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One point that all motivational teachers agree upon is that every peak-performing man or woman is an obsessive goal setter. They are motivated by compelling, burning, internal goals. Our subconscious mind goes to work immediately on goals we write out and think about continuously to make them a reality. Why then do so few people have goals? Studies indicate that only about 1 percent of the total population has written goals. (Unless a goal has been written out, it is merely just a wish.)
A study at Yale University in 1953 asked this question: "Do you have clear goals? Have you written them down and laid out some method of achieving them?" Only 3 percent of the graduating class had specific written goals! In 1973, 20 years later, those members of the 1953 class were surveyed to follow up on their past performance. It was found that the 3 percent who had written goals were worth more, in financial terms, than the remaining 97 percent!
No other quality, such as environment, appearance, grade level or family background, is nearly as important to personal success as the habit of personal goal-setting. It is intense goal-orientation that marks the winners in every single area. Unless we have goals, we simply go around in circles in our lives. We go nowhere. When we set goals, we go straight and true. We develop purpose, we develop direction, we develop focused and channeled energy. We develop more in a short time with goals that we could accomplish in years without them. Every human being has a failure mechanism and a success mechanism. The failure mechanism is on automatically. When we set a goal, we push the success mechanism. When we are preoccupied by a burning desire to accomplish our goal, we are moving toward success. Most people are not aware of this. And even those who are, often lack the self discipline, the will, self confidence to set goals and stick with them until they accomplish them.
The characteristic that sets high achievers apart from the average person is "intensity of purpose." Bunker Hunt, who was bankrupt at age 32 and worth approximately $5 billion when he died in the late 70's said, "to be successful you must first decide what you want in life. Next you must determine how much you are willing to pay to achieve it. You must resolve to pay that price and to make the sacrifices required to reach your goals. That's all that is necessary."
Why is it that so few people set goals? First, not many people understand how important it is. Those who come from families who set goals usually pick up the habit of setting goals themselves. Second, they often don't know how. It is sad but true that we can receive 12 to 18 years of education through our schools but not receive one hour of time dedicated to teach us how to set goals. Most school teachers are not goal setters themselves. Elementary school students who have been exposed to goal-setting techniques enjoy school more, score consistently higher than their counterparts and have a better attitude toward parents, teachers and life in general than those who do not receive instruction in goal setting.
Third, they have a fear of rejection brought on by destructive criticism. Due to human nature, friends and relatives tend to discourage us when we tell them about our goals. For this reason, keep your goals confidential. Share them only with others whom you respect and who are also in the habit of setting goals. They will be encouraging. Other than that one exception, don't tell anyone so you do not put yourself in a position to be criticized or discouraged from your goals.
Fourth, they have a fear of failure. This is the greatest block to success in adult life. People do not realize the importance of failure in achievement. It is impossible to achieve without failure! We can never reach our true potential without experiencing numerous failures in our lives. Thomas Edison found 10,000 ways that a light bulb would not work before he hit on the right combination. The natural tendency is to stay in our comfort zones. The nature of human beings is to become satisfied and complacent with their surroundings and to try nothing more. Every single peak-performing man or woman has thrown off the natural tendency to play it safe and stay within the comfort zone and has tried to exceed past performance They have gone into the risk zone to try something bigger, better and more important. Every important achievement ever made has been accomplished by men and women who have had the courage to take the risk, to step out even though they had no guarantee they would succeed. Life is somewhat like a baseball game--three strikes and your out. But in life you are not only the batter you are also the umpire. If you stand at the plate long enough you will hit a home run. No one can call you out but yourself.
With regards to goal-setting, almost everyone is afraid of change. This is because we are afraid that change will make us worse off than before. The reason we set goals is to enable us to control change in our lives, we can see to it that the change will be an improvement rather than causing us to be worse off than we were before. We must set goals in order to be in control of our lives, and we must be in control of our lives before we can feel good about ourselves.
With regard to goal-setting, there are two to three general concepts. One of these is the "area of excellence." This merely means that we are all usually average in most areas of our lives, but we all have the ability to be outstanding in at least one area. Every single person is put on this earth for a unique purpose. Nobody is put here at random. We all have something special and valuable to contribute to the human race. One of our major responsibilities as human beings is to find our area of excellence and to become as good as we possibly can be at developing our area of excellence. As we must make a living for the rest of our lives, we have an obligation to develop to the best of our ability at least one marketable skill.
It is amazing to find that most people work 20 to 30 years at a job without realizing that they should become experts at what they do if they do if they wish to receive the awards life has to offer. Instead, many go through their entire careers frustrated and complaining, expecting government or their employers to provide them with the material things they were unable to earn for themselves. They were paid lower wages because they did not develop their skills to the degree that they deserved more.
Most people do what they do in a mediocre fashion, never realizing how important it is that they become outstanding at something. One reason this is so important is job security. The top 20 percent in any field are always guaranteed a job. More important is the fact that how we feel about ourselves determines how well we do everything in life. It determines our level of health, our personal relationships, our creativity, our peace of mind. If a person does not develop excellence at something, then that person gets up every morning and sees someone who is mediocre at everything. It is impossible to like ourselves when we realize we are not trying to excel in some area of our lives. In establishing our goals, one goal must be to find one area of excellence and become the best we can be in that endeavor.
"You can only become excellent doing what you love to do." One of our prime responsibilities as adults is to find what we like to do and spend the time and effort to do it very well. You can tell what you like to do by looking at what interests you, what attracts your attention. Look at the kind of things you would do if you were not getting paid to do them, the sort of things you would do if you had no limitations on your abilities.
The second concept is called the "acres of diamonds" concept. This is based on a story about a farmer who sold his farm to go in search of diamonds. After many years of futile searching, he died broken and unhappy. Meanwhile, the person who brought his farm found some rough, mud-caked rocks that glittered when they were chipped. It turned out the entire farm was covered with a fortune of rough diamonds. The moral of the story is that the farmer who sold his farm never realized that diamonds don't look like diamonds until they are cut polished and set. We must realize that our major opportunities come to us disguised as rough diamonds. We must see them for what they are. It is through our efforts, dedication and ambition that we develop beautiful diamonds from the rough rocks others ignore.
When you set goals, don't think you must move or go back to school for 5 years to get a degree. Opportunities, like the diamonds, are close at hand. You need only to recognize them.
We must have a balance of goals to have a balanced life. The major categories of goals include: Family and personal goals--these are the reasons we set goals; business and career goals; self improvement goals. Successful people are always working on themselves to become better people. Goals must be in harmony with each other. We cannot want to spend half our time on the beach and still wish to become wealthy and successful in business. We must also set goals which are congruent with our fundamental values.
Ask yourself the following questions. The answers may give you acute insight into what your major goals should be.
This is one of the most important question because if you can write it down on paper, you are capable of attaining it. Nature is not capricious. It does not give us the ability to clearly visualize and write down a goal without also giving us the ability to realize it. The only questions are: How badly do you want it? And, are you willing to pay the price to get it? The only limitation is in your own mind. It is not contained in physical reality.
After answering these questions, it is essential that you pick one major purpose in life. We know that all great success starts with one great, major purpose. If we choose to work on too many goals simultaneously, we diffuse our efforts and end up accomplishing almost nothing. Every great life only becomes great when the individual picks only one thing as the major goal and devotes all of his or her energy to making that goal a reality. Usually all of the minor goals are also accomplished. If you have not set and achieved goals before, it is important to understand that each time you achieve a predetermined goal, it is easier to accomplish the next goal. This is because you gain confidence in your own abilities with each victory. The stronger you believe, the more likely you are to succeed.
The first step in any goal setting is desire. Desire is always personal. You can never successfully desire something for someone else. Your goal must be purely personal and selfish, something you want very much.
Second is belief. Your goals must be believable so that you must strongly believe they are attainable before they will become reality. They must be realistic. If your conscious mind will not accept the goal, there is no way your subconscious will believe it and go to work on it.
For example, if you are earning $20,000 a year today, raise your sights in 50 percent increments. That is, say I make $30,000 a year. Then visualize, believe and use self-affirmation to reach your goal. This will improve your performance, your communication skills and open up your mind so you will do your job better or see new opportunities that are open to you. Your goals should have about a 50-50 chance of achievement. This means they are believable and the subconscious mind can go to work on them. Once you have reached a point of success, you can reaffirm and work on the remaining portion of the achievement of the goal. For instance, say you would like to lose 40 pounds. Instead of setting 40 pounds as your goal, visualize yourself five or ten pounds lighter. Goals are reached one step at a time. When you have lost 10 pounds, set your goal to lose another 10 pounds.
Make your goals challenging and let them make you stretch. Each of your goals should be for the next level of attainment. Striving for our goals takes us out of our comfort zone and causes us to grow with each accomplishment. Make them difficult enough to be challenging but believable enough to be attainable.
Write down your goals. This is the way you program your goal into the subconscious It is very important to accomplishing goals. The more detailed and precise you write it down the better. Write exactly how you would like it to happen.
For example, if you want a new house, you would not merely say, "I want a 3,000 square foot house." You would instead describe the house as you want it to be, as you picture it. "I want a three bedroom, split-level house with...etc." Until a goal is written down on paper, it is not a goal, it is a wish.
Determine how you will benefit by achieving your goal. Write out all the benefits and advantages you will receive upon achieving your goal. If your goal is financial, then write out all the differences it will make in your life when you attain your goal. The more reasons you can have for reaching the goal, the more irresistible the goal will become for you. You will develop a force, a power and a conviction that makes you virtually unstoppable in reaching your goal.
Analyze your position. Where are you right now in regard to your goal? If your goal is financial, how much more money will you need to reach your goal? Do an exact financial analysis of how much you are worth today.
Set a deadline. Set a time when you expect to reach your goal. Your major purpose in life should always be measurable specific and quantifiable. You should be able to count it and measure it so you always know how close you are to accomplishing it. The feeling of being a winner is an important part of being a winner. We can only feel like a winner when we are working towards an important goal. "Happiness is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or idea." Unless we can measure the beginning, the end, and the steps in between, we will lose the motivational power that lies in a major definite purpose.
Identify the obstacles you will have to overcome to reach your goal. If there are no obstacles, it is no goal; it is merely an activity. Once you have written the obstacles down on paper, you will find they do not seem as large as they did. There is usually only one or two things that will take much of your attention. The rest will seem insignificant.
Clearly identify the groups, people and organizations whose assistance you will need in order to reach your goal. This introduces three laws. The first law is the law of sowing and reaping, or the law of return. You only reap from having sown in previous periods. What you are reaping today is a result of what you have sown in the past. The law of return says the more you put in, the more you will get out, and you need to put in to get anything out. Second is the law of compensation. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Realizing this, in regards to the people whose assistance you need to succeed, we ask ourselves, "what can we do for them in order to get the assistance we need?" Third is the law of service. We can only succeed by serving our fellowman by providing goods and services that are of value to them. All successful men and women have begun by finding ways they can serve others. They have determined to go the extra mile and always do more than they are paid for. The starting point of all riches is to find out how you can give, how you can serve others to get in return what you want. Successful companies have an obsession with customer service.
Make a plan. Take all the details you have identified in the last three steps. Make it complete in every detail. Write out all the activities you will have to engage in to reach your goal. Once you have identified your activities, prioritize them in order of importance. All plans are merely activities laid out in terms of time and priorities.
Once you have committed your plan to paper, continually go back to it and rewrite it until it is the perfect plan. As you acquire new information, have new experiences, receive feedback and begin to move forward and have setbacks and disappointments and make mistakes, look at the plan and see where it has to be revised. All high-achievers think and write on paper. They do it over and over again. They plan their days, they plan their weeks and they plan their months. That is why they move ahead so rapidly.
Get a clear mental image of your goal as though it was already in existence right now. Every time you get a chance, play that picture of your goal on the screen of your mind.
Back your plan with determination and resolve to never, never give up. The best plan on earth will not work unless you do. Many people do all of the steps properly until they reach step 12. At the first sign of a problem, they give up. Persistence is very important to success. No matter how perfect your plan or how pure your heart, every person who has set out to do something out of the ordinary has suffered setback after setback before they found success. They have faced adversity and disappointment. The difference between the winners and the losers is that the winners pick themselves up and keep on trying while the losers whine "why me?" Remember this: "Self discipline is persistence in action." You can see how much self-discipline you have by how much persistence you have at working toward your goal. "Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself."
You can tell how much faith you have in yourself by how willing you are to pick yourself up after a bitter disappointment. If you are willing to pick yourself up, there is literally nothing that can stop you!
Practice effective time management. All high-achievers use their time well. Every minute, hour or day that comes and goes is lost to us forever. If we do not use it well, we have lost an opportunity to move closer to our goal. There are six key points toward effective time management. First, have clearly defined goals. We waste allot of time when we only have vague, or worse yet, no idea of what we wish to accomplish. Second, have clear, detailed plans. We would never buy a list of materials and give it to a contractor and say "build me a house." He would ask, "where are the plans?" It is just as foolish to try to build a successful life without laying out a plan of what we wish to accomplish and what it will look like once we have reached our goals.
Make a list for each day. Lay out your list on Saturday for the upcoming week. Then make a list at the end of each day so your subconscious can work on it overnight. When you start off your day, refuse to do anything not on the list. Discipline yourself to write every new assignment down on the list. You will find that once you write it down, it does not seem as important as your first thought. If you do not use a list, you will find yourself responding to the urgent, rather than doing the important. You become preoccupied with trivia.
Two important things happen when you use a list. First, you will become organized and achieve more each day. Second, you will get a feeling of accomplishment as you check off each activity you have completed. You will feel you are on top of your life and in control. Without a list, at the end of the day, you will feel like you have been spinning your wheels and have accomplished very little. You will feel stressed out because you will feel you have made no real gains toward your goal. At the end of the day, transfer the things that you didn't get to that day to your list for the next day. You will find that by using a list you will sleep better at night because you know that your work is under control and down on paper. You will not have to worry about forgetting something important.
Set priorities on your list. The 80-20 rule says "80% of the value of any list is contained in 20% of activities." For example, if you have 10 items on your list, 80% of the value of what you wish to achieve today will be in about two of the ten items. Concentrate on those items first. This is the most efficient use of your time. Ask yourself regularly, "What is the most valuable use of my time right now?" You always must make a choice between one activity or another. Before you choose, ask yourself the question. All high-achievers know, "there is never enough time to do everything, but there is always time to do the most important things." Ask yourself, "if I had to go out of town tomorrow and only had time to do one thing, What one thing would I do?" Put a circle around that--that will set your priority.
Use concentration and single handling. Successful people do first things first, and they stay with them until they are complete. It is important to find blocks of time that are devoted to handling your top priority without interruption. Otherwise you will pick up and set down a project four or five times, thereby taking too much time to accomplish it.
Develop a sense of urgency. Do it now! Don't procrastinate! Less than 2 percent of the people in our society have a sense of urgency. Less than 2 percent of the people will do a thing the first time it comes up--98 percent of the people put off even minor tasks for another time. The best way to stand out from your peers and make your superiors stand up and take notice is to do a task as soon as possible. Bosses always go to the person who gets it done now. They pay them more, and they respect those employees more than those who put it off until next week.
Remember, "Obstacles are what you see when you take your mind off your goal." Your mind can only hold one thought at a time--positive or negative--and your goal is a positive thought. Always think about your goal. It is impossible to be troubled by petty little problems when you are concentrating on your goal. You will feel alive and full of energy when you keep your goal in mind. When others tell you about their goals, encourage them to "go for it." Everyone should have goals in order to be happy. As you accomplish your goal, set new goals. Goals are what make life worth living.
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Thousands of students around the world received a box of parts and a rule book on Saturday as the FIRST Robotics Competition held its official kickoff in Hampshire, at a charged event reminiscent of the opening day of spring training or Midnight Madness for college basketball. NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner filed the following report.
Those who are not hardwired into the world of competitive robotics might not realize the significance of the annual kickoff of the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) robotics competition in New Hampshire. But for the 58,000 students who participate in what organizers call the "Super Bowl of smarts," the Saturday kickoff ceremony at the Southern New Hampshire University had been a long-awaited moment.
"It's like Christmas all over again for us no one can sleep the night before. We're just anxious to see what it is," said one particpant.
Students gathered at some 70 locations in the United States and beyond to watch a taped unveilling that included MVPs from all walks of life, including entertainer Stephen Colbert.
But only people in the auditorim of had the benefit of knowing an actual field was just behind the room's doors. With no peeking allowed, the morning was full of speculation as to what kind of sport the robots would play this year.
"We were kind of thinking it had something to do with tennis balls," said one participant.
"They might think it's a football game," said another.
It turned out this year's game is based on basketball. FIRST officials said they wanted something that would be instantly recognizable.
"We don't wnat to be just for geeks. We want to be for everybody, so we said this year let's make the game so visually, symbolicly like other sports, that everyone gets excited about it," said FIRST founder Dean Kamen. Since technology is always changing, it is only logical the challenges should keep up. This year, for the first time ever, students will be "kinect-ed" to their bots in a whole new way.
In addition to a kit with more than 600 parts, each team received a Microsoft Kinect to incorporate into their robot design.
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This is the 21st season for FIRST, which now includes 2,300 teams from 49 states and 12 countries. While the goal of the game may be to score baskets and rack up points, Kamen's hoop dreams are a little bigger, to change the culture of the country and inspire a whole generation of engineers and innovators.
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Only five of the 89 new ACOs chose the so-called two-sided risk model that has greater earning potential but also puts providers on the hook if savings metrics fall short. Blum says "by far" most organizations chose the safer one-sided risk model, which pays only on achieved savings. All ACOs in their second contract period will have to take two-sided risk.
The 89 new ACOs were selected from an applicant pool of more than 150 providers. Beginning this year, ACO applications will be accepted annually. The application period for the Medicare Shared Savings Program that begins in January 2013 runs from Aug. 1 through Sept. 6.
Simeon A. Schwartz, MD, president/CEO of White Plains, NY-based WESTMED Medical Group, says the shared-savings program had the financial incentives to compel his 200-physician primary care-focused multispecialty practice to become an ACO.
"We think the savings are largely going to come out of hospital utilization because we see already in our organization that there have been many opportunities to move care to the outpatient setting," says Schwartz, who joined Blum on the midday teleconference.
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Al Neuman MD (7/13/2012 at 5:58 PM)
Anyone who has read the "HealthLeaders" site realizes by now that for whatever reason, they seem totally in the tank for Obama and his policies. Truth of the matter is what HealthLeaders ISN'T saying in this piece[INVALID]that the vast majority of hospitals and physician groups AREN'T taking the dubious bait of Obamacare. Just look @ the numbers[INVALID]only 150 from the whole country applied, out of many thousands of potential applicants! It's obvious as anyone seriously involved in healthcare already knows, that the professional community doesn't like this ridiculous elephant of a healthcare "law" with all its burdensome bureaucracy and huge administrative costs and certainly doesn't trust the Obama administration at all based on their duplicity and dishonesty about other health-related topics incl. Medicare physician reimbursements. Reality is that most responsible folks in healthcare are rooting for Congress to actually repeal this turkey[INVALID]nobody believes it's either workable or affordable and will be a sure job killer.d
J. Kuriyan (7/10/2012 at 9:31 AM)
While it is wonderful that providers are stepping up to the plate and becoming "accountable" my fear is that they are buying a "pig in a poke" when they envision "shared savings". I am absolutely amazed thatmany responsible provider organizations are entering into a contract where the "baseline" for calculating savings has not been defined by CMS. What if the CMS actuaries come up with an unrealistic standard for measuring savings? Isn't it prudent practice to know what these parameters are before providers enter into contracts that entail penalty clauses for non-preformance? Wonders never cease!
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personally i believe tupac shaker is the greatest rapper of all time, sure he's not the most lyrical, nut in my opinion he is the greatest. for these reasons, Tupac only grew to be 25 years old and is still remembered and still thought to be the g.o.a.t just think about if Tupac lived to be 40 like eminem has then tupac would be running the rap game single handedly. this is just my opinion, who's you're guys favourite rapper?
I give credit to Tupac but would not say he is the greatest rapper of all time. The competitive nature upon which hip-hop was founded continues to get the best of its participants, repeatedly manifesting itself in the form of elder statesman versus newcomer—or, more specifically, the old school pitting itself against the new school—with both sides staking their claim to what they think is best for the genre.


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text: grrrr.....Jarred is really bad today he is tesing my patient real good I'am begining to hate shopping i did laundry last nigh what a fuckin night mare to do such a big job by yourself. Jarred running around screaming and when i tell him its time to go he throws himself on the ground and says no. Thats not the bad part he goes limp and i;am tring to get the landry out to the car and him with people staring at me only for him to throw himself onto the middle of the road ahhhhhhhhhhhhh i'am gonna go but be back later maybe i need to check on my shrimp. I am making a spicy fish with a shrimp garlic sauce on top. i'am deciding if i wanna share or not lol


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Home to one of the South's oldest covered bridges, Sumter County is located in the west-central part of Alabama in the Black Belt region. Sumter was also the birthplace of Ruby Pickens Tartt, who helped to collect African American narratives and local musical traditions, and of Vera Hall Ward, a blues singer whom Tartt helped bring to fame. The county also was home to Julia S. Tutwiler, pioneer advocate of women's education, prison reform, and women's rights, and who wrote the state song. The county is governed by an elected six-member commission and includes the incorporated cities of Livingston and York.
· Founding Date: December 18, 1832
· Area: 907 square miles
· Population: 13,763 (2010 Census)
· Major Waterways: Tombigbee River
· Major Highways: Interstate 20/59, U.S. 11, U.S. 80
· County Seat: Livingston
· Largest City: Livingston
Sumter County was created by the Alabama legislature on December 18, 1832, from former Choctaw Indian lands ceded to the United States in the Choctaw Treaty of 1830, also known as the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Sumter County was named in honor of General Thomas Sumter of South Carolina, a Revolutionary War hero. The earliest settlers came to the county from the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. Some of the first towns included Gaston, Gainesville, Paynesville, Bluffport, Warsaw, Tompkinsville, and Sumterville.
In 1832, Livingston became the first and only county seat. The first courthouse was built of logs in 1833 and a second framed courthouse was built in 1839 on the same site and burned in 1901. In 1902, the third and present courthouse was built on the same site, a domed, brick structure that has undergone several renovations yet is still in use today.
Major Cities and Demographics
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Sumter County was 13,763. Of that total, 75.0 percent of respondents
identified themselves as African American, 24.2 as white, 0.6 percent as Hispanic, 0.3 percent as two or more races, 0.2 percent
as Asian, and 0.1 percent as Native American. The largest city in Sumter is Livingston, with an estimated population of 3,485.
Other significant population centers include York, Cuba, and Gainesville. In 1999, Sumter County ranked 64th in per capita
income among Alabama's 67 counties, making it one of the poorest in the state. The per capita income was $14,460, compared with $22,732 for the state as a whole, and the median household
income was $25,338, compared with $40,547 for the state as a whole.
As part of Alabama's Black Belt, farming was the prevailing occupation of Sumter County until well into the twentieth century, with cotton, corn, and sweet potatoes the county's main agricultural products. With easy access to the Tombigbee River, transportation of goods was also an important part of the county's economy during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Gainesville became the largest inland shipping port of cotton in the world by the late nineteenth century. After the damage caused by the boll weevil and the desperate years of the Great Depression, farmers tried diversifying crops, although with limited success. Sumter County, once so wealthy from cotton, struggled throughout the twentieth century. Today, cattle are the major agricultural product, and lumbering is the major industry.
The workforce in present-day Sumter County is divided among the following occupational categories:
· Manufacturing (22.6 percent)
· Educational services, and health care and social assistance (22.3 percent)
· Retail trade (11.1 percent)
· Transportation and warehousing, and utilities (7.2 percent)
· Arts, entertainment, recreation, and accommodation and food services (7.2 percent)
· Construction (6.8 percent)
· Professional, scientific, management, and administrative and waste management services (5.8 percent)
· Public administration (4.7 percent)
· Wholesale trade (4.2 percent)
· Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (3.2 percent)
· Finance and insurance, and real estate, rental, and leasing (3.0 percent)
· Other services, except public administration (1.3 percent)
· Information (0.5 percent)
The Sumter County school system employs more than 350 teachers and administrators who serve approximately 2,700 students in
seven primary and secondary schools. The University of West Alabama, formerly the Livingston Female Academy, is a traditional, four-year college located in Livingston that offers both undergraduate
and graduate degree programs.
Encompassing more than 900 square miles, Sumter County is part of Alabama's Black Belt and is part of the East Gulf Coastal Plain physiographic section that consists of rolling prairies and coastal plains. Oak forests grow along the shoreline of the Tombigbee River and its tributaries, whereas shortleaf pine forests dot the prairies. Sumter is bordered by Pickens County to the north, Greene and Marengo counties to the east, Choctaw County to the south, and the state of Mississippi to the west.
The Tombigbee River runs along Sumter County's eastern border. The river is one of the most biologically diverse in the nation and is home to a number of at-risk species. A series of locks and dams, constructed beginning in the 1930s, along the Tombigbee River facilitate river traffic and also provide scenic views and recreational opportunities.
Interstate 20/59 is one of Sumter County's main transportation routes. It runs from the southwest to the northeast. U.S. Highway
11 also runs from the southwest to the northeast; U.S. Highway 80 runs west to east across the southern half of Sumter County.
There are no public airports in Sumter County.
Events and Places of Interest
Cultural and recreational opportunities in Sumter County include the University of West Alabama's Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Sculptures by contemporary artists are placed throughout the campus, with maps of their locations provided to visitors, and new sculptures are added on a continuous basis.
The campus of the University of West Alabama also serves as the site for the Alamuchee Covered Bridge. Captain W.A.C. Jones of Livingston designed and built the structure in 1861, making it one of the South's oldest remaining covered bridges. Made of hand-hewn heart pine, the bridge originally spanned the Sucarnochee River. In 1924, the bridge was taken down and reconstructed across a creek on the old Bellamy-Livingston Road. It remained in use until 1958, when it was moved to its present location and restored in 1971.
In the old town of Gainesville there are a number of historic cemeteries and churches. The First Presbyterian Church dates from 1837 and has been rescued from fire on three occasions—once with a hand-to-hand bucket brigade. Inside, visitors may see whale-oil lamps, box pews, the altar's original chairs, and a bell with a tone enhanced by 500 melted silver dollars. Several denominations share this church, thus labeling themselves "Metho-bap-terians." Other interesting sites in Gainesville include the 1872 Methodist Church, St. Alban's Episcopal Church founded in 1879, and a Confederate cemetery.
The Coleman Center for the Arts in York houses a small art museum. The museum, a library, genealogical room, and a cultural
center occupy an early-twentieth-century store. Local citizens contributed the land, building, services, and funds for the
center. In addition to its permanent collection, which includes an original etching by Renoir, the museum features traveling
exhibits as well.
Additional Resources
The Heritage of Sumter County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2005.
Donna J. Siebenthaler
Auburn University
Published August 21, 2007
Last updated April 2, 2013


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Kristin Perry, et al v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, et al
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Filed (ECF) Appellee CCSF response to motion (,motion to stay lower court action). Date of service: 08/13/2010. [7440235] (VC)
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT KRISTIN M. PERRY, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellees, vs. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al., Defendants. No. 10-16696 U.S. District Court Case No. 09-cv-02292 VRW APPELLEE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO'S SEPARATE OPPOSITION TO APPELLANTS' EMERGENCY MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California The Honorable Chief District Judge Vaughn R. Walker DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669 City Attorney THERESE M. STEWART, State Bar #104930 Chief Deputy City Attorney VINCE CHHABRIA, State Bar #208557 Deputy City Attorney City Hall, Room 234 One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, California 94102-4682 Telephone: (415) 554-4708 Facsimile: (415) 554-4699 E-Mail: email@example.com Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor/Appellee CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CCSF'S SEPARATE OPP. TO MOT. TO STAY CASE NO. 10-16696 n:\govli1\li2010\100617\00646462.doc INTRODUCTION Appellee City and County of San Francisco ("City") joins fully in the opposition filed by Appellees Perry, et al. The City files this separate opposition solely to respond to Appellants' contention that they have standing to appeal. Their contention is based on the theory that California law authorizes them to act as the State's chief legal officer, representing the interests of the entire State. As discussed below, that is wrong as a matter of law. The official proponents of Proposition 8 do not have standing to represent the interests of the State of California in this litigation, and therefore they lack standing to appeal. DISCUSSION Article III of the United States Constitution requires that an individual must have "standing" to be an original party to a federal appeal. To have standing, the individual must show, first and foremost, an "actual" stake in the litigation that is "concrete and particularized." Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560 (1992). "An interest shared generally with the public at large in the proper application of the Constitution and laws will not do" to confer standing on an individual. Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona, 520 U.S. 43, 64 (1997) ("AOE"). Even if an individual has intervened in a federal lawsuit, that does not mean he has standing to appeal, as would an original party to the lawsuit. And when the original party to the lawsuit does not appeal, this will in many cases preclude the intervenor from doing so. As the Supreme Court has explained: Although intervenors are considered parties entitled, among other things, to seek review by this Court . . . an intervenor's right to continue a suit in the absence of the party on whose side intervention was permitted is contingent upon a showing by the intervenor that he fulfills the requirements of Art. III. CCSF'S SEPARATE OPP. TO MOT. TO STAY CASE NO. 10-16696 1 n:\govli1\li2010\100617\00646462.doc Diamond v. Charles, 476 U.S. 54, 69 (1986) (citations and quotations omitted). See also AOE, 520 U.S. at 65 ("An intervenor cannot step into the shoes of the original party unless the intervenor independently fulfills the requirements of Article III") (internal quotations omitted). Accordingly, the fact that the proponents of Proposition 8 intervened in the proceedings below does not answer the question whether they have independent standing to pursue an appeal. In fact, the proponents of Proposition 8 cannot appeal, because sponsors of ballot measures do not have Article III standing. Although this Court previously had ruled that initiative sponsors can have standing, see Yniguez v. Arizona, 939 F.2d 727, 733 (9th Cir. 1991), the Supreme Court vacated that ruling in AOE, where all nine Justices expressed "grave doubts" about whether initiative sponsors "have standing under Article III to pursue appellate review." 529 U.S. at 66. Appellants do not appear to dispute the general rule that initiative proponents lack Article III standing. Instead, they invoke an apparent exception to the "no standing" rule discussed in AOE. There, the Court stated: We have recognized that state legislators have standing to contest a decision holding a state statute unconstitutional if state law authorizes legislators to represent the State's interests. See Karcher v. May, 484 U.S. 72, 82, 108 S.Ct. 388, 395, 98 L.Ed.2d 327 (1987). [The initiative sponsor] and its members, however, are not elected representatives, and we are aware of no Arizona law appointing initiative sponsors as agents of the people of Arizona to defend, in lieu of public officials, the constitutionality of initiatives made law of the State. 520 U.S. at 65.1 According to Appellants, California decisional law authorizes initiative sponsors to step into the shoes of California's chief legal officer and make legal decisions on behalf of the entire State of California. Incidentally, it is not at all clear that Karcher stands for the proposition that individual legislators can ever have Article III standing to defend legislative enactments. In Karcher, the Supreme Court concluded that the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and the President of the New Jersey Senate had standing to appear in federal court on behalf of the entire New Jersey Legislature CCSF'S SEPARATE OPP. TO MOT. TO STAY CASE NO. 10-16696 1 2 n:\govli1\li2010\100617\00646462.doc The decisional law Appellants cite, however, does not stand for that proposition. Most of the cases they cite involve preelection challenges to proposed initiatives � i.e., attempts to keep initiatives off the ballot in the first place, or to alter the description of a measure. See, e.g., Independent Energy Producers Ass'n v. McPherson, 38 Cal.4th 1020 (2006) (whether initiative may appear on ballot); Senate of the State of Cal. v. Jones, 21 Cal.4th 1142 (1999) (whether initiative violated single-subject rule); Legislature v. Deukmejian, 34 Cal.3d 658 (1983) (whether initiative violated time restrictions); Brosnahan v. Eu, 31 Cal.3d 1(1982) (whether adequate number of valid signatures was collected); Sonoma County Nuclear Free Zone, `86 v. Superior Court, 189 Cal. App. 3d 167, 173 (1987) (whether late argument against proposed initiative could appear on the ballot); Vandeleur v. Jordan, 12 Cal.2d 71 (1938) (whether initiative was defective in form). In such proceedings, the initiative proponents are obviously representing their very specific interests in ensuring the proposed measure reaches the ballot, and in the desired form. They are not representing "the State," and indeed they are named separately as real parties in interest precisely because the state does not ordinarily defend the merits of proposed legislation before it is enacted by the voters. See, e.g., Legislature v. Deukmejian, 34 Cal.3d 658, 679 (1983). The few post-election cases cited by Appellants do not address standing but rather involve intervention. But cases in which initiative sponsors were permitted to intervene are only that � cases in which initiative sponsors were permitted to in litigation involving the validity of a measure it had enacted, because New Jersey law authorized those officials to do so. But it was "the New Jersey Legislature," not individual legislators, that had standing. 484 U.S. at 82 ("Since the New Jersey Legislature had authority under state law to represent the State's interests in both the District Court and the Court of Appeals, we need not vacate the judgments below for lack of a proper defendant-appellant"); see also id. at 79 ("The course of proceedings in this case from the District Court to this Court make it clear that the only party-intervenor in this case was the incumbent New Jersey Legislature"). CCSF'S SEPARATE OPP. TO MOT. TO STAY CASE NO. 10-16696 3 n:\govli1\li2010\100617\00646462.doc intervene. In none of these cases did they assert or establish independent standing to defend a law "in lieu of public officials." AOE, 520 U.S. at 65. Rather, they defended a law alongside public officials, representing their own interests. See Amwest Surety Ins. Co. v. Wilson, 11 Cal.4th 1243, 1250 (1995); 20th Century Ins. Co. v. Garamendi, 8 Cal.4th 216, 241(1994); Legislature of the State of Cal. v. Eu, 54 Cal. 3d 492, 500 (1991). And the case relied on most heavily by Appellants, Building Indus. Ass'n of So. Cal. v. City of Camarillo, 41 Cal.3d 810, 822 (1986), did not even involve intervention by an initiative sponsor; rather, the Court opined in dicta that it would generally be an abuse of discretion to deny intervention to an initiative sponsor where there is a risk public officials will not vigorously defend the measure. Here, of course, the district court allowed the Appellants to intervene, so that case is not implicated. The most directly relevant California case is one that Appellants do not cite: City and County of San Francisco v. Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund, 128 Cal.App.4th 1030 (2005), which involved an attempt on the part of an organization to intervene in the litigation involving the validity of the statutory marriage exclusion that was ultimately struck down by the California Supreme Court. Although the organization itself was not the official sponsor of the initiative statute being defended in that litigation, the official sponsor sat on its Board, and many of its members campaigned for the initiative. The court held that the "interests of [those] who worked to put the initiative on the ballot, or who contributed time and money to the campaign effort," were not "sufficiently direct and immediate . . . to support intervention." There was no showing that "a ruling about the constitutionality of denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples [would] impair or invalidate the existing marriages of [the proposed intervenor's] members, or affect [their] rights . . . to marry persons of their choice in the future" CCSF'S SEPARATE OPP. TO MOT. TO STAY CASE NO. 10-16696 4 n:\govli1\li2010\100617\00646462.doc or otherwise diminish their "legal rights, property rights or freedoms." Id. at 1038-39. Moreover, the "fundamental nature of interest" the proposed intervenor asserted was merely "philosophical or political." Id. at 1039. Initiative supporters' beliefs and principles were not enough to justify intervention. "The California precedents make it clear such an abstract interest is not an appropriate basis for intervention." Id. (citing Socialist Workers Etc. Committee v. Brown, 53 Cal. App. 3d 879 (1975) and People ex rel. Rominger v. County of Trinity, 147 Cal. App. 3d 655, 662-63 (1983)).2 At the end of the day, the California decisional law pertaining to the right of initiative sponsors to intervene in litigation to represent their interests is no different from the decisional law that existed in Arizona prior to the Supreme Court's decision in AOE. There too, courts allowed initiative sponsors to intervene in litigation to defend their own interests. See, e.g., May v. McNally, 203 Ariz. 425, 427 (2002); Citizens Clean Elections Com'n v. Myers, 196 Ariz. 516, 518 (2000); Slayton v. Shumway, 166 Ariz. 87, 88 (1990); Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc. v. Coconino County, 159 Ariz. 210, 211 (1988) (superseded by statute on other grounds); Transamerica Title Ins. Co. Trust Nos. 8295, 8297, 8298, 8299, 8300 and 8301 v. City of Tucson, 157 Ariz. 346, 347 (1988). But that did not cause the Supreme Court to conclude that Arizona law conferred authority upon initiative sponsors to effectively represent the state itself. Rather, the Court concluded that no Arizona law existed that appointed initiative sponsors to represent the State. The Court of Appeal in the Proposition 22 case also dismissed the import of many of the cases relied upon by Appellants here, saying, "none of the California cases cited addresses whether intervention was proper. Some simply note that an initiative sponsor was permitted to intervene in earlier proceedings . . . . while others refer to initiative sponsors as 'intervenors' without mentioning whether an objection was ever made to their intervention." 128 Cal.App.4th at 1041-42. CCSF'S SEPARATE OPP. TO MOT. TO STAY CASE NO. 10-16696 2 5 n:\govli1\li2010\100617\00646462.doc Similarly, California is not a state where the law "appoints initiative sponsors" to defend the State's interest "in lieu of public officials." AOE, 520 U.S. at 65. In light of Supreme Court's decision in AOE, and in light of the fact that California law is no different from Arizona's, Appellants presumably could have included a provision in Proposition 8 that would have authorized them to represent the interests of the State in any litigation involving the measure. Indeed, another initiative measure on the very same ballot contained an analogous provision. The measure created a legislative redistricting commission, and gave the commission, rather than the Attorney General, sole authority to defend any action challenging its redistricting decisions. See Cal. Const. Art. 21, � 3(a). The sponsors of this measure presumably believed they might be unsatisfied with the Attorney General's representation of the State's interests in such a case, and amended state law � in this specific instance � to place the power of legal representation elsewhere. Proposition 8's sponsors, having failed to include a similar provision in their initiative, cannot now complain about their lack of Article III standing. In short, there is nothing in state law or in the cases cited by Appellants to suggest that California permits initiative sponsors to step into the shoes of the Attorney General to represent the interests of the State of California; rather, the law permits them to intervene to represent their own interests. And while, under California law, their own interests may be sufficient to allow them to participate in litigation, those interests are no more concrete or particularized than the interests of an individual legislator who introduces a bill that is ultimately enacted by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.3 If that legislation were Under California law, when the electorate enacts an initiative, it is acting "as a legislative entity." Professional Engineers in California Government v. Kempton, 40 Cal. 4th 1016, 1045 (2007). CCSF'S SEPARATE OPP. TO MOT. TO STAY CASE NO. 10-16696 3 6 n:\govli1\li2010\100617\00646462.doc challenged in court, nobody could reasonably contend that an individual member of the legislature has the power to make legal decisions on behalf of the entire State simply because he was the original author of the bill. Cf. Raines v. Byrd, 512 U.S. 811, 829 (1997) (individual Members of Congress lack sufficient personal stake in legislation enacted by Congress to confer Article III standing, even where the legislation effected the operation of Congress itself). Just as the sponsor of legislation cannot make legal decisions on behalf of the entire state merely because the full legislature enacts his measure, individual sponsors of an initiative cannot make legal decisions on behalf of the entire state simply because 52 percent of the electorate ultimately voted for the measure. Indeed, granting an individual legislative sponsor power to defend legislation in court would upset the balance of power established by California's constitution, which provides that the Attorney General � not the Legislature or individual members of the Legislature � is the chief legal officer of the state, responsible for making legal decisions on behalf of the state. See Cal. Const., Art. 5, � 13 ("the Attorney General shall be the chief law officer of the State"). See also Cal. Gov. Code � 12511 ("The Attorney General has charge, as attorney, of all legal matters in which the State is interested, except the business of The Regents of the University of California and of such other boards or officers as are by law authorized to employ attorneys"); Cal. Gov. Code �� 12512, 955, 948 (vesting authority in Attorney General to defend suits against the state, its officers and agencies and giving Attorney General power to recommend settlement). Particularly troubling would be a rule that allows an individual sponsor of a measure, rather than the State's chief legal officer, to decide whether to appeal a decision regarding the validity of a state statute or constitutional provision. It is one thing for an individual sponsor to intervene in trial court proceedings � perhaps CCSF'S SEPARATE OPP. TO MOT. TO STAY CASE NO. 10-16696 7 n:\govli1\li2010\100617\00646462.doc to provide the court with a different perspective than that provided by the State's representatives. It is quite another to allow an individual sponsor of a legislative measure to replace the State's representatives on a decision so important as whether to appeal. The decision to appeal involves considerations that go beyond the narrow interest of an individual legislative sponsor, including an assessment of collateral risks appellate review could create for the State, the relative merits of the case, the best use of the State's resources, and so forth. Indeed, the usurpation of this decisionmaking power from the State's chief law enforcement officer to a legislative actor could well violate California's separation of powers doctrine.4 In sum California law does not empower initiative proponents to represent the State of California in legal proceedings. Indeed, such a conclusion would be contary to the very constitutional structure of the State. CONCLUSION The Court should deny the motion for a stay pending appeal. Dated: August 13, 2010 Respectfully submitted, DENNIS J. HERRERA, City Attorney THERESE M. STEWART, Chief Deputy City Attorney VINCE CHHABRIA, Deputy City Attorney By: s/Therese M. Stewart THERESE M. STEWART Chief Deputy City Attorney Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor/Appellee CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 4 If one branch of government intrudes upon a "core zone" of another branch's constitutionally prescribed functions, there is a separation of powers violation. Marine Forests Society v. Cal. Coastal Comm'n, 36 Cal. 4th 1, 45-46 (2005). While the voters act in a legislative capacity when exercising the initiative power, the Attorney General, of course, is a member of the Executive Branch. CCSF'S SEPARATE OPP. TO MOT. TO STAY CASE NO. 10-16696 8 n:\govli1\li2010\100617\00646462.doc


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MLC Men Come Up Short against Eagles
NEW ULM, Minn. - The MLC men's soccer team was not able to overcome an early second half goal in a 2-1 loss to Northwestern Saturday afternoon.
The Knights fell behind 1-0 early on a goal by Northwestern's Clayton Athman that just edged across the goal line after hitting the cross bar in the 8th minute of action.
Northwestern kept up the offensive pressure, but the Knights found their legs as the game went along, and built up offensive momentum that led to a tying goal in the 43rd minute by Ben Nommensen from Kaleb Buch. The goal was Nommensen's third of the season, and his third in the last three games.
After the half, the Eagles scored the game winner, Sam Mann scored the winner in the 64th minute. The Knights pressured and had several opportunities late, but were unable to get a shot off from inside the box in the final seconds of play.
Zietlow was strong in goal for the Knights, stopping 14 of the 16 shots he faced. The Knights were outshot 38-7, but kept most of the NWC shots on the outside. Ryan Lemke and Nommensen each had two shots for MLC.
With the loss, MLC dropped to 1-6 overall and 1-3 in the UMAC, while Northwestern improved to 3-5 on the season and 2-1 in conference.
MLC will return to action on Friday, September 30, when it hosts North Central in a double head scheduled to start at 2 p.m.


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How offing someone could make them a martyr to the public, and incite revolution
When someone dies fighting for a cause they believe in, it can create a powerful symbol for others to rally around. The character's message may not have been all that effective while alive, but once their enemies kill them, others take notice of their example and agree with them, and begin to rise up. In works of fiction, some characters are aware of this and take efforts to avoid it. This trope is whenever someone could kill their enemy, and perhaps does, but it is addressed that their death could make them a martyr for their cause and prompt even more people to rise up to follow their legacy than rose up to follow them in life. Regardless of if the character actually dies or not, the story treats this as the truth — if they die, their enemies will have it even worse from those that take up the cause in their name. Compare Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?, which this trope may be the answer to. See also Nice Job Breaking It, Hero and Nice Job Fixing It, Villain, which may overlap with this trope if the character does die and become a martyr, and Pragmatic Villainy and Dangerously Genre Savvy, which this trope is likely to be an instance of.
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Pretty Pastry: 12 Scone Recipes
Part quick bread, part pastry, scones are one of the more versatile treats. Enjoy their biscuit-like texture with jam and butter for breakfast, as a snack, or for dessert. With these scone recipes, you can learn how to make the classic cream variety or go for an interesting twist, like tangelo-buttermilk or ginger and cardamom.
Need a topping for your freshly-baked scones? Try these recipes for homemade jam and jam-filled eats and these great chutney and jam recipes.
Candied Orange and Golden Raisin Scones
These scones are crisp and golden with a light, flaky interior. The fruit offers a slightly chewy contrast. Orange zest and Grand Marnier flavor the scones. Serve them with butter and tea.
Recipe: Candied Orange and Golden Raisin Scones
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The Vampire Diaries Review: Damon Loves Elena!!!by Matt Richenthal at . Comments
Well, that was bloody fantastic.
The episode "Rose" had it all, from a brotherly road trip to an whirlwind of a fight to an outpouring of information to an entirely new direction for our favorite characters... and that was all before Damon caused every living room in American to fill up with dust when he finally told Elena the words he needed to say... just once.
I love you. Man, I'm gonna need a moment.
Few shows can pull off the mix of action, answers and affection that was on display this week on The Vampire Diaries.
I might tear up again if I focus too much on the latter, so let's stop and try to make sense of the mythology that came streaming out of Rose's mouth this week.Elena is a Petrova Doppleganger. We already knew this, but it sounds like she isn't the only one. Or there have at least been others through the years. Her blood can break the sun and the moon curse, which "the originals" are interested in doing, presumably so they can wreak some serious havoc.
QUESTIONS: Was Katherine actually trying to protect Elena? If so, why didn't she come out and tell her the same things Rose did? Also, what role does the moonstone play in all this?
There's a Klaus, too?!? This is both a point and a question. I can't fault a show that reveals so many answers on a weekly basis... but we were introduced to Rose, Elijah and Trevor all in the span of a few minutes. Then, we learn there's an even more powerful, ancient vampire out there? And he's also on the way?!?
That's a lot for a viewer to take in just one episode! At least we can sort through all this together, right, readers? That's what our Vampire Diaries forum is all about.
So, now we're left with a new set of enemies for the Mystic Falls gang to battle. And now they are a united front against whatever, or whoever, lies ahead. Stefan gave Damon a heartfelt speech and apology at the conclusion of the episode, which preceded the latter's moving words to Elena.
It looks like this sibling rivalry is truly over for a moment and that Klaus, Elijah and every other Original won't have an easy time taking what they want from Mystic Falls, not when the Salvatores have both found something to fight for.
A few other thoughts/questions:
- The show has to be a little careful just having Bonnie cast whatever spell is most appropriate for a given situation. That can feel like a convenient way out for the writers, but at least there are grave consequences every time she does so.
- Did events between her and Jeremy tilt your feelings on this potential hook-up one way or another?
- Can Caroline really trust Tyler? Why do I have a strong feeling her secret won't remain between the two of them when all is said and done?
- Way to Bing and decide, Jer!
- You're a werewolf. Say it. Think this line, from Tyler to Caroline, was a purposeful wink at Twilight?
- I found the use of the word "pardon" interesting. It appears as though the Originals abide by some form of law or code.
- Impressions of Lauren Cohan as Rose? She'll be around for awhile.
I'll have plenty more to say in this week's Round Table, but now it's your turn: Comment away!
Matt Richenthal is the Editor in Chief of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter and on Google+.Tags: The Vampire Diaries, Reviews
First, the moonstone is to drawl the blood of the doppleganger...Bonnie will hook up with Jeremy weird but better than the others. Obviously this entire series is based upon the twilight's vampire epidemic... not twilight and I love it!! Damon and Elena should be together. Stephan and Elena love each other and are possibly soul mates but Damon and her have a deeper connection. We all know that the person you should be with and the person you're meant to be with are not always one in the same. Bottom line this is not real life but an escape from it. To get lost in the fantasy of what could be. Good show and I LOVE IT... but let's not get carried away with all the deep thoughts and synical views
THIS EPISODE WAS PERFECTION! I love it soso much!
I CAN'T BELIEVE DAMON SAID I LOVE U 2 ELENA(l)
Well, I can't wait to see what they do with Klaus. He is a very interesting (totally insane, but interesting) character in the books. Still, I didn't really like this episode. The first half was pretty boring and the second half, well... Damon and Stefan had no problem in killing Elijah, who is presumably an original. And well, at the end of the episode... Elijah revived. Can a vampire do that or is it just a super cool original and that is why he can? Well, then there will be somewhat of a problem with killing him. Overall, not my favorite episode, however, Damon's confession at the end was incredibly heart felt. Ian Somerhalder is the best actor ever.
I wanna add something to two comments I read here:
1) So did anyone notice how Elena's pupils dont change when Damon compels her? Or am I 'seeing' in to it too much? (I saw the same too, but wasn't sure if i was whrigt) 2) i'm quite happy that they are somewhat going back to the books. because although in the books klaus was the one who turned katherine, he was still a kick-ass original. so it's awesome they're incorporating him into the series. :D can't wait for next week
Ihave also read the books a long time ago and I remember that on the 4th one, klaus is the one keeping elena in some sort of paralel reality where she can only comunicate with bonnie, damon, stefan and her other friend (can't quite remember her name) on their dreams or when bonnie casts a spell to do it.
So did anyone notice how Elena's pupils dont change when Damon compels her? Or am I 'seeing' in to it too much?
oh! and i love caroline and tyler!! tylerine? lol they're so cute together..and even though i love matt..tyler needs someone to love..after all he's been through..he's the cutest..a dick..but the cutest:)
and just one more thing...HOW CAN HELENA NOT HAVE FEELINGS FOR DAMON?!!! seriously he's like so nice to her and he cares so much about her! i would kiss him right there!
ok so i never got how people cried two weeks ago in the breakup scene..i was like pffftt naaah...but then this scene i was holding back..i wasn't crying..and then Damon's tear! oh that changed everything! it was hilarious cause i started crying like crazyy!! my mom came running because she thought i was hurt or something hahaha
DAMON..you are my one true love...and if you ever see me : don't kill me ..MARRY ME:D p.s. delena all the way!
i'm quite happy that they are somewhat going back to the books. because although in the books klaus was the one who turned katherine, he was still a kick-ass original. so it's awesome they're incorporating him into the series. :D can't wait for next week.


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Configure your system's clock:
Create a user, for example the user Administrator with the user name administrator (don't use the user name admin as it is a reserved name on Edgy Eft):
Now the base system is being installed:
We need a DNS and LAMP server, but nevertheless I don't select any of them now because I like to have full control over what gets installed on my system. We will install the needed packages manually later on:
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When you're working so hard on all you have before you, sometimes time can get away from you and you forget to take it, smell the roses, play with your dogs or do anything that does not involve the work you're doing, you can lose sense of priorities. I did that today, and I'm not exactly thrilled with myself at the moment.
How bad was I today? Well, let's see.. I forgot to walk the dogs, gather the eggs from our chickens, check the mail, do any housework I'm known for doing. I basically let everything slide today.
But, I know tomorrow is another day and I will get more done but today, I am going to take a little time to say hello, talk to a friend, play with one of my dogs, and enjoy the day when I have just spent 8 hours working or researching. Tomorrow, I will be enjoying the day, playing with dogs, and doing everything I let slide today. If I may say so, sometimes the best times are those you spend with loved ones. But at the same time, you have to get your work done. Be it professional or personal.
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