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ClassicsOnline Home » GLANVILLE, B.: History of the World Cup (The) - 2010 Edition
The World Cup is the largest sports event outside the summer Olympics: the progress of the 32 countries which qualify for the finals is watched by billions all over the globe. Since the very first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, there have been 18 finals, held every four years (with a 12-year break over the World War II period). The World Cup in South Africa will be the 19th.
Brian Glanville, the distinguished journalist and World Cup historian, has written a fascinating history of the event. Here are the men who played, the goals they scored, the triumphs, the failures, the shocks and the scandals. Here are the stories of heroes—Pelé, Eusebio, Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckenbauer, Johann Cruyff, Diego Maradona and many more—as well as the villains, the managers, the referees and the football politicians.
It is one of the greatest stories of world sport.
Brian Glanville
The History of the World Cup
Sir Bobby Charlton is almost as well-known throughout the world as football itself. His trademark—striding forward from the halfway line, shimmying past defenders and unleashing rasping blockbusters into the top corner of the net—made him a true legend of world football.
His dedication and will were unparalleled as he survived and overcame the tragedy of the Munich air crash in 1958 to become the cornerstone of both England's 1966 World Cup winners and Manchester United's 1968 European Cup-winning team. While both of those great sides included other sublimely gifted players, such as George Best and Bobby Moore, Charlton stood out as both a great talent and a great ambassador for football.
His achievements are remarkable. He scored a record 49 England goals and also won 106 caps, a record at the time. He played over 600 league games for Manchester United, scoring just one shy of 200 league goals. During almost twenty years as a Manchester United player, he won three League titles and the FA Cup in 1963 before going on to play for and manage Preston North End. But Charlton's heart remained with Manchester United and he rejoined the Old Trafford club as a director, a position he still holds. He was knighted in 1994 and remains one of the most popular British players of all time—a hero to Manchester United and England fans.
– Barnaby Chesterman
Author of Story of the World Cup, which has regularly been appearing since 1973, now with Faber. Writer of GOAL!, the official film of the 1966 World Cup. Football correspondent and sometime first sports columnist of the Sunday Times, 1958–1992. Then sports columnist of The People, 1992–96. Now again with the Sunday Times. Has covered the last 11 World Cups. Author of many novels including the juvenile Goalkeepers Are Different, in print for some 25 years, and The Rise of Gerry Logan and The Dying of the Light, both with football themes. For many decades English Correspondent of daily Corriere dello Sport of Rome. Writer of BBC TV documentary European Centre Forward, protagonist Gerry Hitchens then of Torino and England. It won the Silver Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival of 1963.
Born in Chesterfield, Bob Wilson found success playing in goal at school and gained England schoolboy honours in 1957.
After qualifying as a physical education teacher at Loughborough College, he signed for Arsenal in 1963. He made more than 300 first-team appearances, helping the Gunners win the European Fairs cup in 1970 and one year later the coveted League Championship and FA Cup 'double'. He also became the first English-born player to be capped for Scotland.
In 1974 he embarked on a second career in sports journalism for BBC Television. He presented Football Focus for 20 years and was also a regular presenter of Grandstand, Sportsnight and Breakfast Sport. In August 1994 he was lured to the rival channel as ITV's football presenter.
An FA Full Badge Coach since 1967, he has specialised in the coaching of goalkeepers for the past 26 years. During that time, the goalkeepers at Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers, Southampton, Tottenham and Luton have benefited from his training methods. He ran his own Goalkeeping School for youngsters from 1982 to 1995.
He has been Chairman of the London Football Coaches Association since 1988. In 1989 he was awarded an honorary degree by Loughborough University for services to football. In 1997 he was appointed to the board of Governors of the University of Hertfordshire. In January 2001 an honorary doctorate was conferred on him by the University of Derby.
He has written many books on football, mainly involving goalkeeping, his last publication being a history of goalkeeping entitled, You've Got To Be Crazy, published by Arthur Barker.
In August 1999 he and his wife Megs launched the Willow Foundation, a charity in memory of their daughter Anna who died in December 1998. The foundation exists to provide special days to young adults who are seriously ill. Bob and Megs have two sons; John, a radio journalist and Robert, a photographer.
The music on this recording is taken from the NAXOS and MARCO POLO catalogues
PUCCINI Nessun Dorma 8.554065
Thomas Harper / Slovak RSO / Michael Halász
Uruguay National Anthem 8.225326
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) / Peter Breiner
VERDI Aida 8.660033–34
NSO Ireland / Rico Saccani
Italian National Anthem 8.225322
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) / Peter Breiner
OFFENBACH Can-Can 8.550924
Slovak State PO / Johannes Wildner
Oficina de Cordas
A dor de uma saudade (Missing You)
Used with kind permission of Nimbus Records
ROSSINI William Tell 8.550236
Zagreb Festival Orchestra / Michael Halász
German National Anthem 8.225321
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) / Peter Breiner
ALFVÉN Midsummer Vigil 8.553115
Helsingborg SO / Okko Kamu
Brazilian National Anthem 8.225320
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) / Peter Breiner
Chilean National Anthem 8.225320
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) / Peter Breiner
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance No1 8.553981
English Northern Philharmonia / Paul Daniel
English National Anthem 8.225321
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) / Peter Breiner
MONCAYO Huapango 8.550838
Festival Orchestra of Mexico / Enrique Bátíz
WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries 8.550211
Slovak RSO / Uwe Mund
PIAZZOLLA Tangos for Flute and Guitar 8.554760
Irmgard Toepper, flute / Hugo Germáin Giado, guitar
Argentinian National Anthem 8.225319
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) / Peter Breiner
BIZET Carmen Suites 8.550061
Slovak PO / Anthony Bramall
SOUSA Stars and Stripes Forever 8.223873
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
FERRÉ From An Evening In Paris 8.555009
Richard Hayman and his Orchestra
French National Anthem 8.225321
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) / Peter Breiner
Football Classics
VERDI Triumphal March From Aida 8.660033–34
National Symphony Orchestra, Ireland / Rico Saccani
HOLST Jupiter from The Planets 8.550193
Slovak RSO / Adrian Leaper
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Six simple marketing planning tips for small businesses.
Integrated and connected marketing are two of the most effective online marketing strategies to date, and they have become the de facto standard for Fortune 500 and larger companies. In fact, judging from the growing number of C-level executives at Connected Marketing Week, ongoing education is a prime objective for large corporations.
What about small businesses? Why do we see fewer and fewer smaller companies making a showing at educational events like SES?
I spoke to a gentleman last week who is focused on ramping up his company's online marketing initiatives. Even though his small business has a heavy emphasis on innovation and online community, he feels like large conferences are a waste of his time and money. He sees them as forums dedicated to Fortune 500 and multinational companies, with no information that he can use for his business.
When I asked him if he had a written strategy for his marketing team, with metrics in place to help the team meet objectives, he admitted that everything was mostly off-the-cuff. He listed out the different marketing platforms he wanted to compete in. He wants to be relevant in organic listings, paid listings, social media, and email. As we continued our discussion, he also mentioned offline marketing tactics that he's currently using. And the more he told me about his current situation, the greater the frustration in his voice.
Like many small businesses, this owner was using disparate marketing tactics, with no overarching strategy to manage ROI. His situation reminded me of the frustration gardeners feel when they plant without first planning and designing. It's a complete waste of money in some cases, and requires a time-consuming fix in all cases.
Simple Marketing Planning for Small Businesses
For very small businesses without the budget to attend these events, think like a gardener or landscape architect and design a plan:
The hardest thing for entrepreneurs is to take the time to do this simple exercise. Entrepreneurs are high-energy people bursting with enthusiasm. They often wear the hat of CEO, CMO, and COO. Juggling so many hats often yields marketing efforts doomed to failure. I often find that small business owners are convinced that they lack some secret technical knowledge about online marketing and social media. In most cases, however, just a few days of planning will make all the difference. It's one thing to use every Internet marketing tactic that's popular right now. It's quite another thing to create an integrated and consistent cross-media strategy bringing high returns.
For most small businesses, social media is a prime source of effort, and by creating a simple strategy using the steps outlined above, you can use social media to build your own mini-platform. Additionally, there are several useful gems any small business owner will gain from learning in an environment with companies who are already doing it right. While I'm not promoting that all small businesses rush to SES and Connected Marketing Week, it really is a great resource for businesses large and small.
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With deep expertise in creating conversion-driven and insightful search engine marketing and social media strategies for national and regional brands since the late 1990s, Ms. Weeks has increased online revenue for Philips, Wells Fargo, The Women's Information Network, The Allegis Group, TotalGym, Overstock.com, TigerDirect, LeoSchachter Diamonds, and others. She excels in formulating SEO, conversion, social marketing, and value-creation strategies. Ms. Weeks says, "Integrated marketing strategies are more effective, but much more difficult. Agility in execution requires measurement, accountability, and an unwavering customer focus to deliver value that makes both customers and business stakeholders happy. This raises customer, as well as shareholder value, or in relevant corporate terms: increases profits."
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StopFraud.gov: Mass Marketing, Mail, Wire, Telephone and Internet Fraud
The StopFraud.gov Web site provides information on how to protect yourself from different types of financial frauds, including frauds that are committed through the use of the Internet.
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The Man Who Loved DogsLeonardo Padura Fuentes
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
The novel The Man Who Loved Dogs (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), by the Cuban author Leonardo Padura Fuentes, translated to English by Anna Kushner, traces the horribly intertwining fates of Trotsky and Mercader. Padura, Cuba's most famous crime writer and one of its most important intellectuals, is the perfect author to deliver this story. In The New Yorker last year, Jon Lee Anderson wrote that "for Cuba's intellectuals, and for its professional class, a new Padura book is as much a document as a novel, a way of understanding Cuban reality." Padura frames the narrative of Trotsky's assassination in the story of a Cuban writer, Iván, who meets the titular man who loved dogs, or Jaime López, on a Cuban beach in the '70s. López, who has two borzois, or Russian wolfhounds, eventually begins to tell Iván the story of Mercader and Trotsky's assassination. The news is revelatory to a Cuban living in the shadow of Stalinism, ignorant of every so-called enemy of the USSR, whose history of horrible truths has been whitewashed by the regimes of both Stalin and Castro.
Trotsky's assassin, Mercader, is also a loyal servant of communism, but he is taken by the machinery of the USSR and turned into a creature of hate, only devoted to following orders. The KGB trains him until his personality is a blank slate on which they can paint any character. Mercader transforms into Román Pavlovich, and then a bourgeois Belgian named Jacques Mornard, and eventually Frank Jacson, who goes on to kill Trotsky. He doesn't question any order, convinced he is acting as a hero of the cause, until he gets close to Trotsky and his final mission. Then he begins to question the accusations against his target-the allegations that he is in league with Hitler and only wants power. In this moment, we see the internal battle between loyalty, truth, and fear.
All of the main characters are motivated by Stalinist fear: Iván lives in the shadow of it, Mercader is completely controlled by it, and Trotsky is constantly pursued by it. Stalin isn't so much a character as the face of that fear. It's a global fear that drove, say, the people of Prague to speak in low voices for fear of being overheard-Jaime López calls it "the city of whispers." It's a fear so vast and unconquerable that Stalin seems to be around every corner, hearing all, ready at a moment's notice to betray his closest allies or even his own revolution with acts like the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Stalin and Hitler, in which they divided up Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, and Estonia, and which also promised a rapprochement between the powers. The assassination of Trotsky itself stands as a testament to Stalinist terror. And even as we see Mercader's growing cynicism and his burgeoning skepticism regarding Stalin's lies, nourished most powerfully by Stalin's betrayal of the Republican forces in Spain and their defeat by Franco, we see him ever deeper enmeshed in that terror, and yet, we know as well as he does, there is no going back.
The novel is huge, and the payoff for reading it is commensurable, but parts of it can get a bit too encyclopedic. The Man Who Loved Dogs doesn't really get going until around page 200, when Mercader is transported to Russia to become Soldier 13, a sort of Soviet Jason Bourne. As the true and horrible power of Stalinism becomes evident, the novel becomes a page-turner worthy of the author of Havana Red or Padura's other novels featuring Inspector Mario Conde.
Trotsky never comes alive as a character until, ironically, we are able to see him through the eyes of his assassin, who goes so far at one point as to sympathize with him. Mercader's sympathy for Trotsky is almost contagious. Padura does the very thing that totalitarian regimes despise-he honors individuals more than history and treats them as human. The reader can empathize with almost everyone except for Stalin, who never appears in the novel, though his presence dominates. Through his relentless psychological profiles, Padura harkens back to the pre-Stalinist Russian novels of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, elucidating each twist and turn in each character's consciousness.
Padura ultimately delivers a beautifully executed vision of the power of ideology and fear, and a painful narrative on the perversion of that ideology. The last legacy of Stalin is the fear that he leaves behind, the same fear that pursues the Cuban Iván into the 21st century. And yet Padura's ability, in contemporary Cuba, to bring to life the individuals dominated by this fear and to sympathize with them shows that Stalin did not win.


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Gary suprises his muppet brother Walter with tickets to Los Angeles
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, his brother Gary (Jason Segel) and Gary's girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage a telethon and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. With signature celebrity cameos, Disney's "The Muppets" hits the big screen Nov. 23, 2011.


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Comprehensive geriatric programs in a time of shrinking resources: "True Grit" revisited.
This was part of the inmate banter at a recent "True Grit" gathering celebrating the lives of elderly inmate veterans in this humanistic geriatric inmate program. The Senior Structured Living Program at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC), better known as True Grit, was described in a Corrections Today article three years ago. (1) The Nevada Department of Correction (NDOC) defines structured living as "a comprehensive program of structured physical, mental, psychological and spiritual programs, which have a set routine and within which the inmate is required to participate, to the best of his abilities, on a regular and on-going basis."(2) Since that article was published, the program has expanded from 55 members to 120. There have been a number of structural modifications to True Grit, including eliminations of activities or functions that did not work and additions of others that did. There also has been a significant positive learning curve, with inmates, correctional staff, psychological and medical staff, and administration all being involved as stakeholders in a program that was unknown in Nevada six years ago.
Inmates older than 50 comprise about 10 percent of prison populations. (3) In 2007, the Nevada Department of Corrections reported that the proportion of state inmates age 65 and older was 3.6 percent. (4) As the population in the state's correctional system ages, the number of geriatric inmates will continue to increase. This is why the leadership of NDOC developed True Grit in 2004. It was established at NNCC primarily because the department's Regional Medical Facility is there, and most of the elderly inmates have one or more medical conditions. It is an all-male program because there are very few women over age 60 incarcerated in Nevada. To be admitted to the program, participants must be age 60 or older; referred by a case-worker; have a positive history of institutional adjustment; and be willing to abide by and comply with the program's rules. The men in True Grit range in age from 60 to 91, with the majority being in their late seventies.
True Grit is a structured living program that has rules and regulations designed to empower elderly inmates to live as healthfully as possible. By means of activities designed to enhance both cognitive and physical life skills, True Grit attempts to ensure that geriatric inmates contribute to their own well-being while at the same time enhancing the overall sociocultural environment of the institution. All of this comes at a price.
Volunteerism Booms
Nevada, like many other states and jurisdictions, has been severely affected by the current economic downturn. Revenues coming into the state coffers have diminished significantly. Thus, the level of financial support that can be supplied to various correctional programs must be curtailed. How will it be possible to enhance a new and successful program when resources are diminishing? Nevada's Legislature meets only once every two years; it is in session in 2009. Therefore, all budgets for the 2010-2011 fiscal years were carved in stone by the middle of 2009. New programs will not receive funding, and many established programs will be cut back or eliminated altogether. How can True Grit survive?
The answer is volunteerism. True Grit has grown and flourished because of volunteerism and donations from various organizations and individuals. The psychologist who oversees the program is funded by the state for a separate function, so her salary is not attributed to True Grit. The inmates would be inmates wherever they were housed, so there is no additional expense in terms of inmate housing or other costs. Thankfully, the vitality of the program has attracted the attention of several volunteers from a variety of different areas. Approximately 55 percent of the men in True Grit are military veterans; of this number, more than 60 percent are from the Vietnam era, but there are a number of World War II and Korean War veterans, as well. This proportion of veterans is significant enough that the program director has become involved with the University Veterans Coalition at the University of Nevada, Reno. Through this interaction, volunteers have become involved with the incarcerated veterans and have explored ways to establish reentry programs for veterans, as well as to enhance interaction between the elderly veterans and those housed in other areas. The Vietnam Veterans of America has an active chapter at NNCC, and both inmate veterans and volunteers from other VVA chapters interact with the geriatric veterans in an increasingly significant way. Also, a program that was established by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, called Vet-to-Vet, has now come on the yard, with volunteers from the University Veterans Coalition and the community facilitating peer process groups among the elderly veterans at NNCC.
Because the men in True Grit are entering the final phase of their lives, and because many are serving sentences that imply imprisonment for life, even if it is a simple 10-year sentence, the issues of death and dying have taken on a strong focus at NNCC. Volunteers have been enlisted from several different worldviews to assist, enable and educate these older inmates in regard to end-of-life issues. There is no formal hospice program available within the Nevada DOC, as can be found in Louisiana and California, but administrative empathy with the issue, as well as volunteers who adjust their schedules to support dying inmates, make for an environment that simulates a hospice setting. A retired lay minister from a mainstream Protestant denomination has conducted an ongoing series of classes concerned with aging, death and dying, while a pastor from a different mainstream denomination regularly visits men who are in the Regional Medical Facility, located within the NNCC campus. End-of-life spiritual care is provided by yet another ordained volunteer. Among the more than 250 men who are or have been in True Grit, 25 have died in prison during the past four years. These spiritual volunteers provide the aging survivors with a sense of spiritual security that would not be there if it were not for the program. Recently, a group of volunteers from an organization called Kairos held a weekend spiritual retreat inside the institution that added more meaning to these men's lives. Although Kairos functions separately from True Grit, a significant number of the elderly members participated in the retreat.
Creativity Flourishes
Doo-wop, country and rock music go a long way toward adding momentary pleasure to the lives of the elderly inmates. Within True Grit there are a number of professional musicians and a larger number of gifted amateurs. Using donated musical instruments, sheet music and other supplies, the men of True Grit have developed several musical groups that perform for the program and in other venues on a regular basis. Working with each other and with minimal program guidance, the True Grit inmates have established a 20-voice choir (including several in wheelchairs), a seven-member doo-wop group, a country ensemble, and a senior pop group. It may seem incongruous to hear a group of inmates belting out Lee Greenwood's lyrics, "I'm proud to be an American, Where at least I know I'm free," but the mental freedom that they achieve by creating something within themselves is truly a meaningful experience.
Creativity in other areas is also a part of the maintenance of good physical and mental health within True Grit. From the beginning, the men have been engaged in latch hook rug-making, crocheting, painting, jigsaw puzzle making, beading and other crafts. All of the craft material is either donated by various nonprofit organizations or purchased with donated funds. A prime example of the quality of workmanship that is turned out by the program is the 5-by-8-foot crocheted afghan entitled "The Eagle Weeps," which recently won Best in Show at the Nevada State Fair. This piece of work included 75,000 stitches and was accomplished by a single member of True Grit. It now hangs in the Nevada State Legislature Building and will eventually be donated to the Nevada Veterans Hospice in Reno. Other crafts include three-dimensional puzzles that are donated to various offices within the DOC when completed.
How is this therapeutic? Clearly, it provides a sense of accomplishment and self-worth within the men who are doing the work, but it serve other ends as well. One inmate, suffering from moderate-to-severe Parkinson's disease, stated that latch hooking reduced his tremors and eased his difficulty talking. A Native American inmate, who is accomplished at beading, uses his talent not only to create beautiful works, but also now teaches classes in beading to other inmates, both within True Grit and in other areas of the prison. The Arthritis Foundation of America notes that activities using fine-touch movements tend to slow the onset of osteoarthritis. And the mental health aspect of being productive and accomplishing something worthwhile is evident in these men who take great pride in their work.
Making Moves
Maintaining physical fitness is also a significant part of True Grit. Several times each week the men participate in physical activity that ranges from mild to moderate. In the spring and summer, wheelchair softball or tennis are the sports of choice, while fall and winter see the men playing wheelchair basketball or participating in various movement activities in the gym. The men who are wheelchair-bound are encouraged to do even the most minimal movements. All of the equipment, including tennis rackets, balls and gloves, has been donated.
Speaking of wheelchairs, a good, sturdy nonmotorized wheelchair costs somewhere between $250 and $1,000, depending on the manufacturer. Wheelchairs do not survive long in a prison environment because of the uneven terrain and other physical factors. Fifteen men in the True Grit program require wheelchairs permanently, while another few need them from time to time. Through donations from a community service organization in Reno called C.A.R.E. Chest, more than 50 wheelchairs have been given to NNCC. These have been distributed not only to those in True Grit who need them, but also to other inmates not in the program. C.A.R.E. Chest has also donated substantial amounts of durable medical equipment to NNCC, including continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines, oxygen generators, walkers, crutches and shower chairs.
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One aspect of True Grit that always has tails wagging is the pet therapy program, which is run by volunteers. The women of the Intermountain Dog Therapy organization bring pet therapy dogs ranging in size from small cocker spaniels to huge Leonbergers into the prison on a regular basis simply to be petted. This is soothing for the inmates. With tears in his eyes, one elderly inmate remarked, "I haven't petted a dog for 30 years!" The only group that enjoys these sessions more than the inmates is the dogs. They strain eagerly at the leash and vocalize loudly as they move through the yard and into the True Grit housing.
Other aspects of True Grit that require no funding from the state include discharge planning for reentry (always a problem for the sex offenders in the program), which has been carried out by nonprofit volunteer organizations such as My Journey Home, Ridge House and LZ Ridge (for Vietnam veterans). Wellness and life skills programs, such as the "Caged Cuisine" microwave cookbook and the "Unchained Verse" poetry manual (written entirely by the inmates), enhance the men's daily lives. Correctional programs that target criminogenic factors are also a significant part of True Grit. Violent offenders are enrolled in victim awareness psychoeducational modules, while sex offenders take a four-section course modeled after the correctional program used by the Naval Consolidated Brig in Miramar, Calif. There are also programs in anger management, relationship skills and substance abuse. While program administrators do not keep any hard numbers on cost savings, the senior physician at NNCC reports that since the advent of True Grit, the number of sick call visits by elderly inmates has decreased significantly, as has the volume of psychotropic medications administered.
A relationship has been established between True Grit and the gerontology section of the School of Social Work at the University of Nevada, Reno, which has resulted in more volunteers being available for various interactions with the inmates. Faculty from the university will conduct an evaluation of True Grit in conjunction with subject matter experts in the field of gerontology to determine what the next steps should be in furthering the humanistic care of geriatric inmates. Nonstate funding avenues, such as federal or private grants, are being explored with a view toward establishing an internship program within True Grit.
None of this volunteerism would be possible without the active support of prison administration, unit case management teams and uniformed officers. Without their professionalism and cooperation, particularly in terms of permitting volunteers to enter the prison and allowing donated materials to be used by the geriatric inmates, the program would not exist in its present form.
The success of this structured living program for geriatric inmates, operating on a negligible budget, should encourage others in the field of correctional health care to find a paradigm within their own jurisdictions that will enable them to provide humane and humanistic physical and mental health care to aging inmates. The geriatric inmate population will only continue to increase. True Grit provides a model, however imperfect, that suggests ways and means to enable correctional health care staff and administrative staff to provide the care that these elderly inmates should have. The impact of the graying American population base will increasingly make itself felt throughout all segments of society, so correctional systems need to be prepared.
(1) Harrison, M.T. 2006. "True Grit": An innovative program for elderly inmates. Corrections Today, 68(7):44-49.
(2) Hubert, T.P., M.T. Harrison and W.O. Harrison. 2009. "True Grit": An innovative humanistic living program for a geriatric population. Paper presented at the National Commission on Correctional Health Care national conference, 6 April in Las Vegas.
(3) Aday, R.H. 2003. Aging prisoners: Crisis in American corrections. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
(4) Livingston, A. 2007. A brief description of age characteristics of select populations. Statistics and Planning Section, Nevada Department of Corrections.
Mary T. Harrison is a psychologist II at Northern Nevada Correctional Center. Jim Benedetti is the warden at NNCC.
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Trade Trade Trade! That grass is DEFINITELY greener!
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Running at the head of 20,000 fun runners, she recorded a time of 14 minutes, 57 seconds to hold off the challenge of Kenya's Tegla Loroupe by six seconds.
Early pacemaker Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia's Olympic and world 10,000 metre champion and winner of this year's London Marathon - was a distant third in 15:35.
Radcliffe broke up the field at the halfway mark on her way to a fantastic victory by 70m.
The world half-marathon champion's performance equalled the time set by Liz McColgan 10 years ago in Chicago.
The International Amateur Athletic Federation do not recognise the distance for world record purposes, and it is understood the Scot's mark in the United States was achieved on a downhill course.
Statistician Ian Hodge insisted if there had been electric hand timing Radcliffe's time would have been superior to McColgan's.
"There's no doubt in my mind she was much quicker than 14:57 - but that's British timekeeping for you!
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All credit for Paula running so quickly. On a more normal course she would have sliced a massive amount from her time."
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everything I read said he was going there but i can't find him on the roster so i'll say fiction .
Sorry , i misread the question. I thought you asked at , not out , I'd say fact cause he is nowhere to be found .
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Hmmm, all the other incoming freshmen are on the roster.
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Tell me about it, this morning, I woke up and I shit a squirrel, but what I can't get is the damn thing is still alive. So now, I've got a shit covered squirrel running around my office and I don't know what to name it.
He was on the roster as of yesterday but now he's off of it.
That would be strange, as Flo had an interview with him a couple weeks ago in the CMU room.
So, I wonder which football program we'll see him play for?
According to the other board, Dubose has quit the team. He apparently got into a scuffle with a couple of teammates. Borrelli told him to leave, and afterwards Dubose decided to quit. Also apparently a meeting was scheduled between Borrelli and Dubose which yielded nothing.
Its a bit too early to comment as this is still a developing story, but to answer Trusty I still wouldn't be shocked to see him end up at WVU as long as he can do the two-sport thing.
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@altinkum – You are entitled to your opinion and that is fine. Admin skins are popular, and some of your previous comments just simply were out of place. If you take one thing away from this post I hope you'll look at another side of admin themes. They are popular, and for developers who might not be designers, they are very useful. There was a site on the web that used to charge $100/skin and here on themeforest they sell for just $10-$15. Its a good deal for everyone involved. So yes we the designers can take your comments, but no we do not have to agree or change how we do things. Have a great day.
All the themes I I bought here were mostly admin themes. Why? because I want to provide clients with function AND style. I worry about dealing with the code and just use a pre-made admin theme.
Everyone here buys for different reason, people buying admin themes are obviously buying for different reasons than your own. I hardly think that anyone needs to explain themselves to you or go into detail as to why they are designing admin themes…it is pretty obvious though that they are being made because they are so popular.
sales of admin designs tell everything about the subject. It's important to show your clients you care about all the aspects of your site Expect some admin files from us as well !
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I do not understand why do you worry about admin themes this much because waste a time, no body looks at your admin page even if you had a best admin design in the world so why can you not add and create more xhtml, wordpress themes.
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The new concept of web 2.0 claim to use a good design for those admin sections, is better and easier to administrate. A good example is the cPanel Theme use in the web hosting control panels (eg hostronica.com) the template design makes you work easier with that control panel.
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Man, that Phil Spencer seems like such a nice guy. I have a lot of new-found respect for the Xbox brand since he's been in charge - they seem to be on message and doing things right. In the lead up to E3, he is also showing some good sportsmanship that makes me happy.
It's a fad, he says – specifically when it comes to videogames. And I agree with him. While VR is more mature as a technology than its ever been, and there will be a number of great VR games, it will remain a niche product when it comes to games. Speaking to Gamingbolt, the analyst explained why.
Hate him or love to hate him, but whenever industry analyst Michael Pachter opens his mouth he says something interesting – even if you don't necessarily agree with it. I've a pretty good feeling many of you will agree with him this time though. He's said that Kinect is "irrelevant."
Video game industry analyst Michael Pachter has criticised PlayStation's PlayStation Now service in the latest issue of Game Informer, calling it a "joke" and claiming that publishers won't allow titles less than two years old to be playable.
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Regularly seen as being a bit of a Nintendo hater, Michal Pachter has once again heralded the company's impending doom, saying that the house of Mario is in a "world of trouble."
When the Xbox One releases in certain countries later this year it will be priced a full $100 more than it's competitor, the PlayStation 4. Veteran videogame analyst, Michael Pachter, however expects that to change very quickly.
The next-generation of consoles is filled with uncertainties. We don't know just how much publisher-mandated DRM will be in place on Sony's PlayStation 4 – and we know close to nothing about what games we'll see on Microsoft's Xbox One. there are pros and cons to both machines – with the biggest deciding factor for many being the price. According to Michael Pachter, the odds could weigh in Sony's favour.
But he still feels that they're a poor investment, and will likely never return to the money-printing days of the Wii and the DS.
The next generation of consoles is nearly upon us. Sony's already played its hand, giving us a glimpse of the future with its PlayStation 4. Microsoft may be set to up the ante when it shows us its next Xbox, possibly as early as next month – kicking off the next round of console wars. Who will "win?"
I'm a fan of the Wii-U, I desperately want one but right now my finances can't stretch to get one, but it looks like I may be in the minority on this one and some people even believe the Wii-U could spell the end for Nintendo.
Kaz Hirai walked onto stage, his face beaming with a glow that could attract a legion of moths towards it. Gathered below him, dozens of eager reporters, sweaty and aroused with the notion of a Playstation 4 being announced. They stood there, waiting with baited breath as Hirai gripped the microphone with a grip that showed the world how he won the 1997 thumb-wrestling tournament. Hirai opened his mouth. The audience gasped hard enough to suck the face off of some nearby squirrels. "Ladies and gentlemen", Hirai began with. "I give to you the Playstation 4… point 2 firmware update!".
We mentioned that the PS4 may be announced on the 20th of February last week already but that rumour has grown even bigger over the weekend with the famed Michael Pachter now stating that Sony are 100% certain to announce the PS4 on the 20th of February.


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Because, despite denials, Nabil appears to have created the site Marvel TV News which runs stories about Marvelk animation and games, but mostly about how awful the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon is, and how everyone hates it. It is registered to a "Nabil Mjati" in Morocco. So, you know. That's him.
And then he posted the news that the Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes would be cancelled and replaces with the cartoon Avengers Assemble. He also quioted from a press release, purported to be "print only", saying "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes won't be renewed for the 3rd Season. Marvel Animation will present their newly developed series Marvel's Avengers Assemble in 2013."
Which was picked up verbatim by sites all across the internet, some like Comic Book Movie, Oh No They Didn't, CBR,Critiques For Geeks, giving credit to Marvel TV News, others like iFanboy, ScreenRant, Geek Tyrant, Super Hero Hype, Comic Vine
Only problem was that the quote was made up. There was no official press release. It was a lie that few chose to question.


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As everyone has said so far, the dealer needs to make this right, is correct. Be it a grounding, improper install of the keel or ____________.
Reality is, even a $100K 30' Jeanneau, SO30i, I would not expect this kind of gap at purchase! Or a $50K Flying tiger...
I still feel, if someone has not purchased boats, they should hire a surveyor, if not, they are somewhat at fault too. BUT, that still does not mean the dealer or commissioning yard should do improper labor installing the keel etc. Someone needs to ake the issue right. AND, this could happen with ANY brand of boat. I do not feel this is a manufacture issue, be it ANY brand of boat. Whether it occured due to a hard grounding, improper install....
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Susans Wee Ones elephant, hippo and bunny are so cute, you'll want to keep them for yourself! Youll be able to knit dozens using the same basic pattern, which was designed exclusively for Craftsy!
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What materials did you use? Acrylic yarns so that there is no problem with children who are sensitive to wool. Lots of poly-fill stuffing makes these guys come alive. Take the Wee Ones class with Susan B. Anderson...ever since that class I can't stop making animals!
What are you most proud of? So glad to have learned the techniques used in knitting in the round. I now can convert patterns to knitting in the round, too.


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American League preview: West outlook
> 2005: 95-67, first place
> Lineup: 3B Chone Figgins (.290, 62), SS Orlando Cabrera (.257), RF Vladimir Guerrero (.317, 32 HR, 108 RBIs), LF Garret Anderson (.283, 17 HR), DH Juan Rivera (.271, 15 HR), CF Darin Erstad (.273), 1B Casey Kotchman (.278), C Jose Molina (.228), 2B Adam Kennedy (.300)
> Top pitchers: RHP Bartolo Colon (21-8, 3.48), RHP John Lackey (14-5, 3.44), RHP Jeff Weaver (14-11, 4.22), RHP Francisco Rodriguez (45 saves)
> At a glance: Pitching remains the strength. With a Cy Young Award winner leading the way, the Angels have five quality pitchers in the rotation and two more (Jered Weaver, Hector Carrasco) ready to step in if there's an injury. Owner Arte Moreno hasn't hesitated to spend, but the Angels stood pat with a lineup that was only seventh in the league in runs. They even let catcher Benjie Molina depart as a free agent. That inactivity is a vote of confidence in the farm system that has produced Kotchman and has 3B Dallas MacPherson merely biding his time.
> Bottom line: Anderson's plantar fasciitis is a big concern, but as long as Guerrero stays healthy, manager Mike Scioscia will find a way to get just enough runs to support a strong pitching staff.
> 2005: 88-74, second place
> Lineup: 2B Mark Ellis (.316, 13 HR), CF Mark Kotsay (.280, 82 RBIs), SS Bobby Crosby (.276), 3B Eric Chavez (27 HR, 101 RBIs), DH Frank Thomas (.219, 12 HR), RF Milton Bradley (.290, 13 HR), 1B Dan Johnson (15 HR), C Jason Kendall (.271), LF Nick Swisher (21 HR)
> Top pitchers: LHP Barry Zito (14-13, 3.86), RHP Rich Harden (14-12, 3.73), RHP Dan Haren (10-5, 2.53), RHP Huston Street (23 saves)
> At a glance: This is a team with few weaknesses but few sure things, either. The A's could be very, very good or just plain good. The arrivals of Thomas, Bradley and pitcher Esteban Loaiza provide a greater veteran presence that will take the pressure of younger players who have already shown ability. That can only help the likes of Swisher, Johnson, Haren and Harden.
> Bottom line: For all the young players, it's Bradley who might be the key. If he stays out of trouble and on the field, the lineup just might match the pitching.
> 2005: 69-93, fourth place
> Lineup: RF Ichiro Suzuki (.303, 111 runs), CF Jeremy Reed (.254), 3B Adrian Beltre (19 HR, 87 RBIs), 1B Richie Sexson (39 HR, 112 RBIs), DH Carl Everett (23 HR, 87 RBIs), LF Raul Ibanez (.280, 20 HR), C Kenji Johjima (.309, 24 HR in Japan), 2B Jose Lopez (.247), SS Yuniesky Betancourt (.256)
> Top pitchers: LHP Jamie Moyer (13-7, 4.28), LHP Jarrod Washburn (8-8, 3.20), RHP Felix Hernandez (4-4, 2.67), RHP Eddie Guardado (36 saves)
> At a glance: Seattle dodged a bullet when Reed's spring injury turned out not to be a broken wrist. Still, the Mariners are inexperienced up the middle. They need bounce-back years from two stars, Suzuki and Beltre, to have any chance of avoiding their third straight season with less than 70 victories.


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