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Matt Higgins, the New York Jets social media wunderkind, has moved on from the Jets but no one knew what he moved on to, until now. Daniel Kaplan, via twitter, announced that Higgins will be working for Dolphins owner Steve Ross in attempt to build a sports and entertainment company.
Many will look at this as Matt bailing on the Jets to "Sleeping with the enemy" but just to point out, he's not working FOR the Dolphins, but creating a new company with the Dolphins' owner. Big difference.
I wish Matt well, and I still feel like there is a HUGE void since he left. As you know I run a social media company, Manassy Media, and was one of the first people on Twitter and one of the first to interact with the Jets players. I formed bonds with players and the organization and a big part of it was because of the vision of Matt Higgins to take the Jets to new heights online.
Matt is a fellow 40 under 40 member (he in NY, I in PA), but I knew there were a lot similarities with Matt and I know why I was drawn to him easily.
I'm sure the Jets will be in great hands with Gary Vaynerchuck's company, VaynerMedia, continuing to provide the strategy for the Jets. The guy is an online celebrity an rockstar and next to me (sorry Gary) the biggest Jets fan and there is no way he would let another team take the crown of being dubbed to biggest NFL team to innovate new ways to interact with their fans.
Matt, we wish you well and I look forward to seeing the product of your new company.
mhiggins @e_man thanks for the twitter love, but did you have to use that photo? It was two marathons ago, and no idea what I'm looking up at 3/1/12 5:00 PM |
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I like variety. If I have one with lunch it is likely to be different from what I would drink in the evening. Some of my high gravity ales have been around for years, as I drink them in small glasses and mainly in cold weather.
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A little more than a week ago, a religious group predicted the rapture, before the end of the world, would begin.
Well, things didn't exactly go as they planned and that's left some believers in limbo.
One of those believers was Johnny Dennis.
On may 21st Dennis was ready.
He believed the rapture was here and heaven would soon come calling.
"That day I must admit I was very nervous. I didn't know what to think or how it was going to happen," said Dennis.
As a believer of the religious group Family Radio, Dennis was part of a movement that for months had used billboards and demonstrations to warn people, the beginning of the end was May 21st.
NewsChannel 9 interviewed him just days before the predicted date.
But when there was no visible sign the end of the world was underway, Dennis - did the only thing he could. He threw himself into scripture.
At first he didn't want to speak publicly.
"I was still digesting and downloading what really just happened. I had witnessed to a lot of people concerning this date as being the final day," he said.
A week later he was ready to open up.
We asked him if he felt fooled by Pastor Harold Camping, the religious leader of Family Radio.
Dennis said, "I don't feel fooled. I've listened to him for several years and no bible teacher is perfect."
Camping now says he misinterpreted the scripture and October 21st is still when the world will end.
"It's so ridiculous. It's amazing to me that it's gotten all of this attention," said Pastor Charles Nieman from the Abundant Living Faith Center.
Charles Nieman is the Pastor of Abundant Living Faith Center in east El Paso.
He like many religious leaders say the bible clearly states, nobody knows when the world will end.
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"The sad thing is very innocent, well meaning people end up getting deceived and hurt by it."
As for Dennis, while his devotion to bible hasn't wavered, his belief in Camping's predictions are another story.
"I mean it could be the day. But yeah I'm not sure at the moment. I can't say by my own self that this is going to happen."
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Camping is nothing but a snake oil salesperson, and a MORON to boot. Anybody that really follows and believes him is a moron as well. Those that take out time to quote scripture to rebute him are in the same group. Get a life, and use your energies for something productive in your pathetic life.
Harold Camping sounds like he plagiarized Jehovah's Witnesses.
Jehovah Witnesses are a spin-off of the second Adventist which all came from the Millerite movement.American war of 1812 army captain William Miller is ground zero for Jehovah's Witnesses.
Yes,the "great disappointment" of Oct 22 1844 has never died out... it lives on in the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Danny Haszard been there
Jesus warned us that "false Christs and false prophets" will come and will attempt to deceive even God's elect (Matthew 24:23-27; see also 2 Peter 3:3 and Jude 17-18). The best way to guard yourself against falsehood and false teachers is to know the truth. To spot a counterfeit, study the real thing. Any believer who "correctly handles the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15) and who makes a careful study of the Bible can identify false doctrine. For example, a believer who has read the activities o
mail11, you sound just as fanatical as Camping. By feeding into his rubbish and trying to debate you only further incite his followers. Let them see for themselves what a fake he is when just like May 21, October 21 rolls around and the world keeps on spinning. I wouldn't listen to you any more than Camping because you are pushy.
HAROLD CAMPING AND DAVID HOFF ARE CONFIMED HERETIC'S, ANTICHRIST, AND LIARS. WOLVES IN SHEEP CLOTHING. GOD DOES NOT WORK THIS WAY. BIBLE TEACHES "OF THAT DAY AND HOUR, KNOWETH NO MAN, NO, NOT THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN BUT MY FATHER ONLY." Mat 24:36 that is the truth and true word of God.
When you believe in talking snakes, virgin births and skygods, is it really that shocking when someone like Camping comes along? Really? Stop believing the fairy tales that are crippling you and creating hate and tension.
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John is saying in verse 21 that the Holy Spirit teaches them the lies of the apostates have no part with the truth. Some may fall into heresy and apostasy, and that manifests they never were saved. True believers will never fall into apostasy because the Holy Spirit is the Christian's built-in lie detector.Because of the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit. God has so endowed the Christian with discernment that he ultimately will not be deceived by lies. He may become confused at times, but he
God never allows anything to happen to the saints that would cause them to be lost. If someone departs the fellowship to follow false doctrine, you can be sure he was never saved. God uses his departure to manifest that fact.The Lord has made a glorious provision for His own--He preserves them from embracing error. John had no fear that true saints would become apostate. When someone does leave the fellowship, it proves they never were saved. John is saying in verse 21 that the Holy Spirit teach


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I wouldn't think so. I've never heard of a particular time to root prune. I root pruned mine during the summer several years ago and they didn't complain. Of course, just make sure there's a good babance between the amount of branches and roots. Barb |
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Here is a complete transcript of podcast #29: Book Accessibility: An Interview with Sassy Outwater, Pratik Patel, Laurel Montgomery, and Kodak the Guide Dog.
Book Accessibility: An Interview
Sarah Wendell: Hello, and welcome to a brief interlude in the RWA coverage of the DBSA podcast. I'm Sarah Wendell, from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.
And instead of a group of interviews today, I have a long interview with Sassy Outwater, Pratik Patel, and Laurel Montgomery as we talk about accessibility for blind readers. And I interview Sassy and I also interview her guide dog, Kodak. So, I hope you enjoy this interview about accessibility.
Sassy Outwater: I am Sassy Outwater. I am a totally blind author. And I write contemporary romantic suspense and urban fantasy. And I'm here pimping out my books, which hopefully will be published soon.
And I am also here presenting on becoming an accessible author, making your books accessible to blind and visually impaired and print disabled readers.
And the most important thing I want people to know? Your books can be in every hand in the world. You've just got to help make it that way.
I think that's the simplest way to put it is, we need authors and publishers, editors and agents to be aware that right now there's a severely limited resource for blind people to access books. And that can change due to the fact that we have a zillion ways to make it happen in the digital market today. We just need help from the publishing industry to make that happen.
Sarah: Cool. And you, sir?
Pratik Patel: I'm Pratik Patel. I'm the CEO of this little company in New York called Easy Fire. And the main reason why I'm here was to present on a panel that talks about making your books accessible.
One of the services that we provide as a business is to work with authors, work with publishers, I work with a lot of publishers in the high read and the textbook industry to make their books accessible. And one of the services we're starting to offer is for freelance editors and freelance converters who produce various digital formats to make those formats accessible to blind and visually impaired people.
One of the most important things that I want to convey to your listeners is that it's really not that hard to make your books accessible. There are very few steps that you need to take or for the converter needs to take to make that book successful. We want to make sure that you know that.
Sarah: What are the questions that an author should ask their publisher or the person who's creating their digital files for them, what is it they should ask for? What should happen, where should those files be so that blind readers can find them?
Sassy: Blind and visually impaired readers have access to books in about five or six different places. iBooks, Google Books, The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and a website called BookShare.org
Sarah: Not piracy.
Sassy: Not piracy, this is true. That's totally illegal.
Sarah: Not a bunch of torrenting blind people, I promise.
Sassy: Well, yeah, no. The other way is through audio books. There are websites and resources out there. The author needs to take the initiative and do a search and find out where their books are available. What books aren't available.
If you go to iBooks, if you go to Google Books, and go to BookShare and look to see which of your titles are up there and which ones aren't, then you contact your publisher with a list of titles that you would like to see up there.
The publishers, because they are the ones who hold the copyright, usually, unless you are a self-published author, are the ones who are responsible for putting your books out there in that format. They hold the publishing rights to that material. And so, they would be the ones to actually go and physically put it there.
But it starts with the author talking to the publisher and saying, "Hey, I have a whole demographic of readership that can't get my books right now. And I would like them to be able to do so. Can we work together to make that happen?"
Publishers usually won't say no. They just usually don't know how to do it.
Sarah: And there's always, like, two people who know how.
Sassy: Right.
Sarah: And the editor's got to go find them. That was my experience.
Sassy: In a house full of bazillion people.
Sarah: Well, there's actually only about eight people in publishing, and the rest is done with mirrors. We'll just pretend.
Now, the key figure from the presentation that seemed to resonate with the audience the most was that there are three million.
Pratik: 30 million.
Sarah: 30 million, excuse me. Do you see how I don't remember numbers? 30 million visually impaired readers in the US alone. And visually impaired readers read five times as much books as sighted people.
Sassy: Yeah.
Sarah: So, you're talking about 150 million books read in the US.
Sassy: Cha-ching.
Sarah: Yeah.
Pratik: Money, money, money.
Sarah: Money, money, money.
Sassy: I'm thinking major money.
Sarah: I'm going to find the sound effect for a cash register and just drop it in right here. Once I discovered the sound effects file in Garage Band, it just opened a whole new world.
Sassy: The whip sound. Yeah.
Sarah: Oh, yes.
Sassy: So, I think that people don't realize that we go through, I can read because my computer, I have what's called a screen reader, which takes text and turns it into speech. So, I listen and I can read a 400-page book in about three hours. That's a lot of reading. And I'm a bookworm, I'm a pretty voracious reader. And most blind people I know would rather pick up a book than sit down and watch something on TV, where they only get about half the content.
So, I mean, maybe I'm speaking incorrectly, Pratik, on that.
Pratik: Oh, no, you're not.
Sarah: Not big on TV, huh?
Pratik: No.
Sassy: I think most of us would rather get the full experience than about 50 to 80 percent of the experience of putting on the show.
So, anyway, yeah, I would rather pick up a book. And unfortunately, the books I can actually go pick up are pretty limited. There's a tiny slice of the pie that is actually available to me as far as literature goes. And it's our goal to see that turned on its ass.
Change that up a little bit, because right now, things are just totally, it's an open market. Anybody can do this. Anyone can make this happen, it just actually has to happen. It's just a matter of learning and knowing.
And think about it, 30 million print disabled readers in the population, five times the amount of books, that's 150 million books.
Sarah: To be read.
Sassy: Oof. There's change in that.
Sarah: Now. It seems to me that one of the things our presentation answers is the question for anybody why is the iBook store important? The iBook store is important because very Apple device is accessible and it makes reading a book a lot easier if you can get it from the iBook store onto your iDevice.
Sassy: My life runs on Apple. It all has that pretty little design, not just because my love likes to steal apples, he's a horrible apple slut, but because I exist on Apple.
Sarah: The iBook store is a necessary medium for people who want to reach blind readers?
Sassy: Absolutely. Apple created a product years ago that came built in. All of their Nooks, all of their iPhones, iPads, everything is completely…
Sarah: Universally accessible.
Sassy: …universally accessible. I go and I turn on a feature and it talks to me. Bing, I'm done. To have your books available on iTunes, I can pull it up on my Mac, I can pull it up on my iPad, I can pull it up on my iPhone. Whatever I'm doing, wherever I am I can read your book, which is exactly what you can do with a Kindle but I can't because a Kindle is not, right now, accessible to me, but an iPhone, an iPad, a Mac is.
If you have your book in iBooks and I can go in there, search you by name, see that your book is there, hit the little buy button. Suddenly 30 seconds later I'm reading. That only happened for the blind population about three or four years ago. Before that we would have to wait a year or more sometimes for a book to be available either through audio or through Braille, if it was ever done.
Sarah: If it's ever done.
Sassy: Now it's instant gratification, which I love.
Sarah: I like that, too. How much romance is available to you as a blind reader?
Sassy: Not a lot.
Sarah: Not enough?
Sassy: Not a lot.
Sarah: You need more?
Sassy: A lot of the lines and a lot of the small published houses, they just don't do it, and it's not expensive. Like Pratik said, it's not expensive to do this. It's not hard to do this.
Sarah: You're already digitizing files. You're already doing it so do it one more step and you're in.
Sassy: Totally. Making your books available and making yourself as an author, your web presence, accessible for us so that we know your books are out there and we can go get them and find them, that's going to sell.
Sarah: They will be found.
Sassy: Exactly. Put it out there, we will come.
Sarah: What about you, Pratik? What do you like to read?
Pratik: I like all sorts of things. I actually love romance.
Sarah: You are the man.
Pratik: I'm not afraid to admit it.
Sarah: I just want you to know, that's hot. Laurel's like yes. Laurel Montgomery's also here. Say hi.
Laurel: Hi. Yes, that's totally hot.
Sarah: Laurel and I are both nodding at you.
Sassy: That is my kick-ass critique partner sitting over in that chair and I can tell you from firsthand experience she reads what I write and she has to come up with pretty creative ways to troubleshoot, but she does the one extra small step and it makes it accessible to me. She takes the time to do the one little thing and it makes it completely accessible to me.
Sarah: You write and then convert it to a format that Sassy can read for critiquing your work?
Laurel: Other way around. We critique for each other. In Microsoft, if you use the comments function that works for a sighted reader because you see the comments. They pop up. She doesn't see them. If she doesn't happen to roll over them she's not going to know they're there. We invented our own system. Sassy was the one that suggested it. She puts in double asterisks or I put in double asterisks if I have a comment so she just does a search for double asterisks.
Sarah: And then you hear the comments.
Laurel: And then she hears the comments.
Sarah: It's almost in line. It's almost in line, the text.
Laurel: It is. That's how we do it. We do it in line. Even if it's a typo, I never change anything. I always use the double asterisk because if I change it and send it back to her and she's using a saved file instead of the file I've sent back…
Sarah: It'll overwrite.
Laurel: Yeah, and that's just a copy edit, a typo, no big deal. She might not catch it.
Sassy: That's the whole trick to being an accessible author or an accessible product is just making a couple little changes that make the world of difference. It's not hard, it's not a big, expensive thing to do, and it's not impossible. It is now, with the advent of ePub and digital books available, it's so super easy. It just takes thinking outside of the box.
Pratik: It's a very little thing to do. If you've got a little picture in your book, describe it.
Sarah: A caption.
Pratik: A caption. It's that simple for many books, especially in the romance genre. You're not really talking about complicated textbooks. You're not talking about sidebars, you're not talking about tables.
Sarah: It's not a chart.
Sassy: Remember that chart that you put up, what flavor of romance book are you?
Sarah: And then I read it. Badly. Oh, it was terrible.
Sassy: No, but you also made it accessible.
Sarah: Yes.
Sassy: Sarah thought ahead. She thought, how are my blind readers going to access this little chart that I'm going to post on my blog, and she thought up a way to do it.
Sarah: Yeah I read an MP3 and then embedded the MP3 into the entry.
Sassy: That's what it takes, is just thinking outside of the box and considering your readership. When you think about YA you think about what that age demographic is going to read. When you think about historical romance you think of who would be reading that. It is a natural part of the publishing process to consider the market that you're re selling to. Just consider one more market, the print disabled market, and make the changes that you would make for any other market that you're publishing to.
Pratik: That market goes all across and every single category. We hear often from people, companies, who tell us that, oh people with disabilities are not a part of our target population. What does that really mean? I mean every person has the potential of being disabled, at one point or another, or maybe disabled who's not really identifying him or her self to you as a customer who's disabled.
So it's about reaching that particular person. You make your book accessible and available to the person the first time, they are going to come back and read your book again or another book that you published or other books that your publisher publishes. It's not only about one book. It's a cascading effect that goes across different categories.
Sarah: What are some books that you have read recently that really rocked, that you really enjoyed?
Sassy: The Patrick Rothfuss Name of the Wind series, oh my gosh, it's not necessarily romance but it does have romantic elements. There's a love relationship going on through the book. I'm hooked., I'm in like Flynn. I'm reading that one in audio.
Pratik: There's actually some hot sex in the second book.
Sassy: Oh my god, I haven't gotten there. Stop it.
Sarah: [laughing]
Sassy: I'm done. I'm going upstairs. I'm locking myself in my room and reading. I'll see y'all later… I just, yeah.
Sarah: Bye.
Sassy: [laughing] No I love that book and I'm reading it on audiobook because the performance is done so well. Nick Podehl is the narrator and he's kicking ass all over the place and taking names on that. When the author and the narrator feel on the same page and they can read a great audiobook together, it's a performance.
Sarah: It's worth investing your time and your money in.
Sassy: It is and I want to make that point. Sometimes authors get the idea or publishers especially get the idea that if the book is available in audio, they don't have to do anything else that's accessible. That's not exactly true. I enjoy a performance as much as the next person but if I want to be able to speed read a book and just get through it and know what the book is.
I really, really, really have been waiting eight months for this book to come out like Shannon Stacey's Slow Summer Kisses. I was on pins and needles waiting for this book to come out. It finally comes out, I just want to fly through that thing and read it and totally go oh my god yeah.
Sarah: Did you use a computer reader?
Sassy: I went on iBooks. I downloaded that thing, I was hooked.
Sarah: I like that story a lot. I like that story a lot.
Sassy: Yeah it was a great story.
Sarah: Have you heard Richard Armitage reading Georgette Heyer?
Sassy: No.
Sarah: Oh my god.
Sassy: Do I need some of this?
Sarah: Yes. They are unfortunately abridged. His reading of Sylvester is really good.
Sassy: Is it eargasmic?
Sarah: Yes it is.
Sassy: All right I need some eargasmic.
Sarah: I downloaded onto my Kindle which has really shitty speakers, very last minute and drove up to Connecticut. Figured I just listen to this. My car does not have an auxiliary audio port so I couldn't plug my Kindle into the stereo. I actually sat with my back against the seat pinning the Kindle upside down between my shoulder blade and the headrest so that the speaker would be behind my ear.
You've done that? Thank you. I don't want to drive with headphones on, that's dangerous. I'm pinning the Kindle to the back of my seat with my shoulder blade and driving with one arm, listening to Richard Armitage over my right shoulder for two hours. Brilliantly worth it. Even being uncomfortable was worth listening to Richard Armitage read Georgette Hayer. That was hot. What about you?
Pratik: Talk about the perfect bad example of an audiobook narrator. Steven King sometimes likes to read his own books.
Sarah: Oh god.
Pratik: Awful idea. Never read a book by Stephen King that's narrated by him.
Sarah: This brings me to a perfect point. If you are a self-published author and you want your book done in audio, so easy to do. There's a website called acx.com. For those of us who do voiceover narration and audio narration are there.
You can hook up with independent audiobook producers and pick your own narrator. You can audition the narrators and find a good one that you think can reflect your book and done well. Then boom. They produce it for you and you got an audiobook. It's that simple.
Sarah: Pratik, what books have you enjoyed lately?
Pratik: Wow, that's a tough question. Give me a second.
Sarah: [humming 'Jeopardy' theme]
Pratik: No pressure.
Sarah: I want you guys to know by the way that over to your left on the wall is a Wii and kids can just like pick up the Wii controller and play Wii Sports in the lobby of a hotel.
Sassy: I think we need to have a moment where the blind girl doesn't play Wii.
Sarah: I think I might have to tweet and sell tickets. Blind girl's playing Wii, 2:00, lobby.
Sassy: When I was recovering from my tumors they had a Wii in front of the couch where I was lying around. The kids that I was staying with at the time, at my friend house, totally thought it was the most awesome thing to play bowling with me on the Wii.
Sarah: [laughing]
Sassy: How we spent all our time all afternoon while I had surgery scars all over my head. We just played Wii bowling and I missed pretty much every shot.
Sarah: That's totally excellent. Have you thought of a book Pratik?
Pratik: Yes I have.
Sarah: Alright bring it.
Pratik: Recently I've been rereading actually. Lois McMaster Bujold's, the Miles series. I reread the entire series. It is an awesome series because Miles is such a fascinating character. A crazy nuts character but absolutely, gorgeously done. Great pros, great characters.
Sarah: Kodak, can I interview you? What do you have to say? Sniffing. No nothing. Is Sassy really a big pain… OK I'll rub your belly. OK so I'm rubbing Kodak's belly.
Sassy: We need an apple. Then he would talk to you.
Sarah: So is Sassy a giant pain in the butt or do you just love her? You just love her I know.
Sassy: Let's talk about the Avon signing. [laughing]
Sarah: Oh my god. We're leaving our session and the Avon signing and the Harlequin signing are going on. Sign printed are of absolutely no use to Sassy but I figured she might want to meet some of the authors. Laurel took Kodak out for some private moment in the bushes. I walked Sassy around the signing so she could meet some authors.
We come back to the Avon signing and Kodak has been sniffing the perimeter of the room cause he knows that she was there. We walk in and he drags Laurel all the way over and just leans up against Sassy and looks at here like, oh you are here. You are here and I love you…
Sassy: Because you feed me. That's the only reason why…
Sarah: So Kodak is a giant… Is he a yellow Lab?
Sassy: Yes.
Sarah: He's a pure breed yellow Lab. He's getting a belly rub right now. Oh giant dog. Does Kodak fly well?
Sassy: Yeah. Takes up all my footspace as he sleeps.
Sarah: Yeah. Coach got smaller and smaller. I mean, he might not fit.
Sassy: He fits, he just makes me turn into a small human. I become a pretzel. It's pretty incredible to watch. The dog gets all the space he wants, the human does not.
Sarah: And you just make around him?
Sassy: Well, I'm on the back end of the leash. I know my place. Behind it.
Sarah: So when you're flying, do people know how to handle flying with a blind passenger? Or do you have to educate people every time you get on the plane?
Sassy: Sometimes. It can get very interesting. Going through security is quite a special experience. I've gotten stopped because I had a dog bone in my luggage with lamb in it, and they assumed that the dog bone was an explosive device.
Sarah: With the dog next to you?
Sassy: Yeah. They think you're going to probably stuff something horrible in it.
Sarah: I'm sorry Kody, I'll rub your belly. He's waving his paw like, hello, excuse me. Woman, what the hell? Whacker. Who's a…good boy? He's such a good doggy. He's like waving his one arm [off-mike speech] Hi. Hello. He's a doggy, he's a big boy. He's a big shedding boy. My god, you're exploding.
Sarah: So Kody flies well?
Sassy: Yes.
Laurel: He does it at will when [cross talk] he's around a lot of black.
Sarah: Yeah. Black pants.
Sassy: Shake. Shake, shake, shake.
Sarah: Oh, OK, I'll rub your head some more. He just put his head on my foot. Hi, you forgot about me. So Kody flies well and you fly well, but flying people don't necessarily fly well with you?
Sassy: A lot of people are thrilled to be sitting next to a working service dog. A lot of people are not. They are allergic to dogs or they're scared.
Sarah: I understand that.
Sassy: Yeah, and that's fine. But then there are people who don't think the dog should be on the plane, or…
Sarah: Oh, bite me.
Sassy: Yeah, pretty much. I'm like, "OK, if you take my eyeballs off the plane, you can take yours out, too." That's the way I look at it is, don't tell my eyeballs to stay at the door if yours get to walk in.
Sarah: If you have an assistance dog, you have a service dog, your dog is welcome everywhere, right? I mean, it's the law that he has to be able to come in.
Sassy: It is the law. Usually he's welcome. There are some places, especially, like, places where people don't know the laws, like if they're foreign.
Sarah: Where are you going?
Sassy: That would be a good question. Where are you going?
Laurel: He came to see me.
Sassy: I need to see you high.
Sarah: Kodak has barged into the middle of our little gathering.
Sassy: Yes, he is all up against the whole.
Sarah: And look at the pile of fur he left behind.
Sassy: Oh, yes. I've got fur on my legs, I feel like I'm at home.
Sarah: So, you're allowed to take him anywhere?
Sassy: Yeah. The dog goes anywhere and everywhere with me, except for, like, sanitized places in hospitals. Nothing like being wheeled in a hospital and told, you know, yeah, that's an interesting experience for the dog.
Hospitals, zoos are the only other places where they don't get to go.
Sarah: Because it's alarming for them and for the animals?
Sassy: Yeah. If a monkey sees a dog walking up to him, I'm sure the monkey's not going to be too pleased with that scenario.
Sarah: Right. And that's just, but that's mostly for your safety and the dog's safety and the zoo's safety.
Sassy: Yes, yes.
Sarah: That makes sense. But what is it that you want to see at a zoo? The smell?
Sassy: This is a very good question.
Sarah: I mean.
Laurel: The equine exhibit is probably exceptionally nice.
Sassy: Yes. Well, we have a zoo where I live and they don't have, like, lions and tigers and bears, they have a lot of musk oxen and it smells. I mean, it's just a stinky zoo.
And they have really cool penguins, but it smells.
Sarah: I go for the kid factor. If I have friends, I don't have kids of my own.
Sassy: With kids, so you go to the zoo with them?
Sarah: Yeah, hang out with them.
Laurel: I don't think so. [inaudible 22:18] Your feet.
Sarah: I'm sorry, Pratik you are there until Kody decides it's time to get up.
Laurel: You're his human now.
Pratik: I am his human.
Sarah: Yes. He's sitting on your feet. he's very fuzzy, very cute. So, is Kody very popular guide dog? Do people, like, really come and say hi to him?
Sassy: He's the rock star, I'm just the groupie behind the band. I'm the bodyguard.
Sarah: So, what is the etiquette of greeting someone with a guide dog?
Sassy: Just ask. And that's the etiquette of greeting anybody with a disability about anything.
Sarah: Just ask.
Sassy: If you have a question, just ask. As long as you're not trying to offend me, I usually will not take offense to pretty much anything that's asked of me. And I've been asked some pretty crazy questions.
Yeah, just ask. And if the dog's harness is in my hand, I'm usually working. Or if I'm going someplace, that's usually not the right time. Because if you distract the guide dog, then you are endangering the person who's hanging on to that harness.
Sarah: Meaning you, right.
Sassy: And I can run into something, fall off a thing, or something bad could happen. And then you'd feel really bad. So, don't do that.
Sarah: My understanding was that if the harness, which is where the hard, straight part of the dog's collar that's in your hand, he's working and you never pet a dog while he's working.
Sassy: Pet, look, talk to. I mean, pretty much just ignore him as if he's my eyes and they're looking at something else. But as long as he's off duty, like right now, where he's totally schmoozing.
Sarah: Yeah. He's relaxed.
Sassy: Then he's totally.
Sarah: He's very good at relaxing.
Sassy: He is very good.
Sarah: He's very skilled at relaxing, sort of full body. Does he launch epic dog farts?
Sassy: Oh, my god.
Laurel: I convinced Sassy to feed him a Brussels sprout once.
Sassy: Let's just say the resulting fumes could kill all life at 50 feet. Oh, my god.
Laurel: I'm pretty sure he stripped the paint.
Sassy: I went down the hall to a friend, who was, we were staying in a dorm situation. I was going through federal job training. And they like to stuff you in dorms and do terrible things.
But I went down to my friend and I went, "Do you want to adopt a dog? Because I'm getting rid of mine." I can't live, oh my god, my room is a toxic zone right now.
Pratik: You made me the same offer in the morning.
Sassy: His nickname now is Brussels Fart.
Pratik: Brussels Fart.
Sarah: Brussels Fart. [laughter]
Sassy: It's horrible.
Laurel: So, is this your third service dog?
Sassy: This is my second. I had another dog, but it was dog switched, due to the fact that it liked cats more than it liked being a guide dog. So, yeah.
Sarah: That's always problematic.
Sassy: Yeah.
Sarah: And how's Kody doing as a guide dog? Is he a good dog?
Sassy: Kody is eight years old and he's still going strong, not a moment's hesitation. He's a fabulous guide. Yes, he's great at lounging, but he's also kick ass at negotiating subways, Boston, LAX, Los Angeles. I mean, this dog can fly through a crowd and cross the street like nobody's business.
Sarah: And he knows exactly how to work with you.
Sassy: Work hard, play hard. Yes, he does. We've been together long enough.
Sarah: Do you take him to the vet, like, regularly?
Sassy: Oh, yeah.
Sarah: Does he have to go extra and get special attention?
Sassy: Yeah. Guide dogs have a really high health standard. They have to be in top form. Because if my dog is sick, I don't get to go do anything. If the dog's down, so is the human.
Sarah: So, labs, I know, are prone to hip dysplasia. With the amount he walks, I'm sure his joints are heavily monitored by the vets, too.
Sassy: They get tested, they get physicals, and they get their eyes looked at. Right now, mine is going through some eye trouble, we may have an eye problem. We're doing some more testing to find out. I have to go back Monday and get his eyes looked at. Everything about them is pretty heavily monitored just to make sure they stay in top condition. Like a Navy SEAL.
I consider guide dogs to be the Navy SEALs of service dogs, because most service dogs have to just obey commands. Guide dogs have to think for themselves. If he sees a dangerous situation and I'm telling him, "go forward," and walk right into the situation, he has to disobey me, and say, "No. That's not safe, I'm going to decide to do something else, and show you why I decided to do that."
Sarah: And he can communicate with you, you know why he's disobeying. It's not like somebody has an apple.
Sassy: He has to teach me why he's disobeying; he has to communicate that to me. So he has a lot on his plate. Being a guide dog is a pretty stressful job.
You were trying to get me through Avon today, and you went, "This is not easy." I'm looking up trying to read the signs, and looking around at people moving.
Sarah: Yeah, it's not easy being somebody's elbow.
Sassy: Being a guide dog, that's a tough job.
Sarah: That's my guiding critique – we just go fast and barrel through people.
Sassy: He does like to run over people. I like to stop and chat.
Sarah: So that must actually be hard, because most guide dogs are larger breeds, and larger breeds live eight to twelve years.
Sassy: They do. My previous guide dog just passed away in May, he was 14. You know what, it was time. It's a very hard experience to go through retiring a guide dog. When they get to a certain age, they just can't work anymore, or don't want to work anymore. The kindest thing to do is to let them be a pet for a while, and enjoy the last part of their years, relaxing and being a professional couch potato. I just say, he switched careers and became my couch potato.
Sarah: What breeds make good guide dogs? I've seen Shepherds, Labs and Goldens.
Sassy: Shepherds are being phased out, because they can sometimes be territorial, and they can have some aggression issues sometimes. Labs are the most commonly used. Golden Retrievers are also heavily used.
Labs like to think for themselves, they like to be independent and inquisitive, so they make great guides. Goldens love to follow the rules. They make great guides for people who are low vision, who have some vision and can see a little bit, but not enough.
Sarah: So that's actually a cue if you see somebody with a Golden Retriever, that may be likely they have some vision of their own.
Sassy: It's not always. There are plenty of totally blind people who have Goldens, but they get used a lot for low vision.
Sarah: What about Great Danes?
Sassy: A – I don't think he'd fit under the plane, and B – I'm kind of a fashion junkie, and the drool factor…
Sarah: That would be so awesome, like walking a giraffe.
Laurel: Great Danes aren't drooly, they're awesome dogs. But they don't live very long.
Sarah: No. They live less than eight years, most of them.
Laurel: Six is lucky.
Sarah: Six is ancient for a Great Dane.
Sassy: It takes a good year of constant work together to really get the guide dog bond heavily well established.
Laurel: Sounds like a paranormal romance.
Sarah: It's going to be, as soon as Sassy finishes writing the book.
Sassy: Yes, my book is called "Karma Is a Bitch," and it's about what happens when a werewolf decides to be really stupid and bite an angel. The angel curses her into the form of a guide dog, and she's the human from inside the guide dog, narrating what happens on her way to becoming a human again.
Laurel: Absolutely hysterical.
Sarah: That's what you're shopping now? "Karma Is a Bitch"?
Sassy: Yes. The name is "Karma Is a Bitch," and Karma really is a bitch, because the guide dog's name is Karma.
Sarah: I hope you enjoyed that brief interview with Sassy, Kodak, Pratik and Laurel. I learned a lot about making books accessible to blind readers and how blind readers read, just from putting the session together.
It is going to be available online. We're going to do a slideshow online, and make a lot of the handouts available as well for download. So if you want to learn more, there's going to be more information on my site, as well as on Pratik's site. So look for that very soon.
[background music] The music is actually Sassy Outwater, that's Sassy playing the violin. That is called Fiddler on the Loose and she recorded it just for the podcast a long time ago. I'm re-using it.
All of the music we receive for the podcast comes from Sassy. Either she produces it, or she's friends with the musicians. She asked me to let you know, if there's any particular type of music that you would like to hear, or some music that you'd like her to find, do let us know. You can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
In the next podcast I'll have interviews with various people who've been here at RWA, working hard. So you'll hear more from the conference and more from me. In the meantime, I hope you're enjoying the very best of reading.
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Ella Fitzgerald - A-tisket a-tasket (Fishman remix)
A-tisket, a-tasket
A brown and yellow basket
I sent a letter to my mommy
On the way, I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it
Yes, on the way I dropped it
A little girlie picked it up
And put it in her pocket
She was truckin' on down the avenue
But not a single thing to do
She went peck, peck, pecking all around
When she spied it on the ground
She took it, she took it
My little yellow basket
And if she doesn't bring it back
I think that I will die
A-tisket, a-tasket
I lost my yellow basket
And if that girlie don't return it
Don't know what I'll do
Oh dear, I wonder where my basket can be
(So do we, so do we, so do we, so do we, so do we)
Oh gee, I wish that little girl, I could see
(So do we, so do we, so do we, so do we, so do we)
Oh, why was I so careless with that basket of mine?
That itty bitty basket was a joy of mine
A-tisket, a-tasket
I lost my yellow basket
Won't someone help me find my basket
And make me happy again, again?
(Was it green?)
No, no, no, no
(Was it red?)
No, no, no, no
(Was it blue?)
No, no, no, no
Just a little yellow basket
A little yellow basket
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text: Wash OfficerLocation: BHOPAL Purpose of the Post Under the guidance of the WASH Officer (NOB), the incumbent will be responsible for technical leadership and support in WASH for Child Survival and Development in Madhya Pradesh. The jobholder is based in the Bhopal Field Office and works under the daily supervision of the WASH Officer (NOB). He/she works at both the State and District level. He/she takes sector specific leadership and guidance from the WASH section in Delhi. Major Duties and Responsibilities 1. Facilitating Policy and Building Partnerships Supports the WASH Officer (NOB), in developing WASH sector policies and systems of management, relevant for the survival and development of state's children. This will be done within the framework of the WASH related National Flagship Programme of GoI (NBA including WASH in School and NRDWP), and their State-level adaptation, such as the MARYADA Sanitation Campaign for instance. Recommends evidence based corrective actions to improve efficiency and effectiveness of WASH sector programmes with special reference to national and state flagship programmes to ensure MDG's are achieved with equity. Supports the WASH Officer (NOB) in convening and fostering strategic partnerships in order to strengthen the WASH programmes in the State, for overall improvement of children's policies. In close coordination with the WASH Officer (NOB), interacts with agencies and institutions, on the management of the WASH programme and its projects. Participates in meetings with Departments responsible for programme and project review, and follows up on the implementation of recommendations and agreements. Contributes to the development of collaborative strategies and actions for new approaches and convergence for the prevention of water and sanitation related diseases for replication by the State Government. 2. Programme Planning and Implementation Action Under the guidance of the WASH Officer (NOB) and with technical assistance from the WASH section-ICO supports the design of state specific WASH programme. When agreed, supports the WASH officer (NOB) in preparing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating UNICEF assisted WASH projects (MARYADA, SHACS, NRDWP, WASH in School) and interventions. Provides guidance and support WASH Extenders, hired through third party HR agency, to manage and implement the WASH work plan in the State. Translate technical and social sector developments at national and state level to strategic programming in the focus districts leading to improved conditions for women and children. In close coordination with the WASH Officer (NOB), coordinates with the Operations/Supply staff/programme support on supply and non-supply assistance activities ensuring proper and timely UNICEF and Government accountability. Certifies and reports disbursements and use of funds, as per UNICEF rules and procedures. In close coordination with the WASH Officer (NOB) and under the overall guidance of the Programme Manager, fosters converges with other sectors for achieving sustained results for children at the institutions like AWC, Schools, Health Centers and Children Homes with children participation. Prepares, jointly with the WASH Officer (NOB) programme inputs for donor proposals, status reports required for management, donors, budget review, programme analysis, annual reports, etc. 3. Technical Assistance, Capacity Building and Knowledge Management Under the guidance of the WASH Officer (NOB), provide technical advice and support to government authorities and state institutes to plan and organize capacity building programmes for NBA, community water management, water quality surveillance and response planning, sanitation and hygiene promotion in community, schools, Anganwadi centres. Identifies training needs for the purpose of capacity building and sustainability of programme/projects. Provides technical expertise as required, facilitates learning exchanges as well as policy influencing. Ensure critical gaps in information, knowledge and understanding relating to water supply, water safety, water resource management and sanitation and hygiene promotion are recognized and addressed by stakeholders in the states. Create interstate and inter-sectoral learning alliances, analyse, document and share best practices. 4. Monitoring and Evaluation Supports the WASH Officer (NOB) in facilitating the review of systems and capacity related to delivery of services to children and the interventions for improvements. Undertakes field visits to monitor programmes (including cash and supply assistance) aiming at increased and more equitable coverage of rural drinking water supply, sanitation, WASH in School and improved hygiene as well as conducting periodic programme reviews with government counterparts and other partners. Analyses and evaluates data and/or takes corrective action when necessary, to meet programme/project objectives. Contributes to and enables the concurrent monitoring and reporting on performance indicators of Government flagship programmes and/or UNICEF–NGO managed programmes under the Project Co-operation Agreement. Supports research that provides tracking on programmes of social inclusion. Supports the development and communication of a clear and convincing vision for M&E; regularly updating, harmonizing and communicating M&E plans that include identified data needs, standardized indicators, data collection procedures and tools, as well as roles and responsibilities and budgets for implementing a functional M&E system. Supports the WASH Officer (NOB) in managing the implementation of policies and procedures for routine monitoring, including reporting, data use, identifying, articulating and supporting strategic use of data for programme management. 5. Inter-sectoral collaboration In close coordination with the WASH Officer (NOB) and under the overall guidance of the Programme Manager, proactively collaborates within state and/or sectors with programme colleagues for convergence in programming, particularly with health, nutrition, communication for development, education and advocacy and partnership. Supporting the WASH Officer (NOB) in pooling resources for more effective programming across the state and building institutional capacity for stronger delivery of national programme. Assists in development of appropriate communication and information strategy to support and/or advocate programme development. Facilitates the planning and formulation of convergent action and Communication for Development initiatives in state institutions (priorities is the convergence between WASH, Education, Health and Nutrition), to enable effective behaviour change and sustained results. Qualifications, Skills and Attributes a) Education University degree from a recognized university in any of the following: Environmental Science, Hydrology or Environmental, Civil or Mechanical Engineering, Public Health or a related field associated with water supply, sanitation and hygiene behaviour change. Advanced University degree would be an advantage. b) Work Experience A minimum of two (2) years progressively responsible professional work experience in social development and engineering, project administration, capacity building and training, monitoring and evaluation, multi-stakeholder planning and knowledge management. c) Languages Fluency in English is essential. Knowledge of Hindi, the local working language of the duty station, will be an asset. d) Competency Profile: i) Core Values (Required) • Commitment • Diversity and Inclusion • Integrity ii) Core Competencies (Required) • Communication [ II ] • Working with People [ I ] • Drive for Results [ I ] iii) Functional Competencies (Required) • Formulating Strategies and Concepts [ I ] • Analyzing [ II] • Applying Technical Expertise [ II ] • Learning and Researching [II] • Planning and Organizing [ II ] iv) Technical Knowledge 1 a) Specific Technical Knowledge Required [ ] • Advanced knowledge of one or more of the technical areas of UNICEF programmes. • Advanced Technical Knowledge of the theories, principles and methods in the following areas: communication for behavior change, WASH in schools, water supply projects management, Water Safety and Security Plan, monitoring and evaluation; integrated water resource management, appropriate water supply and quality technology i.e. community based water supply. b) Common Technical Knowledge Required (for the job group) [ ] Knowledge of the latest theories, technology and practices in: • Community based sanitation i.e.: hygiene education or latrine construction and waste management. • WASH in School, Children as change agent, Child friendly WASH facilities • CLTS/CATS/SLTS: concept of changing social norms against open defecation • Community engagement and empowerment: to demand improved WASH services • Supply Chain management: to ensure availability of quality WASH products and services available to the community members at reasonable price General knowledge of: • Methodology of programme/project management • Programmatic goals, visions, positions, policies and strategies for sectoral programmes • Knowledge of global human rights and gender issues, specifically relating to children and women, and the current UNICEF position and approaches. • UNICEF policies and strategy to address WASH issues, including those relating to conflicts, natural disasters, recovery, disaster risk reduction and environment. • UNICEF financial, supply and administrative rules and regulations. • Rights-based and Results-based approach and programming in UNICEF. • UNICEF programme policy, procedures and guidelines in the Manual. • Mid-Term Strategic Plan • Government development plans and policies • UNICEF Board endorsed policy papers and agency-wide programmes impacting on WASH results. • Knowledge and proficiency in the use of corporate office computer system applications and software, including LAN, email, word processing, spreadsheet, database, telecommunications. • Knowledge of global environmental issues that pertain to sustainable development and specifically relation to children and woman, and the current UNICEF position approaches. • Gender equality and diversity awareness c) Technical Knowledge to be Acquired/Enhanced (for the Job) [ ] • Government development plans and policies • Knowledge of local conditions and country legislation relevant to UNICEF programmes • UN policies and strategy to address international humanitarian issues and the responses, including the IASC Cluster approach. • UN common approaches to programmatic issues and UNICEF positions • UN security operations and guidelines. • UNICEF policies, strategies promoting and supporting gender equality and diversity. (Reference to UNICEF and/or UN in terms of technical knowledge requirements (a and b above) are applicable only to those who are or have been the staff members of UNICEF or the UN common system.) Applications consisting of a cover letter and an up-to-date CV should be sent to email@example.com by 08 January 2014. In order to ensure that your application is sorted correctly, please clearly mention the title and location of the post in the subject line of your e-mail/application. Only applications of short listed candidates will be acknowledged. These vacancies are open to Indian Nationals only. UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organizations qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process including application, interview, meeting, traveling, processing, training etc. UNICEF is a non-smoking working environment. |


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Ms. Gillette-Kent works in Scottsdale, AZ and specializes in General Practice. Ms. Gillette-Kent is affiliated with Mayo Clinic Hospital.
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DERBY LINE ŌĆō Perry Hunt stepped down from┬Āthe Derby Line Board of Trustees Tuesday at the annual village meeting. He and his wife Pat Hunt are moving to a different town.
Hunt moved to Derby Line 43 years ago and served as a trustee for the village for about two decades. Over the years on the board he faced the ŌĆ£good, the bad, and turmoil,ŌĆØ but says he knows the village will continue to survive because itŌĆÖs a special place.
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Like its eco-friendly predecessors the Elm and Hazel , the Sony Ericsson Cedar forms part of the company's environmentally conscious GreenHeart range. Constructed from -- and packaged in -- predominantly recycled materials, the Cedar is the perfect handset for mobile users with lofty morals.
The Cedar is available for free on a £15 per month contract. Alternatively, you can pick it up for about £60 on pay as you go, or around £150 SIM-free and unlocked.
Heart of green
Although Sony Ericsson's GreenHeart proposal does tend to come across as a little disingenuous -- especially when you consider the vast quantity of mobile phones that end up as nothing more than landfill -- it's certainly a step in the right direction. The Elm and Hazel marked the opening shots of this righteous eco-warrior campaign, and impressed us with their functionality and range of features.
The Sony Ericsson Cedar continues the good work achieved by its forebears, and proves that being sympathetic to Mother Nature doesn't have to mean being saddled with an ugly phone. The Cedar is arguably one of Sony Ericsson's more attractive offerings of late, combining a two-tone colour scheme with smooth lines and a visually pleasing, ridged keypad.
Curves in all the wrong places
The phone isn't especially small, but it is light. At just 84g, it certainly won't add a significant bulk to your pocket. The only real complaint we have about the design of the Cedar is the ergonomics. The back of the phone curves at both ends, which can make gripping it somewhat difficult. The weight of the phone is focused in the middle, which causes it to tip out of your paw should you grip it too tightly at the base.
With 280MB of on-board storage available, the Cedar has an unusually generous amount of room for photos, videos and music. Thankfully, it's also possible to boost this total with a microSD card of up to 16GB in capacity, which can be inserted in the card slot located rather cunningly under one side of the battery cover. Sadly, a microSD card is not included, so if you do intend to load up the Cedar with your tunes and snaps, you'll need to purchase one separately.
The Cedar's multimedia aspirations are enhanced further by the presence of a 3.5mm headphone jack, which allows you to use your own personal set of cans to listen to music. The on-board media-playback software is based on Sony Ericsson's Walkman program, and offers an above-average range of options and customisation.
Shoot me now
A 2-megapixel camera can be found on the back of the Cedar, which takes decent shots and is able to shoot low-quality video clips. Sadly, it lacks an LED flash, so low-light images look predictably muddy and ill-defined.
Finally, it's worth noting that unlike the Elm, the Cedar uses an industry-standard micro-USB connection for both charging and data transfer. No USB cable is included in the box, but the standardised nature of this particular interface means you're bound to have a compatible one lying around somewhere in your house.


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Just because football season is ending doesn't mean you have seen the last of power points this school year.
Playoff seeds in 5A football are determined by powerpoint rankings. A similar power-point ranking system for basketball debuts next week when the 5A boys and girls seasons begin.
Many coaches are eager to see what the system brings about in a couple of key areas.
''I'm really excited to see how it works out,'' Highland girls coach Miner Webster said. ''I think it's going to be a positive. More teams are going to get in the playoffs, and when the regular season and region playoffs are done, teams are going to have earned where they fall in the bracket as opposed to the blind draw we saw every year.''
The power rankings' major role won't be in determining which teams qualify for the playoffs (28 of 32 still qualify through regionals, the other four teams qualify based on their power-point ranking).
The real purpose is the seeding of teams for the state tournament.
Webster's teams have rarely had to worry about grabbing a playoff spot. But because of the random playoff-matchup draw used by 5A in the past, the Hawks on several occasions have drawn tough opponents earlier in the state tournament than they would have with power points.
Teams that stand to benefit most are those that play in a region tough from top to bottom and/or teams that end up playing a tough overall schedule. Every game each 5A team plays against another 5A team counts, even if it is in one of the two in-season tournaments that teams are allowed to participate in.
For instance, next week, Westwood and Corona del Sol play in the first round of the Jackrabbit Preseason Tournament. That game will count just as any other regular season game, non-region or not, would.
The power-point system is based on team record, opponents' record and opponents' opponents' record. It goes a step further than the powerpoint system in football, which is based only on team record and opponents' record.
Three years ago in the Fiesta Region boys race, Mesquite, Gilbert, Highland and Hamilton finished in a fourway tie for first. Coins were flipped to determine seeds at the regional.
Three of the four advanced to state per the 5A formula at the time. One school — it ended up being Mesquite — did not qualify. The Wildcats would not have sweated making state then had the powerpoint system been in place.
''I can't see the new system being anything but a welcome change,'' said Corona boys coach Sammy Duane Jr., who coached Mesquite at the time.
''We (Mesquite) would have been in the playoffs last season if the power-point rankings were in effect. Bring it on. I like it already.''
Had the power-point ranking system been in place last year, four teams that would have qualified for the boys tournament but did not were Mountain Pointe (No. 10), Mesquite (No. 12), Chandler (No. 20) and Phoenix St. Mary's (No. 21). All of them were above .500.


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15 And it came to pass as he lay at table in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners lay at table with Jesus and his disciples; for they were many, and they followed him. | 15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. |
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Rutledge's old-fashioned, solo effort contrasts with a seemingly greater number of more digitally oriented and collaborative projects, however. Take, for example, the efforts of a five-person reporting team that has been tracking down a sordid story of alleged racism and violence involving white vigilantes and police officers in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The "Law and Disorder" project started with A.C. Thompson, a dogged investigative reporter with the non-profit news agency ProPublica, following up a tip from a historian friend doing a book on disasters. It has grown into a hybrid investigative reporting model that has brought together the resources of four diverse organizations with different outlets and audiences in print, online, and on television.
The project, a Goldsmith finalist, includes the New Orleans Times-Picayune and PBS's Frontline (which is posting its investigation online while it puts together the pieces for broadcast documentary). Thompson started his investigation in 2007 as a freelancer under an Investigative Fund grant from the Nation Institute, and published an initial piece in The Nation in January, 2009.
Another example of an outlet taking a more "modern" approach to journalism is The Seattle Times, long known for its award-winning investigative reporting. The paper received a "special citation" from the Goldsmith judges for its breaking local news coverage of the murder of four Lakewood, Washington police officers gunned down in a coffee shop on November 29, 2009. The paper combined traditional investigative approaches, including stakeouts, with social media to do real-time reporting on the massive two-day police search for the officers' killer.
"We did the print job and quite a bit more online that we have ever done before," said metro editor Mark Higgins. "It had an impact we had not seen before." Noting that Seattle was the quintessential techie town, the paper's Tiffany Campbell said that the paper tried using Google Wave, an online real-time communication and collaboration tool, tweeting from stakeouts, I-phone photos, and video to involve the public so they could "be there and really participate in that story."
Goldsmith finalist Greenblatt and the rest of Houston's Channel 11 Defenders team also combined the new and old in its reporting of a one-hour television special "Under Fire: Discrimination and the Corruption in the Texas National Guard," as well as numerous television news pieces along the way. The program, the culmination of a two-year investigation, has already won several other journalism awards, including the prestigious 2010 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award in January.
KHOU reporter Greenblatt said it all started with a telephone tip from a concerned mother about an event at which a young female Texas Guard member was humiliated by being forced to parade around at a Guard leadership camp in a pink foam crown and plastic garbage bag cape as the "Vagisil Queen" (referring to a feminine hygiene product). The team's follow-up reporting revealed a series of scandals involving the harassment of high-ranking female officers by the Guard's male leadership, cover-up at high levels by male commanders, and financial fraud including embezzlement, double-billing, and funding of private businesses with Guard resources.
Greenblatt said that the team's initial four-and-a-half-minute story on the 10 p.m. news just "snowballed from there." He noted the "commonality" among all of the Goldsmith finalists in investigative reporting that involved considerable staff resources, time, and persistence as well as new media tools: "These are not single stories. One thing leads to another, and it evolves over time" into "substantial reporting that is memorable and leads to serving our communities."


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GAMING NEWSFirst Mortal Kombat DLC Coming This MonthPosted on Monday, May 16 @ 08:10:03 Eastern by Anthony Severino
The team at NetherRealm Studios will be supporting Mortal Kombat with downloadable content and characters long after the game's release, or "as long as people are still playing". While details of the first DLC content were revealed some time ago, there was no ETA to speak of. Until now. During this past weekend's PDP Mortal Kombat National Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon was on-hand speaking with competitors and members of the press. There he talked briefly about the game, in particular, the current plans for DLC. Boon mentioned that the first DLC character, Skarlett, will be arriving some time this month. He also said that there would be some "free stuff", which we speculate could be alternate costumes or additional levels. Anything, really. Over the weekend PDP, manufacturer of the official Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition Fight Stick, held a National Tournament for Mortal Kombat fans, offering a total of $21,000 in prizes. The grand prize winner took home $10,000. I really should have entered... [Source]
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17 You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter. | 17 It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter. |
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