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I don't often click on videos, etc., in Facebook posts because I hate waiting for them to come up and the last couple times I did, there was no video, just sound.
One caught my eye early Friday morning as I was avoiding doing something else.
Everyone's comment on the video was positive and what caught my eye was "thank you so much for saying what I can't."
I felt compelled to check it out.
I know you guys are going to think I'm a big whiner. The last two times I have gone to Michigan, bugs were involved.
We spent Labor Day weekend by the lake and no, it wasn't fishflies — it was sand fleas.
I know, I know; I shouldn't be such a baby but I was the only one they bit. I'm serious. I had like a hundred (perhaps a light exaggeration) bites from my knees down and no one else had a single nibble.
I even doused myself with insect repellent and they were still biting me. I put socks on. The little buggers just chewed a ring around my ankles above the socks.
The bites just look like little red dots until you get the skin's reaction to the sand flea slobber. Yes, I said slobber.
Sunday morning the itching started. I'm not sure how many of you have had poison ivy but the sensation is similar. No matter how much you scratch, you still itch. Itch — scratch. Itch — scratch. It becomes maddening — all-consuming.
I can remember a summer from long ago when Kristen Macwhinney Ulm and I were at our cottage with our parents. We took the John boat to the beach a lake over and sunned ourselves and swam and had a wonderful afternoon.
We made our way back to the cottage and had supper and when we were settling in for bed, the itching started. You know, the slobber thing.
Kristen, who is a bit taller than I, had, and this is no exaggeration, more than 100 bites on her legs; we counted them and gave up at more than 100. (We had lain in the sand for hours that afternoon and the sand fleas had a feast!)
I had quite a few, too, but she got it much worse.
Guess where this said cottage was. Give up? Michigan!
This past weekend I put up with the itch and went about celebrating.
On Monday, I was pretty much over the whole thing and ready to set my legs on fire. I showed them to Jill and she pretended to be concerned but I saw the humor in her eyes.
She quickly set about leafing through a file she keeps with helpful hints such as what to put on insect bites. She found one that recommended Crest tooth paste. It didn't just say tooth paste, it was very specific.
Jill dug around and came up with several travel tubes of the stuff and I quickly slathered up. In no time, the itch was gone. It was replaced with a pleasant tingling and minty freshness. Why had I not said something Sunday?
When we got home Monday I quickly went to the drug store and bought some cortisone cream. Ice packs worked nicely, as well. Monday night after work, I iced the tops of my feet and they haven't itched since. The rest took a little longer.
I guess the moral of the story is: Michigan bugs have it out for me.
A birthday gift to myself this year is to rerun this column originally published on Sept. 1, 2012.
Another year has passed and another candle was added to my cake. I don't mind. I still enjoy birthdays and look forward to them. The alternative is just no good. Not reaching the next birthday, I mean.
The carpeting came from one store; the furniture another; and the appliances yet another.
When my father owned his business, he made it a practice to shop locally and support those who supported his business.
It was a good practice and still is today and perhaps more important than ever.
I hope many of you are going to mosey on down to Marbletown and see what's going on today.
The annual Marbletown Festival will have a little something for everyone. Be it a little frog jumping or maybe a Marbletown steak. I don't think you can go wrong.
I think these kinds of things bring people together and make Delphos a better place to live than many others. A community that comes together to have fun and remember good times from days past is a nice place to be. We learn from history.
Whether you grew up there, are a transplant or come from across town — Marbletown's the place to be today.
The events on the schedule for today are simple and fun. They will take you back to a much less complicated time when visiting with neighbors was common and everyone knew everyone. The front porch was the place to be after supper and there was always a hand in time of need. The common thread was people.
We are so busy these days and technology races to stay ahead of us. There's always a faster way to do everything so more things can be done. We don't take the time to enjoy a conversation or get to know each other anymore. Small talk is tossed around while racing from one place to the next.
The stories will be flying, so you'll have to pay attention. There are some very funny tales that need to be passed along so they are not forgotten.
Many of you know that my father, Roger Briggs, grew up in Marbletown and his father, Earl Briggs, resided there until he entered a nursing home in his twilight years.
The Briggs homestead was on the corner of Clay and King streets. It was a small home with rolling floors and a huge yard with apple trees and a bountiful garden.
The neighborhood was full of children and we could scare up a game of something or other — whatever we were in the mood for.
So today, I'm just getting back to my roots — in Marbletown.


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LDS Church Manuals: Music
Available LDS Church Manuals of Music including the Hymns and the Primary's Children's Songbook.
Singing Time - Apple Pie
A fun singing time idea that can also be used to teach the children how to conduct. Comes with Clipart! Submitted by Cindy Glunt.
Singing Time - Balloon Toss
Help your LDS primary children REALLY learn the words to a new song with this game.
Singing Time - Barn Yard Guess
A creative idea to help children learn a new song. Submitted by Emily.
Singing Time - Baseball Game
An easy way to help your LDS primary practice their songs, especially the boys. Submitted by Vickie Bowen.
Singing Time: Button, Button
This Family Home Evening Game can be easily adapted to Singing Time by having the children sing louder when the child looking for the button is getting closer and softer when they are farther away.
Singing Time: Children All Over the World
These pictures go with the Primary song, Children All Over the World, and will help your Primary children sing this Thank You song during singing time.
Singing Time Letters: Choose the Right
These fun Singing Time letters spell the word "Right" which you can download and print. You can use these letters when practicing or learning new Primary songs or when teaching about the importance of choosing the right.
Singing Time - Cut-Off Game
Help your LDS Primary children learn to follow the director. Submitted by Jeni Norris.
Singing Time - Flowers
Perfect during Spring and Summer but still fun any time of the year!
Singing Time: Follow the Prophet Additional Verses
This Singing Time idea is of additional verses to the Primary Song, Follow the Prophet, including ones for Nephi from the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith from the Restoration, and Gordon B. Hinckley from the Latter-days.
Singing Time - Gone Fishing
A really fun way to help children sing well. Comes with ready to print clipart!
Singing Time - Hat Game
An easy way to practice new or well known songs.
Singing Time - Hot and Cold
An easy way to involve the entire group of children when singing. Submitted by Emily.
Singing Time: Hot Potato
A fun way to practice LDS primary songs during singing time!
Singing Time: I Will Follow God's Plan
These clipart images help teach the LDS Primary song, I Will Follow God's Plan and are perfect for Singing Time. This singing time resource also comes with some teaching ideas.
Singing Time - Hum, Whistle, or Sing
Fun visual aids to grab their attention. They'll learn the songs without even knowing it.
Singing Time - Ice Cream Cone
This fun idea will help children to sing the very best they can. Submitted by Bonnie Whitaker.
Singing Time Idea: Music Flower
Use this adorable flower in your LDS primary during singing time to help your children practice and learn new songs.
Singing Time: Magic Potion
The Magic Potions either turn a color of the rainbow or magically fizz! Use this singing time idea to practice one primary song or several different ones.
Singing Time: Music Tree
Do you need a new idea to help your LDS primary children learn and practicing their primary songs? Try this fun music tree idea during your next primary singing time.
Singing Time: Mini Candy Bars
A creative way to pick LDS primary songs to sing during singing time.
Singing Time - Instruments
Easy and simple ideas for making/using interactive musical instruments. Submitted by Cindy Foxcroft.
Singing Time - Music Box
Remove those distractions in a fun and easy way!
Singing Time - Musical Note
A sound meter to help the children watch the director when singing.
Singing Time - Musical Notes
(This idea is different from the one above.) Similar to musical chairs, without the running around, this idea works great to have children learn a bit about how music works and is great for practicing songs. Comes with ready to print clipart! Submitted by Wendy.
Singing Time - Mystery Song
A very easy way to motivate your class to sing their very best.
Singing Time - Place the Bow on the Present
This idea is a variation of the Hot/Cold game that involves teachers. It's a great idea to use when practicing songs for the Sacrament Presentation.
Singing Time - Rain, Clouds, and Raindrops
An interactive idea to help involve everyone.
Singing Time - Saturday
A clever way to teach the LDS Primary song, Saturday.
Singing Time - Shy Guy
Helps children to sing reverently, even with the rowdy songs.
Singing Time - Sing Like A...
A fun way to help children really learn the words to a song. Comes with Clipart! Submitted by Sarah Cluff.
Singing Time - Singing Cube
A fun way to involve the children when singing and learning new songs, submitted by Cindy Glunt. Comes with Clipart!
Singing Time: SINGO
This great Singing Time game by Kasi Taylor is perfect for older primary children. It's a lot like BINGO except you put one word in each square from the songs you've been learning during the year.
Singing Time - Singing Hat
A fabulous way to help those kids pay attention and sing! Submitted by Bonnie Whitaker.
Singing Time: Song Marathon
When you need to review several songs with primary children, such as for the primary sacrament presentation, this is a good Singing Time idea!
Singing Time - Stop and Go
Another fun idea to help teach LDS Primary songs, comes with ready to print Clipart!
Singing Time - Super Singers
This is sure to help get those kids to sing, even if they don't know the words!
Singing Time: Thanksgiving Turkey
Need a Thanksgiving Singing Time idea? Then use this Thanksgiving Turkey! You can use it in Primary for the entire month leading up to Thanksgiving.
Singing Time - Temple Windows
Helps the children "Visualize" themselves at the temple. Submitted by Jackie Goddard.
Singing Time: Treasure Map Puzzle
This fun LDS Primary idea for Singing Time shows children the path to heaven as they put the Treasure Map Puzzle together.
Singing Time - Tree and Leaves
Great for the Fall but still fun year round.
Singing Time: Unlock the Treasure
This fun idea was submitted by Tonya Neilson and is a clever way to have your primary children sing well during singing time!
LDS Music: Chocolate Candy Bar Wrappers
These printable wrappers cover M-AZING candy bars and make wonderful handouts and gifts! Just scroll down to LDS Music.
Singing Time: LDS Humor Comic #3
This funny comic is based on a primary song!
Singing Time: LDS Humor Comic #8
This fun LDS humor comic is about a popular primary song!


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Yes, the omission of all men were CREATED was deliberate. It's because many leaders of this nation want to deny that God is the one who gave us our liberty in the first place.
Gotta say here that hocus pocus is being practiced by evolutionists, not creationists. Evolutionists say everything got here somehow and by chance developed into sense and order. It's a lot of hesto presto, waving of the magic wand of millions of years, to create some fantastic results. Hey, magic is more believable! Meanwhile, creationists point out that order and design require thought and action. The more complex the design, the more intelligence is required to produce it. That's real observable science. That's factual.
Evolution is proved by random mutations in the genome? This is testable. Randomness creates chaos, not order. Let's randomly run around without a plan or direction and see how much good evolves from that.


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Love that you are pretending a bike is yours because it goes with your outfit. The detox you need is Yeotown in Devon, I'm a foodie and the food was a taste sensation. Here's my post on it if you want more information;
Love this look!
And that tassel is such a cute touch!
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Gorgeous look, love the neutral colours and your boots are to die for!
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Ahh this makes me feel so happy for autumn! I love all the colours here, wishing I was curled up by the fire now. xx
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Dear Peony.
Those boots are BEAUTIFUL! I have quite strong shoe envy now.
As for your detox, I have been reading your tweets and I can imagine its pretty hard going for you, though the results will be so worth it! Keep at it!
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Coco – Trust me pretending it much safer, I am a terror on a bike. Not a good idea at all. hahaha
Anon – Love Maegan did a great tutorial on it. See here…
Charlie – I know. We need more live fireplaces in London!
Bella – Thanks… Still not sure that I can see any difference, but maybe I need to keep going a bit more with the powerplate! hahaa


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As awards season officially kicks off this Sunday, and we prepare to pay homage to the acting talents of Hollywood's elite, it seems like the perfect time to highlight one of the many maestros who work behind the scenes to help these leading ladies get into character. Lest we forget in this age of HD cameras, the work of the makeup artist is more critical and closely-examined than ever before. In this realm, Julie Hewett is a master of her domain. After studying fashion at Parsons and running a store in L.A., she changed courses for a career in beauty, establishing a following among actresses—even in her early days as a freelance makeup artist—for her transformative abilities. Now, more than twenty years later, Hewett's singular brushing—and blending—talents (she has been known to conjure up her own custom colors every now and again) are highly sought after. We don't like to name-drop, but in the name of further familiarizing you with her beauty prowess, Hewett is responsible for facepainting Winona Ryder in Heathers, Liv Tyler in Inventing the Abbotts, Annette Bening in American Beauty, Nicole Kidman in Batman Forever, and Berenice Bejo in The Artist. Needless to say, when Hewett offered to share some of her own beauty picks here, we were all ears. Read on below.
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Coming off an event where Bellator pulled surprisingly low TV ratings, especially with the key 18-49 year old demographic where it did not crack the top 100, the organization has pushed most of their chips into the pot for Belltor 97. Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler, the best Pound for Pound fighter in the organization fights Bellator mainstay David Rickels. Their most recognizable champion, Ben Askren is on the card against a fighter in Andrey Koreshkov who looked great winning his way through the Bellator tourney. Askren is a former Olympian, 2 x NCAA Wrestling Champ, active on Twitter calling out UFC fighters and Dana White, and is a frequent corner man at UFC cards for his Rofusport teammates. Highly promoted, big name signee Mo Lawal is in the LHW tourney final, and could earn a LHW title shot with a victory. The Heavyweight division, traditionally the weight class that can most easily move the meter in combat sports will also see a pivotal fight, as either Ryan Martinez or Vitaly Minakov will earn a title shot in the HW tourney final. Rounding out the main card, one of the best FWs on the Bellator roster, Patricio Freire was scheduled to take on TUF 5, and UFC alumni Rob Emerson, until he was forced out by injury, and replaced by recent RFA headliner Jared Downing.
On the Undercard they have two BW tournament semifinal, as well as quality fighters such as LW Will Brooks, and highly regarded prospects Bubba Jenkins, Jeremy Kimball and Shawn Bunch
Make no mistake about it, this is what a Bellator PPV would look like. The only big asset they are not using here is Rampage Jackson, and you can bet money that he will be sitting cage side, if not in the broadcast booth for at least one fight.
But what happens if they only draw in the 400-500K viewers on free TV again? Last time they blamed the NHL playoffs, but will have no excuses this time. Will the brass at Viacom begin to question throwing money at high profile fighters such as Rampage, Mo, and Eddie Alvarez if they are not seeing an appreciable return on investment. Will the concern grow that Rampage and Mo's commitments to Viacom's Pro Wrestling partner TNA is taking away from their time, training, promotion and health for MMA. Will 500K viewers prove that a product they have trouble giving away for free is going to bomb on PPV (Some have interpreted the Alvarez contract to mean that Bellator could be on the hook to start producing PPVs if they win that court case)? Could another round of poor ratings be the catalyst for Viacom to force Bjorn Rebney out, as we have already heard speculation that the folks at SpikeTV and Viacom are calling the shots over his head? Could the Tourney format go out the window, as Bellator starts making the most marketable fight over staying rigid with their existing policy. Or could we wake up on a Saturday morning 6 months from now, and see Dana White sitting on a couch with Ariel Helwani discussing the UFC's plan to run two separate organizations that they now own, because Viacom realizes that they could flip Bellator for a quick profit?
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Turns out there is an interesting story about how Bronson contracted a very rare ailment called Arroyo's Mono
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Hope he's able to control himself from this kind of thing the rest of the year, the team needs him and any Reds success we can envision starts with a healthy starting pitching staff. This rotation could be a killer.
One thing is certain, under no circumstances would this have ever happened to Aaron Hurang. That guy was a stalwart rock solid type.


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KALIA Gordon, 18, has long dreamt of becoming a language and literacy lecturer. Thanks to Courts Jamaica, she's a step closer to reaching her goal.
Gordon, who has faced financial challenges in pursuit of higher education since leaving high school, was among the 50 youths awarded a Courts Customers' Scholarship at the Knutsford Court Hotel last Thursday.
"Right now I am elated because truly I didn't know how I was going back to school come September," the Charlemont High School past student told Career & Education. "I didn't know how I was going to get to college, but God has really sent Courts just in time and I am very thankful."
Thirty-two scholarships, each worth $100,000, went to students who passed this year's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). Seven — value at $50,000 each — went to students who will pursue skills training at HEART Trust/NTA, while the remaining 11 — valued at $150,000 — went to tertiary students.
"Courts has a long legacy of community involvement. We are doing things to grow and improve our country and this is a part of it. We give to sports, education, health and so we came up with this idea last year to give back to our customers' children who want to go on and improve their education," said Courts' managing director Dennis Harris. "We have really talented and educated children who need the funding to support them in going forward."
He added that the investment is a worthwhile endeavour and charged the students to continue to strive for excellence and to make themselves and their country proud.
Senator Sandrea Falconer, minister with responsibility for information in the Office of the Prime Minister, lauded the company for its efforts, noting that education and training form a critical part of the foundation on which any great nation is built.
At the same time, she said Jamaica has made significant progress in education over the last 50 years.
"Back in 1962, seven out of every 10 Jamaicans were illiterate and could not read and write, but today that situation shows a complete reverse. Eight out of every 10 Jamaicans can read and write, but we are not there yet. We would like it to be 10 of every 10 Jamaicans who can read and write," Falconer said.


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Great turnout for the first shoot of the year. Thanks to everyone who helped out and who came to shoot with us.
We probably had the greatest number of folks helping to set up that we've ever had. It sure makes the job a lot easier for everyone when we have such a great crew pitching in to help out.
We also had some great scores shot for so early in the year. Pete Rogers topped the list with a 307 in the Men's Open class. And what a great bunch of folks shooting the Men's Hunter class. They put up some really good scores and the competition was really close.
We hope that everyone enjoyed the new menu of grilled hamburgers and grilled hot dogs. Look for more of the same on April 11th.
We did have some hitches and they mainly involved folks forgetting to put their full name on their score cards or not putting their class on their score cards. But that's a minor glitch and it gives me something to do.
Remember too we're selling club memberships all year long. What you get for the $25.00 is a club tee shirt, the club awards dinner, and qualification for one of those cool shooter of the year polo shirts. Plus you save $5.00 on your entry fee at every shoot.
We'll be looking forward to seeing everyone at the next event.
J.R. Fox, Mark Utt, and Ryan Sauls tune up on the practice bag before hitting the range.
Here's the future of 3D archery and archery in general. We should take a lesson from these smiles and remember that its supposed to be about having fun out there!
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July 9, 2005
Albany-- Last September, as Hurricane Ivan came ashore, MCLB hosted 1,300 military personnel from the Pensacola Naval Air Station as they sought refuge from the storm. Now Hurricane Dennis has over 2,000 servicemen and women evacuating to south Georgia.
MCLB has a memorandum of agreement with Pensacola as well as Parris Island in the event of inclement weather like Hurricane Dennis. Military personnel began evacuating Friday afternoon and are currently making themselves comfortable in what will be their new home for the next few days.
Military personnel are lined up in formation Saturday after about a five hour trip Friday night. "We came in over 40 buses, a little bit over 2,000 folks," says Major David Vail. There's a huge number of personnel including Marines, the Air Force and the Navy. "They just arrived on station, got a quick nap and they're up," says AOC Brian Cribb.
They're different branches of the military but they have one thing in common. "We evacuated the Naval Air Station in Pensacola. We're up here basically to wait out the storm," says Vail. They're waiting out what Hurricane Dennis has to offer. The Marine Corps Logistics Base is making accomodations after receiving a call from Pensacola officials.
"We're pretty excited to have them here. We want to make sure that we're good hosts so we're doing everything possible to make sure that happens," says Captain Steve Butler of MCLB. The base is providing sleeping arrangements, meals and shelter for the servicemen and women. "There are over 2,000 cots and we'll probably be serving well over 15,000 meals during their particular stay," says Butler.
PFC Joseph Torres is thankful that he's watching the storm from here in south Georgia. "I'm very thankful because if I was there, who knows what could have happened," says Torres. And although it's a little uncomfortable with the heat in the warehouses, he feels much safer feeling the winds of a blowing fan instead of the high winds and wet rain threatening the Florida Panhandle.
"Most of Pensacola I would say is empty about now," says Vail. A good portion is here saluting as they wait out the storm.
To keep them occupied, the base will be showing movies at the theater and providing activities like swimming and working out in the fitness center. The service members will also help out at the base when needed. It's not determined how long they will be in Albany. It all depends on Dennis.
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Two separate incidents of shoplifting Friday from Lowe's in Oconee County resulted in the arrests of a Winder man and a Watkinsville woman.
The man attempted to steal tools and batteries around 2:30 p.m., a store loss prevention employee told Oconee Sheriff's Office deputies.
The employee said he observed the man on surveillance cameras placing the items in his black leather jacket and trying to leave the store without paying for them.
A Dewalt 20V Max 5 tool kit, 18V Dewalt compact battery, heavy duty Dewalt 7.2 V 18V and Linemen's Electrica pliers were recovered, according to an incident report. The merchandise was valued at $810.
Reed Willis Padgett, 43, was booked into the Oconee County Jail on a charge of felony theft by shoplifting.
Around 5 p.m., deputies were called back to Lowe's where a 28-year-old woman was being held. The loss prevention employee said he saw the woman take over $650 worth of merchandise and attempt to leave the store without paying. The items weren't specified in the deputy's report.
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The technology has been used for years to track animals, collect tolls on highways and grant access to buildings. But cost has kept RFID tags from being used on a large scale to identify and track goods in the retail supply chain.
P&G's Larry Kellam says tags were a dollar apiece in 1999 when the company began looking at RFID technology to curb counterfeiting and retail theft and reduce out-of-stock situations. So P&G joined The Gillette Co. and Uniform Code Council Inc. as founding sponsors of the Auto-ID Center, an industry-funded research project at MIT.
One of the Auto-ID Center's chief missions has been to find a way to reduce the cost of RFID tags. The center recommends the use of passive tags containing a limited amount of information, because chips with less memory are cheaper. Passive tags draw power from electromagnetic waves that the tag's readers generate, whereas more expensive battery-powered active tags broadcast signals.
The Auto-ID Center's researchers also realized that the tag's silicon chips would need to be smaller to lower the cost. But reducing the size of the chips isn't easy, since robots have trouble handling chips that are the size of pieces of glitter, notes Kevin Ashton, executive director of the Auto-ID Center, who is on loan from P&G.
Alien Technology Corp. in Morgan Hill, Calif., an Auto-ID Center sponsor, is at the forefront of a new chip-packaging process called fluidic self-assembly that it hopes will reduce the cost of passive tags from 50 cents in small quantities today to 5 cents at a volume of 10 billion by 2006, says Tom Pounds, vice president of corporate development and product strategy. An Alien manufacturing line capable of producing a billion units annually will go online early next year, and a second manufacturing line capable of producing 10 billion units per year is planned for 2005, Pounds says.
Gillette made waves earlier this year when it negotiated a deal with Alien to purchase up to 500 million tags. Company spokesman Paul Fox says Gillette will achieve its goal of a sub-10-cent tag for field tests over the next few years, although Gartner's Jeff Woods says he thinks Alien is losing money on that deal.
Even though Gillette is doing pilots with European retailers on individual items, the company doesn't foresee item-level tagging in production for at least 10 years, according to Fox. For that to happen, per-tag costs must drop to a penny or less, he says.


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"Deathcrush" is one of those items which hold a godly status among the underground Metal adepts. Most times this blindly worshipping feedback appears to be determined by totally non-musical factors, yet Mayhem's first "proper" release stands high on the top of its unquestionable historical significance.
The year was 1987, and when anyone mentioned "extreme Metal", everybody would think "Reign In Blood", of course. At the same time, however, the forefathers of Black Metal were busy pushing the insane aggression of Thrash to new extremes, a courageous attitude which would ultimately give birth to two genres: Death Metal and Black Metal. "Deathcrush" is one of the most significative documents of this evolution. It's a short, hit-and-run, less than twently minutes slab of pure aggression, where classic elements of Thrash are defiled by what could be described as the seeds of Black/Death by today's standards, but out by a bunch of not excessively skilled musicians who definitely knew what they wanted. At the time, this sounded like pure insanity, and today, the effect still refuses to wear off.
Oddly enough, the album opens with a kind of "melodic" drum machine track named "Silvester Anfang", composed for the band by Conrad Schnitzer. Mayhem have always been weirdos, no doubt about it. But then the title track kicks in, and it's compromiseless Metal insanity. The first riff is actualy pretty interesting (and, most importantly, just plain cool) with its odd tempo; Euronymous basic guitar buzz is well backed by Necrobutcher's distorted bass sound, the result being a harsh bu rather thick sound. The drums, despite Manheim's rather sloppy playing (well, nobody in the band really shines at this stage), have a clear and strong sound, which has just one drawback: it tends to drown out the guitars and bass… Maniac's vocals, finally, are full of reverb in true eraly Black Metal tradition, sound (thankfully) nothing like the gibberish puking he's been spewing out since the band's reunion; he uses a very high pitched and insane shrieking (think of Varg Vikernes on heavy drugs), which fits the mood of the songs pretty well. Anyway, the song soon turns into a very fast blasting fest, with none in the band strictly following a precise tempo, but the effect is dang shattering anyway… I wonder how people did react to this at the time.
"Chainsaw Gut—-" opens with a slow distorted bass riff, soon joined by drums and guitars; this song is the slowest of the lot, and is built on an interestingly tempoed riff similar to the one used on the opening riff in "Deathcrush". Original and effective – who needs technical perfection when we have these qualities?
"Witching Hour" is a Venom cover which best exemplifies how Mayhem crafted their unique sound by enhancing the madness found in their sources of inspiration… more in depth, the rendition of this song is FAST (just compare it with the original and see for yourself… and keep in mind that the year was 1987). Original session vocalist Messiah appears as a guest on this one, and unlike on the "Pure F——- Armageddon" demo, we can hear his vocals, which aren't that special (a kind of low and rather breathy spoken voice) but make a nice contrast with Maniac's banshee-like screams (don't miss that chilling "Witching hoooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrr!!!!" at the end!).
"Necrolust"… this song alone pioneered a whole new style of playing. It opens with a little neat mid-paced, palm muted riff (Celtic Frost was the band's main inspiration along with Venom), but soon turns into a relentless assault of insanely fast riff. Ceaseless beats and razor sharp picking, and unearthly screams to top the whole thing – isn't it a bit the formula of modern raw Black Metal?
"(Weird) Manheim" is a short and indeed weird "distorted piano" (at least it sounds like that) interlude which leads into the epitome of aggression… "Pure F——- Armageddon". This song is just what the title says: after a short and great thrashy beginning, noise begins (of course not the terrible kind of noise). Definitely one of the (if not the) 100% compromise free slabs of Metal ever put together. Vocalist Messiah handles this one by himself, as he already did on the demo of the same title… it's ok, vocals wouldn't really change the result here. And the year was 1987. Can you say "unbelievable"?
This, ladies and gentlemen, is "Deathcrush", and if you want to dig deep to the roots of extreme music, this is more than mandatory.


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Dominica's participation in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia has been sealed, according to general secretary of the Dominica Olympic Committee (DOC), Thomas Dorsett.
He said president of the DOC, Felix Wilson, left the island on Wednesday to attend the event.
Gary di Silvestri, a 46-year-old originally from Staten Island, N.Y., and his wife, Angelica Morrone di Silvestri, 48, born and raised in Italy, will compete for Dominica at the games.
They are both Dominican citizens.
They had qualified to take part in the games but were awaiting final accreditation.
The two athletes will compete in cross country skiing at the event.
Gary di Silvestri will compete in the men's 15 km classical, while his wife will participate in the women's 10 km classical.
Dominica's participation in the games has it genesis in late 2012 when the International Olympic Committee approached the DOC asking it if it had any athletes to enter into the games.
The DOC contacted the Silvestris, knowing they were skiers.
The Silvestris then created the Dominica Ski Federation "from scratch" and managed to qualify for the Games. Gary qualified in late 2013 and his wife January 2014.
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A memorial fund has been established in memory of Thomas Labetti, the West Islip teen who lost his life in September after he was hit by an SUV while riding his bike.
The fund, called "Town 4 Tommy Memorial Fund," will be used to recognize a West Islip student, as well as help out local charities and promote bicycle safety awareness in Labetti's honor.
According to fund organizers, biking was a favorite hobby of Labetti's, along with basketball, paintball and hanging out with friends.
Related: Facebook Memorial Pays Homage To Thomas Labetti
The 15-year-old suffered severe head trauma and spinal injuries after he was struck by an SUV while riding his bike on Udall Road on September 11. He died of his injuries two weeks later. The driver of the vehicle has not been charged in the incident.
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Yesterday was a busy day for transactions:
|New York Yankees signed free agent C Russell Martin.
|Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent DH Edwin Encarnacion.
|Texas Rangers signed OF Hirotoshi Onaka.
|Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Yhency Brazoban.
|Cleveland Indians signed free agent SS Adam Everett.
|Washington Nationals traded LF Josh Willingham to Oakland Athletics for RHP Henry Rodriguez and Corey Brown.
|Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Matt Albers.
|Boston Red Sox traded Eric Patterson to San Diego Padres.
|Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Matt Guerrier.
|Minnesota Twins traded C Jose Morales to Colorado Rockies and Modesto Nuts traded Paul Bargas to Fort Myers Miracle.
|Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Lenny DiNardo.
|Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Rich Hill.
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|Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Randy Williams.
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Getting to know the newest A: Josh Willingham
He always knew he was going to be a ballplayer.
One of the kids was a fifth-grader named Josh Willingham. When they dug up the time capsule in 2000, they found his note:
"I'll be playing baseball for the University of Alabama and I'll get drafted and sign a pro contract."
Elizabeth Foster, Josh's delightful grandmother, recalled a story that's become family lore, from his first T-ball game. He hit the ball and hustled to first base, where he stopped. A coach told him, "Next time you hit it that hard, go to second."
So, sure enough, Willingham hit the ball hard next time up.
And sped directly from home plate to second base, bypassing first.
Willingham also has a foundation, that the story notes, was started after the untimely death of his brother.
He bounced around a lot in the minors.
In his first pro season alone, he played outfield and every infield position and occasionally was the designated hitter. The following season, Willingham settled in at third base for Class A Kane County in the Midwest League; in 2002, he moved up to the Florida State League and spent most of his time at first base.
He's saying all the right things so far.
"I'm excited, because I know the potential of this club," Willingham said. "I know they have really good young pitching, and obviously they upgraded the lineup with their previous acquisitions. I think this team is ready to win."
He seems like a pretty good guy, overall.
A group of young children were grouped up in the corner of the stands nearest to the Marlins dug out. Many of them requested autographs of random players that walked by, often calling them "Hey number 12″ or "Hey Ross" because they didn't know who they were. Most of the children got their autos and were very pleased, but one ballsy little boy had the courage to ask Josh Willingham for his batting gloves. Josh gave the boy a pleasant smile and replied with a simple "maybe" as he walked towards the batting cages. The young boy looked disappointed as Willingham walked away. He naturally assumed that the ball player would not return. After a few minutes, to the surprise of everyone, Josh had returned. He tossed the young boy his batting gloves and the child jumped with glee. "Thank you!" shouted the boy. He then placed the enormous batting gloves on his tiny hands and proclaimed "The Hammer just gave me his batting gloves!".
Other stuff:
MLB doesn't think it's necessary to tweak the posting system. Not quoted: Don Nomura.
"I don't think so," MLB Japan's managing director Jim Small told Kyodo News on Thursday, when asked if MLB feels compelled to tweak the existing posting system. "I wouldn't say we're at a point where it's necessary to change.
"Everything that we do, we look at and say is this the best way to do it, is there a better way to do it. That type of analysis is going on with everything we do, including this.
"But it's not driven out of a desire to change the system."
Iwakuma became the first player not to sign with a team through the posting system. The Rakuten Eagles put up their ace for bidding, which Oakland won with a fee of $19.1 million, but Iwakuma and the Athletics failed to come to terms within the allotted 30 days.
Non-baseball stuff:
Mark Cuban's money is burning a hole in his pocket, so he wants to scrap the BCS. Please, please, please.
Cuban, the outspoken owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, told ESPNDallas.com on Wednesday that he is "actively interested but in the exploratory stage" of creating and funding a playoff system to crown a champion for major college football.
"The more I think about it, the more sense it makes as opposed to buying a baseball team," said Cuban, who tried to buy the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers within the last few years. "You can do something the whole country wants done."
Finally someone speaks out for us short guys.
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At the Chicago Tribune's Washington Bureau's blog The Swamp, Mark Silva writes that former Virginia Senator George Allen may be preparing for a possible comeback:
His new Web site, www.georgeallen.com, touts his travels around Virginia, mostly in Republican-friendly territory. A press account posted on his site of a Republican fundraiser in Harrisonburg quotes supporters urging him to run for governor in 2009.
Silva also focuses upon Allen's recent stint as guest host one morning on WRVA radio's "Richmond Morning News" show which got a lot of attention for an interview with Fred Thompson.
Silva claims that Allen has sidestepped questions about his future, noting that Allen says he is "focused on helping Republicans retain control of the General Assembly this fall," and "few who know him would discount the possibility of another bid for statewide office."
Silva must have missed Allen's speech at the Jimmy the Greek's restaurant in North Stafford:
Allen, however, says he will not be a candidate for governor or senator again any time soon.
Instead--due in Richmond that afternoon--he joked that the only place he would be running was "down I-95."
An Allen comeback will take a lot of work and who knows how much time. In politics, the two years before Virginia's 2009 gubernatorial election is an eternity.
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Allen may want to run for Warner's Senate seat if he doesn't run for re-election. Allen is a great conservative, but a terrible politician. Still, he may be the best candidate the GOP has to fill this vacancy. Despite being a relatively conservative state, the GOP in Virginia is in shambles.
"Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich. "
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I'm not convinced that John Warner is going to retire but if he does I *am* convinced the Mark Warner will run and unless something unexpected happens to really shake up the political landscape between now and then, I think that he will be nearly unbeatable by George Allen or anyone else in Virginia GOP politics.
I expect that we've not heard the last from George Allen, but 2008 is too soon; I think that it's in his best interests to lay low for a few cycles, earning some dough in the private sector or, even better, doing some feel good, charatible work.
for Hillary's VP choice. Any designation that uses the word "mate" in conjunction with The Hildabeast is so revolting as to bring on nausea!
No more George Allen. Rubes like him has effectively shifted us to blue status!!!!
As someone who is currently attending college in Harrisonburg and who has also attended a few fundraisers with Mr. Allen in attendance, I would have to echo fast200's "ugh." I appreciate what he did for this state as both Governor and as Senator, but his time has passed.
George Allen's daughter attends the same college I do, and they really are great people and a wonderful family, but I think the Virginia GOP needs fresh blood. The Northern Virginia suburbs are making this red state too purple for my taste, and the only way we will remain a red state is to inject some new power players into the lineup.
Lt. Gov. Bolling is a strong conservative who has the ability to appeal to centrists, as well, and would be a great candidate for either Governor (which he is undoubtedly shooting for), or for Senate. Attorney General Bob McDonnell, while a conservative, is seen as too divisive (and is portrayed as "big, bad scary evangelical man" in the press) and would most likely not have electoral success in higher office.
I still think Mark Warner dropped out of the Presidential sweepstakes by cutting a deal with Hillary. He will be her VP choice, and will pass on the Senate (for now).
Whatever good qualities Allen has, he's an incompetent politician. Virginia is trending purple, so a doofus like Allen as Republican nominee for any statewide office is a gift of that office to the Democratic candidate.
Just losing the 2006 election in a bad year for Republicans isn't by itself proof of Allen's unfitness. However he lost it with the advantage of incumbancy against a clown like Webb, while making a fool of himself mishandling what should have been a minor speedbump with the macaca flap, and coming across like he was trying to hide his Jewish ancestry. He just doesn't have what it takes to beat a halfway competent Democrat opponent anywhere except in the reddest of red states.
I hope Jacob is wrong in his comment further up, that "he may be the best candidate the GOP has to fill this vacancy" for Warner's seat, but I'm not well versed on VA politics and maybe he's right. I think Democrats generally have a bigger pool of competent politicians to choose from than Republicans, as a result of self selection. Government is making laws that tell people what to do, and acquiring the power to tell people what to do is a lot more attractive for someone with liberal ideology. Thus a bright liberal is more inclined to run for office than a bright conservative, so a liberal as politically incompetent as Allen probably would have fallen by the wayside in the competition within the Democratic Party. It's only the loony ideology that Democratic politicians have to defend, that make them vulnerable to their frequently less politically competent Republican opponents.
...for me was not Macaca, or when he responded with leftist-style indignation when the question about his ancestry was asked. For me, it was when a question was asked about aff action/racial preferences. Webb actually criticized such policies if they are based on the diversity rationale, and said if they are to be given out on such grounds, then disadvantaged whites should also be included. Allen was then asked for his thoughts on the subject, but instead of taking an opportunity to attack a completely indefensible public policy -- preferences to achieve diversity -- he completely passed on the subject and used the time to talk about something much less interesting. This isn't an exaggeration; he said NOTHING about preferences.
If it has gotten to the point where even 'conservative' Republicans will not strongly oppose racial preferences, then I fear for the future seeing as how an ever-increasing share of the population will be technically eligible for them.
And bring the friggin' football too!
He doesn't enter his next run the same as his last.
He is no longer a Reagan like pol, with an interesting bloodline and a country boy image.
He is now a dumbass.
Note, I didn't say racist, or bigot, althought some will think that and call him that.
Nope, his biggest weakness now is that he has just plain exposed himself as a dumbass. He ain't that sharp, which is why his mouth gets him in trouble.


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Hamat Tiberias (Hamat Tveria) National Park has a concentration of seventeen health springs that flow at a temperature of 60 C and include about a hundred natural minerals which possess medicinal properties that are unique and exclusive to this place. The properties of this site were already known two thousand years ago. Today, this site is a national park which besides the health baths also includes an elaborate synagogue which was revealed at the beginning of the 1920s, with a seven-branched marble Menorah which is today on display at the Israel Museum. The highlight in this synagogue is a mosaic floor, the most ancient of the mosaic floors in Israel. Also, at the entrance to the park is the Hamam Suleiman Museum, which is dedicated to the display of a Turkish bath which was active here and other archeological finds which were found in the area.
At the Berko Archaeological Park in Tiberias are the ancient remnants of the city of Tiberias, from the time of the city's establishment by Herod Antipas in the 1st century CE and until the time of the Fatimid dynasty in the 11th century CE. This impressive park presents the glorious past of the city of Tiberias and offers the public a green corner which includes a set of paths, unique gardens and archeological finds, such as the ancient Roman gate and a thousand years old drainage system. This place also serves for music and theater public events. Recently, excavations have begun on the 7,000 seats ancient Roman Theater which is located on the slopes of Mount Berniki and has a view over the whole Judeo-Roman city complex, the Sea of Galilee and Mount Hermon. Later on further work will be done on the Seat of the Sanhedrin, bath house, Beit Midrash (Jewish study hall), Mount Berniki, the ancient port and more.


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We've returned to earth a bit. Over the weekend the Noles went 2-3 in Hawaii, with one more game to play against the Rainbow Wahine before FSU returns to the Lower 48 and the friendly confines of JoAnne Graf Field on March 10. The Noles managed two victories over UCSB (5-1, 13-4), but dropped games to Radford (3-2), and Hawaii (2-1, 1-0). They are 17-3 overall in 2012 and play Hawaii again
today Tuesday at 11pm EST.
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My thoughts are limited again this week to basically what I can glean from the FSU Softball Twitter play by play and recaps / stats. Also a big shout out to @csbailey34 who is stationed in Hawaii with his family and went out to support our Noles!
A) Hawaii in the role of Will Smith. FSU in the role of the alien. Will Smith, "Welcome to earth." ::fist to the face::
2) I've seen this time and time again over the years. The Noles pitching held up under the pressure of Top 25 competition. The Noles bats did not. Monica Perry struck out 20 batters over two games and gave up exactly 0 earned runs in two games. Waldrop, Nori and Schinella also pitched very well.
Dinich) Over the 3 losses, FSU totalled only 14 people on base.
IV) On the bright side, the Noles exploded for 18 runs in two victories and continued to hang tough when they are behind early. The Noles were down 4-1 to UCSB early, but came back strong to win in mercy-rule fashion, 13-4.
Bananas) Maddie O'Brien's bat woke up for 6 RBI in that 13-4 win. That trend needs to continue to help out the Noles offense against tough opponents.
All of that aside, I'm really not too down about the past weekend. I hope the Noles can pull one out against the Rainbow Wahine tonight. I was hopeful for a split of the two scheduled games (tournament play couldn't be counted on). If the Noles can win tonight, they achieve that goal and I'll be happy to write off Radford as one of those "any given day" kind of things.
What I think will be very interesting tonight is our strategy against Hawaii. In the two losses, FSU struck out 20 times (45%). If we're not bunting / playing small ball, I think we should be in game 3. We've got lots of speed to burn on the team. Well placed bunts and steals should get us to 2-3 runs, which should be enough. Toss in a Leonard or Hamilton HR and we might have a solid victory over the Wahine.
Of course I'm not paid to make the decisions, so what do I know?
Go Noles!
Season FSU Softball Statistics (take them for what they're worth, which isn't always much).


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West Orange Resident Lynnette Randall Receives Dean's Service Award at NJIT
Lynnette Randall, of West Orange, received the Dean's Service Award from the NJIT Newark College of Engineering (NCE) at the 12th Annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on March 25, 2010 at NJIT.
Randall has worked at NJIT since 1990. During that time, she's held jobs in various departments and colleges, including the NJIT Division of Continuing and Professional Education, the Counseling Center, the College of Science and Liberal Arts and the Office of Graduate Studies. She works now as an administrative assistant for student financial aid services. She's in charge of allocating awards given to graduate students who work as teaching assistants. She does that for all six NJIT colleges.
Most teaching assistants are doctoral students, but some are master's students. She also processes graduate awards given to some research and graduate assistants.
It's not an easy job, since NJIT uses about 300 teacher assistants, all of whom must be nominated by their colleges and departments. She checks the students' eligibility for aid and keeps track of all their financial data in a computer database. She also monitors the overall budget for these awards. To do her job well, she needs to work with many offices throughout the university such as the NJIT Provost Office, the budget office, graduate studies and student employment.
She advises students about the status and eligibility of their graduate award applications. She also acts as the liaison to college deans, keeping them apprised of the status of their teaching assistants. For her exemplary service, Randall received the award.


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City Traffic, Jakarta
There are very few female drivers in Jakarta, two that I know of driving private cars and a few drive taxis. Our driver used to race motorbikes, until she had an accident, so now she races around the city with my family. Jakarta is notorious for its traffic and it can take an hour or more to drive from my house to the centre of the city, which is only 15kms away.
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Asia is the biggest continent on Earth, a darling little gem floating around in space.
Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?
China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.
Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.
Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.
I guess we'll actually have to consider everything from Turkey on eastward to be "Eurasian", although the moniker seems overlappitory of the territory.
The Asian economy is now officially raging like a wild furnace of lava that consumes everything in its path. Japan has had the largest individual economy in Asia for decades, but it is forecast that both India and China will outstrip Japan within twenty years.
China is the largest holder of United States debt and is positioned to become the world's next superpower, provided that Godzilla doesn't return and decide to stomp everybody back into the Shang Dynasty.
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Vols: An idiot's guide; Vol fever, Martin praised
Tennessee's first scrimmage is key for younger players
Ole Miss to unveil $150 million fund-raising drive for athletic facilities
Vols football fever begins with official box office open
Tennessee's Martin praised by World University Games team.
US Players Like Tennessee's Martin
Post-Pearl Vols embracing Martin and myriad opportunities
Tennessee Volunteers Football: 4 Defensive Line Recruits That the Vols Need
The Idiot Optimist's Guide to the 2011 Season
Bruce Pearl Going to The NBDL Would Be a Big Mistake
John Adams: Search committee might have lost its way
This time last year, the coach was all negative about his football team. This year, he's much more positive. What does that mean? Maybe a lot. Maybe little. But there are a number of UT fans who believe that the 2011 version of the Vols will be better than advertised, and I'm one of them.


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Hoop dreams are about to turn into hoop reality for 16 chosen Texas Tech students. Casting began Wednesday for Coach Bob Knight's reality show "Knight School."
During the show airing on ESPN, we'll see 16 cast members go through extensive training with Coach Knight. At the end one will get to walk on to the 2006-2007 Red Raider Basketball Team. NewsChannel 11 spoke with potential cast members all hoping to get a "shot" at playing for Coach Knight.
Zinn Brown played a guard in high school. Brian Dodd played a guard in high school, as did his friend Robert Smart. All three filled went to the casting call for the same reason; they want to play for the legendary Bob Knight.
"He's a legendary coach," said Smart. "He shows it not only in his success on the court, but his emphasis on education and graduating students is just-- he's the man," said Dodd.
Brown came to Texas Tech because of Coach Knight. He's ready to face the challenge on the court and the challenging coach.
"He can be a little extreme at times, but that's good in a coach. He's very passionate about the game-- I guess that's what everybody likes about him, or doesn't like about him," said Brown.
Casting director, Paul Gordon says he's not looking for "characters" who just want to be on TV.
"I want to make this one of coach's hardest decisions he's ever had to make in his life, so to do that, I want to find 16 players that he would honestly put on his team," said Gordon.
The show has a pretty good chance of being successful. Gordon's resume includes five "The Apprentices," four "Survivors", four "Amazing Races", two "The Bachelors" and one "Real World/ Road Rules."
"People want to see the underdog win once in a while and this is a chance for the kid with the good heart," said Gordon.
It's also a chance for someone like Smart, who never got the chance to play college ball. "I'm a short guy, but I might as well try, right," he said.
Smart, Dodd and Brown all played competitively in high school, and now only one question remains-- do you still have it. "We'll see!" said Brown.
If you missed Wednesday's casting call, they'll have another one Sunday, August 28th, from 6pm to 8pm at the United Spirit Arena. The crew hopes to start filming next week.
"Knight School" is scheduled to air six one hour episodes in February on ESPN.
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Sensors take accuracy to new heights in De Havilland pilot watches
Pilot watches made by Swiss De Havilland use VTI Technologies' pressure sensors for precision barometer and altimeter functions. The De Havilland pilot watches record times of take-offs and landings, flight duration, allowing the user to register both block to block and total flight time.
"De Havilland pilot watch models DH-01 and DH-02 have been developed specifically for pilots by pilots", says Jean-Daniel Carrard, aviator and managing director of JDC Electronic SA. "De Havilland watches feature unique innovations that enhance flight data accuracy and usability of the watch. The DH-02 model is equipped with VTI's SCP1000 pressure sensor enabling altitude to be estimated to the accuracy of one foot. This entirely new interface, based on a rotating bezel, allows the user to adjust altitude and pressure (as in instrument panels) and to set the time – one of the intelligent features seen for the first time in the watch. Also, a completely new proprietary control system based on the magnetic fields has been introduced to give precise control of the functions of De Havilland watches."
"We are excited to work together with JDC Electronic SA, a well-known design partner for several of the Swiss watch industry's famous brands ", says Heikki Timonen, Product Manager for VTI's SCP1000 pressure sensor. "The demands for pressure sensors in high-end pilot watch are extremely high. Precise altitude information, stability and robust design are the key requirements for pressure sensor approval in this demanding application".
Taking the advantage of sub-meter accuracy of the VTI pressure sensor SCP1000, De Havilland watch keeps the aviator informed through several distinct modes: altitude (meters/feet), QFE height (hPa/Hg), Flight Level (FL), QFE and QNH (hPa/Hg) and barometer trend (hPa/Hg) information.
More information:
Heikki Timonen, Product Manager, tel. +358 50 385 3155, heikki [dot] timonen [at] vti [dot] fi
Tiina Olkkonen, Vice President, Corporate Communications, tel. +358 40 827 8844, tiina [dot] olkkonen [at] vti [dot] fi
JDC ELECTRONIC SA in Brief
Originally founded by Jean-Daniel Carrard in 1981, JDC ELECTRONIC changed its status in 1984 to become JDC ELECTRONIC SA. JDC ELECTRONIC SA is dedicated to the development and manufacturing of sports instruments. A huge effort has been made to distribute these products worldwide. Today, JDC ELECTRONIC SA is considered to be the world leader in the wind measuring instrumentation. www.dehavilland-watches.com
VTI in Brief
VTI Technologies is a global market leader of low-g acceleration sensors for automotive industry applications and Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM). Application areas for the company's motion and pressure sensors include the automotive industry, medical, instruments, as well as sports and handheld terminals. VTI develops and produces silicon-based capacitive sensors using its proprietary 3D MEMS (MicroElectroMechanicalSystem) technology, with application areas in acceleration, inclination, shock, vibration, angular rate and pressure measurement. VTI is owned by EQT III private equity fund. VTI's net sales in 2006 totalled €72,4 million and the company has approx. 700 employees. Along with the head office in Finland and the global partner network, VTI's international sales and marketing network includes offices in Germany, USA, Japan and China. Besides Finland, VTI also has manufacturing operations in Mexico. More than 99% of the company's products are sold on international markets.


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Bruce Kulick makes a triumphant return with BK3, his first solo release since 2003's "Transformer." From the first note, it's apparent to the listener that BK3 is an entirely different animal from any of Kulick's previous work. While Kulick has always been criminally underrated as a guitarist, his true talent lies as much within knowing when NOT to play as when to plug in and shred.
The opening track, "Fate," gets things off to a rousing start, with blistering leads, a fast and fierce vocal delivery unlike anything we've heard from him before, and lyrics that declare his refusal to live in the shadow of his past. A ghost from that past, KISS' Gene Simmons, appears on the next track, lending his distinctive vocals to the soaring "Ain't Gonna Die." Rock radio programmers should rejoice and welcome this one with open arms.
Next up is a collaboration with frequent partner John Corabi (who has worked with Kulick in Union and ESP) on the moody, atmospheric "No Friend of Mine." Corabi and Kulick are also joined on the track by another Union cohort, drummer Brent Fitz. Nice lyrical twists, along with a memorable musical hook, make this one a winner that will please both old and new fans.
The lead single from the album, "Hand Of The King," brings another Simmons family member to the microphone…the very talented Nick Simmons, whose deep and soulful voice gives the straight-out-of-Fantasia lyrics a sultry, sexy undertone. Kulick shines on this one as well, complimenting the lyrics with a moody solo that has just the right amount of bite to it.
Kulick slows things down and takes over the vocals for "I'll Survive," inspired by his near-death experience during a random shooting in Los Angeles in 2003. Great backing vocals give this track an extra lift near the end as the choir sings the refrain "I'm alive…I'll survive" with both dignity and defiance. Kulick next recruits Knack frontman Doug Fieger for the excellent "Dirty Girl," which is the kind of song bands like the Click 5 dream about writing some day. A perfect example of how to create a power pop masterpiece. Another mid-tempo number, "Final Mile" is up next, with a touching lyric and guitar leads reminiscent of the Kulick-era KISS classic "God Gave Rock And Roll To You II."
"I'm The Animal" takes things in a much heavier direction, with a great vocal provided by Edguy/Avantasia frontman Tobias Sammet (look him up if you don't know who he is) and a powerful drum track from KISS' Eric Singer. If any of the songs on the album are a shred fest, it's this one, with Kulick taking multiple solos, each one meaner than the last.
Two tracks previewed (along with "No Friend Of Mine") on Kulick's special BK3 EP appear next. "And I Know," like the aforementioned "Dirty Girl," proves that Kulick hasn't forgotten any of his pop sensibilities after years of grinding out metal chords. The bouncy riffs are nicely contrasted by slightly darker lyrics. The album's only instrumental, "Between The Lines," is another guitar lover's delight featuring Kulick sharing leads with the legendary Steve Lukather. The pair are nicely complemented by some additional star power in the form Jimmy Haslip on bass and Kenny Aronoff on drums for what is easily the album's funkiest track.
Wrapping things up is the very Beatlesque ballad "Life," featuring Kulick waxing philosophical before ending the album with a multi-instrumental explosion of sound that can only be described as pure genius. An absolutely stunning end to an incredible listening experience.
To say BK3 is the best KISS-related release in years sells it short. BK3 is one of the best rock albums released in recent years, and fans who have never picked up a KISS album will enjoy it just as much as the die-hard members of the KISS Army.
A special mention should be given to producer Jeremy Rubolino, whose brilliant sonic shading on the album gives it the kind of dynamics that prior Kulick (and, for that matter, KISS) projects have longed for.
A brilliant and inspired piece of work, from one of the classiest and most talented guitar players of our time.


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75-300 Sigma Minolta .....When looking this one up on the internet the only ones with the same lined grip which circles the main body is a APO but it doesnt have APO written on it, nor does it have the Minolta white circle logo. But it does have Sigma and a tiny M that stands out from the rubber on the opposite side of the barrel to the Sigma sign
I was going to trade these in as i want t get a semi pro Nikon or Canon.
I have spent a few nights on shoots with a friend and i've a great passion brewing in me to get started.
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Day 1 of the 2011 NCAA Tournament has come and gone, but things really start for 'Nova Nation and the Villanova Wildcats today at 2:10 p.m. ET when they take on the George Mason Patriots in Cleveland, Ohio in the NCAA opener for both teams. George Mason comes into the contest with a 26-6 record after Jim Larranaga's team blew through the CAA to post a 16-2 record.
Villanova on the other hand, is limping into the tournament after posting 5 consecutive losses to end the regular season. Their record stands at 21-11, and although they've been playing terrible basketball in recent weeks (with the exception of the 1st half against USF), there is reason for optimism.
Jay Wright reports that by tip-off on Friday, there will be no more health issues for the Villanova team, with Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes recovering from tendinitis and hamstring injuries, respectively. Mouphtaou Yarou will also be good to go after a horrific fall in the Big East Tournament.
This will mark the first time in well over a month that the Wildcats can say they are healthy, and it couldn't come at a better time. But will it be enough to get past George Mason?
More after The Jump.
Location: Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio
Time: 2:10 p.m. ET
TV: TNT with Gus Johnson & Len Elmore on the call
Vegas Line: Villanova has moved from a 2-point underdog to a 1-point favorite on most books. The over/under is 135.
Matchup To Watch: Corey Fisher vs. Cam Long
All eyes are going to be on the two star guards for each team. Both had very good seasons, but Fisher struggled mightily down the stretch for 'Nova as he dealt with tendinitis in his right knee. Fisher is reportedly 100% healthy for this game, so we'll see what kind of attitude he brings. He's most dangerous when creating his own shot and getting into the lane, something that got away from him while he was hurt.
Cam Long is a very good shooter, plain and simple. While that's not his entire game, it's the majority of it. Earlier in the season Villanova was one of the best perimeter defense teams in the country. Not so more recently. Fisher and company will have to close out Long and force him to dribble to find a shot.
The Nova Blog's Take
It can't end like this can it? Call us spoiled, but we're accustomed to Sweet 16's on The Main Line these days - and while Ohio State would present our toughest test of the year if we get past George Mason, we at least want the opportunity.
Other than last year, Jay Wright's teams usually perform exceptionally well in the tournament, most times exceeding the expectations set for them. This year appears to be know different. Most of everybody doesn't see the 'Cats making it out of Round 1.
Time to lay some Big East hurt on an unsuspecting foe. Show these guys the wars you've been through all year and take it to them.
Villanova can win this game - we'll see if the seniors step up and lead them to victory and a shot at the #1 team in the nation.


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Golfing World catches up with Na Yeon Choi. She talks about her success and attributes her winning to hard work and dedication.


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Packing makeup for travel can be one messy and stressful endeavor, but these hacks and tricks can help you cut back and pack smarter.
Tag Archives | Makeup
30 Days to Packing a Better Bag – Day 18: The Essential Travel Beauty Kit
Day 18 of our 30 Days project produces the essential travel beauty kit that every female traveler may need. Just remember that less is more when traveling.
The One Little Thing: Estee Lauder Double Wear Concealer
We love multipurpose items just as much as the next girl. Yvonne shares why her Estee Lauder concealer stick is the best for traveling, and why she never leaves home without it!
Packing BB Cream for Travel
Packing bb cream for travel. Caroline gives us the low-down on BB cream, including our top 5 picks added to our low-key beauty kit.
The One Little Thing: My Brown Pencil
We love multipurpose items over on Her Packing List. In this post, Gen tells us all the uses for eye-liner, the one little thing she can't leave home without!
The Low-Key Traveler's Beauty Kit
Whether or not you're a girlie-girl, it's possible to make yourself feel feminine without filling your backpack with beauty products. A little bit can go a long way when it comes to makeup.


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Friday morning the Pentagon confirms an order to deploy troops to Turkey to protect Turkish territory from a potential Syrian missile attack.
400 troops and two Patriot air defense missiles will be sent to undisclosed locations in Turkey. The Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is en route to Turkey from Afghanistan.
Turkey is a founding member of NATO and requested that the alliance provide Patriots. They will be sent by NATO members Germany and the Netherlands as well as the U.S. for an undetermined period.
Veterans say sometimes finding employment is difficult...
Eric Omar Petty charged with murder in the death of Marcellus Brown
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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Hockey Bracketology
We're the 4 seed (lowest) in the East by the USCHO projection; first-round matchup with Mass-Lowell, with Union and BC in the other half of the region. Big series this weekend with Michigan - at Munn tonight (7:35 ET, BTN), Joe Louis tomorrow (same time, Fox Sports Detroit). They've been on a major roll since the GLI, aided by Jon Merrill's return from a coach-imposed suspension and some great play from Shawn Hunwick in net. Chris Brown, their second-leading scorer, will be out tonight due to picking up a game DQ for fighting last weekend against Miami. Despite being a matchup of the teams at #3 and #7 in the conference standings, we actually have the two best goal differentials in conference play (Michigan +19, MSU +8; Ferris and Western, the conference leaders, are both at +7). A sweep could vault us up as high as second place; a split probably keeps us in the bracket for next week.


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Lebanon — Alex José Garibay
Jan. 26, 2012
Jessica Bowman and Alejandro Garibay of Lebanon announce the birth of their son, Alex José Garibay, on Jan. 26, 2012, at Witham Memorial Hospital, Lebanon. He weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces. Alex is the couple's first child.
Maternal grandparents are Russell and Carla Bowman of Lebanon. Maternal great-grandmother is Tiny Bowman of Lebanon.
Paternal grandparents are Jose and Alejandra Garibay of Lebanon. Paternal great-grandmother is Guadalupe Garibay of Los Angeles, Calif.
Kaylynn Danielle Rose
Jan. 30, 2012
Amanda Strong and Terry Rose Jr., of Lebanon announce the birth of their daughter, Kaylynn Danielle Rose, on Jan. 30, 2012, at Witham Memorial Hospital, Lebanon. She weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces. Kaylynn was welcomed by siblings, Christopher Sherrill, 8, and Shaelynn Rose, 2.
Maternal grandparents are Todd and Sherry Strong of Lebanon. Maternal great-grandparents are Bill and Alice Strong of Lafayette and Marilyn Sills of Lebanon and Carol Persinger.
Paternal grandparents are Katherine and Terry Rose Sr. of Frankfort. Paternal great-grandparents are Patsy and Frederick Groves.
Harbor Grace Nicolaou
Jan. 31, 2012
Jennifer and Andrew Nicolaou of Lebanon announce the birth of their daughter, Harbor Grace Nicolaou, on Jan. 31, 2012, at Witham Memorial Hospital, Lebanon. She weighed 4 pounds, 12 ounces. Harbor was welcomed by sister, Alivia Nicolaou, 3.
Maternal grandparents are Ronald and Tanja St. Clair of Lebanon.
Paternal grandparents are Kathy Chancellor of Bloomingdale, Ill., and Milton Nicolaou of Lowell. Paternal great-grandmother is Giasimo Nicolaou of St. John.