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FRUITLAND, Md. - Shirley Hobbs English, 82, of Fruitland, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 with her family by her side. Born in Salisbury, she was the daughter of the late Hadley Francis Hobbs and Laura Ennis Hobbs. She worked at Delmarva Power and Light for 43 years, retiring in 1990. Shirley enjoyed traveling, going on cruises, playing the slots in Harrington, camping, fishing, shopping and spending time with her family.
She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Calvin Woodrow English; a daughter, Sharon C. Lennon and her husband, John of Delaware City, DE; a son, James A. Cox of North Providence, RI; 5 grandchildren, Cynthia Fields and her husband, Roger, Jeffrey Carey and his wife, Joanna, Joseph Lennon and his wife, Colleen, Ryan Cox and Michelle Cox; 4 great grandchildren, Daniel Wohlgemuth, Frank Wohlgemuth, Joshua Carey and Heather Carey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Harry L. Cox and a brother, John F. Hobbs.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 1:00 PM at the Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Wicomico Memorial Park in Salisbury with Rev. Gary Tulak officiating. Contributions may be made in her memory to the Fruitland Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 70, Fruitland, MD 21826. Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home, PA, 501 Snow Hill Road, Salisbury, MD 21804. Please visit Holloway Funeral Home's website to express condolences to the family.
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Thursday, Jun 24, 2010 6:02PM
Southern rapper Khia has published an explicit blog post sharing her personal relationship advice and how women can determine their best lovers.
In her blog, Khia gave some pointers on how men and women could better their romantic skills.
"Fifty percent [of a relationship] is love and the other 50 percent is sex, so if he's only lasting sixty seconds, it's not gonna work," Khia wrote. "A man should always have enough discipline to control [himself]. There's no way you can please her if as soon as you get in, you're [done]. [That means] you don't have enough respect or love for her to wait...If he starts tightening up or acting like he's about to have an exorcism... back up and slow it down. If your guy's not a stranger, you should know when he's about to blast off. Tell him to talk to you so you [can say] 'Okay go ahead' or 'Hold on wait for me.' ... But for a one-minute man, once they get behind [you] it's a wrap. If you've already got yours then let him go to the back and be like 'Okay baby, just have fun.' You can be roughed up, swinging from the chandelier, whatever, but once he gets to the back... it's over." (VIBE)
Rap mogul Diddy recently blamed his work ethic for keeping him from focusing on love.
"I've had a lot of success and I've had a lot of material things, but I've never conquered love," he revealed in an interview. "I've never just had that always successful relationship. That's due to the fact of me working and not paying attention to the girl, or me also feeling that the girl doesn't appreciate me. And then I get a girl that really knows how to love me and I'll press the self-destruct button because it makes me feel uncomfortable that she's loving me so much." (Parade)
Last year, Diddy said his "fear" has pushed him to cheat on women while in relationships.
"A couple years ago, my psychologist came to the conclusion that this is one of the big problems I have as far as maturing in a relationship," Diddy explained in an interview. "After my father got killed, my mother said, 'I'm never getting married again. I don't want men around my children.' So I've never actually been able to witness a husband and wife's love. Sometimes when I see it with my friends, I just find myself staring like a child, because I've never actually seen it before. It's one of the sad parts of my life. When a relationship gets to a certain point, I probably get scared and become a little self-destructive. [If caught cheating,] cry. It might not work, but it at least shows that you care. Godd*mn, this is a deep interview. You didn't ask Will Smith none of this sh*t! Yeah, it hurts me. One of my weaknesses is that I actually have a conscience." (ELLE Magazine)
Aside from relationship advice, Khia recently called out Young Money's Nicki Minaj.
"I don't know if it's really her. Everybody knows it's me, it's Khia. I don't know if she's Nick, I don't know if she's a Barbie. I tell everybody, we don't have Barbies in the hood. Boos, there wasn't no Barbies sitting on the stoop, love who you are. Hip-Hop is supposed to be real, hip-hop is supposed to be where the real people hang and I think it's a lot of infiltrators coming in..." ("Street Disciplez Radio")
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Denver-Tripoli senior Brandon Sorenson etched his name among the greats Saturday night. Sorenson defeated Zach Muller of West Delaware 7-4 to win the 4th state wrestling title of his career. Sorenson's win capped a perfect 55-0 season.
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It was not long until Tanaka regained his rhythm, and once he did, he was on his way to another victory.
Tanaka struck out 10 in six innings for his major-league-leading 11th victory, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 in the opener of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium.
Tanaka (11-1) won his fifth consecutive start since his only loss, May 20 at Wrigley Field. He survived on a night when his stuff was not its sharpest early on, especially when the Toronto shortstop opened the game by driving a four-seam fastball over the right field wall.
"I just said to myself that I really need to hang in there and not give in," Tanaka said through an interpreter.
"He just threw a pitch down the middle and up to start the game," said New York manager Joe Girardi, who earned his 600th win with the team. "Reyes is very familiar with this ballpark, and he knows what to do with it. He jumped out on it, went for the short part of the park and hit it out. Then (Tanaka) just started doing what he does."
Four of Toronto's five hits off Tanaka came in the first three innings, but the right-hander worked out of jams in the first and third by striking out catcher Dioner Navarro for the final out in both instances.
"I don't feel I was making any adjustments," Tanaka said. "Overall I think my stuff was not really that good. All I was trying to do was try to hang in there and keep the ball down."
Tanaka did more than just hang in there in the final three innings of his 14th major league start. He recorded half of his strikeouts in the fourth and fifth, a stretch highlighted by when he fanned left fielder Melky Cabrera, right fielder Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion consecutively on swinging strikes.
Tanaka lowered his league-leading ERA to 1.99 and recorded a quality start for the 14th straight time, the longest streak to begin a career since Montreal's Steve Rogers opened 1973 with 16 quality starts. He turned in his fifth double-digit strikeout game and won a second straight home game in which he had to grind through at-bats.
"I don't think it's fair to expect (perfection) from anyone," Girardi said. "I don't care what your stuff is. I don't care if you throw 110. What he's done has been remarkable, and he has been a big part of our success this year, and he continues to just grind out starts and make adjustments and give us distance. He wins."
Tanaka threw 66 of 104 pitches for strikes and had six three-ball counts. He also held the Blue Jays to one hit in 10 at-bats with men on base as the Yankees improved to 12-2 in his starts.
"I feel that I was not able to make my pitches," Tanaka said. "I was not able to hit the spots."
Tanaka's night ended when he stranded designated hitter Juan Francisco at second by retiring second baseman Munenori Kawasaki, who was 18-for-64 (.281) off Tanaka in Japan.
Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner hit a two-run home run in the third inning, and first baseman Mark Teixeira added an RBI single in the fifth.
New York reliever Dellin Betances fanned three in two perfect innings. Closer David Robertson worked around a two-out triple to Kawasaki in the ninth en route to his 17th save.
"He's been really good," Robertson said of Tanaka. "He battled his butt off. It was hot and sticky, and he did a great job."
The Blue Jays were held to three runs or fewer for the eighth time in 11 games. They lost for the seventh time in 10 games as Cabrera, Bautista and Encarnacion were a combined 2-for-7 with four strikeouts off Tanaka and 2-for-11 with six strikeouts overall.
"The key tonight was we couldn't get any offense," Toronto manager John Gibbons said.
Blue Jays rookie starter Marcus Stroman (3-2) labored through 3 2/3 innings, allowing two runs and four hits. He pitched in front of several family and friends from his native Long Island.
NOTES: After the game, the Blue Jays said that they were sending down OF Anthony Gose to Triple-A Buffalo. They will activate OF Colby Rasmus on Wednesday after he missed 32 games with a hamstring injury. ... Before the national anthems, the Yankees showed a video tribute to former San Diego OF Tony Gwynn, who died Monday at age 54 from oral cancer. Gwynn's only games against the Yankees came in the 1998 World Series, when he went 8-for-16 and hit an upper deck home run in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium ... Both teams made pregame transactions. The Blue Jays optioned RHP Steve Delabar to Buffalo while recalling INF Munenori Kawasaki. ... The Yankees activated C Francisco Cervelli from the 15-day disabled list and optioned C John Ryan Murphy to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ... New York LHP CC Sabthia (right knee) threw a bullpen session Monday, and he will have another session Wednesday.


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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Fact #2: I have a reallllllllllllllllllllly hard time excepting compliments regarding recent weight loss, I turn every color of red, and usually end up saying ridiculous things in return.
I saw my lady-laser-bit lady last night. She got all touchy feeling and was full of compliments regarding my recent weight loss. She sees me every 5 weeks, so apparently she really notices it. When I was laying on the table (naked from the waist down - spread eagle, hot eh?) she touched my stomach and gushed some more about how much I've lost.
Truth be told, I have felt pretty svelte of late.
But sadly, when I look in the mirror that's not the first thing I see. What I do see, is my pootch. Sometimes I pick it up, and make it talk. "Hello, I'm Amy's flab"
Every part of my body is getting smaller. Every part of my body is getting toned. Except that blasted pootch. I've been living with this pootch for the better part of 7 years now, so I know there are no amount of crunches that will make it go away.
Even at my teeny-tiniest, the beloved pootch was still present.
I'm not exactly sure what the intention of this post really is. Maybe it's that I like my body from the waist down. Maybe it's that I accept my body from the waist up. Maybe I'm seeking reassurance that I'm not the only one that picks up their pootch and makes it talk?
...or maybe it's just that I'm my own worst critic.
It's all about perception baby.
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I know you you feel. Ive been losing weight and at the 120 pound mark I had to do something about my flab. I had a panicle tomy (take off the floppy skin) and abdominoplasty (better know as tummy tuck). I don't know if your pooch is from weight loss or genetics but I have to tell you it's one of the best things I've ever done ... Not only cosmetically but functionally. And if it really bothers you a lot I say find a good plastic surgeon and talk to him/her about it. Good luck and I really enjoy reading your blog. Your honesty is refreshing.
- October 6, 2011 at 5:01 AM
- Christy said...
I am just loving you lately - so impressed, proud and happy. Have always loved the fact that you are so honest.
Ever since my C-section I have the same pootch so I know exactly what you are talking about - I think if (scratch that, WHEN) I get to my goal I will think about a tummy tuck. Or pull a posh-spice, have another baby, another c-section and get the tuck at the same time ;)
- October 6, 2011 at 5:11 AM
- Laura said...
I find the hardest thing is to accept compliments. It has taken me a long time to learn to just say "thank you". I don't always do it well.
Congratulations on your success. People are noticing and that is an added bonus. Of course, the main thing is that you are making healthy choices and you are seeing the results. Keep it up!
- October 6, 2011 at 6:38 AM
- Mis(s)Mannered Mom said...
I had two c-sections and even so they couldn't get my kids out! That meant several pairs of hands tugging, vacuum and forceps! Ya-in a c-section! Needless to say, I knew my stomach wouldn't just bounce back, and it was my trouble area to start! As I get smaller everywhere else, it just becomes MORE prominent. Frustrating. So-I'll definitely be doing tummy tuck if I ever get to goal.
PS you look great. Just accept it! :)
- October 6, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- Angie All The Way said...
You should not have a hard time accepting compliments! People should be gracious & say thank you and not try to take it away from themselves. There is nothing wrong with saying "aw thanks!" when someone says something nice. But I will say, I think I would have found it a little awkward being all naked & spread eagle accepting any compliments on my physique in THAT situation! *awkward* lol
I hear you on the pooch. I think I would entertain the idea of having it fixed up, but I worry because then I'd want to address inner thighs, bat wings and oh yeah, let's not forget the fact that my boobs are like wind socks now that I've had a baby! Oy
- October 6, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- ActiveEggplant said...
One of my good friends lost 100lbs and she makes her pooch talk too - so you're definitely not the only one.
I think she's just as self conscious about it too, but she's slowly coming around to the fact that it's going to be there & using it as a reminder of how far she's come.
- October 6, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- Danielle said...
I hear ya. I don't have a terribly prominent pooch but I do have loose skin. Not a BodyPump class goes by where I don't look down at my stomach while in plank pose and think "eff you dangly stomach. eff you."
- October 6, 2011 at 9:26 AM
- Crys :D said...
take a breather. you're beautiful!!! <3
- October 7, 2011 at 6:42 AM
- Susan W. - MS said...
I have lost over 100 pounds. I still have a pooch. Mine talks too. And flaps about, and slaps the top of my thighs if I get up too fast. It will always be a part of me, without surgery. But like "Angie All The Way" said there's a lot more to fix beside just the pooch! Clothes are my friend.
-susan w
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Course Director: Dr. Joan Miller
Rebecca Stacy, MD, PhD, Neuro-ophthalmology, Pathology Services, Mass. Eye and Ear
Retina Service Conference, Mondays, weekly from 1:00-2:00 pm
Sloane Teaching Room
Course Director: Dr. Shizuo Mukai
Junior residents present retina cases to faculty and retina clinical fellows. This format allows for dynamic discussion about the evaluation and management of an array of retinal diseases.
While open to visitors, the target audience is primarily ophthalmology physicians (academic and nonacademic), fellows, residents, medical students, non-physician eye researchers, nurses, and technicians.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to recognize and diagnose rare retinal diseases or atypical presentations of more common retinal diseases; treat or initiate treatment of these conditions; be aware of the most recent advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and science of retinal diseases, and recognize pathophysiology of retinal diseases.
The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pathology Rounds, monthly, third Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Meltzer Auditorium
Course Director: Dr. Frederick Jakobiec
During Pathology Rounds, residents and fellows present comprehensive reviews of cases on all subspecialty services to Dr. Frederick Jakobiec, the Henry Willard Williams Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology and Director of the David G. Cogan Laboratory of Ophthalmic Pathology. These presentations are offered as "unknowns" to Dr. Jakobiec, who then covers the clinical features, differential diagnoses, pathologic features, and management issues of each case. Trainees and faculty from all HMS affiliate institutions are welcome to attend.
Neuro-Ophthalmology Conference, Thursdays, weekly, 7:00-8:00 am
Sloane Teaching Room
Course Director: Dr. Joseph Rizzo
Residents present unknown cases to the Neuro-Ophthalmology service faculty for an informative discussion concerning diagnosis and management of the most important neuro-ophthalmic disorders.
Cornea Slit Lamp Conference, Tuesdays, monthly, 5:45-7:00pm
Sloane Teaching Room
Course Director: Dr. James Chodosh
The Slit Lamp Conference is led by Dr. James Chodosh, who conducts a Socratic style discussion of clinical "unknowns" with residents. Clinical photographs are viewed and discussed with minimal or no patient history, and the resident is encouraged to see what is present in the photograph without preconception.
Oculoplastics/Neuro-Ophthalmology/Neuro- Radiology Conference, Thursdays, every other month, 7:00am
Sloane Teaching Room
Course Directors: Drs. Susan Freitag and Mary Elizabeth Cunnane
This venue provides an opportunity for rapid-fire review of radiological imaging on patients whom the respective services have attended between conferences. The topics are covered at an advanced level and are attended by faculty, fellows, and residents on service as well as any other interested trainees.
Longwood Medical Area Ophthalmology Conference, Fridays monthly, September-June, 7:30-8:30am
Location Varies
Course Directors: Drs. Joseph Cavallerano, Lloyd Paul Aiello, Frank Berson, and David Hunter
Ophthalmology Conferences are jointly sponsored by the Ophthalmology Departments at the Beetham Eye Institute of the Joslin Diabetes Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital Department of Ophthalmology, and Mass. Eye and Ear, Longwood. These case conferences are designed to present information and findings to help practitioners provide the most up-to-date and evidence based clinical care for the benefit of their patients. Fellows, senior attending physicians, and invited guest speakers present clinical cases and summary lectures in multiple areas demonstrating unusual disease, characteristic presentation of disease, evolving treatments, disease management, and cases of special interest. Results of clinical trials and new treatments for various eye diseases are also presented.
HMS Resident Lecture Series, Fridays, weekly, 7:00-9:00 am
Sloane Teaching Room
Course Director: Dr. Yewlin Chee
Two one-hour lectures, designed especially for residents, are given each Friday morning by faculty from the various subspecialties within Ophthalmology.


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I try to obfuscate my MIDlet but I can't.
I made a game and tested it on a real phone: it works perfectly.
Now I'm trying to obfuscate it with Proguard 1.7.2
During the obfuscation I get this message:
"warnig: can't write resoure entry [META-INF/MANIFEST.MF] can't add manifest file as an ordinary zip entry."
But I get an output file, so I try to add the manifest by myself... it installs the midlet on the phone but it won't run.
So I tried to preverify after obfuscation but it seems to be a problem there's always the same error that's not very explicit:
"Jar file creation failed with error -1". It tells me that preverified classes are in tmp/41: all the classes are there!! (I had this error trying to preverify the output jar of Proguard AND the original jar before obfuscation)
If someone has idea to help me, it's welcome :-)
Thanks, thanks, thanks


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Works great on my child, who hasn't barked at all for as long as she's worn the apparatus. When she turns three, we will remove it for a trial period.
This lousy world just gets lousier every year as these stores put out their skeletons and Santas in summer.
Try not to break your console while I try not to break my cyber brain.
I knew what to do. It all made sense. Matt. My Father. Starlight. The birds. The mannequin. Dig-Dug.
Actual audio from broadcasts of Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and news reports, remixed & set to animation!
Shmorky's Flash Tub. A collection of Flash cartoons and shorts, all crammed into neat little Flash Tub packages!
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While this was not the biggest selling album of their career, Bon Jovi was one of the only so-called "hair bands" of the 80s who even attempted to put out a successful album. In the wakes of grunge rock, Bon Jovi's "Keep The Faith" was a hit. Songs like "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" and "In These Arms" were fan favorites, but it was "Dry County" that should have been the standout song of the album. While it is long, it is one of the most powerful songs the band ever put together. "Bed of Roses" was a huge hit, and should have been–it is their best love song to date, one of their best songs of all time. "Keep the Faith" and "I Believe" are also great, as well as the somewhat hidden "I Want You." Check out the album for a different Bon Jovi than that of the 80s, and be pleasantly surprised.
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Slippery When Wet made them superstars. New Jersey established them as a great rock band, but Keep The Faith just proves that Bon Jovi is not just another band from the 80's. There are the trademark Bon Jovi songs with the catchy chorus and guitar riffs, but it's the songs that are different to Bon Jovi fans that makes this album work. The opening track I Believe is a solid rock that grabs your attention and it is followed by the title track which is a departure from anything on the New Jersey album. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is a typical Bon Jovi sing-a-along that's fun to listen to and In These Arms is a cool rock ballad for the ladies, but it was Bed Of Roses that got all of the women to cry. It was also the biggest hit off of the album. The best track would have to be Dry County. Jon Bon Jovi is at his best vocally and Richie Sambora pulls off an excellent guitar riff that will blow your socks offf. The most underrated song would have to be Fear. This song definitely stands out on this album compared to the other songs. To give you my honest opinion, this is Bon Jovi's best album and I am a huge Bon Jovi fan. The songs are more solid and put together than any other Bon Jovi tune. This album also proves than Bon Jovi can be taken seriously as artists and not just another 80's rock band lying by the waste side.
With the release of "Keep the Faith", Bon Jovi successfully made the change from an 80s glam/hair band to a great rock and roll band in the 90s.
This cd is loaded with great songs, including the title cut, "I Believe", and the very good "Dry County", an 8 minute song about the problems facing rural America.
For fans of ballads, there are two excellent ones on this cd; "Bed of Roses" and "I Want You". Both feature Jon's tremendous vocals and Richie's great guitar work.
There is very little filler material on this cd. Each song is very good in its own right. From the upbeat "Sleep When I'm Dead" to "In These Arms", there is something for everyone on this cd. I highly recommend this great disc. Pop it in and hear some great rock and roll by the boys from New Jersey.
Bon Jovi were on the verge of terminally languishing in the almost-great league at the end of the 80's, until this excellent record launched them into the rock-stratosphere. Softer than heavy metal, harder than most AOR, Bon Jovi turned their large air-punching-rock skills (of "Living On A Prayer", "Bad Medecine" etc etc) to producing an album of powerful, mature and strong songs, from the building, driving opening combo of "I Believe" & "Keep The Faith" to the tender "Bed Of Roses". The mamoth "Dry County" (at ten minutes) is a classic which many thought Bon Jovi just couldn't make. The strength of the singles is enough to commend this album, but the album tracks shine too.Richie Sambora (responsible for some of the best air-guitar fodder) displays a new depth and soleful-ness to his playing, further evidenced on his solo albums. Tico Torres is more powerful than before, and with production that is a fine line between polish and grit, the sound is convincing.As an album there are only a couple of tracks that don't measure up and the album lacks the hunger and raw energy of "Slippery When Wet" or (the under-rated) "New Jersey", but it is a more complete album and is better equipped to withstand the test of time than it's predecessors.This is a journey almost into Aerosmith territory (on a soft day), and Bon Jovi get away with all limbs intact…
You'd be much better off if this was the disc you chose. (6 million stars, but I seem not to have been able to find that voting option).Let's get right to the heart of the matter, shall we? On "Keep the Faith," one of the best albums ever recorded (if not the best), "Dry County" is one of the best songs ever (if not THE best). It is an auditory testament to a) how good this band can be, b) the concept of perfection, and c) the purpose of music on Earth. A doctoral thesis could be written on the purpose and power of the near 10 minute epic in the haunting key of d minor that sits at the number 7 track position on this recording, and I am hard pressed to not start writing one here. But I need to get through the whole album in 1000 words…You've got Stairway, Freebird, Layla, Bohemian Rhapsody, and a simple answer as to why LESS than 2 million people of the entire American population are lucky enough to possess the knowledge that "Dry County" is pretty much the peak of musical epics: it was written by a) Bon Jovi, b) an "80's band", c) an "80's band" in the NINETIES, and d) never released as a domestic single, thus not generating the grape-vine mystique that safe, ridicule-immune "70's bands" wound up scooping up with all of their "legendary" anthems. For the last time: Bon Jovi, for all of their popularity, will always be under-respected, and there's nothing cheesy about any of this.If you read on, you may learn something before slamming this review for being narcissistic and preachy. "Keep the Faith" was an album released on November 3, 1992. Only Jovi and Aerosmith (with the tail end of the GNR train) were surviving into the era that was the beginning of the still-obvious crash of quality "commercial" music as we know it. The most important thing for any Jovi supporter to know is that this album, albeit without any real marketing effects of the "Dry County" epic, was a huge reason for the band to be able to still be calling their careers a success into their THIRD decade now. Smash hit single "Bed of Roses" pushed album sales hard (and appropriately, as this song itself is a 6 minute artistic and commercial triumph), as well as did lesser, more "supportive sellers" but equally great pieces of music, "In These Arms," "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," and the title track. To my immense shock, only 2 million copies have been moved. What's more, many regard Bon Jovi's career as largely dormant in the 90's! That, coupled with people saying this is ok but no "classic", has me yet again scratching my head at the general public. Who and what defines "classic?" anyway?But Jon, Richie, David, Tico, and Alec did make some noise with this masterpiece, keeping their reunited heads above the debris-filled undertoe called the 90's. Being big as ever outside of America, their touring (allowing the public to see a more rocking, jamming and driving side to them) fueled their stance at not being an 80's throwaway. And for all the people who hate Bon Jovi, they couldn't stop this band from achieving something VERY lucky and VERY deserved: for the next few years, Bon Jovi stuck to their guns and cohabitated with all the other bands that were essentially Bon Jovi's antithesis. Somehow, they survived the public execution of the rest of the "80's bands", and from those battle scars, they now have carte blanche to make music to the end, big sellers or not. So that, boys and girls, is how the catchy but thin "It's My Life" single and "Crush" album were able to still have a shot with record company promotion and make some people aware for the first time of a Jersey band known as Bon Jovi…20 years after the fact. Well, better late than never to have a 3rd comeback.The specifics:There is no filler on this album. NONE. There is creativity and emotion of the highest level. If you are one of those people who finds Bon Jovi to be just a bit too light for you, this is your album (Check out the metallic thomping on "If I Was Your Mother" and "Fear"). If you are a sucker for the ballads, this is your album (Aside from "Bed of Roses," "I Want You" is perhaps their best ballad ever, a template for the derived future hit "Always"). If you respect Richie but aren't big on Bon Jovi, this is your album ("Dry County" and "Keep the Faith" have the most ungodly solos you'll ever hear). If you prefer their bluesier moments, this is your album ("Little Bit O Soul").THE DIVERSITY – I NEVER get bored of this album, over a decade after when it came out (I bought it on the release date). It's respectable for musicians to do different things – it's nothing short of divine if it all comes together and actually works.I know it sounds shallow to judge something the "greatest ever," and I do know there's a huge difference between one's FAVORITE and what one considers to be the BEST…. but I don't use those terms loosely. I can't believe how few people give this album the royal treatment it so earnestly deserves. And especially the critics! Never trust them anyway, but it's heartbreaking to read how ignorant some people are atleast in one area, that being the band that is Bon Jovi. Not so long ago, this album was huge. Now, between "Livin on a Prayer," "Always," and "It's My Life," all of the sudden it's one of their LESSER KNOWN(????). I'm just righting a subjective wrong – and with words, not bombs. Just goes to show you what's up with this crazy messed up world we live in, from the small scale to the grand. Keep the Faith.Email me if you feel the same way.


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A doctoral-level graduate program with six tracks is available: the adult-gerontology nurse practitioner track, the family nurse practitioner track, the nurse anesthesia track, and the care of populations, nurse anesthesia and nursing leadership tracks as part of the post-master's DNP. The graduate program has applied for accreditation from the CCNE.
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There's a costly myth about mobile marketing: it's all about Apps and devices. The truth is, the key to mobile marketing is about engagement; and there's an easy way to engage mobile users: SMS/Text Campaigns!
SMS is an incredibly reliable and powerful communication tool. Nowadays, almost everyone has a mobile phone. On top of that, with 98% open rate within 15 minutes of receipt and 90% reply rate within 3 minutes, SMS should definitely be integrated as a powerful engaging approach in your overall marketing strategy.
As a result, we are presenting the top 5 reasons why you should embrace SMS as part of your marketing campaign:
SMS works across all operating systems
Unlike mobile apps, SMS capabilities don't need to be adaptive across different operating systems. Additionally, it's already built into phones; so, regardless if a customer is using android or iOS, you're able to reach all of them in a cost-effective way.
SMS works on all phone types (yes, even "flip" phones)
If you are targeting a demographic that doesn't have access to a smartphone, for example seniors, certain smartphone-specific tactics — such as one that is centered around mobile apps — have a good chance of being wasted. However, SMS technology works on any type of phone from the past two decades and there is no sign of the SMS capability becoming obsolete in the future. As a result, SMS enables you to reach a wide audience without alienating a key consumer segment.
Customers take a proactive role with SMS campaigns
As opposed to most email campaigns, customers are actively when they opt-in to receive messages on their mobile devices, specifically with SMS. As a result, the recipients are acutely aware they chose to receive SMS messages and, as a result, are more likely to be engaged with your campaign.
SMS campaigns create a personal customer experience
With mobile SMS campaigns, brands are able to communicate with customers via more personalized medium. Customers and marketers can enjoy a symbiotic relationship as customers receive more custom messages and marketers are able to receive responses in real-time and gain valuable insights from the interaction.
SMS campaigns yield both a high response rate and high conversion rate
As stated before, 98% of text messages are opened within the first 15 minutes of receipt and 90% are replied to within the first 3 minutes. By contrast, emails campaigns have a 25% open rate and also battle against spam and other email filters. As a result, when considering promotions, contest or general updates, SMS campaigns are a no-brainer.
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Motivation, humor, and ideas that every school-based
speech-language pathologist will love!
Walking and Talking with Your Students Before and After Speech Therapy
Let me paint you a picture that illustrates how I used to typically start off my speech therapy sessions as a school-based clinician. It looked something like this: I checked the schedule to see which group was next. Once I knew which lucky little kiddos I needed to get, I would leave my speech therapy room to go pick them up. Once I had everyone, we would walk down the hallway together, en route back to my speech therapy room. We would enter the room and THEN we would begin our session.
Notice how I emphasized the word THEN?
In the past, I pretty much wouldn't start speech therapy until we all were in the speech therapy room. No speech therapy UNTIL we entered the magical speech therapy room. It's as if I thought that it wasn't possible for us to work on our goals and objectives UNTIL we were sitting at the speech therapy table.
What missed opportunities!
My transition to and from the speech therapy room is usually something along the lines of 2-3 minutes. So in theory, because of the walking that my students and I do, we lose about 5 minutes of speech therapy time. In my opinion, that's a bunch of missed opportunities where we could've practiced aspects of effective communication that related to our goals and objectives. So now I make it a point to start speech speech therapy the moment I see my students. ASAP!
There's no time like the preset!
I've changed my routine around so that we begin working on our goals and objectives WHILE we are actually walking down the hallway WAY WAY BEFORE we even enter my speech therapy room. For example, let's say you have a student and he's working on perfecting the /CH/ sound. You could easily take that opportunity to say, "Hey, let's look around the walls while we walk to see if we can find any pictures that have the /CH/ sound in it." You might discover a poster next to the lunchroom of a boy CHEWING on food. Or a piece of student artwork of a mouse CHOMPING on some CHEESE. Ya see? There's just so many /CH/ words that begin to show themselves to us, outside the speech therapy room, once we actively start to keep our eyes peeled for them. What a BEAUTIFUL thing!
Why should we do this OUTSIDE of the speech therapy room?
In short, it's because we need our young learners to be able to successfully use their newly learned skills in many different locations, not just in the speech therapy room. Encouraging your students to practice their sounds while walking to and from the speech therapy room reinforces the given sounds in a new location and further helps to move the students along towards mastery.
And it's not just for articulation!
Walking and talking is also ideal for WH questions. It's never been easier to target aspects of WH questions by being intentional with your questions. For example, let's say you have a student and he's working on better understanding WH questions. You could easily take that opportunity to say, "Hey, do you see that trophy case over there? What do you think those trophies are for? Why do you think teams are given trophies? When do teams usually get trophies?" So on and so forth. The possibilities are endless once you make a conscious decision to incorporate WH questions within the students' surroundings outside of the speech therapy room.
In closing . . .
Purposeful walking and talking with your students is where it's at. For real. It's educationally relevant and it also gets the students ready for the main lesson that is usually waiting for them once they enter the the speech therapy room. Nah mean? So, do you think you could benefit from this type of routine? Do you have some other ideas that relate to this one? As always, please let me know. I just LOVE hearing from each and every single one of you.
Having Some Recycling Fun in Speech Therapy with Hangers
I'm all about recycling. It's one of the best ways that we can show our beautiful planet that we truly care about it. So that's why I'm always on the prowl for new speech therapy materials that are both fun and are actually just repurposed items from around the home. Yup, instead of throwing out all of that junk in your closet, you very well might be able to use some of it (or all of it) within your speech therapy setting. You'd really be surprised at just how many different kinds of potential speech therapy items we all have just sitting around in our closets that don't see the light of day. This is a post that will help you to look at those things with new eyes. Ones that can clearly see the speech therapy potential that almost any random object in your closet can have.
So what kinds of random objects are we talkin' about?!
Well, I don't know about you, but I've somehow collected a gigantic amount of hangers over the years. I don't even know how the number got to be so high. It's almost as if they've been multiplying each time I close the closet door. Maybe they're quietly growing an army of hangers in an effort to capture me and take over my house! Uh no! So that's why I needed to grab a handful of hangers (about 20 or so) and bring them into my speech therapy room. (I figured if I separated them, I would slow down their evil plans to get me! HAHA!).
Hangers in speech therapy?! Huh?!
Not too long ago, I had a group of students who were working on perfecting their /R/ sound in the final position of words. I came up with a game called Hanger Ear. The game is simple, the students have to hang as many hangers as they can from their ear WHILE they practice saying words that have the /R/ sound in the final position of words (just like the words hanger and ear). With each correct pronunciation, the student is rewarded with a hanger and that hanger needs to somehow be added to the hanger chain. Who ever has the most hangers is the winner! (See my video for a look at me demonstrating the game.)
Trying to break records is always a hoot!
Hanger Ear is easily able to be turned into a competitive game where students try their hardest to break the record. How many hangers could you have hanging from your ear? 5? 6? 7? More? It's just another way to get students to think about their sounds WHILE they are participating in a wacky activity. It's all in good fun.
In closing . . .
Chances are, you've got a bunch of hangers in your closet that aren't doing too much. So why not recycle those hangers and convert them over to a new batch of silly and crazy speech therapy materials? And while you're at it, be on the lookout for other things in your closet that could be converted to speech therapy materials such as old shoe boxes, old magazines, and so much more!
So, give Hanger Ear a shot and, as always, let me know how it goes. I'd love to hear from you.
Bring a Guitar to Speech Therapy for a Rockin Good Time
By any chance, do you play a musical instrument? And don't worry, I'm not asking you if you're a pro at your particular instrument. All I'm wondering is if you play a little bit. If you do, that's VERY cool because I have another question for you. Do you actually own the given instrument that you play a little bit? If your answer is yes, then you simply MUST give the following speech therapy idea a shot because it has the potential to cause a ROCKIN' good time within your speech therapy room.
Bring your instrument to speech therapy!
I'm not the greatest guitarist in the world, but I can play a few songs. So not too long ago, as I was strumming my guitar in my apartment, I came up with a gem of an idea. I started to think about what it might be like if I actually took my guitar to work one day. How would my students react to this? Was there a way that I could incorporate playing my guitar into a speech therapy session? Would my students and I be able to create fantastic tunes together? Or would our music sound something like nails on a chalkboard? Haha!
I gave it a shot and I was pleasantly surprised!
Right off the bat, when I brought my guitar into my speech therapy room, each and every single student on my caseload was surprisingly interested in it. It's not all that common to see a musical instrument in speech therapy, and that's what it's all about . . . doing things in speech therapy that are a bit off-the-wall, in hopes that it can trigger a tidal wave of excitement that would cause students to continue to want to work on their speech therapy goals and objectives. From 1st graders to 7th graders, each kiddos' eyes lit up the second I showed them the guitar.
Would you like to start a band?
I had a pair of students who where working on perfecting their /L/ sounds, so I told them that it might be fun if we could start a speech therapy band. These 2nd graders loved the idea and they both immediately started to come up with band names, but I interrupted them and told them that since we were working on our /L/ sound, our band names had to contain their target sound. They were totally okay with that and had no problem coming up with /L/ names like:
- The Loopy Log Cabins
- Little Loaves of Bread
- Luke and the Lawn Mowers
- The Leaping Frogs
What about the lyrics?
After we solidified our band name(s), we started to write simple lyrics that contained loads of /L/ words. After we wrote out some sentences, I encouraged them to sing the sentences while I played the guitar. Some of my students were a bit embarrassed to sing, but that didn't stop our band from ROCKIN' out because we came up with the idea to sort of just yell the lyrics. (Don't worry, we weren't yelling at the top of our lungs, just shouting a teensy bit). And guess what? By shouting the lyrics, it opened up a great conversation that revolved around when shouting was appropriate and when it was not. They clearly communicated to me that a library was a location where shouting was forbidden, but a playground was a location where shouting was acceptable. Hooray for sneaking in some language-based stuff into an articulation session!
In closing . . .
Boy oh boy, the songs my students came up with were fabulous and towards the end of the session, I even let each student try to play my guitar. I was quite impressed with how each youngster respected the instrument and treated it with care and kindness. All in all, it was super fun and I encourage you to give something like this a try if you play an instrument. Do you play a tambourine? How about an accordion? Maybe your students would get a real kick out of seeing and interacting with an instrument while they were in speech therapy. So give it a shot because I know you could come up with some neat ways to target articulation, language, and so much more with your given instrument. YOU ROCK!
This is a Reminder that Speech Therapy is in Your DNA
Some school-based speech-language pathologists work in school districts that have a large amount of money allocated to speech therapy materials. These are the districts that give each clinician a yearly spending budget in order to purchase new materials. I'd imagine that this budget, no matter how big or small, often invokes a feeling comparable to winning the lottery. "OMG, I just won $100 speech therapy dollars from this speech therapy slot machine! Sweet! I can't wait to buy some new materials that I know all my kiddos will adore!"
And then there are those school districts that don't have spending budgets.
These are the districts that don't have extra funds to distribute to their clinicians. SLPs who work in these types of environments are forced to spend a large amount of their own personal finances in order to have a speech therapy room that's filled with materials that are both fun and functional.
Which type of school district are you a part of?
Sadly, my colleagues and I have noticed that more and more school districts are shrinking their budgets (or even eliminating them). It isn't too uncommon to hear administrators say, "There just isn't enough money right now." So, it wouldn't be to crazy to think that a majority of clinicians are currently in the situation where they believe that some of their speech therapy materials are lacking or outdated. They wish they had the hot, new tech thing everyone is talking about. They wish they had an iPad filled with all of those cool apps everyone keeps talking about. So on and so forth.
If you're in that boat, don't worry.
If you find yourself frustrated because you don't have that sizable and impressive budget like the other SLPs have a few towns over from you, don't let it get you down. I wanted to write this post specifically to you to remind you that you don't need that fancy budget or those fancy materials because you're an awesome SLP. You really are.
And awesome SLPs are magical, with or without that stuff.
LeBron James is arguably one of the best basketball players and even if he wore basketball sneakers covered with holes, he would still rock because basketball is in his DNA. Miles Davis was arguably one of the best jazz musicians and even if he played a beat up trumpet with cracks all over it, we would still rock because jazz was in his DNA. And you, you're arguably one of the best SLPs out there and even if you don't have the newest materials or an iPad or whatever, you still rock because those things DON'T make you awesome, your brain does.
Being an SLP is in your DNA!
Speech therapy is your jam. You get speech therapy. Sure, all those bright and flashy materials are nice to have, but they are never a necessity. What is a necessity is you. You and your knowledge. You and your thought processes. You and your ability to solve complex problems that relate to communication. You and your ability to build rapport with your students, their parents, and their classroom teachers. You and your natural way of motivating each youngster on your caseload that they are destined for big things. You. You and your brain. You and your DNA.
In closing . . .
I love flashy speech therapy materials and iPads just as much as the next person, but let me go on record as saying that none of that stuff can hold a candle to you. It's never about the vehicle. It's always about the driver. You're a magical SLP and your school district just wouldn't be the same without you. Thank you for all that you do. The next time I see you, coffee is on me. ;-)


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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
Purpose and Programs
With generous support of outside donors, alumni, and the Provost, the Office of Sponsored Projects & Research offers a limited number of summer undergraduate research fellowships on a competitive basis.
These fellowships allow talented students to spend a portion of their summer conducting research or carrying out a creative project that makes an original contribution to their chosen discipline, extending learning beyond the academic year.
Projects emanating from all disciplines are eligible, as well as interdisciplinary projects. Each fellowship offers $4,000-$5,000 (taxable income) to the successful applicant.
Summer research fellowships are intense educational experiences in that they expose the student to the entire research or creative process from start to finish, including:
Students may propose projects of their own design, or projects related to the supervising faculty member's research provided it is a clearly articulated, distinct aspect of the larger project. However, all summer research fellowships are conducted under the guidance of a Keene State College faculty member. Consultation with the faculty mentor throughout the proposal, implementation, and dissemination phases is expected. The timeline for the summer fellowship (typically 8 weeks minimum) is to be created in consultation with the faculty advisor.
Each year, one outstanding student will be selected to receive the Bruce LeVine Mellion '69 Summer Student Research Fellowship, named after the first Keene State College Alumnus to establish a summer research fellowship through annual giving. This Fellowship will award $4,000 to the student to conduct research or carry out a creative project that makes an original contribution to their chosen discipline.
Starting in the Summer of 2014, we are pleased to announce the addition of the Clarke Distributors, Inc. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The Clarke Distributors, Inc. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship will award $5,000 to an outstanding student to spend a summer term conducting in-depth research (either on campus or elsewhere) of substance abuse in the community.
Interested in donating to undergraduate summer research fellowships? Please contact our Office of Development.
Eligibility and Availability of Funds
For all programs, eligibility criteria include:
Availability of funds:
For Summer 2015, we anticipate awarding 4 Summer Research Fellowships, including the Bruce LeVine Mellion '69 Fellowship and the Clarke Distributor, Inc Fellowship.
Proposal Submission Guidelines
Proposals must be submitted electronically, using the SURF Application Form. This form is designed to help you provide the necessary information in the required format. Please download the form to your computer before completing the application. If you have questions or difficulty accessing the form, please contact Susan Ericson-West.
A formal letter of support, speaking to the nature of the project, the qualifications of the student, appropriateness of time line, and the faculty member's role in working with the student must be submitted by the Faculty Sponsor prior to the proposal deadline. Proposals submitted without a faculty endorsement will not be reviewed for consideration. Faculty should review their responsibilities prior to writing their letter of support. Information on Student and Faculty Sponsor Responsibilities
All compliance requirements (i.e. IRB approval, IACUC approval, off-campus travel approval and compliance training) need not be complete by the submission of the proposal, but must be complete prior to the receipt of any grant award.
To assist students in their proposal preparation, a copy of the SURF review form is available for review. This document will be used by the Committee to review each proposal submitted, and applicants will receive a scored form from the Committee at the end of the review process.
Deadline: December 22, 2014. PLEASE NOTE NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR 2015 Fellowship applications. All proposals must be submitted electronically to Susan Ericson-West, in the Office of Sponsored Projects & Research by 5:00 pm on the deadline date. All applicants will be notified of their final application status in early February.
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The $4,000-$5,000 associated with each Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship is intended to help the student defray living expenses and allow them to focus on conducting research rather than holding a summer job. No detailed budget is required for the $4,000 fellowship stipend. Students are advised that this is taxable income, and therefore the standard payroll taxes will be withheld.
Depending on the nature of the proposed project, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship applicants may also wish to request funding from the KSC Undergraduate Research and Creative Grants program, which can provide funding for research materials and supplies related to the project. If you are requesting this type of funding, please follow the instructions in the fellowship application carefully, providing an itemized budget for this portion of the request only.
Please note, however, that receiving funding from one of these programs does not guarantee funding from the other.
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Six faculty members (two from each academic school) will review all proposals and make award decisions. The Office of Sponsored Projects & Research will facilitate the review process; OSPR staff will not vote on proposals.
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Once it was designed and engineered by "the dream team" of Willie Williams, Mark Fisher, Chuck Hoberman, and Frederic Opsomer, the high-tech, expanding video screen that visually stuns the audience during the U2 360° tour had to be moved. In other words, the 888 individual hexagonal panels that support 500,000 Barco LED pixels has to move in order to transform during the show, as it expands from seven meters to 22 meters high. That job fell to UK-based Kinesys and their K2 3D software control package.
"For us, the challenge was the fact that there are 40 different motors that move at the same time, yet had to run at different speeds to make sure the screen opens correctly. All the motors have to move in sync," says Dave Weatherhead of Kinesys. In fact, there are 40 Kinesys Evo zero-speed chain hoists (16 2-ton and 24 1-ton) and eight custom-built 7.5-ton self-contained winches to move the 52-ton screen, which hangs on an oval truss that supports the chain hoists and electronics.
"There are very tight limits in terms of deviation or stray from the pre-determined path," Weatherhead adds, noting that there is a team of three people on the tour automation crew for the screen. "They test each item before each performance. All the moves are done and then taken apart in reverse order," he notes.
For Kinesys, "This is probably the biggest job we've done in terms of coordinating so many devices all moving at the same time," says Weatherhead, referring to the 48 interconnected devices that it takes to move the screen. "Fortunately we had a good period of time before the first show to assemble and test everything."
Kinesys also supplied the tour with control for 10 fixed-speed chain hoists controlled by an Elevation 24. These hoists fly four lighting trusses bordering the screen into position at the start of the show. During the show, if anything goes awry, the movement comes to a halt: "The screen stops moving if there is a problem with any one element," says Weatherhead. "The scale of it is just huge. It's so large you can't look at any point and see the whole stage. It's quite spectacular."


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Pep's ram-raid rocks Barcelona's boat
Our man in Spain explains why Pep Guardiola is like the Incredible Hulk
There's a Bruce Banner quality about Pep Guardiola. For 99.9% of the time the new Bayern boss is amiable, shy and respectful. But give the Catalan coach a hard enough prod and poke and suddenly it's 'Pep Smash!'
The last time Pep produced ranting genius was during the 2010/11 Champions League semi-finals. Jose Mourinho had pushed the Barça boss to the potty-mouthed limit with jibes about the value of his adversary's previous Champions League wins. The latest occasion is more concerned with what lies beneath in the gloomy waters of Barcelona politics.
It's all to do with the tittle-tattle fed to newspapers by Guardiola's opponents, claimed the Bayern manager on Thursday in a rant lasting a good five minutes ' a monologue about false stories and what Pep perceives to be attempts from Sandro Rosell to undermine him and besmirch his reputation.
'When I left Barcelona, I told the president that I was going 6,000 kilometres away and wanted to be left in peace,' said Guardiola, 'but he couldn't do it.' What really seems to hurt the former Barça boss is gossip and scurrilous stories in the Catalan capital suggesting that although Tito Vilanova and Guardiola were in New York at the same time ' one receiving medical treatment and one on sabbatical ' the latter didn't make the effort to make many visits. 'Tito's illness was used to hurt me. I'll never forget that.'
Rosell is set to respond to Guardiola's complaints on Monday evening in a TV interview, but the affair has caused the jitters in the Catalan media, who are all too aware of the damage that institutional in-fighting can do to an unstable institution like Barcelona.
Sport's Josep Maria Casanovas claims that 'Pep and Sandro were never friends, never had a relationship of confidence, never had faith in each other. It's a total divorce similar to that between Rosell and Cruyff,' a reference to the constant battle between the old and current regime at the Camp Nou club.
'Guardiola's words damage Barça, Bayern and Pep himself,' fretted Joan Vehils in the same paper. 'The worst thing about this though is that Madrid will be rubbing their hands.'
Mundo Deportivo's mood was just as worrisome but the paper still aligned itself with Rosell. 'The attack was unnecessary. The board have behaved well publicly with Pep,' finger-wagged Santi Nolla, overlooking a comment made by Barcelona spokesman Toni Freixa on April 19 that 'Tito Vilanova is outdoing Guardiola in every area.' Oops.
The wrath of Guardiola continued with the announcement that Bayern would imminently be buying Thiago Alcantara for €25m. The midfielder was reportedly looking for more playing time, and apparently Guardiola is offering it.
This transfer will cause triple temper tantrums in the Catalan capital. First off, the old boss is poaching a fine (if wantaway) player. Secondly, Tito Vilanova could probably do with Thiago's presence in another challenging season to come. But worst of all is the knockdown, one-summer-only fee, caused by a lack of playing time last season.
'Someone should bear the responsibility that this buy-out clause went from €90m to €18m as if by magic,' fumed Sport's Josep Maria Casanovas. 'If we take into account that Madrid paid €39 million for an almost unknown Asier Illarramendi, then the Thiago departure is bad business.'
It's fair to say that with Barcelona due back in training on Monday, Barcelona bosses are going to have an awful lot to answer for over the next few days with Pep rocking the club's boat.


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Here's a key matchup to watch in the divisional-round game between the Patriots and Jets:
Jets' third-down offense vs. Patriots' third-down defense
There is one big aspect of the Patriots' defense that has not improved all season long — third-down defense. The Pats finished the season last in the league in third-down defense, constantly staying on the field longer than they should.
Some of that can be attributed to games in which the Patriots had big leads and the defenses had a larger-than-usual cushion, but it's something that could hurt them in the playoffs.
The Jets finished the regular season 15th in the league in third-down offense. They converted 6-of-13 third downs in Week Two against the Pats and just 3-of-12 in their Week 13 loss to New England. In the wild-card win over the Colts, the Jets were 8-of-15 on third downs, well above their season average.
The Jets will likely try to run the ball, control the clock and keep Tom Brady off the field. One way they can do that is consistently converting third downs. The Patriots generally don't bring a lot of pressure on third downs, counting on their coverage to force incomplete passes. Look for the Jets to try to run the ball in some third-down situations against the Patriots' sub package, something they had success doing in Week Two. Converting third downs through the air would also give Mark Sanchez confidence, whereas stopping the Jets on third down would allow the Patriots better field position for their high-powered offense.


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Greg is truly someone who reflects Christ in the way that he gives sacrificially of himself to serve others. I remember when I was living with him, he'd get calls from students and folks from the homeless shelter on Saturday morning, and while I'd be be sleeping in and frustrated at being disturbed, he'd be eager to serve at a moment's notice, whether it'd be buying groceries for a single mom or meeting up with a student going through a crisis.
There is so much more I could say about Greg, but in short Greg is an all star of the faith, and I am so encouraged and honored to know him as a brother in Christ. Through knowing him I know that Christ is real, that He is at work in the lives of others, and that He is good.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
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Tim Tebow shared his thoughts on being named the Broncos' starting quarterback Tuesday.
A New York columnist says Santonio Holmes needs to start earning his salary and his status as a team captain.
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A Philadelphia columnist says "this has the look and feel and especially the smell" of Andy Reid's final season.
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On Thursday, August 22, 2013, Deputies from the La Porte County Sheriff's Office were summoned to a parking area at the campus of Purdue University North Central in reference to a shooting that had occurred off campus. Upon arrival deputies found a 17 year old juvenile male who had suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his left hip and after being shot the victim and his friends fled to the nearby campus of Purdue North Central.
An immediate investigation was launched and it was determined that a disagreement over a narcotics transaction at a residence located in the 9500 West block of County Road 125 South lead to multiple gunshots being fired at a vehicle. One round penetrated the vehicle and struck the juvenile victim, who was seated in the back seat. The vehicle had been occupied by four (4) juvenile occupants at the time of the shooting. The victim was transported to Saint Anthony Memorial Hospital in Michigan City.
Two (2) persons, a father and son, were ultimately arrested. They have been identified as 58 year old David DIEDERICH and 16 year old Jeremy DIEDERICH. David DIEDERICH has been charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Violent Felon, a class "B" felony, Dangerous Control of a Child, a class "C" felony and Aiding, Inducing and Causing Dealing Marijuana, a class "D" felony. His bond has been set at $25,000. Jeremy DIEDERICH is being charged as an adult for the following offenses:
Attempted Murder - Class "A" felony
Aggravated Battery - Class "B" felony
Criminal Recklessness - Class "C" felony
Dealing Marijuana - Class "D" felony
He is being held without bond. Both are scheduled to appear in La Porte County Circuit Court.
The La Porte County Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance from the public in locating a vehicle that was involved in a crash near the scene of the shooting. Immediately following the shooting, the victim's vehicle was involved in a crash with a dark colored pickup truck as it fled the residence after being shot at. Anyone with information about that dark colored pickup truck is asked to contact led investigator Sergeant Andrew Hynek at (219) 326-7700 Ext. 2401.
The La Porte County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Sheriff's Office Emergency Response Team, La Porte County Emergency Medical Service, Indiana State Police and Michigan City Police.
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In Sunday's game against the Vikings, the Patriots rushed for nine yards in the first half on nine carries.
The best run in the first half was a three-yard TD by Danny Woodhead on a direct snap. Tied 7-7 at halftime, it looked like a repeat of Week Seven when the Chargers shut down any semblance of a rushing attack. Both the Vikings (in the first half) and Chargers made Tom Brady look human by taking away the pass with no threat of the run.
Then, something clicked. In the second half, the Patriots' rushing attack exploded for 113 yards and two touchdowns en route to a 28-18 victory, advancing the Pats to 6-1 — the best record in the NFL.
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Coming into the season, there were four running backs expected to get carries: Laurence Maroney, Fred Taylor, Kevin Faulk and Sammy Morris.
Who would have thought through seven games the leading rushers would be BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Danny Woodhead? (If you did predict that, please pick my Lotto numbers for this week).
With injuries to Taylor and Faulk and the trade of Maroney, Green-Ellis got his time in the spotlight, and the diminutive Woodhead became Faulk's replacement. Green-Ellis rushed for a career-high 112 yards (6.6 avg.) and two TDs, while Woodhead had five catches for 45 yards out of the backfield in Sunday's victory.
On the Pats' final scoring drive, which included Woodhead's crucial 16-yard reception on 3rd-and-12, Green-Ellis had seven rushes for 62 yards (8.9 avg.) and a two-yard TD plunge to turn a 21-18 advantage to the final 10-point margin, 28-18.
A key component to Green-Ellis' success is veteran TE Alge Crumpler, who delivered some huge blocks on the drive. "I think Alge is a friggin' great blocker. He's a dominating blocker in there," Brady said after the game.
Without a fullback (OG Dan Connolly fills the role in short-yardage and goal-line situations), Crumpler serves as the de facto lead blocker for Green Ellis, whether it is from the backfield or pulling from his TE spot on the line. Crumpler said from the beginning of the season that he will do whatever is asked of him, and with the success of rookie TEs Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, that means deferring catches to them while helping the team with his blocking.
As the defense continues to be vulnerable, the Patriots need to have the ability to score at will. The passing offense hasn't had many easy scoring drives since the Randy Moss trade, and a productive running game can help open it up more for Brady and keep a young defense off the field.


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