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The West Point Clay County Growth Alliance and local Main Street Association are looking to keep West Point hopping.
Beginning 9 a.m. Saturday, April 19, the organization will host its first ever ŌĆ£Bunny BrunchŌĆØ at the Henry Clay Hotel on Commerce Street in West Point. Local children and their parents and guardians are invited to come share in treats of doughnut holes and milk and meet the one and only Easter Bunny.
By Donna Summerall
Alonzo Brooks has fought a few battles as a martial arts instructor, but none so important as his fight with nasal cancer.
ŌĆ£January of 2012, I was having trouble with my ear,ŌĆØ said Brooks. ŌĆ£I went to the doctor who thought I was young to be having hearing problems. He couldnŌĆÖt find any problem in my ear so he checked my nose, and found a tumor. It was malignant. I was 36 years oldŌĆØ
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A colorful new bench has been installed at Church Hill Elementary in an effort to combat loneliness among the students and foster friendships.
Church Hill Guidance Counselor Leslie Scott first read about the Buddy Bench, an idea created by a Pennsylvania second-grader, on social media and thought it would be a perfect addition to Church Hill.
ŌĆ£Two of the main things I teach are respect and empathy, and the Buddy Bench perfectly ties into both,ŌĆØ Scott said.
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West Point police have made an arrest in connection to an alleged shooting incident March 24 in the Dollar General parking lot on Highway 45 North Alternate in West Point.
According to a statement issued by the West Point Police Department, officers were dispatched to the Dollar General last week after a dispute inside the store reportedly resulted in shots fired. Store surveillance footage showed group of unidentified men ŌĆö some investigators believe to be juveniles ŌĆö gathered in the parking area, where one allegedly opened fire on an unoccupied vehicle.
By Josh Presley
Fifth grade students from Oak Hill Academy and West Point Central School will be graduating from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program at 9 a.m. today at the Clay County Civic Center.
Former Mississippi State Bulldog and Green Bay Packer tight end Donald Lee will speak at the program, along with D.A.R.E. officers from Memphis.
West Point Police Department D.A.R.E. Officer Zate McGee said that about 300 students will be graduating from the program with some 270 students from Central School alone.
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An Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Department investigation is ongoing to determine what caused an early Sunday morning nightclub shooting that injured five people.
OCSD Commander Brett Watson said deputes responded to a shooting incident at Club Rock on Rockhill Road, north of Starkville, at 2:22 a.m. Sunday. He said five victims were injured, one critically, in the shooting, which occurred in the night club's parking lot.
OCSD would not identify the victims injured in Sunday's shooting.
The West Point Board of Selectmen accepted a bid for four new circuit breakers for the Bryan electric substation during a special-called meeting Friday at City Hall in West Point.
The board accepted the bid from Garner Lumley Electric Supply in Hattiesburg and the cost of the circuit breakers will be $89,128.
West Point Chief Administrative Officer Randy Jones said normally expect the price on those to come between $22,000 and $24,000 each and that the cost of these circuit breakers was on the lower end.
Seafood lovers rejoice. The site for the new Captain D's on Highway 45 South in West Point is being prepared for construction to begin. The target opening for the restaurant is July, according to Keith McBrayer, one of the owners of the West Point Captain D's. Heavy equipment is rolling in and the property is being staked for clearing and construction.
Oak Hill Academy will part ways with two long-time educators after this school year.
Elementary Principal Jane RivesŌĆÖ contract is not being renewed and girlsŌĆÖ basketball coach Stan Hughey is resigning. Oak Hill Headmaster Yandell Harris said that neither Rives nor Hughey were fired, and it was not an issue of budget.
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The Clay County Board of Supervisors is encouraging residents to dial 911 before doing any burning in the county.
At Thursday nightŌĆÖs supervisorŌĆÖs meeting District 3 Supervisor R.B. Davis said that residents should dial 911 and let first responders know where and when theyŌĆÖll be burning to save Clay County Volunteer firefighters from having to respond to them unnecessarily.

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Simla, Colorado
|Town of Simla, Colorado
Location in Elbert County and the state of Colorado
|Coordinates: 39°8′27″N 104°4′58″W / 39.14083°N 104.08278°WCoordinates: 39°8′27″N 104°4′58″W / 39.14083°N 104.08278°W
|United States
|State of Colorado
|Elbert County
|January 15, 1912[2]
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|Statutory Town[1]
|• Total
|0.5 sq mi (1.4 km2)
|• Land
|0.5 sq mi (1.4 km2)
|• Water
|0 sq mi (0 km2)
|5,978 ft (1,822 m)
|Population (2007)
|• Total
|• Density
|1,326/sq mi (473.6/km2)
|Time zone
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The Town of Simla is a Statutory Town in Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The population was estimated to be 728 in 2007.[5]
Simla was founded in 1909 by a man with the name of Altman. Simla was named because the daughter of a railroad official was reading a book about India when she came across the name, Simla.[6] Settled in the 1880s, Simla was incorporated in 1912. The first newspaper was started in 1911. It was also a center for the shipping of the area's potato harvest each year.[citation needed]
Simla is located at 39°8′27″N 104°4′58″W / 39.14083°N 104.08278°W (39.140746, -104.082836).[7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), all of it land.
As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 663 people, 233 households, and 171 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,222.3 people per square mile (474.0/km²). There were 261 housing units at an average density of 481.2 per square mile (186.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.27% White, 0.45% African American, 1.96% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 1.21% from other races, and 1.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.62% of the population.
There were 233 households out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the town the population was spread out with 32.4% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $31,382, and the median income for a family was $31,953. Males had a median income of $28,250 versus $21,458 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,099. About 10.3% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.0% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.
Big Sandy High School in Simla, Colorado has a tradition of athletic success. The Simla Cubs have won 11 team state championships.[9] Championships include: 5 football, 2 boys basketball, 2 girls basketball, 2 girls volleyball and 1 boys track and field, as well as several individual state champions.
Notable athletes from Simla include Glenn Morris, gold medal winner of the 1936 Olympic decathlon, as well as Barry Helton, former professional football player in the NFL.
See also[edit]
- Outline of Colorado
- State of Colorado
- ^ a b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. 2004-12-01. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JAVASCRIPT/HTML). United States Postal Service. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ^ http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2005-04-08.csv
- ^ http://www.usacitiesonline.com/cocountysimla.htm
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Colorado High School Activities Association.
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I've made it to the land of Oz. It's pretty nice down here (85+), and I'm hoping to really get out for some exploring now that I've settled into my home base in Brisbane. Sydney was NOT a bike town. I rode for an hour up and down the same street - mostly because I was afraid of getting lost, but also because it was the only street I found that had any sort of a shoulder to it. I couldn't imagine trying to get around Sydney on bike alone. Commuting to work there would be a challenge for sure.
Reading the definition of McMansion Masters on Nega-Coach was even funnier after completing my first masters race of the season. The first race with the old guys is always who's gonna cramp first. Or a big-effort suddenly reeled back with a desperate realization that, "whoa, not quite ready, better back right off … ."
My cramp was a twanging hamstring and I imagined it looking like a guitar string, buzzing after a hard, Peter-Townsend type power-cord strum. It was one pedal stroke away from snapping and I spun like a spin class, at the highest cadence I could to stay with the group. I finished the race favoring my right leg and was relieved it was over.
Following the study last year linking asthma and inner-city children to diesel pollutants, a new study by the Clean Air Task Force and reported by Reuters finds that diesel soot shortens lives and that "fine particle pollutants released from the exhaust of diesel-powered vehicles pose a major health risk to commuters."
Yet another reason to bike to work.
It's late on Sunday night and I'm packing up my travel bike for a little trip to Florida and South Carolina. I'll be flying with my custom steelSycip.
I've been thinking about that bicycle movie list posted a while ago. There's this Japanese movie called Messengers that I've wanted to see. It kinda sounds like the movie Quicksilver if Kevin Bacon was a woman…and Japanese (actually that's a disturbing image). Anyways, I've always been into music more than movies, so invite people to submit their favourite bicycle songs. Rules: it's gotta be pretty obvious that the song is referring to bicycles, not motorcycles. so I here's my own list of bicycle songs to start the ball rolling:
The Trucks- Big Afros (self-titled) My two favorite things in life: big Afros and riding bikes with you.
Orbit- Bicycle Song (Libido Speedway) What a pretty bicycle she said, I want one just like that.
Lily Allen-LDN (Alright, Still) Riding thru the city on my bike all day cause the filth took away my license
They Might Be Giants- Narrow Your Eyes (Apollo 18) get on my bike, ride down our block, ride thru the rows, thru the green lights, but when I think of all your advice, I narrow my eyes…
Tori Amos- Pretty Good Year (Under The Pink) Tears on the sleeve of a man, don't wanna be a boy today. Heard the eternal footman bought himself a bike to race
The Smiths- This Charming Man (originally 7 single) Punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate, will Nature make a man of me yet?


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Philadelphia (magazine)
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Philadelphia (usually called "Philadelphia magazine" and often[when?] incorrectly written as "Philadelphia Magazine" or referred to by the nickname "Phillymag") is a regional monthly magazine published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by the Lipson family of Philadelphia and its company, Metrocorp.
One of the oldest magazines of its kind, it was first published in 1908 by the Trades League of Philadelphia. S. Arthur Lipson bought the paper in 1946.
Coverage includes Philadelphia and the surrounding counties of Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as well as Camden and Burlington counties in New Jersey. During summer, coverage expands to include vacation communities along the Jersey shore.
The magazine has been the recipient of the National Magazine Award in various categories in 1970, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1993, and 1994.
Key staff (as of April 2014 ) includes:
- D. Herbert Lipson, Executive Chairman
- David H. Lipson, Jr., Chairman and CEO
- Frederick B. Waechter, Jr., President and Chief Operating Officer
- Ashley Patterson, Publisher
- Tom McGrath, Executive Vice President, Content and Strategy
- Kathy Kramitz, Chief Financial Officer
Like other city and regional magazines, sections cover dining, entertainment, and special events. Feature articles cover the range of these topics, along with local and regional politics. Special (generally annual) features include "The Best of Philly" Awards, with summary top ratings of a panoply of products, services, stores, shops and community features; and "Top Doctors", listing top-rated physicians by specialty; and "50 Best Restaurants." It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA).[1]
In March 2010 the magazine launched the daily news and opinion site The Philly Post. In December 2010 it acquired the popular Philadelphia food blog Foobooz, and in 2012 acquired Tim McManus's and Sheil Kapadia's Birds 24/7. The name Philly Post was retired in a September 2013 website redesign, and the site simply published daily news and opinion as Philadelphia magazine.
The cover of the May, 2007 issue[2] caused a minor controversy, as it featured a photograph of a nude 31 year-old woman who had undergone the removal of a cancerous growth from her buttocks.[3]
Alumni staff includes Lisa DePaulo, Andrew Corsello, Jason Fagone, Christopher McDougall, Maximillian Potter, Matthew Teague, Stephen Rodrick, Eric Konigsberg, Karen Abbott, Stephen Fried, Sasha Issenberg, Loren Feldman, Benjamin Wallace, Bill Tonelli, A.J. Daulerio, Maureen Tkacik, Jessica Pressler, Michael Callahan and Ben Yagoda.
- ^ "CRMA Magazines". City and Regional Magazine Association. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ Philadelphia magazine issue archive, May 2005
- ^ Barnett, Susan (May 11, 2007). "Local Woman Graces Philly Magazine Totally Nude". KYW-TV (CBS). Archived from the original on June 15, 2007. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
4. Correction: In December 2010 Philadelphia Magazine acquired the Philadelphia food blog Foobooz, it is not what a business person would consider "popular" as claimed on this page. In fact, per reference Foobooz has 50 unique visitors a day in a Greater Metro area of 6.1 million persons. The website blog is only valued by siteprice.com at $4,000. In addition Foobooz Boston was cancelled as not worth expansion. Based on cited ad revenues the blog loses money and appears a failed acquisition of little worth. [1]


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"I cannot believe a club of Liverpool's stature can allow its integrity to be"
im surprised a former pro has put his integrity on the line by so vehemently taking sides in an isuue he clearly doesnt knowany of the details of. oh wait, sorry jus noticed, its sol campbell, he never had any integrity to start with. oh well.


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P/o quotient
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A measure of oxidative phosphorylation; the ratio of phosphate radicals esterified (forming adenosine 5'-triphosphate from adenosine 5'-diphosphate) to atoms of oxygen consumed by mitochondria; normally, the ratio is 3 (starting from nADH).
Synonym: p/O quotient.
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Departmental PowerPoint template
A departmental PowerPoint template is available for graduate student, faculty and staff use. It is delivered as a PowerPoint 2007 potx file. You should download the file, double-click the downloaded file to open it, and then save it - NOT as a PowerPoint presentation, but as a PowerPoint template. Further instructions on templates, and how to use them, are available from a useful Microsoft site on templates. The PowerPoint template (shown on the right here) can be accessed by clicking here.
Travel-related forms
Click here for the new travel request form. This form must be submitted to request travel funds before traveling.
Click here for the travel authorization form, which is used to pay for airfare.
Click here for the travel reimbursement form.
Click here to reach the website for the Travel and Business Related Expense Policy and Procedure.
To get your new FOPAL (old cost center), go to TUPortal and you can look up your old cost center number in Banner Crosswalk in the look up box.
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Connie Carnes of Hello Health Medical Billing Services talks about Hello Health's unique integrated billing services.
Connie Carnes of Hello Health Medical Billing Services talks about Hello Health's unique integrated billing services.
Topics: doctor revenue, revenue cycle management, medical practice management
I was not surprised to read the report released a few weeks ago by KLAS Research showing that more than a quarter of physician practices are in the market to replace their EHRs.
KLAS interviewed more than 400 practices of different sizes. The survey revealed that 27 percent of respondents are considering replacing their EHR; another 12 percent would like to do so but are constrained for financial or organizational reasons.
Topics: health information technology, Electronic health record, implementation
The recent opening of several primary care clinics by Wal-Mart is among the latest examples of how our health care delivery landscape continues to evolve. And when the nation's largest retailer decides to offer medical services, it is certainly a move worth noting. While the overall number of primary care clinics that Wal-Mart currently operates is just a handful in a couple of states, the potential to scale is enormous.
If the king of rolling back prices, rolls back medical care too should the independent primary care physician be concerned? Will Main Street Medicine be the latest casualty to the popularity of mega-retailers?
Topics: primary care practice, consumer-driven health care, patient portal, Health IT solutions, innovation, Telemedicine
This blog post was originally published in 2012. Two years later, patient engagement is even more in focus as patient portals are launched in response to Meaningful Use requirements and as the opportunities for population health management are pursued through coordinated care delivery. As part of The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing's curriculum on Care Coordination and Transition Management, there is an excellent discussion on Population Health Management. The concept of a Patient Engagement Pyramid is referenced in this content. For those interested in ordering the AAACN materials, please visit http://www.aaacn.org/practice-resources/cctm
Topics: patient engagement, EHR, EMR, Electronic health record, Patient Management, PHR, Meaningful use, patient self-management
I heard an interesting story this week on National Public Radio about the ways North Carolina is dealing with an alarming lack of available psychiatrists for patients in rural areas. This comes at a time where ER visits for mental health reasons are increasing. North Carolina has responded by increasing the use of telehealth technology, namely videoconferencing, for psychiatric patient consultations in areas without psychiatrists, and finding that the program is working well. While the details of this story are a little outside our Hello Health wheelhouse, I was still happy to hear that video visits are being so widely appreciated for their many benefits.
Topics: patient engagement, Telemedicine, Psychiatry
As many of you might have noticed in the news lately, there has been a lot of talk about physicians and their satisfaction with electronic health records (EHRs). Numerous articles and surveys pop up every day discussing the overall happiness level of practices and providers who have implemented an EHR in their office. Obviously, it's a rich topic. In fact, I recently came across a blog post about the "7 signs it's time to switch EHRs." http://www.physicianspractice.com/blog/seven-signs-its-time-switch-ehrs. I think those are great points, and I want to explain why Hello Health might be your best option if you are switching. And, if you don't currently have an EHR, this might help you make the right decision the first time.
Topics: EHR, EMR, Electronic health record, EHR vendor selection, free EHR, free EMR, electronic medical record, electronic health record implementation, free, cloud-based EHRs
It's happening right before our eyes. The health care system is transitioning away from volume-based care and reimbursement in favor of payment models that emphasize outcomes and cost. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are a good example of a construct that supports the emerging fee-for-value methodology. With no formal definition, there are many different types of organizations that could be considered an ACO, but the category may be best defined as a group that promotes coordination between payers, providers and patients to improve outcomes within the patient population.
Is there room for the independent medical practice in the ACO model? Hello Health explored this question in March 2013 in our independent medical practice videocast series.
One year later, we're revisiting the issue with a subject matter expert from Software Advice.
Topics: independent medical practice, videocast, ACOs, accountable care organizations
Do you remember the last time you used a phone book? I mean the actual printed phone book supplied by the phone company. And when I say "phone company" I mean the one that provides hardwired telephone service to your home, not the company that sells the device you keep at hand all day every day; the one that's so much more than a "telephone," the one that provides immediate access to anything you might need to know, directions to anywhere you might want to go, and any item you might want to purchase.
It's probably been quite a while since you let your fingers do the walking the old-fashioned way. It's not just that technology has changed. We've changed. And, by far, the biggest changes that have occurred have to do with our expectations around access and connection. If you're even moderately Internet savvy, you probably find it annoying if, say, you can't pay a bill online, or if your favorite store won't let you return an item the way you bought it. "Why can't this just be EASY?" consumers lament. Now, have we really become so spoiled and impatient that we can't do something the old-fashioned way? No. We just expect these things to be efficient these days, because we know they can be. We've been using communication technology to make all sorts of experiences steadily more efficient for years. And, anyway, I'd argue that what people – especially patients – want isn't all that "new-fashioned," but is, in fact, the opposite. They expect to feel less like a faceless number in a bloated system and have more personalized interactions.
Topics: patient engagement, EHR, patient portal, Telemedicine
A number of myths have been circulated this past year about cloud-based EHR (electronic health records) systems — especially free cloud-based systems like Hello Health's. Supposedly, there are hidden costs involved. And, it's been claimed, these systems may have conflict-of-interest ties to the data that they disseminate.
It is claimed that physicians using free systems ask their patients to pay a fee to get special, preferred-access "concierge model" services from them that allegedly are unavailable to patients who don't pay such fees. Because the systems are free for participating physicians, the implication is that this is a disreputable arrangement.
Topics: health information technology, Electronic health record, free, cloud-based EHRs, big data in health care
What a year 2013 turned out to be! The Hello Health development team released EIGHT platform updates over the course of the year, each in response to the feedback and needs of our customers. Hello Health's interactive relationship with our users makes it possible for us to achieve this continuous improvement. It's easy to stay excited in this field – new opportunities to instigate innovation arise every day. As we pack away our holiday decorations, we here at Hello Health are excited to embark on the journey of Health IT that lays before us in 2014. But before we look forward, let's hit the highlights of what went on around the industry last year.
Topics: Hello Health, health information technology, HIT, patient engagement, EHR, Meaningful use, Health IT solutions


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AUSTIN, Texas (REUTERS) - The Lance Armstrong Foundation has formally dropped the name of the disgraced cyclist from its title, the organisation said on Wednesday, marking the latest move by the cancer charity to distance itself from him following doping charges.
The foundation that has been informally known for years as Livestrong - the word adorning its well-known yellow wristbands - filed paperwork with the Texas Secretary of State for a name change that became effective on Oct 30, said foundation spokesman Katherine McLane. It is now the Livestrong Foundation.
"For most of its life, the organization has been known as the Livestrong Foundation, but making that change official is necessary and appropriate during a time of change for the organization," McLane told Reuters.
Armstrong founded the charity in 1997, after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and before he first won the Tour de France. Since then, it has raised some US$500 million (S$612 million) and has evolved from a focus on testicular cancer research to addressing the needs of survivors of all cancers.
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Tatyana McFadden, a Special Olympics athlete and top medal winner who was adopted as a child from Russia, on Thursday added her voice to growing US protests against a Russian ban on adoptions by US families.
Born with a congenital spinal bifida defect that paralyzed her lower body and that was neglected for 21 days after birth — until it was too late to do a major surgical correction — Tatyana says she would not have lived past age 10 had she stayed in Russia.
"If I hadn't been adopted, I don't know where I would be," she told CNN. "If this law is passed, I can't describe how many lives would be ruined." Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated on Thursday he would sign the proposed ban, which is intended to retaliate against the United States for its sanctions on Russian officials suspected of involvement in human rights violations.
Protests against the law have been lodged by Russian human rights advocates, by US adoption advocates and even by the United Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF), which on Wednesday called on Russia to improve its child welfare system and allow the children's best interest to determine policy, which should include inter-country adoptions.
Russia's children's rights commissioner, Pavel Astakhov, however has indicated that the government will even prevent the 46 adoptions by US citizens already approved by Russia's legal system and in the final stages of the adoption process. For Patrick and Jan Griffin of Oklahoma, this would be "heartbreaking." "We've already started preparing our home... our emotional state... and our children for the change that is to occur," Patrick Griffin told ABC news.
Brian Franklin, chairman of the board of the Joint Council on International Children Services in Alexandria, Virginia, said a ban would affect 1,000 US families currently in some stage of the process of adopting a Russian child.
"Now is the time for Putin to demonstrate leadership and put aside whatever remnants of the cold war and politics remain and really become a true hero for the children of Russia," Franklin told DPA.
The US State Department said on Wednesday that it was trying to convince Russian officials that the law "will needlessly remove the opportunity for hundreds of Russian orphans to join loving families each year." Some 60,000 Russian children have been adopted by American parents in the past two decades. Russian officials have bitterly criticized the deaths of 19 of them in accidents or due to neglect. There are an estimated 650,000 Russian children in need of families. Many of the 100,000 orphans in orphanages face poor care and education.
Alexander D'Jamoos, one of the US adoptees, described in an online petition earlier this month how he grew up in a Russian orphanage filled with children abandoned by their parents because of their disabilities. Born with deformed hands and legs, he lived in an institution with no heating in harsh winters, lack of water in the summer, no handicap accessible equipment and "worst of all, lack of love and care." "I expected a gloomy future in a state-run nursing home full of people rejected by Russian society merely because of their physical conditions," he wrote.
His adoption journey took him to Dallas, Texas, at age 15, where his parents saw to it that his legs were amputated and properly fitted with prosthesis so he could walk. He has learned to ski, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and became a top academic student.
Tatyana McFadden's case is another illustration of the benefits of US adoptions of handicapped and orphaned Russian children.
She was discovered in 1994 by Debbie McFadden, who was visiting orphanages in Russia as part of her work as commissioner of disabilities for the US Health Department, according to the athlete's personal website. The orphanage was so poor there were not even crayons for the children or a wheelchair for Tatyana.
At age 6, Tatyana was walking on her arms to get around in the orphanage. McFadden "immediately felt a connection" with her and pursued adoption, Tatyana's biography says.
In the US, McFadden got Tatyana into a wheelchair and enrolled her in local youth sports groups. A year after her arrival in the US, she joined the Bennet Blazers, a Baltimore, Maryland-area wheelchair sports organization. Her favourite sport became wheelchair racing.
By age 15, in 2004, she was the youngest member of the US track and field team at the Athens Paralympic Games, where she won silver in the 100 metres and bronze in the 200 metres. At another international competition in 2006, she won gold in the 100 metres and set a world record to boot.
She had similarly spectacular performances in Beijing in 2008.
In her interview with CNN, Tatyana said that children need a home, and said she was sad that "right now the children are being used." "This isn't fair," she said. "I'm here to speak for those who can't speak."
Keywords: Russian adoption ban, U.S.-Russia ties, child adoption issue


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Carol Lee Cooper Ends Opry Career; Texas Regional Radio Music Awards Winners Announced; Album Releases
- Terry Bumgarner of CMT.com interviewed Wade Hayes, who's currently recovering from colon cancer.
- Carol Lee Cooper, daughter of Wilma Lee and Stoney, marked the end of her 40-year Opry career last Saturday.
- Sunny Sweeney, The Eli Young Band, and others took home Texas Regional Radio Music Awards. The full list of winners can be found here.
- On Thursday, Scotty McCreery will perform his new single, "Water Tower Town," on American Idol.
- Alan Jackson won the ACM Jim Reeves International Award, which is given to an individual for outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music throughout the world.
- Evan Schlansky of American Songwriter interviewed Lionel Richie about new album Tuskegee, which is named after his hometown. An excerpt: It means a lot to me, because I think probably what I lot of people forgot or what I had to go back and remind them is that I'm born and raised here. This is not a guy who moved from Chicago and came home and decided he was gonna make himself a country record. The songs that stuck around and probably will stick around longer than I'm gonna be here came from Red Clay Country. I wrote "Easy" down here. I wrote "Sail On" down here. So if I really wanted to go all the way — "Lionel does Nashville?" No, Lionel does Tuskegee.
- The Tennessean's Cindy Watts also spoke with Richie about his new duets record.
- Eastern Tennessee State University is currently looking for a Bluegrass/Old Time Fiddle Lecturer, a Country Music Lecturer, and an Appalachian, Scottish, and Irish Studies/Celtic Music Lecturer.
- Amanda Kowalski has left Della Mae to fully pursue her freelance photography and videography career. Her replacement is expected to be announced next week.
- From Martina McBride's Twitter account: I'm performing Marry Me on ACM's w/Pat Monahan of @train.AND..we handpicked a couple that will actually GET MARRIED onstage during our song!
- American Songwriter has the new video for Clarence Bucaro's "Child of War."
- Peter Cooper's newest column focuses on Kix Brooks.
- Booker T. Jones did a fine job playing Mountain Stage.
- "Orchestral folk" outfit Lost in the Trees appeared on NPR's All Things Considered.
- The Nashville Scene has a pair of videos from Justin Townes Earle's Lightning 100 in-studio session.
- Twang Nation's got a new podcast up. This one includes Chelle Rose, The Damn Quails, Johnny Cash, and more.
- Kris Kristofferson and Joe Galante were honored last night at the TJ Martell Gala. Kristofferson received the Frances William Preston Lifetime Music Industry Award and Galante got the Tony Martell Lifetime Entertainment Achievement Award.
- Leftover Salmon is back in the saddle again, with their first album in eight years, Aquatic Hitchhiker, coming out May 22.
- This week's releases:
Justin Townes Earle – Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now
Special Consensus – Scratch Gravel Road
Atomic Duo – Broadsides
Cowboy Junkies – Nomad Series Vol. IV: The Wilderness
Amy Dalley – Coming Out of the Pain
Marty Raybon – Hand to the Plow
Clint Eastwood – Rawhide's Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites (reissue)
Musicians Against Childhood Cancer – Life Goes On
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Tough luck for Wade Hayes getting colon cancer in his early forties. I recall hearing about it a few months ago and thinking that they usually don't recommend having a colonoscopy til you hit 50. I wish him well. One of my favorite country male vocalists.
Opry Alert! Tonight's Opry will feature Steel Magnolia, The Steep Canyon Rangers (which sounds more like a cowboy band than bluegrass), Connie Smith, Del McCoury, Dierks Bentley, and that Scary Underwear chick. Grade: B+!
Link: http://www.opry.com/shows/ThisWeek.html
(PS – What I'm really looking forward to is this coming Thursday night's Bakersfield themed Classic Country Opry! I'll be in hillbilly hog heaven!)
Congratulations to Sunny Sweeney for that win the Texas Regional Radio Music Awards! Even if her Top 40 AirHead Country Radio career continues to falter, she's thankfully become more popular in Texas because of it! (Yay!) Now Sunny can do that "Aaron Watson Thing" and make good money playing every podunk town in Texas. Go Sunny!
I wish Wade Hayes the best in trying to recover from Stage 4 colon cancer. Yikes! Wade was playing guitar with Randy Owen's road band in the last few years while fighting this. I heard Wade on the Opry awhile back and his voice isn't near what it used to be back in the "Old Enough To Know Better" days, but he's still trying.
I can't wait for all of this Lionel Richie hoopla to go away. He's a great pop singer, but I mean really now…
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After Darden's tests were reported in October, the company received a flood of feedback from customers through its website, on Facebook and in restaurants, said Bob McAdam, who heads government affairs and community relations for Darden. Additionally, he said that internal surveys showed both employee and customer satisfaction declined at restaurants where the tests were in place.Darden cited bad publicity from its decision to cut all hourly workers below 30 hours a week to avoid providing health insurance as one factor in its lowered earnings expectations. The strongly negative response to Darden's Obamacare threats to workers casts further doubt on the claims by Papa John's that similar statements by its CEO had not hurt its reputation or earnings.
"What that taught us is that our restaurants perform better when we have full-time hourly employees involved," he said.
McAdam declined to give specifics on the internal surveys but said the decline was "enough to make a decision." Beyond the first year of the regulation, however, the company said it still needs to see how costs and other factors play out to determine what its workforce will look like in following years.
Other top chains, including McDonald's and the parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, have also said they might move to more part-time workers, in an industry that's already heavily part-time. Neither can many of these workers easily have second jobs, given that today's part-time jobs often have unpredictable schedules handed down at the last minute. While cutting work schedules to 28 hours because 30 hours would entitle the worker to health care is a specific response to Obamacare, it's just a minor extension of the ways all these chains have been squeezing workers for years.


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A Test of the Theory of Exhaustible Resources
An empirical test of the theory of exhaustible resources requires an estimate of the time path of the shadow price of the unextracted resource that generally is not observable because of the prevalence of vertical integration in natural resource industries. In this paper, the authors use duality theory to derive an econometric model that provides a statistical test of the theory of exhaustible resources. A restricted cost function is used to obtain estimates of the shadow prices of unextracted resources. The procedure is illustrated with data for the Canadian metal mining industry. For this industry, the empirical implications of the theory of exhaustible resources are strongly rejected. Copyright 1991, the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Volume (Year): 106 (1991)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
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Comment posted on Major environmental groups seriously compromised by wind developers' cash by Malcolm Kirk
There you go again – just like Webcraft and Salmond – rubbish anything that doesn't fit . Everything on my' wee video' was researched as I suspect was the content of the Spanish video. But the reason I am involved is that I actually care about others, and to see the massive waste of money going into renewables for no other reason than to boost certain politicians egos, is unacceptable. It's the people that matter – the politicians are supposed to be there for the safe management of our country, not to lead us down expensive blind ideological paths. And I'll remind you that only 24% of voters voted SNP
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- They took another sites readings and put them forward as their own in the dash for cash. Smacks of something unpleasant. So your Scottish Government has come up with a regulation that says that if you are going to build wind turbines on a particular site you will need anemometer readings, but they could be for any old site – doesn't really matter as long as the Public employees involved can tick a box – are you happy with that ? However you really have sunk to a new low Doc – I asked you for facts on Carbon Capture and you offer a government paper issued in 2005 – 7 YEARS AGO DOC. ! ! ! ! !
- Well done that man ! Apology due Doc !
- So what would CCS add to the domestic bill ? And all this is subject to the assumption that there is something called man made Global Warming – which me and my mate Donald are not convinced about – but whatever -why the panic ? Simple facts please this time – not references to umpteen 'New Scientist' documents. Fact 1 – Fact 2 – Fact3 – etc.
- Mary Doll – as Rab C would say – nothing, but nothing, but nothing, will change Dr Douglas and Mr McIntyre from the doctrine issued by their beloved Holyrood. Their answer is normally just to denigrate the writer – but don't you worry, there are plenty of us who agree with your every word except perhaps the bit about not requiring anemometers – unless of course you know differently in which case let us know.
- We all know that – there is nothing new there. Get rid of the horrible waste of money being poured into renewables and we can offer more to the people that are investing in keeping our lights on, and Industry working, no matter the hour of the day
Recent comments by Malcolm Kirk
- Boomerang: Salmond attack on Mundell lashes Sturgeon to Salmond's own lies
Is this a lie or just a mistruth or is it just 'politics'. It would appear that of all those standing behind Sturgeon and applauding loudly, only seven MSPs are registered living wage employers.
- Audit Scotland says Scotland has no consistent approach to tracking pupils' educational performance
The SNP is totally responsible for the high density of windfarms in Scotland all to make them look important on the world stage ( the Saudi Arabia of wind said Salmond) but referring to my post 16 above – who else gives a damn ? I am sure everybody is hoping that a 30m high tidal wave will not hit the UK. Germany is in deep dodo because of their green ideology and just yesterday their doctors association I gather asked for a halt to wind turbine building because of the risk to the health of the many people who have them near their homes. Incidentally the green loving Germans will be burning brown coal in their new power stations – the dirtiest coal you can get!
- Audit Scotland says Scotland has no consistent approach to tracking pupils' educational performance
The UN have just been told that India has no intention of reducing the amount of coal it burns and as we know the Chinese are building a new coal fired power station every week and even Germany is returning to coal to keep the lights on. And there's little us having our most scenic areas covered in useless wind farms and our electricity bills going sky high all to save the planet. SNP – get real !
- Salmond off piste already – briefing the media on SNP debate and strategy on defence issues
Snap – what with your performance here and the SNP MPs at Westminster being called 'goons' yesterday, you're all creating a great image for yourselves.
- Type 26 contract for BAE has ensured good news for both BAE Clyde yards
Well I suppose a senior insider only know to yourself must be right Eh ? Don't think so.
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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
I dont understand why people are hyping Versus 13 so much...
shinigami_matt posted...
kupo1705 posted...Because it looks good.
It'll be 10000% better than Lightning Returns.
"Dyin' is easy. It's the livin' that's hard..." Grim Reaper, Maximo vs. The Army of Zin
kupo1705 posted...
shinigami_matt posted...kupo1705 posted...Because it looks good.
"Dyin' is easy. It's the livin' that's hard..." Grim Reaper, Maximo vs. The Army of Zin
FishermanFriend posted...
TriangleHard posted...jaganshi2 posted...People hate 13 because it "deviates" from the roots of "old square"... yet those same people are wanting this?
I am a fan of XIII and I know that there are many legitimate flaws
-Extreme restrictiveness. Barely any exploration, no real optional dungeons or bosses, linear level-up system, Chapters 1-10 is just one massive tube. You are also never allowed to go to a previous location other than Gran Pulse and Eden, and there's no reason to go back to Eden at all.
-Upgrade system is half-assed
-Hope and Snow are terribly written characters that almost no one likes
-Despite throwing away many staples of the genre for the story, the story itself has quite a few problems, such as the trip to Pulse being poorly-paced and being almost insignificant, along with a few questions being unanswered, along with the Datalog being the only way to find quite a few things out, along with the finale being a giant trainwreck.
-Not being able to switch between party leaders mid-battle
-The game takes way too long to get going gameplay-wise. Chapters 1 and 2 are literally just walking up and pressing X. Chapters 3 and 4 are too easy, and Chapters 5 and 6 are dull thanks to there only being two party members.
-While most of the dialogue flows well, all of Snow's lines are cringe-worthy, and there are a few scenes that are cheesy in their entirety, weakening the story and the characters.
-Villains that are lacking in terms of screen-time and development
etc. etc. etc.
While I really like Final Fantasy XIII, I will not pretend that it isn't full of flaws.
"Dyin' is easy. It's the livin' that's hard..." Grim Reaper, Maximo vs. The Army of Zin
you forgot to mention the existence of vanille.
impatiently waiting on versus xiii... -> EDIT: not so much anymore... (4/28/11)
Zelda Timeline! - http://goo.gl/XFceA
PillsberyDoeMan posted...
you forgot to mention the existence of vanille.
And Lightning is a underdeveloped, bland, one dimensional protagonist.
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theofficefan99 posted...
1.) It wouldn't be logical to go back to an area in 13. It we did then the story would have major plot holes. I think they were trying to create the sort of game where they want you to go straight to the finish.
2.) Are you talking about the upgrade weapon/item system? Hah wow. I think you're dissing it cause you didn't understand it. IMO that is one of the most useful thing in this game.
3.) That is not a legitimate reason at all.
4.)What? You're saying that traveling to Pulse was useless? Pardon the game for trying to make an action moment by revealing the beauty of Gran Pulse.
5.) That's not even a flaw.
6.) Still not legitimate reasons...
7.) Bart and Cid Raines have nice development and screen time. Orphan was whatever Bart told the cast it was.
Thank you, thank you!
Versus XIII is coming in 2014, GTA5 will be awesome, and PS4/Xbox 720 is coming in Dec. Lightning Return will be super awesome and I don't care what you think!
Hitzkolpf posted...
Haven't you noticed?
Of course, pulling the "fanboy" excuse like usual, how funny..
Exactly how am i being a circlejerker like you say i am?
kupo1705 posted...
evilvergil posted...zodiac_sword posted...evilvergil posted...Yuji Kaido posted...I dont understand why people are hyping Versus 13 so much...
Yes, people are saying it will be good
theofficefan99 posted...
FishermanFriend posted...TriangleHard posted...jaganshi2 posted...People hate 13 because it "deviates" from the roots of "old square"... yet those same people are wanting this?
repeating that you love ffxiii a million times and then proceeding to bash it into oblivion every post doesn't make you any less of a hypocrite.. I remember a year ago you were the biggest xiii fanboy on the forums squeezing and clinching your toriyama pillow every night before you go to bed..
differing opinions/tastes are fine but your opinions have to be consistent which yours are not.. Perhaps that is why nobody sha''ll ever take you seriously..
You just seem like a nerd trying to fit in with the cool kids..
"flaws" as you put them are determined by the individual.. There are no set flaws in games... If they are flaws to you then fine but don't state them like your facts..
and for the love of god quit whining, it's not solving anything and it's just annoying for my eyes to look at.
Hope misses Vanille's smile :(.
Of course it will be good. It shall be superior to LR in every way possible.
I'm only serious 23.7% of the time.
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Suspension question for a 990
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How much time do want to devote to this project?
On my 950smr I've used a local RaceTech shop for the shock re-valve and did the fork myself. I've had the fork apart many times chasing a workable setup that is better then stock. The shock has been redone several times as well. I've enjoyed learning about my forks and suspension but that time may have been better used ridding. I would have sent my stuff off to someone who had developed a better big SM suspension setup but couldn't find anyone who had at the time. I'm into my second year of working on this on and off.
I'd suggest using someone who has gone through the learning process on other bikes like yours. SPS or Slavens seem to be quite well respected for 990adv forks. Their experience is what you're paying for, not fairy dust. It takes time to do the development on an improved suspension solution. You can either pay someone for their time or use your own time.
I wasn't trying to save money by doing the forks myself. I looked at it as a learning opportunity. Fact is by the time I purchased the tools and supplies needed I was close if not over the cost of having a shop do the re-valve. In addition to the list previously posted you'll need a good quality micrometer to measure shim thickness plus inch-pound and foot-pound torque wrenches.
If you do decide on the 'Kit" approach, Moto-Pro is great to work with as well as Slavens. I wasn't too impressed with RaceTech. I've been well pleased with RaceTech for my road and race bikes but they've missed the target so far on my SMR.
Word to the wise, Use the exact same fork oil to start with. Changing oil has a huge effect on dampening. Oil brands actual viscosity vary a dramatic amount. Don't buy based on the weight of the oil, it is not a reliable measure across brands. Meaning 5wt oil from brand A won't be the same as brand B 5wt, not even close. Also be very well versed on the impact of changing your rebound, compression adjuster, and spring pre-load settings prior to taking things apart. Be sure you have set sag correctly and document the best stock setup you've found.
At 24k miles you should strongly consider replacing your bushings as well as seals. SKF seals offer a massive improvement over stock, Slavens carry them plus sell KYB bushings that are a excellent quality lower cost option to the WP bushings.
If you decide to do the work yourself I can provide a fair bit of useful information. Hit me up.
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Introducing the Vesuvio
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Due to high demand for authentic hand-tiled ovens, Forno Bravo now offers the Vesuvio residential assembled oven, pictured here.
These beautiful ovens are available in 32", 36", 40" and 44" cooking surfaces, with or without a stand.
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The chimney's location at the center of the dome contributes to the elegance of the oven :cool:. I think implementing that needs some sophisticated work, and maybe more insulation for the dome and the chimney as well.
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I would be interested to see some more detail. Does the chimney emanate from the front of the oven or what? Surely it would not vent directly from the centre of the dome.
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It's a squirrel tail flue...similar to a Neapolitan vent.
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You can see the corner of the throat to the left if the vent in the first pic.
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Thanks Stonecutter - It does look good. I like bricks and stone better than tiles but to each his own.
We are a bit short of squirrels in this part of the planet.
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Do you think there is insulation under the leaning part of the flu (I mean between the leaning part and the dome) or is the leaning part of the flu flush with the dome and both the dome and the leaning part of the flu are wrapped with one insulating blanket? The second sounds to degrade heat retention doesn't it?
I'm interested to know because I'm compelled to follow that technique for my indoor oven to hide the flue and make the enclosure elegant.
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There isn't anything that difficult routing a flue over a dome, but with an inside oven, there are other factors that effect draw that should be considered....one is negative pressure.
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Thanks for the details stonecutter. Interested to see some of the squirrel tails built by you if you have pictures.
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I have at a few ovens in the planning stages, and one will have a squirrel tail flue. I'll document the process.
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Actor-filmmaker is punished for criticising Pakistan in an inebriated fit.
LAHORE: Feroz Khan, who disparaged Pakistan during his recent visit to the country, has been put on the blacklist by Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf.
A source in the foreign office in Islamabad said Pakistan's high commission in India and the foreign and interior ministries have been directed to deny Khan a visa in the future.
Khan had visited Pakistan to attend the premiere of Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story, a film directed by his brother Akbar Khan.
The source said an intelligence report submitted to General Musharraf described how the actor abused Pakistani singer and anchor Fakhr-e-Alam. The report dryly quoted from Feroz Khan's speech, a bravura under-the-influence performance: "I am a proud Indian. India is a secular country. The Muslims there are making lot of progress unlike in Pakistan. Our President is a Muslim and our Prime Minister a Sikh. Pakistan was made in the name of Islam, but look how the Muslims are killing Muslims here."
Khan said that he had not come to Pakistan on his own but had been invited. The report acknowledged that Khan's brother Akbar and son Fardeen tried to defuse the situation. But Khan apparently lost control and had to be escorted away by Shatrughan Sinha, MP.
Khan has since denied making inflammatory remarks and asserted his respect for the people of Pakistan. He has thanked Pakistanis for enthusiastically receiving Taj Mahal. Defending himself, he had claimed that he was standing up for actor Manisha Koirala who, he said, was being hectored by Alam.


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Jupiter, FL (Sports Network) - Matt Adams doubled in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as St. Louis got past Atlanta, 5-4, in exhibition play.
Matt Carpenter finished with a double, triple and two RBI for the Cards, with Allen Craig adding an RBI.
Michael Wacha got the win after tossing two scoreless frames to end the contest.
Blake DeWitt drove in a pair and Jordan Schafer knocked one home for the Braves.
Mike Minor started, and drove in a run while allowing six hits and four runs over five innings.
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Purdue hires Darrell Hazell as coach
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP)
Morgan Burke wants Purdue back in the Rose Bowl, and he's willing to put his money on Darrell Hazell to get there.
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After a whirlwind week of speculation, Burke ended the chatter by introducing the 48-year-old New Jersey native as the Boilermakers' head coach Wednesday.
The contract is for six years and comes with a succinct message from Burke: The Cradle of Quarterbacks is about to start rocking again.
''We did it because we want to get back to Pasadena,'' Burke said.
Hazell comes to West Lafayette with a perfect resume.
He's a disciplined student of the game who spent seven seasons as the receivers coach at Ohio State under Jim Tressel, where he spent part of the time as the Buckeyes' assistant head coach and most of his time pleading with the sweater-vested coach to throw more.
After more than two decades, Hazell finally got a chance to run his own program — becoming the first black coach at historically bad Kent State.
In just two seasons, Hazell was already turning heads. The Golden Flashes went 5-7 in 2011, good enough to give longing Kent fans hope in 2012.
Kent State delivered on that promise, too, finishing 11-2 (8-0) for the school's first winning season since 2001. They won the East Division crown, got the school's first bowl bid in four decades and came within a victory in the league championship game of playing in the MAC's first BCS bowl game. The loss to Northern Illinois sent Kent State to the Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl where it will face ill play Arkansas State with Hazell on the sideline.
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Purdue will play Oklahoma State on Jan. 1 in the Heart of Dallas Bowl, and Burke has already installed receivers coach Patrick Higgins as interim coach for that game.
''I had two goals when I went to Kent State,'' Hazell explained. ''One was to win a MAC championship, and the other was to go to a bowl game, so this is too big to miss.''
Burke gave him his blessing, just as he did when he hired Joe Tiller more than a decade ago.
Hazell was rewarded for this season's success with the conference's coach of the year award and the instant visibility that made him a candidate at Purdue.
School officials would not confirm financial details of Hazell's contract, saying only that they would be made public at a later time. Some reports have said the deal is worth $12 million — a huge jump from the Big Ten-low $950,000 salary Danny Hope was earning before he was fired Nov. 25.
Burke insisted Hazell, now the first black football coach at Purdue and the fourth in Big Ten history, is worth it and offered to spend whatever it takes to find the best assistants, too.
''When you feel it's all coming together and you can close the deal, you close,'' Burke said. ''That's what happened yesterday.''
Hazell informed his staff of the decision early Wednesday morning, then met with his players briefly at about 6:30 a.m.
''I walked out of the (coaches) meeting and went to the players and said, `Hey, this is what happened, I love you and I walked out,''' Hazell said.
The toughest part will be juggling two jobs — bowl preparations at Kent State and recruiting for Purdue.
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During a 40-minute news conference Wednesday evening, Hazell explained he wanted to make sure the 13 recruits who have already committed to Purdue would follow through on those plans and laid out a detailed day-by-day travel plan that included commuting from practices in northeastern Ohio to his new West Lafayette campus.
Burke made no secret of what he was seeking in a new coach — an offensive mind who could win right away and build enough support among the fan base to encourage fans to return to Ross-Ade Stadium. Attendance had declined from an average of roughly 54,000 in 2007 to 37,000 this past season.
''He (Tressel) just said this is the perfect spot for Darrell,'' Burke said. ''He gets the work ethic and went on about a couple of other things. I just thought we wouldn't get the fan base excited if we line up and play like Wisconsin, you know, and he (Tressel) said, `You won't have any trouble with that, he was trying to get me to throw the ball all the time.'''
Players are excited, too.
''Any time you mention Ohio State football, you mention success and tradition and winning and he put Kent State on the map,'' quarterback Rob Henry said. ''I have no reason to believe it won't be the same at Purdue.''
Hazell wasn't the only name on Purdue fans' wish list.
Initially, there was support for Northern Illinois' Dave Doeren, who took his name out of consideration long before he accepted the North Carolina State job. Burke also brought Cincinnati coach Butch Jones to campus Sunday afternoon, the day after the Bearcats clinched a share of a second straight Big East title.
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Burke said he first contacted Hazell through a conference call last Wednesday, but didn't meet with him in person until Monday because he didn't want to be a distraction from the MAC title game.
By Tuesday, Purdue made its decision. Gov. Mitch Daniels called Hazell on Tuesday night after he accepted the deal.
''He's very impressive on the phone as well as on paper. He seems to be a high-character person and he has a reputation for caring about the life success of his players and not just simply their success while passing through,'' said Daniels, who takes over as Purdue's president next month but was not involved in the search process. ''Those are the kind of values we want Purdue to be successful with.''
Hazell also has been an assistant at Rutgers, West Virginia, Army, Western Michigan, Penn, Eastern Illinois and Oberlin College in Ohio. He was a receiver at Muskinggum College and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1993.
And now, Burke thinks he has the right man to restore some luster to Purdue's proud program.
''I asked about the style play, and he said it doesn't matter what style of play I like to use, you have to come in first and evaluate the talent,'' Burke said. ''He (Hazell) said at Purdue, you've been built for speed and there's something in your DNA a bout quarterbacks. So I pushed back a little bit, and I asked `Why I should buy into that statement. He said, `When I was at Ohio State, I was in charge of the receivers with Santonio Holmes and Ted Ginn Jr., and I was their advocate.' I liked that.''
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FILM AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK – OUTBACK SUPPLY SCRIPT EXTRACT Outback Supply Script Extract Documentary scripts are written to show potential investors the possible story and style of a finished program. They are also used by the producer as a way of budgeting and scheduling the production and by the director as a guide for the shoot. The producers of Outback Supply intended to showcase the Australian landscape for an overseas audiences. In this concept script, the truck travels a much further distance than in the final film and the characters are schematic. When the director set out to find his characters and truck, the real story was very different from that imagined in this script. Sequence 1 Panorama of Sydney easily identifiable. Ext. large factory with workers knocking off. Cars banking up on the expressways, crowds at Central station. Int. busy pub around 5pm. VO: Nearly a quarter of Australia's population live in this single city – Sydney. On a Friday afternoon in November, most of its citizens have finished work and are looking forward to a weekend of leisure. Int. loading dock TNT transport road section at Mascot. Small forklifts are hurrying everywhere filling large trailers for the interstate drivers. The 2 drivers on the WA run are wending their way in the chaos. Ext. They walk outside and climb into an enormous 'supertruck' that is already loaded and waiting. VO: Joe X and Billy Y are just starting their work. Together they will drive non- stop Sydney to Perth crossing over 2,000 miles of continent in 53 hours; they will arrive in Perth dawn Monday morning. Int. cabin. Truck is starting and begins to move off. Variety of shots of truck crawling through heavy inner city traffic. Stopped at lights, the trucks dwarf normal traffic surrounding it. Long lens shows a conglomeration of jumbled streets and traffic jams – Newtown or similar area. It is dusk and lights are coming on. The size of the truck is emphasised by the sound of it climbing through the gears. Int. cabin – driver changing up, settling down. 2 minutes. 1st commercial. Sequence 2 The truck is grinding up a steep grade in the Blue Mountains, just on sunset. More gears to go through. Pan to the west to reveal panoramic mountain ranges. 1 FILM AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK – OUTBACK SUPPLY SCRIPT EXTRACT VO: It was only one hundred and --- years ago that the first Europeans struggled over these ranges to discover vast fertile plains beyond. Settlement soon followed. Super outline map of Australia, animate single line that shows the track from Sydney to Perth. Image fades under straight outline. VO: In a country that spreads over --- thousand kilometers from the Pacific to the Indian oceans, one of the greatest problems in early settlement lay in conquering distance. Lose the east-west track; fade in the navigable waterways system of the Murray, Darling, Murrumbidgee. Fade up static paddleboat scene on the edge of the river at Murray Bridge. There are two original steamers idle at the water's edge – decaying sheds and docks beside them. Early morning light lends an air of unreality. Shapes outlines. Age. VO: Before rough cartwheel tracks became roads, there were rivers. More than --- thousand kilometres of unpredictable, snag-ridden but navigable waterways which provided a lifeline for the spreading sheep stations of the nineteenth century. The skipper of the "Enterprise" is an old riverboat captain. The vessel itself is the oldest surviving example of a paddlewheeler complete with original steam engine. Built in 1878 and unspoilt in appearance, it has served as a unique workhorse for nearly a century. VO: The skipper: He explains his love for the river, his experience with it as an early sailor in the 1920s. Anecdotes about the work of the Enterprise lead into 3 or 4 stills of the wool laden barges plying the Murray. Early morning sequence of the skipper and his engineer preparing the vessel. Lighting the fires, stoking the lengths of timber, oily cogs, polished brass steam valves, pistons gathering power, steam escaping. VO: about the work of riverboats… how 375 used to service the settlers in the river's hey day. 3 or 4 selected stills, lead into the action of the paddlewheels beginning to thrash the water and the boat churns off into the Murray. VO: Skipper relates the anecdote about the paddlewheeler with the building materials for the Bourke Hotel. He explains how the boat was stranded for three years and by the time the crew eventually rejoined the vessel and sailed on to Bourke they discovered that the hotel had already been built with materials brought in by the new railway line. Sequence ends with aerial or extreme WS showing steamboat small in large beautiful river landscape. 2 FILM AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK – OUTBACK SUPPLY SCRIPT EXTRACT VO: Commentator explains the inevitable displacement of steam-driven paddlewheelers by steam-driven locos. The reasons – reliability and expansion of the system due to increasing wealth of the country. Supplies were no longer dependent on the whims of flood or drought-stricken river systems. Three locos arrive more or less simultaneously at Peterborough. People swarm around them, shutters fire volleys. VO: Commentator briefly mentions the three different gauge systems and the role of Peterborough as a rail town. With the coming of federation, an all-out effort was made to link the western state with the eastern states. Super outline again, showing the linking up of states with their independent rail systems, by the Nullarbor line. Lose super; go to 3 or 4 stills of the early building of the east-west line. Men posing at the advancing railhead – horsedrawn excavating machinery and so on. VO: Explain the heat and problems of crossing the desert. By 1912 (?) the line was complete – the states felt part of a national identity. FX cheers and brass band. Dissolve to Sequence 3 A small group of settlers posed around their trolley. We follow the gang back to their tiny outpost – 3 or 4 houses stacked side by side as in any suburban street fenced in, huddled against an overwhelmingly vast treeless plain, a fort-like feeling. VO: The conditions on the Nullarbor have not changed, the heat, the isolation, the sweat. And the men who service the Nullarbor line have probably not changed much either. Scattered across the length of the track 50 kilometers apart, small posts of life maintain the track. A gang, their wives, their life. VO: From settlers and families on what it is like living in so remote an area… how long they have done it, why they do it, do they really like it. Explain the heat and problems of crossing the desert. By 1912 (?) the line was complete – the states felt part of a national identity. FX cheers and brass band. Cut to the Tea and Sugar Train en route. Either an aerial or a long shot. Int butcher making sausages. Cut to town. Waiting. Woman on a verandah. Dog. Silence. 3 FILM AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK – OUTBACK SUPPLY SCRIPT EXTRACT VO: from the woman … on what isolation means… on what the weekly coming of the train means. The Indian Pacific flashes through the siding, not stopping. The siding waits. The train's passing is relatively unimportant. Cut back to Tea and Sugar train. The grocer is arranging goods on shelves. From the cab of the train we see the endless stretch ahead. Treeless. The town begins to stir. A man wheels a barrow down to the line. A couple of kids ride bikes down. In the distance, a long way off, the train approaches. Sequence of people shopping, moving off etc. It is evening and people return to the picture van that has been left behind. They see a movie – their only outside contact – the reality of fiction. Other people's lives, alternatives. Commercial break. Timing sequence 2: 7 minutes. Sequence 3: 5 minutes. Sequence 4 Cut to big CU tracking shot from front of supertruck as it passes through the Flinders Ranges. The country here is apparently superb visually. Series of beautiful visuals. VO commentator: Saturday morning, 21 hours and --- thousand kilometres from Sydney. Super outline map shows the progress of the big transporter just east of Port Augusta. Int cabin shows co-driver now at wheel with original driver asleep in the rear compartment. Driver perhaps munches on a sandwich. VO: 500 kilometres to the north, another truck is on a slower journey. If there are few shops in the outback, then the shops occasionally travel to the outback. Super shows position of the two trucks. Dissolve to barren scene with the 3 tonne Hawker's truck small in the remote landscape. Lose super. The contrast between the two trucks is immediately apparent. The small truck has one driver, he, like his cabin is dusty, the controls small by comparison. Concentrate on the driver. VO driver: explains his job – supplying clothes and boots to the isolated stations. The clothing truck winds up to a station homestead. It is a small oasis in a spinifex scrub plain. From the station POV we see a cloud of dust which materialises to become the hawker. 4 FILM AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK – OUTBACK SUPPLY SCRIPT EXTRACT Sequence as it happens – stockmen buying clothes, trying on hats, Aboriginal and white jackaroos. Exchange of money. Observation of the homestead, the horses, cattle dogs, quarters etc. Sundown. The hawker joins the station hands for tea, perhaps steaks or perhaps in the bunkhouse. As it happens. VO: about the station, mentions the size, the number of sheep. Flexibility here depending on what station we choose. Theme is remoteness – distance. Sequence 5 Nundroo roadhouse… Nullarbor… a truckies stop. Enormous trucks litter the outside of the roadhouse. Dusk. Interiors… lots of men eating, talking. We recognise the 2 drivers. They are finishing their meal and move outside walking to the truck. Once again it bursts into life and slowly grinds away into nothingness, clinging to a bitumen thread. Super map again, now familiar and requiring no explanation. We see the big truck's progress to mid Nullarbor and cross to the hawker's progress to Coober Pedy. Dissolve to aerial of Coober Pedy. Sequence 6 The hawker's van is selling clothes in Coober Pedy main street. He is an excuse to discover another kind of community as opposed to the Nullarbor settlers. VO Commentary: Coober Pedy – an opal mining town. --- thousand people. All there because of the hope of easy wealth. But it is not easy. Coober Pedy is a town made up of people with a common purpose – to get rich. But that is not all. The original purpose has often got lost as people come to realise they enjoy the remoteness of the life. The security of a small town where people know each other, help each other. Every man has his place. No questions are asked. Independence is jealously guarded. These people are all volunteers. Bosses are few. Life, they maintain, is rich, though the profits are small. VO: From the people – perhaps only one or two select characters capable of expressing the sentiments opposite, if indeed they are as I suspect – true. The sentiments expressed will be used as voice over for the activities on the field. The dugout homes, the dugout church, golf course etc. Commercial break. Sequence 4 - 4 mins Seq 5 – 2 mins. Seq 6 – 6 mins Sequence 7 5 FILM AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK – OUTBACK SUPPLY SCRIPT EXTRACT Perth. Another capital city. Complete contrast to Coober Pedy. A city is awakening on Monday morning – going to 9 to 5 jobs. Similar sort of treatment to Sequence 1. The wrap-up. The large truck arrives through city traffic. Stops. Drivers emerge and walk across to check-in and get some sleep. VO: Monday morning. The journey is over. Commentary concludes film with … the two drivers will now get 5 or 6 hours sleep. At 6 o'clock this night they will begin the return journey to Sydney. END Notes Ext. Exterior VO Voiceover Int. Interior Super Superimposition WS Wide-shot FX Special effects CU Close up POV Point of view 6
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Take Five With Chef Bruno Chemel, On Life Post-Chez TJ With His New Baume Restaurant
Parting is never easy -– especially when it's done publicly with stinging words and bitter emotions.
Such was the case when Chef Bruno Chemel departed Mountain View's venerable Chez TJ in December. In a battle played out in the press, Chez TJ Proprietor George Aviet expressed his displeasure that Chemel had not brought Michelin two-star fame to his establishment like his predecessor Chef Christopher Kostow, now at the Restaurant at Meadowood in St. Helena, had. During his less than two years at Chez TJ, Chemel had garnered one Michelin star.
When they couldn't see eye to eye on that chase for the star (s), Chemel left to open his own restaurant, Baume in Palo Alto, in January. Meantime, Aviet hired Scott Nishiyama, who worked at Daniel Boulud in New York and at the French Laundry in Yountville.
Named after 18th –century French chemist, Antoine Baume, Chemel's new restaurant is a Zen-like oasis for his brand of elegant molecular gastronomy cooking. The intimate 22-seat restaurant is done up in warm dark chocolate and burnt orange hues, and accented with artsy glass panes covered in Japanese dried seaweed. It serves only tasting menus -– five courses ($78), 10 courses ($108), and 15 courses for ($148) at dinner; and a three-course lunch for $48 offered on Monday, Thursday and Friday.
Last week when I visited, the 41-year-old Chemel proudly showed off his new freeze-drying machine that had just been delivered. It can freeze anything -– from a sauce to any vegetable -– in a flash. Inside his kitchen, you'll find such molecular gastronomy staples as a dehydrator and canisters of liquid nitrogen, as well as more personal touches such as a framed cotton dish towel from his days working with the legendary Joel Robuchon.
I sat down to chat with Chemel about the Chez TJ incident, and the hopes he has for his new restaurant.
Q: Of course, I have to ask about Chez TJ. Are you satisfied with the way things ended?
A: I did my job for two years. I did my best. All the dirty laundry — I let him (Aviet) do. It's out of my memory now.
Q: Your pastry chef at Chez TJ, Ryan Shelton, followed you here. Did all of the Chez TJ staff leave with you?
A: When I gave notice, the staff gave notice. I told them that they shouldn't, but they wanted to come with me. So, most of the staff did leave with me.
Q: Is your cooking different here than at Chez TJ?


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Thirty Guitar Legends — Including Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrell and Jeff Beck — Choose the Song They'd Most Want to Be Remembered By, Part 1
Thirty Guitar Legends — Including Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrell and Jeff Beck — Choose the Song They'd Most Want to Be Remembered By, Part 1
Guitar legends choose the one song they'd most want to be remembered by — Part 1.
Ace Frehley (Kiss), "Shock Me"
Love Gun (1977)
"I picked this song not only because it's a well-known Kiss anthem but because it has deep personal significance for me. The song is based on an actual life-threatening experience I had onstage with Kiss in the Seventies in Lakeland, Florida.
"At the beginning of the concert I was coming down the staircase and when my hand touched the railing I was electrocuted, thrown back and knocked out for about 10 seconds.
"The roadies carried me down the rear staircase, behind the wall of Marshalls. I woke up with electrical burns on my hands and totally shaken. Paul [Stanley] announced what had happened, and the concert was delayed for approximately 10 minutes. The whole audience starting chanting 'We want Ace, we want Ace!'
"I was so disoriented from the incident that I really didn't think I was going to be able to do the show. But when I heard 15,000 people chanting my name, my adrenaline started pumping and all I could think was, The show must go on! I continued, even though I had almost no feeling in my hand for the remainder of the concert. All I can say is thank God my guardian angel was hovering above me that evening."
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January 07, 2014 at 6:42am
The song Jump is crap. The solo is great but this song is what made me not like the 1984 album. Don't get me wrong it is a great pop song, but to hear Van Halen do it it sounds like they sold out to the pop culture.
January 06, 2014 at 11:38pm
Amazing song by Jeff Beck. Maybe he can get his guitar to sound like that ....not many (if anyone) else can. Just AMAZING !!!
Wish I could hear the version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps that Harrison played with Gary Moore. I didn't know they ever played together. Would love to hear that. Gary Moore is my all time favorite guitar player.
April 22, 2014 at 12:33pm
Here you go classicrockguy:
November 22, 2013 at 6:29pm
Interestingly, Eddie is innovative in every song he writes. and Jump not only did well but is still popular, and the video only cost 2 grand to make. to top it off Alex is a genius drummer on this track. All in all, a good days work.
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