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AUGUSTA – Gomer sizes up the throw and nudges the boy in a few inches. He hands a tomahawk to the lad, who lifts it over his shoulder past his ear and uncoils the throw, launching the small ax into the waiting pine slab. It sticks.
Molly Turnbull, 7, of Knox tosses a tomahawk at a target after getting instructions from Dave "Gomer" Bryant, right, during the Ancient Ones Outdoor Sport and Gun Show on Saturday at the Augusta Armory. Bryant, of Mount Vernon, said that he's been offering throwing demonstrations for more than 20 years.
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The boy smiles, and Gomer gives him another ax to heave.
"Normally, in three tries I can get you to stick it," Gomer says proudly.
Gomer, known in workaday life as Dave Bryant of Mount Vernon, is a re-enactor with the Ancient Ones of Maine, a pre-1840s living history club. His tomahawk-tossing lessons have become a staple at the Ancient Ones Outdoor Sports and Gun Show, being held this weekend at the Augusta Armory.
The show continues from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
"It's the best show out there," said director Ray Hamilton, another member of the Ancient Ones history group. "It's not just a gun show."
A survey of the 80 vendors who man the 135 tables offers proof of Hamilton's point. There are certainly enough guns, rifles and bullets to keep an enthusiast busy for hours.
But other vendors, making up about half of the total, offer a variety of wares, from leather and wood products, such as snowshoes and belts, to historical maps.
Much of what is available has been crafted by hand. And there is something for all ages, such as Bryant's tomahawk throwing and storytelling for children.
"There are people who come back just for the bread," Hamilton said, pointing to a nearby table stacked high with homemade loaves. "There's a guy up there selling caskets. That's something you just don't see."
Mark Kerns, of Thorndike, had two of those wood caskets on display on the stage as he sat and strummed a guitar made especially for him by a friend. One of the caskets was fashioned into a gun rack. The second – a 6-foot model held together by wood pegs and hinges – was open and ready for a customer.
"Someone will buy one someday," Kerns said wryly.
Kerns has pictures of other caskets he has crafted, one of which he made specifically for multiple uses.
"You can use it as a table when you're alive, and when you're not you can hop in," Kerns said. "I have fun making them. It's an interesting conversation piece."
Hamilton said the shows began about 17 years ago when the folks in his living history group decided to put together a black power show.
The show has moved a few times since then, but it has been held at the armory for at least a decade.
"I've worked to improve the show every year," Hamilton said. "If you don't find something interesting, we'll give you your money back."
Hamilton said the idea is to raise just enough money to support the Ancient Ones' activities in the coming year. Rates for vendors, he said, are very reasonable and admission to the show is $6 for adults. Children, National Guardsmen, active duty military and their families all get in free. Last year the show attracted more than 3,000 people over the course of two days.
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Hi , Am saving video embeded code into db my using textarea. Am copying video code into text area.before submitting from am doing validations.Here how to get the embeded tag width and height
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Judging from your code, the only thing that changes are the youtube path, and the dimensions. I recommend having a field in the database for each of those, and have the tags required to show it in the view. Then populate the width, height and src using erb tags in that view.
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The Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce and The Anniston Star sponsored a free seminar today for area businesses to teach them how to expand their customer base through social media. The seminar was presented by Mike Blinder, a national media consultant and digital marketing specialist.
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"We use images as much as possible ... any kind of image you post gets a larger response than just text by itself," Snider said of his Facebook posts. "Then we use those posts to generate traffic to our website."
Patsy Hamlin, owner of Muscadine Mountain Memories Gift Shop in Anniston, attended the seminar and said she learned a lot.
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Hamlin said she planned to create a Facebook page for her business as soon as possible.
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Larry May, owner of the CD Cellar in Anniston, said he already had a decent Facebook presence but learned quite a bit from the seminar about how he could use Google to help his business.
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The most daunting question in the world of fantasy hockey is: who is the best player in fantasy hockey?
This would have made for a great Cage Match except there is no consensus top two to pit against each other. I am not sure there is even a consensus top four. The field is wide open. The league is booming with young talent and the combination of injuries and parity has the effect of evening out the playing field. To single out just two players would be silly so to do it up right would call for a Royal Rumble of a Cage Match. That would simply be madness. There is only one solution: harness the madness.
With that in mind I am proud to introduce to you the inaugural Cage Match Tournament!
The Rules:
The tournament is setup March Madness style with four different brackets: the Howe Bracket, the Gretzky Bracket, the Richard Bracket and the Lemieux Bracket. Each bracket consists of nine different teams ranked 1-9. The Brackets were put together based on polls of the DobberHockey writers and forum veterans setting up some highly intriguing match ups.
Each week in this column four match ups will be introduced, providing links to a poll on the forums where YOU get to vote on the winner.
The format is a straight points keeper league with no positions factored in but only forwards are included.
The polls will be open from Wednesday morning until Tuesday evening. The winners move on to the next round and the bracket will be updated each Wednesday.
All you need to do is follow the links to the forum and cast your vote for the player you would most want to have on your keeper league team. Sounds easy right? Here's the bracket:
This week we will be taking care of the 8-9 play-in games in each bracket.
Lemieux Bracket
#8 Bobby Ryan vs. #9 Patrick Sharp
Gretzky Bracket
#8 Joe Thornton vs. #9 Jarome Iginla
Richard Bracket
#8 Henrik Zetterberg vs. #9 Marian Hossa
Howe Bracket
#8 Jeff Skinner vs. #9 Matt Duchene
Hit the forums, cast your votes and make your voice heard!
bomm said:
Ross The Boss Palmer said:
SeaDawg said:
Of course I'm sure there are some who still have Crosby ahead of Ovechkin.
I'm definitely interested in seeing how the individual battles pan out.
steve laidlaw said:
Group of Death, nice Wes.
Crosby's fate is easily the most intriguing story line in this whole tournament. He could get knocked off by anyone, or he could win the whole thing. Such a wildcard.
BTW, anyone interested in doing over/unders for this thing? You gotta think Crosby is a 20 vote favourite in round one.
bomm said:
The mere fact that fantasy GMs are latching on to him tight as ever, despite his latest spate of injuries, is indicative in and of itself of his other worldly value. If concussion and vertebrae issues aren't enough for GMs to give up on his ungodly high end upside....how much more valuable can a player be??
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By the tone of the comments already posted, I must have missed Crosby's passing.


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Ross Bagdasarian created an unlikely smash when he changed his name to David Seville, multitracked his own voice, and recorded the novelty single "The Chipmunk Song." That led to 1961's The Alvin Show, which gave chipmunks Alvin, Simon, and Theodore animated likenesses, along with their father figure, David Seville.
Bagdasarian passed away in 1972, but in 1979, NBC aired repeats of The Alvin Show on its Saturday morning schedule. Then in 1980, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., recorded a successful comeback for the Chipmunks, titled Chipmunk Punk. Cashing in on the resurgent popularity of Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, NBC brought the all-new animated Alvin and the Chipmunks to the air in 1983.
The characters remained pretty much the same as in the original The Alvin Show. Alvin was the brash schemer, Simon was the sensible brain, and Theodore was the pudgy, giggly one. All wore floor-length sweaters. The boys were now a bona fide rock band under the direction of David Seville, covering top 40 hits with high-pitched Dolly Parton and Mr. T (who used the opportunity to launch his own self-titled animated series).
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The Laboratory on the Ocean FloorApril 19th, 2010 by Smithsonian Journeys
We've mentioned before that Smithsonian scientists love studying extremes. But how about living in extreme conditions? To study the bottom of the ocean properly, you would actually have to live down there.
What do you eat? How do make your meals? Where do you get fresh water? Just as astronauts have made adjustments to their lifestyles while they are in space, scientists studying the ocean are pretty adaptable as well.
Paula Lemyre, reporting from Smithsonian Channel's SciQ, visited the ocean floor (63 feet down) and had 30 minutes to interview and record this story. Any more time on the bottom, and Paula and her crew would face a very painful experience called "the bends" due to the reduction in pressure as they returned to sea level. Also known as decompression sickness, during the bends the body releases dissolved gas (mostly nitrogen) from the tissues and blood. As a result, bubbles are created within the circulation system and create disruptions throughout the human body. Symptoms can range from mild, dull toothache-like pain to the more serious including shock and seizures. Luckily, today we know the gradual ascension steps to avoid these kinds of situations.
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Drugs Busts actually Hurt Sport's Image
Prime Example: American Baseball has had a steriod problem for about a decade now, but it didn't have an image problem (as pertained to steriods) until recently when their athletes started to get busted and they started testing for steriods.
Example 2: Amercian Football does not have a steriod image problem. They also don't have many publicly annouced positives. Do we really think this sport is clean?
Example 3: Cycling is viewed as the dirtiest sport there is and they probably have the most number of positive tests. Does this mean that a larger percentage of cyclers are doping than say American football players? No, but the large number of positive tests make it appear that way.
Conclusion: A sports drug image is directly related to its number of drug busts no matter how clean or dirty the sport actually is. Exposing dirty players simply makes the sport look dirty as a whole; tarnishing both the sport and clean players.
Point: At some point a sport has to decide which is more important:
a) exposing dirty players
b) protecting the image of the sport
Not saying they are mutually exclusive. One just has to be more important than the other.
Question: Track in America is on life support, all the drug busts of recent years haven't helped. THEY HURT!!! Anyway, do the drug busts help / hurt in Europe where track is more popular? Or is track (as its cleaning up its sport which equals tarnishing its image) dying a slow death there as well? I would think that the lack of great athletes coming from parts of Europe that were historically better suggest its dying a slow death.
Solution: I think track needs to be more concerned with having a marketable product than exposing every drug cheat out there. Perhaps:
a) Change what constitutes cheating (no more silly Edwards cases please --- now she is mentioned with every other drug cheat with no distinction)
b) Get rid of that long list and only test for the hard core stuff
c) Keep drug results confidential and perhaps only suspend the athlete from being able to receive any prize money, appearance fees, and participating in OG WC.
I know some of you are on your high horse about exposing cheats and burning them at the stake. Lets hope you have never lied on a resume or cheating on a test to get an unfair advantage. But assuming you haven't ---- IT IS AN UNWINNABLE BATTLE! For every chemist that can come up with a test there is another one that can beat that test. So trying to out test cheaters will never work.
So lets switch focus and save what I believe to be a dying sport.
To sum things up, American baseball now has a serious steriod image problem -- right? Well that has not stopped ball parks from selling out --- especially when Bonds was close to the record; the fan backlash has not been nearly as bad as expected; and baseball has set another attendance record. So the sport has basically survived. Guess what: Most fans don't care about who is using what? Sport is entertainment, its about entertaining the fans. When will track realize that --- I guess when there are no fans left to entertain.
You make some very good points. As I think about it, I don't think track is dying as a spector sport - I don't think it was ever a real spectator sport. Sure, it had greater popularity in the 70s, but this is before the true entertainment (game sports) really exploded.
T&F is currently, and has always been, a sport for the participant - not the spectator. The typical track fan is, or was, a participant in the sport.
Maybe what needs to happen is for the professionalism in the sport to go away. It is the lure of money that has brought in the cheating. Without the money the incentive to cheat would be significantly reduced. Sure there would still be cheaters but it would be much less prevalent.
In the US track has been dying as a spectator sport. But, it has been doing tremendously well in the high schools as a participant sport. Maybe the focus should be on this positive aspect. The sport is still quite pure at the HS and collegiate levels. Maybe that is the most important thing anyway.
The slipperly slope of cynicism.
We know that 99%+ of high school participants are clean. The marks are too poor to suggest any cheating. For the top <1% - that may just have to left at what it is. But, the focus on the postive aspects of the sport - the positive lessons it can teach kids, maybe more important that focusing on the positive drug tests.
You can probably say the same thing of senior-level T&F.
And if you follow the published lists of athletes receiving drug bans, you'll know a lot of average and mediocre athletes test positive as well - even though they get tested much less frequently. I thus don't buy the 'marks too poor to suggest cheating' argument.
If the suggestion is that it is done at high-level high school than the logical progression would be that it is much more prevalent at senior level.
The drop-out rate from the sport after high school and then college is extremely high. Those who continue to compete in elite open competitions are typically competitors who were in that top 1% at the high school and collegiate levels.
If you suggest that drug cheating is prevalent in the top 1% of high school and collegiate competitors (which I don't agree with), you would have to assume it is much higher in open competiton because those left are that top 1%.
Wow - are you suggesting the entire sport should be scrapped?
I just don't buy that an average mark of say a 23.5 second 200 meter high school senior is doping.
Having coached at the high school level for many years, I know that none of my kids (even the real good ones) have ever doped.
You don't know, you believe. There is a difference.
We know no such thing. The 2005 National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey (cited by the Center for Disease Control on their website) reports the following: "Nationwide in 2005, 4.0% of high school students had taken steroid pills or shots without a doctor's prescription one or more times during their life (i.e., lifetime illegal steroid use). Overall, the prevalence of lifetime illegal steroid use was higher among male than female students, and higher among white than black students."
Male usage was 4.8%, female usage 3.2%.
It is true however, that some 10-12 years ago, this study also showed that only about half of high school kids who had used steroids were athletes. In other words, steroid use on the high school level is often for cosmetic purposes. It's similar to current high school usage of Viagra and Cialis, which is alarmingly high, although I don't know specific numbers.
The kids I personally coached - I KNOW did not take anything..
And, my son, who last year at 14 ran solid varisty times as a 9th grader (winning some varsity races) after stepping on the track after soccer season, is as pure as can be - he doesn't even have an interest in the sport - he just did it for some soccer conditioning.
If my son can run as fast as he did at 14, there is no reason suggest that kids 3 years older can't run a bit faster without doping.
That is a staggering statistic. It is discouraging. However, I have first hand knowledge that very good marks are commonly achieved by clean athletes.
If half of the 4.0% of PEDS are taken by athletes, I would suspect that out of the remaining 2%, most of those are football players. I think the numbers in track are still about 1%, and most of those would be sprinters/throwers.
Again, there is so much focus on the small percentage of athletes that put a negative spin on the sport. WE KNOW the MUCH larger percent of kids are clean and getting all of the positive things the sport has to offer. By gving this so much attention we are letting the cheating 1% taint the entire sport.
Do you have them under surveillance 24/7? If not, there is no way you could possibly know.
believe - to accept as true or real
Mark Twain once said that the difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning bug and lightning.
I believe that man has been on the moon.
Neil Armstrong knows that man has been on the moon.
I believe that Marita Koch set the 400 world record with the aid of PED's.
Koch's coach and trainer know that she set the 400 world record with the aid of PED's.
W believed that Saddam had WMD.
W did not know that Saddam had WMD.
Gotta agree. Now that said, I also believe that banned PED use in HS T&F is minuscule, and you are probably correct concerning your athletes. But to say that you are 100% positive that no athlete you ever coached ever took PEDs while under your care seems a tad naive. Kids can be devious little suckers, you know . . .
I grew up in a hick South Texas town and off the top of my head remember 4 guys at my high school that took steroids and were pretty open about it...this was in '87-'90. Our high school only had like 450 students total. I will say NONE had anything resembling talent and it was all about building beach muscles for them.
Track has become a cleaner sport because of recent developments. It's not uor fault that so many people are stupid and can't realize that track is far, far cleaner than any of the more maintstream American pro leagues.
What you really need is for NFL, MLB and the like to get much, much more serious about their own situation. Forget these two or three game suspensions; two-year suspensions and then a lifetime ban. That will make waves.
12th graders with a bit of talent running 22 mid and 49 low do not need roids to get to that level. I am certain some more talented kids could go significantly faster.
I coached solid high school kids....not phenoms but solid. No, I wasn't monitoring their every move 24/7 but I knew most of these kids quite well. I feel pretty certain (no, not 100 percent but very close) that they weren't taking anything.
There were a couple of schools within our league that had kids who my athletes "knew" were taking roids....I don't think it would have been quite the scandal among my athletes if they too were taking.
I think either many of you are showing your sour grapes for not having the talent of some of those who are more successful, or you are getting off on seeing the sport have problems.
It is obvious that PEDS are prevalent at the highest level of the sprints, but I do not think they are commonly used at the high school or even collegiate levels. Sure they are used by some, but it is not nearly as widespread as many of you are making it out to be.
I agree, which is why I advocate we stop prosecuting all crime in America. It's not like we're ever going to end crime, right? Plus it's only giving us a bad image abroad and we'll save all that money spent in the law enforcement and judicial systems. Why some of that money could go to international marketing programs!
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Drugs permeated the sport prior to actual paydays. The real incentive seemed to be the Cold War competition of the 60's and 70s. Professionalism actually seemed to push for more drug testing because we had individuals benefiting rather than influential governments.
As for the collegiate level, drug usage is probably on par with the international level, maybe even more as the NCAA is not as rigorous in enforcement. How do you think every team in the Big 12 has an offensive line averaging more than 300 pounds? I certainly saw the usage when I was in college in the early 80s.
If what many of you are saying is true, it is very depressing. It would be very discouraging to a kid who has some natural ability and is considering using that ability on the track. If true, it would appear that ultimately a talented athlete would become very frustrated as many (most?)of his fellow competitors would be cheating - the playing field would not be level.
I don't doubt collegiate football is widely infected - it is money driven. Kids who do well go on to the NFL. Colleges that do well get big money. But, not so in track. Aside from a very select few, track athletes won't become professionals.
Fortunately, I still have my personal experiences to fall back on. Most of these experiences were positive and with little indiciation that drugs are required for a solid natural athlete to accomplish some very impressive performances. Were these athletes competing against users? Perhaps, but if they were, the users didn't gain to much advantage because the clean kids I knew competed near the top in their divisions.
there are so many ways to improve performance by legit means without resorting to drugs :
- see a nutritionist & plan ideal diet of high protein ( build/maintain muscle )/ high carb ( to fuel training )/ low fat ( but need essential fatty acids )/ plenty of legal vitamin/mineral supplements to address any deficiency
- regular blood tests to check any medical problems - anaemia/low thyroid/low vitamin levels ( B12/folate/iron/etc )
- see physiologist to measure body fat ( i like this one ) - very important for a sprinter - they use method called hydrostatic weighing, which involves submergence : find how much fat you have & try & find a way to reduce it come to race time : if you are 80kg & can run 10.00, but analysis shows there's still 1kg of excess fat there, try & remove it ( maintain power ) & you have potentially 9.94s off that
it all comes down to money - if you/camp have it, i'm sure there there legit ways to shave at least 0.1s of a previous elite time
I'm obviously not denying there are guys who can run that fast without drugs. But there are also people who are less talented and intent on succeeding, even on a small stage, or people who have the talent, but are looking for shortcuts.
The question is how widespread? I let my wife read this thread. She was an All-American hurdler in the late 80s....she laughed. She never took anything and never heard of any of her teammates taking anything - a couple of her teammates ended up being world class athletes (one an oly medalist).
As mentioned above, I know there are cheaters. I also think it is a big problem at the elite open level of the sprints. But, I don't think at the lower levels it is nearly as widespread as you are implying.
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Bachelor of Arts In History
History is a systematic study of the human past in order to use that knowledge to help explain the complexity and diversity of human activities, affairs, ideas, and institutions. The discipline of history stresses research, analysis, and communication. In the History Program at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), students are educated to recognize the vast and complex range of human experience throughout the centuries, and challenged to discover and explain patterns of continuity and change in relation to historical events and developments. The History Program offers a wide spectrum of courses in African American, U.S., European and wider world history; in the pre-modern and modern eras; in cultural, economic, intellectual, political, religious and social history; and in the specialized areas of applied history, diplomatic history, military, oral history, urban history, and the history of science. At WSSU, a history major can pursue one of two tracks of different lengths: a major in history with a minor in another discipline; or a major in history with a concentration in a particular area of history that has been agreed upon by the student and a history advisor. The History Program at WSSU has prepared graduates who have pursued graduate studies in history, divinity, law, and education.
Also available to history majors at WSSU is the option to explore non-teaching career opportunities in the applied history field. In Applied History I students are introduced to history professionals and potential jobs in museums, historic sites, archives, historic preservation, interpretation, management, and many other history-based occupations. Applied History II offers actual hands-on internships, working with history professionals at sites throughout the community.
The history cognate is committed to contributing an essential link in the liberal arts curriculum of Winston-Salem State University. The undergraduate program in history provides an important knowledge base of history and introduces students to the skills of the professional historian.
- To provide the means for an understanding of historical development so students may become aware of the certainty of change and be prepared to meet it.
- To provide a solid background for those students who pursue teaching professions in both lower and higher education.
- To provide a general foundation for students who plan careers in professional fields outside of history.
- To prepare students for graduate training in history.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Command of historical content
- Conduct historical research
- Think critically and analyze documents and artifacts
- Recognize and evaluate primary and secondary sources
- Create historical arguments with sufficient and appropriate evidence
- Utilize multiple perspectives and methodologies
- Compare and contrast historical processes
- Identify connections between historical events
Students majoring in history are expected to take a variety of history courses at the lower (1000, 2000) and upper (3000, 4000) levels. They should have made at least a "C" in one of the 1000 level courses before taking upper level courses. There are two options for students pursuing a general degree in history, either Option (1) 21 hours of 3000/4000 level history courses and a minor, or Option (2) 39 hours of upper division history with a concentration of study agreed upon by the student and a history advisor. History majors must earn at least a grade of "C" in all history courses to be counted towards the major requirements. Students are also expected to have taken a variety of courses in general education to support their development in the liberal arts. These include a course in philosophy, geography, sociology, and psychology. Students should also take POS 2311 and another political science course at the 3000 or 4000 level. Students who wish to go on to graduate programs in history are advised to attain a proficiency in a language in addition to English, but that is not required for the undergraduate degree.


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Industry News | April 3, 2000
Teletubbies Come to McDonald's
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The "Teletubbies Hugs" consumer promotion reaquaints customers with the highly-acclaimed pre-school television series starring Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po. "Teletubbies" premiered on PBS in April 1998 and ranks among the top three pre-school children's shows on television. The series is seen daily (M-F) on PBS' distinguished Ready to Learn block of quality children's programming.
"We are delighted to bring the fun and excitement of Teletubbies to McDonald's customers across North America," said R.J. Milano, Vice President, McDonald's U.S. Marketing. "Teletubbies are the perfect addition to our roster of premiere entertainment properties."
"McDonald's has been serving and caring for young people for years and we are proud to join forces with a company that is as children and family-oriented as McDonald's," said Kenn Viselman, chairman of The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company."McDonald's has an impressive history of successful children's promotions and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with such a strong partner for Teletubbies."
The McDonald's "Teletubbies Hugs" promotion will be supported in North America with an extensive, multi-faceted advertising and marketing campaign.
Ragdoll-produced series for pre-school aged children are shown in more than 60 countries. Titles include "Teletubbies", "Rosie and Jim", "Tots TV","Brum", and"Open A Door". The company is based in Stratford upon Avon, England.
The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company was launched to offer creators of unique properties a partnership for production, distribution, licensing, and marketing, and was founded in 1995 by Kenn Viselman. The company's philosophy is "To be free to learn, Children must be free to dream!" The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company is a member company of Handleman Company (NYSE:"HDL").
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SlideAware makes PowerPoint a Web 2.0 app
We're big fans of Web-based productivity apps here at Webware, but we also like tools that bring Web 2.0 features, such as easy collaboration and access from anywhere, to the apps we know and use already. Xcellery (see Xcellery review) does that for Excel, and a new app, SlideAware, does a similar thing for PowerPoint.
SlideAware has two components. First, there's a plug-in you add to your PowerPoint toolbar (it doesn't work for Office 2007 yet, so I couldn't test this component). The plug-in lets you zap your PowerPoint presentations directly to the SlideAware service. … Read more


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Fulham will climb out of the Premier League relegation zone - at least temporarily – if they beat Hull City at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo says the Italian team must be quicker in qualifying to dethrone triple world champion Sebastian Vettel.Red Bull's Vettel edged out Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by just three points for the 2012 Formula One drivers' championship.
|Premier League Preview: Southampton v Everton
|Ligue 1 Preview: PSG on brink of title, Valenciennes fight for survival
|CSL Preview: Guangzhou look to build on momentum
|Olic signs new Wolfsburg deal
|Olic signs new Wolfsburg deal
|K-League Preview: Struggling Incheon face leaders Pohang
|Bundesliga Preview: Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund
|Suarez excited over Liverpool potential
|Bundesliga Preview: Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen
|Garcia has one eye on next season
|Quiros returns to form in China
|CAF Confederation Cup Preview: Kaizer Chiefs in trouble, Al Ahly hold slender lead
|Beck extends Hoffenheim stay
|Fox ´excited´ by Broncos opener
|Returning Phelps under no pressure
|League Two Preview: Wycombe, Bristol Rovers in crunch relegation clash
|UEFA bans for failing FFP unlikely - Platini
|Coloccini: Current form not good enough
|La Liga Preview: Barca seek to close on fatigued Atletico
|We have underachieved, says Allardyce
|Neymar ´genius´ will light up World Cup - Carlos
|Milan deny sale rumours
|Hughes eyes top-half finish
|Ridgewell to miss next two games
|Martinez keen to discuss Traore deal
|Messi will shine in right ´climate´, Sabella insists
|Suarez: We have surprised ourselves
|Lucas thrilled to contribute in edgy PSG victory
|Lahm rues lack of Bayern killer instinct
|Sturridge boost massive for Liverpool - Henderson
|Ronaldo in ´perfect´ condition
|Lloris blasts Spurs
|Yankee Pineda ejected in loss to Red Sox
|Blackhawks, Blue Jackets seal crucial overtime wins
|Copa Libertadores Wrap: Lanus advance
|Klinsmann delighted for in-form Dempsey
|Mavericks break Spurs streak, gain home advantage
|Costa Rica Primera Division Wrap: UCR seal fourth spot
|Sturridge hopeful of facing Chelsea
|Liga MX Preview: Battle for play-off places continues
|MLS Preview: Rimando on verge of record
|CONCACAF Champions League: Toluca 1 Cruz Azul 1 (1-1 agg, Cruz Azul win on away goals)
|MLS: New York Red Bulls 4 Houston Dynamo 0
|Klitschko: ´I have nothing to hide´
|Seahawks host Packers in NFL season opener
|Jesus excited by Juventus clash
|Pizzi: Europa League semi a career highlight
|A-League Preview: Wanderers welcome Mariners in semi-final
|Robertson in the ascendancy, strong finish sees Hawkins through
|Ancelotti: Real survived without fit Bale, Ronaldo
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|Robben ´expected more´ from Real
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|AFC Champions League Wrap: Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Bunyodkor leave it late to progress
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Burke is All In
Being a General Manager of an NHL Hockey team is quite similar to sitting down at a high rollers table at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and having a marathon session of no-limit hold'em poker versus some of the biggest and meanest sharks in the ocean.
With a Leafs team stuck in the bottom 5 of the league from the first day of the season, and after public proclamations of being aggressive at the draft and public and vocal assurances that he has built one of the better defensive units in the East. Additional proclamations that it would be reasonable to expect the Leafs to compete for the playoffs this year, spending right up to the salary cap, trading away the clubs next 2 1st round picks and trading away some of the organizations mostly highly thought of prospects for practically zero return, it is safe to say at this point, that if being an NHL General Manager were a game of poker, Mr Burke is "All In" and has absolutely zero chance of winning this round. He has been effectively cleaned out.
There is a silver lining however, as Mr Burke is flush, sitting on a recently signed multi-year, multi-million dollar deal and has an opportunity to buy back into the game and try again.


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The #1 Swimsuit Mistake Women Make
Picking the wrong bikini or one-piece isn't the issue when it comes to swimsuit mistakes women make. The most common thing you can do wrong at the beach, fashion-wise, is not creating a whole outfit to go with your suit. Bethenny is big on putting a beach look together - don't just throw on a shorts and a T-shirt over your swimsuit. Take some care to look like your gorgeous self. Do that, and you're all good.
If you're running around like a loon getting the kids ready or trying to catch the train before you head to the beach, get your accessories ready the night before. That's when you can really get crazy with fun add-ons, like a patterned cover-up, big sunglasses, a floppy hat, and shoes that make your legs look great. (Throw in a few bikini butt exercises beforehand for fun.)
Here are a few ideas to get you thinking about what you need to be confident this summer. Plus, check out what Bethenny totes along with her to the beach here!
How to Put Together a Beach Outfit


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United pressing key to upsetting Arsenal
Ah, how times change. This time last season, when Manchester United welcomed Arsenal to Old Trafford, they may as well have been a wolf inviting a lamb to dinner. The season before that, United eviscerated the Londoners 8-2 (this, incidentally, is a match DVD that Ashley Young should watch every morning before training, to remind him of his best). Prior to that, in a preseason move of rare brilliance, United had acquired none other than Arsenal's Robin van Persie, who when fully fit was the closest thing the Premier League had to the Ring of Power (from "The Lord of the Rings").
Now, though, Manchester United somewhat resemble the Ring of Power after a lava bath in Mount Doom. Sir Alex Ferguson has gone; David Moyes has made a faltering start as his fellow Scot's successor; Arsenal have all the swagger of the newly crowned Aragorn.
Just look at the difference. This time last year, Arsenal came to Old Trafford in an unhappy state. The Gunners had one of the unhappiest left flanks in top-flight football, with Lukas Podolski reluctant to stay wide and protect full-back Andre Santos (who really needed protecting). They had Aaron Ramsey in a miserably functional role on the right wing. Good grief, they even had Olivier Giroud forlornly chasing the ball into the channels. They conceded after five minutes, Van Persie benefiting from a Thomas Vermaelen daydream, and softly succumbed 2-1.
This time, though, Arsenal, in the words of Radiohead's "Pyramid Song," have "nothing to fear, nothing to doubt." They are five points clear in the Premier League and have just outsmarted Borussia Dortmund, last season's UEFA Champions League finalists, away from home. They even have, in the form of Mesut Ozil, a Ring of Power of their own. What can Manchester United do against such a force?
Well, here's the thing. It must be whispered cautiously, but the home team's results have stabilised somewhat. They have just completed their eighth match unbeaten, a sequence which admittedly did not feature many of the game's Goliaths, but which represents progress all the same. What's more, they have begun to score goals again: United are tied for third most in the division, with 17. Their 0-0 Champions League draw Tuesday night with Real Sociedad in San Sebastian is not an evening that Van Persie or Javier Hernandez will remember with great fondness, but both strikers are enjoying better fortunes in the Premier League. The Dutchman, in particular, looks happier with each passing week.
These positives, though, still represent something of a smokescreen. United have conceded 13 goals, which gives them the sixth-worst defensive record in the Premier League. In a division where goal difference is king, they are currently paupers, with only plus-4 compared to Arsenal's plus-11 and Manchester City's plus-17. What, then, is United's best hope of victory on Sunday?
Looking at both team's recent games, the priority must be to press in the middle of the pitch, and then keep the ball out of it. Manchester United, thanks to the resurgence of Patrice Evra and the emergence of Adnan Januzaj, are again looking potent in wide areas. Nani, though inconsistent as ever, has shone in the past against Arsenal and can combine well with Rafael down the right flank.
The requirement to press, unfortunately, may rule out Marouane Fellaini at this point. Although he's a powerful presence, he has shown a slowness to the ball in recent matches. If Michael Carrick is still ailing, then Moyes may find it profitable to proceed with a midfield of Phil Jones and Tom Cleverley. They might offer the blend of urgency and aggression needed to disrupt Arsenal's passing in midfield, which so far this season has had the intricacy of a cat's cradle. Ahead of these two, if it is indeed they who start, Wayne Rooney must be sure to make regular runs behind Mikel Arteta. Though the England forward's statistics have been impressive this season, he has often played almost level with Van Persie, exposing his midfield. Perhaps these are Moyes' instructions; in any event, though, everyone would benefit if Rooney dropped deeper and stopped Arsenal from building so many attacks in front of their back four.
If Moyes is feeling particularly brave, he will include Shinji Kagawa ahead of Nani or Antonio Valencia. Kagawa's movement and distribution have been key to many of his team's best passages of play in recent matches, and he would add the type of complexity to United's attack that could give Arsenal's defence rare difficulty.
For the first time in a couple of years, Arsenal will enter this matchup as favourites; yet given United's struggles against other top teams this year, Moyes will relish the opportunity to prove he can outcoach the very best. It's one of those games where bragging rights will be at stake, so it's difficult to see anything other than a single-goal victory by either side. For Manchester United to produce that, though, they must deliver their best performance of the season.


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Ward Bennett
Ward Bennett's approach to designing
This drawing, by American designer Ward Bennett, shows the designer's mind at work for objects in a variety of media during the initial stages of creation. Here, Bennett has conceived an ambitious range of objects including cookware, kitchen utensils, and glassware.
Ward Bennett, design process, drawing, utensils, glassware, cookware


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