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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Jacob Burcham didn't blow away the 9-minute mark in the 3200-meter run Friday at the state track meet, but he and his Cabell Midland teammates outdid themselves in the 4x800-meter relay.
With Avery Campbell providing a strong opening leg and Burcham finishing with a flourish, the Knights finished in 7 minutes, 49.84 seconds - 2.06 seconds faster than the 7:51.90 meet record set by the 1995 Hedgesville team.
Yes, the Knights planned to beat that record, considered amazing in its day.
"Coming in, that was our goal, to get that record," Burcham said. "I'm happy I did it for them in the anchor leg. Avery PR'd big-time in his leg. He's not an 800 runner, but he looked like it today. Mason [Dion] and Brian [Lawhon] did what they do, they're very consistent guys.
"I was just hoping I wouldn't blow it for him."
Burcham thinks Campbell nipped the two-minute mark, and his own leg clocked in at about 1:53.
Several hours and an encroaching rain later, Burcham won the 3200 for the third year in a row, but his time was "only" 9:08.34 - well short of the historic 8:57.73 he ran last year. George Washington's Matt Brafford took the non-Burcham title in a strong 9:21.71.
Brafford did take a shoulder's advantage for 51/2 laps, until Burcham hit the gas.
"I didn't want to run that fast, but Brafford took me out pretty quick," Burcham said. "He was running pretty quick; that was good by him. I was going to sit on him until I felt him getting tired."
Burcham's run ended a string of six dominating performances in the 3,200, started by St. Marys' Maggie Drazba. She won by more than 92 seconds, lapping the field on the backstretch of the final lap. A few races later, it was time for Buffalo's Dylan Rich to put on a show.
The senior, who also helped the Bison win the 4x800, cruised to an 11-second victory with a time of 9:41.54, which didn't threaten any meet records. But that wasn't the point.


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His research career has focused on the integrated assessment of climate change, including modeling of energy use and air pollution, biofuels, and greenhouse gas emissions and climate's effects on agriculture, including consideration of land use change. His work has been published in more than 150 articles, reports and volume chapters. He has served in a variety of capacities on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was the Co-Chair of the U.S. National Agricultural Assessment on Climate Variability and Change, served on early committees in the federal government that shaped the direction of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, and on a wide range of advisory committees. Prior to joining MIT in 1998, he spent 15 years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, with prior service for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Institute for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
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A casino has been bombed on a Cherokee reservation in North Carolina and Vanessa is the FBI agent in charge. A tip had alerted them to the identity of the bomber, but Vanessa knew him anyway. Hightower had been convicted of manslaughter, served his time and is back. She has a special reason to know him as he had killed her cousin.
Vanessa believes that Hightower will strike again and she believes the time will be at the coming festival when the largest number of people will be congregated. So Vanessa is in a race against time when Clay Senate shows up to help her. The FBI had no particular reason to question the offer of help coming from Homeland Security.
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- MRC GOLF Press Release - January 21, 2011
MITSUBISHI RAYON INTRODUCES THE FUBUKI® AX SERIES OF HYBRID SHAFTS Carlsbad, CA - (January 21, 2011) - MRC GOLF, INC. introduces the Fubuki™ AX Hybrid Series of shafts to its family of high-performance, tour-proven Fubuki wood shafts. The new Fubuki AX series of Hybrid shafts has been designed to be the perfect compliment to the Fubuki AX Fairway Wood and Fubuki Alpha Driver Series - one of the most widely played shafts on professional tours worldwide. The new AX Series of shafts by Mitsubishi Rayon allow players of all ability to build a perfectly match set of shafts - Driver, Fairway Wood, Iron, and now Hybrid. This new Hybrid Series will make its debut at the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida and has already made its debut on the US and European tours. The Fubuki™ AX Hybrid utilizes the latest in materials and design to deliver the premium performance and control demanded by today's strongest players. The series incorporates our latest amorphous Carbon Fiber design in the tip section to minimize the traditional disadvantage associated with high-performance carbon fiber hybrid shafts yet delivers a more consistent and repeatable dynamic launch angle. With a variety of weights and flexes, players of all abilities can now maximize the advantage of playing pure high-performance carbon fiber hybrid shafts. |
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Central German Metropolitan Region
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Country | Germany | |
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• Metro | 2,000 km2 (800 sq mi) | |
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• Metro | 2,400,000 | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
Website | http://www.region-mitteldeutschland.com/en/ |
The Central German Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland) is one of eleven metropolitan regions in Germany. It is centered on the major cities of Leipzig and Halle, extending over Central German parts of the states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony. The Central German metropolitan region is the only one entirely located within the new states of Germany.
The largest of the nine member cities are Leipzig in Saxony, Halle (Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt and Erfurt in Thuringia. The member cities total 2.4 million people.
Member cities[edit]
Except for Zwickau, all towns hold the status of an independent city. The surrounding catchment areas officially are not part of the metropolitan region, though generally added for statistical and practical purposes.
All cities had to face a population decrease after German reunification, first upon the migration of labour to former West Germany (the 'old states') entailing heavy brain drain impacts, since the mid-1990s particularly due to an ongoing suburbanization process. The shrinkage and the affiliated drop in tax revenue has been partly compensated by amalgamation and the incorporation of suburban municipalities. Nevertheless the cities' infrastructure has reached the limits of spatial extension, and after a wide-scale refurbishment of downtown areas, a remigration process has recently occurred.
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[JURIST] Former Yukos [corporate website] CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [MosNews profile; JURIST news archive] has been hospitalized in Russia after being stabbed in the face by another prisoner while he slept, Khodorkovsky's lawyer Yury Schmidt said Saturday. The injury to Khodorkovsky's left nostril required stitches, but the Federal Prison Service dismissed the injury claims as a result of an argument with another inmate. A second lawyer for Khodorkovsky [defense website], Natalya Terekhova, said on Gazeta.ru that Khodorkovsky's assailant was a young cellmate called Kuchma, who now waits in solitary confinement, but that Khodorkovsky did not submit a complaint against Kuchma because Kuchma was not aware of his actions. Khodorkovsky has complained that the Siberian prison denies him access to his lawyers, and successfully appealed to a Russian court for more access to his lawyers [JURIST report]. Khodorkovsky was convicted in May 2005 of tax evasion [JURIST report], and the government nationalized Khodorkovsky's oil empire to pay off $33 billion in back taxes. The remaining Yukos assets will likely be sold this year. Bankruptcy proceedings [JURIST report] began in late March for Yukos, while Yukos vice president Vasily Aleksanyan was charged [JURIST report] with embezzlement and money laundering in early April. AP has more. MosNews has local coverage.
[JURIST] The Spanish Supreme Court [official website] has overturned the convictions of three men found guilty [JURIST report; verdict, PDF] last year of collaborating with or belonging to al Qaeda in connection with the Sept. 11 terror attacks [JURIST news archive]. The three men, Driss Chebli, Sadik Merizak, and Abdelaziz Benyaich, were convicted along with 15 other men in what was Europe's largest trial of those suspected of involvement in Sept. 11. Prosecutors from the case actually requested that the high court throw out their convictions because there was not sufficient evidence to jail the three men, and also encouraged the court to throw out a murder conspiracy conviction for the leading suspect in the case, Syrian-born Spaniard Imad Yarkas. The high court has not made a decision yet in Yarkas' appeal. He was convicted [JURIST report] last September of conspiracy with Mohamed Atta and other members of the Hamburg, Germany-based al Qaeda cell widely suspected of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks. Prosecutors believe that the convictions of the remaining 14 men should stand. The 2005 trial in Spain drew widespread criticism, with many accusations that the 18 convicts were simply Islamic fanatics with no real connection to the terrorist attacks [CSM report; BBC report]. Yarkas denied [JURIST report] any connection to Atta throughout the trial. AP has more.
[JURIST] Belarus [JURIST news archive] opposition politician and former foreign economic relations minister Mikhail Marinich [Wikipedia profile] was released from prison Friday, after having served nearly two years of a two and a half year sentence. Arrested in April 2004 and convicted of theft of equipment the US government provided to his NGO "Business Initiative," Marinich's case has been widely criticized as fabricated [US DOS summary]. A court approved an early release for Marinich because a stroke in prison rendered him an invalid.The same court that freed Marinich rejected a request to free another opposition politician, Alexander Kozulin [CFR profile and interview], who led protests [JURIST report] last month over the controversial re-election [JURIST report] of President Alexander Lukashenko [official website; BBC profile]. The European Union on Monday approved travel bans [PDF press release; JURIST report] on Lukashenko and 30 other top government officials in response to the government's crackdown on political protestors [JURIST report]. The government has charged more than 600 election protesters [JURIST report]. AP has more.
[JURIST] Eight thousand pro-democracy protesters [JURIST news archive] assembled in Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu Saturday in the largest demonstration against the rule of King Gyanendra [official profile; BBC profile] since the current round of protests began over a week ago. An alliance of seven opposition political parties, including the Communist Party of Nepal [party website], has been waging a general strike against Gyanendra's rule and protests continue despite Gyanendra's promise to hold general elections [JURIST report] by April 2007. Gyanendra has made similar promises in the past and the opposition is demanding that he step down immediately. Reuters has more.Also in Kathmandu Saturday, police used batons to attack a rally staged by about 200 local journalists, including members of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists [advocacy website], as they gathered to protest government curbs on press freedom. Nepalese police reportedly wounded seven journalists and detained at least twice that many. Reuters has more. AP has additional coverage. eKantipur.com has local coverage.
[JURIST] Pointing to a letter written by lawyers representing Zacarias Moussaoui and a motion filed with the court by federal public defenders who represented Richard Reid [BBC profile], the so-called "shoe bomber," US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday vacated a previous order [order, PDF] requiring Reid to testify on behalf of Moussaoui's defense at his sentencing trial. After years of maintaining that he had no specific role in the Sept. 11 attacks [JURIST news archive], in March Moussaoui reversed his story [JURIST report], telling the court that he and Reid were ordered to hijack a fifth plane and fly it into the White House. Earlier this month, jurors in Moussaoui's sentencing trial [case docket] found that Moussaoui was eligible for the death penalty [JURIST report] for his alleged role in Sept. 11. Although Moussaoui has previously said that he wanted to be executed, on Thursday he recanted his execution wish [JURIST report], telling the court that execution was contrary to Islamic teaching. He still made clear, however, that he had no regret for the Sept. 11 attacks.In vacating her previous order on Friday, Judge Brinkema gave no explanation her decision, citing only the letter written by Moussaoui's defense and the motion filed by Reid's lawyers, neither of which were released to the public. Reid is currently serving a life sentence [CNN report] in Colorado for attempting to blow up an American Airlines flight in 2001. AP has more.
[JURIST] US District Judge Sarah Evans Barker [official profile] of the Southern District of Indiana issued an opinion [PDF text] Friday upholding a 2005 law [Public Law 109-2005, PDF text] enacted by the Indiana General Assembly [official website] that requires most voters to present a valid, government-issued photo identification card when they head to the polls. The Indiana Democratic Party [official website] led the constitutional challenge to the law [complaint, PDF], claiming it would disproportionately disadvantage those voters who many have trouble obtaining the proper identification, including the poor, elderly, minorities, and individuals who are handicapped. Challengers of the law will likely appeal Friday's ruling.Five other states currently require photo ID to vote in elections and lawmakers in Georgia may soon also use such a requirement. Last month, civil rights, religious and community groups asked [JURIST report] the US Department of Justice [official website] to block a Georgia law that would require voters there to show photo identification before casting ballots. A previous version of the Georgia law was blocked by a federal judge [JURIST report] last year, but the revised version offers free photo IDs to voters who need them. AP has more.
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] in a 2-1 decision [opinion, PDF; dissent, PDF] Friday ruled that a Los Angeles ordinance that subjects the homeless to arrest if they are caught "sitting, lying or sleeping on public sidewalks" violates the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment found in the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution [text]. Noting that there was "substantial and undisputed evidence" that the homeless population in the city far outnumbers the number of beds available in homeless shelters in the city, the court said the disputed ordinance violated homeless people's Eighth Amendment rights "by criminalizing the unavoidable act of sitting, lying or sleeping at night while being involuntarily homeless." The City of Los Angeles has not stated how it plans to respond to Friday's ruling. The decision could have substantial implications for how the city will deal with its growing homeless population. The Ninth Circuit opinion particularly noted that Los Angeles' Skid Row neighborhood [USC walking tour] has the highest concentration of homeless people in the United States, with 11,000 to 12,000 homeless people living in the 50-block area. The LA Times has more.
[JURIST] Lawyers familiar with the case of former University of South Florida computer science professor Sami al-Arian [advocacy website; JURIST report] said Friday that the Kuwait-born Palestinian activist had agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors in which he would plead guilty to a lesser terrorism-related charge of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization and be deported from the United States. The deal comes after federal jurors acquitted al-Arian [JURIST report] late last year of eight of the 17 terrorism-related charges with which he had been accused and could not reach a unanimous verdict on the rest. The deal is still subject to the approval of a federal judge.Al-Arian stood trial [JURIST report] in 2005 for 17 charges [charge sheet; JURIST report] relating to his alleged financing of terrorist activities in Israel. The outcome was a substantial blow to the federal government [JURIST report], which had heralded the trial as a win for the Patriot Act. AP has more. The Tampa Tribune has local coverage.
[JURIST] US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld [official profile] kept tabs on the 2002 interrogations of Mohamed al-Qahtani [Wikipedia profile], the so-called "20th hijacker" from the Sept. 11 attacks, every week at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], according to a report [subscription required] from Salon.com. The online magazine used a Freedom of Information Act [text; summary] request to obtain portions of a December 2005 Army inspector general's report on its investigation of then-Guantanamo commander Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller [Wikipedia profile], which includes a sworn statement [PDF text] by Lt. Gen. Randall Schmidt and an interview [PDF text] with Gen. James Hill. Rumsfeld reportedly monitored the Army's interrogations of Al-Qahtani by speaking to Miller weekly, while the Saudi detainee was subjected to allegedly abusive treatment, including tactics resembling those employed in the Abu Ghraib [JURIST news archive] prison scandal. In his statement, Schmidt said that Rumsfeld did not specifically authorize the questionable interrogation techniques, but that the abuses were able to occur due to Rumsfeld's vague instructions. Schmidt also said that he found Miller's claims that he was unaware of the allegedly abusive interrogation methods employed at Guantanamo Bay "hard to believe." Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] issued a statement Friday calling on the government to appoint a special prosecutor [press release] to investigate the allegations. Just last month, Al-Qahtani recanted information [JURIST report] he had provided implicating about 30 Guantanamo Bay detainees, claiming the his statements were coerced by torture. Saturday's Boston Globe has more.
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Benefits Package
The Evergreen State College offers a generous state benefits package through the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) to all insurance eligible faculty and staff members. The benefits package includes a choice of comprehensive medical and dental plans as well as an employer paid basic life insurance and basic long-term disability insurance.
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These Nature Life poems are examples of Life poems about Nature. These are the best examples of Nature Life poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
Dearest young leaf, Why so melancholy? Thy emerald sheath has not borne Time's folly. Think not of Autumn's deathly brilliance, Of colors rich and flaky grounds, For Thou wilt weep every moment hence, While Springtime's youth still bounds. Greet Thy greenness with glee, For thy root to the Oak remains strong, Aeolus' fury on Thee has no effect till Summertime gone. So worry not of what is to come, Enjoy Thy existence, little one.
Beyond the hills of Auburn Past the river, through the trees I found a secret garden Pretty as you please A field of red corn poppies Cosmos and blue bell Candytuft and blazing star Bedecked a wishing well Scarlet sage and tidy tips Covered a distant knoll A quiet little gopher Lies sleeping in his hole Resting beside a trickling brook Beneath the weeping willow I have a bed of scarlet flax With yarrow for a pillow Today, I was truly blessed When a robin dropped me here You see in any other place A gardener I would fear For I am but a lowly weed That most would only shun But in this secret garden I am loved by everyone
I am the ring around Saturn spinning words as particles of ice and dust with the power to transcend I am the original chosen to be right here right now transmitting verbal frequencies through speaking my thoughts into existence I am the heir of omnipotence, born with a direct connection to profound abundance The one whose words will age, yet still have substance; since there are no boundaries attached to my pen I am constant energy Translating personal experience into imagery Vulnerable to tyranny, yet i continue attempting to share some truth through this abstract language of poetry I am the core I am that I am more I am the Divine Presence that is the Source of my rewards I am the green you get when you mix too much yellow with the blue That shade of gold you get when the sun resides into darkness and when it ascends in the dawn burning dew I am the transition between the third and fourth dimension of time; the love you feel when you realize how it feels I am the poem that is abstractly direct because I write beyond limits absorbing frequencies from 3 to 8 hertz through meditation for several minutes I am the one bridging the gap between the analog ascension and the direct connection to spirit The one who is love because I am a descendent of it I am the rhythm that the wind blows I am the beginning and the ending of stories told about the universe and how miracles unfold I hold the power to accept judgement from those who will do just that Not knowing that I am them in the absolute reality of me Judge that I am knowledge beyond measure because that is my right So I continue meeting the different parts of me when I meditate and write Who am I? I AM, THAT, I AM
I am Alive Forever and always Essence Rebirth Renewal I have earth to ground me I have wind to move me I have fire to cleanse my spirit I have rain to quench my thirst for growth I have sun to enlighten me feed me I am my own mother and an extension of the whole I am Earth wind rain sun fire I am as old as life and I am as young as time I am shelter to those who seek me I am a bird a flower and the breath of the earth itself I am exactly where I want to be I am life I am first and last the beginning and the end I am one from many I am what I am I live I grow and I die. I am Reborn unto myself I am the great circle My limbs know no Boundaries; while My leaves whisper The one truth of the Whole through the Seasons changing Colors that I wear Upon my heart's Sleeve, I'm home To Earth Mother's Melodious Life; I Sing for the whole World to hear - trees Are Earth Mother's Song Blowing 'round the leafy Globe; eyes of the world song {{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Of the Mother breath of the living soul of the earth }}}}}}}}}}}} ***Senses evoked here are: Touching, Tasting, Hearing, Smelling and Seeing ***Elements evoked are: Water, Wind, Earth Metal, and Fire
Walking alone past the reeds blowing lace, Stroking the oak by the old wooden gate, Guided by trust to my lovers embrace, Pouring my heart into leaves as they bate Wind into dancing as feet hesitate, Just long enough to find rhythm, I trace Patterns in air as the pollen creates - Fair is the face of the Lords given grace... Sky paints a picture for moon in dark space, Vast driven oceans of life demonstrate Love for the mountainous deserts displaced, Each born anew, by the wind to its fate - Seamless infinity's natural state, Is seeing your eyes on another's kind face And Finding forgiveness for those who breed hate, Fair is the face of the Lords given grace Out in the sun as light seeks out its place, Faith comes to breathe as it encapsulates Bodies of men where his truth is encased, Dreamers whose dreams become true and innate, Their journey is hard but rewarding and great Where love can be found but cannot be replaced And words that when written just right captivate, Fair is the face of the Lords given grace... Each breath I breathe makes me appreciate How beautiful life is, how rich and how chaste - Nature's perfection is light incarnate, Fair is the face of the Lords given grace... copyright Kristin Reynolds 2008
The misty foggy morn floated in a dream And lifted off the mirrored pond almost like a steam. Moisture laden flowers bowed upon their stems. Tiny gossamer carpets with sparkling rhinestone gems Waiting for a whisper breeze to carry them away, As subtle yellow glow welcomed in the day. Iridescent dragon flies swooped by and hovered there Above a water lilly's bloom opening in prayer, And as I watched the magic new day softly dawning I bowed in peace, thankful for this summer morning.
I was once a little twig with dreams of being a mighty tree So people would come from all around just to look at me As the years started to come and go I fell in love with the wind I would open myself big and wide swaying to the music of my friend My rings became many and my bark was as red as red could be Then the day finally came I was the tallest of the tallest trees I stood tall and I stood proud and everyone knew my name As my rings continued recording my destiny to fame Then the fateful day it came my friend and I had a fight Looking back I can't recall who was wrong or right I said, "You are but the wind something people can't even see" " And I'm the king of them all the tallest of the tallest trees" That night the wind started to howl she really started to blow And I the tallest of all the trees learned we reap what we sow My roots struggled to hold on tight but without a soul around She who had been my dearest friend knocked me to the ground The loggers came and cut me up then shipped me away To my soul that truly was a sad and lonely day Torn from all I knew and loved wishing I didn't have to feel I was cut into boards and post down at the local mill Now I'm back here at home just a few feet away From where my friend the wind and I used to dance and play I'm the deck on which you stand I lay below your feet There is a bench made of me would you care to have a seat Sometimes in life our roles change just take a look at me The trick is no matter who are what you are be all you can be See I was once a little twig who became a mighty tree And now I'm a redwood deck as proud as proud can be And of my friend the wind she visits me everyday So I can thank her once again for helping me find my way
I'm made of ten thousand layers, curvaceous but stretched thin, How should I begin to reveal the shape of this maiden-lover-hag and the landscape that few men view, behind the louvered door? Archetypes coexist comfortably below and upon my shared skin, First, the shrew makes minced meat of all your carnivorous ways, Then, I become the shy virgin again until Venus takes the floor. Morning, while I tend my child between wringing out wet dishrags, I release the Mother Goddess, nurse and maid, maker of wee sighs, Bending down to wipe a tear, kiss a brow, proudly raise a nation. A chatelaine rattling keys, I walk the wide halls of imagination, Strong and free, yet accepting of my femininity, moved to cry by the joys and miseries of family life, twin dimensions of wife. My hips have turned soft men to stone then have rocked them home with urgency; the same hips that sheltered one yet born now happily support a burdensome basket each laundry day. Betwixt the ribs, there is still a girl, weaving daisies evermore, Remembering ribbons tugged from her hair, a tomboy daughter, Climbing trees, bloodied knees, leaving trails laced with laughter. Slips out the hoyden, lacking grace and gentleness, too crass, and the very clouds try to escape the look upon my crone's face, Flip and sassy, standing up for the weak, voicing world wrongs. Daily, the lady, the broad, the nag and miss rewrite their songs, They play their parts so aptly, leaving me and them quite satisfied, A lifetime is horribly short, my sex gives all her love and worth, And men quickly learn that no woman on this lovely earth can simply be classified. *Inspired by Alanis Morisette's "I'm a B_tch" **For David's contest, I hope ***Began the write May 26, 2012, finished the write May 29, 2012
Suddenly, my shoulders shine with blessed liquid, sweet, divine Mouth unhinged to quell the tongue with, oh... just a kiss, just a drop These days we had when we were young Running mad through hot cloud tears soaked and chilled and giggling while we scoffed at future, mid-aged years We'd hurry obtuse with dress and heels calloused veneer from latent appeals to strip off the clothes, to don on the suit The sky opens up and dissolves this pursuit...
Trust in your fear As it speaks with a voice Or you'll be left in pieces With no longer a choice For your fear will take over In vociferous chant To pieces you will collapse In meandering rant So when ever this word Called fear appears Don't fall to pieces Or your soul disappears http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/life-3.php


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January 6, 2014: Download the colorful Richmond Bay Trail 2014 New Year Report >> NOTE: For the high resolution version (5.9 MB) of the 2014 New Year Report, click HERE >>
Richmond has completed over 32 miles of San Francisco Bay Trail - far more than any other city on this planned 500-mile multi-purpose trail encircling San Francisco and San Pablo Bays.
Click Here to view slide shows of major Bay Trail sections in Richmond.
This website is sponsored by TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee, to facilitate enjoyment of the trail already built and to highlight efforts to close the remaining ten miles of Bay Trail gaps in Richmond.
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Way to Go Seria!
Seria qualified to the TOPs National (A) Team! She will attend a training camp at the National Training Center in December. Congratulations Seria!!
Congrats to our TOPs National Testing Qualifiers!
Georgia All-Stars has three girls who qualified for this years test. Sydney Barros, Delaney Dobbs, and Seria Johnson. We're proud of you, good luck!!
John Geddert visited Georgia All-Stars!
We had a great Saturday at the gym with Coach John Geddert from Twistars!
He was the 2012 National Team Coach, and coach of 2012 Olympian Jordyn Wieber! John spent the morning helping coach our Optionals, and in the afternoon all our gymnasts had a great time getting autographs and taking photos with him. Please click the
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Photos from our Ribbon Cutting
Thanks to all who came to our open house! We hope you all had a good time, and loved our new facility as much as we do!
Georgia All-Stars now offers DANCE!
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Team members visit the team schedule page.
Congratulations Zion!
Congratulations to Zion Lewis for her 3rd place finish on Vault with a 9.45 at Level 9 Eastern
National Championships!
Congrats Prep-Op Beginners!
Jane Murdock
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Cassie Tardiff
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Anna Harper
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Avril Bong
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Blythe Noyes
- Vault 4th Bars - 5th Beam - 3rd Floor - 3rd AA - 4th
Chloe Walls
- Vault - 2nd Bars - 2nd Beam - 3rd Floor - 3rd AA - 1st
Ella Sutherland
- Vault - 9th Bars - 5th Beam - 6th Floor - 2nd AA - 5th
Gabi Lowe
- Vault - 4th Bars - 10th Floor - 10th AA - 8th
Hadley Moore
- Beam - 6th Floor - 1st AA - 14th
Haven Landreth
- AA - 15th
Kahleia May
- Vault - 3rd Beam - 5th Floor - 7th AA - 7th
Lauren Grays
- Vault - 6th Bars - 5th Beam - 6th Floor - 7th AA - 5th
Sam Pace
- Vault - 8th Bars - 7th Floor - 4th AA - 8th
Congrats Prep-Op Girls!
AAU Prep-Op 1 State Results
Emma Hatch
- Bars - 1st Vault - 3rd Beam - 4th AA - 4th
McKenzie Cooper
- Beam - 2nd Bars - 4th Floor - 6th AA - 5th
Maya Lepadatu
- Vault - 4th Bars - 4th AA - 6th
Paisley Hayes
- Bars - 6th Beam - 8th
Leslie Rae Carswell
- Bars - 3rd Floor - 4th Vault - 5th Beam - 6th AA - 3rd
Congrats to our Level 7/8 Regional Gymnasts!
Level 7
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Seria Johnson
- Beam - 2nd Floor - 2nd Vault - 4th
Level 8
Kayleigh Clark
- Floor - 2nd Bars - 7th
Congrats to our Level 9/10 Regional Gymnasts!
Level 9:
Zion Lewis
- qualified to Level 9 Eastern National Championships!
AA - 2nd Vault - 3rd Bars - 4th Beam - 3rd Floor - 4th
Payton Carroll
AA - 15th Bars - 12th Beam - 11th
Marina Liberatore
Vault - 6th Beam - 11th
Level 10:
Marielle Mitchell
- qualified to the NIT (National Invitational Tournament)
AA- 12th Bars - 14th Beam - 14th Floor - 8th
Renata Mitchell
- qualified to the NIT
AA - 8th Vault - 4th Bars - 6th Floor - 13th
Dani Climmons
Vault - 8th Floor - 10th
Micole O'Dell
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Congratulations to our State Champs in Levels 7-10!
1st Place:
Level 7 - Seria Johnson Bars, Beam, Floor, and AA (Georgia State Team)
Level 8 - Kayleigh Clark Floor
Level 9 - Callie Goldman Floor
Level 10 - Marielle Mitchell Bars, AA
2nd Place:
Level 8 - Ansley Froman Bars, Floor, and AA
Level 9 - Marina Liberatore Vault
Randi Locher Bars
Zion Lewis Vault and Floor
Level 10 - Marielle Mitchell Vault, Beam, and Floor
Micole O'Dell Floor
3rd Place:
Level 9 - Alicia Rowan Floor
Level 10 - Micole O'Dell Vault
4th Place:
Level 9 - Randi Locher Beam
Level 10 - Dani Climmons Vault and AA
5th Place:
Level 9 - Callie Goldman Beam and AA
Payton Carroll Bars
Level 10 - Micole O'Dell AA
Renata Mitchell Bars and Floor
6th Place:
Level 8 - Ansley Froman Beam
Kayleigh Clark Bars and Beam
Level 9 - Callie Goldman Vault
Marina Liberatore AA
Randi Locher AA
Hope Glenn Floor
Level 10 - Dani Climmons Floor
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GASG LEVEL 6's PLACE 3rd, 5's PLACE 5th AT STATE
Congratulations to our USA 5's, who placed 5th at State in Team Finals this past weekend! Our USA 6's placed 3rd in team finals. Great job girls!
GASG's Delaney Dobbs has qualified to the TOPS National B Camp where she will train with the USAG National coaches. She will join teammate Seria Johnson at the camp held in Houston, Texas this December. Congratulations Delaney!
GASG's Seria Johnson qualified to the TOPS National B Camp where she will train with the USAG National coaches. The camp is held in Houston, Texas in December. Congratulations Seria!
OPs National Qualifiers
GASG is proud to announce 2 National TOPS Testing Qualifiers!
Seria Johnson
Delaney Dobbs
The TOPs, (Talent Opportunity Program) is a Talent Search for female gymnasts ages 7-10. The National TOPs testing takes place at the National Team Training Center outside of Houston, Texas.
GASG families have purchased more tickets to the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions than any other gym in Georgia and have earned some very special perks:
Preferred seating
8 Official Event T-Shirts
2Autographed Items
8 Gynmasts featured in the Show
4 Meet & Greet Passes
Our club is only 41 tickets away from reaching the next incentive level, so please contact Kim Montalbano if you would like to purchase additional tickets. WIth the USA team winning the Gold, it is sure to be an exciting event!
Optional team members gathered to watch the Women's Team Finals...an exciting day for sure!
GASG is PROUD its 44 State Champions, 18 Regional Qualifiers, and 8 Regional Champions. WOW! Great in competition and solid when the pressure is on, our girls worked hard and were justly rewarded.
Click here for a complete listing.
Level 7's take a moment to
contemplate their routines. The team placed 1st at the competition.
GASG Elves at the CHOA Parade
The GASG elves were very busy helping out Santa Claus at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Parade this Saturday. The weather was beautiful and everyone had a great time!
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Sequestration: Gov. McDonnell pushes Obama to avert sequestration
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The governor of Virginia is asking President Barack Obama in a letter to make good on his campaign pledge to avert automatic cuts to federal spending that would disproportionately damage Virginia.
Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell says the threat of cuts from the 2011 Budget Control Act is already harming Virginia. But unless Obama and Congress agree on their own cuts before March 1, cuts known as the sequester would drain $85 billion from the government's budget over the coming seven months.
Virginia would feel the proportionately heaviest burden of any state. It has a heavy concentration of military assets, including the Pentagon and the world's largest U.S. Navy base at Norfolk, as well as defense and civilian government contractors.
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Online Password Manager & 1 Click Auto-login
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Passpack was born as an Online Password Manager in December 2006, and has since become one of the industry leaders in Online Password Management thanks to the right combination of ease-of-use and high security.
Passpack is an online safe harbor for managing your private data and has coined itself as the first, and for now only, Online Privacy Manager on the market – it's a product to watch as it evolves into this new role.
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Passpack separates login into two steps: signing in, and unpacking user data. The Packing Key, Passpack's name for the encryption key, has become its calling card.
Two step access is the corner stone of nearly all Passpack innovations. The anti-phishing pattern is a good example, as well as the "remember me" function, and upcoming OpenID support.
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• Suitable for air locks or security mantraps, with up to four normally unlocked doors or three normally locked doors.
• The controller may also be customized to control automatic door openers and provide timing and logic sequences for biological wash-down controls.
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• Any access control system can be used with the 4700 series controllers.
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Manufacturer | Dortronics |
Model | 47211-U |
Dimensions | Enclosure- 12" x 16" x 4" deep NEMA enclosure will accommodate PLC controller & one I/O module with power supply. Additional modules may require larger enclosures. PLC Module - 4-1/4" x 2-3/4" overall |
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Warranty | 1 Year Warranty |
Weight | 25.0000 |
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Nikita Review: Love and Monsters
by Carla Day at .Wow! And that's an understatement about "Wrath."
This was an absolutely heart-wrenching hour of television. We have always known that Nikita struggled with what she did while working for Division, but she's been fairly successful at hiding it.
Maggie Q gave an award-worthy performance as Nikita, withstanding Brant's torture, revealing her deeply repressed pain and enduring the emotional turmoil of Michael's arrival and declaration of love.
The flashbacks were a reminder of the horrible missions to which Nikita were assigned. She was forced to seduce and romance some evil men. Did the ends justify it? In the case of Brant, perhaps; she was helping protect the country from an arms dealer. But it had a huge psychological toll on her.
She let all her anger out when she beat him up, leaving him scarred and without an eye. The realization that she had, as Percy called it, "evil" in her was damaging. Brant's return resurrected the rage she had long suppressed.
This vulnerability only heightened when Michael entered the situation. Nikita was able to maintain her strength against Brant when it was just her. When Michael became threatened, she no longer knew what to do, so she turned on him.
All the emotional turmoil of the previous few months was released. Were Nikita and Michael back together or not? It no longer mattered, as Michael declared his love for her and his unwillingness to let her go. He would rather die with her, than go on without her. Swoon!
Well, that would be a normal reaction, but Nikita wasn't able to accept his undying love for her. She didn't feel worthy of it. Michael's reaction was precious. He understood that her hurtful words were the truth, but he accepted that. He loves all of her and will help her learn to love herself. Double swoon!
Now that Nikita and Michael have resolved the uncertainties in their relationship, what will that mean going forward? Will they be able to move towards the white picket fence? Maybe, but not for now. Nikita is determined to destroy Percy.
If Percy is in control of Division without Oversight and now with plutonium, that can only mean bad things are to come. Plus, Amanda and Ari are still out there certainly plotting some type of comeback.
Team Nikita will need to stick together to bring them down. Sean may have killed Brant and gotten vengeance for his mother's death, but that won't stop him from going after Percy now. And even though Alex has the Udinov fortune, she isn't going to leave the fight. Plus, her growing relationship with Sean will keep her in the fight for now as well.
Who will come out on top? Will Team Nikita be able to stop Percy and his plans for the plutonium? Or will he succeed? And how will Amanda and Ari play into this battle? Will they pick a side or stay on their own? Only a few Nikita episodes left to find out!
Did Michael's declaration of love make you swoon too? Check it out here and then other Nikita quotes including a few zingers from Birkhoff.
Michael: You think I can't be selfish? This is the most selfish thing I've ever done. I did this because I had to see you one last time even if I was killed. I did this because I love you. | permalink
Nikita: You have no idea who I am. If you did, you could never love me.
Michael: No. No. I know exactly who you are.
Nikita: I have evil inside of me, Michael.
Michael: Maybe you do. Maybe that is a part of you. That is all that it is. It is just a part. A part. It is not all of you. And that is what I love. Is all of you.
Nikita: We are going to die
Michael: Then we die. Together. | permalink
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I loved this episode. All the emotions! I fast-forwarded thru some of the torture scenes when they weren't talking. Almost too much for me. :p
But this episode proves why Nikita is one of my favorite shows. Action. Drama. Romance. Comedy. All rolled up into one kick-ass show. :)
Third season needed fo sho!
Yep. Nikita is one of the best television shows out there right now. And when you consider what they do on a very small budget you realize that they have not even come close to the shows full potential.
Great review. Spot on. Maggie Q, Shane West and Lyndsy Fonseca are all overdue for Emmy nominations. As is the writing and direction.
This episode was different than any Nikita ep so far. Of course: the action scenes were limited, but what we got in return was far more interesting and thrilling to watch. The emotional scenes set at the background of war and revenge gave the Mikita relationship a new blast. Very well done indeed.
I was expecting her to come out alive, as she always does in each episode, because it is called Nikita! So that ruined the feel for me for a tiny bit! But Maggie is Emmy nomination worthy after this episode! When those two scenes came on, I didn't even think of an Emmy! I just felt it, the pain, anger, everything! It was real to me! And after the episode ended I was thinking about an Emmy nomination for her! I hope they send in this episode as a bid for her!


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Comcast has announced its intention to offer 3,000 hours of on-demand, streaming video content to the iPad. Details are scarce (in fact, that sentence just about wraps the story up), but we do know that the service will include both TV shows, live news and movies. How or when (other than "later this year") the ball will get rolling is still unknown.
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Another holiday shopping season is coming to an end and it's time for analysts everywhere to speculate about the winners and the losers. By the time sales numbers are released the respective stocks will have already moved in price and opportunity will have passed. Using search analytics we'll have insight into where shoppers were looking to make their purchases. You'll also find comments from several 11th and 12th grade high school students embedded throughout. I find this information to be immensely valuable in finding out what trends are still hot, what isn't and where surprises might lie. Using such information has proved successful in the past and so I'll continue to use it.
The big winner for the season seems to be Michael Kors (KORS). Searches for "Michael Kors" have grown speedily over the past month and a half with pageviews per user increasing over 5% during that time period. Furthermore, Google Trends has searches for Michael Kors significantly outpacing searches for Coach (COH) and Tiffany & Co. (TIF). Comparing the three company's to Coach's all-time high for searches back in 2008, Michael Kors has scored above 60% for each of the past 6 weeks. Coach and Tiffany & Co. have only just reached their high points for the same period this past week with COH reaching 52% and TIF hitting 20%. (I)
Now an argument can be made for Tiffany & Co. that the brand is so immensely popular, supported by their trademark "Robin's Egg Blue" bags and wrapping, that no one needs to search for them online. Coach on the other hand does not have the same iconic brand identification. Cheap knockoffs can be found on any street corner in Manhattan and it seems nowadays that everyone is plastering their apparel with their initials (Louis Vuitton, Dulce and Gabbana, et al.). When asking a student about her opinion of the three company's she said the following:
"Michael Kors and Tiffany & Co. would be the most popular but it depends on what you're looking to buy. If you want jewelry than Tiffany is best, but for watches definitely Michael Kors."
I couldn't help but notice her neglect Coach, so I inquired about the company to which she responded:
"They are pretty much a thing of the past."
Granted this was one girl's opinion, so I figured it would be prudent to ask a few other students. The results seemed pretty unanimous, everyone seemed to label Tiffany & Co. as the brand for significant events, supplying gifts for sweet sixteen's, anniversaries etc., and not as a trend but more of a mainstay. Students seemed particularly negative about Coach, most agreeing that the Coach trend has died and even its general popularity has been waning in favor for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dulce and Gabbana and Christian Dior. To be fair, the students did say that Coach offered the best value if that's what you're looking for.
The case for Michael Kors draws more optimism in that search analytics have also shown strong results internationally with a large quantity of searches deriving from Brazil, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany and Spain. The table below helps to outline the company's international growth story.
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United States | 54% |
United Kingdom | 164% |
France | 82% |
Brazil | 170% |
Netherlands | 61% |
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Analysts project KORS earnings to grow 80% for 2013 ($1.57 EPS) but only 30% for 2014 ($2.04 EPS). The company has already shown in its last quarterly report that growth is not an issue. The company has surpassed analyst EPS expectations each of the past 3 quarters they announced. If the politicians can figure out how to avert a fiscal disaster, the U.S. economy should continue to grow, even if it's at a modest pace, which should aid domestic sales. I personally believe the 30% growth rate for 2014 seems low, especially since Coach is projected to grow at a consistent 15% annually and Tiffany & Co. is projected for mid-teens growth. (I,II)
The current mean/median price target stands at $65, which represents a 21.5% premium to the current price of $53.49.
An alternative approach to owning the company's stock is through the purchasing of February Call options. The In-The-Money February $50 strike call options are currently trading with an ask price of $6.40. If you prefer a hedged approach, the February $60 strike call options can be sold at the bid of $1.85, thus limiting the cost of the trade to $4.55 as well as limiting the upside potential to $5.45 net of cost. (I)
Additional disclosure: I am Long KORS using February call options.