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Manchester: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has responded to his team's disappointing Champions League exit by defending his "exceptional" track record. Guardiola's methods were questioned after a 3-1 loss at Monaco that saw City beaten on away goals in a 6-6 aggregate draw, leaving the FA Cup as their only realistic hope of a trophy.
He won seven trophies across his two debut seasons with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but believes the cut-throat nature of elite football means even winning one trophy is a hugely challenging task. "I think exceptional other managers in the world sometimes don't win titles in a season," Guardiola said ahead of his side's home game with Liverpool on Sunday.
"That is the normal situation all around the world. The exception is my career. I'm sorry, but that is exceptional. So of course we want to win titles. Everyone wants to win titles. We fight for that, we play for that. When that happens we improve and next season we come back and try to win titles."
Guardiola's insistence on the word 'exceptional' brought to mind the 'Special One' moniker earned by Jose Mourinho after he described himself as a "special" manager following his arrival at Chelsea in 2004. City tackle Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-finals on April 23 and Guardiola accepts he will come under scrutiny if he does not lead the club to glory in the competition.
"The boss, the chairman, the sporting director, they are going to decide what's best for the club," he told reporters at City's training base. Of course my job depends on winning titles or not and if we're not winning titles, they judge me about the results. If it's not good they are going to say 'bye-bye'.
"I didn't come here just to have fun and play good. I want to win. I'd be happier to be involved in the draw for the Champions League (quarter-finals). That is normal. But it can happen for any manager in the world and that sometimes you don't win. That I know."
'I never promise titles'
He added: "In Barcelona and Bayern Munich, when we went out of the Champions League I know what they said. Sometimes it's not easy to accept that, but it's part of my job.
"I will try to learn from that, speak to the people that are close to me and make the team better next season. That's all. Now we have to fight to win games to qualify for the Champions League and for the semi-finals of the FA Cup."
Guardiola's maiden season has proved far more taxing than it appeared it would be in its formative weeks when City opened the campaign with 10 consecutive victories in all competitions.
They have failed to mount a serious challenge to Premier League leaders Chelsea and, for the first time in his managerial career, Guardiola has exited the Champions League before the semi-finals. However, the City manager correctly pointed out that he never guaranteed success when he took over in a blaze of publicity at the Etihad Stadium last year.
"People believe Pep is sitting here so now they are going to win the title. Easy. You are wrong," he said. "I never said we are going to win one title. I never said I was going to win the treble, I never said I was going to win the double. I never said that. I never said that in my first day at Barcelona, sitting there. I promised a lot of work. Few guys can beat me at that. I work. I am so proud of that. But I never promise titles, never in my life.
"Even when I went to Bayern Munich and they won the treble with Jupp Heynckes. Never. Just work. And to be assured they are going to play the way I want. The only I power I have is this."
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Things to do and days out on Mother's Day
This year Mother's Day takes place on Sunday 26 March. It's a great day to show your appreciation and give your mum the ultimate treat to thank her for all she does. Below are some ideas for what you can do on Mother's Day for all types of mums…
Mother's Day spa offers
Mother's Day is the perfect opportunity to treat your mum to a relaxing spa experience at the Seckford Hall Spa in Suffolk. Their My 'Kinda Mood' spa experience is a tailored two hour indulgent facial and full body massage sure to leave your mum feeling pampered and refreshed. For more spa days visit our article on the best spas in East Anglia
Boat trips in March
A boat trip on the Norfolk Broads is just the ticket for mothers to relax and unwind. The Broad Tours Mother's Day trip includes live commentary about the Broads and all mums accompanied by their children will be treated to a complimentary glass of wine.
Hot air balloon rides
Celebrate Mother's Day in style by treating your mum to a Virgin hot air balloon experience of a lifetime. She'll be wowed as she witnesses the fantastic views and once landed will receive a glass of champagne along with a certificate signed by the Pilot and endorsed by Sir Richard Branson! Locations available throughout the East of England at www.virginballoonflights.co.uk
Spring markets
The second annual Deepdale Spring Market perfectly falls on Mother's Day weekend (24-26 March) with an array of stalls to browse. Over 50 local Norfolk artisans and producers will be in attendance with a variety of items on sale in the marquees and beach hut pop up shops.
Personal shopping experiences in Essex
intu Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex offers an independent free personal shopping experience to leave your mum feeling fabulous! A 30-minute consultation is followed by a one and a half hour shopping spree with a stylist on hand to suggest styles and colours that flatter and suit her personality.
There's free flowers for mums at the Royals Shopping Centre in Southend-on-Sea on Saturday 25 March between 11am-3pm. Bring the whole family and whilst the kids hang out with Ryan the Lion and his Little Royalty gang for fun and games, plus a complimentary bunch of beautiful daffodils for all mums (while stocks last).
Antique Fairs
If your mum loves watching the likes of the Antiques Road Show and Bargain Hunt then she may enjoy browsing 70 stalls of antiques at the White Knight Bushey Meads Antiques Fair on Sunday 26 March. Taking place in Hertfordshire with plenty of quality antiques and collectables on offer who knows what you might discover.
Sunday lunch on Mother's Day
Ufford Park in Woodbridge, Suffolk, is holding a special Mother's Day Lunch accompanied by Mr Tim and his Saxophone between 12pm and 4pm on Saturday 26th March. Celebrate Mother's Day with a delicious lunch in The Park Restaurant. £17.95 for 2 courses, £21.95 for 3 courses. Children 5-12 years half price, children under five free.
Two sittings are available, 12 noon and 2.30pm. Booking is essential. See Ufford Park for more information.
Treat mum to a fantastic à la carte Mother's Day lunch menu at the Brudenell hotels AA two rosette restaurant. Located in Aldeburgh, Suffolk the floor to ceiling windows will let you take in the true beauty of the local seaside. All mums will also receive a small gift to take home.
Mother's Day afternoon tea
Mums will love being treated to a Mother's Day afternoon tea at Peckover House and Garden in Cambridgeshire. Your visit to the Reed Barn Tea Room will include cakes and sandwiches beautifully presented on a vintage cake stand. After tea take a stroll in the gardens and enjoy the sights of early spring.
There's also a special afternoon tea at the Woburn Estate. The 7th Duchess of Bedford, Anna Maria Russell, is widely acknowledged as popularising the wonderful English tradition of afternoon tea so where better to enjoy a sumptuous Mother's Day treat? Both teas offer a selection of finger sandwiches, plain and fruit scones with clotted cream and jam and a choice of delectable cakes and pastries and, of course, a variety of teas or coffee. Afternoon Tea and Garden Tour at The Sculpture Gallery is £28 per person, £25 per child or just tea is £24 per adult and £17.50 per child. Afternoon tea at The Woburn Hotel is £20.95 per person.
Read our pick of fun and quirky afternoon teas
Food Festivals
This year's eighth annual East of England food festival falls on Mother's Day weekend (25-26 March) in its new home at the Hertfordshire County Showground. There's delicious food stalls to browse and plenty of mouthwatering samples to try. Foodie mums will love the cooking demonstrations with Mother's Day featuring a demo by much loved celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novell.
Zoos in Suffolk
Africa Alive is an African themed park in Lowestoft set across 100 acres of beautiful countryside. Discover over 80 species of animals including rhinos, giraffe's, lions and lemurs. Learn all about them at the feeding talks and you can even take a ride on the free safari road train!
Farm days out on Mother's Day
Marsh Farm in Essex is the perfect place to visit on Mother's Day with mums getting free entry when with a full paying admission. Meet the animals including the new lambs and feed the birds in the walk through aviary. You can even groom a pony and enjoy a tractor ride throughout the park.
Wildlife Parks
Ventura Wildlife's Zoological Gardens opened last year making it one of the UK's newest small zoos. Set within two acres of beautiful grounds this unique friendly zoo offers an interactive animal adventure ideal for mum and the whole family to meet. The zoo is home to a number of wild animal species and entrance includes a variety of keeper talks, animals feeds and indoor animal encounter shows which take place throughout the day.
Indoor sky dives
Twinwoods Adventure is a multi-activity adventure site just north of Bedford. It hosts a variety of exciting activities including indoor sky diving. If your mum would love this experience she'd be following in the likes of Daniel Craig's footsteps. He used the Twinwoods body flight wind tunnel when training for the sky diving scene in James Bond, Quantum of Solace!
Go Ape
For a Mother's Day she'll never forget why not take her to Thetford Go Ape in Suffolk. Set within 50,000 acres of pine this tree top adventure will see the family spending three hours in the trees tackling the zip wires, tarzan swings, rope ladders, obstacles and crossings. For the ultimate adventure they also have a Segway experience that will have you zooming around the forest on two wheels.
White Water Rafting
A must for adrenaline seeking mums is a trip to Lee Valley to take on their white water rafting experience. You'll have a raft guide on hand as you ride the waves on the same course used at the London 2012 Olympic Games!
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Now THIS is an icon. The wide-body Porsche 911 Targa, dressed in its best bright white livery. While its peers have grown into expensive jokes (I'm looking at you, Ferrari Testarossa), this 1980 911 SC is still the darling of collectors around the world. With a vast list of upgrades and detailed maintenance receipts, this is a very usable piece of performance hardware.
The bright white paint job is the right choice on the Turbo-like fat fenders. Red is cliché and black is kind of boring, but dazzling white makes this car look like an adult. The whale-tail spoiler and fenders were added back in 1993, just one step in this car's long evolution from garden-variety to amazing. The paint is worthy of the Porsche name, shining well and highlighting the tight gaps and trim fit and finish for which the Stuttgart craftsmen are rightly famous. Euro-style headlights, body-colored bumpers, and all the black trim polish the 911's look to exact what most enthusiasts already picture in their heads. The big wrap-around rear window and lift-off roof panel were unique to the Targa, and if you're looking for open-air fun without hurting the 911's rock-solid body structure, this is the way to do it. It also wears a set of European taillights with amber turn signals and has been neatly stripped of any extraneous badging aside from the "Targa" script on the B-pillar.
The wild interior is actually familiar territory for Porsche fans, as outrageous patterns have long been a staple of 911 production. The supportive buckets have also been augmented with Porsche crests in the headrests, just in case you didn't recognize the car itself, but everything else is the same as it has been for generations. The fat steering wheel frames a set of very legible instruments with white lettering and bright red pointers, a big tach front and center. Door panels and carpets were replaced in the not-too-distant past, and the steering wheel itself was re-covered. A modern Kenwood AM/FM/CD stereo fits neatly in the original Blaupunkt's location and yes, that's factory A/C under the dash and it still works. There's technically a back seat, but it really is reserved for very small children or your briefcase, but the trunk is usefully shaped even with the aftermarket strut tower brace, which does indeed firm up the handling.
The original 3.0-liter six gave up the ghost decades ago and was promptly replaced by a much-improved 3.2 liter unit out of a 1984 911. Once it was in place, it was treated to a bunch of new parts and has been religiously serviced and maintained ever since. While the car never had a comprehensive restoration, it has obviously always received what it needed to stay in top shape, and as a result it runs superbly and still delivers the kind of thrills you'd expect. A few performance tweaks certainly help, and it now wears big Turbo-spec brake calipers and rotors, giving it some of the best binders we've ever experienced. The underside is remarkably clean thanks to a lifetime in a dry place and it certainly looks amazing sitting on those color-matched 3-piece alloys with 215/45/17 front and 265/45/17 rear Continental performance radials.
The repairs and upgrades on this Porsche total nearly $40,000, and given the upward trajectory of 911 prices these days, this wide body can only be considered a performance bargain. Call today!
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This attractive and very beautiful antique German violin was built in the 1900's after a Niccolo Amati model, which is expressed in the unmistakable elegant pattern and the soundholes shaped in the Niccolo Amati style, the violin bears an Amati model label. The flat to medium arching of the instrument was thoroughly handcrafted by an experienced hand in a good workshop of Markneukirchen in Saxony. The light brown varnish is playing with different, golden to light brown colors and decorates the mild flames of the one-piece back and the medium grained spruce of the top, determining the enigmatic antique appearance of the violin. We offer this good sounding German Amati violin undamaged in excellent and immediate playing condition, completely worked over by our professional luthiers, as all of our instruments. Its warm, resonant sound has colors and noblesse and is somewhat mellow.
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- Paper: white cardstock (Neenah), blue cardstock (Michael's Recollections).
- Stamp: sentiment (Stampin' Up-Jingle all the way, or use your own sentiment and curve it on a acrylic block), Versafine Onyx Ink.
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Celisa was a co-founder and chief operating officer of Isoph, one of the leading providers of e-learning services to the nonprofit sector. Prior to Isoph, she worked in creative services at Quisic, a developer of high-end online course content for major universities and Global 2000 companies.
Before joining Quisic, Celisa worked in curriculum development for the not-for-profit Family and Children's Resource Program (FCRP), part of the Jordan Institute for Families at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A veteran of the e-learning world, Celisa served on the research committee of the eLearning Guild and has served multiple times as a judge in Brandon Hall's annual e-learning awards.
Celisa is also a published poet. Her recent book, How Language is Lost, was published by the Emrys Press in May 2011. You can read more about her poetic activities on her personal Web site at http://www.celisasteele.com.
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Rumors of a new romance made headlines in when the Material Girl was spotted attending a New Year's Eve Party in Switzerland with Dutch dancer Timor Steffens.
However, a rep for the star has since denied the reports, telling Gossip Cop, "It's all crap."
Madonna previously dated Brahim Zaibat for three years before calling off the relationship last month because of difficulties with their work commitments.


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This caused many on Twitter to assume Labour had voted against marriage equality. Now, as much as I dislike Labour and fear their conservative instincts on many issues, I can't see how anyone could imagine a situation where they would vote against such an obviously progressive measure.
Of course they've been against marriage equality in the very recent past. Gordon Brown answered a question on this here:
In response to Downing St online petitions to introduce same-sex marriage, it was stated that the "government has no plans to introduce same-sex marriage", because it has to "balance the right to live free from prejudice and discrimination with the right to freedom of speech and religion". In what ways does same-sex marriage affect freedom of speech and religion? Andrew Archer
"At the moment there's a distinction drawn between civil and religious unions, and when civil partnerships were being introduced they took the same form as a civil union which a heterosexual couple would have. We later made it illegal to discriminate on partnership status – so it is illegal to treat someone in a civil partnership different to a married person. That makes no practical difference in terms of rights and responsibilities, but does recognise that religious groups have the right to a certain degree of self-organisation on questions that are theologically important to them, including on the question of religiously-sanctioned marriage. So the provision of 'marriage' as opposed to the provision of same-sex or heterosexual civil unions, is intimately bound up with questions of religious freedom."And Chris Bryant made his opinions on this very plain during the civil partnership debates:
I do not want same-sex relationships to ape marriage in any sense—several people have used the offensive phrase—because they are different. Although the two share similar elements, they do not have to be identical, so the legal provisions should be distinct.So there is a reason to be cautious over their approach but since the rather slow progress we made with Labour during the leadership elections last year it's become far more common to hear Labour politicians supporting marriage equality (well civil marriage at least). At last night's Stonewall fringe event at the Labour conference, Yvette Cooper also reiterated her support for marriage equality.
Given how undemocratic Labour's internal workings are, this is probably as close to policy as we're likely to get this side of an election manifesto. And we should be pleased Labour has managed to make this progress.
So no... Labour no longer vote against marriage equality. My only concern is remarks such as Cooper made last night suggesting she'd always fought for marriage equality, a statement I've yet to see backed up by any evidence whatsoever. It's great you're supporting it now, but please do not attempt to rewrite history just to cover-up Labour's complete lack of leadership on this subject.
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The tumult of the past election is neither representative of the majority of Americans nor is it about to become a major factor in the political landscape of our country. There is a vast majority of this country, on both sides of the aisle that condemn the riots and damage being done in mostly "blue" areas of this country.
The American people have decided that changes needed to be made. That the elitist politicians and "one World Order" billionaires can no longer proclaim their thoughts on what the American people can say or do or even think.
Of course, these progressive socialists accuse those who voted for this massive change to be racists, homophobes, privileged, uneducated and fascists. Trump, a businessman who is a bit ragged around the edges when it come to making his opinions known has been called Hitler, a well worn Democrat talking point for any Republican. Being called a racist by these same progressive socialists has become so commonplace that it has lost any meaning. Those who have voted for Trump are called irrelevant and illegitimate by the press and those that are pushing the current activism (read riots) within this country. In the minds of these progressives along with the globalists there is no right for these people who want their country back to be given the ability to govern in this country.
Paul Krugman, a liberal sycophant of the first order has claimed that Trump voters do not care about the rule of law, an interesting comment from this administration that has politicized the DOJ, the EPA, the IRS, and other agencies. The same administration that tried to get a felon elected to President. The only reason Hillary Clinton is not in jail was because of this administration and those that follow the socialist tendencies of those in power. They have no room for tolerance or dissent and like Van Jones of CNN claim that this was a "whitelash" against a black President. ,a black President that was elected twice by the same people now being called racists.
But what are the major reasons that many working class, Hispanic and Black voters came to vote for Trump? Could it be that racism had nothing to do with the outcome? It could be that the voters saw the liberal/socialist tendencies of this administration and of the Democrat party as going too far. The Supreme court was a large part of the outcome, as was immigration and the wall that Donald Trump will build. Also major points that swung the election to Trump was the debacle of Obamacare, the lackluster response to terrorism by this administration, and the overbearing regulations that are strangling small businesses. They are tired of this administration and the Democrats pushing amnesty, gun control, and same sex bathrooms. They were tired of the national debt exploding, the special privileges given to the elites, such as California exempting those in the state legislature from gun control laws. They are tired of the alphabet agencies legislating without congressional approval. These are some of the reasons that Americans have decided to change the direction of our country. It is about the politicians being held to the rule of law like everyday Americans. The Clinton campaign and its disdain for religious liberty was an extension of what the liberal media and Obama has been plotting for years.
The day after the election, there were students across the country protesting the outcome. Being described by the media as protests there was violence in many cities, including vandalism of local businesses Molotov cocktails thrown at police, the cutting of electrical power, cars burned. In many cities such as Austin,TX , Portland OR, and Chicago have even bussed in protesters, a portion of this organized revolution not being covered by the mainstream media.
They needed their safe spaces, held cry-ins, had to have puppies brought in to help them cope with the fact that they lost. What does this say about the education these little "snowflakes" have been getting over the years. They were given the days off from class to give them time to grieve, given play-doh to help them cope.
There are many reasons for the situation we find ourselves in that has caused these high school and 20-somethings to turn into the wimps that they are. Even in the time I spent in the service of my country in the military, these of "children" were not understood. We fought, and made our country safe. But the reasons also belong to those who raised them into a liberal trap. We left our kids in day care instead of being able to allow a parent to stay home and show them what a family unit was supposed to be. Why is it considered backwards to talk at family meals, to pray before the meal? The parents a of today are more interested in the newest phone, or their latest television show. Why do we tech our children that abstinence is so old fashioned, so we give them condoms and sex education in the first grade and abortion without notifying the parents who could care less. We treat sexual orientation as something that is fungible, leaving it to the government to decide for the parents. It is no longer the parents privilege to tell their children "NO" but must conform to the proclamations made by those in power.
We have an educational system that doesn't teach about the experience and opportunity that our country has given to its citizens. When we teach that if you are a failure or too lazy to do for yourself it is up to those of us who have worked hard for what we have owe you. It is not the government's job to assure that these "snowflakes" have a good life. If you want the government to assure that everyone is equal, go to Venezuela.
It is for reasons such as these and many more that the shift throughout the country has taken place. The warfare on the American people through "political correctness' and "multiculturalism" has been seen as a lie. The transformational change that Obama preached to get elected has been shown to be nothing more than attempting to lead society into a hopelessness forcing them to accept the globalists elites agenda. All the corruption is meant to be seen in order to discourage those who continue to believe in the American dream, to have them forced to agree that America is responsible for the ills of the world, that our system is flawed, and needs change.
This election was the expression of the American citizenry that there was a need for change, but not the one the globalists wanted. The constant drumbeat of racism, which is still ongoing has been pounded on the American people to the point where it takes violence and groups like the George Soros funded Black Lives Matter to continue to push the lie forward.


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Thanks to the good work of the Bureau of Transport Statistics, the information is publicly available on its website .
Caution should be exercised in using the data - the census covers just seven days and there may be special circumstances affecting the count in a particular week. For example, services might have been cancelled due to fog or industrial action or a wharf may have been closed for upgrade. The May 2013 count was particularly affected by fog cancellations.
Notwithstanding these cautionary notes, the data does enable the ferry enthusiast to delve a little more deeply into customer demand trends. While total ferry patronage has grown since 2010, one trend that is clear is a shift in ferry patronage away from work commuters to so called off peak periods, especially week-ends.
A proxy measure of work commuters is the count of passengers disembarking at Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, McMahons Point and Milsons Point between 7.00 am and 9.00 am on week-days. This has dropped from a high of 6,600 in November 2010 to just 5,249 in the May 2015 survey. Disembarkations at these times and at these locations include very few leisure travellers. The vast majority are people travelling by ferry to work.
|Derived from BTS data set, Ferry Load Census Data May 2010 - May 2015
The decline in commuter numbers has happened despite an increase in numbers of daily AM peak services of around 12 per cent since May 2010.
So what is behind the drop?
There are probably many contributing reasons, but some stand out as leading candidates:
- Competition from the Manly Fast Ferry. Frequency of the Manly Fast Ferry has increased to six per hour in the AM peak and fares are now very competitive with the Opal Card. Disembarkations at Circular Quay between 7:00 am and 9:00 am from the iconic, regular Manly Ferry services has declined from a high of 1,765 in November 2010 to 1,230 in May 2015.
- Changes in fare structures. If you are commuting to work by ferry, you may need to catch a bus to your local wharf, or take a train from Circular Quay to reach your office. Changes in fares structures have made these intermodal transfers less attractive. My Multi ticket rules (the periodical travel pass ticket product) changed in September 2013 by moving Manly Ferry passengers from the cheapest MyZone 1 category to the most expensive MyZone 3. Inner Harbour passengers were moved to MyZone 2. Monthly, Quarterly and Annual My Multi tickets ceased to be available from August 2014.
More importantly, Opal card users, now the majority of passengers, are required to pay an extra fare if they need to transfer to a different mode as part of their journey.
Let's hope the current IPART review into public transport fares will start a process to remove disincentives for intermodal transfers. Without such changes, the role of ferries in Sydney commuter travel will continue to decline.


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November is National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month (often shortened to NaNoWriMo /ˈnænoʊ ˈraɪmoʊ/),[2] is an annual, Internet-based creative writing project that takes place during the month of November. Participants attempt to write a 50,000 word manuscript between November 1 and November 30.[3] Well-known authors write "pep-talks" to keep them motivated throughout the process.[4] The website provides participants with tips for writer's block, information on where local participants are meeting, and an online community of support. NaNoWriMo focuses on the length of a work rather than the quality, encouraging writers to finish their first draft so that it can later be edited at the author's discretion.[5] The project started in July 1999 with 21 participants. By the 2010 event, over 200,000 people took part and wrote a total of over 2.8 billion words.[6]
Writers wishing to participate first register on the project's website, where they can post profiles and information about their novels, including synopses and excerpts. Participants are called Wrimos. Word counts are validated on the site, with writers submitting a copy of their novel for automatic counting. Municipal leaders and regional forums help connect local writers, holding writing events and providing encouragement.
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Everyone may enter at nanowrimo.org. Write daily, track your progress and you may just end up with a bestseller!
Check out Sara's blog about NaNoWriMo
Or NaNoWriMo for short. Hello Friends! If you have never heard of NaNoWriMo, it is an annual writing challenge which encourages you to write daily and hopefully eventually you end up with a novel. Simply put anyway. There are progress badges which I think are fun and even sponsors and offers. These I have not looked into […]


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The supermodel and actress talks about the role of a lifetime
She's graced the covers of Elle and Glamour magazines. She's posed for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition and Playboy. She's acted in films such as Last Action Hero and Bare Witness, as well as television series including Celebrity Mole and The Ex-Wives Club. And now, supermodel Angie Everhart is taking on the role of a lifetime: motherhood. We spoke to her by phone during the 39th week of her pregnancy.
Q: Congratulations on your pregnancy! You're due very soon, aren't you?
A: I'm due in 7 days!*
Q: How are you feeling?
A: I've been feeling great. For the first three months, I had a lot of morning sickness, noon sickness, evening sickness, middle of the night sickness … but, since then I've had a breezy pregnancy. I'm very fortunate that I don't have a 9-to-5 job, so I can work when I work, and have had a lot of free time to enjoy my pregnancy. In the first trimester, I took a lot of naps, and I've never been a nap-taker. I couldn't help it—it was like having narcolepsy.
Q: You're expecting a boy, right?
A: I am! I'm very happy.
Q: I read that you were developing a reality TV series about your pregnancy called Angie Baby. Can you tell us about that?
A: I actually decided not to do it. I wanted to keep the pregnancy more private. I might do something afterward; but right now, it's just more about me and my son together.
Q: You're keeping the father's identity private, and have said publicly that you'll be raising the baby on your own. Can you tell us more about that?
A: I'm not really keeping the father's identity private; it's just that he's not in the business, so he's not anyone you would know. I think the father will be involved as much as he wants to be involved. I will be a single mom—I'm not going to marry him, and we're not a couple. But, I'll have a lot of friends and family helping. My friends are really great and my family is just beyond great. I'm lucky. I have outstanding parents who have really come through and are super excited about a new grandson. As they say, it takes a village to raise a kid.
Q: As a model, has being pregnant affected your body image?
A: That has been the hardest thing for me because, even as a model, my image of thin is a lot thinner than the average person's image of thin. When I think of thin, I think of really thin—we used to have to starve ourselves to get up on the runway. As I got older, I wasn't as skinny as I used to be, but I definitely have never been overweight. As the months went on and my breasts grew—I mean, you see them, and it's like 'Whoa!'—that has been the hardest part. Your body is so enormously different compared to what it is in everyday life. You have to just keep thinking: 'I'm pregnant, I'm not fat. I'm pregnant, I'm not fat. (Although I feel fat.)' I tell people I feel like a camel—I try to joke about it. I'm trying to keep it as light as I can.
Q: What's your fitness routine been like throughout your pregnancy?
A: For the first five or six months, I worked out, but not as much as I normally do, because I'm pretty crazy when it comes to working out. In the last few months, I haven't worked out at all—I took a vacation. I expected to go crazy without all the endorphins, but it's not really bothered me. I've just been listening to my body. Plus, it's too hard to move around right now. I can't even put my own socks on.
Q: How long do you plan to take for maternity leave?
A: I don't have a 9-to-5 job, so I have all the maternity leave I want. But, I would like to work with my son. I think it would be really cute to work with him—it would be a whole new aspect of my modeling career.
Q: Do you plan to breastfeed?
A: I do. Right now, I have DDs, so this boy is going to have a boob fetish when he grows up. They're DDs now, so I can't even imagine what will happen when the milk comes in—do they even make bras that big? Seriously, I really want to breastfeed. I know it's difficult in the beginning, but I'd like to try.
Q: You're the fifth of six siblings. Would you like to have more kids some day?
If I'm blessed to have more kids, I will. But, I'm 39 years old, so I don't know if it'll happen. Women are having babies older and older, but right now, I'm just concentrating on the one I've got. I think if I do have another kid, it would be in more of an ideal situation where I'm in a relationship, rather than doing it on my own.
Q: What else are you working on right now?
A: I just did a commercial, some radio spots and print work for Palmer's, specifically for their stretch mark product. It's the first thing I bought when I found out I was pregnant. My mom gave me that advice—be sure you put a lot of moisturizer on your tummy so you don't get stretch marks. I used the cream morning and night, and I haven't gotten any stretch marks. It was great in the first trimester because there's no fragrance in it to make you nauseous.
Q: How are you feeling about the impending labor and delivery?
A: Well, I have a very bad back, and have had back surgery, so my doctor told me that my back wouldn't be able to handle the labor and pushing. So, I don't really have the option of natural childbirth—I need to have a C-section. I'm just taking it as it is and going in for my scheduled date. I'm as prepared as I can be for not really knowing what to expect.
Uh oh—I'm actually having a contraction right now.
Q: Oh no, I hope this interview didn't just send you into labor!
A: [Laughing] No! I've been having a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions, so I'm sure that's all it is.
Q: What's next for you?
A: Right now, I'm concentrating on the birth and getting to know the baby right away. But, I'm hoping I'll get to work with my son afterward.
*Angie Everhart gave birth to her son, Kayden Bobby Everhart, on Friday, July 25th.


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As we reported earlier this week, Giants running back Andre Brown signed an injury protection agreement that allows him to work out with the team even though he hasn't signed his restricted free agent tender yet.
When you hear Brown talk about his goals for the coming season, it's no surprise that he wanted to spend as much time in front of the coaches as possible this offseason. Brown is expected to split time with David Wilson in the backfield for the Giants, but he'll need to earn a big chunk of the playing time in order to compile the numbers he's talking about compiling.
"I have to outdo last year's stats. Eight touchdowns — I want 22. I want 1,300 (yards) this year," Brown said, via the team's website. "That's the steppingstone. I have to erase last year's stats and show I can do better."
There were six running backs in the NFL with more than 1,300 rushing yards last season, which makes Brown reaching that plateau more likely than him scoring 22 times. That's been done just 14 times in a season in the history of the NFL. Brown ran for 385 yards and scored eight times in 10 games before breaking his leg last season. If he doubled those stats while Wilson stepped into a leading role, the Giants would have plenty to smile about in the running game even if Brown fell short of his goal.


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so I have a stats problem that I can't figure out.
Assume that the distribution of mints produced with a label weight of 20.4 is N(21.34, .16)
15 mints are selected independently. let Y be the number of those that weight less than 20.857 g. determine P[Y≤2].
The chapter for this is only about three paragraphs long and doesn't touch on this type of problem...any help?
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Written by Robyn O'Brien for the AllergyKids Foundation after visiting farmers in Iowa in August 2010
Had someone told me four years ago that I'd be standing tractor-side, appealing to farmers who grow genetically modified corn and soybeans for their support on the cornfields of Iowa, I'd have thought they were nuts. But there I stood in August in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, for the launch of the AllergyKids Foundation's first Tractor Ride for Tots.
The event had been the brainchild of a big-hearted farmer named Scott McAllister, who had been sued by Monsanto over a contract dispute relating to technology and trait fees that Monsanto is owed by farmers who utilize the patented technology now found in their corn and soybean seeds.
Scott, a fourth generation farmer, had a problem with cost structure that had suddenly been imposed on the purchase of corn and soybeans since the introduction of the patented operating system that Monsanto had introduced into seed supply in the 1990s. In his opinion (which is shared by others), it disrupted farming, indebting farmers to the agrichemical seed company, Monsanto, in ways that could cause harm to the diversity of agriculture and enable predatory pricing in farming. But when Scott lost his lawsuit against Monsanto in 2006, he didn't lose his passion. And when he learned about the advocacy work of the AllergyKids Foundation after reading The Unhealthy Truth, he'd suggested that we work together on an event in Iowa, a Tractor Ride for Tots.
So there we stood on a humid August day – Scott, farmers and tractors- ready to kick off our 50 mile tractor ride across the small towns of Iowa, and I had no idea what to expect. As Scott introduced me to the farmers, they smiled in amusement eager to get out on their toys (reminding me more of my boys on their bikes than the agricultural giants I'd been a bit fearful of meeting). And as I spoke about how 1 in 3 children now has autism, ADHD, allergies or asthma, they nodded in agreement as they'd seen the TV commercials on their local stations that spoke of how pervasive autism had become in military families, now affecting 1 in 88 children and knew what was happening to their grandchildren. They then introduced themselves and we set out on our tractor ride.
As the day wore on, so did the stories. A man named Mark shared tales about his high school reunion, while "Pa" shared stories about his grandson. And one they called "Beauford" spoke of their stewardship of the land learned at their grandfathers' knees, record harvests and record rainfalls (and told a funny tale about how his wife moved out on him). They shared stories about lost crops, lost livestock and lost loved ones. They were sincere and authentic, proud and humble, and dedicated to their trade in ways seldom seen in today's culture. As fourth and fifth generation farmers, their legacies were deep and their commitment strong.
Yet at the same time, as they spoke about the recent changes in agriculture and its new costs structures, there was an ambiguity. With trait fees, licensing fees and technology fees now required of farmers, this wasn't the same business model that their grandfathers had built, and they knew it, with numbered lot signs and logos down the sides of their fields. As we discussed the privatization and patenting of agriculture and the impact it was having on their business, one of them shared, "The toes they step on today will be the tush they'll be kissing tomorrow." As they had witnessed firsthand the impact that this new cost structure had on debt loads and declining income levels and spoke candidly about monopolistic practices and predatory pricing.
And as we road from town to town, they laughed about their lives and livelihoods being in the hands of Mother Nature, saying "It either makes you religious or alcoholic" as all of them chuckled. And having seen billboards juxtaposed against each other on the side of the Iowa highway, one stating "Jesus" while another said, "Play Around," highlighting a local casino, I couldn't help but nod.
I asked about their friend, Tom Vilsack, who now serves as the Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture, and they shared stories about how he'd lived in their friend, Jimmy's, childhood home, as well as his unusual political beginnings, quickly rising to Mayor, when a gunman shot and killed Mt. Pleasant's mayor. And I listened as they shared their stories, shared their lives and shared their passion for farming.
And as the day came to a close, a farmer named John asked, "Did you see that lady with the white hair back there?"
"Yes. She smiled and waved and was so pretty," I said.
"Well you see, you see…..that…well….she's my wife. And, and, and….." And as I looked into the face of this farmer, his eyes welled with tears, and my heart ached, and I asked, "Is she sick?" And he nodded. Cancer. Twice.
And as the tractors were put away, we said our good-byes, reflecting on new dialogues, new knowledge and new friendships. And we knew that we were all in this together.
And while none of us could do everything, we also knew that all of us could do one thing. And sometimes that one thing is simply taking the time to listen. Really listen. Because if you do, you may realize that there is far more that unites us than divides us, as our hearts beat in unison for the love of our families.
Learn how you can become part of the AllergyKids Foundation's important mission to to restore the health of our children and the integrity of our food supply by clicking here
For the record, Tom Vilsack did not attend high school (or college) in Mt. Pleasant or even Iowa. He was however an attorney in Mt. Pleasant who later became the mayor after Edd King was shot.
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I appreciate all that you do! I was so disappointed that Billl Gates is investing
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Farmers and civil society organizations around the world are outraged by the recent discovery of further connections between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and agribusiness titan Monsanto. Last week, a financial website published the Gates Foundation's investment portfolio, including 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock with an estimated worth of $23.1 million purchased in the second quarter of 2010 (see the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission). This marks a substantial increase from its previous holdings, valued at just over $360,000 (see the Foundation's 2008 990 Form).


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@umbra21 - The problem with that kind of philanthropy comes when everyone acts like that. There are very few charities that prefer goods to cash, and most of them will be local and have easy means of transport and storage.
Whenever there is a disaster, for example, people send in huge amounts of food and other goods and a lot of it ends up being wasted, because it costs so much to get to the people who need it.
You do have to be careful of charity fraud, but that doesn't mean that never giving money is the answer. Just find a charity that you can honestly trust and give to them.
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@pleonasm - This is why I prefer to donate goods rather than money to charities. At least it's more likely that it will be used for good rather than to line the pockets of the greedy.
It's like buying a meal for a homeless person. You can guarantee that will do them some good, whereas money might just end up helping to fuel a drug addiction.
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This is why I have a very strong position that I won't give out money to anyone who solicits it directly. I know they aren't all bad, but it's kind of like my policy on religion. If they have to solicit and can't just let their actions speak for themselves, then they probably aren't the best use of your time and money anyway.
And it's so easy to give money to fraudulent charities. I've heard of door-to-door scams that use children, basically as beggars, calling centers that recruit elderly people as callers to get more sympathy, and even charities that are considered to be legitimate but only end up using less than 5% of their donations for the
cause they are touting.
I know charities have to get operational costs from somewhere but there are plenty out there which distribute their funds properly and you can't tell the good ones from the bad ones when someone is waving a bucket in your face.
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What I Read This Week
I started posting weekly about what I've read. A friend of mine asked if she could steal my idea and I thought that would be fun. Then I participated in the LMM Reading Challenge and thought it was really fun to read what other people were doing with the challenge. Reading is one of my favorite things to do and I especially enjoy seeing what other people are reading as well. This is how I make sure I write a short opinion and summary of each book I read. There is definitely not enough time to review everything I read, so these brief book snapshots catch everything.
If you would like to join me in posting short weekly reading summaries, post here so we can discuss books! The challenge is to post every week. Even if it has been more that strictly 7 days, the goal is at least 50 posts in 2012. Since it's already the end of January I'll change it to 45.
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Haaaah…you like how I have not done this at all. It's because I kept thinking I'd write on Monday what I read, and it totally makes more sense to do this on Friday. I will definitely use this code you have.
I'm considering doing this with you. Maybe it will force me to read more? Right now I'm reading a book on my phone, and listening to a book on cd in my car.
I seriously cannot believe you have read this many books in so short a period of time. I knew you were good….but you've surpassed yourself…..
P.S. Again, this could be my computer, but that link totally jacked my post. It made it one giant hyperlink to nowhere. hahaha! I fixed it, but I can't use the button.


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You ever notice the first question that most people normally ask, when someone has made a mistake, caused an offense, or created a conflict? They usually blurt out this question as an attempt to resolve the why for that person's actions. They'll say "What were you thinking"!? I know my dad always use to say it to me like this "Where yo' mind at, girl"!? LOL! I don't think most people fully realize the reality of how the thoughts of a person do indeed solve the mystery behind their actions and behavior. We're just so use to spitting that question out, that we are really not focusing in on the explanation the person gives. Which results in us not dealing with the root of the issue, but only continuing to scratch at the surface of their behavior and actions. We also have many why's hanging around in so many areas of our life, like why we keep gossiping, being discontent, attracting and entertaining the wrong people, getting angry so quickly and frequently, lusting after this and that person, coveting others title, status, possessions, using foul language, etc.. The why's can't be answered neither resolved, if we never deal with the what; that is what are we thinking. To properly deal with the thoughts we are thinking, we must determine what we should be thinking and the only way to do so is through the pure, infallible Word of God. Philippians 4:8 tells us what our thoughts should be based on, saying they should be honest/honorable, just/right, pure, lovely/pleasing, of good report, excellent/virtuous, and praiseworthy. The thoughts we actually have whether based on God's Word or against it, is determined and controlled by the mind's input. It's what we feed our minds daily through what we see and hear, that shapes our thought life, then processes into our hearts, and manifests in our actions and behaviors. Our minds are being fed from all types of sources from the internet, to the television, movies, music, books, magazines, and the people around us. With so much enticing data, media, and images, it's not hard to get surrounded and caught up in the middle of it all and give in to it's tempting pull. Let's not all say amen on that. OK, since ya'll wanna act super saved I'll be the first to raise my hand and say amen? LOL! Seriously though sometimes it's a struggle to not allow someone's negative, insensitive, and crazy words enter into your mind. You allow them to enter, be processed as truth in your hearts, which manifests in your life by behaving insecurely, getting angry and letting them ruin your day, being bitter and going around hurting others, or just acting out with violence or cussing them slap out! LOL! But Wait! Let's flip the script and talk about the internet struggle, and the fight to not allow the posts of all the seemingly "perfect" christian couples/marriages on social media, the ones with the "great" ministry and following, and the ones that have all the nice possessions, "perfect" christian, and all together awesome life enter your mind, trickle down to your heart, and be manifested in your life through jealously, discontentment, pride, greed, and lust. I know some of my you have your hand raised now, saying Amen! LOL! I won't even go into the struggle with what we watch on the TV/movies, the music we listen to, and the literature we take in! I think ya'll pretty much get the picture. LOL! If you want to change your life and the wrong direction it's been drifting in sistas, you've got to change that mind! A dirty mind, can't produce a clean life. As God's dear daughters we want to live our lives according to God's good, perfect, and acceptable will. The only way we can effectively do that is through the renewing of our minds(Romans 12:2). We have to replace the harmful, sinful, negative input that once dominated our minds and still tries to do so, with wholesome and fruitful material. What better wholesome and truthful material, than the life giving Word of God. It's the only thing that can get a hold of our minds, and cause the result to be a transformed, abundant, life. Make no mistake girlfriend if you do not get control of your mind, it will control you. The enemy would try to sell us the lies that we have no control over our minds, the thoughts we think, and that we can't overcome our thought struggle. He'll say things like "it' normal to think that way", and "your thoughts are not that bad". I'm here to tell you honey, DON'T BUY HIS LIES! God's Word tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:5 that we do have the authority and power through Christ to kick every imagination, wrong, and prideful thought to the curb, that would try to exalt itself higher than the truth of God's Word. I paraphrased it so you could get the understanding of God's truth, and the power we have concerning our thought life. We don't have to feel helpless and surrender our minds to the bad input around us, but instead have the authority as dear daughters of the king to make our thoughts surrender to the truth of God's Word. We cast down those ungodly thoughts and make them obey God's Word. In doing so our lifestyles, actions, and behaviors become subject and obedient to Christ. Our life then is aligned with his perfect will, which brings Him glory. That should be our heart's desire as dear daughters of God, to glorify Him in every area of our lives mind, body, spirit, and soul. We want to because we love God and we know He loves us, and His commands and truth are for our benefit. Let's not be legalistic though, and think God is just a rule master trying to kill our vibe by restricting everything in this world we see and hear that seems to be unavoidable and all in our face. Neither let us go around condemning others, for their less than godly actions as a result of their thought life. Instead let us first examine our own thought life under the microscope of God's Word, practice aligning our thoughts to His Word so our lives can follow in loving and humble obedience, pray one for another in this spiritual battle, and hold each other accountable to be mindful of the input of our minds. For surely what is received in(whether good or bad), will be manifested back out!
Here are some scriptures in addition to the ones quoted in the post to meditate upon, to help in the battle with the mind: Ephesians 4:23-24, Colossians 3:2, Philippians 4:6-7, 2 Timothy 1:7, Ephesians 6:12, 1 John 4:4, Proverbs 4:23, 2 Corinthians 10:3-4, 1 Peter 1:13, Romans 8:5-7.
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CARNIVORE: A Disruption-Tolerant System for Studying Wildlife
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- Received: 16 May 2010
- Accepted: 22 September 2010
- Published: 30 September 2010
We present CARNIVORE, a system for in situ, unobtrusive monitoring of cryptic, difficult-to-catch/observe wildlife in their natural habitat. CARNIVORE is a network of mobile and static nodes with sensing, processing, storage, and wireless communication capabilities. CARNIVORE's compact, low-power, mobile animal-borne nodes collect sensor data and transmit it to static nodes, which then relay it to the Internet. Depending on the wildlife being studied, the network can be quite sparse and therefore disconnected frequently for arbitrarily long periods of time. To support "disconnected operation", CARNIVORE uses an "opportunistic routing" approach taking advantage of every encounter between nodes (mobile-to-mobile and mobile-to-static) to propagate data. With a lifespan of 50–100 days, a CARNIVORE mobile node, outfitted on a collar, collects and transmits 1 GB of data compared to 450 kB of data from comparable commercially available wildlife collars. Each collar records 3-axis accelerometer and GPS data to infer animal behavior and energy consumption.Testing in both laboratory and free-range settings with domestic dogs shows that galloping and trotting behavior can be identified. Data collected from first deployments on mountain lions (Puma concolor) near Santa Cruz, CA, USA show that the system is a viable and useful tool for wildlife research.
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Impairment was not a factor, according to police.
A tragic accident:
Police said that a former NFL player has accidentally killed his three-year-old daughter while driving his truck in Arizona.
On Friday afternoon, 37 year old Todd Heap was moving his car in his driveway in the city of Mesa when the accident happened.
According to Mesa Police, the little girl, who is the youngest of five children, did not survive her injuries despite being rushed to a local hospital.
Despite the ongoing investigations, but police said that Heap showed no signs of impairment and that there were no suspicious circumstances.
Heap's career:
During his time as a professional football player, Heap played for the Baltimore Ravens and Arizona Cardinals and was a two-time Pro-Bowler.
He attended Arizona State University and was a first-round draft pick in 2001 for the Baltimore Ravens. He was a former tight end.
He became the Ravens' all-time leader in touchdown catches after playing with the team for 10 seasons.
He retired in 2013, but before that he played two seasons for the Arizona Cardinals.
Heap was inducted into the Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor in September 2014. The Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor honors former players and personnel who have made outstanding contributions to the organization.
Fellow football players and fans have been showering Heap with tributes on social media.
Damon Paul Harrison, American football defensive tackle for the New York Giants, tweeted: "Prayers up for Todd Heap and his family. Couldn't imagine the pain he and his family is feeling right now."
While former placekicker Jay Feely wrote: "My heart is broken for Todd Heap and his family. One of the kindest persons I've ever met and a man who lives for his family."
Heap had a charitable foundation called the Todd Heap Family Pediatric Centre, which he opened in Baltimore in 2010. The foundation has raised money for sick and disadvantaged children.


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By DAVID HUNTER
The weather is hot outside, but the summer break is officially over for the Cannon County students at all age levels. Last week, the 2015-16 school year started for them, which also meant fall sports here are gearing up for the upcoming season, or already started for each of the teams here locally.
The start of the new school year is a fresh one for everybody involved with the different sports teams. Of course, last season for most of the teams here were ones, which each of the players and coaches fought hard, but the results could have been better.
During the past few weeks, the Cannon Courier have previewed most of the Cannon County High School fall sports teams as each of them prepare for the upcoming season. As with all of the high school teams around the state, a lot of them have put last season in the past, regardless if they won the state title or finished winless. The Lions and Lionettes are no different. The beginning of the school year also marks the chance to bounce back and hope for better results this season.
Don't get me wrong the effort and hard work is there for each of the teams here locally. Now, it is all about putting it together when the actual games and matches start and competing against some tough competition in and out of District 8AA. However, all of the players and coaches I have talked to during the past weeks believe their respective teams will be better than the previous year.
They have used the experience of losing most of their games last year as motivation to get better and prove people wrong heading into this season, and that is what makes sports so great. Of course, they do not want to relive the past failures, but instead use it for future success. I believe each of the CCHS teams will experience more success this season.
Now with school back in session, each of the student athletes here in Cannon County will be hard at work both on the playing field and in the classroom trying to continue the legacy of previous superstars here in town, while at the same time hoping to create memories of their own both individually and most importantly as a team.
However, the cool thing I have noticed since taking the job several months ago is no matter what each of the team's record is at the different sports on campus. The support from the community is always there, which means more to these student-athletes than wins or losses on the field.
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Let's look at the scriptures.
Jude: 8: Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
2 Peter 2: 10: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
Many sermons and lessons I have heard take up these verses and substituted "dignitaries" for "dignities". That seems to fit in with the idea that they despise dominion and government. (But who are they?)
But two verses after both verses, the speaking evil is brought up again:
..., speak evil of the things that they understand not ...
And the grammar of the verses in question in no way indicates that the speaking evil of dignities is equated with despising authority. Concurrent with, but not equated with.
And if we consider the meaning of the word "dignities", there is a broader meaning here. Government and authority include some dignity, but dignity is by no means limited to government and authority (or even dignitaries).
I think these verses should only be used to preach against criticism of government or authority by those who wish to call their own understanding of both government and authority into question.


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As For That Little "Secret" Shindig In Sitges, Spain…
by Tyler Durden
Love them or hate them, they sure know how to pick nice, and soon to be insolvent, resorts. After meeting in Vouliagmeni, Greece in 2009, 6 months before it was uncovered the country is glaringly bankrupt, the Bilderberg group is doing its annual resort camp out in the Barcelona resort town of Sitges this weekend. Regardless of one's opinions of the Logan Act, any meeting that will probably see Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke as its attendees should likely have much more press exposure. Either way, if the Greece "study" is any case in point to the near-term consequences of what one can expect, it may be time to really load up on Spain CDS. And not only – the least subtle headline of the day comes courtesy of the Telegraph, that the "Euro will be dead in five years", and goes on to say: "The single currency is in its death throes and may not survive in its current membership for a week, let alone the next five years, according to a selection of responses to the survey – the first major wide-ranging litmus test of economic opinion in the City since the election." Secret meeting lore aside, one can be certain that the primary topic of discussion in Sitges' Dolce hotel will be what to do with the euro. We would be very wary of whatever kneejerk reaction is provoked in the market come late afternoon when the EURUSD starts trading again.
The Telegraph does a good job of separating the Bilderberg fact from fiction in the following article, and RT has a good video clip summary of this weekend's events for the reading challenged.


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Spring 2013
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Clarify the map's message using visibility ranges to show symbols at an appropriate scale (main). Default settings display symbols at all scales (A) while visibility settings turn off symbols (B) until the map is sufficiently zoomed in (C).
ArcGIS Online is ever evolving with new imagery, updated basemaps, and expanding functionality. Three new enhancements to the ArcGIS.com map viewer will give you more control over how your maps and associated information are displayed. Now you can set visibility ranges, create filtered views of feature layers, and display attribute table information for layers.
If a layer is turned on in the table of contents, the ArcGIS.com map viewer will draw it even if the current extent makes it difficult to see detailed information at that scale. Although you could turn off the layer at that point, this is cumbersome, especially if you change the map scale often as you work.
Now, you can set a scale range for each layer you own in your map. This visibility property is saved with the layer so it will display in the same scale range anytime it is used in a web map.
Setting visibility ranges on a layer controls how that layer displays in a web map.
To be effective, a map should present just the data needed to convey the map's message. New functionality in the ArcGIS.com map viewer lets you create filters for presenting just the data you are interested in showing the user of your map. Filters are like definition queries in ArcMap. You can also let people using your map interact with the filter by creating a map application using the interactive filter template.
You can create more than one filter for a layer. You can create filters with multiple expressions. For example, a filter for school data might specify that Type is Elementary and enrollment is greater than or equal to 400. If you are using more than one expression, specify that matches to all or any of the expressions will be displayed. All means all criteria must be true for features to be displayed. Any means that only one expression must be true for features to be displayed.
You can create filters on hosted feature service layers, ArcGIS for Server feature service layers, and ArcGIS for Server map service layers that have associated attribute data. In each case, you will create expressions based on the attributes in the feature layer so that only features that meet that criteria will be visible in the map.
To show a subset of the data in a layer, create filters. Filters can combine single expressions and sets of expressions to limit features displayed to just the ones that meet your criteria.
Attribute tables can be viewed and their display manipulated.
Tables can be a useful way to view the data in a feature layer of a map quickly. You can see the fields that you can use in filters and pop-ups. You can see tables for hosted feature services; hosted tiled map services with associated attribute data; and shapefiles, GPX files, and CSV (files and web), and ArcGIS 10 Server Service Pack 1 and later feature and map services.
To view the attribute table for a layer in a map in the ArcGIS.com map viewer, click the Details button, then click the Show Contents of Map button. Right-click on the layer and choose View Table. You can change the field order by dragging the header for that field to a new location. To see the feature for a record, select it in the table, click the Table Options drop-down arrow on the right side of the table, and choose Zoom to Selection. The Table Options drop-down also has choices to show or hide fields, filter records in the table, and clear a selection. Tables and pop-up windows share the same attribute fields and formatting. You can change a field name by editing the field alias in the Configure Attributes window of the Pop-up Properties.
These new tools in the ArcGIS.com map viewer will help you focus the attention of users on your message by controlling what they see and when they see it.


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What the Dallas Cowboys can teach you about Leadership
Some of my earliest memories are of watching football with my grandmother. Not just football, but Dallas Cowboys football.
There I sat, propped up on the couch so I could see the television and reach my snacks, watching these larger than life men play the game I would come to love. Sunday after Sunday, I cheered and screamed. I daydreamed Tom Landry could be my grandfather and when Roger Staubach was knocked out of the game, I cried.
Fast forward to Sunday evening as the Cowboys traveled to FedEx Field to play the Washington Redskins and, with a win, a chance to advance to the playoffs. Would America's Team show up and put to rest, for one more season, whether their team is worthy of this moniker and all the national attention they garner? Or would they fail to advance yet again and make another run at the Lombardi Trophy?
The latter scenario played out and the debate rages on as to whether they deserve to be called America's Team. It remains difficult to make a case for a team that hasn't won more than one playoff game since 1996. What is wrong with this storied franchise? I have my opinion. Politely corner me in a sports bar, buy me a drink and I'll be happy to share it with you.
Even with the lack of recent postseason appearances and victories, however, there is plenty to learn from a team like the Dallas Cowboys as they approach their annual Draft in April. I had the pleasure of recently talking to Bryan Broaddus, NFL football analyst and longtime scout for the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, about this very subject.
A lot of work goes into preparing the Board a team will use to rate draft eligible players. Armed with more information than possibly imaginable, individual players are evaluated, studied and assigned a grade. As the Cowboys' brain trust gathers for the Draft, they set the intention to "follow their process and follow their Board".
Despite all the long hours that go in to preparing for this annual event, there will always be instances during the Draft where in a matter of minutes, decisions will need to be made. Decisions that, until the most recent collective bargaining agreement (CBA), stood to cost a franchise tens of millions of guaranteed dollars. Not to mention a draft pick, something coveted by most teams, and not to be squandered on a player who may never make the team. The stakes remain high, especially at the quarterback position.
In these instances, when each team is "on the clock", leaders emerge. For the Dallas Cowboys, that leader and final decision maker is the team's owner, president and general manager, Jerry Jones.
For you, it may be a Board of Directors meeting, a critical, senior management hire, or a multi-million dollar sale where your colleagues look to you as the final decision is reached.
Broaddus, who now shares his insights and experience on Dallas Cowboys.com, talked to me about two instances where Jerry Jones was faced with the decisions that business leaders face in all walks of life. With the clock ticking and an immovable deadline looming, will you follow your process and your Board or will you allow stress and emotional influences to move you away from your preparation and instincts?
In 1998, the Cowboys were on the clock with the 8th overall pick in the first round. A wide receiver with widely reported concerns over past behavior was ranked highly on their Board and was available to them. The wide receiver was Randy Moss.
The Cowboys draft room was televised that year and as Broaddus recalls it, head coach Chan Gailey was arguing against drafting Moss at the same time scouts were lobbying for his selection.
Michael Irvin, then 32 years of age, and the Cowboys would surely have benefited from this Offensive Rookie of the Year lining up alongside him. Instead, it was Irvin's exploits off the field that would influence the final decision on drafting Moss. Beginning in 1996, Irvin was the highest profile Cowboys player experiencing legal troubles. The Dallas Cowboys image was taking a hit and Jerry Jones knew how important his franchise's image was to marketing and associated profits.
With advocates for and against Moss in both his ears and minutes to make a decision, Jerry Jones chose not to follow the process or his Board. As a result, the Dallas Cowboys passed on Moss and drafted a defensive lineman from the University of North Carolina, Greg Ellis. Ellis had a good, not great, career in Dallas and never earned more than one trip to the Pro Bowl. Moss has since been selected to 7 Pro Bowls.
In 2005, Broaddus was present in the draft room when Jerry Jones and the Cowboys were on the clock with the 11th overall pick in the first round. Jerry Jones again faced competing voices on which defensive lineman they should select. DeMarcus Ware from Troy University or Shawne Merriman, from the University of Maryland. The situation was further influenced by the Cowboys holding not only the 11th overall pick, but the 20th pick as well. If they selected Merriman would Ware still be there at 20? Or vice versa?
Jerry Jones' instincts told him Ware was the pick and he wouldn't last until their next selection at 20. Despite head coach Bill Parcells' best attempts at changing his mind, Jerry Jones held firm and the Cowboys selected Ware. Jones learned a valuable lesson in following their process and their Board and it paid off for his franchise.
With the 12th pick, the San Diego Chargers selected Merriman. Ware remains one of the Cowboys' and one of the NFL's best defensive players and was recently selected to his 7th Pro Bowl. Merriman started strong earning Defensive Rookie of the Year honors, but has been plagued by injuries and was eventually waived midseason by the Chargers in 2010 before serving two stints with the Buffalo Bills.
Broaddus admits the National Football League and the draft process is an emotional business. Yet, those who are most successful understand the need to put emotion aside. And after listening to all stakeholders, a leader must follow their process and follow their Board.


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KickBeat trailer explains how to import your own music
Rhythm action fighter KickBeat isn't restricted to a supplied soundtrack; use the track generator to turn your own tunes into playable stages.
The single-player campaign includes 18 licensed tracks, but the track generator works with anything – from rap to classical. The video below explains how to go about it, but basicially, you tap along with the song to set a rhythm, and Bob's your uncle.
"If you really want to beat your enemies to the latest Beiber track, well, you can do that in the privacy of your own screen," Zen noted.
KickBeat arrives on the PlayStation Store on September 3 in North America and September 4 in Europe, and supports cross-buy.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held out the possibility Wednesday that the United States might support Mohamed ElBaradei for a third term as director-general of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, but said the decision could rest "on where we come out with Iran."
Such support would be a change in the U.S. stance on the issue.
"We do have a long-held view that in general it is better that there be two terms for these positions," Rice said Wednesday after a meeting with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.
But she added, "we have worked well with Dr. ElBaradei in the past."
A senior State Department official said that the Bush administration is "not closed to the possibility" of supporting ElBaradei for another term directing the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Support for ElBaradei would mark a shift in U.S. policy. Administration officials have made no secret they would like to see ElBaradei leave after his second term ends this northern summer.
In December, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the Bush administration opposes the reappointment of ElBaradei, citing an informal agreement among nations contributing to U.N. agencies that limits the top posts in those organizations to two terms.
The administration has clashed with the Egyptian-born ElBaradei on Iraq, where he advocated long-term weapons inspections, and on Iran, where U.S. officials have implied he has not been tough enough on its violation of international nuclear agreements.
Rice will meet with ElBaradei in Washington Thursday "to discuss his vision for what the IAEA will do in these next extremely important years," she said.
"Obviously, how Iran would be handled is an important issue," Rice said, adding that she also would discuss ideas for strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty with ElBaradei.
The United States wants to increase international pressure on Iran to stop development of what it believes is a secret nuclear weapons program.
For the past few years, the United States has tried unsuccessfully to get the IAEA board to refer the issue of Iran to the U.N. Security Council.
Rice reaffirmed U.S. support for negotiations on Iran, and said "a united front" on that country is necessary.
But she said the United States is not prepared to offer Iran anything beyond spare parts for civilian aircraft and support for Tehran's bid to join the World Trade Organization.


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Modeler's Name: John R. McGann
Period: 1883-1933
Scale: 3/32″ = 1′
Type of Model: scratch build from original plans
Build Time: 500 hrs.
Build Materials:
Scratch built from original plans of wood, styrene, and paper.
Ship's Story:
The only passenger ship built to the whaleback design. Built at West Superior, Wisconsin in eighty one days. She served as an excursion liner on the Great Lakes from 1883 until 1933. Scrapped at Manitowoc, Wisconsin 1936. Length 363′ Beam 42′ Tonnage 1,511 tons. Carried more passengers than any other vessels on the Great Lakes.
Modeler's Bio:
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Kitchen cabinet hardware includes hinges, glides for drawers and inserts, racks, and, especially, knobs, drawer pulls and handles. Someone once called cabinet hardware the "jewelry of kitchen design." Indeed, the hardware adds the finishing touch to beautiful cabinetry and kitchen design.
Hinges on cabinet doors may or may not be visible from the outside when the cabinet doors are closed. If hinges are visible, you will want to look for durability, strength and beauty. Visible hinges should match the knobs and handles whenever possible. In some designs decorative hinges are part of the style of the kitchen. In these cases, choose the finish and shape that is most appropriate for the style and design of the room. Look for high quality hinges that are heavy enough to bear up under frequent use and finished to prevent rust from steam and other moisture in the kitchen.
Much kitchen cabinet hardware today includes a variety of specialized glides for drawers, cabinet inserts, and cabinet or drawer accessories. These must be sturdy enough to support the weight of any items stored within them when fully extended. You will want high-quality hardware. It will be worth any extra cost now to avoid the need to replace it later. In most cases, drawers and pull-outs should be able to support at least 75 pounds when extended, they should glide smoothly, and they should be made of a rust-resistant material.
Kitchen cabinet hardware also includes a wide variety of racks, compartments and dividers for shelves, cabinets, drawers, and other specialty items. Look for racks made of metal and finished with a vinyl, plastic or chrome coating for durability and rust-resistance. Racks should be solidly installed and carefully positioned so they do not result in lost space or very difficult access to other items in the cabinet or drawer.
Knobs, drawer pulls and handles are truly the decorative cabinet hardware items. These should be selected first for match with the design and décor of the kitchen, next to be functional and sturdy, and finally, to be made of a material that is both appropriate and attractive in your renovated kitchen. Kitchen cabinet hardware is available in a wide range of metals and finishes, porcelain, glass, plastic, and even tile. You might choose a glossy finish or a softer matte or brushed metal finish for your kitchen.
As you choose kitchen cabinet hardware, consider any metals used for lighting fixtures, decorative items, etc. and try to match the metals or other items as closely as possible. Some homeowners used extra tile from a back splash or from the floor or counter tops to fashion unique knobs and pulls for their kitchen cabinets. This can tie everything together and create a nice "finished" appearance.
If you can think of kitchen cabinet hardware as the jewelry for your kitchen, you will be able to keep in mind all three considerations for the hardware as you make selections: strength, rust-free finish, and beauty.