given respect, you have to earn it," Baker said. "I kind of figured we would be picked in last place and I am okay being the David to the Goliath.
"We are a team that is going to be underestimated the whole year and that is one thing we are looking forward to. It is challenging with the teams we will face, but also giving the best that we can do."
Bluefield College made the move this year to the Mid-South, which is simply one of top NAIA leagues in sports in America. The Rams have made an impact too.
True, the high profile football team is 0-8, but that isn't all that unusual for a first year program that stocked with mostly freshmen. Three MSC teams are ranked among the top 20 in the NAIA national poll, including No. 2 Georgetown.
Yet, there are other sports you don't hear as much about and they're hanging in with the change in competition. Not everyone makes the postseason tournament in the MSC, but both Bluefield soccer teams and the volleyball team appear destined to play on, and this league has teams ranked at or near the top in national rankings in all those sports.
There was little doubt the step up to the Mid-South was going to be steep in all sports for Bluefield, which is the third smallest school among the 16 that comprise the league, 11 of which are full members and five who are associate members.
Yet, the Bluefield coaches aren't complaining. Neither are the players. Tequila (Teqa) McNeal was an NCCAA honorable mention All-America honoree last season and expects the Lady Rams to hold their own with the step up in competition.
McNeal certainly isn't concerned about a preseason poll that gives them little hope ahead.
"I am not too worried about it, I kind of figured that would happen because they don't know a lot about us or the new people that are coming in so I kind of figured it," McNeal said. "I am not really worried about it, numbers don't mean much. We are going to go out and play hard and we are going to upset people for a fact so we will be all right."
Always an optimist, Baker feels much the same about the Lady Rams, whose primary concern is the lack of size. The MSC had six teams qualify for national tournament play last season.
"This year we are very excited to be in the Mid-South Conference, we know we are going to be challenged every game," Baker said. "We just got done with a conference meeting with all the coaches and just gave a little highlight of what we have as far as in our arsenal with each team this year and we are up against the best.
"The beauty of that I will know coming into the conference that if we make it to nationals or however we do, we will deserve to be there. In order to be the best you have to play the best and the Mid-South Conference is one of the best conferences in the nation on the women's basketball side."
The same goes for Morgan, whose Rams can score, but have also allowed lots of points in the past. He knows that must change this season with a lineup led by Byron Carpenter, who was the AAC Player of the Year last season, and super-fast guards Kearsten Marion and Andrew Wilson.
"We knew it was going to be tough coming into this league, four teams in this league are in the top 25 in the country, but we are not going to say that is okay," Morgan said. "If that is okay then we need to find some guys that it is not okay with.
"We are going to come out and we are going to compete and play hard..We can score with anyone, but we just couldn't defend and that is an area we have worked on in the preseason and hopefully we can come in and make a splash."
The Bluefield men opens their regular season men's slate on Nov. 3 with Lynchburg, followed by Bluefield State on Nov. 7. The women will host Virginia Intermont on Nov. 2, and will host the Blues on Nov. 7. MSC play begins for both teams in the Dome with powerful Georgetown on Nov. 15.
The Bluefield men will travel to Marshall on Monday for an exhibition with the Thundering Herd, and also have another exhibition in December with North Carolina-Asheville, which played in the NCAA Tournament last season. The Lady Rams have exhibitions slated with Big South Conference clubs from Radford and High Point.
"I am very excited about the season," McNeal said. "We are under the radar so I think it will be fun to come in and get some upsets, which I am sure we will because we are a hard working team.
"I am a little nervous about the size thing, but we play hard so I am sure we will be okay, I am ready."
So is Morgan. He's anxious to prove some folks wrong.
"We tip it off here soon and we will see what we have got," Morgan said. "I am really looking forward to the season just to see where we end because it is not going to be where we are right now."
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The Marlborough Early Childhood Center will be accepting donations to fill backpacks and remind students impacted by the tragedy that there is still good in the world.
"A friend who lives in Newtown, CT and whose daughter was in the first grade classroom next door to the tragic events has suggested that hand drawn pictures or notes of kindness, hope and encouragement be included in each backpack to help show the children that the good in the world outweighs the bad," said Samantha Locke, an ABA Technician, and Rebecca Zieminski, the Preschool Director in a letter released by the schools this week.
Many of the children had to leave all their school items in the school while they were evacuated. The items are being gathered for children in kindergarten through fourth grade. Items such as new pencils, paper, folders, crayons and markers are needed. The personal notes are encouraged.
A donation collection center will be set up at the Marlborough Early Childhood Center on Friday, December 28 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
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Just in time for the new school year, South Orange police remind drivers of the laws about school buses.
1) It is very important to pay attention and follow all traffic rules when driving around school buses. All school buses have flashing lights and a stop arm to alert you when to stop.
2) Yellow lights will begin to flash to warn drivers that a bus is approaching a stop. This is your signal to slow down and prepare to stop.
3) If you are approaching a school bus from either direction with flashing red lights, you must stop at least 25 feet away from the bus. If you are driving on the opposite side of the road with a median in the middle, you must then slow down to 10 mph.
4) Do not pass a bus in either direction when its stop arm is extended. However, if the bus has stopped in front of a school, you may then pass it from either direction at no more than 10 mph.
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Andy Amey
The Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — Generally I can't say enough good things about my grandson Joey … except for that one black mark on his record.
One of my two grandsons who are certifiable geniuses when it comes to computers (certainly not heredity working here, at least not from me), he's a great husband and father, a valued teammate in any family game competition, has great taste in music and is kind and respectful to his elders.
Which is why it's really hard to get mad at him from time to time when that failure of character comes up.
Prepare to recoil in horror, because Joey works on automated answering systems.
There are a few things that bug your mild-mannered reporter from a small Midwestern newspaper as he reaches curmudgeon status, but the two that are generally at the top of the list are slow drivers in the left lane and lack of humans on the phone when he needs help with something.
(Fortunately for us all, he usually doesn't make calls for help while driving.)
And as the Amey summer vacation approaches, it should be all of Joey's good qualities that help it become a success, assuming I get the ticket snafu straightened out.
Tribune-Star sales may plummet in late July, because frankly I can't see a great vacation column coming out of the two weeks I'll be away from the desk.
We're not going anywhere glamorous (unless you count Brunswick, Carmel, Reelsville and Indianapolis), and we've got enough family stuff going on that it would have been hard to plan something anyway — not that family stuff is a bad thing.
Today we're sort of in Brunswick, a wide spot in the road between Cedar Lake and Beecher, Ill. Good luck finding that on a GPS, and we're actually a few miles down the road from Brunswick (suburban Brunswick?) for the annual Jung family reunion, softball marathon and never-ending meal.
Either Friday or Sunday we'll be somewhere in Hamilton County for some of grandson Garrett's last baseball games of the summer with the Carmel Pups and yes, becoming a Carmel fan at my age has been something of an adjustment. By the time Garrett's younger brothers Owen and Andrew are teenagers, however, I expect to be outfitted in full Greyhound regalia from that massive souvenir shop just outside the gym door at CHS.
Saturday is the Reelsville trip, which is where Joey comes in. He and his wife Jessie are the hosts for Stella Grace's first birthday party, which I fully expect to be staffed by all the major entertainment networks. She's a beauty, she's smart, she's talented — and she has most of her other older relatives similarly discombobulated.
My issues with automated answering — and a website problem or two — arose recently while planning the Indianapolis trip to see the Fever play the Minnesota Lynx next week. As I write this, however, I have in my possession the actual number of an actual person, so hopefully being unable to print out tickets (what ever happened to Will-Call anyway?) won't keep us outside the gym.
You may recall, by the way, that this is our second straight year to see the WNBA, and it's a league that really does have some good things going on.
The Fever is the defending league champion, you know, and has the fabulous Tamika Catchings leading an otherwise injury-riddled roster. Even with my old friend Stephanie White as its assistant coach, don't look for Indianapolis to repeat because of:
* The Lynx, the 2011 champions and 2012 runners-up, who have one of the best players in the world in Maya Moore, the greatest tattoos in the league on Siemone Augustus and a bunch of other good players coached by another old friend, Cheryl Reeve;
* The Los Angeles Sparks, with perhaps the best player in the world in Candace Parker;
* The Atlanta Dream, led so far this season by an MVP-worthy performance by Angel McCoughtry; and
* The Phoenix Mercury, who took advantage of last year's injury-plagued season to add Brittney Griner to a roster led by Diana Taurasi, the other main possibility for best player in the world and/or MVP.
The games are fun, and they have some of them in the afternoon so we can go, have a nice lunch in Indy and still be home in time for Jeopardy. We'll be back for more — if we can solve the phone thing.
* One more near-relative with whom I have issues — Another guy with most if not all of Joey's great qualities (good taste in women being one) that I'm not totally happy with right now is Devin Walsh.
I wrote about him five years ago when he married one of my best unofficial nieces Arielle. He's a brewer and budding author/playwright, and a few months ago he sent me a Linkedin invitation. Great, I thought, a way to keep up with him and Arielle.
I sense some snickering out there, and I think I know why.
Since then, there's rarely a day when I don't get invited to link up with somebody else — which would be fine if our computers at work were a little newer, or if the links on the emails would remain viable when I forward them to my other email accounts. Now I'm riddled with guilt, because I keep getting computer-generated emails from these folks — most of whom are really fine people that I actually know — wondering why I haven't responded, and is it something they said, or why have I forsaken them?
Seriously folks, it's not personal, it's computers — and why is something electronic so pathetically whiny?
Just in case you were wondering about my Twitter profile.
Andy Amey can be reached after 4 p.m. (but not for a couple of weeks) at 812-231-4277 or 1-800-783-8742; by email at email@example.com; by mail at P.O. Box 149, Terre Haute, IN, 47808; or by fax at 812-231-4321. Follow TribStarAndy on Twitter.


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Linda K. Snedden
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Linda K. Snedden, age 52, of the City of Tonawanda, died on Thursday, December 27, 2012, after a lengthy illness. She was the loving companion of 25 years of Julio Serrano, who died this past Saturday. Born in North Tonawanda, NY, to the late Donald and Sara (Snedden) Bryant; she was the step-mother of the late Steven E. Serrano; and sister of the late David Bryant.
She is survived by four sons, Cruz, Julio, Ramondo, and Travis Lee Serrano, all of the City of Tonawanda; two step-sons, Mark James Serrano of the Town of Tonawanda and David Lee Serrano of Buffalo, NY; five sisters, Vanessa (Yvon) Corbeil of Ft. Erie, ON, Paula (late Michael) McDowell of the City of Tonawanda, Darlene (Michael) Pettigrew-Zygmunt of Akron, NY, and Linda Lee (Pat) Cook and Ednamarie (Ron) Eberle, both of Buffalo, NY; and a brother, Kevin Snedden of the Town of Tonawanda. Linda is also survived by many loving grandchildren; and was the loving aunt of many nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends on Friday from 4-8 PM at JOHN O. ROTH FUNERAL HOME, INC., 25 William St. (between Morgan & Broads Sts.) City of Tonawanda. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, January 5th at 11 AM in St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1135 Oliver St. in North Tonawanda. Friends invited. Rev. David Belasic will officiate. Private burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Flowers are gratefully declined. Memorial donations to the family would be greatly appreciated.
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These Friendship Inspirational poems are examples of Inspirational poems about Friendship. These are the best examples of Friendship Inspirational poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
Sunday morning coffee
attracted to this screen
soupland is my toffee
my java needs no cream
Where we all chew on our pencil's
our pen's no longer quill's
we hack this keyboard wonder
exciting mental thrill's
We read eachothers thought's
emotions never drought
constant rain,a train of verse
I find myself immersed
Sharing our complaints and want's
but never do we point or taunt
we may occasion disagree
but that's what makes you,you,me...me
Freedom of expression
with a touch of cool discretion
allows this site for us to write
feeling neither wrong nor right
I enjoy my time spent sharing
even if it might be much
but if I might be daring
on subject's lightly touched
So to all my friends at soupland
I say thank you,extended hand
a place where we grow together
and weather this world's whatever's......
On the day the Lord calls me home I will not be
afraid as I know He loves us one and all and to this
earth we are only on loan
We have spent all our lives here with family and
friends and so we leave this earth to go home to be
with our Lord and our family and friends who have
gone home to Heaven before us
And so our lives go full circle as the Lord sent us
down from Heaven to accomplish the things He wants
us to do here on earth and as we complete this we will
be called back home to heaven to live forevermore
I am not afraid as I patiently wait for my call to
enter the Kingdom Of Heaven where I will wait for my
family and friends to come home and be with our Lord
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You are the wild flower in my palm
With no stem to keep you anchored to this covetous earth
You are the fragile thing I dare not cup,
As your petals whittle away under the wind
And flit unfettered in the air;
Exaggerated fear leaves my fingers numb
Hungry need leaves my fingers twitching
And my hand is paralyzed by turmoil
As every breath of wind takes another petal from me
And brings to my lungs, my chest and my heart
An overwhelming scent of need-
You are the wild beauty in my palm
And I dare not hold you to my chest
For I fear to crush you
To know first hand
That caged beauty, is beauty no more.
I washed my white lace tablecloth and hung it out to dry
The bleach did the best it could-it was worth the try
'Though no one else can see, the stain still remains
As old as time itself
Stubborn as mildew rot
One false step, one careless word forever etched in time
Travels the universe, endlessly
In search of a place to rest
What would I not give to reverse that step
To retrieve that hateful word
Tread lightly in your daily walk, o'er hills and valleys in between
Plot well your steps and weigh your words
So you'll have nothing to regret, like the
Unkind words carved deeply upon your heart
I wash my white lace tablecloth again, again and again!
Feeling like a lodger
In my own home
Thankful for my music
And my new found roam
Families and communities
They are just so hard to find
But in April 2009
I found the most precious kind
I found the name amusing
So the button i clicked on to see
The layout was very inviting
Like an open door should be
For in a matter of minutes
On first uploading a poem
This Highlander was content
He had found a welcome home
So many lovely writers
Poets who share their bless
No longer this Scotsman is
The Man in the Wilderness
When all of youth flees
and even the whitest eye reddens, rheums,
words, fair words, dispel the gloom.
When hands are mapped with age and knurled,
still, they transform the page, the eye, the cage,
for where words flow, the mind goes,
to the pristine smiles and
the smooth curves which once were
yours, your cheek, your neck, your hip.
Deny me anything but the word
for it's magic will soon be all that remains
of fleeting youth.
As the trials of life come and go
Accept there blessings into your soul
Let them become without a doubt
A model of what you're all about
Don't let them get you all depressed
All things in life need be addressed
Let your spirit be like the wind
Your unseen dearest friend
As I see the lines in my face
Each a reminder of certain place
Do I wish they would go away?
Or that my hair wasn't turning grey
I have no desire to regain youth
For I have learned to speak my truth
When I was young I was so lost
I let my soul pay the cost
Running hard against the grain
Using drugs to kill the pain
Now I feel each and every day
Use the Lord to take the pain away
Do what I can accepting what I get
Treasure blessings that come of it
Thank the Lord through the poems I pray
Use what I need give the rest away
I seem to be driven by a single goal
Can you feel my heart and soul?
I slice them open in hopes they will bleed
Something that someone might need
The single fear I know so well
The fear that my words will fail
So once again I face my fear
As I write I shed my tears
Because these words are spoken true
My heart belongs to all of you
And through it's love I hope to show
We all share a single soul
A soul that is bound by love
Given us by the Lord above
The sands on the beach
Are like the colour of her hair
As i sit by the ocean
All i can do is stare
The blue of the ocean water
Can never match her eyes
Despite our natures wishes
All she can do is try
The blue skies above her
Carpet her ceiling surround
Her posture of delight
In plentiful abound
Her body is slight and tanned
A joyous site to see
This blond beach lady in the sun
Gracing the land of the free
When East Met West
She found a love at
its best,
Such a love so difficult
to even express.
You had me from hello
with your tender Caress,
I knew from that moment,
I wanted the Rest.
A Forbidden Love that was new,
So Strong,
How could one say that this
love was wrong ?
The Very first kiss was so brief,
So tender
I close my eyes and try to
A skin so soft to the touch
Oh how I love you so very
A smile from you , set my soul
on fire,
the touch from your hands fills
my body with a burning desire.
A moment with you, I want
I Long for the day that we shall
always be together.
Such a sweet love so pure, so true
I love each and everything that you
The look in your eyes tell me how much
you care,
In my heart I pray you'll always be there.
I thank the dear Lord for sending me you,
For bringing me love so pure, so true.
A longing feeling when we must part,
That leaves an empty feeling
deep within my heart.
A hope that one day
you might see
Just how much you truly
mean to me.
Now I have sweet dreams
of our next kiss,
That is something I surely
do not want to miss.
Your Now My love, One of my
Best Friends,
Baby I don't ever want our
love to come to an end.....
But For You
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I'm at a loss for words
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Won't you help me choose
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Traverse City Record-Eagle
---- — KALKASKA — Loren Hazen's death still brings his mother Barb Woodhams to tears. Every day.
Hazen, a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician, died July 17, 2011, as he saved his friend Andrew Killingsworth from drowning in Torch Lake. The Orange Township resident was 21.
Woodhams said the pain is still "astronomical," but she finds solace in knowing her son lived to help people.
"I know he'd do it again in a heartbeat," she said. "That's what gives me my peace is that he did it his way."
Hazen was among 22 Carnegie Hero award recipients announced Thursday. Andrew Carnegie founded the award in 1904 to recognize American and Canadian individuals who risked their lives to an extraordinary degree to save others. Twenty percent of recipients die in the act.
"They knowingly leave a place of safety and enter a place of danger," said Doug Chambers, spokesman for the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.
Hazen was swimming from Torch Lake's Cedar Street Access site with three friends — Killingsworth, Chadwick Duran and Stephanie Graves — on a hot July day. Their course to a sandbar was met with alternately shallow and deep water and Killingsworth grew tired in a deep spot.
"I went under and called back for help," he said.
Graves and Duran took turns attempting to help Killingsworth, but he was in a panic and pulled them both under water.
"I thought I was going to die," Graves said. "When you have a panic you've got the strongest person in the world."
Hazen swam back to help his friends. They remember him going underwater to hold Killingsworth above the surface.
"The image of Loren coming up for that last breath is going to be stuck in my mind for the rest of my life," Graves said.
Killingsworth, 20, has no doubt Hazen saved his life.
"I felt like when Chad and Stephanie had gotten away from me … I was going to drown," he said.
Killingsworth was rescued by a nearby boater, but Hazen could not be saved.
Duran, 25, said he was lifelong friends with Hazen, sharing interests and their experiences on Boardman Fire Department together. Killingsworth is his current partner in the department.
"I don't blame Andrew for anything that occurred that day," he said. "He does what he does in Loren's name."
Graves, 20, joined the department in Hazen's honor.
"He treated me like I was his little sister," she said. "I only knew him four months, but I felt I knew him my whole life."
Duran said it's difficult to fully express what the award means to Hazen's friends and family.
"Loren went the way he wanted to," he said. "The fact he saved that kid's life, that did not go unnoticed. It's a tragedy to the people involved or outside, but it's an amazing accomplishment."
Woodhams doesn't know who nominated her son for the award. She said he once could not make the promise every parent wants to hear:
"I said to him to promise that you'll always come home to me. He looks me in the eye and says, 'Mom I can't promise you that, but I promise I'll always try. I want you to know if I die trying to save someone's life it was worth it to me.'"


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