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August 21, 2002
If you're a beach aficionado like me, then you've probably been to a large number of sandy spots, thrown down a blanket and enjoyed the sun and surf. Well, living in Connecticut has its disadvantages when it comes to state parks and public beaches. I'm not talking about the fact, that there is little surf at Hammonassett - I can't hold public entities accountable for land formations and bad luck, but I can hold them accountable for running the parks like a mini-police state.
I often go to Rhode Island beaches; Scarborough North & South Beaches and Misquamicut State Beach are two great places that I frequent. There are others, but I'll leave the secret spots from curious eyes. But my argument is that there are reasons to travel a little farther beyond the state line to enjoy a day at the beach.
Have you ever gone to a Rhode Island beach? The thing that you will notice right off the bat at a Rhode Island beach is that people are actually allowed to "have fun". No, I'm serious. Bathers can discreetly pop open a beer or drink and enjoy themselves, go on the beach after sunset, and get this - it is not illegal to have a floatation device in the water. Imagine! And for those who want to make the day a full family event - even pet Fido can come with you.
Last weekend, it was interesting to watch a guy and his family put together a windsurfer and then venture out beyond the shore. While I watched this guy struggle to keep upright, I thought to myself, "Boy, you couldn't do that in Connecticut, they would take you out in chains."
Oh, and a lobster bake with friends on the beach under the stars? Forget it Nutmeggers! That's what they do in movies. Although honestly you do have to pay a modest fee and get a permit to do so in Rhode Island - but at least it's possible.
Unlike Rhode Island beaches, which post friendly welcome signs, Connecticut state beaches post large signs that spell out what is prohibited. Connecticut beaches do not permit the use of alcohol, floatation devices, beach balls, games, or even glass. No dogs, no night visits, no noise, lights out in camp grounds after 10pm, no campfires…no fun! Connecticut Beaches only take up a miniscule seven-mile stretch along the coastline. You can make the argument that it's got to be one of the most overly regulated patches of land in New England. All for the purposes of making your beach stay far less enjoyable than any competing Rhode Island beach. And don't worry, those laws I mentioned, are strictly enforced!
Connecticut State Police and green-suited, well-armed DEP troops are highly visible characters at state beaches. They are often seen marching up and down the boardwalk at Hammonassett, scanning the beachscape with binoculars for violators. Wielding their high-powered pistols and ticket-writing paraphernalia, they seek out opportunities to write tickets for the most ridiculous of infractions. They give the impression that beaches are a high-security area and that the public is merely in the way.
Connecticut Lifeguards also fall into the same category. Hardly a minute goes by without seen one of them angrily pointing and blowing their whistle. Most of the time, they blow the whistle when someone ventures out more than 10 feet from shore. This usually leaves the bather both embarrassed and surprised that they have violated some unknown law regarding swimming so many feet from shore. The other law-breakers are usually children having fun in the surf with a beach ball. I mean, you know how deadly beach balls can be.
While the fees for entering Connecticut and Rhode Island beaches are fairly commensurate ($7 bucks on the weekdays, $12 on the weekends), the number of beaches in each state isn't commensurate. If the State of Connecticut pumps tax dollars into its beaches proportionate to the amount that Rhode Island does, than you would figure that entry fees would be less and not more. There are far fewer state beaches in Connecticut to maintain, so why not reduce the fees to for Connecticut residents? I understand that generally when you have a limited number of items for sale, the price rises, but in the case of state beaches, the state is the custodian of the land and therefore the rules of supply and demand don't apply.
I could make a stink about charging working families more on the weekend for parking, but what would be the point. We all know that a parking space paid for on the weekday is equal in value to the same exact space when it's rented out on a weekend. State officials don't see it that way. Just think of it this way: the State of Connecticut's decision to charge you more on the weekend is simply another way of penalizing you for enjoying your weekend. I guess I should watch what I write here or else you could end up paying $12 bucks -- seven days a week.
So what's the point of all of this?
Well, my summer recommendation is that when seeking out a nice day at the beach, pack the car, fill the cooler with a few beers, and head up I-95 North - a tad bit further - and find yourself a nice Rhode Island beach. Less hassle, less regulation and more beach for your buck!
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Origin of the name Colin:
Borrowed from the English, Colin originated as a medieval variant of the obsolete Colle, a short form of Nicholas (victory of the people). Alternatively, Colin is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Cailean (dove). Var: Collan, Collin, Collun, Coln, Colun.
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Jeff Gordon pranks critical 'test drive' journalist
Originally published: Feb 27, 2014 - 5:07 pm
Don't call Jeff Gordon a liar. He may come and find you.
According to BuzzFeed, the NASCAR driver took offense to a Jalopnik writer that called a prank he did in March fake.
In his article, Travis Okulski claims to have a source on the set of the ad who tells him the entire thing was staged. His article caught a lot of attention, including from Gordon.
Rather than writing a letter or showing a behind the scenes video, Gordon and Pepsi Max, along with another Jalopnik journalist, hatched a plan to give Okulski the ride of his life.
Something tells me Okulski won't be doubting Gordon from here on out. Maybe it's the shrill screams?
After you're done laughing, read Okulski's account of the prank.
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UPDATE: Man Found Dead In Carolina Beach Friday Morning Identified
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Carolina Beach Police are investigating the death of a man found on the beach Friday morning August 23, 2013.
UPDATE: August 28th - On the morning of 23 August 2013 a body was found in the surf in the 400 block of Carolina Beach Ave. N. The body has been identified as Timothy Young of Tennessee. Mr. Young's death has been ruled a suicide do to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
UPDATE: 2:21PM Friday August 23 - According to a press release from the Carolina Beach Police Department, "The County Medical Examiner's Office has conducted a preliminary autopsy and believes the cause of death is a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Lt. McCullough from Carolina Beach Police Department is ordering a formal autopsy to be conducted in Jacksonville. The identity of the individual has not been established and the investigation is ongoing."
CAROLINA BECH – Carolina Beach Police are investigating the death of an unidentified man found dead on the beach in the 400 block of Carolina Beach Avenue North Friday morning August 23 at around 6:30am.
The Town's Sea Turtle Nest Patrol came upon a person who found the body early Friday morning in the surf. Interim Police Chief Harry Humphries said the man is a white male, probably 35 years of age with dark hair and a goatee. Humphries said the man did not appear to be a drifter and was well dressed with nice shoes and clothing.
No identification was found. Police detectives were canvasing the area trying to locate anyone who could help identify the man.
Humphries said it appeared there was head trauma and is waiting to hear from the medical examiner at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. He said an area of the beach has been blocked off and detectives will return at low tide to search for weapons with a metal detector.
One witness who spoke with WECT Channel 6 said they found the body in the surf and pulled him out of the water. Also, they said he appeared to have an entrance wound on the front side of his head above the ear. His body was described as limber with blood still coming out of the wound.
Humphries said, "At this point we are treating it as a homicide until we hear from the medical examiner." He said the examiner will determine the cause of death or order a full autopsy if required.
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A. l. angusi Rothschild, 1921 A. l. blainei Rothschiild, 1913 A. l. lervia Pallas, 1777 A. l. fassini Lepri, 1930 A. l. ornatus † I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827 A. l. sahariensis Rothschild, 1913
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The Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) is a species of caprid (goat-antelope) native to rocky mountains in North Africa. Six subspecies have been described. Although it is rare in its native North Africa, it has been introduced to North America, southern Europe and elsewhere. It is also known as aoudad, waddan, arui, and arruis.
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David Mack, QMBA'11, has found his military training and experiences useful in the corporate world.
For Oshawa-born David Mack, QMBA'11, his current role as a project manager at RBC Capital Markets is a far cry from the five years he spent serving as a British Army captain in Northern Ireland, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
It was during his time reading theology at Oxford that David got involved with the military and joined the University's reserve unit. Following his graduation in 2003,he spent a year in infantry officer training at England's Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, before choosing a commission with the historic Black Watch regiment in 2005.
Five adventurous years and three operational deployments later, David decided it was time to cash in his chips and return to Canada. Exactly one day after being formally discharged from the British Army he began his MBA studies at Queen's.
"I was keen to enter the corporate world, and I knew an MBA would provide a great complement to my military experience," David explains. "At Queen's there had been an instant recognition of the value and specific skills that a veteran could bring to the MBA program, such as strategy, operations and project management, communication, adaptability, and interpersonal skills."
David is also committed to helping other veterans make a smooth transition into a new civilian life, and he is passionate about promoting Canadian veteran support and networking organization Treble Victor, which helped open the door to David's first civilian role as a Project Manager at RBC Capital.
"Treble Victor has provided me with a community in corporate Canada of like-minded individuals with similar experiences and values," David says. "The network acts as a sounding board and has provided me with the tools to interpret corporate life."
Despite the myriad of challenges that can face veterans transitioning into a civilian life, David firmly believes that their military experiences, their values, and their particular skillsets make veterans invaluable both in academic and in business settings.
"Even in the most challenging military context, one has to do the right thing," he explains. "It is this moral compass that reflects the leadership quality that every MBA program hopes to develop in its students and which every veteran brings with him or her into an MBA program."
While in Afghanistan, David helped to coordinate the development of a book, Aviation Assault Battlegroup, which documents the Black Watch's 2009 tour. This book is available on Amazon.
Read more about David in the June QSB Magazine.
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Title:Who will win the 2002 World Cup?
Publication:Haiti Progres
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Body:The inevitable World Cup forecasts have gone on a long time and, in fact, constitute one of the major pleasures of the tournament.
Most predictions have already been made, and its not without reason that most foresee the triumph of France or Argentina. However, one of these two teams might have to exit the competition earlier than expected if both better-classifiers of groups A and F clash in the fourth round.
The Brazilian myth is always present and, in a survey nine coaches said that if France or Argentina lost, Brazil could snag a fifth World Cup. Its still possible. Brazil, despite its bad performances during qualifying heats, remains one of the great teams. This World Cup could show that Brazilian coach Luis Felipe Scolari will have finished creating a true team, after incessant reconfiguring. In addition, one should not overlook a reversal of fortune for Italy, Portugal, Germany, and, especially, England, under the influence of their Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. Fortunately, all the teams want to win the Cup; it would be quite dull if they all acknowledged defeat even before competition began.
Philippe Troussier, coach of the Japanese team, indicated that his team would win the trophy. At the time, his Nigerian counterpart Festus Onigbinde did not hesitate to say that this 17th World Cup will be Nigerias.
We must admit we extremely doubt it; it practically would be a miracle. Nigeria is no more than the shadow of its former self, as seen in previous competitions. At the Africa Nations Cup (CAN) at the beginning of this year, it was sad and miserable that the Nigerians could obtain only third place, and things have not improved since then.
Classification for the World Cup 2002 was done accurately. Moreover, with more than 130 of the best players in European clubs, Adegboye Onigbindes taskconstituting a truly basic reinforcement teamhas hardly been easy.
We foresee for the Nigerian selection no more than some beautiful performances and the usual unbelievable defeatsfor example, in 1998, Nigeria won a beautiful victory over Spain (3-2), and declined into a tragic defeat against Paraguay (1-3). Also, the team has aged, and only a few young people have been included on defense. In summary, Jay-Jay Okochas and Paris St Germains dribbling, and striker Nwankwo Kanus offensive effectiveness, (Kanu is a striker on the English team Arsenal) will not be enough.
We should turn our eyes somewhere else in Africa to find a candidate worthy of the title. And in this case, Cameroon is likely, thanks to its experience, its methodic play and especially its constancy. All seem to indicate that France and Argentina will arrive at their proper place at the top of the forecasts; should these two teams stumble, we divine one of the following countries winning the World Cup 2002: Italy, Portugal, Germany, Cameroon, England, Brazil andwhy not?Croatia, which finished third in 1998! To tell the truth, our choice is rather vast, it is well acknowledged. For more precision, it would be interesting to know where points the needle of our chronicler Wiener Sejour. But for his opinion we must wait.
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Company Dancers 2013-2014
Lauren Alzamora graduated from UNC School of the Arts in 2001. She has danced for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Eliot Feld's Ballet Tech and Battery Dance Company in New York. Lauren has also collaborated with New York-based dance photographer Howard Schatz on several projects, including underwater dance photography. She is a fully certified Pilates instructor and enjoys teaching private clients as well as her fellow Company members.
Christopher Bloom is from Middletown, VA where he started training at the Vostrikov's Academy of Ballet at the age of 15. Christopher trained as a scholarship student at the Ballet and Contemporary Dance Programs in the School at Jacob's Pillow under Anna-Marie Holmes and Milton Myers. He holds a B.F.A. from The Ailey/Fordham BFA Dance program where he had the opportunity to perform works by Sidra Bell, Francesca Harper, Camille A. Brown, Jennifer Muller, Paul Taylor and Alvin Ailey. He has performed professionally with 360â° Dance Company, Thang Dao Dance Company, VonUssar DanceWorks, Parsons Dance, The Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, and with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Martina began dancing in her native Italy, where she studied ballet in Sicily and Rome. She moved to London to train at the Elmhurst School for Dance. In London, she performed with the Birmingham Royal Ballet and toured throughout the United Kingdom and China. Martina has danced around the world, performing with Compagnia DanzItalia, Narciso Dance Company and BHdos.
Jamal Rashann Callender began dancing at Ballet Tech in New York City. He attended the Professional Performing Arts School/The Ailey School under the late Denise Jefferson, while dancing at The Restoration Dance Theatre and the Harlem School of the Arts. Jamal also attended Perry-Mansfield and Springboard Danse Montreal. He graduated from The Juilliard School under Lawrence Rhodes, and has worked with The Atlanta Ballet, Peridance Ensemble, Buglisi Dance Theater, Formal Structure Inc., and Hubbard Street 2. Jamal is a recipient of the 2012 Princess Grace Dance: Performance Fellowship.
Alexander began his dance career in the Dominican Republic at Teatro Popular Danzante. He received a scholarship to study classical ballet at Ballet Alina Abreu, and he later joined Ballet Folklórico Nacional as a soloist. In 2011, he joined Ballet Nacional Dominicano. He has performed in many international festivals around the world, including Venezuela, Haiti and Martinique, and performed leading roles in neo-classical works.
Mario Ismael Espinoza was born in Tijuana, Mexico. He graduated from the University of California in Irvine, where he performed with Donald McKayle's étude Ensemble. Mario since then has performed with Odyssey Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah; Company C Contemporary Ballet, Man Dance San Francisco, Peninsula Ballet, Liss Fain Dance and ODC Dance in San Francisco, California.
Melissa Fernandez is from Miami, Florida, and graduated from The Juilliard School in 2012. Melissa has attended programs at American Ballet Theatre, Miami City Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Netherlands Dans Theater 2011, among others. In 2008 Melissa was selected as a Modern dance Finalist in the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) YoungARTS competition. She was also featured in the HBO series "Master Class."
Min-Tzu Li, a native of Taiwan, enjoyed her education at The Boston Conservatory and gained many diverse experiences working with their faculty and students. Ms. Li has been fortunate to perform works by such masters as José Limón, Martha Graham and Murray Louis, as well as creating her own works.
Johan Rivera Mendez (Apprentice) was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He began his dance training at School for the Performing Arts, PR under the direction of Waldo Gonzalez. Johan graduated, earning his BFA from New World School of the Arts in 2013. While there, he had the opportunity to perform works of Robert Battle, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Peter London, Merce Cunningham, Michael Uthoff and Kyle Abraham as well as simultaneously working with local dance companies in Miami, Florida.
Marcos Rodriguez began his training in the Ballet Concierto Dominicano Academy. In 2006, he received a scholarship for the "Alicia Alonso" University Dance Institute at the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Spain. Here he joined the "Youth Ballet of Camara of Madrid" as a principal dancer. In 2010, Marcos won the prize for the Support Program of Dance in Madrid as the only Dominican dancer. After graduation, where he received a degree in Choreography and Interpretation Techniques of Dance and a Master in Performing Arts, Marcos joined the Dominican National Ballet as a soloist.
Vanessa Valecillos joined Ballet Nacional de Caracas under director Vicente Nebrada in 1989. After earning a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she performed with Southern Ballet Theater, Chicago Lyric Opera, where she performed as a principal dancer in various productions, and with Luna Negra Dance Theater, where she was a founding member. Throughout her dance career, she has had the opportunity to teach students both nationally and internationally.
Kimberly Van Woesik graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2011. She has trained at Chamberlain School of Performing Arts, American Ballet Theater, Miami City Ballet, the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She has performed works by Ben Stevenson, Twyla Tharp, Arthur Mitchell, Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Alison Chase, Jessica Lang, Adam Hougland, Gerald Arpino, and George Balanchine.
Joshua Peter Winzeler was born in Miami, Florida. He began his ballet training with The Thomas Armour Youth Ballet and the Miami Conservatory. He furthered his training with the School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet and Joffrey Ballet. Joshua graduated from New World School of the Arts receiving his B.F.A. in 2011. Joshua has performed works from Martha Graham, Darshan Bhuller, Robert Battle and Michael Uthoff, to name a few.
Jessica Alejandra Wyatt received her training from The School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. Under the direction of Cuban teacher Haydee Gutierrez, she also studied with her mother Elena Carter, former Dance Theater of Harlem and Ballet Nacional de Danza principal. In 2002, Miss Wyatt joined The Joffrey Ballet as an apprentice and participated in the filming of Robert Altman's "The Company." She later joined Luna Negra Dance Theater and was a member from 2004 to 2009. In 2012, Miss Wyatt was nominated for a Bessie Award.
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According to Gallia County dispatchers, 900 pairs of phone lines were intentionally taken down by vandals along Bulaville Pike near the State Route 160 intersection in Gallapolis.
Authorities were first notified of the outage just before 3:45 a.m.
Dispatchers say the effected area runs from the intersection of Bulaville Pike and State Route 160 to Oil Hollow Road and State Route 554.
We are told AT&T is on-scene trying to repair the phone lines. This could also affect cell phone service in the area.
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You can always count on Florida to produce the most outrageous headlines. Deputies were called to a Bradenton home to address a domestic dispute caused by, well, "early arrival."
Esric Davis, 30, and his live-in girlfriend, Raquel Gonzalez, 24, were having sex when Davis reached orgasm before Gonzalez. He finished first, so she decided to finish him off.
A livid Gonzalez began "hitting and scratching" Davis, leaving marks near his eye and nose. She admitted that she "lost it," but deputies say she was still largely "belligerent and uncooperative." After being arrested, she was sent to Manatee County jail and charged with domestic battery.
Davis said that Gonzalez frequently flips out on him, which makes you wonder how often he's quick with that trigger. Unsatisfied people are bound to take action.
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"Pupils are healthier, therefore they are happier, therefore they are achieving more in the classroom and in exams. After lunchtime we used to have around 10 to 12 call outs for challenging behaviour in an hour. We did a survey two years ago after joining the FFLP and we were down to four. I think there is a correlation there between improved food provision in school and better behaviour after lunchtime."
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Finance Minister Tom Marshall delivered the provincial budget Tuesday, April 19, 2011. It was a big-spending document, and was viewed by many as the provincial government's effort to woo voters ahead of a provincial election in October. Marshall denied the spending was affected by the upcoming election, saying his fourth budget was a continuation of good financial management.
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New program plants seeds for healthier kids, community
PETERSBURG - A project to plant healthy eating habits in children and grow a healthy community is starting from the ground up at a local school and is expected to take root at more schools in the next few years.
Elected officials, educators and representatives of nonprofit groups gathered Wednesday at Westview Early Childhood Education Center to unveil the city's first Growing Healthy Kids Garden. The project is being funded by the Triangle Center for Development with a $9,076 grant from Downtown Petersburg Inc.'s Dunn Trust.
"Westview is where our youngest students begin their journey," said Patricia Hines, president of the Triangle group, which is redeveloping the historic Halifax Triangle area. "What better place for us to begin this project."
Linas Kojelis, president of Downtown Petersburg, said the gardens will help create "an organic relationship, a living relationship between our schools and downtown Petersburg. You cannot have undernourished children and a healthy downtown."
The project was created by Atiba Muse, a Triangle Center trustee who will serve as community garden coordinator. With the help of students, he built the 22 boxed gardens - one for each classroom - at Westview and will work with students and teachers to sow, cultivate and harvest the fruits and vegetables they grow there. Virginia State University is providing soil, fertilizer and other items for the gardens, and graduate students will be helping in evaluating the program's performance.
Muse said the students are already showing a lot of interest in the program and are looking forward to getting free tomatoes and other garden produce. What the students don't consume will be distributed to the community, he said.
"My hope is that we continue this effort and establish it at many other schools in the district," Muse said.
Teachers at Westview will support the project by incorporating the Literacy, Eating, and Activity for Preschoolers (LEAP) program into the school's existing curriculum.
Westview School Supervisor Irma Diaz noted the importance of the nutritional aspect of the garden project, which was inspired in part by a garden that Michelle Obama planted at the White House last year. The first lady has made the fight against childhood obesity a personal mission.
"We do not want this garden to be a one-year project but an ongoing project," Diaz said.
Del. Rosalyn R. Dance (D-63rd) also cited the garden's importance in battling childhood obesity. "As a person who has struggled with obesity most of my adult life, I support anything that helps children," she said.
Noting that childhood obesity rates in Southside Virginia are above the national average, Dance said the garden "is a wonderful start to a healthy childhood in the Petersburg area."
Petersburg Mayor Annie Mickens presented a proclamation from City Council affirming the city's support of this month as the first National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, noting the alarming increase in obesity among children to epidemic proportions. More than 23 million American children aged 2 to 19 are overweight or obese.
The new gardens will help promote better eating habits not only by giving students more nutrition information but also by giving them hands-on experience with healthier foods, Hines suggested. "The children will be planting their own food with their little hands and eating what they've grown," she said.
The Petersburg Alliance for Children and Families has submitted a request for additional funding of $52,000 from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth. If the application is granted, the Growing Healthy Kids program will be expanded into two of the city's four elementary schools. Backers hope to have similar gardens and programs at all seven city schools by 2013.
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Is Anyone Else Worried About Our Coaching Staff?
I'm sorry for starting yet another thread on the coaches, and I don't want to sound negative, but is anyone else a little worried about the lack of actual experience of our new coaches in their new roles? We have a head coach who has never been a head coach before, we have a 36 year-old offensive coordinator who has never been an offence coordinator before, and we have a 33 year old defensive coordinator who has never been a defensive coordinator before.
Now none of those three in isolation bothers me, but all three at the same time sort of does, especially the youth of our two coordinators along with the lack of experience. And they're bringing in all new coaches, a new defensive scheme, a new offensive scheme - especially when we don't need a new offensive scheme - etc., etc.
Man I really want this work, but I'm a bit worried. I'd like to see some more guys with grey hair on our staff, some more experience.
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I've thought about that a little bit here and there as well. I just try to stay positive about all this, we finally have an owner that cares about this team and wants to bring us a superbowl FINALLY! These guys all know their football and i'm going to trust them to make the right decisions and see how this season goes before i complain! haha;-)
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I won't start worrying until there is something to worry about.
Let's wait & see what these guys can do first.
There is that uneasy feeling in the back of my mind though.
Many of the coaches will be coaching in areas they've never coached in before & are therefore unproven.
If they were good at what they do now, why change it?
example: If Bevell was a great QB coach, why didn't we hire him as a QB coach?
If we go 7-9 or worse next year, I doubt people will say, "Well at least we have a disciplinarian as coach now."
"If at first you don't succeed, parachuting is not for you"
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even though its early ill give u a thought. i am a little worried about the offenceive cordnator. he used to be a qb coach
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Everyone's always so flucking worried about everything! Quit worrying....everyone last year was "worried" about our D, but once they meshed (even though it took em' a few weeks) they were outstanding. Our new coach seems to be a very smart guy, where Tice is sort of an idiot...if something happens, I have faith that these guys can correct it....
The Vikes did all they could, we had a problem with our coaches, they attempted to fix it....not everyone liked the same guys, I heard guys calling for Ferentz, for Haslett, for Fischer, for Saunders....the truth is that you can only judge these guys on how they do next year...I love the fact that Peppy is our solidified starter again, ending any trade talk (we don't wanna re-live the Moss trade again, we HAVE plenty of cap room)....
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i woulda been more worried if we got one of the retread coaches...cause they all suck..thats why they got fired...
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It is going to take time for everything to come together. Players
will have to get used to the new coaching staff, coaches will have
to become familar with the skills that the players have, etc.
Everyone is going to have to adapt to the new schemes on defense,
offense, etc. What I see is a grand experiment that has the
potential to fail badly but also has the potential in the long run
to make the Vikings a lot better only time is going to tell.
My expectations for next year is a 8-8 season because I believe the
year will turn out to be a rebuilding year. When you have
inexperience in the coaching ranks, you can not expect everything to
be perfect. When you have players playing in a new system that they
are not comfortable, you never know what missed assignment will
occur and what it might cost you in a game.[move]"Our day WILL come!! I just hope I LIVE long enough to see it!"[/move]
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We still have a very skilled team with solid veteran leadership and a lot of potential with our rookies. These guys are used to watching film and learning about the game...i have a hard time believing that using a new system will be THAT difficult to understand. We'll see next year when gametime comes but i expect to see a pretty good season out of these guys.;-)
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I am not worried at all; actually I am excited to see what these guys bring to the table.
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I am a little concerned about the young age of some of these guys but I'll take a wait and see attitude. Like FedjeViking, I'm not looking for a world beater team this year but I would like to see us go 9-7 or there abouts.Kentucky Vikes Fan
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News: UPDATE: 50 Cent Clarifies Disturbing Tweets, "To Be Conscious That Life Is Short Is Not Suicidal"
Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 10:12AM
G-Unit leader 50 Cent has clarified remarks he made yesterday (Janaury 2) suggesting he would meet his demise in the near future and said they do not represent suicidal thoughts.
Once again resorting to Twitter, Fif said his remarks were in reference to how fast life comes and goes.
"To be conscious that life is short is not suicidal. I'm good if I die tonight Iv taken care of the people who took care of me when I couldn't take care my self," Fif tweeted Tuesday (January 3). (50 Cent's Twitter)
Yesterday, 50 sent viral chills after hinting at a foreseeable death.
""Ill be honest I don't think I'm gonna live much longer. That's why I started my street king movement. I want to mean more in other peoples lives."
"I mixed the big 10 because everything I do has to be the best I can make it cause other artist will create after hearing the ideas." (50 Cent's Twitter)
Last year, Cash Money Records' Bow Wow credited his newborn daughter for eliminating a past thought of suicide.
"Let me start off by saying i love my fans. With out yall i wudda been left the game. For the past 3 years i been batteling life. Even thought about taking my own. I felt like as a kid i did everything and saw everything too fast which spoiled my adult years. I felt as if i had no purpose to live(Thinking selfishly) until god gave me the illest gift of my life. No lambo, no blk card nuffn ammounts to my lil girl. I waited so long to tell yall the truth because i was nervous on how yall would look at me. Yall know everyone makes a big deal out of everything i do. I wanted to be 1st n let yall know the real. My lil girl is getting BIG fast. i love every minute of it. She inspires me to go harder.Even made me treat my mother better, its like it made me into a man over night. Never been a fan of posting pix of my daughter. Reason is because i want my boo boo to have everything i didnt. Want her to be able to cheerlead with her lil friends with out some a**hole sticking his camera all in my lil girl face." (Bow Wow Today)
As things currently stand, 50 is working on a new solo album.
"I want to come out at the top of the year, I want to be ready, but, you know, of course it's all on how everybody else puts together their actual marketing campaign and get it right," 50 said in an interview with DJ Whoo Kid. "I don't have a timeline anymore. I'm doing the Dr. Dre. I'm doing what Eminem does. I've been on a shot clock my entire career. 'I've gotta come out during this period. I've got to come out during this period.' Like, every other year. My albums are so successful that it would take me a year to get done touring off of them. I may not necessarily tour off of this album. I might release it and decide I'm going to make the next one instead of actually going out and touring and let everybody live with that and do something different. Or they'll see me at spot dates." (Shade 45)
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I do wonder sometimes when heading out for a run what I am doing... I mean shouldn't I be sitting on the sofa eating cake?! Ha ha to speedy legs. Feels like I am wading through mud half the time.
Good news on new room Camlo...every cloud right?
We just have a few read at home books that Leila seems to like and concentrates on the c-at, h-at, b-at etc... I am hoping that school will teach them properly too!
Caro, as JT has so eloquently put it the school will teach them properly but you do have to do a lot yourself. I read with the boys each separately every day. They have picked it up very quickly and could not read a sausage before they started, but did know some letters. My two are now in the top set for literacy which makes me very happy as I was such a bookworm as a kid. Still am!!
We had to go on a phonics parents evening which helped a lot as I was doing all the sounds wrongly with them. Does your school do that? There are also lots of posters and things you can buy which the boys still use when they read or do their writing.
Lordie CM. Have been reading on FB and here. I do hope it's all resolved for now. Nightmare when you're a single Mum...
Very excited. Had a call from the local coach development mentor last night (it was a bad time 6.30pm!!!) so he called back just now. Awesome, now on the local programme for endurance and have been invited to attend the next workshop which is on physical prep for endurance running (strength, core etc.), so exciting. Just hope I can go!!
Glad you sorted out ted's mishaps JT. I had to have a chat to the boys' new teacher as she has put them into the same group. It's based on ability but she understands my dilemma as is going to try and put them in different groups. I was told in reception that they are in different groups for everything anyway as all are better at different things. Anyway, point raised and hopefully she will have had a think about it.
Right must do more work, gotten too distracted today...
oh god, i have just done a 2hr audit with a guy who has such bad dandruff that i am now covered in it. i know it's not his fault but - yuck!
think i have sorted out my work thing for now. i am definitely NOT moving into the other group, which is good as i was fretting big time about all the travel and stress. i am apparently being transferred back into the group i used to be in, but as that is in N's reporting chain, i'm not sure how that will work as i obviously can't work in one of his teams... argh. anyway, hopefully my neck isn't on the block just yet. if i can just get through till E starts school, then moving jobs will be a bit easier. once she is at school, it will be more feasible for me to take a local job which will be full-time as i won't have the option of being home with her 2 days a week as she will be at school. although obviously i would have childcare for after school and also holiday costs. but cross that bridge etc...
well done on the workshop MM!
oh and cc - T works for EADS. that's why he is in France / Germany so much...
JT - i can really recommend my sports massage lady. she is £13 for half an hour, which is more like 45 - 50 mins. she lives in cwmbran (llantarnam next to the canal). if you are interested i will text you her number.
Good to get some sort of treatment JT, ibuprofen and ice are doing the trick for me. Physio stretched it a bit this morning and did some electrotherapy which was just like a TENS machine! He was very pleased at how well I'm doing (all down to my stubborn determination to use my shoulder!) and says keep it up and ring him in a couple of weeks when hopefully it's stopped hurting and he can help me get it moving again.
Loving the commune discussions and selling your area to Lotte! Sheffield is probably a bit urban for you Lotte but the Peaks are lovely...!
Managed to grab half an hour with a friend over from Oz this morning who I haven't seen in about 18 months so was really good to catch up briefly. She says they're not coming over for another 2 years though as she's having another baby in January .
Of course teachers just drink coffee and eat biscuits, just like all mums...(she says having spent the day drinking hot chocolate and tea and eating biscuits...!)
My birthday tomorrow . Going for a chinese tonight for a work leaving do (grander than it sounds - just 4 of us!) then another (nicer hopefully!) chinese on Sat night. Hubby has helpfully organised a work night out tomorrow night so I will spend my birthday evening making my own cake probably! Grand old age of 33...
oh yes, cc - how about if your hubby got transferred down here. you could come and live in Newport
oh who knows what will happen!!! We've been through this kind of thing several times over now and i almost can't bear thinking about anything for it to come to naught. Just want us all together somewhere that we can feel happy about ... but not Lincoln!! Absolutely love and adore where we are and have made some good friends etc etc but we really do need to be together. so watch this space I guess.
So a Welsh commune then?
LOL at T working for EADS though! CM - glad stuff seems to have settled for the time being, fingers xed it stays that way.
JT - CM said just what I thought re knots and tightness etc. A decent sports massage would help that kind of thing enormously I would have thought, and not half as expensive.
JG - so young, at 42 I am a whole nine years older than you! Scary stuff! Hope you have a lovely birthday.
Well I got four miles in - two with the wind almost lifting me off the ground, on my back, and then I had to turn round for the return and get soaked to the skin and fight my way back again! Then the whole ballet/orienteering juggle.
Just done some of the phonic cards with S while trying to get J to finish his homework (stops her distracting him) and she loved them ... and was then trying to write the words she was forming too. TBH if it just keeps her occupied then that is a bonus, J is soooooo easily distracted and seems worse than ever at the moment ... sigh.
Think there is some kind of Joint Forces exercise going on at Cape Wrath at the moment, the skies here are mega busy with all kinds of jets whizzing over ... some a bit too low for my liking
Yes CC I was just thinking that south Wales was currently looking favourite for the commune!
JG - happy birthday for tomorrow. Lots of chinese food, yum. So glad to hear that your shoulder is improving. Sounds as though you are doing the right things, so hope it continues. I almost can't remember being that young , just a few days older than CC so 33 seems a dim and distant memory now.
We have some alphabet flash cards and some magnetic letters for Max ('my ABCs') and he is enjoying going through them at the moment and impresses me most days with how much he is learning. They do a lot with them at nursery too so he is getting lots of it every day.
As I dropped him off at nursery this morning, the little bully, Cruz (looks so cute though, as though butter wouldn't melt with beautiful curly dark hair and big dark eyes) was creating havoc again. Really hope Max retains his current good nature....
CM, glad to hear that you seem to have sorted the work issue. Sometimes these things do work out for the better, fingers crossed.
poor Cruz. i feel sorry for little kids that end up like that because it genuinely can't be their fault at that age, can it? i agree that some kids are more naturally inclined towards mischief than others. and their temperaments may lend themselves more towards aggression. but it is generally because of frustrations or issues they face, i reckon. J was a terrible biter as a toddler, and i think that was down to frustration and also probably down to the fact that we didn't really appreciate how sensitive he was - because he was so big, loud and seemingly confident. so he wasn't getting the support from me that he really needed to enable him to handle situations... perhaps it is the same for this little boy and the setting he is in or the support he is getting isn't enough to enable him to behave appropriately?
I did wonder the same CM, I don't know if he has brothers and sisters or anything about him really (apart from the fact he is so goddamned cute!). Maybe his parents are suckers for his cuteness and let him get away with murder at home.... I think from the stories Mr TT's mum tells me that he used to bat his baby blues at her and got away with far too much!
CM - I was just explaining this kind of stuff to J and the other boys I took to swimming the other day. There is a girl in his class who is pretty obnoxious, always in trouble and has moved from other town school to this one. I was trying to get over that sometimes people genuinely are not very nice people but often it's because things are not quite right in their life. S was a pretty atrocious toddler and much of this I am sure was frustration at not being able to talk, this continued even when she was starting because no-one could understand what she said. Sooooo hard when all your friends are chatting away etc.
TT - I am sure if he's already laid back, it will last. J is very laid back, too much so in that i've had to make him stand up for himself a bit and try and encourage him to perhaps not cry so much when things dont' go his way at school but it's hard. He reacts very like me to things so I know what he feels like.
it is hard to know sometimes, TTid. i didn't let J get away with murder as such, but i don't think i appreciated how overwhelming he found certain situations because he was so bold. so when we moved him to another nursery which was much larger and there were huge open spaces, i genuinely believe he was just overwhelmed by the whole thing and couldn't cope and therefore just bit because that was what he did when things got too much for him. in the end, there was nothing even provoking it. he had learned that that was what he did, and he just did it.
J has always had issues processing extremes of emotions - even now he has melt-downs and then over-exuberance when things are exciting for him. and i think it manifested itself as a toddler in biting - when he was happy or sad! and perhaps that is part of this little boy's problem. he doesn't know how to process external stimuli so it turns to aggression. and the problem with that is that he then learns a pattern of behaviour and repeats it.
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News: Kanye West Co-Signs Cam'ron-Clipse Collabo, "This Is My Favorite Sh*t!!!"
Monday, Oct 26, 2009 10:05AM
Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West has displayed his admiration for Cam'ron and The Clipse's new collaboration record called "Popular Demand (Popeyes)" by calling it one of his "favorites" of 2009.
Writing via his blog, Yeezy spoke up for the new record.
"THIS IS MY FAVORITE SH*T!!!," Ye wrote. "PUSHA FLOW IS STUUUPID AND THEY GOT CAM ON THIS. CAM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE." (Kanye West's Blog)
Music video director Rik Cordero recently announced the completion of the "Popular Demand (Popeyes)" music video.
"We just wrapped up The Clipse featuring Cam'ron, Pharrell, 'Popular Demand' music video otherwise known as 'Popeyes' but it was definitely a crazy shoot," Cordero stressed in an interview. "I'm not gonna lie, there was a lot of good people involved, we got a real good crew, a lot of people just wanna make something real and everybody came together despite all the craziness that happened with the cops, all types of sh*t and everybody pretty much just put their heads together, you know, it was frustrating but we got it done and that's really what hip-hop is about. You know, overcoming adversity or whatever and just doing something real. So shout-out to Cam, man, The Clipse for showing so much love that's what it's about. Real artists doing something creative, that's what we do man." (Hip Hop Beef)
Pusha T spoke with SOHH over the summer about being a fan of Killa.
"This is really like our second time trying to get Cam," Pusha told SOHH. "We really tried to get Cam on 'Grindin'' remix and he didn't do it. We've always been a fan of Cam -- he's dope at what he does, but beyond that, just at how he made -- he created this cult following. Just his creativity is nuts. So we reached out to him and we got an amazing record...I think this is gonna be groundbreaking. In making this album, we were like, really trying to make sure we were in every part of the country. And with this record right here, I think I have a record that will totally, totally just go crazy on New York radio. It's just something I always wanted to make. I'm from Virginia, so when I come to New York it's always that record that just runs Hot 97 or [Power] 105 and I wanted to make one of those. We're definitely in talks [of making a music video] with this one." (SOHH)
Clipse previously compared their rap comeback to Killa's from earlier this year.
"I think what's dope about it is we're coming out of a hiatus, same with Cam'ron," Malice explained in an interview. "To come back into the arena and do so together, I think it's pretty much a big deal. [Our collaboration with Cam 'Back By Popular Demand'] is insane. I think everybody got off on that track...The Neptunes were in the studio and they were just showing off this time. A few things were a tug of war, but when they came with it, they just came with it every time." (Rap-Up)
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"Cyber Dragon" (サイバー・ドラゴン Saibā Doragon) is an archetype of cards that are also part of the "Cyber" archetype. They are a group of Machine-Type monsters, most of which are LIGHT, used by Zane Truesdale, then later by Syrus Truesdale in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime and manga.
In the OCG, a Deck centered around this archetype was released in December 2013, Structure Deck: Blitzkrieg of the Mechlight Dragons, which will bring more members, support cards, and the brand new Xyz Monster "Cyber Dragon Nova".
"Chimeratech" monsters are related to, but not part of, the "Cyber Dragon" archetype, being composed of DARK, Machine-Type Fusion Monsters. Both "Chimeratechs" require multiple Fusion Material Monsters, one of which must be a "Cyber Dragon". The ATK and DEF of the "Chimeratechs" is a variable multiplied by the number of monsters used in its Fusion Summon, which can be as high as the user wants. The variables are x800 for "Chimeratech Overdragon" and x1000 for "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon".
Playing style
The main strategy for these cards is to Summon the stronger "Cyber Dragon" Fusion Monsters. When building a Deck around these cards use strong Machine-Type monster cards to help keep the field clear and to unleash the devastating powers of the "Chimeratech" cards. Union Monsters, like "Heavy Mech Support Platform" and "Armored Cybern", can help with supporting monsters already on the field. The effect of "The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion" can be used to Special Summon "Cyber Twin Dragon" and "Cyber End Dragon".
A quick way of swarming the field is by Special Summoning "Proto-Cyber Dragon" with "Photon Lead", then activating "Inferno Reckless Summon" and Special Summoning all "Cyber Dragons" from the hand, Deck and Graveyard, resulting in a massive field advantage and the ability to perform Xyz and/or Fusion Summons.
"Honest" is ideal to support the LIGHT monsters. "Jinzo" can negate all Trap Cards or "Cyber Phoenix" to negate Spells and Traps that target Machines on the field providing protection to Special Summon "Cyber Twin Dragon" without worrying about your opponent traps or spells, while providing more Fusion Material for the "Chimeratech" Dragons.
"Limiter Removal" can be used in place of an "Honest", as it affects all Machines, though with the fatal drawback of destroying all your Machines at the end of the turn. "DNA Surgery" is also a good card to include, since it allows you to use your opponent's monsters for "Chimeratech Fortress Dragon" ("DNA Surgery" + "Super Polymerization" for "Chimeratech Overdragon" is another option) as well as clearing your opponent's field for an easy OTK.
There are times when "Chimeratech Overdragon" can be removed from the field as soon as its Summoned by means of "Bottomless Trap Hole", "Solemn Warning", and "Torrential Tribute". When you have LIGHT Attribute Machine-Type Monsters on your field, they can also be used as Summon requirements for "Cyber Eltanin" by just banishing them. Not only will "Cyber Eltanin" have high ATK, but once its Summoned to the field it also clears it of any other monsters besides itself leaving your opponent open to a direct attack. A quick combo is to use the "Gadgets" to bring Machine-Types to your hand so you can fuse them with "Cyber Dragon" to create "Chimeratech Overdragon".
With the new cards that will come in Structure Deck: Blitzkrieg of the Mechlight Dragons, part of the Cyber Dragon's strategy will rely on swarming the Field and even managing the level of the "Cyber Dragons" for a quick Xyz Summon of their new ace card, "Cyber Dragon Nova".
"Transmodify" can be useful as it allows you to tribute a "Cyber Dragon Zwei"/"Cyber Dragon Drei" to Special Summon a "Cyber Dragon" from the Deck and perform the Xyz Summon of "Cyber Dragon Nova" if you have another "Cyber Dragon" out already.
You can combine "Cyber Network" with "Cyber Dragon Nova" to retrieve all "Cyber Dragons" banished by their effects and maintain a huge Field presence.
"Cyber Repair Plant" can be used to give fuel to "Cyber Dragon Nova" as it searches a "Cyber Dragon" for you to banish as cost for its effect, but can also be useful to perform the well-known Special Summon of "Cyber Dragon", if you control no monsters while your opponent does.
Another combo that can give speed to the new version of the Deck is "Foolish Burial" + "Cyber Dragon Core". Send "Cyber Dragon Core" from the Deck to the Graveyard and you will have conditions to quickly Special Summon a "Cyber Dragon" directly from the Deck. Another smart use for this monster, once it is treated as "Cyber Dragon" while on the field or in the Graveyard, is to banish it to boost "Cyber Dragon Nova"'s ATK, so this can be useful if its first effect were used and you don't want to let it exposed on the Field.
If you have "Cyber Dragon Core" on the field, "Machine Duplication" will Special Summon "Cyber Dragons" directly from the deck. This can lead to an immediate "Cyber Dragon Nova". Furthermore, with "Limiter Removal", you can have an 8400 ATK Monster when combined with "Nova"'s effect (by banishing "Core"). Or, instead of summoning Nova, if you have "Power Bond", you can use it to summon "Cyber End Dragon" with 8000 ATK.
The most common exploitable obvious countermeasures to this deck include System Down which can eliminate the presence of all machine type monsters on the field aswell as those in the graveyard (which the Cyber Dragon archetype are heavily reliant on as most monsters within it allow them to share it's name). Karma Cut has also been shown to be a very good counter measure to the deck as it can easily eliminate every monster that shares the name of Cyber Dragon and is more splashable against common deck types such as Zombie and Harpies. Another option is Electric Virus which while uncommon can allow the user to prevent a potential one turn kill from the common extra deck monsters within the deck.
Cyber Dragon OTK
The Cyber Dragon OTK is made by using a high ATK monster (mainly monsters such as Cyber End Dragon and Cyber Twin Dragon), and boosting its attack to great potential by using cards to increase their ATK points that they can kill the opponent in one turn. Ensure that Trap Stun is Set and ready to use in case your opponent tries to use Bottomless Trap Hole, Solemn Judgment/Solemn Warning or mass destruction Traps such as Mirror Force to destroy your cards.
As most of the Cyber Dragons are Light-type Machine monsters (excluding Chimeratech monsters, as they are DARK instead), the "Ally of Justice" monsters (especially monsters such as Ally of Justice Core Destroyer and Ally of Justice Catastor) will kill them instantly regardless of your Cyber Dragon's ATK. Cards such as Magnetic Mosquito and System Down also hurt them (especially System Down, as it banishes Machines), although the latter's effect can be negated with Cyber Network.


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"Everything Coach Few said to me has come true," said Sacre, who averaged 11.7 points and 6.3 rebounds his senior season. "He said you're going to get drafted and have an opportunity to play in the NBA. You're going to be a star at Gonzaga, and you're going to graduate. That's why I love Gonzaga. They never lied to me."


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Mississippi Heat Wave Threatens PetsBy Jeffrey Hess | Published 10 Aug 2011 05:22pm |
Mississippi is once again under a heat advisory today (thurs), with temperatures expected to break triple digits. Health officials are warning Mississippi to drink plenty of water and stay cool. MPB's Jeffrey Hess reports that the heat poses a deadly threat to man's best friend.
Dogs have a hard time cooling their body because they cannot sweat, and have to rely on panting to deal with 100-degree days.
Jackson Veterinarian Dr. Leon Dale says the extreme summer heat can kill dogs.
"The number one problem is the heat stroke. And with the heat stroke, they go into renal failure and other organs shut down. A lot of people don't realize that. A lot of time times the dog heat strokes today and you cool him down and three days from now you have secondary that are life threatening," Dr. Dale said.
Dr. Dale says excessive panting is one key sign that a dog is struggling with the heat, and could be experiencing heat stroke.
He says it is vital to provide plenty of water and shade or to bring the animal into an air conditioned building to prevent heat stroke.
In addition, Dr. Dale says owners need to limit a dog's activity during the day because a playful dog might not realize it is over heating.
Bear is a one year old black German Sheppard. He pants even though he is standing inside the air conditioned vets office.
Thomas Dunbar is Bear's owner. He says he makes sure his pet has plenty of ice cold water and shade.
"He has water outside 24/7. Sometime we put ice in the water to cool it down a little bit, just take a pitcher of ice and throw it in there. He just rests in the shade all day. It is only bad a couple hours of the day. He has water all the time, so he doesn't move around or get hot," Dunbar said.
Cats can also suffer from heat conditions, but it more commonly affects dogs because of their natural willingness to play and exercise with people even in hot conditions.
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Just a fantastic book. Great introduction to Doreen Virtue and her work and plenty of practical advice for working with angels. I return to it and pick it up often. - Eric
Dr. Doreen Virtue is a spiritual doctor of psychology and a fourth-generation metaphysician who works with the angelic, elemental, and ascended-master realms in her writings and workshops. Doreen is the author of more than 20 books about angels, chakras, Crystal Children, Indigo Children, health and diet, and other mind-body-spirit issues, including the best-selling Healing with the Angels and Messages from Your Angels books/angel cards.


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News: Rick Ross On Tweeting Fans, "The Few Motherf*ckas [I] Do Touch, They Gon' F*ck With The Boss"
Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010 5:55PM
Southern rapper Rick Ross has opened up about recently creating a Twitter account and revealed his interest in re-tweeting what other people are speaking about.
Ross claims that he uses Twitter to try and stay in contact with fans.
"People been trying to get me on Twitter for the last two years but I never really felt the need for it. I been getting so much love, people been embracing my sh*t, my music. The least I can do is try to stay in contact with my supporters even more so. That's where @RickyRozay came into play. I came up with the name. I been doing it for less than a month so motherf*ckas call up [Ed. Note: We think he means tweet up], make requests, do sh*t like that so it's love. I can't say I read everything but some shit I do retweet. Motherf*ckas say something that I might've thought before, 'Oh d*mn that makes sense,' retweet it. It's not really marketing. You can only do so much tweeting. I feel a lot of that sh*t be overrated. You only gon' retweet so many people and actually tweet [back to] so many people but for the few motherf*ckas you do touch they gon' f*ck with the Boss" (VIBE)
Last February, Diddy talked about maintaining over two million Twitter followers.
"Yeah, I mean, it's just a point in my life, being in the industry, I have nothing but good things to say to people," Diddy explained. "I have nothing but positive energy to give, I don't care if you like me, you don't like me. I love you and I'mma keep doing my thing. Hopefully you'll get it one day but I've been blessed to have a lot of fans and a lot of people love me and I just want my injection to be what I feel is great about people. I wanna inspire people -- I don't wanna bring them down. I don't wanna talk about no BS. I don't have no time for none of that. I wanna uplift us." (Tim Westwood TV)
Kid Cudi previously explained why he deleted his popular Twitter page last year.
"I have an iPhone and I don't even utilize all of the applications on it," Cudi explained. "Just alone on an iPhone you can have multiple e-mails -- I have two e-mails -- text messaging, some people have AIM on there, MySpace, Facebook -- and I don't even have those things...With Twitter, my two e-mails, text messaging, and my phone ringing, that's just overwhelming. And you gotta think of it like this, what did they do before there were cell phones? Use a pay phone or write a letter. Or you catch 'em at the crib....I think I want to take it back to that. Sometimes it just shouldn't be that easy for you to get in contact with me." (Rap-Up)
Last year, Jim Jones spoke on how he used the social networking tool to promote his music.
"I released the song called 'Dancing On Me,'" Jones explained in an interview. "It's one of my new singles from this summer album that we're doing. We put it up on iTunes and for me to try to get a spike on it, I tweeted that the record was now on sale on iTunes. It started at the 100's and slowly but surely in a few days it started climbing in the 50's and 40's, you know? So appreciate everybody for going and buying that record off the help of the tweet." (Forbez DVD)
Rick Ross' Twitter currently has over 68,000 followers.
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Chaos on Deponia trailer showcases blows to the head
A trailer for Chaos on Deponia released today shows just how well Rufus, the game's protagonist, can take a beating.
Daedalic Entertainment's point-and-click sequel to Deponia follows the misadventures of Rufus and a mysterious girl named Goal. Both yearn to escape the junkyard planet of Deponia and flee to the floating city of Elysium. The game begins as Rufus tries to restore Goal's consciousness.
Chaos on Deponia is set for a November 6th Steam release for PC and Mac. Check out Rufus and a few others getting pummeled in the video above.


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In a medium bowl, add the avocado, lime juice, onions and sour cream and mix well. Add salt, pepper and hot sauce to taste.
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I've missed over a week of blog post updates. According to the Lore Of The Net, a blog which doesn't keep to its schedule will lose all readers and shrivel up in a dank corner.
I'm not going to apologise. I'm going to talk about priorities.
I was waiting in a bus queue yesterday. The woman behind me was jabbering into her phone, always a good source of inspiration.
"I was running all over the field, trying to get a signal," she said. "I needed to get the football results for Wigan. Well, you can't put your life on hold just because you're camping, can you?"
I suppose it depends on what you define as "life". And no, I'm not about to descend into bashing some person who is passionate about football – for I do believe it's important to be passionate about something, and football is as good as anything (save us from apathy and inertia: that's the killer). But I did think about "camping" being seen more as "life on hold."
What is life, when you get down to fundamentals? Eating, sleeping, moving, not moving, relating to others, excreting, crying, laughing. When I'm camping, I'm doing all of those things (not necessarily at the same time.) I'm more alive when all else is stripped away. When I'm commuting by bus or stuck in an office then it can feel as if life is on hold, waiting for when I'm back in nature or on my bike or with my partner.
Of course the wonderful zen-like ideal would be to feel present and alive in all moments, even the queue at Tesco. This rarely happens to me.
I was camping this weekend, and taking part in a historical re-enactment. Then we got a phone call. The kind of phone call you never want to receive. We packed up early and returned home, and have spent the week in a sleepless daze. It was the death of my husband's oldest friend; he was best man at our wedding, the anniversary of which was a few days ago. Death is the inevitable consequence of being alive, and life was not on hold, camping or not: we came home.
I had a deadline for an article for a county magazine, but luckily I'd filed it early. Other work issues loomed, and I had to prioritise. The weekly releases at loveyoudivine go out on a Friday, and the authors promote to their given date – it had to be done, whether I needed sleep or not. But other things were put aside. Non-essential emails have been ignored. The ironing mountain is now so huge that there is snow at the peak. This blog, as you know, was left to languish. Some things are not important.
I'd been pondering buying a road bike for some months. I found a Dawes tourer in a local bike shop and went back to look at it on Wednesday. I stood there, unsure. The shop assistant said, "Well, you only live once."
And I thought of our friend. And pressed my debit card into the assistant's hand, and walked away with a brand new bike.
Priorities? If I don't update this blog on Monday, it's because I'm out on my new bike…


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The Bush team has a long history of managing international opinion and getting its own way. Key officials including Dick Cheney, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice were in office when the
Even under President Clinton's weak leadership in foreign policy, the
It is never quite this simple and events can upset the best laid plans, but on issue after issue the
This leaves
Further pretexts for action may be found. UN inspectors may go in, may have full access and may let everyone off the hook. However, it is likely that some real or exaggerated facts will be brought out, or enough of a provocation made to
Many commentators and politicians will be so grateful for some kind of UN resolution that they will pay little attention to what is in it. Some voices will point out that it will doubtless fall far short of the traditional UN language authorising war. In this circumstance many people who oppose the attack on Iraq and are generally opposed to the havoc the Bush administration is wreaking with the international system will be left high and dry. MPs who have signed Alice Mahon's carefully moderate early day motion calling for UN support as a prerequisite to any attack will have found that they have trapped themselves into support for a UN-sponsored war.
I hope I am wrong. But at a minimum Labour supporters accustomed to the most arcane politics of resolutions and procedures should begin, as no doubt the Russians and Chinese are already, to calculate what price Washington must pay for its war.
A good start will be to insist that the UN resolution at the time of the 1991 Gulf War ceasefire is adhered to in full. The ceasefire resolution stated the importance of "all available means" being used to achieve a wide-ranging list of objectives including a nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction free zone in the
In short, the ceasefire resolution of 1991 placed further action against
Dan Plesch is the senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies.


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San Angelo-area news in brief, 9/26
Restaurant offers free onion rings
Long John Silver's will have Free Onion Rings Day today.
Customers who visit any participating Long John Silver's restaurant will receive free onion rings when they make a donation to Long John Silver's national charity partner, Children's Miracle Network.
In addition to Free Onion Rings Day, Long John Silver's will support Children's Miracle Network through October by offering Miracle Balloon icons at the register. Customers contributing to CMN will receive a coupon for each $1 donation.
For more information, visit ljsilvers.com or cmnsanangelo.org.
Cooking show, expo coming Thursday
The Relish Magazine Cooking Show and Expo will be from 4:30-9 p.m. Thursday at the McNease Convention Center, 500 Rio Concho Drive.
The event will feature entertainment, food ideas and prize giveaways.
Admission is $40 at the gate.
For information, visit gosanangelo.com/relish.
One-room school students sought
As part of National Museum Day on Saturday, Joyce Gray will coordinate a program in Fort Concho's schoolhouse/chapel from 9-10 a.m. covering the history and uses of the fort's schoolhouse/chapel. It will be followed by a 10:30-11:30 a.m. program on frontier children and their experiences.
The fort is looking for former students of one-room schools who would like to share their experiences. For more information or to help, call 325-481-2646 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Zumba class to aid ill child, family
Local Zumba instructors will lead a Zumba class to help the family of Liam Nickles from 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday at Sierra Vista United Methodist Church, 4522 College Hills Blvd.
Liam was born prematurely March 21 with Down syndrome and a hole in his heart. He developed severe pulmonary hypertension and struggles with hypothyroidism. He has spent almost half of his life at Methodist Children's Hospital in San Antonio. He had open heart surgery May 8, which has improved his condition but has not fixed the cause.
The event is open to the public, and the entry fee is by donation. All proceeds will go directly to Liam's family to help with medical bills.
Those who wish to make a contribution can visit liamnickles.chipin.com/liam-nickles.
For more information, call Janet Hoffmaster at 325-212-6521.
City launches TV interview show
"the CITY," a new interview show in which city of San Angelo officials talk about issues of interest and effect to the community, debuted on cable Channel 17 on Monday.
"the CITY" will be broadcast daily at 6 a.m., 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on cable Channel 17, the city's government access channel. Each episode will air for approximately two weeks and will be posted on the city's YouTube page at youtube.com/cityofsanangelotx.
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Yes, I am aware that this should be a Fanshot, but after seeing people repeatedly talk about Ruben Tejada being late to pre-season training, and in bad shape, and being the John Candy of shortstops (both fat and dead, RIP John), I figured that this should be close to the top of the list so folks can see it. Here are the results of a Google search for "Ruben Tejada Michigan."
Listen guys (and ladies), I'm in a really remote part of Africa and this stuff is in the New York Post and on Metsblog: why does it seem that I'm more aware of it than many? I'm not a huge fan of Tejada due to things like fWAR, rWAR, the Korean War, wRC+, OPS, OPS+, WWE, and YOLO, but as it seems increasingly likely that he will be our starting shortstop I figure that we have to give the kid a break on being out of shape because, for a time now, he has been working out in a place so cold he probably loses weight just keeping his body temperature at 98.6.
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Dogs, turtles and yes, even a python were the guest of honor at Ocean View's Messiah Lutheran Church Inaugural Fall Festival.
People and their pets attended the morning worship, which focused on protecting animals throughout South Jersey.
According to Pastor Bernie Kelly, the commitment to care for our animals is a common cause shared by many communities.
Pastor Bernie Kelly stated, "Pets are just a great way of breaking down barriers, everyone loves to pet a dog, to pet a cat, to pet a python, whatever. And you just start a conversation..."
All proceeds from the festival, sponsored by the Ocean View Veterinary Hospital, will go towards the Cape May Animal Shelter, save our strays and the New Jersey Nature and Environmental Education Center.
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>>