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It wasn't easy, and the dyslexia didn't help, but he passed. The boy, "ariamark" on YouTube, broke down in class when he got the news after working closely with his dad for weeks. So he wanted to share the good news with his dad and record the moment, and the reaction was well worth it. Read More »
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This coloring book for adults makes our depressing lives seem funny
We can never have back our childhoods, but at least we can make light of our adulthood with this awesome coloring book. Instead of coloring in dogs and balloons, you'll encounter the cat lady and a noose, and instead of yellow and cyan blue there are colors like bulimia green and moral ambiguity gray. Maybe we didn't turn out to ... Read More »
Drawing collaboration between a 4-year-old and her mom are perfectly bizarre
What a great way to play together. This mom and her daughter aren't exactly at the same skill level in their art, but that doesn't mean they can't collaborate. The daughter draws some basic animal bodies, flowers and oceans, and then the mom fills it out with detailed heads and colors, resulting in fun, surreal drawings. See some of their ... Read More »
Chillest guy ever reacts to a tornado
Just another day in Northern Illinois. Sam Smith had a bad day while driving on Interstate 39, but he didn't let it get to him. As he sees the enormous tornado coming towards him, he makes what could have been his final call. He keeps his cool as it scrapes by, damaging his car but leaving him unscathed. It was ... Read More »
These anti-theft signs look pretty ordinary, until you read the last one…
Someone had a fun day at work. They were supposed to put up ordinary anti-theft signs around the parking lot, and they did… for the most part. At first, they read like a normal sign with the ordinary precautions – look your care, take your keys. But each one of these signs has a special last suggestion that you wouldn't ... Read More »
7-year-old boy gets angry when he confuses "meaning" for "mean"
These things happen. George's sister wants him to say hi to his mom in this video and says "meaning," and George completely misunderstands her. You see, "meaning" sounds a lot like "mean," and so George thinks that she's calling him mean. What a cruel thing to do. Ah, well. Maybe he's cooled off a bit and figured out his mistake ... Read More »
Girl paralyzed for 11 days gives her nurse the best surprise ever
Bailey was paralyzed from the waist down for no apparent reason. Then something amazing happened. She wanted to surprise her favorite nurse when her shift started, so she rode up in her wheelchair and then did the seemingly impossible. The nurse is overjoyed! Read More »
11 of the funniest signs from this year's Boston Marathon
The 2015 Boston Marathon happened Monday, and this year the spectacle may not have been the runners. Hundreds of fans came to cheer on the runners, and many of them came with great signs to show their support. It definitely helps when you're running 26 miles to have something entertaining to look at, and the runners weren't disappointed. Here are ... Read More »
These two kids were abused and neglected, but what a detective did for them is unforgettable
Jesse and Josh had it as bad as any kids in Pittsburgh have had it, said Detective Jack Mook, who was also their volunteer boxing coach. But when they didn't show up for their boxing lesson one day, he went out looking for them to see if they were alright. It turns out they weren't. After discovering what their home ... Read More »
Little girl's adorable reaction to Mufasa's death in The Lion King
We've all been there. But this is a special moment for Viktoria, as it's her first time feeling the pain of Mufasa's death at the hands of Scar in The Lion King. She tries to pretend that she's okay, but she obviously needs a big hug. Luckily, her dad's there to comfort her. Read More »


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I've never been an asker. I dislike asking people for things. I dislike needing anyone. I'm sure it's something that stems from my life experiences. I wouldn't consider it pride, because if it is, I have swallowed it when my needful situation requires. In those situations I find myself desperately desiring to give back as soon as possible even to my own detriment. I do this to avoid the other person feeling used. I am not a user. I'm a giver. I've been used for others good and left high and dry. I would never do that to another person. It's a very painful situation, but one that reminds me that GOD allowed me to be the lender and not the borrower…….More to Come
~Bridgette Hicks~

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Triple Point's Algosys metal accounting team have been busy in South American recently. Donald Leroux was invited to speak at two prestigious mineral processing conferences: Procemin in Santiago, Chile and ENTMME in Goiânia, Brazil.
Both presentations focused on the need for accurate in-process inventory estimation methods in mineral and metal processing plants. As these inventories can represent a significant amount of money, they need to be estimated as accurately as possible. Algosys metallurgical accounting solution enables organisations to reconcile differences in measurement results, ensuring any changes to in-process inventories are both transparent and auditable.
Managing in-process inventories is just one of the Ten Best Practises of Metallurgical Accounting* as set out by a group of six companies (including BHP Billiton and Anglo American) in the AMIRA P754 code. These guidelines were developed as a response to rigorous corporate governance requirements and turbulent economic conditions. By adhering to the Ten Best Practices and implementing a powerful enterprise metal accounting software solution, organisations can reduce risk, maximise profitability and ensure compliance.
*Ten Best Practises of Metallurgical Accounting
Read more about the Ten Best Practises of Metallurgical Accounting
In less than a decade the price of iron ore has risen tenfold, with China's economic boom leading the increase in global demand. However, last week iron ore prices hit their lowest level since November 2009; the commodity crashed 4.6%, closing at $94 from a 2012 peak of $149.
With several recent reports of profit slumps, the world's largest mining companies are starting to struggle in this environment. According to Platts, most market participants remain bearish in their expectations for the iron ore market, with predictions that prices might extend their losing streak until next week and beyond.
Organisations that want to successfully weather this storm will need to transform their supply chains to ensure maximum efficiency throughout their operations. Only by reducing risk to penalties, demurrage and transportation costs and stockpiling where necessary will companies survive. This level of supply chain management can only be achieved successfully with sophisticated mining software solutions like QMASTOR Pit to Port.
Triple Point has supported this move by adding short-term pricing contracts to their QMASTOR Pit to Port solution. This new functionality has already been adopted at Anglo American; many other clients are set to add it soon.
Pit to Port's Contract Management module has been enhanced to allow both quarterly and monthly pricing contracts. These changes have been accompanied by additional functionality to report and manage contract information, giving organisations an enhanced understanding of their contracted positions and the ability to make more profitable decisions.
Read more about QMASTOR's Pit to Port solution.
As history has shown us, getting credit risk wrong can result in reputational damage and ultimately financial ruin. Organizations that want to succeed today must make credit an enterprise level concern.
I recently talked to Fred Pacione, Director of Credit Risk and Marketing Treasury at Nexen Inc. about how they manage credit risk and the central role that Triple Point plays in this. Nexen takes an automated approach which crucially has the full support of senior management. Their credit risk strategy has four key elements:
A credit risk strategy must deliver these four elements and have the backing of management. Anything less could be perceived by shareholders as irresponsible. In short, organizations must abandon their spreadsheets and rudimentary systems and put in place a sophisticated, automated credit risk system. To learn more read the full article.
Are you looking for greater visibility into your supply chain? Do you dream of a "single version of the truth" across mining operations, marketing, logistics, and finance, but are not sure how to make it a reality?
Triple Point recently hosted a webinar with Exxaro's Melanie Steyn on how they gained a single view of mining operations, saved money and increased productivity with QMASTOR's mining supply chain solution. Triple Point experts also provided deep insight into how to simplify logistics, meet targets and optimize production.
The webinar highlighted valuable tips on how to reduce penalties and operational risk while making supply chains more productive and improving efficiency. Key takeaways included:
If you missed the live event, don't worry – you can view the webinar on-demand here.
You can also read an interview with Exxaro about their implementation of QMASTOR's Pit to Port solution and the benefits it has brought them.
Steve Maxwell recently presented at Dry Cargo's Bulk Ports, Terminals and Logistics 2012 Conference in Amsterdam. It was a lively and interactive session that demonstrated how organizations can optimize decision making and deliver substantial cost savings by integrating terminal operations on a common technology platform.
With numerous partners and resources the bulk terminal supply chain is very complex. Consumers, suppliers, vessel owners/charterers and agents, maintenance planners and transportation providers all need to record and exchange large amounts of data while managing their unique business processes. Despite these challenges, many terminal organizations are still attempting to manage their supply chain with inadequate spreadsheets that cause process inefficiencies, errors, and poor decision making that lead to lost profits and operational risk.
The only way to fully mitigate these risks is to implement integrated terminal management systems which bring together information systems, business processes and people to provide end-to-end visibility into operations. Once up and running, key benefits of such systems include:
Integrated bulk terminal management is rapidly beng adopted by the industry as best practice. In Accenture's report on Transformation to Enable High Performance in Ports they stated, "In this battle for a growing but increasingly demanding market, the winners will be ports that can manage terminal performance holistically."
Triple Point's QMASTOR PortVu solution is an award integrated bulk terminal management system that is being used by organizations such as Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group and Westshore. The solution manages the complexities of stockyards, inter-modal transportation, and vessels while ensuring equipment is scheduled and utilized efficiently. PortVu integrates terminal operations with suppliers, customers, transport providers, agents, laboratories, and other partners through the use of a common platform.
Read more about Triple Point's QMASTOR PortVu solution.
We hosted our Global User Conference last week in Barcelona. Situated in the stunning Hotel Arts, we had users attending from across Europe, Africa, North and South America and Asia. It was a really successful two days packed with interactive product sessions, customer case studies and some great networking and hospitality.
As part of Triple Point's ongoing commitment to be the best solution partner, users were given the opportunity to influence product roadmaps in the Customer Driven Development meetings. We also had some great tips and tricks sessions to help users gain a greater return on their investment in Triple Point solutions. Additionally, we showcased our new mobile apps during an exciting live demonstration.
We would like to thank all the users who attended and also the 9 Partners who kindly sponsored the event. Focal Point 2012 sponsors were Structure Group, DataGenic, Deloitte, FEA, Lacima, Morningstar, Opportune, Softcom Solutions and ZE PowerGroup.
We look forward to the next Focal Point!
I recently talked to Exxaro, South Africa's second largest coal producer, about the challenges affecting the industry today and how they are transforming their business to meet the growing global demand for coal. A major part of their transformation has been to reengineer the supply chain so that they can produce substantially more coal and generate more revenue.
During our conversation, Melanie Steyn, Exxaro's Coal Export Manager offered some fascinating insight into the risks posed by manual supply chains. Using spreadsheets to manage complex supply chains can result in inefficient production, financial penalties, high transportation costs and demurrage.
Melanie goes on to talk about their implementation of QMASTOR's Pit to Port solution and the benefits it has brought Exxaro which include increased productivity, significantly reduced costs and a centralized view across all mines, stockpiles and terminals. Additionally, QMASTOR's seamless integration with SAP EEC6 has enhanced efficiency throughout the supply chain.
You can read the interview here. I hope you find it useful and gain some tips on how to improve your supply chain.
The South African coal industry received a huge boost last month when President Jacob Zuma used his State of the Union address to back critical infrastructure projects in South Africa. He announced a much needed investment of R200bn ($26bn) to help upgrade the capacity of the state owned rail network, Transnet, which currently limits the amount of coal South Africa is able to export.
Transnet is crucial to the future of the South African coal industry. Today, the volume that the rail network can carry is below the export capacity of their largest coal terminal (Richards Bay). Transnet have started upgrading the network which has brought improvements but also some temporary fluctuations in capacity. This boost from President Zuma could not have come at a better time.
South Africa is the world's fifth largest coal exporting country. Once complete, the upgrades in the rail network will mean that they can export the entire 91m ton capacity of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal. The industry is already starting to plan how they can expand their export capacity to at least 100 million tons.
Exxaro, South Africa's second largest coal producer uses Triple Point's QMASTOR supply chain management systems to manage the tonnage, quality and value of coal and minerals from their mines to the point of export, import or consumption.
Research and consultancy firm, Finadium, published an interesting report last week on the challenges that new regulations (MiFID and Dodd-Frank) are set to bring collateral management for OTC trading. The report highlights how dramatic the changes are going to be, and according to the market participants they interviewed, how technology is the only viable solution to effectively manage collateral in a post regulation world.
MiFID and Dodd-Frank central clearing mandates are going to change OTC trading forever. The increase in cash collateral requirements and daily margin calls will have a large impact. According to a recent Bloomberg article the cost of central clearing could setback Europe's electricity market by up to $93bn.
While decreasing counterparty credit risk, central clearing will bring huge operational risk. Daily margin calls will make position and liquidity management impossible on a manual basis. Additionally, firms with non-standard trades that cannot be centrally cleared, or who are exempt from clearing, need to manage a 'mixed' collateral environment which only adds to the complexity and need for automation.
Effective collateral management needs to become a key feature in pre-trade decision making, where costs of collateral may affect where, whether and how to engage in a trade. So, not only is effective collateral management required from an operational point of view but it will be vital to drive the best trading decisions.
In its conclusion the report highlights that the majority of participants have started to look for collateral management solutions now, rather than wait until the regulations have taken effect. Have you started to think about this? With changes this far reaching can you afford not to?
The full report can be downloaded from here: www.omgeo.com/reportswhitepapers
Procemin 10th International Mineral Processing Conference
October 15-18, 2013 | Chile
XXV Brazilian National Meeting of Mineral Treatment and Extractive Metallurgy (ENTMME)
October 20-24, 2013 | Brazil


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Download Dead Trigger 2 for PC/Laptop on Windows 7/8.1/10 & Mac
Zombie theme is liked by gamers and the remarkable success that the games based on this theme are getting is phenomenal. Many games were released on it and the next giant in the series is Dead Trigger 2. It was released in October 2013 by the Canadian independent company called Mad Finger. Since its release, it has been amusing gamers all around the globe with over 40 million users hooked to it. It is available on Android, iOS, and Windows phone devices and it is Dead Trigger 2 for PC, which makes it easily accessible to gamers on a lot of different platforms.
How to Download Dead Trigger 2 for PC/Laptop on Windows:
This is one of the best mobile shooter games that are available on your PC where the world becomes an altogether different place after the dead started to turn into flesh-eating monsters. It is the style of play and the perfect marketing that made the creators sweep the market in no time. This game started a new trend in the video games market and that was to offer exciting games for free.
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Besides free download and perfect marketing, there are few other things that made this game so popular since its release. One of the most prominent among them is the graphics. The graphics are excellent, which makes users love the zombie killing action. The other important aspect is that it is a continuously evolving game, so the gamers never get bored or tired and their enthusiasm is maintained. The developers are always in the process of pumping out new updates as often as possible releasing new content simultaneously.
Steps to Download Dead Trigger 2 for PC on windows 7/8.1/10:
Here's how you can download it on your PC and check all the features yourself.
- Open an emulator like BlueStacks App Player on your Windows PC.
- You need to log in using your Gmail address. This is essential to activate the Google Play store on the emulator.
- Go to the home screen in BlueStacks.
- Use the Search button to type "Dead Trigger 2".
- Once you find it, click on it and install Dead Trigger 2 using Google Play Store in BlueStacks.
- Open it and download the files. As it is a huge file, it takes some time to download.
Once done, you are all set to enjoy the game that is available in more than 10 regions, 40 unique environments and with over 35 different weapons. This choice makes the game interesting. Playing on PC with the mouse makes the aim better and precise. All the more, the game also features unique tournaments for real prizes. That means if you join arena fighting action online you actually get rewarded for your efforts.
It allows you to band together with millions of other players in your struggle to find answers and a way to survive in this dark, new world. Dead Trigger 2 game has taken the experience of playing to a new high with stunning clear and crisp graphics and excellent sound quality.


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Steve Prescott Man Of Steel Award
Truly Extraordinary Individual Recognised Forever!
The most prestigious individual honour in Rugby League, the Man of Steel award, is to be named in memory of the sport's most respected player, Steve Prescott.
From October this year, the player who makes the biggest impact on the First Utility Super League season will receive the Steve Prescott Man of Steel Award.


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Along with the obvious ones—never get filmed while hitting a gas-mask bong or give out your social media password—here are the pieces of knowledge gleaned in Chicago that will be applicable in future NFL drafts
Seven days after the start of the draft, it's time to go through all seven rounds and find seven lessons.
Round 1, Pick 3
San Diego Chargers: Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State
The Lesson: NFL teams can keep a secret.
An hour before the NFL draft I got a text from a trusted source saying he believed the Chargers would select Bosa with the third overall pick. I was in Los Angeles, covering the Rams' draft party at the L.A. Live complex.
Up until the moment Bosa was drafted, the media projections for the third pick had been a sweeping failure in prognostication akin to the yearlong onslaught of political op-eds declaring Donald Trump had no shot at the nomination.
ESPN's Mel Kiper sent DeForest Buckner to the Chargers; Todd McShay gave them Ronnie Stanley; I sent Laremy Tunsil to San Diego.
But now I had somebody in the know telling me that a player who had hardly been mocked to San Diego, who didn't seem to fit any glaring deficiency on the roster, was not only going to be the pick, but had been targeted by the Chargers for months. Eventually, I tweeted the news about five minutes before the pick, which, I admit, is about as pointless as CNN and Fox News racing to be the first to declare Virginia on election night. But I was first, so there.
• THE FIRST DRAFT OF HISTORY: Jenny Vrentas details how the Browns' plan played out, and what it means for their future
What bothered me was the completely successful bid to keep the pick secret up until moments before the draft. What was the point? Once the Rams had traded for the first overall pick to draft a QB, and the Eagles traded for the second pick to draft a QB, why would it matter to San Diego to keep its Bosa love a secret? The answer was a potential trade that would've blown up the first round.
The only reason to play your cards so close to the vest if you're GM Tom Telesco is in the interest of convincing another team they'd need to trade up in order to get their guy. If you're San Diego, and teams know you want Bosa, your pick loses value. Obviously, the Chargers didn't hear any offers good enough to risk losing out on a player they'd been comfortable drafting for months, and they went ahead and turned in the pick. Regardless, the draft-day surprise is educational in one important sense: NFL teams, for the most part, can keep a secret. If you read anything about a team "loving" a certain prospect, it's either deliberate or speculative.
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Round 2, Pick 51
New York Jets: Christian Hackenberg, QB, Penn State
The Lesson: Recency bias is non-applicable to NFL teams.
Watching Hackenberg go off the board made me think of a conversation I had with the Penn State quarterback's father during the school's March 17 pro day. For three months I've been working on a story about the experiences and circumstances that define quarterbacks, and of all the anecdotes I'd heard from high school coaches and parents of the dozen or so QBs in the class, this was my favorite:
Hackenberg was a rising high school senior, having committed after his junior season to PSU and coach Bill O'Brien, when the NCAA handed down a four-year bowl ban and a $60 million fine as a result of the school's handling of serial child predator and ex-coach Jerry Sandusky. Given the option to back out of his commitment, Hackenberg declined.
• MONDAY MORNING QB: Peter King goes inside the Dallas draft room
"When he decided what to do," Erick Hackenberg said, "he stood there and he had the tears coming down in his eyes and he goes, 'Dad, we're gonna make this work.' That was a moment for me as a dad that I realized we did it the right way."
Hackenberg's pre-draft interviews earned conflicting reviews as relayed to myself and my colleague, Jenny Vrentas, pertaining to his handling of the James Franklin question. (Hackenberg's performance declined under Franklin following O'Brien's departure). Whether or not the Jets felt he handled the query appropriately, they only needed to dig a few years into his well-documented athletic career to understand that Hackenberg is the kind of guy who will stay the course in the face of the sort of adversity he'll encounter with a budding quarterback controversy in the No. 1 media market. Obviously, teams aren't nearly as susceptible to recency bias as we are.
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Round 3, Pick 91
New England Patriots: Jacoby Brissett, QB, N.C. State
The Lesson: Draft quarterbacks cannot be ranked.
Most teams pegged Brissett as a late Day 3 prospect. One team I spoke with had him as the 10th passer on the board. But the Patriots are preparing for the possibility that Tom Brady will outlast backup Jimmy Garoppolo's rookie contract (which expires after the 2017 season), and they saw something in Brissett that few other teams did.
He's got a big arm and a demonstrated capacity for the mastery of new offenses—after transferring to N.C. State, he earned the starting job in his first season of eligibility in 2014 and produced 26 touchdowns with five interceptions. He earned glowing reviews from both Charlie Weis, his offensive coordinator for one year, and Bill Parcells, who watched Brissett play in high school at Dwyer in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Weis and Parcells each have Patriots ties, so references could have played a role. Hue Jackson, who coached at USC for four seasons before taking his first NFL job in 2001, drafted USC quarterback Cody Kessler in the third round, about three rounds before he was expected to go. Intangibles weigh heaviest at the quarterback position, and many coaches lean on trusted sources when investigating traits like leadership and learning ability. It's a sliding scale, based on relationships and personalities rather than concrete, measurable ability. It's one of the main reasons quarterbacks cannot be ranked.
• MAKING JARED GOFF SWEAT: Robert Klemko on how the new face of the Rams handled his first moments on the big stage
That could explain the Brissett pick—or maybe the anti-establishment, contrarian side of Belichick simply found a kindred spirit in the 23-year-old.
A story from Brisset's high school coach, Jack Daniels: "He wasn't really ranked by these recruiting services, and he didn't go to any college camps. Coaches would come out and watch [high school teammates] Matt Elam or Nick O'Leary and say, 'Who's the quarterback?' Urban Meyer came down and saw Jacoby and saw his size, and he came in the gym and offered Jacoby a "grayshirt," where you pay your own way for your freshman year. So Jacoby's like, What the hell is that? Get that s--- out of here. He has a lot of pride."
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Round 4, Pick 110
Los Angeles Rams: Tyler Higbee, TE, Western Kentucky
The Lesson: NFL teams dig deep to find tight ends.
As part of a pro day swing through southern states, I stopped by Western Kentucky on March 29. Reps from 30 teams showed up to watch the eligible Hilltoppers work out. As is often the case, few were there to see the most recognizable name—one-time Heisman candidate quarterback Brandon Doughty. Instead, the main draw was Higbee, the 6-6, 250-pound tight end who missed seven games with a late-season knee sprain. The big man displayed soft hands, fluid hips and impressive speed given he was only four months removed from left knee surgery.
I asked one of the tight end coaches in attendance what he thought was special about Higbee. His response: "The athleticism. That's all you really have to go on with a lot of tight ends these days, because college teams don't use them the way we do. With tight ends, it's a big projection."
• THEY DIDN'T KNOW JACK: Emily Kaplan details how and why Jacksonville took a chance on the most talked-about knee in football
It's a fair point, and one often overlooked; teams are reaching deeper and deeper into the college football ranks to find tight ends worthy of cultivation. Take a look at the list of schools producing tight ends drafted in Rounds 4-7 in 2016:
Western Kentucky
South Carolina State
South Carolina
Montana State
That's three Power 5 conference teams out of eight prospects. The Baylor tight end, Rico Gathers, is a college power forward who hasn't played football since middle school. And the UCLA "tight end," Thomas Duarte, weighed 225 pounds in college and played wide receiver. Ten years ago, in the 2006 draft, there was just one tight end selected out of a non-Power 5 school. Lately, there isn't another position in the NFL so reliant on small-school and/or inexperienced prospects.
The tight end coach I talked to guessed Higbee would probably be a fourth-round or fifth-round pick, and that guess came less than 12 days before Higbee was arrested outside a Bowling Green, Ky., bar for punching a man unconscious at 2 in the morning.
The Rams drafted him in the fourth.
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Round 5, Pick 174
San Francisco 49ers: Fahn Cooper, OT, Ole Miss
The Lesson: The best available player sometimes isn't worth the hassle.
Maybe you watched the Ole Miss pro day on NFL Network, or maybe you missed it because you have a life. I was there for the spectacle of Hugh Freeze's first recruiting class taking its last steps in the Manning Center, and there was one sight that stood above the rest: Laremy Tunsil, doing things few 310-pound men should be able to do. His performance in blocking drills without pads was amplified by his comparatively slow-footed teammates who waddled and jiggled their way through crude reenactments of each feat Tunsil performed. They seemed to be there for the sole purpose of making Tunsil look better. "Watching him is like watching football porn," said one NFL offensive line coach days later.
It was a true holy crap moment like I've never seen at a pro day, followed up a month later by an even wilder draft day which saw Tunsil's social media accounts hacked by an unknown saboteur. Tunsil's drug use, rumored even before teammate Robert Nkemdiche told members of the media that Tunsil was in the room with him the night he fell out a hotel window, was now bare to the world in the form of a video of the lineman hitting a gas-mask bong. The Dolphins eventually took the man who had been described as the best offensive player in the draft with the 13th pick.
Four rounds later, the 49ers selected one of those extras in the Tunsil pro day performance from a month ago. Cooper filled in admirably for Tunsil while the latter was serving a suspension during his third and final season, for receiving improper benefits. Cooper, a former Bowling Green recruit who spent a year in community college before landing at Ole Miss, didn't notice Tunsil slide: "I wasn't watching the draft at all," he told SB Nation. "I was at Cheesecake Factory."
The 49ers had the opportunity to fill a big need and draft Tunsil at No. 7, but passed and ultimately took two tackles—Cooper and Georgia's John Theus. Sometimes the best player available just isn't worth the hassle.
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Round 6, Pick 180
Minnesota Vikings: Moritz Böhringer, WR, Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
The Lesson: The NFL marketing machine cannot be beat.
For my money, the best moment of draft day came in the second-to-last round when Böhringer heard his name called by the Vikings. (My MMQB colleague Jenny Vrentas wrote about him here.) A veteran of Germany's highest level of football (which seems to be comparable to Division III competition in the States), Böhringer was drafted before receivers from Texas Tech, TCU and Ole Miss, to name a few.
• THE MYSTERY GERMAN: Jenny Vrentas on the prospect who embodies the promise of the international pipeline, and the start of something big in the NFL
The best part?
The NFL invited Böhringer, his mother and his sister to Chicago to take in the draft and be interviewed on the NFL Network set should he get selected. And wouldn't you know it, the Vikings made the call and a sheepish 22-year-old still learning English assumed the spotlight. Böhringer, who learned the game watching Adrian Peterson highlights on YouTube, was asked how it felt to join the team that ignited his love of football. "The coolest thing ever," he answered. He shot from 1,500 Twitter followers to 19,400 in days, and the NFL Network's draft coverage, once again, trumped the NHL playoffs by a wide margin.
The NFL marketing machine cannot be beat.
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Round 7, Pick 223
Miami Dolphins: Brandon Doughty, QB, Western Kentucky
The Lesson: The 7-on-7 generation has arrived.
Remember Doughty, mentioned above as the undercard at the Hilltopper pro day? I also talked to his father, Howard, for my QB story. Brandon Doughty, who hails from Davie, Fla., grew up in the land of watered-down spread offenses with athletic quarterbacks, most of whom amounted to glorified running backs. So Howard took Brandon to tryouts for the South Florida Express, a 7-on-7 team founded by Brett Goetz in 2007. Brandon would brush shoulders with Geno Smith and Teddy Bridgewater.
"It was a big deal for him," said Howard Doughty. "I believe it really helped."
In 2013 the South Florida Express program helped produce two draft picks, including Smith. In 2014 there were three, including Bridgewater and fellow first-round pick Ryan Shazier. In 2015 there were three more, including first-rounder Amari Cooper. And in 2016 there were five SFE alums, including first-round pick Artie Burns.
It's a safe bet The MMQB will be headed to SFE tryouts this winter to get a head start on our 2021 mock drafts.
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- From Jake Arrieta's no-hitter to Jon Lester's walk-off bunt to Kris Bryant's home run heroics, here are the top plays, games and moments from the Cubs' brilliant year.
In their quest to end a National League pennant drought that dates to 1945 and to win their first World Series since 1908, the Chicago Cubs have established themselves as the best team in baseball. Led by National League MVP candidates Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, their formidable offense ranks first in the league in on-base percentage (.341) and second in scoring (4.98 runs per game). In the rotation, Kyle Hendricks has broken out to join Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester in the game's strongest starting five. Bolstered by the majors' most efficient defense and the deadline addition of closer Aroldis Chapman, Chicago's 3.37 runs per game allowed is the majors' lowest by three-tenths of a run. Guided by manager Joe Maddon, the Cubs have posted a 93–52 record through Sept. 14, putting them on pace to win 104 games—which would be MLB's highest total since 2004—and their +234 run differential is on pace to be the majors' best since 1998. Entering play on Thursday, their magic number to clinch their first NL Central title since 2008 is down to one.
What follows here is a chronological look at 10 top highlights from what has already been a magical season. As long as the magic continues, we'll update this post for the rest of the year.
April 4: Cubs open season by shutting out Angels
Coming off a 97-win season (their best since 1945), a trip to the NLCS (their first since 2003) and an active winter in which they added rightfielder Jason Heyward, starter John Lackey and second baseman Ben Zobrist, the Cubs set the tone for 2016 by trouncing the Angels, 9–0, on Opening Day. They reached base in 18 of their 44 plate appearances against the hapless Halos, with Dexter Fowler and Zobrist doing so four times apiece; the former scored three runs. Catcher Miguel Montero and reserve outfielder Matt Sczur drove in three runs apiece—the former with a three-run homer, the latter via a bases-loaded double. Reigning NL Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta picked up where he left off by holding the Angels scoreless over seven innings on two hits, extending his regular-season scoreless streak to 29 innings dating back to the previous Sept. 22. The victory was the start of a blistering 17–5 April and a season-opening 47–20 stretch.
April 21: Jake Arrieta throws no-hitter against Reds
In the most lopsided no-hitter since 1884, Arrieta and the Cubs obliterated the Reds, 16–0. Continuing a run in which he closed the 2015 regular season by allowing just seven runs (four earned) over his final 12 starts totaling 88 1/3 innings—a streak that included a no-hitter against the Dodgers on Aug. 30—Arrieta struck out six and worked around four walks, erasing one via a double play and another via pickoff; no Red made it further than second base. The no-hitter was the 10th in the franchise's modern history (dating back to 1901), and Arrieta was the second pitcher in that span to throw multiple no-hitters, after Ken Holtzman in 1969 and '71. Arrieta's nine regular-season starts between no-hitters was the third-shortest stretch from one no-no to another, behind only Johnny Vander Meer (back-to-back in 1938) and Warren Spahn (five starts between no-hitters in '60–61). Arrieta's run of 24 consecutive quality starts (six or more innings, three or fewer earned runs), meanwhile, tied him for the third-longest stretch since 1913 and the longest since Bob Gibson in '67–68.
May 8: Cubs finish sweep of Nationals with Javier Baez walk-off home run
In the first meeting of the season between these two National League powerhouses, the Cubs (who came into the series 20–6) steamrolled the Nationals (19–8) via four straight wins at Wrigley Field from May 5 to 8. Chicago befuddled reigning NL MVP Bryce Harper by walking him 13 times in the series, including a record-tying six in a 13-inning win on May 8; Harper officially went 1-for-4 over four games. Baez—a versatile 23-year-old who has made at least one start at every infield position and at least 17 at second base, shortstop and third—carried the team to victory in the four-hour, 54-minute finale with a solo drive off reliever Blake Treinen.
June 27: Kris Bryant hits three home runs against Reds
After clouting 26 homers en route to NL Rookie of the Year honors in 2015, the 24-year-old Bryant emerged as one of the league's elite sluggers via a barrage of 20 homers in 49 games from May 13 to July 5; he's hit a league-leading 37 to date. Not only did he hit three in the Cubs' 11–8 win over the Reds on June 27, but he also added two doubles, becoming the first Cub and just the ninth player since 1913 to collect five extra-base hits in a game; none had ever produced that exact combination of hits. Bryant also became the first Cub and just the 19th player ever to collect at least 16 total bases in a game within that span.
June 28: Travis Wood plays outfield twice in 15-inning win vs. Reds
A rotation stalwart during the Cubs' lean rebuilding years, the 29-year-old Wood has found a home in the bullpen, making a team-high 70 relief appearances with a 3.18 ERA while also pinch-hitting, pinch-running and even playing leftfield in three games. In the 13th inning of Chicago's 15-inning June 28 game in Cincinnati—the team's longest of the season in terms of innings—manager Joe Maddon showed off his ingenuity by inserting Wood into the game via a double switch as a leftfielder in place of Chris Coghlan as Joel Peralta took the mound. In the 14th, Spencer Patton and Wood shuttled back and forth between left and the mound, with Wood making the second out by retiring lefty Jay Bruce. After the Cubs erupted for five runs in the top of the 15th, Maddon put Pedro Strop in leftfield as Wood shut the door on the Reds for a 7–2 victory.
July 31: Jon Lester beats Mariners with walk-off bunt
In the 12th inning of a four-hour, 18-minute Sunday night epic that saw the Cubs trail 6–0 after three frames and rally to tie it with three runs in the ninth, Jason Heyward hit a leadoff double and advanced to third on a fly ball. Joe Maddon went to his bench to pinch-hit for reliever Hector Rondon, calling upon ... Jon Lester? It was a nearly unthinkable move given Lester's ineptitude with the bat; he began his career with an 0-for-66 skid before collecting his first hit and was just 7-for-138 for an .051/.102/.065 line. But Maddon didn't ask Lester to swing away; he asked him to bunt. After fouling one off against Chris Martin to run the count to 2–2, Lester perfectly placed one on the first base side of the mound. Martin's glove-toss to catcher Mike Zunino was too late to nab the sliding Heyward at home as the Cubs won, 7–6—the first of three walkoffs in an 11-game winning streak.
Aug. 12: Cubs win 11th straight in 13–2 rout of Cardinals
After going 47–20 from Opening Day to June 19 to put themselves within range of an historically significant win total, the Cubs fell off their breakneck pace by losing 15 of their final 21 first-half games. They reasserted their dominance via a 29–10 stretch following the All-Star break, highlighted by an 11-game winning streak from July 31 to Aug. 12—their longest since 2001—capped by a 13-2 win over their division rivals. Chicago chased St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright by scoring seven runs in the first two innings via seven hits—five for extra bases—including rookie catcher Willson Contreras's three-run homer. Kris Bryant and Matt Szczur collected three hits apiece and combined for three doubles against Wainwright, piling up six runs scored and five RBIs overall. The winning streak expanded the Cubs' NL Central lead from 6 1/2 games to 14.
Sept. 4: Jason Heyward ties, wins game against Giants
Signed to an eight-year, $184 million contract last December, Heyward has endured a season-long funk, batting just .226/.299/.312 with six home runs. Strong defense has helped mitigate his slump at least somewhat, and he's had his highlights with the bat as well. One of his most memorable contributions came against the Giants at Wrigley Field on Sept. 4. His fourth-inning single off Johnny Cueto scored Anthony Rizzo to tie the game at 1–1. His ninth-inning single off closer Santiago Casilla scored Addison Russell to re-tie the game at 2–2. In the 13th, another single off Matt Reynolds—his third hit of the game—brought home Rizzo with the winning run. It was the Cubs' fifth walk-off victory of the season and Heyward's first walk-off hit since his rookie year.
Sept. 12: Kyle Hendricks nearly no-hits Cardinals
Bidding to throw just the season's second no-hitter after teammate Jake Arrieta's gem on April 21, Hendricks held the Cardinals hitless for eight innings on an economical 93 pitches before serving up a leadoff homer to Jeremy Hazelbaker to start the ninth. Despite his failure to finish the job, his effort was hardly for naught, as it trimmed the Cubs' magic number to clinch the NL Central to three games. It also lowered Hendricks's MLB-leading ERA to 2.03, part of a breakout season that has put the 26-year-old righty into the NL Cy Young conversation. Not too shabby for a pitcher who began the year as the Cubs' fifth starter.
Sept. 14: Rizzo's two home runs put Cubs on verge of clinching NL Central
With homers off Carlos Martinez and Michael Wacha, Rizzo—accompanied by a David Ross homer off Martinez as well, setting off the Cardinal aces' nine strikeouts—powered the Cubs to a 7–0 win that reduced their magic number to wrap up the NL Central to one with 17 games left to play. The homers were Rizzo's 30th and 31st of the season, matching last year's total. When the Cubs clinch, it will be their fourth division title of the wild-card era and their sixth since division play began in 1969. Of course, they're gunning for their first pennant since 1945 and their first championship since 1908.


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By Bill Hudgins
It's totally appropriate that the music welcoming you to the 2009 Mid-America Trucking Show Web site is the theme from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." It not only fits this year's "Tried & True" Western theme, but also is a good summary of the industry for the past year and likely for months to come.
The Bad and The Ugly don't need rehashing here, unless you're new in town, pardner. But the daily seminars offered at MATS can offer some insight into how and why we've seen the worst business conditions in more than a generation, as well as into what's ahead and how to survive it.
The seminars in Room B-104 of the Kentucky Expo Center's South Wing Conference Center are free and don't require advance registration, which is good.
A gang from OOIDA headquarters (and from our DC office) will be there, along with Land Line editors and a few regular columnists. Land Line Now will be broadcasting from there, as well. Look for the Association's people at Booth No. 12108 in the North Wing, Booth 65004 in the West Wing, and Booth 91425 – that's the Spirit truck – outside.
As for more Good … Even in tough times, there is something spirit-lifting about the scope of MATS, something that says truckers and trucking are here to stay, tough times or not.
Sprawling over more than 1.2 million square-feet of exhibit space with 1,174 vendors and 76,000 visitors last year, MATS has been officially ranked as one of the 20 largest trade shows in North America. It is the unchallenged big dog truck show on the continent.
MATS is as much a visit to the state fair as it is an opportunity to improve your business. How could you not feel better after spending a few hours poking around shiny new trucks, enjoying one of the legendary pork chop sandwiches, or snapping up the endless souvenirs, from key fobs and ballpoint pens to the much-prized yardsticks and truck brand pins?
After too-short visits to the past several Mid-America Trucking Shows, I am plunging back full-bore into the experience. I'm planning to be there from the first piece of Danish at the all-day press gaggle on March 18 through the last call for pork chops on Saturday, March 21.
As I write this in early January, the show folks are still compiling the show directory, but they assure us that 75 percent of last year's vendors will be back. I haven't paid a lot of attention to the engine technologies that (I hope) will receive EPA and CARB's blessing in 2010, and I'm slipping on the nuances of engine lubrication and cooling. So when people ask what I learned there, I will be able hold forth like an engineer.
I'm also looking forward to seeing old friends. One guy I've got to look up is OOIDA member David Henry of Brooten, MN, who owns Custom Studio Sleepers (www.customstudiosleeper.com, Booth No. 63084) and who is building really big custom sleepers for Kenworths. His 112-inch-to-156-inch sleeper conversions blend into the cab along the lines of factory original sleepers. They use a one-piece fiberglass roof cap that can fit a T600, T660, T800, W900 or W900L. He's recently added a version that subtly adds up to 10 inches in sleeper width without sacrificing the smooth factory original lines. I gotta see that for myself.
And of course I'm really looking forward to the big iron (or, more likely, aluminum these days), especially the National Association of Show Trucks Truck-Lite Trophy shootout and the Pride and Polish beauty show. It's a tribute to the tenacity and business smarts of these show truck owners that they can maintain such incredible rigs in difficult times.
But mostly I'm looking forward to rubbing shoulders with a few thousand of you and your families. For more than a century, trucking has helped drive our country through good times, bad times and ugly times. Hands on the wheel, truckers have helped hold the front lines of America's greatness. We're still on the job, and Mid-America is a great place to celebrate.
Until next time, be safe, make money and get home often. LL
Bill Hudgins can be reached at email@example.com.


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VSA Council Meeting—16 February 2014
Happy Sunday, everyone. We should be starting in a bit. The Council members are still getting situated.
7:02// Call to Order
Attendance ……………PRESIDENT
Absences: OPERATIONS, TOWN STUDENTS; Proxies: NOYES, JEWETT.
7:06 // Consent Agenda
1. ASA – Discretionary….. $400
2. Minutes from 2/9/14
7:09 // Forum with Ed Pittman, Director of Campus Life and Diversity
PITTMAN: First I'd like to say thank you for inviting me tonight, and thank you for co=sponsoring Janet Mock for All College Day. I coordinate with the Vassar first-year program. I try to bring sense of community and bring diverse perspectives. I also help with spring orientation, work with other offices to do the first-year program, collaborative initiative. The office I oversee is the ALANA center and international services and LGBTQ and Women's center, Religious and Spiritual Life: these four areas encompass a range of diversity and inclusion that affects all students on campus, not just those communities but what we do to bring others to see that community and be part of discussion, encourage discussion to have a more inclusive campus. Our work is never done because new students are coming each year and we want to have a campus where every student feels affirmed and like they have a say. A lot of the work comes from crises and our responses. I am coordinator of the crisis response team; VP of Student Life sits on that group when meeting is required—only when seen as a threat to individual or campus. Example: All College Day as sustained initiative that came from students after racial incident in 2000 using n-word at comedy sketch. Students wanted to sustain conversation not just respond to events of January 2001 with committee to bring together campus not solely when incident happens. We plan 4-5 conversation dinners each year around topic generated by students and faculty. All College Day has history, so we don't have to reinvent the wheel. It's not reactionary, throughout the year we plan dialogues. Alejandro McGee '16 is out intern and works to include students voices; student energy is so crucial to that dialogue and we want to build that more, and we hope All College Day gives us the impetus to do that. Sessions beginning at 1 and closing dialogue in College Center, how does that dialogue touch upon all students at Vassar? Sometimes people think that when you're white and straight diversity doesn't fit into that discussion, and our goal is to make sure everyone on campus sees it and talks about it. We talk a lot about intersectionality, not just working on one community but seeing where they intersect.
STUDENT LIFE: The last event of All College Day is the informational Gender Neutral Bathroom forum in Rocky 300 at 5:30 p.m. I just want to say that I'm not an expert on trans politics, but I'm here to get info out and represent the VSA. I just wanted to acknowledge my privilege on speaking about this as a cisgender male.
TAs: Are there talks about having a Students' Class Issue Center?
PITTMAN: I'm not aware of any specific ideas. The Students' Class Alliance has talked to some admins. Transitions works with race but I'm not aware of any specific proposal.
PRESIDENT: I was wondering if you could speak to the other successful things you've seen students do in response to bias incidents? Anything we can do better?
PITTMAN: I think the active student voice ready to take ownership on campus climate is good—any time students come together with one voice and collaborate with administration is good; challenge each other not just from students, because biases can happen from off campus. But the voice of students is critical in how we respond, students rep is good; we talk a lot about education on campus, but it has to be intentional, either through organizations or houses or classes that contribute to dialogue.
PRESIDENT: Can you give us an update on the status of the Privilege Campaign started last semester?
PITTMAN: We are going to do lots of planning this semester and launch it in the fall. We talked to Luis Inoa and wanted to take time to plan it and connect it to other projects like the new student orientation, social justice dialogues and spring orientation; we want to look at connected pieces.
SOCOs: Is this the first year that BIRT has been around in the form that it's in?
PITTMAN: No, this year we wanted to make it visible. It has been there for 5 years, and we're looking at how it functions. Visibility is important, and we want to look at how to make the website interactive.
RAYMOND: Is the Dialogue Center out of your office?
PITTMAN: No, it's out of the Education Office/Department, like pedagogy of difference classes, comes out of that: we have the social justice inclusion fund thanks to the Westboro event, funded dialogue center to get space in Jewett, it's one more vehicle through which dialogue takes place. Now there are multiple venues which is great, it needs to happen in more spaces. Hope you all come to All College Day.
7:24 // Activities Report
ACTIVITIES: We had the activities fair yesterday and it was successful: 100 orgs were there. Two weeks ago the leadership conference was fairly successful. 400 orgs there including preorgs, overall this semester 12 preliminary orgs approved. Founder's day co-chairs have been selected. If you are interested please contact us. TGIV (Thank Goodness It's Vassar) is coming up, if you or your org would be interested email me your org concerns and statements ahead of time.
2017: I went to ALANA center leadership conference and some orgs said they weren't invited.
ACTIVITIES: Not true. Any org under the ALANA center has a contact, and they were sent an email.
7:27 // Finance Reports
FINANCE: We've busy this week, next week will suck. We're working on annual budgeting timeline, plant the seed in people's minds; working on structure, now working on language. It's similar to last year's, come to me with questions; fund levels are more or less the same as ast time we talked about them, but the bylaws tell us what to do with etra funds and now we have $3500 extra. Bring your applications to us: Finance Committee is DTF (Down to Fund).
7:28 // Approval of Pre-Organizations….. Activities
ACTIVITIES: 2 preliminary orgs; students for space and escalating registers, feel comfortable with 2.
FINANCE: Preliminaries must apply for $100 first semester and $300 second semester.
7:30 // Amendements
PRESIDENT: look at 28-8 amendment it was presented last week.
STUDENT LIFE: The wording just moves from house officers can't and now it's Res Life positions, so only officers can't run.
RAYMOND: We talked to Luis Inoa and he is good with it.
MAIN: You can't be on class council and run?
2015: To clarify, it's more that you can't be a student fellow and hold an elected position.
STRONG: How does this affect people running while holding a ResLife position?
STUDENT LIFE: I was able to hold position until elected, but this means that I would have had to resign before I could have run which is an incentive not to run.
2016: Did they discuss this amongst res life people, because student fellows are on class council, was that brought up?
RAYMOND: I talked to my house advisor and she was in favor but I don't know if it has been brought up to others
2014: From an elections perspective: we can decide who's eligible and if Luis Inoa says it's fine, I'm satisfied. What happens now currently?
Ray: we can't retroactively do anything, we could edit it to be before spring elections.
Strong: Can you elaborate on why you're bringing up this amendment now?
RAYMOND: The special elections policies weren't clear.
PRESIDENT: In the case where they are committed, is there a concern?
RAYMOND: We just don't want the same people being elected to positions.
FINANCE: If someone is appointed to class council, that's OK?
RAYMOND: Specifically VSA positions, no, should be OK.
FINANCE: Is appointed the same as elected?
PRESIDENT: It's still an elected position?
2016: I don't think we should vote on this because we need more discussion, because we shouldn't be limiting who should run for what if there's no conflict of interest; we shouldn't say people can't, it's unfair to do that in student government. This doesn't apply to other orgs where students can hold multiple presidencies in orgs. I would like to talk to students, like my VP and others because there is a big change and we need more student discourse.
STUDENT LIFE: I believe Res life wants this because it's similar to what has been put through in the past. I think that's a good point: there's a time management concern but class council positions and student fellow isn't really conflict of interest, it's an arbitrary thing. Focus on time management because that's the reason I resigned.
2014: One of the most important things is impairing a person's ability to do one or more jobs. We can't regulate who is president of organizations, one person who is president shouldn't be a student fellow.
RAYMOND: This was an attempt to clarify policies. I move to table it to board of elections and Operations.
PRESIDENT: Now for the amendment on budget restrictions.
2015: There was problem that pre-orgs don't have budget, some have them and we should manage out of VSA not on their own. This makes sense to make language consistent to manage preorgs; we want preorgs to be preorgs with budget numbers because Activities works with them and still want that relationship, but with ability to manage resources effectively.
PRESIDENT: This will come up next week. Any thoughts?
FINANCE: We talked to Activities and it's a good plan, but exceptions should be made. Preorgs should not be expecting this, it only applies to preorgs with funds.
2015: One main caveat for no funds for preorgs because changing budget numbers is really confusing.
PRESIDENT: This will be tabled until next week. Consult your constituents. Now we will discuss the amendment concerning Exec Board distribution.
CUSHING: Before we start it, it would be good to lay out what's happening and why, this is not set in stone. We have been throwing this around, the discussion not necessarily happening, we looked at list of things VSA is in charge of and the distribution is weird. We took a list of everything and made new categories, and we ended up with splitting Student Life and Activities: we had to change names, but VP for Student Life is Student Life and Diversity and VP for Campus Resources. Activities is split between VP for Programming and VP for Orgs, so that way one person focuses on orgs and the other on Founder's Day and the shuttle and Tasty Tuesday (which shouldn't be under Operations). It's pretty self-explanatory.
PRESIDENT: Instead of making changes on floor we'll have a discussion and make a list, will be discussed in Student Life, Operations and Activities, if changes made we'll give it another week to reach out to people, earliest voting will be in two weeks.
MAIN: This is for which election cycle?
PRESIDENT: This one coming up in a month.
2015: In terms of redistribution, with big changes we need to talk to lots of people. Best to have students vote on it. Certain sections focused on Centers or Res Life, should be more like a scaffolding. The language restricts the positions: a big issue is VP of Student Life and Diversity wording would mean they are not allowed to represent straight white males. The focus should be on something but don't vote them out. I could be wrong, but this should not be for this election cycle. It seems to be moving fast on something that needs thought.
2016: I want to commend the writers because we've talked a lot on restructuring; there's lots of good stuff. I'm a big fan of redistribution as a socialist, so that's good. I have issues with how to move forward. I think we shouldn't set sights on this election cycle—I don't want to rush major changes that need more time. I'm in favor of a referendum, because it might look like we're trying to create positions for ourselves right before an election. Perhaps best way is with forum shouldn't focus on proposal specifically but focus on issues and see if students have ideas. Like, maybe a Senate system like proposed in 2011. I talked to the student reps at Williams about getting invited to a conference to look at other schools.
PRESIDENT: In creating 2 new committees you need people to sit on them. That should fit in with maybe which positions should be committee vs. liaison, like a co-chair. 2 Student Life's equivalent are doing different things but could co-chair Student Life's committee. I don't want to make everyone sit on 3 committees. I like the idea of splitting up stuff, I like making sure students have voices. We talked about having a poll associated with election which means couldn't do it now, could get widespread student feedback, change from within is not always effective.
AT LARGE—JOSHUA SHERMAN '16: I want to remind VSA the review committee happened last year and it sputtered out. The goal was to talk to orgs and students, and it has been put in backseat. There is more to talk about but it's important that VSA talk about ideas like VSARC. Remind Council that it feels rushed now but it's been discussed since last May, push for progress.
SOCOs: I expressed concern about committees. We should combine Student Life, but I don't know what campus resources does. If we don't combine, we need to figure out responsibilities. I had the same concern as 2015; might be able to reword to 'pay particular attention to students who have been traditionally disadvantage.'
2014: This is awesome. Thanks for your work. As someone on Board of Election, I would love to have this enacted by this cycle but to have referendum which I would recommend, we would have to go through CIS and that timeline is uncertain. We would have to advertise it, and it's a time crunch and we would have to decide, like, now for referendum; under section 2, Operations you struck things about appointments and where did they go?
CUSHING: We're working with board of elections and Operations to put all appointments in board of elections, they got put there.
2014: Even if this doesn't pass this elections cycle, something we've been concerned about is working with specific committees so if it doesn't pass, those two committees should still exist, use them next year.
CUSHING: Part of the reason to put in action sooner rather than later was that in our experience things that get brought up sometimes disappear, so putting impetus under this amendment would make it happen. I've hadconcerns about publicity and student input, meeting in Rose Parlor 3pm Friday. I made posters and I've paid for them with my own money, so I just want to take credit for that for a moment. I want your help in advertising this, it's important, we were thinking that we could get more at large members at committees so we're not filling in our own committees.
2016: I started last year to solidify restructuring class council. The house reps sit on a committees and and freshmen already do.
DAVISON: I love this, I feel like it's an effort to streamline what we want to achieve but can't because Vice Presidents do lots of things at once. It would be effective to have a forum but don't just define rules, we have to analyze how positions could achieve what we put out.
2015: in terms of committees, we talked about people who sit on joint committees like CCL could have more importance and transparency augmented. Juniors don't have time to sit on committees according to their calendars. Work-study for Exec positions might be jeopardized. I also suggest that the two new positions could be elected in the fall, so we can jumpstart it, but we have time this year to figure it out.
Student Life: Work study thing—we're trying to get a promise that if there is a change in exec positions, work study can still happen, but realistically not every exec position might be on work study.; there's lots to be logistically worked out but this is great way to respond to concerns I hear from staff and admins, like the alcohol task force assembled several years ago but then nothing happened because the new VP didn't want to handle it. Things can keep moving forward and not stop for years at a time, this is a great way to split stuff. I don't see harm in doing a trial and error thing, it's not bad to say we tried and then make adjustments, sometimes we get afraid of things becoming permanent.
FINANCE: One of the most interesting parts of this, is what do two extra votes mean on exec? That's something I don't see addressed in this, but can be. What is the role of exec in admin meetings, which might not be realistic. Do they need to go?
2017: If you need help distributing posters, I can help. A lot of students don't know about the existing structures.
2014: A few years ago we had a referendum with lots of turnout, but it didn't pass because people didn't know what it meant.
STUDENT LIFE: A lot of the meeting on Friday will be explaining what positions do specifically for those people who don't know. Some people don't care. It could be iffy because part of VSARC committee was made to address why students aren't interacting, will they interact for a referendum? Should we count on their lack of interest and would that change if it went through, the council that students may not be crazy about in terms of structure may not reflect opinions of students next time.
RAYMOND: We considered getting rid of exec board voting power, it's like that at other schools, but that's for later. We're looking at changes, they look big but to vast majority it wouldn't be so drastic, most people don't know what the VSA is doing. This could solve internal issues. I understand the concerns with the timeline, but I have to say that we always do so much talking and we need to pursue something, I encourage us to vote on this in 2 weeks.
PRESIDENT: like trial and error idea but I'm concerned that getting rid of positions by trial would eliminate people who get elected, writing as we go could clarify what those positions do. I'm concerned with programming committee, like what it's doing—Tasty Tuesday and the Shuttle. I don't think those people necessarily need to be in this room, it could be a group of people who love programming. For the forum, I like bringing up this proposal but first question could be what do you want VSA to do; start from the bottom as opposed to telling them directly; I like idea of specifying who sits on these committees and making class council do it, we need to say who is going to, I'm worried a committee won't be filled, make elected reps as reps for these committees rather than making more people here do it.
DAVISON: I believe if something can be done in a minute, you should do it in a minute. My girlfriend doesn't like that. My view on trial and error: shouldn't just be a try it thing, making it a really well-defined idea; some of these positions don't need a VP but they could be a separate entity.
TAs: Why did you choose to switch success of powers with VP of Student life? How would financing work with the programming board, considering Finance funds events? And are these standing ad hoc committees or do you expect them to continuing doing their thing the entire year? Why are they not open to others interested?
ACTIVITIES: I currently approve requests with ARC twice a week, would be a new position's job. There's nothing new. These committees would be open to everyone. The traditions committee I brought up a few weeks ago is kind of like that, a subcommittee of a programming committee.
RAYMOND: The shift in succession: We're thinking that the VP of Operations is literally the VP of the Student Government, so it made sense that they would fill in as a temporary leader.
SOCOs: I think the athletics would be more for campus resources. It should be one rep from hour or house team, either elected people or constituency. I think we could have fall elections for freshmen reps on all committees. How would the committee work as an individual committee?
ACTIVITIES: I've discussed this with all of Campus Activities, the fact that there's too much programming on the Campus Calendar, and too many people trying to do the same programming. Instead of going through SARC they could go through this committee for approval.
2016: A referendum is pivotal importance, structure shouldn't be changed by the government itself. We don't have a referendum process, we make changes without constitutional rules. I appreciate the discussion of timeline but this is not a simple change and I don't want to be done by next election cycle. It will come up that we are trying to create new positions that are discussed by and in our Council. There are a lot of liberal arts colleges we can look at. We are the only liberal arts college that is based on residential life. We would have the largest exec board with these changes. We should not make these changes ourselves. We need student input.
2015: Can Exec Board ask Administrators what their thoughts are? And we can dancing around the audit question. Personally, I think Council needs to do this; there needs to be a strong commitment to finding someone from the outside to look at how we run things.
2014: I think having a bare-bones committee structure to plan these events would be interesting. But if Serenading and Halloween are taken out of the hands of Senior Council, this changes funding. Ticket prices would increase. Just from personal experience, having a budget for Halloween by the first day of classes is unreasonable. It's a good idea to keep fall elections as a backdoor, approve what we can now and then do it later, lots of amendment can be effected now. On the forum, it is essential but we need to have series of forums to accomodate more people than Rose Parlor if not referendum nothing suggests that student interested now would not be interested later. The referendum could have biased data.
STUDENT LIFE: Just remember that no one in this room is better than anyone just because of the privilege of the postions they carry.
FINANCE: Finance things are being left out of the conversation. I think what 2014 was saying was great. Serenading is written in but we always complain, do we want to create a scaffold where certain things have to be done.
ACTIVITIES: It's at the discretion of the committee and VP.
FINANCE: By putting it in the constitution, we're giving precedence to these events.
2014: There will be a time when we can't do Halloween and serenading in their current forms. I think we should have a barebones structure, might be helpful to have standing committee structure to apply to VP programming, not stuck with one thing but with what students what.
RAYMOND: We're going to have forum at 3 in UpC, Saturday, if you're not on Student Life or Activities contact us because we will be talking about it.
PRESIDENT: Thanks for doing this, people have lots of ideas, I look forward to seeing where it goes. It will be discussed in forums—Operations, Activities, Finance and Student Life.
2014: Shout out to the Daisies and Violets for helping out with 100 Nights and the VC sound system. 50 Nights will take place on April 5th. We're still working on senior week planning. I sent an email to org leaders with application for events during senior week, need to know exactly how many non-seniors would stay; we're hosting an art show for seniors not just in the Art Department in Palmer Gallery during Senior Week, and start thinking about submitting.
ACADEMICS: I sent you the application for student seminars, changes in student seminar due soon.
STUDENT LIFE: Thank you for all you do. If you represent a house, do you have your SAVP posters? If we could have those posted in common areas. The last thing is a note about the office as a shared space: we had these posters on our desk, but there were a lot of posters, they were printed by Elizabeth Shrock in SAVP, and we found a lot of them covered in coffee. They were not ours, they were supposed to go back to her. Now they are unusable. Just be mindful of the space.
DAVISON: This is my plug for Jewett: Seven Deadly Sins, Saturday at 10 p.m. I'm Djing, come by and enjoy yourself.
PRESIDENT: I got an email from Wendy Freedman, they are in the process of hiring 2 new counselors. It was unclear whether they are additions. We were invited to those interviews for those positions, please respond if interested next week. We got a lot of positive response for our letter. Eve Dunbar responded that she submitted an official proposal to get a Post-Doc fellow. I'll keep you guys posted.
STRONG: I just wanted to thank Cushing and Raymond for all that you do, and especially Activities. To all the rest of you who never get shout outs.
RAYMOND: So I'm going to send out a blurb to everyone with a constituency, because we want students to come to the student forum.
2015: The class council sold 63 orange crushes.
8:38 // PRESIDENT: Motion to adjourn.


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3 comments:
- M. said...
I'll join you AFTER I get back from my shopping trip in the city! Sounds like fun!
- April 1, 2011 at 10:11 PM
- MAE said...
Yay!!!! I'm a little scared of doing it, but I'm glad I'll have a fellow fashion blogger who'll be taking the journey with me! (:
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I'm so tempted to try this... but Lord knows I have no self control to actually stop myself from shopping. :S Even if my closet is already overflowing.
- April 2, 2011 at 5:31 AM
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Pleasantries have barely been exchanged the tea hasn't even been served before Haji Kaadam Jabbar Hamsa al-Qarghuli lets Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Rohling have it. "I am very angry," says the leader of one of the area's Qarghuli tribes to the commander of the U.S. Army unit in charge of the area surrounding the town of Yusufiyah, which is about 10 miles south of Baghdad. "We are trying to work together," he says, "but dignity comes first."
The colonel had known this was coming. He is here to soothe some tensions that have broken out between the Shi'a-dominated Iraqi Army and the local, Sunni-dominated Sons of Iraq armed security organizations that the U.S. Army also supports. While the area has enjoyed a striking decline in overall violence over the past year, Colonel Rohling now spends an increasing amount of time managing the complex and fragile relationships that have made this peace possible and making sure this detente does not unravel every time a partisan crime is committed.
The most recent crime the colonel is dealing with was particularly provocative. On May 14, a woman passed several Sons of Iraq checkpoints as she made her way to the front gate of an Iraqi Army patrol base. She asked to see the company's commander, Captain Wassim Abdul Hadi Saaud al-Sertani. She was a suicide bomber and when the commander arrived, she detonated her explosive vest and killed him and herself.
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At the Iraqi Army base where the captain was killed, Rohling drives this point home. "You need to strike a balance when you deal with the Qarghuli," he tells two junior Iraqi Army officers. "I understand that you can't demonstrate weakness, but you can't come on too strong, either. Today is the hottest day of the year so far, but I need cool heads, okay?" They nod in agreement.
Everyone the colonel speaks to on his rounds today, whether Qarghuli or Iraqi Army, affirms that life is better now than it was even a few months ago, and they pledge that peace will be maintained. But tensions, distrust and resentments roil beneath the surface, and they can erupt quickly and intensely. Haji Kaadam says Iraqi Army vehicles scream past his checkpoints at reckless speeds and says some Army officers have been demanding that the Sons of Iraq salute them. The Iraqi Army officers, meanwhile, sneer that the Sons of Iraq are either incapable of maintaining security or, worse, provide it selectively.
As the day's meetings conclude, Colonel Rohling says, "The important thing, in the aftermath of something like this, is that we don't move backwards. We can't move forward every day, but on the days we don't, I need to make sure everybody is just taking a pause and not gearing up for a giant leap backwards."


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Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher have all been in the capital in recent days, while the seventh instalment of the sci-fi franchise will begin shooting at Pinewood Studios next month.
The trio are heavily rumoured to be involved in JJ Abrams's film, but there have yet to be any official casting announcements.
The Phantom Menace star Peter Serafinowicz tweeted a photo of himself hanging out with Hamill yesterday (April 27).
Met up with @HamillHimself in London today. I wonder why he's here. pic.twitter.com/zXpnxWaHyN
— Peter Serafinowicz (@serafinowicz) April 27, 2014
Fisher also teased where she was staying on Twitter, writing: "So my do dog Gary has been spotted in London, but apparently without me. Who has he been seeing? Let me know if you have any clues."
Finally, Ford was recently spotted and photographed leaving London's Hakkasan restaurant last Thursday (April 24).
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