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I would like to ask you all to share your stories about the younger crowd of kite fliers. How has kiting positively influenced the lives of your children, grandchildren, youth programs , schools and the like.
How has it shaped them socially?
Has it made them more responsible? Has it given them self confidence?
I would love to hear what is going on with the up and coming kite fliers!
- amydoran
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Re: Youth In Kiting
I won't be a lurker, but a sharer.
My personal experience shows low results, My own son got interested when he was 13 or 14, mastered the REV basics (but not the passion) then moved on to other interests, like music. (Now works as a DJ with gigs local and interstate... his PASSION!) Neither of our 2 daughters showed any interest at all at any age. Their parents' passion just embarrased them.
The school workshops I ran as my "Kite Lady" business often produced animated talk for days after a visit. Some classes drew pictures of their kites and sent them to me in book form. I've had little or no contact since, but our country's culture is not one where kite flying is a prominent activity. There are no bricks & mortar kite stores left in South Australia, and the kite buzz of the mid to late 1980's has moved on.
Linda Sanders - RD13, Australia
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Re: Youth In Kiting
My 2 grandsons have gone to the Washington State International Kite Festival at Long Beach, Washington every year since they were born.
They have experienced almost every aspect of the kiting world. Flying anything they can get their hands on, played with more beach toys than I can name and volunteered to help with childrens events. The youngest, (16 yrs.), has led the, "Parade of Colors" event for the last 3 years. They both, at there ages now, still do not have the passion for kiting that has driven Marla and myself through 20 years of kiting.
They respect it, have good memories and may someday get back into it.
The oldest, (18 years), has found his passion in, yes Linda, music.
Marla and I still keep on intoducing kite flying to any young person that will listen.
Marla's secretary
- ronaldmiller
- 82 Posts
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I found my passion from my mom. She helped me with everything. She has always helped me with flying. I have never backed out, it has been up hill since then. So many kite flyers have given me help. I wouldn't be the way I am with kites if they hadn't have helped me. Thank you everybody.
Ian Willoughby
- LisaW
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We started flying kites when our daughter when to college. We introduced her to kites when she would come home on breaks. She picked up dual line flying with ease. The kiting became a family activity. Now she has moved away, is married and is working. There is little time for flying. However, we introduce her husband to kite flying and have gifted them both with dual line kites. They both are interested in flying but do not have a passion for it. We hope it will become a family activity for them that they can enjoy when they vacation. For now, our daughter is using her single line kites to decorate the nursery for their first child. As grandparents, we will be taking our grandson to fly whenever we can.
The biggest value we see is that kite flying is an activity we all can enjoy together. And anything that can bring a family together, even if it is just for an hour, is a plus.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
- photomom
- 38 Posts
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I just happen to love kites,alway have and always will it all started as a young child flying homemade kites with long tails made from ripped up old bed sheets. All the kids in my neighborhood made them and we flew them in the church parking lot it was a sign of spring with the strong March winds blowing . I remember the string cost five cents at the corner store and a quater could get your kite into the heavens. My daughter on the other hand hates kites and has coined the phrase kite creeps when referring to the fine friends we hang out with. For as long as the AKA has had National Kite Month I have been sponsoring a forth grade workshop in my town. That's about 8 or 9 years now so most of the kids in my town know the Woodman as the Kiteguy.
- Woody
- 195 Posts
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Knowing how the youth these days seem to prefer electronic gizmos, this may help draw some of them closer?
Just observed on the AKA Event Calendar - this link http://www.aka.kite.org/events/calendar - but now click on the icon of the USA... and suddenly we're into world geography. Countries are listed, events are pinpointed, world kiting now looks more exciting!!
If you've not recently checked out the Calendar link, you can now find out where all the fun kite events are and hopefully get the younger set mixing their smart phone technology with the passion of world travel & kite flying...?
Linda Sanders - RD13, Australia
less talk... more fly...
Re: Youth In Kiting
It is so true about music. I also would encourage kids to try flying a kite. I found the main obstacle was cost. Many families have very tight budgets and a some-what good kite cost around 15 - 17 dollars. I decided to order one of those "party" kite packs of diamond kites (50). I took a boom box, I know... dating myself, but it plays CDs and radio. I set it up at a local field last year and the kids were drawn in by the music and I gave each one of them a kite. They all had to assemble the kites with assistance from me and their parents. There were 28 of them. Everyone had a great time. It lasted almost 4 hours. I get to the field every weekend when I can and bring the music. There are about 15 that have become regulars and some of them convinced their parents to purchase different kites. The parents also fly. The moms appreciated the free time while dads acted more like kids than their children.
It is a new season and I hope they will return this year. Taking the boom box when I go flying just in case.
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Pyewacket2 wrote:Please explain what doing "an oil" means.
And now for your next trick tell us truly what your involvement was in the extraordinary rendition of the Libyans so that your Government could do an oil with Gadaffi.
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Malthus wrote:Meant to write "Oil deal" Gadaffi came in from the cold, agreeing to disclose his dodgy weapons and pay compensation to the victims of the Lockerbie affair. Big meeting in his tent with Tony Bliar. In return, we sorted out his opponents by kidnapping them and sending them back to \Libya and BP paid them £500m for an oil deal
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And now for your next trick tell us truly what your involvement was in the extraordinary rendition of the Libyans so that your Government could do an oil with Gadaffi.
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He would have made a first-rate politician.
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Isn't it strange how many politicians have 20/20 hindsight. Having seen the problems caused by the EU's open border policy, David Cameron is chattering on about how the immigration rules must be tightened to stop the flow of people from Turkey and Albania when they eventually join the EU. Why did his predecessors not think about when they signed the Maastrict and Shengen treaties?
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Whoever they find to fill Blackburn's 'Safe Seat' will be very interesting.
But can anyone list any improvements to Blackburn due to Jack Straw over the past thirty odd years?
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On Tue, 13th May 2014 sambaXP will start with three tutorials:
- Migration nach SAMBA 4 (in German)
hands on workshop with Stefan Kania
audience: system administrators
fee: 450,- € including breaks, lunch and all materials
- Deploying Zentyal (English)
hands on workshop with Mateo Berulli
audience: system administrators
fee: 450,- € including breaks, lunch and all materials
- Interoperability Protocol Test Tools Workshop
Microsoft tutorial with Darryl Welch and Michael Bowman
audience: experienced developers, deep code divers
20 seats at no cost, only available if you book the conference, too
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Day 2/3: The Conference
The detailed conference program is online now.
The social event for all participants of the sambaXP conference will take place on Wednesday night at Irish Pub.
Day 4: The BarCamp
On Fri, 16th May 2014, a BarCamp will take place again. This is the participant's chance to meet the team and define their own workshop agenda.
Program Committee
Chairman of the 13th samba eXPerience conference is John Terpstra - one of the founding members of the Samba Team.
The program of talks and other contributions is supervised by the program committee:
- Jens-Peter Akelbein, University of Darmstadt
- Jeremy Allison, Google
- Sven Oehme, IBM
- Thomas Pfenning, Microsoft
- André von Raison, Heise
- John Terpstra, Dell (chairman)
- Ric Wheeler, Red Hat
Local Organizing Comittee
The local organizing committee (LOC) is responsible for all activities during the conference:
- Ms. Dr. Chen-Yu Lin and Johannes Loxen from SerNet.
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A fun-packed day whether you're 3 or 103!
Fantastic new attractions! Amazing new animals! And all the well-loved Longleat Adventure Park favourites too. Over 15 attractions to enjoy, all set within 900 acres of stunning 'Capability' Brown landscaped parkland.
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Race against the clock in our Deadly Challenge!
Take on our series of breath-taking challenges and discover jaw-dropping facts about some of the world's deadliest predators.
In Deadly Challenge, race against the clock to earn deadly skulls in a series of breath-taking physical challenges and a jaw-dropping fact-based quiz centred around the world's most lethal creatures.
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A spectacular new lakeside retreat provides the perfect natural habitat for some of Longleat's newest residents… a band of lowland Gorillas.
Overlooking half-mile lake the gorillas have now set up home and can be seen roaming amongst a spacious grassland area which includes trees, logs and even a waterfall!
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Explore a jungle-full of animals where meerkats run around your feet, Rainbow lorikeets drink nectar from your hand and monkeys swing down from the trees. You never know who you're going to meet next!
Look out for your sea lion escort as you voyage on your Jungle Cruise - if you're lucky you'll see the infamous Nico – Gorilla Island's one and only resident.
Toot! Toot! Steam down the track on the Jungle Express and watch through your window. What a feast for the eyes! Eastern white pelicans feeding, sea lions leaping, monkeys playing. It's all happening in Jungle Kingdom!
Roll up! Roll up! It's Showtime in Animal Adventure
How do you feel about touching a tarantula or stroking a snake? Go along to Animal Adventure where our rangers will be putting on special shows for you. They need your help though! Will you be one of the brave people to hold one of these exotic creatures? Find out about the Ranger Shows.
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How does it feel to have a deer take food direct from your hand? Come down to Deer Valley and you'll find out! Meet the fallow deer face to face at this parkland attraction. They're so friendly (and hungry!) they'll eat straight from your hand. Hand-feeding the deer is an experience the whole family will never forget.
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Vandy Will Be Breaking Out New Football Uniforms
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Looks like you can add another school to the long, long list of folks getting outfitted with new football uniforms this fall. Once there was a day when schools would stick with the same uniform and design for years. Now, if you're not tweaking or overhauling things every other year, you're falling behind.
Well, James Franklin isn't allowing Vanderbilt to fall behind. In fact, the second-year Commodore coach is picking up right where he left off last year by building another solid recruiting class. And how do schools lure in teenage superstars? With the promise of slick new unis.
According to an email sent from the VU ticket office to several Commodore boosters, new unis are indeed on the way in Nashville:
"Mark your calendar for the Commodore Football fashion event of the summer. On July 11, the 2012 Commodore Football uniforms will be unveiled at the Vanderbilt Barnes and Noble Bookstore from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm. Check out the new look as it comes down the moving runway within the "official Commodore Gear Outlet" located in the 2525 Building on West End, right across from Centennial Park. James Franklin in a fashion show…surely you don't want to miss that."
Here's hoping Vandy's uniforms feature a traditional look with… oh, who am I kidding? When in doubte expect any school's new duds to be gaudy, flashy and over the top. Especially when that school's got a deal with Nike (and VU does).
Gimme $5 on the color "anthracite" being mentioned.
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"MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES." This curse may be ancient, but many of today's meeting professionals feel as if it was written for them. In late April, on the very day the World Health Organization extended its SARS-related travel warning to Toronto (which was lifted a week later), with the stock market jumpy and the last major battles in Iraq just a week old, Corporate Meetings & Incentives held a roundtable in Las Vegas, gathering corporate planners and incentive house executives for a discussion of the forces and trends affecting their incentive programs. Here are some highlights of that discussion.
CMI: Where have you seen the most impact on your travel incentive programs since September 11?
Sabo: [In fact, we saw] the shift come prior to September 11 with the economic downturn. That was the more major change for our clients.
Adams: I tend to agree. From our small company perspective, this all started with the huge economic downturn in the semiconductor industry. The last program we held was in August 2002. The Mideast situation, the SARS situation — these are certainly large things to take into consideration, but it is the economics that have really affected us.
I think it is real easy for some people within the company to say, 'We have to cancel this Asian meeting because [of SARS].' While it is a good reason to cancel, the reality is that if SARS didn't exist, the meeting wouldn't have happened because of the economics of it. That's the situation for our 2003 program. And because we work on such a short timeframe, as of yesterday, there were no plans whatsoever for 2004. And according to the indicators in the semiconductor industry, we're looking at probably the first quarter of 2004 before this turnaround really starts happening.
Mason: Fortunately, our business has only experienced minor changes. We have had a couple of adjustments as far as programs. In '03 we have a program that was supposed to be delivered to Los Cabos, Mexico, and because of sensitivity to traveling in general, and not knowing the outcome of the war, a lot of people seemed to be a bit hesitant. And so the client did a little survey, and decided to postpone the program. We ended up changing dates to December. There is some concern out there, and I think part of it may be the spouses' fear of traveling.
Steph: We had a trip [in 2002] to New York with spouses. The group I primarily deal with is 25- to 45-year-old males, and their spouses were invited. There were spouses who were very reluctant to fly to the East Coast out of Portland. So it did have an effect. And we did have spouses who did not attend.
Watson: You bring up a really good point, the biggest reason we changed all our plans last year was because spouses would not go.
CMI: Where was the program that spouses hesitated to go?
Watson: On the East Coast. It wound up in Napa Valley. The company used to go to Europe, do golf tournaments in Ireland. Now they are pretty much limiting everything to the continental United States.
CMI: So that has been a conscious change?
Watson: Yes. And SARS does bother me a little bit, it really does. I know there are people, come August, that if this thing is still going on and it's spreading, people won't want to go [on a planned Alaska cruise]. We did a trip to Mexico on a cruise ship a month ago, and we were really concerned about the diseases and the problems they've been having on the cruise ships. Up to a week before, they were sending me things telling me what they were doing to eradicate the problems.
Sabo: We actually haven't seen any impact on spouse programs, family programs. As far as SARS is concerned, we have a standing planning emergency team that meets daily and has been in place for a long time. So we've tried to stay ahead of the curve in terms of communicating to our clients and getting information from reliable sources — our Canadian office, Asian affiliates, airlines, and that kind of thing — and communicating that to our clients so that they're not relying on the news media, they're relying on us for that information.
CMI: What has happened to your European programs?
Sabo: That has changed. But, again, that was really more the economy prior to September 11 than anything else. We've seen the international booking on a pace to return to pre-9/11 days; it's not there yet, but it is headed that way. If SARS progresses, it may have an impact. But we just have not seen it.
Mason: We haven't had any cancellations. We are finding that the programs that are in place right now are programs that we will deliver as planned. The numbers may be down a bit, especially in '03, possibly in '04. But week to week, month to month, everything seems to be changing with the war and SARS.
As far as safety is concerned, I think those who are accustomed to participating in these types of programs are very comfortable with travel. Spouses aren't, but I think for the most part they [the decisions] are more economic.
A big issue is that [at many corporations] management is saying, 'We could do Europe in '04, or we could wait until '05 or '06. Why not wait a year or two until things stabilize? There are plenty of places closer to home. We'll just focus on offering a more deluxe domestic program.'
Sabo: We've had no true cancellations. Just a handful of postponements. But again, the international booking pace hasn't been what it was prior to … the economic downturn in the spring and summer [of 2001]. So 2004 is going as planned. It was just that first couple of weeks of the war that really made some people uneasy.
CMI: Are qualifier numbers down?
Sabo: [The economic downturn] has caused program sizes, generally speaking, to decrease. We haven't seen it in terms of not qualifying — it's not attrition or slippage. It's deliberate reductions in the program's scope from the pre-planning standpoint. So in some cases, program sizes are down, but it is not anything drastic.
CMI: What are the best ways to protect your programs?
Sabo: A travel program is really more than just a trip experience. It's about how the company is going to build better relationships. As long as companies are tying [the reward] back to a measurable objective, then it's sellable. By asking questions and getting to the root of what you really want to accomplish, you then have measurable objectives: Do you want to encourage them to do better next year? Do you want to give them the tools to be a little more recession-proof? To be able to get into niches where they weren't before? And it is different for every client. It is different even within one company for every program because it is different regions or different levels of people.
In doing so [defining objectives], you provide a kind of insulation from budget cuts because [you] are showing the value of the trip. It's not just lying on the beach, it's not just golfing. So there is always a way to measure [return on investment]. We don't see any clients who just say, "Our goal is to reward. That's it."
Adams: First of all, I don't think you'd be in business if you weren't doing that. I've been in the semiconductor industry for 20 years, and I've worked for a lot of the large, well-known semiconductor companies. In the past, when times were good, there have been companies — who shall go nameless — that said, "Here's $10,000. Go have a good time." But business has become too sophisticated. I have to prove — whether it's a meeting, advertising, collateral, a Web site, anything that I do under my marketing and communications hat — that the program has ROI.
Trend Talk
CMI's roundtable tapped into a variety of issues. Here is a sampling of attendees' experiences with today's hot topics.
Sabo on Procurement: "All of us are experiencing the emergence of procurement departments into the [meeting] process, which is relatively new. Procurement is getting into the driver's seat very quickly. So numbers have to speak, because that's all they care about. They don't care about pretty brochures, and they don't care about fluffy writing. It's all about the numbers."
Mason on Airlift Cutbacks: "We just had a program in March in Lake Tahoe, and flights from Reno used to be direct via Delta. They [Delta] have cut routes and now connect through Salt Lake. This program is usually held every other year, but the flights are so arduous now that the client may consider another destination entirely."
Adams on Virtual Meetings: "We've cut back on travel, so they [virtual meetings] are necessary. I would rather get on an airplane and go. But the technology has advanced to such a point that it's saving a lot of money. It's quicker. It's been a big advantage for us and our customers. We're finding that a lot of customers think the same way we do."
Steph on Spas: "I am surprised at how much spas are becoming more of an issue. It used to be golf. And while it used to be just the females who attended, now it seems like it is a couples event."
Sabo on Sponsorships: "We are seeing an increase in sponsorships at meetings and incentives — going after affiliates to come in and sponsor a reception or an event, whatever it might be. It is broadening outreach, and it's also saving money."
Jalet on CVB Budgets: "We're finding that, as a destination, our visitor volume dollars are not necessarily down that much, but the average room rate is. And average room rate affects us dramatically. We're funded through room tax. And since average room rate is down considerably this year over last year, that dramatically affects our marketing budget. We do not have the funds that we anticipated having."


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He spent the next 30 years going about Italy, founding monasteries and hermitages. He longed to give his life to Christ in martyrdom, and got the pope's permission to preach the gospel in Hungary. But he was struck with illness as soon as he arrived, and the illness recurred as often as he tried to proceed.
During another period of his life, he suffered great spiritual dryness. One day as he was praying Psalm 31 ("I will give you understanding and I will instruct you"), he was given an extraordinary light and spirit which never left him.
At the next monastery where he stayed, he was accused of a scandalous crime by a young nobleman he had rebuked for a dissolute life. Amazingly, his fellow monks believed the accusation. He was given a severe penance, forbidden to offer Mass and excommunicated, an unjust sentence he endured in silence for six months.
The most famous of the monasteries he founded was that of the Camaldoli (Campus Maldoli, name of the owner) in Tuscany. Here he founded the Order of the Camaldolese Benedictines, uniting a monastic and hermit life.
His father later became a monk, wavered and was kept faithful by the encouragement of his son.
A Polish duke had a son in the monastery where Romuald was living. On behalf of his father, the son presented Romuald with a fine horse. Romuald exchanged it for a donkey, saying that he felt closer to Jesus Christ on such a mount.
Richard Rohr explores how to find God in the depths of silence.
Whether you are new to cooking, highly experienced, or just enjoy good food, Table of Plenty invites you into experiencing meals as a sacred time.
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25 Most Memorable Fashion Moments of the '90s
Yes, the '90s are back in a big way, and being the nostalgic group that we are, we couldn't be happier about it. To truly appreciate today's trend, we suggest looking back on its origins. Join us on our trip down memory lane as we recount the most memorable fashion moments of the 1990s. Still on a '90s kick? Good. Check out 10 of the decade's biggest supermodels doing what they do best, here. By Alyssa Vingan.
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League Best 139 UMass Student-Athletes Named To A-10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll
UMass had the most student-athletes in the league attain a 3.5 GPA or higher for spring semester
Men Finish Middle Of The Pack At IC4A Championships
The men were led by Daniel Sheldon and finished eight of 16 in the IC4A Championships on Saturday afternoon in Bronx, N.Y.
Men's XC Wraps Up Season At IC4A Championships
Coach O'Brien will finish the 2012 season bringing 11 of his younger athletes to the IC4A Championships on Saturday, November 17.
Men's Cross Country's Youth On Display In New England Championships
Freshman Benjamin Groleau finished first for the Minutemen and 47th overall out of 261 total runners in the New England Championships.
Men's XC and T&F Introduces Freshmen For The 2012-13 Season
Head Coach Ken O'Brien, Assistant Coaches David Jackson and Darcy Wilson had perhaps the busiest summer of all and have brought in 26 freshman this season between both track and field and cross country.
As a freshman in 2012: Placed fifth on the team and 44th overall at the IC4A Championships with a time of 27:21.8 (11/17) ... Crossed the finish line at 26:26.3 and finished seventh for the team while placing 19th overall in the Brown Invitational (10/19) ... Placed sixth for UMass with a time of 26:30.24 at the New England Championships (10/7) ... Came in 13th for the Minutemen, crossing the finish line at 25:47.86 in the Minuteman Invitational (9/15) ... Placed eighth on the team and 11th overall at the UMass Invitational with a time of 19:21.25 (9/8).
Before UMass: Placed Fifth in the 2011 Catholic Memorial XC Meet in 16:28, and Fourth in Division I Central Masssachusetts District XC Meet ... Finished 24th as a senior in the Massachusetts All-State Cross Country Championships.
Personal:Miles Francis Hodge ... Born September 3, 1993 in Concord, Massachusetts ... Son of Timothy Hodge and Pam Haley ... Brother of Sean and Allison ... Majoring in Art with a minor in Psychology.
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Recruiting Headlines: Georgia Bullseye, 300-Pound Linemen, A Final Four With Three In The SEC
March 7th, 2013 03:01 PM║ Posted By: MrSEC.com ║ Permalink
Tags: Alabama, Auburn, Cedric Collins, Clifton Garrett, Ermon Lane, Miami, NFL, Sammie Epps, Todd Grantham, Ty Storey
1. Biggest negative recruiting weapon to be employed against Georgia? Probably defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, argues Michael Carvell at AJC.com. The reason? He has a track record, valuable NFL experience and because he's a hot name in coaching circles, questions are being raised about how long he'll be in Athens. Coach Mark Richt: "We will always have great assistants here at Georgia. You know, we can't control what everybody is going to do but neither can any other program sit around and promise they're not going to have an assistant coach have an opportunity that he might take."
2. The latest 300-pound behemoth to get an offer from Alabama? 6-foot-7, 310 pound Roderick Johnson from suburban St. Louis, MO. "All I have to say is it's Alabama. It's Alabama baby. The last three years they have run the SEC." Johnson is now the fifth 300-pound + lineman that Alabama has offered since Mario Cristobal became the offensive line coach.
3. Five-star defensive back Tony Brown wants to play two sports – football and track. The Beaumont, Texas star is tied for the fastest 60-meter hurdle this year at 7.76 seconds. He has offers from than 20 schools, including LSU.
4. Joliet, Illinois linebacker Clifton Garrett is a top target of Ole Miss for 2014. Rivals rates him the 53rd best player in the country. Garrett is expected to visit Oxford later this spring. Here's what his high school coach had to say: "I know that he likes (Ole Miss). To what extent he's interested? That I couldn't tell you."
5. The Ole Miss 2014 class is up to six players with the commitment of Greenwood, Mississippi wide receiver Sammie Epps.
6. One of the nation's top wide receiver prospects has an offer from Auburn. Homestead, Florida wide receiver Ermon Lane said recently he prefers a pro-style offense "because that's what most of the NFL teams run." Lane's cousin is a former Miami linebacker. In addition to Miami, Florida, Florida State, Alabama, Georgia, and LSU are all thought to have a shot.
7. Texas A&M's 2014 class is up to 10 commitments, seven on the defensive side. Defensive back commitment Cedric Collins: "The excitement around A&M right now is well deserved for the year we had. The win over Alabama was just the beginning. The goal is not just to win the SEC, but a (national) championship, and Johnny winning the Heisman was just a great way to start with our first year in the SEC."
8. Charleston, Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey threw for almost 4,400 yards his sophomore year. He visited Arkansas over the weekend. Storey likes Bret Bielema's offense: "I like it because it's more like a pro-style offense so it gets you ready for the next level and hopefully I can be there one day." Gus Malzahn offered Storey a scholarship when he was at Arkansas State.
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9. Little Rock, Arkansas guard Anton Beard decommitted from Missouri in February. He now has a new top four and three of them are in the SEC. Beard tweeted this morning: "Narrow my list to 4- Umass, Arkansas , LSU , Tennessee …"
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Tonight, as we gathered around a big table, sharing pizza and conversation at our regular pub night, I wondered again how many tables Jesus built in his life. Now I know, it's never stated explicitly in the Gospel stories that Jesus was a carpenter. We assume so because most kids followed in the footsteps of their parents when choosing a line of work. If Joseph was a carpenter, Jesus at least had some experience and skills by helping his father for a good chunk of his life.
However, even if we talk in a more metaphorical and not literal sense, we recognize that Jesus was all about tables.
Eating with sinners. Engaging in dialogue in public and private places. Celebrating the holy feasts of his tradition.
Tables were a tool for his ministry, a way to share his message, a place to connect with others and extend God's word of love and redemption.
To be more blunt about it, borrowing the words of a genius Latino pastor who spoke at a General Assembly a few years back (as told by my friend and regional minister of the Rocky Mountain region, Jose Morales), "Our Lord didn't build walls – our Lord built tables."
Our little community, the Table, is all about this idea. When we gather around God's table, we recognize Christ's presence with us and the boundaries between us becoming a little thinner. Sure, they may remain for quite a long time – boundaries of class, race, culture, finances, and education. But it is something mysterious and beautiful when, as we share the bread and the cup, we are drawn closer together by God's doing, not by our own. It's healing – it's reminding us that, even though we are different, we are one. In that moment, we know that there is a little less brokenness and fragmentation in the world.
The world needs a little more unity right now.
May we all have the courage to follow after Christ, tearing down walls and building tables, casting out fear and living into wholeness, one meal at a time.


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Barry Alvarez had trouble adjusting his chair at Saturday's Rose Bowl media day but eventually settled in without even spilling his coffee.
Alvarez said no other adjustments would be necessary. "This has been easy," he said. "Just give me a whistle. I need a whistle, that's all."
Wisconsin's legendary coach, who retired in 2005 to concentrate on becoming the school's athletic director, never contemplated a return to the sideline.
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He had a record of 118-73-4 in 16 seasons at Wisconsin, with an 8-3 postseason record that included a 3-0 record in the Rose Bowl.
Alvarez already has been inducted in the Rose Bowl's hall of fame.
When Bear Bryant left Texas A&M for Alabama he said it was because "Mama called."
In Alvarez's case, well, it was "Mama Badger."
This is a one-shot return engagement right out of a retired coach's fantasy storybook. Bret Bielema, Wisconsin's coach for the Badgers' last two Rose Bowl defeats, left three weeks ago to unexpectedly take the Arkansas job.
Senior Wisconsin players asked Alvarez, in between his search for Bielema's successor and hiring a women's volleyball coach, to coach the team against Stanford in the Rose Bowl.
"I never thought it would happen because it never has happened," Alvarez explained. "No one has ever won the right to go to the Rose Bowl and not coached in it."
Linebacker Mike Taylor was nominated to call Alvarez.
"I was nervous," Taylor admitted this week.
It didn't go well at first.
"He didn't answer," Taylor said.
Alvarez said he didn't initially recognize the call coming in from "Green Bay."
When Alvarez finally heard the message he almost did a cartwheel.
"He was probably more excited than us," Taylor said.
Alvarez slipped back into coaching the way you would into a pair of loafers. He walked into Saturday's media-day news conference, at a downtown hotel, wearing a gray sweat suit he might have slept in.
This is the kind of thing you do when you're at home.
"I think he's brought a sense of calm," junior linebacker Chris Borland said.
Alvarez has kept spiral-bound binders on Rose Bowl preparation from his winning trips following the 1993, '98 and '99 seasons.
Alvarez's last Rose Bowl win came against Stanford. Same school — only the year is different. "I don't think the game has changed at all," Alvarez said. "Better bring your big boy pads to this one."
He learned how not to prepare for Rose Bowls by studying the mistakes of past participants.
Alvarez was Hayden Fry's assistant on Iowa team that lost to Washington, 28-0, in the 1982 game. Iowa coaches had their players up early and worked them hard from dawn to dusk.
"We did everything wrong," Alvarez said.
Washington Coach Don James let his players sleep in. The Huskies seemed to have a lot more fun than the Hawkeyes.
Alvarez took notes in case he ever led a Rose Bowl team of his own. "There's a fine line between it all," he said.
Ohio State Coach Woody Hayes and Michigan's Bo Schembechler used to barricade their teams in a monastery in the Sierra Madre foothills. The Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center was used in World War II as a weapons staging area and quartered wounded soldiers.
Alvarez thought that sounded more like boot camp. "That's punishment," he said. "No wonder they couldn't win."
Alvarez, in his binder, has the winning formula — three times. You have to mix work with play. Alvarez held a live scrimmage in his second Rose Bowl practice — which he said caused some widening of eyes.
Wisconsin teams have always played the kind of physical style you can not simply summon with the flip of a switch. "I just felt like we needed to set our pads," he said.
Alvarez addressed the little things that seemed to have plagued Bielema's Wisconsin teams. The Badgers lost the last two Rose Bowls — to Texas Christian and Oregon — by close margins.
This year's Wisconsin team lost five games — three in overtime and the two in regulation by a total of six points.
"That's been my emphasis," Alvarez said. "Let's finish. Everything you do you finish."
Alvarez also heeds former USC Coach John Robinson's Rose Bowl adage about actually stopping to smell the roses. Robinson said he always took time before the game to absorb his surroundings.
"It goes so fast, then it's over," Alvarez said. "You don't really appreciate it until it's all over. I want them to soak it all in."
Alvarez has made adjustments to the daily planner. He has shortened practices and eliminated clutter: "I don't like to waste time," he said.
He is also taking team to a movie on the eve of the game — something Bielema didn't do the last two years. The picture has already been chosen: "Jack Reacher."
As Alvarez related his Rose Bowl experiences, Wisconsin receiver Jake Stengel turned his chair around in the hotel ballroom to lock in on every word.
The bottom line for Alvarez is that, while everybody gets old, this experience never should. "There's nothing like taking the field in the Rose Bowl," he said.
It doesn't matter that he hasn't coached since 2005 or coached in this game since 2000. Alvarez has always had the game plan in his filing cabinet.
"They've followed the plan I've given them," he said.
It isn't often a man is called out of retirement to relive his glories.
"Come on," Alvarez said, "coach one game in the Rose Bowl? It's like giving me an early Christmas present."
It's an early birthday present too. Alvarez turns 66 on Sunday.
"My days are full now," he said. "But I'm having a blast."
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Here are some common tests and what they involve:
Blood tests usually can be done in a doctor's office or in a lab where technicians are trained to take blood. When only a small amount of blood is needed, the sample can sometimes be taken from a baby by sticking a heel and from an older child by sticking a finger with a small needle.
If a larger blood sample is needed, the technician drawing the blood will clean the skin, insert a needle into a vein (usually in the arm or hand), and withdraw blood. In kids, it sometimes takes more than one try. A bandage and a cotton swab will help stop the flow of blood when the needle is removed.
Blood tests can be scary for kids, so try to be a calming presence during the procedure. Holding your child's hand or offering a stuffed animal or other comforting object can help. Tell your child that it may pinch a little, but that it will be over soon. With younger kids, try singing a song, saying the alphabet, or counting together while the blood is being drawn.
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An Antioch man will spend 60 years behind bars for committing two home invasion crimes less than two weeks apart.
Miguel Rico was before Lake County Circuit Judge Daniel Shanes on Tuesday for sentencing for a Sept. 1, 2010, home invasion in Lake Villa. A jury convicted him of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping and residential burglary in October. He was acquitted of armed violence and armed robbery.
That case was tried separately from a Sept. 8, 2010, home invasion case in Antioch. Rico was sentenced last June to serve 30 years in prison for that crime.
Prosecutor Reginald Mathews said Rico will serve 30 years for the Antioch crime, followed by 30 years in prison for the Lake Villa offense, effectively putting him behind bars until he is 80 years old.
In both home invasion cases, victims were at home and had been duct-taped at gunpoint by a masked assailant who took electronics and other items.
The victims of the Lake Villa home invasion were in court Tuesday to watch the sentencing hearing. The couple, whose names are being withheld by The News-Sun to protect their identity, said they were working on putting their house back together. They still reside at the same home in the 800 block of Longwood Drive.
"In a sense, your house is different. When he's walked in your home, it's a hard one to get over, but we've gotten our justice," one victim said.
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The exclusive Dominion neighborhood just Northwest of San Antonio has had reports of an unwanted guest.
There has been a mountain lion sighting within the last four days.
"The Dominion is in a location where it's possible there are mountain lions," said Roland Fuentas, a game warden.
The sighting sent the homeowners' association into action.
"(We) put an announcement up on our board and sent out an email blast to our residents just to let them know that it has been seen," said Rob McDaniel, Dominion HOA general manager.
The board is a big electronic message board that greets residents as they enter the neighborhood.
Since it is the holiday season and a kids are out of school, parents should take extra precaution, McDaniel said.
"Keep an eye on your pets. Keep them under leash and certainly keep an eye on their children playing in the backyard in the wooded areas," McDaniel said.
"It's wildlife, so the best thing to do is just leave it alone and if you do see it, you're only going to see if for a second," Fuentas said. "They are going to know you're there before you know that they're there, so they're just going to make their way into the woods as quick as possible."
Since there are so many Hill Ccountry neighborhoods with lots of green space, Fuentas wanted to remind residents to keep an eye out for all kinds of wild animals, hogs, deer and coyotes -- not just mountain lions.
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In the case of Be My Baby, the conflict derives from the characters' disparate backgrounds and goals. Juliet Rose Astor Lowell is a lonely blue-blood heiress who is in New Orleans for the grand opening of the latest Crown Hotel, a chain owned by her father. She has been raised by her grandmother, who emphasizes etiquette and proper behavior over love and affection. Yet although Juliet is prim, she's not prissy or snobbish.
Nothing in her sheltered life has prepared her for the vitality of New Orleans, or for Beauregard Dupree, the police detective who is assigned to be her bodyguard when Juliet's father receives a letter protesting the hotel opening. Beau is darkly handsome, loud and crude. He's also mad as hell at being taken off an important case to babysit Juliet. He tries to annoy her by dragging her around with him to a variety of seedy strip joints, allegedly in search of a lead to his case.
But his plan to force her to demand a replacement bodyguard goes seriously awry when Juliet finds herself fascinated instead of repelled by New Orleans's seamier side. Then things get complicated when it appears that the protest letter may be just the opening salvo in a plot to harm Juliet.
As Beau begins to take his bodyguard role seriously, he finds that when Juliet lets her hair down and puts on a certain shade of lipstick, the prim Yankee is just about irresistible. Too bad Beau has other plans. He has single-handedly raised his three younger sisters for the past ten years, ever since their parents died. Now that the youngest Dupree is officially an adult, Beau is ready to start making up for lost time in the dating and mating field. Fidelity and long-term commitment are not part of his game plan.
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|Today 10:25 AM
That truck is picture perfect.
|Today 10:23 AM
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Just finished the one hour power clean for company coming over...
Hope everyone has a good Easter....
|Today 08:03 AM
|John long
See, I told you I was the student! Thanks Mitch
|Today 07:57 AM
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That way leaves the chassis on the floor, able to roll around. That should be a good way to get the body on a roto and roll the chassis out from under.
Only mod I would make, is a nut welded on the bottom of the all thread to facilitate use of an impact or ratchet to turn the rod.
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I am the student here. Just sharing what I am learning and have learned. The big differance between me and you pro's is I can take all day to do a 30 minute job. Time does not equate to money for me.
Example: Several people asked me why I didn't jack up the car, suspend the body and just let the chassis down instead of spending all that time raising the body with four pieces of all-thread.
Short answer.......I didn't want to.....and .....my time is free. Slow and easy was the way I thought it would be the most fun.
Knowing you guys who do restoration work for a living even take a second look at my project is priceless to me. Just too cool.
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|Today 05:41 AM
Man, does that trunk pan look nice in there. Really moves the project forward.
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|Yesterday 10:23 PM
Did a very slight mod to my rear suspension today. It always bugged me that my rear suspension was hung with bolts using the threads as load bearing points. I swear I could feel stuff moving around back there, almost like the rear end was skating around a bit. The rear end would also clunk most times when I shifted unless I was super gentle. Here's how the original bolts fit through the brackets....
I got some longer grade 8 bolts and cut off the excess threads, now they fit like this...
No more clunking and the car feels quite a bit more stable. Such a simple thing! After that, I replaced my 50 year old strut rod bushings. Actually was surprised at how easy that job was. Start by unbolting the strut rod instead of taking three other things apart first to get at it, lol.
Also redid my brakes again! I put in a 15/16 master cylinder instead of the 1" one I put in a few weeks ago. I also realized after I had done the 1" MC that I still had my original rubber line at the rear end so I replaced that and the two front lines (Why not?) with some nice new stainless braided and plastic sheathed hoses. Much better pedal pressure now, I think this MC is a keeper. Unfortunately have one leaky fitting. Must not have got that flare quite right, will have to cut the flare off and redo it. Pretty sure the line is long enough I can get away with that. Just hate cracking that stuff open again, such a mess.
|Yesterday 09:38 PM
cut of the transverse brace, the seat lock, and both sides of the shock mount.
Checked the angle of the original frame (5* at its current spot)
Reset my gauge for 13* total
cut the frame, bent them up, and threw a tack weld on.
Double checked they are parrallel
Cut off the rear section of the hoop
Started plotting how i want to trim the wheel well
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|John long
One of my friends and I slid the trunk floor in today. I also bolted on the EMS rear splash apron. It will give me a great template for making the tail pan under the deck lid. We worked hard today
Thanks again to any and all who helped make this day happen. I am indeed a blessed man to have the friends I have in this world.
|Yesterday 08:42 AM
|John long
Lets not be too hard on our frugal friends though. (really do love that word)
|Yesterday 08:36 AM
I forgot, you are from there, I don't need to tell you! LOL Yeah lot's of great places. People get all hung up on the bad things and miss the good. The place is wonderful if that is what one wants to see, and terrible if THAT is what one wants to see.
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this current job is annoying. He writes this estimate for an old rusty chevy tailgate and I tell him right off the bat they take forever to strip and work RIGHT because of the stampings and angles and that he should order a new one. He doesn't listen but instead hounds me every second about it getting done. He's such an idiot. In the end the guy would have probably paid less to get a new one painted than trying to fix a rusty one. Bad management! Anytime he gets a new painter he puts all the eggs into their basket and because this new painter is fast, he now thinks everything should be fast. I'm pretty sure he's asking him about cheap and fast hack body techs, even after his disaster of a start at this company. I'm just tired of working for a guy that knows nothing. All this time I've been busting my arse could have put me in a much higher light if the boss knew a thing or two. I'll be sure to talk to the guys next door and give them a warning about this guy. All they have to do to verify is look at the overspray on the bottom of that Chevelle and go into the booth and look at the Gran Sport with all the "dabs" in solvent pop...they didn't sand out the first time why do they think they'll sand out this time?
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The current axle is a 7.5 out of a late 70's Malibu that he got for 50 bucks and cut all the mounting brackets off. It is a one wheel wonder and he "thought" the gear ratio was in the high 2's.
I bought a '74 Nova 8.5 with 3.08 posi last summer that was a mess inside, so I opted to have it completely gone thru before installing.
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6:00pm Sunday 8th December 2013 in News
The Rat Pack, Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams impersonators will be appearing at The Witham Public Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Doors open at 7.30pm, carriages at 11.30pm.
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Fashion Friday: Star Look-alikes!
It's time for your weekly Fashion Friday update! And today, we have a style report that's so good, it'll make you take a second look. Literally! We caught tons of stars dressed in twin duds lately. So we thought, why not highlight some of their identical looks? First up is Victorious pair, Victoria Justice and Daniella Monet. These long time gal-pals were spotted rocking shimmery, cream-colored dresses, and both were looking completely fab.