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In today's look back at 2012, there is a bit about the Shard. The Skyscraper index, bubbles oil, China, Japan and Argentina come into focus.
6 September: Saudi could be an oil importer by 2030. According to a report from Citigroup produced by Heidy Rehman, Saudi Arabia – which currently produces 13 per cent of the world's supply of oil and natural liquid gases – could be a net importer of black gold by 2030.
22 Oct: British company claims to make energy from air.
A British company called Air Fuel Synthesis states on its web site: "Oil is basically made from carbon and hydrogen. Carbon is in the air in the form of carbon dioxide and hydrogen can be found in water. Air Fuel Synthesis is the process of turning carbon dioxide and hydrogen in water into a sustainable fuel." The company says that its system uses "renewable energy to capture carbon dioxide and water from CO2 point sources". It says: "We electrolyse the water to make hydrogen and react the carbon dioxide and hydrogen together to make liquid hydrocarbon fuels."
13 November: The changing axis: is US set to become world's largest oil producer again? The International Energy Agency, or IEA, has predicted that the US will be the largest producer of oil in the world by 2020, overtaking Saudi Arabia that year. It also reckons that the US will be the world's largest producer of natural gas by 2015 – overtaking Russia.
China and Japan
12 Jan: According to Chinese property web site SouFun Holdings Ltd,house prices fell in 60 of China's top 100 cities in December. Apparently, average prices have fallen four months in a row.
Also in January, theShard was opened. The world's tallest buildings are often completed on the eve of major stock market crashes. So there was the Singer Building just before the panic of 1907, and most famously the Empire State in 1929. More recently, we have the Petronas Twin Towers completed at about the time of the Asian crisis of 1997, and, most recently of all, there was the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai. This is what a recent Skyscraper index report stated: "China will complete 53 per cent of the 124 skyscrapers under construction over the next six years, expanding the number of skyscrapers in Chinese cities by a staggering 87 per cent. China's skyscrapers are not only increasing in number – it now has 75 completed skyscrapers above 240m in height – but the average height of the skyscrapers that it is building is also increasing as past liquidity fuels the construction boom."
25 January: Japan sees first annual trade deficit since 1980.
Also in January
According to data released yesterday by Japan's wealth and welfare ministry, its population is set to decline by around 41 million between now and 2060.
March: The beginning of the end of the career aspirations of Bo Xilai.
18 April: Anthony Bolton says of the performance of the Fidelity China Special Situations Investment Trust: "I've been disappointed with the performance but I still very much believe in the fund and what I am trying to do with it." He then admitted that things have been tough and blamed the fund's poor performance on certain Chinese companies that engineered reverse takeovers into US companies to obtain a listing on the US stock market. "I thought that perhaps 20 per cent of these reverse merger companies were questionable," he said, "but now I think the number is probably much higher than that." He said he now uses four or five firms to carry out "deep due diligence" about a company before he invests.
September: China and Japan clash over Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.
November: New make-up of the Standing committee of Chinas politburo is announced. Xi Jinping is to be the next President.
December: PMIs covering China's manufacturing lift suggesting recovery may be taking place.
Also in December Shinzo Abe, re-elected Prime Minister of Japan, he wants to see Japan ditch its pacifist constitution.
22 March: Budget cut income tax from 50 to 45 per cent.
According to ex McKinsay man James Henry, who has penned a report for the Tax Justice League: "No less than $21 trillion is sitting in secret tax havens, and that is worth the roughly the same as the combined GDP of the US and Japan."
New age banking
June: Andrew Haldane, who is the executive director for financial stability at the Bank of England, reckons peer to peer lending could eventually replace High Street banks. The FSA, however, is worried about peer to peer lending and crowd source funding: will it quash the most exciting revolution in finance since 1694 when the Bank of England was formed?
6 April: Argentina re-nationalised its biggest oil company YPF, effectively kicking the company's biggest shareholder – the Spanish giant Repsol – over the border and back across the Atlantic. The Spanish government is fuming and claims that Argentina has turned itself into a pariah state. It's a serious development in the story of our times and the repercussions are many. There is another point too. Argentina's devaluation of 2002 is cited as a justification for certain countries to exit the euro. It just goes to show that there are never easy fixes. "I am head of state and not a hoodlum," said Argentinean President Christina Fernandez yesterday. According to the 'FT', she was 'visibly angry', but then again Spain's foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo didn't sound too happy either when he said Argentina had "broken the climate of friendship." And his boss, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is likely to appear pretty cross, as he embarks on a tour of Latin America tomorrow and tries to elicit support from Argentina's neighbours.
Markets in 2013
Infamous contrarian investor Marc Faber was talking on CNBC a couple of days ago. His prediction is a tad scary.
He said: "I don't think markets are going down because of Greece, I don't think markets are going down because of the 'fiscal cliff' – because there won't be a fiscal cliff. The market is going down because corporate profits will begin to disappoint, the global economy will hardly grow next year or even contract, and that is the reason why stocks, from the highs of September of 1,470 on the S&P, will drop at least 20 per cent, in my view."
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Image via WikipediaHere is my Thursday afternoon discussion; I have been thinking about this subject and I am throwing out there for discussion purposes. I decided to expound on the subject after seeing the story linked below from yesterday's St. Cloud Times.
I do believe that the Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey team is going to want to play the UND Fighting Sioux on a regular basis for financial reasons, it's advantageous to both programs to continue the storied rivalry, next to the Badgers, the UND Fighting Sioux are one of the top rivals of the Minnesota Golden Gopher's, it's a fact. Before you throw the Fighting Sioux nickname out there, the nick name issue will be resolved before the NCHC conference plays it's first game (just a prediction, UND is not going to give up a chance to pay in the Big Sky Conference). I don't care what the so called self described experts say, (I am sure we know who these people are), UMN needs UND too. Let's not kid ourselves, UND is going to sell more tickets than a match up against OSU, MSU-M and or SCSU.
Mick Hatton; Saint Cloud Times — The University of Minnesota men's hockey team is in preliminary discussions with St. Cloud State, Bemidji State and Minnesota State-Mankato about playing nonconference games and a tournament both on an annual basis, according to Gophers coach Don Lucia.
Lucia said he has talked with Huskies coach Bob Motzko, Beavers coach Tom Serratore and Mavericks coach Troy Jutting about the Gophers playing games against their programs beginning in 2013-14, which is the first season that the Gophers and Wisconsin leave the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for the Big Ten Conference.
Lucia also said that he plans to talk with Minnesota-Duluth coach Scott Sandelin about the same arrangement with the Bulldogs, who also leave the WCHA after the 2012-13 season and will join the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
"We have 14 nonleague games to work with and our goal is to play those (four) teams every year," Lucia said. "It would be good for our program, all the other programs and for the state of Minnesota.
"I think it's a win-win for everyone, for our fans and the proximity of playing each other. We should continue playing each other."
So when the nickname issue is worked out do you think the Gophers and Sioux will play on a "semi-regular" basis? I do, because it's beneficial to both parties.
Related articles
- Gophers want to play state teams (mvn.com)
- UPDATE: Shaft: NCAA meeting about Fighting Sioux nickname postponed (mvn.com)
- Former Sioux defenseman Chay Genoway; Working It Out (mvn.com)
- 5 Greatest College Hockey Programs of All Time (bleacherreport.com)

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Cincinnati Bengals
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Bengals release WR Coles
The Bengals released WR Laveranues Coles on Thursday. Coles, 32, caught 43 passes for 514 yards and five touchdowns in his one season with Cincinnati.
AFC North team needs
The Bengals needed a stretch-the-field wide receiver to pair with 32-year-old Chad Ochocinco, so they signed ex-Buccaneers UFA Antonio Bryant, as PFW examines the needs of each team, position by position, in a series that continues with the AFC North.
Hall of Fame Game will feature Cowboys against Bengals
A pair of 2009 division champions will kick off the 2010 NFL preseason when the Cowboys play the Bengals in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 8, the Hall of Fame and the NFL ...
Can Jones be complementary piece in Bengals' offense?
When last seen in the NFL, WR Matt Jones was the Jaguars' leading receiver. He probably won't hold that same role in Cincinnati, but the hope is he'll be an effective complementary target in the Bengals' offense.
Foot surgery will sideline Bengals OT Smith 10 weeks
Bengals OT Andre Smith underwent foot surgery last week, the Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting. It's expected to sideline him 10 weeks.
Report: Bengals sign ex-Jaguars WR Jones
The Bengals signed former Jaguars WR Matt Jones on Friday, according to ESPN.
Top 10 stories of past NFL season
Even with uncertainty hovering over the future, a contrast of old and new came together to make the 2009 season a memorable one. PFW examines the 10 stories that dominated the NFL in the past year.
Reserve RB Scott could have key role in Bengals' offense
The way we hear it, the Bengals aren't likely to be able to re-sign RB Larry Johnson, considering that Bernard Scott, who started twice in place of lead back Cedric Benson as a rookie in 2009, is likely to ...
Gilyard working overtime at Senior Bowl
With the NFL draft only three months away, University of Cincinnati WR Mardy Gilyard is doing everything he can to improve his draft stock in the eyes of NFL coaches and talent evaluators.
Bengals LB Maualuga arrested on drunken-driving charge
Bengals LB Rey Maualuga was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and careless driving early Friday morning in Covington, Ky.
Graham's future with Bengals up in the air
Could the Bengals be in the market for another placekicker in the offseason? It's a question that merits asking after Shayne Graham missed a pair of field goals in the wild-card round loss to the Jets.
Bengals step up, retain Zimmer
Not long ago, Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer thought he would be coaching elsewhere in 2010, but he will remain at the helm of the Cincinnati defense after signing a contract extension with the club on Jan. 12.
Bengals retain Zimmer as defensive coordinator
Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, who has helped make the Cincinnati defense one of the AFC's stoutest in his two seasons on the job, will remain in his current position in 2010.
Limitations of Bengals' passing game show up in loss to Jets
The Bengals have no shortage of problems to address with their passing offense in the offseason.
Sanchez nearly flawless as Jets beat Bengals
Mark Sanchez handled single-degree wind chills and the playoff pressure with no problems Saturday, throwing a touchdown pass on a rollout play, and the Jets' running game took it from there, setting up a 24-14 victory over the Bengals.
Whitworth received great news since he is headed to the Pro Bowl for the first time.||||||| Whitworth enjoyed a stellar season with the Bengals and is replacing an injured Ryan Clady of Denver. The seventh-year lineman has started every game for the Bengals since 2009. His streak of 67 straight starts is the longest on the team.
The Cincinnati Bengals have agreed to a two-year contract extension with Whitworth on Wednesday, a deal that runs through the 2015 season.||||||| Whitworth was a second-round draft pick in 2006, when he moved into the starting lineup. He emerged as one of the league's most dependable tackles last season. He was a team captain and assumed a leadership role during the NFL lockout, helping to organize workouts in Cincinnati. Whitworth has started every game each of the last two seasons. He's the first player the Bengals have extended since the lockout ended.
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis moved Whitworth to left tackle for the start of the team's voluntary offseason workouts Tuesday. Andre Smith, the team's top draft pick, will line up at right tackle when he reaches a contract agreement. Smith has never played right tackle.||||||| Whitworth has filled in at left tackle for Levi Jones, who has been hurt the last few years and was released in the offseason. The offensive line was the Bengals' biggest problem last season, when they won four games and finished last in the league in total offense.
Cincinnati placed Whitworth on injured reserve Friday.||||||| Whitworth hurt his ankle against Philadelphia on Nov. 16.
Whitworth and Jaguars defensive tackle John Henderson were fined $10,000 apiece for fighting in last week's game.||||||| Henderson and Whitworth exchanged punches after Henderson knocked off Whitworth's helmet, then appeared to try to gouge his eyes. Both players were penalized and ejected Sunday.


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Boat Tours, Paddle-craft Rentals and Select Conveniences Temporarily Unavailable
Glass-bottom, snorkel, diving and island boat tours, and rentals for canoes and other paddle-craft, are temporarily unavailable. The park is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible and regrets the inconvenience. Limited snack items are available.
Boca Chita Key
The park's most popular island provides visitors with a variety of facilities. There is a campground with picnic tables and barbecue grills. Additional picnic tables and barbecue grills are located on the south side of the harbor near the open-air pavilion. Saltwater toilets are available, but since there is no freshwater or electricity on the island, there are no sinks or showers. A half-mile hiking trail starts just east of the restrooms. The trail continues to the south end of the island curving back north and emerging near the pavilion and picnic area.
The island's crowning glory, and Biscayne National Park's de facto symbol, is the 65-foot ornamental lighthouse built by Mark Honeywell, one of the island's former owners, in the 1930s. The lighthouse is open intermittently whenever park staff or volunteers are on the island. The observation deck provides a fantastic view of the islands, bay, ocean, and the Miami, Key Biscayne, and Miami Beach skylines.
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This is a huge awesome collection of guitar lesson videos by Marty Schwartz that I got from a lot of researching on the internet and am uploading here so you guys can get it quickly! This is only my second torrent so sorry if I did something wrong. Hope you enjoy- -max805 P.S. Please Seed!!!
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Tito Ortiz recently expressed his distaste for Stephan Bonnar being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
"Forrest deserves it. He beat me, and he beat some other really good guys. He was a world champion. He had some great fights. I think he deserves it. As far as Stephan, I have nothing against the guy, but you've got to be a world champion, I think, to be in the Hall of Fame."
Now from the outside looking in, this doesn't make much sense. Charles Mask Lewis is in the UFC HoF and even has his name on the Octagon every singly fight.
Are these sour grapes from Tito or does The People's Champ have a legitimate gripe with the decision to induct Stephan Bonnar into the Hall of Fame?


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I have seen people put the flatware on these placemats, but I kind of like things on or off, and there is just not enough room to have it all on, so I put it to the side. If any of you have some ideas or suggestions about that, let me know!!
There you have two different apple-themed settings!
Next week I have a huge treat as my mom and I are doing a table for a festival that promises to be fabulous! I am so excited about doing it with her and also excited about seeing the other tablescapes. I promise lots of photos and a lot of bling!


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Maybe it's just a particular hang-up of this writer, but we find one of cinema's greatest mysteries to be the question of what happened to Rob Reiner. The sitcom star and son of the great Carl Reiner ("Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid," "The Jerk") became a film director in the early 1980s and had an extraordinary, almost unmatched run across the next eight years, helming seven diverse and hugely acclaimed films that have become enshrined as some of the finest of their era. Few filmmakers, at least within the mainstream, can make a claim to a consecutive string like it.
And then, in the early 1990s, Reiner appeared to be replaced by some kind of a pod person. Where his helming was once assured, tonally perfect and displaying a terrific sense for casting, the exact opposite became true, with a string of films that were forgettable at best, and unwatchable at worst. It's hard to say what happened -- the complacency of succcess, a renewed focus on his (obviously laudable) political activism, some kind of head injury. But a director who'd been a seal of quality throughout the 1980s had, by the 21st century, become a major warning sign.
You're probably not aware, because few are, but Reiner has a new film opening in theaters this weekend; "The Magic of Belle Isle," which stars Morgan Freeman as a wheelchair-bound alcoholic author romancing single mother Virginia Madsen. We've not seen it ourselves, but the word is that it's far from a return to form -- the AV Club write in their review that "there's certainly nothing in 'The Magic Of Belle Isle' to suggest its director was ever more than a hack, regurgitating worn-out scenarios at the bottom edge of competence." But it seemed to be a good excuse to return to the days when Reiner was one of Hollywood's most diverse and reliable directors, and examine that original seven-film run, before things inexplicably went to pot. Check it out below. Do you have an explanation for what happened to Reiner? Do you want to stand up and defend the likes of "North" or "Alex & Emma"? Feel free to weigh let us know in the comments section.
As the son of legendary comic and writer-director Carl Reiner, and a comedy writer and performer himself who came to fame as Meathead on "All In The Family," it made sense that Reiner's directorial debut would be on the funnier end of the spectrum. But only an optimistic fool would have guessed that he'd begin by directing, co-writing and starring in one of the funniest films ever made. Because that's exactly what "This Is Spinal Tap" turned out to be. Purporting to be a documentary, "or, if you will, rockumentary" (in the words of Reiner's character, filmmaker Marty DiBergi), about the would-be-comeback tour of heavy metal band Spinal Tap (who'd originally featured on Reiner's comedy pilot "The T.V. Show," featuring Loudon Wainwright III on keyboards), made up of childhood friends David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), keyboard player Viv Savage (David Kaff) and an ever-rotating series of ill-fated drummers. It's tempting to just turn this piece into a long list of the film's inspired comic highlights, but one hopes you know them already. But for all the brilliant performances and absurdly funny writing, the film's grounded by Reiner's direction; real attention to detail is shown in creating the film's world, and in replicating the look and feel of the music documentary (Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz" seemingly a particular inspiration), which means that even when the film heads into more surreal territory, it feels truthful. Reiner also invests genuine pathos into the falling out between St. Hubbins & Tufnel; it's far from a simple gagfest. Many others -- including Guest himself -- have tried to replicate the formula, but never to the same success.
Confession: Reiner had a great run, but not every film is a solid-gold classic. "The Sure Thing" is a solid little teen movie, but not quite up there with some of the others. That said, the comedy, about a misfit college-age couple -- girl-chasing Walter (John Cusack), hoping to find the "sure thing" of the title (Nicolette Sheridan), and uptight Alison (Daphne Zuniga), off to see her dull boyfriend -- who fall in love on a cross-country trip to L.A., holds up pretty well. And that's principally thanks to the ever-charming Cusack, along with some genuinely funny scenes and a heart firmly in the right place. If some elements are unnecessarily telegraphed (her English writing assignment needs loosening up, his needs buttoning down; she has a filofax, he has a six pack of beer, etc.) it really doesn't matter -- subtlety is not the order of the day here. With able supporting cameos from Tim Robbins as the mercilessly chipper showtune-singing rideshare driver Gary Cooper ("Not the dead one!"), and Anthony Edwards as the hard-partying West Coast best pal with the connection to the Sure Thing, this is an amiable, if not inessential Reiner picture, and a film that, like its main character, is obsessed with the idea of sex, but is all the more likeable for never actually getting any.
John Constantine | September 23, 2012 5:56 PM
well, I saw Flipped and so should you. It's not Stand by Me but it's a sweet film.
Marbles | July 7, 2012 3:15 PM
Hey Mr. Reiner, I love your later films too. The world is full of morons.
Tom Cruise | July 5, 2012 11:19 PM
hey that's me! i'm awesome! all hail xenu!
Oogle monster | July 5, 2012 2:17 PM
Next up should be: What ever happened to John Cusack? Maybe in time for the release of Mud? Do it do it do it.
Real | July 5, 2012 2:06 PM
Great list. I wonder if he ever wonders the same thing about his career.
It's funny that between this and your Oliver Stone list I was reminded of a couple of iconic roles from Tom Cruise and made me remember why he is such a big star.
David | July 5, 2012 1:56 PM
What happened? It's really no surprise: money and complacency.
Den | July 5, 2012 1:20 PM
Great headline about a really good filmaker. Favourite one is Stand by me, full of heart and feelings about first friendship.
rotch | July 5, 2012 1:13 PM
it's called Ghosts of Mississippi


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BUS 110 - Introduction to Business 3 credits
Course surveys the basic principles of business including formation, strategy, and structure. Course is open only to students with no previous credits in the business department.
BUS 120 - Principles of Management 3 credits; Offered both spring and fall semester
Students are involved with the discussion of organized structure, personnel administration, and management theory and practice.
BUS 164 - Leadership and Supervisory Skills 3 credits
This course is for the business or non-business major who is concerned with a most important skill in the workplace today: the ability to effectively lead or supervise people at work.
Students learn and practice skills in exercises and with case studies. Team/group leadership is emphasized along with one-on-one supervisory skills. Topics include group dynamics, motivation, communication, decision making, and leadership styles.
BUS 220 – 221 - Quantitative Business Analysis I and II 3 credits each semester; Offered both spring and fall semesterPrerequisite: Completion of math requirements; BUS 220 is a prerequisite to BUS 221.
This course reviews the collection and presentation of data; measures of central tendency, dispersion, probability; sampling distributions; and statistical inference and correlation. Time series analysis and forecasting also are included in the course materials.
BUS 231 - Personal Finance 3 credits; Offered spring semester
Students learn individual and family financial planning. Topics discussed are budgeting, credit, real estate, stocks and bonds, insurance, and estate planning.
BUS 232 - Sports Management 3 credits; Offered fall semester
This course introduces students to the basic tenets of how the business of sports is conducted in several different settings.
Topics include leadership and management of personnel, budgeting, legal, and current issues, as well as general administration/operations and dynamic integrated relationships different populations involved in sports-related interests and activities.
BUS 236 - Sports Facilities Management 3 credits; Offered spring semester
Students are introduced to the many aspects of athletic facilities including management/operational and physical plant. Topics include needs and interests assessment, budget study and utilization, program development, operations and event management.
Subjects in facility structure include architecture and design, form vs. function, risk management, legal issues and long range planning.
H-BUS 304 - Honors Business Administration: Business Ethics (V) 3 credits; Offered fall semester alternate years
This course will examine issues and scenarios that relate directly to the workplace, so that future employees can develop a clearer sense of how their corporate code of ethics relates to operational decisions made on a daily basis.
BUS 309 - International Business 3 credits; Offered fall semesterPrerequisite: ECO 132
This course examines the strategies and structures of international businesses and the implication of international business for firms' various functions.
Topics covered include globalization of markets and production, political and economic systems, corruption, international trade and investment, regional economic integration, foreign direct investment, and the international monetary system.
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This course provides an overview of human services management, comparing profit and nonprofit organizations. Emphasis is placed on nonprofit agency structure, program planning, personnel motivation, public relations functions, and effective board relationships.
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Students review special factors pertaining to small business including marketing, computers, finance, personnel, government regulations, and income taxes.
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This course provides an overview, understanding, and exposure to law and its relationship to the business environment. The course examines the laws and legal controls operating in the business community. Topics include the legal system, torts, contracts, agency, and business organizations, among others.
Limited to juniors and seniors unless permitted by department chair and instructor.
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This course examines how businesses use technology to create and sustain competitive advantages in their industries. Case studies illustrate the strategic importance of information, showing how information provides advantages in the supply chain, distribution, sales, and operations.
Focus is placed on how new technologies can help transform industries and create new market opportunities. The role of information standards (such as HTML and XML), and legal and ethical standards are also examined.
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This course investigates a selected business topic not offered in the established course descriptions.
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Using computer simulation, group discussions and outside research, students learn more about the entrepreneurial personality, how to succeed in business, initial financing, going public, and franchising.
BUS 451 - Business Administration Seminar 3 credits; Offered spring semesterPrerequisite: Open only to seniors majoring in business administration.
Students discuss topics of current interest affecting the business community, develop and defend strategic recommendations for various corporations, and develop an integrated business plan.
Course is designed to integrate previous courses in an applications framework and improve students' ability to communicate these concepts.
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Brandon Graham ..
wow this is not good .. it could be worse .. but heres why
The eagles were in great shape to sit at 24 and get a corner like wilson or mccourty .. and than still have two third rounders .. but they traded up for graham .. NOW IT COULD BE WORSE .. EARL THOMAS .. who the fuck wanted earl thomas .. he blows .. he cant tackle .. he jumps routes .. and get beat constantly .. hes basically asante samuel .. we already have one of those .. and he needs to go .. thank god it wasnt him .. but Graham is highly over rated .. i had him ranked as the 5th best DE .. he has a high motor .. which covers up the fact that he has little talent .. is undersized and has small arms .. i
Now i do not think he is a bust .. he will not be horrible .. but he will also NEVER be a probowl end either ...hes solid but not special .. he is not a double digit sack guy .. everyone is high on tapp .. tapp is a situational guy .. Graham is an upgrade from tapp .. but heres the problem with this pick...
DEREK MORGAN!!!! the best DE was still on the board .. he is a poor man peppers .. hes athletic and a 10 plus sack guy .. wow .. and we passed on him for basically another undersized high motor guy .. we already have trent cole .. we dont need another one!! and we got trent cole in round 5!! fuck fuck .. if we got graham at 24 than fine .. decent value .. trading up and losing two thirds in the deepest draft in years is complete bs .. theres a DE still on the board named everson griffen ..he will be a better pro than brandon graham and we could of got him at pick 37 ... i would of rather had pierre paul .. yes he has a high bust potenital .. but he also has a higher ceiling .. and he goes to the giants who turned OSI into a good end .. paul has the tools to be dominat .. graham doesnt .. so i would take the upside anyday .. graham is a safer pick .. he will not be a bust .. paul maybe .. but paul can be a stud .. graham has no potential ..
This pick was horrible .. they need to salvage this .. trade back from 37 and get a third .. that will make this blow a lot less .. and if we can still get mays or allen than it will be ok .. but right now i dont think the eagles are that smart


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We always like to keep our readers aware of indie films of note currently in production; here's another one for you: It's entitled Hogtown by Chicago area writer/director Daniel Nearing, who previously made the 2009 critically acclaimed drama Chicago Heights.
Currently halfway through production, the film, which is being shot in black and white with Herman Wilkins and Diandra Lyle playing the leads in a mutli-racial cast of more than 70, is as Nearing calls it, a period experimental drama set during the backdop of the notorious 1919 Chicago race riots; he further says that its "plot relates to the investigation into the disappearance of a multi-millionaire theatre owner during a snowstorm. While it is on the one hand a murder mystery and a love story, it is intended as a celebration of the city while exploring the isolation and emotions of many of its inhabitants."
The film even incorporates several famous or soon to be famous real people, including a 19 year-old, unpublished Ernest Hemingway; and though it is a period film, Nearing says that his film will be "period-less," shot in undisguised contemporary Chicago locations.
The film is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, for a 2013 release, and several original gospel songs by Minister Raymond Dunlap, who did the soundtrack for Chicago Heights, have already been recorded; and a full orchestral score for Hogtown is being planned.
We'll keep you up to date with further news and maybe hopefully see a trailer soon.
Carol Coote | May 1, 2012 5:09 PM
I love it already - anything with a multi-racial cast gets my attention as I believe this is the future and I want to support those who are making these films.
Is there anything the public can do to help?
Ava | April 29, 2012 9:32 PM
The aesthetics alone have me drawn in. Look forward to hearing and seeing more.
Laura | April 29, 2012 2:44 PM
Looking forward to seeing the film.
Harold Dennis | April 29, 2012 2:40 PM
Hogtown is rockin' and Rollin'.


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Hank Johnson, owner of Chaumette Vineyards and Winery, has announced the addition of a new poolside restaurant: The Spa Café at Chaumette. Executive chef Adam Lambay, who also helms the stoves at the winery's Grapevine Grill, will offer guests a "spa-inspired menu of international influences," including a trio of gazpachos, red pepper hummus, wine barrel-smoked Missouri trout and several house-made desserts. The complete portfolio of Chaumette wines will also be available, of course. The Spa Café at Chaumette will be open for lunch and dinner; watch for a July debut.
Also announced by Chaumette today: Winemaker Mark Baehmann has joined the team; he comes to the Ste. Genevieve operation after 17 years as winemaker at Augusta's Mount Pleasant Winery. Look for Baehmann to host several wine-tasting events soon – just as soon as he's finished bottling Chaumette's 2008 vintage.
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I will caveat this review by claiming ignorance to The Vine's dinner options. I've only experienced lunch. I will say however that my lunch was fantastic. I ordered the prime rib dip and I was more than pleasantly surprised, I was supremely impressed.
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A happy party of ten celebrating a courthouse wedding, on a very slow weekday afternoon, so slow we were the only party in the whole restaurant, were met with good food and drink. But emphatically lackluster service. In my more cynical frame of mind I have to suspect it is because the tip was already added because of the size...
We needed lunch after a long flight. Great find! Wonderful salads, wines and a helpful staff in a lovely setting with plenty of window views.
We were in South Bend for one night and saw an ad for The Vine. It turns out that it was half price for bottles of wine and appetizers the night we were there. We took the wait staff's recommendation to try the assortment of appetizers that included the hot crab dip with fresh baked bread. Maybe it was the...
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The polarizing quarterback is entering the final year of his current contract in which he is scheduled to make $11.5 million in base salary. However, his cap hit is a robust $16.8 million, something that would certainly go down with an extension.
Considering how much Joe Flacco was paid by the Baltimore Ravens earlier this offseason (SIX years, $120 million with $52 million guaranteed), Romo would be in for a massive payday. Look for Romo to end up with something in the neighborhood of five years and $85 million, ensuring he will remain in Dallas.
Of course, Flacco earned his money in the postseason with terrific clutch play, something Romo has been allergic to since becoming Dallas' starter in 2006. The Eastern Illinois product is also 32 years old and will be 33 in April. How many years can the Cowboys realistically expect out of him before Romo's skill set begins to erode?
Last season, Romo threw for a career-high 4,903 yards on an incredible 648 attempts. In his career, Romo has tossed 177 touchdowns compared to 91 interceptions.
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Jurors today saw a portion of a videotaped interview in which a man accused of murdering a San Marino resident and burying the victim's remains in his own backyard 28 years ago described himself as a "pacifist" who believes in "non-violence."
"Did you kill John and Linda Sohus?" NBC reporter Natalie Morales asked during an August 2008 interview with Christian Gerhartsreiter, who also went by the names Clark Rockefeller and Christopher Crowe, among other aliases.
"My entire life I've always been a pacifist. I am a Quaker and I believe in non-violence and I can fairly certainly say that I have never hurt anyone," Gerhartsreiter said.
The 52-year-old defendant is charged with murder for the February 1985 slaying of John Sohus. The 27-year-old man's remains were found in May 1994 when a hole was being dug for a swimming pool at the back of the property at 1920 Lorain Road, where Gerhartsreiter had lived in a guesthouse for a time.
During his opening statement, Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian told the Los Angeles Superior Court jury that John Sohus and his wife, Linda, are dead and accused Gerhartsreiter of faking their disappearance to cover his tracks.
Gerhartsreiter is not charged in connection with Linda's disappearance, but the prosecutor contended the German national arranged for postcards to be sent from Paris to the couple's family and friends to give the appearance that they were traveling abroad.
One of Gerhartsreiter's attorneys, Brad Bailey, has suggested that the postcards prove Linda was alive and that she, rather than his client, might be her husband's killer. Gerhartsreiter sat down for the TV interview following his Aug. 2, 2008, arrest, according to Los Angeles County sheriff's Detective Timothy Miley.
In other testimony, Ralph Boynton told jurors that a police detective from Greenwich, Conn., tried unsuccessfully to speak with Gerhartsreiter — whom he knew as Christopher Crowe — at the office where both worked for a New York City investment banking firm in November 1988.
Gerhartsreiter didn't show up to the office and requested an extended leave of absence, explaining that he had been busy and was "worried about his parents" because they were "in harm's way, possibly being kidnapped by foreign entities," the prosecution witness said.
He said he had not alerted Gerhartsreiter about the detective's request.
"Did the defendant after you had contact with Detective (Daniel) Allen ever show up for work again?" the prosecutor asked.
"No," Boynton responded, noting that the job could average $100,000 to $300,000 a year in commission for employees after they got past the probationary period.
Allen, now a Greenwich police lieutenant, said he tried to contact Gerhartsreiter after receiving a teletype from the San Marino Police Department to ascertain information about a vehicle connected to the missing couple.
The lieutenant said he tracked down a young man who told him that a man he identified as Chris Crowe had offered him the truck but didn't have title to it.
"Was he able to get title?" Balian asked.
"No, he was not," the lieutenant said, noting that there was a lien on the vehicle.
The police lieutenant said he tried to reach Gerhartsreiter at his office and spoke with a woman at another phone number, and asked that Gerhartsreiter contact him.
In testimony Wednesday, Gerhartsreiter's former fiancee, Mihoko Manabe, told jurors that he changed his appearance and told her he had to go into hiding after the detective tried to reach him.
She told jurors that the man she knew then as Christopher Crowe told her the peron who had phoned identifying himself as a police detective "wasn't really from the police — that I should disregard what he said."
The prosecution witness testified that Gerhartsreiter described his parents as being in "great danger" and himself as being in danger, as well.
Manabe said Gerhartsreiter encouraged her to go into hiding with him, proposed to her and changed his appearance by growing a mustache and beard and starting to wear contact lenses instead of glasses after a Greenwich, Conn., police detective tried to reach him some time in 1988 at her home in New York City.
Manabe said she helped Gerhartsreiter — who had previously lived in Greenwich — color his hair and eyebrows blond, and that the two of them "always walked on different sides of the street" and got their mail from post office boxes. She also said Gerhartsreiter shredded any mail with addresses on it.
"Well, the situation was very strange," she told the jury, noting later in her testimony that there was a "marked difference" in Gerhartsreiter's behavior after hearing about the phone call from the detective, who called her home twice.
Manabe testified that she continued her relationship with Gerhartsreiter until 1994, when she met the man who is now her husband.
"I didn't want to stay with him any more," she said of Gerhartsreiter. "It was not a happy situation for me. It was not a good relationship."
The prosecution has pointed to a string of lies by Gerhartsreiter, telling jurors that he posed at times as a member of the wealthy Rockefeller family, a Hollywood producer, British royalty and a USC film professor, lying even to his wife of 12 years.
Gerhartsreiter's attorney, Bailey, acknowledged that his client had "undisputably, undeniably" used different names, but said he was hardly "the first person in this city to try and reinvent himself."
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Six of the Ten UFC Champions have a background in American Folkstyle wrestling (Renan Barao's inteirm title is the tenth title). Cain Velasquez, and Chris Weidman were NCAA Division 1 All Americans, Jon Jones was a Junior College national champion, and recruited to a very solid Division 1 program, Iowa State before he decided to pursue a career in MMA. Ben Henderson wrestled for Dana College at the NAIA level where he was a 2 x NAIA All American. Demetrious Johnson, and Dominick Cruz had very successful High School Wrestling careers, but never took their game to the college level. This list does not even include Georges St. Pierre who did not come from a traditional High School, College, or International wrestling background, but has trained extensively with members of the Canadian wrestling team and is identified by many as having the best MMA wrestling in the sport. In addition to the champions, three of the confirmed next challengers for UFC belts, John Moraga (NCAA D1), Johny Hendricks (NCAA D1 Champion), and Miesha Tate (High School) got their start in combat sports wrestling.
While some may argue, the debate over the best combat sport base for MMA revolves around Wrestling. MMA is seeing a trend where athletes from specific universities are more likely to make the jump to MMA after their college careers are complete. In the near future will the term MMA, or even UFC factory attached to some of the most successful wrestling programs?
The first one that could earn that moniker is Oklahoma St (OSU). OSU has a legendary wrestling program, and claims 34 team national titles in a history dating back to the 1920s. Numerous NCAA National Champion contenders, and Olympic caliber athletes are part of the program year in and year out, and their fan base loves the sport. Here is a look at the former OK St. wrestlers who have, or currently are competing in MMA.
Randy Couture - 3 x All-American, 2 x National Finalist. 19-11 MMA. UFC LHW, and HW Champion, and one of the true legends of the sport that bridged the gaps from the early unregulated shows into the monster events of the 2005-2010 era.
Don Frye - Started his college career at Arizona State, but finished with Oklahoma St. on the same team as Couture. Don was one of the early legends in MMA, compiling a 20-9 record in MMA. He started his MMA career 16-1, with most of the fights coming between UFC and Pride. The only loss in that early stretch was to Mark Coleman
Mark Munoz - 2 x All-American, 2001 National Champion. 12-3 MMA, with most of the fights coming in WEC and UFC.
Daniel Cormier - 2 x All-American, National Runner up, 2004 and 2008 Olympian. 12-0 MMA, and likely would be fighting for the UFC HW title, if it wasn't held by his friend and training partner Cain Velasquez.
Mo Lawal - All-American. 9-2-1 MMA. Mo only wrestled at OSU during his senior season, after winning a Division 2 National Championship. Lawal was a 3 x US Freestyle National Champion and had a successful career wrestling internationally, but fell short of the Olympics in 2008. Mo is a former Strikeforce LHW champion, and fighting in the Bellator LHW Tournament finals on July 31st.
Jake Rosholt - 3 x National Champion, 12-5 MMA. Some consider him a failure at MMA, due to early hype that said he would be the next Randy Couture. He never lived up to the early hype, but he did make it to UFC and holds a submission win over long time vet Chris Leben. He isn't listed on the Team Takedown web site, so I believe he is retired now.
Johny Hendricks - 2 x National Champion, 4 x All-American. 15-1 MMA, and will be the next challenger for the UFC WW title in November. Hendricks was one of the first Team Takedown members, and to this point is by far the most successful member of that team.
Shane Roller - 3 x All-American, 11-7 MMA. Another of the Original Team Takedown guys, Roller had a long run in WEC/UFC but was never more than a mid-level gatekeeper before he retired last year.
Jared Rosholt - 3 x All-American, National Runner up. 7-1 MMA. One of the top HW prospects in the sport and will be in action again on August 2nd.
Jerrod Sanders - All-American, 2 x National Qualifier. 13-1 MMA. Sanders became a coach at North Carolina State before pursuing MMA. He is now signed with WSOF fighting as a Featherweight, and picked up a win on their June card.
Steve Mocco - 2 x National Champion, 2 x National Runner up, 2008 Olympian. Mocco spent his first two years at Iowa, winning a National title, and placing second, before moving to Oklahoma St. to finish out his career. He is 2-0 in his MMA career, and one of the top HW prospects around. He will fight on the next RFA card, on August 16th.
Jamal Parks - All-American, 4 X NCAA Qualifier, 2-0 in MMA. The latest OSU alumni to make the jump to MMA, his pro debut was in April, and he will fight again on August 2nd.
Tyler Shinn - 2 x National Qualifier during his Freshman and Sophomore seasons, but was then hampered by injuries, and the emergence of 4 x All-American, and 2 x National Champ Jordan Oliver who bumped him from the lineup. 5-1 MMA.
Kyle Griffin - Griffin was never a major player at Oklahoma St. After transferring in from junior college he redshirted a year, and then complied 10-4 record in 2008-2009. He is 1-2 in MMA, and was most recently scene grappling at the UFC fan expo.
This list of fighters has legends in the sport of MMA like Couture, and Frye, mixed with top contenders like Cormier, and Hendricks, and rising prospects like Jared Rosholt, Mocco, and Parks. OSU will be well represented in the sport of MMA for years to come, and it will be interesting to see if the flow of talent continues to increase as more and more alumni find success. Hendricks mentioned in some recent interviews that he stop by OSU practice to work out with the team from time to time. That gives anyone on the team with questions about MMA a resource, and sounding board.
Who is next?
The obvious choice for the next OSU wrestler to make his way into MMA is Blake Rosholt, who could follow his two brothers into the sport. Blake has not reach the same level of success as Jake, and Jared at OSU yet, but with one year remaining after he earned All-American honors in 2013, he is likely to leave the school with an impressive NCAA wrestling resume. I'm sure he will have every opportunity to train with the guys at Team Takedown like Johny Hendricks, Jared Rosholt, and Jamal Parks.
Alan Gelogaev is another potentially interesting candidate for the world of MMA. He had tremendous success at HW during his time in Oklahoma, becoming an All-American in 2013. He saw his career riddled by injury as he was sidelined during the 2011 and 2012 NCAA tournaments. He is a native of Russia, and was a youth boxer before he took up wrestling seriously after watching the 2004 Olympics. During a training camp in Russia, Daniel Cormier, struck up a friendship with Gelogaev, and helped convinced him that Oklahoma St. was a good place to wrestle, and attend school.
Current OSU rising senior, and 3 x All American Tyler Caldwell is another viable candidate. He took an Olympic red-shirt for the 2011-2012 season to train for the 2012 Olympics, and that will likely remain his goal in 2016. The problem for him is that he competes in a stacked weight class at the Senior US level. Ahead of him on the USA depth chart are impressive guys like 2012 Olympic gold medalist, and 2011 World Champion Jordan Burroughs, 4 x NCAA Champ Kyle Dake, and 2012 NCAA Champ, 3 time NCAA finalist David Taylor, and Andrew Howe
Every MMA fan would love to see recent OSU grad Jordan Oliver make the jump, but he is finding success in Freestyle wrestling and almost certainly will not even consider a jump to MMA until after the 2016 Olympics... if he considers it at all. Oliver was a 2 x National Champion, and 4 x All-American during his time at OSU.
It is hard to guess who will be the next in the growing line of Oklahoma St. wrestlers to try their hand at MMA. Only a handful of the guys listed above started fighting in MMA right after leaving college. Many pursued international wrestling, or coaching before getting in the fight game. The next name we see may have already graduated, and be competing like 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist Coleman Scott, or Obe Blanc, or could be out of the sport completely before getting the itch for competition again.
No matter who makes the jump to MMA next, they will be part of a growing tradition at Oklahoma St.


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Mormon Reflections on 9/11
Much will be said today on the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. Many will stop and reflect on how the attacks changed individual lives and how they altered world politics and policies. I had some particularly mormon thoughts today as I compared the two most significant events on 9/11 for American Mormons, 9/11/2001 and 9/11/1857.
Typically when Americans reflect upon 9/11 we consider the unjust nature of the attacks (we call it 'terrorism' for a reason). There is then perhaps some consideration of how appropriate our actions have been since the attacks.
Typically when Mormons reflect on 9/11/1857, or Mountain Meadows Massacre, we consider the difficult circumstances of the mormons in 1857 and especially we recount the recurring persecution the mormons endured in the decades leading up to the massacre. We recall how we mormons were kicked out of Missouri, driven by an extermination order from the governor; how we had to leave the US after the murder of our leaders.
I find it somewhat ironic that as mormons we're content to look at the complex nature of Mountain Meadows Massacre, which doesn't excuse the attackers, but grants some level of understanding for them, while for 9/11/01 very few of us will grant the attackers the same benefit. We want to have the US take some responsibility for Mountain Meadows based on the chronic mistreatment of mormons, but how many of us consider the chronic abuses of the US on the peoples of the middle-east?
Do we stop to consider how our foreign policies have harmed those in other nations? This isn't to say we should ignore the positive effects of some of our policies, simply that we should not ignore the lessons we could learn from our mistakes. We funded and armed the Mujahideen (precursor to the Taliban and Al Qaeda) so they could fight the soviets vicariously for us. After giving billions of dollars worth of weapons to them and then supporting every policy decision made by Israel (regardless of the morality or efficacy of their policies) should we be so surprised that some felt persecuted enough to attack us? Again, I don't say this to excuse them and certainly not to say we deserved it. I say this because I'm trying to approach these attackers in the same way that most mormons approach Mountain Meadows Massacre.
I also can't help but see a terrible pattern of completely ignoring modern day revelation on the topic of war. Section 98 clearly gives mormons the command to "renounce war and proclaim peace" and gives God's laws regarding war. We are never to start war (which we clearly did in Iraq and in Mountain Meadows). When attacked we are to offer peace to the attackers, and not just the first attack but the second also! After we're attacked the third time God says we are justified in engaging in a defensive war, but we are also given the promise that if we continue to petition for peace rather than going to war that God will fight our battles for us and multiply our blessings for such a decision. This isn't a revelation that can be explained away as being specific to a particular people at a particular time. It specifically says that this is the law God has given to ancient prophets.
So on this 9/11, let's take time to learn from our mistakes. What do we learn about the relationship between our own conscience and religious authority? Can we learn to live in accordance with Section 98? Can we pause to consider how the world views our foreign policy? Do we currently have policies which are likely to cause us future harm? As we mourn those who lost their lives in the attacks, let us also consider what mistakes we have made that should be corrected.


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What folks are saying about JessicaWhat folks are saying about cowboy poet, Jessica Hedges…
"…Hedges grew up on a 450,000 acre spread and has the feel of it in her veins. That background is part of what prompted her to put pen to paper. And multiple trips to the National Cowboy Gathering in Elko, Nevada, further inspired her to perform what she wrote. And it's gotten her far enough to be nominated for an Academy Of Western Artists' Will Rogers Award for the album…"
~Rick Huff- Best of the West Reviews~
"…I have had the great pleasure of becoming a friend of Jessica's and hearing her great work and can tell you she is a performer who is a great asset to any event. She will take the crowd on a journey with her poetry that will allow them to escape to a simpler time and place and leave the daily grind of today's world. Long after the lights have faded from the show in your mind you will still see the picture she painted for you with her poems and if you listen close you can hear his cinch bell ring."
~ Jeff Anslinger, Cowboy Poet, Andrew County, Missouri~
"Thank you so much for being so flexible and performing at the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation's annual Country Sweethearts Dinner, Dance, and Auction. You did a magnificent job and were able to adjust to all of the changes that we had to make. I got many compliments afterwards about your performance…"
~Kayla Stoker, Marketing Director, Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation~
"…The author's poetic style is true to the cowboy tradition with attention to both the poetic form and the rhythm of the trail. The poems offer a true reflection of western life, both then and now, and the delivery is very well done with sincerity and a quiet, captivating enthusiasm..."
~Clark Crouch, Secretary/Editor, Columbia Chapter of the WMA
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Jessica Hedges radio interview January 2011
Jess was a guest on Melody Scalley's talk-radio show in Norfolk, VA. Have a listen as they banter about what life is like out on the range and living in the cow camp with no internet, TV or phone access.
(You may have to pause the streaming audio at the very bottom of this page before you hit the '>' below to play the interview.)
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History in the Barn: A New Poetry CD
A new CD, History in the Barn, recorded by Jessica Hedges, a cowboy poet of Soap Lake, WA has just recently been released. With twelve tracks of poems and running about 25 minutes, the album is well-worth a listen. Jessica recites eleven of her own poems and offers a twelfth, "Where to Go," written by Waddie Mitchell.
Jessica, who as a kid was inspired by her trips to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV, writes from a life-time of experience; first as a youth on a 450-thousand acre ranch in Nevada and now as the wife of a cowboy. Her poems reflect a great respect for western traditions and a sense of history which encompasses an early covered wagon trip out of St. Louis into Nevada, an 1850s border encounter, a final resting place for a pioneer woman, the death of a favorite mount, and the joys and tributlations of life on the range.
The author's poetic style is true to the cowboy tradition with attention to both the poetic form and the rhythm of the trail. The poems offer a true reflection of western life, both then and now, and the delivery is very well done with sincerity and a quiet, captivating enthusiasm.
The tracks are: 1. Moving; 2. Listening for His Cinch Bell; 3. 50 Plus Years; 4. History in the Barn; 5. Dad; 6. Buckaroo Traditions; 7. Why I'll Never Stray; 8. Resting Place; 9. Leo; 10. Joaquin Murrieta; 11. One Last Shot; and 12. Where to Go.
The CD is priced at $15 postpaid and can be purchased on Jessica's website or by contacting her directly: Jessica Hedges, 21071 Rd A NE, Soap Lake, WA 98851.
Reviewed by Clark Crouch, Secretary/Editor, for the Columbia WMA


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News: Jim Jones' Wifey On Marriage Proposal, "Am I Rushing It?"
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011 6:05PM
"Love & Hip-Hop" reality series star Chrissy Lampkin has come forward to discuss her marriage proposal to boyfriend/rapper Jim Jones on television, and the future their union holds.
While they have yet to officially tie the knot, Chrissy believes marriage is still down the road.
"I did it to let him know that I love him enough and I am proud and happy enough to display that to the world," Lampkin explained in an interview. "That's what that's about. Eventually, we will get married. Am I rushing it? No. Of course people have opinions about me asking him to marry me, but I felt it was the right thing to do. I love him enough and I wanted to share that. It's how I felt and what I wanted. You need to know what you're doing with your life. You need to have direction. If that thing doesn't happen the traditional way, it still needs to happen. So why waste your time? I figured I would cut to the chase. What are we waiting for? We talk about it a lot, so it's not like it was something that wasn't going to happen. I felt comfortable enough to ask him. It's not like it was something that was never talked about and I jumped out the window with it. I knew that it was something we both wanted. I didn't mind being the first one to step up. We've been together almost seven years." (Necole Bitchie)
Last week, Jones spoke to SOHH about "Love & Hip-Hop" originally being centered around him.
"'Love & Hip-Hop' was initially my TV show that [VH1] has been trying to do for about four years now. But for three years prior, they had been trying to get me to do this reality show and they shot a pilot. I wasn't really feeling the pilot, because I felt the camera was too much on me and showing too much of my life as far as Jim Jones is concerned. So we had re-evaluated the situation." (SOHH)
Jim also said he offered VH1 an opportunity to gain his support if they found a way for Chrissy to get her own show.
"My lady had an opportunity to shoot a pilot too, but the pilot she shot kind of fell through and she took interest in the whole reality show thing. So I went over to VH1 and told them if they want me to put my involvement in a TV show, or all of my involvement, they need to do a show behind her and I'll do it. I also said I'd find a way to participate in it to make sure it'll be a success. And that's really how the whole show came together. They went and got Olivia, Emily and the girl Somaya. Then they put them around Chrissy and now you have 'Love & Hip-Hop.' Two episodes in and it's feeling like a sitcom." (SOHH)
Around mid-March, Chrissy also opened up about her new Vh1 reality series.
"In the beginning, it was a pilot about me and Jimmy ['Jim and the Family Jones'], and he wasn't really comfortable with that," Chrissy explained. VH1 producers volunteered to bring in "some more females, make it more interesting," and eventually Emily, Olivia and aspiring rapper Somaya Reece were added to the cast; Emily's close friend Mashonda Tifrere (ex-wife of Swizz Beatz) also appears. "If I don't have to work with Jimmy every day, I'm with it!" the ever-bouncy Chrissy, who actually proposes to Jim on the show, laughed. "He didn't want to be bothered with the cameras every day." (MTV)
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I'm still trying to make sense of what happened yesterday and I've concluded that what we fans watching witnessed was not a football game. Below are a few observations:
· After that "performance" all the (non-Titans fans) naysayers proved us fans right that we are not even close to being considered a playoff caliber team. Insult to injury, the Colts are still getting Andrew Luck. Holy four letter word Batman!
· Where do I even start with the performance? Actually, I'll choose not to start at all. There's nothing that even deserves to be analytically broken down because a two year old could watch that game and see what the Titans were doing wrong. That same two year old would probably also assume he/she is watching two 0-13 teams, or worse, the Colts would be the 7-6 team.
· I will say, however, being one that defended Matt Hasselbeck to start (Disclaimer: I defended him only if he were 100 percent healthy, which he obviously was not), I made an agregious error and Locker should've been in all four quarters not just half of one quarter (Hal, you were right, and on behalf of MCM I apologize for ridiculing you last week. Don't let it go to your head). At the very least Locker should have been in the whole fourth quarter. What were you thinking Palmer/Munchak? Our offensive gameplan was the definition of insanity. I might as well give you a sturdy wall and tell you to ram your head into it until your heads go numb.
· The one silver lining, if it's possible to find one, is that we can firmly say that Jared Cook is not the solution at the TE spot. Even when we could see his route running and blocking were not great, there were still those who would support him. Add another vice to that growing list, this being not protecting the ball at pivotal moments in the middle of the field and after converting a first down (this is like the third or fourth time this season), and you've just endorsed your own pink slip.
Below, I've listed five questions that have come to mind from this disheartening loss. It may stimulate, inspire, depress, or confuse you, or some combination in between.
Five questions from a bewildered Titans fan:
(1) Have we entered the Twilight Zone when arguably the Titans best performer yesterday was Lavelle Hawkins, or have we been there since unusual sums up this Titans season?
(2) Isn't it ironic that on the same day the Indianapolis Colts actually win one that Green Bay finally loses one?
(3) Is anyone also wondering that if Peyton were playing against us yesterday the score would've been worse than the 59-0 blowout in New England?
(4) Was the ghost of Jeff Fisher present yesterday and, if he was, was he exuberant with the run, run, pass for four yards play calling all day (Afterall, imitation is the best form of flattery)?
(5) If Robert Wagner helmed the Love Boat does that mean Chris Palmer skippers the Fail Boat?
My Titans haiku of the day:
A sad Titans fan
Indianapolis win
Locker fourth quarter?
The two competing hypotheses I have explaining why we lost yesterday:
(1) Like all good conspiracies, this one started at the top moving all the way down, from the Titans front office down to the players, in an effort to throw the game so Indy doesn't have the number one pick. Too little too late, Titans.
(2) Dan Orlovsky consutled a voodoo woman named Phyllis to curse the entire Titans squad and provide him the win of his life in exchange for his soul.
I know what you're thinking, and I agree. The latter is definitely more likely...
Embarassing statement of the day:
Dan Fouts wondering if the Titans had another Music City Miracle in them. Well, shortsighted Dan (with equally brain dead commentary), that would require two things. For one, the Titans would have to be in Music City for it to be a Music City Miracle part Deux. Barring a cataclysmic geographic shift in the earth's crust on an apocalyptic scale thus resulting in displacing Indianapolis to what is now Nashville, this is not even physically possible. Two, even if Special Teams were able to pull off another miracle (another component of the MCM), after yesterday's result, I think I'd be safe in assuming a flag would be thrown on the play and it would come back.
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1. The Alabama Supreme Court tossed out a $5 million lawsuit against the town of Gurley. The case stemmed from a 2011 ruling the town lost to M&N Materials for blocking the company from building a rock quarry in the town.
2. A missing hiker was found safe at Guntersville State Park. Sanjay Kapoor had been missing since he went for a hike at the park Thursday afternoon. He did not know crews were searching for him. He had been at the campground.
3. Today marks the one week anniversary of the deadly shooting spree at Sandy Hook Elementary. A moment of silence was held this morning as that bell rang once for each of the victims.
4. In Huntsville, a special candlelight vigil was held to honor those victims. Residents gathered at Big Spring Park this evening for the ceremony.
5. The National Rifle Association is calling for armed guards to be placed in every school to prevent violence. The gun rights group broke its silence Friday on last week's school shootings.
6. President Obama addressed the fiscal cliff Friday. He says its time for lawmakers to find common ground.
7. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry will replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State in the president's cabinet. Obama revealed the nation's worst kept secret today in Washington.
8. Dozens of schools across Michigan canceled classes Friday amid worries of a student revolt. The threatened revolt was spread on social media sites due to the Mayan prediction of the end of the world.
9. A strong winter storm was still dumping snow and rain in some parts of the country Friday. Fewer flights were canceled Friday as holiday travelers were trying to get to their destinations.
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By Jason Douglas and Alex Brittain
LONDON--A former Barclays PLC (BARC.LN) executive has been named as the Bank of England's new finance director.
Ralph Coates will take up the role Nov. 4, the BOE said.
Mr. Coates, 40, spent nine years at Barclays, most recently as finance director of the British lender's U.K. retail and business bank.
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I have always been suspicious of the strength of schedule they release every year. It is always based on the previous years records and the only thing that stays the same in the NFL is that teams change. Yes there are some relative constants in teams like the Colts, Patriots, Steelers and yes, Baltimore but even their play varies and eventuall all dynasties fall. There are also teams, like the Bengals who went from 4-12 to 10-6 whose opponents marked them down as a win before the season started and got a big surprise.
The drafting of even one difference maker such as maybe Suh can affect changes greater than just the play in their position. FAs can be brought in that completely transform teams who played below .500 and put them over the top. They also can leave the team they were on in shambles.
What I would like to see is a comparison between the SOS prior to the season compared to the actual SOS after it. I don't know of anyone who has done that. Do you? How much do you think the SOS for this year has been affected by the draft? For example I think the Seahawks will be better and the Texans will be worse. What do you think?


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Stove top burner covers are made for both electric and gas stoves. You'll find stainless steel, ceramic and even porcelain types for sale. Popular shapes include rectangular, round and square. For space-saving options, there are one piece stovetop burner covers that can really provide additional surface area to put things on when the over range top is not in use.
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Stoves can get dirty quickly. This is especially of the gas and electric burners that do all the heating work. If you live in a household with a big family where a lot of cooking gets done daily, then keeping the kitchen clean is hard work. Sometimes it's just easier to cover up the mess for the time being in between the cooking. This is where cooktop burner covers for stoves are quite useful. Whether you get one that covers the whole stovetop or you buy sets of 2 or 4, this is an easy way to quickly make a dirty stove look clean for relatively cheap.
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A pamphlet may be arriving in your mailbox soon. It is sponsored by the group "Progress Lubbock," and contains important facts about the upcoming sales tax election on November 4th.
Progress Lubbock says that by voting for the 3/8 of a one cent increase, you will also be supporting more jobs, better pay, and lower property taxes.


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The pumpkins have arrived for the annual pumpkin sale at United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay.
The pumpkin sale begins today, Oct. 1, and will be held through Oct. 29. Sale hours will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. All proceeds will go to benefit missions to feed the hungry and to send youth on trips to Appalachia to repair homes for those living in poverty.
New this year is a Trunk-or-Treating event on Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the adjacent parking lot. Children and families are invited to come in costume and trick or treat from station to station, decorate a free pumpkin and enjoy food and fun. The youth missions team will be selling chili and hot dogs to raise money for a Guatemala mission trip during the event.
Purchasing a $20 pumpkin allows the church to accomplish one of the following things:
- Provide a foot of siding for our Appalachia Service Project
- Provide 28 meals for Feed My Starving Children
- Provide six hot meals through local meal programs
- Provide one set of brackets to install a cooking oven, removing a dangerous coal fire pit from a home in Guatemala.
The church is located at 819 East Silver Spring Drive in Whitefish Bay. For more information contact Melissa Ugland at email@example.com .


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1996 Doublewide Manufactured home located on a 1.38± acre corner lot close to Long Pond 1-story home includes 1,248± SF GLA, 3 BR, 2 BA, full unfinished basement, vinyl siding, large side deck, FHW/ oil heat & central A/C Detached 21'x20' barn & inground swimming pool Private well & septic system Tax Map 2, Lot 82. Assessed value: $143,600. 2013 taxes: $4,070.
Mortgage Ref: Rockingham County Registry of Deeds Book 4653, Page 547. Sale per order of Mortgagee by its Attys: Haughey, Philpot & Laurent, P.A., Laconia, NH. Terms: $5,000 deposit by cash or certified check satisfactory to Mortgagee at time of sale, balance due within 30 days. Other terms may be announced at time of sale. All information herein is believed but not warranted to be correct. The Mortgagee does not warrant the condition or existence of any feature described above.