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The HDSP is an excellent opportunity for you to gain experience and knowledge it takes to become successful. This is an exciting program that helps students get into medical or graduate school by providing assistance and opportunities to assist in cutting-edge medical research.
First off, our programs mission is to provide leadership, infrastructure and resources to promote participation of students and faculty in biomedical research that addresses health disparities prevalent in the community. I am not sure if you have questioned what health disparities are? They are preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations. Health disparities can be reduced slowly within time. With students like yourselves that take interest, these changes can be achieved.
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James Bennett Corathers, 89, of Buckhannon, died Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, at Holbrook Nursing Home of Buckhannon.
He was born May 6, 1923, in Upshur County, a son of the late O. A. and Tressie Bennett Corathers.
On Aug. 16, 1943, he married Wanda Gwen Harper, who preceded him in death on Sept. 14, 2012.
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Also preceding him in death was a brother, George Corathers; and a sister, Doris Beaver.
He is survived by one son, Mac Corathers and wife, Loretta, of Buckhannon; one granddaughter, Jill Kelley and husband, Greg, of Buckhannon; two great grandsons, Dakota McCartney and Logan Kelley, both of Buckhannon; and three sisters, Marie Withers and husband, Bill, of Winchester, Va., Leverne Tenney of Marietta, Ohio, and Carolyn Sue Wilfong and husband, Burton, of Buckhannon.
Mr. Corathers served in the U.S. Army during WW II. He was a salesman for Mountaineer Foods and A.F. Wendling, was a member of Franklin Lodge 7 AF & AM and was a Methodist by faith.
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In this video we'll cover how to take your Line of Business (LOB) apps and deploy them with your Enterprise. We'll talk through your options that you have for getting your app directly to your users. And the implication of those options to both you as the developer, the IT administrator in the Enterprise, and your users.
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What I'm really interested in knowing more about is the story for individual or hobby developers. For example, if I write an app for the interface formerly known as "Metro" for my own personal use how would I deploy it to a WinRT device that I own?
@k4gdw once you get a windows 8 developer license you can deploy your application to your devices from visual studio (even express versions)
@Basarat:OK, Will that work like it does with WP7? I wrote a simple random password generator that also generates pronounceable pass-phrases. I dogfood it myself to make sure it's usable for a while and might eventually put it up on the store after I get it to pass certification. What bugs me is that it WP7 periodically decides to revoke it's status meaning I have to re-deploy. Will Win8 and WinPhone8 behave the same way?
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Thank you for the outstanding work you do towards making the lives of all us who have MM better. Once again, you did a remarkable job of putting on a Patient & Family seminar in Atlanta. As much as I get out of those, it's my wife, Sheila, who benefits the most. You session "caregivers need care too" is what she attends those seminars for.
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The International Myeloma Foundation is a thoughtful and necessary support group for patients with multiple myeloma. The IMF was there when I needed information on the disease, and continues to provide me useful support, every step of the way. Yesterday, I called the IMF Hotline and asked for a referral to a hospital and doctor in the San Francisco area, as our family will be moving to the East Bay. Nancy Baxter handled my inquiry and gave me some contact information, but then said she wanted to research this further. Nancy took the initiative to contact Dr. Brian Durie for his suggestions, and called back to give me additional contacts. I am so appreciative to Nancy and your organization for being there. Thank you all.
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Five seasons into her hit show – and after countless conversations with the departed – Long Island Medium's Theresa Caputo says her life isn't all that different than it used to be. With one notable exception.
"How long does food shopping take you, 45 minutes? I'm three hours," she tells PEOPLE with a laugh. But grocery runs are filled with encounters with friendly live fans, she says, not ghosts.
"You can't just walk up to me and be like, Okay, what are you getting? It doesn't work like that," she says. So how does it work?
"It's usually when I'm talking to someone for a while. I'm in their presence and I'll just all of a sudden start sensing and feeling things." These things – messages from the dead to the living – can be "completely mind-blowing," she adds. "It even freaks me out. People always say, 'Why do you always look surprised?' It amazes me."
To mark the mid-season premiere of TLC's Long Island Medium Season 5 (airing Sunday, 9 p.m. ET), here are five things to know about how Caputo talks to the dead. And be sure to watch an exclusive clip from the season premiere above.
1. Your dead relatives aren't hanging around with her
In her work as a medium, Caputo is able to communicate with people who have passed away, and relay messages to the living. So how is it that the dead always seem to know when Caputo's around? "Your loved ones are with you," she tells PEOPLE. "It's not like they're hanging out with me going, 'Okay, I want you to run into my granddaughter. She's in aisle three, picking out cereal.'
"It was at a reading many years ago that it really clicked for me. I was reading a woman had lost her son and he said, 'Can you tell my mom to stop going to the cemetery? She's not the mailman. Through rain, snow, sleet and hail, my mother's at the ceremony every day.' And the woman looked at me and said, 'I go every day for an hour. Whether it's pouring rain, I stand by my son's grave.' "
2. Deceased loved ones may visit you in your dreams
Many people have cognitive dreams in which they wake up and recall seeing a lost loved one alive and well – and Caputo believes that's the deceased person's soul reconnecting with the living. "Some people will have a dream that doesn't make any sense at all, but you remember seeing your loved one standing there, perfectly healthy, happy, they're at peace and not sick anymore," she says.
"Other people have the amazing experience of an embrace from a loved one's soul. They will actually feel like they spent time with the person. That's a visitation. Sometimes they'll even show people glimpses of heaven."
3. Children can more easily connect with spirit than adults
"Young children, their minds aren't busy," says Caputo. "And it's the same thing when we sleep. People say, 'Why does my father only come to me in my sleep?' Well, because your mind is at rest. Children just say whatever they're sensing and feeling. We make excuses.
"When my nephew was 2, he saw a man standing in the pantry and he closed the door. He tells my brother, 'There's a man in the pantry.' And my brother calls me up and says, 'Jason is seeing dead people and it's all your fault,' and hung up on me," she says, laughing.
"I said, 'It's not my fault!' They showed my nephew a picture of three different men and he pointed to my sister-in-law's [late] father and said that was the man in the pantry. You can't even make that up."
4. She doesn't care if you're a skeptic
Caputo has never felt the need to defend her gift. "If someone has an experience and it changes their life in a positive way, what's wrong with that? Why do people always try to destroy something positive?" she says. As for her critics, "I don't focus on that at all. I can't tell people how to feel.
"I'm so blessed that I'm able to help so many people. My gift is so much more than me speaking to people that have died. It has restored people's faith, whether it be in a religion, faith in themselves or in their family. When my clients walk in, I can feel how broken they are. I just hope that everyone gets the experience of knowing that there is truly more to life than just here in the physical world."
5. You don't need a medium to connect
The signs of a late loved one's presence are everywhere, says Caputo – whether it's something you think you see, hear or even smell. And she hopes to help people see them without her.
"I want to educate my fans and my clients. I'm so proud of that. I tell all my clients, 'You don't have to go to a medium to connect with your loved ones.' I believe what I'm able to do is just to validate for you what you're sensing and feeling is real. And that you're not crazy."
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Dopkins & Company Certified Public Accountants and Consultants promoted Jennifer C. Plail and Jonathan D. Willcox, of the general services team, and Eric R. Soro and Alex M. Brown, of the tax advisory group, to supervisors. Plail is a graduate of the University at Buffalo. Willcox and Soro are both Niagara University graduates. Brown graduated from Canisius College. All are CPA's.
Anthony V. Burgio, an investment adviser representative with Empire Financial Partners, a member of John Hancock Financial Network, has qualified for the ACE Silver Award, and Leonard Picone, a financial planner with the agency, qualified for the ACE Gold Award.
Phillips Lytle associate Randolph V. Clower will serve as intellectual property counsel for one of the participating teams in the Pre-Seed Workshop organized by Cornell University's Center for Life Science Enterprise April 4 and 5. Richard E. Honen, a partner with the law firm, will serve as a judge. Teams of entrepreneurs will present their ideas April 12 to a panel of experts who provide feedback on the merits of their business.
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Yes, watching a painter paint is not necessarily a great joy either. It doesn't keep the result from being art.
Yes, watching a painter paint is not necessarily a great joy either. It doesn't keep the result from being art.
Mathman - I liked the bite about performing art component. The word choice matters indeed, given that art may mean quite a lot (so, art stands for quality, skill, as well as creativity, freedom, or for trade, branch as such or beauty, harmony as such) plus there are aspects of social and political development, like machin pointed out (its a smile, machin; note that I dont laugh!). What makes it interesting about FS, is that human body is the tool [of performing art] so there are natural limits before any rules. Im not the FS history expert but it looks logical to me that earlier in its development FS had more creativity and less skills in its performing art component because the exploration of natural limits was in progress. At a certain stage, both sport and art really might seem applicable to this process [exploring the limits of what human body can do when skating] trying to achieve more both in direction of athletics and expression. However today, FS has pretty much hit the limits; its significantly more about skills than about creativity and it often fails to live up to the expectation that general public has about either art or sport. In other words, it has become boring. [Well, and then there is the organization of the system that doesnt help the matters.] Thats about my vision of sport/art in figure skating.
(Im still waiting if somebody bites the points regarding subjectivity of the individual/collective agreement but I can imagine that it might be far less interesting to discuss )
But the judges would have their work cut out for them. Beautiful, grotesque, or hilarious?
I know nothing about art -- but I know what I like. Here is a lovely handbag, featuring the Pell Bridge, named after Michelle Kwan's grandfather-in-law:The trick is, the closest thing to social legacy in arts is the relation between tradition and novelty and, instead of following the rules of tradition, the artist is expected to innovate and change them.
That is a very cool point about the tension between tradition and the breaking of tradition. There are a few concepts that do seem to be universally valued in art, such as symmetry and ratio/proportion. But then come startling works that strike us exactly because of a violent violation of these expectations.
The relation between art and craft is also intriguing. People who self-conscious;ly sit down to write the Great American Novel usually come up empty, while many of the towering works of literature were jotted down by some guy simply trying to make a buck (Shakespeare, Dickens). I wonder if the same thing doesn't happen in figure skating sometimes. The choreographic masterpiece falls flat while the girl who is just wants to land her triple flip ends up with the crowd- (and judges-) pleasing gem.
I guess the more you know about art, the less you can enjoy it so obviously it pays to stay as ignorant as possible. I often feel like that about figure skating and I might stick to this but handbags are too tempting
There was one reason why the art rules discussion in previous page got derailed: basically, nothing that we can define as rules can wholly embrace the phenomenon. Some say its because of divine touch but I prefer to say its because of the complexity of image/phenomenon. Unlike the rules of a game that are agreed upon before the action starts, rules of art are time by time written by theorists post factum while the action has been on since the beginning of humanity and its simply impossible to cover the whole matter. Therefore, rules act like prejudices more often than not and that includes also rules that we have about our own likes/dislikes.
The handbag is actually a very good example. If you asked me, would you like a handbag with a photo print? Id say a big NO because on my opinion its distasteful. Then, theres Michelles handbag that features not only street lights but also a very famous predecessor:
and I realize that I like it and I like it better and would choose it instead of a classical real pearl use like this one:
So this is very, very tricky and taking school figures for an art was the easiest part. Today we want art and we want figure skating rules that would encourage more art but how to get it? Inventing more regulations may easily bring the opposite effect and so may returning to less-or-no regulations regarding the artistic part.
That is not a universal phenomenon. In fact, it's far less universal than the basic writing rules that you decry.I guess the more you know about art, the less you can enjoy it so obviously it pays to stay as ignorant as possible.
There was a period of time, after I did a lot of editing, when I started finding prose problems in books I was reading. I was afraid this would ruin books for me. Guess what? The feeling passed. I was able to shut off the editor's brain and enjoy books like I used to. And it also made me appreciate truly good prose a lot more than before.
Does the painter lose the ability to enjoy paintings? Ask any author out there--did becoming a professional writer cause them to dislike reading? These people learned the nuts-and-bolts behind the art, but that did not take away from its magic.
Oh, then I still have a hope
I think the problem with these discussions of artsiness in figure skating is that we are not actually talking about ART. When we say that a figure skater is "artistic" we mean that she moves gracefully, that she holds the landing edge of her triple Salchow a little longer than the other girls do, that she skates more vigorously when the music gets louder and faster and more languidly when the music gets "lyrical" -- that sort of thing. Janet Lynn is offered as an example of a skater who was good at that.
In modern times, these virtues have largely given way to a greater appreciation of maximum speed throughout, busy transitions, virtuoso footwork, changes of position in spins, and harder entries to jumps. People (like me) who were used to old-timey skating think the new stuff is less pretty.
"Less pretty".
That's fair As this new generation gets older and less tech savy we'll probably see a trending toward soft "more pretty skating". I think everything is in a bit of a proving ground state as everyone is scrambling to try and establish themselves on the scene today. Once order is in place and things become more certain we may start to see a return to the "pretty". So many youngsters now and it seems like they're certainly trying to be pretty out there.
The issue with talking about skaters and artistry is: who is defining what is considered "artistic"? I think Max is artistic, but there are plenty of people who would call me an idiot (and I have been called an idiot) for thinking so.
Hanyu's 3A, with the crazy entry and the great running landing edge.
I think people all have a certain common sense. If a skater has really good presentation, her movements would look more fluid and natural, even if she is playing the role of a robot. And I think that many people would agree even if her style is not their taste. They might acknowledge it deep down inside but don't want to admit.
For example, I am not Yuna and Mao's fan, but I have to admit their performances have great artistry (even though they are not my cup of tea).


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So I was browsing Amazon today – Christmas Eve is not too late to be shopping for presents – and came across the Duke Lacrosse books for sale. I knew former Duke Lacrosse coach Mike Pressler had co-authored a book, but I hadn't realized there were two others on the market. I'm glad to see it. I hope a lot of people are interested in hearing the true story now that the sexy headlines are no longer in the national media. However, I seriously doubt all those who were so dangerously eager and fast to accuse the team of wrongdoing will give any time or interest to understanding the whole story. They were hoping the truth to be something other than reality, and once that hope expired their interest did as well.
I do have to question the decision of two of the publishers to put the three accused player's faces on the cover. Their pictures were already widely circulated, but it seems unnecessary. If these books truly are an attempt at justice than the photos seem to contradict that effort. But I guess that's a naïve view. Covers have the sole purpose of selling books, and I'm sure the publishers know what their doing in that respect. It is interesting that the Pressler book didn't take the same approach though.
These three books all seem to be getting good user reviews. I haven't read any of them yet – mainly because I very rarely have time to read a book. But I am interested and plan on picking one up. Might as well be the Pressler book I guess. This man has been severely wronged so I hope this book puts some good money in his pocket.
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Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case (Hardcover)
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It's Not About the Truth: The Untold Story of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case and the Lives It Shattered (Hardcover)
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A Rush to Injustice: How Power, Prejudice, Racism, and Political Correctness Overshadowed Truth and Justice in the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case (Hardcover)
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Bargaineering.com relies on a mixture of advertising and affiliate marketing to generate income. Part of the affiliate marketing piece is that we get paid when someone signs up for accounts, such as a trading account with Zecco.com (not everything, just some things). A lot of personal finance bloggers pay the bills and generate income this way. Until about a month ago, no company has tried to influence my opinion until Zecco.
About a month ago, Zecco's affiliate manager notified me that I would no longer be compensated for leads sent to Zecco because I had negative reviews about them on Bargaineering.com. I was told that I had to "remove any negative reviews of Zecco and [I] can resume promoting and sending orders." They phrased it in a way that seemed like I was unfairly picking on them, so I said I'd take a look if they told me which posts they found to be negative.
They sent me these three articles as the worst offenders:
- Is Zecco a Scam or Legitimate?
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Nothing in the posts were untrue. When Zecco first launched, everyone wondered if it was a scam. Free stock trades? It sounded absurd. So I did some research and revealed that it wasn't. It was run by Equinox Securities Incorporation and has a clean record.
As for poor customer service, I was repeating a well known fact that the 2009 Smart Money's Best Broker ratings listed Zecco second to last in customer service. I would worry more about your customer service than what your customers are saying.
If I changed my content, they would've let me back into their affiliate program and paid me for people opening accounts. However, I feel that I should always be giving you my honest opinion, good or bad, if I want to maintain your trust. I should be giving you all the facts that I know, whether it paints them in a good light or not. I could've just changed the posts to make them happy and chances are you wouldn't have noticed, but I think that would be dishonest.
I have no bias against Zecco, I still don't, and I've never said anything negative that wasn't my opinion. Any facts I've shared are backed up with their sources, as was the case with Smart Money's ratings. I've always believed that if you wanted free trades, you had to deal with a little bit of headache. You can't have everything, but I suppose they didn't like me saying that.
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Christian Kalacanic has the grades to go to the college of his choice, so he chose one where he can play ball.
On Aug. 14, Kalacanic signed with the USC-Salkehatchie College Mens Basketball team.
It feels great, the Summerville High School honors graduate said after signing his letter of intent. I can finally tell people where Im going to go to pursue a career. Im excited and grateful. I could have went to Clemson on a full (academic) ride but I just love the game so much that I had to go somewhere and play.
He had offers to play for some out-of-state colleges but decided that wouldnt be a sound financial decision. USC-Salkehatchie met his educational requirements as well as his financial requirements.
He plans to major in mechanical engineering, transfer to a four-year college and eventually earn a doctorate degree. While he had a lot of success on the court as the Green Waves center, at 6-4 Kalacanic is a bit undersized to play that position at the college level.
He is hoping first-year USC-Salkehatchie coach Corey Hendren will help him adjust to the college game so he can move on to play for a Division I or Division II college.
Their program has been notorious for being able to send off players to the schools where they want to play, he said. The coach said even though he just got the job he already has people calling him about their players. The challenge for me is going to be improving my perimeter play. I need to get my dribbling and everything kind of oriented away from the post because at the college level there are going to be players bigger than me, those 6-10 guys and all, so I need to work on my ball handling and outside game.
Kalacanic was an all-region player as a junior and senior who had the best GPA on the team.
He helped the Green Wave to two region titles and 40 victories. As a senior he averaged 11.6 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.
Hendren said Kalacanic is a good fit for his team because he can contribute on both sides of the court.
Christian is an experienced post player who can step out and hit the jumper, Hendren said. He does a good job running the floor and he gets off the ground pretty well. He finishes at the rim, rebounds and he is much more physical than you would think just taking a glance at him. He will be a little undersized but Im not too concerned because I know he is going to work and he is athletic enough to hang.
Guard John Jenkins, who played with Kalacanic at SHS, has also signed to play for USC-Salkehatchie.
They are both guys who should fit in well with what we do on the court and off the court, Hendren said.
I have a lot of respect for coach (Greg) Elliott and he had good things to say about them. He got me interested in them and after watching them on film I felt they could both help us out.
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Description: Goodbyn Snacks is a food container designed with two compartments to keep snacks separated while you're on-the-go. The possibilities are endless, and with the Goodbyn leak-proof Dipper fitting in either compartment, it's easy to pack dressings, hummus, or yogurt to go with your snacks (sold separately). Made entirely of FDA-approved materials, no BPAs or phthalates and lead-safe, Goodbyn Snacks is dishwasher-safe and made to last. And when it's time for a new one, Goodbyn Snacks is 100 percent recyclable.
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- No BPAs or phthalates, Lead-Safe, FDA-approved materials
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- Recyclable, Goodbyn products are built to last
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Work on Reilly Wall, ticket booth set for summer
April 14, 2013
SALEM — The Salem Preservation Society's Reilly Wall Committee remains about $20,000 short of its goal of $170,000, but construction is expected to begin this summer on the replica of the stadium's......
"As a gift to Salem...$600,000 dollar dream project presented to the public for charity collection to a reduced reality, $170,000 dollar (oops) maybe we can salvage this.
Dreaming big and living in reality will bite you every time.
Let's see, what they should be saying is, thank you Salem taxpayers for picking up the tab of neglect by the school board through out the years and shouldering the forced bailout for the SPS as they condemn the public for destroying it on their official website. Using tax dollars was a tough decision, earning that pat on the back for you, right Bailey?
"Today, the wear of time. the elements and people abuse have eroded its foundation and walls. Snow with encasement of salt thrown from the street lay at its base for months, sun, wind, rain and sleet contributed to its deterioration. People abuse abounds from walking on it, pushing bricks out who have lost their mortar and graffiti have tarnished its appearance."
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(But yet, you couldn't refrain from plopping your big butts on it for a photo op "atta boy" shot!)
"One of the biggest contributions came from the Salem Community Foundation, which committed $34,500 to pay for the ticket booth replica."
Meaning the wrong people were in the picture for today's news article!!
Guess where all my future charity donations will go too? The one's deserving the credit!
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A man with long hair, especially a hippie.
That crazy, old longhair smokes a lot of pot.
Beküldő: Lindsay 2004. október 27.
What men who serve in the US Military call attractive civilian women. Civilian women typical possess more longer, an faddish style hair dos compared to female military personnel.
While on liberty, me and my battle buddies would frequent bars to scope out any long hairs to pull.
Beküldő: Rick Rock and Ya Don't Stop 2007. június 10.
a male hippie with at least shoulder legth hair. that possibly hasent showered in days, is bent out on acid and some dank ass herb. long hairs are gennerally found in clusters at music festivals and concerts: ranging in the gernres of classic rock, bluegrass, psychedelic rock, and reggae. there unpredictable frantic behavior can cause unrest in " normal communities"!
Jim: i am the lizard king! ( runs acroos street)
Driver: fuckin long hairs!
Driver: fuckin long hairs!
Beküldő: tat2dchef 2009. április 6.
what used to bee coool on boys
long hair
Beküldő: neeneer1234 2010. július 27.
damien dirks
that boy with long hair
Beküldő: long hair 2008. október 20.
1. a hippy(hippies were long haired, drug using youths of the 1960s)
2. an intelectual(from the stereotype of intelectuals as having long hair and wearing glasses)
2. an intelectual(from the stereotype of intelectuals as having long hair and wearing glasses)
It looks like long hair has will never be using drugs again.
Beküldő: Light Joker 2004. augusztus 10.


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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Kevin Federline
- 1986
Mom and Dad Shuffle
Federline's parents – Mike, an auto mechanic, and Julie, a bank teller – split when Federline is 8 years old. Federline resides with his mother and brother, Chris, until he is 10 when the two brothers move with their father to Fresno, Calif.
- 1996
Dance Route
In the ninth grade, Federline drops out of high school, and begins dancing with the non-profit organization, Dance Empowerment. After delivering pizzas for a living and getting his GED, Federline moves to L.A. to pursue dance professionally. He shares a one-bedroom apartment in Hollywood with six people, and becomes known as "the dirt cat" in the dance circuit because of his grungy look. During the next few years, he tours as a back-up dancer and dances in music videos for Justin Timberlake, Pink, Destiny's Child, and Michael Jackson. "There's nobody that gets less credit than somebody dancing," Federline tells PEOPLE.
- 2000
It's a Girl
Federline begins dating Moesha actress Shar Jackson. In July 2002, the couple welcomes their first child together, a daughter Kori. "I always wanted to be a young dad," Federline tells Details in 2005. "I didn't know if I was going to be with the mother forever, but I knew whenever I did have children, I was going to love them more than anything." In the winter of 2003, Jackson becomes pregnant with Federline's second child.
- 2004
Becoming Britney's Man
Out with friends during a break from her tour, Britney Spears spots Federline at Hollywood club Joseph's. The two begin dating, but Federline's girlfriend Jackson is six months pregnant with their second child together. After Spears and Federline are photographed leaving the Beverly Hills Hotel together, Federline leaves Jackson for Spears. He accompanies the pop star on her international tour. ''This just isn't right,'' Jackson tells PEOPLE. "This is a big thing. It isn't like breaking up a relationship, it's like breaking up a family." Federline tells the Associated Press that he never expected falling in love with Spears. "It was one of those love-at-first-sight type deals."
The Vice Versa Proposal
After a three-month, paparazzi-packed courtship, Spears indirectly asks Federline to marry her while on a plane to New York from Ireland. He declines but minutes later he asks her, and she accepts. "My head was spinning. Oh my God, I was happy," Federline tells PEOPLE in July. "I wasn't really thinking about asking her right away but I did without reservation. I'd known for a while that she's the one."
Bait and Switch
Federline and Spears marry in a surprise ceremony at a private home in Studio City, Calif. The wedding is planned for Oct. 16, but as press attention grows, the couple invites 27 friends and family members to what they pretend is an engagement party. "From the day we got together, she has always been there for me," Federline tells Details. "I mean she's f---ing proud of me. I could be sitting at home doing nothing…She's more proud of me than anyone has ever, ever, ever, ever been in my lifetime. Ever."
- 2005
K-Fed Gets a Makeover
Men's style magazine Details gets Federline to swap his baseball hat, baggy jeans and T-shirt for a more sophisticated look. "This is to let people get to see the real me," Federline says. When he is asked to comment on the media frenzy surrounding his leaving pregnant girlfriend Shar Jackson for Spears, he says: "They can say I'm a bad father. They can say I cheated…But I know, and that's all that matters. If my daughter was here right now, you'd be able to tell by the look on her face that I'm the best damn dad in the world."
Reality Bites
The couple's reality show Britney & Kevin: Chaotic debuts on the UPN channel. The show chronicles the beginning of the couple's relationship, but it barely causes a blip in the Nielsen ratings. Federline tells Teen People that the project is a "documentation of love."
Adding Mini-Feds
Spears gives birth to son Sean Preston by C-section. The following September, the couple welcomes a second son Jayden James. Federline tells PEOPLE that with each birth, "it gets less and less stressful," but fatherhood has made him restless. "It's just time to get my stuff down while they're young, so I can sit back and watch them grow up."
- 2006
Brit Blasts Rumors
Spears agrees to a Dateline interview with Matt Lauer while pregnant with her second child. She disputes marital problems, calling her marriage "awesome," and says of Federline, "He cares so much, and his heart is awesome. He has a really big heart, and I love that."
Photo Credits
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Splash News; Splash News; London Entertainment/Splash News, inset: Jill Johnson/JPI; Courtesy of Details Magazine; CBS
- Name
- Kevin Federline
- Date of Birth
- March 21, 1978
- Birth Place
- Fresno, Calif.
- Relationships
Victoria Prince, wife (2008 to present)
Britney Spears, ex-wife (2004 to Nov. 2006)
Shar Jackson, ex-girlfriend (2000 to 2004)
- Children
Kori Federline, daughter (7/31/2002)
Kaleb Federline, son (7/20/2004)
Sean Preston Federline, son (9/14/2005)
Jayden James Federline, son (9/12/2006)
Jordan Federline, daughter (8/15/2011)
Peyton Federline, daughter (4/4/2014)


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Davis & Elkins College education students have started the student teaching component of their teacher certification in area schools.
Student teaching is the culminating experience in D&E's teacher education program. Teacher candidates work full-time in public school classrooms under the mentoring of a qualified cooperating teacher. By the end of two seven-week teaching placements, student teachers have gained valuable experience in planning, teaching and managing a classroom.
Lee Epperson of Elkins is teaching science for grades five to nine at Elkins Middle School. Holly Smith of Valley Bend is teaching first and third grades at Homestead Elementary. Lindsay Holliday of Cumberland, Md., is teaching physical education for kindergarten to sixth grade and ninth to 12th grade at Midland Elementary and Elkins High School. Ashley Kodluk of Logan Township, N.J., is teaching first and fourth grades at Third Ward Elementary.
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Davis & Elkins College education students are working with area schools to complete the student teaching component of their teacher certification. From left are Lee Epperson, Holly Smith, Lindsay Holliday and Ashley Kodluk.
More information about D&E College's student teaching program is available by calling 304-637-1299. Additional information about D&E in general is available at www.dewv.edu or 304-637-1243.


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There has been no shortage of recognition for the steady play of Stetson "dawg" safety Donald Payne's play in both DeLand or around the Pioneer Football League. On Wednesday, that recognition reached a national level when he was named as one of 20 players for the Jerry Rice Award watch list.
The third-year trophy honors the top first-year player at the Football Championship Subdivision level and is named for the Hall of Fame wide receiver who played collegiately at the FCS level for Mississippi Valley State. Towson running back Terrance West was the inaugural winner in 2011 while Villanova quarterback John Robertson took home last year's prize.
Payne was named the PFL's Defensive Player of the Week following each of Stetson's first three games, becoming the first player in the league's history to ever win that honor three times in an entire season. Payne was named the national Freshman of the Week by The Sports Network after the Aug. 31 Warner game and the national Linebacker of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards after the Sept. 21 game against Birmingham-Southern.
Payne has recorded 53 tackles through Stetson's five games thus far, 35 of them solo. He has 6.5 tackles for loss, one sack, two interceptions, seven pass breakups for nine total passes defended, 1 quarterback hurry, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and two defensive touchdowns scored.
His nine passes defended in five games tie him for sixth in the nation. Payne also ranks eighth nationally in forced fumbles, 26th in fumbles recovered, 31st in interceptions, fifth in solo tackles and 13th in total tackles.
The Hatters are back on the field tomorrow when they play host to Dayton at 1:00 p.m. at Spec Martin Stadium in DeLand. Tickets are still available and can be purchased either online at GoHatters.com/tix or over the phone at (386) 822-HATS.


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EMBO Long-Term Fellowship Awards
This page has been updated with a provisional list of recipients of an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship following the Spring 2016 selection.
DISCLAIMER: The provisional lists published on this page have been compiled with great care and to the best of our knowledge, to inform applicants as early as possible about the probable outcome of their application. However, we cannot assume any liability for the list being up-to-date, complete or accurate. Formal award letters will be sent to all successful applicants by email in the second week of June.
*Please note: if your number is not on the list, your application was not successful.
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This page has been updated with a provisional list of recipients of an EMBO Advanced Fellowship following the Autumn 2015 selection.
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*Please note: if your number is not on the list, your application was not successful.
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EMBO fellowsNet
EMBO fellowsNet is the web-based portal where our fellows, scientists who have benefited from funding and support for post-doctoral research from EMBO Long-Term Fellowships, can stay connected with the EMBO community. Once registered, you can receive news updates from EMBO, upload your contact information and publication records, and communicate with other EMBO Fellows.
Main features of EMBO fellowsNet are:
- Fellows network, an online searchable database of EMBO Fellows
- Information on the annual Fellows' Meetings
- Recent scientific publications with links to author profiles
- News from EMBO Fellows
Fellows' Meetings
EMBO organizes annual Fellows' Meetings for those fellows who have recently completed their Long-Term Fellowships.
This annual event aims to bring fellows together in a friendly atmosphere for them to share their experiences, establish new collaborations and contacts. Each fellow can present his/her work with prior submission of a short abstract, published in the meeting booklet. A Science Communication Workshop provides more information about communications with the public and media.
Fellows have the opportunity to meet the EMBO fellowships team and give feedback and suggestions on the activity of the programme.
The next EMBO Fellows' Meeting will take place 13-16 June 2017 at EMBL Heidelberg.
A biennial meeting is held in the US for EMBO Fellows working in North America. The next EMBO US Fellows' Meeting will take place 4-6 November 2016 at The Koch Institute, MIT in Cambridge.
Short-Term Fellowships
NOTICE: Eligibility criteria for EMBO Short-Term Fellowships will soon change. New rules will be applicable to proposals submitted on 1 October 2016 or later.
Short-Term Fellowships fund research visits of up to three months to laboratories in Europe and elsewhere in the world. The aim is to facilitate valuable collaborations with research groups applying techniques that are unavailable in the applicant's laboratory. Short-Term Fellowships are not awarded for exchanges between two laboratories within the same country. Short-Term Fellowships are intended for joint research work rather than consultations.
All applications should focus on the benefit to the home laboratory and involve movement between countries – one of which must be an EMBC Member State. (For applicants from a laboratory within a non-member state, the Short-Term Fellowships are for a fixed duration of 90 days). The fellowships cover travel plus subsistence of the fellow only and not of dependents.
- Applicants should either be scientists who obtained their PhD degree (or equivalent) within the last 10 years or pre-doctoral scientists (PhD students). However, candidates with very little research experience will be given lower priority for funding.
- Short-Term Fellowships are awarded for exchanges between two laboratories in different countries.
- Either the home laboratory or the host laboratory must be within an EMBC Member State.
- On completion of the fellowship applicants must return to their home laboratory for at least six months.
Applications, which are presented as a means of training in a technique rather than as a component of a research project, tend to receive lower priority from reviewers.
EMBO does not consider applications for Short-Term Fellowships to prolong visits begun under other auspices, or as bridging fellowships between, or prior to, long term stays funded by EMBO or other organizations. Applications for fellowships to attend courses, workshops, or symposia will not be considered.
There is no deadline for applications, however it is recommended to apply three months before the proposed starting date.
Please note: Applications received or completed only after the start of the visit will not be considered.
The application process is handled via the online application system.
The Receiving Institute Acceptance Form and two confidential letters of reference (one from the current supervisor) must be sent to the EMBO Short-Term Fellowship office by post or email.
Please read the helpful notes for applicants and the Short-Term Fellowships guidelines for applicants before applying online.
Applications are refereed by EMBO Members or Young Investigators expert in the area of the research project through a written evaluation.
The reviewers are asked to judge the quality of the candidate, the research project and the receiving laboratory, but the major criterion is the projected benefit to the home laboratory of the applicant.
As soon as a decision is reached, normally within three to four months from submission of a complete application, applicants are informed promptly.
Duration of support
Short-Term Fellowships are intended for visits of 1 week up to 3 months. For applicants from laboratories outside the EMBC Member States the duration is fixed to 90 days.
Travel costs and stipend
The fellowships cover travel plus subsistence of the fellow but not of any dependents. The subsistence rate depends on the country being visited.
End of fellowship report
Please note! Your Application Short-Term Fellowship (ASTF) number and your current address MUST be included on your end report.
The end report should be a minimum of one double-sided A4 sheet, detailing your research objectives, results and further work to be undertaken. Diagrams, charts or illustrations may be included in the report.
The EMBO Fellowship Office will send an acknowledgement of receipt. This will include a certificate stating the date, place and duration of your fellowship, your ASTF number and project title.
ERS | EMBO Fellowships
The joint ERS | EMBO Fellowships Programme is a new collaboration between EMBO and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) launched in December 2012. The goal of this joint programme is to encourage collaboration between clinicians and basic researchers and to bring more clinicians into basic science. The ERS is interested in offering such fellowships particularly to clinicians working in the field of respiratory medicine. Building European expertise in the area of respiratory health and promoting excellence in molecular biology research is key for both organisations.
Two long-term fellowships for up to one year and four short-term fellowships for one to three months will be offered. ERS |EMBO joint fellowships are basic science fellowships in respiratory science with a research project in molecular biology.
Long-Term and Short-Term Fellowships
- Candidates should be actively engaged in research/science/practice that is relevant to respiratory medicine, and have appropriate scientific or medical qualifications.
- Applicants must be postgraduates holding a university degree in medicine/science (MD, MSc, PhD, MD-PhD). As a minimum requirement, applicants need to have graduated with an MD, MSc or equivalent at the time of application. Candidates may also be qualified healthcare professionals (non-MD) working in respiratory medicine/health (nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory function technologists, allied respiratory professionals).
- As the purpose of the fellowship is to bring clinicians into the field of basic science, candidates who have a strong clinical background (MDs and MDs-PhDs) will be favoured and prioritized during the selection process.
- All applications must involve intra-European exchange with either home or host country being an EMBC Member State.
- Candidates must be ERS members.
Long-Term Fellowships
Applications' deadline is on 31 January. Visit ERS website for detailed information and online application http://www.ersnet.org/ers-funding/fellowships/long-term/item/4598-ers-embo-joint-fellowship.html
Short-Term Fellowships
Applications' deadlines are on 15 April and 1 October each year. Visit ERS website for detailed information and online application http://www.ersnet.org/ers-funding/fellowships/short-term/ersembo-joint.html
Long-Term Fellowships
Please refer to the Rules & Regulations for detailed subsistence rates, child support and travel grant http://www.ersnet.org/ers-funding/fellowships/long-term/item/4598-ers-embo-joint-fellowship.html
Short-Term Fellowships
Please refer to the Rules & Regulations for detailed subsistence rates, child support and travel grant http://www.ersnet.org/ers-funding/fellowships/short-term/ersembo-joint.html
Advanced Fellowships
EMBO Advanced Fellowships offer an additional two years of funding for EMBO Long-Term Fellows who can demonstrate exceptional progress during their current postdoctoral work. The advanced fellowship allows the awardees to complete their postdoctoral research in the host laboratory and to establish their own line of research.
Applicants must
- be former or current EMBO Long-Term Fellows or EMBO Non-Stipendiary Fellows working in an EMBC Member State
- still be working in the EMBO Long-Term Fellowship host laboratory
- have worked in the host laboratory for at least 18 months at the time of the application deadline
- have worked in the host laboratory for not more than 3 years at the time of the application deadline (career breaks due to parental leave will not be counted in the 3 years)
- have either a high impact* first-author publication or manuscript submitted or close to submission resulting from their EMBO Long-Term Fellowship research
Reapplication is permissible if all eligibility criteria are still met.
*i.e. of high relevance to and beyond the respective scientific field
Applications and supporting documentation (pdf of publication/manuscript; letter of support from host supervisor and one additional reference) are only accepted via the online application system.
There is one annual deadline for EMBO Advanced Fellowships.
The 2016 deadline for submission of complete applications (including references and an uploaded publication/manuscript) is Thursday, 30 June 2016, 14:00 Central European Summer Time.
All applications are examined by the EMBO Fellowships Office to ensure that they are complete and eligible. Receipt of complete applications will be acknowledged via email within four weeks of the application deadline.
First round of evaluation: Pre-screening
During the pre-screening the EMBO Fellowship Committee will select up to 15 applications for a second round of evaluation.
The pre-screening will focus on the scientific achievements of the applicant during his/her current postdoctoral work. The EMBO editors will contribute to the pre-screening by providing feedback on the uploaded publication/manuscript.
Applicants will be informed about the outcome of the prescreening approximately 10 weeks after the submission deadline.
Second round of evaluation
The selected applications will be sent for written evaluation to two EMBO Members or Young Investigators, who are experts in the area of the application. The evaluation will focus on the scientific quality and novelty of the research proposal, the track record of the applicant, and the promise for becoming an independent researcher.
Final decision
The EMBO Fellowship Committee will take the final funding decision based on:
- Previous scientific achievements of the applicant with particular focus on the outcome of their postdoctoral work
- Novelty and biological significance of proposed research taking into account the written evaluations
- Promise of the applicant to become an independent researcher and support provided by the host supervisor
Up to 5 awards will be available annually. Applicants will be notified of the outcome at the beginning of December.
Successful applicants may start their fellowship from 1 January 2017.
Duration of support
Fellowships are awarded for a period of up to 24 months.
Fellowships must be started within one calendar year from the relevant closing date for applications.
The stipend is a subsistence allowance and is intended to cover the cost of living in the host country. The value of the stipend depends on the country where the host laboratory is located.
Laboratory start up grant
If a fellow starts an independent position at an institution located in an EMBC Member State within the fellowship tenure the remaining stipend, up to a maximum of 30,000 euro, can be spent at the fellows' discretion for any laboratory related costs.
Dependent child allowance
EMBO Advanced Fellows are entitled to receive an additional allowance for dependent children under the age of 18. The value of the allowance depends on the country being visited.
Childcare allowance
For children under the age of six, fellows can claim support for incurred childcare costs up to the amount of 2,500 euro per year and per child.
Parental leave
Fellows are entitled to 3 months paid parental leave during their fellowship. Fellows who take parental leave during the fellowship may request an extension of their fellowship for a period of up to 3 months. Parental leave has to be taken within 6 months of the birth of a child. Fellows should inform the Fellowship Office of their intention to take parental leave.
Part-time work
For childcare reasons it is possible to work part-time during the fellowship.
Please note: The maximum fellowship duration (full-time plus part-time) must not exceed 36 months.
Laboratory Management Courses
EMBO Advanced Fellows are entitled to attend a Laboratory Management Course for Postdocs, free of charge, or in case an independent position has been obtained fellows can attend a Laboratory Management Course for Group Leaders.
Long-Term Fellowships
The EMBO Long-Term Fellowships are awarded for a period of up to two years and support post-doctoral research visits to laboratories throughout Europe and the world. International exchange is a key feature in the application process.
Main eligibility criteria:
- Applicants must hold a doctorate degree or equivalent at the start of the fellowship.
- Applicants who already hold a PhD degree at the time of application are eligible to apply only if they passed their PhD exam in the two years prior to the respective application deadline
- Applicants must have at least one first author publication accepted in press or published in an international peer reviewed journal at the time of application.
- All applications must involve movement between countries (detailed information about mobility requirements is listed in guidelines).
- Applications to go to the country in which the PhD was obtained will not be considered.
- Applications for a Long-Term Fellowship to be held in the laboratory, institute or department in which the candidate worked to obtain his or her PhD, or to work again with the candidate's PhD supervisor, no matter where the latter is located, will not be considered.
- Candidates can start working at the host laboratory before the application deadline, but the time spent should not exceed 7 months at the relevant application closing date.
- Candidates can only submit one application for one project at one host laboratory at each round of selection.
- Reapplication is permissible only once.
For detailed eligibility criteria applicants should read the Long-Term Fellowships guidelines.
Applications and supporting documentation (two references, receiving institute acceptance) are only accepted via the online application system. (Opens 6 weeks prior to the application deadline; 1 January for the 12 February deadline and 1 July for the 12 August deadline.)
Please read the FAQs and the Long-Term Fellowships guidelines before applying. Please also see the preview of the online application form.
All applications must be started before Monday, 8 August 2016, 14:00 Central European Summer Time. No new applications can be started after that.
Registration for an EMBO online application account is not sufficient. An application is only regarded as started once some information has been entered into the online application form and successfully saved.
The deadline for submission of complete applications (including references and receiving institute acceptance) is Friday, 12 August 2016, 14:00 Central European Summer Time.
All applications are examined at the EMBO Fellowships Office to ensure that they are complete and eligible.
All eligible applications are then sent to the Fellowship Committee for pre-screening and twice the number of available fellowships is selected for an interview. During the pre-screening, the Committee reviews a condensed application form, which includes a summary of the applicant's main scientific achievements along with the three most important publications, summary and biological significance of the proposed work, justification for choice of the host lab, as well as reference and acceptance letters.
For applicants who successfully passed the pre-screening, an interviewer, who is an expert in the area of the application, will be selected from among the EMBO Members and EMBO Young Investigators. When it is not possible to arrange a personal or video interview, the candidate's application is sent for written evaluation.
All applications are then evaluated by the EMBO Fellowship Committee based on:
- Previous scientific achievements of the applicant
- Novelty and biological significance of proposed research
- Appropriateness of the host laboratory for the proposed research and training of the applicant.
The Fellowship Committee then meets to take the final funding decisions. Typically the outcome of the selection is known between 14-16 weeks after the closing date and is provided on the EMBO website shortly after the committee meeting.
Please read the Long-Term Fellowships guidelines for further details.
Note the following when submitting your EMBO Long-Term Fellowship application:
Interviews normally take place within 6-10 weeks of the closing date for applications. The interview may take place outside the applicant's country of residence; therefore, applicants must have a valid passport. Candidates may be requested to give a seminar as part of the interview procedure. The interview should take place at the interviewer's convenience and the applicant is responsible for contacting the interviewer.
Interview travel expenses will be reimbursed by EMBO. A claim form will be issued and together with receipts has to be returned to the EMBO Fellowship office.
Candidates are expected to travel by second-class rail for journeys of up to 8 hours. Otherwise or in case this is less expensive, travel by economy class air will be refunded. Subsistence and accommodation expenses are refunded up to the EMBO standard daily rate.
Duration of support
Fellowships may be awarded for a period of up to 24 months but the Fellowship Committee may also award a shorter period than requested.
Please note: The minimum fellowship duration that can be requested is 12 months.
Fellowships must be started within one calendar year from the relevant closing date for applications.
The stipend is a subsistence allowance and is intended to cover the cost of living in the host country. The stipend rate depends on the country being visited and might be subject to taxation. We cannot advise on respective national tax regulations and we recommend fellows to contact the relevant authorities in the host country.
Dependent child allowance
EMBO fellows are entitled to receive an additional allowance for dependent children under the age of 18. The value of the allowance depends on the country being visited.
Child care allowance
For children under the age of six, fellows can claim support for incurred child-care costs up to the amount of €2.500 per year and per child.
Travel allowance
The travel allowance is intended to cover travel costs up to the amount of €5.000 for the fellow and his/her family to and from the receiving institute. The travel allowance further includes half a month's stipend to contribute to relocation costs.
Please read the Long-Term Fellowships Guidelines for further details.
Parental leave
Fellows whose children were born during their fellowship are entitled to 3 months paid parental leave. Fellows who take parental leave during the fellowship may request an extension of their fellowship for a period of up to 3 months. This extension has to be requested by the host supervisor at the end of the fellowship. Parental leave has to begin within 6 months of the birth of a child. Fellows should inform the Fellowship Office of their intention to take parental leave.
Part-time work
For child-care reasons it is possible to work part-time during the fellowship.
Please note: The maximum fellowship duration (full-time plus part-time) must not exceed 36 months.
Private Pension Scheme
Fellows are encouraged to enrol in Private pension schemes of their choice. During the fellowship period, EMBO will match the fellows' contributions up to 100 euros per month paid at the end of each year, provided that the following conditions are met:
- The scheme is a proper pension scheme and not any other type of financial product (life insurance, investment account, etc.).
- The scheme is transferable to another country at least at the European level.
EMBO FellowsNet
All fellows can join the EMBO fellowsNet, a web-based portal for current and former fellows, that allows them to stay connected with the EMBO community.
At the end of the fellowship, fellows are invited to the Fellows' Meeting. This annual event brings fellows together in a friendly atmosphere to present their research, share experiences, establish new collaborations and contacts. It is also an opportunity to meet the EMBO staff and give feedback and suggestions on the programme.
Laboratory Management Courses
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4 Classic Rap Albums That Ruined Rap Music
#2. LL Cool J's Bigger and Deffer Gave Us the Rap Ballad
It's probably because he's since gone on to join Will Smith and Ice Cube in that holy trinity of rappers who spend more time acting than rhyming these days, but there was a time when LL Cool J was a total badass. Way back in 1985 when other rappers were still hip-hip-hopping and you-don't-stopping their way through songs mostly intended to start the party, LL Cool J (whose Wikipedia page has to be one of the most neatly organized and easy to use I've ever seen) was screaming his way through aggressive fare like "Rock the Bells" at the mind-blowingly tender age of 16.
The album that produced that song, Radio, ended with kind of a strange twist, though, in the form of a tune called "I Want You," which is a young James Todd Smith's awkward attempt at mixing his trademark bravado with tender longings for love. It's fucking terrible and corny, and you should only listen to it if you need a laugh, which you shouldn't, because I'm working right now.
Alternately, if you feel like you need to jam, have a listen to LL Cool J absolutely nailing the rap ballad formula just a few short years later.
That's "I Need Love," and you show some goddamn respect when you're listening to it, because it's perfect.
The runaway success of this song inspired damn near every rapper working at the time to try and replicate it with a ballad of their own, and unfortunately, maybe five of them were worth hearing. The rest were consistently terrible.
For example, check out old school legend Big Daddy Kane effectively destroying his career by proving that he's not as qualified as LL to make pretty rap songs or take his shirt off on television in the video for the objectively awful single "To Be Your Man."
You probably don't even know who that guy is, and it's probably that video's fault. The song is a standout on the once dominant rapper's sophomore album, but only because it is far and away the worst song on an otherwise great record. I remember seeing this video for the first time and, even at the age of 12, thinking, "Why would you release that as a single?"
Trying to capitalize on LL's unlikely success in the slow jam market got Big Daddy Kane labeled as an "R&B rapper" way before that was acceptable among rap fans. He disappeared from sight a few years and subpar albums later. But when the likes of Mary J. Blige and Bell Biv Devoe (stop laughing, they were more important than you realize) started blurring the line between the two genres, the door was opened for the rap ballad to make a "triumphant" return. And now, we get shit like this:
That's future "Where Are They Now?" subject Nelly and daddy-issue-drenched country star Tim McGraw masking their hair loss and pouring out their emotions together on an acoustic rap ballad, which doubles as the worst example of this particular type of song I could find (and also just the worst thing I've been able to find in general).
You have LL Cool J to thank for that awful song. And also partly for NCIS: Los Angeles, since we're keeping track.
#1. De La Soul's Early Albums Gave Us Between-Song Skits
If you look at the track listings for De La Soul's first two albums, the monumental 3 Feet High and Rising and its just as important follow-up, De La Soul Is Dead, you'll note that both were apparently fantastic values. The former checks in at a lofty 24 songs, and the latter shatters that mark with an insane 27 songs. Obviously, those are double-album numbers, but each is just a single disc. So what gives?
You can't afford not to buy them!
Unfortunately, much to the dismay of countless rap fans for over 20 years now, both of those albums introduced the concept of the "skit" to rap music. Take a look at the De La Soul Is Dead track listing again, this time with the added feature of each track's running time.
You'll note that eight of the "songs" are less than a minute long. Additionally, as anyone familiar with the album can attest, a lot of the stuff in the two-minute range is fairly useless also, even if it's not explicitly labeled as a "skit." If you wanted to be generous, you could label all of that stuff as "experiment." And when you subtract all of that away, you're left with 13 actual songs. Mind you, damn near every one of them is a winner, but still, if we're speaking in the strictest terms, over half of the tracks on De La Soul Is Dead are pointless filler that most people listened to once and never revisited again. Like this, for example:
That formula was intact on their first album also, where only 14 of the 24 listed tracks are what anyone going into the experience looking for sonic enjoyment would label as "songs." But it was that second effort that really kicked the improv half of the De La Soul experience into high gear. These skits were distracting and unnecessary and stand as the only knock against two otherwise groundbreaking-in-the-good-way classics. And yet, for some reason, once De La Soul introduced the idea, between-song skits became a staple of rap music.
One notable early adopter was Dr. Dre.
Seen here in what might not be a recent picture.
Following De La Soul's "success" with mixing nonsense people don't want to hear with great songs, the fabled producer and future president of the headphone guild followed the exact same strategy with NWA's Ice Cube-less follow-up to Straight Outta Compton. That album, the unsafe to say in public Niggaz 4 Life, featured five "songs" that clocked in at two minutes or less.
And song #8 is about Mr. T!
He carried the practice through to a slightly lesser extent on the legendary album The Chronic, which only featured two skits, but one of them was nearly three minutes long, so the math still works. By contrast, Straight Outta Compton, which was released months prior to De La Soul's debut, was presented as a tight package featuring 14 songs, none of which were less than three minutes long.
He's just one example, though. Rap music and between-song skits today are like rap music and designer clothing labels. They've been together for so long, the chances of them parting ways anytime soon are slim to none. For as long as any of us enjoy rap music, we're also going to have to enjoy editing absolutely pointless tracks out of our iPod playlists on a regular basis. Rappers love skits. There's just no getting around it.
Those of us who aren't in the business of making albums will likely never understand why this is the case, but at least we know who to blame.
Adam hosts a podcast called Unpopular Opinion that you should check out right here. You should also be his friend on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.


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HSBC Bank USA executives say the bank's $35 million capital investment in its Buffalo-area facilities reinforces its commitment to the region.
HSBC is pouring money into an overhaul of the Atrium office building downtown, next door to the First Niagara Center, and into leased space at its sprawling former mortgage facility on Walden Avenue in Depew.
"What we're talking about is a complete renovation of two very, very important facilities for HSBC," said Greg Zeeman, senior vice president and chief operating officer for HSBC Bank USA, the U.S. subsidiary of HSBC Holdings Plc of London. "It's one of the largest capital investments HSBC has made in the United States."
HSBC has more than 3,000 employees in Western New York, largely in commercial, private and corporate banking, as well as back-office roles for its operations both nationally and globally. The bank, formerly Marine Midland Bank, is moving its employees out of the One HSBC Center tower into the Atrium and the Depew locations by the end of October.
Just over a year ago, HSBC completed the sale of its upstate branch network to First Niagara Financial Group, a deal that raised questions about HSBC's long-term plans for Western New York, where its roots date to 1850. It also sold its credit card business and transferred its U.S. mortgage business to PHH Corp.
But HSBC officials at a Monday news conference said the $35 million investment – which was approved by HSBC's London-based group chief operating officer following a personal visit to Buffalo – affirms the bank's connection to the region.
"Once completed, these renovations will place HSBC's facilities among the highest quality and workplace standards in the United States, and among the group," Zeeman said.
HSBC officials said the two-year project is scheduled to wrap up by October 2014. The bank's lease at One HSBC Center is expiring this October, and employees are moving out in waves, said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president and managing director for HSBC Bank USA's upstate commercial banking business.
The $35 million investment covers the overhaul of existing space and installation of carpeting, ceilings, furniture and even walls. All old furniture, equipment and even office supplies are being donated or auctioned, and will be replaced with white desks, key-lock file cabinets and boxlike personal "lockers" with combination locks.
HSBC will also make technological upgrades to further enable wi-fi and video conferencing, as well as install an advanced telecommunications system. And the six-story Atrium will be environmentally friendly, with LEED certification for energy-efficient lighting and other steps.
HSBC officials led a media tour of the bank's new look and very modern office space, a sleek and largely paperless format it is also adopting at the Depew location. Instead of workers having individual desks in cubicles assigned to them, employees now take an available work station at a long table, with a low fabric-paneled divider between the two sides of the table. The open-space layout encourages interaction and flexibility among employees.
"What we try to do is have a very open, collaborative environment where people can see each other and people can hear each other," said Robert Morelli, head of corporate real estate for HSBC Bank USA. Employees can store their materials in individual, locked compartments.
Employees, most of whom will be equipped with laptops, also can work in other areas of the floor, such as in a lounge area or in the break-out space, or can work remotely from home, a coffee shop or someplace else with a wi-fi connection, Morelli said. "We really encourage the employees to be mobile, to be flexible, because we think that just makes a very productive workforce. People can work anyplace, any time."
The flexible work space approach also helps HSBC accommodate all of the workers being moved out of the tower.
When the renovations are complete, HSBC's workforce will essentially be split between the Atrium and the Depew facilities, Zeeman said. The $35 million investment is also divided about evenly between the two locations.
Moreover, the bank is doing the upgrades without any tax incentives from the state or Erie County, officials said.
"I think that's a major turnaround for this community," said Richard Tobe, deputy county executive. "This may be a major turning point. They want to be here, for their own reasons, without an inducement."
Quinn said the bank also hopes to be a key part of the larger Canalside development efforts, with the new $17 million-plus investment in the Atrium right next to First Niagara Center, the Sabres' HarborCenter project and One Canalside.
"There's an awful lot of excitement down here at this end of town, so we're very excited to be part of that," Quinn said, noting the proximity of the Atrium to multiple construction sites and more than $1.7 billion in public and private investment downtown. "As a Buffalonian myself, I am very proud of this project. I think we should be very proud of what's happening down here."
Public officials also see HSBC's commitment as another gain for the development efforts downtown. "There's not a spot on the waterfront now that's not in play," Tobe said, calling it the "realization of the vision" from a 1988 waterfront commission report that called for creating significant public space on the waterfront to encourage private sector investment to follow. "And this investment now secures one more block."
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A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.
It is possible to develop scoliosis with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors you have, the greater your likelihood of developing scoliosis. If you have a number of risk factors, ask your doctor what you can do to reduce your risk.
Medical Conditions
A number of medical conditions predispose children to scoliosis, including:
The adolescent form of scoliosis is by far the most common form. This form begins in children over the age of 10, and usually progresses until growth stops in adolescence.
Mild curves affect boys and girls equally, but girls are 10 times more likely to have curves that progress enough to require treatment.
Genetic Factors
You are more likely to have scoliosis if other members of your family do. However, while you cannot predict how severe your scoliosis will be based on the severity of scoliosis in other family members, some evidence suggests that genetic testing might be useful in predicting the future severity of scoliosis.
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The Labatt Blue Pond Hockey Tournament just couldn't seem to catch a break from the weather.
The wet, slushy snow that fell across the region Friday caused major problems for the nine manmade ice rinks in the harbor of the Erie County Marina.
The manmade rinks were put in to avoid a repeat of last year woes when the lack of ice in the marina forced organizers to morph the event into street hockey competition.
Organizers were chagrined to find four of nine rinks ruined at the beginning of the day.
The start time was pushed back to 11 a.m. from 8:30 a.m. and a few games were played, including the Buffalo police vs. fire game.
But by early afternoon, ice conditions were deteriorating and organizers were forced to cancel. They promised full refunds for everyone who planned to participate, including those who already played.
One bit of good news – there was plenty of beer still available in the beer tents.
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