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This particular blog posting has been in the works for over 3 weeks. Way before the Eagle story came to be, which was more of a place holder than an actual blog post, as I realized I had not got around to putting a blog together. It was not for a lack of trying. You see, the Gazette's website has a way to type in your title, content, add pictures, and then preview your post. I wrote my first 'second life' blog and previewed it. I hadn't finished the ending since I realized I needed to do a bit more research, so I left it as it was and came back in a couple days to finish up the post. It had disappeared. I was distraught and started working on the whole thing again. I got sidetracked on other projects that popped up and demanded immediate attention and when I was almost done, the website had automatically logged me out, thus losing my entire blog post again. I was just plain angry, so I quit. I find the best way to deal with a problem like this is to just stop for awhile. After a week past, I came back to the issue at hand vowing to not have this problem. Instead of writing it on the website, I opened up a word processor and started to type it there. At this point, I hadn't been involved with my second life for a couple weeks and so I realized I had forgotten a good amount of the useless information that I had about second life. So I returned to Second Life one last time. Needless to say, I didn't save my document before starting the Second Life application and it happened to crash my computer resulting in losing my blog post for the last time. I say last time as I am typing this, hoping I don't have to add another sentence in before this actually makes it way online.
So, without further nonsense, I present my new blog post, 'My Second Life.'
A week(3 weeks) ago, Brian Hoag of The City Slickers blog fame, sent me an email suggesting I check out Second Life since my last two blog posts were on free online games. Second Life fit into that category and was an excellent suggestion. I had heard of it before but never really checked it out. The only thing I can really remember about Second Life was an episode of The Office where Dwight is playing as himself in Second Life. Thus, I went to the website (www.secondlife.com) and began to read all about the program.
Second Life is basically a computer program that allows you to connect to a virtual world that is inhabited by other people controlling avatars that are virtual representatives of yourself. The world is set up and maintained just like the real world in that you can go anywhere you want and do whatever you want. You can go to shops and buy things, you can walk around and talk to whoever you wish, you can buy some land and build a house, you can find an arcade and play games all day, you can head to the disco and dance all night long, you can get a job, and the list goes on. There is no real 'game' play aspect as there is nothing to do or gain in the world other than lindens which is the virtual money. You can then purchase all kinds of goods for your avatar such as clothing, haircuts, plastic surgery, and more. The game doesn't keep track of who has the most stuff or who has the most money so getting a lot of either has no rewards or status and there is really no way to be able to get all the 'stuff' in the world as each shop is owned and maintained by its individual owner, which can make as many virtual items and sell as many as they like. This is the most intriguing aspect of second life to me. Each person, that knows how to do it, can MAKE there own 'stuff.' This basically means a limitless amount of content flooding the virtual world.
Let's get back up a bit and just get you acquainted with what happens when you first log in. Obviously, the first thing you do is register and pick a name. From there, you download the software to your computer and install it. After that, you launch the Second Life program and log in with your name and password. The game teleports you to a training program that lets you experiment with your in-game controls as well as give you specific tasks to do. This is a great little introduction to how to use the controls. Once you are done, the game will teleport you to training island which has no training programs on it, but the island lets you run around and do things at your own leisure without a computer player telling you what to do. Basically, this is like your test run in the 'real' second life world after learning the basics. I took my time here and tested out a lot of controls and just explored the island. From there, I teleported out and the game warned me that I could never come back to training island. I said my goodbyes and was on my way.
Once you are dropped into the actual Second Life world, there is no one around for a few minutes. Then, people start showing up. Most are new people but there are a some that are just hanging around. I sat down and tried to have a conversation with someone. It worked and I was soon chatting to three people about what I should do now that I just joined Second Life. I got lots of suggestions and then a message popped up saying that one of the people I was talking to was giving me a folder called 'newbies.' I asked what it was, and they replied it was a bunch of things that would help me out since I was just getting started. I accepted and looked through my inventory screen for the folder and opened it up to find new outfits, accessories, places to teleport to, and animations. Animations are basically little programs that make your avatar do things such as dance. I later found out that accepting gifts like that from people you don't know is somewhat dangerous as they can use it to spread viruses. I didn't get infected and I moved on.
There is a search button that allows you to search out places to go or friends that you know on the second life world. I searched for most popular places and found a list of many places to visit. The first I tried was Freebie Island. This place is great. Just walls and walls of crap to buy for FREE! I was able to all new clothes, some sunglasses, some really cool dance moves, and new shoes. I thought about getting a new hairstyle, but decided against it. I also noticed that you can make money on this island by sitting on a bench or standing in a spot for 20 minutes. I don't know why, but if you are there for 20 minutes, they give you $2 in lindens. You can also click on any of the ATM machines and it takes you to a website that has you fill out an online survey and then you get somewhere between $10 and $50 worth of lindens in the game. After leaving Freebie Island and going to a place like Frank's place, you realize how much you actually need lindens as everywhere else you go, it costs to buy things. And these things are better quality and just plain cooler. Which means, I gotta have the cool sunglasses and the tux that is available to buy at Frank's place. So, I was going to go back to Freebie Island and sit for awhile to make money but I asked a person that was walking by how to get lindens and she said it was easy enough to get a job at one of the places. So, I started exploring Frank's place more to possibly find a job. I ended up finding a large staircase that lead to a huge ballroom dance floor with lots of people dancing to Frank Sinatra tunes. Ah-hah! That's why it's called Frank's Place! So I walked through the ballroom floor and realized there are little tiny balls everywhere. If you click on one, you can choose to animate yourself. Basically, these things are called posing balls and you can click on one and wait for a partner to click on the one next to you. Then, the program makes you dance. From there, you can obviously engage in conversation with the person who decided to dance with you. I had a lovely chat with another person, and was given another folder that had a few more places to go including this particular person's virtual house.
Getting back to the mission at hand, I jumped from place to place trying to find a job. Each place I went to, had me fill out a virtual application and that they would get back to me. This was just as tedious a process as putting in applications in the real world. Eventually I got a message about having an interview. So I show up at the place and talk to this guy and he offers me a position being a bouncer at the club on his island. My job would be to kick people out that were causing problems and thats it. I would have taken it, but he wanted me to be there specific hours each week, which I could not do. I do have a first life. Thus, the job thing didn't work out. So, I went and sat down on a bench at Freebie Island and eventually made enough money to buy what I wanted. It wasn't worth it.
I started exploring random places and found that there are houses throughout the worlds. If you don't have an invite for that house, you can go into it or if you do, you get booted back to the starting place. I found this out by flying. Yes, you can fly at anytime in Second Life and is most useful for moving as you can move lots faster flying than walking. Anyways, I fly over a house which has like 3 people in it. I get a warning message to get out of the airspace of the house so I do. Then I thought, I want to go talk to these people. So, I fly back in and land right beside them, the message pops up. I start to type something to these people, but am kicked out to the start screen before I can even finish 'What's going on?'
Second Life has a bit of a dark side as well. There is an option in the search bar to turn on MATURE. From here, you can find a million islands dedicated to sex. As for me, I turned it back off. The real world is scary enough, I can't even imagine what type of weird things could be found in the second life mature zones. Parents be warned, as far as I can tell, there is no way to restrict access to kids. However, I think I had to enter a birthdate when registering, but this doesn't mean a child won't put a bogus date in.
Anyways, Second Life is a huge program filled with millions of people wandering around and pretending to have a second life. It is very interesting and I meet some interesting people and had some good conversations. I find it very interesting that anybody can buy land from the company that owns Second Life and build whatever they want. Some huge companies buy there own land and have a place for their employees to meet and even conduct meetings through Second Life if all the employees are located all over the world. There are limitless possibilities as to what you can buy and then do. Anybody can open there own shop and sell programs/clothes that they have designed. I still don't completely understand it, but there is a way to sell real goods over Second Life as well. One example that I saw was Dell. You can go to a Dell store in Second Life and order a computer. It will ask you for a credit card number so you can finish the purchase. The entire thing is extremely interesting and a great way to waste some time. I doubt I will ever buy land and build a virtual home as I have no desire to waste real world money on a virtual world, but exploring what other people have done is quite exciting.
So give it a try, its completely FREE and my amazing pick of the week!
Extra thanks go out to Brian Hoag for giving me the idea to check this out completely. If you have a suggestion like Brian did, please feel free to email me at email@example.com and be sure to include your name so I can give you credit.
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Second Life? Oh-my, Oh-my, your article makes me feel great about being over sixty (plus). I had, and have, enough trouble living in the First Life. You know, the one where you have to live with all mistakes, and enjoy real successes. I'm not putting you down, as Second Life may well be a way of learning, without responsibility. But, then, with no responsibility, what can be learned from decisions made?
Okay, enough of this, my blog of your blog. Good luck to you, and anyone desirous of this type of lifestyle.
The one I like is: Born once, die twice. Born twice, die once (Now that is a 'Secondlife' I will play forever). Shalom in Christ, Arley Steinhour
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The Friends of Robert H. Treman State Park will be hosting "Heritage Day" in the Upper Park on Saturday, October 19, 2013 from 1 – 4 pm. Events will include guided tours of the Mill, naturalist conducted tours of the gorge and an "in progress" archeological dig at the site of the former Hamlet of Enfield Falls. Excavations are being carried out by Dr. Sherene Baugher and her students and visitors are welcome. There are several new exhibits in the Mill which highlight aspects of life in the camp of the Civilian Conservation Corps as well as in the former Hamlet of Enfield Falls.
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Text Customization for Readability
Online Symposium 19 November 2012
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This symposium brought together researchers, practitioners, and users with disabilities to explore the needs of people with low vision, dyslexia, and other conditions and situations that impact reading. It promoted new research, ongoing research, and analysis of past research related to text customization for readability. The goal is to encourage user agent developers, standards developers, policy makers, web designers, and others to provide specific functionality in mainstream web products by helping them better understand and implement text customization.
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Text transcript of the online symposium on 19 November 2012.
Contributed Extended Abstracts
Research Papers:
- CSS for Readability: Analysis of user style sheets to inform understanding users' text customization needs
Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- Discovering Typographic Environments for Reading with Low Vision
Wayne E. Dick, Ph.D. Knowbility, Inc.
- Optimal Colors to Improve Readability for People with Dyslexia
Luz Rello, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Yahoo! Research & Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Position Papers:
- When One Size Fits One — A Position Paper on Achieving Readability for People with Low Vision Through Web Text Customization
Eileen Rivera Ley, MBA. Ley & Associates, LLC
- Element Level Accommodation
Wayne E. Dick, Ph.D. Knowbility, Inc.
- Accessibility issues due to sub-pixel rendering
Anthony Lee
Tool Papers:
- The development of a text customization tool for existing web sites
Vasile Topac, Politehnica University of Timisoara
- How feasible is text customization for PDF documents?
Olaf Drümmer, callas software GmbH
Additional comments, questions, and contributions are in the RDWG comments e-mail archive from November 2012.
Many people need to be able to customize text in order to read effectively. Aspects of text formatting that users need to customize include: text size, text color and background color, font face, leading/line spacing, linearization/reflow, kerning, letter spacing, word spacing, line length, text style, justification, and more — including changes to all text and changes at the element level (e.g., headings different from body text).
However, there are few resources that provide clear guidance on text customization. Additionally, most of this customization has not been well integrated in mainstream user agents (web browsers, etc.), nor is it sufficiently included in some accessibility standards and support material (such as the Section 508 standards).
One reason for lack of sufficient text customization functionality may be a lack of awareness of and research on users' needs. This symposium aims to address that gap.
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This symposium focuses on a specific group of people with print disabilities: those who can see and can read, but have difficulty reading text in common designs and thus need to specify different text characteristics in order to read effectively. It includes:
- people with low vision, including people with declining eyesight due to aging,
- people with dyslexia and related disabilities,
- people with other difficulties reading,
- anyone in difficult situations that impact reading, such as high stress situations, low light conditions, reading on a moving mobile phone, reading a non-native language, and readers with low literacy.
The primary focus is on people who use mainstream technologies and do not regularly use assistive technologies (AT), such as screen magnification. Some people do not use AT because the functionality does not meet their needs, poor usability, complexity, cost, availability, or other factors. For example, some people do not use screen magnification because while they need to increase text size to read, they do not want to increase images or other screen elements; and some need text to wrap to avoid horizontal scrolling — functionality that most screen magnification software does not provide. Research with AT users can inform how to meet the needs of this user group.
The objectives of this symposium are to:
- Define the problem space: Describe the text customization needs of people with low vision, dyslexia, and other conditions and situations that impact reading.
- Share and compare: Discuss what we know about how text customization helps people read. Discuss what people do and don't do in relation to text customization.
- Synthesize and organize: Analyze applied and experimental findings and integrate them into a report that offers clear recommendations.
- Guide: Start developing actionable, research-driven guidance for user agent developers, standards developers, policy makers, web designers, and others on integrating specific text customization functionality in mainstream products.
- Shape: Recommend future research efforts that will help us understand and implement text customization functionality more effectively.
The Text Customization for Readability symposium is organized by the W3C WAI Research and Development Working Group (RDWG). For information about RDWG, see the RDWG FAQ. If you have additional questions, contact Shadi Abou-Zahra (W3C Staff Contact).
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- Robyn Hunt (AccEase)
- Caroline Jarrett (Design to Read and Effortmark Limited)
- Clayton Lewis (University of Colorado)
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- Luz Rello (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
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I don't think Burns will beat him, I want Broner vs Vazquez. He's a smart fighter, and I don't really what people say that he's boring this or that the man has his fundamentals down. He runs? Or he uses effective footwork either way it gets the job done
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MG, Vazquez put me to sleep on the JMM/Pac 4 undercard. Lol
I've seen him fight on the Turning Stone triple header a few months ago...same result. Broner/Vazquez will be similar to Mike Jones/Randall Bailey and Donaire/Navaez.
I respect boxing fundamentals to the fullest, but he just overdoes everything...that circling & boxing in particular. Those last 2 rounds of De La Hoya/Trinidad, is a usually a 12-round reenactment when Vazquez fights. I'd rather see Broner/Abril or Broner/Burns.
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She was a resident of Eldridge since 1980 after moving from Bear Creek and a member of the Hubbertville Church of Christ.
Behel was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her husband, Gilbert Behel of Eldridge; three sons, Thoms Olin (Tammy) Behel of Macon, Ga., Bruce Wade (Sherrie) Behel of Winfield and Jeffrey Blake (Tina) Behel of Gainesville, Fla.; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, John D. Hester of Muscle Shoals and Billy Ray Hester of Cullman; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
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Course Content and Outcome Guide for MTH 11C
- Course Number:
- Course Title:
- Fundamentals of Arithmetic II
- Credit Hours:
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- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 60
- Special Fee:
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Course DescriptionUse fractions and decimals to write, manipulate, interpret and solve application and formula problems. Concepts will be introduced numerically, graphically, symbolically, and in oral and written form. Prerequisites: Pre-Algebra COMPASS score 1-20 or successful completion of MTH 10 with a "C" or better. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Creatively and confidently use mathematical and other problem solving strategies to formulate problems, to solve problems using multiple approaches, and interpret results.
· Meet the prerequisites for further course work.
· Choose and perform accurate arithmetic operations in a variety of situations with and without a calculator.
· Present results numerically, symbolically, and graphically, and in written and oral form.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assessment shall include:
· At least two in-class examinations,
a. Fractions and decimals testing without calculator
b. No more than 50% of any test can be multiple choice
· One in-class, proctored, individual cumulative final exam,
· At least one written explanation of a mathematical concept,
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- Decimal, fraction, integer, and percent arithmetic operations in context
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- Master fraction and decimal vocabulary
- Solve numerical and application problems with fractions and decimals
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Bryce Brown- RB Formerly Tennesse University and Kansas State University:
Every Year in the preseason there seems to be a few guys throughout the league that seemingly came out of no where. The best examples of this phenomena would be Victor Cruz, Arian Foster and even the Steelers own Isaac Redman. Less than a month away from the draft some prospects are also impressing scouts with their ability and relative mystery. The following are the back stories behind some of the prospects that have really impressed the scouts according to accounts of their Pro Days. I will try to update these every Friday until the draft with more prospects that impressed scouts in the coming weeks.
At his Pro Day-
Brown impressed scouts with his athleticism the 6' 223 RB ran the forty and was clock with a low time of a 4.37s and a high time of 4.45s. He had a vertical jump of 34" and put up 22 repetitions in the bench press at 225lbs. According to the accounts he showed scouts why he was once heralded as one of the best highschool running backs ever and definite secured an invite to camp. However the numerous character concerns will keep him from being drafted.
Back Story-
Ironically began this post about unheard of prospect with a prospect that was a one time hyped to be the second coming of Barry Sanders and coming out of high school was considered to be the best RB since Adrian Petersen. At the time he was rated higher than even Trent Richardson but now he will probably not be considered draft worthy. Brown was considered a smart student and an amazing athlete. Unfortunately he had an ego and fell in with a recruiter that did not have his best interest in mind. After the huge publicity surrounding his signing, he decided to go to Tennessee. As a true freshman in the SEC he rushed for 460 yards on 101 carries and had three touchdowns. The spring of his freshman year in the wake of Lane Kiffin leaving the program Brown wanted to transfer to Kansas State to play with his brother among other reasons. He was told he would not be let go of his scholarship and therefore could not get a scholarship at Kansas State. He had to then miss a year because of the transfer and pay his way through college. Still listening to Butler the recruiter who many in college football despised, Brown missed voluntary workouts to do "his own thing". He left the football program after having only three carries. The head coach said he was going through a hard time in the wake of NCAA investigations and the change of scenery. Brown declared early for the draft.
At his Pro Day-
Brown impressed scouts with his athleticism the 6' 223 RB ran the forty and was clock with a low time of a 4.37s and a high time of 4.45s. He had a vertical jump of 34" and put up 22 repetitions in the bench press at 225lbs. According to the accounts he showed scouts why he was once heralded as one of the best highschool running backs ever and definite secured an invite to camp. However the numerous character concerns will keep him from being drafted.
Here are highlights from Browns freshman year at Tennessee.
Chris Greenwood, CB Albion:
At His Pro Day-
The 6' 1 1/2" 193lbs CB prospect from Albion impressed scouts at his Pro Day with his amazing athleticism. He ran his forty yard dash timed at 4.34s. He continued his athlete display by posting an 11'2" broad jump and an amazing 43" vertical jump. He impressed every scout there but reported really drew the eyes of the Steelers scouts that were present.
His Backstory-
You may be thinking how is a tall prospect, who moves extremely well and has this elite athleticism not better known? Coming out of high school he was given only a couple of scholarship opportunities. He decided to go to Northwood because they recruited to play his desired position of corner. After a year though he left Northwood because he did not like the atmosphere at the college. He transferred to Eastern Michigan University but due to credit transfer problems never saw the field in the one year he was there. He then transferred to a school where he could play immediately, Albion. The school that currently has less students then my high school at 1,513. He was so dominant at Albion that teams rarely threw his way. During his career his two year career there he has 4 INT returns for TDs. In his senior year he finished with 24 tackles and 2 Ints. Greenwood shut down his side of the field so effectively that the rest of the team prospered. The Britons led their conference in Ints with 15 as a team. He was selected in his senior year as a Division III All-American and was invited to the East-West Shrine game. During practices Greenwood showed some flashes but also showed the difficulties from coming from a small time school. At his Pro Day he said scouts didn't ask him about football related questions but more personal and character based questions. He implied they seemed very interest in a prospect that came from a school most had never heard of. he did say scouts had been comparing him to Antonio Cromartie and that his favorite CB of all time was Charles Woodson.
From an evaluation stand point Greenwood is unpolished according to most. He has terrific straight line speed but does have some struggles in change of direction though it isn't a major concerns. He did struggle with route recognition at the East-West Shrine game and also gave too much of a cushion because he was not familiar to playing with higher level competition. He is considered raw and a sixth round to undrafted prospect. My guess is he gets drafted purely on the height, weight, speed aspect.
Here is a highlight film of Greenwood from his Albion years. As you can see he was by far the fastest player on the field when he played.
Tim Fugger, DE/OLB Vanderbilt:
At His Pro Day-
Tim Fugger put in a surprisingly athletic day. At 6'3 1/2" 248lbs the potential 3-4 OLB prospect ran a 4.55 forty yard dash. He did 29 repetitions of 225lbs on the bench press and put up a 6.97 3 cone , 4.10 short shuttle and 34" vertical jump. He also looked surprisingly fluid in both the defensive line and linebacker drill, where he displayed an ability to drop back.
His Back Story-
Fugger is a former TE and DE in high school. During his Vanderbilt career he recorded 91 tackles (53 solo), 11.5 sacks including 18.5 tackles for loss. His senior year he put up 34 tackles (21 solo), 13.5 for loss and 7.5 sacks. He was second team All-SEC in his senior year and became a leader on the defensive line. Though he looked fluid in his work out in his game tape he showed some slight stiffness. He is considered to have push himself into the last day of the draft and could be a good special teams player and possibly contributor for a NFL team. He seems like a good character guy and was quoted saying this about his Pro Day,
"I worked my tail off, so I hope some people are now thinking a little different about me than they were before," Fugger told the media after his workout. "I came out and put up the numbers I did while training, so hopefully that helped me out a bit."
Korey Toomer OLB Idaho-
At His Pro Day-
Measuring 6'2" 236lbs Toomer put in an great performance for the scouts in attendance. He ran his forty yard dash in 4.49s, completed 20 reps at 225lbs in the bench. However the story of his work out was his vertical jump. He jump over the 40" maximum the device present could measure. Scout decided to credit it as 41". He tahn went on to perform brilliantly in drills for the eight teams there.
His Back Story-
If you asked the scouts prior to the season they probably couldn't tell you who Toomer was. He wasn't even seen as camp fodder material. Transferring to Idaho from Arizona Western Junior college he barely played in 2009. In 2010 he took a red shirt year i believe for medical reasons. In the spring of 2011 the team needed a new leader on defense due to the loss of their leading tackler to graduation. Toomer step up to the challenge. He won a starting spot and in the season was there leading tackler and a leader on the defense. He had 68 tackles (30 solo) led the team in sacks with 4, had 4 pass defensed, one interception and converted a two points as a fullback. Toomer impressed so much that he now has 16 pre-draft visits and looks to have made his way into the final day of the draft. He need to bulk up but he is seen as a good special teams prospect and possible contributor to a 4-3 defense at the Will.
Derek Carrier, WR Beloit-
At His Pro Day-
The 6'3" 240lbs prospect left scouts scrambling to get tape on him. He ran under a 4.5 40 yard dash reports estimate about a 4.47 had a 40 inch vertical leap a 10'2" broad jump and a ridiculous 6.67 3 cone drill time. He look fluid in his routes and by the end of his Pro Day had two dozen requests for game film by team officials.
His Back Story-
Carrier went to Beliot after his mom received a call about the school his junior year. Though in his junior year he was being recruited by Division I Wisconsin he focused on basket ball his senior year and that recruitment dried up. Beliot never lost interest in him though. Again another ridiculously small school with only 1250 students. He decided to go there because it was one of the few schools recruiting him in his senior year to play both football and basket ball. At Beloit he shattered the school records for receiving. With 189 receptions 3,111 yards and 29 TDs. This last year he also broke the schools single season receptions record with 75 catches for 1250 yards and 12 TDs. During his 3 year career at Beliot he had 15 100yard receiving games. This was inspite of being double teamed nearly every play and having a poor QB and overall team as a Senior. Carrier wasn't just a football player though he played basketball and ran track at the Division III school.Carrier in track was a long jump, triple jump and 55m runner but succeed most in the long jump. He was a leader and a 100% effort guy will in college. He was quoted saying,
"The one aspect I will take away from being a student-athlete is my strive for greatness, perfection, and success in both the classroom and on the field. I have a very difficult time being involved in something if I can't give it 100% of my effort and attention, so in the classroom I devote a lot of time to reading, studying, and preparing for class just as I devote a lot of my time to training, watching film, and taking care of my body on the football field. I also believe that in order to be truly successful, in any field, one needs to be able devote their time and effort wholeheartedly into their goal."
Carrier isn't just a football player. Majoring and Health and Society, a pre-med major, he was on the Deans list every semester, was a Presidential Scholar and a team captain. He was a two time All-conference selection and a D3 All-American. At the D3 Classic he impressed the coaches with an amazing TD grab in the back of the endzone. I can say without a doubt that Carrier will be on a team some where. He has great athleticism, size, character and smart. I will have to get his BLA standings but here is a picture for submission. Carrier will probably be drafted in the seventh round and could either put on weight and be a TE or drop some weight and be a WR. I think the latter would suit him better in the long run. His coach has already admitted being in contact with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Seattle Seahawks prior to his performance in Madison Wisconsin.
In the United States there are a ridiculous amount of college. Some of the smaller ones many scouts haven't even heard of. When these small prospect then attend a major prospects Pro Day some of them are discovered for the first time. These were just some of the prospects that really stood out among the crowd and will surely get an invite to camp. There are more and will be more and I will try to update this list with those that impress as the Pro Days continue.


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A friend sent me this video This is quick demonstration of new Blackberry Playbook. We are trying to get it for review. The video was take at Al-Ghanim X-Cite in the Avenues Mall. Only Wifi 16GB version is available for KWD 219, I think you can get cheaper from the States.
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Poshmark is throwing our first LIVE Posh Party of 2014 in our hometown of San Francisco and you're invited! Grab your PFFs and join the Poshmark team, your co-hosts, and local Poshers for a fun night of shopping, cocktails, giveaways, mingling and more. Plus, get a custom Poshmark-inspired mani by the talented nail artists and local SF favorites, Pams & Kin.
Can't wait to see you there!
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I think our nation learned from Vietnam, that spitting on our Soldiers isn't the right thing to do - but rather showing reverence for Soldiers is the way to go.
If our nation learned from Vietnam, they would have given military special benefits like boarding the plane first starting back in 1971. Fact is, there is a new military propaganda campaign in the country following 9/11.
I'll be taking some wounded warriors out on a boat trip that I donate to the cause in a couple of weeks. Some of them are missing a leg, some an arm, some both and even one of the guys is missing both arms and both legs. These are guys that by the end of the day are your friends. Hell they may have been your friends or realatives before they went to war. They're just people like you and I who have suffered unimaginable loses. From what they've told me the mental side of it is what is most devastating to them. I wish I could take a couple of you ingrates on the trip so you could experience this. So you know though it'd be a one way trip for you.
"So you know though it'd be a one way trip for you."That's an exceptionally stupid thing to put in print.
The people who don't get the respect they deserve are the taxpayers who actually pay for the military. And that's about 50% of us. We really should have a National Taxpayer Day where the low lives and irresponsible bums can thank us for paying for the military, food stamps, welfare babies all of the things we do. It's nice knowing I spend time away from my kids so I can pay more the irresponsible behavior. We need a day where the "Occupy" losers could come on stage and shake Mitt Romney's hand and thank him for paying so much in taxes since they can't/won't. It would be beautiful.